Huzhou, Ding'anmen.

At this time, countless Qing troops had gathered densely outside the ancient city gate, and they were shaking their armors and swaying. As they walked, they simply sank on the ground. Even the officers had no image of the helmets and armors, and their weapons were thrown away, and they were slid beside the Tiao River like soldiers.

"Open the door!"

A Qing army guerrilla stood by the moat and shouted at the top of the city.

Later, Huguang Admiral Lin Benzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He finally escaped.

In two days, he ran away with a group of defeated generals and finally escaped from the pursuit of the Ming army. Although he must face the attack from the Ming army next, at least with the fortress of Huzhou and the mountains of supplies in the city, he no longer needs to run like a stray dog ​​like before.

Of course, it was mainly because he couldn't run anymore.

The Ming army's long-distance raid ability was so different that he chased him for two days that he didn't dare to stop and couldn't even eat hot rice. He really didn't understand that they were all human beings, and they all rely on their legs, and those magnies with bones were so good that the Ming army infantry could run so much, and even he was almost caught up several times while riding a horse.

Well, if he wears armor every now and then, he can also drive cavalry and rushes to fight with a big bag on his back.

"Open the door quickly, the army of Huguanglin Army Gate has arrived!"

The guerrilla shouted again impatiently.

However, there was no movement at the top of the city. Not to mention the city, the whole Huzhou seemed to be silent. It was really quiet. There was no one outside the city. Although it was snowing lightly, there was not one person. More importantly, this was the most important node of the Hujia defense line. At this time, the Ming army was about to come, and the thousands of defenders in the city had to start to set up defenses to send out a large number of scouts. Why didn't they see any of them along the way? Moreover, there was no one on the city wall, and there was no ship on the river surface of Tiaoxi next to them.

At this time, Lin Junmen remembered that a small village I had just passed by seemed to be clean.

"not good!"

Lin Benzhi suddenly shuddered.

He knew that the Ming army was rushing to Suzhou by breaking Shanghai, but he planned that Yabu, who was the commander of the entire army, had to hold on any of them. After all, there were more than 10,000 troops there, as well as mountains of materials, and even the most important military base, and the waterways of the canal. It can be said that there is definitely a capital for a battle. Not to mention that it would be fine if you stayed for ten days and half a month. If Yabu insisted on Suzhou, it would be impossible for the Ming army to cross Suzhou to enter Taihu Lake.

But he never thought that Yabu would leave the city and run away?

He looked at the thousands of Qing troops sitting by the moat, waiting for the city gate to open, and the abandoned armor behind him, dragging all kinds of weapons and walking towards the moat in disarray, subconsciously shouting: "Get up quickly and leave the moat!"

However, it was too late at this time. Almost at the same time, a sudden gunfire sounded on the city wall. Then countless Ming soldiers suddenly appeared, and their rifles were swept at the Qing army outside the city. A hidden cannon was pushed out, and the black holes were aimed at the city under the city. Before the confused Qing army could wake up, countless flames were sprayed out from the city wall like a volcano eruption. Bullets and cannons hit the Qing army that had worked hard to run all the way from Hangzhou like a storm, and the entire moat flew everywhere.

The unlucky Qing army directly exploded the nest.

Before he was beaten to death, he screamed in horror and got up and ran back.

Lin Benzhi turned his horse's head with grief and anger. As soon as he turned around, he saw Lei Ru's head, who was also turning his horse's head, exploded like a watermelon. At the same time, the iron fence-like water gate slowly rose at the water gate behind him. A wooden boat full of Ming army rowed directly out of the city. Behind the wooden boat, you can see countless wooden boats loaded with soldiers on the water surface of the city, which were also loaded with soldiers were sailing out.

"Yabu, you are a traitorous minister who is abusing the country!"

Lin Junmen roared to the sky with grief and anger. He didn't understand that Na Yabu must have abandoned Suzhou and fled, and then sold all the Qing troops in eastern Zhejiang.

However, it is useless to scold Yabu at this time, so it’s better to run away!

Lin Benzhi could not control the others anymore, and urged his war horses to escape from the Ming army's fire range on the city under the escort of his personal soldiers. The Qing soldiers next to him were running desperately like headless flies. On the city wall behind them, the Ming soldiers repeated the process of loading bullets and aiming at the fire as quickly as possible. Even some young and middle-aged people in the city went up to the city wall and shot down with the bows and arrows left by the Qing army guarding the city. There were actually some people wearing green camp uniforms...

Well, the Ming army led by Feng Zhen himself did not fight in Huzhou or anything else.

After his troops were at the city and the people in the city secretly opened Fengsheng Gate and directly sent a small Ming army transport ship into the city, a deputy general of the Green Camp guarding here led his army to surrender with tactfulness. As a reward, he and all Qing army officers would not be sent to be coolies, but would go wherever they brought their own private property. As for many of their soldiers who were in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they simply joined the Ming family and opened fire on their original friendly forces.

The poor Qing army actually had no place to run at this time.

Where to run?

Both Huzhou and Suzhou were stuck. Although Jiaxing may still be in the hands of the Qing army in the middle, it has become an isolated island for a few days. To the south is the territory of the Ming army, to the north is the Taihu Lake, to the east is the vast sea. Could it be that it will cross the Tianmu Mountains? But even if it crosses the Tianmu Mountains, it is useless? Everyone knows that after taking down Zhejiang East, the Ming army will definitely attack Nanjing. Where can I go to Jiangnan?

Surrender!

After the Ming army attacked from the water gate along Dongshaoxi from the flank, all the Qing army stopped running and they could not run anymore. They were exhausted from running here from Hangzhou. They simply knelt down next to each other, threw away the weapons in their hands and hugged their heads and waited for the Ming army. Only some flag-based officers finally fought stubbornly, but then they were stabbed to death by the Ming army's bayonet.

"Your Majesty, I am so grateful to you!"

Lin Benzhi, the martial arts champion of the Shunzhi Dynasty, stood beside the Tiao River, looking at his subordinates who surrendered to the Ming army one after another, couldn't help but whistle to the sky, and then resolutely put the knife on his neck.

Not far away, two Ming soldiers were holding bayonet rifles, watching his standard suicide with interest, but did not step forward to stop them.

Lin Zhuangyuan looked at them, then the knife in his hand, thinking about his wife and children at home, but in the end he couldn't pull it. Instead, he sighed helplessly, threw the knife to the ground and said, "I am the Admiral of Huguang, come and get it!"

Just when Lin Benzhi's army was wiped out under Huzhou city, the Ming army pursuing along the canal also conquered Jiaxing. Wang Chen, the general general of Yongzhou who abandoned Sabusu and fled to Jiaxing, committed suicide and died. Almost all of his subordinates surrendered to the Ming army. At this point, Yang Feng's victory in Zhejiang East ended. Except for the less than 10,000 people in the north of Qiantang River, the Qing army either died or surrendered to Wuxi. The other troops were either killed or surrendered, and the two garrison generals, two admirals died in battle or committed suicide or were angry, and one admiral was captured. As for the deputy generals of the general, it was not worth mentioning.

In addition, the four prefectures and more than 20 counties in Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou were restored in one fell swoop, allowing the dragons of the Ming Dynasty to hold the sun and moon flags to penetrate Suzhou and Hangzhou.

"This is not enough. Our army must take down Nanjing in one go!"

On the pleasure boat in West Lake, Prince Yang waved his fists and shouted, his expression also looked very excited.

However, there was no exaggeration in his words. There was no stop to the Ming army's journey to Nanjing. Except for Yabu, who had just escaped to Wuxi, there could be said that there was no real combat-capable Qing army in this area. At most, there were a small number of green camp miscellaneous brands and local gentry just armed. They were scattered in cities of all sizes, ranging from one or two thousand to one or eighty. Not to mention that the huge army's army's army could reach the city of Nanjing.

And Nanjing also does not have many troops.

Even if Kang Mazi pieced together, he couldn't put together a few of them. The only ones who were stationed in the Eight Banners in this area were Jingzhou General Mang Yilu, the Green Camp was in Yangzhou, Wuhu, and probably Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places could still squeeze out some troops, but they would definitely not be as fast as the Ming army. What's more, these places are not stable. Even the Miao people rebelled in Hunan, let alone these places. The natives who were shooting the Jazz Fu have not stopped to make trouble in recent years, and the green camps in those places are also unable to take care of themselves.

In short, even if the new Jiangning General Da Jia and Liangjiang Governor Ashan dig out the rat hole, they can't find many troops to guard Nanjing.

What's more, even if they can gather another 100,000 troops, what's the use?

There will still be failure in front of the Ming army.

"Prince, what should I do with the Qing army on the Eastern Front?"

Chen Lie asked.

Just when the Ming army counterattacked in eastern Zhejiang, the Qing army on the southern front had a little intention, but Zhao Hongcan and Yue Shenglong on the eastern front did not even move, and they had tens of thousands of troops guarding the battlefield to watch the fun. In fact, it was not just them at this time, but many local Qing officials in Jiangnan were not pure. Especially after the Eight Banners Army of the four generals of Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Jingkou, and Jiangning were basically completely wiped out, Kang Mazi's rule over Jiangnan was not the same as before, anyway, if Yang Feng was asked to conquer Nanjing, then the entire Jiangnan would be completely unstoppable.

At this time, the troops in the hands of the generals seemed to have some other uses.

There are many smart people these days.

"Go and send a letter to these two guys and tell them, saying that I was too close to them and it was insecure. Can they stay away from me? If they were still east of Quzhou, I might go to them in person. If they don't want me to come here in person, it's best to go west of Quzhou, such as Shangrao or something."
Chapter completed!