Shaoxing Province, Zhejiang Province.

To the west of the Qiantang River, a Dashun army slowly moved forward, led by Li Jin, that is, Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guo after the name change.

Among the tens of thousands of troops, the cavalry was in front, and in the middle were the Hongyi cannons and other baggage, grain and grass, followed by the overwhelming infantry, together with the cavalry, a large number of baggage and grain and grass were guarded in the center.

The banner is displayed, covering the sky and the sun, the mighty scene, how huge the momentum is!

Tap Tap, Tap...

Crunch crunch...

Knock knock...

The sound of the footsteps of the infantry, the trampling of the horse's hooves of the cavalry, and the various sounds of the baggage, are intertwined with each other and mixed together, containing a certain sense of rhythm, making the momentum even greater, adding a bit of Mount Tai's overwhelming momentum to the spectacular scene.

At this moment, Li Jin's left and right flanks are the righteous son Li Laiheng, the general Liu Tiren, and then the other generals.

"Dashuai, is Wang Zhiren's traitor's words really credible? If he pretended to surrender and wanted to lure our army into going deep alone, so that he could sneak attack, wouldn't he have fallen into a treacherous scheme and fell into a heavy ambush? ”

When Li Laiheng finished speaking, Li Jin's expression was still calm, as calm as water, and he just said lightly: "Don't worry, it will be fine, even if this is really Wang Zhiren's trick and trap, they don't want to sneak attack us, they don't have that strength and ability at all." ”

"Besides, this operation, not only our team, but also Marshal He Jin, he has already led his troops to act, and the troops have left Yangzhou Mansion, and now they should have entered Shaoxing Mansion and approached the Qiantang River, so as to respond to us."

"That big marshal, isn't the sailor of Dang Shousu on the Yangtze River, responsible for blocking the river and controlling the ships above, can he have time to carry Marshal He's army?"

General Liu Tiren was shocked, and when he asked like this, he immediately reminded Li Laiheng and reacted, and the latter was also shocked, and then couldn't help but echo: "Yes, Dashuai, if there is no sailor who guards the party, only those small boats and boats will be used on the lake, but it will affect the fighters?" ”

"After all, Fang Guoan has deployed a large number of troops on the other side of the Qiantang River, and if he crosses the river close to those small boats and boats, not only will it be slow to exercise, but it will not be able to carry many troops at one time."

However, Li Jin's expression was still the same, he glanced back at the two of them sideways, and slowly replied: "Don't worry, although there is no sailor who guards the party, it will not affect the army to cross the Qiantang River." ”

Seeing that Li Laiheng, Liu Tiren and others still had some worries, Li Jin further added: "Moreover, you may not know that Zhejiang has a severe drought this year, Shaoxing Mansion is particularly serious, and the water level of the Qiantang River has dropped significantly. ”

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, Liu Tiren's eyebrows still had a trace of worry, a little hesitating, and couldn't help blurting out: "But Dashuai, is the source of the news reliable?" Don't it be a trick used by the Ming army? ”

"General Liu, Ben Shuai understands what you mean, and he also knows that you don't trust those Ming generals who surrendered."

Li Jin nodded approvingly, with a look of satisfaction on his face, and then said: "Not only you, but also Ben Shuai, and the emperor, don't trust villains like Wang Zhiren and Zhang Guozhu." Don't worry, the authenticity of the news is very reliable, after Wang Zhiren sent it, Ben Shuai has secretly sent someone to verify it, the news is indeed true, absolutely reliable, and the water level of the Qiantang River has dropped significantly. ”

At this moment, no one is worried, and at the same time there is a sense of relaxation and joy, very excited, more and more confident and sure about this battle, since the war horse can cross the Qiantang River, the sneak attack of the army will be more smooth!

After all, the war horse can be used, which means that the tiger squat cannon can be used as a heavy firepower assault to tear apart the defense line arranged by Fang Guoan at night, so as to attack the Sanjiang Institute, go around to the rear of Shaoxing City, and capture Zhu Yihai alive.

"Marshal, if Zhu Yihai is captured, it almost means that the war in eastern Zhejiang has come to an end, and without the emperor, the Ming army in Jinhua Mansion, Taizhou Mansion and Ningbo Mansion will be self-defeating."

After a general finished speaking, Li Laiheng turned to say with a smile: "Zhu Yihai is really stupid, even if he goes to Shaoxing Mansion to supervise the country and ascend the throne and become the emperor, he is still living in Shaoxing Mansion and confronting us, I really don't know whether to live or die." ”

"Come to Heng, this is not Zhu Yihai's stupidity, but the ancestral training of the Ming Court, the monarch guards the country, this alone, the monarch of the Ming Court is worthy of admiration and respect."

Li Jin immediately refuted, glanced back at the north, the direction of Beijing City, and continued with great admiration: "Although there have been few holy kings in the Ming Dynasty since the past dynasties, there is no shortage of emperors with blood and backbone, and the monarch guards the country gate and builds the capital in the north, next to the border, which is the best explanation. ”

No one refutes this, the toughness of the Ming court, which is famous, has a feeling of rather bending than bending, whether it is internally or externally, not making peace, not paying tribute, not being harmonious, is the best interpretation of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, that is also the interpretation of the Han people's iron bones!

Gannan, Jiangxi, Ganzhou.

Ganzhou City is a chaotic and tense scene, on the streets, around the city gate, there are a large number of corpses of Ming soldiers, as well as the walls above the city gate, many gaps, large and small, the smoke is still filling,

At this time, Liu Zongmin was inspecting Ganzhou City, checking that the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and gathering prisoners, Gao Jinku was accompanied by him, his face was full of high excitement, and he said as he walked: "Marshal, fortunately, there are additional artillery and bird guns for us by the emperor, the brothers don't need to charge at all, they attack the city with flesh and blood, just use the Hongyi cannon to greet them, and the defenders will be directly blinded by the wild bombardment, and there will be countless casualties on the city wall, and finally have to take the initiative to surrender and open the city gate." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Jinku's words paused, his expression turned into doubt, and he asked puzzledly: "By the way, marshal, the last general really doesn't understand, with our current strength, we can completely capture the entire territory of Jiangxi in one fell swoop, and then directly take Fujian or Guangdong, why do we suddenly stop moving?" ”

"Moreover, Marshal Gao has already captured most of Guizhou, and he is about to enter Yunnan westward, if we delay any longer, I am afraid that there will be no battle to fight, and we will be far behind."

Obviously, a hint of eagerness flashed between Liu Zongmin's eyebrows, but when he thought of Li Zicheng's special explanation and repeated advice, although he complained, he could only turn into deep helplessness, sighed, and said faintly: "Hey... Because of some special reasons and the need for secrecy, Ben Shuai has some inconvenient things to say, and I can only tell you one thing, we changed our plan this time, entered Jiangxi in the east, and occupied southern Jiangnan, the purpose is not to attack the city and destroy the Ming army, but to deter. At the same time, it is also in response to the actions of the two marshals, Li Jin and He Jin. ”

Seeing Liu Zongmin's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, as well as these flickering words he heard, the generals understood that this operation had changed, giving up attacking Guangxi and entering Jiangxi instead, but had a special mission, not a simple operation, but also some kind of strategic deterrence and containment.

"Okay, don't say anything more, without the emperor's holy decree, unless the Ming army in Fujian or Guangdong attacks, we must hold our troops in southern Jiangnan!"

For a while, with Liu Zongmin's words, the mouths of those generals who still wanted to invite war were completely blocked, so as to show that there was no room for negotiation.