Chapter 44: The Battle of Tongzhou

On November 5, the 22nd year of Zheng, Qiu Cheng acted vigorously and resolutely, and quickly copied the landlords all over the country, and the action copied a total of nearly 30 landlords, a total of 300,000 taels of gold were harvested, as well as countless silver and jewelry, according to the exchange rate of the Yuan Dynasty, 300,000 taels of gold is equal to 20,000 catties of gold, this harvest is at least enough for Zhu Yuanzhang's military expenditure for 2 years, and the 2,000 cannons required by Zhu Yuanzhang only account for one-fifth of here.

Qiu Cheng transported the land deeds to Zhenjiang Mansion one by one, and then prepared to take his remaining more than 1,000 men and horses to transport the gold, silver and jewelry back to Tianfu. The rest of the people are naturally still responsible for protecting the peng.

"Lord Niu." A man hurried over.

"Master Fan, what's the matter so anxious?" When he looked at it, it turned out to be Fan Wei.

"My lord, why didn't I send the tax that I was responsible for escorting?" After Fan Wei knew that he would not send taxes, he was naturally very anxious, he didn't know what he thought about the current Penglu.

"Now it's Deputy Marshal Qin Huaiyi who has come here to do business in person, I have a little friendship with him, and it just so happens that he is also going to respond to Tianfu, so I will ask him to escort the tax back by the way."

"This, my lord, didn't you say that I would send it, how can you unload the mill and kill the donkey." Fan Wei couldn't say that the good opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune was taken away by others, and he was a little unwilling, but he was helpless.

"Don't worry, Master Fan, I will return to China in a short time, and you will be responsible for the division of land." Pengqiao Road.

Fan Weiyi was happy, if the matter of land division was used properly, he could also get a lot of gains, so he was busy thanking the Pengyu.

"It's okay, you've worked hard for me during this time." Pengqiao Road.

The previous arrangement for those displaced people to collect the refugees from Anqing has already been completed, Zhenjiang alone, there are thousands of displaced people in Anqing, some of these people are lucky, they have already lived in Zhenjiang, and some people have decided to return to Anqing, and finally there are only 1,000 people who want to emigrate, and just yesterday Yingtian's diplomats sent people over to tell them that the current trade fleet has arrived at Yingtian Port, and the cannonball order has been delivered, and it just so happens that this visit is almost a month, and when the time comes, it is time to return to China.

After taking care of other things, the Pengyu banquet invited everyone to have a loose meal, and they were ready to pack up for the day, of course, Qiu Cheng's deputy general personally escorted him back to China.

On November 7, the 22nd year of Zheng, the group of people arrived at Yingtian, and the ships had already been repaired, and the trading fleet of the route from Cham to Yingtian consisted of nearly 200 ships, mainly because the market was large enough and the demand was enough, and there was no problem in transporting these ships back to 1,000 people at one time.

Zhu Yuanzhang visited Zhu Yuanzhang again, and he had to tell the host in advance when he went back, what was strange was that Zhu Yuanzhang did not return the gift this time, and he obviously returned the gift last time.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he had to scold him, good boy, isn't a big order of 60,000 taels of gold enough, you don't have to make your national taxes many times higher, I have made you make so much money, and you still want to return the gift.

So the group stepped on the boat together, went down the river, and embarked on the road home.

Yangtze River, Songjiang section

Zhang Shicheng's army clashed again with Liao Yongzhong's army, this conflict almost blocked the Yangtze River estuary, the northern line was attacked by Chang Yuchun's army, with Yangzhou as a base to attack Taizhou and Gaoyou, and the south was led by Li Wenzhong, with Jinhua as the center, to harass Shaoxing and Hangzhou. For the Great Zhou, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the strategy of attacking Huaidi first and then attacking western Zhejiang, and Xu Da was stationed in the Jiujiang area, guarding against Chen Youliang's attack at any time.

It can be said that if Chen Youliang broke through Xu Da's army and Zhang Shicheng withstood the attack of the two armies, then Chen Youliang drove the president straight in and turned the war of unification of Jiangnan into a battle to defend the capital, but unfortunately there are not so many ifs, Zhu Yuanzhang also got epoch-making artillery, and in the face of civilized artillery fire, everything seems so vulnerable.

On November 10, the 22nd year of Zheng, Chang Yuchun took the lead in attacking Taizhou, his plan was very simple, to take Tongzhou, to cut off the connection between the Jianghuai region and Suzhou, but Zhang Shicheng was not a fool, immediately in Tongzhou greatly increased the troops, Chang Yuchun will also besiege Gaoyou and other places to mobilize troops, because the next battle will determine the entire Jianghuai and Xuzhou ownership issue, the importance of Xuzhou is self-evident.

On November 11, the 22nd year, looking at the Huangpu River that has been blocked, there is no good way to control Pengqiao, if you go ashore, both the north and south banks are Zhang Shicheng's territory, I don't know if there is any danger to go up, but it is really not a way to moor here all the time, there is no way, the Huangpu River situation is mixed, there is only one way to distinguish between friendly troops and enemies, that is, by the flag they hang.

However, no matter which flag is hoisted, their safety cannot be guaranteed, although there are about 200 ships on the Pengqiao side, and there is a certain combat effectiveness, but the scale of this naval battle is huge, and once it intervenes, the safety of each ship cannot be guaranteed.

"What do you think we should do?" Some of these people are studying with Liao Yongzhong, and some are ********learning from the general Xu Da, and the ministers think that it is better to hang the Wu flag, which can reduce the loss to the greatest extent. ”

"Your Majesty, we can also turn around and return to Yingtian and wait until the war is over before returning to China."

This plan is well received by most people, after all, it is time-consuming, but fortunately, it is safe.

As a result, the Pengyu had a bad idea, and directly hung the "Yuan" flag on each ship, and now Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng could not provoke the Northern Yuan, so this "Yuan" army sailed out of the Yangtze River in full view of the two armies.

"Your Majesty is really brilliant." Everyone praised that they had not thought of hanging the Yuan flag at all.

"There's still a lot to learn." Pengqiao Road.

It was this sentence that aroused everyone's will to learn, and the system was naturally in the eyes, so it was said that the ancients were very pure, unlike me, they would only be rotten.

On November 16, the 22nd year of Zheng, the fleet arrived in Taizhou, and now the whole Taizhou is the news of the war, after all, Shaoxing is not far from them, and it is known from the local population that a big battle broke out in Tongzhou, and the number of people participating in the battle reached 150,000, and the Wu army has a slight advantage.

It is normal for the Wu army to have an advantage, after all, it is the general Chang Yuchun who goes out to fight.

On November 25, the 22nd year of Zheng, the fleet arrived in Zhangzhou, and Chen Youding had recovered Quanzhou, and the news that Quanzhou had been in the hands of the Yisi Pa Xi army must not be allowed to be in the hands of the Yisi Pa Xi army.