Gao Jinku knows that there is no one who does not make mistakes in war, and whoever makes fewer mistakes will win. Sometimes, the winning side also makes inexplicable mistakes or unexpected loopholes, and the weaker side can turn defeat into victory if they seize the opportunity.

The division of the Ming army to attack the West Gate and the North Gate was a mistake in Gao Jinku's view.

Although the Ming army broke through the city wall, only 1,000 people entered the city, which gave him a chance to fight, if he could wipe out the 1,000 people or drive them out of the city wall, the victory or defeat was unknown...... However, as the wall of the North Gate was breached by the Ming army, Gao Jinku knew that there was no chance.

The Ming army in the direction of the north gate has already pressed over, and Gao Jinku is under the enemy's back, and Ji'an Mansion will definitely not be able to hold it!

Continuing to stay here is a dead end, he took hundreds of green battalion soldiers and fought and retreated, and fled in the direction of the East Gate, there are dozens of boats on the East Gate Wharf, and escaping on the boat is the only way to survive.

On the way, he ran into the prefect of Ji'an, and he grabbed Gao Jinku in a panic.

"General Gao, where are you going?" The prefect is a civil official, and it is his duty to defend the territory, and if the Ji'an Mansion falls, he will also be executed by the Qing court if he escapes.

"The southern thieves are attacking the east gate, and they will go to the rescue!" Gao Jinku crossed his shoulder and bumped him aside, the so-called victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if the military general loses the battle, the flexibility to deal with it is much greater, as long as Gao Jinku escapes, there is still a great hope of saving his life.

He turned around and looked around, and the red flags of the Ming army were planted on the towers of the west gate and the north gate, indicating that the place had been completely lost, and the Ming army was entering the city in large numbers. The green flag was still planted on the bell and drum tower, but the alarm bell had stopped, and the defenders there had fled. They all gave up their resistance and ran around trying to escape from the city.

Under the pressure of the Ming army's pursuit and killing bombs, the rebels will soon be wiped out, and time is running out. Gao Jinku called a few die-hard soldiers, carried his flag and ran to the south gate, and he went straight to the East Gate Wharf with a hundred and ten personal soldiers.

"I'm X!"

Gao Jinku stood on the shore and scolded at the Ganjiang River. In the middle of the undulating river, several boats were heading for the opposite bank, and the sailors guarding the boats fled.

According to Jihua of Gao Jinku, he escaped by boat. It is necessary to take away all the extra boats, so as not to be used by the Ming army, the water surface of the Gan River is several hundred meters wide, and the Ming army still cannot break through without ferries. But after the sailors escaped, dozens of boats remained. Gao Jinku's green battalion soldiers are all from the north and can't sail and sail. You can't take so many boats with you. The pursuers of the Ming army were about to arrive, and it was too late to destroy the ships.

I couldn't care about it so much, so I had to run for my life.

The big boat was difficult to operate, so he and his soldiers got on two smaller boats, and they didn't know how to fiddle with the sails, so they picked up the oars and rowed together. After two circles in the river, he couldn't find the right direction, so he had to give up the plan to cross the river, and drifted along the river.

The current of the Gan River is turbulent, and the boat floats fast. Gao Jinku was secretly rejoicing, when suddenly a wave hit, and the boat he was sitting in immediately lost its direction and was pushed to the shore by layers of waves, and the speed of drifting immediately decreased.

Everyone was scrambling to fiddle, Gao Jinku looked back, there were two big ships behind them with their sails open, and they were chasing after them quickly, and the bow of the ship was full of Ming soldiers armed with knives and guns.

I can't run!

Gao Jinku had no choice but to abandon the boat and go ashore, jumped into the shallows in the river with his own soldiers, waded ashore, and hurriedly fled into a forest, calling Xu Qianzong to him.

"Xu guerrilla, I will take the group along the coast, you hide in the woods."

"Nope! I'll lure away the southern thief, Gao Xietai go quickly! Xu Qian was so moved that he swore to die in retribution.

"The southern thieves are here to chase me, and you can't lure them away." Gao Jinku shook his head and smiled miserably: "You must try to get out and go back to report to the imperial court, the southern thieves used not the demon method to break the city, but the Western method of fire and thunder......"

He didn't believe in the gods and ghosts, after the city wall was blown down by the Ming army, he had been looking for the reason, and after continuous explosions, he finally guessed the truth of the matter.

The Ming army dug fourteen tunnels, and then there were fourteen gaps in the city wall, the strong smell of gunpowder, the thunderclap-like loud noise, the billowing smoke coming out of the tunnel entrance, and the sparks that came out of the fuse by chance, were very similar to the scene when the red-coated cannon fired. Although he didn't understand the details of the jishu, Gao Jinku was sure that the Ming army did not dig the foundation of the city wall, but directly blew up the city wall with gunpowder, so it was able to break the city so quickly.

He knew that he couldn't escape, so he had to ask Xu Qian to send this important information back, hoping that the Manchu Qing would be able to take care of Jiangning's wife and children for the sake of his heroic death......

When Wang Kefan entered Ji'an Mansion, the green battalion soldiers in the city had all been wiped out, the Ji'an prefect hanged himself, most of the subordinate officials surrendered, and the Gongyi battalion was cleaning up the battlefield, pacifying the people, collecting ships and preparing to set off again.

Li Si followed Wang Kefan into the city, studied carefully at the gap in the city wall, and then turned back with a smile.

"General Wang, your thunder method is really powerful, do you want me to send some more gunpowder?"

Three days ago, according to Wang Kefan's request, he had just arrived in Ji'an Mansion with a batch of food and gunpowder, and in order to avoid the Qing army's defense line, he went around Hunan in a big circle, and it took great hardships to send it to Wang Kefan's army.

Li Si had already made all kinds of guesses about the use of this batch of gunpowder, and when he looked at it on the battlefield, he immediately guessed the truth of the matter.

"Of course, the more gunpowder, the better, I'm afraid you won't be able to deliver it." Wang Kefan was also a little worried.

Ji'an Province borders Hunan Province and is under the control of the Ming army, Li Si only needs to go around in a circle, he can transport gunpowder, but in the battle to attack Ji'an Province, all the gunpowder of the Gongyi battalion is exhausted, and it is difficult for Li Si to pass through the defense line of the Qing army when he marches to the hinterland of Jiangxi in the future.

"Well, it's definitely not okay if it's too much, but as long as you don't go out of Jiangxi, I can always get some for you." There was a huge interest group behind Li Si, which had a lot of energy south of the Yangtze River, and although Jiangxi was occupied by the Qing army, the Manchu Qing Dynasty adopted a policy of wooing the gentry, and as long as the relationship was in place, there were many loopholes that could be exploited in the middle......

That night, Li Si left a few carrier pigeons to communicate with Wang Kefan, and then left Ji'an Mansion.

The Gongyi battalion sent a small force of 500 men to Jishui County downstream by boat.

Jishui County, which is the confluence of the Ganjiang River and the Wujiang River, goes upriver along the Wujiang River and enters the Fuzhou Mansion in the hinterland of Jiangxi. (The Wujiang River in Jiangxi is a tributary of the Gan River, not the most famous Wujiang in Guizhou.) ）

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PS: Inside, today's weekend plus the end of the month, take a break, it's even more of this short chapter, to prevent sudden death, to prevent family breakdown, please understand. (To be continued......)