As the Shenjing of the Ming Dynasty, the political significance brought by the restoration of Beijing is self-evident, and it can be said that whoever recovers Beijing will be able to stand on the righteousness of expelling the Tartars and stand on the commanding heights of politics.

For Zhu Cihong, the recovery of Beijing is his efforts to turn the tide, restore the temple, and realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the orthodox status of the Central Plains will not be shaken, the merits are like the glory of the Han Dynasty, and the prestige must be as high as the sky.

This kind of moral supremacy will undoubtedly make Zhu Cihong more confident, and even if he fails, Gao Jingzhong will be set on the shame frame of history, and his reputation should not be good.

The Western Wei Dynasty was naturally salivating for the achievements of recovering Beijing.

If Gao Yihuan entered Beijing first, he would have obtained the merit of driving out the Tartars and rebuilding Shenzhou, and Zhu Cihong would have turned around, and it would be difficult to fight with him.

At that time, Gao Yihuan can completely declare that the descendants of the Zhu family are incompetent, the Han family has lost their country, the number of qi has been exhausted, and the Western Wei Dynasty is Ming and unifies the world, which is a move that is in response to the heavens.

Therefore, the merit of recovering Beijing will be contested by the two families, which determines the direction of the general trend of the world in the future.

At the end of September, the entrance of the Huai River.

In the dark night, a huge fleet of ships sailed on the sea, and the dark figure was like floating islands.

"General, there is the entrance to the Huai River in front!"

At night, the coastline is pitch black, and it is difficult to see the scene on the shore, but the experienced sailors and generals still judge the location by the outline of the terrain.

Zheng Sen waved his hand, led his subordinates back to the cabin, lit an oil lamp in the cabin, and unfolded a drawing.

This drawing is the coastal defense map of the Qing court, where there are forts, where there are beacon towers, where there are forts, all marked clearly.

This is a map obtained by the Ming Dynasty from the hands of the green camp in Jiangbei, it is said that Liu Zeqing instructed the old department, copied it, and then handed it over to the Ming army to make a detailed work, so that the Ming army could recover Jiangbei.

"Jiannu's defense along the coast is very lax, only there is a fort at the entrance of the Huai River, and other places are basically unfortified." Zheng Sen looked at the map, looked up and said to his subordinates: "Our task is to open the way for the sailor division and clear the Qing army batteries on both sides of the Huaijiang River, so that the sailor can rush into the Huaijiang River, cut off the connection between Huai'an and Xuzhou and Shandong, and cooperate with the senior commander to encircle and annihilate the traitors Xu Dingguo, Ma Degong, Tian Xiong and others on the south bank of the Huaijiang River!" ”

In order to save Xuzhou Town, the Ming army had entered the Huaijiang River, so the Qing army built a fort at the entrance of the Huaijiang River, and other places were neglected.

This is because the Qing army is relatively strong, the second is because there is no awareness of defending the sea, and the third is that even if it is conscious, the Qing court does not have so much money to build so many forts and cast so many Hongyi cannons.

At this time, Zheng Sen pointed to the drawings and said, "This is Yunti Pass, just at the entrance of the Huai River, there is a fort in Jiannu, judging from the markings on the map, there are 20 red-coated cannons, 30 general cannons, and a garrison of 2,000 people to block the river." ”

Zheng Sen raised his head, glanced at the subordinates around him, then straightened up, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and said in a solemn voice: "If the sailor wants to enter the Huaijiang River, he must go down to the Cloud Ladder Pass." Zhongming, you led the soldiers and horses of the three divisions to go ashore from the sea by boat, and when you saw the artillery of the general's big ship, you immediately attacked the fort from behind. ”

"No!" Gao Yiqi lowered his head and clenched his fists when he heard this, and solemnly accepted the order.

Zheng Sen was satisfied, he pressed the handle of the knife in his hand, high-spirited, extremely domineering, "Yunti Pass must be taken, not only the fort at the entrance of the Huaijiang River, the sailor is all the way to the west, all the Jiannu forts along the river must be knocked out, and the forts controlled by Jiannu are not allowed on both sides of the Huaijiang River, nor is it allowed to appear a Jiannu warship." ”

"No!" Six or seven military academies in the cabin clasped their fists one after another, and their armor rattled.

After the Ming army's naval division entered the Huai River last time, the Qing army realized that the Ming army could still come from the sea, so it strengthened the fort of Yunti Pass.

The fort is built with stones and blue bricks, built near the river, and more than 50 artillery pieces control the river surface, which is enough to block the Ming Dynasty sailors from the open sea and ensure the safety of the Huaijiang waterway.

At this time, it was close to the fourth watch, and the defenders of the fort had already fallen asleep, and there were only a few non-commissioned officers, who were on duty at night, watching the river.

At this time, nearly two years have passed since the last time the Ming army naval division entered the Huaijiang River, and the fort has not fired a single cannon at the Ming Dynasty naval division since the day it was built, so the soldiers are relatively slack.

Although recently, the king of Jingjing County in Huai'an City, Nikan, passed down military orders, so that the Qing troops in various parts of Jiangbei were vigilant, and the defenders of the fort also increased their posts, but compared with other Qing troops that directly opposed the Ming army, the defense can be said to be relatively lax.

At this time, several sentries were sitting around the fire and chatting, but a Qing soldier stood up with his eyes rubbed and exclaimed, "It's not good, there are boats on the river!" ”

More than a dozen Qing soldiers were startled, and they stood up one after another, and sure enough, they saw a row of huge black shadows moving on the river, and the leading officer reacted, and immediately shouted in horror: "Damn, it's the Ming Army's sailor." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, on the dark river, the side of the Ming Dynasty warship sounded "boom, boom".

More than a dozen warships lined up on the river, the sound of cannons pierced the silence of the night, and the flickering flames of cannons illuminated the river.

The Qing army on the fort saw the black shadow on the river, spewing out orange-red flames, the river surface flickered brightly and darkly, and clouds of white smoke rose up, the scene was spectacular, but in their eyes, they were full of horror and astonishment.

As soon as the alarm bell rang on the fort, the shells of the Ming army smashed into the fort, and the Qing army, who was awakened, scurried like headless flies, and hit the barracks with one shot, killing one piece in an instant.

Gao Yi, who had already touched the fort not far away, jumped up violently, drew his sword and roared, "Kill me!" ”

More than 1,000 Ming soldiers jumped up from the darkness, resisted the wooden ladder, carried the torch, rushed to the fort, erected the ladder and attacked upward, and the sound of killing instantly pierced the night sky, and the sound shook the four fields.

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September 28, outside Nanjing, at the foot of the Purple Mountain.

30,000 soldiers of the Ming Army gathered on the school ground, with flags like clouds and helmets like fire, to be reviewed by Zhu Cihong.

On this day, Zhu Cihong first worshiped Xiaoling, and then swore to the north in the school field outside Xiaolingwei.

At this time, he stood on a high platform, facing tens of thousands of troops, and personally recited and crusaded against the text, "Since Jiashen has been shocked, Shenjing has sunk." The chieftain of the construction of the original I belong to Yi, repeatedly on the opposite side, which took advantage of my gap, stealing the Central Plains, in the present five years. The Central Plains is its calamity, the people have invaded for a long time, and the self-captive chief Dolgon has led the division into the pass, poisoning millions of living beings, ravaging more than thousands of miles of prefectures and counties, and the realm passed, no matter how big or small the city is, the people have no distinction between rich and poor, all of them have been plundered, and the crimes committed are innumerable. Jiannu acted perversely, abused my people, and destroyed my temple. Every time I think about it, I feel heartbroken, and I often sit up in the middle of the night, crying. ”

"Today, I have raised Rui for five years, personally mentioned the six divisions, relieved the people from hanging upside down, and restored the foundation of the ancestors. All the armies will work hard to restore our old frontier, and from now on, work together to avenge the shame, and wait for a different time. I am benevolent and righteous, the rewards and punishments are clear, and those who raise troops to return to the right will not correct their mistakes, and the proclamation will be known far and wide, and the salty people will know about it. Sincerely, the Ombudsman. ”

On the school ground, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers chanted in unison, "Work together to avenge the shame!" ”

In the shouts of the sky, Zhu Cihong got off the high platform, stepped on the war horse, and launched the Northern Expedition surrounded by the Japanese army.

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