To the east of Nanjing City, dozens of miles away.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, a large crowd suddenly appeared. The sparse cavalry in front ran wildly, and behind them were countless defeated soldiers, and the denser the further backwards, as if the river water poured backwards and the tide was rising.

These people were defeated soldiers who were fleeing from Zhenjiang.

Since the Battle of Wuchang, Kong Youde was forced to death, and went down the river to capture Jiangxi and recover Nanjing, the army of Longwu court gradually grew stronger.

Later, the court suppressed the Zhejiang Army and trained the Central Imperial Army. The generals of Longwu became even more energetic. They regarded themselves as elite officials of the court and regular officials. They did not take the Zhejiang Army seriously and regarded the Zhejiang Army as a miscellaneous armed force.

The rapid fall of Zhenjiang, which was not defended for a day for 50,000 people, made Liu Chengyin's army change from extreme expansion of self-confidence to extreme self-esteem and panic.

At this time, there were no pursuers from Zhejiang Army behind, but the defeated soldiers rushed to escape one by one.

Liu Chengyin was injured in both legs and ran wildly on a war horse. He almost fell off the war horse several times, but he still couldn't slow down his horse's speed, as if there was something terrifying behind him.

At this time, the war horse under his crotch was already foaming at his mouth and gradually slowing down. The defeated soldiers behind him were all in a mess, and they all lost their equipment. In the winter, some people even dragged only one inner robe and ran away.

"Governor!" At this time, a member of the general could not run anymore. He stepped forward and grabbed Liu Chengyin's reins and gasped heavily, "Governor, it's safe! It's safe!"

Liu Chengyin's war horse neighed all over his body, his four hooves were soft, and he lay on the ground without leaving.

The soldiers hurriedly stole Liu Chengyin off the horse, but his eyes were dull and even rolled his eyes a little. After a while, he breathed: "Where is safe?"

The general swallowed his saliva with difficulty, "Governor, it's really safe!"

Liu Chengyin looked around, "Where is this?"

"I have moved away from Zhenjiang and arrived at the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, Longtan Town!" The general of the army said in a angrily manner.

When Liu Chengyin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed. "Damn Zhao Tiebang, I'm so shocked!"

When approaching Nanjing, he said that he had escaped from danger. Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers stopped in front of him. One by one, the imperial guards who could not run were sitting on the ground, and some lay down directly, motionless, as if they were dead.

This battle shocked Liu Chengyin and tens of thousands of imperial guards. Everyone was completely stunned by Donghai Town. Before they could react, the city was captured, causing great psychological blows and self-doubt on everyone.

At this time, Liu Chengyin was sitting on the ground and his subordinates bandaged him. Suddenly, the soldiers were in a state of chaos, and screams came from the sitting people, "Oh no, the horse army is here!"

Liu Chengyin was shocked when he heard the words. He even stood up miraculously, frightened and prepared to escape, "Where did the horse army come from!"

For a moment, many defeated soldiers, regardless of their fatigue, got up and prepared to run away.

At this time, the general hurriedly supported Liu Chengyin, "Governor! Governor, don't panic, it's not the horse army coming from the east!"

Liu Chengyin was stunned when he heard the words. When he heard them carefully, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. The sound of horse hooves came from the west.

At this time, he looked out and saw a horse army running along the river from the west to Nanjing.

Liu Chengyin couldn't help but say joyfully: "This is the imperial guard in Nanjing!"

A few horses in the south, a cavalry with more than a thousand people, rushed over. Seeing so many figures in front of him, the cavalry were stunned. The leader of the general hurriedly stopped the reins of the horse and stopped the horse to observe.

The general who was the leader was quite mighty, was the Nanjing Imperial Army, commander of the Kokang Camp. He stared at the blockbuster figure in the distance with some confusion, and his heart was trembling, "How could there be tens of thousands of troops between Nanjing and Zhenjiang?"

"The commander is my own person!" A general next to him looked at the awning in his hand for a while. Seeing the few flags left in the crowd, he couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Laiheng looked carefully and was shocked. The clothes and armor on the court were yellow and were really his own.

Li Laiheng felt a stern, pulled out the reins, and shouted: "Go ahead and take a look!"

The cavalry stopped the reins and stopped for a while before they came over carefully.

When the defeated soldiers saw their friendly troops, they were all happy. The defeated soldiers who were originally slumped on the ground stood up one after another, made way for the cavalry and cheered.

Unlike the joy of the defeated soldiers who survived the disaster, Li Laiheng became more and more frightened as he looked at it. He couldn't help but hold back the horse and asked, "Where are you coming?"

"This general, we are all soldiers from Zhenjiang. The city fell and we fled here!" said a defeated general.

Li Laiheng was shocked when he heard this. Zhenjiang, which was guarded by 50,000 people, said a few days ago that he could defend for several months. When the Xichuan soldiers came, why did the city suddenly break down?

Generally speaking, a strong city like Zhenjiang will definitely seek help before the city is broken, and Nanjing is only one day away from Zhenjiang. Why is there no news in Nanjing? Zhenjiang suddenly fell.

Could it be that the Zhenjiang defenders did not even have the opportunity to seek help, and the city was captured?

Li Laiheng was shocked and blurted out, "Where are you here?"

The defenders in the city hurriedly left the city, and they ran away in chaos. The soldiers did not know the generals, the generals did not know the soldiers, the command was already in chaos, the news was not well-versed, and rumors spread.

An officer said, "Report to the general, the brothers left the city in panic. It is said that Governor Liu was blown off his legs and was already dead in the city!"

"Don't let your mother go!" Before the officer finished speaking, a loud scolding came from behind.

Li Laiheng looked over and saw Liu Chengyin coming over with the help of two generals.

Li Laiheng turned over and dismounted and said in surprise: "Governor Liu, is this?"

Liu Chengyin cried and said, "Oh! Stop mentioning it, it's hard to say it! Commander Li, hurry up and escort the governor back to Beijing. The governor is going to meet He Ge's troops!"

In the city of Nanjing, He Tengjiao’s mansion.

Liu Chengyin told He Tengjiao about the fall of Zhenjiang, which was so shocked that He Tengjiao's hands were cold and his forehead was sweating.

In Zhenjiang City, which was guarded by 50,000 people, Zhao Tiebang captured it in less than a day, and Nanjing was not safe either.

During the battle in Jiangbei, He Tengjiao almost destroyed Zhao Ming's entire army, and even killed Ma Shiao, who was sent to Donghai Town to ask for help.

Zhao Ming did not mention these things afterwards, but He Tengjiao would not naively think that Zhao Ming would forget them.

He did not mention it, which further shows that Zhao Ming has matured and has become a very terrible opponent. He chose to endure before he had no chance to take revenge. Once the opportunity comes, he will definitely seek He Tengjiao to take revenge.

He Tengjiao is very ambition and talented, bullies the weak and fears the strong, and talks and laughs in the court, speaks well on state affairs, thinks he can plan his own strategy, but once problems arise, difficulties are in front of him, but they are often unable to solve them.

He Tengjiao couldn't imagine what consequences would happen to Zhao Ming after he entered Nanjing, and he was extremely frightened.
Chapter completed!