In 1658, the fourteenth year of Longwu, and the spring of February of the second year of Jianwu.On the periphery of Nanjing, the flags are flying, covered with the soldiers and horses of the Longwu court, and full of the accents of Tiannan and Haibei.The 300,000 army, along the line of the Qinhuai River, set up camp, stretched for fifty or sixty miles, the momentum was huge, and the scene was magnificent.After the fall of Anqing, Zhu Yihai could only shrink his forces, trapped in Nanjing, and made the last insistence.At this time, Longwu led an army of 300,000 troops, pressing step by step, and finally arrived at the Dasheng Pass in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, to draw an end to the Tanglu dispute that lasted for nearly two years, and decide who was the master of the Ming Dynasty.After Li Chengdong surrendered to Longwu, he followed the main force of the Longwu Army and set off, and was controlled by Zheng Chenggong, and marched to the west bank of the Qinhuai River as the front of the army.Li Chengdong knew the situation of the Jianwu Army very well, knew the reality of each department, and with his help, the Longwu Army continued to compress the front of the Jianwu Army, and defeated the Jianwu Army that intended to counterattack several times.Now under Zhu Yihai, only the old commander Zhang Mingzhen is left, and he is still struggling to support, while the Longwu Dynasty is a large army, and there are less than 50,000 Jiangbei troops in Nanjing.At this time, in the western suburbs of Nanjing, the 100,000 Shun army from Huguang, as the main formation of Longwu, was stationed at Dasheng Pass, and the 100,000 Zheng army from Fujian went out to the west bank of the Qinhuai River, approaching Waiguo in Nanjing, Jin Shenghuan from Jiangxi, Cao Zhijian from Liangguang, and Fang Guoan, the general of the Zhejiang army, were stationed in Fangshan in the upper reaches of Qinhuai.Thirty armies, camps are all over, flags are waving, cavalry is galloping back and forth, and the momentum is monstrous.Li Chengdong followed Zheng Chenggong and was stationed near Waiguo, as a surrendering army, his battalion, of course, was at the forefront.Because it is said that the Jiangbei army turtle has retreated into the city of Nanjing, but Li Chengdong is still meticulous when he camps, showing the style of the old handsome.Li Bu's soldiers, erected a fence, dug two deep trenches outside the fence, dug out the soil, piled up into a sheep and horse wall, outside the wall arranged to reject horses, antlers, sprinkled with thistles, it can be said that it is solid.This is also Li Chengdong's long-term battle with the Qing army, if the camp is not solid, if one is not careful, it will be crushed by the Qing cavalry, so he has formed the habit of sticking to the village.At this time, Zheng Chenggong, the former general of the army, saw Li Chengdong's camp and couldn't help nodding secretly, "The camp of King Zhongwu is very entrenched, which makes Gu very admired." ”Li Chengdong sighed: "The Jiangbei Army, the Han Army, the marching and camping, are all this kind of hard village!"
In order to prevent cavalry raids, and to attack the camp at night!
”While the two were talking, nearly a thousand Jiangbei cavalry appeared outside the camp, and they scouted and peeked outside the camp for a while, and the first general, suddenly led the cavalry and killed Li Chengdong's camp.The soldiers of Li, who were digging trenches and arranging to reject horses, hurriedly retreated into the camp when they saw this.Li Chengdong saw the cavalry, couldn't help frowning, Zheng Chenggong saw his expression, took out the clairvoyant mirror, pulled out the mirror barrel to watch, only to see a mighty general, riding a horse, galloping in front, the cavalry behind him with a "Li" character to recognize the flag, galloping in the wind, following behind."
Acquaintance?"
Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but ask with a smile.Li Chengdong said with a gloomy face: "It's a certain rebel Li Yuanyin!"
”After finishing speaking, Li Chengdong waved his hand, and Hao Shangjiu, the general under his command, immediately led the Li cavalry, came out of the trench, and roared towards the Jiangbei cavalry.Now, Li Yuanyin's thousands of Jiangbei cavalry are already the last trump card in Zhu Yihai's hands.This elite cavalry, which has served the Han army for several years in Liaodong, is not only well-equipped, but also very fierce in battle, with its horse lance, cuirass, and special flintlock muskets made by the cavalry.In recent days, when the Jianwu Dynasty was absolutely weak, they still went out of the city several times to investigate, spy and harass the army and set up camp.Zheng Chenggong only heard the horses' hooves rumbling, and the Li cavalry headed head-on, but the Jiangbei cavalry was not afraid at all, followed the "Li" character to recognize the flag in the wind, and directly crashed into Hao Shangjiu's cavalry.There was no equal strength, Zheng Chenggong saw Li Yuanyin directly kill Hao Shangjiu, and the cavalry galloped outside the camp, released guns to provoke, and scolded.Seeing this, Li Chengdong's face couldn't help but turn red, and he urgently ordered the soldiers to defend.Li Bu's soldiers hurriedly picked up their muskets and rushed to the edge of the wall, and at this time, Hao Shangjiu, who was scattered, reorganized his formation and killed from the left rear, and at the same time, a group of cavalry also rushed out of the Zheng army's camp, intending to encircle this elite Jiangbei cavalry.Li Yuanyin saw this urgent order to retreat, and the Jiangbei cavalry pulled out their horses and retreated, while Li Yuanyin carried a horse lance in his hand, and stood in front of the camp.Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but admire: "The tiger father has no dogs!"
It seems to be a lonely one!
”Li Chengdong said: "There is only Zhang Mingzhen's department left in the city, plus 3,000 cavalry, against the imperial army, it is tantamount to using a mantis arm as a car."
Unless that person comes to help, there is no suspense in this battle. ”Zheng Chenggong bowed slightly, and said casually: "There is news from this formation, it is said that the person has arrived in Hangzhou!"
”As he spoke, a trace of hatred flashed in Zheng Chenggong's eyes, "With that person's cunning, now that the Jiangbei Army is exhausted, he will no longer hide behind his back, and he should be able to meet him in Nanjing!"
”Zheng Chenggong really didn't expect that Zhao Ming, who was tenacious at the beginning, would become what he is now, unscrupulous for his own interests.Before, Zhao Ming raised troops to relieve the siege of Zhu Yihai, Zheng Chenggong could have taken the opportunity to enter Zhejiang, but he was soft-hearted for a while, and after receiving Zhao Ming's letter, he remembered the old feelings, and he did not approve of the abolition of Longwu, so he let Zhao Ming go.However, this time, Zhao Ming didn't care about friendship at all, copied his back road, and occupied his old nest, which can be said to have given Zheng Chenggong a profound tree.At this time, while the two were talking, an officer hurriedly came over and said to Li Chengdong: "Your Highness, there is a herald coming!"
”Zheng Chenggong and Li Chengdong both retracted their thoughts, turned their heads to look, and saw the cavalry galloping into the camp with the flag on their backs.Now that the 300,000-strong army has been properly arranged on the periphery of Nanjing, Zhu Yujian immediately gathered everyone and went to the Dashengguan Formation to discuss the matter.At the moment, Li Chengdong and Zheng Chenggong together, rode to the main formation, everyone galloped all the way, along the way are the continuous Ming army camps, the soldiers of each battalion are in full swing to make equipment, one by one ladders, siege towers rise from the ground.Although wars have been frequent in China over the years, wars in which one side invests 300,000 yuan are still rare, and they are usually major battles of great significance that go down in history.Zheng Chenggong and Li Chengdong both feel that they are at an important moment in history.At this time, the two galloped for a while, and the drum of "dong dong dong" came, and the war drum of the first gathering general had been beaten.()