Mr. Yan, the manager of the five provinces, stood on the city gate tower looking at Xijin Ferry and listening to the sound of cannons coming from there.
Tu Guobao, the right chief minister of Jiangnan Province, stood next to him, watching all this with his mouth agape.
"Has the horse gained the favor but gone wrong?"
However, Yan Wogong just said, "The navy of the Ming Army has fought its way out of Jiangzhou and is about to land at Xijin Ferry, Tufan Terrace. Xijin Ferry must not make any mistakes. Governor Chen, Admiral Chen, Governor Zhang, and Deputy Governor Bashan cannot do anything wrong."
There is no room for loss, and there is no room for loss of the 2,500 Jiangning garrison Eight Banners."
"Now, I want to send you to take Jiangning Fubiao to reinforce, are you willing?"
Tu Guobao only felt that his scalp was numb and his head was exploding.
The scenes before him all confirmed his previous guesses. But guesses were just guesses, but when it all came true, he couldn't believe it.
This is so fucking scary.
He thought that those were just his guesses, that there might be something wrong with Mr. Yan, and that he might be secretly aware of the situation, but he didn't quite believe that he was a member of the Nine Kings.
But now, everything happening in Zhenjiang Camp is just like what Yan Wogong told him before.
terrible.
"Tufantai, have you hesitated?"
Tu Guobao felt goosebumps all over his body. He lost Suzhou City three times, and all three times he relied on Yan Wogong to help him operate secretly to redeem Suzhou City for him.
But those are not as horrifying as what is happening now.
He knew very well what Yan Wogong said. He was asked to block Chen Jin and Zhang Dayou's retreat. They said it was reinforcements, but in fact it was to allow him to seize control of Jiangning and Fubiao, and even to stab the Eight Banners.
One knife.
"Don't you dare?" Mr. Yan looked at him.
Tu Guobao is at war with heaven and man.
However, all the officials stationed in Zhenjiang looked at him with suspicion in their eyes.
He really wanted to shout that Mr. Yan is a spy!
He wanted me to kill Chen Jin, Zhang Dayou, Bashan, and those two thousand and fifty-eight banners.
But he didn't dare.
Like Ma Degong, he had been forced to the point of no retreat. Yan Wogong also made it clear to him that whether it was Hong Chengchou, Ma Guozhu, Chen Jin, Zhang Dayou and others, they were all very dissatisfied with him.
, and the regent in Beijing also intended to replace him, or even kill him.
Just like the officials and generals in Jiangnan who were killed by Yan Wogong during this period, once their military power was taken away and their official seals were handed over, they would end badly.
Who are Zhang Cunren and others?
The leader of the Guan Ning Army, Zu Dashou's lieutenant, was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty along with Zu Dashou. However, Zu Dashou turned around and found an opportunity and fled back to the Ming Dynasty, saying that he was a fake surrender. He sold out all the officers and soldiers of the Guan Ning Army, including Zhang Cunren.
Zhang Cunren and others were extremely embarrassed at the time, but the Tatars still reused them.
For this reason, Zhang Cunren was devoted to the Tatars. Even after the Tatars established the Qing Dynasty, when they established the Metropolitan Procuratorate imitating the Ming Dynasty, the first officers were Zhang Cunren and Zu Kefa.
These two Han people were demoted to generals, but they worked very hard for the Qing Dynasty in this important yamen, rectifying the officialdom, cleaning up the officialdom, and then went to fight with the army. They also made great contributions.
Otherwise, if Boluo moved, the Qing government would not let Zhang Cunren stay as governor of Zhejiang.
But for such important people, Yan Wogong would kill them as soon as he said so.
Looking back on all this now, isn't it Yuan Chonghuan who killed Mao Wenlong?
"I obey my orders."
"Go ahead."
Yan Wo Gong took Tu Guobao down to the tower.
"The national situation is very difficult and Jiangnan is not at peace. If Admiral Chen or Zhang Fuyuan are unfortunately killed in battle, I will recommend you to the imperial court to serve as governor of Jiangning and admiral Su Song."
Tu Guobao felt his feet fluttering and his back was soaked.
He was very frightened when he thought that Chen Jin and others were being secretly manipulated by Yan Wogong.
"Fortunately, Governor Ma stayed in Jiangning. Otherwise, if he unfortunately died in Zhenjiang camp, I would have no choice but to recommend to the court an official like you who is familiar with Jiangnan and can fight and manage the local area to take over as governor."
"Mr. Yan, are Admiral Chen and the others really unable to come back?"
"Ma Degong had planned this a long time ago, and we failed to detect it in time. Now he has thrown himself into a trap, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to get out. But there is still a glimmer of hope, so I sent you to reinforce it.
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Saying this, Yan Wogong patted Tu Guobao on the shoulder.
"Mr. Yan, the Ming army is so powerful that I'm afraid Zhenjiang City can't be defended. Can Jiangning City be defended?"
But Yan Wo Gong just smiled.
"We, the servants of the imperial court, must defend it if we can, and if we can't, we must defend it. If it doesn't work, then just like you defended Suzhou back then. No matter what, we must defend Jiangnan for the court."
Upon hearing this, Tu Guobao became more aware.
"Tu Gong, Jiangning Fubiao was originally your man. Now I leave it to you. You have to take good care of it."
"I understand."
"Go for it!"
Tu Guobao turned around and left, taking Yan Wogong's order and rushed to Jiangning Fubiao Camp in the city.
The two deputy generals Zou Xixiang and Cao Hu, as well as Yang Guohai and other generals and guerrillas came to see him, and they were all full of doubts.
Tu Guobao made a long story short and announced the general order.
The two thousand men and horses of Fubiao Battalion were required to immediately put on armor and rush to the ferry for rescue.
The generals left, leaving behind these three confidants.
"Sir, what's going on?"
There was no one else around, Tu Guobao whispered, "Yan Jinglue asked me to temporarily take over from Jiang Ning Fubiao to rescue Admiral Zhang Futai, Chen and others, but it seems that they have no chance to survive. If they can't come back, I will
He will be temporarily appointed as governor of Jiangning and admiral of the navy."
Several people looked at each other.
But Zou Xixiang has a better mind, "So, it would be more beneficial to you if Chen Jin and Zhang Dayou couldn't come back?"
"Have they offended Yan Jinglue?" Cao Hu asked.
Yang Guohai, who has always been fond of making money, said bluntly, "It's not like I'm offended by this. I feel like they may have raped Yan Jinglue's wife and children, or ripped off his ancestral graves. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so cruel."
."
"What about us?"
"What's there to think about? How does this new monkey deal with us? Then Chen Jin is not a good bird either. As for Naba Mountain, he is always aloof on weekdays. I am happy to see these guys fall into the fire pit." Yang Guohai laughed.
Very insidious, "Besides, we have always had a good relationship with Yan Jinglue. If we can get this done this time, we will not only do him a favor, but also help my uncle solve the siege. This kind of thing can kill two birds with one stone."
What is there to hesitate about?”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tu Guobao also made up his mind, "We will do it properly in a while, or leave no clues."
Cao Hu was once captured by the Ming army. He was a little worried and said, "The Ming army is already crossing the river. If we fight here now, won't the Ming army take over everything by then?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Yan is here." Tu Guobao said leisurely.
The Fubiao camp dragged its feet and took a long time to complete its assembly.
Then Tu Guobao put on his armor and mounted his horse, leading two thousand people out of Zhenjiang City.
Along the way, Tu Guobao was not in a hurry to rush to the ferry camp, but asked the entire army to be careful not to be ambushed by the enemy. They walked slowly along the way, and once they had not gone far, they reorganized their troops.
Just like that, a battle broke out at the ferry camp ahead.
The Eight Banners stormed the water camp, and Ma Degong successfully lured Chen Jin and others into the camp and shot them, then defended the camp and used bank defense artillery to protect the Ming army from crossing the river to deal with the Eight Banners soldiers.
The Eight Banners were brave, armored and sharp, and they continued to attack fiercely.
However, they came to pick up the waterproof camp, and they had no plan to attack the camp. Although they came on horseback, they did not bring artillery, let alone any equipment to attack the city.
The Zhenjiang camp had already been prepared. At this time, they killed Chen Jin and others, but had no way to retreat and could only wait for help.
There were also some soldiers in the water camp who didn't even understand what was happening.
Why did the camp explode? Why did the Eight Banners soldiers attack the camp? Who can tell me what happened?
But no one told them that they would either take up arms to defend the camp, or be hacked by officers and soldiers in other camps.
Ma Degong and the others were quite desperate, relying on the power of the cannons and the strength of the camp to hold on to the camp. Ma Degong personally stood in front and commanded, drawing his bow and firing arrows.
Standing in front, he was hit by several arrows from the Tatars. The arrows were stuck in his armor, which made him a little embarrassed. Fortunately, he was well prepared and wore double armor inside and outside, so it was not fatal.
Ruan Jin's navy provided reinforcements quickly.
Although some people advised him that it would be better to let the Tatars and Ma Degong fight until both sides suffer, but Ruan Jin ignored them.
Supervisor Zhu Yihai's order was also very clear: to reinforce Ma Degong in a timely manner and to seize the beach and land as soon as possible. We should not engage in these small calculations at this time.
The Nine-Headed Bird warship approaches the south coast.
Ruan Jin issued the order.
"The gunboats aimed at the Tatar soldiers on the shore and bombarded them hard."
"Cover the infantry behind and get ashore!"
On the side of the Nine-Headed Bird, rows of artillery were aimed at the shore.
The banging of artillery continued, and the shells roared towards the Eight Banners.
Ma Degong heard the sound of the cannon and turned to look back.
"Sir, the imperial navy has arrived at the shore."
Ma Degong was overjoyed when he heard this report. The Tatar's offensive was too fierce. Although he was caught off guard, he still pounced without fear of death.
At this moment, the bodies of both sides had fallen on the ground in front of the camp gate.
"It's finally here. The naval reinforcements from the Supervisor Kingdom have arrived. Brothers, hold on."
"Kill the Tartars!"
Riverside.
The transport ship docked under the cover of gunboats.
Groups of infantrymen from the royal camp walked out of the cabin and lined up to disembark under the orders of the officers.
Amid the roar of cannons, they quickly formed a formation on the shore.
Group after group of infantry landed, and a line of defense was quickly established at the dock.
At this time, the Qing army also discovered the situation here, and could only divide its troops to seize the ferry wharf.
"Quickly go to Zhenjiang City to ask for help and ask Yan Jinglue to send troops to help!"
The co-leader shouted anxiously.
He personally led a thousand Eight Banners to the ferry terminal, trying to use the cavalry attack to drive the Ming army that had just landed ashore down the river.
Fucha Etun took the lead in the charge and was very anxious.
Fortunately, he saw a troop of troops coming out of Zhenjiang City.
The glory of the Eight Banners, the warriors of Manchuria, charge forward.
On the river, on a nine-headed bird gunboat, Admiral Ruan Jin watched the Qing army split up to attack, and just shook his head in disdain.
"Do you really think that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are invincible?"
"Today I will let you see what the power of the Navy's nine-headed bird is!"
"Aim the cannon at those Tatar cavalry and blast them!"
A nine-headed bird has thirty-six cannons, and there are more than a dozen on one side. A dozen big bird ships can fire nearly 200 cannons at a time, and this does not include more than 400 other large and small ships.
Naval ships all have cannons on them.
Even the smallest gunboat has three guns, large and small, on each boat. Even a one-pounder can be fired close to the shore, and it is still very powerful.
A fortified city may not have so many artillery.
"In this battle, I want to make sure the world is unified, and the Ming Dynasty Navy is invincible!"
As Admiral Ruan finished speaking, the cannons on the battleships roared, and countless shells roared towards the charging Eight Flags.
Countless cannonballs formed a barrage!
Large and small cannonballs smashed into the cavalry. Although they were solid bullets, their power was still astonishing.
The man turned his back on his horse.
If you touch it, you will die. If you touch it, you will die.
The cannonball formed a line as soon as it hit it, and even if it bounced a few times and then rolled, it would still be broken upon contact. The high-speed rolling cannonball collided with the galloping horse's hooves, and the result was that the horse fell down with a broken leg in mourning.
"Hahaha, come again!"
"Keep banging!"
Ruan Jin laughed proudly and watched excitedly as the navy's artillery plowed down the Eight Banners cavalry, watching how these armored Eight Banners were so vulnerable to the fierce naval artillery fire.
There were more troop transport ships bringing soldiers ashore in a steady stream.
The defense line on the shore is getting thicker and thicker.
However, the Qing army rushed slower and slower, falling continuously along the way.
The infantrymen holding shields, spears, and even improvised carbines looked at the bloody scene in front of them, and their eyes widened in shock.
Is the navy so bad?
Can cannons be so invincible?
The infantry officers on the shore couldn't help but fell into deep thought. This battle seemed to be easier than imagined.