Hong Chengchou retreated into the inner city in a hurry, and the troops stationed in the outer gates either retreated into the inner city or fled to Nanjing.

The Ming army rushed into the outer city, killed the Qing general Gao Jinku, beheaded more than 3,000 people, and captured more than 1,000 Qing troops. Although the Nanjing defenders suffered little losses, they completely lost their courage.

After the Qing army retreated into the city, they allowed the Ming army to enter the outer land, but they did not dare to send troops to expel them.

Although Duoduo's main force went south, the strength of the Qing army in Jiangnan was actually not weak, with 50,000 or 60,000 people, far stronger than the Ming army. However, the Qing army had to defend too many places, and the troops were scattered and defeated by the Ming army.

Hong Chengchou's battle was like this, and was pushed all the way from the estuary of the Yangtze River to Nanjing by 10,000 Ming troops. He was almost pushed off the base by Zhao Ming. He was really disappointed.

Now the morale of the Qing army in the city is sluggish. With the Ming army attacking the outer land and stationing troops in Zijin Mountain, the gentry and people in Nanjing have begun to become unstable. The forces of the Ming Dynasty, which were suppressed by the Qing court with cruel means, have begun to move again.

The Qing army's rule in Jiangnan became precarious. Hong Chengchou did not dare to take risks anymore and guarded the inner city, waiting for reinforcements to rescue him.

The people of the world are actually very clear in their hearts that whoever is good or bad, especially the people in the Jiangnan region, most of them are very fond of the Ming Dynasty, but they are afraid of the high-pressure rule of the Qing Dynasty. In addition, the Ming Dynasty itself is not good, so the people can only surrender to the Qing Dynasty in order to survive.

But once they were allowed to see the hope of restoring the Ming Dynasty, which Han people would be willing to be ruled and oppressed by foreign races?

When Zhao Ming's army entered the Yangtze River, the people in the south of the Yangtze River did not react enthusiastically. They were afraid that the Ming army would suffer from the ambitions of the Qing army after the failure, so they all took a wait-and-see attitude.

The Ming army's invasion into the outer city became a turning point in the mood of the people. The outer city and the people around Nanjing abandoned all their clothes and put on Ming clothes to support the Ming army.

For a moment, Jiangnan was in full swing again, and Zhao Ming decided to burn another fire.

On February 1st, it was sunny, outside the Xiaoling Guard of Nanjing, white banners were waving and thousands of people were mourning.

Nearly ten thousand soldiers of Ming soldiers were wearing white mourning clothes and were wrapped in white cloth around their weapons. They were arranged in neat formations outside the Xiaoling Mausoleum. The soldiers did not move and looked solemn.

Outside the military formation, tens of thousands of people from all over the world came to watch and watched the royal army sacrifice to Emperor Taizu.

At this time, Xia Wanchun said, "General Zhao, the time is here!"

Zhao Ming then led everyone to slaughter three animals to worship Ming Taizu. He stood in front of more than 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of people and read the sacrificial text aloud: "The Ming Dynasty's general Zhao led his soldiers to sacrifice to the spirit of my Taizu Emperor. The Han people were unfortunate, and the imperial outlook fell. The treacherous ministers and thieves led the wolf to threaten China, so the land was sunk, the Central Plains were stormed, and the northern part of Jiangnan was completely captured. The Ming Dynasty's temple and Taizu's tomb were occupied by the enemy, and the ministers and others were ashamed."

"The enemy took advantage of my slightestness to invade the Central Plains, and it has been two years since then. The Central Plains have caused trouble, Nanzhi has invaded it, the living beings have poisoned it, the people have ravaged it, and the cultural rules have been ruined. The enemy has entered China for two years, killed my people, shave my sisters, changed my hair and changed my clothes, and destroyed my clothes. The etiquette, human ethics, poetry and calligraphy, and all the crimes committed are endless."

"This enemy's crimes are so great that everyone can kill him. Now Ming leads the king's army to defeat Chongming and Zhenjiang. The army goes straight to Jinling, inspires to expel the Tartars, revive the Han Dynasty, and comforts my ancestors. Ming Ding returns to Jiangnan early, and fights northwards to expel the northern enemy and restore my old borders, and returns to my Shenzhou. The emperor comforts the spirit of the emperor in the sky, and solves the people's rushing down. The people with ambition in the world will work together to help the Han Dynasty. Emperor Taizu looks at it in the spirit of the heaven, protects the Ming Dynasty, and advises."

After reading the tribute written by He Wencheng loudly, Zhao Ming shouted loudly: "Go back to Jiangnan early, and the north will be the sun!"

More than 10,000 soldiers immediately raised their weapons, with white belts floating, and roared in unison, "Drop out the northern enemy, restore my old border, and return it to my China!"

The people around him burst into tears and roared, "Give me back to China!"

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The Qing army in Nanjing shrank into the city and waited for assistance, which reduced the Qing army's deterrence to Jiangnan to the lowest point.

Zhao Ming took the opportunity to worship Xiaoling, and the Ming army became more powerful. In a few days, a large number of gentry organized rebels, bringing their own weapons, money and grain to help the war. 40,000 to 50,000 people gathered near Nanjing. At the same time, Zhao Ming ordered Xia Wanchun and He Wencheng to send a letter to Jiangnan to send letters to all parts of the Yangtze River, and the prefectures and counties along the river responded one after another.

In Liu'an, Jiangning Governor Zhou Guozuo, who retreated here, wrote a letter to Beijing, "The pirate Zhao Tiebang defeated Chongming, occupied Zhenjiang, cut off the grain transportation, attacked Jiangning, and worshiped Xiaoling Mausoleum. The Jiangnan was in great shock. Now all the people along the river abandoned their clothes, wore net scarves, and the people in various cities were chaotic, holding county magistrates hostage, and wanted to open the city to welcome the enemy. There were no more people who asked the court to send Zhen Manchu quickly and go south at night to stabilize the current situation!"

Shanghai County Magistrate Yan Shaoqing asked Songjiang Prefecture for emergency, "Shanghai is happy that thieves are coming, and no one in the city guards the city. A scholar openly covers the Internet, and Yang Yan welcomes the thieves!"

For a time, as the Ming army invaded the outer lands and the news of worshiping Xiaoling Mausoleum came, the Jiangnan region was in full swing again, and the Tiandihui also took the opportunity to incite the uprising, attack the county government and kill the Qing officials.

In a few days, Fushan, Jurong, Jintan, Danyang, Taicang and other places fought for rebellion, and they supported the Ming Dynasty anyway.

The Ming army camp spread across Zijing Mountain, and more than 50,000 people gathered here.

This made Li Chengdong's confidence soar. Since he had such strength, he thought he could completely defeat Nanjing City.

The inner city is the essence of Nanjing. A large number of Qing officials lived in the city. Only by capturing the inner city could Li Chengdong robbery.

At this time, in the Ming army commander's tent, everyone gathered together to discuss the current situation. Li Chengdong said, "There are less than 20,000 Qing troops in the city. We have gathered more than 50,000 people now, and there are also righteous men who are constantly coming to Nanjing. The general's opinion seems that since the outer land is broken, it is better to simply capture the inner city."

The generals below were excited when they heard the words, "Master, please give the order!"

Zhao Ming did not object. The bigger the Ming army made a fuss in Jiangnan, the more anxious Duoduo would be. If Duoduo did not return, he would keep making trouble.

Li Chengdong looked at Zhao Ming and said excitedly: "General Zhao, do you have any objections?"

Zhao Ming was about to speak, but Wang Deshun suddenly picked up the tent and said, "General, brothers from the Tiandihui sent messages and found that the Qing army had been returning to Nanjing from Zhejiang at night!"

Li Chengdong and others were stunned when they heard the word, and exclaimed: "Is it because Duoduo retreated?"

"About the journey, Duoduo should have just received the news that we invaded Nanjing and worshiped Xiaoling Mausoleum, so it shouldn't have been so fast!" Xia Wanchun said in contemplation.

Zhao Ming looked at Wang Deshun, "Can you know which team is it and how many troops it has?"

Wang Deshun said: "It's Kong Youde, with more than 40,000 people!"

Zhao Ming frowned, "It is probably when our troops arrived in Nanjing that Hong Chengchou sent an envoy to bring in reinforcements. There were only 40,000 people, which means Duoduo did not withdraw his troops, but just transferred a partial army to the rescue."
Chapter completed!