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Jiang Yueguang was also very annoyed when he heard Jin Shenghuan mention Zhang Jiayu, it stands to reason that Zhang Jiayu, as an envoy to Jiangxi, should be managed by him, the governor of Jiangxi, but the emperor gave Zhang Jiayu a holy decree to control the new army in Jiangxi, which gave Zhang Jiayu room for activities. And as the governor of Huguang and Jiangxi, he did not have the right to command the new army, so Jiang Yueguang was very annoyed. Jiang Yueguang, as an old fritter in officialdom, knew that this was because the emperor did not trust him and did not hand over the command of the new army to him, but Jiang Yueguang did not dare to complain about the emperor who had a great kindness to him, so he blamed all his anger on Zhang Jiayu.

After Jiang Yueguang returned home, he wrote a sternly worded letter to Zhang Jiayu, which explained that if Zhang Jiayu did not arrive in Nanchang before the tenth day of September, he would write a letter to impeach Zhang Jiayu.

The messenger fell down from Nancheng, took advantage of the night to find a small boat, and went up the Gan River to find Zhang Jiayu.

Zhang Jiayu and his entourage set off on the first day of the ninth month, and only walked to Wan'an in five days, and there were more than 500 miles away from Nanchang.

Zhang Jiayu looked at Jiang Yueguang's sternly worded letter and asked, "How many people are there in the Qing army?" ”

"According to the envoy, the Qing army is between 150,000 and 170,000, led by the Manchu Yu Prince Duoduo, this time there is no new annexed army, they are all Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Army Banners, so the combat effectiveness is very strong, I have repelled the Qing army's first attack on the city when I left Nanchang, and the losses are very serious, so the Inspector ordered the villain to find Lord Zhang, and he must rush to Nanchang before the tenth day of September, or Nanchang is dangerous!"

Zhang Jiayu nodded and said: "This messenger, you see that it is now the eighth day of the ninth month, and our army has a total of nearly 50,000 people, even if it flies, it will not be able to fly to Nanchang on the tenth day of the first month!" ”

The messenger naturally knew that it was really impossible for the reinforcements to arrive on the tenth day of the first month, and asked, "Dare to ask your lordship, please give a date, so that I can reply to the overseer!" ”

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while, "I can go to Ji'an Mansion on the 15th, and I will arrive in Nanchang on September 20 at the earliest, and I hope that the Inspector will persist for half a month!" ”

The messenger heard that it would take half a month to reach Nanchang, so he quickly knelt on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head, crying: "Lord Zhang, Nanchang can still keep half a month, when I came, the Inspector said that he could only keep it for ten days, and now three days have passed, please see the lives of 400,000 fathers and elders in Nanchang and save Nanchang!" ”

Seeing that the messenger's head was bleeding, Ma Kun and Ma Rufeng in the house couldn't bear it, but seeing Zhang Jiayu's calm face, Erma didn't dare to speak.

"Alright, messenger, go and send a message to the Overseer, I'll try to get there!"

The messenger saw that Zhang Jiayu was heartbroken, and he couldn't cry and went out to get on the boat and rushed back to Nanchang overnight.

After the messenger left, Ma Kun opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Zhang, in fact, I led the two regiments to rush first, and I could reach Nanchang in five days!" ”

Zhang Jiayu's face turned dark, and he said: "Your Majesty asked me to control the new army, and you must obey my orders!" Do you want to resist the decree? ”

Seeing Zhang Jiayu carrying out the emperor, Erma had nothing to say, got up and quit Zhang Jiayu's camp.

After coming out, Ma Kun asked: "Rufeng, you have read the book, tell me why Zhang Jiayu didn't save Nanchang!" ”

Ma Rufeng said with a smile: "Lord Zhang saw that Jin Shenghuan was powerful, and this was to borrow the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to clean up Jin Shenghuan!" ”

Hearing Ma Rufeng say this, Ma Kun asked, "Lord Zhang dares to do this?" Do you think that is the one who means? After speaking, he pointed to the sky with his finger.

Ma Rufeng shook his hand again and again, "This is what you said, I don't dare to say it!" ”

The more Ma Kun thought about it, the more likely it became, but that Zhang Jiayu was ruthless enough, in order to reduce the army in Jin Shenghuan's hands, he let 400,000 people in Nanchang take risks. Ma Kun thought of this and scolded: "Your Majesty is still right, these stinky old nine hearts are all black!" As soon as Ma Kun finished speaking, he thought that Ma Rufeng was also a scholar, and hurriedly said: "Rufeng, this is not about you!" ”

Ma Rufeng sighed, "I didn't expect this, but I still remember that I am still a scholar when you remind me!" ”

Erma didn't mention it here, Zhang Jiayu in the camp was also very helpless, he wanted to watch 400,000 people in Nanchang take risks, it is very likely that Nanchang has been broken after he arrives, and the lives of 400,000 people will be counted on his head at that time. However, the emperor's secret order could not be disobeyed, and the emperor made it very clear that it was necessary to reduce the army in the hands of these warlords, and the disaster of the four towns in Jiangbei must not be repeated. It is best to break the city and Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren to die in the chaos together, so as to obey the emperor's wishes.

Zhang Jiayu

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After thinking about it, before coming to the map of Jiangxi, my eyes fell on Fengcheng, which is a hundred miles away from Nanchang, where the distance from Nanchang is just right, which can not only avoid the scouts of the Manchu Dynasty, but also a hundred miles down the river as long as one day can be reached, which is a good place for my own troops. Zhang Jiayu made up his mind, if he arrived in Fengcheng Nanchang and had not been breached, then Fengcheng, which was stationed, would wait for news, and he must consume Jin Shenghuan's soldiers to the greatest extent, and at the same time, he could not break the city, so that he could be charged with killing 400,000 Nanchang citizens, which was too difficult to grasp.

Jiang Yueguang's letter was used for two days to rush back to Nanchang, and Jiang Yueguang knew that Zhang Jiayu would not be able to arrive in Nanchang until the 20th, so he scolded angrily. But after scolding, he had no choice but to encourage the strong men in the city to go to the city to defend, and persuade the rich families in the city to take out food and salt to help defend the city.

However, fortunately, the Manchu camp opposite did not move in the past five days, which allowed the officers and soldiers defending the city to breathe a sigh of relief.

Jiang Yueguang didn't know what the Qing army wanted to do, but Wang Deren knew it clearly, the Qing army on the other side was collecting the people of Sixiang and letting them be cannon fodder to attack the city. Wang Deren used to be a rogue, and he did this kind of thing in the Central Plains, and Li Zicheng did it in Luoyang and Kaifeng back then.

Wang Deren really guessed correctly, the Manchu Qing lost 10,000 people on the first day of the siege, although they were all Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Army Banners, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not fought this kind of defeat for more than ten years. Duoduo knew that the more than 100,000 people he brought were his brother's capital, and if he lost all of them, his brother would not be far from death, and he had no choice but to use the old method.

Duoduo's old method was to capture the villagers around Nanchang and let them take the lead in consuming the materials and will of the soldiers defending the city, and then take it by their own fresh forces in one fell swoop. This method is too unnatural and peaceful, and it is basically not used after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and now there is no choice but to use the old method again.

Duoduo arranged for Tan Tai to do the work of arresting people, the Poyang Lake Plain is densely populated, and within a few days, 50,000 or 60,000 people were brought in, and seeing that the personnel were complete, Duoduo decided to attack the city here tomorrow, that is, September 11.

Jin Shenghuan has been eating and sleeping on the city tower for the past few days, and this morning at dawn, he heard the Qing army on the opposite side beat the war drum and blew the horn, it seems that the city will be attacked today.

Jin Shenghuan asked his soldiers to put on their armor, and when they got out of the cave, they could see the unusualness in the Qing army camp opposite. Today, the Qing army did not put out a line formation, but left a gap every few hundred meters, Jin Shenghuan couldn't understand why the Qing army did this, is there any new weapon?

After a while, Jin Shenghuan knew what these gaps were for, and the bullhorn sounded again in the camp of the Qing army, and countless Han people came out of the camp.

Jin Shenghuan is also a veteran, he fought countless battles with the Liukou in the Central Plains, and the Liukou liked this method of driving the villagers to attack the city, but he didn't expect the Manchu Qing Dynasty to use it today.

However, Jin Shenghuan is glad that he is a veteran here and Yonghemen, and he is very clear about this tactic, if he is replaced with a new soldier, it will be difficult to say, many of the recruits are villagers outside the city, and it is inevitable to meet relatives and friends.

There are all these people on the other side, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and probably the Qing army still has to keep strong men to work. These ordinary people cried and helped each other to the city wall, shouting not to release the arrows.

But the battle has been fought until now, and the soldiers, generals, and ordinary strong men in Nanchang City all know that if the city is broken, it will be the end of the slaughter of the city, and there is no choice but to endure the pain. With Jin Shenghuan's order, the arrows on the city wall rained down, and these veterans in Nanchang City were unrelenting, and what broken dragon stones and hot oil greeted the people. These people are the opponents of the soldiers, less than two hours 50,000 people fell under the city, Deshengmen City became a hell on earth for a while, the people who did not die screamed, there were more than a dozen two or three-year-old babies who were probably protected by their mothers in their arms, did not die at the first time, now the mother is dead, these dozen children are injured to varying degrees, lying next to their mothers and crying.

The tragic situation under the city is that the veterans who followed Jin Shenghuan from birth to death for half their lives in the city can't stand it. Jin Shenghuan saw the crying of these dozen children shake the hearts of the army, took out bows and arrows and shot the children one after another, and after the incident, Jin Shenghuan said loudly: "Brothers, you have all seen it, either they die or we die, so everyone must persevere, and we must not let the Qing army take advantage of the loopholes!" ”

Although Jin Shenghuan shot those children in time, it had already had a great impact on the hearts of the army, and Jin Shenghuan knew that if the Manchu Qing Dynasty came to the army a few times like this, the morale of the army would be in chaos.

Outside the city, the Qing army is driving the Han people to build a 15-meter-high platform, and if it is completed, the situation in Nanchang City will be unobstructed. At this time, Duoduo led Tan Tai, He Luohui and other generals to stand on the high platform and saw 50,000 people dying one after another. Duoduo said: "There are still too few people, Tan Tai, tomorrow you and He Luo will both go and arrest people, and arrest all the Han people in the fifty miles around Nanchang City, the men will build high platforms, the women will pick out the beautiful ones to be camp prostitutes, and the old guys will let them attack the city!" ”

In the next few days, the Manchus did not attack the city, but were busy catching cannon fodder everywhere, although these days were tragic, they won a critical few days for Jin Shenghuan and Jiang Yueguang. On September 15, Zhang Jiayu finally led the 18,000-strong Fourth Division to Fengcheng.