/ It is already very cold in Jiangnan in November. Unlike the icy and snowy north, although it has not snowed yet, the air in Jiangnan is humid. This cold and humid weather is more unbearable than the dry and cold weather in the north. Coupled with the mist and rain,
Dogs are reluctant to go out, and everything in Jiangnan is desolate
However, in this bad weather, a huge team still appeared on the post road. This was the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty led by Geng Xuan. These people braved the cold wind and wet rain and trudged towards Jinling.
During the march, many people were so cold that they had runny noses, and some even got sick from the cold and couldn't walk, but they were still forced to go on the road by the generals.
Marching in such a cold environment, needless to say, has a great impact on morale. The soldiers were forced by the general's coercion. Although they did not dare to complain, judging from their indifferent expressions, they had no fight.
Geng Xuan, who was riding on a tall horse, couldn't help but frown when he saw it.
"Report!" A horse rode up to Geng Xuan. A man knelt on the horse and presented a yellow paper edict to Geng Xuan. When he opened it, his brows furrowed into the character "Sichuan", because this was Emperor Jianwen's.
An urgent edict was issued, ordering him to rush back to Jinling King Qin within two days.
Originally, Geng Xuan's troops had just entered the Suzhou area and were not too far from the capital. If they had taken a direct route back to the capital, it would have only taken two days to get there. But unfortunately, if they took a straight line, they would have passed through Zhenjiang, which had already been occupied.
The Peking Army occupied the city. Geng Xuan did not want to encounter the Peking Army in the wild, so he had to take a detour to the south to avoid the Peking Army in Zhenjiang. "" See the latest chapter [Playing Ming] First Release [] Playing Ming 394
This detour will take two more days of walking. After all, in this kind of horrible weather, the army has to stop and rest at night. It is impossible to travel day and night. Otherwise, the soldiers will definitely get more frostbite and their morale will only be lower. But
Now that he had received an urgent order from the emperor, asking him to return to Beijing as quickly as possible, Geng Xuan did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to immediately send the order to let the army speed up its march.
In fact, since losing the Jiangbei area, the Ming army has lost a large number of war horses and cannot get a supply of war horses. There are only a few cavalry units in the Beijing army, most of which are infantry. Although many of the infantry are equipped with newly cast iron fire guns.
and iron artillery, but in this humid weather, the gunpowder cannot be ignited, so it is not as practical as a machete.
This is also the reason why Geng Xuan does not have to fight with the Peking Army in the field. After all, without the advantage of firearms, it is difficult for the Ming Army, which is mainly infantry, to defeat the Peiping Army, which is mainly cavalry and supplemented by infantry.
However, time was running out now. Geng Xuan had to change the marching route and find a shorter route, which would be closer to Zhenjiang and more vulnerable to interception by the Peking Army. As a general, Geng Xuan also knew that the Peking Army was waiting in Zhenjiang.
He is the one who needs it, and it is impossible for him to join the Ming army in Jinling City, so how to get past the Peking Army under the nose is a difficult problem.
For this reason, Geng Xuan planned to rush to the vicinity of Zhenjiang to rest first, and then send out multiple groups of suspicious soldiers to confuse the Peking Army after night, so that the large army could take advantage of the chaos to cross Zhenjiang. This was a good idea, but this move was useless against the Peking Army because
Zhao Quanjie, who was based in Zhenjiang, had already set up a tight sentry line in the Zhenjiang area, and the marching route of the Ming army was under the supervision of the Peking Army.
As soon as Geng Xuan brought his army to a place about a hundred miles south of Zhenjiang, he encountered a patrol of the Peking Army. These patrols came in small groups. When they saw the Ming army, they fired arrows and waited for the Ming army to release their horses.
If you come to chase, just hit the horse and run away, and don't bother with the Ming army at all.
And this kind of patrol team is actually a reconnaissance team of the Peiping Army, and it is also a harassment team. They use sparrow tactics, and now they are using the scattering technique. The purpose is to harass the enemy and reduce the enemy's marching speed.
And then reduce the morale of the enemy army. This is one of the laws for the Peiping army to defeat the Mongolian army. Good things will naturally be brought out to greet the Ming army.
When the morale of the enemy army drops to a certain value, it is the time when the entire Peiping Army launches an assault. When the Ming Army is made extremely angry by the elusive Peiping Army, the sky gradually becomes dark, and all arrangements of the Peiping Army are completed.
A huge encirclement has been opened in front of the Ming army. As soon as it gets dark, it is time to close the net.
Seeing that he kept encountering Peking troops along the way, Geng Xuan also knew that this trip would not be peaceful, so he sent many sentries to explore the road. Unfortunately, many people were sent out, but few came back.
He didn't dare to take any more risks, so he temporarily stationed the troops in an empty town.
As soon as the Ming army set up camp, night fell, and the town was as quiet as death. While the Ming army was setting fire to cook, there was a rumble of artillery from the north, followed closely by a rain of artillery shells.
Then it fell, and a war began
The Yangtze River outside Jinling City was foggy and foggy. Wan Lei was having dinner when he heard the roar of cannons. He was not surprised and continued to eat quietly. However, before he finished the meal, he saw a Jingzhong Guard walking quickly.
Come in and say that Fang Xiaoru is here to see you again.
In the past two days, Fang Xiaoru has been traveling between Jinling and the Xia 01 battleship. At this time, he was talking to Liu Wenxiu on the ship, bargaining for time. When he heard the continuous sound of cannons, he was startled and hurriedly
Come to Wan Lei and ask what happened and why the gunfire was fired
"Mr. Fang, here we come, let's eat together." Wan Lei saw Fang Xiaoru coming in a hurry, but he was not anxious at all.
"Your Majesty, the two sides are in peace talks. Why did you break your promise and launch artillery attacks on us?" Fang Xiaoru asked. The reason why he was sure that the Peking Army was firing was because the cannons used by the Peking Army were different and sounded louder than those used by the Ming Army.
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"Oh, is there such a thing?" Wan Lei put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, stood by the window sill and looked out for a while, and then asked the Jingzhong guard beside him: "Oh, it is really our army firing artillery, go and ask
Ask, what’s going on?”
The Jingzhong Guards ran out quickly and came back after a while, bringing back a message: "Commander Zhao is leading the army to intercept an enemy army. Commander Zhao also reported that this enemy army is heading straight for Jinling."
, seems to want to sneak attack Jinling, such an army with malicious intentions, of course our army cannot let them in."
"Oh, I see, Mr. Fang, you have also heard that they are an army of thieves who want to take advantage of the situation. In order to keep the city of Jinling intact, of course our army cannot let them pass, but you don't need to thank us. Helping those in need is what our Peiping army has always done.
"Purpose" Wan Lei laughed.
However, when Fang Xiaoru heard this, he almost vomited blood and said angrily: "That's the Ming army, the army of our dynasty."
"Ai, it's impossible. Mr. Fang, are you mistaken? Yesterday you just said that you would keep your promise and not do any dirty tricks. We believe that you will not openly negotiate for peace and secretly mobilize troops. Those people must be
Thief army" Wan Lei suppressed the sneer in his heart and said seriously [playing Ming] first release [] playing Ming 394
"This" Fang Xiaoru suddenly ran out of words. He didn't dare to say that this army was the Ming army, because Wan Lei would definitely accuse him of breaking his promise, and he might even directly order the bombardment of Jinling. This, this would be even more serious.
"Mr. Fang, I said it would be good for everyone if the emperor of your country abdicates earlier. If it's too late, maybe some rebels will break through our defense line and rush into Jinling. By then, everyone will be destroyed." Wan Lei said again
He put on an expression of concern for the country and the people, but Fang Xiaoru broke into a cold sweat after hearing this.