"I'm the first assistant of the imperial court, I'm going to enter the palace to see the emperor, get out of the way quickly!" Ma Shiying slapped his horse forward and yelled at the Ming army blocking the road.

"Grandpa Guo has an order, no one is allowed to go over!" An officer who looked like a small leader stepped forward and said.

Ma Shiying saw that Shoufu didn't work, and he didn't be verbose, waved his hand to the back, and shouted: "Everyone rush in and rescue the emperor!" ”

The pro-soldiers in the back swarmed up, and the two sides opened.

The combat effectiveness of Ma Shiying's personal soldiers was really good, and after a while, the Ming army sent by Zhu Guobi retreated, and it was getting closer and closer to Xi'an Gate.

Zhu Youxiang has become an ant on a hot pot in the Cixi Palace, and he may be one of the last people to know the news.

In the past few days, there have been fewer and fewer officials entering the palace, Ruan Dacheng has disappeared, and even Ma Shiying rarely enters the palace.

At the beginning, Zhu Youxiang felt that no one bothered him, and he was quite happy, but later when he felt that something was wrong, the imperial city had been blocked.

Although the number of guards in the palace was not less than 2,000, it really didn't work, just now Zhu Youxiang ordered them to escort him out of the palace, but they were beaten back after a while.

Battles are happening everywhere in the city, and there are still many generals in the Beijing camp who are unwilling to surrender, in addition to Ma Shiying, there are also many Ming troops who are rushing towards the direction of Huangcheng Street one after another, and they are fighting with Zhu Guobi's men and horses.

When the battle was at its most intense, there were tens of thousands of Ming troops fleeing from Nanjing City at Jinchuanmen and Zhongfumen in the northwest corner of Nanjing, and these Ming troops were led by Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, Chang Yanling, the Marquis of Huaiyuan, and Tang Guozuo, the Marquis of Lingbi.

Ma Shiying's personal soldiers and the Ming army that followed them beat Zhu Guobi's soldiers backwards, and they were about to enter the imperial city, but the rumbling sound of horses' hooves from the direction of Taipingli made Ma Shiying's heart sink to the bottom in an instant.

Zhu Guobi came directly to the imperial city with the Qing soldiers, and when he saw the battle in front of him, Zhu Guobi stepped forward and shouted: "The Qing soldiers have arrived, get out of the way!" ”

However, the battle in front did not stop, Ma Shiying's personal soldiers still fought to the death, and Hillian was already very impatient, drew his saber and waved, and led the cavalry to rush forward.

The Qing soldiers couldn't tell which of the two sides of the battle was on their side, they just cut people when they saw them, and after a while, the streets of the imperial city were full of fallen Ming soldiers.

Ma Shiying's personal soldiers escorted Ma Shiying and slowly retreated, and before they could exit Huangcheng Street, they were surrounded by Qing cavalry.

Zhu Guobi slapped his horse forward and shouted, "Ma Gebu, you have also descended!" The Qing court will not treat you badly! ”

"Ma Shiying? He is Ma Shiying, caught alive! Hill Liang understood Zhu Guobi's words, and pointed at Ma Shiying with the saber in his hand that was still dripping blood.

"Zhu Guobi, Liu Kongzhao, you things who have forgotten your ancestors, you will not end well! Want to capture me Ma Shiying alive? Don't you think! ”

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he raised his sword and wiped it towards his neck, and it was too late for the soldiers to stop him, Ma Shiying, who wiped his neck, turned over and fell off the horse, and several soldiers rushed towards the Qing soldiers with red eyes and knives, and they were soon cut down.

Zhu Guobi turned over and dismounted and ran to Ma Shiying, who was lying on the ground, stepped forward and turned him over, and saw Ma Shiying's round eyes glaring at him fiercely, so frightened that Zhu Guobi almost sat on the ground.

Hill Liang jumped off the horse impatiently, stepped forward and touched Ma Shiying's neck, seeing that there was no pulse, he turned around and glanced at Zhu Guobi coldly, and said, "Coward!" ”

Zhu Youxiang didn't have the courage to wipe his neck by Ma Shiying, and was arrested by the Qing soldiers.

In addition to some of the Qing soldiers who captured Zhu Youxiang, others under the guidance of Zhu Guobi's people quickly rushed to the residence of the main officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty and began to arrest the court officials.

In less than half an hour, the Qing soldiers arrested dozens of Nanming officials, and Wang Duo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was also among them.

At this point, although the Hongguang Imperial Court of the Southern Ming Dynasty lasted for nearly two years longer than in history after Luo Jian and others came, it did not escape the fate of history.

The burning, killing and looting of the Qing soldiers continued until dawn, and sporadic fighting continued until dawn.

As soon as the sky was bright, Ao Bai took 15,000 cavalry to board the ships of Liu Kongzhao's naval division, and the ships of Liu Kongzhao's naval division were much smaller than those of Huang Fei's naval division, and the war horses of the Qing cavalry were not all able to board the ships.

But Ao Bai didn't care, he couldn't wait to attack Guazhou.

The Daimyo Ao Bai of Guazhou also heard about it, and he also heard that the Yangzhou rifle that defeated Prince Yu Duoduo was made there.

By the time the Qing soldiers boarded the ship from Yanzizi to Guazhou on Liu Kongzhao's sailor warship, the sun had already risen.

When the sun rose, the four divisions and artillery brigades of the Yangzhou Army were on their way to Guide, and Luo Jian, Huang Degong and others rode in the middle of the team.

Yesterday, 10,000 cavalrymen of the Tianyu Army and the Qing Army were wiped out in a battle, and although the troops suffered more than 1,000 casualties, the whole army was still jubilant and morale was greatly boosted.

According to Luo Jian's idea, he wanted to rest in Dangshan County for a day and then march to Guide, but no one was willing to wait any longer, from the generals to the soldiers, they couldn't wait to destroy Duoduo as soon as possible, Luo Jian saw that the army's heart was available, of course, he would not pour cold water, so early this morning, the troops were mobilized.

"Metropolitan Governor, I really didn't expect the Qing soldiers to be so bad, if we continue to fight like this, it won't take much time for us to fight to Beijing, right?" Huang Degong was also extremely happy and said to Luo Jian excitedly.

"Governor Dadu, do you know that when Duoduo besieged Yangzhou the year before last, he gave a few letters of persuasion to the superintendent, this time our troops surrounded and returned to Germany, did you also send a few letters of persuasion to Duoduo?"

Liu Zhaoji saw that the two were talking happily, and immediately said.

"This is good, we have a lot of talents, so let the talents write ten letters of persuasion to Duoduo, and see if this kid will be angry to death." Huang Degong laughed.

Luo Jian is also in a very good mood, the Yangzhou Army fought yesterday, although there were some minor problems, but the pre-war training effect was basically reflected, and all divisions fought very well.

Like Li Chengdong's overall situation ability and Weng Zhiqi's adaptability, Luo Jian is very satisfied, and of course he has contributed to the first division of the main attack.

The three of them were talking happily when there was a hurried sound of horses' hooves at the back of the group.

The three of them subconsciously looked back and saw that a stagecoach was rushing towards several people, and the knight on the horse was not wearing armor, his hair had been scattered, and he looked wet, obviously coming overnight.

Seeing the messenger like this, Luo Jian's heart sank, and he felt that something big was about to happen, so he hurriedly stopped his horse.

The messenger ran to the three of them, took out a bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Zhao Quan, who had already dismounted and walked over, before saying to Luo Jian and the others: "Governor, the Qing soldiers have attacked Nanjing!" ”

Luo Jian's heart tightened, took the letterhead that Zhao Quan took out from the bamboo tube, and looked at it quickly.

The letter was written by Shi Kefa himself, and the handwriting was extremely sloppy, obviously written in a hurry, otherwise with Shi Kefa's temperament, he would definitely not be so hasty.

"Order the whole army to stop advancing!" After reading Shi Kefa's letter, Luo Jian directly gave an order.

When Huang Degong, Liu Zhaoji and others heard this, they were also extremely surprised, and the things that most of the governors had worried about before the war finally came true.

Quickly summoned several division commanders, and after a brief discussion, Luo Jian quickly gave an order:

"The cavalry division was all lightly armed, and immediately set off to aid Yangzhou, the fifth division was stationed in Dangshan County, the second division retreated and stationed in Xuzhou, and the first division marched in the direction of Yangzhou, and then rushed to Yangzhou, and the artillery brigade was temporarily stationed in Xuzhou."

"Xinghua, let them lead the troops slowly, I'll go back with you first, Liu Kongzhao and Zhu Guobi, these bastards, I have to kill them alive!" Liu Zhaoji said hatefully.

"Governor, didn't we capture more than 800 war horses yesterday? Can you let 800 cavalrymen go first with one man and two horses? Lou Ting didn't wait for Luo Jian to speak, and said beside him.

Luo Jian groaned slightly, and directly ordered: "The cavalry vacates half of the war horses, everyone is one person and two horses, Lou Ting, you go back to arrange it immediately, and set off in fifteen minutes." ”

Liu Zhaoji also quickly made arrangements for the first division, and ten minutes later, Luo Jian and Liu Zhaoji set off with 5,000 cavalry, and Huang Degong also slowly retreated with other troops.

At this time, the surrounding areas of Yangzhou were all moved, and the few defenders from Yizheng, Tianchang, Gaoyou and other places who received the urgent order of the superintendent were rushing to Yangzhou from different directions, with more than 1,000 men and horses, and only more than 300 people, all of whom were sweating profusely.

The Qing troops did not assault the Guazhou ferry, but began the landing on the line of Maoerjing and Shadunzi, and the second regiment of the garrison division was defending on this line.

"This is Guazhou?" Ao Bai, who was standing on the flagship of the sailor, pointed ahead and asked Liu Kongzhao, who was standing beside him.

"General, this is Guazhou." Liu Kongzhao nodded and said.

"Haha, everywhere my Qing warriors go, everything is powder, and you see how the iron hooves of my Qing warriors ruined the backyard of the Yangzhou army!" Ao Bai laughed, as if the Guazhou in front of him was already in the bag.

"The general must not be careless, the Yangzhou army is different from the other Ming army, the general has not fought with the Yangzhou army, it is better to be careful." Li Zhan stepped forward and carefully reminded Aobai.

"You just wait to guard the warship, and see how my Qing warriors fight!"

Ao Bai didn't care about Li Zhan's words, and saw that the warship was already close to the shore, and gave the Qing soldiers the order to get off the ship and land.

Although Liu Kongzhao's naval division was not good in combat, it had been on the Yangtze River for a long time, and was extremely familiar with the terrain on both sides of the river, and the landing site it chose was also excellent.

The terrain on the first line of Maoerjing and Shadunzi is relatively gentle, and the landing surface is very wide, so it is extremely difficult for the Yangzhou army to defend.

As soon as Shi Kefa heard that the Qing soldiers had chosen to land on this line, he also secretly said that it was not good in his heart, because yesterday they had already seen the terrain in this area, and it would be extremely difficult to completely defend this place with the current firepower and training of the garrison division.

Shi Kefa hurriedly ordered someone to inform Wang Qiang, who was guarding the front line of the Guazhou wharf, and asked him to quickly lead people to rush to the aid of the Second Regiment of the garrison division.

Wang Qiang, who was guarding the Guazhou wharf, was organizing 200 riflemen to conduct emergency training before the war, and when he heard Shi Kefa's order, he hurriedly led a regiment to rush to the south.

However, Wang Qiang kept an eye on it before leaving, he calculated the "Wei Qing" that went to sea to Japan, and always felt that they should return in the next few days, so he sent two people to take a small boat to the temporary port of Zhenjiang on the opposite side, and let them stay there, and notify them immediately as soon as the warship returned.

At the beginning of the landing, Aobai, who was full of confidence, was knocked on the head by the 2nd Regiment of the Garrison Division.