Although Xiao Tianjian is leading the troops to attack in the south, he has always been paying attention to the situation in the north, and often if there is any trouble, the Henan side will send someone to send him a letter immediately, and he will usually get the news quickly.

And this time, the Beijing division tossed such a big move, naturally it couldn't escape Xiao Tianjian's ears and eyes, so not long after Fu Zonglong left Beijing, Xiao Tianjian learned the news, but he didn't care too much about it, after all, it was Diao Zheng's fierce general who stayed in the towns north of the Yellow River, and the troops under Diao Zheng's command were not too small, with the combat effectiveness of Xing Tianjun's soldiers, when the officers and soldiers were on the defensive, it was not a big problem to take one as five, although Fu Zonglong brought 30,000 soldiers and horses to the south, but he wanted to recover the prefectures north of the Yellow River, Diao Zheng should be able to stop him.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian did not take this matter to heart, and it was not until he received an urgent report from Niu Jinxing in early August that he learned that Fu Zonglong's surprise troops broke through Diao Zheng's defense line from Shexian and rushed to the Yellow River in Huaiqing Mansion, so he was taken aback.

The generals were taken aback when they heard this, so they proposed to lead the troops back to Henan to help the war, after all, many people from the family of these guys have moved to Luoyang City, and Huaiqing Mansion and Luoyang are just across the river, once the official army crosses the Yellow River and will go straight to Luoyang City, everyone knows that Luoyang City is currently only left with the strength of two guard battalions, and Liu Bao's main force is stationed in the east and west of Henan, so Luoyang can be said to be quite dangerous at this time.

This was the first time after Xing Tianjun captured Luoyang that such a large army was so close to Luoyang City, posing such a big threat to Luoyang.

So some people scolded Diao Zheng for poor maintenance, and suggested that Xiao Tianjian punish Diao Zheng, and quickly transfer Liu Bao to Luoyang to strengthen Luoyang's ability to defend the country.

But Xiao Tianjian shook his head to let everyone calm down, he sneered: "The imperial court's move this time is a bit of a ruin, almost all the capital at the bottom of the box has been taken out, just to threaten Luoyang, forcing us to give up the intention of attacking Nanjing, turn around and return to Henan, so that the danger of Nanjing will naturally be lifted!"

How can we just let the court get its wish? Don't be impatient, I don't expect Fu Zonglong to be able to beat Luoyang City! Although Diao Zheng didn't block it in the area of Qingyuan Mansion and Zhangde Mansion, I can't punish Diao Zheng just because of this! Who hasn't suffered defeat? If he is punished for such a defeat, then who of you will still be standing here?

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that Diao Zheng did not lose, but 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 go of the Yellow River so easily! Luoyang City will be fine, you all stop and prepare for war with peace of mind! ”

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, the generals had to keep their mouths shut, although they were worried about the family members in Luoyang City, but everyone knew that Xiao Tianjian's family members were also in Luoyang City, Xiao Tianjian could be so calm, they were obviously a little nervous, since Xiao Tianjian was so calm, they had to follow the calm!

So the generals immediately went back, and they were busy preparing for the attack on the city of Nanjing.

Since Xing Tianjun controlled the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River, which Nanjing City regarded as a barrier, lost any meaning, and its existence did not become a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, but helped Xing Tianjun to quickly obtain more war resources.

After Xiao Tianjian conquered the Taiping Mansion, all kinds of materials began to gather from Huguang to Wuchang Mansion, and then shipped to Taiping Mansion in batches, and all kinds of ammunition materials and armor in Henan also began to go to Guangzhou, arrived on the bank of the Yangtze River, and were loaded and transported to Taiping Mansion.

Moreover, in order to fight Nanjing, Xiao Tianjian once again dispatched a group of men and horses from all over the country to rush to Nanzhili in a steady stream to increase the strength of the first battle of Nanjing, but in order to ensure the defense of other places, the men and horses transferred this time were mainly based on reserve battalions or B battalions and C battalions, mainly redoing the use of auxiliary forces, but even so, it also greatly enhanced their combat effectiveness.

After the middle of August, the reinforcements of the various departments have basically been in place, and the strength of the Xingtian army gathered in the areas of Taipingfu, Chizhou, and Anqing has increased to nearly 70,000, of which at least 20,000 or 30,000 horses are the absolute elite of the Xingtian army, and the rest belong to auxiliary forces, and all kinds of materials are piled up in Taipingfu, completing large-scale pre-war preparations.

But after the Taiping Mansion was conquered, Xiao Tianjian did not just wait for reinforcements and various materials to arrive, and the early attack on Nanjing City actually began to be carried out gradually after he conquered the Taiping Mansion.

Since Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to defeat it, it is not an easy thing, a large number of detailed works under the dispatch of Jiang Qin, in fact, a few months ago, they have begun to infiltrate inside and outside the city of Nanjing in various identities to hide, all kinds of official and military transfers in the area of Nanjing City can be said to be basically under the supervision of these fine works, and then they were collected by liaison personnel and sent back to Xiao Tianjian's army in a steady stream, and handed over to several staff officers who were specially responsible for compiling this information.

After conquering the Taiping Mansion, Xiao Tianjian changed in the Taiping Mansion and ordered the craftsmen of the battalion to make a super-large sand table of Nanjing City and the surrounding terrain in the Taiping Mansion with the help of various collected intelligence and maps, and placed it in his tent in the camp outside the Taiping Mansion.

When all the preparations were in place, Xiao Tianjian on August 19, the day of the generals, recruited the generals to his tent, and saw that a large number of generals above the battalion general had gathered in his huge tent, he said to the generals: "Let me tell you a good news first, that is, Diao Zheng did not live up to the expectations of the commander of him this time, 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 official army, and recaptured the wharf and the ships on the Yellow River!"

Immediately Diao Zheng in Huaiqing Mansion and the Yellow River with Fu Zonglong, who led his troops to where to go, came to a big battle, the result was that Fu Zonglong was defeated and lost, and led the remnants to withdraw to Shunde Mansion, this battle Diao Zheng annihilated thousands of officers and soldiers under Fu Zonglong's command, captured nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers, and captured Xu Dingguo, the general of the official army! 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 learning the news of Fu Zonglong's sneak attack on Luoyang, many people are a little uneasy in their hearts, although Xiao Tianjian's calmness made them not too nervous, but it is impossible not to worry at all, and now the news of Diao Zheng's victory has come, so that they have completely let go of this ideological baggage, and can devote themselves wholeheartedly to the battle against Nanjing City, so the morale of Xing Tianjun was suddenly boosted, It became more high.

In fact, this battle is not only the credit of Diao Zheng, which has a considerable relationship with Liu Bao, and there is also one person who must be mentioned, that is, Chen Yongfu, the sworn enemy of Xing Tianjun at the beginning, Chen Yongfu was captured when Xiao Tianjian led the troops to open the Fengfu, and surrendered to Xiao Tianjian, and was later incorporated by Xiao Tianjian under Liu Bao.

Although Chen Yongfu is an old general of the imperial court, but this person is not stupid and loyal, and since he has 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 to study, and then Chen Yongfu was also reused by Xiao Tianjian, first awarded him a reserve battalion deputy battalion general errand, and later when he fought Jining, Chen Yongfu was promoted to the position of standing barracks battalion general, after Xiao Tianjian led the troops south, Liu Bao because Chen Yongfu was most familiar with the situation in Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu was transferred to Kaifeng Mansion to sit in the town, this time Fu Zonglong led his troops south, Liu Bao was shocked after hearing the news, and sent people to Kaifeng overnight to order Chen Yongfu to lead two battalions of men and horses to cross the river to the north of the Yellow River to help Diao Zheng.

So after the order of Chen Yongfu led the troops to cross the river to Huaiqing Mansion, when he led his troops to Huaiqing Mansion, Diao Zheng had already been in Huaiqing Mansion and Fu Zonglong's officers and soldiers fought for several days, Fu Zonglong relied on the advantage of many troops, Diao Zheng's troops surrounded Huaiqing Mansion outside the city, but they could not move the thousands of men and horses under Diao Zheng's command, but they were frustrated again and again, so Fu Zonglong took Zhou Yuji as the main force, dragged Diao Zheng, and he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to begin to besiege Huaiqing Mansion City, In addition, Xu Dingguo, who was newly defeated in Zhangde Mansion, led his troops to Huaiqing Mansion to reinforce, Diao Zheng had no way to take Zhou Yuji for a while, and was dragged along the Yellow River, unable to divide troops to rescue Huaiqing Mansion, and the situation seemed a little tense.

When Chen Yongfu led the troops to Huaiqing Mansion, it was the most dangerous time for Huaiqing Mansion, there were not many Xingtian soldiers defending the city, most of them were people inside and outside the city who were struggling to support the city, Chen Yongfu led his troops to arrive It can be said that he added a new force out of thin air, so Chen Yongfu immediately led his troops into the battlefield and launched a fierce attack on the back of Fu Zonglong's department.

Fu Zonglong sent Xu Dingguo to intercept Chen Yongfu, and also sent someone to recruit Chen Yongfu, saying that he would be pardoned for his crimes and let him return to the rule of the imperial court.

Fu Zonglong didn't know Chen Yongfu's strategy, he was very happy, so he led his troops to meet Chen Yongfu and accept Chen Yongfu's surrender, but he didn't expect Chen Yongfu to work for the Ming Dynasty again, after meeting with Fu Zonglong, he suddenly burst out and led his troops to attack Fu Zonglong, Fu Zonglong was captured by Chen Yongfu on the spot, fortunately, Xu Dingguo desperately stopped Chen Yongfu this time, scolded Chen Yongfu for being a puppet, repeated villains, and led the troops to fight with Chen Yongfu, which saved Fu Zonglong, but Xu Dingguo himself did not have a good life, He was hit by a bullet in the thigh and was overturned under the horse on the spot, but was captured alive by Chen Yongfusheng.