The army of 30,000 that Chen Yue brought to Nanjing, half of whom were sailor soldiers, could not go ashore to fight. Therefore, only 3,000 guards battalions and 1,000 Yufeng cavalry battalions were really responsible for combat missions, and the remaining 10,000 people were also drawn from the Fengyang Army of the Anqing Army, and they were all formed from the veterans of the original Pingnan Army.

However, Yu Feng's cavalry was not here, but by land, they had just arrived at Dasheng Pass yesterday and had not yet arrived at the battlefield.

Chen Yan, the commander of the pro-guard battalion, has been serving as Chen Yue's guard for many years, and has never had the opportunity to lead troops to fight independently. And this time, Chen Yue released him and ordered him to lead the guard battalion to land first.

As for the command of this battle, Chen Yue handed it over to Li Yi. I'm afraid that Chen Yue will have to be in the court for most of the future, and it is impossible for him to do all the battles himself, so he must cultivate the ability of his subordinates to stand alone now. And Li Yi, as the earliest subordinate who followed Chen Yue, is one of the few generals in terms of loyalty and ability.

Although there are not many opportunities to stand alone, Li Yi is very rich in combat experience. Under his command, the most combat-effective guard battalion was the first to go ashore and march a thousand steps to the city wall of Nanjing, and then the follow-up troops went ashore one after another. However, more than 10,000 people took more than 200 river boats, and it would take some time for them all to go ashore, after all, the location of the riverside wharf was limited, and only about a dozen boats were allowed to dock at a time.

"The defenders of the city have come out!" The guards beside Li Yi suddenly pointed at Nanjing City and shouted.

Li Yi glanced lightly at the distance, "Don't pay attention to them, the pro-guard battalion can handle it." ”

At this moment, the guard battalion had just disembarked and rushed to the position, and the soldiers behind were coming ashore one after another, and the troops gathered on the shore were less than 1,000 people. However, Li Yi was not in a hurry to send troops to reinforce the guard battalion, but patiently waited for the follow-up troops to disembark and go ashore.

"It's less than twenty miles from Dasheng Pass to here, and we should order the infantry to come by land, so there will be no such troubles."

On the battleship, the soldiers who watched him get off the ship were only thirty percent, and the troops of the imperial court were pouring out of the city gate and rushing towards him, Lu Zhenfei couldn't help but say to Chen Yue.

The infantry arrived in Nanjing by land from Dasheng Pass, and there was no chance of being attacked by the half-crossing, and now the effort is saved, but the situation is very dangerous. Lu Zhenfei clearly saw that among the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who attacked, they swarmed out from several city gates in three ways, and the speed of sending troops was much faster than that of his own ships going ashore. However, there were only 3,000 men on their own side, and their strength was too far behind the opponent's.

"If you don't give them a chance to attack halfway, will they dare to attack out of the city?" Chen Yue smiled.

Standing on the top deck of the Galen battleship, watching his soldiers go ashore in an orderly manner under the command of Li Yi, quickly but without panic, Chen Yue couldn't help but nod again and again, "Li Yi's command is very calm, and he already has the style of a general!" ”

In the face of the attack of the imperial army, the commander Chen Yue and the former enemy commander Li Yi were very calm, but Chen Yan on the front line could not calm down.

Seeing the officers and soldiers of the brigade not far away rushing over, Chen Yan's palms were sweaty, and his mood was extremely nervous. In the past, he was guarding Chen Yue's side, this was the first time he commanded in battle, and it was a big battle with tens of thousands of enemy troops.

However, although he was nervous, the order still came out of his mouth in an orderly manner, and after following Chen Yue for these days, he was no stranger to arranging a battle against Chen Yan.

The three thousand guards battalion are the most elite soldiers, following Chen Yue from Beijing to the south, it can be said that they are one of the most elite soldiers in the world. As for the offensive and defensive array, it has gone through countless drills, and everyone is familiar with it, so there is no need for Chen Yan to command, and a defensive phalanx is quickly arranged.

At the front of the phalanx was a row of repulsors, which was used to slow down the enemy's attack. After the rejection of the horse formation, there are more than 20 Franc machine mother guns, each gun weighs 300 catties, and the 300 catties of artillery are equipped with four gunners to easily push and march. Each gun is equipped with five guns, and the rate of fire is amazing. Next to the Fran cannon were 100 Tiger guns, each equipped with two artillery.

The 3,000 Guards Battalion had 300 gunners alone, and at the back of the artillery position were four rows of 2,000 musketeers, each of whom took turns firing in a four-section pattern, and each platoon of 500 men occupied a width of 500 paces, almost a mile.

In the Guards Battalion, there were less than 1,000 real melee soldiers, all pikemen and shields, lined up behind the musketeers, and when the two sides approached, they rushed out to protect their own musketeers and artillerymen.

Behind the array, there were several carts, loaded with knives and guns, and the musketeers in the Guards Battalion were not only musketeers, but also had good melee skills. When both sides are close enough to use muskets or unable to use muskets on rainy days, they pick up their swords and guns in melee combat without losing to others.

As for the defense of the Guards Battalion, in order to facilitate the loading of gunpowder projectiles, the gunners and gunners wore standard military uniforms, covered with half-body leather armor. And the remaining more than 800 pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, but everyone wears iron armor, the armor is the Zhoushan workshop with cold steel pressed plate armor, weighing 367 pounds, the defense is amazing, can become iron armor soldiers are drawn from the army tall and strong warriors!

The armor, weapons, muskets and artillery are all built by the Zhoushan workshop, and the silver cost is nearly one million taels, and such an army cannot find a second one in the entire Ming Dynasty, which is why Chen Yue dared to attack Nanjing with only 30,000 people! Without him, only confident ears!

Of course, for the three guest armies that attacked, although they knew that Chen Yue was brave and good at fighting, they didn't know how powerful he was. Especially Zheng Zhibao, relying on the Zheng family's strong financial resources, the Zheng family's army is a cut above other armies in terms of equipment and weapons, and Zheng Zhibao has followed Zheng Zhilong for many years, and he also claims to be a person who is proficient in the art of war and knows soldiers, and there is a faint arrogance in his chest.

He didn't dare to disagree with Chen Yue's past achievements, but he faintly had a competitive mind in his heart. He believes that in terms of combat effectiveness, the Zheng family's army is not much worse than Chen Yue's subordinates, especially the thousands of families around him, and everyone is highly skilled in martial arts and skilled in combat!

And now, his own strength is several times that of Chen Yue's rebels, and most of Chen Yue's infantry has not yet disembarked, and there are only two or three thousand people in front of them.

With forty or fifty thousand against two or three thousand, there is no reason why it is not easy to win!

However, on the other side was the army of Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi who had won a hundred battles, and Zheng Zhibao did not dare to be careless, and waited until most of his soldiers rushed out of the city gate, and after a little tidying up the queue, he personally rushed to the front with a thousand Ding, and killed the two or three thousand rebels two miles away.