Chapter 646 The Great Fire in Jiangbei
A fire broke out on the north bank. Zhao Ming was shocked when he heard the words. He didn't bother to listen to Liu Si's report and then strode out of the ritual.
At this time, he stood on the steps at the door, looking north, and indeed saw the sky in the north, and the fire was soaring into the sky.
"It's really caught fire!" Zhao Ming said in surprise.
The Zhejiang soldiers and generals in Longtan Town rushed out, all standing outside the houses and tents, looking towards the north bank of the Yangtze River, and saw that the sky was red, reflecting half of the sky like day.
For a moment, the soldiers of Zhejiang soldiers on the south bank of the Yangtze River could not help but talk about what was happening on the north bank.
At this time, Tang Tong and other generals rushed over.
Everyone looked at it for a while, and Li Benshen said, "It seems to be in the direction of Da Tongshan. Such a big fire suddenly ignited. I am afraid that it is not a water flow, but someone should be setting fire."
Tang Tong said in shock: "Da Tongshan is the place where Li Guo's grain and grass are gathered. If such a big fire broke out, was it because Zhang Du Town burned it?"
As soon as these words were said, many soldiers couldn't help but feel happy and their faces showed excitement.
Zhao Ming led 70,000 people to the east suburbs of Nanjing, but it was not easy to seize the city of Nanjing, which was guarded by 130,000 people.
Now, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi and other generals led their troops to harass outside the city, making Zhao Ming unable to get close to Nanjing, causing the situation to fall into a deadlock.
If the food and grass on Li Guo on the north bank were burned, the official army in Jiangbei might be defeated. At that time, Zhang Mingzhen's troops and Li Chengdong's troops would be able to cross the river and join Zhao Ming's army, which would be very likely to enter Nanjing.
Therefore, when everyone heard that the fire broke out on Datong Mountain, they were all happy.
Zhao Ming couldn't figure out the situation on the North Bank now. Seeing such a large formation on the North Bank, he hurriedly shouted: "Let Guo Zhong send someone to investigate immediately."
To the east of Datong Mountain, the front line of the old river estuary.
In order to cooperate with Zhao Ming, Zhang Mingzhen restrained the 150,000 official troops in Jiangbei and took the initiative to leave Yangzhou and launched an attack on the official troops.
However, Li Guo was not an incompetent person, and with more troops than Zhang Mingzhen, the Zhejiang Army had a strong offensive, but it did not get any advantage.
When Zhao Ming captured Zhenjiang, raised his troops westward, and rushed towards Nanjing, Li Chengdong returned to Yangzhou.
At this time, he and Zhang Mingzhen were on the front line of the Jiujiangkou. The fire in the direction of Datong Mountain also alarmed the Zhejiang army in Jiangbei.
However, unlike the joy of the Zhejiang Army on the South Bank, the Zhejiang Army on the North Bank was full of doubts.
Li Chengdong and Zhang Mingzhen stood outside the tent, in the direction of Datong Mountain, the dust floating in the camp like snow.
Li Chengdong touched the dust on his armor and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Will you go through the water?"
Zhang Mingzhen shook his head and said, "It is unlikely that Datong Mountain is a heavy military ration area of Li Guo, so it is not easy to get out of water. Besides, the fire is so big that someone obviously sets a fire!"
Li Chengdong frowned and said, "This fire is not something you and me, nor can it be set up by the people on the South Bank. Who will it be?"
Zhang Mingzhen pondered for a while, and suddenly felt a shiver. Could it be...
At the fourth update, the city of Nanjing was pitch black, and occasionally the footsteps of patrol soldiers and the sound of clappers could be heard. Only a few commercial workshops in the west of the city, as well as the Qinhuai River, were still singing and dancing to peace.
Because Zhao Ming's army was approaching Nanjing, the curfew in the city became more severe and the patrols were several times more numerous. However, the curfew in the city was just closed after dark. The staff in each store were not allowed to go out, but everyone could still move in the store.
Zhu Youjian was very tolerant of the people of Nanjing. When the troops were at the city, there were still people drinking and having fun in the various yards of the West City, while the schoolyards in the East City, the South City and the North City were silent.
In the palace, Emperor Longwu handled government affairs until the third day of the evening last night. As soon as he lay down and fell asleep, he was pushed to wake up by Queen Zeng, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youjian half opened his bloody eyes tiredly and asked, "Are you going to court?"
Queen Zeng shook her head and said, "It's a noise outside the hall, and the Sili Supervisor has reported an emergency!"
Zhu Youjian was shocked when he heard this, suddenly sat up from the bed, and asked quickly: "What emergency situation? Is there any change in Nanjing?"
Since Zhao Ming captured Zhenjiang and came to Nanjing, Zhu Youjian has not slept safely and often has nightmares.
Zhu Youjian knew Zhao Ming's bravery very well, and it was precisely because of his clarity that he was very scared and was often dominated by the nightmare of Zhao Ming's pursuit.
Although Zhu Youjian was determined to guard Nanjing and was unwilling to evacuate, he was actually worried every day, just because he was afraid that one day, Zhao Ming would suddenly enter Nanjing.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is relieved. It is not that there has been any change in Nanjing. I heard that it is the military situation in Jiangbei!" Queen Zeng said hurriedly,
Zhu Youjian calmed down when he heard the words, sat on the bed while wearing shoes, and said, "Let me come in!"
At this time, Pang Tianshou walked in quickly and knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, Jiangbei fire, Duke Li's granary was burned!"
"What?" Zhu Youjian heard the words and only made a robe and only wore one shoe, so he opened the curtain and came out.
Pang Tianshou kowtowed in panic, "Your Majesty, urgent reports have come from the Ministry of War, and a fire broke out in the direction of Datong Mountain, Jiangbei!"
Earlier, after Fang Guoan surrendered to the Longwu Dynasty, only the Zhejiang clan had three kings, Zhang Mingzhen, Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming. Zhao Ming was still in Nanyang at that time, so the Longwu Dynasty thought about solving Zhang Mingzhen and Li Chengdong first.
Therefore, while Zhu Youjian increased his troops in Jiangbei, he gathered a large number of weapons and food in Dongtun, Yangzhou to attack Yangzhou, which was occupied by Zhejiang.
Among them, Datong Mountain is close to Yangzhou and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has become a major food and grassland for the imperial guards, storing the food of the official troops in Jiangbei.
Now Pang Tianshou said that the fire on Datong Mountain was like Yuan Shao was burned to Wuchao, and the Ming army in Jiangbei would inevitably be defeated.
In an instant, Zhu Youjian's eyes turned black and his body shook.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please stay calm!" Pang Tianshou was shocked and quickly supported Zhu Youjian.
Zhu Youjian stabilized his body, and suddenly shouted for a while, "Heaven kills me!"
Jiangbei, near Yizheng County, within the official army camp.
After hearing the report, Li Guo was wearing only one pajamas and hurriedly left the bill.
At this time, he saw a fire catching from the direction of Datong Mountain, and suddenly he felt like five thunders slamming into the top, his mind was blank and his body was shaking.
Li Guo was actually not very concerned about implementing He Tengjiao's strategy and did not have the intention to take the initiative to wipe out the Zhejiang army. Therefore, he did not attack Yangzhou, but asked the Zhejiang army to attack him, hoping to wait for the Zhejiang army to extinguish its anger and launch a counterattack.
These days, after several days of fierce attacks, the offensive has been exhausted. Li Guo was about to launch a counterattack, but he did not expect that Datong Mountain would catch fire and all the food and grass were destroyed.
At this time, he stood in the camp, with soldiers running around in a hurry, and couldn't help but feel shocked.
Li Guo grabbed a running officer beside him and shouted loudly, "What's going on? Are the rebels coming?"
"Reporting to the Duke of the State, I don't know about my humble position!" The officer said in panic.
Li Guo was furious, "I dared to leave my post without knowing it!"
"Duke, the soldiers of Beiying have already run away! I am also a humble position..."
Chapter completed!