Chapter 342: Nanjing
fell in one day. When the explosion of the city wall exploded, Li Tingzhu was completely stunned.
He was thrown off the city wall by his bodyguards. The Linhuai Marquis knew how to fight, so he immediately asked his lieutenant to raise the flag and collect the soldiers who had been defeated from the city wall.
But Li Tingzhu's efforts were destined to be in vain. The soldiers guarding the city had long been frightened by the loud noise, and no one obeyed the orders of their superiors.
Li Tingzhu could only lead his guards to rush towards the breach in the city wall, but there were scattered soldiers everywhere, and his troops could not move forward at all.
Nanjing City has two inner and outer city walls.
The explosives for the inner wall were transported into the city through Xiong Wu's secret tunnel. The secret spies from Nanjing Station infiltrated into the civilian team and installed them on the root of the inner wall.
The explosives on the outer wall were installed on the outer wall by the rebel New Army under the leadership of Xiong Kuang.
When the gun tower outside the city announced the change of flag, the explosives on both sides exploded at the same time. Immediately afterwards, the coalition forces of the 2nd and 3rd brigades commanded by Lin Liangjun rushed into Nanjing.
When the explosion sounded, the Sixth Department of Nanjing was completely panicked. Gao Gong, who was in charge of logistics at the Department of Revenue, paused for a moment.
Everyone looked at the Imperial College priest who proposed to organize a new army.
Gao Gong put down the brush in his hand and said calmly: "The city of Nanjing has been destroyed. Everyone, please go home."
These officials who usually spent a lot of time painting boats on the Qinhuai River and bullied their superiors and subordinates in the officialdom were all lost at this time. face.
In particular, several officials with poor reputations turned pale.
Gao Gong stood up and said to an official from the Ministry of Revenue: "Where is the Bijia Pavilion of the Ministry of Revenue?" "
Mr. Gao, it's just behind the Yamen."
"The salt tax field in Nanzhili has all the silk and tribute account books. In Bijia Pavilion?"
"They're all here! They're all here!"
"Let everyone leave the Household Department!"
Gao Gong walked directly to the warehouse behind the Household Department's yamen. He lit a torch and threw it on Bijia Pavilion. The officials all changed their colors.
After the entire Hubu warehouse was on fire, Gao Gong walked out of the Hubu without expression and returned to his home.
Gao Gong came to the study, looked at the new army training materials he had compiled these days, as well as the national salvation strategy he had written, a summary of his thoughts on governing the country, and finally lit a candle.
Gao Gong took out a short-barreled bird gun, which he personally supervised the craftsmanship. He cleaned the barrel, loaded the gunpowder, and loaded the projectiles. Gao Gong threw the candle on his manuscript, and then aimed the short-barreled bird gun at it. own jaw.
"It is said in your medical book that the brain is the center of the human body. Su Rulin, let me help you verify whether this statement is correct." At
this moment, the door to the study was kicked open, and then a young figure rushed into the study, Suddenly he kicked over the short-barreled bird gun in Gao Gong's hand.
"Dad!"
It was Gao Wuguan who rushed in. Gao Gong looked at his son. He still didn't know the situation outside the city, but asked in surprise: "You, you are not dead?"
Gao Wuguan said directly: "Dad , I have revolted! I have already voted for Governor Su!"
Gao Gong was surprised at first, and then shut his mouth. Yes, he should have guessed that if the Nanjing New Army had not surrendered so quickly, the city of Nanjing would not have been able to surrender. It may fall in one day.
Gao Wuguan took the short-barreled birdgun and said, "Father, why would you die for such a court?"
Several soldiers who had returned with Gao Wuguan rushed in and put out the flames in the study.
Gao Gong sat on the ground, looking at his son who looked more and more like him and said: "Prince Yu has shown me the kindness of knowing me. Prince Yu and I have a half-master friendship. If Nanjing is destroyed, of course my father will die for his country." Gao Gong said
. Wu Guan said: "The governor is trying to punish the people, and the person he is attacking is His Majesty, not King Yu. Why should dad die?"
Gao Gong was suddenly stunned by his son's brain circuit.
Gao Wu looked at Gao Gong and said: "Father, I have thought clearly. It would be best if there was no emperor in the world."
Gao Gong pointed at his son and wanted to reprimand him for this rebellious statement, but he was speechless.
Gao Wuguan said: "Although we, father and son, have disputes about whether there is an emperor, but is it a consensus that today's emperor is immoral?"
Gao Wuguan said to Gao Gong: "Dad, if you think it is better to have an emperor, then You should go back to the capital and assist King Yu in ascending the throne."
These words shocked Gao Gong completely.
Gao Wuguan said: "Dad, I will send someone to escort you out of the city and go north. You can find Uncle Zhang and you will be able to return to the capital safely." "
Dad, if you really think that King Yu is the master of the Ming Dynasty, then you should assist King Yu in ascending the throne." Emperor, your majesties are now betrayed and separated from their relatives. With my father's planning and assistance, considering King Yu's reputation among the ministers, there is a way out." "If King Yu can't
save the Ming Dynasty, then it would be better to have no emperor in the world!"
Gao Wuguan said After finishing this, he bowed down to Gao Gong and said, "My mother will stay in Nanjing, and my son will take good care of her!"
After Gao Gong was briefly shocked, a rare smile appeared on his serious face.
He burst out laughing suddenly, and Gao Wuguan looked at his father in confusion. After Gao Gong finished laughing, he patted Gao Wuguan on the shoulder and said, "Everyone said that you are not like my father. But today I found out that you are most like my father.
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"Your mother will be left to you. When father and son meet on the battlefield in the future, don't be soft-hearted."
Gao Gong took off his blue official robe and said to Gao Wuguan: "Send me out of the city."
In the chaos , Gao Gongcong left Nanjing City. He remembered that Li Tingzhu had said that the imperial court was going to fight in Xuzhou, so he went all the way north directly to Xuzhou.
Lin Liangjun's troops were insufficient, and he did not pursue the fleeing officials. After entering the city, his first step was to control the yamen of various ministries and the yamen of the five military governors, and then suppressed the defeated Ming army in Nanjing.
Lin Liangjun immediately organized a firefighting operation for the Nanjing Hubu Yamen that was on fire, but half of the Bijia Pavilion was still burned down, and half of the Nanjing Hubu's archives were burned to the ground.
Officials in other departments were not as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as Gao Gong. Many officials in the yamen directly sealed up their files. Officials stood at the yamen gate to "welcome Master Wang".
Even the eunuchs guarding the old palace in Nanjing opened the palace door and waited for the "Master Wang" to receive him.
Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu also knew that the situation was over. He led his soldiers back to the Marquis Mansion, originally wanting to escort his family out of Nanjing.
However, the Linhuai Marquis' Mansion was also a key target. The Linhuai Marquis' Mansion was directly surrounded by a team sent by Lin Liangjun. After Li Tingzhu resisted for a while, he was kidnapped by his men and opened the door to surrender.
After entering the age of firearms, and after the opponent has gained an absolute advantage, standing firm in a building like the Houfu has become a futile resistance.
Li Tingzhu was arrested, and the military leaders in Nanjing were afraid of being liquidated by the Southeast New Army, and wanted to lead their men northward.
Although these military leaders are usually corrupt and corrupt, they have been military sects for generations. Naturally, they know that the world is in chaos now, and the most valuable things in troubled times are soldiers and horses.
These military leaders tried to take the soldiers out. As long as they had soldiers in their hands, they would not be punished if they returned to the Ming court. Or they could use these soldiers and horses to bargain with Su Ze, or they could even take these soldiers and horses into the grass to fight. Bandits, separatist rule. It's a pity that they made their wishful thinking very well, but they forgot how they bullied the soldiers in daily life.
Many military leaders and their men were tied up by soldiers before they left the city and sent directly to the Southeast New Army.
There were also officers who were usually more resented by the public and who treated soldiers as slaves. They were directly attacked and hacked to death by angry soldiers, leaving an unclaimed corpse in Nanjing.
Fortunately, the staff officers of the Second and Third Brigades carefully considered the plan to take over Nanjing based on Nanjing's city defense map. However, even in this way, a lot of troubles were caused and various situations occurred.
Lin Liangjun and Lin Deyang asked the military judges to patrol the streets and arrested a few soldiers who did not observe military discipline. This was the initial restoration of order.
They imprisoned and screened surrendering officials and soldiers, dealt with the battlefield, cleaned up the corpses in Nanjing City, maintained public order, and controlled various ministries. By March 20th, Nanjing City finally settled down.
On March 20, Li Shizhen led fifty apprentices from Suzhou into Nanjing.
Lin Liangjun simply took out the old palace in the center of Nanjing, the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, and gave it to Li Shizhen to build the hospital.
Li Shizhen didn't care about this. He led his apprentices to immediately investigate the epidemic situation in Nanjing and quickly extinguished several small plagues.
Then, with Li Shizhen's huge appeal, everyone who knew medical skills in the entire city of Nanjing came to the palace to report, and free clinics were also opened for soldiers and citizens injured in the war.
As for the Southeast New Army, in this entire Southeast New Army attack on Nanjing, only three people were killed and 500 wounded.
None of the wounded soldiers were injured during the siege. They were all casualties in the battle to maintain public order.
On March 21, Lin Liangjun, who was already overwhelmed with various civil affairs affairs, finally waited for his savior.
"Counsellor Xu!"
Seeing Xu Wei's long beard, Lin Liangjun immediately said in surprise: "Why did you come to Nanjing? Is the Governor here?"
Xu Wei shook his head and said: "The Governor is waiting for you in Shanghai. The Governor sent I'm here to take over the military and civil affairs of Nanjing City."
Hearing what Xu Wei said, Lin Liangjun was immediately overjoyed and said: "Finally I've been waiting for you! It's great that the Governor can send you here! I will take over the handover right away, and then immediately Go to Shanghai!"
Xu Wei said: "Send the order of the Commander-in-Chief."
Lin Liangjun immediately stood up straight. Xu Wei took out the document and said:
"The Second Brigade and the Third Brigade captured Nanjing. All soldiers were awarded five silver coins, and officers at all levels were awarded more than 100 silver coins. Five silver coins are awarded. All officers and soldiers receive the ban. The silver coins have been shipped to Nanjing and will be distributed immediately. The ban will be distributed after the war." "The
officers of the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade at all levels have a merit report, and each company recommends a combat hero. , to participate in the next round of military academy training."
"Deploy one thousand people each from the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade to form the backbone of the Fifth Brigade of the Nanjing Garrison, and Xu Wei will recruit soldiers from the Fifth Brigade in Nanjing." "The Second Brigade is
allowed. Replenish and absorb 3,000 troops in Nanjing, and the third brigade will recruit 3,000 troops in Nanjing." "
After receiving the order, we will rest for three days, and the second brigade and the third round will set off towards Shanghai."
Lin Liangjun immediately He happily took the military order.
Then Xu Wei took out another decree.
"Decree of the Governor's Office."
"Appoint Xu Wei as the governor of Nanjing City and take over the defense and government affairs of Nanjing City."
Lin Liangjun seemed to be relieved and immediately handed over all government affairs in Nanjing City to Xu Wei.
He himself was busy reorganizing soldiers, and also had to compete with Lin Deyang of the third brigade for soldiers.
Although in the recent attack on Nanjing, the two brigades cooperated tacitly.
But at this time, the two brigades were already in a competitive relationship, mainly for the supply of soldiers for the expansion of the army. Naturally, everyone wanted to grab good soldiers.
What the two sides were fighting for was the thousand Nanjing new troops trained by Gao Gong.
Both of them got the list of new army officers from Xiong Kuang, and then started a crazy battle to grab people.
Gao Wuguan, who had contributed to the uprising and was one of the top students in the new army, was naturally recruited by both sides in turn.
In the end, Gao Wuguan led his men to join the Second Brigade. Lin Liangjun immediately appointed him as a staff officer and promised that he would go to the military academy for further training.
Those children from poor families in the Nanjing New Army did not have any psychological pressure to join the Southeast New Army.
After grabbing the new troops, the only ones left were the soldiers from various units in Nanjing.
However, many of these soldiers are over the age of service, many are malnourished, and some are simply gangsters in the city who joined the army for opportunistic reasons.
After picking and choosing, Nanjing City claims to have an army of 30,000, but it can't even get 5,000 qualified soldiers!
Later, Xu Wei allowed them to recruit soldiers from among the citizens in the city, and they finally gathered 6,000 soldiers.
On March 24, the second brigade, which had been rested and reorganized, was preparing to depart for the third round. Li Yangong, the eldest son of the Marquis of Linhuai, who was trapped in the Linhuai Marquis' mansion, found Li Tingzhu.
"Dad, I have thought clearly, I want to join the army."
Linhuai Hou's family has no bad records. They have been doing their jobs since they were restored to the title, so Lin Liangjun just locked them in the mansion and prohibited them from entering and leaving, and did not restrict their stay in the mansion. free.
"Join the army? What army?" Li Tingzhu was frightened by the last explosion, and his mind is still buzzing. He didn't react for a while.
"Wait a minute, you are going to be a thief!"
Li Yangong said, "Father, if you guard Nanjing, our Marquis of Linhuai will definitely be expelled. This is how you repay your kindness." "My son is
unfilial and wants to go away. " road."
After saying that, Li Yangong knelt down and saluted Li Tingzhu. Then he walked to the gate of Hou's Mansion and shouted to the soldiers guarding the gate of Hou's Mansion: "
I am an officer of the Nanjing New Army Academy, and I want to join the army!
" The door of the mansion opened, and an officer looked at Li Yangong. This person was clearly Xiong Kuang.
"Brother Xiong!"
Xiong Kuang had already changed into a Yanping blue officer from the Southeast New Army. He smiled at Li Yangong and said, "I was originally going to say goodbye to Brother Li, but I didn't expect that we would be traveling on the same road again. Brother Gao has already joined the Second Brigade!"
Li Yangong looked at Xiong Kuang in surprise. The two held their hands tightly and said, "Brother Xiong, please recommend me!" "
Of course, our Nanjing New Army is very popular! Brigadier I will definitely not let you go!"
At the same time, outside the capital, Gyeonggi City.
The simple military camp was crowded with cavalry from nine sides heading south, and the messy barracks were in a mess.
(End of chapter)