Chapter 243: Ganzhou Surrenders
"Quick, move to the wall!"
"Hurry up! Get in place quickly! β
"Shoot the arrows! Put! β
Whoosh β
A rain of arrows rose from the city wall, raining down on the heads of the Ming soldiers who flocked to the city wall, although most of them were blocked by the shield wall and shields, but there were still some arrows at a tricky angle that drilled into the gaps and shot the soldiers below.
In the rear, Zhu Chenggong stood under the military flag, staring at the siege battlefield with a grim expression, the Ganzhou city wall was high and strong, the defenders resisted stubbornly, the Ming army launched several sieges in succession and were repulsed, and the corpses of thousands of soldiers had fallen under the city of Ganzhou.
The shape of the city wall of the Ganzhou capital city looks down from the sky, just like the convex word pasted on the side of the Gongshui River, and the south gate of the town where Zhu Chenggong supervised the battle is located at the point where the word "convex" protrudes, which is one of the most important city gates connecting the land of Ganzhou City.
At this moment, an envoy rode into the camp on a fast horse, and after showing his intentions to the guards, he was brought to Zhu Chenggong as soon as possible.
As soon as the man saw Zhu Chenggong, he knelt on the ground, took out a document from his arms, held it high above his head, and said in his mouth: "General, Nanchang good news, the king of Nan'an County led the army to conquer Nanchang, and it will be decided by the spread of the word in various places!" β
Zhu Chenggong claimed to be a general, so it was not inappropriate to call him a general.
After Zhu Chenggong heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly took the document and opened it to check, and after checking it, he said a few words in a row, put away the paperwork, and asked the messenger: "Can the king of your county plan to go south and attack the capital city of Ganzhou together?" β
"Back to the general's words, His Royal Highness has no such intention for the time being, His Royal Highness knew that the general would ask about this matter, so he made it clear to the humble post in advance - His Royal Highness is preparing to march west to Huguang, completely pacify the south of the Yangtze River, and then march into the Central Plains." The messenger replied.
Zhu Chenggong nodded, he began to think about the possibility of persuading the defenders of Ganzhou to surrender, since Nanchang was recovered, and it was decided that all parts of the country were also decided, then it was not necessary for the Southern Ganzhou Qing army to continue to hold on.
Just as he was thinking, the messenger took out a second document from his bosom, raised it above his head again, and said: "General, this is a persuasion document written by His Royal Highness to be written, and there should be a big seal such as the governor of Jiangxi on it, His Highness said: You can persuade the Qing army in Southern Jiangxi to surrender in this document, if the Qing army chooses to resist stubbornly, His Highness will divide his troops to the south to assist the general in recovering Southern Jiangxi and other places." β
"Good, Su Anguo is really thoughtful." Zhu Chenggong said with a smile.
He then ordered the messenger to stay and settle down, and ordered the horn of retreat to be sounded, preparing to use this document to persuade the defenders to surrender.
When the attacking Ming soldiers heard the retreat horn sounded in advance, they thought they had heard it wrong, so they were stunned on the spot, and after they reacted, they were sure that it was the retreat horn, and they all breathed a sigh of relief and covered each other to withdraw to the camp.
On the city wall, Liu Wuyuan, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, who personally supervised the battle, and Hu Yousheng, the chief soldier who heard that the Ming army had invaded and retreated to the city, looked at the Ming army that had faded like a tide with a grim expression.
"The Ming army has besieged Fucheng for half a month, and the messengers sent out to ask for help have never heard back, so I'm afraid that we are isolated and helpless." Liu Wuyuan said. @η²Ύε\/Shuge Error-free Debut~~
"What if the envoy for help arrives in Nanchang, the prince of Nan'an County of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty will conquer Jiangxi, and Xia Yiyu himself will be unable to protect himself, where can he still manage us." Hu Yousheng shook his head and said.
Hu Yousheng already had the intention of surrendering in his heart, the Qing court from the peak to the decline actually took only a few months, now the north is in chaos, the court has no time to take care of the south, continue to stick to the lonely city will only lose his life in vain, it is better to descend the Ming Dynasty, but also to keep the glory and wealth.
However, he didn't say this sentence easily in front of Liu Wuyuan, because he didn't know what Liu Wuyuan's true thoughts were, in case Liu Wuyuan wanted to repay the country with death, he wouldn't be the first to be beaten.
What he didn't know was that Liu Wuyuan actually had the intention to surrender, but he and Hu Yousheng both had a certain amount of influence in the army at the same time, and if the two could not decide to surrender together, it was likely to turn into infighting between the two factions.
Just when the two of them were each pregnant with ghosts, they suddenly saw a horse rushing out of the camp of the Ming army, and after the knight rode his horse to a safe distance away from an arrow, he held up a document in his hand and shouted loudly:
"Don't let your arrows go! Don't let the arrows go! β
The archers on the city wall turned their heads to look at Liu Wuyuan and Hu Yousheng and asked for their opinions, and the two glanced at each other.
After exchanging opinions, Liu Wuyuan nodded, waved his right hand, and said, "Let him come over." β
The archer then lowered his arrows so that the knight could get close to the wall, and when the knight saw this, he rode over the ground and one corpse after another to the bottom of the wall.
Subsequently, he held up the document and shouted: "Nanchang Mansion City has been recovered by my Great Tomorrow Army, my Ming Dynasty Nan'an County King His Royal Highness is forgiving, unwilling to kill again, and the special general will persuade the surrender of the text throughout the provinces, Erganzhou up and down took the initiative to open the city and surrender, and the past is not to blame, if it is stubbornly resistant, then the war will start again, and my Great Tomorrow Army will level Ganzhou City!" β
When the words fell, the faces of the Qing soldiers on the city wall changed greatly, Liu Wuyuan and Hu Yousheng glanced at each other again, and they both saw a strong look of shock in each other's eyes. _o_m
Hu Yousheng said in a lost voice: "This is impossible, in addition to the defenders in the city, Nanchang also has the 30,000 troops brought by the Ningxia General Army, how can it fall in such a short period of time?" β
Liu Wuyuan reacted quickly, he didn't believe the man's words, and hurriedly ordered someone to lower the bamboo basket, and asked the knight to put the inscription on the bamboo basket, and after the bamboo basket was raised, he and Hu Yousheng watched together, in addition to the documents of surrender, there was also a very clear seal of the governor of Jiangxi at the bottom.
After Liu Wuyuan identified it with a solemn expression, under the gaze of everyone around him, he nodded slowly and said: "This is the real Jiangxi Governor's Seal, it seems that even if the Ming army does not capture Nanchang, then Xia Yiyu will be more than lucky." β
"Then we ......," one of the lieutenants asked.
Liu Wuyuan didn't answer, he was worried on his face, but he was relieved in his heart, since Nanchang had fallen, there should not be much obstacle for him to mention surrendering again.
Therefore, after Liu Wuyuan pondered for a while, he said in a deep voice: "At present, there is a great chaos in the north, the imperial court has no time to look south, and it is decided that all parts of Jiangxi are decided, the Ming army is strong, and the official does not want the lives of Ganzhou to be ruined, and the generals and soldiers in the army will increase the casualties. β
He thought that the exit of the surrender order would arouse opposition from some people, but he never expected that after hearing the words of surrender, they would all breathe a sigh of relief and obey the order.
Next, the soldiers defending the city obeyed Liu Wuyuan's order and took the initiative to open the gate of Ganzhou, and the city officials and generals Zuo all followed Liu Wuyuan out of the city, walked unarmed to the Ming army camp, and surrendered to Zhu Chenggong.
Zhu Chenggong saw that the Qing army had surrendered like this, and he was relieved, and ordered the whole army to enter the city, take over Ganzhou, and gather those Qing troops who surrendered, and post notices to reassure the people everywhere in the city to appease the people.