Heisenberg had a grim face, and even took out a tube of monoculars from the cowhide bag around his waist, which was much easier to obtain since he came to Jiangnan than in the north, so he paid for a tube. He pointed his mirror at the surface of the river with both hands, constantly adjusting the direction, and suddenly the adjustment suddenly froze, and there was a blonde and blue-eyed European in the eyepiece. Heisenberg was a little excited, after all, he was in a foreign land, and his mood was inevitably a little fluctuating when he suddenly saw Europeans. After a moment, the barrel began to move again, and more western faces appeared in the barrel.

This salvo was not as effective as the first shot, but it still hit the masts of the two large ships. Break one, injure one. In order to achieve the effect of bluffing, Heisenberg ordered all caliber cannons to fire at the same time as the twelve-pounder guns, and the deterrent power of a salvo of hundreds of guns was still considerable. When the fifth salvo was completed, Heisenberg lowered the barrel and relaxed. The opposing fleet withdrew, and they were frightened back by the salvo of hundreds of guns on the shore.

The order to retreat had been given for half an hour, and Colonel Wallace was still cursing and cursing the terrible and tenacious artillery he had just encountered. His hopes of capturing the ancient imperial capital were dashed in the blink of an eye, and more than a dozen ships in the fleet were more or less damaged by different strokes. If there were so many artillery on land in the Ming army, he was not sure if the soldiers under his command would be sure that they would be able to break through.

It seems that although the ancient imperial capital is decaying, it is not something that can be captured by a few thousand people. Wallace comforted himself. But that didn't mean his anger had subsided.

"He Bin, He Bin...... Get the map! ”

Nan Zhili's maps are all in Chinese characters, and he can't understand the lines of the map drawn in the east, only the general around him can see and say clearly. Colonel Wallace pointed to the map, "Where are the cities with so many people and so much wealth?" Mark them out, and I'm going to wipe them out one by one! ”

Wallace was right, even if there were more Ming troops, it would not be possible to place heavy troops and artillery everywhere.

He Bin was born in Fujian, although he has never studied, he has been adrift at sea since he was a child, and later followed Zheng Zhilong for many years, and his experience is comparable to that of ordinary people. Later, Zheng Zhilong recruited an and liquidated the old brothers of the eighteen Zhi, most of them died tragically at sea, and he did not want his brothers to turn against him, so he joined the red hair fan and converted to the God of the red hair fan.

As for the Nanzhili terrain and waterway, he was a pirate before, so he naturally knew a lot. Speaking of where there are many rich people, in fact, there is no need to look for it at all, Nanzhili is the most prosperous in the world, and you can get countless gold and silver goods wherever you land.

However, He Bin didn't want this red-haired ghost to plunder the local people, and he also hoped that he would touch a big nail again, so he stretched out his hand to point to Jiangdu.

"The wealth of Yangzhou Prefecture is amazing, and it is said that the grain is piled up, and the treasury is full of gold and silver......"

Colonel Wallace was so impressed by He Bin's description that he asked a few of the Ming sailors on the ship if they had heard of Yangzhou. Those who asked gave a thumbs-up to indicate the city's fame, and even mentioned to sailors that a king from a powerful northern empire had been killed by a homesick general......

Wallace was pleased with the description of the Akito sailor, proving that the obnoxious messenger had not deceived him. The king preferred to die there rather than return to the north, and he became more and more fascinated by these ancient Chinese cities, and was impatient to see the city called Yangzhou.

Longtan was not far from the confluence of the Grand Canal waterway and the Yangtze River, and the fleet arrived at the turn of Shen You, but to Wallace's great disappointment, the Grand Canal was too shallow for ships to enter with a draft. If you want to go north, you can only walk ashore here.

He impatiently called over the obscene and obnoxious Tongshi. "How far is Jiangkou from Yangzhou?"

He Bin pinched his fingers and calculated, "It's about twenty miles!" ”

Arriving at the city in this way, even if it was dark in the middle of summer, it would have been dark long ago, Wallace shook his head, although he was fascinated by the ancient Oriental city, he was also responsible for the lives of the soldiers under his command.

So, under the reproach of Colonel Wallace's dissatisfaction, He Bin honestly pointed out another place for him, Changzhou Mansion! Although Changzhou was not as wealthy as Susong's Second Mansion, it was so close to the fleet that it was able to land before dark, and had enough time to set up camp for the next day's plunder. In addition to carrying out some tasks unknown to him, another great attraction of their visit was that they could loot these rich and prosperous places.

"Okay, let's go to Changzhou!"

Wallace secretly swore that if the general pointed out an inexplicable path again, he would definitely throw him into the river to feed the river fish. Fortunately, He Bin didn't make trouble for him this time, and Wallace found that this was a very suitable place for landing and formation, and there were endless paddy fields on the riverbank.

Of course, before landing, he had to make sure that there was no threat on the beach. The monoculars kept scanning the rivers and mountains, and suddenly he was attracted by the strange sight on the river beach. I saw that the river beach was full of strange small domed buildings, and there were huge swinging arms swinging back and forth, and what was even more strange was that these small domed buildings also had a chimney, constantly spitting black smoke......

"This move of the Marquis of Zhenyu has benefited one party, and Ze has been greatly admired by future generations and officials!"

The prefect of Changzhou was full of praise for Li Xin, and the meaning of flattery and welcome was overflowing. And Jiangyin, Wuxi and other places were accompanied by counties, and the pomp was not grand. Li Xin was treated favorably by the magistrate for the first time, and he was somewhat uncomfortable, so he smiled dryly and said a few words of modesty, and continued to inspect the quality of the project along the canal.

These magistrates did not bother with Li Xin just because of the construction of canals, starting from supervising the construction of the yamen and setting up a shelf office, first they changed the rice fields into cotton fields, and then they were safe and sound in the rice price turmoil, and they also made a lot of money, and later drove the masterminds behind the rice price turmoil out of Nanjing City. In fact, at the beginning of the rice price turmoil, these local officials who were angry in the rice field to cotton field were all waiting to see Li Xin's jokes, and he thought that this old man from the north would bring down Ruan Dacheng in one fell swoop.

And that's not all, the millions of stone grain of the Shen family in Taicang were deducted only on the charge of being a thief, and it was rare that only 300,000 stone of it was bought with the permission of the Nanjing Household Department. As a result, he unintentionally inserted willows, and in one fell swoop changed the local pattern of Ruan Shen's dominance, the Shen family begged several times and had no way, and the old man was on fire and was about to die, and the decline of the Shen family seemed to be a matter of immediate importance.

But these are just hors d'oeuvres, the real show is still to come, take this canal repair as an example, the great monk of Linggu Temple relied on himself to collude with the powerful, thinking that he could make a hindrance from it, but what is the result? The initiator of the great monk Jingran Yu died in prison, and the history hall that opened his eyes was disgraced, and the monks of Linggu Temple were clearly combed through, and all the properties of Juwan Temple were confiscated.

Such a ruthless wrist, almost turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, with so many lessons from the past, which official does not stutter Li Xin? Will you be his enemy? Unless it's crazy. Moreover, this town captive marquis is not as domineering as the legend, shouting and killing at every turn, but is kind and polite, and responds to the stammering just right, which increases the good impression and stammering heart of the officials in Changzhou.

Besides, the marquis of Zhenyu also took out real money and silver, and contributed to build the canal for them, only they needed to bear the food and part of the materials needed for the construction, and the rest was all paid by the Three Guards out of their own pockets. As the saying goes, the sedan chair carries people, since the town marquis is so dedicated, how can the officials of Changzhou Mansion not return the favor? It is one good knot and two good, and everyone is happy.

With these reasons in mind, the meeting between the two parties naturally began in a very harmonious atmosphere. The prefect of Changzhou found that there were soldiers who came to report something to the marquis of Zhenyu, and the marquis of Zhenju seemed to have a situation where he did not belong from time to time, although they all disappeared in a flash, but how could he avoid his pair of fiery eyes?

It's just that the prefect of Changzhou is very interesting, and since the marquis of Zhenyu forcibly covered it up, he didn't want them to know, so he didn't ask about it, so as not to provoke people.

Suddenly, someone pointed to the river not far away and exclaimed, "Boat, boat!" ”

The prefect of Changzhou was a little angry when he heard this, who hasn't seen a ship yet? Isn't it normal to have boats on the river? Worth all the fuss? But when he turned his head, he couldn't calm down, and saw that the river was already covered with dense ships of all sizes, some of which were very large and strange, and the masts were even more towering.

One of the accompanying county commanders had served as an official in Fujian, and he saw the clue at a glance, and then his face changed awe-inspiringly, and he lost his voice: "Yes, it's a Western gunboat!" ”

Western gunboats? There are absolutely no Western ships in the Daming Naval Division, so where did these dense ships come from? And what is the intention? The prefect of Changzhou suddenly had a bad premonition, and he broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

Rumble!

The deafening sound of artillery signaled to everyone that the battle had begun, but the vast majority of people on the banks of the river were not ready for it, both physically and psychologically.

At this time, Li Xin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and calmly said to the officials present: "Everyone, please retreat five miles back and watch the battle!" Let's see the Three Guards resist the enemy! ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xin's personal soldiers had already led the officials to retreat, and at the same time, the people who had gathered at the firepower to carry water and burn coal and pull bellows were also evacuated urgently. The battle began without warning. The officials of Changzhou Mansion were frightened and inexplicable, but they did not dare to flee because of their responsibility to defend the land. Seeing that the marquis of Zhenlu was calm and calm, he felt a little at ease. But seeing that she only brought a hundred and ten followers, she couldn't help but look like ashes, which was not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

However, when he saw that the Hou of Zhenlu ascended to the heights, nearly a thousand people who had gathered at the canal repair site and had not had time to evacuate were actually screaming and forming a neat row of phalanxes, and at the same time, there were special people distributing spears and muskets.