Wang Jing was very depressed, if Jin Erlai, the captain of the handsome's own army, brought the marshal just now, if he didn't kill all the Manchurian Tartars, he would kill himself. This is a completely impossible task, there are more than 6,000 Manchurian Tatars in the northern city, plus a small garrison of 10,000 people. He only brought in 5,000 people outside the city, and only 8,000 people including General Wang Deren's men and horses, which is not enough.

Jin Er saw that Wang Jing was depressed and said with a smile: "General Wang, why don't you have confidence?" ”

Wang Jingke didn't dare to treat Jin Er slowly, he knew that Jin Er was a distant relative of Jin Shenghuan, or he couldn't serve as the captain of the marshal's own soldiers.

"Second Brother Jin, you give my brother an idea, there are 10,000 Tatars in Beicheng, we have less than 8,000 people, and there are less than 10,000 people counting some righteous people, this battle can't be fought!"

Jin Er smiled and said, "General Wang, it's simple!" The big marshal only said that he would kill all the Tartars, but he didn't say how to kill them! You won't set fires, except for the Tartars here in Beicheng, who are the Han Army Banner, we just need to be careful not to let the fire burn to the east and west cities! ”

When Wang Jing heard Jin Er say this, he secretly scolded in his heart, this guy is ruthless enough, Beicheng is not all Manchurian Tartars, and there are tens of thousands of Han people! But now I can't help it, I have to give it a try.

Wang Jingjing nodded, and led people to start setting fire to the shops on both sides of Deshengmen Street in Beicheng.

Most of the buildings in this era are made of wood, and the houses are hundreds of years old, the wood is very dry, and the torches are naturally majestic, and the two sides of Kung Fu Deshengmen Street are lit up for a while.

The fire broke out, and the hooligans and ruffians in the city took the opportunity to plunder, and there was immediately chaos here in the northern city.

Daishan just led people out of the barracks and saw the flames of Deshengmen Street not far away. Dai Shan and his soldiers were anxious. The soldiers are anxious for the safety of their families, their families are all in Beicheng as garrisons, and most of the shops in Beicheng belong to these soldiers, so they are naturally anxious when they see the loss of their property. Daishan is afraid that the banner people will die too much, the city is in chaos, and now it is even more lawless, if the banner people die a thousand people, then they can only hang themselves.

Dai Shan led 3,000 soldiers to rush to Deshengmen Street, and happened to meet Jin Shenghuan's troops who were lighting fires everywhere. Seeing that their shops were burned to the ground, the soldiers of the Eight Banners naturally had red eyes, and they immediately rushed up to kill the Ming army who set fire without Dai Shan's command.

There were only more than 200 Ming troops in this group of arson, and they were happy to set the fire, but they didn't expect to rush out to help the murderer and be dispersed immediately. The defeated soldiers hurried to Xinjian County, where Wang Jing's temporary headquarters was located.

Hearing that the Tartars of the formation were found on Deshengmen Street, Wang Jing knew that these were the Eight Banners of the garrison. As a garrison in Nanchang City, Wang Jing of course knew that there were 1,008 banners and 2,000 Han army flags in the city, and he also knew that as long as these 3,000 people were defeated, there would be no resistance in Beicheng. So now hearing what the soldiers said, Wang Jing was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly took 3,000 of his men and prepared to go to Deshengmen Street to destroy the Manchu army in one fell swoop.

Out of the new county office, through Qiujia Lane is Deshengmen Street. When Wang Jing came to see this, the flames were soaring, and the shops on both sides of the street were on fire. The streets were full of Manchurian soldiers, who were saving their shops.

Seeing that the army on the opposite side was not in order, Wang Jing was overjoyed. He was a soldier who knew the importance of a uniform formation to the army, and now seeing that the Manchu army was only concerned with fighting fires, this was a good opportunity to eliminate them.

Wang Jing drew his saber and shouted: "Brothers, on the other side is the Manchu Tartars, kill me!" Kill a Tartar and reward ten taels of silver! ”

Wang Jing's three thousand people were stimulated by the silver, and their heads were dizzy from being roasted by the fire, so they all drew their swords and rushed forward with strange screams.

Wang Jing's estimate was very right, the Tartars were only concerned about fighting the fire at this time, and they were completely caught off guard by the Ming army, but Wang Jing forgot that his subordinates were not veterans who had followed Jin Shenghuan across half of China before. The 5,000 soldiers in Nanchang City were newly recruited by Jin Shenghuan after escaping, and the previous veterans were all wiped out by the Ming army in Ganzhou. These 5,000 people were still farmers, small traders, and homeless people half a year ago, and it may be almost the same if they let them go to suppress bandits, but it is still not enough to see the Eight Banners in the strongest period.

The Manchu Eight Banners were caught off guard at first, and more than a dozen people were cut down, but the ensuing battle was completely one-sided. After Daishan reacted, he immediately organized the Eight Banners of Manchuria as the core and the Eight Banners of the Han Army as the two wings to outflank, and killed and wounded most of Wang Jing's 3,000 people with a single charge. Wang Jing didn't see it well, so he quickly fled with the rest of the people. However, the Eight Banners of Manchuria are now mainly fire-fighting and property rescue, and when they saw that the Ming army retreated, they did not chase it, which allowed Wang Jing to escape.

Wang Jing fought a big defeat, and hurried to the Yamen of the general army to tell Jin Shenghuan that he knew.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan was sharing the money with Wang Deren, and when he heard that Wang Jing had lost more than 1,000 people, the good mood that he had just cultivated was completely gone.

Jin Shenghuan scolded: "Wang Jing, Wang Jing, you stupid! Didn't Jin Er tell you to set it on fire? Why are you provoking the Qing army again! ”

"Dashuai, don't I want to share my worries for Dashuai?"

"What the hell am I going to use you to share my worries? You don't know what kind of goods your subordinates have, we have to hold back the Qing army now, and wait until our reinforcements from Ruizhou and Fuzhou arrive before we will fight a decisive battle with the Qing army. Now you are good, you will lose more than 2,000 people when you come up, how can you stop the Qing army in a while? ”

Wang Deren saw that Jin Shenghuan was angry, and he had a good relationship with Wang Jing, so he quickly stood up and played a round.

"Big brother, Brother Wang Jing is also kind. You see that this will work, since we have already set fire, it is better to set the entire Nanchang City on fire, even if we can't burn these Tartars, we can stop them from pursuing us. When the time comes, let's occupy the south gate, as long as we wait until the reinforcements arrive, it won't be easy to destroy these Tartars by fire? ”

Jin Shenghuan thought about it and had no choice, so he had to use Wang Deren's idea.

Jin Shenghuan said to Wang Jing: "You heard it! Don't take anyone to set fire yet! ”

Wang Jing secretly said in his heart that Wang Deren is really ruthless, there are more than 400,000 people in Nanchang City, how many people will die if they are all ordered?

"Dashuai, is the whole city on fire?"

Jin Shenghuan scolded: "Wang Jing, didn't you hear what General Wang said just now? All over town! First the West City, then the East City, and finally the South City! ”

Since it was Jin Shenghuan's general order, Wang Jing didn't dare not obey it, and went out with the remaining thousands of people and began to set fire to the city!

Seeing Wang Jing go out, Wang Deren said: "Big brother, we just need to guard the Huimin Gate, there is a water gate, and the fire can't easily burn!" ”

Jin Shenghuan nodded, and ordered his own soldiers to start moving, and all the money he got was moved to the barracks outside the city. He and Wang Deren came to the tower of Huimin Gate to watch how the battle was going in the city.

In fact, there was a battle in the city, Wang Jing took a few thousand people and began to set fires, starting along Zhangjiangmen Street and Qipan Street. At first, the residents of the West and East Towns did not know what was happening, but they only knew that there was a war disaster in the city. However, it was discovered that some soldiers began to throw torches along the street, and the residents of Nanchang City realized that something was wrong and some people began to flee.

Jin Shenghuan stood at the head of the city and looked at the city, only to see the flames in the city rising, reflecting the entire night sky, the people of Nanchang who had no time to retreat, those who were looking for their relatives in their heads, beating their chests, looking at the fire in a daze, and all kinds of people who rushed to the fire to rescue property. Some screamed hysterically and in disappointment, buried in the rubble with the roar of the house collapsing. Standing on the city and looking into the distance, there is no trace of Nanchang at all, only the sky-high fire and rolling smoke. Jin Shenghuan saw very clearly, there was a street that was not set on fire, and the fleeing crowd flocked here like flowing water returning to the trough. The people were immediately encircled, and they could only advance, not retreat. Jin, also like a snail, slowly shuttles on the ground.

Seeing that half of Nanchang City was burning, Jin Shenghuan's face turned pale, and only now did he realize that he was a little out of line, and he didn't know how many people would die in this fire. Jin Shenghuan peeked at Wang Deren, this guy watched with relish. Also, Wang Deren was born in Liukou, in Wuchang, Luoyang, and Nanyang, these gangs of Liukou were not burned to the ground, and millions of people were killed.

Jin Shenghuan secretly thought in his heart that it would be better to draw a clear line with Wang Deren, no matter what he said, he was from an official and military background, and his identity was not a little stronger than him.

Jin Shenghuan rolled his eyes and said: "Second brother's plan is so wonderful, it stopped the pursuit of the Qing army without much effort, let's just wait for the reinforcements to arrive now!" ”

Wang Deren laughed and said: "There, this time to win the big brother of Nanchang City should be the first credit!" ”

Jin Shenghuan shook his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "What are our brothers doing politely, your big brother won't rob it, what's yours is yours!" ”

Hearing Jin Shenghuan say this, Wang Deren said: "Since the eldest brother said so, the younger brother is not hypocritical!" ”

Jin Shenghuan said in his heart: It's best to be all your credit, I can't afford the sin of burning the city.

Although it was cruel to set fire to the city, it objectively prevented the Qing army from attacking. The whole of Nanchang was a crowd of refugees, and it was impossible for the Qing army to kill from the north to the south city. In this way, the fire continued for a day and a night, and at noon the next day, the Nanchang fire began to weaken after burning half of Nanchang. At this time, 8,000 people from Ruizhou and 5,000 people from Fuzhou finally arrived in Nanchang City.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were overjoyed to see the reinforcements coming, and immediately led the army into the city to clear the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army saved the fire for a day, plus there was no food or drink, and the fire in the city was roasting, and there were the opponents of these new forces in the city, and they were naturally defeated and retreated. The city guard Wei Daishan was wiped out by the Ming army with 2,000 burned soldiers on Qipan Street, and the governor Zhang Yutian also disguised himself as a refugee and fled from Nanchang City with the fleeing people. The death of the officials ran away, but the thousands of Eight Banners who stayed behind were killed by Jin Shenghuan, and they were avenged by the millions of Han people who died in Yangzhou.