"Although I am wearing tartar clothes, I am a loyal and righteous uncle of the Ming Dynasty! You are dressed in the Han family, but you want to be a slave to the barbarians one by one! ”

Yang Chao asked loudly, Wang Duo knelt on the ground, never got up, but his body was already trembling, this was definitely not fear, but out of inner shame.

Qian Qianyi next to him had a calm face, but his eyes flashed in the depths, as if he was thinking about something.

"Ladies and gentlemen, get up, be careful of kneeling down and damaging your body!"

Yang Chao snorted coldly.

But no one got up, a moment of change made these literati who were not good enough to adapt, at this time they didn't know what to do, originally they were here to welcome the new master, and they all fantasized in their hearts that they would continue to be high-ranking officials in front of the new master, and continue to enjoy the blessings, but suddenly, this new master turned out to be not a new master, but the loyal and righteous uncle of the Ming Dynasty, which made them completely confused.

And the armies on both sides were also a little flustered, they thought that the Tartars were coming, and they were ordered to kneel on both sides to show their obedience, but suddenly they became loyal and righteous uncles, what the hell is going on, these are soldiers, and some people habitually want to take up arms to deal with this sudden change.

"Kneel down to avoid death!"

Immediately, someone next to them shouted orders.

This is Yang Chao's soldiers, as soon as they arrived at the city, they began to separate, standing in the center of the soldiers and officials one by one, holding weapons and looking at this group of soldiers.

"Alright, get up, and go into the city with Benjue."

Yang Chao's voice softened at this time, these dog officials still need to be appeased at this time, let them cooperate with them to stabilize Nanjing, and as long as they cooperate with Nanjing, as long as there is no chaos, they can wait for their reinforcements to come back.

Yang Chao even personally helped Wang Duo up.

After Wang Duo got up, the others stood up one by one.

"Trouble everyone, let's enter the palace with Benjue."

At this time, Yang Chao said again, and then strode through the crowd, and under the protection of the guards, he walked into the city gate.

"Adults. Please! ”

Lu Mo made a gesture to the officials who were stunned in place from behind.

The hundred officials were completely helpless at this time, and could only dare to go to the palace step by step under the supervision of Yang Chao's soldiers.

"Li Liang, you take a thousand people to my house. Anyone who dares to attack the Yang family, whether it is a rebel or a mob, will be killed! ”

After entering the city, Yang Chao immediately ordered Li Liang, an old soldier, to lead a thousand people to his home. Protecting the family is naturally important to Yang Chao, but his own family is also very important.

Yang Chao rode in front, and the civil and military officials walked behind, and soon arrived at the palace and entered the Wuying Palace.

At this time, Yang Chao asked people to bring tables, and then pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please give an order to the army in the city, this pass is now going to take over the defense of Nanjing City. From this moment on. All the soldiers, listen to Benjue's dispatch! ”

Soon it was stamped with the seal of the university scholars, the seal of the town guards, and the military orders signed by the commanders.

"Lu Mo sent people to post military orders to various city gates, and let people go to the city wall to take over the defense with military orders, and if there are soldiers who do not obey military orders, they will be beheaded immediately!"

Yang Chao immediately assigned a task and asked Lu Mo to lead people to various important places above and below the city wall, and immediately held the command of the army in the city in his hands, Yang Chao already had experience in this. This is what was done in Huai'an, but such an organization was still very fragile, barely able to control the army from chaos, and could not do effective military action at all.

"Lord Wang. Please write some notices to reassure the people, tell the people that our reinforcements have arrived, and tell the people not to panic. ”

The civil officials did not dare to object, and immediately copied the notices of the people one by one, and at the same time stamped the big seals of the relevant officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Let's pay attention to it here for a few days, the soldiers are in danger, and before the danger of the siege is lifted, those who dare to leave without permission will be killed! ”

Finally, telling these officials, Yang Chao then walked out of the main hall.

The palace looked a little chaotic at this time, it is said that when the emperor fled and the hundred officials were about to surrender, the city was indeed chaotic for a while, and many people nearby rushed into the palace and robbed a lot of things.

Later, Zhao Zhilong sent troops to suppress the situation and stabilize the situation, but the royal treasures in the palace were still robbed a lot.

"I don't know what's going on in Yangzhou? If I follow my plan, the first reinforcements should be back tomorrow. ”

"If they can't come back for a while, they have to plan ahead."

Standing on the imperial steps at the entrance of the Wuying Palace, the front is the West Corner Tower, the front right side is the Wu Tower, and the back is the Xihua Gate.

Yang Chao had no intention of enjoying the scenery in the palace.

Instead, I thought about it repeatedly in my heart.

The last time he was in Yangzhou, he said that he did everything right, but he still let Duoduo attack Yangzhou City, he didn't understand at the time, and then he reacted, in fact, he didn't do enough at all, he was alone at the time, but he was too confident, he didn't make an emergency plan at all, and he didn't think about how to deal with it in case Yangzhou was lost.

At that time, Yang Chao didn't think that Yangzhou would be lost, and he didn't think that Yangzhou would be lost, because he was too confident, and because he never thought about the situation of Yangzhou being lost.

But after learning the lessons, Yang Chao will not be so careless this time.

After so many contacts with the Qing army, Yang Chao admitted that the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Eight Banners is still very strong, compared with the army led by himself, the two sides have each other's strengths and weaknesses, and his own army is better than the layout of the army formation, and the quality of the Qing army's individual soldiers is higher, as for military discipline, both sides are half a pound and eight taels, both are the level of the regular army, and the Ming army is more like a bandit army, other peasant armies, etc., not to mention, there is no word military discipline.

The first step of the emergency plan is the situation of the Qing army suddenly attacking the city, if the Qing army suddenly attacks, Yang Chao will of course actively deploy defenses; In the second step, if the Qing army does not attack, if you seize the time to deploy defenses, you can also take some initiatives; The third step, if all your plans fail, you must also be prepared to retreat, leaving yourself a way back, and even Yang Chao himself can die in Nanjing, but his family must be transferred safely.

The first step of the plan has already been implemented, and with the cooperation of the civil and military leaders of Nanjing, they have successfully taken over the defense of the city wall.

The defenders inside and outside the palace also accepted Yang Chao's command, after all, Yang Chao's name was there, and after there was no commander of the lords, the middle and low-level officers were also willing to accept the leadership of Yang Chao, a figure with great military achievements.

In the second step of the plan, Yang Chao had already sent Song Kun to lead his troops to Dasheng Pass, which was the last barrier in Nanjing, and if it was not lost, the Qing army would not be able to come to the city.

The third step is to send Li Liang to lead troops to the Yang family to protect the Yang family from the impact of the chaotic people, and at the same time, it is also to make up his mind, in case Nanjing cannot be defended, these thousand elite soldiers, plus the original two hundred guards of the Yang family, can find an opportunity to escape.

Song Kun took the military order and at the same time took a hundred elite soldiers to Dasheng Pass, and the deputy general of Dasheng Pass handed over the defense to him without any objection, saying that he accepted Song Kun's command.

Soon, they saw the Eight Banners, a group of three hundred Eight Banner cavalry with Azig's letters, rushed to the Great Victory Pass, and they wanted to take over the Great Victory Pass.

Obviously, Azig had already confirmed that Nanjing City would surrender, but he was still very cautious and did not take the victory pass in his hands, and he really didn't dare to lead the army forward with confidence.

Song Kun did not hesitate, and immediately opened the city gate and put these Eight Banner soldiers into the Great Victory Pass.

handed in the military register of the Great Victory Pass and made a posture of complete obedience.

In the evening, the officers of the Eight Banners were also entertained, and when these officers were drunk under Song Kun's flattery, they suddenly felt a cold neck, and their heads had already moved.

At the same time, in the barracks everywhere, after the labor army was finished, drunk and hazy, the Eight Banners soldiers who had just fallen asleep were attacked at the same time, and without any resistance, they all handed over their heads.

At this point, the deputy general of Dashengguan knew that Song Kun was not sent by Nanjing to lead him to surrender at all, but to lead him to defend the city, and at the same time, he could only accept this result, anyway, he was very confused with many people, as long as someone took the lead, they did not need to make difficult choices, and they were willing to blindly obey at this time.

When these pigtailed heads were sent into the city of Nanjing, Yang Chao asked people to ride war horses, showed these heads to the soldiers in the city, and told them that he had killed the people of the Tartars, and the Tartars would definitely not give up, and if the Tartars were allowed to attack the city, they would definitely slaughter the city like Yangzhou.

At the same time, he assured these soldiers that if they defended the city with their hearts, Zhongyibo would definitely lead them to defeat the Tartars, just as Zhongyibo had done in Haizhou and Yangzhou.

There are people with heads, and there is the fear of slaughtering the city, coupled with the example of Yang Chao's achievements, the guards in the city gradually rose a superstition about Yang Chao, or they found a straw under the pressure, and held on tightly, not daring not to believe it!

The morale of the army in the city is stable!

The next day, Yang Chao had the spare strength to send troops to Dasheng Pass, and sent a thousand people over.

But at the same time, Song Kun was informed that if the momentum was unstoppable, he could give up the Great Victory Pass and retreat to Nanjing.

Although Dasheng Pass is the last gateway to Nanjing, it is honestly not a Xiongguan Pass.

Dashengguan is in Nanjing's famous three mountains, the so-called three mountains, no more than 29 zhang high, converted to less than 100 meters, is three small dirt bags only, but her geographical location is important, because these three mountains are on the Yangtze River, there are many sandbars outside the three mountains, this section of the river tassel is slow, the water surface is broad, and there are small rivers such as Xinlinpu and Banqiaopu from the mountain into the river, so people with a little military common sense can judge that the Dashengguan built near the three mountains is actually a river defense pass.

In fact, his name is Dacheng Port in history, and after Zhu Yuanzhang landed and occupied Nanjing, he named it Dasheng Port, and then built a checkpoint, which was named Dasheng Pass.

Therefore, this is actually a defense of the river and not the land, so Yang Chao does not plan to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army here.

In fact, if the defense is strong, is there a city comparable to Nanjing City, Nanjing is the final decisive place of Yang Chao! (To be continued.) )