At this time, the Qing garrison of Ying Tianfu had a total of 13,000 people.

This includes the army that has been urgently transferred from the surrounding area, which can be said to be a miscellaneous army.

The time and the situation are on the side of the Ming army.

Wu Zheng did not hesitate at all, and when the three armies arrived at the predetermined position, he gave the order for a general attack.

That's right, the first battle is a decisive battle, which has always been Wu Zheng's style.

Either you don't fight, or you hit it!

It has to be said that the sailors of the prince of Xingguo were the most under pressure in this battle.

Advancing west from the Yangtze River, the hundreds of shore guns along the river posed the greatest threat to his sailors.

These artillery pieces are shore defense artillery set up by the Ming Dynasty, but now, they have become the weapons of the Qing army to stop the Ming army, which can be described as ruthless.

But Wang Zhiren was not moved at all, he personally led the ships of the naval division to brave the artillery fire to advance strongly, and in one day, arrived at the north of Yingtianfu and landed, and divided the troops into three routes, launched an attack on Yifeng, Zhongfu, and Jinchuan.

At this time, the Lu Zhiyu Department was attacking Shicheng and Shuixi Second Gate, and Wu Zheng led his troops to fight fiercely with the Qing army's garrison troops twenty or thirty miles south of Zhengyangmen.

Hong Chengchou could prevent everything, but he didn't, Wang Zhiren's sailor was already so powerful.

I didn't expect that Wang Zhiren would succumb to a child and obey his orders.

Hong Chengchou was overstretched due to the strength in his hands, so he deployed the main forces in the west and south directions, which was also the reason why Wu Zheng encountered stubborn resistance from the Qing army outside the Zhengyang Gate.

But Hong Chengchou relaxed his defense of the three city gates in the north, in fact, even if Hong Chengchou thought of it, there were no troops to mobilize.

After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, the first to break through was Wang Zhiren's department, and in the early morning of the third day, the Jinchuan Gate was broken.

Hearing the news of the Ming army's entry into the city, Hong Chengchou, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, sighed that the reinforcements could not catch up.

For this ending, he already had a premonition two days ago, because the Ming army was advancing too fast.

Advancing from the west, south, and east in three directions, almost desperately, was unimaginable in the past.

This is not an army of a few hundred people, and tens of thousands of troops are mobilized and marched, and the preparation required will take at least three days.

But the kid outside the city actually gave an order, and the army said that it would be pulled out.

And Wang Zhiren actually listened to him.

That's not all, if there is no army of unknown origin attacking in the west, he can also send the defenders of the west gate to reinforce the north gate.

Hong Chengchou still hasn't figured out the origin of the Ming army in the west.

Although I know that this army has broken through all the way from Ningguo Mansion and Taiping Mansion.

But Hong Chengchou didn't have the time or energy to take care of it, and his energy was always focused on Wu Zheng, who had defeated him twice.

And now, Hong Chengchou has discovered that Wu Zheng is not the protagonist of this battle, and the real protagonist is Wang Zhiren.

Wu Zheng's south road and the Ming army in the west were just Wu Zheng's tricks to attract him, and they were feints.

The real killer is actually the sailor of the benevolence of the prince of Xingguo.

This made Hong Chengchou very emotional, since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers.

With such a huge achievement, this young man actually said to let it go, using himself as bait to attract his own attention.

Then the plank road secretly crossed Chencang, giving Wang Zhiren a chance to shine in the annals of history.

No wonder...... No wonder!

The dignified and prosperous prince would obey the orders of a child, such a great achievement, even if it is himself, how can he not be moved?

Hong Chengchou silently ordered, went out of Taipingmen, and blitzed Zhenjiang.

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Hong Chengchou slipped away quietly, in fact, according to the regulations of the Qing court, if the city was defended for less than 30 days, the family members of the offender would be executed, but Hong Chengchou didn't care, he could basically be exempted with his identity, and people like him, except for himself, he didn't care about anything else.

He didn't take many people with him, just 3,000 of his direct troops.

If you bring too much, the Ming army will find that he will not be able to blitz Zhenjiang at that time.

But the Qing army in the city did not know that their commander had fled, and they still fought against the Ming army without fear of death.

The battle continued until the early hours of the next morning, and thanks to attacks from three sides, almost no Tartars escaped.

More than 10,000 defenders, all turned into corpses.

Ying Tianfu was really recovered by the Ming army.

In the face of all this, all the soldiers looked at each other, unable to believe their eyes and ears.

This is not an ordinary city, this is Nanzhili, the former Ming Nanjing.

Ying Tianfu, for the Ming people, is the capital, especially for the old and young, the weight is as heavy as Mount Tai.

Even Wang Zhiren was so excited that his face was full of tears, recovering Nanjing, this monstrous achievement was really his?

Thinking of the scene when he was in the Hongguang Dynasty and obeyed the orders of the imperial court, Wang Zhiren was full of emotion in his heart.

It's not good, there is no misstep into a thousand hatreds.

With today's recovery of Nanjing, who in this world dares not to sell the face of our Xingguo Gong?

Lu Zhiyu fell to the gate of Shicheng with a cry, and he roared, "Big brother...... Big brother, did you see that...... My younger brother led the army to attack Yingtianfu today! Don't worry, after today, my brother will kill more Tartars to honor your spirit in the sky! One day, my younger brother will lead the army across the river to the north and recover Shuntianfu! ”

Countless soldiers listened silently, and the only thing that was moving was the tears rolling down from their eyes.

At this moment, the Ming army was concentric, and the military spirit was like iron.

……。

Ying Tianfu suddenly recovered, and the Ming army participating in the war came back to their senses, and they all rushed to the Hongwu Gate, roaring and venting wildly.

It was only at this time that the people of the city came to their senses, and Yingtianfu was restored, and it was no longer the Jiangning Mansion of the Qing court.

As a result, the people of the city also joined the ranks of the revelry.

That night, it was impossible to determine how much wine and how many fireworks were set off in Ying Tianfu, and only in the early morning could you feel the madness of the night before when you saw a city full of drunken human bodies and a place of wolf.

But before the Ming soldiers were happy, Wu Zheng received a report from a messenger from Zhenjiang that the Qing army occupied Zhenjiang.

Only then did Wu Zheng react that Hong Chengchou's departure was not an escape, but an ulterior intention.

The location of Zhenjiang, if you do not take into account the special significance of Tianfu is Nanjing, then the military significance between the two is comparable.

If the Qing army is allowed to occupy Zhenjiang, then the Qing reinforcements will land from Zhenjiang very smoothly.

So Wu Zheng hurried to Wang Zhiren's temporary residence, Wu Zheng wanted Wang Zhiren to send sailors to recover Zhenjiang.

Only in this way can we buy time to drive the Qing army out of Zhenjiang or annihilate them when they are not firmly established.

However, Wang Zhiren's troops did suffer heavy casualties, advancing west from Zhenjiang, and the artillery along the river caused the sinking of more than 300 ships, and nearly 4,000 casualties and missing.

They stormed the three gates on the north side and lost another 2 or 3,000 men.