When the army led by Bai Shan was invincible and advanced rapidly to the west.

Di Qing's army led by Di Qing also advanced rapidly to the south with a fierce momentum, and in only half a month, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Suqian, Huaibei, Huai'an and other important towns in Jiangbei were recovered one after another.

The Qin army was so sharp that the Dashun army could not compete with it at all, and there was some weak resistance at first, and then they basically fled.

Even many cities had already sent people to surrender without waiting for the arrival of the Qin army.

Later, most of the Qin army was used to contain prisoners and receive cities, and there was very little time for combat.

Because the progress was too fast, the biggest problem that the Qin army encountered was not to break the resistance of the Dashun army along the way, but because the progress was too fast, the Qin army was simply not enough to garrison these newly restored cities.

So much so that every time the Qin army occupied a city, the first thing it did was to issue a notice to reassure the people and recruit garrison soldiers.

At the same time, Di Qing also allowed the squires from all over the country to organize village warriors on their own.

All the squires who organized the village warriors could obtain the appointment documents of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion afterwards.

All of a sudden, the Jiangbei brothers were excited, and they were hustle and bustle, and countless local armed forces emerged.

Although these local armed forces were disorganized and their combat effectiveness was not worth mentioning, they also effectively made up for the lack of defensive strength of the Qin army.

According to the division of labor made in advance, Di Qing led the army to continue to advance, while Hu Zongxian, the governor of Liangjiang, then sent people to take over the various cities to take over the order of the city, as well as recruit village warriors and appoint officials.

With the tacit cooperation of the two, Di Qing led the army to conquer the east and soon reached the city of Jinling.

Jinling is the economic, cultural and political center of the whole south, and its geographical location and political significance are very important.

Moreover, the location of Jinling has the Yangtze River natural danger as a barrier, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers.

Although the Dashun army abandoned other smaller cities, it sent heavy troops to defend Jinling City.

According to the information obtained by the Black Ice Platform, the Dashun army in the entire Jinling City was at least about 80,000 people.

Moreover, the defender is Li Zicheng's confidant general Luo Kedi, who is known for being good at defending the city.

Luo Kedi has been responsible for guarding Jinling since the Dashun army conquered Jinling,

He spent half a year re-strengthening the city defense of Jinling City, although he did not dare to say that it was impregnable, but it did make Jinling City more difficult to overcome.

More than 100,000 Qin troops surrounded Jinling City, and the Qin army's naval division also sent the main force to enter the Yangtze River from the sea and blockade Jinling City on the river.

It can be said that the Qin army has surrounded Jinling City, ensuring that the Dashun army has nowhere to escape.

The entire vicinity of Jinling City is full of Qin army tents that cover the sky and the sun.

If you look at it from the air, it will be a very spectacular sight

After the Qin army surrounded Jinling City, it did not attack Jinling City at the first time, but did not move.

And the Dashun army in the city couldn't hold out, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while, showing a strange calm.

On the morning of this day, Di Qing took a team of guards to climb Zhongshan Mountain in the west of Jinling City.

The altitude of Zhongshan is not high, but the geographical location is very important, it is just to the west of Jinling City, and it is higher than Jinling City.

From the top of Zhongshan Mountain, you can overlook the entire Jinling Castle, which can be said to be a very suitable observation point.

Di Qing used a clairvoyant mirror to observe for a long time on the top of the mountain, and his face became solemn.

Sima Muyi, the Chinese army who followed Di Qing to the top of the mountain, observed his words and looks, and found that the main general's face was solemn, and asked carefully: "General, but what's wrong with this Jinling City?" ”

Di Qing nodded and said: "This Luo Ke's enemy land is indeed worthy of its reputation, and this general sees his way of defense, but he guards the entire Jinling City without leaking, and he can be described as a real general." ”

Mu Yi said: "Although this Luo Ke enemy is talented, but the Dashun army is now in a big way, and it is difficult for him to defeat our army alone." Could it be that the general is not really worried about this? “

Di Qing looked at Mu Yi appreciatively.

This son, who was originally the prefect of Datong, can be said to have made rapid progress since he was trained in the army.

Compared with before, it has changed dramatically, the whole person has become more calm and introverted, and his insight has grown greatly.

Di Qing didn't answer Mu Yi directly, but said, "Mu Yi, do you think that our army's previous invincible victory was because our army was too strong, or the enemy army was too weak?" ”

Mu Yi groaned a little and said: "Tell the general, the last general thinks that there are two reasons why our army has won victories before, first: our army is too strong. The enemy forces are difficult to resist, and the second is that the enemy forces deliberately shrink. The reason why the troops focused on defending Jinling City. ”

Di Qing was noncommittal, nodded, and continued to ask, "As you just said. Since the enemy army knows that it is defending Jinling. It is not the opponent of our army, with our army now, the prosperity of the soldiers, the sharpness of the artillery, Jinling City will fall into the hands of our army sooner or later. Knowing that he is invincible, he still insists on defending it. What do you think about this? ”

Mu Yi said without thinking: "If something goes wrong, it will be a demon." The enemy will think that there are two reasons for this: first. The enemy had illusions that they could take advantage of the Yangtze River. Heavily defended the city, able to resist the front of our army. So that our army formed a stalemate with it under the city of Jinling. Therefore, we will slack the morale of our army and drag down our army. ”

Second. Knowing that he is invincible, he wants to defend it. It is very likely that the enemy army has something to rely on, and this kind of support is unknown to our army at present. ”

After Mu Yi finished speaking, he stopped talking.

Di Qing nodded and didn't speak, but from his face, it could be seen that he also agreed with Mu Yi's words.

Knowing that you can't do it. Except for the last resort, the average person will not make this choice.

Although the Dashun army is now retreating. But it's not without a place to move.

Now that a small half of the Ming Dynasty territory is still in the hands of the Dashun army, Li Zicheng has no reason to defend a city that is not a foundation.

Although this city is also very important, it has not been taken seriously to the point that the Dashun army needs to make a desperate bet to fight the Qin army.

So this kind of abnormal behavior often means that there is an unusual motive behind it.

And what is this motivation? Di Qing didn't know at the moment, but this attracted his attention.

After descending the mountain, Di Qing ordered people to closely monitor the movements of the Dashun army in the city, and on the other hand, he sent people to report his conjecture to Hu Zongxian in the rear.

Hu Zongxian and Di Qing cooperate tacitly, and they are often able to check and fill in the gaps in many things and inspire each other, so this time Di Qing also hopes to hear Hu Zongxian's opinion as a reference.