The calm June finally passed. At the beginning of July, there was the Qing Dynasty in the north and Zheng Zhilong in the south. Amphibious attacks were launched together.

On July 3, Chuzhou was lost again, Jiergalang's troops were at the mouth of the Xijiang River, and looked across the river from Jiangning. On the fifth day, Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi joined forces to attack Xiangyang. Zhongzhen Camp launched a counterattack, and Du Yinxi submitted a letter to ask for help, saying that the main forces of the Qing Dynasty were all in Xiangyang.

Zheng Zhilong took the entire Fujian division and attacked Zhaoqing Prefecture. The Zheng family naval army went north along the coast at night and sneaked into the important town of the Songjiang naval army. Zhang Mingzhen was caught off guard and lost seven or eight warships before he met the enemy in a hurry. Zheng Zhilong claimed to be the will of Empress Xiaoyixiang to avenge Queen Zeng and attack the rebel Hou Xuanyan.

The battle reports from all directions were all introduced to Jinling, and people were panicked, as if they were the end of the world. All officials gathered to take charge of the government and asked how to meet the enemy.

Jiangpu City is an important town nailed to Jiangbei, looking across the river from Jiangning. After a long-term continuous artillery bombing, the not-so-high city walls have long been riddled with holes. The shells, rocks, and arrows that hit the city reaped the lives of the people in the city like death talismans.

At the third update, the Qing soldiers who started bombing in the evening finally stopped the shelling. The city gate was already useless, with more and more footsteps at the ends of the streets and alleys. The sound of weapons hitting the sky became more and more intense, and the sound of arrows cutting through the sky became more and more sharp. The middle was mixed with the continuous sound of people falling to the ground, screams, moans, wails, and screams of women, and the panic of children. The originally silent night suddenly became noisy. The people who survived, under the butcher knife of the Qing soldiers, stretched their necks and waited for the other party's butcher knife to fall, without even screaming. They did not fall down while the artillery and crossbow arrows just now, which shows the tenacity of life, but at this moment, facing the butcher knife, they did not resist at all, which shows the fragility of life.

Some people were tremblingly hiding under the bed, hoping to temporarily delay their lives, but these were useless. The soldiers who broke in raised their butcher knife without hesitation, and soon heard the sound of the sharp blade chopping into the bones, and then everything returned to peace. The only change was that the smell of blood in the air was a little richer.

"The people of the South are unharmed and impermanent, and they are unwilling to truly submit to our Qing Dynasty. No one in the city will be left behind."

The person who spoke was a Han man named Liu Zhong, who was a general of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty. He used to be Gao Jie's subordinate. After Gao Jie's death, he surrendered to Duoduo and became the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty's journey south.

Four Qing soldiers, one by one, took two Ming officials to Liu Zhong. One was Huang Yi, the magistrate of Jiangpu County, and the other was Jiang Qin, the leader of the army. Both of them were stained with blood. There was a deep scar on the face of the county magistrate Huang Yi. It seemed that a ditch was opened on his face, and half of his face was deeply sunk. The scar was still fresh, and the white flesh dripped with blood, which looked extremely terrifying.

"You two little officials with sesame and mung beans dare to resist the heavenly soldiers?"

Liu Zhong used to sit in Jiangbei with Gao Jie, and Jiang Qin happened to recognize him. He laughed and scolded: "Liu Zhong, your former master Gao Jie is a bastard, but he is still a little arrogant. When you are a dog-legged person, you are willing to be a dog for the Tartars, wag your tail and slaughter your compatriots to please your master. He really lost all the face of his ancestors."

Liu Zhong's originally cruel eyes showed a hint of ashamed, but he was immediately left behind: "I think you don't know how to write the word "death."

Huang Yi and Jiang Qin looked at each other and smiled, saying loudly: "A person has a life of death, and we will be praised for your blessings. From then on, we will be praised for our generations. I am afraid you will not have any good endings. At the entrance of Caishi, Yangzhou, there is a seven-foot-long bronze man who is scolded by passers-by every day. I see that you are fat and thick, the Duke may not be willing to let you go so much copper water. He blocked you with a mud, kneeling in front of our grave, which can be considered as helping you repay some of the evils."

Liu Zhong's anger soared, and he was about to slash. The two looked at each other, raised their heads back tacitly, collided with each other's heads, and immediately fell to the ground with anger. Liu Zhong cut his sword with a knife, and a trace of fear suddenly flashed in his eyes. It is said that the southerners are timid, and even two small officials have such toughness...

On the outskirts of Jinling, Hou Xuanyan was wearing armor and ordered troops on the outskirts of the city. The Jinling defender area was only 20,000, and it was okay to guard the city and wait for the Houtu Camp to return. However, Hou Xuanyan refused to give up Jiangbei Prefectures and County, and opposed the opposition and decided to cross the river to fight. Everyone in the world was afraid of people like tigers, but in fact they were scared by the traitors. Let's ask, the cities in the Central Plains were captured by their Jiannu.

A high platform is built on the outskirts of the city, and the handsome flag is facing the wind with the word "Yue".

The soldiers and generals under the stage were uniform. Although there were not many people, they were powerful enough. These were elite soldiers among the elite soldiers, promoted from various battalions to guard Jinling.

Hou Xuanyan sang: "The Jiannu outside the pass once again fought to Jiangnan. Last time there was Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou accomplices the tiger. This time it was Zheng Zhilong, who assisted him. Jianjun called for the Northern Expedition for so long, and finally he could try his best. I will lead the sixth division to plow the caves and cross the river recently. I made three rules with you.

Anyone who is trapped in the northern border with the enemy will be willing to surrender and cut off his braids and change to Hanfu, and will not be killed;

Anyone who uses the public to claim war and resists the Northern Expedition will not be divided into Hu and Han, regardless of the officials and the people, will be killed without mercy;

Anyone who violates our military law during the Northern Expedition will be severely punished and will never be merciless."

The three armies responded in unison, and the momentum shook Nanjing City, and the people in the city heard about it.

On the sixth day of the seventh month of the year of Longwu, Hou Xuanyan swore a swearing battle by the river and led his army across the river.

On the surface of the Yangtze River, thousands of sails work together, breaking through the waves, walking to the riverside on the other side, and seeing wolf smoke rising from the small towns and villages from afar.

When he arrived at the shore, many people's bodies were nailed to the ground by arrows on the way to the riverside. Before his death, he still kept running towards the riverside. Even though Hou Xuanyan had been used to this kind of scene, he still couldn't calm down every time he saw it.

The Qing army pioneers in the village were searching for food in nearby villages and demolishing their families to make fire. Seeing the warships suddenly appearing by the river, they were so scared that they were still trying to escape.

A few muskets sounded, and the accuracy of shooting was extremely limited, especially when they rushed into the village and disappeared soon. The young general who was in charge waved his hand and signaled his subordinates not to chase them deeply and waited for the army to land.

No one expected that the Ming army on the other side would choose to cross the river. All the Qing soldiers were waiting for Jiergalang to order to cross the river and fight to the south of the Yangtze River. In their opinion, the Ming army had always been defensive and was always afraid that they would come to attack.
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