Qian Dayou stayed in Chongyang for a day, leaving 300 soldiers and horses to defend the city as usual, and let Yi Jiu leave 200 people to guard Puqi County, and the two continued to lead the troops to set off, heading towards Xianning and Tongshan.

Yi Dayong was responsible for fighting Xianning City, and Qian Dayou was able to open up the mountain.

After the army conquered the county seat, Qian Dayou's army was only a hundred miles away from Wuchang, and the rapid march was fast, and it could be reached in one day.

At this time, Mo Qian was trapped in Jiujiang Mansion and couldn't cross the river.

The main reason why he couldn't cross the river was that Mo Qian didn't have a naval army in his hands, and his 20,000 soldiers and horses were blocked by the sailors of the 2,000 imperial court.

Since the decision to send troops to Wuchang, Mo Qian quickly sent troops to Jiujiang, followed by Peng Jinhong in Xingzi County, and after 20,000 horses entered Jiujiang Mansion, the people along the way can be described as eating pot pulp, and they came to meet the rebels.

By the time the rebels arrived in Dehua County, the prefect of Jiujiang, Zhang Maoqian, had already disappeared, leaving only Li Zhengchun, the prefect of Dehua County, alone in the city.

Li Zhengchun didn't know that his Shangguan had already run away, leaving him alone to resist in the city.

Li Zhengchun hated that in his heart, he and Zhang Maoqian had dinner together last night.

At the dinner, Zhang Maoqian also said righteously that he would live and die with the city.

But as a result, last night this kid took the gold and silver and the concubine and got on the warship of the sailor parked on the side of the Yangtze River.

When Mo Qian came to the city with 20,000 soldiers and horses, Li Zhengchun was stupid.

But he is not stupid, the prefect has run away, and he, the prefect, does not need to put his life in here, so he simply ordered someone to open the city gate and simply descended.

As soon as Li Zhengchun surrendered, the whole Jiujiang Mansion went down without a fight, and Mo Qian's troops divided into two routes, all the way to Ruichang in the west and Hukou in the east.

Ruichang Zhixian Chen Zhi is just a person, this official has just been bought, as soon as he heard that the anti-thief army has captured the city, he escaped from the city overnight with a fine soft, found a boat in Chengzi Town, spent fifty taels of silver, and went down the river directly by boat, in response to Tianfu Shangyuan's hometown.

Chen Wende, the magistrate of Hukou County, is a native of Yibin, Sichuan, and his ancestral home is Macheng County, Huguang, and he also bought this county.

However, he was more backbone than Chen Zhi of his own family, and he wanted to lead the troops to resist, but he didn't expect the rebels to be too brave, and when he himself stood at the head of the city to command, he was shot in the neck by his own brother, Chen Qiyi, the captain of the archer team, and died on the spot.

The two county towns did not waste any strength, and Mo Qian easily took Jiujiang Mansion, leaving only Pengze County, the easternmost county, untouched.

However, Peng Ze is not important now, Mo Qian didn't plan to fight hard, but left five hundred people to guard Hukou County.

Peng Zezhi County Tian Anguo thought that the thieves would take advantage of the victory to attack him, but he didn't expect that he would be able to escape the catastrophe.

With the successful capture of Jiujiang Mansion and Nankang Mansion, Mo Qian immediately prepared fifty warships at Jiujiang Wharf, preparing to cross the Yangtze River and go north.

All preparations were made, but I didn't expect that the fifty search boats had just crossed the river, and suddenly twenty warships sailed out of the river and opened fire on their fleet.

Mo Qian's sailors are still in the plan, and the ships that were hurriedly prepared are all transporting people, where are the cannons on board.

The twenty warships that suddenly came out caught Mo Qian off guard, and in just a moment, three ships were hit by artillery and were quickly sunk.

Seeing this, Mo Qian immediately ordered the whole army to retreat back to Jiujiang.

The fleet returned, and the officers and sailors in the river did not pursue, and quickly turned around.

After returning to the shore, Mo Qian was annoyed, he called Li Zhengchun, the county governor of Dehua who had surrendered, and asked him: "When did there be a sailor of the official army on the Yangtze River?" ”

Li Zhengchun saw that Mo Qian was angry, and he didn't dare to hide it at the moment, so he hurriedly said: "Last year, the Liukou were raging, and the imperial court was worried that the Liukou would cross the river from Huguang and go south and attack the southeast, so the imperial court transferred twenty warships from Nanjing to patrol the waterway from Wuchang to Jiujiang. ”

"How many guns are there on these twenty ships?" Mo Qian asked again.

Li Zhengchun shook his head, "I don't know, I don't know the guerrilla general of the water division, but the prefect knows the guerrilla general." ”

Mo Qian almost didn't vomit blood when he heard this, that Zhang Maoqian ran away, even if he knew him, it was useless.

Mo Qian asked Li Zhengchun to step down, and began to ponder it himself, he thought that the imperial court at the end of the Ming Dynasty was rotten, and there should be no sailors.

But I didn't expect that between Wuchang and Jiujiang, there was still a sailor army of twenty boats.

These ships are equipped with artillery, and the boats are not too small, if you can't defeat them, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to cross the river.

Mo Qian immediately promoted the account to the general and solicited opinions from everyone.

All the generals of the rebel army above the thousandth general attended the meeting.

After the meeting began, Mo Qian said straight to the point: "Three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang, we were blocked on the south bank of the Yangtze River by twenty boats of the imperial court, the big guy said, is there any way to win them, if you don't win them, we are afraid that it will be difficult to cross the Yangtze River." ”

When the generals heard this, they quickly began to open their brains.

A staff general who had just been promoted said: "Commander, there are many of us, tomorrow I will take 3,000 of my subordinates and rush directly towards them by boat, and meet them in short combat, as long as I get on their boat, I will definitely slaughter them all!" ”

When Mo Qian heard this, he shook his head and said: "No, all your 3,000 people are on a big boat, I'm afraid that you will be sunk by their artillery before you get close, so you will sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in vain, no, change one!" ”

At this time, another general stood up, and he said: "Marshal, the big boat is not good, let's use a small boat, and tomorrow morning, the marshal will lead the troops into the river, and I will take five hundred brothers, all of whom will take a small boat, and the boat will be loaded with thunder and fire."

The ship is small and fast, and it is very difficult for the cannons of the officers and soldiers to hit our small boat, as long as our ship approaches, we will immediately throw thunder and torches, and we will definitely win a big victory! ”

When Mo Qian heard this, he felt that this was an idea.

He looked at the young general who gave advice, and couldn't help but ask him with admiration: "What's your name?" Which battalion is it? ”

"The last general, Cao Yan, is now the general manager of the new third battalion."

Mo Qian nodded and said, "You are very good, according to your strategy, I will fight with him again tomorrow morning, if you can win, I will promote you to a general!" ”

When Cao Yan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, if you can't win, I will cut myself in front of the army!" ”

"Good!"

After making a plan, Mo Qian announced the disbandment of the tent, the generals left one after another, and Mo Qian was also ready to get up and go out to the barracks to inspect.

As soon as he got up, he found that there were two other people in the tent, and when he looked at it, it was actually his uncle and cousin.

Mo Qian looked at his uncle Mo Yuanwu, and when he saw that his face was abnormal, he couldn't help but ask him, "Uncle, but what's the matter?" ”

Mo Yuanwu looked at Mo Qian and asked him, and he didn't hide it at the moment, he said directly: "Qian'er, you are now the governor of Jiangnan, and you have fifty or sixty thousand men and horses, but look at it, those generals under your command don't have a few of our own people."

Huan'er and I are both your closest relatives, my uncle knows that he is a bastard, but now it has changed, Huan'er, both are seventeen or eighteen years old, but now he is just a flag officer, he is your younger brother, this time the army is expanded, he has not even been promoted.

I know that Qian'er, you are selfless, but you fight the world, isn't it still for our Mo family, the so-called tiger brothers, fathers and sons, your father died early, I and your aunt pulled you up, and I have long regarded you as my own son, you can't help but take care of your own brother! ”

When Mo Qian heard this, he suddenly felt a little guilty in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't want to promote his uncle and cousin, but he is afraid that if he raises them to too high a position, it will make other brothers who are working hard in the army feel uncomfortable.

This father and son are his closest relatives, but he doesn't plan to treat them lightly.

When the founding of the country ascends the throne, with their blood relationship, can a prince escape?

But seeing Mo Yuanwu's posture now, Mo Qian also felt that he was a little too defensive of them.

He thought for a moment and said, "In this way, tomorrow when you fight, cousin, you will follow that Cao Yan together, if you can survive the disaster, I will promote you to a hundred households, is this good?" ”

When Mo Yuanwu heard this, he was immediately shocked, his nephew's heart was really ruthless.

He wanted to stop it immediately, but he didn't expect his son to stand up and speak first.

Mo Huan said: "Big brother, I'm not afraid of death, I'm willing to follow Mr. Cao Qian!" ”

Mo Qian was also happy when he saw him like this, and he made up his mind that if Mo Huan retreated, he would never use him again in the future, even if he was given the title of county king after the founding of the country, he would not let him participate in politics.

But now that he has the courage, let's see if he has that life!

"Okay, our brother will return triumphantly......"

Early the next morning, at the wharf of the Yangtze River, Cao Yan prepared fifty small boats and five hundred brothers who would be able to meet the water, and each boat was loaded with ten thunderbolts and fire-starters.

Before boarding the boat again, Mo Qian suddenly stopped Cao Yan, pointed to Mo Huan beside him and said, "Cao Yan, I'll send another person to your ship, do you think it's okay?" ”

Cao Yan glanced at Mo Huan, and couldn't help but have a question in his heart, secretly saying who this person was.

However, the handsome man spoke in person, and he couldn't refuse, so he immediately promised: "Add a handful, it's okay!" ”

After speaking, Cao Yan let Mo Huan get into his boat.

After uploading, Cao Yan couldn't help but ask Mo Huan curiously: "Little brother, who are you?" Why did the marshal personally say to let you get on my ship? ”

Mo Huan thought for a moment and didn't tell Cao Yan the answer directly.

Instead, he made up an identity and said: "I'm a little related to Dashuai!" ”

When Cao Yan heard it, he understood in seconds!

This man must not have a problem.

At this time, Mo Qian's side also continued to lead the troops to board the big ship, and when the sun came out and the fog on the river dissipated, the army set off immediately.

The big ship was in front, the small boat was behind, and the army crossed the river under the banner of the governor of Jiangnan and the Mo character.

Just halfway through the river, the warships of the imperial court that had beaten them yesterday reappeared.

As soon as Mo Qian saw the warship appear, he immediately ordered a U-turn, and then ordered Cao Yan to attack immediately.

Under the cover of the big ship, Cao Yan led fifty small boats to attack quickly.

The speed of the boat was extremely fast, and in nearly half a column of incense, the boat was killed in front of the officers and soldiers.

The officers and men on the ship were so shocked that they immediately picked up their bows and arrows and shot at them.

Cao Yan had already prepared, took out the shield he had prepared in advance, raised it, and continued to row, and after a while, the boat came under the official boat.

"Brothers, throw!"

One by one, the thunderbolts were ignited and thrown up, but because they were too close, the people on the official ship finally found an opportunity to release arrows while the rebel soldiers threw mines.

All at once, more than 80 of the 500 brothers died.

At this time, the thunderbolt that was thrown up finally exploded after the fuse burned out, and the river was full of explosions for a while.

There were ten people on Cao Yan's boat, and three were shot dead by officers and soldiers.

Although three died, Cao Yan didn't panic at all, and continued to shout: "Don't be afraid, keep throwing!" “

The soldiers hurriedly continued to light fires, some of them specially lit fires, and some of them specially threw mines.

Mo Huan was assigned the task of throwing thunder, and after he turned out to be a lighted thunderbolt, he immediately threw it the warship, and soon, a loud bang sounded.

"Quick, set fire!"

Some of his subordinates reacted, picked up the pre-prepared fire-starting object, lit it, and threw it on.

In a short time, thick smoke billowed on the river, and half of the twenty warships of the imperial navy were on fire.

The guerrilla general of the navy army was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire.

At this time, Mo Qian, who saw the fire, was not idle, and immediately ordered his men to turn the bow of the ship, and the sailors who rushed to the court were killed.

These twenty warships are treasures, they have artillery on board, and if they are taken, they will have a naval army.

Mo Qian hurriedly brought dozens of big ships to kill, and with Cao Yan and their trouble, the officers and soldiers had no time to fire artillery, and they were busy fighting fires.

Mo Qian came to the front very smoothly, and the wooden plank was put on one of the two boats, and the soldiers of the righteous army jumped over when they stepped on the board.

After a fight, the officers and soldiers either died or surrendered, and the guerrilla general was also killed by the random arrows of the rebel soldiers, and his body fell into the Yangtze River and disappeared.

The twenty warships were all trophies, and Mo Qian hurriedly ordered someone to put out the fire.

After a morning of tossing, twenty ships finally rescued eighteen searches, and two of them burned down and sank because the fire was too big.

When the troops were counted and surrendered, the rebels had an unexpected joy that the Jiujiang prefect was actually captured by the soldiers on the flagship of the official army.

Mo Qian called for interrogation, and only then did he learn that Zhang Maoqian had been hiding on the boat these days, and he didn't dare to run around at all.

Zhang Maoqian bore the blame for the loss of Jiujiang Mansion, he was afraid of the blame of the imperial court, so he persuaded the guerrilla generals of the navy, and the two of them worked together on the river to intercept Mo Qian's northward movement.

I thought that the victory in the first battle would be able to successfully intercept Mo Qian, but I didn't expect that the next day they would fight back, and he was caught.

Zhang Maoqian lost his soul, he knelt on the boat, and said listlessly: "If you want to kill, you can kill, you don't need to say much!" ”

Mo Qian sneered and said: "You connived at Liu Liangzuo to harm the people of Jiujiang, you deserve to die, come here, press him to Jiujiang, public trial!" ”

After solving the Yangtze River Water Division, the obstacles to the north were completely gone, Mo Qian waved his army north, and the army landed in Qizhou in only one day.

Zhu Ciyan, the king of Jing in Qizhou, was shocked when he heard that the thieves had hit outside the city, and immediately reported to Wuchang and asked the governor Tang Hui to lead the troops to rescue.

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