Chapter 504: Conquering the People's Hearts

The negotiations of the Southern Ming forces broke down, the parties did not reach an agreement, and no one was willing to listen to anyone's dispatch, which finally led to the meaningless progress of this negotiation, and the tragic incident that occurred in Yangzhou still happened, Shi Kefa led the people left behind in the city to resist the Manchu Eight Banners.

The day of Azig's siege of the city happened to be the second day of the evacuation of Australia's warships, which can be regarded as giving the Australians a lot of face, and did not march when Australia was there, and for those who did not leave, Sun Yang had no choice but to order a retreat.

Sometimes Sun Yang thinks, why are these guys in the Ministry of Defense just like businessmen, putting everything into the eyes of money, is this rescue operation what he and others want? I don't look at the situation either.

No matter how Sun Yang slanders, it is certain that the Ministry of Defense will definitely deduct this military expenditure from a certain item.

In order not to avoid a firefight with the Manchu army, the Australian troops had to retreat, Shi Kefa once had a conversation with Sun Yang, hoping that he could stay, for the sake of the same race, to resist the invasion of foreign races, and talked about the Yuan and Mongolian invasions of the Great Song Dynasty.

If Sun Yang doesn't care, Da Ming will eventually become the second Great Song Dynasty, the old man said generous passion, but he just didn't say that Sun Yang was moved, he didn't want to help, but the military order was in his body, and he couldn't decide privately.

What's more, the battle against Daming has long been arranged, and the strength in his hand is less than 500 even if he adds the personnel of the navy, and 500 people go against tens of thousands of people without large-scale combat weapons, which is looking for death, not to mention that Azig's troops are equipped with a large number of 26-pounder guns, which can also defeat the Australians.

The fact that a few hundred people defeated hundreds of thousands of people is too rare in history, not to mention that there was a precedent in Shaoguan, that is, Zhang Xianzhong's troops did not have a large number of firearms, and the army defending the city occupied a geographical advantage. That's why he was able to defeat his hundreds of thousands.

Now facing the Manchu Eight Banners who are more powerful than Zhang Xianzhong, although there are also many Ming surrender troops, but one thing is certain is that Sun Yang will only fail if he participates in the war, and the defeat will only be miserable, and he himself will be sent to the military court.

As a young Zhuang faction within the navy, Sun Yang, who is very likely to take over the post of naval commander in the future, has no intention of ruining his future, but Shi Kefa can't be too cold after begging for so long, since people insist on staying, it's still okay to give the other party a little military weapon.

Sun Yang ordered. Ten of the detachable 26-pounder guns on the ship were sent to Shi Kefa, and dozens of shells were given, although the number was not much, at least it could help Shi Kefa resist for a while, as for the later results, it was up to him.

As soon as Sun Yang's warship left the port, Azig's army quickly advanced ten miles, as long as the Australians were not there, they could attack as much as they wanted. Then came the temptation of gold and silver.

But as a scholar, Shi Kefa is still very disciplined and upright in the general righteousness of the nation, which is much better than some Donglin gentlemen.

In the face of temptation, Shi Kefa was unmoved and led the people in the city to resist to the end. This result can be imagined, and in the end, he was martyred under the attack of Azig's army, and all the forces in the south spoke highly of Shi Kefa. Accordingly gave his own posthumous lord.

But what is the use of these nihilistic things, Azig who slaughtered the city of Yangzhou successfully went south to Zhejiang to join forces with Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui had already broken through Jiading before him. Although the massacre was not carried out, there were many casualties.

At this time, for Wu Sangui, a big traitor, the southern factions have no hope, in order to get rid of him quickly, everyone wants to kill him, for the country and the people, of course, Wu Sangui's move is also equivalent to the Manchu nobles to show their intentions, as long as he kills more Han people, the more he can show his determination to join.

Because at this time he had no way out, even if he was not attached to the Manchu wing, it would be difficult for him to get the support of others.

It is difficult for a warlord to survive without the support of the gentry and the common people, not to mention the fact that he has to face a siege of hundreds of thousands of troops.

The Azig coalition army, attacking dozens of cities in a row, the army has almost reached Nanjing, at this time the nobles and rich people in Nanjing City felt a little afraid, they packed up their softness, rolled up the cover and fled south, although Hongguang still has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands.

But whether the army of the Ming Dynasty can resist it, these gentry bureaucracy knows better than anyone else, these people are just acting as a guard patrol, you don't even think about relying on them to fight.

It would be good if these people did not defect on the spot, and all the Nanjing governments that seemed to have the largest territory were actually the most vain, and with the disunity of the internal warlords, it was difficult to achieve the prohibition of this item, let alone anything else.

Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be a great escape, where these people can flee, either to Liangguang, or Jiangxi and other places, in short, where they are far away from the Eight Banners of the expiration period, they will go.

After all, Azig's slaughter in Yangzhou made people shudder, and they all wanted to stay away from this killing god.

At this time, the most difficult thing is Hongguang, he is the king of a country, and he claims to be orthodox, and he is not going to go, in fact, his heart is the same as many people's thoughts, hoping to leave this place of right and wrong, at least to avoid the Jiangxi generation, it is better than being so close.

Azig's coalition army did not cross the river when it reached the north bank of the Yangtze River, so it was stationed and sent a letter to send a letter, as long as Hongguang surrendered, he would be made an iron hat prince to do, but Hongguang was not stupid, at least he knew that there was not such a good thing, and he was sure that once he surrendered, he would die a miserable death, so he ignored the matter, at least in his opinion, it was a trap.

Moreover, some old ministers cried and shouted that they could not surrender, which further shows that once he surrenders, he is finished, and even if he dies, he does not know how to see his ancestors and ancestors.

However, just when everyone thought that the city of Nanjing was dangerous, King Gui suddenly announced that if Brother Fu Wang wanted, he could send a new army from Liangguang to Nanjing to help in the war, but how the battle would be fought was completely up to them.

This news is not big or small, at this critical moment, King Gui can be like this, to say that he has no other thoughts may be too unconvincing, at least this can win over a lot of people. (To be continued.) )