Chapter 531: It's Business as Ever
July 2, 1644
The 500,000 troops assembled by the Manchu Qing in Jiangyin have been preliminarily completed, led by Hauge, the prince of Su, who should have been placed under house arrest after entering the customs in history, originally according to the trend of history, he should have gone to Sichuan to attack Zhang Xianzhong, but at this time he was praised by a group of Manchu veterans to re-stand on the opposite side of Dolgon.
The assembly of the army has been completed, and the vanguard is already approaching the city of Nanjing, which is even more precarious for the already panicked Fufu Wang regime, and it can even be said that there has been a phenomenon of soldiers fleeing.
Hearing that the Manchu army was coming, there was originally a strange movement to escape, and now they are seizing the opportunity to escape.
For them not to run at this time, wait for when.
The 500,000 army was killed, but it was no joke, these Tartars slaughtered the city in Jiading, Yangzhou for a few days, and in addition to the slaughter of the city in some other places, it can be said that many people have been scared out of their hearts.
Now there were less than 20,000 soldiers defending Nanjing, and after hearing that the Manchu army of 500,000 was moving south, all kinds of general soldiers used various reasons to prevaricate that they could not come.
For a while, King Fu even fell into a situation where he didn't know how to advance or retreat, and wanted to abandon Nanjing City and go towards Jiangxi and Hunan, but in doing so, he would inevitably suffer from the ridicule and abuse of those literati and writers.
But if you don't leave, staying here is waiting for death, the fat man is not as chaste as Chongzhen, he died and martyred, he originally thought that being the emperor just wanted to enjoy it, originally thought that the south would be in his own hands, after all, he sat in Nanjing, and there was a group of old ministers to assist, it will definitely be successful.
It's just that no one thought that these guys actually had no use for eggs, so let them come up with ideas, all they came up with were some bad ideas, and what attack on Liangguang could deter King Lu of Zhejiang and King Tang of Fuzhou.
At the time, I thought it was an unreliable idea. I even feel that this is a bit presumptuous, what do these people say, it's okay, they just want to defeat each other, and even say that they can abuse those people, and now it's okay to pretend that they can't be beaten instead.
I don't have a chance to run this time, I pretend to be a big deal, King Fu knows that he is a finished bird this time, and he can only hope that a miracle will appear again, if this crisis is lifted, he must kick out this gang of useless guys, but for now, let's think about how to save my life.
20,000 against an army of 500,000. This comparison can be said to be terrifying, if the 20,000 Australian army arrives, it is possible to fight the 500,000 army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Now in Nanjing City, people don't even think about fighting it, so King Fu is also thinking about a way at this time, how to escape. He only hated that he was too young at the beginning, and everything was listened to slander, if these guys didn't pat their chests and promise, how could they suddenly recruit a large number of soldiers.
At that time, it should be fully opposed, and later Liangguang wanted to form an alliance with the Nanjing court to jointly deal with the Manchu Qing in the north. But these people are so good that they can't die biting the orthodox status and arguing, and now it's okay, King Lu is saying that he supports it.
I haven't seen this guy send a soldier to support it until now, and now Hauge has reached the other side of the Yangtze River. I didn't see the general soldiers from all over the country coming, and King Fu's heart was cold.
If Shen Youlong of Liangguang said to send troops at this time, it is estimated that King Fu would immediately run over. However, it is no longer possible, and the new army of Liangguang is said to have taken over the Ganzhou capital and is approaching Hongdu. There was no resistance along the way.
If everything can go back to the beginning, King Fu will definitely choose to just be his comfortable prince, and don't care about any military affairs. Apparently this is impossible, want to do nothing, the ministers absolutely do not agree.
The current thinking of these people is that if there is a problem that cannot be solved, they will push this to you, or even not ask at all.
Just when King Fu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, King Gui issued a notice again, expressing his willingness to abandon his past suspicions and fight against the Manchus together with the Nanjing court.
As soon as this news came out, the Nanjing court was shaken, and the vassals began to discuss how to cooperate, such as army garrison, supply and other issues must be discussed.
The fat man of Fuda has grass and mud horses galloping in his heart, and what are you discussing, just let people come directly at this time, but then you will definitely lose the initiative.
Of course, now it is not so important for the fat man of Fuda to sit in this position or not, what he is thinking about now is how to save his life, how to save his life.
Shen Youlong really fought against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and really sent someone to discuss, but this was the result of discussions with the Australian adviser in advance, that is, Zhang Tianwen, Lao Zhang said that it was okay, when it was Liangguang, he must have the right to speak, and at the same time, King Fu went to the emperor.
The two sides began negotiations on this, and the Nanjing courtiers expressed their support for King Gui's deep understanding of righteousness, but resolutely disagreed with letting King Fu go to the emperor's title, and looked like the concubines couldn't do it.
Because they know that once the title of Emperor Fuwang is removed, it means that they have given up the right of orthodox inheritance, and once they admit it, it is equivalent to losing the title of emperor in the future.
At the same time, they also understand more deeply that once King Fu is even famous, then the Nanjing court will actually exist in name only, it is said that now officials in Jiangxi, Hunan and other places are already leaning on Liangguang, respectively, saying that they want to join the camp of Liangguang,
Of course, for the sake of future consideration, Zhang Tianwen, as a consultant, asked Shen Youlong to postpone accepting these areas, after all, the current strength of Liangguang is insufficient, if you leave King Fu and these people, it is equivalent to leaving a buffer zone for yourself, and once you accept it, you need the new army of Liangguang to deal with it.
This is a non-profitable business, and it is very likely to drag Liangguang into an even more serious economic crisis.
For the officials and general soldiers in these areas, Australia gave the opinion that in the future, some people will inevitably be unusable, and if they want to implement new policies, they will inevitably encounter opposition from the old team, so they must be re-employed.
The two sides argued over this issue, and the Nanjing court expressed its willingness to contribute money and efforts, and could also agree to cede the area now occupied by Liangguang to King Gui, as long as the imperial title was not removed.
But Shen Youlong obviously would not agree to this proposal, if he did not remove the emperor's title, he would resolutely not send troops, on the one hand, the interests of the future, and on the other hand, his life would not be guaranteed, and it was difficult for people to choose for a while.
But Hauge would not give so much time for King Fu to think about it, and on the day they discussed the rejection of Liangguang, Hauge crossed the river with his army, preparing to capture Nanjing and unify Jiangnan in one fell swoop.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately made the Nanjing government and the opposition panic, and King Fu couldn't sit still at this time, he couldn't care so much anyway, he just ran with people and ran to Jiangxi, as long as he was closer to Liangguang, he felt safer. (To be continued.) )