Chapter 656 Dynasty loyal ministers
Anping City was captured, captured the Zheng family's fleet and won the victory of Quanzhou. I believe that Fujian will be taken down by him in a few months. After hearing these news, Liu Bu was very pleased and immediately ordered his military service to inform the three armies of this news, so that everyone could know and boost morale.
Sure enough, when everyone heard this exciting news, every soldier cheered in unison and shouted in unison: "Wansheng!Wansheng!"
At this point, Liu's army was invincible in the south. The only one who could compete with him in the south was the Zheng family in Fujian. The Zheng family in Fujian had the most powerful fleet in the east, known as the pirate king. Their fleet had as many as 200,000 people. Even the imperial government and navy had them suppressed them to fight. If they were asked to help the court, advance northward and attack the Liu family's army's retreat, they would lose their power.
Who knew that this huge dragon was easily tamed by the Liu family army. Not only did it not become his enemy, but it also became his mount. The Liu family army did not lose its power this time, but instead became stronger and more terrifying.
At this time, every soldier had a feeling that the Liu family's destiny belonged to, and they seized the world. This was a natural thing, because the Liu family had a destiny, which also explained that no matter what they did, they would be smooth sailing, and war was like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, destroying withered and rotting, and invincible.
The morale of the Liu family army was greatly boosted, and the soldiers were all strong and prepared to capture Nanjing City, while the morale in the city was even lower because Nanjing City was too large. Although Liu's army blocked more than a dozen city gates and river sections, there was still no problem in the city to send some envoys to in and out, and there was still a channel for receiving news in the city.
When they heard that the Zheng family's fleet was incorporated and Quanzhou was captured, and Liu Jun successfully opened up a new battlefield in Fujian, which made Duke Xu very worried. As a result, the situation in the entire south would be even more dangerous.
In the past, Duke Xu had done research, that is, since Liu's army had already fought the Yangtze River, they used Nanjing as a bridgehead and fought with Liu's army here. He could rely on the entire south as a backing. As long as they guarded here, the entire south army would support Nanjing, and transport it continuously to consume and fight with them, and could also drag the Liu family army to death here.
But Liu Jun actually used this trick again, attacking Quanzhou, their rear, and Fujian was attacked. The biggest problem was that the entire southern back could face the attack of the Southern Liu Jun at any time. They had a huge naval army that could attack any city.
This made the south, where Duke Xu relied on, faced attacks from Liu Jun at any time. The strategic concept he made was instantly defeated. At this moment, Duke Xu was no matter how strong and confident he was, and he was still confused. He was thinking, where was the way out for the Ming Dynasty?
You should know that no matter how difficult the Ming Dynasty is to withstand or fight, it will have to rely on the support of money and grain. Without the money and grain from Jiangnan and Huguang, what can he use to suppress so many rebels and so many rebels?
Moreover, there are undercurrents in Nanjing now. Many people are still from the Ming Dynasty, but they are already doing things about Liu Jun. They are not working hard or fighting against Liu Jun everywhere.
This situation made him very helpless and distressed. Some people have been supported by the imperial court for a hundred years. Once something happened to the court, they would want to pat their butt and leave. How could this be possible?
Others can pat their butts and leave, but the Xu family cannot leave. Everything in the Xu family is given by the Ming Dynasty, and all the honors are given by the Ming Dynasty. Even though they can save their lives, they are inferior to anything.
So he said to his fearful son: "Even if you are afraid, you have to take up your weapons and defend Nanjing City, because your ancestors made their descendants rich today with the knife in their hands. Today is the time for the Ming Dynasty. If you cannot protect the Ming Dynasty, you cannot enjoy the glory and wealth in front of you. Otherwise, you will be similar to the mandatory workers. Can you do a mandatory worker?"
Duke Xu was determined to die and was ready to defend Nanjing City to the death, but it was hard to say whether other people thought so. For example, the Minister of War, the eunuch in charge of the garrison, they were all just living by the way, and one day was calculated and they did not respond actively.
Duke Xu has been in Nanjing for a long time and his power is deeply rooted. He actually has some suspicion. He also knows that many people are colluding with Liu Jun outside the city and are glaring at the other side. He believes that the two sides will soon collude.
This is also the time when he has conscientiously confiscated the homes of so many people, and to give people some intimidation. In order to protect Nanjing City, he did not hesitate to make any sacrifices. Even if his reputation for his business for half his life was broken, he didn't care.
Nanjing City is gone, and the Ming Dynasty is gone, and the Ming Dynasty is gone. No matter how good his reputation is, what is the use? In order to further shock people, he treats all those who dare to oppose him as a crime of communicating with the enemy. The bloody heads were hung at the gate of the whole city, and he believes that it can intimidate some fence-bearing grasses at both ends of the rat.
But he also understood that such a situation could not last long. The Liu family army's attack was very fierce. They siege from all directions. Although Nanjing City had a long wall and a moat protection, which could weaken the opponent's attack, the opponent was all brave men. With their weapons and strength advantages, they were siegeing the city day and night.
Liu Jun suffered a lot of casualties, but they did not mean to weaken them at all. For example, at the thirteen city gates, they faced each other's repeated attacks every day, and the other party dispatched hundreds of people and thousands of people to launch continuous fierce attacks.
The opponent can launch fierce attacks continuously, but the city is short of troops, and their soldiers cannot protect the wall day and night, and there are not enough soldiers to defend in turn.
Duke Xu went to patrol the city, but when he saw many soldiers on the city wall, they were exhausted and trapped when leaning against the cold city wall. Many people never woke up again. He felt sorry for it and tears flowed down his eyes. How difficult the country is, when will it be?
What made Duke Xu feel tired was that even Nanjing City had been surrounded for more than ten days, but no reinforcements arrived.
He now knew that Situ Zhenjiang was the only despair.
Duke Xu still had some eyeliners. With these eyeliners, he also had a general understanding of the battlefield. He also knew that his reinforcements had actually set off, but none of them arrived because they were stubbornly blocked by the Liu family army.
The Liu family army had a powerful cavalry unit. It is said that their cavalry had nearly 10,000 cavalry units. His nearly 10,000 cavalry unit wandered around Nanjing City. Once they discovered reinforcements from the court, they rushed over and defeated the reinforcements. Several reinforcements had been defeated by them.
The surrounding prefectures also tried every means to send reinforcements and food here, but they were defeated and repelled by the Liu army, causing all their efforts to be wiped out.
The generals of the Liu family army were all very smart people. He knew that Nanjing was crucial to them and it was also related to their life and death, so they did not dare to be careless at all.
They have noticed all the things to pay attention to when siegeing the city, and there is no place for the defenders to use. In history, all successful defenders have a prerequisite, which is to be able to attack and then defend.
In other words, the army guarding the city would suddenly rise up at any time and rushed out to attack the opponent's camp, but Duke Xu did not dare to order his troops to leave the tall city wall. The quality of these soldiers was no match for the enemy if they left the protection of the tall city wall.
Duke Xu was lamenting that this situation had only been besieged for a few days. If the other party had been besieged for a long time, he would not know what would happen.
Liu Bu sent an envoy to surrender to him many times, and even promised him that once Duke Xu surrendered, he could keep his title and his salary. Everything he had in the Ming Dynasty would have in the new dynasty.
But Duke Xu knew one thing, that is, the relationship between the Xu family and the Ming Dynasty was too close. Both sides were prospering and both sides were in a state of loss. Since the Ming Dynasty no longer exists, what is the need for the Xu family to exist? So he refused the other party's surrender. The Xu family had enjoyed hundreds of years of glory and wealth, and even if they were buried for the Ming Dynasty, it was worth it.
So he, Duke Xu, is a bloody man, but he has the will to die and must stick to this place. As for those awesome people who usually brag about the world and seem to have the ability to turn the tide, none of them dares to jump out now, and they are all huddled in their homes, like quails, and they dare not breathe or speak loudly, for fear that they will attract their attention and let him guard the city if they speak loudly.
Duke Xu was sighing, thinking about how the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were able to fight back. They had to rely on their own swords and guns to defeat the invincible Mongolian cavalry and drove them back to Mobei.
But today, they are still there, but they do not have the blood courage of their ancestors.
Chapter completed!