Jiangbei retreated all the way, and now only an isolated city in Nanjing is left.

Faced with the 300,000 army outside the city, the soldiers defending the city were panicked and had no hope for the Jianwu court.

Li Yuanyin knew that the morale of the army was unstable, so he suggested that before the enemy attacked the city, he would take the initiative to fight a small victory.

In this way, the enemy troops outside the city will not dare to underestimate the soldiers in Jiangbei and become afraid of siege, but also play a role in calming the defenders in the city.

However, Zhu Youjian was worried that after opening the city, more people would surrender to Longwu, so he rejected Li Yuanyin's suggestion.

After Du Yinxi's army surrounded Dingcheng, it arranged it properly. History used red-clothed cannons to bombard the city walls, allowing Hao Yaoqi to tentatively attack the Jimen and investigate Nanjing city defense.

Unexpectedly, Yang Geng, who guarded Tongji Gate, had poor command and his soldiers' morale were sluggish. He was attacked by Hao Yaoqi on the top of the city. Fortunately, Zhang Mingzhen led his troops to drive Hao Yaoqi down the top of the city. Otherwise, the inner capital of Nanjing might be broken in one day.

Although the defenders finally defended the Tongji Gate, the morale of the defenders was even more disintegrating.

Outside the city, in the big tent of Du Yinxi, Hao Yaoqi held his helmet in one hand, and came in and shouted: "Supervisor, you will not be prepared at the end of today, and you will definitely knock down the Tongji Gate tomorrow!"

Du Yinxi put down his brush, folded the letter paper, and put it in the envelope, and then smiled and said, "Strike the city to stop tomorrow!"

Hao Yaoqi glared at his eyes and said in surprise: "Supervisor, today's humble position is just a test, so he attacked the city top. He is ready for the future and should do his best to attack the city gate. Why should he stop attacking the city? Wouldn't he give the defenders the opportunity to improve the city defense?"

Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "Yongzhong! The Jiangbei Army has been through a long battle formation, and the city defense should have been well arranged. Today, it is not that the defenders are not prepared enough, but that the people's hearts have been dispersed. If you attack the city today, it will be another blow for the defenders in the city, and the morale of the defenders is already extremely depressed. Zhang Mingzhen is a veteran general. How could he not know that even if he will not be in charge in person tomorrow, he will send elite troops to reinforce. If you can't attack by then, you will ruin your achievements today and strengthen your determination! At this time, the morale of the army in the city has been dispersed and forced to force them to form a rope. It is better to use today's power to recruit and require them, and you will definitely gain something!"

Hao Yaoqi seemed to understand but did not fully understand, but he respected Du Yinxi very much and obeyed Du Yinxi.

Du Yinxi sighed, "This battle was avoidable, so Gu Duo was killed!" As he said that, Du Yinxi handed the letter just now to Hao Yaoqi, instructing him: "Let the clerk copy hundreds of copies and shoot them into the city overnight!"

Hao Yaoqi hurriedly took it and saluted, "I will do it now!"

Du Yinxi waved his hand and asked him to leave the tent, then stood up, walked to the map, and fell into deep thought.

For Du Yinxi, this war can actually be avoided. Now that it has happened, I can only hope that it will end soon and die less.

After all, they were all elites in the Ming Dynasty, and they were destroyed by internal friction. It was really not worth it and meaningless.

Nanjing City, Tongji Gate City.

The guard Yang Geng, led a team of soldiers, was preparing to inspect the city wall.

Today, the enemy troops attacked the city, which caused him to be scolded by Zhu Yihai. Although it was the third update, he was still cheering up and preparing to go up to inspect the city.

At this time, just as he was about to come out of the city gate building, he saw several generals hurried in. When Yang Geng saw it, he asked from afar: "Why are you here to patrol the city?"

Several generals came forward, and one of them said, "General, the enemy army has another letter to the city."

After saying that, he quietly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Yang Geng.

Yang Geng stretched out his hand, hesitated for a moment, took it over, took out the letter to watch it.

Previously, several letters had been shot outside the city, but they all asked Emperor Jianwu Zhu Yihai to surrender, but this time they surrendered the defenders and soldiers in the city.

Du Yinxi spoke earnestly in the letter, saying that he could not bear to see his former comrades and the people of Nanjing suffered such wars, and said that he could not bear to see the former anti-Qing army be destroyed.

Du Yinxi persuaded the defenders in the city to open the city early, and the court would definitely not blame him.

It also explained that the army could have gone down in one go, because it estimated that the lives of soldiers and the people in the city were the people, so it gave the defenders another chance, but if they did not cherish it, they would break through the city after three days.

After Yang Gengwen was silent for a while, he glanced at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has kindness to us. Just guard the city and do not have two thoughts!"

Several generals showed disappointment on their faces, but no one dared to say it clearly.

However, yesterday, the enemy attacked and rushed to the top of the city. The morale of the army in the city was floating, so how could the city be defended!

Yang Geng was actually quite confused inside. He was not a direct descendant of Jiangbei. He was originally a general of the Zheng family. After the Battle of Fujian, he was incorporated by Zhu Yihai.

Zhu Yihai did not treat him differently, and now he has been granted the title of marquis, which makes him hesitate.

"Let's go! Visit the city!" Yang Geng put the letter into his arms and waved his orders.

At this time, Yang Geng absent-mindedly inspected the city wall, but there was a noise ahead, surrounding a large number of soldiers.

"God of life, General!"

A begging for mercy came, and Yang Geng and his group discovered the situation ahead.

"What's going on?" Yang Geng walked over and asked loudly.

The soldiers surrounding him quickly made way out, but they all bowed their heads and said nothing.

Yang Geng walked in and saw several subordinates being knelt on the ground by a team of policing soldiers, about to behead him.

"Wait, why do you want to kill them!" Yang Gengli stopped him.

"General save me!" Several subordinates shouted hurriedly when they saw Yang Geng.

The head polite politician said coldly: "According to the oral order of Your Majesty, patrolling the city defense, those who are lazy, those who have privately kept letters from enemy soldiers, those who spread rumors and those who disturb the morale of the army are all killed! These three people not only kept letters from enemy soldiers, but also circulated each other to disrupt the morale of the army. According to the wartime regulations, they will be executed without forgiveness!"

Yang Geng's face changed and he hurriedly said, "A few, please go around them once for the sake of their achievements!"

The head politician scolded coldly: "Yang Geng, as a guard general, you are a letter outside the city, but you did not confiscate it immediately. You have not punished your crime yet. Instead, you pleaded for them. Is it a ill-behavior?"

Yang Geng's face turned pale. Seeing that he didn't say anything, the tutor snorted coldly, "Kill, your head hangs on the top of the city!"

Several soldiers who were politely pulled out their swords and were about to behead them, but the chief Jinyiwei governor was the first to scream, and they were hit by a knife behind them and fell into a pool of blood.

Yang Geng slashed the governor with one knife, and his subordinates were slightly stunned. Then he drew his swords one after another and dismembered the Jinyiwei.

"General, what should I do now?" the general asked with a bloody sword.

Yang Geng wiped the blood on his face and said in a deep voice: "What else can I do? I set fire to the Tongji Gate Tower and lead the army into the city!"
Chapter completed!