After the Taiping Army conquered Wuhu, it continued to advance towards Nanjing City. The Taiping Army was strict in the military discipline and treated the people with lenient and kindness. However, if the city was broken, it would give half of the treasury in the city to the people. Even the beggars who met on the road were given a certain amount of money and food. Therefore, when the Taiping Army set off, it was 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 civilians, and there were many soldiers in the middle, but the more poor people came to join the Taiping Army along the way. At the city of Nanjing, the Taiping Army had more than 25,000 veterans, more than 40,000 newly recruited soldiers, and the astonishing more than 70,000 soldiers with the military and civilians. After the soldiers arrived in Nanjing, the poor people nearby heard that the Taiping Rebel Army was coming, and they came to surrender one after another.

The city of Nanjing was passed by Lu Jianying and Yang Wending. The famous city was as weak as a golden soup. The famous city was so weak that it was only more than 5,000 regular Qing troops defended it. The city of Nanjing was said to have two million people. After the war was about to flee before the war, there were still seven or eight hundred thousand people. The number of people in Nanjing was reported when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked Nanjing was said: "Climb the three mountains gates and look at it. From outside the city to the Jiangdong Gate, it is endless, and it is more than ten miles wide. It is endless, and all red-headed people... Therefore, since the crowd is full of people, we can seize the energy."

However, after Li Kaifang's vanguards arrived in Nanjing, they suffered a considerable loss in the first battle. The Taiping Army's vanguards did not encounter resistance from the Qing army outside the city of Nanjing, but they met the Jian Yong formed by the migrant porter recruited by Confucian scholar Zhang Bingyuan, and fought fiercely on the streets of the residential streets outside the city.

The leader of this group of brave soldiers was Zhang Bingyuan, who was also a very courageous and capable person. Behind him was Qi Suzao, the governor of Jiangning. Qi Suzao, the governor of Jiangning, was naturally a bit of business at hand. There were several rice shops and several cloth shops, and he was supported by thousands of employees. The Taiping Army's military commander pointed directly at Nanjing. Qi Suzao was naturally worried that after the city was destroyed, his life would be lost, and the business he was running would also fail. Zhang Bingyuan, a Confucian scholar, advised him to select strong partners to help defend Jiangning City. Qi Suzao was naturally overjoyed and paid an additional salary for one year in one breath, allowing his subordinates to join the regiment.

Qi Suzao treated these guys well on weekdays, and now he was rewarded with heavy rewards, so hundreds of guys were organized into Lian Yong. Zhang Bingyuan rectified Lian Yong even more brave than the Qing army. Although he had no weapons and robe, he still relied on the shoulder poles and other tools provided by Mi Xing to fight in the south of the city.

Early that morning, the fragrance of breakfast wafted out of Li Kaifang's camp, and teams of Taiping Army lined up in front of the chefs of each army to collect meals. A veteran Taiping Army soldier looked down at the broth and big white rice in the bowl, and smiled and said, "I finally don't have to eat spicy Hunan cuisine."

Among the few new recruits beside him, there were still many people from Xianghu. He chuckled when he heard this, and he was secretly surprised that the soldiers were in war, and they were very brave. However, most of the veterans in Guangxi were from Guangdong, and their taste was light and they were afraid of eating spicy food. In central Hunan and northern Hubei, in order to take care of the many children of Xianghu, the King of Xi always instructed the soldiers of various army to make some Hunan dishes, and from time to time gave Guangxi veterans some small dishes to make spicy dishes. However, after all, it was difficult to adjust the people, and the Huotou Army in the West Palace could only accommodate the taste of most people. Therefore, when I ate light broth today, the soldiers were a little happy.

"Zhen Shanren, do you think we can go into Nanjing today?" A new recruit who joined Anqing, northern Anhui asked with a bowl in an accent.

The Chen Zhuchang took a few bites and said with a vague smile: "The Qing Yao is scared out of fear. This Nanjing city looks like paper in our eyes. Zhou Huaiying, you soldiers from the north of Anhui have remembered me. The Western King strictly ordered not to kill the people. Later, I will enter the city and make a splash. Don't violate military discipline and beheaded. When I was in Wuchang, I had a brother under my command who killed a commoner by mistake, but ended up trying his life. It's not worth it."

Zhou Huaiying was stunned and said, "The old brothers under the good men are all from Guangxi, and their military achievements should be quite good. The Western King's Military Law said that they would kill them? This is too unkind."

The head of the Chen Zhuang licked his lips and said, "My merit is merit, and my brother will naturally be punished if he violates military discipline. There is no complaint. Anyway, the King of the Western King later discussed his merits and gave him the title of the head of the family with his former military achievements. I think this is fair. The King of the Western King said that if we kill a common person, we will face the hatred of this family in the future. How many relatives and friends will the people have? Killing a common person will harm the people, so we must treat the people well. Otherwise, you will not come to surrender to us from all over the world."

Zhou Huaiying nodded and said, "This is because the Qing demon Zhou Tianjue killed our Nianzi in northern Anhui. Everyone couldn't survive anymore, so I hoped that we came here."

The Chief Chen laughed and said, "We will all be brothers when we arrive in heaven. Let you be brothers with me, Chen Huizu. This is the arrangement of the Heavenly Father."

Zhou Huaiying said, "Does Heavenly Father even care about the affairs of small soldiers like us?"

Then Chen Huizu said, "Of course, Heavenly Father is everywhere."

After having a meal and chatting for a while, the trumpet of the whole team sounded, and Chen Huizu ordered all the soldiers and horses to form a team. Five soldiers and horses lined up together, all of whom were standing outside the camp. When a brigade commander waved the brigade commander's flag, the five soldiers and horses divided into battle queues, and hugged and began to drive towards the streets and houses in the south of the outer city of Nanjing.

The streets were empty, with the dilapidated wooden signs of several businesses swinging in the wind, and the streets were full of discarded items, pots, pans, and flags. It seemed that when the Qing army retreated into the city, some people followed them into the city.

Seeing that there was no one everywhere, the Taiping Army relaxed its vigilance. Chen Huizu waved his army to the front. He could see the Qing army's banner on the top of the city. Many Qing army were passing by in the battlements. Chen Huizu shouted: "Zhou Huaiying, take a few people to occupy the houses on both sides, prepare to build camps, beware of Qing Yao launching cannons on the city!"

Zhou Huaiying brought a few card knives and rushed forward, pushed open the door of a house, and suddenly a bamboo gun was stabbed out. Zhou Huaiying was also very quick to dodge the rattan card in her hand and was not stuck. When she was fixed, several men wearing coarse cloth jackets and covered with a piece of gray cloth on her head rushed out fiercely.

These men said that Kira Rai Ryosuke was written on their chests. Zhou Huaiying and others also said that they were migrant porters hiding at home. The Taiping Army had an order not to kill the people. Seeing that it was not the Qing army, Zhou Huaiying hurriedly shouted: "Brother, we are Taiping Holy Soldiers, we only kill the Qing demons and not harm the people."

As soon as he finished speaking, several men rushed over like a tiger and stabbed two Taiping soldiers. Zhou Huaiying was furious and held up the rattan sign to drive the bamboo guns and shoulder poles of several men, swung the knife to force the men to retreat. He pulled up the injured men and retreated with several others.

There were many such men in the streets and alleys in the south of the city, from the houses and street corners of the houses, alleys, all of whom were carrying shoulder poles and bamboo guns to fight at the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army was caught off guard and did not know whether these people were the people or the Qing army, but they were afraid of killing the wrong person, so they could only retreat step by step.

When Li Kaifang heard the reward of the brigade coach who was leading the way, he was furious and said, "Tell the former military coach that these bastards dare to swing their swords at our Taiping Army. Don't be polite to them. Kill what you should do. If you kill the wrong one, I, Li Kaifang!"

With the general order, the Taiping Army finally let go and advance to the south of the city again, but the men rely on their familiarity with the terrain in the south of the city, either attacking from the corners of the streets or hiding in the houses to occupy the battle, which made the Taiping Army dizzy.

By the afternoon, there was still no progress. Li Kaifang was furious and ordered three brigade commanders to carry troops forward to attack. As a result, hundreds of militias appeared under the city of Nanjing to fight against thousands of well-trained and well-armed Taiping Army, while another regular government army hid on the city wall and cheered for the wonders of war. Finally, Li Kaifang asked from the captives he caught that this group of people was a group organized by the governor in the city. Li Kaifang immediately ordered the army to advance and suppress it.

Because it was a close-knit fight in the streets and streets, the large and small firearms were not very effective in the narrow space. The Taiping Army was the leader of the swordsman, and the long spear archers refused. However, these bravery spirits were elusive. Seeing that there were more Taiping soldiers, they would retreat in a swarm. Seeing that few Taiping soldiers rushed out again and again, the Taiping Army suffered a headache.

Although the Taiping Army had many new recruits, they were all soldiers who fought all the way. They had excellent weapons and were trained with good location and spirit. Unfortunately, they did not have any weapons at hand. So they asked the Governor Lu Jianying on the city wall for help, asking for help, "throw bird gun gunpowder", and asking for reinforcements and sabers to support trained by train under the city.

Zhang Bingyuan's backstage boss Qi Suzao wanted to lead the defending city troops to reinforce, but Lu Jianying actually believed that Lian Yong under the city was a traitor of the Taiping Army. The fierce battle was just a gesture of deceiving the Qing army to deceive the city. He blatantly ordered bombardment of Lian Yong. Lian Yong was killed by nearly a hundred people on the spot. The rest of the people were heartbroken and fled to the mountains to take refuge. Lian Yong was the only powerful brigade in Nanjing that was capable of fighting against the Taiping Army. After Lian Yong dispersed, the last line of defense in Nanjing was broken.

Jiangning governor Qi Suzao was the brother of the chief military minister and the Grand Secretary Qi Junzao. Seeing that the Lian Yong who had worked hard to build was shot by his own people, he immediately vomited blood several times and carried it back to the official residence to die shortly afterwards. Lu Jianying, who wanted money but was desperate, was still dead. He treated the hundreds of Lian Yong's bodies that he had been bombarded by him as Taiping Army to report to the Qing court, and also gave all the 300,000 taels of silver in stock.

Later there was a rumor that the reason why the Governor Lu Jianying of Liangjiang did not resist the attack of the Taiping Army was because his son-in-law was captured by the Taiping Army. The long-haired thief Xiwang wrote to Lu Jianying, saying that the Taiping Army had no intention of invading Nanjing, but wanted to attack Zhejiang. As long as Lu Jianying was willing to make way, he would not only not attack his defensive territory, but also return his son-in-law. Therefore, Lu Jianying implemented soft resistance to the Taiping Army. Yu Zhonghua, a Qing Dynasty man, wrote "Dang"

Kou Zhi is a sequel to Water Margin. Song Jiang captured Cai Jing's son-in-law threatened to negotiate peace, which is an allusion to this matter. There is also a record in "Xian Tong Generals and Prime Ministers" that Lu's family escaped and closed their doors and did not leave, or that his son-in-law was captured by the thief army. The thief head wrote to Lu, saying that he was going to Zhejiang and would never violate each other. If he was willing to give way, he would return his son-in-law and daughter, otherwise he would be punished. Lu got the book and was at a loss. The team in front of the meeting died in a battle, so he fled in a panic.

In the face of these rumors, the Western King Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang seemed to have been discussed. It was a difficult mystery to keep silent about this matter. However, Nanjing City is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties after all, and it is not easy to conquer. The collapse of the southern part of the city only allowed the Taiping Army to directly attack the city walls, and the fierce battle was still behind.
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