Gangpo Ferry.

After Guo Yi, Jiang Wentian, and Huang Degong led the army to Jiangpu Ferry, they set up camp and began to prepare for the army to cross the river.

Lu Ying, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, who had been waiting here for a long time, also praised Huang Degong after seeing him, which made Huang Degong happy in his heart. Although Lu Ying and Huang Degong are both the general soldiers of a town, Lu Ying is the earl of Emperor Chongzhen, and Lu Ying also led the army to participate in the pacification of the Extravagant Rebellion, the Thieves Rebellion, and the Battle to recover Liaodong. Therefore, Huang Degong was very polite to Lu Ying, and even the same as a subordinate meeting a superior.

"Boss, I don't know where the town is now? I've heard the name of Zhenguo Gong for a long time, and I've wanted to meet it for a long time. ”

Lu Ying said with a smile: "General Huang is not in a hurry, after receiving the urgent report from General Jiang, this town sent someone to send a message to Zhen Guogong, as for when I can see Zhen Guogong, and the arrangements of Huang Zongbing's department, presumably Zhen Guogong will send a reply soon." ”

"That's nature, that's nature. That Lu Zongzhen killed the thief Liu Zeqing, and avenged Jiang Yueguang, Liu Zongzhou, and Zhang Shenyan, but he made a great contribution! ”

"Haha, where, where."

Huang Degong agreed, but seeing that Lu Ying was not too happy, he was still a little disappointed in his heart, and then continued: "Since this is the case, then I will temporarily garrison the army here, and I will obey the orders of General Lu in the next battle!" ”

Lu Ying said with a smile: "No hurry, no hurry." Anyway, now that the Zhenguo Guild has not issued the order for the army to cross the river, let's wait at this Jiangpu ferry first, maybe the Zhenguo Guild will have other arrangements. ”

Hearing this, Huang Degong couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and he couldn't understand what Lu Ying meant by this.

On the same day, Huang Degong set up a large camp two miles north of the Feiyu Battalion and the Longxiang Iron Cavalry Battalion, and the three armies were stationed in a zigzag shape, preparing to spend the night at Jiangpu Ferry.

At noon the next day, a team of Hanwei Army pacesetter battalions arrived at night without collecting Pegasus, and rushed into the Feiyu Battalion camp non-stop.

At this time, Huang Degong and Guo Yi were both in the big tent of the Chinese army in the Feiyu Battalion, and they were discussing with Lu Ying about the army's crossing of the river.

Hearing that Liu Yunwei sent an order not to collect the night and not to collect the herald, the three of them were in good spirits and hurriedly sent someone to bring the night not to collect.

"I've seen the two general towns and General Guo. The town has an order, please take the order! ”

Lu Ying, Huang Degong, and Guo Yi all got up to listen to the order.

The general manager of the night does not collect hundreds of people said loudly: "The Zhenguo Gong has an order: First, the Huang Zongbing Department has been surrendered by more than 100,000 captives all the way to work hard, and later the Zhenguo Gong will go to the court to ask for merit for Huang Zongbing." However, more than 100,000 captives of General Huang's army should be handed over to Yangzhou, Fengyang and other state capitals for resettlement, then the good ones are the guards, and the rest of the people who have committed more evil deeds will be brought to justice. Second, Lu Ying, the commander-in-chief of Tongzhou Town, was ordered to lead all the troops and horses of the Feiyu Battalion to attack two days later, cross the river from Jiangpu Ferry to the south, and control the Dashengguan west of Nanjing City, as well as Chunhua Town in the south, and complete the encirclement of the west and south of Nanjing City. ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Ying, Guo Yi, and Huang Degong had different expressions on their faces. Lu Ying's face was indifferent, just silently calculating some details of crossing the river two days later; Guo Yi's face was full of disappointment, it seemed that the matter of crossing the river to the south had nothing to do with him; And Huang Degong is unwilling, the hundreds of thousands of prisoners he managed to collect are now handed over by himself as an order from Zhenguo Gong, how can this be accepted?

On the side, Lu Ying was asking the general manager who didn't collect 100 at night: "Did Zhen Guogong also cross the river together two days later?" ”

"Qi Yu Lu General Army, Zhen Guogong will also cross the river in two days, and then the army of the pacesetter battalion will cross the river from the Guabu ferry port to the south, control Longtan in one fell swoop, and cut off the connection between Nanjing City and all parts of the east."

"Understood."

At this time, Huang Degong plucked up his courage and said: "General Lu, I think there is something wrong with the order of Zhenguo Gong, these prisoners are all battle-hardened soldiers, wouldn't it be a pity to put them in a place?" I think it's better to put it in my barracks. ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Ying and Guo Yi's faces showed a trace of anger. After all, in the hearts of the two, Liu Yunwei's order is not to be disobeyed! And the facts have also proved that Liu Yunwei's order has not made any mistakes so far!

Now Huang Degong openly questioned what Liu Yunwei's order meant!

Lu Ying said coldly: "General Huang, Zhenguo Gong is leading his troops south by His Majesty's order, and we must all obey all orders of Zhenguo Gong unconditionally!" Even if there is any objection, it is necessary to appeal to the imperial court after the order has been executed. ”

Guo Yi also persuaded: "General Huang, it must be reasonable for Zhenguo Gong to issue this order, I think it is better to follow it." ”

Huang Degong frowned when he heard this, and said, "However, the national dynasty has always had conventions!" The generals who lead the army have the right to collect the prisoners, and they have the right to dispose of them on the spot, and it is reasonable for the town to reorganize these prisoners, and the town is also to stabilize the place, with these hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the place, then the provinces south of the Yangtze River will be extremely stable! ”

Hearing this, Lu Ying and Guo Yi understood Huang Degong's intentions.

Lu Ying sneered and said, "I see! Mr. Huang, this Zhennian advises you on the sake of you also leading the army and fighting a bloody battle against the rebellion, I am afraid that the consequences of disobeying the orders of Zhenguo Gong are not something you can bear! ”

Huang Degong's heart suddenly felt a lot weaker when he heard this, but he still lowered his head and refused to speak.

Lu Ying continued: "Before our Hanwei army went south, Zhen Guogong once told us that the reason why the national dynasty had fallen into internal and external troubles before was because the Donglin Party had brought disaster to the country and the people, and the other was because the generals from all over the country supported the army and respected themselves, forming a de facto feudal situation! Among them, the northwest and Liaodong are the most obvious, so that the imperial army was defeated again and again when fighting against the army of thieves and the Manchu Tartars, and a large area of land was lost one after another! Therefore, Zhenguo Gong said to us: From now on, we must not only completely eradicate the Donglin rebel party in the court, but also eradicate the generals who support the army and respect themselves in various places, so that I will have no feudal towns in the Ming Dynasty from now on! ”

Huang Degong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he never expected that Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, would be so amazing, and he couldn't help but repeat Lu Ying's words: "Daming Wufan Town? Daming is a feudal town! ”

"That's right! Daming is a feudal town! ”

Lu Ying said loudly: "Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie are all feudal towns that occupy one side, relying on the soldiers and horses under their command to run rampant and act recklessly!" Therefore, when Zhen Guogong heard that Zuo Liangyu and General Huang raised troops to confront each other, he did not hesitate at all and ordered General Guo to lead Long Xiang Iron Cavalry to participate in the battle, which is this intention! ”

After speaking, Lu Yingying asked angrily: "Could it be that General Huang also wants to collect those hundreds of thousands of captives and become a feudal town?" ”

"No!"

Huang Degong was suddenly startled, and without the slightest hesitation, he loudly denied it, and said: "I am completely for the sake of a peaceful place, and I have no selfish intentions!" ”

"That's it!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Ying turned around and left. And Guo Yi said to Huang Degong: "General Huang, when will we start handing over the prisoners?" ”

Huang Degong paused for a moment, opened his mouth and did not make a sound. Guo Yi shook his head slightly, then turned around and left, leaving only Huang Degong, who was still hesitant.

Early the next morning, Lu Ying and Guo Yi were shocked when they heard that Huang Degong was assembling soldiers and horses in the camp. Lu Ying and Guo Yi hurriedly led hundreds of guards to the camp of Huang Degong's headquarters, and after entering the camp, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

I saw that Huang Degong was commanding his soldiers and horses to rectify the prisoners, and all the hundreds of thousands of prisoners received were registered and ready to be handed over to the surrounding state capitals; Even the 10,000 sturdy captives that Huang Degong had previously reorganized into his command were registered and ready to be handed over together.

Seeing this, Lu Ying and Guo Yi put down their hearts and smiled at each other, and the two rode their horses to Huang Degong's side and said to him: "Mr. Huang understands that righteousness is admired by us, and presumably the Duke of Zhen will not treat Mr. Huang badly." ”

Huang Degong said with a guilty face: "Where, where." I'm not afraid of the jokes of Mr. Lu and General Guo, I didn't sleep all night last night, and my mind was full of these hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and I didn't figure it out until dawn, ashamed, ashamed! ”

On the second day, Lu Ying, Guo Yi and Huang Degong said goodbye one by one, and led more than 40,000 soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion to board the boat and cross the river, preparing to cross the river and go south. Guo Yi and Huang Degong joined forces, led an army of 40,000 to escort more than 100,000 captives to the north, and prepared to rush to Chuzhou to station and completely settle the 100,000 captives.

Almost at the same time, Liu Yunwei also led more than 40,000 soldiers from the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion to gather south, and the soldiers of the army boarded the ship at the Guabu Ferry, preparing to cross the river to the south and wave their troops to Longtan.

For a time, nearly 100,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army crossed the river at the same time in two ways, and this shocking news quickly swept through the surrounding areas of Nanjing like a hurricane, and the entire Jiangnan officialdom was shaken!

The Donglin Party people in the area of Nanjing City, especially Wang Duo and Tang Shiji, were all in a panic, everyone's previous ambitions had disappeared, and under the huge pressure of nearly 100,000 Han Wei troops, any attempt was like child's play!

Just after learning the news that Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, led the army south, Wang Duo and Tang Shiji received an ultimatum from Liu Yunwei. ”

After reading it, the two of them suddenly looked bloodless and speechless.

After a long time, Tang Shiji screamed: "How good is this!" ”

Wang Duo said with a hideous face: "Since he doesn't let us live, then only the jade will be burned!" ”