Great time travel

Chapter 159: Nanjing!Nanjing!
Southwest of Yingtianfu, Nanjing, Dasheng Pass

Emperor Chongzhen, wearing a dragon robe, stepped into this empty pass, surrounded by his personal guards.

Wherever the emperor passed by, all the soldiers raised their swords and guns and cheered loudly, and the sound waves spread layer by layer, like the howling of the sea.

Dashengguan is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang in the past, so it got its name.However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this pass has never played any role. Most of the city walls stretching for several miles have fallen into disrepair. Even if a hundred thousand people are recruited, the repairs cannot be completed within a month.

Therefore, when the commander of the Eastern Army, Lu Weiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, fled the Wuhu battlefield in a hurry and retreated to Dashengguan with thousands of remnants of defeated soldiers, he was faced with landslides and gaps everywhere, and there was neither defenders to respond nor save The ruins of the fortress with a little bit of armory and fodder suddenly became completely desperate.The remnants of the Eastern Army under him saw that the Dashengguan was so dilapidated, and they didn't even have any rations. ——If you don’t even have to eat, so what if you have money?
By the time the tens of thousands of Western troops and Emperor Chongzhen's imperial chariot arrived at Dasheng Pass, the Eastern Army guarding the pass had fled to only a few hundred people, and when they saw Emperor Chongzhen's dragon flag, the remaining The people below also lost the will to fight, but hurried away as soon as possible.Even the trusted servants of Eastern Army commander Lu Weiqi stole his luggage behind his master's back, divided up the valuables inside, and then fled separately.

In desperation, Lu Weiqi had to find a place to hang himself from a beam, and at the same time left a letter of repentance, begging Emperor Chongzhen to forgive his family.

It's a pity that the current time-travel version of Emperor Chongzhen who has changed his soul will only be stricter than his predecessor's attitude towards traitors!

"... Lu Weiqi, Lu Weiqi, since you know that you are deeply favored by the country, and you have been named Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, but you betrayed the king and supported a false emperor, which is a heinous act of treason. The rebellious party is working together, and you haven't seen you repent until last month?"

Looking at the suicide note begging for mercy in his hand, the Emperor Chongzhen's face was full of sarcasm, "... knowing that the crime is unforgivable, yet he wants to rely on his old life and a thin piece of paper to do it for the whole family. Asking for forgiveness, what do you think you are? Do you think that I am cowardly and can be bullied? If you, an old dog, are really conscience-stricken and still have loyalty in your heart, why didn't you turn your back on the battlefield and turn to the light in the previous Wuhu battle?
If I forgave you, the chief culprit, just based on such empty words of begging for mercy, how should I reward those ministers who loyally followed me?Draw up the purpose quickly!Pass the head of the criminal minister Lu Weiqi to the three armies, and the body will be smashed to pieces!The whole family of the Lu family copied and beheaded, punishing the nine families for crimes! "

Hearing the emperor's severe punishment, Lu Xiangsheng's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something persuasive, but he couldn't say it in the end: After all, such a crime of treason to support a false emperor is punishable after the defeat. Killing the nine clans has been a common practice since ancient times, and no one can say that Emperor Chongzhen was too cruel.

When leaving Dashengguan, Emperor Chongzhen received another good news. It turned out that since Wang Dou was ordered to lead 2000 troops to attack Huizhou southward, he had been in a state of turbulence all the way, and encountered extremely slight resistance.Now the city of Huizhou has been successfully captured, the prefect of Huizhou appointed by the Nanjing puppet dynasty was captured alive, and about [-] soldiers from the puppet dynasty were recruited. The surrounding counties have also announced the change of flag, so I report to the rear and ask for rewards. By the way, I ask for the next action plan of my army. .

Upon learning of this, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed immediately, thinking that this seemed to be a good omen, and discussed the matter with the generals in the army. All the generals said that the troops in Nanjing were already sufficient, and there was no need for Wang Dou's thousands of partial troops to rush over. It's messed up.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Wang Dou as the General Army of Western Zhejiang, and ordered him to lead his troops to cross the provincial border and continue to march eastward, waiting for an opportunity to recover Anji, Chun'an and other counties in northwestern Zhejiang that theoretically still respected the Nanjing court.

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Then, after the whole army passed the Dasheng Pass peacefully, the majestic and majestic capital Nanjing appeared before the eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Chongzhen court.

With some indescribably complicated emotions, Emperor Chongzhen stood on a high place with a Western telescope in his hand, looking at this other majestic Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty. He saw Zhongshan in the east winding like a dragon, and in the west The stone mountain on the front is like a tiger on the bank of the river.The mighty Yangtze River flows northeast from Jinchuan Gate.The dazzling golden towers and pavilions in the southeast corner of the city are the Ming Dynasty Imperial City in Nanjing.

As far as the eye can see, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling agitated for a while—the haste of fleeing Beijing, the helplessness of losing the Northland, the desolation of traveling to the Central Plains, the hardships of recruiting soldiers in Wuchang, and the pride of vowing to march east... the past scenes of the past , all appeared in front of his eyes.

It has been a whole year, from the bewilderment at the beginning of the time travel, to the despair under the Qing soldiers' advance, to the hasty escape under the betrayal of relatives, and then bit by bit, to clean up the mess, accumulate strength, and turn the world around... to this day , he finally ushered in his first decisive victory.

As the orthodox king of the Ming Empire, he was finally able to take back a capital that belonged to him!
Although there is still the tall city wall of Jinling, the imperial capital, in front of him, but this does not stop him from moving forward.

It is true that Nanjing's city wall is stronger and more majestic than Beijing's, but no matter how strong the city wall is, it needs someone to guard it.In today's Jinling City, except for a very small number of "rebel leaders" who are still trying to resist, the vast majority of princes, ministers, civil servants and generals have sent envoys to carry out fruitful and secret communications with Emperor Chongzhen, expressing their desire to Abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and bring order out of chaos.Even the nobles of the dynasty who controlled most of the army in the city sent their nephews to "accompany" Emperor Chongzhen's barracks, or act as hostages to win the trust of the emperor.It is said that just waiting for the rebellious army to come to the city, they will kill the leaders of the rebellious party, and then open the door to welcome the emperor into the palace.

However, just as Emperor Chongzhen and the generals of the Western Army stopped outside the city, looking forward to the scene of "Nanjing opened the city without blood".The first thing to wait was not the guard of honor of the city officials and gentry to greet the "Son of Man", but a cavalry who came around from the south of the city to attack!

What's even more unbelievable is that behind the heads of these cavalrymen, all of them have a money rattail braid!
"...This is... Liaodong Tatars? How strange! How did they come to Nanjing?"

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned at first, but soon after he came to his senses, he immediately flew into a rage, "...how unreasonable! These Donglin gentlemen had already supported the false emperor before and had no loyalty. Now even the Tartars dare to collude ! Did they read all the sage books into the dog's belly?"

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Although this group of Jurchen Tartars suddenly appeared in Nanjing, the Western Army, who had been waiting wholeheartedly to harvest the fruits of victory, was caught off guard for a while.But the surprise is the surprise, this city of Nanjing must be entered, after all, everyone has gone through untold hardships to fight the battle to this point, and the Emperor Chongzhen and the generals of the Western Army have no room to back down. We can only fight to the death with these braided soldiers who come to disrupt the situation.

Fortunately, in this time and space, due to Huangshi's invincible record in Liaodong, and the outstanding performance of several other Ming Dynasty camp traversers, the battlefield myth of "Jurchen is full of ten thousand, full and invincible" of the Manchurian cavalry has long been bankrupt. It is generally considered to be a group of guys who pick up leaks by luck.Although most of the Ming army still lost more than they won against the Qing army, at least they would not feel guilty when they saw the braids on the back of their heads.

What's more, after being repeatedly devastated, the Qing Empire, which is now trapped in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, can only be described as "lingering" no matter how you look at it-it has lost the Liaodong base that has been painstakingly managed for many years, There is no foundation in the new occupied area. From a normal point of view, it is absolutely impossible for such a group of down-and-out blind people who only have force to establish a stable rule in a foreign country.

Therefore, under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, the two sides soon launched an outpost battle near the outskirts of Nanjing.Due to the dense population, complex terrain, and many houses and trees, the Ming army, which has a numerical advantage, could not use it, but the Qing army's cavalry was even more unable to attack.

Therefore, after a melee, the more than 1000 cavalry of the Qing army who came to harass them suffered heavy losses very quickly. They were expelled from several main streets and could only wander in the distance.The [-] army led by Emperor Chongzhen was able to continue to advance rapidly towards the west wall of Nanjing.

At the same time, the city of Nanjing was on fire, and the screams of killing were loud. Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, who had already raised the flag to "anyway", was leading more than 2000 trusted servants in his mansion, and several other Nanjing soldiers who held military power. Together with Xungui, they started street fighting with the vanguard of the Qing army who broke into the city.

——Leading 1 braided soldiers from Yangzhou across the south of the Yangtze River. After landing in Zhenjiang, although Huang Taiji knew that time was running out, he hurriedly raised [-] soldiers and horses before all the follow-up troops arrived, and headed south at the fastest speed The capital flew away.However, before the arrival of the Qing army, the city of Nanjing had already changed: the descendants of Xu Da, the No. Welcome Emperor Chongzhen to enter the city.The chief assistant Zhou Yanru, who had few soldiers and few generals, was quickly defeated by them.

When Huang Taiji rushed to the outside of Nanjing with five thousand braided soldiers, Zhou Yanru, who was the internal response, had also been expelled from the imperial city by the traitors, and was leading a few cronies to escape to Taipingmen .And Emperor Chongzhen's imperial driver has already passed the Great Victory Pass!

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Huang Taiji, who refused to admit defeat, had no choice but to personally lead [-] braided soldiers to enter the urban area of ​​Nanjing through the Taiping Gate that Zhou Yanru could still control, preparing to defeat the nobles who launched the mutiny in Nanjing, and seize the imperial city and Nanjing city defense. Shut away the army of Emperor Chongzhen.At the same time, he ordered Abatai to lead a thousand cavalry of the Qing army as a ranger, from the suburbs to the west of Nanjing, and do everything possible to prevent Emperor Chongzhen's troops from entering the city.

In the end, only 20.00% of Huang Taiji's above-mentioned tactical goals were achieved: Although after a fierce fight, he successfully repelled the servants of the nobles, entered the Imperial City of Nanjing, and controlled a large area The urban area, but due to time constraints, still only controlled less than half of the city gates.On the other side, the Qing Army Rangers, which had already been exhausted due to the long journey, failed to stop Emperor Chongzhen's [-] troops. Instead, they suffered heavy losses due to the unfavorable terrain. Even the leader Abatai was in the melee was seriously injured.

Next, the soldiers and horses of Emperor Chongzhen crossed the Qinhuai River in a big way, passed through the Qingliang Gate and Jubao Gate in the west of Nanjing, and entered the urban area continuously, and joined the remnants of the Nanjing Xungui.At this moment, the Nanjing Communist Party that was originally run by the Donglin Party has actually collapsed and ceased to exist.From now on, there are only two protagonists in the Nanjing battlefield: the Ming army of Emperor Chongzhen and the Qing army of Huang Taiji.

——Ever since the fierce battle around the city of Beijing last year, these two seemingly destined old enemies once again put all their cards into each other's hands in order to fight for the city of Nanjing, which is thousands of miles away from the previous battlefield , launched the craziest contest!