As soon as the Qing army rushed into the camp of the Ming army, the gunpowder jar that had been buried in advance exploded violently. Countless flames erupted from the ground, fragments of the gunpowder jar and the gravel filled in the gunpowder jar flew sideways, and the first batch of more than 100 Qing soldiers of the Han Eight Banners and more than 200 Qing soldiers of the Green Battalion rushed into the barracks.

The Qing soldiers who were chasing the Ming army by the river were shelled by the battleships on the river, killing and wounding hundreds of people.

The Qing army spread out in formation and looked for concealment everywhere to hide.

The Ming warships on the river saw that the Qing army had been scattered and hidden, and that all their own people had boarded the ship, so Zhang Yukun ordered the Ming warships to stop shelling, put away the anchor chain, and sailed downstream along the river.

Sure that there was no danger, several Eight Banner adults walked into the camp abandoned by the Ming army.

"My lord, this is a fake cannon!" A Green Battalion soldier who was inspecting the captured artillery suddenly shouted.

When Kafona heard the noise, he saw a fake cannon hollowed out in the middle of a log, and the fake cannon was painted with black paint on the outside, and it was impossible to tell whether it was real or fake from a distance.

Looking at the other captured cannons, all of them were fake cannons.

Lang Tingzuo, who rushed to hear the news, was furious and ordered people to chop all these fake cannons and use them as firewood.

"Liang Chongtian (Hua Feng) is as timid as a mouse, and he was frightened by thieves! The thieves can use suspicious tactics to drag us down, but the main force is looting and killing people everywhere! Kill me countless Jiangnan Shi clan! It's hateful! Lang Tingzuo said angrily.

"My lord, the thief has already run away by boat, can we chase after him?" Qing General Chadu asked.

Lang Tingzuo remembered that every time the Qing army and the Zheng army fought, the Qing army was dragged by the Zheng army to fly a kite by taking advantage of the sailors, and waited until it was almost delayed to launch a fatal blow, and the Qing army suffered more than 20 losses in this regard. The mobility of the cavalry was superior to that of the infantry, but it was not as good as that of the sailors. So Lang Tingzuo ordered: "There is no need to pursue, we will go along the way, dispatch the green battalions of Zhenjiang and Suzhou, and attack Changshu!" Changshu is a nest of thieves! Take Changshu. Not afraid of thieves and not withdrawing troops. ”

The Qing army went down the river, it was the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, the climate was very hot, the Qing army walking on the shore was panting and sweating, walking under the scorching sun, everyone was miserable.

The Ming army went down the river by boat, sitting on the boat blowing a cool breeze, and there was a sail tarpaulin to shield the scorching sun. It's all a sin.

The Qing general Kafona asked, "Lord Lang, why don't you let the Jiangning defenders come out to Changshu?" The guy surnamed Liang is sitting in the city eating watermelon and drinking mung bean soup, but we are going to suffer! ”

Lang Tingzuo replied: "The thieves rely on the convenience of the sailor to come and go freely, and the Jiangning defenders still can't act rashly. If we take advantage of the loopholes for the thieves and lose Jiangning, we can't afford to take this responsibility! ”

In the capital, one after another 800 miles of urgent battle reports came one after another, all of which were unfavorable news for the Qing army, first the "Haikou" entered the mouth of the Yangtze River. Chongming Island was captured, and then a number of county towns were breached, a group of Jiangnan gentry and family members of the second minister who supported the Qing court were killed, and many large families were wiped out by the Ming army. Wait until the Qing army gathers forces to "recover" the county seat. The Ming army has long since disappeared, and the Qing army cannot catch the Ming army at all. After that, the Ming army attacked Changshu, Changshu County surrendered, and the Ming army occupied Changshu County. As a stronghold of his own, the Ming army's naval division radiated around with Changshu as the center and attacked everywhere.

There was more news later. The Ming army also attacked the sluice gate at the junction of the canal and the Yangtze River, destroyed the Caoyun Qing army barracks at the mouth of the canal with artillery fire, destroyed the sluice gate, and the Ming army landed and burned the wharf, the Caoyun Qing army suffered heavy losses, more than 1,000 people were killed, and more than 3,000 people were captured.

Cai Shiying, the governor of Caoyun, hurriedly dispatched the Caoyun Water Division and the Caoyun Qing troops to the south along the canal. However, when encountering the powerful Ming army's water division, the Qing army's Cao Yun water division was like an egg hitting a stone, and was defeated by the Ming army.

Zhejiang also sent bad news, Hangzhou Green Camp besieged Qifu, but could not be captured for a long time, but suffered heavy losses. The prefect of Hangzhou asked for help everywhere, but found that the south of the Yangtze River was full of smoke, and the Qing troops in other places could not spare their hands to help the Hangzhou Green Battalion.

The eight-year-old little emperor sat on the dragon chair, listening to the bad news reported by the minister, he did not know the development of things, only knew that the situation in Jiangnan seemed to be very bad, there were wars everywhere, "bad people" attacked everywhere, "good people" were defeated and retreated, and many "good people" who supported the imperial court were killed every day.

The Empress Dowager sat behind the curtain behind the dragon chair, and she knew very well what it meant for the "Haikou" to re-enter the south of the Yangtze River this time, especially if the Cao Yun line was cut off, the iron-core crops of the Eight Banners in the capital would not be able to get the grain allocated to them, and the price of grain in the capital would be high, and some people would even retreat and want to abandon the capital and withdraw to the outside of the Guan.

Jiangnan is the foundation of the Qing court, without the wealth of Jiangnan, the Qing court will not be able to pay for the huge military expenditures of the war in various places, and if Jiangnan is lost, the morale of the Eight Banners Army will be low and the people's hearts will be unstable.

Sukh Saha stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, the slave thinks that the foundation of Jiangnan cannot be lost!" We have already dispatched the Green Battalion of Lianghu, Liangjiang, Zhejiang and Shandong to Jiangnan to exterminate the Haikou Bandits! Please rest assured that the emperor and Lafayette will not be too much of a threat to the pirates! Didn't Zheng Wei invade Jiangnan last time, wasn't he defeated? ”

Sony, who has always been more timid and steady, asked: "Is there enough green camp in only Lianghu, Liangjiang, Zhejiang and Shandong?" The Sichuan Green Battalion, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, should be dispatched down the river and cooperate with the two lakes and two rivers to attack the Haikou! The battle report said that the Haikou had hundreds of huge ships, and we could only win if we had an absolute advantage in numbers. ”

Suke Saha said: "General Lang has taken the thieves in Changshu, the center of the south of the Yangtze River, there are a group of gentry families in Changshu who have always secretly supported the pirates, this time the thieves occupied Changshu, they want to protect these gentry who support them, they can only fight to the death." As long as we take Changshu, these Jiangnan gentry will lose the land and property that they can't take away, and they can only flee with Haikou empty-handed. This gave an example to the other Jiangnan gentry, so that others did not dare to support Haikou anymore. ”

"Hahaha!" Ao Bai laughed, "Lord Sukh Saha said very lightly! But he doesn't know how to break the enemy, and he can only say some useless empty words! ”

"You!" Sukh Saha pointed at Ao Bai and trembled with anger.

Ao Bai stepped forward and made a thousand: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, the servants have learned through the battle reports from all sides that this invasion is Zhejiang Haikou and Qiongzhou Haikou!" Zheng Yi of the occupied Dongfan Island may also come over at any time! If Zheng Yi also comes, I'm afraid Jiangnan will be in danger! Therefore, the minions offer three strategies to break the enemy! ”

"Aobai, what do you have a good idea?" Empress Dowager Bumu Butai asked.

"Your Majesty. Lafayette, the first plan of the minions is that since the main force of the Qiongzhou Haikou is exhausted, Qiongzhou will inevitably be empty in defense, so that Lord Hong can lead the army to attack Qiongzhou, fry the old nest of the Qiongzhou Haikou and force the Qiongzhou Haikou to withdraw, this is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao! The second plan is that the minions personally lead the troops and reach Jiangnan. Find the Bandit for a decisive battle; The third plan is that we use Zheng Zhilong as a hostage, and we can contain Zheng Zhilong! "Bow to the plan.

"Lord Ao, how do you know that the elite of Qiongzhou is out?" Sukh Saha asked with a cold snort.

Ao Bai laughed: "Hong Jingluo and Shang Kexi, these two minions have played, and the Guangdong sailors were attacked, and they were all those Taixi soft sail giant ships!" This time, there are a large number of soft-sail giant ships in the south of the Yangtze River, where is it that is not Qiongzhou? Moreover, Guangdong also reported that the thief giant ship that was originally cruising in the mouth of the Pearl River was missing. For more than a year, Hong Jingluo urged Wu Liuqi to build a large number of ships. The Guangdong Navy Division has recovered, and Hong Jingluo and Wu Liuqi can lead the army to attack Qiongzhou! ”

Bu Mu Butai nodded: "Lord Ao's plan is very good, the mourning family is ready to play!" ”

"But Lord Ao, we also had Zheng Zhilong in our hands before. Is Zheng Cheng expected to be deterred? No! He came in anyway! So it's useless to keep this Zheng Zhilong, it's better to kill it! ”

Su Ke Saha was determined to kill Zheng Zhilong, because when Bo Luo Beizi marched into Fujian, he lied about the military situation. falsely reported his military exploits and reported many unwarranted battles, in fact, because Zheng Zhilong surrendered. The Qing army entered Fujian without any resistance at all. And Sukh Saha knew about it and got a lot of benefits from Bolobezi's side. After Zheng Zhilong entered Beijing, Sukh Saha extorted a lot of silver from Zheng Zhilong, and when Zheng Zhilong's money was extorted, Sukh Saha played another impeachment of Zheng Zhilong, expelled Zheng Zhilong from the capital, and sent him to Ningguta.

Because history has changed, Wang Xinyu's development is strong, so Ao Bai feels that Zheng Zhilong is still useful, so Zheng Zhilong died a few months later than the original history, and he has not been killed yet.

However, Zheng Zhilong knew very well what Suke Saha had done, and he was very worried that the Qing court would invite Zheng Zhilong out again, so he strongly requested that Zheng Zhilong be killed.

Ao bowed and said: "Your Majesty! Galeries Lafayette! The slave thought that this Zheng Zhilong couldn't be killed! If Zheng Zhilong is killed, it can only increase Zheng Zhilong's thoughts of revenge! We still keep him, wait for Zheng Cheng to come, and push Zheng Zhilong out as a hostage! ”

Bu Mu Butai nodded: "It's still useful for Zheng Zhilong to keep it, so let's keep it first!" ”

Ao Bai snorted: "The slave is willing to lead 100,000 troops and personally lead the army to crusade against Jiangnan Haikou!" ”

"Okay, you go and pick the guy! The mourning family is ready to play! "Bumu Butai said.

After retiring from the dynasty, the little emperor asked Bumu Butai in horror: "Grandma, what are they talking about today, the bad guys have entered Jiangnan and have killed many innocent people." Grandma, do you think we can keep Jiangnan? ”

Bumu Butai hugged Xiao Mazi in his arms: "Good grandson, don't worry!" And our loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty are here, Jiangnan will not be lost! If you have Ao Bai personally leading the army, you will be able to pacify the thieves in Jiangnan! ”

"Grandma, isn't Ao Bai a bad person?" The little emperor asked puzzled.

"Good grandson, this is the emperor's mental technique, you have to learn it! Ao Bai is a useful hero for us, and he is needed when we need to fight. When the battle is over, he will be our enemy! Get rid of him! ”

Although Kangxi is young, he is already very scheming under the influence of Bumu Butai, and he is very insidious and vicious, after listening to Bumu Butai's words, he nodded as if he didn't understand: "Grandma, my grandson knows how to do it." ”

Besides, after Sukh Saha returned to the mansion, he was worried that it would be very unfavorable for Ao Bai to really summon Zheng Zhilong out again, so he called his cronies and asked him to hurry to Ningguta and kill Zheng Zhilong and his family.

Ao Bai returned to Fuzhong and immediately began to mobilize, preparing to personally lead the army to conquer the Ming army in Jiangnan.

I heard that the Eight Banners Army was going to go on an expedition again, and for a while, a large number of Eight Banners came to Aobai Mansion to give gifts.

Ao Bai in the "pop" study looked at the gold and silver jewelry on the table, slapped it on the table, and roared with a blue face: "How can this be reasonable! It just doesn't make sense! I think that before entering the customs, every time I had to fight, the disciples of the Eight Banners were vying for gifts in order to get the quota for sending troops! It's good now! It's all the other way around! The people who come to give gifts are all just to not mention their names! These dog minions, after entering the customs, decay so quickly! ”

Mu Lima said: "Big brother, if you want to go on the expedition, you still have to rely on our old Eight Banner disciples, those of us who came in from outside the gate are still heroic and invincible!" ”

"Those minions who grew up in Kannai are no longer usable! To deal with thieves, it is necessary to recruit veterans. Ao Baidao.

In the south of the Yangtze River, Lang Tingzuo's Qing army arrived thirty miles away from Changshu County.

Lang Tingzuo went all the way, from Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and other cities, and the surrounding counties all the way to gather local green battalions to clear soldiers, and when he arrived outside Changshu City, Lang Tingzuo had already recruited more than 50,000 green battalions and more than 60,000 people. There were more than 100,000 Qing troops in total, carrying a large number of red-clothed cannons and other weapons, and they were killing Changshu with great momentum.

Changshu is a small city located on the Jiangnan Plain, there are no steep mountains and hills around it, the city is small, the height of the city wall is not high, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend. However, for the Ming army, the advantage was that the river network around Changshu was conducive to the mobility of the Ming army's naval divisions, but limited the Qing army's mobility ability.

The spies of the Ming army and the intelligence officers of the Heaven and Earth Society reported the situation of the Qing army's attack to the city.

Zhang Yukun proposed to Zhang Huangyan: "Changshu City is easy to attack and difficult to defend, if we stick to the county seat, it is not the best way, don't we have the advantage of a sailor?" These networks are both our thoroughfares and the chains that bind the tartars! We should take the initiative and use the terrain of the river network to divide and eliminate the Qing army. ”

"There are many Tartars, we have few people, we have given up the city fortifications and took the initiative to attack?" Zhang Huangyan asked in surprise.

"The last general carefully studied the topography of the south of the Yangtze River, where the river network is crisscrossed, and if the Tartars want to cross the river, they have to build rafts and boats. These rivers are relatively deep and can accommodate about 200 large ships to sail. We attacked with a division of water, divided and cut off the Tartars, and then used the land division to gradually divide and destroy the Tartars. Zhang Yukun pointed to the map and said.

"The Tartars also have a lot of artillery, and these rivers are not wide, if the Tartars attack our naval division with rockets, then our naval division will suffer heavy losses." Zhang Huangyan waved his hand, feeling that it was too risky.

Zhang Yukun said: "Although the boat we entered the inland river is not big, there are also cannons on the small boat, which can bombard their land division. As for the cannons of the Tartars, our boats are fast, and the cannons of the Tatars may not be accurate; And the small cannons of the Tartars are not as long as ours. (To be continued.) )