In this atmosphere, Emperor Fulin, who was only nine years old and had been on the throne for three years, was afraid.

He was frightened and said in a panic: "Once the southern army captures Jinling, the government and the opposition will be shaken, and then the Han people south of the Great Wall will definitely respond, and I will die without a place to be buried, so it is better to temporarily retreat to Shengjing outside the border to avoid the limelight." ”

These words were heard by the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was very indignant at Shunzhi's cowardice, and she reproached Shunzhi for being cowardly and not as brave as Dolgon.

This is indeed too much, ordinary people can't stand it, let alone an emperor?

The words of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang left an indelible mark in Shunzhi's heart.

In addition, these days, Dolgon's arrogance has also made him dare not speak out.

Not to mention anything else, just a few days ago, the regent Dolgon thought that the emperor's letter was stored in the palace, and every time he sent troops, he had to play the seal, which was very inconvenient.

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to move the emperor's seal to his own mansion for later use.

At the same time, from now on, the number of ceremonial guards used by Dorgon was the same as that of the emperor, twenty of them, although the specific number of each type was slightly less than that of the emperor. At that time, there were only fifteen kinds of honor guards for the auxiliary king, which was obviously inferior to the regent Dorgon, which showed that the gap between Dolgon and the emperor was getting smaller and smaller.

Although Fulin is only nine years old and has not yet been in power, after all, he has been on the throne for three years, and he has seen a lot of things, so he naturally has complaints in his heart.

After this time, Fulin already hated Dolgon in his heart, which was also the tragedy that caused Dolgon to be completely liquidated by Fulin a few months after his death. That's an afterword.

After Fu Lin was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, his self-esteem was hit.

In addition, Dolgon took the opportunity to use this to make a big deal to attack the emperor's prestige.

Fulin had to regain his strength and ordered the Eight Banners Army in all parts of Jiangbei to quickly move south to support Jiangning (Yingtianfu).

……。

But in fact, Wu Zheng's advance speed was too fast.

Ying Tianfu had been recovered, and the Qing army's fastest reinforcements had just arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and they had not had time to cross the river.

The Qing army began to accumulate troops on the north bank of the river, and in just a few days, it had already hoarded nearly 30,000 horses.

At this time, Hong Chengchou, who occupied Zhenjiang, also made contact with Jiangbei.

And the sailors of the prince of Xingguo, Zhiren, are sending troops to prepare to regain Zhenjiang.

As a result, the two sides fought a large-scale water battle on the Yangtze River, each with its own victories and defeats.

Wang Zhiren's sailor was formerly known as the Daming Dinghai Division, and after two years of expansion and training, it is indeed an elite army.

It can be said that, apart from the pirates in the South China Sea, this is also second to none in the whole of Asia.

But it also has shortcomings, and it is very obvious.

As we all know, the financial constraints at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the fact that in the face of war, the imperial court did not increase but decreased the military resources every year, which made the armaments of the water divisions in various towns in a state of stagnation and even degradation.

The Dinghai Division had gunboats, but the largest gunboat had only three guns on each side, and with the range and tightness of the smoothbore guns at that time, the power could be imagined, that is to say, the range of the naval guns of the Dinghai Division was only one or two miles away.

This disadvantage was caused by the misjudgment of the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty on the development process of artillery.

They pursued the rate of artillery fire, so much so that later the introduction of new artillery from Europe tended to be rapid-fire guns.

As we all know, with the technology at that time, only the smoothbore cannon can be manufactured, and the smoothbore cannon has the problem of insufficient air seal, this problem can only be made up by the thick and long barrel, and the amount of charge is enough, and once the pursuit of speed gun, it is just contrary to this principle, it is conceivable that the development of artillery in the Ming Dynasty has gone into a divergent way.

However, the Qing court vigorously developed and improved the red-coated cannons, so that the latecomers came first, surpassing the Ming Dynasty in terms of the quantity and quality of artillery, and occupied the strategic initiative.

Therefore, this time the Eight Banners Army came to reinforce and carried more than 30 red-coated cannons, plus the original Ming Dynasty's coastal defense artillery in the towns along the Yangtze River, if purely in terms of artillery power, Wang Zhiren's naval division is not one.

The length of a normal redcoat cannon is about one zhang (3 meters), the caliber is between four and five inches (110 and 130 mm), the weight is mostly around two thousand catties, and the firing range is between five and eight miles.

After years of improvement by the Qing court, the red-coated cannons mass-produced by the Qing court had a larger caliber and a firing range of six to ten miles.

Such advantages and disadvantages were enough for the Qing army to control the Yangtze River side.

Fortunately, the Qing army did not have a warlike sailor, otherwise, Wang Zhiren's sailor might not have been able to fight this water battle evenly.

After this three-day water battle, both sides understood that it was difficult to resolve the situation and began to reach a stalemate.

After Wu Zheng learned of the battle situation, he quickly summoned his generals to discuss, and at the same time invited the benevolence of the prince of Xingguo.

In Tongjimen, although Wu Zheng was a little rash, he was not arrogant enough to live in the palace.

In the Great Hall.

"Dare to ask Xingguo Gong, in your opinion, if another water war is launched, will the Dinghai Division be able to control the Yangtze River waterway from Jiangyin to Yingtianfu?" Wu Zheng humbly asked.

Wang Zhiren's face was a little gloomy, he spent a lot of money to attack Ying Tianfu, and his sailors and infantry lost nearly thirty percent.

And this time when he went to recover Zhenjiang, he didn't want to break out in a water battle with the Qing army, so he lost more than 1,000 people and more than 100 warships.

Such a loss cannot be made up for in a month or two.

Naturally, I was in a very bad mood.

Wang Zhiren listened to Wu Zheng's question, and said angrily: "Lin Anbo is also a person who leads troops, is there still a need to ask such an obvious question?" The artillery of the Qing army can be hit ten miles away, and the artillery carried by the gunboats of the naval division under the command of Bengong has a range of only two miles, how can this battle be fought? ”

Wu Zheng was not angry when Wang Zhiren was so stunned, and explained: "Xingguo Gong, although the Qing army's artillery is superior to our army, but the Qing army does not have the ability to fight water, can you think of ways to avoid the enemy's artillery superiority and fight them on the river?" ”

Wang Zhiren was angry before, and he regretted it a little after speaking, not because he was afraid of Wu Zheng, but because he also understood that it was not Wu Zheng who was deliberately weakening his strength, and with Wu Zheng's current influence, although he was inferior to him in terms of title, he was far superior to him in strength.

At this moment, the two sides are tied to the same boat again, which can be described as sharing honor and disgrace.

Therefore, when listening to Wu Zheng's question again, Wang Zhiren's face was relieved, and he thought for a while: "Lin Anbo doesn't know, the Qing army is cunning, and now as long as the sailors under the command of this prince sail closer, your ships will quickly turn around and go north, hiding within the range of the artillery on the north shore, and it is impossible for our sailors to approach." It's too difficult to lure the enemy south to fight a decisive battle! ”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Then what if I transfer a force and attack Zhenjiang by land?" Xingguo Gong should know that if Zhenjiang is allowed to be controlled by the Qing army, then for Ying Tianfu, it will be like a fish in the throat. ”