Nanjing's Hongguang regime was originally established with the support of forces of all parties, as for the Hongguang Emperor, he was just a puppet at the mercy of others, of course, his consciousness was also relatively high, and he knew his own situation, so he did not intend to interfere in the affairs of the court. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It wasn't until Azig's hundreds of thousands of troops announced that they were going to attack Nanjing, that he realized a problem at this time, that question was whether Nanjing could be kept, and the civil and military officials gave different opinions, some said yes, some said that there should be no problem, there was a danger in the Yangtze River, and the Manchus should not be so easy to attack in, this is the answer they gave.

Although they said this in their mouths, they did not necessarily say so in their hearts, after all, for them, they all knew how the defense of Nanjing City was, and those officers and soldiers could resist the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Even if there are rescue troops from all over the country, they don't think they can resist the Manchu iron cavalry, and they have already shown everything in their hearts, they don't think their army can resist.

Many people already have the idea of surrendering in their hearts, but they don't show it because of the current form.

After all, the Manchus have not yet called, and many things are difficult to say at this time, but it is true that some people have begun to prepare, and they are ready to wait until the Manchus come to change their courts.

Two days earlier, Shen Youlong's 5,000 reinforcements had arrived in Nanjing City for defense, and they gave high praise to Hongguang for their support and awarded some official positions.

These official positions are actually nothing in the eyes of others, Shen Youlong doesn't take Hongguang in his eyes, everyone knows about this, not to mention his official position.

Relatively speaking, the people sent by Shen Youlong are relatively fast, and the people from the other departments have not yet arrived, and these people have their own calculations in their hearts, planning that if Nanjing City has not yet arrived, then they will retreat directly to preserve their strength.

The idea of these people is very simple, if you can't go to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you can still ask for a higher price, the key is that you must have a certain strength, if you don't have the strength, it will definitely not work, if you don't have the strength, people will definitely not give you any corresponding official position.

In this case, Shen Youlong felt that he could no longer cooperate with these people, so he could only silently pray that his troops would be able to withdraw safely at that time.

The war in Nanjing can be said to be a must-lose, you don't need to think about it to know what's going on, and you don't need to go deep into this situation to know.

In one case, the Azig army attacking Nanjing was the main force going south, including Wu Sangui's Guanning army, and the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, adding up to the main force of at least about 50,000 people, plus other retinue troops can be said to have an absolute advantage.

Azig has already stated to Dolgon that he will be able to take Nanjing, and he will wait for him to go back to celebrate, after all, in his opinion, there is no suspense in taking Nanjing.

He has basically understood the main force in the south, there is nothing that can fight, and the only ones who can fight are Zheng Zhilong of Fujian and the army of Liangguang, this time they each sent not many men and horses, and the total is less than 10,000 people, even if they can fight again, what can they do, it is not to be captured by themselves.

Although the defenders of Nanjing City have also increased to more than 100,000, the subordinates of each department are different, and the nominal general is very able to mobilize the men and horses of each department, which provides an opportunity for the Manchu Qing to attack Nanjing, so if you don't die, you won't die.

All the people in all departments thought about whether they could preserve their strength, and when the time came, they asked for a higher price, and they didn't think about what to fight at all.

Azig had already understood the situation in Nanjing City, and knew that many people in Nanjing were actually thinking about surrender and the Yangtze River, so they were not in a hurry to make some important deployments at all.

At this time, I am afraid that only these people in Nanjing can make emergency deployments, and the spies have already received information that Azig is assembling ships to prepare to cross the river, and what should be done at this time is to carry out a certain defense along the entire Yangtze River.

However, they did not do this, but withdrew their troops from Nanjing, and decided to use the walls of Nanjing to confront the enemy, believing that the other side should not be able to attack the city.

And along the way, there was no resistance at all, so I walked to Nanjing City, and when I arrived in Nanjing City, Hongguang felt that it was not right, and people came with such a swagger, don't you go to resist, just wait in the city.

Is there no way to attack the city if you defend the other party in the city, such an idea is very unwise, anyway, the Manchu Qing also has some experience in attacking the city, and the Ming Dynasty has been fighting for so many years, how can it be possible if you don't have a little experience.

What's more, they also have artillery, this artillery is a sharp weapon for siege of the city, if you can't capture Nanjing with these things, Azig doesn't have to mix up within the Manchu court, after all, Azig is still very advantageous in leading the army.

How could such an advantaged and experienced person not be able to attack Nanjing.

Under their own favorable conditions, Azig successfully opened the gate of Nanjing City with almost no loss of troops, of course, this also has a lot to do with the surrender of the defenders inside, many defenders surrendered directly when they saw the Ming army coming, which was a big blow to the entire city defense of Nanjing.

As for Emperor Hongguang in the palace, he has run away, and he secretly escaped when the Azig soldiers came to the city, so that he could enjoy it, but it was impossible to let him continue to stay there and wait for death, saying that he was very smart.

The person who could fool those people into ascending the throne would definitely not be able to do it if he didn't have a little brain, so when Azig entered the palace, he didn't find Emperor Hongguang at all.

The captured eunuch said that the man had long since left, and he didn't know where he had gone, so in the end, Azig still didn't catch anyone.

Hongguang escaped This is not good news for Shen Youlong, if the other party disappears directly, it is fine, but if he escapes, it will still be a little troublesome, originally he thought that as soon as Hongguang died, he would immediately support King Gui to ascend the throne, so that Liangguang would become the nominal court in the south, and he could do a lot of things in this way.

It's just that he didn't expect Hongguang to be able to escape, which made him very surprised, since the other party was able to escape, maybe Azig was also looking for him, after all, catching Hongguang meant very different to him. (To be continued.) )