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It's early winter, the weather is getting colder, and the temperature difference between day and night is starting to get bigger.

When at sea, the intuitive feeling is not very obvious, but since entering the riverside, in the morning, the river on both sides of the river has begun to show signs of freezing.

However, the fleet of this trip was huge, with nearly 700 large and small warships, and Li Yuanqing and his sons had already prepared, carrying enough explosives and gunpowder, and the Changsheng Battalion had already accumulated rich experience in breaking ice, Li Yuanqing was not too worried, if the entire river was frozen, the fleet would be frozen in it.

This is mainly due to the wide surface of the Yalu River and the large flow of water, even if the river surface is to be frozen, it is far from an ordinary small inland river, only overnight, and it always needs a process.

At this time, the dense sails are almost obscuring the sky, even though the Yalu River is very wide, and the narrow place is more than a mile, but the fleet lives in it, which still makes the whole river seem very crowded.

With such a large fleet, Li Yuanqing did not intend to hide his whereabouts, since entering the river, on both sides of the river, countless Houjin sentinels, like ants, firmly monitored the whereabouts of the fleet, as if facing a great enemy.

For these post-Jin sentinel detectives, Li Yuanqing directly chose to ignore them.

At this time, although the Changsheng Battalion had some cavalry capital, there was still a big gap between them and these Houjin sentinels who were skilled in archers and horses.

The main reason is that there are no Shu Luohuan and those tribal minions as cannon fodder, plus the shipboard artillery of the fleet, the range is too close, and there is not enough dominance, even if the cavalry of the Immortal Battalion can drive them away, the effect will not be too obvious.

In the middle of the fleet, Li Yuanqing's boat was sailing against the wind.

On the deck, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong, and Zhang Pan stood at the bow of the boat, scanning the scenery on both sides.

Back then, when Zhenjiang broke through, Zhang Pan took the lead in leaving to meet Mao Wenlong, while Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong escaped through Li Yuanqing's secret passage layout in advance.

At this time, four years have passed since the farewell of that year.

Although it has entered the early winter, the remnants of summer and autumn have not completely dispersed, and on both sides of the river, the trees are still green and verdant, and the land is flat and fertile.

It's just that, compared with those years, there are a lot fewer villages on both sides of the strait.

"Yuanqing, Lao Chen, Zhenjiang is a good place!" Zhang Pan sighed with deep feelings, and actually looked at the vast land on the west bank of the river.

Chen Zhong also said: "Yes! With such a good land, how can it be cheaper to get Houjin Tartar for nothing? Yuanqing, this time, we must try our best to get Zhenjiang back! ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, but there was not much expression on Ying Ting's face.

Many things are easy to say, but how difficult is it to do them?

Because of the particularity of its geographical location, Zhenjiang is by no means inferior to Shenyang, Liaoyang and Laozhai because of its importance to Houjin.

The area connected by these three points is the core lifeblood of Houjin.

Otherwise, with Mao Wenlong's shrewdness, it would be impossible for him to set foot in Zhenjiang City again for the rest of his life.

At this time, although his own side was strong and strong, the main forces of Houjin were all around Zhenjiang, and if he wanted to conquer Zhenjiang City again, he was far less optimistic than Mao Wenlong imagined.

Especially at this time, it is early winter, the cold winter is coming, and it is when Houjin's cattle and horses are raising fat and storing energy to survive the cold winter.

Fortunately, Mao Wenlong also took precautions, made sufficient preparations in advance, and pulled the main battlefield to the eastern and northern fronts, and Li Yuanqing's side only needed to contain and defend, which was what he and the Changsheng Battalion were best at.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Chen, ahead, Zhenjiang City is not far away." Li Yuanqing looked ahead and said slowly and calmly.

As the fleet continued to move forward, in the distance, about seven or eight miles away, the vague outline of Zhenjiang City gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan were also in good spirits.

Zhang Pan clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth to look in the direction of Zhenjiang City.

Chen Zhong laughed loudly, "Hahaha, Zhenjiang City, Lao Tzu is back again!" ”

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On the fifth day of November in the fourth year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong in southern Liaoning, together with the Dongjiang Zhang Pan Department, with a total of more than 20,000 people, successfully arrived in the eastern suburbs of Zhenjiang.

The fleet was moored on the river five miles southeast of Zhenjiang City, densely packed, like a connected monster that covered the sky and the sun.

The Houjin defenders of Zhenjiang City are like facing the enemy, the city gate is closed, and all kinds of buildings and facilities outside the city are also destroyed.

"Yuanqing, where are we going to camp?"

The sentinels of the three departments have begun to land on the shore, probing the terrain and driving away the Houjin sentinels.

Chen Zhong stood on the bow of the boat, coldly glanced at the surrounding scene, and asked Li Yuanqing in a low voice.

At this time, it was noon, the sun was very full, the morning frost on the shore had melted, and the ground that had been frozen last night had begun to soften, and it was wet, and the soldiers stepped on it, and it looked a little muddy.

The place where the fleet is moored, on the west bank, is a continuous open field, a hundred steps to the river, is a dense forest, about three or four hundred steps to the north, is a continuous reed.

And this forest is the one that was temporarily rested when Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong attacked Zhenjiang City.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Big brother, do you still have an impression of this woods?" ”

Strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy.

has been with Li Yuanqing for so long, and Chen Zhong has long been familiar with this point.

It's just that at the beginning, he paid too much attention to exploring the terrain and preparing to camp, Chen Zhong really forgot about this stubble, and when he heard Li Yuanqing's reminder, he remembered it, and couldn't help but pat his head hard, and said with a smile: "Yuanqing, if you don't say it, I'll forget." This forest is our blessed land! ”

"Blessed land? Yuan Qing, Lao Chen, what blessed land? Zhang Pan also came over at this time.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong looked at each other and smiled, Chen Zhong smiled and said: "Lao Zhang, back then, Yuanqing and I took a temporary rest in this wood, and then, in one go, won Zhenjiang City. ”

Zhang Pan was also extremely excited when he heard this, and said happily: "That relationship is good!" This time, we're going to do it again! ”

A few people laughed, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Li Yuanqing said slowly: "Brother Chen, Brother Zhang, the terrain on the east bank of Zhenjiang City is complicated, and the camp we can choose is the woods here." I mean, let's camp right here. ”

Chen Zhong thought for a moment, and also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and couldn't help but smile, "That's a good feeling, these woods have saved us a lot of firewood." ”

At this time, it was already early winter, and in addition to water and food, the most important thing to consider was to consider firewood for heating.

With the trip to the Northland, Li Yuanqing felt particularly real in this regard.

To a large extent, in this harsh climate, firewood is even more important than water and food.

Zhang Pan is different from Zhang Pan, he is easier to get along with, years of ups and downs, has already smoothed his edges and corners, and consumed most of his sharpness, plus at this time he has almost no soldiers, only 2,000 soldiers, to a large extent, is Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's vassals.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong have already set the tone, how can he refute it? Busy smiled: "Yuan Qing, Lao Chen, in this case, while it's still early, let's start doing it." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile, his face suddenly turned pale, "Someone is coming, pass on my military order, and the fleet will camp on the shore!" ”

"Yes!"

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The Houjin side did not expect that as soon as the Ming army's fleet arrived, it set up a posture of going ashore and camping.

At this time, at the head of the south gate of Zhenjiang City, Du Du, the owner of the white flag with gold inlay, was standing at the head of the city, surrounded by dozens of minions, carefully watching the movements of the Ming army not far away.

"Do you see clearly? Which Ming army is it? ”

Seeing a sentry coming from the south, Du Du hurriedly shouted to the city.

"Master. It's the blood-colored Red Eagle Banner, and it's Li Yuanqing's immortal camp. The sentry did not have time to dismount, and hurriedly shouted under the city.

"What?"

Du Du raised his eyebrows, and the expression on his face couldn't help but be hideous, "Li Yuanqing, Li Yuanqing!" You fucking shrunk offal! If you don't stay in southern Liaoning, why do you come here to join in the fun? ”

At this time, in the face of Mao Wenlong's winter offensive, Houjin has already responded. The main forces of five of the Eight Banners are scattered around Zhenjiang.

In particular, the main force of the White Flag of Huang Taiji is resting in Yiju City.

He had already expected that Mao Wenlong's 'dogs can't change their', and he must still start from Yizhou and Kuandian, so he went to Yizhou in advance to prepare.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing's appearance instantly disrupted Huang Taiji's deployment.

"Master, Li Yuanqing's soldiers are strong and strong, looking at its scale, I am afraid that there will be no less than 20,000 people. We must be on guard! A minion hurriedly said cautiously to Du Du.

With the lesson in the north, these powerful people with white flags couldn't help but chill in their bones when they faced Li Yuanqing again.

"Master, I'm afraid he's a ghost! Could it be that he, Li Yuanqing, could still put on his wings and fly into the city? Du Du couldn't help but roar loudly.

The two successive battles in Northland Ice City were simply the biggest shame in his life.

But the most hateful thing is that his biggest enemy has come under his nose, and he is even showing off his might, but he has no way.

"Yes, yes!"

How could the surrounding minions still not understand Du Du's temperament? Hurriedly nodded yes, and the atmosphere didn't dare to breathe.

But Du Du is also the blood of the old slave after all, although his father is not good, but this guy is also experienced in a hundred battles, calm down, and he has also regained his senses.

Although Li Yuanqing has a lot of people this time, he doesn't look like he is going to attack the city immediately. How can I make him so comfortable? Hum! Want to set up camp under the nose of the master? Someone, pass on my military order, and let Zima and Buyantu fight! Burn that forest to the master! ”

In the end, Du Du gritted his teeth, and his face was hideous.

"Wow."

The minions around him also understood what Du Du meant, and hurried to work.

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At this time, Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan had already disembarked and landed on land.

Zhenjiang City is strategically located, attacking from the land, it is indeed infinitely defensible, but if it is attacked from the direction of ~ Xian, from the river, Zhenjiang City is a natural danger.

The main thing is that the riverside area is full of swamps, and there is very little solid land, and if you are not careful, you will be carried on a large scale.

At this time, the river is already bitterly cold, and once a person falls into the swamp, it is no joke.

The Changsheng Battalion already has a lot of experience in building camps in formation, but at this time, the terrain is narrow and there is no pier, so it obviously takes time for so many people to get off the ship.

In normal times, these physical tasks of building camps are generally done by auxiliary soldiers, but at this time, time is life, and Li Yuanqing will not spare the physical strength of his sons, and directly hand over the hard physical work in the early stage to Xu Heizi's well-equipped engineer battalion.

Zhenjiang City is not like the north, has not been fully developed, the trees are verdant and dense, the population here is dense, the impact of man-made destruction is great, although the woods look wide, but the actual volume is not large.

Li Yuanqing had already made it clear from his previous investigation on the shore that the camp was mainly based on earthen walls and trenches, and these timber resources were preserved as much as possible.

But at this time, the earthen walls of the sons have not yet reached half a person's height, and the south gate of Zhenjiang City has been rolled with dust and smoke.

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