"Well, in view of the collusion between you and the Qing army Tartars, slaughtering my Ming people, and participating in the hostile military operations against our army, so you cannot be pardoned, repair 100,000 guns within three months, for each repair of 1,000 guns, I will randomly select ten from them and test them, if the best results are not achieved, I will have you chop off one of your toes, and you continue to serve me, if the second 1,000 guns do not meet my requirements, I will have you chop off your second toes, and when the toes are used up, I will start chopping your legs, I'll see how many parts you have for me to chop. Zhang Qiang said arrogantly to Francis.

Francis sat on the ground, he was capable of repairing the broken guns, but who could be without mistakes, in case, he didn't dare to think about it, he shivered, and he didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Qiang looked around and said to the soldiers: "Clean up this place, the corpses are still in the river." ”

The four remaining Portuguese shouted, and Francis saw that some of his old friends were about to be thrown into the river, and his heart softened, and he said to Zhang Qiang: "Your Excellency, respected general, please forgive them." ”

Zhang Qiang looked at the four Portuguese, and then at Francis, "Add 10,000 guns, every time you make a mistake, I will have someone kill one of them." ”

Francis's body trembled, and over there, there were also Portuguese who knew the Ming language, shouting: "Francis, please, save us." ”

Francis gritted his teeth, and after a long time, seeing that those people were about to be thrown into the river, he said: "Your Excellency, General, I am willing, and please be merciful, forgive them, and send them to me as subordinates, we are willing to serve the adults." ”

Zhang Qiang waved his hand.

He said to the firecracker beside him: "These people are handed over to you for custody, below, Lord Zhou will arrange for them, you follow them, report their situation to me at any time, okay, take them back." ”

Shi Chang paused and raised his head, "It's my lord." ”

After getting Francis, a new repair battalion was built in Zhang Qiang's team, and Zhang Qiang arranged two hundred households of firecrackers, plus one hundred households of infantry to set up a repair battalion to guard the battalion, and Zhou Congee was responsible for scheduling.

Now the civil affairs of the newly captured places in Taizhou are all in charge of Zhou Congee, Du Ge is in charge of the military, and Zhang Qiang is recuperating from his wounds in the Taizhou capital.

That duel made him miserable, and the injuries on his body couldn't be healed.

He could only command the soldiers who had just been transferred back from Jinhua Mansion and various armies to train on the side.

Progress is much slower than before.

After a month, Xuanyuan Longfei finally came with good news, they captured the entire territory of Taizhou County, killed more than 20,000 Qing troops, captured more than 3,000 Qing troops, and sent Zhang Qiang's entire Jinhua Righteous Army to the sea, and his territory finally had an outlet to the sea.

From now on, the Qing army will no longer have the strength to block them, and they will have a way out.

With the Lingjiang River, a waterway that leads directly to the inland Xianju County, and then it can be transferred to the Wuyi River by land, and from the Wuyi River to the Yiwu River and the Wujiang River, the territory under its own rule can be fully penetrated, and all the materials can be transported through these two main streams, which revitalizes the economy and military of the territory under their rule, which is simply a major artery.

Military maneuvers by waterway could also quickly reach any place besieged by the Qing army.

It will not be broken by the Qing army.

Outside Linhai County, the cavalry is training, and these cavalry selected from the captives, although their combat effectiveness and loyalty are not very high, they are also a cavalry unit in the hands of Zhang Qiang, fighting against the Qing army, and they cannot do without cavalry.

Zhang Qiang's two cavalry units, in addition to the two hundred cavalry left behind, plus his own personal guard cavalry troops, were almost heavily damaged and completely annihilated, and now in addition to his own personal guard cavalry reduced to 100 people, and expanded a cavalry force of 1,000 households.

It was led by Tang Dianfeng, the general of the rebel army who returned from Taizhou County.

Chen Hanhui led his troops to capture Tiantai County, originally Zhang Qiang did not want to attack there, but later considering the requirements of defense, he sent Chen Hanhui to capture there, Zhang Ying and Xuanyuan Longfei were stationed in Taizhou County, where there were still 10,000 troops, 3,000 water divisions, and 7,000 righteous troops.

Du Ge stayed here and was responsible for the defense of Xianju and Linhai County.

A general of the Volunteer Army was sent to accept the county seat of Sanmen, leading a thousand households to be stationed there, after Ruan Shu and Ruan Wu brothers laid down there, they were stationed for a period of time and gave up there, Zhang Ying sent people to accept there, and then Zhang Qiang's request for Taizhou Mansion was fully recovered, and since then he has the territory of the land of the two provinces.

Zhang Qiang watched his firecrackers training and fighting with Fan Shaozu's Qing army, his firecrackers contributed a lot, but they also suffered heavy losses, the enemy's cavalry was more, and in the last period of time, although the firecrackers killed and injured a lot of enemies, they were also killed by the cavalry, which directly led to Zhang Qiang's hastily armed firecrackers to flee, and many were seriously injured, nearly 5,000 firecrackers lost more than 2,700 people at once, and now only 2,100 people remain.

Among them, many elites died, at least more than 200 people, many senior soldiers died, at least more than 700 people, more than 1,000 skilled soldiers, and the rest were Qing army gunners among the selected captives.

"My lord, Lord Jin Sheng is here." A personal guard cavalry reports.

Zhang Qiang stood up, and Jin Sheng was brought in by the guards, "Xiaguan to meet your lord." Jin Sheng bowed and saluted.

"Get up, sit."

Jin Sheng sat down, the guards brought tea, Jin Sheng took a sip, and said: "Congratulations, sir, the recovery of Taizhou Mansion has made our army offensive and retreating, and revitalized the whole game of chess." ”

Zhang Qiang smiled, "Lord Jin won't come to talk this nonsense to me, right?" ”

Jin Sheng is already used to Zhang Qiang, he knows that Zhang Qiang and people who are used to it will not be so restrained and reasonable and modest, hypocritical and polite, Jin Sheng leaned on the back of the chair casually, while drinking tea with a teacup, and said: "My lord, the Yongli Dynasty has appointed you as the chief soldier of Zhejiang Province, and the Longwu Dynasty has appointed you as the right attendant of the military department, the governor of Zhejiang Province, I don't know what you mean, my lord?" ”

Zhang Qiang's mouth opened wide, he didn't expect that in just one month, he would change from the leader of the rebel army to the chief soldier of Nanming, the governor, and the right attendant of the military department, this happiness came too quickly!

Seeing that Zhang Qiang didn't react for a long time, Jin Sheng coughed deliberately and asked again: "My lord, you have an idea, should we listen to that side?" ”

Zhang Qiang reacted, "Well, since you are promoting me to an official, then you want them all, the chief soldier, the governor, we want them all." ”

Jin Sheng rolled his eyes and put down the teacup, "My lord, this must be chosen, not both." ”

Zhang Qiang really didn't want to bow down to the court of Nanming, everyone knew that they would only make trouble, not build, he had always regarded himself as a righteous army, and never admitted that he belonged to which court leader.

Isn't it uncomfortable to find a leader for yourself and let others lead you?

Jin Sheng hurriedly said: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of the imperial court, we can't be arrogant, how is that different from Li Chuang, and how is it different from the Tartar?" ”