Tongling, Daying.

The huge tent was filled with the aroma of wine and meat, and the table was filled with a lot of barbecue and stews. Many generals drank it into a ball. Now Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo's troops have chased along the coast to the direction of Jiujiang. However, the generals of the navy were idle and made a fuss in Tongling with good wine and rotten meat.

"Haha, others say that Lord Li of the East Band is different, I don't believe it yet. This period of time has been seen. Not to mention the sharp water battle, the behavior is different from everyone else. When others enter Tongling, they are robbing money and silver. When you Lord Li is robbing people, I thought it was robbing beautiful women. When I went to his camp, I saw that there were thousands of men, women, young and old, and there were thousands of people. Haha. They are all craftsmen and family members, haha. It's different, they are different from us Qiu Ba!" Zheng Cai, who had drunk too much wine, was sitting in front of several generals, bragging loudly, and was so unhappy. When he looked back, Li Mingxun was biting his ears with Huang Fei, as if he hadn't heard what he said.

Zheng Cai laughed and said, "Mr. Li, what are you talking about? Let me talk to our brothers!"

A group of navy generals all looked over. Li Mingxun smiled. Seeing Zheng Sen, who looked unhappy on the other side, he thought to himself, even though this guy was extremely brave and made great contributions, he still couldn't catch everyone's attention. He had to watch himself show off. Li Mingxun smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Zheng is joking, I'm afraid you'll say that there's something wrong with my brain."

"Tell me, tell me, tell me." Several naval generals became even more interested.

Li Mingxun said: "Sijiao Mountain, everyone should know."

Jiujiang General Huang Binqing said: "Of course I know that it turned out to be my territory, and it seems that it has been occupied by Gu Sanmazi. When you and I beat him away from Chongming, they occupied it."

Li Mingxun said: "This is right, but now the community controls it. Now a warehouse dock and fortress are built on Sijiao Mountain, 400,000 stones of grain are stored!"

"You store so much food, it's not for immigration, right?" Zheng Sen asked.

It is already an open secret for the club to immigrate from the Ming Dynasty. Everyone here is Qiu Ba, and these cannot harm their interests, so naturally they don’t care. Li Mingxun smiled and said, “It’s for immigration, but not all.”

Li Mingxun said: "Just just now, I told Master Huang that the situation in Jiangnan has changed drastically, and no one can say whether it will deteriorate or change. But for us, there is no danger. Everyone has ships and soldiers. Even if the situation is broken, they will go straight down the river and go to sea."

Everyone was tacitly aware of it, smiled at each other without saying anything, Li Mingxun said, "There is really a day when the court is afraid that the court will not be able to provide you with food and salary. I told Lord Huang that when I go directly to Sijiao Mountain, I will have an old friendship with him, so I will naturally be able to help you."

"Oh, what about us new friends?" Zheng Cai asked with a smile.

Li Mingxun smiled: "Many friends and multiple roads will naturally not treat them unfairly, but the food in my club is not blown by the strong wind. If you want food, you can't give it for free. I will give you a good price. If you are willing to buy money with money, it is simple if you don't want to pay for it. Once there is a change in Jiangnan, as a royal army that protects the country and protects the people, if you are not able to fight, you should also cover the retreat of the people. If you can use military ships to rescue some people for me, the club will naturally be grateful."

This is not explained thoroughly, but the meaning is very clear. Using money to exchange food is essentially a transaction of population.

"Hmph, you're just worrying about nothing." Zheng Sen drank all the glass of Chinese American wine in one sip and said coldly.

Li Mingxun smiled and did not argue with him. At this moment, Zhu Dadian walked in from outside the tent and the generals immediately stood up. Zhu Dadian saw everyone drinking and having a banquet. Although he agreed, his face was not good at this time. He said coldly: "Everyone..............., the national court has unfortunately produced so many traitors..."

As he said that, his face was filled with tears. Huang Fei supported Zhu Dadian and asked, "Sir, what's wrong?"

Zhu Dadian waved his sleeves and wiped his tears, saying, "Gao Jie's remaining troops surrendered to the Tartars, and fought back and besieged Yangzhou. Lord Shi... Lord Shi died for his country!"

There was a rush, and the tent was in chaos.

Shi Kefa was the chief minister of the court and died for his country, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that everyone north of the Yangtze River is lost, so wouldn’t Nanjing be in danger?

"Sir, Wan Wang cheered up at this time." Li Mingxun said carefully.

Zhu Dadian took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, for the sake of the present, only by defending the Yangtze River to the death can we protect the south of the Yangtze River. General Zheng, now your warships are all in Tongling, and the best combat preparations are best. Please lead your army west quickly and assist in defending the river. The rest of the troops will first go to Wuhu to gather with our officers before dealing with it..."

Zhu Dadian led a group of staff to leave, and the generals also dispersed. Huang Fei grabbed Li Mingxun and asked, "Mingxun, tell me the truth to me, can this Jiangnan be kept?"

"Brother, do you believe me?" Li Mingxun asked in surprise.

Huang Fei focused his attention and said, "You are as imaginary as God. Since I met you, you have always expected the major events of the Guo Dynasty. Now if I don't believe me, who else do you believe?"

Li Mingxun sighed: "The Jiangnan cannot be defended!"

Although Huang Fei had predicted it, when he heard Li Mingxun say this, he fell to the ground with a depressed backbone and said sadly: "You told me about Sijiao Mountain just now, and I knew it would be this ending."

Li Mingxun half-kneeled beside him and said, "Brother, listen to my advice and let me leave. Don't go to Wuhu anymore, just rushed out of the Yangtze River estuary..."

"My Huang Fei family has been blessed with great kindness for generations. How can we abandon our country and family? It's absolutely not possible!" Huang Fei said firmly. He thought for a while and said, "I heard that there are only 10,000 people from the east and the south. Now Zuo Zhen is not worried. With the power of our Wuhu army, we can definitely resist and defend Nanjing..."

Li Mingxun sighed and knew that he could not persuade him. He said, "Brother, listen to my advice. Wuhu is still possible. If Wuhu is defeated, you must not be impulsive. You will not be afraid of no firewood. If you leave the estuary of the Yangtze River, go directly to Sijiao Mountain. Remember, don't listen to anyone's words and don't believe anyone's plan!"

Huang Fei was hesitating, and Li Mingxun said: "You have to respond to me before I leave!"

Huang Fei said: "Okay, brother should do it!"

Li Mingxun shook his head: "It doesn't count on your promise. I know that your wife, children, and young people are in the army. You can immediately deliver it to me on the boat. I will ask them to go to Sijiao Mountain to wait for you!"

"Okay." Huang Fei agreed.

Li Mingxun felt a little relieved and walked out of the tent and asked Wu Mu to send orders to gather troops. In the past few days, the special fleet sent soldiers to look for craftsmen, Tongling copper smiths, Wuhu blacksmiths, and doctors in villages, towns and cities. In short, as long as the club needs them, all those with one skill are invited, and if they don’t come in, they will be tied up if they don’t come in! However, the team is too wide, and it will take four or five days to collect them.

The messenger left one by one, but Zheng Cai and Zheng Sen came and Li Mingxun took the boat. Zheng Sen looked reluctant and stood aside without saying a word. Zheng Cai said, "Mr. Li, I want to ask you something."

Li Mingxun looked at Zheng Sen and said, "I don't want to see the child."

Zheng Sen was furious: "Who did you say is the child!"

Li Mingxun smiled: "Who is angry and says whoever says it?"

Zheng Cai stopped Zheng Sen and said, "Mr. Li, you and I fight side by side during this period are considered as comrades. But now the Jiangfang is in danger and I need my downstream assistance. But my men follow me to go to the battle. The court rewards a lot of wealth and goods, which is very heavy. I am afraid I can't take it away for a while. But the military orders are like a mountain, so I need it to set off again..."

Zheng Cai’s meaning is very simple. This time he went to Jiangnan, the court’s rewards did not count. Even the robbery and seized, the entire army accumulated more than 30 ships of wealth. He could not keep up with the warship for a while. He arranged for Zheng Sen to escort, but he was afraid of any mistakes. But now all the navy are gathering in Wuhu, waiting for orders. The only freedom is Li Mingxun, hoping that the special fleet and Zheng Sen’s treasure fleet will set off together to take care of each other.

Li Mingxun has a bit of a good impression of Zheng Cai and has a good impression of Zheng Sen. He just wanted to tease him, so he agreed. He said, "It's just the same. The fleet must obey my orders, and Mr. Zheng is the same."

Zheng Cai looked at Zheng Sen in embarrassment. He couldn't make Zheng Sen agree to this kind of thing. Li Mingxun smiled: "Don't worry, if Mr. Zheng doesn't agree, I will let someone steal your treasure fleet. Anyway, Mr. Zheng regards me as a barbarian in the Eastern Band and a pirate, so I will do the pirates."

"Mr. Li, please." Zheng Cai said with his fists.

When Zheng Sen saw Zheng Cai leave, he asked coldly: "When will we set off?"

"Four days later!" Li Mingxun said.

"Where are we going, Sijiao Mountain?" Zheng Sen asked again.

Li Mingxun smiled and shook his head: "No, our first stop, Nanjing! I still have some accounts to calculate with the people there."

In the first year of Hongguang, in early May, Guazhou.

The thick fog filled the Yangtze River, and the surface of the river was white, and the shadows of the sails could not be seen clearly. Occasionally, there was only a bright color, and a shout came. On the north bank of the river, tens of thousands of soldiers cheered in unison, and the camp was hustle and bustle.

The soldiers had all shaved their hair, and the soldiers liked the braid behind their heads quite much. With it, they were no longer everyone shouted to beat them. The Qing Dynasty chased and the Ming Dynasty intercepted the rats crossing the street. They surrendered to the Xin Dynasty and became the king's army again. After it, the days of wandering in the past ended, Yangzhou City was broken, and they robbed them. They lived happily for a while. Now the Qing master has given them a chance to fight across Jiangnan, which makes the soldiers unhappy.

Yes, go to Jiangnan to grab more money, find the Zheng army navy who cut off his food and pay, shell the Zheng army who crossed the river to settle accounts with the Nanjing court, make great contributions, and win the wife and son...

The thick fog covered the river, giving the newly surrendered traitors the opportunity. They knew very well that the main force on the opposite side was Zheng Zhilong from Fujian, and there were only more than 200 warships, while their own warships and troops were more than 200. There were too many grain ships on the Yangtze River and the canal. In addition to the looted civilian ships, Li Chengdong and others gathered more than 400 warships. Now it is foggy and the wind is very small on the river. The Zheng army's sea ships relying on wind are inconvenient to operate, and the opportunity has come.

Duoduo was also willing to give the traitors a chance. He didn't feel sorry for the losses of these green camp soldiers. Moreover, they were better at fighting waters than themselves. What's more important is that he knew that the Lu Division in Nanjing was still in Wuhu area, and at least three or five thousand people were sent to the shore to stabilize his position.

On the night of May 8, there was no wind on the river and heavy fog was everywhere. The Qing Navy began to set off. They set sail from the upstream and quickly headed towards the south bank with the help of the water flow. They were directly close to the Zheng army's ship less than a hundred meters before they were discovered. In a moment, the cannon sounded loudly, and countless shells and leads were sprayed out from the Zheng army's artillery supplies, hitting the vanguard of the Qing Navy to blood and blood.

But that's it. The Qing army's paddle boats and canal ships rushed over like locusts. They grabbed Zheng's big ship with grab hooks and climbed up. They made a group of Fujian Navy kills. The shouts of killing sounded all night. The boats on the river were lit one by one until half of the river were illuminated by the fire.

The next morning, the Zheng army, which had lost most of the losses, chose to retreat with a small boat. The retreat was disorganized. Zheng Hongkui took his men to flee, while Zheng Cai went downstream. On the Jiaoshan, there were thousands of Fujian naval defenders in the city, and no one sent orders. During the resistance, they were killed. On the south bank of the Yangtze River, on the top of Ganlu Temple, the only few thousand remaining mainland troops carried out their final resistance under the command of the temporary promotion governor Yang Wencong. However, the Qing Qing green camp soldiers arrived, and the general Jiang Yuntai turned against him, and the camp collapsed.........

On May 9, Zhenjiang Prefecture fell. The next day, the news came to Nanjing. The Nanjing court collapsed instantly. Emperor Hongguang led the only remaining battalion of troops in the city to flee to Wuhu, seeking Huang Degong's protection. Ma Shiying led the remaining hundreds of people to flee to Hangzhou in person. Most of the honorary relatives and important officials in Nanjing did not escape, and they were waiting to shave their hair and surrender. However, the people of Nanjing still had a glimmer of hope. They broke through the Nanjing prison, found the fake prince in the prison, and rushed into the palace to ascend the throne. The first year of Hongguang became the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

Neither May 10 of the first year of Hongguang or May 10 of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, nor May 10 of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, it could not change the collapse of Jiangnan. But at this time, a navy army arrived from the upper reaches and came to the city of Nanjing. It belonged to the Dongfan Yihui, but this time, Li Mingxun was not here to support him. He wanted to find the vermin gentry for the Ming people and the Chinese civilization, so that they could get the punishment they deserve!

On the night of May 10, the leader of the surrendered faction in the city, Zhao Zhilong, the leader of the surrendered faction in the city, controlled the city gate, and prepared to surrender. A group of men came from the east. They saw dozens of cavalrymen, all of which were wearing white armor, riding good horses, and the tail of money, which was particularly conspicuous.

Zhao Zhilong stood at the top of the city and asked loudly: "Is it the angel of the country who has arrived?"

The leader of the cavalry was Wu Mu. He smiled coldly and shouted loudly: "I am the Prince of Yu of the Qing Dynasty. Bayala Zhangjing, the general of Dingguo. He was ordered by the king to come here to inform you. I will wait for a night. All the officials, gentry and nobles in the city will shave their hair and ask for surrender. The people do not need to shave their hair. If the army arrives tomorrow, all officials, gentry and nobles who have not yet shave their hair will be beheaded!"

"In addition, if you open all the city gates, Yangzhou will be the lesson of the past!"

Wu Mu shouted again in Manchu and rode his horse away, but went west.

On May 11, the first year of Hongguang, the special mixed fleet was moored to the Qinhuai River, and teams of people disembarked. The Marines, Guards, sailors, and paddlers were all over 3,000, leaving 200 people to guard the ships and immigrants. The rest were all organized, fifty people in groups, heading towards Nanjing!
Chapter completed!