After Chang Xiao ascended the throne, the Chang family in Suzhou was a place that was protected from the elements, and Suzhou itself was occupied by the Dragon Worship Cult.
From then on, Chang Youzhang was basically under house arrest. In fact, Chang Xiao could have taken this father away before he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, but Chang Xiao felt that this was a completely unnecessary thing.
On the one hand, he doesn't know how to meet this father. The father in Chang Xiao's heart is the little man in his previous life, and he is definitely not the noble man of this era. Chang Xiao can easily accept the old lady from Wufeng County, but he absolutely cannot accept this father.
, if he wanted him to call him father, it would be better to kill him with one knife, so he decided to put the father in Suzhou first, take it one step at a time, and talk about it later.[..com]
In addition, Chang Xiao has also made sufficient preparations. He does not think that Chang Youzhang will be in any danger in Suzhou. Chang Xiao must manage Suzhou well. This will be the second place where Chang Xiao sends troops.
One is Tianjin, and the second is Shanghai County behind Suzhou. Suzhou is the rear area of Shanghai County. Since Chang Xiao is going to take the road of sword expansion next, in Chang Xiao's idea, he will follow the old path.
Under the Ming system, Nanjing is still the capital of the Han Dynasty, and Suzhou will be another economic and political center of the Han Dynasty. Of course, this is just an immature idea. Chang Xiao is still confused about how to operate it, and can only feel the stones.
River, take one step at a time!
Chang Xiao is not afraid that he will not be able to manage the additional capital and economic and political center. He has also worked hard on Chang Youzhang and has some understanding of this person's abilities. This person is not opening up new territories.
However, he has the ability to maintain success and is relatively pragmatic in handling things. At least he has some abilities. He is not a useless waste. With him sitting in Suzhou, he can't do anything else, but providing logistics for the army is not a problem at all. At least
In Suzhou weaving position, Chang Youzhang never had any defects in the cotton-padded clothes he supplied to the soldiers of the Nine Borders.
Chang Xiao thought everything was perfect, but Chang Youzhang didn't think so. Especially after receiving the news of the establishment of the Nanming regime, Chang Youzhang was simply on pins and needles. You must know that his Suzhou can be found in Nanming.
Under the jurisdiction of the regime, it is not even too far from Nanjing. Chang Youzhang wanted to escape from Suzhou several times. After all, everyone cherishes life in life, but he was persuaded by Kou Zhang. Gradually nothing happened. Chang Youzhang wanted to escape from Suzhou.
Youzhang gradually calmed down, until Chang Youzhang became furious again when he heard that the Han Dynasty was sending troops to Nanming.
From Chang Youzhang's point of view, Chang Xiao was doomed no matter whether he won or lost. If Chang Xiao defeated Nan Ming, he would try his best to get him to save his capital. If Chang Xiao lost, then everyone here would step on him.
But Kou Zhang was confident and stopped trying to persuade him. He just imprisoned him in the Chang Mansion and could not leave.
Just when Chang Youzhang was full of resentment, suddenly more and more people came to see him. You must know that Chang Youzhang seemed to be insulated from the outside world in the past six months, and others were trying to avoid suspicion with him.
, did not dare to approach him, but now the number of people visiting him suddenly increased. Although the people who came to visit him were all unremarkable people, but behind these people were various officials. At first they were civil servants, and later they were even
The military generals also asked people to come to visit him, and even the elders in the Southern Ming Dynasty secretly expressed their goodwill.
Coupled with the overwhelming charge of the Khan's army, Chang Youzhang suddenly understood that he had become a fallback route for these officials. As long as Chang Xiao's army continued to maintain its current momentum, no one would dare to touch him. Who would come out to mess with him?
Don’t want to get a guarantee? The only one in the whole Nanming who wants to kill him is the Nanming Emperor. Unfortunately, the Nanming Emperor is a puppet now. His words are better than farts, but not much better.
Since everyone is a minister, it is the same for everyone. Befriending Chang Xiao's father is the trump card that saves their lives in the end. Even if Chang Xiao loses, they have nothing to lose, right?
Chang Youzhang now fully understands that when attacking a city, it is important to surround three and let one go. As long as you give others a retreat, the other party will not fight to the death. Now he, Chang Youzhang, is a retreat for the Nanming officials who Chang Xiao placed in Nanming.
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Chang Youzhang is definitely not a talented person, but he is not a mediocre person. After understanding his position, Chang Youzhang's ability came into full play. At this time, he no longer wanted to escape. His son
Becoming an emperor is a glorious thing, something that honors eight generations of ancestors. As a father, how can he not help? He is now a shovel to dismantle the Ming Dynasty, poaching with one shovel, and he has something to do.
Chang Youzhang was suddenly different. Even if a knife was put to his neck at this moment, he would not leave. He wanted to contribute to his son!
From then on, there were three banquets a day in the Chang Mansion. Chang Youzhang was no longer trapped in the Chang Mansion. Although others could not leave the Chang Mansion, letters were flying all over the sky. The Chang family was not alone. The Chang family was also a tribute for generations.
Gui, in addition to enemies, also has friends, Chang Youzhang began to call friends, everyone knew what he was going to do.
These people saw the Han Dynasty's 10,000-strong Fire Dragon Army rushing towards Nanjing like a broken bamboo. The city collapsed wherever it passed, especially the powerful cannons brought by the Fire Dragon Army. It was like the magic of ghosts and gods.
How strong it is, how thick the city gate is. Three or five cannons are guaranteed to turn everything into powder. Then the fire dragon army will cover up and kill you, and it will be a naked massacre. The firearms kill people, just like cutting leeks with a knife.
Everywhere they passed, people were lying on the ground. At first, several cities resisted the Fire Dragon Army, but later they opened the city gates and surrendered as soon as they saw the Fire Dragon Army's banner.
The current situation is that all officials no longer think about how to resist the Fire Dragon Army. Of course, resistance is of no use at all. They are just throwing eggs at stones. Instead, they are calculating the days when the Fire Dragon Army will arrive. On the one hand, they organize people to line up to welcome them, and on the other hand, they prepare for the attack.
Sheep, livestock, wine, water, and labor, this is simply not the jurisdiction of Nanming, it has simply become a city of the Han Dynasty.
The most important thing is that the Fire Dragon Army has strict military discipline and has never entered the city to harass the people. It is said that there were several incidents of Fire Dragon Army soldiers rushing into people's houses in the beginning, but after killing more than ten soldiers, they never did so again.
Nothing like this has ever happened, so the Fire Dragon Army has a good reputation among officials and people, and the people are not afraid of the Fire Dragon Army at all. When other armies enter the city, they are in a hurry, but the Fire Dragon Army enters the city.
, but it was a welcome along the way, which felt like Master Wang was coming.
Therefore, Changfu in Suzhou has now become a center, a center where hundreds of officials fawn over. At first, they communicated secretly. As the Fire Dragon Army approached the gates of Nanjing, officials basically came to visit Chang Youzhang in a high-profile manner.
In this midsummer season, it is the most prosperous day in Chang Youzhang's life. He has never been so prosperous in half his life. His son is the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, so what is he? He should be the Supreme Emperor, but
Chang Youzhang would not be confused by this and would not have other thoughts. These were all seen in Kou Zhang's eyes and sent back to Chang Xiao through Mu Gui.
Finally, the Fire Dragon Army marched outside Nanjing.
There was not much panic in the city of Nanjing. In fact, it could even be said that the city was in good order. This was not because the Nanming regime was very powerful and could control the entire Nanjing, but because everyone from the people to the officials had already known that this day was coming at any time.
Although the Fire Dragon Army arrived too quickly, the date had been estimated a month ago. In addition, the Fire Dragon Army had a good reputation and never disturbed the people. Therefore, the people were not panicked. On the contrary, it was revealed from the big man
The news from the past made them yearn for the Han Dynasty. It was said that in the Han Dynasty, the people lived very comfortably without the oppression and bullying of officials.
Except for a few stubborn ones, most of the officials have already reported to Chang Youzhang and have become closer to each other. No matter how cruel Chang Xiao is, he still has to listen to his father's words, right?
Basically, the entire city of Nanjing, except for Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong, felt that there was no need to fight anymore, and just opened the city gates to welcome the king's division into the city.
It's a pity that the generals guarding the city were from the Lao Zhu family. Ma Shiying was the original governor of Fengyang. Fengyang is the ancestral land of the Lao Zhu family. Being able to be a governor in Fengyang shows his relationship with the Lao Zhu family.
In fact, if there are still loyal ministers in Nanming, Ma Shiying may be the only one.
Ma Shiying controls the entire Nanjing defense army, and no one else can really get involved. It is impossible to open the city gate to welcome the king. All the officials are watching with cold eyes. According to the previous battles of the Fire Dragon Army, Nanjing
It should only take half an hour to break the city. Many officials have prepared small flags in their sleeves to welcome the Fire Dragon Army into the city, and are waiting for the army to enter the city.
In fact, the Fire Dragon Army entered the city several times faster than they expected.
Within a quarter of an hour, the Fire Dragon Army entered the city.
Originally, when the Fire Dragon Army attacked a city, they limited the amount of gunpowder shells they could use. After all, it was not easy to transport these things. Therefore, before each siege battle, they had already calculated the number of shells to use, and used as little as possible.
But it was different now. The army had already arrived at the gates of Nanjing, and Nanjing was their destination. Therefore, except for three or five spare shells, all the remaining shells were poured on the Nanjing city gate. After two minutes of intensive bombing, the Nanjing city gate was destroyed.
The city was in ruins, with a loud noise like the arrival of a thunder god and a terrifying blast that made the soldiers defending the city dry and wet their pants. Not to mention resisting, they had no strength to even escape.
The Fire Dragon Army advanced all the way to Nanjing City without any resistance. Halfway through, a group of officials rushed towards them. After the Fire Dragon Army raised their guns, they discovered that these officials were surrounded by a man.
The fat man in the dragon robe, no, the word "surrounded" is not appropriate. To put it more appropriately, it should be tied up and holding the embarrassed man in the dragon robe.
This man was Emperor Zhu Yousong Hongguang. He was anxiously waiting for the result of the victory in the main hall. He heard a loud thunder and the whole palace shook violently. Then he was tied up with ropes and five-flowered flowers from the arms of a group of tiger-like officials.
He was escorted out, and he still doesn't know what happened, or in other words, he can't believe what happened before him.
Later, Zhu Yousong was escorted to the capital, and was sealed by Chang Xiao as the King of Songshan. He was imprisoned in the Sparrow King's Palace with two entrances to the courtyard. He never came out of the palace in his life.
At this point, the Nanming regime was completely destroyed. This year was the second year of the Reform. In the same year, various large and small regimes in the Central Plains under the banner of the old Ming collapsed one after another and submitted to the Han Dynasty.
At this point, the entire Middle Earth was unified.