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After the warship led by Liu Guoxuan approached the dock, he sent half a battalion of soldiers to the city to purchase various supplies needed by the fleet.

Such as vegetables, grains, oil, coal, fresh meat, etc.

In fact, the squadron was not really in short supply of these supplies - since this squadron dared to bombard Nanjing City for seven days on the river outside Nanjing, it had established a logistics supply point on the north bank.

Otherwise, we would be alone in advancing deep into the enemy's territory.

The situation encountered by other shops is similar to that of the Weishi fruit and vegetable shop.

These shop owners and clerks had no time to escape or were unable to leave their shops, so they hid in their shops trembling in fear, fearing that the "pirates" would break in after landing, burning, killing and looting.

However, they did not expect that these "pirates" who called themselves "崋军" had such good military discipline and style. Not only did they not burn, kill, and loot, but they bought things at market prices.

Since they bought a lot of things, the shops frequented by the enemy troops made a small profit.

As the battalion commander, Liu Guoxuan's mission was different from those of the purchasing teams. He led a patrol of soldiers to the Xuanwu Gate, the largest gate on this side of Nanjing City.

Thousands of people are crowded here because they cannot enter the city.

Seeing Liu Guoxuan and a group of imperial troops marching towards them in formation, the common people, although their numbers were hundreds of times greater than those of the imperial troops, were still frightened and all shrank towards the city gate, and some people shouted even louder.

"The pirates are really here, open the door quickly, sir!"

"Don't abandon us."

"Please, Master Jun."

"Open the door. I will thank you profusely when I enter the city!"

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These people behaved as if an invincible man-eating demon was approaching them.

Upon hearing what was said, the garrison and some Chu soldiers on the city gate tower risked their lives to secretly peek out and look down at the city.

He also saw a hundred soldiers of the Lai army marching in formation.

A brave Chu army soldier said: "Defense, there are only a hundred Chu soldiers, and they are relatively close to the city wall. How about letting the brothers fire their cannons and bombard them a few times? Even if we can't kill many, we can at least drive them away."

Some other Chu soldiers who felt very frustrated in the past few days and were more courageous also looked eager to try.

The garrison commander shouted, "What's the point of firing a few shots at them? Can it make the pirate fleet on the river retreat? If we really hurt these pirates, the large fleet of pirates on the river will get angry and attack Nanjing directly."

"If this happens, will you be responsible? Even if you want to be responsible, you can't afford it!"

The captain felt even more aggrieved after hearing this, and couldn't help but say stubbornly: "But there are so many civilians outside the city gate, are we just going to watch the pirates slaughter them?"

The garrison commander said coldly: "Our duty is to guard this city gate, not to save as many civilians as possible!"

Then he glanced at the other soldiers and said, "If anyone dares to speak nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude and disrespecting military orders!"

After hearing this, some Chu army soldiers, no matter how unwilling they were, could only watch Liu Guoxuan leading the Hui army soldiers approach the city gate.

However, to their surprise, Liu Guoxuan and other soldiers did not cross the moat, but stopped by the bridge over the moat.

Immediately after Liu Guoxuan gave an order, the soldiers of the sentry army lined up in a more orderly formation and raised their guns to aim at the top of the city wall at the same time.

The city of Nanjing is vast and the moat is quite wide. The place where Liu Guoxuan and others were standing was one or two miles away from the top of the city!

However, when the Chu army saw the Hui army pointing muskets that looked much more sophisticated than matchlock rifles at the top of the city, they still felt a sense of danger and could not help but retreat under the battlements.

The Chu army had a place to hide, but the people outside the city gate had no place to hide.

Many people were ignorant. When they saw the Hui army raising their muskets, they didn't even look at where they were aiming and were so scared that they cried for their parents and tried their best to squeeze towards the city gate.

Of course, there were also people who knew something about muskets. When they saw that the muzzles of the Hui army's guns were pointed at the sky instead of at them, their tension eased a little and they also felt curious.

Bang bang bang...

After a series of crisp gunshots, the sentry troops led by Liu Guoxuan left in a line as if they had completed some kind of ritual.

Seeing this, some people outside the city gate finally felt relieved and calmed down.

Then some people began to sigh——

"I originally thought that this pirate was only powerful in warships, but I didn't expect that the soldiers were also so elite and powerful."

Someone agreed, "Who says it's not true? These bandit soldiers look much more powerful than the imperial guards in Nanjing."

Someone else said, "Don't even mention the Nanjing Imperial Guards. When the bandits came, they were so scared that they hid in the city and dared not show their heads. How can they compare with them?"

Some people also sided with the Chu army and explained, "It's not entirely the government troops' fault for being cowardly and not daring to fight. The pirates had been bombarding for several days, not only destroying several artillery positions on the river bank, but also knocking down several of the Tianwei cannons on the city walls. Many government troops were killed by the shells."

"You have seen the scene of the bandits firing their muskets just now. It is obvious that their muskets are more powerful than those of the government troops. In this case, the government troops insisted on leaving the city to fight the bandits. Isn't that just asking for defeat?"

However, some people were angry about the Chu army's behavior of locking them out of the city, and shouted angrily: "The government army is bad, so why do they have so many excuses? You are also a cheap skin. You were just locked outside by the government army, but now you speak for the government army."

People have different ideas, and it is difficult to unify them.

But after what happened today, many people in Nanjing have changed their impression of the pirates. They are no longer the "pirates" and "bandits" who burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil as described by the Chu court, but a king's army with strict discipline and excellent style!
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The system of Great Chu was similar to that of Great Ming, but with some changes.

For example, six ministries were set up in Nanjing, but the chief officials of each ministry were only vice ministers, not chancellors.

Therefore, the person in charge of military affairs in Nanjing City now is Fan Yu, the assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

Because the warships of the Lai army could bombard the outer city walls of Nanjing, which was quite dangerous, Fan Yu did not stay on the outer city walls, but stayed on a gate tower in the inner city.

When Liu Guoxuan went ashore, completed his mission and left, someone reported to Fan Yu what Liu Guoxuan had done after he went ashore.

After listening to this, Fan Yu frowned deeply.

Then he sighed: "These pirates are really powerful. Not only are their warships sturdy and their guns and cannons powerful, but their army is also so disciplined."

"They landed outside the city this time, firstly to further intimidate us, and secondly, I'm afraid they deliberately spread their good name."

"Comparing their military discipline and style with the daily behavior of our Great Chu army, I'm afraid that in the eyes of the people, those bandits are more like the government army than the government army."

Cui Mingcheng, the prefect of Jinling, also frowned and said, "If it is true as Minister Fan said, I am afraid the pirates will go ashore again tomorrow, and even park the warship at the dock. Are we just going to let it go?"

Fan Yu sighed, "What can we do? The riverside artillery has been destroyed by the pirates. Even the Tianwei cannons on the outer city wall can only fire a few guns, and they can't hit the pirate fleet."

"The soldiers have no will to fight and no morale. Under such circumstances, we are lucky to be able to defend Nanjing City. If we want to drive out the bandits, we can only wait for support from the imperial court."

Cui Mingcheng couldn't help but complain again, "It's the same in the court. We've reported the news for several days, but there's still no news." Fan Yu had some understanding of the situation in the court and sighed again, "The court also has its own difficulties. I'm afraid it's powerless."

For a moment, the atmosphere in this small city gate tower became even more depressing.

Fan Yu sat for a while and felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he prepared to give a few instructions and return home to rest.

Unexpectedly, a fast horse arrived at the gate tower and shouted loudly: "Urgent news! An urgent message came from Huai'an Prefecture six hundred miles away!"

Fan Yu and Cui Mingcheng felt a sinking feeling in their hearts after hearing this, and thought: Could it be another bad news?
Soon, the messenger was taken to the outside of the city gate tower, and after being checked by Fan Yu's guards, the urgent report was delivered.

Fan Yu opened it and quickly glanced at it, and his expression suddenly changed.

Cui Mingcheng asked urgently: "What happened?"

Fan Yu handed over the urgent report and said, "The bandits took advantage of the lack of troops in Jiangbei and sent troops to capture almost the entire Huai'an Prefecture in a few days. Now they are most likely marching towards Yangzhou Prefecture and other places."

The urgent report contained very little content, just that the Hui army had attacked Huai'an Prefecture, and roughly how many troops there were, and asked for help from Nanjing.

After reading it, Cui Mingcheng said in disbelief: "This bandit has only occupied Qingzhou Prefecture for a few months, and he sent warships to bombard Nanjing. Now he is attacking Jiangbei. Could it be that he really wants to destroy our Great Chu?"

Fan Yu didn't know what to say and just sighed.

Cui Mingcheng asked again: "Minister Fan, what should we do now?"

Fan Yu: "What can we do? Nanjing's troops are not enough to defend the city, how can we send troops to rescue Jiangbei? Even if we do, can we defeat the bandits?"

"The only solution now is to report this to Xiangjing and let His Majesty and the ministers handle it."

When saying this, Fan Yu actually felt in his heart that Great Chu might be beyond salvation.

If the bandits were a rising nomadic force on the grassland, the Great Chu might have divided the country with them and ended up with the Southern Dynasty.

However, these pirates came from overseas, and their ironclad warships could move without wind, which was truly miraculous.

From this we can see that the pirate navy was by no means a match for the Chu navy - the destruction of the Jingjiang, Zhenjiang and Nanjing navies also illustrates this point.

Since the navy is not as good as the pirates, it is unlikely that the Great Chu will end up like the Southern Dynasties.

Just looking at the unified dynasties throughout history, most of them lasted two to three hundred years, and some even lasted as long as four hundred years.

But their Great Chu has only been around for nearly two hundred years, and it has already faced the danger of national destruction, which is quite unwilling.

However, if you think about it carefully, before the arrival of the bandits, the Chu Kingdom was already full of bandits and starving people. It is estimated that even if the bandits had not appeared, the Chu Kingdom would have only lasted for another 20 to 30 years.

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The Great Chu, which had ruled the world for nearly two hundred years, was completely corrupt from the central government to the local areas. Therefore, the news of the attack by the Wei army on Jiangbei took seven or eight days to reach Xiangjing.

At this time, the Hui army not only captured Huai'an Prefecture, but even captured Yangzhou Prefecture.

This troop then followed Liu Sheng's orders and attacked Sizhou in the west.

According to Liu Sheng's idea, if the war went smoothly, after the Hui army occupied Huai'an and Yangzhou, they could attack from the lower reaches of the Huai River all the way upstream until they captured Runing Prefecture.

At that time, he could take Tianmu Mountain and go in to find out what was going on...
When Liu Sheng led his personal guards to capture cities in Da Chu, he did not forget to carry out immigration work at the same time.

However, they did not immigrate directly to North America, but first immigrated to Jeju Island, Tsushima Island, Sado Island, and Ezo Island, which were long-distance supply bases.

Immigration is still based on the principle of voluntary participation by the people.

It should be noted that although the actual population of Da Chu is only over 100 million now, which is less than that in the late Ming Dynasty, it is already considered densely populated for Da Chu.

After all, the farming technology of Da Chu at that time was not as good as that of the late Ming Dynasty, and it was not like Da Lai who promoted the cultivation of American crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.

In addition, there have been many natural disasters in the past decade or so, and the court and government have imposed heavy taxes and levies, leaving many people unable to survive.

The treatment given to immigrants by the Hui army was very good, so naturally many people were tempted.

Last year, Zhao Zhenwen's family, who received relief from Liu Sheng in Jiaoxi, were relocated to Ezo Island.

The Zhao family is a true farming and reading family, so Zhao Zhenwen and his wife are both good at farming. Although Zhao Zhenwen is the only strong laborer in the family, his wife Chen is in good health, and his eldest daughter and son are not young either, so they can help a lot.

After arriving at Ezo Island in October last year, they first built a simple wooden house by themselves in accordance with the call of the military civil affairs officer, and stored dry firewood to use during the winter.

When winter passes, the snow melts.

The Zhao family used the oxen borrowed from the Ezo government to reclaim wasteland. Before the spring planting, they reclaimed nearly five or six acres of land and planted spring wheat.

After planting spring wheat, the Zhao family spent two months reclaiming four or five acres of land and planted potatoes recommended by the island's agricultural officials.

Although Zhao Zhenwen was skeptical about this fresh crop that was said to come from Dalai, out of trust in the Lai army, he took his family and planted potatoes according to the instructions of the agricultural officer.

In the blink of an eye, it is the hot summer, the spring wheat turns golden, and the harvest is about to begin.

The potatoes seem to be growing well, but they are still in the soil and I don't know what the final harvest will be.

Zhao Zhenwen felt that even if the potato harvest was poor or even nonexistent, his family would be able to get through the year safely relying solely on the wheat harvest.

These days, he no longer has any bigger dreams, as long as his family can survive.

But speaking of it, after he came to Ezo Island, he did get the opportunity to display his talents.

One was that he was selected as the village chief of their immigrant village, in charge of dozens of households. According to the civil affairs officer on the island, he was already a subordinate official in Dalai.

Secondly, because he was an educated person, he was hired as a Chinese teacher in the community school.

The so-called community school refers to a "primary school" shared by several immigrant villages.

Whether it was the village head or the community school teacher, they all had a salary. In other words, Zhao Zhenwen received two salaries, which added up to one silver dollar per month.

Although this silver dollar is a Dalai coin, it can be exchanged for Dachu copper coins at the bank on the island. One silver dollar is equal to one Dachu copper coin, which is very valuable.

The fact that Zhao Zhenwen could receive two salaries made countless immigrants from the surrounding villages envious. They only regretted that they had not been able to study hard and pass the examinations to become a student or a scholar.

Zhao Zhenwen felt that the best decision he had ever made in his life was to follow "Mr. Liu" and move his entire family to Ezo Island.

Now, he already knew that Mr. Liu was the emperor of Dalai, but he was even more grateful to him in his heart.

Therefore, no matter what task he was assigned by his superiors, he would generally do his best to complete it.

Now, he was assigned the task of calling on immigrants to write letters to their clansmen and fellow villagers, so he gathered his energy and prepared to do it well. (End of this chapter)