The Yangtze River is passing away.

Whenever Hu rode south and crossed south, a major war related to the survival of the nation would inevitably break out on this vast river.

The Southern Song Dynasty was defeated in Dingjiazhou and Jiaoshan, and lost the Yangtze River moat, making Meng Yuan rule China for nearly a hundred years.

For the first time, the Han people, who had never been conquered, were trampled under the feet of foreign races, which made China lose its pride since the Han and Tang dynasties.

The battle that took place on the river at this time, for the Ming Dynasty, was like the Battle of Jiaoshan in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which was not only related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou, but also a battle related to the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty wins, then Yangzhou will be encircled, Jiangnan will be protected, the Han nationality will be high-spirited for at least a hundred years, and Xu Tu will go north to restore the rivers and mountains.

If the Ming Dynasty is defeated, the Yangtze River will not be guaranteed, and it will be easy for the northern captives to cross the river, and the southern capital will also be in danger of overturning, and even the disaster of the Mengyuan Dynasty will be repeated, so that China will suffer again.

At this time, on both sides of the Yangtze River, countless pairs of eyes were watching the battle on the river, and Ruan Dacheng and Duoduo built high platforms on both sides of the river to watch the battle.

The soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City were also moved by this life-and-death battle in Yangzhou.

Wang Yan and a group of Yangzhou civil and military, standing on the city tower, from morning to evening, never went down the city tower.

On the river, the Ming army relied on the advantage of large ships and entangled with the elite Qing army sailors, although it could not defeat the Qing army, but it did not miss the defeat, forming a stalemate.

After dusk, the sun had already set to the west, and the two armies that had not won or lost had no intention of resuming the gold and fighting again in the coming day.

Seeing this, Wang Yan hurriedly asked people to prepare torches and watch the water battle at night.

When the soldier heard the order, he lit a torch, but Wang Yan was suddenly shocked, and said with a frightened face: "The north wind is protruding, and the sailor is afraid of failure!" ”

When He Gang and the others heard this, their faces couldn't help but change, and they all looked at the torch, and sure enough, they saw the flames flying southward, and they were immediately shocked.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Ruan Dacheng stood on a high platform, and saw that a gust of north wind suddenly blew in the sky, blowing the flags and fluttering, and the whole person was like falling into an ice cave, and he was instantly shocked into a cold sweat.

For a while, Ruan Dacheng's heart was full of anxiety, and he hurriedly walked to the side of the stage, and shouted loudly to the guards under the stage: "Hurry!" Hurry up and call in the gold! ”

But the sailor was fighting on the river, and the sound of the gold was difficult for people to detect, and Ruan Dacheng hurriedly shouted: "Send the cannon, hang the order flag, and recruit the sailor back!" ”

With the north wind, Ruan Dacheng's square inch is in chaos.

On the river, although Zuo Maodi was not proficient in water warfare, he also knew the difference between fighting against the wind and fighting against the wind, and the Ming army was locked in iron locks, as long as the fire started, the entire Chinese army was in danger of defeat.

As if to prove Zuo Maodi's fears, a Qing army ship followed the wind, dodged the Ming army's long logs and bamboo poles, and crashed into the big ship.

Originally, the mud-smeared ship was not afraid of fire, but with the north blowing in the sky, the fire was greatly fueled, and the fire ship loaded with gunpowder, fire oil and hay was ignited by the Qing army, and the flames flew in the wind, straight to a height of more than a zhang.

In an instant, the Ming army's big ship was ignited by the fire, and Zuo Maodi suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "This day does not bless my Ming!" ”

When Liu Liangzuo saw this, he was immediately overjoyed, and rushed to Lianzhou with the organization of more fireboats, and they set fire to the wind with the wind, and the wind was fierce, causing the fire to spread rapidly.

In the Ming army, Zheng Hongkui and Wang Wei saw this, and hurriedly rushed forward with a small boat, trying to block the fire boat for Lianzhou, but they were entangled by the Qing army and could not escape.

"If we are defeated today, we are all sinners of the Ming Dynasty!" In a hurry, Zheng Hongkui had no choice but to shout loudly and encourage the generals around him to move forward bravely regardless of life and death. "Ladies and gentlemen! The rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, fight here! Kill the enemy with Ben! ”

On the boat, the Qing army's fire attack followed the wind, and the power increased greatly.

Wooden warships, once a fire ignited, could not be extinguished at all, and each warship of the Ming army was connected by iron chains, and if one burned, it would burn a piece of warship.

At this time, the sound of gold on the south bank and the sound of cannons on the south bank were loud, and Ruan Dacheng even ordered hundreds of thousands of troops on the south bank to shout in unison: "The wind rises, return quickly, don't fall in love with war!" ”

At this point in the battle, the defeat of the Ming army has been decided, but the big defeat is still a small defeat, but it can be earned, as long as the warship is kept, it will still be able to fight in the coming day.

Fang Guoan, the chief soldier who commanded the boat, heard the sound of Mingjin, and hurriedly ordered the fleet to return south, wanting to leave the battlefield, retreat to the south bank, and keep the warship, but the Ming army's big ship was difficult to move, and the Qing army's ships were divided into several teams, firing artillery on both wings, and throwing rockets, which suddenly made the Ming warships burn their sails and cover the river with smoke and flames.

The Ming warships could not leave the battlefield, but the Qing army's fire attack became more and more fierce, vowing to leave the Ming army's sailors behind and annihilate.

The soldiers in front were either burned to death by fire, or fell into the water and drowned, and the soldiers behind saw that the general trend had gone, so they rushed to escape and could not form an army.

For a time, the flames on the boat soared, the river was completely red, and hundreds of huge ships of the Ming army were burned in an instant, and more than half of the Ming army was killed or wounded.

Sun Zhaokui, the man under Zuo Maodi, and Shen Ziqi were all burned to death by the fire.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo took advantage of the situation to wave his army and attack, causing heavy casualties to the Ming army that jumped into the river.

Zuo Maodi and Chen Zilong retreated to the corner of the boat, and saw that the Ming army's ships were burned countless times, and the soldiers screamed endlessly, and couldn't help crying: "After this battle, the boat division was lost, the men and horses were lost, and the river defense has been like a fictitious since then!" This day I am dead! ”

In the army of aiding Yang, the most elite 100,000 troops, together with hundreds of large ships, were buried in the Yangtze River, and the Ming Dynasty had no possibility of rescuing Yangzhou and defending the river.

Zuo Maodi was desperate, sad from his heart, and suddenly begged for death, and jumped into the boiling river.

Seeing this, Chen Zilong hurriedly ordered the sergeant to pick him up, and persuaded him sadly: "Death is beneficial to the world, and death is okay!" Death is not beneficial to the world, so why abandon it with a useful body? ”

"I know how to donate my life, but the soldiers, horses and ships are destroyed, and I can't go back to the sky!" Zuo Maodi recruited 8,000 soldiers, and now most of the dead and wounded, and Wu Yi is the only literati who have taken refuge in him.

When Chen Zilong saw him like this, he immediately reprimanded angrily: "Wang Shiheng has a thousand men and horses to aid Yang, defeated the army with remnants, and held Yangzhou alone for two months, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Lord Zuo, how can he talk about life and death lightly?" ”

Zuo Maodi saw Chen Zilong's angry appearance, listened to his words, and thought of Wang Yan, who resisted 300,000 Qing soldiers alone and did not fall, and thought of Wang Yan, who had always insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty when he was in Qingzhou, Shandong, and couldn't help but be shocked.

Chen Zilong saw the change in the expression on Zuo Maodi's face, and knew that he had no desire to die, so he ignored it, but recruited soldiers, cut off the chains, and took advantage of the fire to take advantage of the defeat to return to the south bank.

In Yangzhou City, He Gang and others looked depressed.

The Daming Navy Division fought with the Qing army and ships for a day without showing defeat, but it was only in half an hour when the sky was about to get dark, but it was a mess.

The sudden blowing of the north in the sky made the Ming army and sailors defeated, and also left a shadow in the hearts of everyone, is it really the luck of the Ming Dynasty? Could it be that Yangzhou really can't hold it?

A group of civil and military officers in Yangzhou, looking at the flames rising on the river, and listening to the crying and screaming of the Ming soldiers, their expressions couldn't help but be gloomy.

Just when He Gang and the others were desperate for the future of Yangzhou, Wang Yan suddenly turned around and walked down the city tower and led the guards straight to the east gate.