The setting sun shines the last rays on the surface of the river, reflecting ten thousand golden rays of light.

The ships plowed across the river, leaving ripples in the road, which was the victorious return of the Ming fleet.

On the battlefield, there are still shipwrecks floating on the river surface and burning, and the sky over the river is filled with green smoke.

Dozens of small boats paddled across the river, searching for and rescuing soldiers who had fallen overboard.

The Qing soldiers fled in a hurry, leaving the battlefield to the Ming army, including countless Green Battalion soldiers who had fallen into the water. The best way to deal with these people was to ignore them and let them die in the belly of the fish and turtle.

However, the Marquis of Pingnan was merciful and ordered Wu Ping, the deputy general of the water battalion, to be in charge of rescuing these green battalion soldiers as much as possible. So Wu Ping had to send dozens of small boats to carry out rescue work.

A water battle defeated the Qing army's naval division, sank, burned, and captured more than 200 warships, the Qing army's naval division was basically disabled, and the Yangtze River was completely controlled by the Ming army.

With the Yangtze River in hand, it basically ensured that it was invincible, and the Qing army could not attack Nanjing through the river, and the land attack through the Jiangxi River would be cut off from retreating, so after this battle, Nanjing had completely turned the corner and was safe.

However, although Jiang won the battle, it was very difficult to defeat or even annihilate the Eight Banners. Because he was not good at water warfare, Azig sent out the Green Battalion, which had just surrendered, and although he lost 20,000 or 30,000 people, it was nothing to the Eight Banners.

And if you want to completely defeat the Eight Banners, you have to attack their military camp, which is very difficult in terms of the military strength of the Pingnan Army.

Fortunately, time was on the side of the Ming army, and for the Ming army, there was Nanjing as the rear and a steady stream of support. However, the Qing army fought from a long distance, and there was no logistical supply at all, relying entirely on looting on the spot, and the army of more than 200,000 people had to send tens of thousands of people out every day to collect food everywhere. And for the Eight Banners, they can't stand the hot weather at all, it's only May now, and many of the Eight Banners are already hot and unwilling to wear armor, if it is the summer vacation of June and July, the weather alone can help the Ming army defeat the Qing army.

After thinking about this, the entire Ming army camp was jubilant, and a scene of victory was in sight.

But for Chen Yue, time is very difficult, his father Chen Jianghe was seriously injured and in a coma, and now he is completely relying on ginseng to hang his life, but he can't wait in front of the couch, which makes Chen Yue's heart like a knife every day.

But even so, he still had to hold on to military affairs and think hard about how to defeat the Qing army.

Yes, Chen Yue is not willing to wait for any summer, and he is not willing to rely on time to defeat the enemy, he wants to defeat the Qing army as soon as possible, and it is best to annihilate this group of Eight Banner bandits to avenge his father.

For this reason, Chen Yue endured his disgust for the Green Battalion soldiers, and ordered Wu Ping to send a fleet to rescue them.

"Master Hou, a total of more than 5,000 Green Battalion soldiers have been captured, and they are all imprisoned in the camp, what should the last general do with these people?"

As night fell, Wu Ping returned to the Chinese military tent to give the order and asked casually.

"Separate the generals from the soldiers, and send them some food to eat first." Chen Yue commanded casually.

"Ahh Wu Ping opened his mouth wide, if he didn't kill him, forget it, and give them food, could it be that Hou Ye wanted to take in these soldiers?

In the north of Wuhu City, in a large open space between the city gate and the river bank, thousands of captured green battalion soldiers sat in a mess, all of them took off their armor and wore only single clothes, and their weapons were also seized by the Ming army.

Thousands of people sat on the ground, surrounded by heavily armed Ming soldiers and soldiers who watched them viciously, and not far from the city, there were countless artillery guns facing here.

Under this formation, all the Green Battalion soldiers were terrified, not knowing what fate they would face.

After a while, hundreds of Ming soldiers came over with their burdens and coldly shouted for them to eat.

Rice balls made of black wild vegetables and rice, and the clear river water, this is the dinner of the captives of the Green Camp.

The food is average, but as a captive, who is qualified to be picky, and there is food without being killed, which is enough to make them grateful.

Eating rice balls, many green battalion soldiers settled down, it seems that the Ming army did not intend to kill themselves, and the Pingnan army was not as cruel as the legend said.

"Maybe you want to take us in, right?" A green battalion soldier whispered.

"Everywhere you are a soldier and eat food, as long as you can eat enough, what is the difference between being a Qing soldier and a Ming army?" Another green battalion soldier gnawed on the rice ball viciously and said nonchalantly.

"Also, we're just small soldiers, isn't it the same who to follow?" The rest of the Green Battalion also settled down.

Ordinary green battalion soldiers are soldiers just to eat food, there is no concept of family and country at all, and there is not much difference between them in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so they will be at peace with what they encounter.

But for the commanders of the green battalion like Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng, they can't eat it now.

Because they knew that the Ming army might let go of those ordinary green battalion soldiers, but their generals would not be so easy to pass.

ate the salary of the Ming Dynasty and became the officials of the Ming Dynasty, but surrendered to the Qing army, and the Ming court would not spare them easily.

"Do you say that Ping Nanhou wants our brothers to die for him?" Zhang Yingxiang asked Chang Deng again.

"How did I know, maybe let us eat and drink enough to kill the sacrificial flag!" Chang Deng hung his head and said dejectedly.

After eating half of the rice ball, a group of Ming soldiers came over, escorting two people and five or six captured adjutant generals and staff officers to leave.

It turned out to be really the last meal! Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and the others suddenly turned pale.

Escorted by a group of Ming soldiers, under the horrified eyes of ordinary green battalion soldiers, he walked towards the river, and then was escorted into a huge camp tent, and was ordered to kneel on the ground.

Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng knelt on the ground, surrounded by heavily armed warriors, they didn't dare to raise their heads in horror, they could only look at the big tent with the rest of their eyes.

Looking at the scale, the furnishings should be the big tent of the commander of the Ming army, could it be that the commander of the Ming army, Pingnanhou, wants to see himself and others?

While thinking wildly, he listened to the movement in the tent.

"Master Hou, Director Qian of Yangzhou sent someone to report that the flood has receded, and the wilderness outside Yangzhou City has been exposed. The prefect of Huai'an, Lord Xu, is recruiting people to rebuild the Hongze Lake embankment to plug the damaged gap.

Huaiyang Governor Wei Yinwenwei and Yangzhou Governor Ma were responsible for the treatment of post-war victims.

According to the report of the Yangzhou government, due to the impact of the flood, the land within a radius of 100 miles of Yangzhou Mansion has not been harvested, and millions of people are waiting to be fed. ”

A voice was announcing, as if it was talking about Yangzhou. Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and others suddenly pricked up their ears.

"Tell Yangzhou Mansion that the Four Seas Commercial Bank and the Salt Company have been handed over to the imperial court, so that they can go to the imperial court if they have something to do, ask for money and grain, and where will Benhou get it for them!" A clear voice sounded, and there was impatience in his tone.