Just as Liu Xulei, Liu Qilin and others were walking towards the mansion, suddenly, there were continuous explosions in the direction of the lower reaches of the Ganjiang River in the north of the city, which was faintly mixed with dense gunfire......

Liu Xulei was puzzled for a while, listening to the sound of the gun, this was the continuous sound of an automatic rifle, and the explosion sound was not like the rumbling sound of black powder, but like the explosion of a grenade.

"Didn't you say that the Qing army had already fled by boat? Don't...... General Bai, they chased after them from the river so quickly? Liu Xulei said with a frown.

"No, didn't Bai Ying go to clean up the Qing army in the south?" Liu Qilin is also full of suspicion.

"Could it be...... Let's go, let's see! ”

Liu Xulei's heart moved, and he shouted at the soldiers of the guard company, and it was not until he got on the horse that he turned around and shouted to Liu Qilin: "General Liu, you go to the government office first, find someone to do, you are better than me, so please leave it to you." ”

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Ganjiang River, close to Nanchang City West all the way to the north, there is a big wharf built on the river bank outside the west gate, the famous Tengwang Pavilion, stands on the river embankment by the wharf in the west of the city.

During the Taiping period, large and small merchant ships gathered on the wharf, not only built warehouses next to the wharf, but also gradually formed a lively bazaar, which is an important hub of waterway transportation between Jiangxi and the outside world, and is also an important distribution center for agricultural and sideline products.

After several wars, the bazaar has now withered, a large number of shops and stalls have been destroyed, except for the Tengwang Pavilion, only a few dilapidated warehouses remain, and a few dwellings are still lifeless.

After the three miles of His Excellency King Teng, the Ganjiang River is divided into three, forming three tributaries to flow into Poyang Lake, which are the north branch, the middle branch and the south branch of the Ganjiang River, of which the north branch is the main road, all the way to the north winds away, and the south branch turns sharply here, goes around the city to the east, passes close to the north city, and flows all the way into Poyang Lake.

Not far from the north gate, there are also several small wharves built on the south branch of the river, where dozens of transport ships of the 3,000 foot soldiers of the Jin Li Department were docked, and now, these ships have been snatched by the Qing army, and they have fled all the way downstream.

Liu Xulei took more than 30 soldiers, facing the flow of people who were returning to the city one after another, and carefully drove his horse out of the north gate, and saw the sky-high smoke column rising from the lower reaches of the southern branch of the Ganjiang River from a distance, so he galloped along the south bank and went downstream.

However, by the time Liu Xulei and the others hurried to the battlefield, the battle on the Gan River had ended, and only the sparse forests on both sides of the river were still sporadic gunshots.

Thick smoke billowed on the river, more than a dozen big ships were paralyzed on the water with smoke and fire, some had already sunk half into the water, only the high raised stern remained, some had simply floated on the surface of the river with the bottom of the boat facing the sky, and some small boats that had lost their captains were still slowly turning in the center of the river, and the river was full of heads of people who had fallen into the water......

There were also several large boats slanted on the banks of the river, apparently grounded, and those who had not been killed on board had long since fled.

Several small wooden fishing boats are shuttling across the river, salvaging the Qing soldiers who have fallen into the water......

Liu Xulei called the messenger, took the binoculars, and looked intently, most of the soldiers on the fishing boat were wearing Ming army uniforms, and there were some people wearing black tights and armed assault rifles.

On the other side of the river, more black-clothed men were chasing after the Qing army, grabbing prisoners everywhere, and there seemed to be some movement in the forest far away on the south bank.

"Sure enough, it's ...... them"

There is no doubt that this is the independent battalion of Dayao Mountain, Liu Xulei was overjoyed, and urgently ordered the messenger to blow the trumpet and send the signal to the other party.

Gradually, some soldiers who were capturing prisoners on the south bank gathered over, Liu Xulei beckoned them forward, and was inquiring about their battle along the way, a ferry boat came slowly on the other side, and there were several people on board, all of them seemed to be female soldiers, and there was a person standing at the bow of the boat, which was a beautiful girl in a black uniform-Feng Suqin.

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It turned out that since he divided his troops with Jiao Lian, Feng Suqin took more than 300 independent battalions and more than 6,000 Ming soldiers under Jiao Lian to attack Xinyu County 150 miles away along the west bank of the Ganjiang River, and almost took over an empty city.

At the beginning, after hearing that the Ming army had gone on a northern expedition and had captured Ji'an, Chen Tai, the commander of the Qing army, urgently ordered the Qing army in the surrounding state capitals to collectively shrink to Nanchang.

Before Feng Suqin's army arrived, the Qing army garrison fled with hundreds of subordinates, leaving only the county commander who did not dare to escape, commanding three classes of officials, and forcibly organized more than 500 young and strong people in the city, holding all kinds of weapons, pretending to defend the city.

The hundreds of young men were originally a rabble recruited by force, and when they heard that it was the Ming army that came to attack instead of the robbers, who was willing to work for the Tartar government, so the people's hearts had long been fluctuating, and a small half of them disappeared overnight.

Feng Suqin gave an order, the army besieged the city, and before a few shots were fired, the young men at the head of the city had not been scared away, and most of those officials had fled first.

The county and the chief bookkeeper are both locals, and when the two of them saw this, they were wronged and had a debt, so they simply tied up the county order sent by Shangfeng and surrendered Kaicheng!

The soldiers did not take down Xinyu bloodily, and the more than 300 young and strong villagers strongly asked to serve the country as soldiers, and also asked to join the independent battalion with the most neat military appearance.

Feng Suqin was overjoyed, it turned out that the people in this place were still so dedicated to Daming, and they couldn't ask for it!

Before, Lin Xiao had told her that the official army was unreliable, and every time she went to a place, she must do a good job of propaganda and mobilize the people, so that they can see the difference of the new army, and it is best to recruit some children and soldiers to join the army in every place, so that their families will not only have a settled life, but also naturally care about Daming because of family affection.

So, after screening, Feng Suqin not only agreed to recruit them under his command, but also simply posted a list in the city to recruit soldiers, and as a result, more than 600 recruits were recruited at once.

On the third day, Feng Suqin continued to go north with the army and went straight to Shanggao County in Ruizhou Prefecture.

Because Xinyu was very close to Yuanzhou Mansion (now Yichun City), and Yuanzhou Mansion was not far from Liling, where the Qing army was heavily garrisoned in Hunan, Feng Suqin left a thousand Ming troops to garrison and monitor the movements of the Qing army in Hunan.

At the same time, out of an abundance of caution, she left a platoon of soldiers from the separate battalion here to assist in the defense, and incidentally trained the recruits day and night.

If it really starts, the soldiers of this platoon are more effective than the whole thousand Ming troops, and with them, even if the Qing army suddenly besieges the city, it is not a big problem to hold on until the army returns.

The army went all the way north, and with the experience of Xinyu County, Feng Suqin had a bottom in his heart.

Sure enough, the entire Ruizhou Mansion, Shanggao, Yifeng, and Gao'an counties are all similar to Xinyu, with almost zero casualties in the three counties.

Feng Suqin took the medicine according to the prescription, and also recruited troops in these three places with great fanfare, and as a result, hundreds of local children were recruited in each county.

Along the way, not only did he capture a lot, but he also unexpectedly captured hundreds of military horses outside Yifeng City.

It turned out that because Yifeng was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there were lush slopes outside the city, the Qing army set up a small horse ranch here, and more than 30 Qing soldiers took care of more than 500 military horses.

Feng Suqin naturally smiled lightly, a platoon of soldiers, only one charge, and completely annihilated these dozens of horse herding Tartars.

(Question: Liu Xulei attacked the city, what kind of super weapon did he sacrifice, and he blew the Nanchang gate open at once?) ）