Chapter 348 Ling Chis traitor shocked the emperor and dethroned him
"Report!"
The hurried report interrupted the discussion between Mr. Yan and the remaining officers and generals in Jiangning, and the Chinese army came in via Biao.
"Why are you so nervous?"
"The deputy envoy Chen Hongfan who went to the Ming camp to negotiate peace has been tied up by the Ming Supervisor. He has been pushed to the bottom of the city and is to be executed in public!"
Yan Wogong stood up proudly.
The other officers and generals were also shocked.
"How dare he?" Jiangning's fingers trembled in disbelief. He thought that although Jiangning was in crisis, the Qing Dynasty was still far stronger than the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Qing Dynasty took the initiative to seek peace, it was just a delaying tactic.
One million taels of silver, this is a great deal of sincerity, they should be happy to go down this step.
"Do you really want to kill Chen Hongfan or are you just pretending?"
"If we really want to chop it down, we will chop it down soon."
Lord Yan thought deeply, "Let's go up to the city and have a look."
Several Taoists there turned pale, "How dare they, how dare they." Some people said, "The Ming Dynasty is desperate, what should we do, what should we do?"
The group of people came to the city gate with uneasy expressions.
The city of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty is very unique. Different from ordinary square-shaped cities, Nanjing does not follow the old system, has unique design, exquisite construction, and grand scale. Between the beautiful Nanjing mountains and rivers, the city wall winds for more than 70 miles, which is more than 100 meters long.
The city wall of Beijing is longer, and the perimeter of the outer city is more than 120 miles, making it known as the largest city in the world.
The entire city of Nanjing is composed of four parts: the palace city, the imperial city, the capital city, and the outer city.
Since ancient times, this place has been known as a place where dragons and tigers roost. Zhongshan has dragons and tigers roosting in the east, and Shicheng and tigers roost in the west. There is a large water surface of Xuanwu Lake in the north, the Qinhuai River passes around the city in the south, and the Yangtze River leans on the north.
The old city is located at the intersection of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. It is an important area for the city's external transportation, with dense residents, prosperous commerce, and a large number of handicraft workshops.
It is close to the imperial city, and most of the residences of ministers are concentrated here.
Sixteen large restaurants ordered by the emperor to be built are located in the southwest area of Shangshihong's old city.
The Imperial City is located on the east side of the old city, pillowed by Fugui Mountain, a branch of Zhongshan Mountain, to the north and Qinhuai River to the south. It has convenient water transportation and is closely connected with the old city.
Although the low-lying terrain is a disadvantage, it is surrounded by mountains and is a strategic strategic location for military strategists.
There are eighteen gates in the outer city. The city wall is more than 120 miles long, with a city height of 8-10 meters and a width of 6-8 meters. The main body of the city wall is mainly hills and earth, and city bricks are added to the city gate area.
In the west of the city, outside Yifeng Gate.
Zhu Yihai looked at this magnificent city of Nanjing and couldn't help but sigh, this city is indeed very impressive.
Let’s just talk about this city wall. It has a typical gravity dam structure and a trapezoidal cross-section. This traditional Chinese city wall is extremely strong. The interior is made of three-component rammed earth, and the outer part is covered with huge city bricks. In the cold weapon age, ballistae and catapults were used.
It is difficult to destroy. Even in the era of mixed hot and cold weapons, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked Nanjing in the late Qing Dynasty, they relied on suppressing the city with artillery, then doing civil engineering work, and using explosives to blow down the city walls to break the city. Later, when the Qing army recaptured Nanjing, it was also a long-term siege.
Coupled with this old method, it took several months to blow down the city wall and enter the city.
It is said that the Japanese invaders used field artillery to bombard the city wall of Nanjing, but they only flattened the upper structure of the city wall, and the shells only left craters when they hit the city wall.
Even if the Ottoman cannons of Ubal were brought in to blast Constantinople, they would not be able to shake the walls of Nanjing.
Even the 7,000-jin and 5,000-jin red cannons currently seized by Zhu Yihai from Shenji Town can at best blow down the city gate towers and parapets. They are powerless against this solid city wall.
However, no matter how strong a city is, it still needs people to guard it.
The four-layered city wall of Nanjing, leaning on the river and the mountains, is majestic and large-scale, but this also happens to be a weak point in defense, that is, the gates that need to be defended, the city walls are too many and too long, and too many troops are needed.
There are eighteen gates in the outer city and thirteen gates in the inner city.
During the Hongwu era when Zhu Yuanzhang was in Nanjing, Nanjing's garrison force numbered about 300,000, which was more than enough to guard it. However, after the capital was moved, Nanjing's garrison strength was greatly reduced.
But now, there are only 8,000 soldiers in Nanjing, and they are all Han soldiers from the green camp.
The most terrifying thing is the supreme commander Gao Yan Jinglue, who is one of Zhu Yihai's own.
To break Jiangning City, it is indeed within easy reach for Zhu Yihai, but he is in no hurry to enter the city now.
The huge city of Nanjing has no troops to defend, and now it has become a nightmare for the defenders.
Nanjing is undoubtedly of great significance to the Ming army, so in the eyes of the Qing army, the Ming army will definitely go all out to capture the city of Nanjing if it has the opportunity.
So they will definitely come to rescue Nanjing.
"Bring Chen Hongfan up!"
On this side of the 100-meter-wide moat, the Ming army formed a formation below the city.
Sun and Moon Flag Hunting Dance.
Chen Hongfan, the Northern envoy, was brought up, naked and in a very embarrassed state.
Across the hundred-meter moat, on the more than three-foot-tall Yifengmen city, Yan Wogong, the manager of the five provinces, stood expressionless. Next to him stood a group of officers and generals. Because Nanjing's main officers were dying, they were all surrendered.
The reinforcements who went to move the reinforcements now only have some Taoist priests, Tongzhi and other low-level officials left.
Looking at the neat military appearance of the Ming army outside the city, everyone looked pale.
Especially when standing on the city gate tower, you can see at a glance the Ming Navy fleet covering the sky and the sun on the Yangtze River two miles away.
"After a brief review, the Ming Army sent an army to occupy the Shogunate Mountain outside the Guanyinmen City from Shangyuan Gate. Another army circled to the Gaoqiao Gate and Shangfang Gate in the southeast, and a naval force moved along the Qinhuai River to the west to position the target.
Gate, outside Jiangdong Gate..."
Yan Wogong immediately understood the deployment of supervising the country, which was mainly deployed to the west of Nanjing near the river, and then divided into two partial divisions and deployed to the east of Nanjing.
The navy is in the Yangtze River and Qinhuai River.
The imperial infantry troops were spread out in the west. Although the Ming army did not surround all the gates of Nanjing City, they had basically deployed outside the seven gates.
Even if the Qing army only defends these seven city gates, it will be very difficult. What's more, the Ming army has superior military strength. If it only defends these seven city gates, the Ming army can undoubtedly attack other city gates at any time.
No matter how we fight this battle, there is no hope. Although the city is strong, there are too few defenders.
"Chen Hongfan, kneel down towards Xiaoling!"
"You were born in the Wanli Military Examination. Since the Tianqi Year, you have successively served as Gaotai Guerrilla, Hongshuihe General, and Shaanxi Xingdu Secretary. Later, you were demoted to Qingyun General for crimes, and then Kaiyuan General. You were also punished for being timid and afraid of war.
He was exempted from the imperial examination, and later attached himself to the power eunuch and obtained the post of commander-in-chief of Juyongguan Pass. In the first year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the post of Chief of the Right Governor's Office in Nanjing and the Admiral of the Great Jiaochang. Later he was promoted to the Right Governor and was transferred to Zhejiang. He was stationed in Changping for four years and five
In the year of Kong Youde's rebellion, you led 3,000 people to participate in quelling the rebellion. After the war, you bribed Quan Youde and granted you the title of Prince's Young Master. You guarded Denglai for seven years.
The Qing army entered the pass to attack Xuan Da, and you returned to defend Juyong Pass and Changping, but you achieved nothing. Ten years ago, North Korea was in emergency, and the imperial court awarded you the seal of General Pinglu. You led 8,000 troops to rescue, but you achieved nothing. The Qing army attacked Pi Island.
You fled to Guanglu Island without a fight and were dismissed again."
Pavilion boss Xu Shiqi recounted Chen Hongfan's many crimes with a stern tone.
"In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, you made friends with officials and paid heavy bribes before being appointed. You were transferred to Xiong Wencan's command, and together with Zuo Liangyu, you suppressed Zhang Xianzhong in Yunxi.
I remember that Zhang Xianzhong's own general, Wang Wei, was executed for participating in the mutiny and breaking the law. As a Yansui general, you had to bribe him to intercede with the general, Wang Wei, and get rid of him with a hundred military sticks, so as to create a confidant for the court.
Big trouble. That Zhang Xianzhong specially carved your image in the army and called you his parents.
Later, Zhang Xianzhong was surrounded and suppressed and was defeated repeatedly. He knew that you were leading the army, so he brought a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to contact him.
If you are dismissed again due to ineffective suppression, you can pay bribes to restore Denglai.
After the Jiashen Incident, Huang Degong, the king of Jingnan, invited you to be the king of Qin, but you refused.
When King Fu came to Nanjing, you bribed Ma Shiying and was appointed admiral of the naval divisions of the five coastal towns. Later, you volunteered and invited the Northern Envoy.
Originally, the imperial court appointed you as the Northern Envoy because you had been in the army for a long time and had a good relationship with Wu Sangui and others. Who knew that you had evil intentions and had already secretly colluded with your son-in-law Tang Qilong, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and his father, the general Tang Yushi?
As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he betrayed Minister Zuo Maodi, and finally returned south alone. He went everywhere to persuade the Qing government to surrender and recruit troops. When he entered Gao Jie's camp, he falsely claimed that the Qing army was powerful, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo had secretly surrendered. Seeing that Gao Jie refused to surrender, he escaped overnight.
When he went to Nanjing, he lied that the Qing army intended to divide the north and the south to deceive the monarchs and ministers in the DPRK. At the same time, he secretly recruited surrenders everywhere, claiming that the Qing army was too powerful to be defeated.
Chen Hongfan, you are a living Qin Hui!"
"Later, when Nanjing surrendered, you pretended to be a loyal minister and went to Hangzhou. You secretly threatened and persuaded King Lu to surrender, and you were ordered to be envoy to the north again..."
"Chen Hongfan, you are the number one traitor in the Ming Dynasty!"
The naked Chen Hongfan originally did not want to come south as an envoy, but the regent ordered him to come. After arriving, he thought that even if he failed to surrender, there would not be much danger. After all, the Qing army was powerful.
Unexpectedly, when he came all the way south, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Unexpectedly, Lu Jianguo was so tough.
Completely different from Hong Guang and Lu Wang.
At this time, he could only keep kowtowing and begging for mercy, and said tremblingly, "The two countries are at war, so I won't kill the envoy!"
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, even the strong Chen Hongfan was shivering with cold, his nose was dripping, and fear made him tremble all over.
"Your Highness, please spare your life. I sent an envoy to negotiate peace for the imperial court, and I really didn't surrender to the Qing Dynasty secretly!"
Zhu Yihai said disdainfully, "How dare you lie to me when you are about to die?"
"Come here, bring a fishing net, strangle this traitor, and put him to death. Right under Nanjing City, in front of Xiaoling Mausoleum, in front of countless soldiers, kill this traitor and sacrifice him to the flag!"
A fishing net covered Chen Hongfan and strangled him tightly. A skilled executioner came up and cut off the flesh piece by piece that was tied out of the mesh.
With each cut, Chen Hongfan screamed.
On the Yifeng Gate.
Following his screams, the Qing officers and generals also felt their hearts pounding.
Duke Yan asked, "Have Shangshu Qian and Emperor Hongguang been invited?"
"coming."
Qian Qianyi came, followed by Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang Emperor who was almost carried by several pacesetters. The fat Zhu Yousong looked as pale as paper, his whole body was exhausted and weak, and his legs could not move at all, so he was carried up by the pacesetters.
When he was carried to the city, he heard the screams and looked forward again.
"Your Majesty, Supervisor Lu ignored the etiquette and brutally killed Admiral Chen in the city." Yan Wogong bowed to Zhu Yousong.
When Zhu Yousong heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore, his whole body trembled violently, and he suddenly fainted.