As the courtiers thought, Zhejiang at this time was basically under the control of the family.

The main reason is that Lin Xiao evacuated the battalions and guards of Hangzhou Mansion, Huzhou Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion, and Yanzhou Mansion in the name of rescue, and then directly wiped out their commanders at the banquet before the expedition.

These armies have no leader, so they are naturally easily controlled by the family.

And these prefectures and counties, at this time, have basically fallen into a state of undefense, almost falling from the wind.

And Quzhou Mansion, Wenzhou Mansion, and Chuzhou Prefecture Prefecture in southern Zhejiang, although there are still some troops, but now that the general trend has gone, how can they compete with the army? General Wen wanted to hold on, but soon the city and county fell one after another, and he himself became a prisoner.

More than 20,000 sergeants were captured.

But many of these soldiers were actually ordinary peasants.

After all, when Zhang Lai led the army to fight with Zhang Xianzhong, most of the army was actually reimbursed, and later reorganized the battalion soldiers, basically all of them were young and strong from the people, and they had not received much training.

Therefore, these armies are really combat-effective, and only the Jiading team that belongs to the generals is the family.

These soldiers were either killed or thrown into the mines, while the rest of the soldiers were reinstated and arranged to farm.

Overall, the development of events was basically not unexpected by the courtiers.

But there is one thing that is different from what they imagined.

Nanjing's Jinyi Wei failed to catch Yan Yinghui, which is normal.

But Yan Yinghui arrested them in turn, which is not normal.

However, this is the case, when Gao Yingxiang attacked Nanjing before, in order to defend the city, Yan Yinghui secretly increased the number of clan soldiers transferred from the family, and increased the number of family guards who were originally only more than 200 to 900.

After the war, these families did not go back, but scattered in the city of Nanjing.

When Yan Ling's order came, they cooperated with the hidden dragon to capture the city in one fell swoop.

At this time, Yan Yinghui's previous role in resisting Gao Yingxiang's prestige was reflected, and they almost did not encounter any too fierce resistance.

It is very important to know that the heart of the army and the people is very important, the battle of Diaoyu City was because the army and the people were united, united as one, as strong as Mongolia also folded, and later the Jiashen national disaster, Chongzhen has lost the heart of the army and the people, so it is as strong as Beijing, and it is also broken in one day.

Gao Yingxiang couldn't take Nanjing because the whole city knew the bad habits of the rogues, so he swore to resist to the death.

But Yan Yinghui? He's just saved us from the Rogues! Not to mention that Yue Guogong is in the city, his reputation is excellent, and the previous battle has made his prestige reach its peak, and the army and the people are convinced.

Except for a small number of generals who were really loyal to the imperial court, in the face of Yan Yinghui, who already had an absolute advantage, many people did not have too strong feelings of resistance.

Moreover, the various guards have not yet been able to replenish their strength, most of the guards are seriously short of soldiers, and even more than a dozen of the more than 5,000 people in one guard post are left, and there is no effective resistance at all.

The city of Nanjing, which fell into the control of the family, was almost bloodless.

Afterwards, Yan Ling immediately sent an army of 7,000 people and quickly went north from Ningguo to Yingtian.

This place was beaten through by Zhang Xianzhong once before, and it has not been recovered much, and 5,000 people easily defeated the defenders, and used the No. 2 heavy artillery to break through the walls of Ningguofu City, and completely occupied the city.

The next thing was logical, Nanjing and Zhejiang were connected.

And the fall of Stone Town once again shocked the world.

This is a companion! Where the dragon qi is entrenched, it is a city of extraordinary significance!

Not only that, you must know that there are still a large number of nobles and retired ministers in Nanjing! It is necessary to know the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Dynasty followed Yongle to the north, and the Hongwu Dynasty basically stayed in Nanjing, and there are many old officials, these people have their own relationships, with protégés and former officials, now this accident, how can it not shock the world, and the hearts of the people are shaken!

A pegasus came from the north and went straight into the army of Zuo Liangyu in Jiangxi, which made him speed up his march and must put down the rebellion as soon as possible. At the same time, it seemed to realize that the other party was not as easy to deal with as they thought, and the imperial court put Nanzhili's army under its command.

After Zuo Liangyu got the news, he looked at Yanzhou Mansion, which was already close at hand, and groaned slightly.

Then he gave the order:

"The whole army turns, and marches north!"

Nanjing's political significance is too great. Whoever comes, the reconquest of Nanking will certainly be the first priority.

How can the companion stay in the hands of the thief for a long time?

Moreover, the recovery of Nanjing under such circumstances is undoubtedly a great achievement, and it is possible to get a knighthood on this occasion.

He naturally chose to lead his troops into Nanzhili.

After converging the soldiers and horses around him, his army could have reached 30,000.

After all, it hasn't been too long since the various guards were ravaged by the bandits, and they haven't recovered at all.

Fortunately, there are not many thieves in Nanjing, it is said that there are only a few thousand.

He has 10,000 veterans who are accustomed to war, which should be enough.

Soon, he arrived at the city of Nanjing, and Yan Yinghui had already led his army to line up under the city.

I have to say that Zuo Liangyu's army is still much more professional than that of the Liukou.

At least they withstood the first wave of musket volleys, and then fired back with furrons and muskets, causing some damage and confusion to the soldiers, and many of the new recruits were almost frightened into throwing away their guns.

But that was all, and at the orders of the officers, they quickly calmed down, regrouped their positions, and fired back with muskets and a hundred Type 8 heavy guns, first of all smashing the artillery positions of the left army.

Then he turned the gun and slammed into the left camp.

In terms of firepower, the two sides are not of the same magnitude at all, and the only advantage of the left army is that there are more than 10,000 veterans among them, while the opposite side is dominated by new soldiers.

However, Zuo Liangyu's subordinates couldn't rely on it at all, and they died like leeks in waves, and the archers couldn't break the opponent's green armor at all, but the fire guns could, but they died after a few shots.

The battle lasted only until noon, and the left army could no longer hold on, first the newly recruited guards collapsed, and then Zuo Liangyu's army also retreated.

Five hundred cavalrymen came out from behind the formation, took advantage of the chaos to chase and kill, and did not stop until they reached the boundary of Taiping Mansion, and did not dare to rescue at all along the towns.

In this battle, 341 people were killed and 356 were wounded.

The left army suffered more than 4,000 casualties and more than 10,000 prisoners, and did not dare to fight against it again.

(End of chapter)