The Ganjiang River goes from south to north, passing through Ji'an and Linjiang all the way, bypassing the west of the city from the southwest of Nanchang City, and flowing into Poyang Lake to the northeast, a waterway near Nanchang is also called Zhangjiang. Although the water depth of the Zhangjiang River is limited, it is still possible for the fleets of the Yulong Naval Division to pass freely.

Yu Long and his sailors had no intention of stationing in Nanchang, and after supporting Nanchang's grain and guns, he built a temporary sailor camp on a small island not far from the entrance of Poyang Lake.

At the same time, more than a dozen warships left on the Zhangjiang River patrolled back and forth, and the river's east and west banks were within the range of warship fire. After several waves of artillery bombardment and many casualties were killed and wounded, the barracks of the Qing army began to learn to be obedient, and the barracks were relocated to the south and east of Nanchang City, trying to avoid the artillery fire of these warships, but some sections near Zhangshui would always be constantly disturbed by artillery from the water, which made the commander Tan Tai very distressed for a while.

Yu Long planned to use the small island as a base to hoard food and materials from Liangguang, and respond in the middle to provide timely assistance to Nanchang and Jiujiang City with grain, grass, guns and artillery materials, and at the same time lead the fleet to cruise non-stop in the area from Jiujiang to Anqing, attack the rear road of the main force of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, destroy its grain routes, and completely drag them down, and strive to let this southbound Eight Banners army retreat without a fight.

It is already the middle of July, and every day is 389 degrees Celsius high temperature exposure, it is the time when the heat is unbearable, the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers from Baishui in Montenegro are accustomed to the cold weather in the north, and they can't stand the heat of the summer in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tan Tai saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, 100,000 troops under the city of Nanchang for several months, could not enter, could not retreat, the warriors of the Eight Banners of Manmeng were invincible in the field, Tan Tai was full of confidence, as long as Jin Shenghuan dared to go out of the city and have a hard-to-hard field battle with him, he could easily destroy that guy.

But the problem is that Jin Shenghuan seems to know how many catties and taels he has, and he has no courage to fight with his Eight Banners soldiers in the field, but relies on the strong city to defend it strictly, and he is determined to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

The turtle shell in Nanchang is too hard, this kind of day is very aggrieved for Tan Tai, and he feels that every day is so difficult, but there is no way, he can only pin his hopes on the next siege battle, maybe, maybe the next battle may pierce the damn turtle shell?

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The war went smoothly on all sides, Zhu Youlang stayed in Changsha, and after handling various important military and political affairs every day, he dressed in civilian clothes and inspected the people's situation in Changsha City and its surroundings together with Huguang Governor Guan Yinxi, Hunan Governor Yang Qiaoran, political envoy Zhao Tingbi, Dingba Commander Lu Shiren and other Huguang civil affairs officials.

As early as when the pro-conscription army entered the city, a notice had been posted to reassure the people, and the calm atmosphere for dozens of days in a row gradually recovered, and the streets and alleys gradually became lively, with intermittent shouting.

Yang Qiaoran, the governor of Hunan, followed the emperor and praised sincerely: "Oh, the minister has opened his eyes, His Majesty's imperial camp is really the king's army, it does not disturb the people and does not violate discipline, the order is prohibited, the army is stationed for dozens of days, and the lives of the people are not affected at all, such a scene of living and working in peace and contentment, it is rare to see the minister in Hunan for several years, it is really rare, rare!" ”

Yang Qiaoran was originally under the command of Governor He Tengjiao as the political envoy of Huguang, and he experienced many scenes of over-the-top soldiers.

Because of the incompetence of the governor He Tengjiao, the soldiers and horses of the thirteen towns of Huguang are difficult to restrain each other, burning, killing and looting, raping [fornication] and humiliating and plundering that is almost commonplace, and all kinds of violations of law and discipline emerge in endlessly.

But the scene in front of him is completely different, the officials and soldiers seem to have become the guardians of the people's lives and property, there are well-armed, well-disciplined towns and the imperial battalion pro-army to take the lead, plus sufficient food and salary supplies, after the Son of Heaven repeatedly affirmed military discipline, other Hao Shaoqi, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and other Huguang towns that were not very good in military discipline from the leaders to the pawns all honestly stayed in the barracks.

Robbery harms people, naturally, Yang Qiaoran, who is forced to buy and sell, has never seen a case, and this huge and sudden change deeply shocked him. People say that it is better to be a dog in the prosperous world, not to be a chaotic person, since the rise of the Chongzhen army, I am afraid that a place like Changsha has not enjoyed such a peaceful and quiet day for many years.

Regarding Yang Qiaoran's praise, Zhu Youlang just shook his head: "Live and work in peace and contentment? Yang Aiqing thinks this is living and working in peace and contentment?

Huguang is the rich place of our dynasty, and it is the reliance of rice and grain in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the "granary of the world", but you can look at it all the way. ”

The ministers surrounded the emperor and walked on the official road outside the city, which should have been the season of cultivation, but the fields on both sides of the official road were full of wormwood and thorns, and the surroundings were empty.

Huguang has been ravaged several times by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's people's rebellion army, the Qing army and their own feudal towns and horses in recent years, perennial see-saw, full of war, thousands of miles of fertile land to almost thousands of miles, in the war season, the people fled and died, and most of the rest depended on the squires and tyrants, hiding in the polder to protect themselves.

Most of the polder walls and forts built by the gentry and local tyrants are close to the mountains and rivers, the arrow tower lookout is complete, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the enemy is coming, and the cattle and sheep women and children can live in it, it is a good way for the people to avoid the war.

"Look at it, it's devastated! The people who came and went all the way, which one was not in rags, with vegetables on their faces, and the soles of their feet were weak, before the war, but such a scene? In my opinion, there are no three years and five years, and there is no slowing down here! The civil affairs of this Huguang will have to worry a lot about a few Aiqing in the future! ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we will do our best to live up to your grace!" Blocking Yinxi, Yang Qiaoran, Zhao Tingbi and several feudal officials said generously in unison.

Zhu Youlang nodded undeniably, and asked again: "Then, what do you think is the most urgent thing at the moment?" ”

Seeing that the emperor obviously had something to say, they lowered their postures, bowed their eyebrows, and made a letter of inquiry: "Please show my emperor!" ”