In the end, Jiang Bugao, who was burned to ashes in the grass, also took the last few people who escaped when he saw the opportunity, and rowed his oars towards the white water dock hidden in the depths of Taihu Lake. Even if they were sweaty and drenched, no one dared to relax for a moment.

Because the other party was so terrible, these Taiping thieves were much more ferocious and terrifying than all the officers and soldiers he had encountered. Not only are well-armed bows, crossbows, and guns extremely orderly and orderly, but there are also endless firearms bombardment.

With a fierce fighting spirit and personal skill, the water and dock men who tried to stand in front of them were like the ridges of the fields that had just been cut in the autumn and the grass had been set on fire. In the end, they all can't escape the fate of falling sideways or turning into ashes.

Originally, he also wanted to lure these Taiping thieves into the familiar grass, and regroup with a slight defeat with the advantage of the boat and the location; But I didn't expect that the other party didn't follow the rules at all, and directly burned the grass into a piece with a water-soaked and flammable firearm.

As a result, the hundreds of new forces around him who had not yet made a move were burned and could not hide; The original deceptive method of hiding in the boat and attacking on the water has become an irreparable real defeat.

Then almost everyone rushed forward to kill and cut off their heads, that fanatical look; It's like watching a live animal walk in a ward, or a bag of money lying on the ground waiting to be picked up.

Even those who were defeated would rather risk being burned to death than risk diving into the water in an attempt to escape by water. But they couldn't help these Taiping thieves from cutting down the burning grass, and continued to wade through the water to chase the road at the last moment with their knives and bows;

They were still shouting unevenly, and at the same time desperately firing arrows at the human body floating in the water; It wasn't until there was no more crimson in his vision that he stopped.

And after the defeat in this battle, the White Water Dock and the Changshan Dock, which were responsible for the attack on this road; There are nearly 3,000 Ding Zhuang, and there is no way to return to their hometown.

For the two docks in Taihu Lake, it is a huge loss; Not to mention Fang Yansen, the dock owner of Changshan Dock, "Heishi Gong", was also trapped on the shore and did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Therefore, Jiang Gao, who was able to escape this time, had the first idea on the return trip, not to raise the crowd again to seek revenge on these Taiping thieves; Instead, he immediately gathered the remaining young and strong, and annexed the Changshanwu, which was also a leader of the dragons, and was also a leaderless leader.

Only by using the remnants and territory of these former allies as nourishment can it be possible to keep their basic territory from being coveted and snooped on by others in the upcoming new situation and variables of the Taihu Thirty-Seven Dock Alliance.

After all, Fangshan Island, where he is based, is not the largest of the many islands in Taihu Lake, but it has the largest flat land that can be cultivated and the irrigation water source that passes through the island; and bamboo trees in the low hills, and fish in the water;

This, combined with the seizure and collection of regular incursions from the local villages and towns, provided for and sustained a handful of rampant land and water forces. However, after this damage, I don't know when it will be able to recover.

After all, in this thought, there are many people who sacrifice their lives for a bite of food because of war and displacement; However, a team of people who obey instructions and act with sophistication can only be gradually selected and tempered after a lot of effort and setbacks.

This time, I was really blinded by the stakes of Xu Yi from Hangzhou; Just for the first time to send 800 quintals of rice and 60 stone of salt, as well as the promise of 1,500 pieces of silk and silk cloth in the follow-up, these important capitals on the rampant lake were easily depleted.

What's even more ridiculous is that the dock owners in the rear, and even some people have the idea of waiting for the price to sell and make friends at both ends and eat together.

And the only turning point in the meantime is that after this Taiping thief really confronts the 37th dock of Taihu Lake, it is possible to tide over this difficulty by losing some more forces from other docks.

However, when he came out of the hidden waterway of a small island of mud and silt, he saw a jaw-dropping scene.

In the distance, billowing black smoke is rising from Fangshan Island, which is gray and white, mixed with green shadows; The largest pier, which was once full of boats, walkers, and rowers, had been set on fire. And far away from the shore, there were faint sounds of fighting and crying.

Obviously, this is not a merger and plunder between ordinary Taihu Lake water bandits, but a planned invasion and siege. The ships gathered around the perimeter were also painted in contrast, in stark contrast to most of the boats, both old and new.

"Turn around and leave quickly, there's no way back to the island."

Jiang Gaogao urged without hesitation, turned the oars left and right, turned around and left. Even the net worth he has accumulated over the years, as well as the two dozen women he has saved and raised, and the children he has born are all on the island.

However, the clipper, which was cruising near the island and flying the cyan Kunpeng flag on its sails, had already observed and noticed his group of people with the help of its tools, and began to row with all its strength with its double row of long oars to turn in pursuit.

There were also a few strange-looking ships with large wheels, which were slowly rolling in the water, and continued to project clusters of fire and roar towards the stubborn buildings and figures on the shore.

In another place, Xishan Island, the largest of the many islands in Taihu Lake; On the flatlands and hills originally divided by the three dock masters of Chen, Huang and Bai, the blue flag with a horizontal wave pattern representing the boat division of the Taiping Army has already been planted.

And only the remnants of the hundreds of water robbers who retreated to the Sanfeng Thatched Cottage on the north mountain of the island were still barely doing the stubborn resistance. But under the bombardment of the firearms that the boatmen carried down from the ship one after another, their destruction was only before dark.

On the flat land to the east and south of the island, hundreds of households that had been living in the area were also evicted from their homes. After being screened by the Taiping Army's accompanying working group, they will be relocated to the shore one after another to receive separate camp-style labor for men, women, and children.

After all, most of the people who can live here all the year round are close to the Shui Kou, not to mention many innocent or good people. After the basic clean-up is completed, this is the anchorage of the new Taihu Lake Branch of the Taiping Water Army in the future.

At this moment, one of the leading parties who looked at the orderly and cruel scene, Xiaowu from the nearby Sanshan Island, was also full of a certain frightened and terrifying, but also faintly happy complex mood.

After all, this probably means that since the rebellion of Yuan Chao in Wengshan (now Zhoushan Island) in the first year of Baoying (762), the water bandit forces that had been repeatedly banned on the water surface of Taihu Lake for more than 100 years have been wiped out.

- I'm the dividing line -

And on the other road in Changzhou, the state city of Jinling.

Zhou Ben, the first soldier in the top helmet and armor, took the lead in raising a sign to protect the head of the stone and rushed to the wall, and quickly twisted the knife and gun in the air after crossing the city plate; Grab the weapons of the defenders and throw them one by one.

In an instant, terrible screams and exclamations were heard, and one after another defenders were thrown off the wall. However, Zhou Ben only relied on a pair of fleshy palms and extraordinary bravery, and with his bare hands, he took the enemy in front of him and raised it with his weapon to take down the city.

Therefore, when he stood firmly on the city plate, he fell to the fifth in a row, and there were no defenders who dared to approach within five steps to the left. Then, with all his strength, he lunged at one of the most well-dressed enemy generals.

I saw that he pulled the other party who couldn't dodge on his back like a mountain and a river, and suddenly raised his head and danced with his hands and screamed; The nearby defenders were all discouraged, and they threw down their weapons and shouted and fled indiscriminately;

"The Lord has been arrested."

"Oh no, the enemy will capture and capture."

And the Taiping soldiers who were fighting in the city and under the city couldn't help but shout in unison with great morale.

"Zhou tearing tiger...

"Zhou tearing tiger...

"Zhou tearing tiger...

At the same time, the southeast of the Jinling Tomb, under the Jiulong Mountain near Wuxi City on the east bank of Taihu Lake, is also in the midst of the earthquake in the sky.

Wang Tianming/Wang Yanzhang, who was responsible for the siege of the city, was also in the midst of the reinforcements from Wu County, Suzhou. I saw him running with his left sword and right spear, and he was flying like a thorn, and he overturned everything that dared to obstruct and hinder his existence;

Stubbornly fighting a tortuous bloody path from the enemy, and tightly chasing the scattered enemy formation, a figure in a black scarlet robe was running towards the rear under the support and support of the pro-troops on the left and right.

It was a gray-bearded veteran, and he was also the leader of this Wu County army of soldiers and horses. It's just that the helmet and the head that describe the embarrassment have been lost, and the bun has been scattered and draped over the shoulders, and there is no majesty or other temperament to speak of.

Seeing that the target was getting farther and farther away among the routed enemy soldiers, Wang Yanzhang, who had already felt tired and sore, couldn't help but get anxious; I saw that he suddenly stopped and grabbed half of the spearhead, and threw it with all his strength with a roar.

In an instant, it pierced through the bodies of at least two enemy soldiers who were in the field of vision, and then slowly brushed the shoulders of one of the soldiers who rushed forward, and landed diagonally on the thigh of the veteran enemy soldier; Suddenly, the pain was deep and he sat on the ground, and the hoarse clutching leg screamed.

Then, in front of those stubborn enemy troops who were still in a group of stubborn resistance, the veteran of the enemy army who was dragged by Wang Yanzhang with his hair bun and a long bloodstain appeared on the spot; The enemy soldiers also let go of their weapons as if they had lost their souls, and fell to their knees and wailed loudly.

For a while, there was a continuous cheer that began to resound in the field:

"Wang Iron Spear. Wang Iron Gun. ”

"Unstoppable, King Iron Spear...

Soon after, the defenders of Wuxi City, who were symbolically besieged, saw the banners and heads of the reinforcements thrown all over the city, as if they had completely lost their courage and fighting spirit, and rushed to escape from the city wall in an uproar; Then it turned into a fugitive figure with a little open door to break through.

In the cities of Yixing, Wujin, Jiangyin, Great Wall, and Anji, which had already changed hands in the rear of Changzhou and Huzhou, many people who had surrendered, surrendered, and rebuilt were also marching out of the cities with their bare hands and converging on Jintan City in Runzhou, where they were reorganized and reorganized into supplementary battalions and cantonment teams.

Under the leadership of the members of the "three detachments," the local garrisons and battalions that had completed the change of defense began to carry out in an orderly manner the work of collecting idle and idle soldiers, liquidating household registration, publicizing and promulgating new regulations, and even determining taxes and temporarily assigning labor to the city for subsequent occupation and maintenance work.

Once the city is consolidated, they will form an armed task force to go to the countryside in batches, starting from the villages around the outskirts of the city and near the roads, and count and estimate the existence of the remaining powerful surnames in the local area one by one; In addition, according to the actual situation, the work of banning, relocating, exile, arranging forced labor, and even imposing punishment is to be tried on the spot.

In a relatively direct and brutal way, the local situation can be controlled in the short term, and finally more labor and resources can be dismembered or used.