Travel back in time and become Chongzhen, watch me turn the tide

Outside the city of Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu launched several attacks, but was repelled each time by dense musketry from the city walls. Finally, the defenders even opened the city gates and sent troops to counterattack them. If Zuo Menggeng had not led his men to fight to the death to block this wave of attacks, his camp would have been breached by now!

How can we fight this battle?

His so-called 800,000-strong army was so vulnerable in front of the Nanjing defenders, but why was he able to reach the city of Nanjing unimpeded before?

Is there something fishy going on here?

At this time, Zuo Liangyu still had a hope. He knew that there were troops in Nanjing to support him. The flames and chaotic gunshots in the city also made him confident. Since he couldn't take it down, he would wait for Chongzhen to be captured in the city. It would be the same!

But the longer Zuo Liangyu waited, the more frightened he became. From the beginning, the city of Nanjing was like a boiling pot, with flames and shouts of killing everywhere. But as time passed, the city gradually became quiet. By dawn, Nanjing had returned to peace!

"Is there any news from the city?" Zuo Liangyu paced back and forth in the big tent, asking somewhat anxiously.

"Father, there's no news from the city yet." Although Zuo Menggeng was a little nervous, he still believed that this time they would succeed. "But I see that the city has calmed down. I guess Liu Liangzuo and the others must have succeeded."

"Do you think they can really do it?" Zuo Liangyu stopped and said after pondering for a moment.

"We assume Chongzhen won't be prepared," Zuo Menggeng said with a smile.

"Then why hasn't the city gate been opened yet?" Zuo Liangyu asked puzzledly.

"Maybe they are calculating how to share the credit with us," Zuo Menggeng thought for a moment and said, "We haven't conquered Nanjing yet, so he will definitely take some of the credit in the future..."

"No," Zuo Liangyu, whose years of military service had given him an extraordinary intuition about danger, thought for a moment and said, "Since our attack on the city was unsuccessful, we can't stay here for long. Notice that we should retreat to the ship first."

"Father, how can we retreat at this time?" Zuo Menggeng exclaimed, "If we retreat now, the credit for supporting the new dynasty will have nothing to do with us..."

"Humph! Stupid! As long as this is accomplished, no matter who ascends the throne, no one will dare to compete with us for the credit," Zuo Liangyu sneered. "But we are heading straight to the gates of Nanjing. There are enemy troops in front, behind, and on all sides. If this fails, we will be surrounded on all sides! We will be in danger then."

"How is this possible?" Zuo Menggeng asked doubtfully, "We have been advancing like a rocket along the way, with no resistance at all..."

At this point, Zuo Menggeng suddenly remembered something and his expression changed immediately.

"You've figured that out, haven't you?" Zuo Liangyu sighed. "If the Nanjing City's Imperial Army is so capable, how could those garrison troops outside be so weak? We haven't experienced any major battles here, yet those armies were defeated in a single battle. Isn't that utterly unreasonable?"

"Could this be a conspiracy?" Zuo Menggeng shook his head and said in disbelief, "No, it's impossible! How could they know our plan?"

"Report!" At this moment, the lieutenant rushed into the general's tent and reported loudly: "Report to the general, a large number of Ming troops suddenly appeared around us..."

"What did you say?" Zuo Menggeng stood up suddenly and asked in surprise.

"A large number of Ming troops appeared around us. We..." The lieutenant secretly glanced at Zuo Menggeng and said, "We are surrounded..."

"Alas, I've been hunting geese all day, but today I've been pecked in the eye by a goose. Our Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the same as he was before," Zuo Liangyu sighed. "Meng Geng, we can't delay any longer. Pass on my order, and break out with all our might!"

On the 18th day of the 12th month of the 17th year of the Chongzhen reign, Zuo Liangyu led a large army to besiege Nanjing. That night, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and others rose up in the city and marched directly towards the imperial palace. Undeterred, Emperor Chongzhen led his army in a counterattack, quelling the civil unrest.

At this time, Huang Degong and Li Ruolian led their troops to encircle Zuo Liangyu's troops at the gate of Nanjing. Zuo Liangyu's troops were defeated. He fled to the riverside with his son Zuo Menggeng, but found that his navy had been defeated by the navy led by Feng Kaizhang and Zheng Hongkui. In the end, Zuo Liangyu and his son chose to commit suicide.

After this battle, Emperor Chongzhen eradicated all opposition forces in one fell swoop. After Zuo Liangyu's death, Wuchang returned to Chongzhen's control. At this point, the Jianghuai defense line set by Emperor Chongzhen was completed.

After reorganizing the rear, Chongzhen fully supported the Shandong battlefield. With the support of money and materials, the national strength of the Southern Ming Dynasty was quickly transformed into military power, and materials and troops were continuously transported to Shandong.

Under Chen Zhenhui's propaganda, the people were also inspired. They knew that if the Qing army gained the upper hand, they would face a hellish life in the future. They actively cooperated with the Ming army in battles or harassed them, making the Qing army extremely annoyed.

Although the Qing army increased its troops several times and even bypassed Jinan and Jining to the south, the Southern Ming's Jianghuai defense line was impregnable, causing the Qing army to suffer heavy losses on the defense line!

Moreover, in the face of the people's war launched by Chongzhen, the Qing army's supply became more difficult. After months of confrontation, it could only slowly retreat to a state of confrontation with the Ming army.

The Qing army suffered a defeat in the south, but the Ming army became stronger and stronger. Li Chengdong used Xuzhou as his base and led his army north to Henan. In a short period of time, he recovered a large area of ​​land and restored the Ming Dynasty's regime.

And in all these struggles, the Southern Ming Dynasty demonstrated its impressive combat capability.

The Qing army, lacking a popular base, could only adopt a scorched earth policy. A large number of people were killed and cities were massacred, but this also greatly stimulated resistance to the Qing army in various places.

At the same time, the Dashun Army was retreating step by step under the attack of the Qing Army. In May of the 18th year of Chongzhen, when the Dashun Army arrived at the foot of Jiugong Mountain in Hubei, Li Zicheng led more than 20 light cavalry to climb the mountain to explore the way, but was killed by local militia armed by Jiang Dayan, and his body was buried secretly.

After Li Zicheng's death, Li Laiheng, acting in the name of Emperor Chongzhen, went to the Dashun Army to solicit their surrender. Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tiren surrendered. The reorganized Dashun Army, with the support of Li Laiheng's new army, attacked Sichuan and engaged in a battle with Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and fled from Chengdu in disgrace, and the Dashi regime he had established was destroyed. Li Laiheng continued his march northward, defeating former Dashun Army members He Zhen, Luo Dai, Dang Meng'an, Guo Dengxian, and others who had surrendered to the Qing army, and occupied Hanzhong.

The 19th year of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen ordered Feng Kaizhang to organize the Ming Navy. The navy was equipped with newly developed sailing battleships with iron keels and steel armor, as well as new naval guns. The Ming Dynasty, the flagship of the Ming Navy, displaced 1,500 tons and was armed with 104 guns, including 20 60-pounders, 8 30-pounders, 32 18-pounders, and 44 9-pounders.

The powerful firepower of the Daimon Navy allowed it to dominate the seas, and the once arrogant pirates were wiped out by the navy. Meanwhile, Ming Dynasty merchants began to trade overseas, escorted by merchant warships equipped with artillery.

In order to cooperate with the war on land, the Ming Dynasty Navy set out from Dengzhou, went north along the coast, occupied Lushunkou, and established a base there, threatening Shengjing, the hometown of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, with the cooperation of the navy, Huang Fei led his troops to land in Korea, and King Injong of Korea welcomed the return of the royal army with tears.

Seeing their birthplace threatened, the Manchu nobles demanded a relocation of the capital, forcing Shunzhi to relocate. With the Qing army's relocation, the Ming army in Shandong shifted from defense to offense. The Restoration Battalion and the People's Army, both of which had grown during the war, launched a counterattack under the leadership of Yan Yingyuan.

Li Laiheng and Li Ruolian also launched attacks and launched a full-scale counterattack.

At this time, the power of the Ming army's firearms had become increasingly stronger. The Qing army's cavalry no longer had an advantage against the Ming army's muskets. The further improvement in the range and power of the artillery made it impossible for the Qing army to defend the city. Under the attack of the Ming army, the Qing army could not withstand the defeat and retreated all the way to Shanhaiguan!

At this point, the Qing army still held Shanhaiguan tightly, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty once again returned to the Ming Dynasty! At this time, the Ming Dynasty was no longer suffering from famine and unrest. Although people were not yet rich, they could already live a peaceful life.

After returning to Beijing, Chongzhen once again stood on Coal Hill and came to the crooked tree.

"I'm back again," Chongzhen said excitedly, stroking the trunk of the crooked tree with his hand. "At this point, I wonder if I've accomplished my mission to turn the tide?"

"The person who accepted the question has reported the task, and it is under evaluation..." Zhu Youjian was originally speaking out of inspiration, but he didn't expect that the mysterious voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"What do you mean by reporting a mission? I'm not..." Zhu Youjian was a little confused. How could this be considered reporting a mission?

"Task evaluation countdown, 10..."

"I'm not, I..." Zhu Youjian felt a little panicked. Now he was the king of a country, and he still had to build the Ming Dynasty. He also had many ideas that had not been realized. Why was this task submitted?

"9......"

"What will happen after this mission is submitted? Will I go back?" Zhu Youjian asked hurriedly.

"8......"

"But I don't want to go back..."

"7......"

"Well, let's just leave it to fate," Zhu Youjian gave up struggling. This mysterious voice didn't consider his feelings at all.

“6、5、4、3、2、1......”

"The mission received a one-star rating, failed the internal test, and the item reward is 2,000 yuan!"

Along with the mysterious voice, Zhu Youjian felt a black screen in front of his eyes, followed by a feeling of weightlessness. When he opened his eyes again, he saw his familiar computer in front of him, and the test result mentioned by the mysterious voice appeared on the screen.

"Two thousand yuan has arrived..."

"I...ah, no!"

This is the sound of a novice author's dream collapsing...

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