The thirteen families of Kuidong set off from Wuchang and went straight to Jiujiang Mansion along the river.

Due to the waterway, there is no need to worry about transportation of grain and grass along the way.

The channel of the Yangtze River is very wide, and even the largest sand boats can pass when fully loaded.

Compared with Zheng Chenggong's Shuojiang River, this route of Kuidong Thirteen is simply not too comfortable.

The representatives of the Kuidong Zhuxun in this naval fleet are basically all here, headed by Li Laiheng, the Duke of Linguo, as well as Yuan Zongdi, the Duke of Yasukuni, Liu Tichun, the Duke of Anhui, and others.

As for Hao Shaoqi, He Zhen and others, they were ordered to stay in Huguang. Not because they're not important, but because someone has to do what they left behind.

After all, Huguang had just been defeated, and the rule of the Ming army was not yet stable. If there are not a few generals in charge, I really don't know the bottom of my heart.

The Ming army took Huguang with great difficulty, so naturally it could not be easily lost.

Steadily advancing based on Huguang is what Daming should do next.

"Little Tiger, there is Wujiaxue Town in front of you. After this, it is the boundary of Jiangxi. ”

On the flagship, Yuan Zongdi said in high spirits.

Compared with a single thought, the situation of the thirteen families in Kuidong has really changed dramatically. At the beginning, they were trapped in Kuidong, and basically even had to let the soldiers go to the nearby village to buy food, and their life was very poor.

Now that they have taken Huguang, relying on the granary of the world, it can be said that they can eat and drink without worrying.

Of course, all this is due to the wisdom and martial arts of His Majesty the Emperor, if it were not for the Son of Heaven who immediately decided to go east, they would still be trapped in a corner of eastern Sichuan.

"It's time to get to Jiangxi, it's so fast."

Li Laiheng actually didn't expect it to be so fast, coming out of Wuchang Mansion all the way down the river, passing through Huangzhou Mansion and Xingguo Prefecture, even if he came to the boundary of Jiangxi.

In fact, the overall topography of Jiangxi is not much different from that of Huguang, at least Li Laiheng thinks so.

The Yangtze River will turn again in Jiujiang and then go all the way up through Anqing Province to Nanzhili.

"The task given to us by His Majesty Little Tiger is to take Jiujiang and seize control of the Yangtze River. So we should have a tough battle to fight right away. ”

Liu Tichun is a more pragmatic person, in his opinion, Jiujiang is such an important town, it is impossible for the Qing army not to send heavy troops to guard it.

Although they have rich experience in water warfare, they are all with the King of Jin and the Son of Heaven when they fight Huguang, and many tough battles are broken by the Son of Heaven.

Now they need to stand up and take charge of themselves, Liu Tichun is really a little uncertain.

"Two uncles, as far as I know, Jiujiang Mansion is not only an important ferry port of the Yangtze River, but also connects to Leichi to the north and Poyang Lake to the south. It can be said to be the connecting point of the north and south water systems. The Poyang Lake Sailor is also very powerful. ”

"What are you afraid of, isn't the Dongting Lake Sailor also blowing fiercely, isn't he also beaten by the little tiger?"

Yuan Zongdi is really confident now, and he doesn't pay attention to anything.

"Ahem, Uncle Yuan, I mean we have to be careful of the Tartars ambushing at Nanhuzui."

Li Laiheng made it clear; "It's better to be careful, the Tartars will definitely set up an ambush here."

Liu Xingming, who had been holding back, scratched his head and said, "In my opinion, it is better to send a hot air balloon to reconnoiter and see how the Tartars are deployed." Doesn't it say in the book of war, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles. ”

"Hehe, you kid is addicted to hot air balloons now, right?"

Yuan Zongdi pouted on the side.

"Brother, don't pry him. He really fucked me to death. ”

Liu Tichun said helplessly when he heard this.

"Dad, you can rest assured, I haven't been on the hot air balloon once or twice, and I have long been experienced. I'll just take a look at Jiujiang City and make sure I don't cause you trouble. ”

Liu Xingming said along with the words.

"That's not going to work either."

Liu Tichun said with a straight face: "Let's just go down the river and fight over." Wouldn't this battle be won without you flying a hot air balloon? Less can be done here. ”

Seeing this, Liu Xingming had to droop his head.

Alas, if only His Majesty the Emperor were here, the Son of Heaven would definitely agree to let him fly a hot air balloon to reconnoitre.

Now that the Son of Heaven is gone, the father's fate is difficult to disobey. He was really going to be suffocated to death.

In the end, Liu Xing looked at Li Laiheng in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Laiheng has always been the person jointly elected by the thirteen families of Kuidong, and this time the Son of Heaven ordered Li Laiheng to lead the army.

If Li Laiheng helps him speak, there may be a glimmer of chance.

Li Laiheng also seemed to think that Liu Tichun was too domineering, so he cleared his throat and said, "Uncle Liu, I also think it's okay for Xingming to investigate." ”

He is actually not much older than Liu Xingming, and he often laughs together in ordinary times, so he naturally stands on Liu Xingming's side.

"Huh?"

Liu Tichun raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Little Tiger, do you think you should let this kid mess around?"

"Ahem, Uncle Liu is serious. How can it be said that Xingming is nonsense. Doesn't he also want to help us spy on information? Besides, the effect of the hot air balloon Uncle Liu has also been seen, it is quite good. I thought I could let him try. ”

Li Laiheng said this, and Liu Tichun couldn't say anything if he didn't agree.

Although Liu Tichun is Li Laiheng's elder according to his seniority, Li Laiheng is his superior after all, and he is always not good at relying on the old man to sell the old and forcibly suppress Li Laiheng.

After thinking about it again, Liu Tichun finally relented: "Okay, but there is one thing I have to say in front, you kid will come back to Lao Tzu immediately after spying on the information, don't make trouble." ”

Liu Xingming was very excited, patted his chest and promised: "Dad, you can rest assured, I will definitely come back." ”

After that, he turned to Li Laiheng to thank him.

Liu Xingming is an impatient, even if he has to call for people to prepare to fly a hot air balloon.

Liu Tichun smiled helplessly and said: "Look at this child, where does it look like a worry-free person." ”

Yuan Zongdi stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother, you can let him go, Xingming seems to be a capable person." ”

Liu Tichun sighed: "I hope so." ”

"Two uncles, look, why are there so many corpses on the river?"

Li Laiheng seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and suddenly exclaimed.

Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun looked over, and sure enough, they found a lot of corpses on the river.

These corpses should have flowed down the tributary of Fushui and converged on the Xunyang River.

"The source of rich water is in Tongshan, isn't there something wrong with Tongshan?"

Although Tongshan is in the territory of Huguang, it is separated from Nanchang Mansion.

This mountain is none other than Jiugong Mountain.

Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others are too familiar with Jiugong Mountain.

At the beginning, King Chuang was trapped in Jiugong Mountain.

"It's not really what happened. Send out some sentinels to investigate. ”

After thinking about it again and again, Li Laiheng still said in a deep voice.

In case the Tartars of Nanchang Mansion take the opportunity to attack Tongshan, then they should still have some response.

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