Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

At dusk, the fighting was still fierce.

The progress of the war has also changed from pure siege warfare to competition for several collapsed city walls.

Soldiers from both sides flocked to the gaps in the trampled city walls of Quanzhou City. Cannons roared, muskets were fired, and thunderbolts in the shape of grenades exploded wantonly everywhere on the battlefield.

Among the broken and bloody, human life seems to have become the least worth mentioning.

On the south side of Quanzhou City, the war against Quanzhou Port seems to have completely heated up.

The Fujian Navy of Nanming was originally the Fujian Navy under the jurisdiction of Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian. However, after the establishment of Nanming, it was expanded many times, and finally formed the current Nanming Fujian Navy.

And Quanzhou Port, as the territory of the Fujian Navy, has naturally been operated by the Fujian Navy for a long time.

Normally, it is extremely easy to attack a port from land.

However, because Quanzhou City is close to Quanzhou Port, the artillery guns on the south wall of Quanzhou City can easily cover the land of the port.

In this way, it naturally greatly increases the difficulty of land attack on the port.

Not only do they have to face the tenacious resistance of the navy at the port, but they also have to face the firepower on the city wall of Quanzhou. Under such a flanking attack, the attack on the port is not difficult!

Of course, for the Fujian navy, it is also a flank attack, and it is also struggling to support.

The war continued for dozens of times. The once noisy Quanzhou Port has now become a ruined place. The broken warships are burning wantonly on the sea surface, and the sunken warships and merchant ships have formed a wrecked city wall under the sea surface in the port. , preventing the Daheng Navy on the sea from directly attacking.

But no matter how you stop it, the artillery fire on the warship can't stop it!

The warships of the Great Heng Navy were lined up in a horizontal line without any restraint, and the cannons in the cabins were also continuously pouring firepower into Quanzhou Port day and night.

The heavily guarded Fujian Navy Water Village in the past is already in ruins!

The warships of the Fujian navy, which Nan Juyi regarded as the last hope, were sunk one after another under the attack of land and water. Even most of the sailors had to go to the port to resist the attack. With the surging Daheng soldiers attacking.

But no matter how much you resist, in the face of continuous attacks, this port, which can be said to be the most prosperous port in the world, seems to be crumbling!

"Kill the thief!"

Nan Juyi, the Minister of the Ministry of War of the Jin Dynasty, Nan Juyi, the commander of the Nanming Navy, even though he was very old, under this precarious situation, he still came to the front line and fought desperately.

But... manpower is... unable to return to heaven!

The port fortress, and even the naval fortress, after all, only rely on the land to fight against the existence of the sea area.

In the face of land attack and defense, they are extremely powerless!

"kill!"

"Capture the Nanjuyi dog thief alive!"

Countless Daheng soldiers charged away with high drinks, resisting for dozens of days with difficulty, countless soldiers were killed and injured, and Quanzhou Port, which had no reinforcements, was finally broken.

That big bright sun and moon flag collapsed!

Nan Juyi, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the Nanming Dynasty who came to the front line in person, also collapsed in a pool of blood under the roar of rows of firecrackers.

"It's Nanjuyi dog thief!"

A soldier was so excited that he raised his saber and dropped it without hesitation.

The commander of the Fujian navy who almost rebuilt the Ming Dynasty with one hand, is so ridiculously dead!

A death-defying head hung on the soldiers' waists, shaking as the soldiers charged, those eyes full of unwillingness seemed to be staring at the Nanming capital that was about to fall...

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Chapter 572 Doomsday

With the collapse of the Quanzhou Port's land defense line, the crumbling Quanzhou Port is also a complete collapse!

Countless Daheng soldiers, under the roar of war drums, the forts that threatened the navy were captured one after another, and the soldiers rushed into the water village, slaughtering the fake navy soldiers wantonly.

As the war continued, important places in the water village were successively captured by Daheng soldiers. In the water village, the few remaining fake navy warships were also attacked one after another under the thorough attack of land and water. The white flag was hoisted, and under the supervision and scolding of the Daheng soldiers, the mourners lined up to set foot on the land.

The Daheng Navy, whose artillery roared wantonly on the sea, turned the bow of the ship quickly after the port fortress was completely captured, and arrived at the ship port, breaking down the shipwreck obstacles created by the Fujian Navy.

After the fall of Quanzhou Port, the balance of the war has undoubtedly tilted completely, and at the same time, the last retreat of the hypocrisy has been completely cut off!

"Report!"

"Jinling Zuowei News, Quanzhou Port has been captured, and the remnants of the enemy are being eliminated!"

In the hustle and bustle of the Chinese army's big tent, with this voice coming from outside the tent, the hustle and bustle in the tent stopped suddenly, and in a moment, the hustle and bustle became more intense, and the generals praised!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Duke Jing Xu Feng laughed, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

What he was worried about was never whether he could win this battle, but whether he would run away!

There are many blockades on land, and it is natural to escape, but on the sea, no matter how tight the blockade is, it is impossible to control the entire coast.

The port is captured, and the Fujian navy is naturally gone!

Without the Navy, the false Ming's last retreat will naturally be gone!

As long as Emperor Jingwu can't escape, the war will be more than half completed, and once Emperor Jingwu escapes, especially overseas.

Even if the hypocrisy is broken and the south of the Yangtze River is regained, it is probably impossible for the land of the south of the Yangtze River to be stable.

And this is also what he is most worried about in this Quanzhou battle.

"Send the order, all the frontline departments will withdraw, and the whole army will rest for a day!"

Xu Feng looked at the detailed sand table of Quanzhou City in front of him, and then waved to the generals in the tent.

"Come here, let's discuss how to fight this decisive battle in a day's time!"

All the generals approached quickly, and discussed with each other with each other.

With the recovery of Quanzhou Port and the removal of the biggest hidden danger, then...there are many more feasible strategies.

Compared with the high spirits of the generals in Daheng, the morale in Quanzhou City at this moment is undoubtedly much more bleak.

Standing guard in an isolated city with a retreat, and stubbornly resisting an isolated city with no retreat at all, are obviously two completely different concepts.

Even if this way of retreat is extremely rugged and dangerous, but no matter what, this way of retreat really exists.

However, with the fall of Quanzhou Port, although half of Fujian is still under control, strictly speaking, the precarious Daming is already completely surrounded by Daheng.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, plus the Daheng Navy on the sea...

It can be said to be surrounded by tight seams on all sides!

The only reinforcements are still fighting hard in Yungui!

Who can face such a situation that is overwhelming!

The original unity of purpose, under the circumstances of the sky, collapsed in an instant!

If it weren't for the encirclement on all sides, so that there is nowhere to escape, I am afraid that the scene of flying separately in the face of disaster will be staged in this Quanzhou city.

But even if the disaster is imminent and each of them has not appeared, the people in Quanzhou City seem to be in panic.

In the early hours of the morning, the palace bell rang, and all the officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty gathered. The court hall, which was noisy in the past, was dead silent.

Occasionally, one or two courtiers and military generals made a sound, but soon fell silent again.

Most of the land in the south of the Yangtze River has fallen, and the capital of Quanzhou is tightly surrounded on all sides, and there is no way out. In such a situation where there is no hope of subjugation again, no matter how ambitious, it is impossible to escape powerlessness!

After several hours of discussion, there was no usable plan. The only definite answer was to stick to it.

Persistence without hope, perseverance doomed to perish...

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"Eunuch, please forgive me!"

"Eunuch, spare this slave!"

In the Quanzhou Imperial Palace, the guards of the East Factory ran rampant, and the eunuchs and maids who wanted to escape, under Wang Chengen's command, were guarded and tied up by the guards, begging for mercy endlessly.

"Big companion..."

I don't know when, the little emperor suddenly appeared.

"His Majesty!"

Wang Chengen turned around quickly, walked quickly to the side of the little emperor, and bowed.

The little emperor looked at these eunuchs and maids who were about to fly away, and was silent for a moment before slowly speaking:

"They are all poor people, let them go!"

Wang Chengen hesitated for a while, then looked at the eunuchs and maids who were begging for mercy, and yelled: "It's your luck, you don't want to thank Your Majesty!"

"My servant thanked His Majesty Long En!"

"My servant bows to His Majesty..."

All the eunuchs and maids kowtowed in relief, thanking each other non-stop.

The little emperor let out a sigh of relief, and walked towards Qianqing Palace without saying a word.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hastened to catch up, closely following behind the little emperor.

The two walked slowly in the palace, one behind the other.

After a long time, the little emperor suddenly said, "Ban, Quanzhou Port has fallen."

Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Now it's a completely lonely city!"

The little emperor stopped and looked outside the palace. Thanks to the terrain of the palace, the smoke billowing outside the city could be clearly seen.

Even, these days, a lot of shells hit the palace, the palace was full of pits, the fire was still extinguished, and pools of hideous blood stains could be seen faintly.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, General Mu is leading an army of nearly [-] troops from Yunnan and Guizhou, and he is already in..."

"Big companion, do you think General Mu can come here?"

Wang Chengen was interrupted by the little emperor in the middle of his sentence.

Wang Chengen opened his mouth, wanting to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak.

Could it be that...Mu Wang's Mansion was able to cross over and defeat the tens of thousands of troops led by the Duke of Dahengyue, and even fight across several provinces to support Quanzhou?

No matter how you look at it, it is impossible.

Reinforcements are out of reach, the capital is besieged, and the isolated city is fighting...

"Your Majesty, father-in-law, something is wrong!"

During the silence, a eunuch came hurriedly.

The little emperor asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the Heng Bandit withdrew the army at the west gate, and even shot arrows into the city..."

"Now a lot of people have arrived at the West City Gate, clamoring to leave the city!"

Wang Cheng'en urgently said: "Your Majesty, this is the constant bandit's strategy to disturb the morale of the army. We must not let anyone leave the city!"

The little emperor waved his hands out of interest, obviously not interested: "Brother, let's deal with it!"

After finishing speaking, the little emperor stepped out and continued towards Qianqing Palace.

Wang Chengen stood where he was, a little dazed, and after a while, he seemed to realize that he also sighed quietly. At this time, he was talking about the confusion of the army.

So what if it's chaotic, so what if it's not chaotic...?

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Chapter 573 The End of an Era

In the fourth year of Zhaowu, the first day of November.

In the early hours of the morning, the continuous flames of war had not ceased for a day, and the smoke and remnants of the battlefield had not dissipated completely. The rumbling drums had already torn apart the tranquility between heaven and earth.

The Daheng dragon flag was waving, and in the towering military strongholds, countless Daheng soldiers gathered in full armor.

The hideous cannons were pushed to the front of the formation, and the towering siege equipment was ready.

The war has not yet started, but the cloud of war has completely shrouded this precarious Nanming capital!

On the city wall, soldiers of the Ming army in tattered mandarin duck battle robes were almost numbly shouted by the generals at all levels, and they got up from the blood one after another, and once again prepared to welcome the coming of the war.

"put!"