Fengyang was originally an ordinary prefecture and county, called Haozhou during the Yuan Dynasty. Although it is not barren, it is also irrelevant to prosperity.

Because the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty appeared here, earth-shaking changes took place. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Haozhou to Fengyang Prefecture and established it as the Zhongdu of the Ming Dynasty, which was established along with the three capitals of Beijing and Nanjing.

However, the Beijing/Beijing during the Zhu Yuanzhang period was not the current Beijing, but the capital of Bianliang, the Northern Song Dynasty, and the current Kaifeng Prefecture. It was only later that Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" to steal his nephew's throne, and abolished the status of Bianliang and changed Peiping to Beijing.

When Fengyang first established a mansion, the population was only 200,000 to 300,000, which was far from worthy of the position of Zhongdu of the Ming Dynasty. So Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the migration of 150,000 households from the Jianghuai area to settle in Zhongdu, which quickly exceeded one million and gradually became rich.

Although these common people who were forced to migrate and left their hometowns were homesick and secretly ran back to their hometowns like mushrooms after a rain, there were also many people who stayed to settle down.

After 270 years of development, the current Fengyang Prefecture has more than four million people under its jurisdiction, and the population of Fengyang City exceeds one million. It is one of the most prosperous cities in the Ming Dynasty. Its political status is only below Beijing and Nanjing.

When he heard that the emergency military situation came from Fengyang, it was not just Ma Shiying who was at stake that showed concern, and all the civil and military officials frowned.

A moment later, a burly military officer covered in dust and with ashes on his face limped to Fengtian Hall. As soon as he entered the door, he fell to the ground and cried loudly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, something is not good..."

Zhu Yousong tried to calm down and raised his hand and said, "Why are you panic? Get up and talk?"

But the military officer, as if he had not heard of it, knelt on the ground and whimpered: "Duoduo, Prince of Yu of the Qing Dynasty, conquered Sizhou in the evening of the previous day, and... and ordered... to massacre the city. The 200,000 people in Sizhou were slaughtered, with blood flowing into a river and corpses piled up like mountains... Woo, it's so miserable, there is no living in the city!"

Zhu Yousong was almost shocked and dropped his chin: "Ah... Jiannu is so cruel? Why are the people? Where is the law of nature?"

The whole hall was filled with exclamations, some people cried bitterly, some people cursed, and some people were filled with righteous indignation.

Lin Yu felt confused in his heart, and soon a feeling of sorrow filled his heart, and a deep sense of powerlessness spread throughout his body.

Even as a time traveler with plug-in, what can you do, and even with tanks to help, it still cannot change the overall situation.

Although I saved the lives of 800,000 Yangzhou people, the 200,000 people in Sizhou were slaughtered. In this regard, can I be considered successful?

The Manchu Iron Cavalry was like a wolf or a tiger, and Duoduo was cruel and ruthless. Millions of Qing troops swept over, and traitors took the lead in massacre of compatriots, and the land of China was in a catastrophe.

However, the Southern Ming Dynasty court was intriguing. Even though he had a cheat, he was also constrained by powerful officials and trapped in a dragon's and tiger's den, and the hero had no use of weapons.

"This Ming Dynasty is hopeless, but it's just a pity that the innocent souls who died under the Jiannu sword!" Lin Yu sighed to the sky, bursting into tears.

The military officer continued to cry and said, "Duoduo slaughtered Sizhou and rushed to Fengyang. Prince Ying of Manchu, Ajige, also sent his general Abatai and the rebel Wu Sangui to raise 150,000 troops, and rushed to Fengyang from Henan. They attacked in the two groups, threatening to..."

"What are you threatening?" Zhu Yousong asked subconsciously.

"Jiannu threatened to destroy Zhongdu, slaughter Fengyang, dig Zhu's tomb... to avenge Nikanbeile and the Manchus who died in Yangzhou." The military officer choked and reported.

The muscles on Ma Shiying's face kept twitching, because she was too angry, her voice became a little weird, "Where is Liu Liangzuo? Where is Liu Liangzuo's army?"

The military officer raised his dirty sleeves and wiped the tears on his face: "This bitch raised a bastard to retreat without fighting and retreated to Shouzhou. Now there are only more than 10,000 troops left among us who are all in Fengyang Prefecture."

Ma Shiying's body trembled slightly, and a sense of powerlessness came. He sighed to the sky: "Gao Jie died, Liu Zeqing surrendered, Liu Liangzuo fled, the 200,000 troops were useless, I, Ma Shiying, are incompetent!"

Ma Shiying and four towns built the Jiangbei defense line in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing led 50,000 troops to station Huai'an and Xuzhou; Xingping Bo Gao Jie led 70,000 troops to station Yangzhou and Sizhou; Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo led 80,000 troops to station Fengyang and Shouzhou; Jingnan Hou Huang De led 100,000 troops to station Luzhou and Hefei.

However, the four towns have self-respecting troops and are not convinced by each other. They often have internal strife and kill each other because of the battle for territory.

Shi Kefa, who served as the governor of Yangzhou, has been worried a lot this year and has been busy mediating conflicts between the four towns all day long, and has been exhausted by this.

Today, either Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing compete for territory, or tomorrow Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo compete for food, there are constant disputes, and they are often fighting from time to time, causing losses to the soldiers and generals. Shi Kefa used all his skills and finally calmed down the four towns.

But before Shi Kefa could take a breath, the brave and warlike Gao Jie was killed by the rebel Xu Dingguo in Suizhou, and took his head to join the traitor Wu Sangui.

After Gao Jie's death, the Gao family army was in charge. Gao Jie's widow, Mrs. Xing, ordered her son Gao Yuanjue to be his adoptive father. She was rejected by the short-sighted Shi Kefa. She even proposed to let Gao Yuanjue be his adoptive father Gao Qiqian, the eunuch who was in Jiangbei, the governor of food and wages.

Whenever Lin Yu thinks of this, he feels so angry that he wishes to slap his wife and uncle in the face, saying that you are stupid, you are polite, and you deserve to be called stupid!

In terms of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, no one can find fault with you, Shi Kefa, but in terms of emotional intelligence, you, Master Shi Ge, are simply a primary school student.

This is an elite unit of 70,000. He followed Gao Jie from the knife's blood licking, fought against the Tartars and the peasant army. In terms of combat power, he was rejected by you like this. Otherwise, Yangzhou City would not be able to even bring out 10,000 defenders.

In Shi Kefa's heart, he had always been resentful of Gao Jie's identity as a rebel, thinking that if he accepted Gao Yuanjue as his adopted son, he would have something to do with the rebel, so he was afraid that Gao Yuanjue would not be able to avoid it.

When Mrs. Xing and her son saw that the Gao family army was so unpopular, they simply led their troops to surrender to Duoduo when the Qing army fought. Didn’t you, the Ming Dynasty, dislike our Gao family army’s treacherous origins? Then let’s surrender to the public!

Liu Zeqing, who was standing in the north of Yangzhou, saw that more than 100,000 Qing troops were sweeping in, and was so scared that he surrendered without fighting. Duoduo's soldiers took Huai'an without bloodshed, and then pointed his sword at Yangzhou.

In just half a month, the four towns in Jiangbei went to two towns, and more than 100,000 soldiers turned into enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

Among the remaining two towns, Huang Degong was ordered to march into Wuhu to resist the attack of the rebel Zuo Liangyu; Liu Liangzuo guarded Fengyang and defended Zhongdu, but fled without fighting when he was needed the most.

"Now is not the time to blame yourself, we must send troops to rescue Fengyang immediately!"

A loud voice sounded in Fengtian Hall, and the speaker was Lin Yu, who had just caused an uproar.

Zhu Yousong could not save Yangzhou, but he could not save Fengyang because where was his ancestral tomb; even if he was acting, Zhu Yousong had to send troops to rescue Fengyang.

Ma Shiying can not save Yangzhou, but she cannot save Fengyang, because Fengyang has no half of his life's hard work, a large area of ​​land that belongs to him, and a half-city shop that belongs to him.

"Fengyang must be saved!"

Ma Shiying raised her head, her eyes turned red, and she stared at Lin Yu and said, "Only you can save Fengyang!"

Lin Yu nodded: "Give me the title of a second-rank military officer, return the armored cart to me, and then give me a soldier. I will go to rescue Fengyang now."

Lin Yu knew that he was not for Ma Shiying, nor for Zhu Yousong, nor for the Ming court, but for protecting his compatriots and preventing them from dying under the Qing Dynasty's butcher's knife.

Duoduo suffered a great loss in Yangzhou. This bloodthirsty demon must be filled with the seeds of hatred. If he had broken through Fengyang, wouldn't this prosperous capital turn into a purgatory on earth?

Ma Shiying nodded: "Duoduo is coming in a fierce manner. Only an iron-armored cart can lift the siege of Fengyang. I can agree to Your Majesty's enthronement to you, or hand over the military power to you... But after lifting the siege of Yangzhou, you must send the iron-armored cart back to Nanjing. After all, this is a magical artifact given by Taizu and must be in charge of the capital."

"Of course, this is subject to Your Majesty's oral order." Lin Yu did not refuse. Who can tell the future of things?

Everything is constantly changing, just like before Lin Yu came to Yangzhou, he never dreamed that after driving a tank around Nanjing, the armored vehicle was still firmly in his hands.
Chapter completed!