Wan Jun was not interested in struggling with Sun Jiawei, so he sent people to shout together at the city gate, "The Chinese army is protecting our country and our country. All the people should stay away from the city gate. We will attack the city in half an hour!"

After shouting a dozen times, several rocket launchers were pushed over, calibrated and aimed at the city gate, and the army gathered half a mile in front of the city gate.

Half an hour later, the sky began to darken.

"At one go, seize the city gate and let the army enter the city to rest tonight!" Wan Jun ordered loudly.

Soon, several rocket launchers made a huge roar, and the rocket columns, trailing flame trails, rushed into the sky in the dusk, drawing a line of fire and rushing towards the city gate.

With a "boom", a huge explosion enveloped the entire city gate. Sun Jiawei, who was standing on the city ready to boost morale, looked at this scene in disbelief.

Dozens of flaming flowers bloomed throughout the city gate.

"Mother!" was only halfway shouted when Sun Jiawei was knocked to the ground by the shock wave of the explosion and died of vomiting blood in an instant.

As soon as the huge roar stopped, the Chinese troops in front of the city gate were already shouting and rushing forward. As soon as Sun Jiawei died, the entire city wall was either dead or fleeing, and there was almost no living person standing on the entire city gate.

The Chinese army quickly took control of the entire city gate, and the defenders in the city wisely put down their weapons and surrendered.

The army marched into the city, and the entire Zaoyang City was trembling. Fortunately, the Chinese army did not do any bad deeds.

The Chinese army marched into the city in strict discipline and rested for the night in Zaoyang without doing anything to disturb the people.

On the second day, we received news that Chen Xinmin's troops had captured Nanyang. In addition, some troops from the Shangzhou Prefecture direction went south from Luonan and captured Nanzhao County. The Chinese army had taken control of the entire western Henan.

South of Xiangyang, Li Zicheng abandoned his hometown of Xiongguan, and the concentrated troops were retreating to Hanchuan.

Just like the trend in history, the Qing army, under the command of Azig, clung to the Shun army. The army marched day and night. After catching up with the Shun army in Mianyang, the two sides fought a big battle in Mianzhou.

The Shun army suffered successive defeats, made strategic mistakes in Huguang, and abandoned its base. Now the army has lost morale and morale, and was defeated by the Qing army again.

Li Zicheng was defeated from Mianyang and continued to flee towards Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang was afraid of the Shun army, and was induced by his son and Huang Han. The army marched south along the Yangtze River, burning, killing and looting all the way. They actually rebelled and headed towards Nanjing.

He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang in the Ming Dynasty, was lured into the army by Zuo Liangyu in an attempt to coerce him to go south to attack Nanjing. He Tengjiao jumped into the Yangtze River and escaped by diving.

The entire situation in the late Ming Dynasty can be said to be a mess.

After resting in Zaoyang, the Chinese army continued to set off from Zaoyang the next day and headed southeast along the Dabie Mountains. When they arrived in Suizhou, they heard that Duduo's army was marching south from Xuzhou. The four towns in Jiangbei in the Ming Dynasty collapsed. Liu Liangzuo surrendered to the Qing army. Duduo was twenty

An army of ten thousand besieged Yangzhou, and Shi Kefa, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, gathered his troops and defended Yangzhou.

Although Shi Kefa had the courage to die for his country, the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River did not have the courage to support him at all. The big bureaucrats and gentry secretly made plans to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

The Chinese army passed Suizhou and went south beyond the control of the Qing Dynasty. However, there was chaos south of the Cai River. The Qing army's control ability had not yet extended here, but the rule of the Shun Dynasty had collapsed. Some gentry wanted to start a fight.

The banner of the Ming Dynasty, but fear of revenge from the Hu people, almost all of them were in anarchy.

This place is guarded by local warriors with big surnames. Each family forms a stronghold and maintains social order by relying on patriarchal laws.

When the Chinese army moved south, many people thought it was the Manchu soldiers and horses who had arrived. Some of the surrender forms read "The Qing Emperor Wan

Long live the emperor", some wrote "Long live the Emperor Shunzhi".

Wanjun accepted the surrender of these people and did not blame them. The Chinese army had strict discipline and supplied supplies everywhere. It also sent soldiers from the political propaganda team to publicize everywhere that the Chinese army protects the country and seeks peace for the people.

These people had heard about the Huaxia Army and the repulse of the Hu people in Shuanggou Town. At this time, they saw that the Huaxia Army had strict discipline and did not harass the people when passing by. Where word of mouth spread, brave and righteous men from all over the country came to join the army.

When they passed Wusheng Pass, there were already 20,000 volunteers following the Chinese army.

The guard general of Wusheng Pass, named Shang Zhaoxin, led two thousand soldiers to sacrifice the pass bravely. Wanjun considered that Wusheng Pass was to the north and could defend Xinyang, so he detached three thousand of the following martyrs to help defend Wusheng Pass, and then

Some Chinese troops were left here to reorganize their troops.

Two days later, the Chinese army arrived in Huang'an County. It was probably influenced by the great thinker Li Zhi. The people of Huang'an County were eager to learn and war, and were resolute and brave. During the first war period of the modern eastern power, Huang'an contributed hundreds of generals, and was called "China's No. 1 general."

"One General County". It is because of such meritorious service that Huang'an County was renamed Hong'an.

In Huang'an County, various places are divided according to surnames. One big surname occupies dozens of miles of land. Clan rituals are prevalent everywhere. It is common for two big surnames to gather thousands of people to fight over land.

The vanguard of the Chinese Army entered Huang'an County. Fortunately, Wan Jun issued military orders in advance. Military discipline must be strictly observed in Huang'an County and no conflict with the people is allowed.

Heading south from Wangjiatian, all the major clans showed great goodwill to the Chinese army along the way.

Relying on the Wang family's guide, the army headed southeast, passing through several villages with the surnames Li, Lan, and Huang.

When Wan Jun arrived at Huang'an County, the guard on the city turned out to be a Xiang Yong. After the city gate was opened to lead the Chinese army in, Wan Jun found out that Huang An's last county magistrate was killed by Xiang Yong in the county government office.

The people of Huang'an were so fierce that no one dared to take up the post of county magistrate appointed by the imperial court.

Now that the world is in chaos, no one cares about this place anymore.

Huang'an County is only two days away from Wuchang. According to the original plan, Wanjun stationed his army in Huang'an and prepared to rely on Huang'an County to observe the situation in Wuchang.

The Chinese army set up a big flag in Huang'an County, and sent their horses to the south. They issued notices to calm the people in various places in the city, and they applauded the exiles everywhere. However, the generals everywhere were monolithic. Although they were very friendly to the Chinese army, the land and personnel were not there.

Under the control of the clan, the resources that Wanjun can use are very limited.

The next day, news came back from Tanma that Li Zicheng's army was overtaken by the Qing army in Hanchuan and was now fleeing towards Wuchang.

On the fifth day of June, shocking and terrifying news came one after another from the south of the Yangtze River. The Qing army bombarded Yangzhou with artillery, and Shi Kefa, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, died for his country.

Commander Duduo ordered the Qing army not to seal the sword for ten days, and looted and massacred the entire city of Yangzhou for ten days. More than 800,000 people died.

Subsequently, the Qing army sent orders to various places. If anyone dared to resist the Qing court troops, Yangzhou was used as an example when the city was defeated.

Wan Jun led five regiments of the Chinese army and tens of thousands of volunteers to garrison in Huang'an County. He no longer cared about the barbarians in the south of the Yangtze River. Now he could only focus on the situation in Wuchang and see what kind of results he could get by taking advantage of the chaos.

It can only depend on God’s will.

Wanjun led his troops south and stopped at a place called Zhaojiawan. The Zhao family in Huang'an County was in Zhaojiawan. According to Zhao Boyuan, Zhao Boyuan's family should be here.

The head of the Zhao family warmly entertained Wan Jun and others. Wan Jun chatted with the head of the family for a while and took the opportunity to ask, "I have a friend named Zhao Boyuan. I wonder if he is from the Zhao family village?"

The head of the Zhao family was called Zhao Dinggui. After hearing this, Wan Jun

He was very surprised, "Do you know Bo Yuan? How did you know him? Where is he now?"

Wan Jun said, "He is in Lucheng County now. Who are you, Boyuan?"

Zhao Dinggui's face was filled with joy, and then he sighed and said, "Well, Bo Yuan is Quan Zi. He left home in anger due to some things five years ago. There has been no news in these years. We all almost thought he was him."

Wan Jun said, "Uncle, don't be sad. Everything is fine with Zhao Boyuan. I met him in Lucheng County and we are now brothers."

Zhao Dinggui said, "That's good, that's good, what is he doing now?"

Wan Jun said, "To be honest, the establishment of the Huaxia Army cannot be achieved without his help. Bo Yuan and I both want to ask for help for the people and do something for the peace of the world."

Zhao Dinggui waved his hand after hearing this, "Forget it, now that there are endless wars everywhere and the imperial court is gone, what can fame do? Since Quan Zi has this intention, what can I, a father, say."

Zhao Dinggui turned his head and said a few words to the person next to him, and soon two people came in. One of them was quite similar to Zhao Boyuan. Zhao Dinggui said, "This is Quanzi Boyu, Boyuan's eldest brother."

A stocky man on the left bowed to Wan Jun and said, "Zhao Boyu has seen the general."

Zhao Dinggui pointed to another person and said, "This is Bo Yuan's cousin Bo Ze."

The young man on the right named Zhao Boze smiled at Wan Jun, and Wan Jun also clasped his fists at the two of them.

Zhao Dinggui said, "Since you are Zhao Boyuan's Paoze brother, you will be from my Zhaojiazhai from now on. I will ask Boyu and Boze to follow you, and the local heroes in Zhaojiazhai can also be at your disposal."

Wan Jun said happily, "Thank you uncle, with Zhao Jiazhai's full assistance, our Chinese army can gain a firm foothold in Huang'an."

Zhao Boyu said in surprise, "Bo Yuan is still alive!" After that, he walked to Wan Jun and asked about Zhao Boyuan's current situation with concern. While talking, Zhao Dinggui wrote another letter and asked Zhao Boyu to take it with him when he arrived in Lucheng County.

Leave it to Zhao Boyuan.

The Zhao family father and son were very enthusiastic and left Wanjun and others to rest overnight in Zhaojiazhai. The next day, Zhao Boyu took two thousand Zhaojiazhai warriors and went south to Wuchang with the Chinese army.

When the Chinese army marched south, they encountered many broken troops one after another. When they were stationed in Sanli Town, a large group of fleeing Shun troops surrendered to the Chinese army.

Wan Jun received news from the defeated troops. When Li Zicheng retreated to Wuchang, he stationed 10,000 elite troops in Chengtian. As a result, the Qing army did not engage in battle until the Qing army arrived, and the Shun army abandoned the city and fled.

Li Zicheng also arranged 10,000 troops in De'an Prefecture. When the Qing army arrived, De'an's Shun army did not even resist and surrendered directly to the Qing army.

When Li Zicheng entered Wuchang, Wuchang had already been plundered by Zuo Liangyu's troops. Most of the shops were robbed, and even the governor's office in the city was burned down.

After the chaos caused by the Zuo army, the people were afraid that the Qing army would fight with the Shun army in Wuchang, so they fled into the mountains and countryside, leaving Wuchang and Hanyang almost empty cities.

When the Shun army entered Wuchang, even worse news came from the south of the Yangtze River. The Ming Dynasty bureaucrats headed by Qian Qianyi surrendered to Duduo. Huang Degong, Duke of Jingguo of the Ming Dynasty, died in the battle in Wuhu. Emperor Zhu Yousong of Hongguang was killed by the Qing army in Huang Degong's camp. captive.

The whole of Jiangnan was almost in despair, and the Ming Dynasty regime in Nanjing almost collapsed.

Now the number of troops surrendered by Duduo of the Eastern Route Army alone was 400,000. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was sweeping the world, and the situation was already very dangerous.
Chapter completed!