Just when Liu Liangzuo was at a loss, one of his cavalry Baihu named Li Jin thought of an idea for him, that is, to flee to Zhejiang, defect to King Lu in eastern Zhejiang, and return to the Ming Dynasty!

Defection to King Lu? What a broken idea! Liu Liangzuo subconsciously wanted to refuse, the Qing Dynasty swept the world, and if he returned to the Ming Dynasty, he would die sooner or later. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Master Hou, if you don't go to Zhejiang, when Prince Yu sends a large army, we will definitely not be able to escape his punishment." Li Jin persuaded.

"I'm loyal to the Qing Dynasty, Prince Yu won't kill me, right?" Liu Liangzuo said suspiciously.

"What's the use of loyalty, Master Hou, you still can't see it, Duoduo doesn't plan to use you at all, otherwise why are people like Li Chengdong, Gao Jin, Kuma Degong and others all named general and deputy general, but Lord Hou, you still haven't been rewarded by the Qing court."

"Don't talk nonsense, how can Benhou's status be comparable to Li Chengdong and others? Didn't Prince Yu say that he would wait until the class teacher returned to the court, and the court would announce the reward to me. Liu Liangzuo reprimanded, he is still dreaming, he is one of the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River, his status is far above Li Chengdong and others, he is the Qing Dynasty with tens of thousands of troops, and with his merits, even if he does not seal a prince in the future, he will also be crowned a prince.

"Master Hou, wake up, haven't you heard of rabbits and dead dogs, birds and bows, when you led the army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of tens of thousands of troops, Duoduo naturally treated you with courtesy, but now, tens of thousands of troops have been handed over, and there are only less than a thousand people left in your hands, how do you let Duoduo treat you? Maybe they will kill you under the pretext of losing your teacher and humiliating the country. Li Jin persuaded bitterly.

"If we can escape to eastern Zhejiang, with this cavalry in our hands, we will definitely get the weight of King Lu, and maybe we will make you the prince of the country, and we will definitely reproduce the glory of the four towns in Jiangbei at that time."

Listening to Li Jin's persuasion, Liu Liangzuo couldn't help but ponder, maybe going to eastern Zhejiang was the best choice. Now the main force of the Qing army in Hangzhou is attacking Songjiang under the leadership of Belebolo, and the front-line troops in Suzhou and Hangzhou are empty, and with the more than 1,000 cavalry in their hands, they can naturally easily rush to eastern Zhejiang.

Thinking about it, Liu Liangzuo secretly made up his mind, secretly gathered his subordinates, and prepared to escape.

In the early morning of 10 July, Liu Liangzuo suddenly plundered Changzhou, killing thousands of people in the city, robbing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, loading them in 20 large ships, opening the water gate of Dongcheng, and fleeing along the canal in the direction of Hangzhou.

Liu Zhaoji was dealing with nothing in the barracks, and suddenly the soldiers came to report that the fire in Changzhou City was everywhere, shouting to kill the sky, Liu Zhaoji hurriedly ordered the army to be assembled, and sent people to investigate, but found that the four gates of Changzhou were closed, and he didn't know what was going on in the city.

Was there a riot in the city? Or is it Liu Liangzuo's trick to lure himself into the city? Liu Zhaoji hesitated.

The subordinate battalion Zhengluo Shaoxin, Deng Wanmu and others tried their best to persuade them to take the opportunity to attack Changzhou, but the Chongming army did not plan to attack Changzhou from the beginning, and was unprepared, and there were no siege equipment in the camp at all. The only way to do this is to storm the gates.

When it is decisive, Liu Zhaoji decisively ordered the whole army to assemble and attack the west gate, the whole army cautiously approached the moat, there was no reaction on the city wall, and no Qing soldiers appeared at the head of the city.

Changzhou is a capital city, and there is a bluestone bridge built on the moat, but now there are no Qing soldiers stationed on the bridge, so that the Chongming army easily crossed the stone bridge and approached the city gate.

When the Ming soldiers tentatively walked into the city gate, the city still did not react, and it seemed that there was really chaos in the city.

More than a dozen strong Ming soldiers carried a thick tree trunk and slammed into the city gate, the wooden city gate made a loud "bang" sound, the two city gates shook violently, and sawdust fell from above. The Ming soldiers took a few steps back with the trunk of the tree, and slammed into the city gate again at a brisk pace.

When the door was slammed, hundreds of Chongming musketeers lined up under the city wall, and the muzzles of the black holes were directly aimed at the city wall, waiting for the Qing soldiers on the city to show their heads. But the aiming hands were sore, and I didn't see any Qing soldiers showing their heads, so it seemed that there was really no one on the city wall.

Under the continuous impact of the crashing wood, the city gate shook violently, and finally, with a loud bang, the two city gates were knocked down at once, and the city gate hole of the black hole appeared in front of the Chongming army, through the city gate hole, you can see many people in the city running in panic.

Liu Zhaoji stood quietly in front of the city gate, trying to distinguish whether it was an enemy trap, and after looking at it for a long time, he really couldn't see anything abnormal, so he sent a team of soldiers to try to attack the city.

The soldiers who entered the city quickly attacked the city wall and completely controlled the west gate, and according to the soldiers' reports, not a single Qing soldier was seen on the entire west gate.

Since it was safe, Liu Zhaoji ordered the whole army to march into Changzhou and sent troops to occupy the four gates, and it was only then that he knew that Liu Liangzuo led the army to plunder Changzhou and then fled out of the city. Unexpectedly, he occupied Changzhou so easily, Liu Zhaoji was overjoyed, and immediately repaired the book and went to Chongming to report the victory.

Besides, Liu Liangzuo, after escaping from Changzhou, marched along the canal by land and water, marched in the direction of Hangzhou, looted, robbed ships and property, and brought the people to join the army, completely restoring the face of the warlord of Jiangbei that day, and when he marched to Wuxi, the headquarters had expanded to more than 20,000 people, and more than 500 ships of all kinds were robbed. At this time, Liu Liangzuo received the news that Li led an army of 30,000 troops from Jiading to Jiangyin to quell the rebellion.

At this time, Taihu Lake was the world of water bandits and lake thieves, and the Qing soldiers did not dare to enter the lake to clear it. Such a large man entered Taihu Lake, which immediately attracted the attention of all parties, including the guerrilla army of Ren Xingfan, the second town general entrenched on Xishan Island in Taihu Lake.

When Ren Xingfan entered Taihu Lake, he only had two battalions of Li Ding and Li Bald, with a total number of less than 3,000 people. But in the past few months, based on Xishan Island, Ren Xingfan has continuously sent troops to attack, attacking Wujiang in the east, Huzhou in the south, and Yixing in the west, so frightened that the counties around Taihu Lake dare not open the city gate, and Wujiang Zhixian is afraid that the city will be breached, so he sent people to send a large amount of silver to Xishan Island, only begging Ren Xingfan not to attack Wujiang.

In just half a year, Ren Xingfan expanded the army to more than 5,000 people, which was still carefully selected to collect poor fishermen, like those who were notorious for doing many evils, and the gentry around Taihu Lake also sent people to contact Ren Xingfan and secretly assisted the guerrillas with a large amount of money and food.

Ren Xingfan followed Ren Siqi's instructions to develop only in Taihu Lake, harassing the nearby counties around Taihu Lake, and did not attempt to attack such an important town as Suzhou or cut off the artery of the Grand Canal, so although the guerrilla army was strong, it was only confined to Taihu Lake and did not attract enough attention from the Manchus.