Duoduo's decision was shocked by the whole audience. After all, Yangzhou fought so hard and suffered such great losses. Everyone thought that taking Yangzhou would only take several days to satisfy the 100,000 troops under the city. No one expected that Prince Yu would not massacre the city, which would disappoint everyone.

As the head coach of the siege, Boluo had not spoken yet, Xu Er'an, the son of Xu Dingguo, could not wait to say: "I would like to ask King Yu to take back Cheng's life. The soldiers were seriously injured under the city of Yangzhou. I am waiting for a few days to get along. King Yu's doing this may hurt the morale of the soldiers!"

Yang Chengzu, the first of Gao Jie's remaining troops, also stood up to support Xu Er'an: "King Yu, General Xu said so much. Yangzhou has resisted so stubbornly and has not dealt with properly. I am afraid that many people will follow suit after entering Jiangnan. I ask King Yu to take back his life!"

Although the Eight Banners Army likes to massacre cities, the Han generals of these newly recruited Green Camps were more active than those of the Eight Banners. After all, they were almost lawless in Hongguang. When they arrived at the Qing Dynasty, they naturally thought about even more lawless days. And wasn’t they so happy to surrender to the Qing Dynasty?

But Boluo was more cautious: "King Yu was still worried that Liu Yongxi would have any new tricks?"

Although Duoduo only knew the name Liu Yongxi for the first time in the past two months, he was far better than these Han generals in his understanding of Liu Yongxi: "Liu Yongxi is not in trouble, but his father Liu Kongzhao is a man of Jiang Chengyi, and has thousands of naval troops under his command. Empress Zhang of the puppet dynasty supports Liu Yongxi behind the scenes. We must be extra cautious if we want to quickly pacify Jiangnan and transport grain to the north!"

Dorgon sent Duoduo to lead the army to the south this time, although it was because the Hongguang court was vulnerable, but it was also because the north had always relied on the transportation of money and grain from the south since the Song and Yuan dynasties. The north not only needed the silver needed by the south, but also needed the grain cloths and some specialties from the south. In the past, the capital had millions of stones of white grain and gold and silver tribute from the south to maintain a huge and complex bureaucracy and hundreds of thousands of border troops.

After the grain and grain silver in Jiangnan were suspended, the Qing army was in a state of extreme shortage of food as soon as it entered the pass, and even had to divide the army into various places to relieve the pressure on food. They even took the initiative to send trade ships to all parties to purchase grain.

But all these methods can only be used to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, so Dorgon specially sent Duoduo, who had the same mother as him, to lead his army to fight south, hoping that Duoduo would conquer Jiangnan as soon as possible and transport grain and silver to Beijing.

If the Ming Dynasty's canal transportation system cannot be rebuilt in a short period of time, the Qing Dynasty's huge war machine was likely to lose fuel and supply and fall into extreme danger. Therefore, Duoduo was originally preparing to wave his butcher knife to Yangzhou, which resolutely resisted.

However, due to the existence of Liu Yongxi, Liu Kongzhao and his son, Duoduo has changed his mind now, but his purpose has always been only one: that is, to completely conquer Jiangnan at a faster speed and rebuild the canal transportation system of the previous dynasty.

As the commander of the Southern Expedition Army, Boluo naturally knew Duoduo's intentions in this southern expedition. He also knew that if the news of Yangzhou's massacre of the city was spread, there might be many accidents in the process of conquering Jiangnan: "It is better for King Yu to think carefully. Since we have won Yangzhou, we should set an example. Let's do this... Let Yangzhou City try to get as much gold, silver, jade and beauty as possible, so that the soldiers can enjoy a few days!"

The Manchu and Han generals present thought Boluo’s arrangements were good, and Xu Er'an asked with great concern: “Will the guide to Zhucheng be done in the future?”

Duoduo said very clearly: "This is not a question you can question. I think you are the son of Xu Ding Kingdom and will not attack you lightly next time! I have the final say on how to deal with Zhucheng in the south. I will give them a way to survive, so they can survive. If I don't take away my sword, how can I survive inside and outside the city!"

He temporarily put away the butcher knife because of Liu Yongxi who suddenly jumped out, but the next time he waved the butcher knife, it would definitely bring more killing.

Xu Er'an and many of the new army generals turned pale. For the first time, they realized that their new master was completely different from Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Hongguang.

Duoduo has already set his sights on the city of Nanjing. The reason why he gave up slaughtering Yangzhou was because he was worried that it would arouse the resistance of the Nanjing military and civilians.

Before leaving, his brother Dorgon had repeatedly told him that no matter how much the price he paid, he would have to take over Nanjing City. Or that the end of this southern expedition would be Nanjing. Although there would be a final battle in the future, the farthest was to occupy Zhejiang and Fujian.

However, the Nanjing City built by Liu Bowen is the world's leading city. Although Duoduo's expeditions along the south are now more than 50% more troops than when Guide set out, the Southern Ming still has many troops that can be fought or barely fought.

Not to mention the more than 10,000 elite troops under Liu Yongxi's army, Hongguang also has Liu Zeqing among the four towns in Jiangbei where the Great Wall is relied on. Huang Degong has not yet surrendered. In addition, there are tens of thousands of field troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the Beijing camp in Nanjing is said to have tens of thousands of thousands.

Although these are all mobs in Duoduo's eyes, if these soldiers retreated to Nanjing and had a large number of artillery assistance, they would definitely be able to defend Nanjing into an iron city. In addition, with the massive Ming army's main force outside Nanjing, Duoduo still worried about being attacked inside and outside even if he had a large army of 100,000.

He had asked several surrendered ministers of the Southern Dynasty, and they all said that only the emperor was in charge of Nanjing City and the general could guard it for at least two or three months, but if you really had to wait for two or three months, the daylily would be cold.

Therefore, he would rather put down his butcher's knife temporarily than take over Nanjing City in the shortest time.

But it turns out that Duoduo just thought too much.

The news of the fall of Yangzhou City made the Hongguang court realize for the first time who was the real enemy. Just over ten days ago, Ma Shiying shouted, "You are still using the excuse of defending the river to instigate the left rebels? The northern army arrives, but the money can still be negotiated. If the left rebels arrive, then if my monarch and ministers die alone! I have already transferred good soldiers to cross the south of the Yangtze River. I would rather die in the north than rebels!"

But now Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Huang Degong and Liu Kongzhao and was chased by Alog. Duoduo's Qing army in the southern expedition had already captured Yangzhou and approached Zhenjiang. The Hongguang court, which was also attacked by two groups, was already in chaos. Emperor Hongguang sighed and asked again: "Ma Xiangguo, Ruan Xiangguo? What should the state affairs reach this point today?"

Ma Shiying didn't know what to do. If only a large army came to attack, Ma Shiying felt that he had a way, but now Ajige and Duoduo's army were invading at the same time, and the Qing army in Shandong had also launched a large-scale southward. The eight banners brigade, which was invincible in the world, was attacking at the same time. Ma Shiying really didn't know what to do!
Chapter completed!