Nanjing City, is the world's largest city at this time, the size and population of the city are second to none, the city includes the outer Guo, the inner Guo, the imperial city, the palace city four city walls.

Nanjing Waiguo, known as more than 100 li, usually does not defend, and it was the Waiguo City that the Wei army broke through.

At this time, in the east of Guo Zhizhi in Nanjing, at the foot of the Purple Mountain, the Wei army camp spread, the camp was hunting with flags, and the Wei soldiers who were secretly numb walked through the camp tents.

After Gao Yihuan crossed the Yangtze River, he met with Qian Qianyi and other representatives of the Jiangnan gentry and promised not to implement the subsidy policy, a large number of gentry chose to support Wei to unify Jiangnan as soon as possible, and those who were a little disciplined chose neutrality, did not support Wei, and did not sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty.

The Wei army was divided into three routes, with a main force of 100,000 people, to the west to collect Nanjing, two roads to the division, all the way to the south to seize Hangzhou, and all the way to the east to collect Suzhou and Wusong, where the textile industry in the south of the Yangtze River was the most developed.

Because the main force of the Ming army was annihilated by the Wei army in Jiangbei, the troops in the south of the Yangtze River were empty, and most of the officials in the prefectures and counties passed by the Wei army surrendered to the wind, or hung up the seal in grief and indignation, and the Wei State collected most of the southern Zhili, as well as northern and central Zhejiang regions at a very fast speed.

At this time, Gao Yihuan left Zhenjiang and, under the urging of the cavalry, came to the Purple Mountain outside the inner Guo of Nanjing.

100,000 Wei troops camped along the mountain, the momentum was huge, and more than 10,000 Ming troops could only retreat in the city, not daring to fight.

Gao Yihuan was wearing gold armor, hanging a treasure knife on his waist, and wearing a six-god helmet on his head, leading nearly a thousand cavalry, leaving the camp, galloping to stop at a distance of three miles from Guo Sanli, and overlooking the ancient capital of several dynasties.

Gao Yihuan, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, couldn't help but let out a breath, and the war horse under his crotch was also frightened by the majestic and magnificent Nanjing City, and the horse's hooves shook the ground and snorted from time to time.

Gao Yihuan pulled the reins and controlled the war horse while carefully observing the city of Nanjing.

"Your Majesty, Nanjing City is the early Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu spent a lot of effort to build, the city is more than three zhang high, the Qinhuai River and the moat surround it, the city wall defense facilities are perfect, there are urn cities, enemy platforms, horse faces, enemy towers, water gates, attacking such a city, it is extremely challenging." Chen Mingxia opened his mouth and said.

Huang Bingzhong said on the side: "Chen Gebu is right, if there are enough troops in Nanjing, it is indeed very challenging to fight such a city, but now that Nanjing's troops are empty, and the soldiers are not even satisfied with the city wall, I think it is easy to break." ”

Huang Bingzhong hugged his fist to Gao Yihuan, "Your Majesty, there are thirteen city gates and two water gates in Nanjing. If His Majesty gives an order, the minister is willing to be the vanguard, enter Nanjing first, and pacify the Southern Ming Dynasty for His Majesty. ”

Gao Yihuan listened to the courtiers' discussions, and his eyes were still looking at Nanjing City.

Nanjing is indeed a big city, bigger than Chang'an in Wei and even Beijing, and it is a big city that has never been seen before.

The city is large, and the attacking side certainly needs a huge number of troops, but the defending side has many places to be guarded against, with more than ten city gates, more than 30 long circumferences, such a long defensive area, with the strength of Nanjing City, it is impossible to guarantee foolproof.

Gao Yihuan agreed with Huang Bingzhong's words, Nanjing was not so difficult to fight at this time, but at this time, Gao Yihuan was hesitating in his heart whether to attack Nanjing.

Zhu Cihong is the prince of Chongzhen, from the legal point of view, he has a solid position, and he himself has not made any big mistakes, he is still his eldest brother.

If the city is sieged, Zhu Cihong dies in the chaos, it is a little better, I am afraid that he will surrender or be captured alive, it will be a big trouble.

Gao Yihuan wanted to kill Zhu Cihong, but Zhu Cihong was really killed by him, which was a lot of damage to Gao Yihuan's reputation.

At this time, he glanced at Nanjing City, pulled the reins of his horse, and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the camp and talk about it!" ”

The Wei army soldiers were under the city of Nanjing, and for a few days, Gao Yihuan did not order an attack, but was waiting for Zhu Cihong in Nanjing City to react.

This made all the generals of the Wei army anxious for him, and Zhao Daxian summed up and found Huang Bingzhong, Xu Heihu and others, and came to the big tent together, ready to persuade Gao Yihuan to attack Nanjing.

In the big tent, Gao Yihuan was standing in front of the sand table with his hands in his hands, and after the group came in, they glanced at each other, and Zhao Daxian came out and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to play." ”

Gao Yihuan turned around, "Is it an attack on Nanjing?" ”

Attacking Nanjing and destroying the Ming Dynasty, the courtiers of Wei, especially the old brothers in Henan, were actually more anxious and concerned than Gao Yihuan.

They won't consider what impact the killing of Zhu Cihong will have on Gao Yihuan, they just hope that they can get a higher status and title if they dominate the world.

Zhao Daxian immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is not a way to drag on like this, the Ming army in the city has time to prepare to defend the city, not to mention, if you don't make Wuchang Huang get merit, you will also raise troops to serve the king." The ministers and others discussed for a long time, and dared to suggest to Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to give an order, and the army will attack the city immediately! ”

Gao Yihuan did not give an order, the people below had already prepared their equipment, and as long as an order was given, the army could be put into attack.

Gao Yihuan glanced at everyone and saw that the generals all meant this, and he himself had thought about it for a long time, and if he continued to drag on, it really wouldn't work, and he had already made up his mind to capture Nanjing, but he didn't want to take the initiative to give the order.

At this time, Gao Yihuan walked to the sand table, with a melancholy face, and sighed: "You are forcing me again, making it difficult for me to explain to the queen and the world!" ”

For many years, the people below are very familiar with Gao Yihuan's behavior, and Zhao Daxian knew the emperor's thoughts as soon as he heard Gao Yihuan's words.

Mount Tai sealed the Zen, sent troops south, when the male soldiers crossed the river, they didn't feel embarrassed, but now when they are about to kick the door, they feel wrong?

With such an emperor on the stall, everyone was helpless, Zhao Daxian could only cooperate, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, it is inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, and the ministers will die to attack the city!" ”

Huang Bingzhong saw that Zhao Daxian was playing so big, and he was not afraid that he would not be able to get off the stage, so he also hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the world is unified, the general trend is the trend, and the minister seconded the words of the uncle." ”

Xu Heihu also saluted: "Your Majesty, you can't wait any longer, give the order to attack!" ”

Gao Yihuan looked pained, and finally reluctantly embarrassed, "So, then attack!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Laiheng came in with a look of urgency, "Your Majesty, Nanjing Palace City is on fire!" ”

Gao Yihuan and the others were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly rushed out of the tent, and when he lifted the tent curtain, he immediately saw thick smoke billowing from the west, and the flames were soaring into the sky, reflecting half of the sky red.

In the camp of the Wei army, a large number of soldiers rushed to the edge of the camp, all looking towards the city, the soldiers watched strongly, and there were many discussions.

"Miyagi is heavily defended, such a big fire, there must be a change in the city!" Huang Bingzhong exclaimed.

Chen Mingxia said: "There is no shouting of killing in the city, it should be intentional arson." ”

"Intentional arson?" Gao Yihuan frowned, and then he was ecstatic again, thinking, isn't it the brother-in-law who set himself on fire?

In this case, it is a good thing for Gao Yihuan, and he immediately ordered, "Zhao Daxian, Xu Heihu, Huang Bingzhong, you lead the army and immediately enter the city to put out the fire." ”

When the Wei army annihilated the Jiangbei Ming army and the army crossed the Yangtze River, the Huguang Ming army could not quench its thirst from far away, and Zhu Cihong had no cards to play.

At this time, there were less than 10,000 defenders in the entire city of Nanjing, and they were not elite soldiers, and they could not stop the 100,000 tiger and wolf army of Great Wei no matter what.

Gao Yihuan gave an order, the Wei army attacked Nanjing City from many places, the Ming general Feng Houdun died in the battle of Tongji Gate, and Ma Luan, the deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guard, was killed in the street battle of Taiping Street.

Ruan Dacheng, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, opened the Zhengyang Gate and surrendered to the Wei army, and a large number of Wei troops swarmed in and rushed into the city of Nanjing.

In less than an hour, the Wei army entered Nanking and took control of the gates, and there were only a few troops in the city who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and they were still engaged in sporadic battles, but the situation was set, and all they did was fearless sacrifice.

When Zhao Daxian led people to rush into the palace, the entire palace was already in flames, and Zhu Cihong was nowhere to be seen.

The next day, the fire in Nanjing was extinguished by the Wei army, and the situation in the city was basically stable.

At this time, he came to the palace that was burned to a white ground, and saw wisps of black smoke rising from the ashes, and his expression was sad, "Have you found Zhu Cihong's body?" ”

This is still uncertain, but Gao Yihuan subconsciously already hoped that Zhu Cihong was dead.

No one reported that Zhu Cihong had self-immolated? Zhao Daxian was slightly stunned.

"Your Majesty, the minister arrested a few eunuchs, according to their confessions, the fire was indeed ordered by Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong was in the palace at that time, but the minister searched for a long time in the ruins, but did not find Zhu Cihong's body." Zhao Daxian clenched his fists with a calm face.

"Didn't find the body?" Gao Yihuan's brows furrowed into Sichuan characters.

Chen Mingxia on the side pondered for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Zhu Cihong doesn't want to learn from Emperor Jianwen." ”

Gao Yihuan's expression was gloomy, "Send someone to find it, you want to see people when you live, and you want to see corpses when you die." ”

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Outside the pass, when the Wei army and the Ming army were fighting, the battle between the Wei army and the Qing army had also been going on for several months.

At the beginning of the war, Hauge suddenly raided the shaky Horqin, captured a large number of cattle and sheep, and obtained nearly 10,000 Mongol soldiers, bringing his strength to nearly 90,000.

After Hauge settled Horqin, he immediately shrank back to the Liaohe Plain, and Wu Sangui used Modong as the base and sent cavalry to harass Liaodong, making it impossible for the Qing army to sow seeds.

If the Wei army was allowed to destroy, the autumn grain harvest would definitely fail, and Haoge had no choice but to lead 90,000 horses and horses, intending to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army.

In April, Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui joined forces, 70,000 Wei troops and 90,000 Qing troops, the battle was fought at the Sancha River, nearly 10,000 casualties on both sides, Haoge did not defeat the Wei army, but gradually lost support, he saw that there was no hope of victory, and the army retreated to Shengjing.

Li Dingguo led his troops to pursue, and the army entered the city of Liaoyang, preparing to attack the city.

At this time, at the head of Liaoyang City, half of the remnants of the Qing army's flag were burned, inserted in the city, the Qing soldiers on the city wall, holding weapons, sitting with their backs against the wall battlements, looking depressed, the Wei army artillery roared under the city, a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose, and the cannons smashed the city.

30,000 Wei soldiers were all over the city of Liaoyang, and the battle was extremely fierce.

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After Horqin was attacked by Hauge, Fu Lin's uncle Wu Keshan led thousands of remnants to Vladivostok.

At this time, in a wooden house, Bolo, Nikan, Wu Keshan and others gathered around the fire, all with melancholy expressions.

"The Wei army is strong, I wanted to evacuate Horqin, move north, and avoid the Wei army, but I don't want Haoge to ignore the feelings of Manchu and Mongolia and raid Horqin." Wu Keshan looked angry and told Bolo and others about the process of Horqin's attack.

After listening to it for a while, Bolo already understood that Korqin was Haoge's flank, shouldering the responsibility of resisting Wu Sangui and Mobei Mongolia.

In the face of Wu Sangui's attack, Horqin was ready to withdraw, which was equivalent to giving up the flanks and letting Wu Sangui attack Haoge, and Haoge simply attacked Horqin and annexed Horqin's forces to fight against the Wei army.

If it was Bolo, he thought he would do the same, so he didn't want to listen to Wu Keshan's grievances anymore, but asked, "Lord Wang, how is the battle situation in Liaodong?" Will Hauge be able to withstand the Wei army's attack? ”

Wu Keshan sneered: "The Wei army is not what it used to be, it is not the decaying Ming Dynasty, how can Haoge be the opponent of the Wei army." I received news that Haoge had suffered a defeat at the Sancha River, and the men and horses had retreated to Shengjing, but the Wei army did not intend to let him go, and Li Dingguo occupied Gaizhou and Haizhouwei, and had advanced to Liaoyang. If the war continues on the Liaohe Plain, it will not be a few months before Hauge will be short of food, and he will be defeated even if he is undefeated. ”

When Bolo heard this, his expression was heavy, if Hauge failed, they would lose their barrier, and perhaps it would not be long before the Wei army would reach Vladivostok.

In the wooden house, everyone was silent for a while, and Bolo groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice: "If Hauge is defeated, it will not be safe here, I thought we must clean up, and continue to move north while the weather is not too cold." ”

Bolo and his entourage, it was not easy to take root in Vladivostok, they had just settled down, and now they were about to migrate, and everyone was a little reluctant.

"Move north, it's even colder than here!" Nikan frowned.

Bo Luo said with a gloomy face: "If the Wei army really advances to Liaoyang, even if it can't be defeated, as long as it destroys King Su's autumn harvest, it will be difficult for King Su to continue to hold on to Liaodong." If the situation develops like this, I think that by October at the latest, King Su will abandon Liaodong. At that time, Liaodong will be occupied by Wei thieves, and our situation will be very dangerous. At that time, it was a harsh winter, and we could not move, so it was better to continue to move north and find a place to settle down. ”

Bolo added: "Although the environment in the north is even harsher, according to the scouts' exploration, it is not impossible to survive, and there is even a group of white feudal lords who have established forts in the further north. ”

Nikan and the others hesitated for a while, bowing slightly, "Okay, the Wei army is strong, we agree to avoid their troops for the time being, then continue to move north." ”

Bolo immediately stood up, "Then I'll go and report this matter to the Queen Mother and the Emperor." ”

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