"So many people ran away...... For our great cause of defending the city, it is not good news, I am afraid that in the past two days, the Tartars will become even more crazy, we must keep an eye on the gates, but also keep an eye on the artillery dispatch of the Tartars, and we must not take it lightly. ”

After the end of the imperial court meeting, after confirming the scale of the number of civil officials who escaped as traitors, Shi Kefa couldn't help but say worriedly on the way to disperse the court.

Shen Tingyang walked beside him, and he didn't react for a while: "The impact is indeed too bad, but fortunately, it shouldn't affect the army, at most it will only hit Shilin's righteousness, don't worry too much about Xianzhi."

Alas, I have been a scholar for nearly three hundred years, how can so many scholars become discouraged and apostasy in the end! If it is an ordinary soldier and an ordinary person, who has not been educated by the saints and does not know etiquette and righteousness, it is just that, these brutes are really a shame for Shilin! ”

Shi Kefa did not accept the persuasion of Shen Tingyang and Thin Mud,

He is just a little indecisive, but he still has a keen eye for problems, and many times he just can't make up his mind to act vigorously after seeing it.

So he shook his head and said with a slight understanding: "It's not that simple, how can these people's surrender to the enemy not affect military affairs and city defense?" The morale of our soldiers may be stabilized, but it is entirely possible that the Tartars will become more and more crazy because of the defection of these people! I don't disappear, but the enemy rises, which will also make the situation dangerous! ”

Shen Tingyang was stunned for a moment, Shi Kefa didn't sell it anymore, and broke it bluntly: "You think, Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi are gone, and they must truthfully confess everything they know to Duoduo."

Wang Qian and the rats themselves had too many eyes, thinking that the reinforcements I told them would arrive on the same day to deceive them into being loyal and martyred. But after these words were told to Dord, Dordor might not have taken them as a deceptive and morale-boosting joke! What if he really believed? In the last day or two, wouldn't it be a crazy siege, just to break the city before the reinforcements of the Tree Man Virtuous Brother arrived! ”

Shen Tingyang pondered the taste at this time, and he also broke out in a slight cold sweat, he had to admit that he was still far inferior to Shi Kefa in terms of military sensitivity.

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Shi Kefa's expectation was indeed not bad, Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi went out of the city to join the enemy overnight, and they would naturally be controlled by the Qing army, in order to pry some useful information out of their mouths.

These people have all served as important ministers in the Ming court, and they all know that there are many secrets in the Ming court, even if they are not military secrets, others are valuable and can be used by the Qing army.

It's just that Duoduo personally supervised the preparation for the siege, artillery bombardment and river filling and other tasks the night before, so he slept late, and a few henchmen around Duoduo heard that the Ming Dynasty civil officials who didn't know the soldiers were coming, so they didn't dare to disturb Duoduo sleeping.

It's just that Zhang Cunren came out for interrogation first, if there is indeed very valuable information, he must make a decision immediately, and it is not too late to wake up Duoduo.

Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi groveled to see Zhang Cunren, and knelt down and kowtowed to this former Ming general who was only Zu Dashou's deputy general thirteen years ago.

Seeing this, Zhang Cunren couldn't help but feel secretly happy: If we stay in the Ming Kingdom, as our military generals, when will we be able to make the elders and the ministry kneel down and kowtow to us? It's better for me to clear up! Give the martial artists a high position, and a bunch of dogs and civil officials have to kowtow to us! In these troubled times, these rotten people don't even have the ability to kill people, and they are also worthy of being powerful!

He didn't care about etiquette, he didn't be polite to these people, so he asked the other party to kneel and reply, and first chatted a little about what he didn't have, Zhang Cunren didn't think it was important, so he wanted to ask for something more valuable:

"I'll talk about those things about redundant personnel and infighting later, and tell me what news you know about the city's defense and military affairs? That's the point. ”

Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi were still selling important information that they knew, but they were deflated like this, only to realize that the inside story they were proud of didn't care at all, and the other party only cared about the military.

It's a pity that they don't understand military affairs, so they have to use the soothing words that Shi Kefa relayed to them, and then decorate them with mysteries and tell Zhang Cunren.

This time, Zhang Cunren immediately became alert, and no longer sat on the big thorns, jumped up directly from the tiger skin chair, and squinted his eyes: "Shi Kefa told you that Zhu Shuren's reinforcements will arrive in a few days?" The situation is still under his control? ”

Wang Duo was forced by this momentum, and couldn't help but lower his head, not daring to look up:

"The foreign minister just listened to what Shi Kefa said...... But the foreign minister thought that this was mostly Shi Kefa's bluff. He is a foolish and loyal, and when he encounters a national disaster, he wants to die for the country, so he spreads rumors to stabilize people's hearts, and wants to deceive everyone to accompany him to martyrdom......"

"Hahahaha......" Zhang Cunren couldn't help laughing, "You have a face, and you dare to laugh at Shi Kefa's foolishness!" You just have to make it clear what you said, whether Shi Kefa is deceiving people, this official will play Prince Yu at the meeting, and the prince will decide! ”

On the one hand, Zhang Cunren's contempt for these literati who have many eyes and random suspicions has become more and more profound. In contrast, he was in awe of Shi Kefa in his heart.

Regardless of whether Shi Kefa can fight or not, and how well he defends Nanjing and defends the river, but with his willingness to kill and die for the country, and it is even possible to trick his colleagues into fighting together until the last moment and martyrdom together, this integrity is worthy of his admiration Zhang Cunren.

It can only be said that a person with integrity, even enemies will respect him. And for the soft bone traitor, even if it is on his side, it will naturally make people feel contempt.

After Zhang Cunren asked about the situation, he felt that the military situation was urgent, so he immediately asked Duoduo to wake up and relay the report in person.

Duoduo was still a little angry, but when he heard that military reinforcements might arrive soon, and Zhu Shuren had bluffed in Huguang before, pretending that the main force of heavy troops was dealing with Azig, but in fact he had quietly come to help, he couldn't help but get nervous.

Thinking that all the smooth crossings of the river before might have been done by the enemy, Duoduo subconsciously felt a little nervous, but then became proud.

Even if the other party deliberately let him cross the river, he is not afraid!

However, if the city of Nanjing will be rescued soon, it will indeed have to be defended, and the siege must be urgent.

Regardless of the fact that he had just gotten up a little low blood pressure, he hurriedly summoned the main generals to urgently discuss how to deal with it.

After Zhang Cunren and Yan Yechen combined, they also felt that it was really necessary to speed up the attack on Nanjing, and at the same time, they must also leave some backup for possible changes.

"Lord, if you don't attack the city today and tomorrow, you won't be able to attack the city at any cost! You can't just rely on the captured strong men to fill the river, it's too slow. Let a Ming army surrender to us in Lianghuai, take these strong men, and mix together to fill the river. Which strong man dared to retreat and slacken, and immediately let the Ming soldiers mixed in the river reclamation team kill Yi Liwei on the spot!

Our army's Hongyi artillery can no longer scatter and bombard several points, it is better to pick one point and concentrate all the artillery to bombard in one place! Don't think about scattering the defensive forces of the Ming army, just tell them which point we will bomb, it's a big deal to let Shi Kefa transfer all the reserves and exchange lives with my Qing elite at this point! I'm going to rush into the city! ”

The Qing army's artillery preparations and fortification destruction on the first day were still not concentrated enough, on the one hand, it was also to test the reality of the Ming army and see which side was easier to break.

On the other hand, it is also known that the Ming army has a large number of troops defending the city, and the city of Nanjing is large, if pressure is exerted on all sides, it will be difficult for the Ming army to concentrate its forces. Even if there were tens of thousands or even 100,000 people, if they were sprinkled on the city wall of Nanjing, it would be easy for the Qing army to find a weak and empty position and break the city in one fell swoop.

But if all the Hongyi cannons are gathered together, it will be clear to tell the Ming army the direction of their main attack. The advantage is that no matter how strong the city wall is, if it is stared at by dozens of Hongyi cannons regardless of losses, it may still explode relatively quickly. The disadvantage is that the long city wall of Nanjing, which can no longer have the effect of dispersing the defensive forces.

You must know that the height and thickness of the city's walls are good factors for the defense of the city.

However, the length of the city wall and the area of the city are a negative factor.

The bigger the wall, the bigger it becomes, the more difficult it is to defend, and a few people at each point will occupy more than 10,000 troops.

The Ming Dynasty Nanjing City was the longest city wall in the world at that time, the inner city wall was 70 miles long, and the outer city wall was 120 miles long. Originally, the soldiers left by Shi Kefa on the city wall were relatively sparse and did not dare to concentrate.

Now Duoduo has changed to a desperate bet, which is tantamount to helping Shi Kefa make a screening, which is actually very unfavorable to the Qing army. However, in order to seize time, the Qing army could only choose the lesser of two evils and bear this disadvantage.

Dordor pondered and made this decision with difficulty.

At the same time, he was also a little afraid, knowing that if Zhu Shuren really could arrive within two days, then he would be so crazy to press all the bets, and when the division veterans were tired, the casualties were obvious, and the morale declined, and then Zhu Shuren caught the flaws, it would be a little dangerous.

He had to mention a few words to see if Zhang Cunren and Wanyan Yechen had left any benefits and a steady operation.

Zhang Cunren thought about it and suggested that Duoduo could consider dividing his troops to consolidate the back road, but Duoduo didn't think about it at first, feeling that he had dispersed his troops. But Wanyan Yechen also persuaded him to do so, and also perfected Zhang Cunren's idea, which made Duoduo loosen up.

After listening to Yan Yechen's advice: "Lord Wang, you concentrate your forces and fight Nanjing City first, this is naturally a wise and decisive strategy." But my children of the Eight Banners, except for those foot soldiers who set double iron armor first, other rangers and light horsemen are not useful in siege battles.

If it is scattered to leave a back hand, it will not affect the siege force under Nanjing, but it can leave more back roads for our army. I am willing to lead the blue flag light cavalry, plunder to the east, divide the Ming army, encircle and contain Zhenjiang's Dantu and Danyang, and Changzhou Mansion Wujin.

Even if the cavalry could not attack the city, at least the local Ming army would be trapped in the encirclement and would not be allowed to break through. Our army can also take advantage of the situation to spread the news, only saying that Nanjing has been captured, and there will always be some small counties that will surrender because of fear. If we can either storm or deceive the city, and obtain a few small cities with a little money and food, it can also provide the foundation for our army, even if the Zhu Shuren attack, our army will not worry about military rations. ”

Duoduo thought that this was indeed the case, even if he attacked Nanjing City at all costs, the light cavalry under his command would be useless.

Since this is the case, Wanyan Yechen is allowed to go out to rob with his light cavalry, and by the way, see if he can stand a foothold as a basis for Jiangnan, even if he can't defeat Nanjing City, there is still a way to retreat.

I didn't arrange all this yesterday, because I was too confident and felt that nothing else was important when I went south to Nanjing. Now I found that Nanjing didn't take it so quickly, so I started to make up for it.

But it has already happened, and there is nothing to regret, just take the road ahead. Dodor was arrogant, and he didn't like to regret it.

The Qing army quickly made corresponding deployment adjustments under his orders. In the morning of the same day, all the Hongyi artillery in the army was concentrated at one point and the final madness began.