During the Northern Expedition, Zhao Ming learned about the possible coup in Nanjing.

However, the black-hearted Regent did not kill the coup in its infancy, but deliberately lured Zhu Yihai to make a wrong judgment, lure the snake out of the hole, and draw out all the forces against him, and then attacked them all in one go.

In Zhao Ming's view, three years ago, after Longwu was defeated in Nanjing and Zhu Yihai was forced to abdicate, the power of Zhu Ming's royal family was weakened and could not challenge him.

At this time, the development of the situation seemed to be a little free from Zhao Ming's control.

Zhao Ming originally thought that when his army returned to the army, the rebels in Nanjing would huddle in Nanjing and tremble. He didn't expect that he would have the courage to take the initiative.

This surprised Zhao Ming a little, but it didn't hinder the overall situation. Zhao Ming had already made arrangements and was still full of confidence.

After all, what kind of waves can an isolated city make?

On the fifth day of the August 2018, Zhao Ming's army entered Nanjing one after another, and each unit completed the encirclement of Nanjing.

Because Zhu Yihai took the initiative to give up the outer city that was difficult to defend, the Ming army was able to enter the inner city to camp calmly.

From the very beginning, Zhao Ming did not think that Zhu Yihai was his main threat.

In contrast, Wu Sangui, who had more than 300,000 troops, was Zhao Ming's confidant.

Therefore, Zhao Ming stayed in Hebei, Shandong, and Xuzhou, threatened the remnants of the Qing army in Shanxi from the east, and ordered Tang Tong to go to Huguang to prevent Wu Sangui and the remaining Qing forces from joining together, and rushed into Huguang from Henan.

After a large number of troops were used to monitor Wu Sangui, Zhao Ming could not use many troops to attack Nanjing, only 200,000.

However, there were only a mob in Nanjing, and the 200,000 Ming troops were enough to solve the Nanjing rebels.

Among them, Guo Zhong led 10,000 naval troops and stationed on Baguazhou outside Shangyuan Gate in the outer city. Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yaoqi and others led 20,000 troops, stationed at Guanyin Gate on the east side of Shili Mountain. Wang Dana led 50,000 troops, stationed between Zhongshan and Lime Mountain. Jin Shenghuan led 10,000 people to Taofang Gate on the east side of Zhongshan. Zhao Ming personally led 70,000 troops to station outside Chaoyang Gate. Wang Chaoxian and Li Dingguo led 20,000 people to station at the south of the city. Finally, Dang Shousu, Li Qisheng and others led 20,000 people to station on the west bank of the Qinhuai River in the west of the city.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, all the Ming army troops were stationed in the camp and surrounded the Nanjing rebels in Neiguo City.

At this time, the army was stationed in the camp. Zhao Ming was wearing golden armor, with a battle knife on his waist, a six-sacred golden helmet on his head, and a hard bow hanging from the saddle. He led many generals out of the camp and went to peek at the city defense in Nanjing.

Zhao Ming was running in the camp, and the generals behind him flocked to him.

At this time, Zhao Ming held the horse's reins and asked with a smile: "Start from the East City to check!"

Zhang Jiayu, the military officer, said, "Your Highness, the scout reported that there are rebel garrisons on the Lime Mountain in the east of the city, Zhong Mountain, and Dahong Mountain outside the Shence Gate. I think there must be rebel artillery on the mountain, so your highness should not be approached to check it."

When Zhao Ming heard the words, he frowned and waved, "Come on the map!"

Zhang Jiayu hurriedly took the map from the guards, rode his horse and moved it to Zhao Ming to watch.

Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and saw that if there were rebel artillery on Mount Lime, Mount Zhong, and Mount Dahong, then he really couldn't get close to Dongcheng to view it.

The cannons are mounted on the mountain and can cover several miles of land. If you never care about the cannons on the mountain and approach the East City, you might be hit by a cannon like Nurhaci.

Zhao Ming looked at his dressing in a more coquettish manner today and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to Dongcheng to peep.

"The rebels were stationed in Shili Mountain, Zhongshan, and Dahongshan outside the city. It is probably not easy to attack from the East City." Zhao Ming pondered for a while, then pulled out his horse's reins and said loudly: "Then go to the south of the city and the east of the city to take a look."

The group was running for more than ten miles, but they had no choice but to do anything about Nanjing City.

At noon, Zhao Ming and his party came to the east of the city and strangled their war horses three miles away.

Zhao Ming, the regent of the Ming Dynasty, couldn't help but breathe a breath of turbid air, and the war horse under his crotch was also spinning with anxiety.

In front of everyone, there was the tall Nanjing city wall, and what was even more terrible was a river surrounding the city like a jade belt under the city wall.

Although the Qinhuai River is no longer as wide as before, the wider part of the river is still more than 100 meters, and the narrower part of the river is also more than 30 meters.

With such a wide river, bows and arrows under the city will definitely not be able to shoot at the top of the city. Although muskets and cannons are available, soldiers must have suffered heavy casualties and injuries if they have to cross the Qinhuai River to attack the city wall. It is better to attack from the east.

Zhao Ming pulled the horse and looked for a while. With his eyes, he naturally knew that the west was not easy to attack.

Everyone stared at the West City for a while, Zhao Ming then pulled out his reins and led everyone to the South City. The river channel here is relatively narrow, but it is still difficult to attack.

Finally, Zhao Ming and others ran all the way, and only stopped the reins outside the city Zhengyang Gate.

In fact, Zhao Ming knew the situation in Nanjing well. He had known that Xicheng and Nancheng were not easy to attack. To attack Nanjing, he still needed to attack several gates in the east and southeastern cities.

This can be seen from the fact that Zhao Ming stationed his main force near the east and southeastern altars.

"Your Highness, it seems that there are only Zhengyang Gate and Chaoyang Gate. The two city gates are easier to attack!" Zhang Jiayu said when the generals were not in a high mood.

The inner circumference of Nanjing is more than 30 miles long. Such a long city wall needs defense. It is difficult to ensure that the defenders in the city are foolproof.

However, now, the city walls with more than 30 miles and the inner thirteen city gates are only two suitable for attack, which undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of defending the city by defending the city and increases the difficulty of Zhao Ming's attack.

Wang Dana was silent for a while, "It seems that this city is not easy to attack!"

"Only attacking Chaoyang Gate and Zhengyang Gate, the rebels can concentrate their efforts to guard it, but it is indeed difficult to break through." Jin Shenghuan nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming laughed heartily: "There are only a mob in Nanjing. Although the rebels are invincible, they must see through it alone!"

After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he pulled out his horse's reins and said to the generals: "First go back to the camp for dinner, and then discuss a strategy with you after eating!"

At that moment, the group rushed back to the camp, and the guards had already prepared the meal.

When marching and fighting, we all eat marching meals, which are relatively simple, a large bucket of rice, a tank of fish soup, and a few side dishes.

Everyone brought a bowl of food and drink, and Zhao Ming also stood in front of the sand table, eating and watching.

At this time, Hu Weizong suddenly raised the curtain, walked to Zhao Ming, and handed a secret letter to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming handed over the bowls and chopsticks to Hu Weizong, took the letter from him, wiped his hands, took them out to watch, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Isn't this a win?" Zhao Ming put the letter together and put it in his arms. Then he loudly said to the generals who were still eating: "I decided not to fight Nanjing, lock the city! I will trap them to death!"
Chapter completed!