Jiangyin guards the throat of the Yangtze River, is the place where the soldiers of all dynasties must fight, and the Ming Dynasty is no exception. Of course, all the preparation of defenses is cheaper than Zhang Yan.

After gaining the support of the gentry and wealthy merchants of Susong, Zhang Yan also fulfilled his promise, and he led 7,000 men and horses into Jiangyin to guard the gateway of Susong.

Qiao Anwen was dressed in bright armor, and followed closely behind Zhang Yan, and the other little brothers were all leading the men and horses, strictly guarding and waiting for the attack of the Ming army.

While walking, Qiao Anwen's brows were twisted into Sichuan characters, not to mention how ugly it was.

"Your Highness, I don't think the situation is optimistic, although the soldiers sent to Jiangnan at the beginning are all elite, but after all these years, the sharpness in their bones has been reduced. Look at it, all of them are fat and strong, and they have all become pigs' heads, and I don't know how much combat power they have? If they don't, they'll have to count on the workers. ”

Although Qiao Anwen didn't say what happened next, he also understood very well that among the workers, except for those who came out of the arsenal and came into contact with weapons, the others may not have even killed chickens.

In the past few days, I have been teaching desperately, and I can barely shoot a gun, but peacetime and wartime are completely different, who knows if they can withstand the test, and they really have no bottom in their hearts.

Zhang Yan grabbed the hilt of the knife, his face was grim, and he looked at the soldiers in front of him who were not much stronger than the rabble, and smiled bitterly.

"Brother Qiao, my father said that as long as you are 30% sure, it is worth a fight."

"Sixty percent, right?" Qiao Anwen said silently.

Zhang Yan's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Anyway, we and Ming Ting are afraid of beating wolves, but I believe that these people can't bear to let their homes fall, they will fight hard!" ”

"Oh no, Your Highness, it's not good!"

The scout arrived in front of Zhang Yan and nodded to the ground on one knee. said: "The men and horses of the Ming Court are here, and they are only fifteen miles away from Jiangyin. ”

"I've been waiting for them for a long time, giving orders, and getting ready for battle!"

Boom Boom!

The roar of the cannon kicked off the war, and the Ming army shouted, like a tide, and rushed to Jiangyin.

Huang Degong and Gao Jie personally supervised the battle on the front line, and they sat on the tall horses, very proud. Just take it down to Jiangyin. and seized the key to heaven.

There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, after the opening of the sea, wealth is gathered, what they want, but the only thing they lack is courage!

"Kill, take Jiangyin, the gold and silver are yours, and the house is yours. The woman is yours too, brothers, rush me! ”

From the very beginning, the battle entered a bloody offensive and defensive, tidal Ming army. The raindown of gunfire entered a frantic war of attrition. A dense rain of bullets ravaged the ranks of the Ming army, and there were more and more corpses, although so. The follow-up Ming army seemed to be crazy, and rushed up desperately.

When they got to the bottom of the city walls, they erected a ladder. They climbed with all their might, and in their eyes there was the light of a wild beast.

Just a stone's throw away, everything they want is in Jiangyin City, close, very close!

Syllable!

A stone was thrown, and the human head was shattered, like a rotten watermelon, and fell under the city.

Tang Heng's face turned pale, this was his first time on the battlefield, and it was also the first time he killed someone. The moment you throw the stone, the fear is gone, isn't it just killing, what's the big deal? Manly husbands, that's how they should be.

He clenched the knife on his waist, and just as another Ming soldier climbed up, the knife in his hand was horizontal, and it just crossed his throat, blood spurted wildly, and the red color blinded his eyes, and the world turned a terrible red......

The imaginary drum did not appear, Huang Degong commanded his subordinates, and he had launched an attack for the third time, and under Jiangyin City, there were mountains of corpses, layer after layer, which simply became a hill.

The blood stained the moat with a terrible color, and the thick bloody smell and deafening shouts of killing made people shudder. Zhang Yan's hand holding the handle of the knife kept trembling, he wanted to give himself a slap in the face, his father would definitely laugh at himself here, he was even afraid of such a battle, he was still not Zhang Ke's son, it was a shame for the Zhang family!

However, in the eyes of many soldiers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the pillar in his heart, as long as he sees the banner of His Royal Highness the Prince, he will have the bottom in his heart.

Some people even saw Zhang Yan, and in a trance, it seemed that Zhang Ke was behind him, and that magical man led everyone to win victories, and now it is the same, the victory is still theirs!

Confidence is a very mysterious thing, everyone gradually forgot about their fears, and even found the feeling they once had, the speed of shooting is getting faster and faster, and everyone's expressions are becoming more and more focused, and there is no reason for people to be underestimated by others when they crawl out of the sea of corpses and blood.

Suddenly, a few Ming soldiers climbed up at the corner of the city, slashed and killed several soldiers in a row, and a fat general rushed up, stopped the waist with a knife, the other party gently dodged, waved a knife, and slashed at his shoulder, making the total pain and falling to the ground. The Ming army stabbed him in the abdomen again. The tip of the knife penetrates a thick layer of fat and takes a slight beating. He didn't die immediately, but his strength was rapidly declining. I used to be a Jiannu, how chic and agile, how stupid I am now.

But Lao Tzu used to be a hero, and now he is not a waste, he suddenly exerted all his strength, his facial features were hideous, he ran forward, the blade penetrated the abdomen, his arm grabbed the necks of the two Ming soldiers, and fell heavily from the battlements at the head of the city......

"Kill!"

I don't know when, Zhang Yan and Qiao Anwen have already led the guards to rush up, they keep slashing, keep throwing grenades, and later, Zhang Yan didn't even dare to stop, he was worried that as long as he relaxed a little, he would collapse on the ground and never want to get up again.

It turns out that fighting is not so easy, maybe my father is under the same pressure, he can survive, and so can I!

opened his mouth wide, but there was no sound, Zhang Yan could only swing the knife violently, a Ming army was slashed, and the knife in his hand was broken. Several Ming soldiers rushed over frantically, and at this moment, suddenly a row of spears stabbed out, and these Ming soldiers fell to the ground and convulsed.

A junior official of about thirty years old held a spear in his hand, stabbed the other party, and shouted loudly: "Yan Yingyuan, the inspector of the Jiangyin Inspection Division, has visited His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhang Yan took a breath and smiled with relief.

"Okay, good, how many of you came?"

"Your Highness Qiqi, the people of Jiangyin are ready, even if we fight to the last person, we will not let the army of the Ming Court come in!"

What Yan Yingyuan said was categorical, and it was in the battle just now. Gao Jie's subordinates actually drove the ordinary people and acted as cannon fodder for the siege of the city, and when the news reached the city, the people of Jiangyin were completely enraged.

For so many years, the Ming court has been rampant, treating the people like grass mustard, and trampling on it wantonly, so let you see the power of grass mustard!

Living by the river, the temperament of Jiangyin people is like the Yangtze River, in normal times. endure in every way, but once you become angry, you can turn the world upside down and ruin the boat.

In the past, the people of Jiangyin shouted the slogan "the head can be broken, the hair must not be shaved", and fought a fierce battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty for 81 days, killing more than 70,000 people, how heroic. How strong.

Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, and Feng Houdun took the lead and gathered thousands of Taicang Ding Zhuang. Rushing to the head of the city with the rudimentary weapons to assist the army in defending it.

The presence of civilians greatly encouraged the soldiers in the city, and at the same time, a large number of ships came from the river. Transporting thousands of armed armies of workers into battle,

Three days. The 30,000 workers, with their unimaginable ability to mobilize, surprised even the wealthy businessmen, who for the first time realized that they possessed such great power.

30,000 people were sent to the front, and 50,000 and 100,000 men were waiting in the future.

The arsenal worked day and night, and the soldiers who were gathered would be taken to the battlefield to defend their homeland as soon as they learned to shoot.

Jiangyin is no longer a battlefield, but a stage for emerging industrial groups to show their strength. The armed workers fought to the death against the Ming army, first besieging the city, and then using the cover of night to launch a short sneak attack, defeating the Ming army one after another. On the fifth day of the war, the workers' army inside and outside the city had gathered 100,000 people, and the military superiority that Huang Degong and others were proud of was gone.

What made them even more frightened was that more than a day ago, only 600 soldiers entered Jinling City, Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian committed suicide and martyrdom, and the queen died in the palace fire. The first assistant Ma Shiying led the civil and military surrenders.

When the news came, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing, who were preparing for a big battle, instantly looked like a punctured ball, and they completely lost their spirits.

"It's over, it's all over!"

Huang Degong muttered silently, he returned to the tent, and after half an hour, his subordinates saw his body, and Huang Degong also committed suicide.

Liu Liangzuo and others were unwilling to be martyred for the Ming Dynasty, and after a short struggle, they chose to surrender.

Three days later, the crown prince Zhang Yan led a large army into Jinling, and at the same time, the army sent by Zhang Ke had crossed the Yangtze River, and the two sides met victoriously.

The Longwu court perished, and there was no longer a rival force in the southeast, and the army quickly entered Fujian, Jiangxi, and Huguang. The local forces either surrendered or collapsed, and three months later, the vanguard led by Qiao Anwen entered Sichuan.

Qin Minping, the commander of the white pole soldiers, led the crowd to surrender, and as a vanguard, he attacked the city all the way and successfully captured Chengdu......

In less than a year, from north to south, in addition to Yunnan-Guizhou and the distant Liangguang, Zhang Ke has successfully won the world, and he has also created a record for the fastest unification of the world.

"Yan'er, you did a good job in the southeast, and I'm very happy for my father!" Zhang Ke smiled and let his son sit beside him, looking at it carefully, as if just yesterday, the little thing was still wearing open crotch pants and babbling, and now he has grown into an adult and can decisively lead the troops to fight.

"Yan'er, you have won a big battle, but what do you know?"

Zhang Yan scratched his head, his little face was red, and when he peeked at it, his father's face showed an encouraging smile.

"Dad, I don't think it's difficult to fight."

Zhang Ke's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it, why isn't it difficult?" ”

"As long as the power in the hand is strong enough, step by step, it is just a flat push. Although the southeast seemed dangerous, Susong had tens of millions of people and more than two million workers, none of whom wanted to be ruled by the Ming court. As long as these people are mobilized, even if they fight with human lives, silver, and gunpowder, they will definitely be able to win! ”

Zhang Yan was excited, and waved his fist to enhance his momentum. For his simple and crude crushing tactics, Zhang Ke was not angry, but laughed heartily.

"Yan'er, what do you think a leader should do?"

"Organize the people, and then be firm in the faith until victory!"

"Hahaha!" Zhang Ke finally looked up to the sky and laughed, touching Zhang Yan's head with satisfaction.

"Good boy, it's good that you understand, the future battles will depend more and more on the contest of national strength. What kind of Jurchen soldier's invincible nonsense is farting, it's not a coincidence, my China has the absolute power to win! ”

……

In the second year of Zhang Ke's ascension to the protectorate, Zhu Youlang, the king of Guangxi Gui, ascended the throne and became the emperor under the support of his henchmen, and wanted to rely on the southwest to maneuver with Zhang Ke.

The general Wu Boyan led his troops south, broke through Guilin, and pursued all the way, Zhu Youlang lost his armor and fled to the territory of Annan, surviving for a long time. Wu Boyan had the intention to continue the pursuit, but was stopped by Zhang Ke because a bigger battle began.

After a long period of preparation, Zhang Ke mobilized 270,000 soldiers on the nine sides, plus 150,000 head of livestock, to form a huge expeditionary corps, divided into three roads, and swooped down on the grassland.

The Chinese army was led by Zhang Ke, together with the Khalkha Department, the Uliangha Department, and the East Tumut Department, with a total of more than 300,000 men and horses, and was crushed all the way, and the two departments of Ao Han and Naiman led tens of thousands of people and surrendered to Zhang Ke.

The surrender of these two tribes was extraordinary, they were staunch supporters of the Khan's court, and with their surrender, the foundations of Lin Dan Khan's rule had collapsed. Lin Dan Khan didn't dare to fight hard with Zhang Ke, so he could only lead the main force of the Han Army, take his family and retreat to the west of the desert. This is a great migration that is doomed to tragedy, and hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to go fast at all.

However, winter came earlier than usual, and the snowfall in the sky stained the grassland into a white world, leaving behind a lot of corpses every day from the camp, attracting a large number of steppe wolves. Wolves devour dead bodies and have learned to follow the crowd and get food easily.

For Zhang Ke, the war had become a trip to receive prisoners and booty. In the process, Lin Dan Khan sent an envoy to send the jade seal of the country and the 108 volumes of the Kangyur Sutra, which were regarded by Lin Dan Khan as a magic weapon to bless him, summon the heroic spirits of his ancestors, and help him get out of trouble.

After successive defeats, Lin Dan Khan had lost faith in his ancestors and turned to pray for Zhang Ke's forgiveness.

Zhang Ke generously accepted the two treasures, but his army did not stop at all, after a winter, Lin Dan Khan only had a few thousand people left, and retreated to Mobei in embarrassment. The scourge in the north that the Ming Dynasty has not solved has been basically eradicated.

Zhang Ke, who returned to the capital with Tianda's military exploits, was warmly welcomed, and more than 100,000 people cheered in the middle of the road, staring at the shining eyes, looking at the captured trophies, and clapping their hands.

In just three years, from the southwest to the northwest, the territory of the empire exceeded the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, and representatives of the northern and southern provinces gathered in the capital, and the enthronement ceremony was imminent. (To be continued......)