"Admiral Yan, wait a little longer, there is still an artillery company that has not come up."

Yan Qingshan nodded, and after arranging Qian Yong, he continued to command the artillery to bombard the Qing army in the city.

After waiting for half an hour, Qian Yong's guard squad leader came back, and Qian Yong hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Third child, where are they?" ”

"Division commander, all the brothers of the artillery company were killed, their artillery had no ammunition, they fought hand-to-hand with the Qing army, and none of them were misgiving!"

"Good! Good! Don't lose my brother of the four treasures of money! Damn, today the Manchu Tartars killed my brother, and tomorrow I will let you exterminate the clan! ”

Yan Qingshan saw that all the brothers of the army were on board, and ordered the boat to sail and leave this place early. It is too dangerous for the warships to be parked here, and now the Qing army is robbing, and they have no time to take care of themselves, and they will be unlucky when they are empty.

Qian Yong led his more than 2,300 remnants of the defeated generals, watching Jiangyin City get farther and farther away, and the cries in the city could no longer be heard. Qian Yong wiped his tears and said to his subordinates: "Brothers, let's throw down the corpses of a thousand brothers here, and I, Qian Sibao, swear here, that I will destroy the Tartars in the future and avenge the dead brothers!" ”

"Destroy the Tartars and avenge your brother! Destroy the Tartars and avenge your brother!! More than 2,300 people on four ships shouted.

The Battle of Jiangyin was basically over, and in the battle that lasted half a month, Qian Yong's 3,500 men wiped out about 30,000 Qing troops, and dealt a powerful blow to the Manchu rule in Jiangnan. However, the battle of Jiangyin was a tactical success, but a strategic failure, Jiangyin still did not escape the fate of being slaughtered all over the city, and more than 200,000 people in the city who were unwilling to surrender to the Tartars lived and died with the city.

At this time, the Qing army camp outside Jiangyin City, Bo Luo, the general of the Manchu Qing Expedition to the South, was watching the burning Jiangyin City.

"I finally captured this city, but I didn't expect a small county town to delay my army for more than two months."

At this moment a fast horse came from the north gate and came to Bolo, and the knight jumped off the horse without waiting for the horse to stop, and saw Bolo come forward and kneel.

"General, the big ship of the Ming army at the North Gate has returned, and all the red-clothed cannons of the Han army flag have been blown up, and Gongshun Wang Kong Youde has been killed."

"What? Why didn't you dog minions report such important news earlier? ”

The herald bowed his head and said, "And... And also... ”

"What else? Tell me, I'll pick your skin if you're delaying me! ”

"Berenican also died in battle!"

Bolo was dumbfounded when he heard the news, this was the first time since entering the customs that a Manchu royal family had been killed in battle. This allows Bolo to explain to Prince Yu Duoduo.

Bolo was stunned for more than ten minutes, and Durd, the commander of the escort army on the side, was afraid that Bolo would have hysteria, so he shouted softly on the side: "General! General! ”

At this time, Bolo came to his senses and asked, "What about the Ming army?" ”

"They're already on the boat, and they look like they're heading downstream!"

Bolo, who had no air to come out, gritted his teeth and said: "Pass the order, slaughter all the twenty miles around Jiangyin, and avenge Belenica!" ”

Regardless of Bolo's anger here, Yan Qingshan had already left Jiangyin for twenty miles at this time. Now there is no place to see the burning Jiangyin City. Qian Yong and these people fought for a day and a night, and one person was sleepy and tired, and now he was sleeping soundly on the deck.

Yan Qingshan knew that they were tired, so let people not disturb them, and at the same time be careful not to make a noise.

The flotilla rescued the stranded warship on the way, and the five ships headed for Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Now Chongming Island has become a large refugee camp, and more than 30,000 people from Jiangyin and more than 50,000 people from Jiading have gathered outside Chongming County.

Lu Guang of Chongming County has been so busy these days that he has been hitting the back of his head, and there are less than 20,000 people in the entire Chongming County, and nearly 100,000 people have poured in these days, and those big ships are still transporting people to the island every day. Now that the island is overcrowded, it is better to say that there is a huge shortage of food. Lu Guang begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother that he had begged the local big families to raise enough food for more than 80,000 people for three days.

Lu Guang saw Yan Qingshan's five big ships docking, and hurriedly got on the boat to find Yan Qingshan and asked him to solve the food problem.

Who knew that Yan Qingshan flipped his hands over, no matter what.

Seeing Yan Qingshan's appearance, Lu Guanghao was so angry that this guy was coaxing himself with clever words at that time, but now there are so many people on the island, but this guy doesn't care. Lu Guangna was able to give up, stepped forward and grabbed Yan Qingshan's sleeve, and asked him to come up with an explanation.

Yan Qingshan is also angry now, the battle is not going well, and he is already angry. Now that this stinky old nine is still annoying himself, Yan Qingshan called a few sailors to throw this county order out.

Lu Guang, who was kicked out of the cabin, couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, he knew that it would be better to hang himself at that time, but now he can't afford to die, what should he do if he dies 80,000 or 90,000 people outside the city?

Just as Lu Guang was struggling between death and immortality, the family members on the side shouted: "Master, look, there are more than a dozen big ships!" ”

Lu Guang raised his eyes when he heard it, and the shadows of more than a dozen big ships appeared in the sky, which seemed to be no smaller than the five big ships in front of him. At this time, Yan Qingshan, who was on the ship, also received the news and went out of the cabin to watch.

Yan Qingshan laughed: "You hanging neck county order, this is not a savior, this is the fleet of the King of Chu." There must be food up there, so why are you in a hurry? ”

Hearing Yan Qingshan say this, Lu Guang relieved himself. Hurriedly rushed to the dock with Yan Qingshan to meet the fleet of the King of Chu.

These were really the reinforcement fleets sent by Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu, who not only pulled food on board, but also had 5,000 army troops to supplement Qian Yong's losses.

After Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong left, Zhu Hongsan also regretted it a little, 3,500 people were a bit small, and he was not necessarily sure about the Shangqing Army. Therefore, after receiving Yan Qingshan's messenger, Zhu Hongsan sent a second batch of reinforcements at the same time as sending a fleet, this time with 5,000 people, as well as a large number of weapons and equipment.

Zhu Hongsan was also afraid that the army and navy would not be able to act in unison, so he sent Li Zhi, the new Guangdong envoy, to the north to take charge of the overall situation.

Now Li Zhi can say to Zhu Hongsan that he is solid, Zhu Hongsan has some moral stains, but as a monarch, he really has nothing to say. At the same time, he promoted Li Zhi to the rank of official, from the Wupin Daotai to the Sanpin according to the envoy, and at the same time handed over the naval power to Li Zhi.

This time the position given to Li Zhi is to send a military inspector to Nanzhili, you must know that there are only two Wenchen who lead the troops under Zhu Hongsan, one is Li Zhi, and the other is Fu Wenlong, the governor of Nanyang, how can this not make Li Zhi grateful to Dade.

Li Zhi took a large ship newly built by the shipyard, and this time the shipyard produced two large warships of 800 tons, all of which were sent by Zhu Hongsan to Nanzhili, which made Fu Wenlong of Nanyang very unhappy.

After Li Zhi waited for the boat to dock, he got off the boat and saw Yan Qingshan and Qian Yong greeting him at the dock, and there was an unknown seven-rank official on the side, who should be a magistrate.

Yan Qingshan and Qian Yong stepped forward and gave up; "Welcome to Inspector Lee."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Two generals, I will bring the will of the prison country!" ”

Yan and Qian packed up their clothes and bowed down to obey the order.

The order was very simple, ordering Li Zhi to serve as the military inspector of Nanzhili and lead the military and civilian affairs of Nanzhili and Zhejiang; Qian Yong was the commander of the army; Yan Qingshan was the commander of the Han army; Accept the full leadership of Li Zhi.

After reading the order, Li Zhi said with a smile: "The two generals have worked hard and made great achievements, and we will work together in the future." ”

Yan and Qian didn't even dare to say it.

"General Yan, I have brought two newly-built 1,600 warships and four 1,000 seagoing ships this time, and now I ask General Yan to accept them. General Qian, His Royal Highness the Prison State has sent you 5,000 additional soldiers, please go and accept it! ”

Li Zhi knew that one of these two was the father-in-law of the king of Chu, and the other was a close confidant of the king of Chu, so they spoke very politely.

Yan Qingshan doesn't matter which one it is, it's good to have a boat, so he immediately accepts it with a smile. Qian Yong didn't move, bowed his head and said: "Master Inspector, Qian Yong lost troops in Jiangyin, please punish Master Inspector!" ”

"General Qian, the prison told me before I left, people will die in war, and no one does not make mistakes, as long as they make mistakes and correct them. And I only have jurisdiction over you, and I really have no right to appoint and dismiss, and I really can't help General Qian's request. ”

When Qian Yong heard Zhu Hongsan forgive himself, Chong Nan knelt down and said, "King Chu is a thousand years old, and the four treasures must live up to the hope of King Chu!" ”

Li Zhi helped Qian Yong up with a smile and said, "General Qian, hurry up, let's accept your team, we still have a lot of work to do next." ”

Qian Yong promised to accept his recruits.

Lu Guang, who was on the side, saw that Li Zhi, the adult, had finished handling the matter, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"My lord, the next official Chongming County Commander Lu Guang."

is also a scholar, Li Zhi's look towards Lu Guang is obviously different from Yan Qian's, and Li Zhi also arched his hand and said: "Lord Lu, this official Guangdong is the envoy Li Zhi." ”

According to the envoy, he is a high-ranking official of a province, twelve or three levels higher than Lu Guang, the county commander of the lower county, Lu Guang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I have seen Lord Zhentai!" ”

"Lord Lu, now that Nanjing Hongguang is in trouble, and the King of Chu is in charge of the country in Guangdong, can you be ordered by the King of Chu?"

Lu Guangna dared not agree, not to say anything else, if he did not agree, the eighty or ninety thousand refugees outside the city would be enough to drink a pot of his own.

Lu Guang hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The king of Chu conformed to the will of the people and stepped forward when his family and country were in danger, which is the object of my allegiance. ”

Seeing Lu Guang's surrender, Li Zhi hurriedly helped Lu Guang up, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, I and Lord Lu are ministers in the same hall, don't you know what is wrong with Lord Lu?" ”

When Lu Guang heard this, he quickly knelt down and said: "Lord Li, that Yan Qingshan is a liar at all, he coaxed Xiaguan to promise to transport the refugees* to the island, but Xiaguan asked him to ask for food, but he asked Xiaguan to throw him out. Now there are 80,000 or 90,000 refugees on the whole island, and the food is only enough to eat for three days. ”

Li Zhi listened to Lu Guang's complaint here, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, don't worry, this time the official brought 50,000 stone of grain from Guangdong, enough for 100,000 people to eat for half a month, and now the grain is on the big ship in the Yangtze River, please arrange for Lord Lu to unload the goods!" ”