Zhenjiang is more than 100 miles away from Nanjing, and he is not familiar with the road conditions, Luo Jian did not dare to drive, and it is the first time to run such a distance on horseback.

More than a dozen people hurried along the way, and by the time they had eaten at noon, they had already run for more than 70 miles.

Luo Jian looked at the scenery along the way, the south of the Yangtze River had not been plundered by the Qing soldiers, and the fields everywhere showed a vibrant scene.

Thinking that Yangzhou has gradually regained its vitality now, seeing that the autumn harvest is imminent, he can't let the Qing soldiers spoil it anymore, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, Luo Jian feels that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

By four o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Jian and his people had already arrived at the city gate of Zhenjiang, and Huang Degong had already sent people waiting at the city gate.

Luo Jian and his entourage soon arrived at a military camp in the northwest corner of the city, and the guards at the gate led them in directly, obviously greeting them.

Before arriving at the door, Huang Degong and a general had already greeted him, Huang Degong gave Luo Jian a Yangzhou military salute, and the tall general stepped forward to give Luo Jian a fist salute and said: "Zhenjiang General Huang Fei has seen the governor of Dadu. ”

Luo Jian looked at it, this Huang Fei really looked a bit like Huang Degong, and he also looked extremely bold, Luo Jian knew that although he and Huang Degong were brothers, the two were not brothers.

Huang Fei brought Luo Jian into the room and sat down, and asked the soldiers to bring tea.

"Metropolitan Governor, my brother has already told the last general, Huang Fei is willing to serve the Metropolitan Governor!" Huang Fei said straight to the point, and when he walked in front of Luo Jian, he had to kneel down on one leg to perform the military salute of the Ming army.

When Luo Jian heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Welcome General Huang to join the Yangzhou Army, our Yangzhou Army does not practice these etiquettes." ”

"It's getting late today, how about the Metropolitan Governor go to the army tomorrow to have a look?" Huang Fei said.

"Okay, the guest is as you please, just listen to General Huang's arrangement."

After a few people sat down, Huang Degong reported to Luo Jian on the training of the five divisions in Yangzhou, and Huang Fei listened very carefully to the side.

After Huang Degong finished speaking, Huang Fei said to Luo Jian: "Governor Dadu, the commander of this water division is really a little incompetent, I actually like to fight on land, but this water battle is not what the last general is good at." ”

Luo Jian smiled and said, "General Huang wants to lead troops on land, this is easy to say. ”

Luo Jian thought to himself, he just found a sailor to come over yesterday, and here Huang Fei is ready to let Xian, it is really a coincidence, but Zheng Chenggong still lacks qualifications and battlefield experience, and he needs to be honed a lot before he can lead the sailor.

Luo Jian, who had been running hard all day, slept very soundly at night, and when he got up early the next morning, Huang Degong and Huang Fei were already waiting outside.

After breakfast, the three of them went to the camp of the sailor by the river.

Huang Fei's sailors were the most complete in the Ming army, although there were only 15,000 men and horses, but there were nearly 500 warships of all kinds, most of these warships had very huge hulls, and they were not comparable to Huang Degong's small sailors.

Huang Fei's sailors take the Haicang boat as the main force, this Haicang boat is actually a small lucky boat, this type of Haicang ship has a crew of up to 53 people, equipped with four thousand pounds of Franco machine guns, and other similar large-caliber firearms, crossbow arrows and other equipment are also not lacking.

Luo Jian carefully inspected the Franco cannon at this time, and saw that it was cast in bronze, which was extremely bulky, and the caliber was not large, and it used solid bullets.

Luo Jian thought to himself, if Liu Weimin's development went smoothly, the weapons on these ships would have to be replaced as soon as possible.

After looking at the Haicang ship, several people went to see the three-masted gunboat, the building ship, the eagle ship, and the mother ship, and Luo Jian was a little dizzy, but he didn't expect that the shipbuilding technology at this time was so developed.

After seeing Huang Fei's sailor camp and warship, Luo Jian used to want to pull Huang Fei's sailor to Yangzhou, but today I saw that the camp of this sailor division was excellent, just opposite Guazhou, and Yangzhou was only separated by a river, so he broke off the idea of letting Huang Fei's sailor move his defense.

"General Huang, you're not weak as a sailor!" Luo Jian said with a sigh.

"Governor Dadu, my water division is stronger than Zheng Zongbing's." Huang Fei said with some smugness.

"What is your water master, now you are a water master in Yangzhou, I said brother, you can't always be your own water master." Huang Degong was a little unhappy when he heard it, and said to Huang Fei.

"The lesson of the eldest brother is that the younger brother has forgotten a little." Huang Fei hurriedly said.

"Lao Huang is right, if our generals regard the army as private property, then its function of serving the country and the people will be lost, which is unacceptable." Luo Jian added.

Huang Fei nodded again and again.

"I said brother, my brother told you the truth here, although your sailor equipment is good, I think the training is still poor, if my brother had been before, I wouldn't have dared to brag, but now if your fifteen thousand people go ashore, my two regiments will win you."

"How many people are in the two regiments of my brother?" Huang Fei looked at Huang Degong in surprise, and in his impression Huang Degong was not a braggart person.

"There are more than 4,000 people, when will your sailors have to train according to the training method of the Grand Governor." Huang Degong said.

"It's not far from Yangzhou, and when we leave, Brother Hushan can take General Huang to visit, it's not a problem to go back and forth this day, what do you think?"

Luo Jian saw that Huang Degong said so bluntly, and he was afraid that Huang Fei would not be able to accept it, so he wanted Huang Fei to go to Yangzhou Army to take a look.

Both agreed.

"Won't the Metropolitan Governor return to Yangzhou today?" Huang Degong asked.

"Alas, there are still some trivial matters in Nanjing that have not been dealt with, and when they are done, they will go back, Brother Hushan will go back and tell several division commanders that they will have to mobilize before the battle now, and when we return to Yangzhou, we will immediately organize and implement a campaign against the left."

"Okay, I didn't kill these bastards last time, and I must not let them go this time!" Huang Degong gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, let's get here, I still want to go to Jiangyin, ask General Huang to change some fast horses for us, and strive to go back quickly."

"What did the Metropolitan Governor do in Jiangyin?" Huang Degong asked strangely.

"I'll get back as soon as I have something to do." What was not done, Luo Jian was reluctant to say it first.

Back in Zhenjiang, Luo Jian and the guards had lunch, changed into a fast horse sent by Huang Fei, got up and went straight to Jiangyin.

After riding a horse for a long time, Luo Jian felt that his buttocks and thighs were painful, and in order to hurry, he had to hold on.

Zhenjiang is not close to Jiangyin, Luo Jian and his party ran for two days before they arrived near Jiangyin, Wang Sicheng was about to enter the city, Luo Jian hurriedly called him.

Luo Jian got off the horse and asked someone about the location of the sand mountain, and led everyone to run towards the sand mountain again.

This run lasted more than 30 miles before reaching the foot of the sand mountain.

The sand mountain is in the southeast of Jiangyin City, the mountain is not very high, Luo Jian is estimated to be about 200 meters, but it is extremely abrupt on the plain.

After inquiring for a long time, he found Haihui'an at the southern foot of Sand Mountain, more than a hundred meters away, Luo Jian turned over and dismounted, Luo Jian felt that it was not enough to express his reverence for this hero.

Wang Sicheng saw Luo Jian's solemn face, which made him feel a little strange, is there any big man in this nunnery who is worthy of the admiration of the metropolitan governor?

Approaching Dehai Hui'an, seeing a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy playing outside, Luo Jian stepped forward and asked, "This little brother, may I ask Yan Yingyuan Yan Dianshi, but he lives here?" ”

The little boy looked up at Luo Jian and his party, and did not answer Luo Jian's words, but turned his head and ran towards the nunnery, saying as he ran, "Daddy, someone is looking for you outside." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man walked out of the nunnery, looking about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a turban on his head and a half-long beard under his chin.

"Dare to ask, but Yan Yingyuan Yan Dianshi?" Luo Jian hurriedly stepped forward and clenched his fists and said.

"It's Yan, dare to ask if you're here to find me?" Yan Yingyuan stepped forward and returned the salute with his fists and asked suspiciously.

"This is the Duke of Wei Guo and the Governor of Huaiyang!" Wang Sicheng said beside him, wondering in his heart that he was no worse than Yan Yingyuan, could this Yan Dianshi be the person that the Metropolitan Governor was looking for?

When Yan Yingyuan heard this, he took a step back and was about to kneel down and salute, but Luo Jian stepped forward and helped him.

"I've finally found you, and it's not in vain that we've worked hard for the past few days." Luo Jian looked at Yan Yingyuan happily, thinking carefully about the bits and pieces of this national hero.

In history, it is the history of Yan Dian in front of him, when all the people of Jiangyin, which was only a small city at that time, collectively rejected the Manchu shaving order and was besieged by 240,000 Qing troops, he was elected by the people as the commander of the city.

He led 90,000 people in the city to resist the 81-day attack of the Qing soldiers with their wisdom and lives, making the Qing soldiers pay the price of more than 30 generals and more than 70,000 people, and finally used their blood and lives to interpret the national spirit of endless life and majesty.

It's a pity that the stage given to Yan Yingyuan by history is too small, Jiangyin City, a war with a huge disparity in strength and simply impossible to win, and the tragic ending is inevitable.

Now that Luo Jian is here, he wants to provide a bigger stage for this national hero, so that this national hero no longer has a tragic ending.

"Dare to ask Grandpa Guo why he found Yan?" Yan Yingyuan was extremely puzzled, and when he saw that Luo Jian was in deep thought when he saw him, he had to ask.

"Yan Dianshi, won't you invite us in and sit down?" Luo Jian was in a very good mood and said to Yan Yingyuan with a smile.

Yan Yingyuan reacted at this time, and hurriedly beckoned Luo Jian and the others to the nunnery.

"Yan is only temporarily living here, it is very simple, don't blame Grandpa Wangguo." Yan Yingyuan said cautiously as he walked.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as I find you, I'm very happy." Luo Jian said with a smile.

The little boy went into the house and carried out a few stools, but the stools were limited, and the guards had to sit down in a crowd.

Yan Yingyuan looked at Luo Jian, and when he saw his unusual dress and short hair on his head, he seemed to remember something, and quickly stood up.

"Dare to ask Grandpa Guo, but Luo Angel who saved Yangzhou?"

"It's Luo Jian. Brother Liheng, you won't be surprised if I call you that, right? Luo Jian said with a smile.

"How dare you let Grandpa Guo call him a brother, I don't know what Grandpa Guo is looking for Yan?" Yan Yingyuan asked.

Luo Jian didn't know how to answer this question for a while, and was silent for a while, and then he spoke: "Brother Liheng is going to Guangdong to take office?" ”

"Returning to China, grandpa, exactly, it's just that my mother is seriously ill, and because the road is blocked, she can't do it, so she has to stay here."

"Brother Liheng, can you go to Yangzhou to help me if you don't go to Guangdong?" Luo Jian thought about it and said bluntly.

"The Metropolitan Governor came from Yangzhou just for Yan?" Yan Yingyuan was extremely strange, how could his own unpopular history alarm this angelic governor who was known all over the world?

"Exactly, I heard Brother Liheng's name earlier, and I couldn't bear Brother Liheng to be buried, so I hurried to ask Brother Liheng to come out of the mountain."

"Most of the governors have praised it, how can Yan have any great name? It's just that Yan's mother is seriously ill now, how can she do it? ”

"This doesn't matter, I will send a ship to pick up the Yangzhou general, and it seems to be in this nunnery, I don't know what Brother Liheng wants?"

Yan Yingyuan groaned for a while, hesitated and said to Luo Jian: "It's okay for Grandpa Guo to ask Yan to go and serve, but Yan has a request, I don't know if Grandpa Guo can agree?" ”

"Yan still has a group of clan disciples in Zhutang, Jiangyin, I don't know if I can go to Yangzhou together?"

"Welcome, Brother Liheng is still there?"

"No, I wonder when I'll be able to get up?"

"It depends on when Brother Liheng can get up, if Brother Liheng is free, it is okay to go back with us, as for the honorable mother and the children of the clan, I will send a boat to pick up Yangzhou."

When Yan Yingyuan heard this, he stood up, walked to Luo Jian in a few steps, knelt down on one knee, raised his hands into fists above his head, and said in his mouth: "Yan Yingyuan is willing to listen to the dispatch of Grandpa Guo!" ”

When Luo Jian heard this, Yan Yingyuan agreed to follow him, and his heart was extremely happy, and he got up and helped Yan Yingyuan up.

"Where is my aunt now, I am going to visit now."

Yan Yingyuan led Luo Jian to a room in the nunnery, and there was an old lady lying on the bed with her eyes closed, and Yan Yingyuan stepped forward and called "Mother".

The old lady opened her eyes, watched several people enter the house, and was about to speak, when Luo Jian had already stepped forward and bowed deeply to the old lady.

"Mother, this is the angel of Wei Guogong and the Governor of Huaiyang, the angel who saved Yangzhou as everyone said some time ago."

The old lady struggled to get up, and Luo Jian stepped forward to support the old lady and said, "Aunt is seriously ill, don't move." ”

After saying a few words, seeing that the old lady was not in good spirits, several people hurriedly retreated.

Wang Sicheng pulled Yan Yingyuan aside and whispered: "When the Metropolitan Governor saw the emperor the day before yesterday, he only hugged his fists and saluted, and did not bow like this, you can't have two hearts for the Metropolitan Governor." ”

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