In the battle of the eastern foothills of Maoshan Mountain, Yu Wenshan led his troops to ambush, completely defeated the remnants of the Hanghu Army, and then obtained the Golden Mountain without much effort, and got a secret report at night, Emperor Yongxing was about to leave Jiangning, and the city was in chaos.

At this time, the luxury flying tiger also took the lead in rushing from Liyang to Jinshan North to join Yuwenshan.

The main force of the Middle Route Army has still begun to pull out from Liyang, and after the convergence of the Luxury Flying Tiger and Yu Wenshan, there are more than 10,000 elites, and they have been fighting hard one after another for several days, exhausted, but the fighting spirit is still there, and the morale is stimulated to the successive victories to be high.

As early as after defeating the remnants of the Hanghu Army, Yu Wenshan immediately sent the only more than 400 cavalry in his hand as an outpost and sent it to Jiangning first. The 400 cavalry was the outpost, mainly for the defensive deployment of spying on the periphery of Jiangning. After learning of the Jiangning City Rebellion, Hao Feihu discussed with Yu Wenshan, and sent an additional capable general to lead 3,000 foot soldiers to the north overnight, but the main force of the front of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army assembled in the north of Jinshan City still needed a short rest before recovering his strength and then forcibly marching.

To be honest, Hao Feihu and others, including the commander of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, Hao Wenzhuang, did not expect that Emperor Yongxing would abandon the city so easily. He didn't expect Emperor Yongxing to be so useless, he didn't expect that Emperor Yongxing would have become a frightened bird a long time ago, and the Jiangning Rebellion would be much earlier than they expected.

With the original idea of Luwenzhuang, the middle road and the right wing arrived in Jiangning with a two-sided attack, found its side, slammed it, and then made Wang Xueshan cooperate with the hidden pile to make trouble in the city, disturb the situation in Jiangning, and force Emperor Yongxing to abandon the city and flee.

When further accurate information was obtained, it was already dawn on the 26th, and Tian Chang also rushed to the north of Jinshan with hundreds of cavalry to join up with Yu Feihu and Yu Wenshan.

There was no approach of a large number of enemy troops within a hundred miles to the left and right, and in the leeward of the south side of the unknown slope north of Jinshan City, the garrison of the Zhejiang-Fujian army was extremely simple.

In addition to the guards on duty, nearly 10,000 generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies all fell asleep.

From the beginning of the Daqingxi War, for about two months, the Zhejiang and Fujian armies have not had a decent rest, and the successive cruel battles have made the generals numb, but only the desire for victory remains, and the last morale will be held at a high point without exhaustion.

Only a general who has been commanding operations for a long time can profoundly understand how important morale and will to fight are.

The current situation facing the Zhejiang-Fujian army, especially after the loss of eastern Fujian, forced them to fight with all their might until they were truly safe.

Once morale is exhausted, and facing a strong enemy like the Huaidong Army, the consequences will be catastrophic.

The simple war tent is set up on the top of the mountain about ten zhang high, the cold moon floats in the air, there is residual snow in the four fields that has not melted, the north wind blows, and the grass is broken and the branches are broken.

The extravagant flying tiger armor was puzzled, and he was wearing a dark brown robe outside to keep out the cold, and more than a dozen senior generals such as Tian Chang and Yu Wenshan sat around the bonfire.

"The Huaidong army should also be inferior, otherwise the reinforcements from the Yangtze River in Huaidong should rush to the area between Moling and Jiangning City even if they abandon the boat and travel by land." Yu Wenshan said.

Knowing that Jiangning City is in turmoil, and Huaidong Water Camp will inevitably rush into Jiangning, as long as Jiangning City is captured one moment in advance, it will be able to have an advantage in the upcoming battle of Jiangning - Yue Lengqiu may be stagnant in Chizhou and dare not move, but Huaidong is definitely a master who dares to take advantage of the fire.

This point, including the extravagant Feihu, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies sitting around the bonfire, everyone knows it in their hearts.

Does Jiang Ning want to take it? Of course you have to take it.

The war has come to this point, how can Jiangning City not take it?

Jiangning City is actually a turning point related to the morale of the Zhejiang and Fujian army - Jiangning City is at your fingertips, if you abandon Jiangning City and leave, the morale of the Zhejiang and Fujian army will inevitably fall quickly from the peak of this time.

At this time, even if the luxury flying bear has successfully captured the city on the Jiangzhou side, it is far from having a firm foothold, and it needs to be dragged to the Jiangzhou Army and the Huaidong Army for a period of time at this time.

If they retreat south, first, the main force of Huaidong's soldiers and horses may follow behind and attack Ningguo and Huizhou, biting their butts and chasing and beating fiercely; There is also a possibility that the Huaidong soldiers and horses can quickly advance westward through the waterway and fight for Jiangzhou.

The next situation is likely to be that the extravagant bears are besieged in Jiangzhou City, and Huaidong is waiting for them to come over to help.

They had to withdraw from Huizhou to western Zhejiang, and then from western Zhejiang to Jiangxi, and along the west bank of Poyang Lake to the north to aid Jiangzhou, and they had to walk a rugged road of nearly 2,000 miles. In terms of speed, it was much slower than the main force of the Huaidong Army advancing along the west.

Yu Wenshan's opinion is very resolute: Dayue will give up Jiangning City, and if the Zhejiang-Fujian army does not take it, it will bring about its own defeat.

"Jinchuan Prison Island is the place where Lin was bound in Jiangning, and then it has been owned by the Lin family, it is impossible for Huaidong not to deploy secret soldiers there!" Tian Chang frowned, and said with concern, "Indeed, the reinforcements from Huaidong from the Yangtze River stopped between Danyang and Jiangning the day before yesterday, and advanced west from Danyang to the west, with twists and turns in the river, and there was a lot of silt in the river, but at the same time, Dongyangfu County also began to assemble to the south and the north bank of Chaotiandang the day before yesterday, so I can't conclude that they will be half a beat slower......

"General Su should be able to catch up with the front." Fang Zhenhe said that even if he set a fire in Jiangning City, he would have an explanation for the generals below. Otherwise, what's the point of fighting for so long?

Zheng Mingjing's headquarters was in the southeast of Liyang, and it was necessary to intercept the main force of the Huaidong Army from Xiaoshan to the north, and then withdraw into Liyang to hold on to ensure the communication between Jiangning and Ningguo.

The main force of the Middle Route Army was still in Liyang, and after the brutal siege battle, even if the army marched north immediately, it would take at least three days to reach Jiangning.

The main force that they could rush to Jiangning as quickly as possible, in addition to the soldiers and horses that had already been sent from Jinshan, was the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses that Su Tingzhan drove directly from Lishui to Jiangning.

Extravagant Feihu frowned tightly, the key is that Huaidong can't detect how many secret soldiers he has deployed on Jinchuan Prison Island. The number of people may only be two or three thousand, but Huaidong desperately uses three thousand elites to defend a city gate and wait for the main force to come to help, the situation is still quite tricky.

Not counting the main force of the Huaidong Army led by Lin Tie in Xiaoshan, the troops that Huaidong could mobilize on the northern front, including the reinforcements from the Yangtze River and the Dongyang Fu Army, were about 30,000 people.

They will start at dawn at this time, but they must now take into account all possible situations, and when they arrive in Jiangning, they are likely to immediately participate in the battle, and there is no possibility of calmly negotiating.

The next battle was extremely dangerous for the Zhejiang-Fujian army, but it had to be fought.

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On the morning of the 26th, Chen Enze led a battalion of soldiers, advancing by land and water, along the Jinchuan River to the south, on the west bank of Moling Lake, and met the outpost cavalry of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and the two sides retreated as soon as they came into contact.

There are not many outposts and horses of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, but most of them are top-notch, and there are many horses, even if the Huaidong army can form a strength advantage in a very short time, but it cannot bite the outpost of the Zhejiang-Fujian army.

Gao Zongting made Chen Enze lead his troops to attack decisively, firstly, he wanted to make the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian army in Jinshan and Lishui hesitate and gain more time; The first is to make the chaotic soldiers and civilians in Jiangning City aware of the existence of Huaidong soldiers and horses; There is also a prison island to sing an empty city plan.

Chen Enze led his troops to retreat to Donghuamen after a little contact, and he was also afraid that he would be bitten by the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops who came later. It is certain that the Zhejiang-Fujian army will rush 14,500 soldiers and horses to Jiangning today.

The only troops that Huaidong can call on are more than 1,200 soldiers of the two battalions of the Tianjin Navy, more than 1,000 Wuwei of the Jiyun Society, more than 2,000 people who have trained the people, and more than 2,400 generals and soldiers who have not yet dispersed the imperial battalion.

It seems that with Chen Xiyan's active cooperation, Gao Zongting can still mobilize nearly 7,000 people in Jiangning. But the soldiers are too miscellaneous to be used in the field, because it is not clear which one will make a big leak in the field. The most stable and feasible strategy is to protect the Imperial City and Prison Island, the first of which is the Imperial City.

Compared to the innocuous contact battles outside the city, the inside of the city is much bloodier.

The city was full of rebels and mobs, and a gentle drive would not work. The Muguo Mansion is next to the imperial city, but Zhang Yubo's house is in the west of the city.

Before the chaos, Zhao Shuhan's family also avoided Zhang Yubo's mansion.

Zhang Yubo served as a secretary in Jiangning for a long time, and even if he returned to Jiangning to serve as an idle post, he had a deep impact on the Jiangning army.

Most of the Jiangning Mansion army was also in chaos, but Zhang Yubo still gathered more than 300 old troops, and most of them had families in the city, and most of them gathered in Zhang Yubo's house to concentrate on protection to prevent the impact on the mob and rebels.

Naturally, this part of the people will also be taken to the imperial city.

The streets are full of chaotic people and soldiers, Zhao Hu is wearing heavy armor, personally leading the armor guards and guards, attacking across the street, and those on the street will be killed regardless of evil or good.

After more than 200 steps, that is, more than 100 people were killed in a row, and the long street was soaked in blood, and the chaotic people and soldiers in the city came back to their senses and avoided in a panic - in fact, it also curbed the chaos in the city to a considerable extent.

In addition to the necessary troops to defend the Imperial City, the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Battalion were also sent out to suppress the mob.

The granaries that were not within the limits of the imperial city were also to be set on fire.

There are luxury hidden piles lurking, and it is impossible to completely clean up the chaos in the city in a short period of time. Even if it is cleared for a while, it will soon rise again, but before most of the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian army are in the future and the sentinels and horses dare not enter the city, the imperial camp army will disperse to suppress the mob, and some chaotic soldiers can be collected for their own use, and more importantly, it is to let the generals of the imperial camp army see blood.

There is violence and murder in people's hearts, and the elite soldiers must not only release this violence and murderous nature, but also use strict military discipline to restrain these within a controllable range.

The slaughter of a city at a time is brutal, but it is an effective means of motivating the generals and maintaining morale. Not everyone can learn Huaidong's methods.

Gao Zongting always accompanied Chen Xiyan to guard the tower of Donghua Gate, always paying attention to whether most of the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian army were coming.

Fortunately, there were plenty of supplies in the imperial city, which were originally used by thousands of palace attendants and palace maids.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial horse battalion withdrew, and only a few chamberlains and palace maids accompanied them, but because Chen Xiyan sent capable generals to take over the imperial city quickly, there was no major chaos in the imperial city. Although there were rebels who wanted to storm the imperial city several times and looted, they were all repulsed, and by the time Zhao Hu led the Huaidong soldiers into the city, the rebels did not dare to approach the imperial city.

Gao Zongting looked outside the city, and the banner of the secret clan appeared on the horizon like a cloud, and said to Chen Xiyan: "This can only be done...... ordered to light the wolf smoke left and right, and ordered the generals scattered in the city to return to the imperial city, and they should also avoid entering the imperial city as soon as possible.

Chen Xiyan turned to look at the city, his mouth full of bitterness. He used to be loyal to the imperial family, and after Emperor Yongxing went out of the city, he felt that the people in the city were pitiful.

Although the chaos near the imperial city was forcibly suppressed for the time being, the imperial city only occupied a small corner of Jiangning City, they stood on top of the city tower, they could see the north side of the Zangjin Bridge, and there were even signs of mob gathering.

"Can you defend Donghua Gate?" Chen Xiyan asked Gao Zongting.

Donghua Gate has an urn city, the structure is complicated, as long as the Huaidong soldiers desperately hold the Donghua Gate and wait for the main force to come to help, the Zhejiang and Fujian army will not dare to enter the city.

"No, the situation is too dangerous, and the Zong Court can't ignore Huaidong's death!" Gao Zongting vetoed it, and said, "The Zhejiang-Fujian army controls the outer city, and it will inevitably control the chaos in the city first, so Chen Xiang doesn't need to worry too much." ”

Although Donghua Gate is dangerous, it is far from being compared with the imperial city, and the casualties are bound to be heavy.

The first battle of Jiangning is also unavoidable for the luxury family, otherwise it will hurt morale too much, and the key is the question of how many troops to invest.

Once they stubbornly defend the Donghua Gate, the luxury family sees that they can't take the Donghua Gate before the main force of the Huaidong Army arrives, and the main force is likely to avoid Jiangning and leave, how can Huaidong catch the turtle in the urn?

The situation has developed to this point, and it is not easy to catch the main force of the luxury family, how can you cripple one of his legs, otherwise the war in Jiangxi will be difficult to fight in the future.