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When Emperor Chongzhen stamped the imperial seal in his hand on the imperial edict, he did not know that the city gate of Nanjing, the secondary capital of the Ming Empire in the south, had been forcibly blasted open by a round of artillery bombardment. Tang Yu, who was standing in the distance observing with a telescope, did not order the army to attack the city. He was waiting for the officials in the city to come out and surrender. Tang Yu ordered his men to blast open the city gate just to let the officials in the city know that no matter how thick the city wall was, it could not stop his attack.
When Emperor Chongzhen issued the decree to recruit Tang Yu as his son-in-law, this decision was made a little late. For Emperor Chongzhen, this decision was not easy to make. But in the end, facing Tang Yu's powerful military offensive, Emperor Chongzhen had to choose to surrender. No matter what, recruiting Tang Yu as a son-in-law was better than leaving the Ming Dynasty. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not know that after he made this decision, Nanjing, the most important city in the south, was already facing the situation of falling.
The person now in charge of Nanjing City is the son of Emperor Chongzhen, the Crown Prince who has disappeared in history. As the city gates of Nanjing were blasted open by the cannons of Tang Qi's men, the Crown Prince was frightened and lost all his ideas. Most of his officials in Nanjing were thinking of asking Tang Qi to surrender. After all, if they surrendered, they might be able to keep their wealth and glory. The only people who would really benefit from it are those in the royal family. Only this Crown Prince who was frightened and lost his ideas can still be loyal to him. At this time, only a few people can still do anything about the overall situation in Nanjing City, especially in the face of such a powerful military offensive by Tang Qi. The loyalty of these people is of no use.
In Jinling City, there are many people lurking under Tang Lu's command. Not to mention the intelligence personnel, the gang members in Jinling City alone are a huge force. These gang members have already defected to Tang Lu in the early years. At this time when everyone knows that the dynasty is changing, how can these gang members not jump out to work for Tang Lu? The reason why these gang members are involved in the underworld is not because they are born to be involved in the underworld, but for an alternative kind of power.
There are many kinds of power, and the most desirable power is definitely the power of the government organization. Few people would dislike this kind of power, and few would give up this kind of white power and continue their underworld career. When Tang Qi attacked Jinling, these gang members in Jinling City were thinking about how to seize the gate of Jinling and present Jinling City to Prince Tang. After Tang Qi's men blasted open the gate of Jinling, these gang members no longer hesitated in Jinling City. When the riot broke out, there were more than one million people in Jinling City, including nearly 10,000 gang members. Although these people were usually afraid of the constables and Jinyiwei in the government, at this time, they were not afraid at all. Instead, they attacked the government offices at the first possible moment. If they could occupy these places before Tang Yu's army entered, then when they were rewarded for their merits in the future, these gang members could also wash away their identities as gangsters and become government officials.
Over the years, all the gangs that had defected to Tang Qi are now living a very good life. Not to mention that various smuggling activities have made them rich, even the people that Tang Qi's men abducted from various countries were mostly sold in the Ming Dynasty with the help of these gang members. This business also made these gang members earn a lot of money. At the same time, in order to strengthen the armed forces of the gangs, they also obtained some obsolete weapons from Tang Qi. This time, the gang members who had been prepared had armed their men well, so when they attacked the various government offices, they advanced very quickly.
The greatest ability of Ming Dynasty officials is to know how to seek the greatest benefits for themselves and how to please their superiors to help them climb the officialdom faster. Jinling City was originally a very wealthy place. As the secondary capital of Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of troops stationed here. Unfortunately, there were not many Ming Dynasty officials who were loyal to Ming Dynasty. Each of them was thinking of ways to enrich themselves. There were nearly 100,000 stationed troops, but because those generals wanted to embezzle more military pay, they created a lot of empty pay quotas. As a result, the garrison troops in the entire Jinling City, including the elderly, weak and sick, were only about 70,000 people, and there were only about 10,000 people who were truly combat-effective. Moreover, most of the weapons in the army were cold weapons. There were very few troops with muskets, and those muskets were extremely backward. Even the ammunition was rationed very little.
The gang members in Jinling City had a small number of muskets. Although the government office they attacked was defended by elite soldiers in Jinling City, they were few in number after all. Most of the soldiers were on the city wall defending against Tang Li's attack, which gave these gang members an advantage. Tang Li stood outside the city and did not launch an attack. He originally wanted to reduce the number of casualties and give the Ming officials in the city a chance to surrender. However, Tang Li did not expect that those gang members would fight so hard this time.
Tang Qi's men outside Jinling City faintly heard shouts and cries of killing in the city, and felt that something was wrong for a moment. Tang Qi didn't know that at this time, even if those Ming Dynasty officials wanted to come out and force Tang Qi to surrender, they would have no chance. One by one, they were besieged in the yamen by those gang members and could not come out. At this time, they were all suffering in their hearts. The troops defending on the city wall did not dare to withdraw to deal with these gang members, because Tang Qi's men were still watching them outside the city.
Outside Jinling City, Tang Qi felt more and more that something was wrong with the situation in the city, so he ordered his men to launch a tentative attack. The Ming soldiers defending on the city wall had already heard the deafening shouts of killing from the city, and they were all in a panic. Tang Qi's attack was like a whirlwind. The vanguard of Tang Qi's army easily tore through the defenses of Jinling City and successfully broke into the city. Along the way, some surrendered or fled. There were very few Ming soldiers who could fight back. This smooth progress surprised Tang Qi, and it even made people suspect that the other party had some conspiracy. It was not until tens of thousands of troops successfully reached the outside of the imperial city in Jinling City that Tang Qi believed that he had won. This made Tang Qi shake his head and sigh at the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.
After Tang Li entered the city, he found out that the reason why those Ming Dynasty officials did not surrender this time was that they were besieged by the gang members in Jinling City. In the past, when Tang Li's men attacked the city, generally, as long as the army approached, the officials in the city would surrender. There were also a small number of Ming Dynasty officials who would not surrender, but before Tang Li's men attacked, they would generally be assassinated by Tang Li's intelligence personnel and special forces.
This time in Nanjing, there were too many Ming officials who could take charge of affairs. As the secondary capital of the Ming Dynasty, there was also a team of six officials in Nanjing. If the northern capital fell, the six officials in Nanjing would immediately assume the responsibilities of the Ming court. However, now, the capital had not fallen yet, but the secondary capital Nanjing fell into the hands of Tang Qi. When Tang Qi's men broke through the imperial city in Nanjing, the prince fell into Tang Qi's hands. At this time, the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen to recruit Tang Qi as his son-in-law had just left the city gate of the capital.
If it were in the past, every move on the Ming Dynasty's territory would be reported to Emperor Chongzhen by the Ming Dynasty's East Factory and West Factory. But now the Ming Dynasty's territory has basically fallen into the hands of Tang Qi. Except for the area around the capital, Emperor Chongzhen has no way of knowing the latest intelligence from the southern part of the Ming Dynasty. Even if some intelligence personnel like the Jinyiwei are very loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, it is not an easy task for them to break through the area currently occupied by Tang Qi and pass the intelligence to Emperor Chongzhen.
Not to mention that the troops under Tang Li controlled all the important communication points, even the horse bandits that were rampant everywhere were a headache for the Jinyiwei. These horse bandits were actually played by Tang Li's men. Their main purpose was to crack down on the power of those bully landlords. Tang Li did not openly jump out to oppose those landlords, because many landlords were also big businessmen, but these people not only occupied a large amount of land, but also had private armed forces. Whether it was land or private armed forces, they were factors of instability in a country, so Tang Li naturally had to crack down on them resolutely. The main task of these horse bandits was to target these landlord armed forces. At the same time, they were also a supplementary force to hunt down those people like the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty who wanted to pass on intelligence.
Having a strong father does not necessarily mean having a strong son. The son of Emperor Chongzhen was not as strong as Emperor Chongzhen. He was kind-hearted and not very courageous. When Tang Qi's men found him, he was about to commit suicide out of his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. However, he could never bring himself to do it. After seeing him, Tang Qi asked his men to untie the master. Although he was under custody, he was treated to wine and food.
After the Crown Prince came to Nanjing, he always remembered his father's instructions and worked very diligently for a while. However, Nanjing was a world of chaos and smoke. The ministers who flattered the Crown Prince made the Crown Prince quickly know what happiness and enjoyment were. They also let him know what it felt like to be with a beautiful woman at a young age. It was because of this that when Tang Qi captured Nanjing, he was reluctant to commit suicide. However, Tang Qi had no intention of abusing him and imprisoned the woman who was raised by the Crown Prince in the palace together with the Crown Prince.
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