The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 478

When Bai Shan led the Western Expedition Army invincible, advancing rapidly to the west.

The Eastern Expedition Army led by Di Qing also marched southward with fury and ferocity. In just half a month, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Suqian, Huaibei, Huai'an and other important Jiangbei towns were recovered one after another.

The Qin army was so sharp that the Dashun army along the way could not compete with it at all. At first there was some weak resistance, but later they basically fled.

Many cities even sent people to surrender before the Qin army arrived.

Later, the Qin army basically spent most of its time taking in prisoners and receiving cities, and very little time was spent on combat.

Because the progress was too fast, the biggest problem that the Qin army encountered was not to disintegrate the resistance of the Dashun army along the way, but because the progress was too fast, the Qin army was simply not strong enough to garrison these newly restored cities.

As a result, every time the Qin army occupied a city, the first thing it did was to issue notices to secure the people and recruit garrison soldiers.

At the same time, Di Qing also allowed the gentry from all over the country to organize village bravery spontaneously.

All the squires who organize the village bravery can obtain the appointment documents from Liangjiang Governor's Mansion afterwards.

All of a sudden, the Jiangbei brothers were excited and crowded, and countless local armed forces emerged.

Although the armed forces in these places were chaotically equipped and their combat effectiveness was not worth mentioning, they effectively made up for the lack of Qin army's defensive strength.

According to the division of labor made in advance, Di Qing led the army to move forward, and Hu Zongxian, the governor of Liangjiang, then sent people to take over the various cities to organize the order of the cities, recruit village braves, and appoint officials.

With the tacit cooperation of the two, Di Qing led the army to conquer the east and quickly reached the Jinling city.

Jinling is the economic, cultural and political center of the entire south, and its geographical location and political significance are very important.

Moreover, the location of Jinling is protected by the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and it has always been a battleground for military strategists.

Although the Dashun Army gave up other smaller cities, they sent heavy troops to defend Jinling City.

According to the information obtained by Heibingtai, the Dashun Army in the entire Jinling City is at least around 8 people.

And the guard is Li Zicheng's confidant general Luo Kedi, who is known for being good at defending the city.

Luo Kedi has been in charge of guarding Jinling since the Dashun Army conquered it.
It took him half a year to re-fortify Jinling City's defenses. Although he dare not say that it was impenetrable, it did make Jinling City more difficult to conquer.

10,000+ Qin Army surrounded Jinling City, and the Qin Army Navy also sent the main force into the Yangtze River from the sea, when the Jinling City was blocked on the river.

It can be said that the Qin army has completely surrounded Jinling City, ensuring that the Dashun army has nowhere to escape.

The entire vicinity of Jinling City was filled with densely packed tents of the Qin army covering the sky and the sun.

If you look down from the sky, it will be a very spectacular sight.
After the Qin army surrounded Jinling City, they did not attack Jinling City immediately, but stood still.

And the Dashun army in the city couldn't hold out, and the two sides unexpectedly stalemate for a while, showing a strange calm.

On the morning of this day, Di Qing took a team of personal guards to the Zhongshan Mountain to the west of Jinling City.

The altitude of Zhongshan is not high, but its geographical location is very important. It is just to the west of Jinling City, and the terrain is higher than Jinling City.

From the top of Zhongshan Mountain, you can overlook the entire Jinling City, which can be said to be a very suitable observation point.

After Di Qing observed with binoculars for a while on the top of the mountain, his face became serious.

Sima Muyi, who followed Di Qing to the top of the mountain, observed his words and expressions, and found that the general had a solemn expression, and asked cautiously, "General, what's wrong with this Jinling City?"

Di Qing nodded and said: "This Rock's enemy territory is indeed well-deserved. This general sees his way of defense, but he guards the entire Jinling City tightly. He can be called a real general."

Mu Yi said: "Although this Luo Kedi is talented, the Dashun Army has already lost its momentum. With him, Luo Kedi alone can hardly defeat our soldiers. Could it be that this is not what the general is really worried about?"

Di Qing looked at Mu Yi appreciatively.

This son who was originally the magistrate of Datong, since his experience in the army, it can be said that the whole person has made rapid progress.

Compared with before, earth-shaking changes have taken place. The whole person has become more calm and introverted, and his insight has greatly improved.

Di Qing didn't answer Mu Yi directly, but said: "Mu Yi, do you think our army has been invincible before, is it because our army is too strong or the enemy army is too weak?"

After pondering for a while, Mu Yi said: "I tell the general, the general thought that there were two reasons why our army won successively before. The first is that our army is too strong and the enemy is hard to resist. The second is that the enemy deliberately shrank. The reason why the troops focus on defending Jinling City."

Di Qing was noncommittal, nodded, and continued to ask: "As you said just now. Since the enemy army knows to stick to Jinling, it is not our army's opponent. With our army's current strength and sharp artillery, Jinling City will fall sooner or later. In the hands of our army. Knowing that we are invincible, but still insist on defending. What do you think of this matter?"

Mu Yi said without hesitation: "If something goes wrong, it must be a demon. The enemy will think that there are two reasons for doing this. First, the enemy has illusions, thinking that they can rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River. The heavy defense of the city can resist our soldiers. To make our army form a stalemate with it under Jinling City. Therefore, our army's morale will be slackened and our army will be dragged down."

second.Knowing that he is invincible, he insists on defending.It is very likely that the enemy army has something to rely on, but this kind of rely is currently unknown to our army. "

After Mu Yi finished speaking, he stopped talking.

Di Qing nodded and didn't speak, but from his expression, it could be seen that he agreed with Mu Yi's words.

Knowing that you can't do it.Except for the situation of having to do it as a last resort, most people would not make this choice.

Although the Dashun army is now retreating steadily.But it is not without a place to move around.

Today, there is still less than half of the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the hands of the Dashun army. Li Zicheng has no reason to defend a city that is not a foundation.

Although this city is also very important, it didn't pay attention to the fact that the Dashun army had to put all their eggs in one basket and fight the Qin army to the death.

So this kind of abnormal behavior often means that there are unusual motives behind it.

And what is this motivation?Di Qing is currently unknown, but this has attracted enough attention from him.

After going down the mountain, on the one hand, Di Qing ordered people to closely monitor the movements of the Dashun Army in the city, and on the other hand, he sent people to report his conjectures to Hu Zongxian in the rear.

Hu Zongxian and Di Qing cooperate with each other tacitly, and they can often check and fill in gaps in many things, and inspire each other, so this time Di Qing also hopes to hear Hu Zongxian's opinions as a reference.

(End of this chapter)