Since Fang Yuan led the army back to Nanzhili, the Ming army of the imperial court, as well as Zuo Liangyu's left army, the two sides had a tacit understanding to stop the military operations of attacking Nanjing and Yangzhou, and began to send troops to loot in the two mansions, and the looted grain and silver were packed into the bulrowed ox carts and mule carts, ready to be transported away.

Since it is impossible to occupy the two cities of Nanjing and Yangzhou, and to rob the wealth of the two cities, it is not in vain to carry out this sneak attack by the labor forces.

The Ming army of the imperial court was watched by Zhou Yuji, and there was still military discipline, but they only looted money and food, but did not hurt people, and did not capture women on a large scale. In addition to money and food, the left army also frantically looted 50,000 young women. This time the left army was too full in Nanjing, and packed at least three or four thousand ox carts of booty to be transported back to Jiangxi.

The main force of the Xuanjia Army has not returned, and Fang Yuan can't even eat the 20,000 or 30,000 Jin troops at the Jingkou Wharf, not to mention the looting of the Ming Army and the Left Army, he can only watch the wanton looting of the two sides, but he can't do anything.

The only thing Fang Yuan could do was to send Shi Fu to divide a part of the fleet to cut off the Yangtze River channel in the Quarshiji River basin and prevent the left army from transporting the spoils back to Jiangxi.

Twelve days later, Gan Hui's infantry battalion finally rushed back and arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion, waiting for Fang Yuan's dispatch.

Because the left army not only looted money, but also women, Fang Yuan chose one of the two and immediately decided to start a war with the left army on all fronts first, stabilize the defense line in the south of the Yangtze River, and then wait for an opportunity to recapture Yangzhou Mansion in the north of the Yangtze River. He ordered Gan Hui to lead 50,000 soldiers of the Xuanjia Army Infantry Battalion to raid Jin Shenghuan's troops under the city of Nanjing, and be sure to intercept the wealth plundered by Jin Shenghuan.

Three days later, Gan Hui's army arrived at the boundary of Nanjing, Jin Shenghuan immediately sent 40,000 left troops to confront Gan Hui's troops, and the remaining sergeants drove 4,000 ox carts to accelerate to Quarry Rock, preparing to cross the river from Quarry Rock back to Jiangxi.

Gan Hui and Jin Shenghuan's troops fought for two days and two nights, and the 40,000 people of the left army were routed on all fronts, with one or 20,000 casualties, and they fled to Quarry Rock. However, because Jin Shenghuan bought two days for the rear army to escort the ox carts to retreat, the 4,000 ox carts that were looted also arrived safely at Quarry Rock.

Gan Hui took advantage of the victory to pursue, chased and killed, surrounded the quarry rock, and attacked day and night. It is imperative to break through the Quarry Rock in the shortest possible time, and recapture the wealth of 4,000 ox carts and 50,000 women.

Zuo Liangyu organized a fleet of 200 warships and 500 civilian ships to cross the river to transport these rich booty back to Jiangxi. Two hundred Yangtze warships sniped Shi Fu's fleet with all their might, while five hundred civilian ships worked overtime to transport.

The left army of Chizhou Mansion also abandoned Chizhou Mansion and went north to respond to the offensive of Quarry Rock, and the spoils of 4,000 ox carts were related to the victory of the left army in crossing the river, and became the focus of contention between the two sides.

Gan Hui had to deal with the two-front battle at the same time, and tried his best to repel the left army northbound in Chizhou Mansion three days later, and only captured Quarshiji five days later.

By the time Gan Hui captured Quarry Rock, 3,000 of the 4,000 ox carts had already crossed the river. Fortunately, there were still 1,000 ox carts that failed to cross the river in time, and 50,000 women were still stranded in Quarry Rock, although a small number of them had been raped by the left army, but finally people were not robbed of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, Zhao Quanzhong of Huizhou Mansion also launched an all-out attack on the left army that moved in a formation. Zuo Mengeng's troops were defeated, and the 20,000 left troops behind the palace were desperately lost, and they fled back to Jiangxi directly. Zhao Quanzhong recovered the Chizhou Mansion and began to enter the city to settle the people.

At this point, Zuo Liangyu's invading army of 250,000 troops retreated to Jiangxi after tossing and turning in Nanjing City and Chizhou Mansion for two or three months. In this battle, the left army lost 70,000 or 80,000 people, but these were all rabble rogues who could recruit troops from Jiangxi at any time. However, the gold, silver, and jewels of the 3,000 ox carts that were plundered were worth at least five or six million taels of silver, and it can be said that they plundered all the wealth in the Nanjing region except for the city of Nanjing, and they had enough to eat, which was enough for the left army for two years.

Gan Hui transported 50,000 women and 1,000 ox carts back to Nanjing. The women were handed over to Wang Chengen, as well as Zhao Mingyi of the Jinling Merchant Gang, and each was sent home to reunite with their families, and the wealth of a thousand ox carts was guarded by the Xuanjia sergeants in the city.

Gan Hui led the army to return to Zhenjiang Mansion immediately and went to report the results of the battle to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan saw that he pursued with all his strength, but still let Zuo Jun flee back to Jiangxi with most of the money, he was so angry that sooner or later this account would have to be clear with Zuo Liangyu. But the most important thing at the moment is not to settle accounts with Zuo Liangyu, but to recapture Yangzhou Mansion in Jiangbei.

When Fangyuan fought Zuo Liangyu, the Jin army and Gao Jie's department had already completed the looting of Yangzhou Mansion, and because they might be attacked by the Xuanjia Army at any time by taking the Grand Canal, they abandoned the waterway with convenient transportation and retreated north along Huai'an Mansion.

Nanjing City and Yangzhou Mansion fought one after another, and when the beacons were in flames, the Gaoyou Health Office, where Princess Kunxing was located, was unusually calm. The Ming army guarding was all outside the office, and no one dared to enter the office, but they were provided with food and water every day, so that the three of them did not have to worry about food and clothing.

Princess Kunxing, Mama Liang, and Xiaoguozi were worried in the official office for a few days, and sure enough, they didn't see a single Ming army coming to harass them, and no one was ambushing in secret, so they dared to go out of the dormitory.

The three dug a big pit in the backyard and buried Liang Min's body so that he could be buried in the ground. Princess Kunxing also used the blades scattered in the courtyard to carve a wooden plaque with her own hands, giving him the nickname, Zhongyong, along with Liang Min's name, all engraved on the wooden board as Liang Min's tombstone.

In the early morning of this day, the crown prince Zhu Cihong suddenly led the Ming army into the office, and Princess Kunxing hid back in the dormitory again and closed the door.

Zhu Cihong regarded her as the tip of her heart, lest she take care of her, but she was afraid of herself, and her heart was sour, so she stopped at the door of the room, and sighed, "Jiao'er, the Ming army is about to retreat, Fang Yuan will go to Gaoyouwei to pick you up in three days at the latest." ”

Princess Kunxing was secretly happy when she heard this, and she persisted for so long, and finally waited until the day when Yunkai saw the moon, "Then what are you still doing?" ”

Zhu Cihong just sat on the steps outside the door and said in a low voice, "After talking to you, I'm going to leave too." ”

Princess Kunxing whimpered through the door and said, "Before this battle, we can be brothers and sisters again." After this battle, we are mortal enemies, what else is there to say? ”

Zhu Cihong listened to her crying, was silent for a while, sighed and said, "Jiao'er, don't cry anymore." After this battle, you are no longer the princess of the imperial court, and the other party has no political value, I am worried that he, and the lady of Yuan in his backyard, will be unscrupulous against you, so I will do everything possible to take you back. I thought that a little Gao Youwei would be able to surrender after a few days of resistance, but I didn't expect that you would rather die in battle, and none of you would surrender. Alas! It's not what I want to do. ”

Only then did Princess Kunxing realize that what Zhu Cihong said was indeed the case, and after this battle, Fang Yuan would inevitably completely turn his face with the imperial court. Her princess identity is from her mother's family, and after completely turning her face with the court, the only princess she relies on has lost her value, except for the title of a lady, there is no difference between her and Mrs. Yuan in status, in the face of Mrs. Yuan's aggressive offensive, how to deal with it?

The two siblings separated the door with their own hearts and were silent for a long time.

Zhu Cihong slowly stood up and said, "Jiao'er, would you really rather leave alone to face those backyard battles than go with me?!" ”

Princess Kunxing was already in tears, and after being silent for a while, she still spoke, "Yes, I believe in the horse, you can go!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled miserably, stood reluctantly at the door for a while, and finally said, "Then, Jiao'er, take care!" ”

He wiped the tears from his eyes, turned to leave, and before leaving, he also ordered the twenty Ming army sergeants guarding to protect Princess Kunxing, and only after Fang Yuan personally entered the city could he evacuate Gao Youwei.