"A few people have been trained, and the basic operation has been explained to everyone, so it shouldn't be a big problem to use, and this thing is not difficult." Wang Qiang said.

Several people discussed, and quickly summoned the heads of each factory to hold a short meeting, Liu Weimin asked everyone to quickly transfer the workers to Yangzhou, these skilled workers are more valuable than the plant and machinery left in Guazhou.

Before the arrangements were made, Liu Lan, Shi Kefa, and Yi Bangcai also rushed to Guazhou.

Then they all ran to the Yangtze River to see what places along the coast could land, and these places were all key defensive places.

But the river shoreline in Guazhou is indeed too long, and there are really many places where boats can be stopped and landed, and before they walked for half an hour, Shi Kefa and Wang Qiang and others were already big.

"Our factories are surrounded by walls, let's focus on guarding our factory, the Qing soldiers are running from afar, and they are all cavalry, I'm afraid it can't be with artillery, right? Let's concentrate more than 2,000 rifles on these places. ”

Looking at the shoreline of the Yangtze River, Wang Qiang said helplessly.

"Yes, our steel factory, firearms factory and artillery factory, gunpowder factory, and steam engine factory are the key points, except for the gunpowder factory, which is a little far away, the others are relatively concentrated, as long as we hold these factories, it doesn't matter if other places are located."

Yibang thought about it for a while, but agreed with Wang Qiang's opinion.

Guazhou had some trouble evacuating workers. It was not a trouble, because most of the workers were unwilling to hide in the city of Yangzhou, but had to stay and resist the Qing army with the garrison.

Shi Kefa left some of the workers who had been soldiers before, and the others still withdrew to Yangzhou City, there was no similar drill before, the whole evacuation process seemed very chaotic, in desperation, Liu Lan had to ride a horse, with the red lady and others all the way to command, and the order slowly improved.

Fortunately, the road from Guazhou to Yangzhou has been repaired very well, and even though there are many large and small cars for the evacuated people, it is still relatively smooth.

The garrison division has all arrived in Guazhou, Wang Qiang personally led a regiment equipped with 200 rifles to guard the Guazhou wharf, Shi Kefa sat in the steel mill, the steel mill wall is tall and strong, and it is not easy for the Qing soldiers without artillery to rush in, and this has become the center of the entire defense.

When it was dark, Guazhou was already ready to defend, and Shi Kefa didn't know how many Qing soldiers there would be, and how long Guazhou could hold out, he didn't know the bottom in his heart.

Standing in the courtyard and looking at the direction of Nanjing, I secretly hoped that Ma Shiying would have the courage of the first assistant, and no matter how bad it was, he would rescue the emperor from Nanjing City.

As Liu Kongzhao's sailors drove from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, they began drills that had not been carried out for a long time, and the figures of sailor soldiers appeared on the streets from time to time, and the atmosphere in Nanjing became more and more strange.

Listening to the doormen constantly reporting the situation outside, Ruan Dacheng felt that his head was about to explode.

"Hurry up and pack your things, let's go to Yangzhou."

Ruan Dacheng, who had been circling the house countless times, finally made a decision and commanded the housekeeper loudly.

The people sent by Shi Kefa to Nanjing to report the news were not able to cross the Yangtze River, and were stopped by Lai Fu's security department at the Guazhou dock, and are now tied to a boat on the canal, and Lai Fu had made arrangements before telling Liu Lan.

Ma Shiying also felt the unusual atmosphere in Nanjing, but at this time he had no choice, there were many defenders in Nanjing, in addition to Liu Kongzhao's sailors of more than 20,000 people, there were nearly 30,000 people in Beijing, and even the veteran Xu Hongji also controlled nearly 10,000 troops.

But there were not many henchmen belonging to Ma Shiying in these defenders, and Ma Shiying, who began to panic, instructed his son Ma Luan to guard the Taiping Gate of Nanjing City, where more than 1,000 defenders were still his henchmen.

At this time, in front of the Jiangdong Gate of Nanjing City, there were people entering and exiting, coming and going, and from time to time there were cavalry galloping into the city from outside the city, and the Jiangdong Gate was controlled by Zhu Guobi's thousands of men and horses.

The elite cavalry rushed thousands of miles to Nanjing, and the big chess that copied the backyard of the Yangzhou army was played by Hong Chengchou.

In November of the previous year, Dolgon recalled Hong Chengchou back to Beijing and asked him how to deal with Yangzhou.

After discussing with Fan Wencheng and others at the closure of the Regent's Mansion for a few days, Dolgon issued a series of orders.

The first order was to send 20,000 elite cavalry to Hong Chengchou, the governor of Huguang, and at the same time to send more than 20,000 of the best war horses from Gyeonggi to Hong Chengchou, and let people prepare a large amount of dried meat and other dry food to send to Hong Chengchou's army.

The second order was given to Duoduo and Tan Tai, ordering them to strengthen the defenses of Guide and Yizhou, and if the Yangzhou army came to attack, they must be held back with all their might.

The third, most secret order was given to Suppilon.

If it weren't for Hong Chengchou's reminder, Dolgon almost forgot that the Qing warriors still had the "special function" of running thousands of miles, thinking that when Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was still in Beijing, the number of Ming troops in the Gyeonggi area at that time was not small, but the Qing soldiers always came and went freely, and almost regarded the Ming army as nothing.

The current Nanming army is not much stronger than the Ming army at that time, and it may be okay to defend them, but I am afraid that no Nanming army dares to resist the elite cavalry of the Qing soldiers in the field.

Originally, Hong Chengchou also didn't think of this method, Nanjing's city wall is no less tall and strong than Beijing, under normal circumstances, the Qing cavalry is the army under the city, I'm afraid it can only be in vain.

It was Dolgon who inadvertently mentioned that Li Zhan, Liu Kongzhao and Zhu Guobi and others in Nanjing City had taken refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made Hong Chengchou have this idea, with an internal response, and it is an internal response with a large number of troops, the Nanjing city wall will no longer be an obstacle, take Nanjing City, seize the Southern Ming monarchs, and the most bad can also threaten the Yangzhou army to make great concessions, not to mention that with the cooperation of Liu Kongzhao's sailors, he will be able to land and break into Yangzhou from the Yangtze River with all his might, and he will be able to catch the Yangzhou army off guard.

If the factories in Yangzhou can be destroyed, I am afraid that the Yangzhou army will no longer have the confidence, and the Qing army will be able to attack Yangzhou with all its might.

The whole plan was formulated, and Dolgon ordered to stay in the center of the Suppression of Bilon in Nanjing, and Dolgon dreamed that the opportunity would come so soon.

When the news of the Yangzhou army's march to the north reached the city of Beijing, Dolgon was not surprised, and ordered his horse to leave the capital as soon as possible, and ordered the plan to start immediately.

The 20,000 elite cavalry of the Qing army set off from Fuzhou, Jiangxi on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the leader was the famous Qing soldier first-class Angbang Zhangjing Aobai.

Most of these cavalry were one man and two horses, and some of the generals were still one man and three horses, except for more than 3,000 Mongols, all of whom were pure Manchurians, all of whom were battle-hardened warriors.

After setting out from Fuzhou, the cavalry spent almost all of them on horseback, except for weapons, horse concentrate fodder, dry food for people to eat, and a quilt, these cavalry did not bring anything, and they grabbed it on the road, and when they encountered the city, they detoured the road, and the speed of the journey was extremely fast, sometimes they could walk more than 150 miles in a day.

When passing through Lin'an City, Zhejiang, there were also Ming troops in the city who went out of the city to intercept them, but the Qing soldiers broke down the thousands of Ming troops out of the city with a single charge, and they didn't even delay much time.

Along the way, a large number of Qing cavalry were found in the prefectures and counties of the Southern Ming Dynasty, but the speed of the people who sent the messenger was not as fast as these cavalry, and the spread of news was always slower than the advance speed of the Qing cavalry.

When the cavalry of the Qing army arrived at the Taihu Lake, the people sent by Kubilong were already waiting here, and the news of the arrival of the army was sent to Nanjing City by fast horses.

Ao Bai, who had been running for more than 20 days, rode on horseback, looked back at the cavalry behind him, and slept in the open for more than 20 days, making the 20,000 cavalry look like savages.

Ao Bai was as embarrassed as the cavalry behind him, looking at the city of Nanjing in front of him, Ao Bai's hands couldn't help but tremble.

This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that she will soon be trampled under his horse's hooves, Ao Bai couldn't help but let out a long howl.

Curb Pilon received Aobai's cavalry five miles outside the Jiangdong Gate, and at this time Curb Pilon also put his mind at ease, and now the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty and a cadre of ministers have basically become the turtle in the urn, at least half of the task assigned by Dolgon can be completed.

Kupilon asked Ao Bai to immediately send 5,000 men and horses into the city, and the remaining 15,000 people immediately went around the south of the city to the Yangtze River, where Liu Kongzhao's sailors were waiting.

Ao Bai forcibly suppressed the idea of personally entering the city to capture Emperor Hongguang alive, and Hong Chengchou's repeated explanations before leaving made him understand very well that Yangzhou was the top priority in this thousand-mile raid.

Although Ao Bai did not look down on Hong Chengchou, the former Ming official, the emperor's holy decree, the Empress Dowager's decree and the regent Dorgon's handwritten letter made him dare not have the slightest disrespect for Hong Chengchou.

Ao Bai ordered the deputy commander Hill Liang to lead 5,000 cavalry to enter the city of Nanjing, and he personally led 15,000 people from the south of the city to the Yangtze River.

When the rumbling hooves of the 5,000 cavalry sounded outside the Jiangbei Gate of Nanjing, the city of Nanjing was already in chaos.

Zhu Guobi was waiting outside the Jiangbei Gate in person, and saw the deputy commander of the Qing army, Xi Erliang, riding over on horseback, and when he got closer, a thick smell came over, and Zhu Guobi almost vomited.

But Zhu Guobi didn't dare to show the slightest expression on his face, suppressed the discomfort in his stomach, stepped forward and nodded and said, "General, I am Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, and I will lead the way for the general." ”

Sitting on his horse, the deputy commander Shirlian snorted through his nostrils, pointed his horsewhip into the city, and said in half-baked Chinese: "Lead the way." ”

Just when the Qing cavalry entered the city, the streets of the imperial city were already full of blood.

When Kubilong went out of the city to meet the Qing soldiers, Ma Shiying had already received the news that the Qing cavalry had arrived, and the Taiping Gate in the north was still under the control of his son Ma Luan, and he still had a chance to escape from Nanjing City at this time.

arranged for his family to go out of the city under the escort of his own soldiers, Ma Shiying rode on a horse and stopped at the gate of Taipingmen, looking at the direction of the imperial city, Ma Shiying's heart flashed, and his face changed again and again.

"Luan'er, you escort your mother and the others to Yangzhou quickly, and I will take someone to save the emperor."

Ma Shiying finally made up her mind and called her son Ma Luan over and said.

"Dad, the emperor can't be saved, the Qing soldiers are about to arrive, let's go quickly!" Ma Luan yelled anxiously.

"Don't say much, protect your mother, and go quickly!"

Ma Shiying said lightly, and after speaking, he ran towards Huangcheng Street without looking back with four or five hundred pro-soldiers.

As soon as he arrived at the street, he was stopped by the soldiers sent by Zhu Guobi to block the imperial city.