Zhao Peng led an army of 80,000, set out from Runing for seven days, and walked 340 miles. At noon on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Shaowu, the new army arrived at the city of Nanyang.

Zhao Peng had already received information before. Jin Shenghuan of the Zuo Family Army stationed in Nanyang. Originally, Jin Shenghuan was stationed in Fengyang. Later, after Zhao Peng assisted Zhu Cixuan to launch the gate-snatching change, Jin Shenghuan was so scared that he gave up Fengyang and fled all the way to Runing. Later, he heard that Gao Jie was killed in Suizhou. Zhao Peng's army came to Runing. Jin Shenghuan, who was scared, gave up Runing and fled to Nanyang.

Now that the new Nanjing army is at the city, Jin Shenghuan, who has no way to retreat, can only decide to defend Nanyang and wait for the main force of the Zuo family army coming up from the south and the Qing army coming down from Luoyang to the north to attack Nanjing New Army, so that he can have a way out.

When the new Nanjing army arrived five miles away from Nanyang City, Zhao Peng ordered the cessation of advancement and set up camp on the spot.

"General, General, Nanjing Zhongyong Bo's army is here! Set up camp five miles away from Nanyang!" A spy hurriedly ran into Jin Shenghuan's mansion and reported to him the situation.

"How many troops are there in Nanjing Zhongyong Bo?" Jin Shenghuan asked.

The spy replied: "We can't get close at all. Their night-blocking is too powerful. The brothers who were trying to get close were either killed or driven away. They couldn't see clearly from afar. But we see that their marching team lasted ten miles, with many artillery and supplies, with at least seventy thousand troops. There were too many of them, and countless more."

Jin Shenghuan secretly thought in his heart: There are at least 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers in the 70,000 soldiers. There are countless cannons, how can Nanyang defend it? But out of his loyalty to Zuo Menggeng, he decided to defend Nanyang to wait for reinforcements.

The new army cut down wood and built camps all afternoon. In the evening of You, the new army had already built camps. Zhao Peng brought a group of personal soldiers to a place with an arrow from Nanyang City, and made people shout at the top of the city.

A personal soldier picked up the iron trumpet, raised his head, and shouted loudly at the head of Nanyang City outside the land of an arrow: "General Jin Shenghuan, we are the King's Division of the Ming Dynasty, and you are also the official army of the Ming Dynasty. Bo Zhongyong was ordered to come to settle in Nanyang City. General, please do not resist unnecessary. Open the city gate and let our army enter the city! If you fight against the King's Division, it will be regarded as annihilation of the rebels!"

Seeing that there was no reaction from the city, Zhao Peng snatched the iron trumpet from his personal soldiers, picked up the trumpet and shouted to the city: "Tiger Talisman, we have been separated from Huai'an for more than a year, right? I think of you and I serving the court, and the innocent people in the city. My uncle will not order a forced attack on Nanyang. As long as Tiger Talisman, you open the city gate and welcome the king's army into the city, you and Zuo Menggeng planned to treason and surrender to the Qing Dynasty. From now on, you will not blame him and write it off!"

Jin Shenghuan above finally replied: "Loyal and brave uncle, loyal ministers do not serve the second master, so don't waste your words. I know that you are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, but I am loyal to the lord. Now that the lord has passed away, the young general will be loyal to the young master."

Zhao Peng laughed: "Is Hu Fu not a minister of the court? As long as he is a court minister, the emperor is loyal to him! In fact, I am also for your own good! Are you really willing to shave your hair and keep a braid? After shaving almost your entire head, there is a rat-tail of Tartars money behind your head? Are you willing? Hu Fu, for the sake of your and I, I, will let you think carefully all night! If you and I don't want to give me a satisfactory reply tomorrow morning, don't blame me for turning against you and attacking the city!"

After saying that, Zhao Peng brought a few personal soldiers back to his camp.

On this night, Jin Shenghuan was restless and he was full of conflicts. Jin Shenghuan was really unwilling to shave his hair and keep his braids. If he was willing to shave his hair and keep his braids, he would not have raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Nanchang in the original time and space.

Military advisor Liu Guosheng said: "General, what the loyal and brave uncle said is right. Can you be willing to follow the young master to surrender to the Tartars and shave your hair and dress? It is true that loyal ministers do not serve the second master, but if the master is unrighteous, the ministers can join other countries. Now my wise wise king is wise, but the young master of the Zuo family army wants to surrender to the enemy and treason. Such young masters are no longer virtuous. You should follow the young master? If you turn to His Majesty the Emperor, you will also gain the reputation of a loyal minister and save Nanyang from the disaster of war. Please consider it."

Jin Shenghuan stayed asleep all night. Although what Liu Guosheng said was very reasonable, if he didn't resist, he would betray the young master and turn to Zhongyong Bo. Therefore, he decided to let his soldiers pretend to resist tomorrow morning. If the new army is really as powerful as the legendary one, then he would open the door and surrender directly. If the new army is exaggerated and vulnerable, then resist to the end.

At about the next morning, the gate of the New Army's camp slowly opened, and teams of infantry walked out of the gate in neat formations, forming a platoon of thousands of people.

Jin Shenghuan, who was standing at the top of the city, looked at the formation of the Ming New Army that appeared opposite. He was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide and could not close for a long time: he saw a team of iron armored soldiers with silver lights coming out of the camp opposite. From the Qianli Mile Mile, it can be seen that the iron armor on the iron armored soldiers was in pieces, and they looked very solid, as if they could be invulnerable to swords and guns.

In fact, in addition to a layer of forged plate armor outside, Zhao Peng's new army infantry also has a layer of thin cotton armor for buffering. In addition to being able to withstand the attack of sharp weapons, the internal buffer layer makes the plate armor have a certain anti-blunt weapon effect.

Jin Shenghuan saw a team of new troops with strong armor set up an array of three hundred steps below the city wall under the city. Then, a gun was launched in the Ming army camp, with countless numbers. Various large and small cannons were arranged about four hundred steps away from the head of Nanyang city. One cannon raised its barrel and the black holes aimed at the direction of the city wall.

"How many cannons!" The defenders were stunned.

Jin Shenghuan was also shocked. He had heard that the new army had many cannons, but he didn't expect that it could be so many! Looking around, the city was filled with cannons, at least thousands of them!

So many iron armored soldiers and so many cannons, how much money does this cost! The new army is simply piled up with silver!

"It's indeed an elite army! Nanyang City can't be defended at all!" Jin Shenghuan weighed the interests and finally ordered: "Put down the suspension bridge, open the city gate, and welcome the royal army of the court!"

The defenders at the city were already frightened by the new army's posture. Everyone knew that the defenders would definitely not be able to defend the city, but there was no order from above. They could only stand on the top of the city to prepare to welcome the new army's shelling. Just when they were feeling desperate, they suddenly heard the order of the Lord to open the door and surrender. This was a natural sound to them!

Look at the equipment on the other side. How great would it be if you could wear such armor? With such equipment, let alone thieves, fighting Jiannu will be no problem!

Slowly, it is said that if a miscellaneous soldier like himself surrendered to Zhongyong Bo, he could only be incorporated into a military household, and could not be used as a military soldier. However, even if he was incorporated into a military household, it would be much better than being killed in vain. After all, this life was saved. And I heard that a military household could still be incorporated into a military soldier after making meritorious contributions. Even if he could not make meritorious contributions, the Nanjing military households are all military households in the imperial village. They only need to pay 40% of the rent every year, and other miscellaneous taxes are not required to be borne. It feels quite good.

These Zuo family soldiers are not blind. The Daming Daily is published everywhere in the Ming Dynasty. Even the Qing Dynasty and Dashun can be seen. They know all the new policies of Nanjing.

Most soldiers were illiterate, but when the literate people in the army saw the newspaper, they would spread the news everywhere in the army. In the end, all the officers and soldiers fought and learned about these new measures in Nanjing.
Chapter completed!