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Chapter 720: Leaving Beijing in a panic


Zhao Ming had to admit that Zhu Yihai's choice of timing was actually very correct.After Zhao Ming occupied Zhejiang and was named the queen of Wuyue, Zhu Yihai had realized that Zhao Ming was no longer his subordinate and ally, but had become a threat and potential opponent for him.If Zhu Yihai raised troops to seize the throne when Zhao Ming was looking forward to it, he was sure that Zhao Ming would not be able to watch him seize the throne, and he would inevitably interfere from it.For a king with a different surname, Zhao Ming definitely didn't want to see a unified and powerful central court appear.Therefore, when Zhu Yihai chose Azig to go north and Zhao Ming sent troops to Hebei, it was difficult to raise troops, which can be said to be deliberate.At this time, the army was dispatched, only the duel between him and the Longwu court, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was divided, and there was no time to take care of the internal strife of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Mingren was in Hebei, and it was difficult to affect the dispute.At this time, Zhu Yihai only needed to defeat Zhu Yujian, and Zhu Yihai believed that with the combat strength of the Jiangbei Army, he would be able to defeat Zhu Yujian's army and recapture what belonged to him.At that time, as long as Nanjing is captured quickly and Zhu Yujian dies, Zhu Yihai will be able to ascend the throne as emperor and take over the Nanjing court.At this time, Zhu Yihai had already started a war with Zhu Yujian, but Zhao Ming was dragged in Hebei as Zhu Yihai expected, and he could not return to Jiangdong for a short time.At the mouth of Dagu, the transportation capacity of Wu Yuejun's ships was limited, and they could only transport so many people at a time, and it took more than ten days to travel to and from the Bohai Sea, so the retreat was extremely slow.This made Zhao Ming sigh, it seems that he still has to take Shanhaiguan, if he goes by land, he will already be withdrawn at this time.Since he didn't leave for a while, he had to withstand Azig's attack.Azig was extremely angry at Zhao Ming for destroying Qizhuang, freeing Qinu, and emptying Tongzhou.At this time, the statistics of the Manchu officials had come out, and Azig suffered great losses this time, with Tongzhou losing 200,000 stone of grain, 50,000 pieces of cotton clothing, 8,000 pairs of military boots, 300,000 taels of silver, and countless swords and weapons.In addition, on the eastern coast of Zhili, more than 600 banner villages were destroyed, more than 1,000 banner people were killed, countless people were killed and wounded, 150,000 stone of grain were lost, 400,000 taels of silver money were lost, more than 70,000 head of livestock, and more than 400,000 flag slaves escaped.Such a huge loss made Azig lose face, and also made the Manchu and Han Eight Banners extremely dissatisfied with Azig.When Fulin was in Beijing, although he did not win any battles, Zhao Zamao at least did not enter Hebei.Now that Zhao Zamao has entered Gyeonggi, not to mention the soldiers coming to Beijing, and destroying their manor, everyone will naturally feel that Azig is not as good as Fulin.This made Azig ashamed and angry, and led an army of 100,000 to carry out a fierce attack on Wu Yue's army.The Qing army was bombarded by heavy artillery, the infantry rushed violently, and the battle was very fierce, but Wu Yuejun held sharp weapons, backed by the sea, and had naval artillery support, the firepower was too fierce, and the Qing army rushed several times, leaving a corpse in one place, and was repelled by naval artillery.The Qing army attacked dozens of times, all of which ended in failure, and Azig, who was known for his short temper, was also cured to lose his temper and could only watch Wu Yue's army evacuate the people.This is undoubtedly a kind of torture for Azig, and he even hopes in his heart that he will have more boats and quickly transport Zhao Zamao, a brute, away.On the night of 10 March, nearly 100 warships, under the cover of night, approached the mouth of Dagu.Behind the defensive line, the real people holding muskets, the guards who were on guard, on the dock, the brigade was neatly dressed, carrying a square quilt, hanging a kettle and grenade on his waist, and the Wu Yue sergeant who was holding the musket obliquely in his hand, lined up in a long line and boarded the warship."

Your Highness, it's time to go!"

Xie Qian said to Zhao Ming, who was standing on the fort.Zhao Ming tightened his cloak and ordered: "Evacuate all the heavy artillery of the Dagu Fort, and then blow up the fort with gunpowder so that it can go straight to the mouth of Dagu next time." ”Xie Qian immediately clenched his fists, "The minister takes the order!"

”After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he immediately threw off his cloak, strode off the fort, and headed for the dock.On the fourth watch, Wu Yuejun, who stayed at the mouth of Dagu, all boarded the warships, and at this moment, the Dagu Fort suddenly broke out with a loud "boom".In the big tent of the Qing army, Azig, who was wearing only one underwear, hurriedly picked up the tent and looked at the direction of Dagukou, and the muscles on his face twitched."

Your Majesty, Zhao Zamao blew up the fort!"

A member of the Qing general reported urgently.Azig looked gloomy, and then exhaled a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Let Doni recover Dagukou!"

”March 11, ~~~~~~, Nanjing.Just when Zhao Ming took a warship and evacuated Dagukou, the Jiangbei Army marched by itself, crossed the Yangtze River, and killed Nanjing.The Longwu Dynasty has always been worried about Zhu Yihai, and Zhu Yujian sent a large number of Jinyi guards to monitor every move of the Jiangbei Army.When Zhu Yihai raised troops in Yangzhou, Zhu Yujian immediately learned the news and ordered the army to strictly guard the south bank and block the Jiangbei army from crossing the river.The Jiangbei Army was blocked by the forbidden army in Jiangbei for several days, and when the forbidden army on the south bank was slacking off, Li Chengdong ordered his subordinates to prepare a large number of rafts and boats, put torches on them, and take advantage of the river breeze to put down the rafts and boats from the old river estuary.Rafts and boats with torches are blown by the wind and go down the river, and the firelight reflects the surface of the red river.The forbidden army on the south bank miscalculated, and the Jiangbei Army crossed the river from the old river estuary, and the artillery bombardment on the south bank led the fireboat downstream to prevent the Jiangbei Army from landing on the shore.Li Chengdong immediately led the elite soldiers to cross the river by boat, and when the forbidden army found out, the fleet had arrived at Longtan Town on the south bank, and the Jiangbei soldiers took the opportunity to land on the shore, and the Jiang forbidden army was killed.The forbidden army on the south bank learned that the Jiangbei army had crossed the river and immediately dispersed.Less than three years ago, the Ming Dynasty was infighting, Azig took the opportunity to go south, defeated the Longwu Dynasty more than 100,000 troops, Zhao Ming in Zhenjiang and other places, also surrounded and annihilated a large number of forbidden troops, and incorporated tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty defeated troops.This made the Ming Dynasty lose more than 100,000 elites at once, and now after the new recruitment of the forbidden army, although it has been trained for several years, it has not participated in the war, where is the opponent of the Jiangbei tiger wolf, as soon as the Jiangbei army crosses the river, the defense line on the south bank suddenly collapsed.After Li Chengdong successfully landed on the shore, Zhu Yihai immediately led the main force to cross the Yangtze River, and more than 100,000 Jiangbei troops entered Guocheng outside Nanjing.Zhu Yujian wanted to stick to Nanjing and wait for Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan to lead troops to help, but he didn't want Zhu Yihai to get a lot of flowering bombs from Wu Yueguo, and he broke through Wai Guo in one day, and the striker approached the outside of Nei Guo Shence.At this time, in the east of Nanjing, the sound of artillery rumbled.Zhu Yujian, who was wearing a yellow robe, quickly headed west with the support of the eunuchs, surrounded by countless eunuchs, ministers, concubines, and guards, and hurriedly walked between the red palace walls in a panic.Since the recovery of Nanjing, Zhu Yujian has always regarded himself as the son of Zhongxing and compared himself to Song Gaozong, and he doesn't want to flee Beijing in a panic now.Zhu Yujian was helped to walk forward quickly, his expression was lonely, and he only felt like Tang Xuanzong who fled in a panic, and he almost burst into tears.He Tengjiao followed Zhu Yujian's left and right, and said with relief: "Your Majesty, don't be discouraged, wait to retreat to Huguang and regroup, the army will definitely be able to recover Nanjing and wipe out the traitors!"

”(It's gone tonight, after that, three shifts a day, twelve o'clock at noon, nine o'clock in the evening, and the clock will be updated at midnight.) )()