Chapter 365: Yuhuatai Famous General

The moment Song Che rushed down the mountain to see Man Gui, his whole person was extremely relaxed.

Li Xiukuan's bayonet fighting skills were obviously not comparable to those of the low-level soldiers, he was stabbed twice in the shoulder, and two arrows pierced his abdomen.

"Old Song..."

Man Gui didn't laugh, because the two people who led the troops were injured at the moment.

Song Che nodded towards Man Gui, and then said, "Pursuit, the enemy army has been delayed by our department for a long time, and it should be a great achievement." ”

Man Gui nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered his subordinates to run after Gao Yingxiang's soldiers and horses: "The prince's army went to Chaoyangmen, and the prince said that if I arrived at Jubaoshan, you and your subordinates were unfortunately killed, and the prince would use Nanjing to bury you." ”

Song Che was extremely relieved and held on to Jubaoshan for five days, until he ran out of ammunition and food, and then he had no choice but to start a white-knuckle battle with his opponent.

However, he didn't know that the battle held by Jubaoshan allowed him to hold nearly 100,000 people.

"Come on, treat Master Li's injuries," Man Gui ordered, and then clenched his fists: "Old Song, since you have nothing to do, I will go to Jubaomen." ”

Song Che lifted his spirits, and then ordered his subordinates to rest in place and wait for orders, while he took a dozen guards to get on his horse and head towards the treasure gate.

In such a big battle as the attack on Nanjing, how could he be missing.

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Nanjing city is a chaos at the moment, there are soldiers and horses everywhere, and there are even robbers taking advantage of the fire, Chaoyangmen inner street is only two miles past, is where the Donghua Gate of Nanjing Imperial City is located.

This place, which once represented the gate of civil officials, has now been blocked by rubble and rubble, and the tall walls of the imperial city of Nanjing are ready to attack.

Chen Cao rode his horse forward slowly, and after his subordinates told him that this was Donghua Gate, he found that the original place where 'the roll call outside Donghua Gate was a good man' was like a garbage dump.

Tang Kainian, who was riding a horse, approached and said: "Lord Wang, the imperial city was taken over by a person named He Huchen under Yang He, and he grabbed a tongue, I heard that there are at least about 100,000 people here. ”

Chen Cao glanced at the Donghua Gate in the distance, and said, "Can the food in the imperial city help them guard it for three days?" If not, then trap them, all the units of the Longwu Army are scattered according to the previous order, and the entire Taiping Street must be controlled, so that half of Nanjing will be in my hands. ”

"Yes, I'll do it."

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Yang Qi's subordinates had just crossed the Zhonghe Bridge and arrived at Zhengyang Gate, and Yang He's subordinates appeared in front of Zhengyang Gate.

Not long after, Yang Qi saw the banner of the superintendent Yang He.

That's right, the experienced Yang He ran away, he was not ready to stay in the city of Nanjing, because judging from his many years of military career, after the enemy broke through the city, if he wanted to have a good fight with the opponent, it was completely unnecessary to be in the city, but it would affect his own arrangement, on the contrary, if the headquarters was located outside the city, then the situation would be greatly reversed.

"Where is the prince of Tang Wang?"

Facing Yang He's inquiry, Yang Qi's face was solemn: "Before the last general left, he ordered the Tang Domain's headquarters to guard the bridge above, if the soldiers of Liang Rebellion arrived, it would be the time to fight." ”

Yang He was not stupid at all, so he said: "Chen Cao broke through the Chaoyang Gate, the old man has asked He Huchen to stay in the imperial city, now the situation between the offensive and defensive sides has changed greatly, it is not a good choice to stay in the city, you and the old man go out of the city together, and it is the best policy to command the party outside the city." ”

Yang He and his henchman Yang Qi left, but instead of escaping, they went to find a safer and more advantageous command post.

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"It is said that when Zhu Di entered Nanjing, he first went to the official street outside the Hongwu Gate to deter the officials of the five departments."

Chen Cao rode his horse slowly, and the sound of gunfire everywhere could imagine how fierce the battle in Nanjing City was.

Chen Cao had only walked through Guanjie a few times this day, and he used to do errands, but now, he could watch it in a leisurely manner, and those timid officials of the five departments of Nanjing were kneeling outside the doors of their respective ministries at the moment, their bodies trembling.

Zhao Xin is a big old man, naturally he can't think of many allusions, at this moment, riding a horse on Chen Cao's side, he himself also rose a sense of arrogance: "The subordinates don't know these things, but they know that Yang Rong rushed out of the Ministry of Rites at that time, stopped Grandpa Cheng's war horse, and asked Grandpa Cheng whether he ascended the throne first or worshipped his ancestors first." ”

Chen Cao thought thoughtfully and muttered: "It's true, although I am the rebel of the Zhu family, but I agree with the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial mausoleum, uh...

It's still necessary to pay homage. ”

After walking on the official street, it is the Hongwu Gate, and the Jinshui Bridge is also in front, Chen Cao stopped the war horse, and the closed Hongwu Gate appeared in front of his eyes: "It's a pity, the Imperial City of Nanjing is in disrepair, otherwise..."

Chen Cao's words were not finished, and Zhao Xin nodded: "The subordinate province, the province..."

Chen Cao glanced at him, and then smiled: "You will see stitches, you are a typical minister, in a peaceful and prosperous world." ”

"Newspaper..."

A herald came on horseback, panting: "Lord Wang, the commander of the Manchu army has sent people, the siege of Jubaoshan has been lifted, and the commander of the Song army is safe." ”

"Good..."

Chen Cao was overjoyed and was about to praise him, when another herald came to inform Yang He that he had left the inner city with someone from Zhengyangmen and went to the outer city.

"The old man is running very fast," Chen Cao said silently, and then raised his head: "Order the headquarters of the 14th Division to leave the city immediately, and send someone to Zhenjiang to order the 56th Division Cao Bianjiao's headquarters to rush to Nanjing immediately, and in addition, give Huang Chunyao an order to order the Shenwu Army to rush to Nanjing." ”

To Chen Cao's surprise, Yang He did not run away, but withdrew with nearly 100,000 people to the Jiagangmen Gate as quickly as possible, established a large camp of the Chinese army in the Jiagangmen, and commanded his subordinates to continue the battle with him in Nanjing.

In the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies of the West Chang'an Gate, Chen Cao's Chinese army camp was set up here, and in the spacious and bright Governor's Mansion Hall, Chen Cao was holding a teaching stick to arrange the attack on Nanjing City.

"The Northern Army captured an enemy general and senior officer while still occupying most of the city west of Tianping Street, and according to him, there were at least nearly 400,000 troops in the entire city of Nanjing."

Chen Cao was stunned after listening to Zhao Xin's report, and then frowned: "Yang He, this old horseman, has two brushes, and he knows that trapping in the city is the way to die, this old guy is not easy to fool." ”

"Except for the Xihua Gate, all the gates of the Inner Imperial City have been blocked by our army, if He Huchen wants to run, he can only go from the Xihua Gate." Tang Kainian said.

"He Huchen can't run if he doesn't run..."

Chen Cao smiled: "The gates are sealed, there is no food in the imperial city, he has nearly 100,000 people in the city, and he can hold it for two days, I will take the initiative to let him go." ”

"While the various divisions attacked from all sides, the main direction of attack was to take the Gongyuan and Fuxue west of Taiping Street as the main target, and compress the defenders of the Northern Army to the northwest of the city..."

"Don't use artillery for the time being, you can use mortars, mortars, grenades and shells on a small scale, if it is a fire, the rescue of Nanjing City will be very troublesome."

After the order was issued, the commanders and fighters of the various armies left one after another, and Chen Cao rarely leaned back in his chair to rest for a while.

"Lord Wang... Wei Guogong asked to see..."

Chen Cao opened his eyes, and before he got up, he saw Xu Hongji stepping into the lobby and saluting Chen Cao: "King Liang..."

Chen Cao got up and arched his hand towards Xu Hongji: "Wei Guogong is not harmed..."

Xu Hongji's face was bitter: "The rebels have spread to Mochou Lake, and the rebels under the banner of the Shaanxi General Army rushed into my house, and they had no choice but to do so..."

Chen Cao suddenly realized, and then said seriously: "When Wei Guogong came to my Songjiang before leaving, I promised you Wei Guogong, my Chen Cao's rise is absolutely inseparable without Wei Guogong's help, and he will definitely give Wei Guogong a future in the future, and now a few years have passed, I Chen Cao re-entered Nanjing, and his identity has changed, this Ming Dynasty will have the surname Chen in the future, and the Xu family, I can keep my previous promise and give the Xu family a satisfactory answer...

Zhao Xin..."

"Lord Wang..."

"All the family members of the Wei Mansion will be admitted to live in the Governor's Mansion, and in addition, all the noble officials in Nanjing, as long as they come to surrender, will be accepted."

Zhao Xin left, Xu Hongji was embarrassed to arch his hand towards Chen Cao: "King Liang, I..."

"Hey..."Chen Cao waved his hand: "Wei Guogong doesn't have to be like this, the Xu family has guarded Nanjing for the Zhu family for more than 200 years, and it can be regarded as loyal, the great changes in the world are in the morning and night, why bother with these unnecessary things at this time, you can live with peace of mind, and after Nanjing is cleared, you can go back to your house..."

Chen Cao personally sent Xu Hongji away, and not long after, someone told Song Che and Man Gui that they had entered Jubaomen together, and together with friendly troops, they had occupied Fuxueqian Street and were attacking Gongyuan Street.

"Tell Song Che and Man Gui that our main purpose is not to annihilate, but to drive them out of Nanjing City."

"Lord Wang..."Zhao Xin walked into the lobby quickly, he had just sent an order back and forth: "Important news, the scouts found a large army under the banner of the Tang Domain to the west of the bridge above the outer city, and they were heading towards Jubao Mountain. ”

Chen Cao stood up in a hurry: "Tang Fan? Zhu Yujian, the son of the Tang Dynasty...

Immediately dispatched Chen Jiming's subordinates to pursue Zhu Yujian, and he must not be allowed to escape. ”

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Chen Jiming succeeded Xiao Yongguang to pursue Zhu Yujian, which made Xiao Yongguang very angry, after all, the credit for defeating Zhu Yujian was earned by the 21st Division, but the reason why Xiao Yongguang had to give up was that the 21st Division suffered too many casualties, and the 18,000 men of the division lost nearly 4,000 in the first battle.

When Chen Jiming arrived at the foot of Jubao Mountain, he also received the news that the Tang Domain's headquarters had just entered Jubao Mountain.

Like reincarnation, Song Che, who had just been saved from Jubao Mountain, came to a counter-encirclement with his backhand, Chen Jiming looked at the Xitian Temple in the distance and said coldly: "No matter how many people he has, he must take Jubao Mountain and capture Zhu Yujian alive, maybe he can fight a lord on his body." ”

Chen Jiming turned to look at the generals at all levels behind him: "Listen up, immediately guard the exits of the mountain everywhere in Jubao Mountain, dig deep trenches and trap horse pits, and our 22nd Division will also get ahead..."