Although Yan Yingyuan is a petty official who is not in the stream, Da Ming Law still knows that the vassal king is not allowed to have a guard, which is a matter of Zhengde, so what kind of King Chu dares to violate the laws of the country?

Qian Yong saw Yan Yingyuan's doubts and said, "Yan Dianshi, rest assured, our King of Chu has been imprisoned in June. We've also become officers and soldiers. ”

I see, as long as it's not rebellious. Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "Thank you General Qian for saving your life, your firearms are really sharp, these are the firearms of the Francophone people, right?" ”

"There, our weapons are much stronger than those of the Franc Robot. These are all developed by our prison state Chu King Chitose himself. ”

In this sentence, Yan Yingyuan believes that the Ming Dynasty is a strange emperor, and there is already a carpenter emperor Emperor Tianqi, and it is not impossible to have a firearms supervisor this time.

Qian Yong wiped the dust off his face with the towel sent by the person behind him, and said, "Yan Dianshi, now that the Qing army has retreated, what should I do next?" The north gate is already dilapidated, and I see that Jiangyin City will be hung in the next attack. ”

Qian Yong's words said in Yan Yingyuan's heart, there were originally more than 200,000 young people in Jiangyin City, and there was no problem after persevering for a few months. But now after the Qing army entered the city and slaughtered, there are still more than 100,000 people in the city, and they are all wounded, and they really can't hold on. After more than two months of accumulation, the Qing army on the opposite side had more than 200,000 troops outside the city.

Yan Yingyuan sighed and said, "The only way to do this now is to live and die with the city. ”

Qian Yong on the side said: "Yan Dianshi, I have a plan, I don't know if I should say it." ”

As soon as Yan Yingyuan heard that Qian Yong had a way, he hurriedly asked, "General Qian, is there a good plan?" ”

"To the good policy that can't be said, did Yan Dianshi see the big boat we were on? We can use them to transport the whole city away. ”

After hearing this strategy, Yan Yingyuan's expression darkened, and he said in a low voice: "There are still more than 100,000 people in the city, how can I get it." But it's also a way to transport the women out of the old and weak. ”

"Yan Dianshi, you will be wrong, it is not transported to other places, so it is too late. Is there a county town in the local area that has been infested by Tartars? You can transport the people to where they settle down first, and then slowly figure out where they will go later. ”

"General Qian doesn't know that now there are beacons everywhere in Nanzhili, and there is no place to stay. You can only go south to Fujian, but the road is difficult to travel! ”

At this time, Yan Yingyuan's family Yan Zhuang said: "Master, isn't there a Chongming County on the Yangtze River estuary? That place is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, far away from both banks, so it shouldn't be infested by Tartars, so you can't go to that place, right? ”

The family's proposal reminded Yan Yingyuan that the mouth of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty was fifty miles wide, and Chongming Island was also inhabited, but it was far from being as large as in later generations. 100,000 people may not be able to live for a long time, but it is perfectly fine for a short period of time.

Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan said: "General Qian, there is a small island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and there is a county seat on it, because it is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, the strength of the Tartar sailors is not strong, so it should not be able to invade that place, it is better to temporarily move the people of the whole city to somewhere." ”

Qian Yong was also very happy when he heard that there was a place to go: "Since there is a place to go, Yan Dianshi, please send a guide to take our sailor boat to take a look, if there is no problem, we will start to migrate in the next few days." ”

In fact, before Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong left Dongguan, Zhu Hongsan ordered them to get more ordinary people to come to Guangdong. Guangdong was not a developed area at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and its economy and population were incomparable with those of Nanzhili except for Guangzhou and Chaozhou. In addition, Zhu Hongsan's industry began to start, which required a large number of laborers, so the transportation of labor from the northern provinces was the basis of this northward operation.

For this reason, Zhu Hongsan immediately organized all the sea ships under his control in Guangdong after Qian Yong left, waited for orders, and went north to pick up people as soon as there was news.

After Qian Yong persuaded Yan Yingyuan, he ordered several regiment commanders under his command to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the Qing army that did not surrender. He himself took his guide Yan Zhuang to meet Yan Qingshan, the commander of the Northern Sea Army.

The term admiral was coined by Zhu Hongsan, the navy was his private army in the past, and it was too fashionable to use the official position of the imperial court. Therefore, he got out the official position of the Beiyang Naval Division in later generations, the commander of the fleet is called the admiral, the captain is called the pipe band, the first mate is called the assistant belt, and what else is the main artillery Ben, the deputy gunner, the patrol, the chief leader of the sailors, the chief and deputy leaders of the sailors, the first, second, and third class sailors, the first and second class pipe flags, etc., completely copy the Beiyang Naval Division.

Yan Qingshan heard Qian Yong say this and agreed with his approach, Yan Qingshan always ran to the shipyard, naturally knew that the factory was short of people, so he immediately took two gunboats and rushed to Chongming Island to check the situation.

Chongming Island in the Ming Dynasty was located in Haimen County in later generations, and the area of the whole island was far less large than that of later generations, occupying only more than 200 miles in the local circle. There is a county on the island, and the people of the county are less than 10,000 people, most of whom are fishermen on the Yangtze River.

At this time, Chongming County had received the news that Nanjing had been broken, but it had not yet received an official notice. Maybe Chongming is a backward area, and the old men in Suzhou have forgotten about this place.

However, Chongming County ordered Lu Guangzhi not to think so, he was ready to be martyred, if the Qing army really came, he would immediately hang himself and die to serve the imperial court.

However, Lu Dazhi County did not wait for the Manchu army, but waited for a fleet of ships claiming to be the guards of the King of Chu.

Lu Guang looked at this group of Ming troops wearing bright military uniforms, and he didn't believe that this could be the team of the Ming army, but they didn't shave their heads, and they were not Manchu troops, which was why Lu Guang didn't hang himself immediately.

Yan Qingshan was wearing an extra-large military uniform, how did he look like a daughter's red wine jar. patted Lu Guang on the shoulder and said: "You guy, you can still survive until now, unlike some stinky old nine, as soon as the tartar arrives, he immediately shaves his head and changes his clothes, I admire you for this old face." ”

The literati have a natural aversion to Qiu Ba, and although Lu Guang's legs and stomach are trembling now, the literati's integrity supports him and he can't lose face in front of these Qiu Ba.

Lu Guangqiang calmed himself and said lightly: "This is natural, this official has the emperor's grace and is ready, as long as the Tartar comes, he will immediately serve the imperial court." But general, where are you in the army? What are you doing in Chongming? ”

Yan Qingshan didn't know what self-hanging meant, and it was estimated that these stinky old nine bragged about it, so he didn't take it to heart. Listening to Lu Guang's question, he replied: "We are the sailors of Guangdong, and now the king of Chu is in charge of the country in Dongguan, and he ordered us to go north to rescue the people of the Han family." I came to you because Jiangyin County was captured by the Tartars, and more than 100,000 people in the county have nowhere to go. ”

Lu Guang didn't care about the question of whether he was in charge of the country or not, he heard that more than 100,000 people were going to be moved to Chongming, he was frightened, and hurriedly said: "General, our small island in Chongming is only a hundred miles away, and there are less than 10,000 people on the island. The daily supply has to be supplied by the mainland, and it is really impossible to feed another 100,000 people! ”

"You don't have to worry about the problem of food, the fleet of the King of Chu will come in ten days, and they will bring food and transport the people to Guangdong. All you have to do in Chongming County is to provide accommodation. ”

Hearing that these 100,000 people were only here for more than ten days, Lu Guang was relieved. There are still on the island for more than ten days.

Yan Qingshan saw that Lu Guang was fine, and then said: "Since there is no problem, then ask Lu Zhixian to make preparations, fortunately, the weather is warm now, and it is enough to set up thousands of sheds outside the city." ”

Lu Guang smiled bitterly in his heart, you Qiu Ba said simply, are thousands of sheds built just as they say? But there is no way now, Lu Guang hurriedly said that he must make preparations.

Yan Qingshan's work here is complete, and he will return to Jiangyin next. Since he wants to move the people to Chongming, he must defeat the Manshui Division, that is, his son-in-law who is a cheap prisoner often says that he has the right to control the sea.

Qian Yong and Yan Qingshan were busy hitting the back of their heads on the Jiangyin side, and Zhao Guodong on the Jiading side was not idle.

Zhao Guodong got off the boat at the mouth of the Liuhe River, and immediately after getting off the boat, he led the team to Jiading under the leadership of the guide.

This Jiading is the Jiading District of Shanghai in later generations, and it was under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. After the promulgation of the shaving order on the first day of June, the people of Jiading refused to obey the order, because the ancients believed in "the body hair and skin, the parents who receive it", should not be easily damaged or cut off.

Hou Dong, a famous squire in Jiading City, once advocated actively raising troops against the Qing Dynasty, rather than dying, like others.

So Hou Tong used his influence to unite Huang Chunyao and others to resist, and Li Chengdong, the general soldier of Wusong in the Qing Dynasty, immediately led 5,000 troops to attack.

Under the leadership of Huang Chunyao, Jiading re-strengthened the city walls with earth and stones, and asked for reinforcements everywhere. Eight days later, reinforcements finally arrived. However, this team led by Cai Qiao only had 300 people, and it was extremely poorly equipped, and it could not defeat the well-equipped Qing army, and it was intercepted and defeated by Li Chengdong's troops in the blink of an eye.

Hou Tongzeng, Huang Chunyao and others originally wanted to borrow rural soldiers outside the city to strangle the Qing soldiers. However, the soldiers of the four townships were all improvised peasants who had no combat experience at all, and although they were numerous, they were in a state of disorder and leaderlessness, and it was difficult for them to fight against the regular Qing army. As soon as the two sides clashed, the township soldiers collapsed without a fight. Even in battle, stampedes often occur because of retreat, escape, etc.

However, the township soldiers were often able to eliminate small groups of Qing soldiers, and Li Chengdong's younger brother was killed in an ambush by the villagers. Li Chengdong was annoyed and angry, and personally led all his men and horses to attack the Loutang Bridge in the north of the city, killing most of the township soldiers gathered here.

Three days later, at dawn, amid the rumbling of artillery, Li Chengdong ordered the siege of the city. The next day, the city was broken, Hou Tong saw that the general trend had gone, and threw himself into the pool, but he was still dragged out and beheaded by the Qing soldiers, and his sons Hou Xuanyan and Hou Xuanjie were not spared. Huang Chunyao hid in a temple, wrote a tragic message on the wall, and hanged himself.