When Huang Degong was in the battle of Fengyang, his arm was almost broken, at this time he was wearing coarse cloth clothes, hanging his arms with cloth belts, wearing waist knives and sitting on a small boat, commanding eight general soldiers to stand by and go to meet the enemy. At this time, Zuo Mengeng, who had already surrendered, took the Qing army to greet Huang Degong on the shore and asked Huang Degong to surrender.

Huang Degong angrily reprimanded: "Your father and son are deeply favored by the country, and they will surrender!" ”

Suddenly, an arrow flew and shot at the side of his throat, and Huang Degong knew that everything was over, so he threw the knife, picked up the arrow he had just pulled out and stabbed him in the throat and died.

On the fourth day of the first month of July, the Qing army crossed the river from Guazhou, the governor of Zhenjiang fled to Suzhou, the general soldier Zheng Hongkui fled into the East China Sea, and the general soldier Jiang Yuntai surrendered. To the surprise of the ministers, Ma Shiying, who had been shouting that he was going to die to serve the country, coerced the little emperor Zhu Cijiong to take the first step without saying hello, and took advantage of the night to leave the city in a hurry and fled to Hangzhou.

The emperor ran away, Shoufu also ran away, Nanjing suddenly became a mess, the civil and military fled and hidden, each did not care about each other, there were people who took advantage of the chaos to loot everywhere, the chaos did not last long, and the person who presided over the overall situation finally came out, he was the Nanjing garrison minister, Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong. The next day, the Qing army arrived in Nanjing, Zhao Zhilong led Qian Qianyi, Zhang Sunzhen and other ministers out of the city to welcome the surrender, the Beijing division of the Hongguang regime was self-defeating, and the Duoduo soldiers won Nanjing without blood, and then sent Belenikan and Beizi Tunji to lead the army to pursue the Hongguang Emperor.

June 19, the day of Guanyin Bodhisattva's enlightenment, Bashu is a place that advocates Buddhism, the people have gone to the temples and temples around the temple to burn incense to celebrate, but Cao Bianjiao is not in the mood to go to this festival, he invited Qin Liangyu, went to Chongqing to discuss the military aircraft, just yesterday, he received a letter from Shi Kefa, in the letter told about the current situation, the Qing army has gone south, the speed is very fast, Shandong is basically lost, Shandong governor Wang Xie was defeated and surrendered, Shandong general Qiu Lei died in Qingzhou, Denglai governor Qi Biaojia is still holding Laizhou, Fighting guerrilla warfare with the Qing army, Henan could have been defended by the river, but He Tengjiao did not believe in the people arranged by Cao Bianjiao, as soon as he took office, he transferred and evacuated all of them, and used a large number of local heroes in Henan, as a result, those people were not the opponents of the Manchu Eight Banners at all, first lost Zhengzhou, and then lost Suizhou, Xuzhou, Ruzhou and other places, if it were not for Yan Yingyuan, Liu Wenxiu, Zhuang Zigu and others to stick to Nanyang, I am afraid that Henan has been lost, the Qing army has begun to cross the Huai River to attack Nanjing, the situation is terrifying, but the court has no strategy to resist the enemy, even Zuo Liangyu is the opposite, Shi Kefa has already made up his mind to defend the country in the letter.

"This is Shi Kefa Shi's fateful book, he claimed in the letter that the imperial court is defeated, the Manchu Eight Banners are all the way like a bamboo, the court is still infighting, he is worried that the court is precarious, so please ask me to go east to rescue, I dare not say the soldiers and horses in other places, but the soldiers and horses along the river, I believe that although I have been demoted, but they will still listen to me, and the soldiers and horses of Huguang, I also have some hope, but available, rescue the Beijing Division, it is my duty, I can only follow the example of Lord Lu Xiangsheng back then, even if he will be punished, I don't want to fight for anyone, but for the people of Jiangnan, and I don't want them to be poisoned. ”

Listening to Cao Bianjiao's words, Qin Liangyu's heart also sank to the extreme, he didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to such a point, thinking that when Cao Bianjiao was in the court, he won consecutive battles and recovered Henan and Shandong, but in less than a month, all of them were lost, and the Qing army had fought across the Huai River, which made him feel very emotional, and said that the martial artists could not govern, but what was the situation after those civil servants were in charge.

"General Cao summoned the old body to come, but there is a drive, the old body will be effective, although this old bone is not good, but I still want to serve the country in the end, with the whole family full of loyalty!" Qin Liangyu also said with a resolute face, for her, there is no scruple anymore, her brothers and nephews all died for the country's loyalty, and she will not hesitate to do it when it is her turn.

"In Bashu, I have 40,000 soldiers and horses, I need to take away 20,000 people from the headquarters, leave 20,000 to the general you to command, defend Chongqing, Shunqing, Kuizhou and other places, we can't count on others, although Fan Yixuan has promised that I will try my best to help, but he only has tens of thousands of remnants in his hands, which is not enough, and although Wang Yingxiong is called a supervisor, he has no division to supervise, and the soldiers of Yungui are not subject to his control, and can only rely on the general himself to defend the land of Badong, and I will hand over the western part of the court to the general!"

There are not many people that Cao Bianjiao can rely on now, Qin Liangyu is naturally a figure who can block one side, even Zhang Xianzhong is afraid of her, with her stationed in Badong, Cao Bianjiao is also more down-to-earth in his heart, and he can rest assured that he will go east, even if it is difficult to recover the situation, he can also rely on the map of Huguang and Badong to seek another way.

At that moment, Qin Liangyu also got up and bowed his hand and said: "General Cao rest assured, but with my Qin Liangyu here, I will not lose a city that the general has built, the old body will serve the country with death, and the heirs under the old body will all die to serve the country, and now there are only two grandchildren left in Wannian and Wanchun, Wanchun is young, and Wannian has some talent, so let him follow the general out of Sichuan to serve the country!" ”

Qin Liangyu also brightened his mind with this, he would not occupy the territory, and let his grandson follow Cao Bianjiao, which was to leave a guarantee to reassure Cao Bianjiao.

"In this case, then follow the general's arrangement, I will let Jiang Zhu stay to assist the general, if there is anything difficult, you can leave it to him!" Old generals also need to take care of their health, and the country still needs generals. ”

"Thank you, General Cao!" Qin Liangyu was also grateful to Cao Bianjiao for his understanding, Cao Bianjiao was worried that she was old, so he left his most powerful person to help her and help her.

"Please!" Cao Bianjiao also made a big gift.

After handing over the affairs of Chongqing to Qin Liangyu, Cao Bianjiao also returned to Kuizhou, gathered his generals, and led an army of 20,000 to the east, Li Yan, Hongniangzi, Lin Yangcheng, Li Chengdong, Niu Wancai, Jin Shenghuan, Weng Zhiqi, and others accompanied the expedition, Jiang Zhu stayed in Chongqing to assist Qin Liangyu, Liu Zhaosun, Li Huajing, Fang Maogong, Lu Xiangguan and others stayed in Kuizhou, responsible for the dispatch of grain, grass and ordnance.

At the same time, Cao Bianjiao sent a letter to Yuan Shu in Yuezhou, Li Qiande in Biyuan, Yang Guodong in Wuchang and other generals, went to Wuchang to assemble, ready to attack all, and went to guard the Beijing Division, these people are the people Cao Bianjiao is confident that can be moved, and the rest of the people, even if Cao Bianjiao sends a book over, will they still listen, Cao Bianjiao doesn't know, and he doesn't want to be so troublesome, and he doesn't want to waste energy.

On the third day of the first month of July, when Yangzhou had been lost, the Qing army was carrying out the final massacre of Yangzhou, Cao Bianjiao went down the river for eight days, and finally arrived at Wuchang, eight days, 1,500 miles away, Cao Bianjiao was also marching day and night, and finally could go to Wuchang to take a breath.

Cao Dingjiao sent a big gift to Cao Bianjiao, Henan Governor He Tengjiao, Henan was defeated again and again, He Tengjiao was defeated all the way, and finally arrived in Nanyang, but Nanyang's Yan Yingyuan and Zhuang Zigu did not welcome He Tengjiao, but sent him to Xiangyang, Cao Dingjiao would not have much good impression of him, and he was detained.