At this time, it was the Spring Festival, the Ming soldiers entered Jiangyin City, the former prosperous small city in the south of the Yangtze River, the market was empty, all industries were depressed, like a ghost town, only more than a thousand people who were relocated by the Qing army to enrich the population, looked at the Ming army entering the city with a solemn expression.Zhao Ming, Wang Deshun and others passed through the street and saw the bleak scene, and everyone was sad and sad in their hearts.Not long after, Zhao Ming and his entourage came to Xicheng and rushed out of the city gate to Caijing Dam in the southwest of Jiangyin City.It is not unreasonable to have a dense river network and a developed water system in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are artificially dug canals, and the water transportation network almost connects all the states and counties.From Taihu Lake to Jiangyin, in addition to taking the Grand Canal and leaving the Zhenjiang River, from Taihu Lake to Wuxi, along the river to the north, through the Caijing Dam can also connect the Yangtze River.Of course, this waterway can only be carried by small boats, and cargo ships and military ships still need to go through the Grand Canal to enter the Yangtze River from Taihu Lake.At this time, Zhao Ming and his entourage had just arrived, and there was a crowd of people in the south, countless small boats came across the river, and there were horses and horses along the coast, waving the "Li" character flags, and came all over the field."
General, Li Chengdong's guy is here!"
Wang Deshun looked at the people coming from the south and pouted.Li Chengdong hacked Wang Deshun's credit for capturing Nikan, which made Wang Deshun very unhappy, and he was considered to have made a difference.Zhao Ming looked up, and saw a general wearing black iron armor, riding a tall horse, carrying a big gun, and more than ten generals behind him, galloping over majestically, it was Li Chengdong, and he couldn't help frowning.Seeing this, Zhao Ming immediately clamped the horse's belly to greet him, and not far from the meeting, he grabbed the horse's reins, hugged his fists and laughed: "Hahaha~ Li Dashuai!"
”Li Chengdong glanced at Zhao Ming with disdain, and arched his hand quite arrogantly, "General Zhao!"
”Behind him, Li Yuanyin, who was wearing silver mountain pattern armor, a phoenix-winged helmet, and a red cloak, hugged his fist in a chic manner, "General Zhao!"
”"Brother Boan!"
Beside Li Yuanyin, a man dressed in white, wearing a scarf on his head, and holding a feather fan in his hand, said with a smile."
Fuck, isn't this He Wencheng?"
Zhao Ming's eyes bulged in shock, and he felt that he was a little cold.Didn't the Taihu Rebels suffer heavy losses, looking at their outfits, one by one is more sassy, it doesn't look like they have suffered heavy losses.Zhao Ming glanced at Li Chengdong and the people behind him, the armor was distinct, very elite, there were more than 100 guards wearing iron armor alone, and the iron armor of the generals behind Zhao Ming was not complete, and the momentum was immediately shorter than Li Chengdong.However, Li Chengdong's soldiers and horses are strong, which is not a bad thing for Zhao Ming.Zhao Ming suppressed the envy in his heart, smiled and nodded: "Uncle Yuan, Chang Geng!"
”Then he said to Li Chengdong: "Li Dashuai, let's talk about it when we enter the city!"
”Li Chengdong nodded, and behind him, Li Yuanyin raised the horse lance and pointed forward, and the army immediately continued to move forward.Lee's baggage and artillery were placed on the ship, and the soldiers wearing cotton armor, iron helmets, and arquebuses stood on both sides of the ship's strings, and the soldiers with spears and bows and arrows on their backs on the shore walked on the inside, and the soldiers with shields held shields on the sides and guarded outside.About 5,000 Li soldiers marched in columns and marched towards Jiangyin.Zhao Ming, Wang Deshun and others stood on the side of the road, looked at the elite of the Li Department, felt the gap between the Taiping camp and them, did not speak, watched for a while, and then took the horse to Jiangyin.Now, on the frontal battlefield, the Ming army is already at a disadvantage, and it is almost impossible to reverse this situation, so Zhao Ming led his troops to break into the Yangtze River, wanting to set the Qing army's backyard on fire, forcing Duoduo to advance, and stop attacking eastern Zhejiang.Zhao Ming's troops were too small, so he could only make small fights, and in order to achieve the strategic goal, he urgently needed to have the Taihu Righteous Army, especially Li Chengdong, to join.The battle of Huzhou is part of the battle of Fuhang, Li Chengdong has no way out, can only wholeheartedly support Ming, and then sit in Taihu Lake, is not a long-term solution, if the Zhejiang soldiers go to Hangzhou, they can be connected with the base of the Taihu Righteous Army, Li Chengdong can rush out of Taihu Lake, get better development opportunities, so he is quite active in the battle of Huzhou.Li Chengdong originally belonged to Gaojie Town, and was one of the most capable soldiers and horses among the five towns of Nanming, surpassing the third-rate green battalion, and the strength was close to the second-rate Guanning, which was considered a quasi-second-rate.In the absence of the Eight Banners, Li Chengdong was invincible in Huzhou, his strength grew rapidly, and he incorporated thousands of green battalions, but the Eight Banners suddenly arrived, Huzhou suffered a surprise attack, and the righteous army was defeated.Li Chengdong's loss was not small, but he did not hurt his muscles and bones, because as soon as he found out that the situation was wrong, he ran away first.At that time, Li Chengdong followed Gao Jie to obey orders under Sun Chuanting's account, Li Zicheng broke through the pass, and then went eastward, and the entire north was occupied by Li Zicheng, but Li Chengdong insisted on following Gao Jie, fled from Guanzhong to Shanxi, and then passed through Hebei and Shandong, passed through thousands of miles of enemy-occupied areas, fled into Nanming, and broke through and escaped.After escaping back to Taihu Lake, Li Chengdong took the opportunity to annex several rebel armies that had suffered heavy losses, allowing him to quickly recover to a strength of four or five thousand men.Although Li Chengdong still wanted to expand his power, Taihu Lake restricted his actions, and the Duoduo army Chen troops in northern Zhejiang, blocking his way to the south to join the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang, which made him feel very anxious all the time.Li Chengdong has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, he is not optimistic about the situation in the world, if it weren't for Zhao Ming's persecution, he would have fallen yellow mud in his crotch, it's not or, it's no longer clear, he was forced to do it anyway, he would never be able to resist the Qing Dynasty anyway at this time.Now that Li Chengdong's fate is tied to the Ming Dynasty anyway, he knows that it is impossible to defeat the Qing army by guerrilla attacks behind the Qing army, so he has always wanted to leave Taihu Lake and go to the area controlled by the Ming Dynasty.Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren are not as good as him, they have all been crowned Guogong, if he can go to eastern Zhejiang, he will definitely be a Guogong.Therefore, when Zhao Ming sent someone to Taihu Lake to deliver a letter, Li Chengdong got the news from Wu Yi and immediately expressed his willingness to lead troops north to cooperate with Zhao Ming.Of course, in doing so, in addition to recognizing Zhao Ming's strategy, he also wanted to use Zhao Ming to withdraw from eastern Zhejiang by land and water.At that moment, Li Chengdong set up camp outside the city, Wang Deshun looked at it and said to Zhao Ming: "General, the one surnamed Li is here to fight, or to move!"
”Zhao Ming also discovered that Li Chengdong's large and small baggage boats were full of all kinds of boxes, and the draft was very deep, and it was estimated that they were all treasures.Zhao Ming's eyes rolled, and then he shook his head again, "Don't care about him for now, and I'll talk about it later, you sent someone to invite Li Chengdong over, and said that he was going to set up a banquet for him." ”Li Chengdong is the chief soldier, Zhao Ming is a general, several levels lower, if Li Chengdong is directly invited to discuss the matter, it is estimated that the guy will not come, so Zhao Ming set up a banquet and said that he was invited to dinner.When Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong met Jiangyin, the city of Nanjing was already in chaos, and in the governor's palace, officials went in and out, looking very panicked.At this time, Hong Chengchou sat in the lobby, but he was very calm."
My lord, after the pirates broke Chongming one day, they swept the ferry along the river, carrying a large number of ships, and the soldiers had arrived in Jiangyin!""
Lord Zhongtang, Taihu Lake thief Li Chengdong, landed from Wuxi the day before yesterday and walked around Chengcheng, it seems that he wants to meet the pirates.Once these two thieves join forces, the situation in Jiangnan is critical!
”Hong Chengchou sneered contemptuously, "The power of the two thieves is already dangerous, how can they endanger Jiangnan, these two thieves are just bluffing!"
”Hong Chengchou stood up, walked to the side of the lobby, pointed to the map and commanded in a deep voice: "This governor expects that Zhao Thief's intention is just to threaten Cao Yun, enter Jiangning, shake people's hearts, and force Prince Yu to withdraw his troops.Yang Chengzu, Tian Xiong, and Ma Degong, the three of you immediately led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, rushed to Zhenjiang, and blocked the two thieves here. ”(Thank you for your support, there is something in the evening, one less chapter, updated tomorrow.) ）()