Speaking of Fengyang Mansion, Su Tiancheng remembered a ballad: Fengyang, Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place, since Emperor Zhu, there have been nine years of famine in ten years, large families sell fields, small families sell children, slaves do not have children to sell, and they carry flower drums in all directions.

The origin of this ballad, no one can say, but, because of this ballad, Fengyang flower drum is famous all over the country.

There are many beggars in Fengyang, this is a fact, it cannot be erased, Su Tiancheng vaguely remembered that he had seen an explanation, which was more in line with the actual situation.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of Zhongdu, he forcibly relocated a large number of wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River to settle down in Zhongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts are also very normal, Fengyang is his hometown, of course it is rich here, and it is difficult for many rich people to come and not be rich. However, Zhu Yuanzhang also lacks some virtue, he knows that the rich man must be unwilling, and he will return to his hometown if he finds an opportunity, so it is strictly forbidden for the rich man to return without permission, and if he finds it, he will be punished, pity these rich people, and he has no chance to go home to sweep the tomb and worship his ancestors.

After a long time, these rich people also thought of a way, that is, to pretend to be a beggar, sneak back to the sacrifice sweep, go to spring in winter, pretend to be a beggar, of course the government will not investigate and deal with it, this method worked, and later, many people rushed to follow suit and go home to worship their ancestors.

Slowly, the beggars in Fengyang began to become famous, in fact, these beggars, the family is very wealthy, how can outsiders think about it, of course, the sin is recorded on Zhu Yuanzhang's head.

The action of the Jiangning battalion was very fast and clean, which was the result of long-term training.

Before leaving the barracks, all the soldiers left their last words, and they couldn't even see their families, and when they left their last words, all the soldiers were clear. This time, they didn't go out to practice, they were going to fight.

No one complained, on the contrary, the soldiers seemed very excited, and most of the time passed. The military salary is paid on time every month, and the slightest deduction is made every month, and the families of the soldiers have no worries about food and clothing, and the children can go to private schools to go to school.

Such a generous treatment. Many soldiers even felt that they couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, sorry for the military salary, sorry for the imperial court, sorry for Lord Fan and Lord Su.

The requirements of the march have long been implemented in the minds of every sergeant and firmly remembered.

Every soldier. Carry dry food for seven days, and do not harass the people along the way. It is not allowed to be exposed, the war horses must be wrapped in their hooves, and the Shenji battalion must find a way to cover up the cannons and other weapons, rest during the day, and march at night.

If such a request is made, it will be placed on the other guards and sergeants. It must be bitter, and it is not so easy to implement, but Jiang Ningying is an exception.

The pro-military camp followed Su Tiancheng, followed by Sun Chuanting, Liu Tiehan, Sun Siming, Qu Qingze and others.

All are not special. Including Su Tiancheng, he also carried his own dry food.

By this time, intelligence work had been put in the first place.

Su Tiancheng had already warned all the senior officers of the Jiangning battalion that the Liukou attack was Fengyang, which was a guess and was not necessarily completely accurate, and in the end it was necessary to rely on relevant intelligence to finally confirm it.

After the Jiangning battalion arrived at the outskirts of Fengyang, it made timely deployment adjustments based on the information obtained by the scout battalion.

Along the way, Liu Tiehan was unusually nervous, the responsibility of the scout battalion was too heavy, and it was necessary to grasp accurate information, he laid out three lines, one line was in Shouzhou and Huoqiu in Fengyang Prefecture, this line had the most important responsibility, mastering the whereabouts of the Liukou, a line starting from Jiangning County, all the way to Fengyang, the central capital, the scouts of this line, providing all aspects of intelligence for the brigade, and a line scattered in Dingyuan, Fengyang, and Linhuai, focusing on observation, whether the Liukou would change the direction of the march.

The scouts of each team were a total of three people, and from the time they set off, they had to provide accurate information to Su Tiancheng and the Jiang Ning battalion, and they could not afford to delay time.

Seeing how nervous Liu Tiehan was, Su Tiancheng and Sun Chuanting couldn't help it, and persuaded Liu Tiehan to rest, even if he rested for an hour or two, it would be good, and his body couldn't collapse.

A steady stream of information came into the hands of Su Tiancheng.

On the tenth day of the ninth month, Liukou entered Fengyang Mansion and arrived in the area of Huoqiu.

On September 11, Liukou left Huoqiu and moved to the area of Shouzhou.

After passing through Shouzhou, and then entering the boundary of the central capital Fengyang, according to this speed, Liukou can arrive in the central capital Fengyang around September 14 to 15.

All the information is clear, and the destination of the Liukou is indeed Fengyang, the central capital.

Liu Tiehan issued an order, and the scouts in Dingyuan, Fengyang, and Linhuai quickly retreated, entered Shouzhou, and closely monitored the whereabouts of the Liukou, no matter what the situation was, they must report it in time.

On the way from Shouzhou to Fengyang, there were soldiers from the Jiangning Battalion Scout Battalion, even if a sparrow flew over, they could also grasp the situation.

September 12 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Hai Shi.

Su Tiancheng and his entourage arrived at the outskirts of Fengyang, the central capital.

The location here is a little remote, and the thousands of households and deputy thousands of households in each battalion have been waiting here for a long time.

The tent was set up in advance, and after Su Tiancheng entered the tent, he didn't have time to catch his breath, and he was about to hold a meeting.

The various battalions of the Jiangning battalion were scattered within a radius of two kilometers and were not concentrated, and the scouts who had been observing in advance had already drawn maps and selected places, and the battalions were concentrated according to the predetermined positions and waiting for orders.

Inside the tent, a huge wooden plate is placed in the middle, and inside the wooden plate, the peaks, towns, roads, etc. made of mud are clear at a glance, and you can see very clearly, next to the wooden plate, there are many small red, white, and blue flags.

This is the sand table that Su Tiancheng asked the scouts to make.

This sand table, covering the terrain from Shouzhou to Fengyang, was painstakingly made by the scouts.

And all the people gathered around the sand table.

Everyone didn't speak, looking at Su Tiancheng.

They don't understand the function of the sand table for the time being, but when they see this sand table, they can get familiar with the surrounding terrain, and this thing is really good.

Su Tiancheng finally spoke.

"Qu Qingze, Liu Tiehan, you will put out the marching route of the Liukou, the current location, and the distribution of the Jiangning battalion, the location, and the location of the sergeant of the Zhongdu Left-behind Division, all of them, the white flag represents the Liukou, the blue flag means the Zhongdu Left-behind Division, and the red flag represents the Jiangning battalion."

"Master Sun, you already know the situation, when Qu Qingze and Liu Tiehan planted the flag, you can introduce the specific situation to everyone."

As Qu Qingze and Liu Tiehan planted the flags, Sun Chuanting began to explain the situation, and after half an hour, everyone knew all the situation at a glance.

This kind of narration is clear and easy to accept, and it will not be confused, and in the process of explaining, everyone looks at the sand table, and the general terrain around them is also clear.

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, Su Tiancheng didn't need to repeat, he opened his mouth to ask everyone, if the situation was clear, everyone nodded, some deputy thousand households, did not read much, but when they saw the sand table, all the situation was also clear.

Su Tiancheng nodded at Liu Tiehan, and soon, two scouts came in with another sand table.

This sand table is the specific terrain of Fengyang, the central capital.

"Brothers, I have carefully discussed with Lord Sun, and I have also analyzed a lot of information, the route of the Liukou's attack, just now Lord Sun also said, they will go directly to the Drum Tower from the outskirts of the city, this is the place where the Central Capital Left-behind Division is stationed, as long as you take here, the Central Capital Fengyang will lose all the barriers, so the Drum Tower is the most important place."

"Brothers, take a closer look at the location of the drum tower, behind the left-behind division of the central capital, is the imperial city and Longxing Temple, this is also the core area of the central capital, the distribution of the left-behind division troops, mainly in the bell tower, as for the surrounding sergeants, they don't have any effect, they don't even have time to report the news."

"The place where the Jiangning battalion operates, is also in the Drum Tower, this is a very helpless choice, I want to warn the brothers first, you may be confused, if you do it in the suburbs, wouldn't it be better, I have discussed it with Lord Sun, this is definitely not good, the total number of rogues, about 70,000 to 80,000, there are 30,000 people in the Chinese army, these people are the real elite, we estimate that the rogue who attacked the bell tower must be the elite of the Chinese army of the rogue Ko."

"If we do it in the suburbs, the rogues will scatter and flee, and we will not be able to encircle and suppress them because of the lack of troops, so we can only achieve the greatest results by waiting until the rogues reach the bell tower and launching a surprise attack."

"The problem we are facing is that when the rogues arrive at the Drum Tower, they must be very excited, and it can also be said to be an unstoppable period, with high morale and strong combat effectiveness, and we must show our greatest ability to extinguish the arrogance of the rogues in one fell swoop."

"As long as the elite of the Chinese army is defeated, the rest of the rogues, don't worry."

Speaking of this, Su Tiancheng paused slightly and looked at everyone.

"One general is incompetent, tired to death of the three armies, you are all thousands of households and deputy thousand households of the Jiangning battalion, commanding thousands of brothers, at such a critical moment, in addition to unconditionally implementing military orders, we must also judge the situation, maximize the killing and wounding, and let the soldiers shed as little blood as possible."

"The first thing the Liukou encountered was the sergeant of the left-behind division of the central capital, at this time, we don't do it for the time being, let them fight, once the sergeant of the left-behind division begins to rout, the momentum of the liukou may be slackened, they feel that the great work is done, and it has done an earth-shattering thing, at this time, it is the moment for us to attack."

"The Jiangning battalion is divided into two groups of men, the Shenji battalion and the second battalion of the infantry battalion, a total of 4,000 people, to deal with the 40,000 to 50,000 rogues behind, you have to be like a big tree, firmly rooted in the position, prevent their rescue, no matter how much sacrifice you pay, you can't take a step back, and the remaining 14,000 people, go all out to exterminate the elite of the rogue army." (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )