After Luoyang was broken by Li Zicheng, Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang Emperor who was the son of the Fu Domain, lived everywhere and suffered from the warmth and coldness of people.

After the Jiashen Change, according to the order of blood, the miserable forces in the south should have helped him ascend the throne, but in fact, it was the people of Donglin who supported him.

At that time, Hongguang lived in the Huai'an area, relying on others to help him make a living, and his life was very miserable, so he naturally wanted to become the emperor and improve his own situation.

coincided with the eunuch Lu Jiude, who had served the old Fu King Zhu Changxun in the last years of Wanli, and met him in Huai'an.

The prince of the Fu clan is already a strange commodity to live in, and with this relationship, Lu Jiude naturally hopes that Hongguang can ascend the throne, so as to gain the merit of support and grasp more rights.

When Ma Shiying and Shi Kefa were hesitant, Lu Jiude's support was undoubtedly a relief for Hongguang, and he took the initiative to give advice to Hongguang, contacting Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo to determine the overall situation in one fell swoop.

Hongguang can go from a down-and-out son who needs help from others in his life to the Ming Emperor who is rich in half of the world, which is indispensable to Lu Jiude's contributions, so Hongguang trusts Lu Jiude very much.

At this time, Hongguang listened to Lu Jiude's words, and was already moved, and hurriedly asked the eunuch to recruit Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, who had just exited the hall, to discuss the escape strategy.

Zhenjiang is only a hundred miles away from Nanjing, the cavalry of the Qing army can run to the city in one day, Hongguang is not the hero, he does not have the courage to put himself in danger, Ruan Dacheng has been beaten by the Qing soldiers to the bold, and there is no confidence to defend Nanjing, so he does not give advice, and obeys the emperor's words of escape.

In order to prevent the people of Nanjing from blocking the emperor's escape, Hongguang only consulted with Lu Jiude and a few ministers of Ma Ruan's party, and then secretly left Nanjing City on the night of July 4 and fled to Yuhang, concealing the knowledge of Donglin and other ministers of the imperial court.

Hongguang and his entourage ran south overnight, with the intention of retreating to Hangzhou to avoid the Qing army, but when they didn't want to pass through Lishui County, they happened to meet the defeated soldiers who retreated from the Zhenjiang front.

As the old saying goes, the defeated army wins the bandits, Hongguang and other people and horses, were suddenly rushed into chaos, Ma Shiying's son Ma Luan rushed to the Taiping Mansion with the Yongwei battalion to the Hongguang Emperor, but the guards of the Taiping Mansion did not know what was going on, and the Hongguang Emperor had to turn around and enter Wuhu to join the Huang Dynasty.

Ma Shiying was separated from Hongguang in the chaos and had no way to find him, so according to the original plan, he took thousands of soldiers to escort the Empress Dowager Zou to Hangzhou.

On the Eastern Front, with the surrender of Zuomengeng's troops to Azig, Huang Degong's pressure increased greatly, but it also took time for Azig to rectify the newly acquired 150,000 left army, so there was nothing to do.

Huang Degong has been stationed on the front line of Wuhu in Chizhou since he defeated Zuo Menggeng, who committed the Eastern Criminal, and he did not know anything about the battle of Zhenjiang that took place a few days ago.

Huang Degong hurriedly went out of the camp to greet him, he saluted the emperor, and after asking the reason, he couldn't help but sigh helplessly: "Your Majesty is defending the capital, summoning ministers with a piece of paper, and the ministers can still lead the soldiers to block the enemy with the city." Why listen to the words of traitors and abandon the society! Now there is no basis for advancing and retreating, and the camp is thin, how can he deal with Your Majesty? ”

When Hongguang heard Huang Degong's words, he also realized his absurdity, and couldn't help but say with shame on his face: "It's come to this point, it's too late to regret it!" ”

Huang Degong could only let out a long sigh and welcomed the panicked dim-witted king into his camp.

In the city of Nanjing, soon after Hongguang and his party fled overnight, the news was leaked, and the officials, gentry, soldiers and civilians in the city heard that the emperor and Ma Fu had fled, and immediately became a mess.

Before dawn, some people rushed to prison, and invited Wang Zhiming, who called himself "Prince Chongzhen" in the case of the pseudo-prince, to help him ascend the throne, and the year name was called Chongzhen for 18 years, and the new emperor led Nanjing to resist the Qing Dynasty.

However, after Hongguang fled, Zhao Zhilong, a commander of the Nanjing garrison, and others had already decided to surrender to the Qing camp and sent people to the Qing camp to negotiate with them.

The lords who controlled the army in Nanjing decided to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but the people were helpless, and the soldiers and civilians who supported the puppet prince were also dispersed by Zhao Zhilong.

In order to welcome the arrival of the Qing army, Zhao Zhilong ordered the palace gate to be closed, the treasury closed, and waited for the Qing army to receive it.

For the most important household treasury, he went to seal it in person, but Liu Chengzhi was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and hated Zhao Zhilong's move to surrender to the Qing, so he hid in the treasury, and waited for Zhao Zhilong to enter the warehouse, and attacked it angrily, and Zhao Zhilong escaped to be spared.

The Qing army was about to come to the city, and the Donglin Party members, who originally claimed to be loyal to the monarch and patriotic, suddenly lost their voices.

Liu Ru, a strange woman, persuaded her husband, and Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, said: "The family and country are in danger, the society is overturned, as a scholar, you should be martyred, in order to save your name, and the concubine is willing to die and die with her husband!" ”

Qian Qianyi was speechless in thought when he heard this, and finally went down to the pool to try the water, saying: "The water is too cold to go down", Liu Ru was "trying to sink into the pool water", but Qian Qianyi held it to death.

On the afternoon of July 5, nearly 1,000 cavalry of the Qing army arrived in Nanjing, and outside the Hongwu Gate, Zhao Zhilong, the Bo of Xincheng, and Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, immediately wrote a table of surrender and personally went to the Qing camp to discuss surrender.

On July 6, Duoduo led the main force of the Qing army, advancing by land and water, and came to the outside of Nanjing, Zhao Zhilong and Wei Duke Xu Yunjue, Baoguo Duke Zhang Guobi, Longping Marquis Zhang Gongri, Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu, Huaining Marquis Sun Weicheng, Lingbi Marquis Tang Guozuo, Anyuan Marquis Liu Zuochang, Yongchang Marquis Xu Hongjue, Dingyuan Marquis Deng Wenyi, Xiangcheng Bo Chang Yingjun, Daxing Bo Zou Cunyi, Ning Jin Bo Liu Yunji, Nanhe Bo Fang Yiyuan, Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong, Ancheng Bo Zhang Guocai, Luo Zhongbo Huang Jiuding, Cheng Anbo Guo Zuoyong, Qi Zanyuan, University Scholar Wang Duo, Shangshu Qian Qianyi, More than 30 high-ranking officials and dignitaries, including Zhu Zhichen, Liang Yungou, and Li Xuan, opened the city gate and went out to the suburbs.

On July 6, after the Qing soldiers entered the city to search and guard, Duoduo rode into Nanjing, with Qian Qianyi, Zhao Zhilong and other ministers kneeling on both sides.

When the sky suddenly rained, Qian Qianyi and others were suddenly soaked in rain, and it seemed that God was unwilling to accept this shameful moment.

In the rainstorm, Duoduo looked at the many ministers on both sides who were soaked and bowed their heads, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously on their faces, and then proudly urged their horses to slowly enter the city with the attitude of a victor, but a figure suddenly rushed out of the city gate and blocked him.

"Huang Duanbo, the director of the Ming Rites Department, will not surrender!"

Duoduo entered the city, Nanming Guogong, uncle, and Shangshu surrendered countless people, which made him full of disdain for Hongguang's courtiers, but in front of him, a thin old man who was more than half a hundred a year suddenly rushed out, blocking him from entering the city, and claiming not to surrender, Duoduo couldn't help but laugh angrily: "What kind of character do you think Hongguang is, do you want to die for a faint king?" ”

"Your Majesty is naturally sage!" Huang Duanbo's official robe was already soaked in the rain, and when he heard Duoduo's contemptuous words, he couldn't help but widen his eyes angrily, clasped his fists and bowed slightly to the sky, and then said loudly: "I have this intention!" ”

Hongguang is also considered a saint? Duoduo couldn't help but smile coldly: "What about Ma Shiying?" ”

"Ma Fu is a loyal minister!" Huang Duanbodao.

Duoduo couldn't help but be angry and ridiculous when he heard this: "Ma Shiying's traitor, what loyalty do you have?" ”

"Ma Fu does not surrender, and supports His Majesty and the Queen Mother out of the city, so he is naturally a loyal minister!" Huang Duanbo pointed to Chen Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and others on both sides of the city gate, who bowed to the ground: "These people are disloyal and unfilial people. ”

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