Entering the canal from the Yangtze River, the width of the canal section is much narrower than that of the Yangtze River, and the water depth is shallower. However www.biquge.info the big ships of the Daishan army have all sailed to Chongming under the leadership of Mao 18, and now they are all on the river boats captured in the Battle of Tongling.

Fifteen thousand could not be used for 500 ships, but because the 200 bronze cannons that needed to be carried with the army were too cumbersome, they occupied more than 100 river boats. When the cannon was first made, in order to facilitate movement, in addition to casting a small number of red-coated cannons, the refined copper purchased from the Wa Kingdom was used to cast this 500-pound small cannon. Moreover, Liang Jiu ingeniously installed stainless steel wheels for each gun, so that the cannon had a certain ability to move. Considering that the battle of Yangzhou was mainly to defend the city, they were transported to Yangzhou with great difficulty this time.

The canal passes through the east of Yangzhou City, and the west side of the canal is the east gate of Yangzhou, which is the water gate, and the river boat can directly enter Yangzhou City through the water gate.

At this time, on the side of the canal near the city wall, hundreds of large and small ships were moored, and in order to prevent the Qing soldiers from snatching the ships, the Yangzhou government had already ordered the collection of all river boats and sent troops to guard them.

Because he did not get the military order of the superintendent Shi Kefa, the water gate of Yangzhou City was closed at this moment, and Ren Siqi ordered the infantry to disembark and assemble on the shore.

From time to time, the riverboats carrying troops leaned towards the shore, and groups of soldiers disembarked with weapons in their hands and formed a neat queue on the riverbank.

The defenders at the head of the city had the intention of watching the excitement and then watching the Daishan army disembark, but because the river boats could not fully lean against the canal, the soldiers had to jump into knee-deep water and wade a few steps before they could go ashore. Looking at the splash of the soldiers of the Daishan Army clumsily jumping off the river boat by the canal under the city, many soldiers on duty at the head of the city laughed.

But slowly, they couldn't laugh anymore, because there was no movement from the Daishan soldiers during the whole process, except for the sound of wading in the water.

Everyone jumped out of the boat in silence and then waded ashore and lined up on the shore.

One by one, the river boats leaned towards the bank of the canal, and one by one the Daishan soldiers jumped off the boats, and the array by the river gradually became larger, but all the soldiers were silent.

Sometimes silence is also a kind of deterrent, when they see a huge battle formation of 10,000 people standing silently under the city, all the defenders in the city feel a shock, a wordless shock. Subconsciously, they felt that the army under the city was different, but they couldn't explain the difference.

When the superintendent Shi Kefa led the generals in Yangzhou City out of the city, he saw this scene.

Originally, with Shi Kefa's status, there was no need to go out of the city to greet him in person. But Ren Siqi has a newly sealed title of Sulu, which means that Ren Siqi is equal to Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing in terms of status. In Yangzhou City, except for Shi Kefa, no one else can be equal to Ren Siqi in terms of identity, even if the status of the governor of Huaiyang is also under Ren Siqi.

Secondly, now that Yangzhou is in the midst of life and death, Ren Siqi's 15,000 reinforcements are of great significance to Yangzhou and may be the key to whether Yangzhou can hold on. In order to encompass Ren Siqi, Shi Kefa did not hesitate to condescend to the dignity and personally went out to greet him.

The soldiers led by Su Yubo are good, looking at the neat Daishan soldiers outside the city, Shi Kefa nodded secretly.

Shi Kefa is a civilian official who doesn't know much about soldiers, but the Yangzhou generals behind him are different. Looking at the neatly arranged silent phalanx in front of him, Liu Zhaoji, Zhuang Zigu and other generals were secretly frightened. The phalanx of the Daishan Army is a line whether it is horizontal, vertical, or oblique, and what kind of harsh training it takes to do this. What's more, all the soldiers in the entire phalanx were silent, no one made any noise at will, not even the soldiers whose heads shook slightly. Looking at the phalanx in front of him and thinking about the loose ruffians under his command, Liu Zhaoji and the others felt quite uncomfortable.

"There's a fart for standing neatly, maybe it's a silver-like pewter head." Hu Shangyou, the general of Sichuan, spat on the ground and muttered in a low voice, but it aroused the contempt of others.

Ren Siqi didn't expect Shi Kefa to greet him in person, looking at the thin and handsome middle-aged man in a red official robe surrounded by a large group of civil officials and military generals, Ren Siqi didn't feel quite excited in his heart.

This is Shi Kefa, the most famous figure in the Southern Ming Dynasty! Although he failed to resist the Qing Dynasty, his reputation has spread through the ages, and he is listed as a hero of the Chinese nation alongside Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Looking at Shi Kefa in front of him, Ren Siqi's psychology was quite complicated, in terms of integrity, the person in front of him was impeccable. But in terms of ability, I am afraid that his ability is far from being comparable to his reputation.

Throughout Shi Kefa's life, he did not make many commendable achievements, whether in the court or on the front line of resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

After learning that Beijing fell to Emperor Chongzhen and was martyred, as the de facto leader of Nanjing, Shi Kefa could not decisively set up a new monarch, so that Emperor Hongguang ascended to the throne with the support of the warlords of the four towns of Jiangbei, which was the root of the unruly and unruly disobedience of the four towns of Jiangbei.

As the cabinet minister of Jiangbei, he ran Jiangbei for more than a year, spending a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, but he was at a loss and did nothing. When the Qing army moved south, most of the generals under his control defected and surrendered, becoming the enemy's vanguard in attacking the Ming Dynasty. The mediocrity of Shi Kefa can be seen in the class.

However, the failure of the Southern Ming Dynasty cannot be blamed entirely on his head, the corruption of the Ming Dynasty has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, whether it is the court or the army, the decline of a dynasty always has its own roots, and a person's strength cannot change anything at all.

In the face of the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even with Zhuge Zhizhi's talent, Sima Zhizhi may not be able to return to the sky.

With emotion in his heart, Ren Siqi stepped forward to greet Shi Kefa.

"The last general, Ningbo General Ren Siqi, visited the overseer!" Ren Siqi clasped his fists and saluted.

Seeing that Ren Siqi did not kneel down to him, Shi Kefa frowned, and soon stretched out.

"Su Lubo is really a talent, a young hero, hurry up and be exempt." Shi Kefa smiled and held his hand weakly.

"Come on, come on, let me introduce you to Yangzhou's civil and military affairs."

Shi Kefa first recommended Wei Yinwen, the governor of Huaiyang, and Ren Minyu, the prefect of Yangzhou, and then Liu Zhaoji and other generals.

Because Ren Siqi has a title and his status is above everyone, every time he introduces a person, he comes forward to salute Ren Siqi. Ren Siqi would not dare to do so, and humbly avoided it.

Originally, seeing Ren Siqi so young but in a high position, all the generals were dissatisfied, but seeing Ren Siqi's humility, their hearts were much better.

"Inspector, the Qing soldiers sent an envoy to the north gate, indicating that they want to talk to the Inspector!" Just as everyone was greeting, suddenly a soldier came down from the city and ran to Shi Kefa to say goodbye.

"Uncle Su will settle his subordinates first, and this pavilion will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you in the evening." Shi Kefa smiled at Ren Siqi. As he spoke, he turned and left.

"Can the Overseer take me along?" Ren Siqi hurriedly said. Since they came to Yangzhou to fight with the Qing soldiers, it was natural to find out their intentions, and as for the soldiers camping, the Daishan Army's own system did not need to be done by Ren Siqi. (To be continued.) )