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The Ming army advanced to Zhenjiang, defeated a small group of surrendered troops, and then camped on the border of Changzhou Prefecture, confronted the Qing soldiers in Zhenjiang, and actually stopped.

No matter how the generals asked for their lives, Zhai Zhe was as steady as Mount Tai, only letting a small group of soldiers and horses attack, and the army did not move.

The recovery of Nanjing is a matter of course, but the time has not yet come. The court decides the battlefield, and the battlefield also eats the court. If he was just a pure general, Zhai Zhe would not have won today's victory. After recovering Nanjing, King Lu will definitely be eager to come from Shaoxing Mansion to stay in the capital, so many things will not be easy to deal with.

Only then did the county governments be recovered, and the Pinglu General's Mansion moved from Xiaoshan to Hangzhou, and Zong Mao mobilized troops and horses to take over the county orders in the name of sweeping away the rout troops in various places.

The world has changed outside, and Zhang Cunren in the mountains of western Zhejiang is still in the dark.

After defeating the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty twice in a row, Zuo Ruo's soldiers entered the city of Changhua.

The loud soldiers shouted under the city for a whole day, "Duoduo has been defeated under the city of Hangzhou, Bolo has fled with his army, and the Ming Dynasty has recovered Jiangnan." If the Han people killed the Jurchens in the city and threw them out of the city, they could save their lives. ”

Zhang Cunren's ears were calloused when he stood on Chenglou Mountain and listened, he didn't believe these nonsense. But none of this matters, the important thing is that there is no food in the city, and since yesterday, the soldiers can only drink gruel to survive.

Zhang Huangyan supplied grain and grass to Fang Guoan in Huizhou Mansion, and Zhang Guowei sent grain to Zuo Ruo from eastern Zhejiang.

The incense of cooking outside the city wafted into the city, and the eyes of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty began to light when they smelled it.

Zhang Cunren once organized a breakthrough, but every time the soldiers were halfway through the assault, they saw that the soldiers who surrendered a few days ago were standing on the opposite side, and soon many people dropped their weapons and knelt on the side of the road. Zuo Ruo's requirements for the pawn are simple and clear. Killing or capturing a former companion exempts him from punishment and accepts him into the Ming army.

Zhang Cunren had not heard the sound of artillery coming from the direction of the submarine since yesterday, and although he did not believe the words of the Ming army, he already had doubts in his heart. This is a war whose outcome has long been determined.

Another day passed, and there was a commotion on the mountain road to the east, and when Zhang Cunren saw the Ming army carrying bucket-thick iron cannons from there, he believed it.

That kind of cannon only appeared under the city of Hangzhou, and it was originally the city defense cannon of Nanjing.

The people in eastern Zhejiang helped Zuo Ruojun arrange the artillery position.

"Fire!"

Zuo Ruo gave the order, and he also felt the pleasure of attacking the city with a giant cannon.

The west gate of Changhua County collapsed, and Zhang Cunren could not gain a foothold in the city tower, and there seemed to be no way out except surrender.

He once worked for the Ming Dynasty, and then served the Qing Dynasty, does he want to return to the Ming Dynasty today? Zhang Cunren did not believe that the Ming Dynasty would forgive his crimes, and even though the Pingyu general Zhai Zhe promised to let him go, he walked out of the Ming court and knew the weight of the general's words there.

"That's it, that's it!" Zhang Cunren's heart was desolate.

The Ming Dynasty was mean and unkind to the generals, and the Qing Dynasty could be said to treat him as a national soldier, so that he could not be repaid except for his death.

The army was terrified, and he patrolled among the troops with great momentum: "Hold Changhua, the prince will soon mobilize soldiers and horses to save us!" ”

The sound of artillery stopped, and the sound of persuasion came from outside the city, those were all Han people who had surrendered to the Ming army a few days ago, and many people were from the Han Eight Banners.

"Dodor was defeated and captured, Bolo fled, you are already alone, why bother to die here. Can't you hear me? Yu Qian's cannon fire had stopped. ”

Zhang Cunren ordered his soldiers to beat gongs and drums to suppress the shouts outside the city.

He had made up his mind, but unfortunately, there was a shortage of food in the city.

For two days in a row, Zuo Ruo only used artillery bombardment and resolutely did not attack the city. He had already known the truth in the city from the captives, and Zhai Zhe gave him the order to take Zhang Cunren at the lowest cost. The battle has already been fought to this point, and it is impossible to attack again.

Two days later, in the afternoon, the shelling stopped. When Zuo Ruo was resting in the camp, his own soldiers ran over quickly and said, "My lord, the Qing soldiers in the city killed each other. ”

Zuo Ruo Pegasus went to the west gate of Changhua City and heard the angry shouts of the Han people and the desperate screams of the Jurchens coming from inside. The city was like a pot of boiling rice porridge, with faint flashes of fire and smoke.

"It's not like a fake!" Zuo Ruo listened carefully for a moment and ordered: "The army will attack the city immediately." ”

There was no need for a ladder, and the west and south gates were blasted open. Fang Guoan and Zuo Ruo each urged the soldiers and horses to enter the city, and saw that the city was already full of blood, and the Jurchens were fighting with the Han people.

The two urged the soldiers and horses to kill the Jurchens first, and then kill the Han people who were unwilling to drop their weapons and surrender on their knees, and within two hours, the county seat of Changhua was restored to peace.

Zhang Cunren was escorted out by several pro-soldiers and sent to Zuo Ruo.

It turned out that the Han people in the city had been making a living with rice porridge that was scarce and visible in the past few days, and the Jurchens had secretly hidden a batch of grain, which was revealed by the Han people today. Zarumbi was not only unwilling to distribute the grain to the Han Chinese, but instead ordered the Jurchens to whip the leader of the Han Dynasty to make trouble, thus causing a mutiny.

Zhang Cunren was very tough, and when he saw Zuo Ruo standing upright, he resolutely did not kneel.

It's a pity that if Zuo is not Zhai Zhe, there is no need to show hypocrisy; He is not Xiao Zhiyan, and he will not let morality restrain his behavior.

"Hit!" Just one word.

The soldier struck Zhang Cunren's knee with the back of his long knife, only two or three times, Zhang Cunren could no longer stand, and he was afraid that he would not be able to stand for several months.

Zhang Cunren's sweat beaded on his aching forehead, and he couldn't hold back his screams.

Zuo Ruo sneered and ordered: "Behead all the Jurchens in the city and report them to the general, just say that Zhang Cunren led the troops to slaughter the Jurchens in Changhua anyway, and put them into the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhang Cunren poured out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and scolded: "Shameless! ”

Zuo Ruo sneered and responded: "Without you, you are willing to be a slave to the Jurchens, and it is shameless to betray your ancestors!" ”

He didn't have time to continue to quarrel with Zhang Cunren, urged the soldiers and horses to clean up the battlefield with Fang Guoan's army, led the army to Huzhou Mansion to march to Guangde Mansion, arrived in Liyang, and joined Zhai Zhe in Changzhou Mansion.

At this point, only Nanjing and Zhenjiang in the south of the Yangtze River were still occupied by the Qing troops, and Zhang Tianlu withdrew from Ningguofu to Chizhou, making preparations for crossing the river and fleeing north at any time.

The 120,000 Ming troops confronted the 80,000 Qing soldiers in Zhenjiang.

The Qing Dynasty was newly defeated, the Jurchens and the Han people did not trust each other, and the morale of the army was weakened. After Zuo Ruo and Fang Guoan arrived in Changzhou, the advantage of the Ming army was already obvious, but Zhai Zhe did not march for a long time.

The battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River spread to the north and south of the river, and Liu Suifeng should soon arrive in Fuzhou.

Nanjing's significance to Jiangnan is not only a military town, but also the capital set up by Taizu back then, and the influence of recovering Nanjing is even far greater than the capture of Duoduo.

This is an incomparably delicious fruit, Zhai Zhe can swallow it in his throat as long as he opens his mouth, it is not difficult to capture this city, and it is even more difficult to endure this ****.

King Lu was waiting to enter the city, and Dolgon must have been sending troops as well.

So Zhai Zhe needs allies, and he would rather have people share this glory with him.