Therefore, on the river, although there were three echelons on Fan Li's side, fighting to the death in iron chains, the people on the rebel side were still able to fight with them on an equal footing. Of course, the focus of the battle is on the iron chains, and once the iron chains are broken, the rebels will definitely not be able to stop them.

This is a battle of water warfare, what about Fan Li and the army? As soon as Ji Bu, Ronan and the well-smelled Tiger Ben Army saw the battle on the river, they knew that the onslaught had begun, so let's do it too!

So a general offensive was also launched on the land in one go. It stands to reason that the Tiger Army should not be able to defeat the rebel army, but at this time, the rebel army is unstable, and there are not many people, so the Tiger Army and the rebel army are evenly matched.

Needless to say, Ji Bu's side is very heroic, he and Ronan's troops are very heroic, and they quickly took their targets, the battle lasted about six hours, and after six hours, Fan Li's army successfully broke through the iron chains across the river and occupied a strategically important place in the military: Tianjia Town!

And the price paid was that more than 100 warships were destroyed, and more than 800 brave soldiers were sacrificed. At the end of this battle, it should be said that this step of Fan Li's Eastern Expedition can be regarded as a solid first step.

After this battle, the dead should be buried, the bereavement should be compensated, and those who should apply for recognition to the emperor should hurry up to the book, after these things are done, Fan Li should study what to do in the future.

How? It's preparing for the next big battle, but it's facing a problem, that is, there is no money at this time. You can't fight it, you say that you die in battle, no problem, we will pay for the pension and recruit people, the key is that you have to have money to do it. If you don't have money, you can't solve these things.

Fortunately, some of Fan Li's friends have been actively raising funds for him among the people, for example, Wuzhou got him 100,000 taels of silver, Huzhou got him 60,000 taels of silver, and Huizhou got him 40,000 taels of silver, a total of 200,000 taels of silver. To be honest, the 200,000 taels of silver is not a lot, and Fan Li can use it for a while, but there are too many soldiers under his command, and the 200,000 taels can hold on for a while.

But this is not a problem, Fan Li has long been accustomed to growing up in adversity, and what he is most angry about is that the governor of Ganzhou should give him 80,000 taels of silver according to the regulations of the imperial court, but this money did not appear, and people did not even say a word.

So Fan Li is very angry, you say that so many of us are coming to Huzhou, for whom, do we have brothers and sisters in Huzhou who are suffering in Ganzhou? We came to you to fight the rebel army in Ganzhou, shouldn't you, as the governor of Ganzhou, express your expression?

Even if you don't have any money, shouldn't you give a word? But even if people don't squeak, they can make Fan Li angry. So what to do? Fan Li also thought about it, saying that my 200,000 taels of silver won't last long, and I still have to be short of money, and I am still short of money to fight, so what should I do?

At this time, the staff gave him a trick, saying that I heard such a thing last year, saying that there is a camp in Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and there is a shortage of money in the camp, so they did one thing, they imposed a tax of 10 cents on the local merchants, that is, they charged 10% of the tax on the merchants, you have to ask what kind of tax is this? It's not a tax, I'm going to take your money anyway. As long as you do business, I will take ten percent of your tax, which of course is among other things, and it is said that this is very profitable. Since then, there has been no shortage of silver in the Jiangbei camp.

Fan Li felt that it made sense when he heard it, if we really wanted to draw money like this, we would indeed solve the economic crisis, but could the businessman stand it? Ten percent of the money has been siphoned off by us, do they still have a way to live? But if you don't take the money of the merchants, the people can't come up with the money, what can you do?

But if we don't draw this money, we won't even have the money to fight, and I can't afford to fight this war, so what are we going to do?

The staff said: In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things! Now in comparison, the lesser of two evils, one is the pain point of the businessman, and the other is that we returned in vain, violated the emperor's order, and lived up to the expectations of relatives and friends. Which is more harmful? Obviously, it was the failure to fight this battle, and the failure to clear up this bandit was even more serious. So simply, let's take this method of drawing money first, get the money first, and after we win the battle, the emperor's bonus will come down, and we will return the money.

After saying this, it can be regarded as a way to deal with it, so Fan Liang is ready to do this, and when he does this, he will be unlucky, let people give him this notice, let people give him this meal, Fan Li's mood will always be in a state of depression and entanglement, you say that you are fighting in this mood, don't say whether you are fighting well or not.

Well, under such pressure, the money has been raised, so the target this time, and the important destination of the Eastern Crusade, is Jiujiang. Jiujiang's guard is called Qi Rong, this is the most capable general in the rebel army, very, very powerful, when he and Ronan faced off, he almost wiped out Ronan, if it weren't for Zhong Yuan's timely rescue, Ronan would probably have died.

In addition, there were constantly high-quality soldiers from all over the rebel army, and Shi Qi personally brought people to command, and together they were added, with a total of 50,000 people. So at that time, Hisae was a very difficult bone to gnaw.

Before, there were also Tiger Ben troops who wanted to take Jiujiang back, and Qi Rong won a big victory every time he fought, so he felt that my place was actually very well guarded, and now there are so many more people, plus Yiwang Shiqi came in person, so Qi Rong felt that Fan Liang and Ronan would not be very powerful in fighting, but their cannons are really powerful, as long as we limit their cannons, their offensive ability will be reduced a lot, this is what Jiujiang's defenders know about Fan Li's side.

So, what about Fan Li's side, they are also analyzing the military situation of Jiujiang, first knowing that Qi Rong is very powerful, and then thinking about how important the territory of Jiujiang is, and how difficult its terrain is. In addition, Shi Qiyi, I heard that this person can be civil and martial, and he is very good at winning people's hearts, and he is also very talented, this place is really difficult to fight.

Let's just do it, we can't study the details of them in this study, so let's fight quietly and tentatively, and go to the bottom first. As for the way and method, it is to attack in an all-round way. As for this sortie, let's not throw all our troops into it, leave some of them behind to prepare, if the troops in front of us feel good this time, then we will follow the troops that are already ready in the rear. If the troops in front of us feel that something is wrong, then the troops in the rear will rush to rescue us. In short, we don't fall in love too much, and the purpose is to find out the details of each other.