At this time, the Qing army defenders of Yingtian Prefecture had a total of 13,000 people.

This includes the troops transferred from the surrounding areas, which can be said to be a miscellaneous army.

At that time, the situation was on the side of the Ming army.

Wu Zheng did not hesitate at all and issued a general attack order when the three armies arrived at the predetermined position.

That's right, the first battle is the decisive battle, which has always been Wu Zheng's style.

Either don’t fight, just bet on the fight!

It has to be said that the navy of King Zhiren of Xingguo was most severely under pressure in this battle.

Advancing west from the Yangtze River, the hundreds of shore cannons along the river pose the greatest threat to his navy.

These artillery were shore defense artillery set up by the Ming Dynasty, but now it has become the weapon of the Qing army to stop the Ming army. It can be said that dead objects are ruthless.

But Wang Zhiren was unmoved at all. He personally led the navy ships to advance in a tough manner in a fire of artillery. In one day, he arrived north of Yingtian Prefecture and landed in three groups, and launched an attack on Yifeng, Zhongfu, and Jinchuan Sanmen.

At this time, the Lu territory unit was attacking Shicheng and Shuixi Second Gate. Wu Zheng led his troops to fight fiercely with the Qing army's garrison troops two or thirty miles south of Zhengyang Gate.

Hong Chengchou defended everything, but he did not. Wang Zhiren's navy was so powerful.

He did not expect that Wang Zhiren, the dignified Duke of Xingguo, would surrender to a child and obey his orders.

Because Hong Chengchou was short of his troops, he placed all the main forces in the west and south directions. This was also the reason why Wu Zheng encountered the tenacious resistance of the Qing army outside Zhengyang Gate.

But Hong Chengchou relaxed his defense against the three city gates in the north. In fact, even if Hong Chengchou thought about it, he had no troops to mobilize.

After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, the first one to break through was Wang Zhiren's tribe. In the early morning of the third day, the Jinchuan Gate was broken.

When Hong Chengchou learned that the Ming army had entered the city for two days and two nights, he sighed and reinforcements could not catch up.

He had a premonition about this ending two days ago because the Ming army was advancing too fast.

It was hard to imagine in the past that it was almost desperate to advance from the west, south and east directions.

This is not an army of hundreds, and the preparation required for the mobilization and marching of tens of thousands of people will take at least three days.

But the boy outside the city actually gave the order, and the army started to set off when they said they could.

And Wang Zhiren actually listened to him.

That's not all. If there is no army of unknown origin in the west to attack, you can also draw the defenders of the West Gate to reinforce the North Gate.

Hong Chengchou has not yet figured out the origin of the Ming army in the west.

Although I knew that this army was from Ningguo Mansion, Taiping Mansion broke through the pass and killed generals.

But Hong Chengchou had no time and no energy to care about it. His energy was always focused on Wu Zheng, who defeated him twice.

Now, Hong Chengchou discovered that Wu Zheng was not the protagonist of this battle, the real protagonist was Wang Zhiren.

Wu Zheng’s southern route and the Ming army to the west were just a trick that Wu Zheng attracted him, and a feint attack.

The real killer weapon was actually the navy of King Zhiren of Xingguo.

This made Hong Chengchou feel very emotional. Heroes have been born in young people since ancient times.

With such a great skill, the young man gave in as he said that he would give in, using himself as bait to attract his attention.

Then he went down the plank road and crossed Chencang secretly, giving Wang Zhiren a chance to go down in history.

No wonder...no wonder!

The dignified Duke Xingguo would obey the orders of a child. How could he not be moved even if he made such a great contribution?

Hong Chengchou silently ordered to go out of Taiping Gate and blitz at Zhenjiang.

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Hong Chengchou slipped away quietly. In fact, according to the Qing court's regulations, if the city is guarded for less than 30 days, all the offenders and family members will be executed. However, Hong Chengchou didn't care. He could basically be exempted in his identity. Besides, people like him don't care about anything other than themselves.

He took away not many people, only his Zhili army had 3,000 people.

If he has brought too many, the Ming army will find that he will not be able to blitz at Zhenjiang and succeed.

But the Qing army in the city did not know that their commander had fled, and still fought with the Ming army without fear of death.

The battle continued until the early morning of the next day, and due to three attacks, almost no Tartars escaped.

More than 10,000 defenders all turned into corpses.

Yingtian Mansion was actually restored by the Ming army.

Faced with all this, all the soldiers looked at each other and could not believe their eyes and ears.

This is not an ordinary city, this is Nanzhili, and the former Ming Dynasty Nanjing.

Yingtian Prefecture, for the Ming people, is the capital, especially for the old and young, it is as heavy as Mount Tai.

Even Wang Zhiren was so excited that his face was full of tears. Restoring Nanjing, is this great achievement really his?

Thinking of the scene when he was in the Hongguang Dynasty and obeyed the imperial orders to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhiren felt a lot of emotion.

No, no mistake will lead to eternal regret.

With the achievements of restoring Nanjing today, who else in the world dares not to sell our Duke Xingguo to the face?

Lu Zhiyuan fell to the gate of the stone city in a crying cry, and he roared, "Brother...Brother, have you seen it... My brother led his army to attack Yingtian Mansion today! Don't worry, after today, my brother will kill more Tartars to pay tribute to your spirit in heaven! One day, my brother will lead his army across the river to the north and restore Shuntian Mansion!"

Countless soldiers listened silently, and the only thing they were moving was the tears that rolled from their eyes.

At this moment, the Ming army was united and the morale was as strong as iron.

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Yingtian Mansion suddenly recovered, and the Ming army came to their senses when they joined the battle, rushed to Hongwu Gate, roaring wildly and exuding.

The people in the city only woke up at this time. Yingtian Prefecture was restored, and it was no longer the Jiangning Prefecture of the Qing court.

As a result, the people all over the city also joined the carnival.

That night, there was no way to figure out how much wine and how many fireworks and firecrackers were drunk in Yingtian Mansion. Only in the early morning can one feel the frenzy of the night before.

But before the Ming army's soldiers could enjoy their lives, Wu Zheng received a report from a messenger in Zhenjiang, and the Qing army occupied Zhenjiang.

Only then did Wu Zheng realize that Hong Chengchou's departure was not about escaping his life, but about having ulterior motives.

If the special meaning of Zhenjiang is not to mention that Yingtian Prefecture is Nanjing, then the military significance between the two is comparable.

If the Qing army was allowed to occupy Zhenjiang, the Qing army reinforcements would land in Zhenjiang very smoothly.

So Wu Zheng rushed to Wang Zhiren's temporary residence, and Wu Zheng wanted to send a navy to recover Zhenjiang by Wang Zhiren.

Only in this way can we gain time and drive the Qing army out of Zhenjiang or annihilate them when they have not yet gained a firm foothold.

Wang Zhiren's army did suffer heavy casualties. Advance from Zhenjiang west, the artillery along the river caused the sinking of more than 300 ships, nearly 4,000 casualties and missing.

He attacked the three gates in the north, and lost another two or three thousand people.
Chapter completed!