Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "If Your Majesty wants the remnants of the Jiangbei Naval Division, the minister will never stop it." ”

Zhu Cihong pondered for a while and said, "No need, I have no intention of forcing it." Twisted melons are not sweet, I still understand this truth. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Cihong looked at Wu Zheng for a long time, and finally spoke: "If you are here just for this matter, I ...... Yes. ”

Wu Zheng saluted and said: "The ministers thank Your Majesty Long En for the families of the soldiers." I also want to say a word to Your Majesty...... Your Majesty has received this. ”

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "I am just for my people, and I have nothing to do with you." ”

Wu Zheng smiled and said: "The minister understands, the minister retires!" ”

After Wu Zheng retreated, when he turned around, Zhu Cihong suddenly said: "How about I exchange promises with you about this matter?" ”

Wu Zheng turned around and said, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"The north and the south help each other to resist the Qing army." Zhu Cihong thought for a while and added, "Within five years, you can't rebel." ”

Wu Zheng was a little surprised, and slowly came back to his senses.

Zhu Cihong's request for help was so fresh and refined, so that Wu Zheng had to admire.

As for the five-year covenant, Wu Zheng has no opinion, in Wu Zheng's opinion, the Northern Expedition may not be enough for five years, Zhu Cihong can not entangle with himself, he will be Amitabha.

Wu Zheng took a breath and responded, "Minister...... Obey! ”

Zhu Cihong slowly stretched out his hand, "A gentleman." ”

Wu Zheng walked back a few steps, stretched out his hand to high-five, and said, "Gentleman Yinuo!" ”

……。

Rouyi Temple.

Zheng San bowed to Zhu Yujiao's ear and said, "Eldest princess, Zhenguo Gong has already left Hongwumen safely. ”

Zhu Yujiao let out a long breath, "Why did he come here?" ”

Zheng San shook his head and said: "I only know that in front of His Majesty and the princes, Zhenguo Gong humiliated Shoufu Qian Qianyi, and slapped Shoufu and kicked him, and Shoufu was carried to the imperial doctor for treatment with blood on his face. After that, the prince of Zhenguo and His Majesty played in the Hanliang Hall for half an hour, and all the ministers were waiting outside the hall, and no one knew the content of the play. ”

Zhu Yujiao said angrily: "It's still so unbearable, and it's still so arrogant...... He really thought that His Majesty could indulge him like this palace? ”

Zheng San said softly: "But in the end, Your Majesty did not condemn Zhenguo Gong. ”

Zhu Yujiao glanced at Zheng San.

Zheng San hurriedly slapped himself lightly, bowed down and apologized: "Your Highness is angry, the slave is too talkative." ”

Zhu Yujiao sighed lightly and said, "Disperse all the night owls, if you can make peace like this, it can be regarded as God bless me." ”

"Whoa."

……。

The next day, Qian Sule, Chen Zilong, Wang Yi and other sixteen ministers jointly signed a letter.

Admonished the emperor and granted amnesty to the rebel soldiers to show the benevolence of the dynasty and the Son of Heaven.

The emperor adopted the advice of the ministers, and immediately decreed that the family members involved in the Jiangbei rebels could be exempted from capital crimes, and all of them were not enslaved, and they did not speak to Songjiang as coolies, and they were punished with hard labor.

As a result, the Songjiang government accepted the first batch of "immigrants".

……。

If the battle is fought for the sake of face, it is a battle to the death.

Whether it was the Qing court or the Yixing Dynasty, almost all the troops that could be mobilized at this time were conscripted, and all the strong men who could be recruited were recruited to fight this war that should not have happened at the moment.

And the initiator, Wu Zheng, the Zhenguo Gong of the Yixing Dynasty, has returned to Songjiang.

According to the promise reached with Zhu Cihong, the Northern Expeditionary Army Jinshanwei began to march to Zhenjiang Mansion, and the follow-up Hangzhou Wei has also set off from Hangzhou Mansion.

As Wu Zheng had expected when he met with Wang Zhiren, the war was a bloody battle from the beginning.

As soon as the Qing army started the war, it crossed the river with 20,000 troops in the direction of Yingtianfu and Zhenjiang, more than 100 miles.

The two sides had a total of nearly 800 large and small artillery pieces, which participated in the firing from the very beginning, and there were 10,000 rapids on the Baili River.

Huge and red-hot projectiles, smashed into the water, stirred up monstrous waves, and raised a cloud of mist.

Although the cannonball at this time did not have the explosive power of the cannonballs of later generations, its potential energy was still strong, and the ships hit by it were all destroyed and killed, stirring up the debris in the sky.

The two sides approached the ships in the center of the river, attacked the fireboats, and then came close to each other, firing crossbows and crossbows, until the two sides were deadlocked, and the soldiers began to jump onto the other boats and began to fight.

From the very beginning, the war was a never-ending war of attrition.

The rolling Yangtze River devoured the lives of soldiers on both sides without distinction between friend and foe.

At the end of the day, the wreckage of ships and the bodies of the dead were almost all over the river.

Under the cover of the night, the remnants of the sporadic fires, together with the clear moon, reflected the wretchedness and unbearableness of the battlefield, and from time to time, there was a faint sound of intermittent and extremely painful chanting of those who had not yet lost their breath.

What is the extreme situation of recovering Chu, and the death of Qin is not peaceful.

The wind is clear and strong, and the sunset is bright.

Su pays the family and the country, and the ship is dead and alive!

Hu Ji hated for eternity, and a piece of moon came to the city.

Wang Zhiren crossed the river with 20,000 sailors to force the Qing army.

On the first day, more than 2,700 sailors were killed.

It's not that the Qing army's water warfare capability has also crushed the Ming army, but this kind of all-round and large-scale river crossing makes it impossible for Wang Zhiren's sailors to concentrate on one point or one side to confront.

The Sailor's scattered full-line blocking tactics prevented the Sailor Division from exerting its maximum combat power.

This is the fundamental reason why more than 2,700 people were killed on the first day, but the casualties of the Qing army were still much higher than those of the naval division.

Of the 20,000 attacking Qing troops, 3,000 pioneers were disabled, and the main force was damaged by more than 20%, with a total of more than 6,000 casualties.

More than 3,000 of them were killed, mainly by drowning or missing during the fighting.

Wang Zhiren felt bad, the intensity of the Qing army's attack was far greater than he imagined, and he hurriedly called the court for help.

At the same time, he asked for help from Songjiang Wu.

Wu Zheng transferred Jinshanwei to the west to take over the defense of Dantu and the surrounding areas at the first time.

This strengthened the land defense between Zhenjiang and Dantu.

At the same time, Wu Zheng ordered the Zhoushan Landscape to Jiangyin, but did not continue to advance westward.

This was because Wu Zheng was worried that after the Qing army's attack in the direction of Yingtianfu and Zhenjiang was blocked, he opened up another battlefield and attacked Jiangyin from the direction of Jingjiang.

At this time, the Jiangbei Qing army was known as a 100,000-strong army, but the main force was less than 60,000.

But these 60,000 people have already overwhelmed the Yixing Dynasty.

Wu Zheng couldn't imagine how the battle situation would be eroded if the Qing army appeared on the river in the direction of Jiangyin.

Wu Zheng did not dare to mobilize the Zhoushan Water Division to the west to reinforce Wang Zhiren.

In addition, Wu Zheng believed that according to the previous agreement with Wang Zhiren that he would not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, once Wang Zhiren could not withstand it, he would give up the interception corresponding to the direction of Tianfu, make every effort to defend the direction of Zhenjiang, and let a part of the Qing army be resisted by the defenders of Tianfu.

Therefore, Wu Zheng did not realize that the complexity of people's hearts is difficult to predict after all.

It was another two days of fierce fighting, and by the time the fighting stopped on the third day, Wang Zhiren really couldn't hold it anymore.

There were 20,000 sailors, more than 40% of the casualties, and more than half of the warships were damaged.

It is no longer possible to form a blockade corresponding to the entire river surface from Tianfu to Zhenjiang.