Chapter 246: Recover Nanjing
The Ming army quickly swept away the Qing army outside Nanjing City, and the fierce infantry attack quickly wiped out all of them, and all those who did not fall into it were eliminated.
With Li Degong's order, hundreds of artillery began to bombard the gate of Jinchuan Gate violently, and hundreds of shells were fired in one shot. For a moment, the ground was shaken and the mountains shook, and people felt like an earthquake.
Hundreds of years ago, Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, entered Nanjing City at Jinchuan Gate and completed the Jingnan Campaign. Hundreds of years later, the Ming army would enter the city from here and eliminate the Tungus wild boar skins entrenched here.
Soon, the ancient Jinchuan Gate could not stand the attack of Ming army artillery fire and was quickly destroyed. Then, the Ming army infantry immediately launched a desperate attack inside and engaged in fierce street fighting with the Qing army inside.
Because they knew their fate, the Qing army also fought desperately. They held all the weapons they could with their ancestral swords, spears, and bird guns, and fought desperately with the Ming army. However, their weapons were too backward and were soon repelled by the Ming army.
"One, two, three! Let it go!"
After the mortars were ready, they launched violent artillery bombardment on the target, with very strong firepower. After passing through arcs, the mortar shells landed on the heads of the Qing army, causing them to overturn.
Guarjia, Yuanbao and Niu Jian sat in the room, with a large piece of opium paste in front of them.
If you take too much drugs, you can kill people. Both of them know very well. These two pieces of opium ointment were prepared for the last moment.
The two of them who were proud yesterday are now in a state of desolation.
The strength of the Ming army has far exceeded the imagination of the two, and it has completely lost its effect on the city defense that they have worked hard to prepare for more than a month.
It is impossible for them to surrender. Not to mention the hostages and property detained in the imperial capital, even if they surrender, they would be regarded as war criminals by the Ming army and then sentenced to slaves and work hard for life after trial.
"Master! Master! Mingjun rushed in! Mingjun rushed in!" At this time, a servant rushed in and shouted to the two of them.
"Brother Niu, our last moment is here. I will do this longevity cream first. See you in the next life!" Yuanbao smiled bitterly, and then continued to dry the cup of longevity cream.
Niu Jian didn't say a word and soon swallowed the cup of opium ointment.
Soon, both of them died in convulsions.
"Quick! Hurry! Go forward, these two guys must be here!" Ming soldiers were looking for two guys in Yuanbao's room frantically.
Soon, the Ming soldiers found the two corpses.
"My dear! They actually committed suicide!" a Ming soldier cursed.
"What should we do?"
"Cut their heads! Then let's go! This is ten thousand taels of silver!" said another Ming army soldier.
The three of them cut off the heads of the two people, then hid them and ran out.
Later, another Ming army soldier also ran over, but only saw two headless corpses, who knew they were taken first, and felt very regretful.
The earliest three soldiers received 30,000 taels of silver, and the Nanjing Battle was about to come to an end.
Li Degong asked the soldiers to clean up the scum in Nanjing, arrested all the criminals, and eliminated the remnants of the fleeing Qing army, and captured them one by one to prepare for Zhu Haitao's next move to Nanjing.
Zhu Haitao had already made plans to move the capital back to Nanjing. He estimated from the beginning that as long as he could occupy the south of the Yangtze River, the Qing Dynasty would definitely be severely damaged and he had to choose to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he would move the capital to Nanjing. This is called returning to the old capital, which declared that the Ming Dynasty would become the Chinese king again after more than two hundred years of disappearance.
Soon, the news of Nanjing's capture reached almost the same time to the imperial capital and Chengtian Prefecture.
In the imperial capital, it was the golden autumn season. The maple leaves in Xiangshan were red, and the Old Summer Palace was covered with forests, which made people feel refreshed.
Qianlong was sitting under a pavilion. At this time, he was very old. The past year made him feel like he was dreaming, falling directly from the peak of his life.
He personally pushed the Qing Dynasty, which he inherited from his grandfather, to the peak of his prosperity. However, among the evil people in the South China Sea that he looked down upon, a guy named Zhu Haitao suddenly emerged. Not only did he re-establish the Ming Dynasty in just over three years, but he also unified the countries in the South China Sea and fought in the northern expedition, seizing almost a large area of territory south of the Yangtze River.
Did you do something wrong? Why did God punish yourself like this?
At this moment, an eunuch ran over in panic, and when he saw him, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, something is wrong!"
"What's the matter?" Qianlong said in a hoarse voice.
"Your Majesty, Ni Ming captured Jiangning City!" the eunuch said anxiously.
"What? How is it possible?"
Qianlong screamed, suddenly felt a headache and fainted on the ground.
"Emperor! What's wrong with you, Your Majesty? Tell me the Imperial Doctor!"
Just when Qianlong's old man fainted because of the capture of Nanjing, Zhu Haitao was doing a human creation campaign with Wang Nangxian.
The two of them unlocked many positions, allowing the fairy Wang Nangxian to enjoy the happiness that they had never enjoyed in their lifetime.
With a long roar, Zhu Haitao finally injected the essence of life into Wang Nangxian's body. He hoped that his essence could sprout and grow, and provided quantitative support for the development and growth of his family.
The two were resting in the bed panting, and suddenly a palace maid came from outside, saying that Li Jifa and others had important things to tell him.
Zhu Haitao did not dare to neglect, so he immediately put on his clothes and went to the study to meet Li Jifa and the others.
When they arrived at the study, Li Jifa and others told Zhu Haitao the good news that Nanjing was recovered.
"Okay! You guys did a great job!" Zhu Haitao clapped his hands and said.
"I am congratulating Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has finally recovered the old capital!" Li Jifa said.
"I also congratulate Your Majesty. Our Ming Dynasty is finally about to fulfill our wish!" said Xue Dingyue, Minister of the Navy.
"The next step is that our army should be renovated. However, the Qing army seems to be preparing for a large-scale counterattack. I believe that as long as we break this counterattack, we can force the Qing Dynasty to negotiate with us. Then it is time for us to breathe a sigh of relief." Zhu Haitao said.
"Your Majesty, should we start preparing to move the capital?" asked Wu Hai, who had been promoted to Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Li Rongren had already chosen to resign in August because of his high age, and Wu Hai successfully took over his position.
"Yes, I plan to take the officials of the harem to Guangzhou in the near future and then to Nanjing. At that time, I will personally worship Emperor Taizu in front of Xiaoling, and at the same time inform the world. Exorcist the barbarians and restore China, and the Ming Dynasty will finally return to China!"
Chapter completed!