In recent years, although the Ming army has followed the example of the Wei army and carried out many reforms, even the teaching materials for army training are the "Soldiers' Drill Code" written by Gao Yihuan.

However, compared with the Wei army, there is still a big difference, not only because of the long-term war, but also because the Ming Dynasty's guarantee for the army is not in place.

Although the Ming Dynasty tried its best to follow suit and ensure the army's money and food, the land was in the hands of the gentry and vassal kings, and the old nobles and civil officials were strong, resulting in the status of the newly recruited army was not as high as that of the Wei State, and the soldiers did not have military merits to share.

All in all, the Ming Dynasty met the basic needs of the army and did not owe money and food, but the soldiers of the Wei State did not owe money and food, but only the basics, in addition to this, they also had a high social status and fields to divide.

The difference between the two caused the Ming army to fight a hard battle, but it could not fight a hard battle, and all the departments were unwilling to gnaw hard bones and pick the beams, while the Wei army was competing to fight a hard battle.

Wang Zhiren's 6,000 soldiers and horses, at first fought well, suppressed the Wei army on the river beach, but as the Wei army more and more, plus the passage of time, the problems of the Ming army were exposed, and when the cavalry broke through, it was not long before the Ming army was defeated.

On the wilderness, the Ming soldiers fled to the south, thousands of Wei troops chased south, Gao Yigong led the cavalry to chase Wang Zhiren, Hao Shaoqi led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to capture Zhenjiang, and Li Yuanyin led the troops to control the beachhead, build an artillery array, and meet the Wei army crossing the river.

At this time, more than 80 Hongyi cannons were lined up on the north bank, and the Wei army dug pits on the river beach and piled sandbags as artillery emplacements.

Under the entire line, the cannon flames flickered, the smoke of gunpowder filled, and a lucky ship on the surface was set on by the artillery and gradually capsized.

The Wei boats swarmed up, rockets whizzed towards the Fu boat, the sails were ignited, and the smoke billowed on the river, and the flames soared into the sky.

The shelling on the south bank disrupted the Ming army's naval division's blockade of the Wei army, and many ships took the opportunity to row to the south bank.

At this time, the rockets launched by the Wei army on the small boat were fired at Zheng Sen's boat, and the soft sails of the three-masted gunboat were burned out of many large holes, and the speed of the ship gradually decreased.

"General, withdraw!" Gan Hui ran up to the ship with a face full of gunsmoke.

Zheng Sen's eyes were red, and he roared in a low voice, "Withdraw, how can I be worthy of His Majesty's trust?" ”

Failed to collect Beijing, defended the river defense, and was broken through again, Zheng Sen only felt that he had betrayed Zhu Cihong's trust, and he was so ashamed that he was ashamed of himself.

"Bang!" With a sound, the guard plate next to Zheng Sen exploded, and an iron bullet, wrapped in broken wood, swept across the entire deck, Gan Hui hurriedly knocked him down, but a piece of broken wood was inserted in his back, and blood stained red.

The Ming army's naval division opened artillery to bombard the Wei army's artillery array, the mud on the river beach was splashed, and the Wei army's artillery array was on the shore, no matter how the Ming army bombarded, as long as the artillery was there, the artillery array was there.

The Wei gunners were not good at firing their guns on the move, but they could fire them on the shore, but they were very accurate.

When the Ming ships were hit by a cannon, it was a splash of broken wood, and the casualties began to increase greatly.

Zheng Sen pushed Gan Hui away, and saw a mess on the deck, the soldiers rolled and wailed, and the left-wing fleet led by Zheng Cai, under the shelling, began to retreat to the east, so he had to grit his teeth in anger, "Retreat!" ”

With the support of Zhu Cihong, Zheng Sen's status in the Zheng family has been greatly improved, but the Zheng family is not Zheng Sen's after all, but Zheng Zhilong and his brothers worked hard.

Zheng Sen has brothers from the same father, as well as many uncles, cousins, and cousins, all of whom also have a certain amount of strength, and Zheng Cai saw that the momentum was not good, so he decisively withdrew.

Zheng Sen was sad and indignant in his heart, but the general trend had gone, so he had to order, on the three-masted gunboat, raise the flag, and the lucky ships went east.

Many of the ships whose sails were set on fire slowed down and finally collapsed on the river, igniting a sky-high fire and billowing smoke.

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Thirty miles west of Zhenjiang, Fang Guoan saw the thick smoke billowing on the river, and he didn't know who burned whose boat, he was a little anxious in his heart, and urged urgently, "Hurry up, continue to run forward." ”

A battalion of Ming troops ran forward, the ranks stretched and scattered, and at this moment, the hooves of horses roared in the distance, and a group of cavalry galloped forward.

Fang Guoan heard the sound of hooves, his heart sank, and he listened to the movement, the scale of the horse army was not small, and the Ming army was in the south of the Yangtze River, and there was no formed horse army.

"Not good! Hurry up! Fang Guoan suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and shouted urgently.

The first battalion of the Ming army was in a panic, the formation was unstable, and the cavalry had already been killed, but the Wei army did not directly attack.

Xu Heihu reined in the war horse, more than a thousand cavalry behind him, stopped suddenly, he glanced at the Ming army gathered in a hurry, saw one of the big flags, and immediately reined in the horse and shouted: "Fang Guoan, the soldiers and horses of the Great Wei have crossed the river, if they don't surrender at this time, when will they stay?" ”

Fang Guoan was shocked, the soldiers behind him were in an uproar, and he looked at the big banner behind him, and wrote "The former military governor of the Great Wei Dynasty, the Duke of Yuguo", and his heart immediately shook, "It's the general of the Wei State, the black whirlwind Xu and the black tiger!" The Duke of Wei has already crossed the river, and the river defense is estimated. ”

Xu Heihu roared, seeing that there was no response from the other side, he raised the big axe in his hand, and was about to prepare to attack, when the Ming army was in the array, a road suddenly dispersed, Fang Guoan led several subordinates, beat the horses over, turned over and dismounted, bowed his head and saluted, "A certain Fang Guoan, willing to descend to Great Wei!" ”

Xu Heihu was overjoyed when he heard this, the army was behind him, he was not afraid of Fang Guoan's deception, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Okay, the one who knows the times is Junjie, General Fang, take your men and horses, immediately turn around, and go to Nanjing with me!" ”

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Zhenjiang, as soon as the Ming army's river defense collapsed, the Wei army took advantage of the situation to seize the city.

At this time, on the river, the ships shuttled, and a large number of Wei soldiers boarded the ships from Yangzhou, and then crossed the Yangtze River and landed on the Zhenjiang River.

Within a day, 70,000 Wei troops had crossed the Yangtze River and occupied a large area near Zhenjiang.

The 70,000 battle-hardened Wei soldiers were already invincible in the empty Jiangnan, and Gao Yihuan arrived on the south bank by boat at dusk.

At this time, Li Yuanyin and a large number of other generals stood at the dock to greet them, and everyone saw Gao Yihuan getting off the boat, and they all greeted them excitedly, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Yihuan looked at the faces with gunpowder smoke and asked with a smile, "How is the battle situation?" ”

Li Yuanyin clenched his fists and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, General Gao's soldiers and horses drove south, killing to central Zhejiang, General Hao went east, troops entered Wusong, and Xu Guogong went west to Nanjing. Now the specific situation of the people from all walks of life is not clear. ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "I just crossed the river, it is inevitable that there will be chaos, let's talk about it when we enter the city!" ”

Li Yuanyin turned to one side and led Gao Yihuan to Zhenjiang City, and he reported as he walked: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to report, Qian Qianyi brought a few people, and wanted to ask to see Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Yihuan had a smile on his face, "Oh, where are the people?" ”

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