After Shi Lang retired from the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Linmiao ordered Ma Wensheng to summon Huang Zongxi to meet him, and then opened the Jiangdong Town Mansion newspaper presented by Xia Yangrong and read it.

"Liu Guoxuan really lived up to my expectations." When he saw that almost all of the Jianjiao of Jinzhouwei and Fuzhou Wei had fled north, he couldn't help but smile happily.

However, he also knew that Dolgon was not prepared at the moment, so the battle of the Sailor Infantry Army could be fought so easily. And as the front gets closer and closer to Shenyang, that is, Shengjing, which is Jianyu, the resistance they will encounter, the greater the resistance.

After all, now Shunzhi people are in Shenyang.

We must avoid positional warfare and fight more guerrilla warfare, because the greater the damage that can be caused in the rear of the Jianjiao, the weaker the combat effectiveness of the Qing army on the front line will be.

He then wrote these thoughts into an edict, and added a sentence later, asking Liu Guoxuan to carry out a major attack within half a month to cope with the offensive of the main force of the Northern Expedition on the front line of the Huai River.

When he continued to see the last mention of the Xiayang Rongdi newspaper mentioning that the North Koreans were often short of grain and grass to supply Phi Dao, he couldn't help but secretly shake his head, Li Ying and Li Liang confronted each other in the Ming Dynasty, but if they really made a big move, it was not a good thing at the moment.

He thought about it for a while, and gave a decree to Gao Yigong of the Loyal Battalion, ordering him to lead 3,000 men and horses from Inchon to North Korea, and sent a civilian official to accompany him as a "mediation ambassador".

On the surface, they were asked to "mediate" for Li Ying and Li Liang to avoid sword soldiers, but in fact, the main task was to supervise the supply and transportation of North Koreans to Phi Dao. After all, it is always too expensive to transport grain and grass from Chongming to Phi Island.

After a short time, Huang Zongxi passed into the hall and stepped forward to salute Zhu Linmiao, "Long live the emperor." ”

"Ah, Huang Pavilion Department, please," Zhu Linmiao raised his hand and asked, "Can the proceeds of the ocean-going caravan be properly distributed?" How long will it take for those goods to be sold? ”

Huang Zongxi hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, the caravan made a profit of 730,000 taels of silver this time. Among them, 96,300 taels of dividends are required to pay dividends to large and small shareholders. The remainder had 220,000 taels into the Holy Treasury, and 410,000 taels into the treasury.

"As for the goods brought back from the Japanese Kingdom, the lower officials have not yet had time to sort them out, but most of them are copper ore, sulfur and other materials required by the Ordnance Bureau, and only a small amount of lacquerware, medicinal materials, gold ware, etc., which can be sold out in more than ten days."

Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "How soon can the ocean-going caravan go to sea again?" ”

Huang Zongxi thought for a moment and said: "Back to the emperor, it will take nearly a month to repair the sailors and ships, plus the purchase. ”

"It's a little slow......"

When Huang Zongxi heard this, he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty, this time the sailors have captured several sailor ships, one large and one small, two of which have not been subjected to artillery fire, and they only need to be replaced with sailors, and they can set off immediately. ”

"How big are the two boats?"

"The big ones are nearly 400 tons, and the small ones are more than 200 tons."

"That's enough." Zhu Linmiao's brows relaxed, and he ordered, "You immediately disguise these two ships as merchant ships." I will ask the Ministry of War to send you 10,000 birds, as well as gunpowder, buckshot, armor, etc., and hide them in the ship. Hurry to the Wa Kingdom. ”

Although Huang Zongxi didn't know why, he knew that it would be a major military event, so he hurriedly bowed down and responded: "Minister, lead the order." ”

Zhu Linmiao continued: "Recently, the Helan people should shrink on the island to accumulate strength, so it is enough to send two light frigates to escort them. ”

He looked in the direction of Japan and said softly, "Dai Xiuyuan's side can start to do it." Japan, the cancer on the side of China, I will completely remove it from him this time! ”

……

Outside the city of Yangzhou.

"The ten-mile long street is connected, and the moonlight bridge looks at the gods."

Zhang Jiayu chanted the poem lightly, looking at the prospect, but couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the outside of Yangzhou City has become a white land, leaving only a large number of burned villages, even the dry grass and dead branches are missing.

On the gray city, the blue rimmed dragon banner hung listlessly, while the captives next to him were holding their fire guns tightly and staring at the city.

Due to the destruction of the road, the heavy artillery went very slowly, so although Zhang Jiayu led his troops to surround Yangzhou City, it was difficult to break through for a while in the absence of heavy artillery.

He was thinking about whether to carry out a surprise attack, when he suddenly heard a hussar galloping towards him, and shouted: "Report! General, the holy driver has crossed the river and is heading towards Yangzhou. ”

The Holy One still can't sit still. Zhang Jiayu didn't find it strange, with his understanding of today, it was strange to be able to sit in the Forbidden City and wait for good news.

He hurriedly ordered his officers and guards to prepare to meet him with him, but a eunuch hurriedly came to deliver the order, ordering them to strictly guard the battle formation and not leave without permission.

Zhang Jiayu sighed in his heart, although the saint has been at the extreme, he is still the commander of the Dragon Guard Army who dominated the territory before.

So he commanded the generals in a loud voice, "Okay, didn't you hear that?" Go back to your camp, and don't slack off! Then he personally inspected the construction of the siege wall.

The north bank of the Yangtze River is only thirty miles away from Yangzhou City, but because there is no road, Zhu Linmiao finally walked to Yangzhou City until noon the next day.

He frowned and looked around the scene near Yangzhou, and couldn't help but be angry in his heart, between this large area of ruins and broken walls, I don't know how many people of the Ming Dynasty were displaced, and the day was precarious.

Jianyu, the sin is unforgivable!

A group of officers came quickly, and when they got closer, Zhang Jiayu, who was the leader, saluted respectfully and said: "The last general is on business, and he can't go far to meet him, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

"Where are so many false courtesies on the battlefield." Zhu Linmiao jumped off the horse, patted Zhang Jiayu on the shoulder, and pointed to Yangzhou City, "I heard that the army was blocked here, tell me what the specific situation is." ”

"Yes." Zhang Jiayu hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The one who guards the city should be the Department of the Blue Flag and the Ebai Department."

According to the people who have fled from the city desperately recently, there are about 1,500 soldiers in Jianzhou, and more than 2,000 captives in Shandong, Beizhi and other places. At this time, only about 50,000 people were left in the city for the thieves to drive. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, knowing that this was the man left by Dolgon behind the palace, and asked Zhang Jiayu: "How long does Yuanzi think it will take to capture Yangzhou?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the last general just sent someone to ask the artillery camp yesterday. At this time, the heavy artillery was still at the mouth of the old river, and it would probably take four or five days to arrive. At present, with only a few six-pounder guns, it is impossible to break through the walls.

"The last general has made deployments, preparing to attack the north of the city tonight, if it goes well, ......"

"It is not advisable to compromise the soldiers here." Zhu Linmiao interrupted him. Without artillery cover, attacking the city with flesh and blood, this casualty must be not small.

"But if it drags on any longer......"

Zhang Jiayu was about to say more, but saw Zhu Linmiao waving to Shi Lin, "Bring it up." ”

"Yes!"

Immediately, more than 30 prisoner vans were escorted by the imperial camp. Zhang Jiayu immediately recognized several faces from it - Shuosai, Suke Saha, Ah Shan, and Zhang Hongmo, all of whom were captured by the previous Jianyu generals.