Shi Kefa did not break his promise, and when Zhou Huchen appeared in Tianchang, Shi Kefa greeted him from afar.

After meeting Shi Kefa, reporting the situation in Sizhou, settling the army, and all kinds of news about Jiannu's southward movement began to gather in the hands of Zhou Huchen.

What is incredible is that when the Qing army just appeared, Liu Zeqing, who had run to Huai'an, actually left the money, grain and soldiers to be the agent of the general soldier Bai Yongfu, and he himself fled to the sea by boat with Wang Yongji, the governor of Shandong, and Tian Yang, the imperial historian of the general Caodu, with a group of civil and military officials.

Liu Zeqing was obviously afraid, he had a combat record with Jiannu, maybe in his consciousness, Jiannu should be invincible. The fact that the military attaché was so afraid of the enemy and the civilian officials also behaved in this way fully exposed the problem that the officials of the Hongguang Dynasty were unusable. This problem is very serious, because there is such an example, and other officials will follow suit, which is equivalent to breaking a hole in the surging torrent, and when this gap gets bigger and bigger, it will become a disaster.

According to reliable sources, the general military officers guarding Baoying downstream of Huai'an, Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu brothers, have surrendered to Jiannu, and the surrender of Zhang Tianlu brothers shows that Jiannu has reached Baoying along the waterway, and it is not far from Gaoyou, the most important gateway to Yangzhou.

Gaoyou, also known as Qinyou, has a history of thousands of years, it is located in the economically developed, convenient transportation along the Yangtze River Delta economic belt, is worthy of the name of "the belt of Suzhou and Anhui, control the river down" of the transportation hub. Gaoyou is connected to Jinhu Lake in Baoying County in the north, Tianchang in the west, and Yangzhou in the south, which can be said to be the top priority of the defense of Yangzhou waterway.

"Where is our navy?" This information was very important, Zhou Huchen turned his head, and he began to ask his subordinates.

A clerk accompanying the army hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Report to the marshal, I just got the news that our army's naval army has arrived in Gaoyou. ”

"Oh" Zhou Huchen suddenly remembered that his order was to let the navy go to Gaoyou, he was too busy in the past two days, and he was obviously a little dizzy. Forgot.

Turning his head to look at Shi Kefa, Zhou Huchen began to come up with his own suggestions: "Lord Inspector, in order to make the place stable and set an example for officials and soldiers from all over the country, we must continue to block Jiannu. Our army's Jihua is to set up a defense line in Tianchang and Gaoyou, this defense line can just horizontally block Jiannu to the south, what do you think of this combat strategy? ”

Shi Kefa was a little ignorant, he didn't answer immediately, Liu Zeqing and others' evasion and surrender, and the incompetence and cowardice of military generals and civilian officials temporarily plunged him into a sad mood.

This historical hero made Zhou Huchen a little disappointed. Shi Kefa has no ability to lead the overall situation at all, his integrity and loyalty are beyond doubt, but his ability to lead does not seem to be very good, Zhou Huchen can only continue to explain.

"There will be no problem, my father has already sent troops along the river to Gaoyou, Lord Shen's fleet, and the naval army of Zhenjiang have all gone to reinforce it, father's temper You know, Gaoyou must be a protracted battle. Master Overseer, you and the boy are now in charge of the sky. Our army still has enough liliang to block the front of Jiannu's troops, and this day must be a bloody battle! ”

"Will Jiannu go down to Chuzhou? What if I go straight to Chuzhou? Nanjing will be in danger! Shi Kefa nodded, but he was obviously still worried about Jiannu's use of the so-called scheme.

Zhou Huchen smiled and explained: "Jiannu will not attack Chuzhou first, and after Chuzhou is Jiangpu. How can you cross the river without a large number of boats? With a small number of boats, does the Overseer think Huang Shuai will let Jiannu cross the river? Besides, would Jiannu dare to put our army behind him? Therefore, if Jiannu wants to attack Nanjing, he must take Yangzhou. Or then, Yangzhou must be guarded! And Yangzhou is our final say, let Jiannu break the blood! ”

Shi Kefa was still worried: "Little Tiger." How long can our army hold it? ”

"That depends on the battle situation on the front line of Gaoyou, how long my father lasts in Gaoyou, I will fight with Jiannu in Tianchang for as long as I want." Zhou Huchen replied resolutely.

"The sky is good, there is water everywhere, the cavalry of Jiannu has a limited role, Xiaohu must pay attention to his own safety, so be it, the old man will go to the camp to have a look." Shi Kefa finally had no doubt, since Zhou Huchen's father and son had made a decision, he had no reason to disagree (in fact, he couldn't be the master).

Shi Kefa left with a group of men, and one of Zhou Huchen's family members hurried over.

"Young master, I caught two spies the day before yesterday."

The rest of the surroundings are his own descendants, and Zhou Huchen understands what the family means, but he doesn't need to avoid anything, so he asks directly: "Did you ask something?" ”

The person in charge of interrogating the spy was Zhou Huchen's family members, these family members were all old oilmen who were rolling on the battlefield, extremely ruthless, obviously using extraordinary means, and also asking for valuable things, these prior arrangements seemed to be effective.

Seeing that Zhou Huchen didn't care about the people around him, Jia Ding continued: "The two spies are from Henan, both of them are Xu Dingguo's subordinates who surrendered to Jiannu, according to their confession, the two of them were mixed in the flow of people and came south to listen to the news for Jiannu to listen to the news. In addition, one of the two also confessed that there were other people who seemed to have gone to Chizhou to find Liu Liangzuo. ”

Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong have always had a good relationship, and he is now stationed in Chizhou.

Zhou Huchen suddenly remembered that at that time, Zuo Menggeng's rebels were going down the river, and Liu Liangzuo did not confront Zuo Menggeng's army. In history, it was this who had a good relationship with Huang Degong Liu Liangzuo asked for Huang Degong's life, another point is more important, Zhou Huchen had heard from his father that Liu Liangzuo's younger brother Liu Liangchen had been a guerrilla in the battle of Dalinghe in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and he had surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the general soldier Zu Dashou.

Thinking of this, Huang Degong must not be put in danger no matter what, and he must be notified quickly, Zhou Huchen hurriedly ordered: "Prepare pen and ink, I will write a letter to Huang Shuai." ”

The letter was written quickly, and for the sake of safety, Zhou Huchen also specially sent Liu Yushan, a scout who was familiar with Huang Degong, to personally make a trip, and ordered the people of the Jiang Defense Team to protect them along the road.

Zhou Huchen had just finished dealing with this matter, and another family member stepped forward: "Young master, Madame accompanied Miss Biao from Wuxi to Yangzhou, so that you can go back safely." ”

Miss Wuxi's watch!

There will be no one else, only Zhou Huchen's fiancée and little cousin, but the fiancée entered Yangzhou during this time period, and Zhou Huchen was a little puzzled.

Zhou Huchen admitted that he thought about his little cousin and kept thinking about it, but this time period is obviously not suitable for children's affection.

"Well, I know! Send someone to inform my mother, and tell me that everything is fine here! ”

Jia Ding agreed to leave, Zhou Huchen was too busy, and there were many things that he needed to deal with, although this beautiful little cousin made him a little excited, and he had the urge to run back to Yangzhou, but Zhou Huchen still suppressed his mood. This matter can be put aside, the current war is the most important, as long as he wins, the good days of his children will naturally smile at him.

People kept coming to Zhou Huchen to report all kinds of matters and news, including all kinds of news on the river and various water and land, secret reports from Nanjing, and the situation in Zhenjiang.

According to the report from the book office from Zhenjiang, 200 new-style mortars, as well as a large number of guns, ammunition, and various materials have been transported to Yangzhou again, and the giant artillery that Zhou Huchen is most looking forward to has also been transported twice.

Chen Shouye father and son, Zhou Mo, Hou Yuanshan, Liu Wenjin and others are undoubtedly competent, the heads of these workshops have become the pillars of Zhou Huchen, it is they who are very haode for Zhou Huchen, countless materials and equipment are constantly sent to Yangzhou. (To be continued......)