Nanjing, inside the Imperial Palace.

After Zhu Cihong received the news that Ma Shiying was captured and Jiangbei fell into the hands of the Wei army, he did not convene the ministers to discuss, but blocked the news and summoned his confidant ministers to come to discuss.

Although the news will leak once the Wei army enters the river, he can hide it for as long as he can, so as to gain time to respond.

At this time, Zhu Cihong anxiously walked back and forth in the hall, as if he wanted to get out of a deep groove on the ground.

The ministers in the main hall, after hearing the news, there was an uproar in the hall, everyone looked at each other, everyone showed an extremely shocked look, the Wei army seized Jiangbei, then Nanjing would not face the Wei thief soldiers.

Defending the river must defend the Huai, now the two Huai are lost, Jiangnan is immediately critical, and what is more serious is that most of the Ming army in Jiangbei has been annihilated, making the Jiangjiang air defense weak.

This made everyone's hearts begin to panic, and there was a sense of impending disaster.

"How should I deal with the current situation?" Zhu Cihong stopped and glanced at everyone.

Everyone in the palace talked about it, but no one said a specific strategy, some were just flustered, and everyone held their own words, some said that they wanted to hunt south, and some said that they wanted to go west, which made Zhu Cihong's face more and more gloomy.

"Enough! Nan Hunt, Xi Ben, where do you want me to go? "Zhu Cihong was very irritable in his heart, he couldn't go to the south of the Yangtze River, he could only jump into the sea to the south, and he was sent to death to the west.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks there are three things to do now, one is to order the sailor to stabilize the river defense, the second is to send troops from Huguang to the east for reinforcements, and the third is to send people to cross the river and find a high thief to negotiate peace." At the critical moment, Chen Zilong came out of the queue.

Ruan Dacheng hurriedly stood up when he heard this, "Your Majesty, the ministers agree with the first and third articles, but the second article is resolutely opposed by the ministers. The Yangtze River moat is not easy to cross in ordinary times, not to mention that there are sailors in the river. The minister thought that the Wei thieves were not so easy to cross the river, and now the Wei army did not have any signs of crossing the river, so they should not rush to transfer Huguang troops. Moreover, if the imperial court asks for peace, it needs to make a record in Huguang, how can it withdraw its troops? ”

Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, in the current situation, it is no longer possible to seek peace, and what the minister said about peace is just a measure to delay the army and buy time for Jiang Fang." ”

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In Jiangbei, nearly 100,000 Ming troops disappeared with the fall of Ma Shiying's department, only Fang Guoan led more than 15,000 people, fled from Hezhou into Wuhu, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were either captured or surrendered to the Wei army.

At this time, on the Yangtze River, the Wei army camped for dozens of miles, and the fields were full of white bag-like tents, and nearly 150,000 Wei troops were stationed.

Gao Yihuan, dressed in regular clothes, galloped on horseback, followed by hundreds of armor soldiers, and the team seemed to compete with the rolling river along the Yangtze River.

The group galloped for a while, Gao Yihuan grabbed the reins of the horse, stationed on the vast riverside, and behind him was the endless Wei army tent.

This made Gao Yihuan feel a heroic spirit in his heart, "Haha~ Is that Nanjing?" ”

Gao Yihuan looked at the opposite bank, and the outline of a city loomed, it was Nanjing City.

"Your Majesty, most of the Ming army in Jiangbei has been annihilated, the main force of the Ming army is in Huguang, the troops in Jiangnan are empty, and the Great Wei will definitely be able to conquer Jiangnan in one fell swoop!" Chen Mingxia smiled slightly.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "At this time, Zhu Cihong is afraid that he is in a dilemma, Huguang is anxious, he will not retreat, Jiangnan crisis, if he retreats, I will order Huguang to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, so that he can't take care of each other, and it is not difficult to defeat!" ”

The generals laughed, and Gao Yihuan turned his head and asked, "Has the Ming army on the Huaijiang River retreated?" ”

Zhao Daxian hugged his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Ming Army Naval Division on the Huaijiang River has withdrawn from the Huaijiang River and come to the Yangtze River to deploy defenses." ”

Now that there is a crisis in the south of the Yangtze River, the Ming army's river defense forces are empty, and the only hope that can stop the Wei army is the naval division and the Yangtze River moat.

After the Ming army learned that Jiangbei had fallen and the army could not withdraw to the south bank to deploy defenses, they hurriedly mobilized water divisions to enrich the river defenses.

As if to confirm Zhao Daxian's words, a Ming warship in the distance came riding the wind and waves.

The ship's string cannon window opened, revealing the black hole of the gun, and the warship found that Gao Yihuan and his party actually fired a cannon directly, and a cannonball smashed not far away, splashing a puddle of dirt.

Chen Mingxia was taken aback, "It seems that the biggest problem in this attack on Nanming is how to deal with the Ming army's sailors." ”

"Your Majesty, let's stay out of the way!" Zhao Daxian hurriedly said.

Zhao Ming stared at the warships on the river, but thought in his heart, "Although the Ming army is strong, it is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is what Zhu Cihong should do after crossing the Yangtze River?" Killed, Zhu Cihong is not guilty of any serious crime, it makes no sense to kill him, if he doesn't kill, it will definitely not work. ”

This question has plagued Gao Yihuan for a long time, and he has been thinking about it since he decided to cut Ming.

For a while, Gao Yihuan couldn't help but think that if Zhu Cihong committed suicide in shame, it would be good.

"Bang!" Another shell, which fell not far away.

"Your Majesty, please take shelter!" Zhao Daxian and the others saw that the Ming army's shells were getting closer, and reminded them urgently.

Gao Yihuan retracted his thoughts and immediately pulled the reins of his horse, "Go back to the camp!" ”

Everyone rushed all the way back to the camp, and Gao Yihuan entered the big tent, where several people joined the army and were fiddling with the sand table.

"Is it ready?" Gao Yihuan took off his helmet, handed it to the guard, and walked over.

Several soldiers hurriedly bowed and saluted, and the first one said: "Back to Your Majesty, the sand table of the situation in Jiangnan and Huguang has been made. ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, glanced at the small red flag representing the Ming army, mainly concentrated in Huguang, the rest is the Yangtze River line, the entire Nanzhili and Zhejiang are basically out of troops, and only Fujian has a few small flags.

"Are these accurate?" Gao Yihuan asked.

He joined the army and said, "Your Majesty, this is all based on the information collected by Xuan Yiwei." ”

Gao Yihuan looked at it, turned his head and said to the generals who followed up: "It is indeed a great opportunity!" ”

Chen Mingxia said: "Your Majesty, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, since this is the case, the minister thinks that he should support the emptiness of Jiangnan and launch an attack as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be the vanguard!" Zhao Daxian immediately came out and hugged his fists.

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, "It's to attack as soon as possible, but you need to wait for the water master to arrive." ”

As he spoke, Gao Yihuan pointed to the Huaijiang River and said: "Since the Ming army has withdrawn from the Huaijiang River, then I will order the fleet assembled in Haizhou to go south, enter the Grand Canal from the Huaijiang River, and then launch a forced crossing." ”

As he was talking, Li Laiheng came in, "Your Majesty, Nanming sent an envoy to ask for a meeting, saying that he wanted to negotiate peace with Great Wei." ”

Gao Yihuan frowned, and Zhao Daxian next to him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Nanjing is already in the palm of your hand, what else is there to discuss?" ”

Gao Yihuan smiled slightly, "It's okay to see it." ”

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