In March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Duoduo led the main force of the Manchu Eastern Route Army to Xuzhou.

And issued the decree of King Yu, the general of the country, claiming that the number of Ming Qi has been exhausted, and the entry of the Qing troops into the customs is to "attack the crime of heaven and save the people from fire and water".

sent an envoy to Xuzhou to persuade him to surrender, saying that as long as Jiang Yingjie was willing to surrender in Kaicheng, he would not hesitate to reward the prince!

Jiang Yingjie ordered the envoy to be beheaded and hung at the city gate, indicating that he was inseparable from the Tartars and strengthened the morale of the army.

Duoduo immediately mobilized the green battalion and Han banner soldiers and horses to besiege the city, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming commanded the artillery to attack the city!

The Manchu army and the soldiers and horses of the Ming Zhou kings officially went to war.

The news came out, and there was a big earthquake in Jiangnan.

Whether it was Emperor Chongzhen of Jinling, or Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie and others who were cowering in Fengyang and Lujiang, they were all a little flustered in their hearts, and they all turned their attention to Lianghuai and Xuzhou.

Now Huang Degong, who is responsible for defending Jinling, has only 30,000 troops, and these soldiers and horses cannot defend Jiangnan at all.

If the Zhou kings in Lianghuai were defeated, the Manchu army would be able to capture Yangzhou and destroy Jinling. At that time, Daming will not even have a chance to be in the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that the survival of the Ming Dynasty lies in this battle.

Since the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he has won many battles with the Ming Dynasty, and not long ago, he also defeated the Dashun soldiers and horses at Shanhaiguan and entered the Beijing Division, which is a proud soldier who has won a hundred battles.

Under the pressure of the Manchu Eight Banners and strict military law, the Eight Banners of the Han Army of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, as well as the Ming soldiers who were recruited, changed from the original soft-footed shrimp to wolves and tigers, and their combat power increased greatly.

Although Feng Yuan had 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, most of them had not been incorporated for a long time, and only 50,000 or 60,000 people really had combat effectiveness.

These soldiers and horses are okay to defend the city. If you fight in the field with the Manchu army, you will inevitably lose.

After all, Fengyuan has only been around for a short time, and it is impossible to catch up with the Manchu Qing Tartars in a year or two after decades of accumulation.

The best way to deal with the Manchu army now is to use the fortified city to frustrate the enemy's spirit and delay as much time as possible.

The longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be for Feng Yuan.

When holding on to the front, the blacksmiths and craftsmen in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as gunpowder and iron, were continuously transported to Huai'an.

Thanks to the efforts of these people, well-made guns and cannons are being built at a rapid pace.

Mid-March.

The Dashun soldiers and horses led by Li Zicheng went south through the Wuguan Road, occupied Wuchang Mansion, and claimed to attack Jinling, advance by land and water, and take the land south of the Yangtze River and the Qing army to divide the river and rule.

When the news reached Jinling, it made Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in Jinling greatly frightened.

Li Zicheng has a record of capturing the Beijing Division, although he was defeated by the Qing soldiers at Shanhaiguan, but the remnants of the army are still one of the three strongest in the world.

At this time, the king of Zhou was sitting in the two Huai and Duoduo armies to fight against each other. Jinling simply did not have many troops to resist Li Zicheng's army.

Li Zicheng and the Manchu Tartars are attacking from two sides, no matter how you look at it, this Ming Dynasty is going to die!

Fortunately, when Li Zicheng was just about to reorganize his troops and horses in Wuchang Mansion, he was attacked by the Manchu Qing West Road army and had to evacuate in a hurry.

In early April, the Qing army invaded Jiujiang and cut off the eastward route of the Shun army, and Li Zicheng was forced to go south to Jiangxi, preparing to take refuge in the southern part of Huguang. As a result, they were overtaken by Manchu soldiers and horses and besieged in Jiugong Mountain.

When Feng Yuan got the news, he immediately sent Yuan Chengzhi and asked him to find a way to bring Li Zicheng's saber back.

In the original plot, when Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan, he sent someone to hide the 70 million taels of silver he had looted in a secret place.

The map where the treasure is located is in the saber he has at hand.

Regarding this matter, Feng Yuan would rather believe in it than believe in it.

If it is true, then he can use this treasure to stabilize the world, if not, it doesn't matter, just let Yuan Chengzhi and Shunying's general Lala relationship.

In case Li Zicheng was defeated and killed, Feng Yuan would be able to find a way to recruit these people through Yuan Chengzhi.

Li Guo, Dang Shousu, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi and others under Li Zicheng are all generals who fought with a knife and a gun.

Although they haven't read any military books, the combat experience and combat intuition they have honed after countless battles and battles far surpass Jiang Yingjie, Huang Shouzheng and others.

In May of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, Duoduo's army repeatedly attacked Xuzhou Buke.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army and the soldiers who were incorporated suffered heavy casualties and had to postpone the siege.

Jiang Yingjie has no great ability, but he has a calm personality, strictly guards the city, and does not come out, no matter how the Manchu army lures him, he resolutely does not go out of the city to fight.

In addition, the corporals were paid in full and the training time was not short, and for various reasons, Xuzhou was stubbornly defended, which made the Tartar soldiers and horses suffer setbacks again and again.

Duoduo could not attack for a long time, so he led 5,000 soldiers and horses with Belebolo to Fengyang.

Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie, the means of leading troops are similar to Liu Zeqing, they seem to have more than 100,000 soldiers, but in fact, there are less than 5,000 people who dare to fight.

When the Manchu soldiers and horses were about to attack, Liu Liangzuo was frightened and surrendered without a fight.

Gao Jie was unable to support himself, so he hurriedly led his troops to retreat to Sizhou, wanting to rely on Yangzhou to defend against the enemy.

After Feng Yuan learned of the situation, he personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses to come to support.

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A few days later, outside the city of Sizhou.

The banner was unfurled, the army gathered, Feng Yuan looked forward in the military array, only to see the Sizhou city wall broken, on the city wall, standing Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets.

After Gao Jie retreated into Sizhou City with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he did not renovate the city, which shows that the other party has no intention of holding the city wall at all.

It is estimated that as soon as the Manchu soldiers and horses arrived, Gao Jie would continue to lead the army to flee.

"Lord Wang, Gao Jie claimed to be infected with wind and cold, got seriously ill, and couldn't come out to greet him in person, and also said that the city of Sizhou was too small to accommodate the army, so please set up camp outside the city......

A scribe who acted as a messenger came to the military formation and reported the situation to Feng Yuan.

"Hehe, seriously ill?"

Feng Yuan sneered in his heart, he was afraid that he would enter the city and take the opportunity to annex his soldiers and horses.

However, Gao Jie's guess was good, Feng Yuan personally led the troops here, and he had plans to annex him in his heart.

"Mr. Gao is a major general of the Ming Dynasty, and he is seriously ill, how can this king not visit?"

Feng Yuan laughed, and immediately ordered Zhao Heng to lead three thousand people to step forward and approach the city gate. Prepare to forcibly take over the city.

Rumble!

Just when Zhao Heng led people to approach the city wall, there was a sudden chaos at the city gate,

Before Feng Yuan's army arrived, Zhao Heng's embroidered guards connected with a deputy general under Gao Jie, and under the temptation of a large sum of silver, this deputy general was suddenly moved and decided to turn against the water and take refuge in Feng Yuan.

"Kill it!"

Zhao Heng saw the opportunity, personally rushed to the front, led people directly to the city gate, the sword in his hand flashed, and led people to quickly hack to death hundreds of soldiers at the city gate.

The city gate was broken, and the morale of the soldiers under Gao Jie's command suddenly collapsed.

Subsequently, the Fengyuan army drove straight in, took over the city defense, and surrounded Gao Jie, who rushed out after hearing the news, on the street.

Zhao Heng personally took action to capture it.

The general army was captured, and tens of thousands of troops surrendered one after another.