However, Xu Hongru's trick is not new, he had used it once in Nanjing City, but unfortunately the effect was not as effective as he promised, and the believers of the White Lotus Sect who had received holy water were also vulnerable in the face of the muskets of Ji Qingwen's "Ming Wu Army", and there was not much difference from before.

In this regard, Xu Hongru's explanation is: sincerity is spiritual, and insincerity is ineffective.

Those believers who were still injured by the enemy after receiving the holy water clearly had two hearts for Mingzun, and their beliefs were not firm and pious enough, so Mingzun would naturally not bless them.

Xu Hongru himself may not believe such nonsense, let alone how many of these believers who follow him will believe it.

However, Xu Hongru's action was not so much a display of magical powers, but a psychological massage for the White Lotus Sect disciples who had just experienced frustration, and it actually really played some role.

I saw that these White Lotus Sectists suddenly rekindled their fighting spirit, which had been extinguished for the most part, and after a full meal, they rushed to the north bank of the Oujiang River.

In this attack, Xu Hongru put all his strength into it, and the men, horses, ordnance, and vehicles used were three times as many as before. Under such a fierce offensive, the Zhejiang guards and the Nanjing defenders, who were originally very reluctantly defended, were naturally difficult to parry, and after fighting for only half an hour, the White Lotus Sect occupied a landing ground on the north bank of the Oujiang River, allowing more and more White Lotus Sect disciples to rush forward to start hand-to-hand combat.

Hand-to-hand combat, fighting is physique, martial arts, fighting spirit and morale.

And the fighting spirit and morale of the White Lotus Sect were obviously much stronger than those officers and soldiers who stayed in the ranks just to have a full meal.

Therefore, although the official army was still struggling to support, it was gradually showing defeat, and it was about to be broken through by the White Lotus Sect.

At this critical time, Ji Qingwen finally played his role again.

It turned out that although Ji Qingwen insisted on placing the brigade in the west, he himself, under the escort of Huang Degong and several other cronies, went to Jingshan on the edge of Wenzhou City to observe the enemy situation.

When he saw that Xu Hongru's offensive was extremely ferocious, and he was about to break through the defense line of the official army, he suddenly became anxious in his heart, and scolded Liu Kongzhao, Han Zanzhou, Zhang Yandeng and others for being incompetent.

However, if these people really retreated, causing the reality of the White Lotus Sect entering the belly of Zhejiang, Ji Qingwen also did not want to see it.

So in desperation, Ji Qingwen could only order Huang Degong to go east to convey his order to someone, and then let this person make a move to stop Xu Hongru's plan to go north in one fell swoop.

This person is Zheng Zhilong.

It turned out that while Ji Qingwen was moving west of Wenzhou, he asked Zheng Zhilong's several ships to always move on the sea in the east of Wenzhou, so that they could facilitate the transportation of supplies, and second, to use Zheng Zhilong's power at any time.

And such a request, sure enough, it didn't take long for it to play a role under the threat of Xu Hongru's fierce attack.

I saw that Huang Degong was ordered by Ji Qingwen, holding an iron rod and galloping on a horse, and before the enemy could react, he rushed all the way from Wenzhou City to the seaside, found a boatman resting on the shore of the East China Sea, and told this person Ji Qingwen's order.

As soon as he heard Ji Qingwen's order, he immediately opened a light fast boat, and in a short time, he followed the current of the Oujiang River and the tide of the sea, walked more than ten miles to the east, and came to Zheng Zhilong's extremely conspicuous big white ship.

After Zheng Zhilong received Ji Qingwen's order, but after a little hesitation, he ordered the sailors to set sail, and took advantage of the not violent southeast wind, so he went upstream, and drove the five sea ships under his command into the mouth of the Oujiang River side by side.

Zheng Zhilong was not willing to put all his chips on Ji Qingwen alone, so he was a little disgusted by Ji Qingwen's commanding order. However, Zheng Zhilong is a maritime businessman after all, and Xu Hongru's trouble in Jiangnan suddenly made the situation not peaceful, making him miss many opportunities to make a fortune in business.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong, standing on his own position, also hoped that the imperial court could quickly quell the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, so he was naturally willing to obey Ji Qingwen's orders and drive to the Oujiang River.

Therefore, just as Xu Hongru of the White Lotus Sect was about to break through the defense line of the Oujiang River, five tall and mighty ships suddenly sailed from the sea, separating the vanguard of the White Lotus Sect that had crossed the Oujiang River to Jiangbei and separated it from the other main forces.

What's more, these seagoing ships went on a rampage, smashing and smashing all the pontoon bridges erected on the Oujiang River, so that Xu Hongru could no longer continue to transport troops to the north bank of the Oujiang River.

Seeing that the offensive of the White Lotus Sect stranded on the north shore was getting weaker and weaker, the number was getting smaller and smaller, and the situation was becoming more and more critical, but no matter how nervous and anxious Xu Hongru was, he couldn't come up with a single solution.

After all, with only a few small sampans and a few small rafts in the hands of the White Lotus Sect now, they would not be able to fight against Zheng Zhilong's fleet that was rampaging in the East China Sea under any circumstances.

In this way, Xu Hongru could only give up the follow-up attack at the moment when he was almost about to win, and chose to return to Wenzhou City to rest.

In this defeat, when Xu Hongru was about to break through the Oujiang defense line and was about to leave this empty city of Wenzhou, he fell short and was damaged by these ships that fell from the sky.

This made Xu Hongru angry and angry, and immediately sent someone to inquire about the origin of these ships.

In the White Lotus Sect, there are disciples who are dock workers, shipbuilders, and sailors and boatmen, and Zheng Zhilong's reputation can be said to be thunderous in the ears of this group of people.

So they told Xu Hongru about Zheng Zhilong's status and strength at sea, as well as the story of his ruthlessness, cunning and scheming several times to sink and defeat his competitors. In the end, they also said one more thing: Zheng Zhilong is now Ji Qingwen's cronies, not only did he transfer a mountain of silver like a sea in Dianshan Port under Ji Qingwen's jurisdiction, but even his son Zheng Chenggong also entrusted Ji Qingwen's door and asked for a serious background from the emperor.

"Ji Qingwen! It's Ji Qingwen again! ”

After Xu Hongru heard this, he couldn't help but insult loudly.

He had long known that Ji Qingwen was a powerful kid, so he deliberately avoided the western front with the greatest room for action, and instead crossed the Oujiang River to the north, but he didn't expect this little thief to have such great powers, and befriended Zheng Zhilong, a maritime merchant, to close the entire Oujiang River, and completely cut off the passage for him to lead the army to the north.

As a result, there is only one way left of the three roads: go south, re-enter Fujian, and further accumulate strength to find opportunities to go north.

So Xu Hongru seemed to be urged by Ji Qingwen to start a new action - he did not hesitate at all, nor did he wait for the army to rest, but immediately waved the army, set off from Wenzhou overnight, and attacked the Feiyun River in the south.

The topographical and hydrological conditions of the Feiyun River are much friendlier to the attacking side than those of the Oujiang River.

Therefore, although Xu Hongru's White Lotus Sect suffered a lot of setbacks in the previous battle of the Oujiang River and its strength was greatly damaged, it relied on the opportunity of the night battle to severely damage the Fujian Weisu army under the command of Zou Weilian, who was guarding the south bank of the Feiyun River, and crossed the river south overnight.

Xu Hongru returned to northern Fujian to carry out activities, but he ravaged southern Zhejiang, and the situation became worse than a few days ago.

This is unacceptable to Ji Qingwen - because the strategy he adopted to lure the enemy into the depths was actually not able to convince the public, but only to use the "Sword of Heaven" that represented the emperor's authority to deter several high-ranking officials whose official positions and qualifications far exceeded his own.

In this case, if the plan is implemented smoothly, it is easy to say, if the implementation is a little biased, it will immediately attract countless criticisms - those who are full of food and support do not need to talk about him, I am afraid that Liu Kongzhao, Han Zanzhou, Zhang Yandeng and others have already begun to write a document to impeach themselves.

Therefore, in front of Ji Qingwen, the task of quickly defeating the White Lotus Sect became more and more urgent.

And if you want to completely quell this rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, after thinking about it, you still have to follow Ji Qingwen's previous strategy - luring the main force of the White Lotus Sect into an empty city, and gather and annihilate it.

This empty city is ready, it is the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang.

But the word "temptation" may not be able to be applied again - after all, Xu Hongru is also a hero, not a stupid person, how could he step on the same trap for the second time?

And what Ji Qingwen has to do is to let him step on it again!