Yang Zhihe, Lu Shiyang and others hurriedly came to listen when they heard this.

Hong Chengchou pointed to Jiangyin, "The victory and defeat are all here."

"The Ming army came from the coast, and it must have wanted to advance lightly and attack Nanjing quickly, so as to disrupt the layout of our army. And if they want to come to Nanjing, they must pass through Jiangyin.

"The old man will make a plan, so that the heavy troops will stick to Jiangyin, and the main force of the southern army will waste the city."

He looked at Jiading on the southeast side of Jiangyin, "and then with the main force of Chen Tai's Yellow Banner, he took Huang Ding and other 20,000 horses to bypass Songjiang Mansion, recapture Jiading, and cut off the return of the southerners."

"Then put troops in Changzhou and Wuxi, and formed a siege of the Ming army near Jiangyin.

"He, Zhu Linmiao, is really imaginative when he goes north this time, but he forgets that he is six or seven hundred miles away from Shaoxing. The lone division attacked from afar, and was surrounded by more than 100,000 of my army, and it won't be long before the food and grass will run out. ”

He smiled proudly, "At that time, the southerners will have to storm one of Wuxi or Jiading, our army only needs to hold out, and follow the enemy with the main force of the red flag, as long as the Ming army attacks the city, it will attack from behind."

"In this way, the southerners will either starve to death or die a death blow, but they will not escape defeat"

"Lord Dutang is superb" Yang Zhihe immediately praised, "We will nail the Ming army outside Jiangyin City"

Several officers next to him also echoed their words. Lu Shiyang thought about it and said, "My lord, if the Ming army sees that the situation is not good, it will escape from the sea by boat, but it has to be guarded. ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said, "There are only eighty or ninety boats in the Nanren Naval Division, at least half of which are still making trouble in the Bohai Sea, and the rest have to be divided into some to defend the Qiantang, so there are only about 30 that can be used to transport troops." 30,000 horses can only be transported by this little boat, and they can return to Zhejiang in the year of the monkey. By that time, Zheng Zhilong had already cleared the Bohai Sea enemy ships and led the army south. With him blocking the mouth of the Yangtze River, it is difficult to escape Zhu Linmiao's wings

"It is to take a step back and say, let some of his soldiers and horses withdraw to Ningbo, and our army will go west to cross the river in the upper reaches of Qiantang at this time, the Ming army is still thousands of miles away, and he will have nothing to do."

As he spoke, a guard outside the house shouted, "The advance of the army of Le Belle has crossed the river." ”

"It's good to come at the right time" Hong Chengchou said happily, "Quickly pass on my military order, so that Baylor's department will go to Jiangyin to help defend, oh, no, I'll go in person, prepare the horse"

He also instructed Lu Shiyang, "Jiangyin is the top priority, and you will personally lead 10,000 Nanjing garrisons to rush there." ”

Lu Shiyang hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Subordinates obey the order"

"Oh, by the way," Hong Chengchou added, "send those cannons that were shipped to Pinghu to Jiangyin as well." Fortunately, it hasn't gone far. ”

Fukuyama, the camp of the Dragon Guard.

"My lord, according to the report of the exploration horse, more than 10,000 people have arrived in Jiangyin." In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Jiayu saluted and said, "There are more than 14,000 follow-up troops, and more than 10,000 thieves in Nanjing led by Lu Shiyang are coming in the direction of Jiangyin." ”

He paused, and then continued, "It seems that Hong Chengchou is determined to block us in the Jiangyin area. ”

Zhu Linmiao smiled and nodded, "We have all arrived in Fushan, and this old thief has finally noticed that Nanjing is not safe." ”

Zhang Jiayu said, "It seems that there are also changes in Wuxi and Changzhou. ”

"That's to be expected. By the way, where is the sailor's warship?"

"Go back to your lordship, just past Xupu." Zhang Jiayu said, "There are more and more people along the coast who come to help pull fiber, and the speed of the boat is gradually getting faster." ”

When traveling in the sea, warships can use the power of the wind and are much faster than horses. However, after entering the Yangtze River, the speed of the warship going against the current became the speed of a turtle because the river rushed into the sea.

Fortunately, the people in the vicinity had been looking forward to the Ming army for a long time, and a series of policies benefiting the people in Fujing gradually spread, and a large number of people spontaneously came to help pull the fiber every day, so that the warship was able to move forward against the current.

"There are still thirty or forty miles, and we will arrive in Fushan the day after tomorrow." Zhu Linmiao pondered, "We shouldn't be idle at this time, we have to do enough drama for Hong Chengchou to see." ”

"Drama"

"Yes, put on the posture that our army is going to attack Jiangyin to the death," Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "Order the artillery battalion to block the east side of Jiangyin and bombard, and the infantry will also take turns to battle under the city, so as to scare the prisoners in the city."

"When the warship arrives in Fukuyama, it will immediately collect its troops and cross the river to the north."

"Yes" Zhang Jiayu responded, and then hesitated, "My lord, our army only brought more than 30 warships, large and small, and it may not be enough to cross the river, or we should requisition nearby civilian boats for use."

"How many people can our warships carry"

"Back to my lord, there are nearly 100 people in the big boat, and 20 to 40 in the small boat. For safety reasons, only about 6,000 people can be carried across the river in one trip. ”

"That's enough." Zhu Linmiao said, "Our crossing of the river to the north this time is the key to victory, so we must not leak the news." There was no garrison on the north shore, and the first six thousand men were enough to seize the beachhead. The next few people can cross slowly in one day. ”

Although Zhang Jiayu was surprised why the auxiliary king was so sure that there was no defense on the north coast, since Jiangxi, the adults had never miscalculated, so he didn't ask much.

Zhu Linmiao remembered that when Zheng Chenggong went on the Northern Expedition in history, he first defeated the Qing army in Jiangyin, but he could not attack it for a long time because of the strong city defense. Later, Zheng Chenggong unexpectedly sent hundreds of people to the north bank of the Yangtze River, but found that it was like entering a no-man's land, so he urgently ordered all the troops to go north, which bypassed the hard bone of Jiangyin.

Since Zhu Linmiao knew about this, he would definitely not waste time in Jiangyin again. You must know that a large part of the reason why Zheng Chenggong failed to capture Nanjing was that it took too long in Jiangyin, giving Jianyu time to return to defense.

Two days later, more than 30 warships of the Ming army finally slowly sailed into the port near Fushan, first unloaded all the grain, rice, and baggage on board, and then dispersed the small boat to dock.

At this time, the smoke outside Jiangyin City was full of gunsmoke, and dozens of artillery pieces kept hitting the city wall. However, since the guns of nine pounds and above were on board, they could hardly cause any effective damage to Jiangyin City.

However, the defenders in the city were frightened, although there were 13,400 people in the city, but seeing the Ming army's posture of taking Jiangyin "at all costs", the defenders repeatedly appealed to Lucke Dehun and urged him to speed up the coming.

It was not until noon that day that the sound of artillery outside the city gradually stopped. The defenders of the city first received Hong Chengchou's order to hold on, and then listened to the sound of artillery for nearly two days, and their ears were still buzzing, so they did not hesitate to believe that this must be a conspiracy of the southerners to retreat into advance, and repeatedly ordered the soldiers to be vigilant.

It wasn't until three days later that more than 10,000 Chinese troops rushed to Jiangyin, and then sent people to investigate, only to know that the Ming army had been gone for a long time.

The north bank of the Yangtze River.

The Qing sergeant of Guazhou, who was on duty at night, yawned a long time, and when he saw that it was already dark, he got up and prepared to change the guard. He casually glanced at the city, and immediately thought that he was still dreaming, so he couldn't help but reach out and pinch his thigh hard.

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