Hong Chengchou is fighting for himself and his future.

The losses on both sides were very large, and the number of those killed on the spot was far greater than those who were wounded.

After two days and one night, the casualties of the naval division have been as high as more than 3,600 people, more than 30 percent, almost 40 percent, in fact, this loss has already caused the Ming army to lose half of its combat strength, mainly due to the decline in physical fitness caused by continuous running, after all, this naval division has only been formed for less than a year.

It is indeed not easy to fight to this extent.

The casualties of the Qing army were smaller, nearly 2,000 people.

This sounds like the Ming army suffered a big loss, but in fact, the siege battle, often when the siege is carried out, the losses of the attacker are much greater than that of the defender, but once the city is captured, the casualties of the defender will surge, which is common sense.

Moreover, the number of the Ming army was much larger than that of the Qing army, and even if there were more than 3,000 casualties, the combat strength was still more than 6,000.

After losing 2,000 people, the Qing army had only 4,000 defenders.

This is a big problem, 6,000 people to defend the city, you can do everything, but with 4,000 people guarding the two city gates, the troops are stretched.

Both sides were exhausted, like two biting monsters, gasping and licking their wounds.

The news that Zhenjiang City was lost and the defenders were defeated came was equivalent to the last straw that crushed the morale of the Qing army, and the same was true for Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was originally going to continue to defend and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Xuzhou. One day, only one day, he can face countless accusations and rebukes in the court.

Hong Chengchou wants to block the news, the problem is that there are 3,000 Qing troops withdrawn, although these Qing troops are all in the Wanshou area, but Dongcheng and Wanshou have figured it out, Hong Chengchou can't seal the city gate and cut off communication with his own army, right?

So, overnight, the whole city knew that the Qing army was a big defeat in Zhenjiang City, and the army's morale suddenly dispersed.

Hong Chengchou had to order a retreat overnight, retreat to Wanshou to join the Qing army, and rely on the Taizhou city defense to tell reinforcements, in order to look forward to the arrival of Xuzhou reinforcements, and then try to recover Jiangdu.

At this point, Jiangdu has recovered!

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The Ming army entered the city of Jiangdu

Jiangdu is just a small county under the Yangzhou Prefecture, which was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period and belonged to the Wu State. On the occasion of Qin Chu, Xiang Yu desired

The capital was built in Guangling Linjiang, so it was named Jiangdu.

Because it is located along the Yangtze River, the economy is relatively prosperous, with a population of more than 16,000 households.

Wang Yilin, who got what he wanted, actually didn't plan to stay in Jiangdu City for a long time at all, he only needed military merit.

And Qian Sudian's intention is nothing more than to take revenge, so naturally he will not be too polite to the people of Jiangdu.

Thus, a man-made "catastrophe" occurred.

Raid!

Overnight, Wang Yilin collected more than 20 ships of goods.

Fortunately, Qian Sudian was born as a scholar after all, and he dissuaded Wang Yilin and ordered the soldiers not to plunder the ordinary people.

In the words of Qian Sudian, that is, there are too many poor people and little money, and it is just enough to offend a few, so why provoke public anger?

This is very familiar, dare to love Qian Sudian has been by Wu Zheng's side for a long time, heard it, listened to it, and then still painted the gourd and told Wang Yilin to listen.

Originally, Wang Yilin refused to listen, and the arson plundered the "enemy land", which did not violate military law.

To put it mildly, Yilu is still meritorious.

But when you know that this is what Wu Zheng meant, Wang Yilin obeyed, in the final analysis, Wu Zheng is harder than Qian Sudian's waist, no matter what, you have to give Zhenguo Gong some face, right?

Of course, Wang Yilin himself is also close to Wu Zheng, and the two finally came out of Lianghu Thousand Households together, how can you say that there is also incense?

So, Wang Yilin ordered, only rob the big households, this is very simple, walk in the streets and alleys, see which lintel is high, the house is magnificent, just kick it open, rush in.

This will naturally affect the pond fish, but it is still much more restrained than the original Wang Yilin's rudeness.

On this night, chickens and dogs jumped in Jiangdu City.

The people of Jiangdu hated the Ming army because of this.

Poor Wu Zheng didn't know anything at this time, and his reputation of "good" was ruined by Wang Yilin.

This matter was jointly impeached by the imperial history of the DPRK and China, and Chen Zilong even claimed that the perpetrators would be severely punished, and even the supervisor Zhu Yujiao ordered the cabinet to formulate a countermeasure within a time limit.

Wang Yilin is by no means as rough as his appearance, and he has a lot of little Jiujiu in his heart.

The more than 20 ships of goods that were transported back to Tianfu, he gave Sancheng to his uncle Wang Zhiren, and Sancheng was sent to the Zhenguo Mansion, and even Qian Sudian got a boat, and the rest was naturally accepted by himself.

Wu Zheng was not in Yingtianfu, and the house knew that Wang Yilin was friendly with the master, and often came to "harass", plus the master was not there, it was not easy to open the sealed box, so he also accepted it and piled it up in the east wing, wanting to wait for the master to return to the house before dealing with it.

But Wang Yilin faced the cabinet's accountability, but he insisted that he was ordered by the Zhenguo Gong, and said that if he didn't believe it, he could ask the Zhenguo Gong.

Originally, this kind of lie was exposed as soon as it was dismantled, and it couldn't deceive the cabinet ministers, what kind of person is Wu Zheng, who doesn't have a bottom in his heart?

From Hangzhou Mansion to Yingtian Mansion, there have been incidents of arson and looting...... Uh, it's not so blatant, is it?

At this time, Qian Sudian's testimony made the cabinet ministers have to believe it.

Look, after only a few days of hard work, the ninth brother of the Qian family, who is knowledgeable and gifted, was taken by Wang Yilin, which shows how important the environment is to people's growth!

The matter involved Wu Zheng, the prince of the town of the dynasty, and most of the people in the cabinet were silent all of a sudden.

There are only five people in total, and Zhang Guowei is dead in his heart, and he doesn't believe that Wu Zheng will do such a thing.

Zhang Huangyan didn't believe it even more, he knew Wu Zheng's ambitions, and he wouldn't do it even if he starved to death (to be honest, Zhang Huangyan's idea is up for discussion).

Qian Sule was silent with a reserved attitude, he had actually guessed that the ninth brother was lying, but he didn't understand why Qian Sudian was lying, so he could only drag him home, wait for the family law, and then think of a way to deal with it after being asked.

Ma Shiying was happy in his heart, haha, people in the same way, I have to conspire to get drunk and celebrate!

King Zhiren of Xingguo is the only one who knows about these people, but it is a matter of the life of his nephew, and he can't be careless, besides, thirty percent of the wealth is in his pocket, and he wants to take it out again...... Well, it's better to kill him.

If you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, the court says that it is the court, but do you have the silver to raise soldiers?

Although the summer harvest is about to be harvested, but in this year, the land of the ten provinces has been constantly fighting, plus the Hangzhou government has recruited 30,000 soldiers, and the Yingtianfu has also recruited 30,000 soldiers, these 60,000 strong men are equivalent to 60,000 more fields will be underharvested.

Even if Xia Fu came up and passed through the hands of the group of "hungry wolves" above the court, how much was left under his name? You must know that the officials have not paid their salaries for more than half a year.

Therefore, Wang Zhiren has been silent, he secretly said in his heart, take the wealth of the enemy country, provide for the water master for the imperial court, and his father will have peace of mind and a clear conscience.