Chapter 215 The Downfall

Although Xiao Tianjian is leading the army in the strategy of Nanzhili, he has been paying attention to the situation in the north. Often, Henan will immediately send someone to send him a letter. Generally, he will know the news quickly.

And this time, such a big movement from the capital was naturally unable to escape Xiao Tianjian's eyes and ears. Therefore, not long after Fu Zonglong left Beijing, Xiao Tianjian learned the news, but he did not care too much about this matter. After all, it was Diao Zheng, a tough general, who stayed in the north of the Yellow River in the town, and the troops under the command of Diao Zheng. It's not too little. With the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian army's soldiers, it's not a big problem to fight against the officers and soldiers. Although Fu Zonglong took 30,000 soldiers to the south, Diao Zheng should be able to stop him if he wants to defeat the mansions north of the Yellow River.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian did not pay attention to this matter. It was not until he received an urgent report from Niu Jinxing after the beginning of August that he learned that Fu Zonglong's strange soldiers had broken through the defense line from Shexian County and rushed straight to the Yellow River in Huaiqingfu. Then he was shocked.

After hearing this, the generals were immediately shocked, so they proposed to lead the troops back to Henan to help the war. After all, many of these guys' families have moved to Luoyang City, and Huaiqing Mansion and Luoyang are just across the river. Once the officers and soldiers cross the Yellow River, they will go straight to Luoyang City. Everyone knows that Luoyang City is only left behind at present. With the strength of the two guard battalions, Liu Bao's main force is stationed on the east and west sides of Henan, so Luoyang can be said to be quite dangerous at this time.

This is the first time that such a large army has been so close to Luoyang City since Xing Tian's army captured Luoyang, posing such a big threat to Luoyang.

So someone denounced Diao Zheng for his inability to maintain, and proposed that Xiao Tianjian punish Diao Zheng. He quickly transferred Liu Bao to Luoyang to strengthen Luoyang's ability to guard.

However, Xiao Tianjian shook his head to make everyone calm down. He sneered and said, "The action of the court this time is a bit of broken. It almost took out all the capital at the bottom of the box. He just wanted to threaten Luoyang and forced us to put down the intention of attacking Nanjing and turn around and return to Henan. In this way, Nanjing is in danger. It will be released naturally!

How can we make the court wish like this? Don't be impatient. I'm sure Fu Zonglong can't beat Luoyang City! Although Diao Zheng did not block it in the area of Qingyuan Mansion and Changde Mansion, I can't treat Diao Zheng for it! Who hasn't been defeated? If he is punished for such a defeat, then who will stand here now?

It is common for soldiers to win or lose, not to mention that Diao Zheng did not lose. He just let Fu Zonglong take advantage of the loophole and run to the Yellow River! I believe that Diao Zheng will not let Fu Zonglong cross the Yellow River so easily! Luoyang City will be fine. You all stop and prepare for the battle!"

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Zhu Jiang had to keep his mouth shut. Although they were worried about the family members in Luoyang City, everyone knew that Xiao Tianjian's family members were also in Luoyang City. If Xiao Tianjian could be so calm, they were obviously a little nervous. Since Xiao Tianjian was so calm, they only Then calm down!

So the generals immediately went back and began to prepare for the attack on Nanjing City.

Since Xing Tianjun has controlled the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River, which Nanjing City regards as a barrier, has lost any meaning. Its existence has not become the blessing of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, it has helped Xing Tianjun to quickly obtain more war resources.

After Xiao Tianjian took down Taiping Mansion, all kinds of materials began to gather from Huguang to Wuchang Mansion, and then shipped batches to Taiping Mansion. All kinds of ammunition materials and armor from Henan also began to go to Gwangju, arrived at the shore of the Yangtze River, and shipped to Taiping Mansion.

And in order to fight against Nanjing, Xiao Tianjian once again dispatched a group of people from all over the world to Nanzhili to increase the strength of the First World War against Nanjing. However, in order to ensure the defense of other places, the people and horses mobilized this time were mainly based on the reserve battalion or the B battalion and the C battalion, mainly to reuse the auxiliary force. But even so, it has greatly enhanced their combat effectiveness.

By mid-August, the reinforcements of various ministries have been basically in place. The strength of the Xingtian Army gathered in Taipingfu, Chizhou and Anqingfu has increased to nearly 70,000, of which at least 20,000 to 30,000 are the absolute elite of Xingtian Army, and the rest are auxiliary troops and various materials. It is piled up in Taiping Mansion and completed large-scale pre-war preparations.

However, after the Taiping Mansion, Xiao Tianjian did not wait for reinforcements and various supplies to come. In fact, the preliminary attack on Nanjing City has gradually begun after he took the Taiping Mansion.

Since Nanjing is the capital of Daming, it is not an easy thing if you want to take it down. A large number of details are under Jiang Qin's deployment. In fact, a few months ago, it has begun to sneak into and hide inside and outside Nanjing in various identities. It can be said that the mobilization of all kinds of officers and soldiers in Nanjing City is basically Under the supervision of these details, they were collected by the liaison personnel and sent back to Xiao Tianjian's army, and handed over to several staff officers who were specially responsible for sorting out the information.

After taking down Taiping Mansion, Xiao Tianjian changed to Taiping Mansion. With the help of all kinds of collected information and maps, he made a super-large sand table of Nanjing City and the surrounding terrain in Taiping Mansion and put it in his handsome tent outside Taiping Mansion. Several staff officers who had already prepared for this battle were surrounded. Next to the sand table, the position and strength of the officers and troops were marked on the sand table day and night according to the newly received information.

When everything was ready, Xiao Tianjian recruited the generals into his handsome tent on August 19. After seeing a large number of generals and above the generals gathered in his huge tent, he said to the generals, "Let me tell you the good news first, that is, Diao Zheng has lived up to his money this time. Shuai's expectations for him. I received the news from Luoyang yesterday. Diao Zheng rushed back to Huaiqing Mansion before Fu Zonglong, and defeated Zhou Yuji, the general of the army, and recaptured the dock and the ships on the Yellow River!

Then Diao Zheng led Fu Zonglong to fight in Huaiqing Mansion and the Yellow River. As a result, Fu Zonglong was defeated and led the remnants to withdraw to Shunde Mansion. In this battle, Diao Zheng annihilated thousands of officers and soldiers under Fu Zonglong's command, captured nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers. In addition, he captured the general Xu Dingguo! The court lost the bet again this time!"

After hearing this, the generals were overjoyed and couldn't help but be shocked. These days, since they learned the news of Fu Zonglong's sneak attack on Luoyang, many people were a little uneasy. Although Xiao Tianjian's calmness made them not too nervous, they were not worried at all. Heart is also impossible. Now the news of Diao Zheng's great victory has come, so that they can completely put down this ideological burden and devote themselves to the war of attacking Nanjing City wholeheartedly. Therefore, the morale of Xing Tianjun suddenly boosted and became higher.

In fact, this battle is not only the credit of Diao Zheng Zheng, but also has a considerable relationship with Liu Bao. In addition, one person must be mentioned, that is, Chen Yongfu, the sworn enemy of Xing Tian's army. When Chen Yongfu led Xiao Tianjian to open the Fengfu, the city was captured and surrendered to Xiao Tianjian. Later, he was captured by Xiao Tianjian. It came to Liu Bao's men.

Although Chen Yongfu was an old general of the imperial court, he was not loyal, and since he had surrendered to Xing Tianjun, he followed Xing Tianjun with all his heart. First, his son was sent to the martial arts hall by Liu Baobao, and then Chen Yongfu was also heavily used by Xiao Tianjian. First, he was awarded a preparatory camp. The errand of the deputy battalion general. Later, when he fought in Jining, Chen Yongfu was promoted to the position of battalion general. After Xiao Tianjian led the army south, Liu Bao transferred Chen Yongfu to Kaifeng Mansion because Chen Yongfu was most familiar with the situation of Kaifeng. This time, Fu Zonglong led his troops south. Liu Bao was shocked when he heard the news and sent it overnight. When they arrived in Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu led two battalions to cross the river to Hebei Huang to help Diao Zheng fight.

So after receiving the order, Chen Yongfu led his troops across the river and rushed to Huaiqing Mansion. When he led his troops to Huaiqing Mansion, Diao Zheng had already killed the officers and soldiers under Fu Zonglong's command in the Huaiqing Mansion for several days. Fu Zonglong surrounded Diao Zheng's troops outside Huaiqing Mansion, but he could not nibble under the command. On the contrary, these thousands of people were repeatedly frustrated, so Fu Zonglong took Zhou Yuji as the main force and dragged down Diao Zheng. He led the rest of the soldiers and horses to begin to besiege Huaiqingfu City. In addition, Xu Dingguo, who was newly defeated in Zhangdefu, rushed to Huaiqingfu to reinforce. Diao Zheng had no choice but to take Zhou Yuji for a while and was dragged along the Yellow River. Unable to divide the troops to rescue Huaiqing Mansion, the situation seemed a little nervous.

When Chen Yongfu led his troops to Huaiqing Mansion, it was the most dangerous time for Huaiqing Mansion. There were not many soldiers in Xingtian who were defending the city, and most of them were people inside and outside the city who were struggling to support the city. Chen Yongfu led his troops to rush to add a new force out of thin air, so Chen Yongfu immediately led his troops into the battlefield to Fu. A slam attack was launched on the back of Zonglong's headquarters.

Fu Zonglong sent Xu Dingguo to intercept Chen Yongfu, and also sent someone to recruit Chen Yongfu, saying that he was forgiven his guilt and let him return to the court. Chen Yongfu readily agreed and agreed with Fu Zonglong to surrender.

Fu Zonglong was very happy that he did not know Chen Yongfu's tricks, so he led his troops to meet with Chen Yongfu and accept Chen Yongfu's surrender. Unexpectedly, Chen Yongfu did not intend to work for the Ming court again. After meeting Fu Zonglong, he suddenly violently attacked Fu Zonglong. Fu Zonglong was almost captured by Chen Yongfu on the spot. Fortunately, Fortunately, Xu Dingguo tried his best to stop Chen Yongfu this time and scolded Chen Yongfu as a man. He repeatedly led the army to fight with Chen Yongfu, which saved Fu Zonglong. However, Xu Dingguo himself was not good. He was hit by a bullet on his thigh and was overturned on the horse on the spot. As a result, he was captured alive by Chen Yongfu.