Chapter 20 Jiangnan is booming
Upon hearing the report, Yan Yingyuan immediately ended the discussion and brought a group of people to the west city.
At this time, everyone stood in front of the city tower and saw a soldier wearing white armor galloping into Liu Liangzuo's camp.
Yan Yingyuan punched the wall with one punch, "No, the situation may change!"
The villagers in Jiangyin City were not fully prepared, and the arrival of the troops was very likely to urge Liu Liangzuo to attack the city.
Zhao Ming suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the distance, "Look at that side!"
Everyone followed the direction he pointed and looked to the south of Jiangyin City. They saw flags waving in the distance, dust was everywhere, and a large group of Qing troops were passing by.
These men did not station outside Jiangyin City, but instead marched eastward around Jiangyin.
The Hongguang Dynasty focused on the defense of Jiangbei and Jiangbei towns surrendered. After Huang Degong committed suicide, the Ming army was gone in Nanzhi. Only a few remaining troops including Fang Guoan and retreated into Zhejiang Central.
Zhao Ming’s geography is not very good, but Zhejiang still knows it in the southeast of Nanzhili. He pointed to the Qing soldiers advancing east and asked, “What direction is that?”
Chen Mingyu said: "Changshu, Kunshan and Jiading!"
The Kunshan Massacre and the Jiading Three Massacres, Zhao Ming felt a sudden heart and stopped talking. The spontaneous anti-Qing struggle between the gentry and the people in Jiangnan began in full swing.
Yan Yingyuan, Zheng Sen, Chen Mingyu and others knew that what he said had happened when they saw Zhao Ming's expression.
A town of ten families must have loyalty and trustworthiness. China is not without righteousness and courage.
"Boan, if it is big Jiangnan, it is indeed not just us who are fighting!" Zheng Sen was excited.
Chen Mingyu, scholar Xu Yong and others all burst into tears. They were all desperate. This despair was not just despair of the situation, but also despair of the people, despair of the Ming Dynasty, despair of the whole world, and thought that the world would not be better. Most people had given up resistance, leaving only those who were lonely persistent.
Now it seems that the situation is not as they thought. Although the Ming Dynasty was unreliable, there were still many people like them in the world. They were not lonely and gave them a glimmer of hope. The world is not helpless, and there are still many people who are kind and ambitious in fighting.
"There are also troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in other places!" Xu Yong burst into tears.
Yan Yingyuan, with a calm face, stared at the Qing army in Xiangdong, and hope ignited in his heart, "If this is true, Jiangyin is not an isolated city. Everyone must defend the city, and the situation may turn around."
Zhao Ming felt very uncomfortable because he knew that although the shaving order made Jiangnan bustle and the righteous army of the Qing Dynasty rose, there was no unified command or support from regular official troops. Everyone fought on their own, and these righteous acts ended in failure.
Soon, the ten-day tragedy in Yangzhou will repeat itself on the land of Jiangnan. At that time, the people will be rolling, and all the gentry and people who dare to resist will be killed. Jiangnan will gradually surrender to the butcher knife of Jiannu.
This made Zhao Ming feel heavy inside, but he looked at the excited and excited expressions of everyone, but he didn't say it. He just clenched his fists and asked himself in his heart, "What can I do? What should I do?"
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Outside the city, in the Qing army camp, Liu Liangzuo was dressed neatly and hurried out to greet him with a group of green camp generals, but the true Manchus had already entered the camp directly.
At this time, a white-armored general with a sinister face led more than a hundred white-armored cavalry, looking at the big flags in the camp, the green camp soldiers dodged to both sides, not daring to stop them.
Liu Liangzuo saw the white armored general from afar, his heart tightened, and he felt a sense of fear immediately.
The majestic Marshal Liu in the army immediately trotted to greet him and beat Qian'er, "Slave, welcome Mr. Beile."
The visitor was Beileboluo of the Qing Dynasty. He was Dorgon's confidant. In history, he suppressed the rebel army in Jiangnan, captured Lufan, defeated the Lu Jian Kingdom in eastern Zhejiang, invaded Fujian, killed Zhu Youjian, and more than ten princes of the kings. Finally, he was named Prince Heshuo Duan Chong, one of the three kings in the early Qing Dynasty.
A large group of green camp generals knelt down to greet him. Borole held the reins of the horse, and the horse stopped in front of Liu Liangzuo.
"Liu Liangzuo, you command tens of thousands of troops, why can't you even capture a small county town?" Boluo, who looked arrogant, pointed at Jiangyin with a horse whip, with a bad expression.
It was early June, and the weather in Jiangnan was hot. Duoduo took over Emperor Hongguang and other prisoners, and brought a large number of Eight Banners soldiers to Beijing to return to Beijing to seek refuge in the summer. All the matters in Jiangnan were handed over to Boluo.
Duoduo's army attacked Ming, and without resistance, it easily occupied Jiangnan. This made the Manchu rulers begin to despise the Han people and think that the overall situation has been decided, so they pushed the order of shaving a few times before, but the order that was not successful was implemented again.
After Duoduo issued the order, he brought his men to the north and stayed in Boluo to guard the south of the Yangtze River. He did not expect that a shaving order would cause turmoil in the world.
In the eyes of the Qing rulers, the Ming Dynasty was over and the overall situation was settled, but they did not expect that the weak Jiangnan people would cause such a big storm.
Boluo was in Nanjing and did not realize the seriousness of the matter at first. He did not feel any bad until he received news that Jiangyin, Kunshan, Jiading, Huizhou and other places were in conflict.
Among them, Jiangyin first disobeyed the order, just like a big flag, but Liu Liangzuo failed to extinguish the fire in Jiangyin in time. The news of Jiangyin's anti-order spread, inspiring the people of other prefectures and counties to fight against the Qing Dynasty, causing the fires in Jiangnan to spread the prairie fire.
If Liu Liangzuo quickly captured Jiangyin and killed all the rioters, shocking the Han people around him, the situation would not have developed to a point where he had a headache.
Therefore, Boluo was very dissatisfied with Liu Liangzuo and was so angry that he wanted to whip it down.
Liu Liangzuo was panicked and hurriedly explained: "Mr. Beile, the city responded and said that he would offer the city in the next two days. The servants would definitely take down Jiangyin City."
Boro frowned and said in a deep voice: "Since there is an internal response, it is easy to break the city with internal response and external response. Do you need to wait?"
In Boluo's opinion, a small county town with no soldiers in the city was just a group of rioters, and there were internal supporters. The army only needed to rush once, and with the cooperation of internal supporters, the city was destroyed. He didn't understand what Liu Liangzuo was waiting for.
After Boluo said that, he glanced at everyone, then pulled out his reins, "I'm going to Kunshan now. I don't care what method you use, take down Jiangyin for me as soon as possible, and the city will be broken and there will be no chickens and dogs left."
After saying that, Boro pulled the reins, turned his horse's head, and did not stop in the camp. He led his cavalry out of the camp and walked around Jiangyin to the east.
"I respectfully send you Mr. Beile!" Liu Liangzuo hurriedly kowtowed and bowed.
"Master General, you have left!" Liu Liangchen stood up and went to support Liu Liangzuo.
Zhang Tianlu and other generals couldn't help but ask: "Master, what should I do now? Should I wait?"
The Green Camp soldiers are not like the full soldiers. They can not fight to the death without fighting to the death.
Liu Liangzuo stood up and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's fight! Take down the city today!"
Chapter completed!