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Chapter 288 Go to Jiangyin and attack Nanjing!
Li Hong Kong.

It is about 40 miles away from Jiangyin County and only more than [-] miles away from Changzhou Prefecture Zhiwujin. It is also an important port on the south bank of the Yangtze River and is considered an important military location at the moment.

Qu Xiaofeng, the commander of the [-]th Brigade (affiliated to the [-]rd Division), led the brigade to be stationed here. He was mainly responsible for the security of the port and at the same time, he was on guard against the Ming army in Jiangyin.

As for Peng Youyi, after joining forces with the Independent No. 20 First Brigade, he teamed up with Lin Zhanfei and sent troops westward again.

At present, Peng Youyi leads the fourth brigade to garrison in Baogang, west of Ligang.

Lin Zhanfei led the No. 20 [-]st Brigade Headquarters to garrison in Lucheng - although this place was a town, it built city walls and had the scale of a county town. It happened to be located on the waterway between Zhenjiang and Changzhou.

The two of them were preparing to cooperate with the first division to attack Zhenjiang Prefecture's Dan Tu.

Zhenjiang Prefecture was an important water transportation and military center in the Ming Dynasty. According to the information from Xunfengwei, Zuo Liangyu sent his direct deputy general Zhang Yingxiang and his subordinate deputy general Wu Xueli to guard Dantu County and Dantu Town (ten miles east of the county) respectively.

Zhang Yingxiang led [-] troops, and Wu Xueli also led [-] troops.

In addition, more than 1 troops and horses were stationed in Danyang led by Zhang Yingyuan, the affiliated general.

Including the troops and horses already present in Zhenjiang Prefecture, the total number of Ming troops is as high as [-] to [-]!
With so many Ming troops stationed, and Dantu and Danyang being tall and fortified cities, Liu Sheng ordered the First Division, Second Division and the Independent No. 20 Brigade to cooperate in attacking Zhenjiang Prefecture.

In the military account.

Qu Xiaofeng was reading a book after finishing military affairs.

It is not a work, but a collection of battle cases compiled by various departments of the Yi army after analyzing the battles they encountered, including Liu Sheng's annotations.

Nowadays, the Yi army is fighting in all directions, and each unit encounters different battles. By learning from the battles experienced by other units, the generals can absorb experience and grow rapidly.

A guard came in, gave a military salute, and said: "Brigade, the propaganda team captured Jiangyin Dianshi Yan Yingyuan in Sujiaji. This man is very famous in Jiangyin. It is said that he is the military commander of Jiangyin County today!"

"Oh?" Qu Xiaofeng became interested upon hearing this, "How did you catch him?"

The guard immediately explained the process.

After hearing this, Qu Xiaofeng couldn't help laughing and said: "You are really a bold leader - bring him here, and then call the military and political officials to see if you can persuade this person to surrender."

"Yes!"

Not long after, the sixth brigade military and political officer Ning Wen (fourth phase of the military and political class) arrived first, and Yan Yingyuan was also brought in tied up.

Qu Xiaofeng and Ning Wen were both slightly surprised when they saw this posture.

But when I think about what I heard about Yan Yingyuan's three arrows that frightened away the pirates, and when I look at his tall and strong figure, I know that the guards are probably afraid that Yan Yingyuan will break away from the rope and kidnap or hurt them.

Yan Yingyuan has been observing carefully since he was caught in the Yijun military camp.

Originally, he wanted to obtain more intelligence about the Yi army, and then find an opportunity to escape, so that he could fight against the Yi army.

As a result, the more he learned about the Yi army, the more frightened he became, and the less confident he became about the Ming Dynasty.

For example, he originally thought that the two or three hundred people he met in Sujiaji were the elite of the Yi army.

While being escorted, he learned that these two 300 people had a temporary name, "Preaching Team."

Not only did they easily defeat the 800 Xiangyong organized by the Su family and other large families, but they also organized public trials, relief and other matters. They were so capable because almost all the soldiers in the team could write and read, and some were proficient in arithmetic!
In Yan Yingyuan's view, such a team with strong fighting ability, strict discipline, and many scholars are probably the servants of the generals of the Yi army.

But when he arrived at the Ligang Yijun Camp, he discovered that it seemed that thousands of people in the entire camp were just such "servants"!
He then came up with a terrible guess-could it be that the rumored hundreds of thousands of troops in the Yi army were all such "servants"? !

At this time, he couldn't help but look at the two people in front of him.

Through the words of the escort, he knew that one of these two people was a "brigade seat" and the other was a "military and political officer". They seemed to be the chief general and deputy general of these thousands of elite soldiers.

It's just that these two people looked ordinary, nothing surprising.

Ning Wen said: "Historian Yan Dian has a good reputation as an official. He has done a lot of practical things for the people of Jiangyin since he took office. For a good official like Yan Dianshi, our army is thirsty for talents. I wonder if Yan Dianshi is willing to surrender?"

Yan Yingyuan was a little surprised when he heard these words of persuasion to surrender.

Because high-ranking officials and generous salaries are usually used to persuade people to surrender. Although he is just a low-ranking classic, it is really strange that the other party did not even mention the promise of an official position.

'Could it be that you don't like me? '

After muttering to himself, Yan Yingyuan said calmly: "Yan will not surrender. If you want to kill or behead him, please do as he pleases."

Ning Wendao said: "Yan Dianshi's words are serious. Even if he surrenders not far away, our tribe will not harm the prisoners. But with Yan Dianshi's status, I am afraid that he will have to do hard labor for at least three months."

"Three months of hard labor?" Yan Yingyuan was surprised again, "Will you let me go after three months?"

"of course."

"Aren't you afraid that I will lead troops to fight against you again?"

Ning Wen smiled and said, "In three months, the entire southern Zhili will be captured by us, where will Yan Dianshi lead the troops?

In addition, I believe that if Yan Dianshi cares about the people of the world, he will no longer oppose our Weibei, and will even work for our Weibei. "

Yan Yingyuan secretly sighed at Lei Jun's ambition, but said in his mouth: "You are too confident."

At this time, Qu Xiaofeng said: "When our army takes Jiangyin tomorrow, you will know why we are so confident."

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan's original indifferent expression finally changed.

Without him, Jiangyin County might really be unable to stop these thousands of troops who are as good as servants!
The next day, Qu Xiaofeng led four battalions with less than 3000 people to Jiangyin.

Yan Yingyuan was also escorted by the army.

Arriving outside Jiangyin County, Yan Yingyuan said to Qu Xiaofeng with a dark face: "If you want to use me to threaten the city to surrender, you'd better give up as soon as possible. Yan is only a mere historian. Jiangyin City has a county magistrate in Chinese and a military garrison. , I will never surrender because of Yan!"

Qu Xiaofeng said: "Yan Dianshi is too worried. I just want you to watch us capture the city." Immediately, Qu Xiaofeng asked the artillery battalion of the brigade to pull out twenty army cannons and lined them up outside the city.

"Test the cannon!"

Following Qu Xiaofeng's order, twenty stone bullets were shot out, landing either at the top of Jiangyin City, in the city, or outside the city.

"Send the surrender letter!"

Soon, the second round of artillery shells was fired, but it was the "surrender bomb" specially made by the Yi army.

A kind of stone bullet, but it contains a letter urging surrender.

Yan Yingyuan saw the power and rate of fire of the Yi army's artillery, and then thought about the personalities of Lin Zhiji and Gu Yuanbi, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, about two-quarters of an hour later, when the Yi army was preparing to formally attack the city, the Jiangyin city gate opened!
The county magistrate Lin Zhiji and the guard Gu Yuanbi actually offered the city to surrender together!
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Quarry Rock.

Guards camp.

"Report!—"

As the hoofbeats of the messenger's horse entered the camp, excited shouting also came.

In the general officer training class camp, He Jin, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Li Guoying and others couldn't help but look sideways when they heard the sound and looked in the direction of the king's tent.

Even Li Guoying, who had been in Yijun for less than half a month, had heard many reports of victory from messengers in the past few days, but he had never been as excited as this time.

Thinking of the many Yijun navy warships parked on the Caishiji River this morning and going down the river, everyone vaguely guessed something.

"Could it be a great victory in the Yangtze River Water War?" Lin Chengcheng guessed.

Without waiting for anyone to answer, the messenger's voice came from far away——

"A great naval victory! The Yangtze River Navy defeated the Ming Dynasty Navy in the upper reaches of Jiangning Town! Captured 120 and three warships, large and small, and more than 3000 civilian ships, large and small!"

Inside the king's tent.

Liu Sheng read the battle report and couldn't help laughing, "Okay! The Tiger Guards have cooperated with the navy to capture Jiangning Town! It's time for Nanjing to fall into place!"

Zhang Kuang took the battle report and looked at it, but smiled and shook his head, "The Ming army's warships were clearly several times larger than ours, but they collapsed at the first touch. It's really..."

He didn't even know how to evaluate it.

But it can be seen from this battle that the morale of the Nanjing Ming Army may be worse than they expected.

Under such circumstances, coupled with the fact that Liu Sheng's strategic plan to encircle Yingtian Mansion was basically completed, it was indeed time for Nanjing to fall into place.

After laughing, Liu Sheng said solemnly: "Order! The First Division will cross the river immediately and cooperate with the Second Division and the No. 20 Brigade to capture Zhenjiang Mansion! Then march westward and cooperate with the Guards to attack Nanjing!"

"Let the remaining troops of the First Division in Jiangbei prepare to cross the river to Jiangning Town, join forces with the Guards, and prepare to attack Nanjing!"

The clerk in the account quickly drafted the military order. Liu Sheng read it and immediately printed it, and the guard sent it to Jiangbei by fast horse or ship...
Great victory.

This pass is located east of Jiangning Town and is considered the last pass in Nanjing's defense against land enemies to the west.

Zuo Liangyu learned that the navy was defeated and Jiangning Town was captured by the Yi army. He quickly led three thousand servants to Dasheng Pass to collect the defeated troops, and prepared to fight a sniper battle against the Yi army here.

within the tent.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the embarrassed Chang Deng and Xu Yuxian with a gloomy look.

After taking control of Caojiang Navy a few days ago, Zuo Liangyu integrated it with the navy under his command, and organized a huge navy with two to three hundred warships, thousands of civilian ships, and [-] to [-] soldiers.

He handed over this navy to the leadership of Chang Deng, his deputy general who was best at water warfare, and assisted him with his subordinate deputy general Xu Yuxian.

According to his understanding, the Taipei Navy had less than a hundred official warships, and the so-called "Yangtze River Navy" only had more than [-] men.

The number of warships and soldiers is not as good as that of his navy.

He originally thought that even if Chang Deng and Xu Yuxian could not defeat the Yangtze River Navy, they could still stop it from heading east.

Who would have thought that the navy led by the two men would collapse at the first touch, fleeing for dozens of miles, even the town of Jiangning was lost!
If he hadn't arrived at Dasheng Pass in time to calm down the situation, the two of them might have fled directly to Nanjing, leaving the river surface of Dasheng Pass to the thieves.

"Ahem...tell me, what's your explanation for this defeat?"

Chang Deng blushed and said: "Uncle, the general has really tried his best in this battle - the artillery fire of the Wei Navy is extremely fierce. The general led his servants in the front and wanted to risk their lives to charge and engage in a broadside battle with the Wei Navy. .

Who would have thought that within a quarter of an hour after the war started, those cowards in charge of the Jiang Navy would be defeated! "

Zuo Liangyu looked at Xu Yuxian coldly.

Because after Cao Jiang's naval division was combined with some of his subordinate naval divisions, it was mainly led by Xu Yuxian.

Xu Yuxian's face was full of innocence, "Uncle, I am wronged. Those people in Caojiang Navy didn't listen to orders at all during the war. The water is not like land. Even if the general wanted to send a supervising team to intercept, it was difficult for him to do it. Instead, the ship was blocked by They were so shocked that they fled together."

"You...cough cough cough!"

Zuo Liangyu wanted to say something, but he was so angry that he coughed violently again.

As far as he knew, the first ones to flee were indeed Yuan Cao Jiang's navy officers, but these two men also had many soldiers under their command.

Now, all the blame for the defeat was placed on Navy Master Cao Jiang, which was obviously a shirking of responsibility. Such perfunctory behavior showed that neither of them had the will to fight, let alone fight to the death with the traitor.

After finally coughing, Zuo Liangyu pinched the bloody handkerchief without leaving any trace. Just as he was about to say something, anxious shouts rang out from outside.

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