Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 199 The old capital is broken
The independent brigade of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army occupied Yingtianfu and restored the old capital of the Ming Dynasty. Bai Mingxiu also temporarily stayed in Nanjing, and ordered his troops to start attacking the Qing army in the nearby state capitals on a regimental scale.In fact, the Qing army near Nanjing still has considerable strength. Jiangnan Admiral Liang Huafeng still has [-] soldiers in Suzhou, and [-] soldiers led by Wang Zhiding are in Anqing, and scattered soldiers and horses in other places are mostly three to five hundred. scale.And because of Bai Mingxiu's thunderous tactics, he basically wiped out all the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining Qing troops were dominated by the green battalion.

It took 39 days from when Bai Mingxiu received the Misty Rain series mission in Jiangnan to when he conquered Nanjing. Bai Mingxiu also perfectly completed the task of occupying a state capital in the Jiangnan region within 30 days and Nanjing within 45 days.The third part of the next task was to completely wipe out the area south of the Yangtze River before the middle of 1663. Bai Mingxiu was not so anxious. After all, he already had the five southwest provinces in his hands, Zhejiang had already acquired most of them, and Jiangnan had also conquered Nanjing. If we really want to win the remaining Fujian, Jiangxi and Huguang, it will only take one or two battles.

For completing the second task of the Jiangnan Misty Rain series, Bai Mingxiu received a reward for greatly increasing the popularity of the Jiangnan people. It will not be obvious in the military, but it will have better results in governance.

In the empty Yingtian Mansion Imperial City, Bai Mingxiu randomly selected a house as his official residence.He did not plan to directly move the Imperial Council of Government from Guangzhou to Nanjing. The Council of Government was indeed preparing to move, but the destination was not Nanjing, but Shanghai.

Just kidding, Bai Mingxiu is a modern city with everything from infrastructure to industrial plants, coupled with the unique conditions of the external port, why should Bai Mingxiu go far away and place his administrative center in Nanjing.And to be honest, although Bai Mingxiu is not very superstitious, almost all the dynasties that established their capital in Nanjing let others invade the capital, which does not bode well.

He started the new Ming Empire, and he has no intention of continuing the two-capital system. Choosing to locate in the economically strong southern region is actually not conducive to the integration of the north and the south, so Bai Mingxiu's future capital can only be placed in Shuntian Prefecture.Shuntian as the political center and Shanghai as the economic center, the layout is the same as before the trip.

Bai Mingxiu drank Mingqian Longjing in his official residence. The tea was still a trophy, seized from this mansion.It is also sad and helpless to say that this Nanjing imperial city is also the city of Jiangning.Bai Mingxiu had already expelled all the banner people in the city, and they naturally had no property rights, so a large amount of property became his property.However, these things were originally from the Central Plains, and the banner people also snatched them from the Han people before.As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he snatched back what belonged to him from a group of robbers, which is also what he should have meant.

"Let Gu Yanwu continue to deal with the people of Yingtian Mansion who used to live near the imperial city, so that they can move back to the old site." Bai Mingxiu arranged to write things down.He directly arranged for Gu Yanwu to be the temporary governor of Ying Tianfu to handle related affairs.

Looking at the dilapidated palace, Bai Mingxiu was also very moved.When Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne and Nanming was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanjing Imperial Palace was actually very dilapidated, and many palaces had collapsed.When the Qing army invaded Nanjing and changed the imperial palace into a garrison city, many palaces inside the imperial city had been greatly damaged.When Bai Mingxiu came to see it, he could no longer imagine that this place was once a Forbidden City.

Sister Lion could see the sadness on the face of His Royal Highness as the heir to the empire. She walked over, gently took his arm, and said, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. After all, we are taking back the empire. You also plan to repair Nanjing." Is it the palace? After all, this will not be your capital."

Bai Mingxiu thought for a while and said, "It's impossible to restore it to its original state on a large scale. It's unnecessary. After all, Yingtian will not take on too many political functions in the future. This will be the capital of Jiangnan Province in the future, but after all, I am also a descendant of the old Zhu family. , Some important main buildings in this imperial city still need to be repaired. After the city develops, many things will need to be re-planned and pay attention to the efficiency of land use, so I have to consult the talents who do urban planning. .”

Bai Mingxiu adjusted his mood slightly, and said: "Military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River are still the top priority. It is already very difficult for us to maintain the Wusong area only by relying on the independent brigade. It has been done. However, the follow-up reinforcements are almost here, and they can solve our urgent needs."

Bai Mingxiu judged by himself that the Qing army in the Jiangnan region no longer has the ability to launch large-scale military operations.This is related to the mobilization power of the army in the classical era. It is reflected in the strength of the troops. Basically, it is the local advantage of the Ming army, not to mention the advantage of its own combat power.After Bai Mingxiu's three infantry divisions arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he would be able to obtain a field force of [-], and it was difficult for the Qing army to piece together a field force of [-], let alone [-].

Before the war in the southwest was urgent, many troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang had been withdrawn to go to the southwest, but they were still taken away by Bai Mingxiu and Li Dingguo.The Qing army hadn't even recovered, Bai Mingxiu had already led the troops to the south of the Yangtze River, all this was beyond the Qing army's expectation.The two relatively large corps of the Qing army, one is the Fujian corps led by Li Sutai, Da Su and Shi Lang, with a force of 5 to 8; the other is the Huguang corps led by Murima and Hong Chengchou, with a force of [-] About ten thousand people.

Bai Mingxiu saw the vacuum area left behind by the Qing army and jumped directly behind the two Qing troops to attack Jiangnan.Although part of the factor was the limited-time mission randomly assigned by the system, Bai Mingxiu himself had also planned to seize Jiangnan.

At this strategic node, the Ming army has achieved a significant advantage.What Bai Mingxiu needs to do now is to quickly use the strength in his hands to expand the results of the battle.

On the eighth day after the independent brigade of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army captured Nanjing, the 8th and 4th Divisions of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army Army arrived in Shanghai, and the 12th Division of the Ming Dynasty Fuguo Army Army had already arrived in Ningbo earlier.Bai Mingxiu began to have sufficient troops to proceed to the next step.

The 4th Division is a military unit he led in the Qianxinan Campaign, and the 12th Division is a three-star ace unit of mercenaries that he has only recently recruited on a large scale.

The 4th Division did not take any rest on the day of its arrival, and sent troops directly to Suzhou. The Jiangnan admiral Liang Huafeng, who had only 101 troops, had no hope of winning, and chose to commit suicide for his country. Suzhou Kaicheng surrendered.Soon, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Yangzhou and other prefectures in southern Jiangsu were all taken over by the Ming army. The 12st Independent Brigade broke through Taiping Mansion (Wuhu) and Ningguo Mansion (Xuancheng) within a week. The division took Guangde Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture lightly, and the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River fell almost completely under Bai Mingxiu's control within a month.

(End of this chapter)