In order to rescue Jin Shengheng's family, Liu Ziguang used a secret weapon, a hot air balloon, and the materials sent by Huang Degong included a small reconnaissance hot air balloon, which was not equipped with a power plant and weapons, and could only carry three people, but this was enough, Jin Shengheng could sneak back to Hankou alone to rebel against the old department, he had been stationed in Hankou for many years, and his prestige was not comparable to Zuo Mengeng, and now that Zuo Liangyu is dead, the imperial court army is powerful, who doesn't want to think about the way back.

Liu Ziguang sent a pilot to carry Jin Shengheng out of the right bank at night, the hot air balloon was painted black, and the flamethrower was also carefully covered, taking advantage of the south wind to fly to the north, the position of the hot air balloon was quietly designed, after liftoff, with the wind direction just to float over Hankou City, Huang Degong slipped down the rope, and then the hot air balloon continued to float outside the city, extinguished the fire and landed, and Wu Sangui's troops went to respond.

It was late at night in the Hanyang camp, Zuo Mengeng had not fallen asleep, and he had drunk most of the wine, but he used the wine to eliminate his sorrows, and he was even more worried about the impasse in front of him, even though he was young and resourceful, he couldn't think of any good tricks to deal with the imperial army on the other side, after Jin Shengheng surrendered, the forces on both sides had a fundamental change, and as time went by, the situation would become more and more unfavorable to him. There are still his father's subordinates in Changsha and other places, but they may not obey their orders, and there is only one Li Guo who is truly loyal to him, and now Li Guo has been sent to Hankou to guard the city, I don't know if he can firmly grasp the rest of Jin Shengheng, thinking of this, Zuo Mengeng can't help but miss his father Zuo Liangyu, if his father is still there, all this is not a problem, Jiang is still old and spicy, Zuo Mengeng sighed, and drank another glass of Baiyunbian.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door and shouted in an anxious voice: "Young marshal, it's not good, there is a fire in the direction of Hankou!" Zuo Mengeng dropped his wine glass and came out to take a look, and sure enough, he saw the flames in the direction of Hankou, could it be that the imperial army had already crossed the river and fought over?

He hurriedly ordered the whole army to be on guard, and he did not dare to act rashly late at night, so he could only stick to the camp. After a while, a group of men and horses fled from the direction of Hankou, and it was Li Guo, the defeated soldier of the Chuang Zi Battalion, who ran to Zuo Mengeng out of breath and reported that Hankou had been lost.

Zuo Mengeng said angrily: "Can they fly over with wings?" Li Guo said that it was not the people on the other side of the river who came over, but the officers and soldiers who came from the east and the rest of the Jin Shengheng in the city and the rest of the troops in the city jointly captured Hankou, and Jin Shengheng also appeared to dance with a long knife to kill him, many of his brothers in the Chuangzi battalion, if he hadn't decided to break through immediately, I am afraid that the Chuangzi battalion would all have died in Hankou City, and after they fled back to Hanyang, they also set fire to the pontoon bridge on the Han River, so there is no need to worry about the enemy coming overnight.

Zuo Mengeng's wine was half sober, and he hurriedly asked, "How many enemy soldiers are there?" ”

"I don't know, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands." Li Guo was covered in blood, his eyes were blurred, and it seemed that he was not lightly injured, Zuo Mengeng knew that it was difficult to find out the enemy's situation in the night battle, so he waved his hand and asked people to help Li Guo down to heal his wounds, and he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

The brain quickly calculated the situation in all aspects: the general trend has gone, it is certain, now two of the three towns of Wuhan have fallen into the hands of the enemy, Hanyang is already under siege, and the available soldiers under his command are becoming fewer and fewer, after tonight's battle, the battalion has broken a lot of people, and now there are more than 10,000 remnants, it is good, fortunately, there is a complete water division, but the water division can only show advantages in the water, and after going ashore, it is not as good as ordinary infantry.

Hankou has money and grain, Wuchang has a shipyard, this is the foundation of the survival of the left army, how can the army that has lost its base area still fight, rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to run away as soon as possible.

Zuo Mengeng made up his mind, called over, and asked the chess and card officer to inform the whole battalion to pack up their luggage and prepare to board the ship, and as soon as Hong Feng passed, he drove down the river to Ezhou and Huangshi to meet his father's old subordinates and make plans, if they are willing to listen to their young marshal, everything is fine, if they are not willing to listen, then start fighting, Zuo Mengeng's veins are flowing, after all, Zuo Liangyu's blood is flowing, and his father's courage has inherited some of it from him.

More than 10,000 people on the left cleaned up the battle; Boarding the ship overnight, and when the sky was just dawning, they went down the river and dropped an empty camp to their opponents, and the warships of the left army were set out, which frightened the observation post on the Yellow Crane Tower, and hurriedly sounded the horn to warn the officers and soldiers to wait for them, but the left army did not come to attack, but went east along the river center and disappeared into the sky.

Liu Ziguang, who rushed to hear the news, observed an empty camp in Hanyang with a clairvoyant mirror, and then realized that the left army had run away, so he ordered the forbidden army on the other side to find a way to cross the Han River and take over Hanyang.

Last night's battle of Hankou was the first major battle fought by Wu Sangui since he led his troops independently, 10,000 horses attacked Hankou City at night, and killed 2,000 enemies, which was considered a big victory, Hanyang was already an empty city, as long as he found some boats to cross over, Jin Shengheng helped Wu Sangui to loot some civilian ships in Hankou, and rebuilt a pontoon bridge, and the officers and soldiers flocked down and took Hanyang without blood.

The three towns of Wuhan fell into the hands of the imperial court, and the task of recovering Huguang was completed, and the rest was disaster relief and pursuit, and the remnants of the enemy were pursued.

Wu Sangui divided his troops and garrisoned Hanyang and Hankou, and then found some big boats to ferry grain, grass, money and silver across the river every day.

Zuo Liangyu's forces still have remnants in Huangshi, Changsha and other places to clean up their tasks, Liu Ziguang is unwilling to do it personally, on the one hand, because there is no difficulty, on the other hand, he also has to leave some credit for his brothers, and the task of recovering Huangshi and Changsha can be handed over to Wu Sangui and others, and Liu Ziguang can stay in Wuchang to supervise logistics.

Wu Sangui is very grateful to Liu Ziguang for his generosity, which is equivalent to putting the credit into his hands, pushing the southern expeditionary army into a quick formation, with Wu Sangui in command, Jin Shengheng as the auxiliary, leading 30,000 horses to kill and go to Ezhou, of which 20,000 are Jin Shengheng's old troops, 8,000 are the forbidden army brought by Wu Sangui, and 2,000 are local recruits, and it is good to grow faster when they see the world.

Liu Ziguang stayed in Wuhan, mainly to integrate the Wuchang shipyard, this big factory, he has coveted it for a long time, the marine steam engine produced in Wuchang is very good, the river ship is also first-class, if it can form a complementary advantage with his Jiangnan shipyard, it will definitely create greater profits, the shipyard collapsed in the previous battle, many workshops, boilers also blew up, but most of the machinery and equipment, slipways, gantry cranes, hydraulic presses are intact, and the technical craftsmen are all retained.

The overall value remains high. It stands to reason that all of Zuo Liangyu's property must be returned to the public, but Liu Ziguang played a little trick and said that the shipyard had been destroyed in the war, leaving only a piece of white land, it was better to sell this pile of ruins and land to private businessmen, the court naturally would not have objections after receiving the telegram, and the emperor immediately allowed it to play, so Liu Ziguang once again engaged in an auction, and he no longer interfered in specific affairs, anyway, the winning bid must be his own Jiangnan shipyard.

Zuo Liangyu occupied Wuhan for ten years, and the most unlucky thing was the king of Chu who was enshrined in Wuchang, and the reason why this poor prince was not like the prince of other warlords

The reason for "dying violently due to illness" is that Zuo Liangyu feels that he is still useful, and in the early stage of seizing the world by himself, he can push him to be a puppet emperor in order to justify his name.

Over the years, the king of Chu has been under house arrest by Zuo Liangyu in Hanyang, and his actions have been strictly controlled, until that night, Zuo Mengeng fled from Hanyang, and forgot him in a mess, so the king of Chu was free, Wu Sangui sent him to Wuchang to live in the original palace, no matter what, he is also a descendant of the Zhu family, so Liu Ziguang and Hou Sui they are very face-saving to visit the door, give him two coins of silver, and equip him with a small guard, no matter how good the prince should have, the prince is not worth much, and the little emperor in Nanjing is not worth much, to these uncles, The brother also had no feelings, so the orders of the king of Chu were limited to his own house, and Wuhan and the surrounding areas obeyed the orders of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang.

He Tengjiao is indeed very good at dealing with civil affairs, he suggested that the imperial court give money to help the victims rebuild their homes, and then hire the victims as laborers to build the river embankment, which not only provides labor but also alleviates the livelihood of various unstable factors, which is indeed a good way.

The river embankment is a very big project, and the embankment that stretches for thousands of miles may not be a problem for several decades, and the target amount is not less than a huge amount, so the plan was reported to the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry submitted a good way to the people's bidding in accordance with the usual practice, and the imperial court to provide money and the people's husband, and the non-governmental organizations to provide technology and management, so that the cost can be controlled and corruption can be reduced.

Since the bidding conference for the construction of the dam in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River was naturally held in Wuhan, for a time, various non-governmental organizations flocked to Wuchang, and Mr. Wang Jiu of the Wangjia Construction Bank had dealt with the town Wuhou several times, and felt that he had a good chance of winning, so he was naturally among the participants.

There is no gimmick to end the battle of Huguang as soon as possible, it is better to pass it by and go directly to the next plot, some people say that the iron tool is going to be closed, it is purely a rumor, so many plots have not been carried out, so how can it be finished if it is not pushed down.