The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Has entered the early winter, the weather gradually cold down, the temperature difference between day and night began to change greatly.

In the sea, the intuitive feeling is not obvious, but since entering the river bank, in the morning, the river on both sides of the river has begun to show signs of freezing.

However, the scale of the fleet was huge, with nearly 700 warships of different sizes. Li Yuanqing and Erlang had already prepared for the trip and carried enough explosives and gunpowder. In addition, Changsheng camp had accumulated rich experience in ice breaking. Li Yuanqing was not too worried that if the whole river was frozen, the fleet would be frozen in it.

This is mainly because the Yalu River has a wide surface and a large amount of water flow. Even if the river is to be frozen, it is far from the ordinary small inland river. It takes a process only overnight.

At this time, the dense sails almost cover the sky. Even though the Yalu River is wide and narrow, the fleet still makes the whole river seem crowded.

Li Yuanqing did not intend to keep a secret track of such a large-scale fleet. Since entering the river, countless Houjin sentries on both sides of the river have been keeping a close watch on the movements of the fleet like ants.

For these post gold sentinel detectives, Li Yuanqing directly chose to ignore.

At this time, although Changsheng camp had some cavalry capital, there was still a big gap between them and the skilled post gold sentries.

The main reason is that there are no clan slaves like shuluohuan as cannon fodder. In addition, the fleet's shipborne artillery has a short range and does not have enough ruling power. Even if the cavalry of the longevity camp can drive them away, the effect will not be obvious.

In the middle of the fleet, Li Yuanqing sailed against the wind.

On the deck, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and Zhang pan stood at the bow of the boat, scanning the scenery on both sides.

In those years, when Zhenjiang broke through, Zhang pan took the lead to leave to meet Mao Wenlong, while Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong escaped through Li Yuanqing's advance layout of secret roads.

At this time, it has been four years since the departure of that year.

Although it has entered the early winter, the remains of summer and autumn have not been completely dispersed. On both sides of the river, the trees are still green and green, and the land is flat and fertile. Standing on the boat, you can clearly see the traces of cultivation.

However, compared with that time, there are many fewer villages on both sides of the Straits.

"Yuanqing, Lao Chen, Zhenjiang is a good place!" Zhang pan sighed deeply and looked at the vast land on the West Bank of the river.

Chen Zhong also said, "yes! How can such a good land cost Houjin Tartars in vain? Yuanqing, this time, we must try our best to get Zhenjiang back! "

Li Yuanqing nodded, but there was not much expression on his upright face.

A lot of things are easy to say, but if you want to do them, why not?

Because of its special geographical location, Zhenjiang was not inferior to Shenyang, Liaoyang and Laozhai because of its special geographical position.

The area connected by these three points is the core lifeline of the later Jin Dynasty.

Otherwise, with Mao Wenlong's shrewdness, it is impossible to step into Zhenjiang city all his life.

At this time, although our side was strong and strong, the main force of the later Jin Dynasty was around Zhenjiang. If we want to conquer Zhenjiang city again, we are far less optimistic than Mao Wenlong imagined.

Especially at this time, it was early winter, and the cold winter was coming. When Houjin's cattle and horses were fattening up and storing energy to survive the cold winter, Li Yuanqing could also guess that Houjin would launch a vicious counterattack.

Fortunately, Mao Wenlong also made full preparations in advance and drew the main battlefields to the East and North lines. Li Yuanqing only needed to contain and defend. This is what he and Changsheng camp are good at.

"Brother Zhang and brother Chen, Zhenjiang city is not far ahead." Li Yuanqing looked ahead, slowly and steadily.

As the fleet continued to move forward, in the distance, about seven or eight miles away, the faint outline of Zhenjiang city gradually appeared in front of everyone.

Chen Zhong and Zhang pan were also inspired.

Zhang pan held his fist tightly, gritted his teeth and looked at the direction of Zhenjiang city.

But Chen Zhong burst out laughing, "ha ha, Zhenjiang City, Laozi is back again!"

………

On the fifth day of November in the fourth year of Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong in southern Liaoning cooperated with zhangpan Department of Dongjiang River. The three departments had a total of more than 20000 people and successfully arrived in the eastern suburb of Zhenjiang.

The fleet moored on the river five miles southeast of Zhenjiang city. It was like a connected monster blocking the sky and the sun.

The rear Jin garrison of Zhenjiang city was like an enemy. The gate of the city was closed, and all kinds of construction facilities outside the city were also destroyed. Under the north wind in early winter, the originally prosperous Zhenjiang city seemed to be in an unspeakable depression for a time.

"Yuanqing, where are we going to camp?"

The sentry of Sanbu has begun to land, explore the terrain, and drive out the post gold sentry.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Chen Zhong glanced around coldly and asked Li Yuanqing in a low voice.

It was noon and the sun was full. The frozen land on the bank had melted in the morning. The frozen land last night began to soften and wet. The soldiers stepped on it and looked muddy.On the West Bank, where the fleet was moored, was a continuous open land. Walking a hundred paces to the river, there was a dense forest of trees. About three or four hundred paces to the north, there was a continuous reed marsh.

This forest is the one where Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong attacked Zhenjiang City for the time being.

Li Yuanqing a smile, "big brother, do you still have an impression of this forest?"

They despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to them tactically.

With Li Yuanqing for so long, Chen Zhong is already familiar with this point.

However, at the beginning, he paid too much attention to exploring the terrain and preparing to set up camp. Chen Zhong really forgot this stubble. When he heard Li Yuanqing remind him, he remembered that he couldn't help patting his brain and laughing: "Yuanqing, I'll forget if you don't say so. This forest is a blessing to us

"Blessed land? Yuanqing, Lao Chen, what kind of land is it Zhang pan also came over.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong looked at each other with a smile, and Chen Zhong said with a smile: "Lao Zhang, in those days, Yuanqing and I took the town of Zhenjiang in this forest for a while, and then we all worked together to win the town."

Zhang pan was very excited when he heard the speech, and said with great joy: "that feeling is good! This time, let's do it again

Some people began to laugh.

Li Yuanqing said slowly, "elder brother Chen and elder brother Zhang, the terrain on the East Bank of Zhenjiang city is complex. The best camp we can choose is the trees here. I mean, let's camp here. "

Chen Zhong thought for a moment and understood what Li Yuanqing meant. He couldn't help laughing. "That's a good feeling. These trees save us a lot of firewood."

It was early winter. Besides water and food, the most important thing was to consider firewood for heating.

With a trip to the north, Li Yuanqing felt particularly true in this regard.

For the most part, in this cold climate, firewood is even more important than water and food.

Zhang pan is different from Zhang pan. He is easier to get along with. After years of hard work, he has already smoothed his edges and corners, and has consumed most of his spirit. In addition, at this time, he has almost no soldiers and only 2000 troops. To a large extent, he is the vassal of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong have already set the tone. How can he retort? Busy smile way: "Yuan Qing, old Chen, so, while the day is still early, let's start to do it."

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile, and his face was suddenly awe inspiring. "Come on, pass my military order, and the fleet will camp on the shore!"

"Yes

………

The later Jin Dynasty did not expect that as soon as the fleet of the Ming army arrived, it set out to go ashore and camp.

At this time, at the head of the South Gate of Zhenjiang City, Du Du, the leader of the banner with white flag in the later Jin Dynasty, was standing at the head of the city, surrounded by dozens of slaves, carefully watching the trend of the Ming army not far away.

"Do you see clearly? Which Ming army is it? "

Seeing a sentry coming from the south, Du Du called out to the city.

"Yes. It's the red eagle flag. It's Li Yuanqing's camp. " The sentry had no time to get off the horse, so he called out in the city.

"What?"

Du Du eyebrows a pick, face expression can not help ferocious up, "Li Yuanqing, Li Yuanqing! You son of a bitch! If you don't stay in the southern part of Liaoning, why do you come here

At this time, in the face of Mao Wenlong's winter offensive, Houjin had already responded. Five of the eight banners are the main force, all scattered around Zhenjiang.

In particular, the main force of Huangtaiji's white flag is resting in Yizhou city.

He had already predicted that Mao Wenlong must start from Yizhou and Kuandian, and went to Yizhou in advance to prepare.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing's appearance, it is a moment to disrupt Huang Taiji's deployment.

"Sir, Li Yuanqing has a strong army. Judging from its scale, he is afraid that he can not be less than 20000 people. We must guard against it A slave quickly said to Dudu.

With the lesson of being in the north, these dignitaries with white flags, facing Li Yuanqing again, could not help but feel cold.

"I'm afraid of him! Can Li Yuanqing fly into the city with wings Dudu couldn't help but roar.

The two successive battles in the northern ice city were the greatest humiliation of his life.

But the most hateful thing is that his biggest enemy has been under his nose, and even is still boasting, but he has no way.

"Yes, yes!"

How could the servants around him not understand Du Du's temperament? Hastily nods to say is, the atmosphere son also dare not breathe.

But Du Du was also the blood of the old slave after all. Although his father was not so good, he was also experienced in many battles. He calmed down and regained his sense.

"Although there are many people in Li Yuanqing this time, he doesn't look like he wants to attack the city immediately. How can I make him so comfortable? Hum! Do you want to camp under your nose? Come on, give me a military order. Let zima and buyantu go to war! Burn the forest for meAt the end of the speech, Du Du almost gnawed his teeth and his face was ferocious.

"Cha."

The servants around him also understood the meaning of Dudu and went to work in a hurry.

………

At this time, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan had disembarked and landed on the land.

The geographical position of Zhenjiang city is superior. It is indeed boundless to defend when attacking from land. However, if it is attacked from North Korea and from the river, Zhenjiang city is a natural danger.

The main reason is that the riverside area is full of marshes, and there is little solid land. If you don't pay attention to it, you will carry a lot of trouble.

This season, the river has been freezing cold, once people fall into the swamp, it is not for fun.

The Changsheng camp has already had a lot of experience in the formation and construction of camps. However, at this time, the terrain is narrow and there is no wharf. It obviously takes time for so many people to get off the ship.

Usually, the physical work of building a camp is usually done by auxiliary soldiers. But at this time, time is life, and Li Yuanqing will not be stingy of the children's physical strength. He will directly hand over the hard physical work of the early stage to the well-equipped engineer camp of Xu Heizi.

Zhenjiang city is different from the north. It has not been fully developed. The trees are lush and dense. There are dense people here. The impact of human destruction is great. Although the trees are wide, the actual volume is not large.

Li Yuanqing had already made a clear investigation on the shore before. The camp was mainly built on earth walls and ditches, and these timber resources were retained as much as possible.

But at this time, the wall of the children was not half a man's height, but the South Gate of Zhenjiang city was already full of dust and smoke. Looking at this, it was after the Jin army attacked the city.