The report back to Yangzhou was a scarred warship, and only more than 20 soldiers on board died, all of whom were the personal soldiers of Vice General Ma Yingkui. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ma Yingkui, who was covered in injuries, was supported by two Daishan Army soldiers and came to Ren Siqi, and after pushing away the soldiers, he knelt on the ground and cried.

"Adjutant General Ma, don't be busy crying yet, what's going on?" Yan Ermei on the side ignored the difference in identity, rushed in front of Ren Siqi and asked, Ren Siqi shook his head and didn't think it was wrong, he knew the relationship between Yan Ermei and the supervisor Shi Kefa.

Ren Siqi is very satisfied with this former staff member of the Governor's Mansion who is willing to stay in Yangzhou, because of Yan Ermei's writing skills and extensive knowledge, and is now the chief clerk of the Suju Hou Shogunate, responsible for all the clerical work.

"All dead, all dead...... Ma Yingkui cried out in pain.

"What about Inspector Shi? How is he? Yan Ermei asked worriedly.

"Supervise him, he was captured by the Qing soldiers, and he is Hu Shangyou's thief!" Ma Yingkui gritted his teeth and scolded.

With Ma Yingkui's story, everyone gradually understood the whole story.

Shi Kefa's fleet set off yesterday morning and headed south along the canal towards the Yangtze River. Arrive at the Guazhou ferry port when it gets dark, and then enter the Yangtze River further south.

Because Shi Kefa was seriously injured and could not be a director, the supreme commander of the fleet was Wei Yinwen, the governor of Huaiyang. Wei Yinwen did not understand military affairs, and when he saw that it was already dark, he ordered to camp at the Guazhou ferry and continue to travel south after dawn. Who knew that as early as when more than 200 ships left Yangzhou and headed south, it attracted the attention of the Qing army outside the city. Duoduo immediately ordered Li to lead 3,000 cavalry to the south quickly, and ordered the remnants of the navy in the south to wait for an opportunity to intercept it.

Yangzhou's full of Qing army sailors by the Daishan water army many times to clean up, simply in the canal can not stand still, hiding in the canal with the canal called the old river mouth place, Yangzhou area of the river forks, Daishan army is impossible to every river to clear the way, since the Qing army let out the canal will no longer care about them.

After receiving Duoduo's order, the Qing fleet hiding at the mouth of the old river quickly sailed into the canal and went south to catch up with the Ming fleet.

Also at dawn, the Qing army launched a frantic attack on the camping Ming army, and Li Shutai's cavalry cooperated on the shore and fired rockets at the Ming army's camp.

If it was a frontal battle, this Qing army fleet of less than 100 ships would not be the opponent of the southbound Ming army at all. However, one side was in a completely unguarded sleep, the other side was a premeditated raid, and most of the civilian and military generals of the Ming army chose to camp ashore in order to sleep comfortably. When their camp was raided by 3,000 Qing cavalry, it immediately fell into chaos, and the Ming soldiers were crying and howling in chaos, and the generals could not command at all.

The Qing warships took the opportunity to enter the Ming army fleet and began the battle of jumping gangs and seizing ships. Fortunately, Ma Yingkui, Shi Dewei and other generals were still vigilant, leaving some soldiers to guard the ship, and there was a fierce fight between the soldiers guarding the ship and the sneak attack Qing soldiers.

Shi Dewei is now Shi Kefa's lieutenant general of the Chinese army, he stood at the bow of the ship and roared repeatedly, hacking and killing several Qing soldiers who jumped up in a row, commanding the panicked Ming soldiers to stabilize their positions, and firmly protecting Shi Kefa, the supervisor in the cabin.

Ma Yingkui commanded his subordinate soldiers to control the warship, and fought on the periphery of the fleet, and under his leadership, the Ming army's array gradually stabilized, and many soldiers recovered from the sudden attack.

The Ming army on the shore had been killed by Li led Tai's Qing army, and the sound of fighting gradually stopped, and groups of Qing soldiers stood on the bank of the canal, shooting arrows like meteors at the Ming warships in the river, which were rockets lit at one end.

The arrows were like locusts, falling on the Ming army's ship, accompanied by a scream, and countless flames were ignited by the Ming army's fleet.

"Follow me to break away from the enemy ships!" Ma Yingkui roared, commanding the Ming army on the ship to launch a desperate fight against the Qing ships on the periphery, and more than 20 Ming ships followed him and rushed towards the Qing fleet.

"How's the Overseer?" Hu Shangyou, the chief soldier of Sichuan, approached Shi Kefa's ship with several warships, and asked Stilwell on the boat.

"Inspector, his old man is fine, Lao Hu, you protect me behind me, let's go out together, as long as we rush into the Yangtze River, we will be safe." Stilwell shouted.

"Okay, Brother Shi, don't worry, everything is on the younger brother." Hu Shangyou replied with a smile.

Stilwell nodded, turned and ordered the oarsmen on the boat to start rowing, and rushed out along the path opened by Ma Yingkui.

Hu Shangyou smiled gloomily and waved his hand, and several of his archers shot evil arrows at Stilwell.

Feeling a pain in his chest, Stilwell lowered his head, and saw a few arrows coming out of his chest, turned around with difficulty, and saw dozens of archers on Hu Shangyou's ship bending their bows and shooting arrows at the same time, and round after round of arrow rain fell on Shi Kefa's ship, and the arrows close at hand were extremely powerful, and the completely defenseless Stilwell soldiers fell under the rain of arrows one after another.

"Rush forward and capture Shi Kefa alive!" Hu Shangyou led his subordinate Sichuan soldiers to jump onto the ship and rushed towards the cabin.

Stilwell looked up at the blue sky of the morning, closed his eyes in pain, and a cloudy tear ran from the corner of his eye, dripping down his chapped face onto the board, mixed with the red blood, and never separated from each other again.

"Bastard!" Ma Yingkui scolded bitterly, commanding his subordinate ships to kill back, so as to recapture Shi Doushi, but Han Shangliang, the deputy general of the Sichuan army, commanded more than ten ships to block Ma Yingkui's way, and a fierce fight began between the Ming troops who originally belonged to the same camp.

The Qing fleet came from the periphery, and Ma Yingkui's ships could no longer resist attacks from both sides.

"General, run away!" The only remaining two warships were desperately resisting attacks from both sides, and Ma Yingkui's henchmen shouted at him for victory.

Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Ma Yingkui knew that the general trend had gone.

"Let's go, go back to Yangzhou!" Ma Yingkui shouted viciously, and the warship he was on broke out of the siege and rushed north along the canal. The whole army was annihilated, the superintendent Shi Kefa and all the civilian and military generals fell into the hands of the enemy, and now Ma Yingkui has no way out. The only way is to return to Yangzhou, return to the command of the Marquis of Su, continue to resist the Qing Dynasty with the Daishan army, and avenge the dead brothers in the future.

After listening to Ma Yingkui's story, the civil and military scene was silent, Nanjing had just been broken by the Qing army, and now the superintendent Shi Kefa had fallen into the hands of the enemy, is this Ming really going to end?

"What should have happened will still happen, and nothing has changed because of my arrival!" Ren Siqi smiled bitterly. (To be continued.) )