Chapter 224 Like a Broken Bamboo

Nanjing City can be said to be the largest battle between Daming and the Xingtian Army. In addition, the preparation time of the Xingtian Army before the war took a total of about a month. On the whole, it wiped out nearly 100,000 officers of Nanzhili, of which nearly 80,000 officers and soldiers took the initiative to put down their weapons and surrendered to the Xingtian Army. These people Nearly one-third of the middle school was later reorganized by Xing Tianjun and placed under the command of Xiao Tianjian, and the rest were sent back to the field and repatriated to their hometown to work in agriculture or settle on the spot.

For those left-behind officials in Nanjing, most of them were either captured by Xing Tianjun or directly surrendered to Xing Tianjun. For these officials, Xiao Tianjian also selected capable people to retain them, and the rest were sent to various places.

However, there were also more than a dozen left-behind officials in Nanjing. When the city was finally destroyed, they chose to die in the country, either killed with their family, or chose to commit suicide.

As for the property that was found in the homes of nobles, nobles and corrupt officials in the city after Xing Tianjun entered the city, there is no need to detail it. It is definitely an amazing number. At least it is no problem to let Xiao Tianjian eat for two years. As for the captured armor and weapons, it is naturally not a minority. At least tens of thousands of elite soldiers are armed. What a problem.

It is worth mentioning that Shi Kefa, a famous historical minister, was sitting in the Jubao Gate in the west of the city when Dinghuaimen was destroyed. After hearing that the city was broken, he took his adopted son Shi Dewei to lead troops to the north of the city, trying to turn the tide and regain Dinghuaimen, but after he got the news, Sun Yingyuan had already After being killed in the battle, a large number of Xing Tianjun had invaded the city. After encountering Xing Tianjun, the officers under the command of Shi Dewei only persisted for less than an hour and dispersed by themselves. In the end, Shi Dewei was captured, and Shi Kefa jumped off the wall and died in the country under the powerlessness of Huitian.

Xiao Tianjian did not find Shi Kefa's body until Nanjing City was completely controlled. Xiao Tianjian was quite helpless and very sorry for Shi Kefa's death, but he also knew that this was a person who had no choice. For such a loyal Ming minister as Shi Kefa, even if he caught him, he was very It is difficult to persuade him to surrender to himself. In the end, he will still choose to die. This may be the fate of people like him. When the country is in love, such a thing is inevitable.

So Xiao Tianjian ordered the burial of Shi Kefa's body, which was also buried thickly. At the same time, when he buried Shi Kefa, he also went to incense in person to commemorate it, which can be regarded as the loyalty of a loyal minister like him.

At the same time, Xiao Tianjian ordered to treat Shi Kefa's family well, protect his family and property from any harassment, settle on the spot in Nanjing City, and give a confiscated yard to his family to live in, which is also the highest courtesy.

It is not the end of the Battle of Nanzhili to attack Nanjing City alone. After Xiao Tianjian took control of Nanjing City, he immediately sent Luo Li, Liu Yao and others to start to attack around.

The loss of Nanjing City and the capture of Ding Qirui undoubtedly completely destroyed the command system of the remaining areas of Nanzhili, so that the remaining areas controlled by the government in Nanzhili are in a situation where the dragons do not lead each other. At the same time, it also gives Nanzhili and even the most serious situation to the government and even the officials and soldiers in the world. At this time, the troops of the officers and the Xingtian Army have been completely reversed, so whether in terms of strength or morale, Nan Zhili has lost the foundation for confrontation with Xing Tianjun after the Nanjing City was destroyed.

At the end of September, just a few days after Nanjing City was destroyed, Chuzhou announced the surrender of Kaicheng when Li Shuanzhu's troops arrived in the city. On the sixth day of October, the water army of the Xingtian Army transported a large number of soldiers to cooperate with the main force of Liu Yao's headquarters to reach Yangzhou City. At this time, the governor of Yangzhou Ren Yu The people vowed not to surrender and led nearly 10,000 defenders in Yangzhou to fight against Liu Yao's headquarters. Zhuang Zigu led his troops out of the city at night to carry out a night attack on Liu Yao's headquarters. However, because of the advance propaganda of the Xing Tian Army, the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City were not very resistant to the Xing Tian Army, and after Nanjing was destroyed, there were residents of Nanjing. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he told the Yangzhou people that the Xingtian Army was a benevolent and righteous division. After breaking Nanjing City, it did not plunder, but opened a warehouse to relieve the hungry people in the city.

Originally, what the people are most afraid of is that the thief army like Xing Tianjun will harm the people after breaking the city, but after hearing these things, they will naturally not be hostile to Xing Tianjun. Although some rich people and some scholars hate Xing Tianjun and think that the Ming Dynasty is orthodox, the people do not have this kind of awareness. Who in the world has little to do with them. The most important thing is to have enough food. In the first half of the year, there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou City was also hit by a water disaster. However, the government did not want to help, and the rich people refused to take money for disaster relief. On the contrary, many grain merchants took the opportunity to close down and did not sell food, resulting in many people inside and outside the city starvation. Therefore, the people do not support the government.

So four days after Liu Yaoben led his troops to attack Yangzhou City, the city should take advantage of the chaos to make Liu Yao's headquarters attack the west gate, and Yangzhou City was also broken. The defenders also heard about the preferential treatment of prisoners by the Xing Tianjun, so the resistance was not fierce after the city was broken. They quickly put down their weapons and surrendered to Liu Yaoben at all. For example, in history, when Shi Kefa resisted the Qing army in Nanjing, there was a too fierce battle.

At the same time, Luo Li led his troops to the Changzhou Mansion, and the Changzhou Mansion resisted for only two days. The magistrate of the city was arrested by the next official because he refused to surrender. Then he opened the city and surrendered, and the Changzhou Mansion was declared to be broken.

At this time, the Xingtian Army was fully capable of several troops and horses, and launched a large-scale offensive operation in the area of Nanzhili. However, compared with the unified mobilization of the Xingtian Army, all parts of Nanzhili were fighting separately. Every time they were attacked by the Xingtian Army, the officers and soldiers in other places only considered self-preservation. The problem is that there is no support at all, so it is easy for the Xingtian Army to form a superior force in the local area and quickly break through the city.

The government has also completely lost the hearts of the people at this time. As long as Xing Tianjun goes, the people will immediately raise their hands to welcome him, turn around and help Xing Tianjun attack the city and pull out the fortress. Even some defenders secretly contacted Xing Tianjun. As soon as Xing Tianjun arrived, he surrendered immediately. He turned around and became a member of Xing Tianjun, making the next In more than a month, the actions of various departments of the Xingtian Army have been very smooth. All parts of the troops attacked and did not allow the local government to make any preparations. They successively captured Chuzhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Songjiang and other places, among which Chuzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other places were almost effortless. Force, the government and the defenders in the city took the initiative to open the city to surrender. Although the rest resisted, the resistance was not fierce. Some of the defenders immediately announced the destruction of the city. By November, only the two prefectures of Huai'an and Ningguofu in the northeast of Nanzhili had not been broken by the Xingtian Army, but As long as the Xing Tianjun marches north, it is estimated that it will be difficult for these two places to last long.

The news that Nanjing was broken soon spread to the capital. After hearing this, Chongzhen cried and fainted on the spot. The government and the opposition were even more sad. Those courtiers and nobles were as panicked like frightened birds. At this time, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty was afraid. It is going to be completely over. After Xing Tianjun captured Nan Zhili, the court has lost the largest source of finance and the base for food supply, and the only areas that the court can control are the two provinces of Beijing and Shandong in the north. The decree has been unable to effectively pass on to the rest of the provinces, let alone accept other provinces. With the support of the province, not to mention the revitalization and the destruction of Xing Tianjun.

So although Chongzhen cried and fainted, it didn't help. They could only stay in the capital in panic and wait for the day when the world was overthrown.