Chapter 182: Soldiers Arrive at Caishiji

"It's too late." Duduo said: "Don't pass this order to Li Chengdong. At this time, giving this order to Li Chengdong may disturb his military morale."

"It's too late."

When Dodo said this, Azig sighed secretly. He knew that what Dodo said was correct.

Since the initial defeat, Duduo led all his soldiers to retreat again and again, and retreated here. They are across the river from Nanjing City. He originally thought that they would be able to support each other in the end, but he never expected that they would be here now.

, how strong is Xia Jun Navy?

On the Yangtze River, countless sailors were swimming around. Even if a sampan came and went, it would have to be questioned dozens, if not hundreds, of times.

At the cusp of such a storm, it was impossible to cross the river to support Nanjing, and it was impossible to withdraw the army from Nanjing. You must know that Li Chengdong may not have reached Nanjing at this time, so how could he withdraw? So at this time,

Even if this order could be transmitted to Jiangnan, what use would it have, other than to disrupt the morale of the Nanjing army?

"This is the only way." Azig said: "Old Shi, do you think there is really no hope for this battle?"

Duduo didn't answer him. What he answered was a violent cough, as if he wanted to cough out his internal organs.

"Report." A scout knelt on the ground and said, "The Xia army is approaching Caishiji."

The two looked at each other and said secretly: "Has it started yet?"

As one of the three major rivers in the Yangtze River, Caishiji is like a hand that goes deep into the Yangtze River. It encloses a large area of ​​water. From here it is a famous ferry on the Yangtze River. When Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Nanjing, he had Caishiji.

Fighting, but Chang Yuchun led his troops to get there first, passed through the water, grabbed the Yuan soldiers' spears with one hand, and rushed ashore. He killed the enemy with force and achieved a great victory in quarrying, which shocked the world and gave birth to the famous Chang Shiwan.

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However, today's quarrying battle will not be as dangerous as before.

The reason is very simple: the Qing army is not strong enough.

Shi Tingzhu, who was stationed in the Nanjing area, almost desperately asked for help from everyone. Because he didn't have many people under his command, it might not be safe to guard Nanjing, let alone defend the many ports on the Yangtze River. At first, Zhou Fuchen and his troops were unable to defend it, but now they are facing

It was even more impossible to resist the Xia army.

Zhang Xuan ordered Qin to attack Caishiji.

With the support of more than a hundred cannons at the back, it was not difficult to attack Caishiji. Although Caishiji was guarded by more than a thousand Qing troops, their morale was reduced under the bombardment of artillery. When Qin Meng and his men disembarked,

When they landed, they encountered little resistance and occupied Caishiji.

Immediately, the large group of ships docked one after another, and Zhang Xuan and his entourage also abandoned their ships and went ashore, setting up camp near Caishiji.

In fact, if Zhang Xuan wanted to directly approach Nanjing and land ashore, it might not be impossible. However, Zhang Xuan learned Zheng Chenggong's lesson and felt that it would not be too late to gain a foothold before advancing.

As soon as Zhang Xuan landed, he ordered Wang Deren's troops to investigate the situation near Nanjing.

Zhou Fuchen was responsible for transporting various personnel and supplies ashore, Deng He was responsible for setting up camp, and Gao Yigong was by Zhang Xuan's side as a staff advisor.

"Where is Yuan Zongdi?" Zhang Xuan asked in the big tent, facing the large-scale map near Nanjing City.

Zhang Xuan dares to say that this map is the most detailed map depicting the landforms near Nanjing in the entire world. After all, Zhang Xuan also stayed in Nanjing for a period of time. Under Zhang Xuan's promotion, drawing the map of the world may not be so

It went smoothly, but drawing the map near Nanjing was very smooth.

Gao Yigong said: "We have arrived at Taiping Mansion. We can join the army within a few days."

The 6-route march was much slower than the water route, but the Qing army did not have many garrisons in various places. Most of them were maintained by officials who surrendered to the Qing army. After the Battle of Chizhou, these people were shaken. When they knew that Zhang Xuan had made a big move

When heading eastward along the Yangtze River, even before Yuan Zongdi came to call, they all surrendered and handed the surrender forms to Zhang Xuan.

Now that Yuan Zong has come all the way, he doesn't need to fight at all. It's just used to receive orders from various prefectures and counties.

Zhang Xuan said: "Is there any movement from the Qing army in Jiangbei?"

Gao Yigong said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, with General Zhou and the Duke of Fujian here, you can't cross the river even if there is no stone in the north."

Zhang Xuan frowned slightly and said: "This is not good. Let them let go of this section of the Yangtze River. If the Qing army wants to come, let them come."

When Gao Yigong heard this, his heart moved and he said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhang Xuan's strategy has never changed. Except for key nodes, other places are not important. What is important is to attack the effective forces of the Qing army. The highest priority for effective forces is to put the Eight Banners first, even if it is to replace three with one, killing an Eight Banners soldier.

, it’s also a good deal for Zhang Xuan.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan would rather postpone the Battle of Nanjing for a longer time, and would also like to allow the Qing army to invest more troops.

"It's just a bait." Zhang Xuan said: "I guess the Qing army is not that easy to be fooled, and I also asked them to pay attention. All ships from the north bank to the south bank are allowed to pass, as if they are invisible, but a ship from the south bank to the north bank is not allowed to be released.

Pass."

Zheng Lian said: "Yes."

This order is somewhat difficult. Since this section of the waterway is released, how can it be monitored so closely. However, Zhang Xuan does not care about this.

Arrangements had just been made here, but someone came to report and said: "Your Majesty, it has been found that a large group of Qing troops is coming from the direction of Ningguo to Nanjing. The flag indicates that it belongs to the traitor Li Chengdong."

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay, keep an eye on me. Don't let him escape. If he stays in Nanjing and waits for death, I will help him."

In the defeat of the Northern Expedition, what role did Li Chengdong play in it? Zhang Xuan and his gang were not involved, and they could not tell the truth. However, one thing is certain. It seems that Luo Yulong was kept secret for the sake of the Venerable.

Mistakes in decision-making were all blamed on others, and Li Chengdong once again took the lead.

Without Zhang Xuan's deliberate propaganda, many people hated Li Chengdong deeply. Zhang Xuan may also know that the failure of the Northern Expedition may not be entirely due to Li Chengdong. However, Zhang Xuan did not have a good impression of Li Chengdong, so he sent Luo Yulong to kill him.

, Zhang Xuan doesn’t have any psychological burden.

If Ning Guo was not in the southeast of Nanjing and Zhang Xuan was located in the west of Nanjing, Zhang Xuan would have wanted to intercept Li Chengdong.

"Your Majesty, behind the Qing army, there is a group of people following, it is General Xu Du." the scout said.

"What?" Zhang Xuan was a little surprised and said, "How many people did Xu Du bring?"

"From my observation, I believe there are about 20,000 to 30,000 people."

After Xu Du surrendered to Du Yonghe, the number of soldiers he could mobilize not only did not increase, but actually decreased. The reason is very simple, so many prisoners do not need anyone to look after them? He left thousands of soldiers to look after the prisoners, and Xu Jiaying took care of them.

He also took all the captured officers with him, so Xu Du carefully counted the number of soldiers he could fight, and found that they were only a little over 20,000. There was a little bit of water in what the scout said.

"How many people do Li Chengdong have under his command?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"From what I've seen, I'm afraid it's more than 50,000 people. I don't know exactly if they dare not get close."

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly in his heart and said: "This is really extraordinary. Only Xu can do such a thing." With a weak force chasing a superior force, Zhang Xuan could also guess that Nanjing must be pressing hard.

He was so anxious that Li Chengdong didn't care about Xu Du who was chasing after him, or rather following him.

But if others don't have the courage, they won't be afraid that Li Chengdong will bite him back. Or maybe Li Chengdong has already bite him back and his teeth are broken by Xu.

However, although Xu Du had such courage and ability, Zhang Xuan had to worry about Xu Du. Zhang Xuan said to Gao Yigong: "General Gao, without further ado, go and pick up Xu Du. After picking up Xu Du, let him

If you all come to see me, you can camp directly in the south of Nanjing."

Gao Yigong said: "Yes." Then Gao Yigong went out.

Zhang Xuan listened to the noisy sound outside, which was the sound of Gao Yigong sending troops. Zhang Xuan followed Gao Yigong to send troops, and the battle of Nanjing had officially begun. But in this city of Nanjing, is it hard or soft?
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