Chapter 455

Qin Huan was not in a hurry to March this time, but rested for several days after the army arrived at Wangjiang. It was not until Li Dingguo came with a navy warship and a large number of logistics materials that he went to Anqing.

After a few days of rest, nearly 30000 leftist troops have also been completely absorbed and digested, making the cannon fodder force a full 100000. Similarly, officers above the general manager have been temporarily detained.

Qin Huan didn't want to use them, but he didn't want to use them now. Just because he eliminated all these generals and Deputy generals, he could digest all the ordinary soldiers in just a few days.

Both ordinary soldiers of the left army and ordinary soldiers of the Tianxiong army actually have the idea of serving as soldiers with pay. As long as they have food to eat and pay, they sell it to whoever they work for.

After all, Beijing has been conquered by thieves. Even ordinary people without insight know that Daming is coming to an end, so there is no talk of joining the anti thief.

Even Lu Xiangsheng only paid attention to the education of officers. Like Qin Huan, he was specially equipped with storytellers to serve as propagandists and tell stories to ordinary soldiers every day. It was not a thing in all dynasties.

One hundred thousand cannon fodder troops were completely mixed up by Qin Huan into ten ten ten thousand troops. The number of Tianxiong army, Chu army and left army was almost the same, all occupying more than 30000.

In the real Chinese army, there are only more than 25000 people left in the two towns, and only 30000 firearm soldiers, including 5000. As for the old cannon fodder camp, all the remaining more than 2000 veterans have been scattered and incorporated into the 100000 troops to serve as middle and senior officers.

When there were more people, the marching speed was slow. It was only a hundred miles from Wangjiang to Anqing, but it just walked for five days. At this time, Shi Kefa was already ready.

Shi Kefa did not set up several camps outside the city like Lu Xiangsheng, which were horns with each other in the city. Instead, all the people and horses shrank in the city and vowed to live or die with the city.

Seeing this, Qin Huan also smiled. To tell the truth, he really didn't pay attention to history.

This guy is loyal to Daming, but his military level is really not very good, not to mention he Lu Xiangsheng and sun chuanting. I'm afraid even Zuo Liangyu can't compare with them.

In history, the Southern Ming Dynasty was originally holding a good hand. The four towns in Jiangbei had almost a million troops, which can be called the historical method of the Ministry of war. He sat in Jiangbei for more than a year but did nothing. Finally, he was easily broken through the Jianghuai River and directly killed on the edge of the Yangtze River by Houjin.

It can be said that the internal struggle is one reason why the Southern Ming Dynasty did not hold on like the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but did the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty not fight?

The reason is that Shi Ke FA is not able to suck up the army's books, and sits on a million troops, but even the Jianghuai defense line is not able to defend.

At that time, although the mercenaries in the four towns of Jianghuai were self-respect, arrogant and domineering, everyone could not bear to see anyone. In addition, they needed the money and food support of Nanjing. In this case, if Lu Xiangsheng and sun chuanting went to the town, they would definitely balance the four towns well.

However, Shi Kefa indulged the four people blindly. He didn't even understand the superficial truth of the combination of grace and power. As a result, the four people became more and more arrogant and clashed constantly. Finally, Shi Kefa completely ignored the history of the Ministry of war.

Qin Huan didn't intend to surrender Shi Kefa. After all, he still needed some loyal officials to be buried for the Ming Dynasty, so as to reflect the thought of being loyal to the king. He also needed this thought in the future. If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't had an accident, he would have planned to be buried for the Ming Dynasty.

Similarly, Qin Huan did not intend to do anything to help the city, because he knew that Zuo Liangyu would never come to help, and it was estimated that no one would come again except Zuo Liangyu.

There is no suspense. Under the bombardment of rockets, 100000 cannon fodder troops broke through Anqing City in only one day. Except for a few people who died in the war and committed suicide, others basically surrendered directly after breaking the city.

The speed was so fast that Zuo Liangyu, who retreated to Tongling, didn't respond at all. Originally, Zuo Liangyu planned to wait ten days and a half months and let 20000 troops in Tongcheng go south for rescue. He was taking the Navy there.

Who ever thought that Shi Kefa didn't hold on for a day? He was angry and scolded. After scolding, he began to panic, because he didn't have many troops in his hands. According to this momentum, he couldn't hold Tongling, so he retreated to Nanjing again without hesitation, and ordered 20000 troops in Tongcheng to retreat to Nanjing.

At the beginning, he and Lu Xiangsheng left 20000 troops and horses respectively in Nanjing. With more than 20000 in his hands and 20000 in Tongcheng, they could gather up 80000 people and horses. Counting the mob in Nanjing, they could hold on for a while with the tall walls and moats of Nanjing.

With Lu Xiangsheng's defeat in Taihu Lake and Shi Kefa's death in Anqing, marshal Zuo fled back to Nanjing. The gentry and rich businessmen in Jiangnan were in panic. Those Donglin gentlemen in the city were completely confused, and King Yi was also frightened.

"Zuo Aiqing, are you sure to hold this Nanjing city?"

"Don't worry, your majesty. The city wall of Nanjing is tall and solid. There are 80000 troops in our army. With the Navy, it can be said to be as solid as gold. It's absolutely no problem."

Zuo Liangyu patted on his chest.

When the civil and military officials on both sides heard the speech, they calmed down a little, and the panic on Yi Wang's face was a little less. Then they encouraged Zuo Liangyu to hand over all the defense matters to him, and 80000 army and Navy were also under his command.

This time Qian Qianyi, Zhou yanru and others didn't object. After the dynasty dispersed, they didn't want to go to the Qinhuai River again.

The rich families in the city also began to make preparations. Almost all capable large families made preparations to let some families escape to Zhejiang first with gold, silver and jewelry. Therefore, for a time, there were crowded carriages and ships on the Nancheng gate and wharf in Nanjing.

This made the nearby bandits, mountain bandits and some water bandits in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River laugh.

Half a month later, the Chinese army entered both land and water. More than 100000 troops directly crossed the state and county and killed the city of Nanjing. Qin Huan did not take care of the cities along the way, because he knew that as long as he took Nanjing, these cities would fall without attack.

Otherwise, if we attack one by one, the whole nanzhili, large and small cities must have at least more than 200, and we must fight until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

After the army arrived, Qin Huan did not rush to attack. Instead, he mobilized troops and surrounded the East, West and south of Nanjing. Obviously, he wanted to hold the grass and beat the rabbit.

Zuo Liangyu, Qian Qianyi and others were not very worried about the siege of the Chinese army. After all, there were sailors, and everyone could escape by boat at any time. Therefore, five days ago, all ships in the city were not allowed to leave. Even the painting workshop on the Qinhuai River was requisitioned by those officials for occasional needs.