In 1658, the 14th year of Longwu, in the spring of February of the second year of Jianwu.

On the periphery of Nanjing, flags were flying, covered with soldiers and horses of the Longwu court, filled with accents from all over the world.

The army of 300,000 was built along the Qinhuai River and stretched for fifty or sixty miles, with a huge momentum and a magnificent scene.

After the fall of Anqing, Zhu Yihai could only shrink his troops, trapped Nanjing, and make his last persistence.

At this time, Longwu led an army of 300,000, pressing step by step, and finally arrived at Dasheng Pass in the east suburbs of Nanjing. He wanted to draw an end to the Tang and Lu battle that lasted for nearly two years and decide who was the master of the Ming Dynasty.

After surrendering to Longwu, Li Chengdong followed the main force of the Longwu Army. Under Zheng Chenggong's control, he drove forward to the west bank of the Qinhuai River.

Li Chengdong was very familiar with the situation of the Jianwu Army and knew the facts of each unit. With his help, the Longwu Army continued to compress the Jianwu Army's front and defeated the Jianwu Army who intended to counterattack several times.

Now Zhu Yihai is the only subordinate of the old general Zhang Mingzhen, who is still struggling to support it, while the Longwu Dynasty is full of troops. There are less than 50,000 Jiangbei troops in Nanjing. Although they resist bravely, they cannot make up for the huge gap in numbers. Defeat is already destined.

At this time, in the western suburbs of Nanjing, the 100,000 Shun army from Huguang, as the main formation of Longwu, was stationed at Dasheng Pass, and the 100,000 Zheng army from Fujian, advanced to the west bank of Qinhuai River, approaching the outer capital of Nanjing, Jin Shenghuan from Jiangxi, Cao Zhijian from Guangdong and Guangxi, and the surrendered generals of the Zhejiang Army, Fang Guoan and other troops were stationed at Fangshan upstream of Qinhuai.

Thirty armies were filled with camps, flags were waving, cavalry rushed back and forth, with a huge momentum.

Li Chengdong followed Zheng Chenggong and stationed near the outer capital. As a surrendered army, his camp was of course at the forefront.

Because it was said that the Jiangbei army turtles had retreated into Nanjing, Li Chengdong still set up camp and was meticulous, showing his style as an old coach.

The soldiers of Li's army raised a fence and dug two deep trenches outside the fence. The digging of soil was piled into a wall of sheep and horses. The horses and deer antlers were arranged outside the walls, and caltrops were sprinkled with iron caltrops. It can be said that it was as solid as a soup.

This is also Li Chengdong fought with the Qing army for a long time. If the camp was not solid and not careful, he would be defeated by the Qing cavalry, so he formed the habit of building a tough camp.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, the general of the former army, saw Li Chengdong's camp and couldn't help but nod, "The camp of King Zhongwu is so staggered, so Gu admires it very much."

Li Chengdong sighed: "The Jiangbei Army, Han Army, and marching camps are all these hard camps! To guard against cavalry raids and night camps!"

While the two were talking, nearly a thousand cavalrymen from Jiangbei appeared outside the camp. They were reconnaissance outside the camp for a while. The leader of the general suddenly led the cavalry and rushed towards Li Chengdong's camp.

The soldiers of Li's troops who were digging a trench and arranged to resist horses to retreat and retreated into the camp when they saw this.

When Li Chengdong saw the cavalry, he couldn't help but frown. When Zheng Chenggong saw his expression, he took out a thousand-mile mirror and pulled out the lens barrel to watch. He saw a mighty general, erecting a horse with a spear and horse, and galloping in front. The cavalry behind him held a flag with the word "Li" and flashed in the wind while galloping, and followed closely behind.

"Meet?" Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but ask with a smile.

Li Chengdong said with a gloomy face: "I am a rebellious son Li Yuanyin!" After speaking, Li Chengdong waved his hand and the general Hao Shangjiu immediately led the cavalry of Li's troops to cross the trench and roared towards the cavalry of Jiangbei.

Now, the thousands of Jiangbei cavalry in Li Yuanyin's hands are already the last trump card in Zhu Yihai's hands.

This elite cavalry who had served the Han army for several years in Liaodong, all of which were horse lances, breastplates, and special cavalry flintlocks. They were not only well-equipped, but also very powerful in combat.

In recent days, while the Jianwu Dynasty was in an absolutely weak position, they still went out of the city to investigate, spy, and harass the army to camp several times.

Zheng Chenggong only heard the horse's hooves rumble, and the cavalry of Li's troops walked towards him, while the cavalry of Jiangbei was not afraid at all. Following the "Li" character fluttering in the wind, he directly crashed into Hao Shangjiu's cavalry.

Without evenly match, Zheng Chenggong saw Li Yuanyin kill Hao Shangjiu directly, and the cavalry ran out of the camp, fired guns and provoked them, and cursed them.

Seeing this, Li Chengdong couldn't help but blush and urgently ordered the soldiers to defend themselves.

The soldiers of Li's army quickly picked up muskets and rushed to the edge of the village wall. At this time, Hao Shangjiu, who was dispersed, reorganized his formation and came from the left rear. At the same time, a team of cavalry rushed out of the Zheng army camp, intending to encircle this elite Jiangbei cavalry.

Seeing this, Li Yuanyin urgently ordered the retreat, the cavalry in Jiangbei pulled out their horses and retreated. Li Yuanyin carried a horse spear in his hand and stationed his horse in front of the camp. When all the cavalry retreated, he pulled out his horse and galloped away. Before the enemy surrounded him, he retreated, as if Zhao Zilong in Changshan was alive.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but exclaim: "The tiger father has no dog and son! It seems that he should not be careless!"

Li Chengdong said: "Only Zhang Mingzhen's troops are left in the city, plus three thousand cavalrymen, fighting against the imperial army is like a mantis armed chariot. Unless that person comes to support, there is no suspense in this battle."

Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly and said inadvertently: "There is news from the other side of our formation. It is said that the man has arrived in Hangzhou!" As he said that, a hint of hatred flashed in Zheng Chenggong's eyes, "With that man's cunning, Jiangbei Army is exhausted now, and he will no longer hide behind him. I think I can meet him in Nanjing!"

Zheng Chenggong really didn't expect that Zhao Ming, who was stubborn at the time, would become like this now, and would do whatever he wants for his own interests.

Before, Zhao Ming raised an army to rescue Zhu Yihai. Zheng Chenggong could have taken the opportunity to enter Zhejiang, but he was ruthless. After receiving Zhao Ming's letter, he thought of his old love. In addition, he did not agree with Longwu's abolishment of the crown prince, so he let Zhao Ming go.

However, this time, Zhao Ming ignored his friendship and seized his retreat and occupied his lair. It can be said that he had given Zheng Chenggong a profound tree.

At this time, the two were talking when an officer hurried over and said to Li Chengdong: "Your Highness, there is a messenger coming!"

Both Zheng Chenggong and Li Chengdong retracted their thoughts and turned their heads to look. Suddenly, they saw the cavalry with flags on their backs galloping into the camp.

Now that the 300,000 troops have been arranged outside Nanjing, Zhu Youjian immediately summoned everyone to go to Dashengguan to discuss matters.

At this moment, Li Chengdong and Zheng Chenggong rode their horses to our formation together. Everyone ran along the way. The Ming army camps were rushing to make equipment, ladders and siege towers rose up.

Although wars have been frequent in China over the years, it is still rare to invest 300,000 wars on one side, and are usually wars of great significance in history.

Both Zheng Chenggong and Li Chengdong felt that they were at an important moment in history.
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