Chapter 403: Recovering Nanjing
A fierce street battle was launched in Jiangning City, and the green battalion soldiers were defeated, but the elite Manmeng Eight Banners fought very tenaciously and actually blocked the Ming army's offensive for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Just when the Ming army's offensive was blocked, a large group of Ming troops wearing white uniforms, white armor, and white helmets poured into the city.
These Ming troops who had just rushed into the city were none other than the marines of the Nanyang Fleet. After the Marines concentrated a group of Manchurian Eight Bannermen with rifled guns, they rushed up and threw grenades.
Thirty paces away, there were explosions in the streets, flames burst out, and flying shrapnel knocked down a large number of Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers.
The marines who threw the grenades did not immediately plunge into hand-to-hand combat, but pulled out the thunderbolt on their waists, and fired another line of random guns at close range, knocking down the Manchurian Eight Banners who were trying to rush up with their teeth and claws.
After rifled guns, grenades, and thunderbolts, the Marines drew their swords and fought in close combat, but even when it came to hand-to-hand combat, there were still many Marines hiding behind, reloading their muskets, and then seeing the opportunity to shoot bullets, killing the most martial artists one by one.
More and more Ming troops entered the city, and the resistance of the Qing army gradually weakened.
The unstoppable Manmeng Eight Banners soldiers abandoned the green battalion soldiers who were scurrying around in a panic and fled into the inner city. But the inner city was completely controlled by Geng Jingzhong, and Geng Jingzhong's cronies cleared the guards of the inner city, blocked the retreat of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, and opened the city gates to put the Ming army into the inner city.
After a night of fierce fighting, the sky in the east is covered with a touch of fish belly white, soon after the sky is all bright, there is a trace of coolness in the city of Nanjing in the winter morning, the city has completely changed, the green flag of the Qing army and the flag of the eight banners that once fluttered high have fallen to the ground, become the garbage that can be trampled on, everywhere on the city tower, the sun and moon flag and the big red Daming flag on behalf of the Ming sailors are hung high, hunting and hunting in the morning breeze.
The fortified city of Nanjing, which ranks third in the world, easily fell into the hands of the Ming army, and it was not captured by the main land division of the Ming army, but by the marines and the third-rate Zhejiang army.
Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Yukun met Geng Jingzhong. As an internal response, he set up a Hongmen banquet to wipe out all the senior officials and generals of the Qing army, and opened the city gate to welcome Geng Jingzhong of the Ming army.
"General Geng understands the righteousness, resolutely chooses to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, assists our army to take Nanjing, and also skillfully sets up a Hongmen banquet to wipe out the Tartar dog officials. Zhang Huangyan personally walked out of the camp to greet Geng Jingzhong and his generals.
Geng Jingzhong returned the salute and said: "This king has long been unaccustomed to seeing the Tartars oppressing the Han people!" When my father was in Fujian, the Tartar puppet emperor already looked at us unpleasantly! I wish I wanted to cut the feudal domain, and I wanted us to get out of the house and go home to farm. However, this king also saw that they were not pleasing to the eye, and he had long wanted to rebel, but he had never had a chance. Now that the king is in the city of Nanjing, the king will abandon the darkness and give a big gift to the king! ”
After speaking, Geng Jingzhong turned his head and shouted: "Bring people up!" ”
The soldiers of the Jingnan Palace, accompanied by Ma Leji, Han Shiqi, Liang Huafeng, Kaqam, Marsai and other cadres.
Originally, Geng Jingzhong planned to cut all these prisoners with a knife, but later considered that dedicating the captives to the Ming army would be more meritorious than offering their heads to the Ming army, so Geng Jingzhong took these prisoners over and handed them over to the Ming army for disposal.
As soon as he saw Liang Huafeng, Zhang Huangyan could be said to be an enemy who was very red.
"Liang Huafeng! Seven years ago, you dog thief used a delaying tactic to kill many of our soldiers! Now that the sky has eyes, let you, a dog thief, fall into the hands of the old man, it is really an eye! Zhang Huangyan walked up to Liang Huafeng and reprimanded loudly.
Zheng Chenggong's third Northern Expedition was defeated by Liang Huafeng and others' delaying tactics. The people who contributed the most to the Qing court were Lang Tingzuo, Liang Huafeng, Jiang Guozhu, and Guan Xiaozhong, among which Lang Tingzuo was killed in battle with the Ming army four years ago, and Jiang Guozhu and Guan Xiaozhong were dismissed by Shunzhi himself, whipped a hundred, and were sent to Ningguta, and now his life and death are unknown. Of the four heroes of the Qing court, there is only one Liang Huafeng left.
This Liang Huafeng's mouth is still very hard, he knows that the credit he made to the Qing court back then is too great, and he knows that Zhang Huangyan will never let go of himself, so he simply scolded: "Pseudo-Ming Haikou!" Grandpa defeated you back then, how many of you were killed! Even the giant Kou Gan Hui and Yu Xin were defeated in the hands of your grandfather! Your grandfather is dead today, and it's worth it! Hahaha! ”
Zhang Huangyan said angrily: "Liang Huafeng dog thief! The plan of deception is really hateful! Now you have fallen into the hands of the old man, and the old man just beheaded you to worship the imperial tomb! ”
Zhang Yukun said: "Lord Zhang, using the head of this dog thief to worship the imperial mausoleum, isn't it dirty to the mausoleum of the great grandfather?" The meat of this dog thief is only worthy of being fed to dogs! ”
"Liang Huafeng, a dog thief, should be executed by Ling Chi! But General Zhang is also right, the blood of these dog thieves will pollute the tomb of the great grandfather! He should be taken to the river and put to death! Zhang Huangyan said angrily.
"Cut this dog thief with a thousand knives, and then crush the bones and scatter ashes, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart!" Zhang Yukun said.
Zhang Huangyan turned his head to look at Malerji, Han Shiqi, Kakamu, Marsai and others, and when he was about to order all these people to be pushed out and beheaded, Han Shiqi knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, spare your life!" Spare your life! The villain is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and serve the Ming! ”
"Spare your life?" Zhang Yukun sneered, "You dog official, you didn't surrender on your own initiative, why did you spare you?" Come on, push all these dog thieves out and kill them! ”
"Wait!" Geng Jingzhong came up and pointed to the Kakhamu Road, "This Tartar can't be beheaded!" ”
"Why is that?" Zhang Yukun asked.
Geng Jingzhong said: "Back then, when the king of Yanping went on a northern expedition, it was this Tartar who still thought that once Nanjing City could not be defended, he would slaughter the people in the city!" So cut him with a knife, it's too cheap for him! This Tartar should be executed like Liang Huafeng, Ling Chi! ”
Zhang Yukun nodded, turned his head and ordered, and pushed out Malji, Han Shiqi, Marsai and others to behead. After a while, these Qing army civilian generals had their heads cut off, and Zhang Yukun ordered to hang their heads on the city gate.