The heavy rain that had lasted for several days finally cleared up. Although the road was muddy, Duoduo decided to send troops.

Before leaving, the elderly gentry in Jinling no longer saw each other out of the usual way. The situation that was already inclined toward the Qing Dynasty seemed to have taken a turn for the better.

Everyone in the world stared at Changzhou. At that time, half of the southeast was relied on the Qiantang River, which gave King Lu a stalemate capital. This place was not the Qiantang River. Whether Hou Xuanyan could block the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty determined whether the court in a safe corner in the southeast could be safe.

Although Zheng Zhilong's power is better, almost everyone believes that Hou Xuanyan is the last line of defense.

Hou Xuanyan, who was standing on the city tower in Changzhou, looked at the muddy roads under the city and took back all the defense lines outside. Those rural slang roads had no military and civilians. The people on the outskirts were all taken to the city to avoid becoming human shields of the Qing soldiers.

"Yan Yingyuan, you coordinate the garrison of the whole city, Gu Shouzheng is responsible for dispatching the young and strong people to supply the city tower. Xia Wanchun, you take your men to the rear river channel and patrol the canal. Don't let the Qing dog cut off our waterway. Do you have any suggestions?"

Gu Shouzheng bowed and said, "General, we are defending the enemy this time, saying that we are defending the city, and we are determined to defeat the invading enemy and go north to seize Jinling. This is a major event to expel the Tartars and restore the Central Plains. It is a feat that will shine for thousands of years. How can we not announce the world without a manifesto?"

Hou Xuanyan thought about it carefully and made a point. He looked around for a while and asked, "Whoever has this talent can recommend himself."

Gu Shouzheng's face was rosy and bent down and said, "The governor was originally a scholar of Jiading, and he was always a martial artist, so why not hold the pen in person?"

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "Come to record."

Under the city tower, a swordsman rushed to the city, laying out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and writing like flying with Hou Xuanyan's oral description. The pen can also ensure that the handwriting is majestic and elegant.

"Announcement to the civil and military officials, military and civilians in the world to know:

Since ancient times, China has lived in China to control barbarians, but it has never been known that it has been to control the world by barbarians. Since the Jiashen crisis, Wu traitors opened and switched to Jian 100,000 slaves, and had no money to cover up, rampant in the world, and cruel to the common people.

Jiannu outside the pass was originally a barbaric person and often joined livestock. Now, taking advantage of the civil strife in China, Li Ni usurped power and entered the pass by luck. He was so arrogant that he was a monkey and was captained by the Han territory, and he dominated the Han people. This made our people feel bereaved and the whole country was ashamed to face.

The Jiannu Juzhen first slaughtered the south of the capital, then attacked Tongguan, and ten days of Weiyang, and eight days of Chuzhou. The women tied their necks with long ropes, and were as thick as beads, falling step by step, and covered the mud; the ground was full of babies, some of them, some of them were shining on horses, some of them were lying on their feet, and their hearts were lying on the ground, and their crying sounds filled the wild.

There are even more hateful people, traitors, scrambled to rebel, slaughter their compatriots, and to charm Jiannu. Wu Sangui destroyed his conscience, Kong Youde made a fuss for the tiger, Hong Chengchou turned against the emperor and abandoned justice, and Qian Qianyi thought the water was too cold.

Fortunately, the way of heaven is good. I am the governor of Xuan Yan and commanding Jiangnan. The emperor is in charge of the power of heaven, the subordinates are in charge of the wishes of the people, prepare for wars and horses, and restore the Central Plains. Wherever the sword and war comes, those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish! Therefore, I will tell you that you should know it, so that you will not cause blood to stain the head of the knife, and it will be too late to regret it."

The sword and penman hurriedly wrote it, and was immediately ordered to print ten thousand copies and send a message to the world.

At the same time, the vanguard of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry in the west had already crossed Zhenjiang Prefecture.

The flags that covered the sky and the sun were vicious and burly, which made the Han people along the way tremble.

In the central army, Hong Chengchou spread out a map and said to Duoduo: "Prince, please see. After crossing the Desheng River, it is the ground of Changzhou. The army will be able to see the Changzhou city wall after another half a day."

Duoduo nodded, pointed at the horse whip and asked, "What about the city in Changzhou?"

Hong Chengchou had long been familiar with his heart. These days he was always ready to counterattack. When he heard Duoduo's question, he blurted out: "The city of Changzhou is not majestic. This place is a small city, with Jinling in the west and Suzhou in the south. It has always been unattracted. However, after Hou Xuanyan occupied it, he gave it to Yan Yingyuan in Jiangyin. It is said that this person repaired and strengthened the city walls many times. However, according to the Nucai's opinion, it is still not steep. The only thing that is worrying is that Changzhou has a river channel that leads directly to Suzhou, so he is afraid that Hou Xuanyan will flee to Suzhou to retreat."

Duoduo smiled and said, "Although I have never fought with him, I heard that after he emerged from Suzhou, he has never been defeated. Niming treats him as a savior in China. As long as we defeat him and let him escape in shame, his myth will be destroyed. I want to see, who else in Niming dares to resist our Jurchen Iron Cavalry? Even if he escapes to the horizon, he will not have a place to survive, let alone Suzhou."

Hong Chengchou concentrated for a moment, hesitated for a while, and said, "The prince is invincible, but don't underestimate this Hou Xuanyan too much. This person is cunning and cunning, and his methods are vicious. You must not be careless."

Duoduo snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, turned around and said, "Send the order and speed up the marching. Before dark, I will enter Changzhou and capture Hou Xuanyan alive."

On Qinglong Mountain outside Jinling City, Zhou Wenwu sat in the upper head and listened to Li Er's report.

When he heard the sentence "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy stops and I disturb them, the enemy is tired, I attack them, the enemy retreats and I chase them", his eyes were full of glory and he shouted: "It's amazing! Lord Xiao Hou is worthy of being the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These words are indeed worth a thousand gold."

At this time, a ragged little pawn ran in and bowed, "Chief, the brothers in the city just came to report that the Qing dogs from Jinling were all out early this morning and went east."

Before Duoduo went to war, Hong Chengchou specially arranged his subordinates to strictly investigate the people coming and going. When Zhou Wenwu's spies stationed in Jinling, the Qing soldiers had already arrived in Changzhou when the news came out.

Zhou Wenwu said angrily: "They left early this morning, why did they just repay me now!"

Li Eryi was excited and was about to persuade him to attack Jinling, but suddenly remembered Hou Xuanyan's advice and hurriedly said, "The leader, the words of the governor Hou..."

Zhou Wenwu calmed down, thought carefully, and said, "Forget it, Xiao Hou has made such a big noise from nothing in just a short time. It is enough to show that his knowledge is ten times better than us. Let's listen to Xiao Hou, rest and wait for an opportunity to move."

Zhou Wenwu from Qinglong Mountain chose to listen to Hou Xuan's acting, but Zhang Huangyan from Jiangyin did not plan to do so.

After listening to Hou Xuanyan's order, he came to the riverside and gathered more than 50,000 troops along Changshu Jiangyin in a short time. These people were of different quality and mixed with fish and dragons, and most of them escaped from Jiangbei.

At that time, Hou Xuanyan asked him to recruit troops to restor the people, waiting for Changzhou to change and lead troops to help. However, Zhang Huangyan had his own plans, and Duoduo came out in full swing. Jinling was already an empty city. He was about to go against the river and take Jinling straight to the river.
Chapter completed!