Chapter 537: Breaking the City

Shen Youlong's Liangguang New Army had already been stationed outside Nanjing, and had a fierce battle with Haoge's army, and the difference in strength between the two sides was clearly reflected.

500,000 people are actually more than enough to resist a regiment of firearms troops, and no matter how they fight, as long as they are not a frontal attack, then they can effectively complete an encirclement.

A regiment in Liangguang was divided into four battalions, which were stationed in four areas, and the firepower in each area was the same, and there was a more important reason that Liangguang leased Australian warships to block the Manchu army on the Yangtze River.

However, the number of warships is limited, and half a million people can choose any location to bypass and fight. This war can be said to be won or lost, but in fact, it has already been decided.

The military meeting of the Australian Ministry of Defense to discuss this war has been going on for a few days, and the focus is on how to extend the time for King Fu to retreat.

The myth of the New Army was likely to be shattered, and Hauge's re-emergence on the Manchu political scene was inevitable, a premeditated plot against the Manchus.

If the plan succeeds, Hauge will likely regain the power to fight against Dolgon, and Dolgon's life will become even more difficult.

In the rear of the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty, it can be said that Dolgon is the most difficult person to deal with, this person is studious and strong against your other nobles, and can quickly learn to change himself, such an opponent is the most feared in Australia, so the rear of the Manchu Qing must not be peaceful, and there must be a strong figure who comes out to fight against him.

Coupled with the unwilling woman in the harem, I am afraid that this situation will soon take shape, the queen mother in history is a master of palace fighting, and she single-handedly supported the two emperors to ascend the throne, from entering the customs to Kangxi. This man's place in history is extraordinary.

The more such a person is, the more people can't be underestimated, so Dolgon is naturally also concerned about the victory of this war, once Hauge's army really breaks through Nanjing, it will be a big blow to him.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been established, in fact, its political system is not complete, how to say, that is, the aristocracy has a lot of power, and important affairs must be decided by the Zhubeile and the clan relatives.

So it is not difficult for Hauge to be able to get back on his feet. As long as these clansmen and Baylor supported him, he still had the ability to confront Dorgon.

The new army of Liangguang outside Nanjing has blocked the attack for seven days in a row, so in the seven days, King Fu was not idle, and followed the advice to temporarily evacuate to Jiangxi, a large number of people and treasures were loaded and taken away, of course, there are still many things in this palace that cannot be taken away.

Although the retreat is a bit embarrassing, but after all, he can save his life, King Fu can't take care of it so much, and now for him. Only registration is the most important, he has already thought about it, and when he arrives in Hongdu Mansion, he will go to the emperor by himself. This emperor is not many, and of course his ideas will inevitably be opposed by those ministers.

Even if you oppose him, you have to go to the emperor's name, just be a prince in this troubled world, the emperor's goal is too big. No wonder King Lu and King Gui played the banner of a prison country and a generalissimo.

Although these two names are self-proclaimed, the goal is small. No one will stare at them, they have just ascended the throne as emperor, and people from all walks of life are staring at them.

Therefore, this is not a good profession to be an emperor, in addition to feeling that he is stupid, King Fu feels glad that he is still alive.

It's better to be alive than anything else, these are the words of King Fu when he left the Nanjing Imperial Palace and got into the carriage.

The first in the history of the Ming Dynasty, because of the invasion of foreign enemies, and the emperor who fled was born, King Fu broke the record, it can be said that no one has broken this record for more than two hundred years, and now he has broken it.

Even King Fu and a cadre of ministers left, and the people in the city were naturally more panicked, so there must be no good results in staying in this way, so many people quickly packed up their simple clothes and approached Hongdu Mansion.

A large number of people who had evacuated south had already occupied the official road, and King Fu had to arrange for the government to maintain law and order along the way.

Hauge naturally knew that the emperor of Nanjing was fleeing, and even took away a lot of wealth, but his troops could not attack the defensive line, if they were forced to come, the losses would be very huge, and even if they won, Dolgon would attack.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty had requirements for the proportion of casualties to go to war, so once the casualties were too large, even if they won the battle, they would be punished, and the purpose of this was to ensure that the generals with troops should always be clear-headed and could not march blindly.

The battle of the 1st Regiment of the New Army was very difficult and exhausting for them, and in a week, the enemy launched a hundred attacks, which can be said to be too large, and even one of them could be broken by the enemy if they were not careful.

Their task was to hold on for ten days, after which all the troops would retreat anyway, which was a countermeasure that had been discussed before the expedition.

It is now the eighth day, and in two days they will retreat back to Liangguang to rest.

However, Hauge launched a night raid at this time, and it was not the first time for the Manchus to fight at night, and they had used night sneak attacks many times to succeed.

The defensive line to the north had been broken through due to negligence, and the troops had to retreat as they fought, as if they were gathering in the east.

On the battlefield, sometimes it is very difficult to block a breakthrough as long as it is opened, and even if the new army with heavy weapons has a regiment and a battalion, it is obviously possible to reclaim the position with only a few hundred people.

The news of the loss had spread to the defenders in the other three directions, and at this time Hauge's army had completely entered nearly 10,000 people, so it was impossible to hold on at this time.

It was no longer difficult for Nanjing to be breached, so the other three parties decisively retreated to the eastern position after requesting their superiors.

It can be said that it has not been easy to fight this war until now, and the new army can hold on for more than a week with a newly formed regiment, relying on nothing as simple as weapon superiority, and there is also strong willpower in it, so for their perseverance, Shen Youlong is in his eyes.

Even if the agreed time is not reached in the end, it is still very admirable, and the common people actually see it, after all, it is very difficult for thousands of people to fight hundreds of thousands of people.

That is, on the night of the retreat of the new army, the city of Nanjing, which had no soldiers, was officially occupied by Hauge. (To be continued.) )