After Zhao Peng ordered 12,000 troops to go ashore, he camped on the spot, preparing to build siege weapons in two days to attack Yizhen County. The reason why Zhao Peng took the initiative to attack and cross the river to fight the rebels was because he knew that the Yangtze River defense line could not be defended by defense. To defend the river, you must defend the Huai River. If the Huai River line is in the hands of the enemy, it will be difficult to defend the Yangtze River defense line. Because the Yangtze River is too long, you can't defend it everywhere, right? Even if there are powerful navy troops, they cannot defend it. There are loopholes everywhere, and the opponent can cross the river from any location.

If the Huaihe River defense line is defended, the Yangtze River is the transportation line of the southern defenders. The mobilization of the army can all transport food and grass through the Yangtze River. If the Huaihe River defense line is lost, the Yangtze River will become the dividing line between the north and the south armies. The defenders will not be able to take advantage of the convenience of the Yangtze River, but the enemy can also use the Yangtze River to complete the mobilization and transportation.

There was a constant gathering of military information from all directions. From the information obtained by the various sources of Yebukuro, Huang Degong was ordered to close the Yangzhou gate, and some Gao Jie's subordinates who remained in Yangzhou were hostages, and Gao Jie's army's retreat was cut off. At the same time, Liu Zeqing also "admitted" to send troops, of course, the order of Fu King Zhu Yousong, but Liu Zeqing did not come to Yizhen to join Gao Jie and the others, but ran to Lujiang (now Hefei), Tongcheng, Wuwei, Chao County, and robbed a lot, making a fortune.

Three towns in Jiangbei have already rebelled, but there was an unexpected result that Zhao Peng had also seen: Zuo Liangyu of Wuchang actually raised the banner of supporting the crown prince Zhu Cilang, asking Zhu Yousong to abdicate. He used this as an excuse to send troops downstream, claiming to raise 800,000 troops, and broke with the rebellious three towns in Jiangbei, preparing to meet Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing.

"Zuo Liangyu is a loyal minister." Zhao Peng, who received the information, said.

"Loyalty? Hum!" Gao Wencai sneered, "Zuo Liangyu's military discipline is corrupt, and his reputation is already unheard of. This thief is just jealous of the wealthy Nanzhili, and he just wants to take advantage of the opportunity of serving the king to rob him."

The situation is getting more and more complicated. Although Zhao Peng is confident of defeating the three towns in Jiangbei, if Zuo Liangyu says, it will be troublesome. What should I do? I ask Zhu Cixuan for an imperial edict to order Zuo Liangyu to retreat? It is estimated that something impossible. Zuo Liangyu came to make money and let him go back empty-handed. I guess this thief would not be willing to do it.

But if Zuo Liangyu had to deal with it, Zhao Peng wouldn't be so arrogant.

Zhao Peng thought for a while and said, "We have to prepare for both ways. The first is to quickly defeat the three kings of Jiangbei. The second is to ask for an imperial edict to order Zuo Liangyu to retreat. If he refuses to retreat, our army retreats to Yangzhou. If Zuo Liangyu dares to attack Yangzhou by taking the blame for the world, it will be against the order. With our army cooperating with Huang Degong's headquarters, it will be no problem to defend Yangzhou."

"We have to report to Your Majesty that Nanjing has attracted strong people. Now Nanjing is vacant to defend against air. If Zuo Liangyu attacks Nanjing, it may be difficult for Nanjing to defend." Shi Kefa suggested.

"Then do it like this." Zhao Peng nodded. Then he sent someone across the river to return to Nanjing to report the matter to Zhu Cixuan.

At the Yizhen city wall several miles away, Liu Liangzuo stood at the top of the city wall and looked at the Ming army camp by the river. He saw that the Ming army camp was not very large, about 13,000 people. Seeing this, Liu Liangzuo laughed: "The rebels are only 10,000 people, but our army and Xingpingbo army have more than 100,000 troops, and the rebels are only 10,000 people. Are they here to die?"

Liu Liangzuo's courtesy name was Mingfu, and was from Zuowei, Datong Town, Shanxi. Because he often rode a variety of horses, he was known as Huama Liu.

Gao Jie said: "Since the rebels are coming to attack, they rely on artillery fire from the Zheng family army on the river. If the rebels cannot stand up, our army will be powerless. If the rebels entrusted a large number of people to attack our city, my 100,000 troops can be defeated in one fell swoop!"

Liu Liangzuo smiled and said, "Since the rebels come to Jiangbei, if they either come to attack, they will set up camps to confront me. Let's see the situation tomorrow morning. If the rebels come to attack the city, our army can go out of the city to fight and defeat them in one fell swoop."

Zhao Peng's army camped on the riverside. After one day of preparation, it built countless simple ladders and simple trench bridges, as well as four large ladder vehicles, twenty-four tower trucks, six trench trucks and more than a hundred shield vehicles used to fill the trench. That night, Zhao Peng ordered the three armies to rest and prepare to launch an attack on Yizhen City early tomorrow morning.

Yizhen is just a small city in Jiangbei. The city wall is only more than 1 meter high and the moat is not deep. Such a small city can be captured with an army of ten thousand and can only be captured in one day. However, the city is small and there is no place for 10,000 troops in the city. Therefore, most of the troops of Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo are stationed in the camp outside the city, with only more than 10,000 people in the city. If Zhao Peng wants to attack the city, he must first defeat the rebel camp outside the city.

The next morning, the civil war drums were rumbling in the Ming camp of Nanjing New Army, and the gates of the village opened wide. Teams of Spanish Thousand-People formations and more than 100 people from the camp were launched, arranged in neat formations and slowly pushed forward. The Three Talent Formation evolved from the Mandarin Duck Formation. During the battle, more than 100 elite rangers who were temporarily appointed harassed the enemy, then fired at the enemy with firearms, and then the infantry stepped forward and launched hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Seeing that the Nanjing New Army, which had no more than 10,000 people, took the initiative to attack its own camp, Liu Liangzuo laughed: "Our army has more than 100,000 people, and the rebels are only more than 10,000. Come and die! Under my order, all three armies will come out and encircle the rebels from all directions!"

With Liu Liangzuo's order, Liu Liangzuo's troops were all out, and their troops were divided into two groups, surrounding the Nanjing New Army from both wings, and they were swaying to eat more than 10,000 Nanjing New Army in one bite. Liu Liangzuo's troops had more than 10,000 light cavalry scattered on both sides, and more than 20,000 infantry were in the middle, advancing towards the Nanjing New Army.

"Good come!" Zhao Peng sneered, "The whistle cavalry attacks and harasses the thief cavalry! The infantry phalanx advances steadily!"

"I would like to go there with a rash whistle!" Gao Wencai stood up and volunteered to fight.

"Brother, be careful. The thief cavalry is far more than ours. There are more than 2,000 thief cavalry, and ours only more than 200 cavalry." Zhao Peng pointed to the dust raised by the cavalry running in front of Liu Liangzuo.

"No!" Gao Wencai bowed his hand and turned around and retreated. Then he personally led the two hundred Jinyiwei cavalry at Ye Bu Shu and killed in the direction where Liu Liangzuo's troops came.

When they found that the Ming army's whistle cavalry came to him, Liu Liangzuo's army's two thousand cavalry were combined into one, and they fought to kill the Yebushi cavalry of the Jinyi New Army. On one side were two thousand cavalry, and on the other side were only two hundred cavalry, with a ten-fold difference in strength. It seemed that Liu Liangzuo's light cavalry could eat the Jinyi New Army's cavalry in one bite with just one charge.

The general of Liu Liangzuo's cavalry was deputy general Hu Shoujin. He personally led two thousand rangers to be responsible for harassing opponent infantry and intercepting opponent cavalry.

Gao Wencai personally led 200 cavalry to rush towards Liu Liangzuo's cavalry. When both sides were approaching less than thirty steps, Gao Wencai suddenly pulled his horse, quickly lowered his horse speed, and turned at the same time, the war horses pulled an arc and rushed to the right side of Liu Liangzuo's cavalry. Before the cavalry of both sides were about to collide, the much smaller Nanjing New Army cavalry suddenly pulled an elegant arc and galloped ten steps away from the side of Liu Liangzuo's army. When the cavalry of both sides were interlaced, the cavalry of Jinyi opened their bows and arrows, and rows of long arrows fell into the formation of Hu Shou Jin cavalry like rain.

Hu Shoujin's cavalry were also light cavalry with almost no armor protection. They were shot by a rain of arrows and only screams were heard, and a large area of ​​people fell down on their backs.
Chapter completed!