Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, also known as Yingtianfu, was the capital of the Hongwu Dynasty. It was built in the second year of Hongwu (1369 AD) and was not completed until the sixth year of Hongwu.

Yingtianfu is the largest capital in ancient my country due to its large scale, strong city walls and vast area (surpassing Luoyang in the Han Dynasty, Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, Bianliang in the Song Dynasty, and even Beijing, the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties after Zhu Di moved the capital).

The scope of the inner city of the capital includes Stone City, Lion Rock, Fuzhou Mountain, Jiming Mountain, Qingliang Mountain and the Imperial City (also known as the Imperial City). The most prosperous section of the Qinhuai River also flows through it. The length of the inner city wall is according to the "Da Ming Dynasty"

According to records in books such as "Yi Tong Zhi" and "Jinling Ancient and Modern Illustrations", it has a circumference of ninety-six miles and a total of thirteen gates.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu's reign, Emperor Hongwu built an outer wall for the capital. The outer city wall was 180 miles in circumference and had 16 gates. It included Purple Mountain, Guanyin Mountain, Jubaoshan, Mochou Lake and almost the entire Qinhuai River.

Surrounded by rivers, it forms an indestructible three-layer defense line (outer city, inner city and palace city).

However, this largest and strongest capital city in Chinese history also has fatal problems. That is, it occupies too much space, the city walls are too long, and there are too many gates (compared to Nanjing’s sixteen city gates, the later

There are only nine city gates in Beijing), and there is a certain distance between the city gates. Once an enemy invades, if you want to guard each city gate, you need to station a large number of troops in the city to guard it for a period of time.

An extremely long defense line of one hundred and eighty miles.

There were 120,000 troops stationed in the capital, including 60,000 city guards and 60,000 imperial guards (the imperial guards were divided into twelve pro-military guards, each with 5,000 people under their jurisdiction). At this time, because Xu Huizu went to Huaibei for the battle, Jian

Emperor Wen temporarily organized the city guards into the Yingtian New Army and accompanied Xu Huizu to Huaibei.

So there were only 60,000 Praetorian Guards left in the city.

It was noon that day when Lanqiao's surprise attack team approached Qilin Gate in the east of the city.

The scorching sun shone directly from the top of the head, shining on the warriors' armor, shields, swords and guns, reflecting the dazzling light.

The phalanx of thirty thousand people was like a huge black cloud, pressing down on the city from far to near.

Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.

The reason why we chose Qilin Gate due east is, on the one hand, because there is a large open space inside Qilin Gate, that is, on the south side of Purple Mountain, which is suitable for group army operations.

On the other hand, since the Chaoyang Gate on the east side of the inner city is directly opposite the Qilin Gate, once the Qilin Gate is lost, the Chaoyang Gate will be immediately exposed to the enemy.

The palace where the emperor and his concubines lived was located behind Chaoyang Gate.

In other words, following the line between Qilin Gate and Chaoyang Gate is the shortest way to enter the palace.

At this time, there were still 60,000 Imperial Guards in the capital. In terms of pure strength, they were actually twice as many as the 30,000 surprise attack troops from Lanqiao who had gone through all kinds of hardships and detoured.

But if we really talk about who dares to fight, no one can really shoulder this responsibility.

Qi Tai can't do it, Huang Zicheng can't do it, and Li Jinglong can't do it either.

So when Xiao Xiao reported the situation outside the Qilin Gate to the palace, the young Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen immediately looked ashen, and all the civil servants he regarded as his right-hand men also remained silent at this moment, as if they had suddenly become

Deaf and dumb.

"This... what should I do?" Zhu Yunwen couldn't hide his panic, and his body swaying on the dragon chair made people worry that he might suddenly fall down.

After a long silence, Qi Taiqi Shangli, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, finally said slowly: "The thieves have invaded the capital, and even if I and others are shattered to pieces, we will try our best to protect the country and the safety of Your Majesty. There are still 60,000 Imperial Guards in the city, twice as many as the thieves.

I think as long as we guard the city gates and invite the surrounding counties to come to the capital to serve the king, the thieves will retreat when they run out of food and fodder."

"Really?" Zhu Yunwen was still pale, obviously not feeling the reassurance Qitai provided.

Huang Zicheng stood out from the crowd, and just as he was about to second his proposal to support Qi Tai, another junior high school student flew into the palace, and he was so panicked that he couldn't even breathe properly.

"The thieves outside the city know magic! They are not ordinary thieves, but a group of heavenly soldiers and generals!"

Qi Tai angrily scolded: "That's nonsense. The real emperor is here. Where can the heavenly soldiers and generals come from outside the city?"

"Yes...it's true...the leader of the thieves can also fly." The junior colonel stammered, "And he has a magic sword. As long as he waves it casually, a strange light will fly out from the sword.

, can blow up such a big hole in the city wall."

The more he talked, the more excited he became. He simply knelt down in the hall and started gesticulating, spreading his hands to show how big the hole in the city wall was.

Zhu Yunwen was even more frightened, swallowed his saliva and said: "Is it really that powerful?"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Jinglong, who was standing by with his hands down: "Li Qing, you are a martial arts practitioner. Have you ever heard of such a martial arts that allows people to fly and shoot out strange rays to damage city walls?"

Li Jinglong shook his head blankly: "I've never heard of it."

Not to mention that he had never heard of it, even if he saw it with his own eyes, he would definitely not believe his own eyes.

At the same time, outside the Qilin Gate, Tang Li threw out a shadowless "Qi Mirror".

Lan Qiao raised his energy and lightened his body, stepped on Tang Li's zhenqi mirror, and rose into the air like clouds and mist. Then his zhenqi gathered, and Tianyi sword energy shot out from the flowing light sword. A startling light flashed past, and in the

A huge crack opened in the heavy wooden city gate.

He said that this trip was a surprise attack, but he actually knew very well that with his only 30,000 expeditionary troops, even if the enemy surrendered the Qilin Gate, he would attack the outer city and face as many as 60,000 city guards.

There is no guarantee of winning.

The reason why he "showed off his power" in front of the city gate was just to scare Zhu Yunwen and all the officials, so that they could not wait to transfer Xu Huizu back from the front line.

The gatekeeper rushed to the palace and reported everything that happened in front of the Qilin Gate, such as several holes and gaps in the city wall, and a few more cracks in the city gate. He only reported about Lan Qiao.

It sounds like the Great Luo Jinxian, or the reincarnation of the Demon King.

Everyone in the main hall was horrified.

"Even martial arts must be extremely superb." Li Jinglong stroked his short beard and said with a wry smile: "Wei Guogong is the number one master in our dynasty, and the 60,000 city guards are now under his control. For the current plan, only General

Only by transferring him back can the capital be safe."

Zhu Yunwen looked at Qi Tai hesitantly: "Now that the Duke of Wei has been transferred back, everything will be fine on the Huaibei battlefield, right?"

Qi Tai lowered his head and pondered, and was thinking about the words to answer when Huang Zicheng said: "I heard some rumors today, saying that the Yan army was defeated at Qimei Mountain, and it no longer has the strength to advance south, and has withdrawn to the north."

Zhu Yunwen frowned and said, "Rumor?"

"I have also heard similar statements." A censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate added, "It seems that some merchants who escaped from Huaibei said that they saw the Yan army abandoning their helmets and armor and fleeing north in a hurry."

After he said this, several officials came out to testify, and they all said they had heard about the return of Yan's army to the north.

Zhu Yunwen calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Qitai: "In this case, I would like to ask Aiqing to prepare an edict for me and summon the Duke of Wei back to the capital as soon as possible."

Already north, summon Hui Zu to return.)

"I obey the decree."

On a boat on the Qinhuai River, amidst the music of silk and bamboo pipes, Zhang Taixun held a wine cup, looked at the dancers in front of him, and said with a smile: "How is it? Now everyone in the capital has heard about it.

The Yan army was defeated at Qimei Mountain and has returned north."

The girl sitting next to him covered her face with gauze and held a wine cup in her jade hand. She touched Zhang Taixun's wine cup and said with a sweet smile: "If you succeed in the future, I will credit Mr. Zhang's Xuanyue Pavilion with a great contribution."
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