Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Longjiangguan Wharf, which was renamed Xiaguan in the future, was one of the most important bank passes in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its prosperity was no less than that of famous ports such as Yangzhou and Qingjiangpu. Although it suffered a lot of damage in the latest war, But time is the best way to heal wounds. No, the row upon row of houses along the Qinhuai River and the many flower boats passing along the river are the best proof.

However, due to the fires and shouts of killing that erupted from the city of Nanjing the night before, Longjiang Pass, which should be full of life after waking up in the morning, fell into an unspeakable silence. Even the most ignorant hooligans knew that something was wrong. The hibernating snakes and rats hid and disappeared one by one.

At the beginning of Mao, the boat coming from Pukou on the opposite bank docked. Countless pairs of peeping eyes were horrified to find that hundreds of heavily armed soldiers went straight to the city after getting off the boat. Could it be that something serious happened?Such suspicions linger in the minds of the people who have become frightened. If it weren't for the fact that a team of yamen servants came to Nanjing to maintain order, I am afraid that many people who are worried about the continuation of the war will help the old and the young to flee all the way to the so-called safe place.

"Look, brother, we're in Jiangning." At this time, the fleet down the river had arrived at the location of Jiangxinzhou in the future, overlooking the imperial capital looming in the distance, Jiang Chunxiu, who commanded Liu Jun's fleet, directed Also, Liu Ning'an, who didn't sleep well all night, narrated his guilty conscience. "Brother, I don't know what's going on. The closer I get, the more panicked I feel. I don't know if King Ning and the others have succeeded at this moment."

Before Jiang Chunxiu finished speaking, he saw some white sails appearing in the downstream direction. These white sails were completely different from the hard sails used by inland river ships, so that Liu Jun, who had never seen them before, pointed at them from top to bottom. Thoughtful Liu Ning'an's expression changed, and he couldn't help roaring.

"Quickly, dock. This is King Xia's soft sailing boat. Something must have happened to King Ning."

The frightened Jiang Chunxiu hurriedly ordered the follow-up fleet to approach the shallows of the river, and at the same time ordered more than ten escort warships to stop.However, the soft sailing boat on the opposite side is too fast. Even if it is going upstream, it is as fast as a galloping horse. .

With the sound of thunderous cannons, several jets of water soared into the sky from the surface of the river. Fortunately, both sides were in motion, so all the shelling was lost.But Liu Jun had no time to rejoice, and another soft sail boat passed by. This time Liu Ning'an was not so lucky, and a large ship full of soldiers was shot and caught fire on the spot.However, the bad luck is not over yet. Zheng Jun's overseas naval fleet is usually organized into a team of four ships. Liu Jun has just encountered two ships, and the remaining two ships are waiting to fire their guns to "salute".

Until this time, the artillerymen on Liu Jun's ship woke up as if they had just woken up in the scolding of their respective officials, but like Zheng Jun's original gunboat, Liu Jun, who still didn't know why he was fighting All the shells fired by the army gunners in their haste were lost. At most, they killed a few river fish that were too late to escape and disturbed the muddy sand at the bottom of the river.

After Zheng Jun's gunboats passed through the field, two ships in Liu's fleet were already half-sunk and half-floating, and three other ships were on fire.General Liu Jun, who was forced to jump into the river by the raging fire, struggled to call for help. His miserable appearance made his peers feel hurt.

But the hard-hearted Liu Ning'an knew that staying on the river would only lead to death, so he gritted his teeth and ordered: "The brigade will continue to dock, and save a few boats to catch them up."

Driven by Liu Ning'an, the demoralized Liu Jun slowly approached the boat towards the thatch-covered river beach.

Suddenly the ship shook, and the experienced sailor immediately reported: "Marshal, the ship has run aground."

The boat was stranded, but it was still some distance from the shore. Liu Ning'an gritted his teeth. Regardless of the heavy armor on his body, he was the first to jump into the water, leading by example, wading through the knee-high water and slowly walking towards the shore.The master and general were all demonstrating, and the soldiers below had no choice but to follow one by one, even though they looked at each other in blank dismay, so I saw thousands of soldiers sloppyly marching towards the land.

Liu Jun was still wading with one foot low and one foot high, but Zheng Jun's gunboat had already used the principle of the triangular sail to make a U-turn, and quickly completed the turn. optimal target

When the bullet rain of the volley ended, at least [-] officers and soldiers of the Liu Army turned into corpses. Even Liu Ningan's brother Chang Yufen lost his footing and drowned in the shallows less than half a foot away in the chaos of fleeing for his life. .However, because Zheng Jun's gunboats used shotgun shells and chain bombs that did not pose much threat to the hull in order to destroy the land troops, Liu Jun's fleet suffered little loss.

But everyone knows that this situation is just an illusion. Once Zheng Jun turns around again and finds that Liu Jun can no longer reach the landed Liu Jun, he will naturally focus on the immobile fleet again.It is precisely because of this understanding that the sailors of each ship either abandoned the ship and went ashore, or left the river beach and drove the warship to flee upstream.Jiang Chunxiu wanted to restrain the troops to go straight to the center of the river to meet Zheng Jun's gunboats, but at this time the order had lost its effect.

"My lord, what should we do?" Liu Ning'an, who finally took the troops to a place on the shore beyond the gunboat's range for rectification, soon got bad news. Zhao Zhenzhen, a member of the Twelve Taibao, also felt that her future was hopeless and left without saying goodbye. "If this goes on like this, the children will collapse if they don't fight."

"Come here," Liu Ning'an, with fierce eyes, immediately ordered his own soldiers. "Immediately send people to set up guards, and anyone who finds deserters will be shot and killed." Under the means of iron and blood, the chaos in the Liu Department was slightly suppressed, but only half of the 1000 land divisions and [-] navy divisions before departure were left. But Liu Ning'an, who was unable to get off the tiger, could only make one mistake. "According to the last news from King Ning, including King Xia Yiwei, there are only more than [-] defenders in the city. Even if King Ning Qingjun fails, the troops in the city will definitely suffer a lot, so we still have a chance." Liu Ningan said. Seeing that the morale had recovered, Liu Ning'an said decisively with a glimmer of hope. "What are you waiting for, attack the city immediately"

Driven by Liu Ning'an, the team moved again. At this time, Jiang Chunxiu sneaked up to Liu Ning'an's side and whispered, "Brother, I didn't bring much food on board. If we can't attack for a long time, the food will be exhausted."

A look of hostility appeared on Liu Ning'an's face, and he also lowered his voice and said, "You only need to know about this matter, and there is no need to spread it to the outside world."

Since they landed in advance on the Jiangxinzhou line, Liu Bu's attack targets could only be set on the west and south walls of Yingtian City.Although there are many gates along the west city wall of Jiangning, it is inconvenient for the Zheng army with limited troops to guard, but Liu's troops are also very tense, and they cannot be easily divided anyway. Therefore, the south city wall with only one gate became Liu Ning'an's only choice.

Also due to the loss of a large number of siege weapons such as artillery ladders, Liu Ning'an could only arrest the people in the suburbs as pioneers. At the Jiangning South Gate of the Zhonghua Gate, I suddenly found that a Zheng army with almost the same strength appeared with the moat on their backs.

"Didn't it mean that there is no large army in Nanjing City? These soldiers came from somewhere!" Liu Ning'an stared at the army in front of him in astonishment, and he couldn't help being dizzy for a long time on the battlefield. "King Ning mistook me, King Ning mistook me!"

This is because Liu Ning'an misunderstood Zhu Da. Yes, on the night of the palace change, the total defensive strength of the Zheng army in the city was no more than a thousand and five. In addition, the left-behind troops from Jiangpu, Liuhe, Yangzi and other places crossed the river overnight for reinforcements. Even if the garrison regiment of Songchong Dudufu on the front line of Changzhou had not arrived yet, the available troops of the Zheng army had increased to two at the last moment before the battle. More than [-] people.Moreover, Zheng Jun, who used the arsenal reserves of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion nearby, also possessed many types of artillery that Liu Jun did not have. Without seeing the battle, the outcome is already clear.

"Come here," Lin Sheng, the general staff officer who was in charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, ordered coldly, watching the remnants of the Liu Department who were in a commotion. "Pass down the order, and each gun will fire a salvo to shock the rebels in front of you!"

After the sound of the rumbling cannons, as expected by Lin Sheng who had re-dressed for battle, Ministry Liu immediately blew up the camp. Fleeing in the distance, only the panicked core members of the Liu Department still surrounded Liu Ning'an nervously, but the total number had dropped to less than a thousand.

"Forward!" Seeing this ugly scene, Lin Sheng shouted, and the army slowly pressed towards the last Liu Jun.

Facing the fierce opponent, the few remaining Liu Jun trembled nervously. Seeing this scene, Liu Ning felt at ease.He understood that even if he turned around and fled now, facing the overwhelming situation from Ming Zheng, he would only have a dead end.So Liu Ning'an pulled out the knife and pulled it at the neck, cutting off the trachea and artery immediately, and then fell to the ground and died.

Liu Ning'an was about to die, and the troops dispersed one after another. Among them, Jiang Chunxiu went straight to the Yangtze River with a few personal soldiers.However, Jiang Chunxiu didn't escape very far, and the soldiers who came back to their senses joined forces to surround and kill him, and offered their heads to beg for surrender.Therefore, except for Zhu Da, none of the leaders of this rebellion escaped.

"My lord," Lin Sheng, who was in charge of the pursuit, saw a knight rushing towards the city before he returned to the city. Immediately, a soldier nearby went up to inquire, but when he returned after a while, the soldier had a strange expression on his face. . "My lord, this is an urgent report from Jiujiang. It is said that there is a large fleet of ships going down the river with unknown intentions."

"An afterthought!" Lin Sheng was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, but there was no other way. When the news spread, Jiujiang could no longer send boats to catch up, so he had to use a posthorse to call the police. Because of the urgent need for war horses in front of the army, they were shocked and have not returned to normal for a long time. Therefore, it is normal for the enemy to arrive before the alarm. "If it depends on them, the day lily will be cold"

Before Lin Sheng finished speaking, another knight came on horseback: "Taiping urgent report, there is an unknown fleet passing through the border."