At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Bright red blood flowed down, and human heads fell on the market.

Many people were still wailing.

A fishing net was wrapped around Zheng Siwei's deputy general Xu Wensheng.

Several craftsmen were using knives to slice his meat like a duck.

At the same time, several Shun soldiers were holding bowls and shouting loudly.

"Okay! I'll pay ten taels of silver!" A landowner gritted his teeth, raised his money bag and bought the first piece of meat.

Then he endured the nausea and swallowed Xu Wensheng's meat into his mouth.

Contrary to what people imagined, although Li Zicheng pursued stolen goods and paid them, he only targeted high-ranking officials.

In Beijing, only officials of third rank or above are targeted, and other officials are not affected.

At the local level, it was only targeted at powerful landlords.

Instead of being harmed, small and medium-sized landowners and middle- and low-level officials will benefit from this.

After all, our Ming Dynasty doesn’t talk about class brotherhood.

How can a mere local official and a mere local rich man be ranked with the Gongun princes!

It is not just the common people who are persecuted by powerful landlords and dignitaries.

Many low-level officials and small and medium-sized landowners were victims, and Niu Jinxing was one of them.

The high-ranking officials and powerful landowners are in trouble, low-level officials can be promoted, and small landowners can be stable.

How could they not be willing?

Since the Manchus entered the customs, the originally stable situation in the north and Jingxiang has been greatly changed.

Not only the shun army, but also how many people were killed by our Qing Dynasty?

With such a great hatred, how can one not satisfy his hatred by eating the flesh of these traitors who helped the tyrants to perpetrate their crimes?

You must know that when He Zhen raised his army, he raised the banner of Dashun, and the gentry and people in the Shaanxi-Gansu region responded in large numbers.

Even many gentry who had rebelled against the Great Shun in the past recognized the banner of the Great Shun again under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the situation has reversed, it is time to reckon with the perpetrators of the past disaster!

Soon, many of Zheng Siwei's cronies died amid wailing sounds, and the pieces of their flesh were eaten by the soldiers and the people.

People with strong bodies are still persisting, but they are just suffering more pain.

In a restaurant, Ke Yongsheng and others were terrified after looking at the scene in front of them.

"Sir Admiral, fortunately we rebelled early!" A close aide said with cold sweat.

Ke Yongsheng patted his confidant on the head.

"What kind of rebellion! We call this anyway!"

"And don't mention the admiral anymore. He is a Tatar official, so bad luck!"

"Let's see what Li Laiheng and others will do. If they use the banner of Dashun again, I will probably become General Guo Yi!"

In June, after capturing Jingzhou, Dashun's army moved north, and De'an and Chengtian fell into the hands of Shun's army.

Wang Guangxing and others also mobilized troops to defeat Yunyang and seize their former territory.

Li Laiheng and others gathered in Xiangyang. After discussion, they decided that the road to Shangluo was difficult and they should lead the troops directly into Nanyang Mansion and then advance into the Central Plains.

So tens of thousands of Dashun troops went north, preparing to capture Nanyang and return to the Central Plains.

Jia Hanfu, the governor of Henan, saw that the Shun army was powerful and did not dare to fight. He could not abandon the important area of ​​Nanyang, so he had to lead his army to defend Nanyang.

At the same time, Zheng Chenggong's troops had penetrated deep into the Yangtze River.

On May 19, Zheng's army entered the Yangtze River from Wusongkou.

The Qing army deployed two forces at the mouth of the Yangtze River. One was Su Song's general Liang Huafeng's department, which had more than 8,000 soldiers and 4,000 armored men stationed in Chongming.

One is Su Song's Admiral Ma Fengzhi's tribe, which has more than 10,000 soldiers, including 6,000 in armor, stationed in Songjiang.

As a result, Liang Huafeng was willing to resist Zheng Chenggong, but Zheng Jun did not attack Chongming and went directly deep into the Yangtze River.

However, Ma Feng knew both sides. Under Qian Qianyi's secret instigation, he actually stood still and watched the success or failure of Manchu Qing and Zheng Chenggong.

As a result, the Qing troops deployed at the mouth of the Yangtze River were temporarily useless, allowing Zheng Chenggong to penetrate deep into the Yangtze River unscathed.

On the first day of the sixth lunar month, Zheng's army advanced to Jiangyin, and the city was guarded by civil and military personnel. Zheng Chenggong accepted the advice of the generals and led his troops to continue westward.

Dantu Town, the mouth of the tidal flat, Caishiji.

A young man is pushing the cart under the scorching sun.

The cart is loaded with stones.

Suddenly a young man fell to the ground sweating profusely.

Before he could get up, a whip hit him.

"Hurry up, Nikan!" an Eight Banners soldier scolded: "If you can't transport these stones into the city today, I will punish you for being a liaison with the pirates!"

However, at this moment, all the young men looked towards the river, dumbfounded.

"That's...Master Wang?" A young man muttered to himself as he looked at the scene in front of him.

"Nikan, what did you say?" This Qing soldier pulled out his saber and was about to kill someone.

But the accomplice next to him pointed to the river.

The Eight Banners soldier looked around and saw an unprecedentedly powerful fleet moving retrograde on the rolling Yangtze River.

On the more than 3,000 ships, the dragon held the sun and moon flag and fluttered with great momentum.

It makes people excited and excited.

The Qing soldier was stunned when he saw the battle in front of him.

Not even Shunzhi, not to mention him, had witnessed the amphibious landing of more than 100,000 people and more than 3,000 ships.

"The pirates are coming!"

This Qing soldier opened his mouth wide, and not only the whip in his hand, but also his saber slipped off.

Suddenly a cannonball was blasted from a certain warship, smashing up a pile of rubble.

"Run!" A cry came out.

How could the Qing soldiers who were watching Qing Zhuang take care of Qing Zhuang?

They all fled in panic and panic.

On the flagship, Zheng Chenggong put down the telescope with a slight smile.

At this time, he was very heroic and confident.

In this Northern Expedition, he brought all the troops he could, 50,000 to 60,000 men in armor, 170,000 men, and more than 3,000 ships.

This battle can scare many people to death just by being scared!

"Generals, listen!" he ordered.

Many generals gathered at the flagship surrendered their hands.

"The purpose of this Northern Expedition is to conquer Nanjing, save our Han people from disaster, and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Zheng Chenggong shouted: "This vassal state reiterates it! Our army is the upright army of the king, which is different from the pure captives of beasts!"

"The officers and soldiers entering the river this time are not allowed to rob the people in the south of the Yangtze River, they are not allowed to rape and humiliate women, and they are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately. If you violate this order, I will definitely kill you without mercy!"

"I will obey the order of the feudal lord!" All the generals accepted the order.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong nodded slightly. As the saying goes, whatever is lacking is made up for. In this era, although the military discipline of the Zheng army cannot be compared with that of the Qing army, it cannot be said to be good.

On the southeast coast, Zheng's army was burned and looted from time to time.

Of course, the main issue is survival. Zheng Chenggong can certainly rely on sea trade to make millions of dollars every year to meet military expenses in Jinxia Island.

Relying on these two islands, he cannot grow the food needed by hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of soldiers and civilians.

Therefore, in addition to purchasing from Japan and Southeast Asia, the huge food gap also has to be collected locally from the southeastern coast.

For example, Chaozhou, the major grain-producing capital of Guangdong, has always been remembered by Zheng Chenggong.

They sent troops to attack many times, but unfortunately none of them succeeded, and they were all defeated in Chaozhou.

After briefly occupying the Second Prefecture of Zhangquan and moving south from Jidu, Zheng Chenggong levied taxes in these two places for nearly ten years and demolished the houses and city walls.

Then he returned to the Jinxia base and looked at Jidu and himself across the sea, feeling extremely resentful.

In this general environment, sometimes the word "sea pirate" is really correct.

Zheng Jun often relaxed military discipline in order to obtain food and grass. Once military discipline was relaxed, rape and indiscriminate killing would be followed by looting.

But what is better than the Qing army is that Zheng Chenggong will restrain military discipline when there is no shortage of food and pay.

And the Qing army... no matter what, they would burn, kill and loot even if they had enough food and pay.

San Guizi was the only one who acted like a person and restrained his subordinates.

Now Zheng Chenggong is confident that he can capture Nanjing and seize Jiangnan, making it the foundation of his empire.

Therefore, he naturally had to pay close attention to this issue of military discipline.

Otherwise, 100,000 pirates would bring disaster to the south of the Yangtze River, and it would be difficult to get the people's support back once it was lost!

"King Gaoyi of Yanping." On the warship, Zhang Huangyan cupped his hands and said.

"Young Sima, this time I, the Ming Dynasty's 100,000 athletes, come to the south of the Yangtze River, we will definitely dominate Nanjing and restore the Ming Dynasty!" Zheng Chenggong said firmly.

Zhang Huangyan's official position at this time was the Minister of War of the Yongli court, and he should be called Da Sima.

It's just that his previous official position was Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and Zheng Chenggong was respectfully called Shao Sima when he first met.

So Zheng Chenggong didn't change his words after getting used to it, and Zhang Huangyan was not a corrupt scholar, so he naturally didn't care about this kind of thing.

"King Yanping, maybe this time we can really restore this great river and mountains!" Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.

He and Zhang Mingzhen once entered the Yangtze River three times. Unfortunately, Sun Kewang's main force remained in Huguang and returned without success.

But now it's better, although the Yongli court in the southwest has suffered changes.

But Zheng Chenggong fully cooperated with him. Zheng Chenggong had 50,000 to 60,000 men in armor and 170,000 soldiers. Zhang Huangyan had thousands of men in armor and 10,000 soldiers.

The Qing army in the Jiangnan area was empty of troops, with only 70,000 troops, of which only 20,000 were in armor, and they needed to be divided into towns.

What's more, people are clear-minded. Not only the gentry and the common people are eagerly waiting for Wang Shi, but even Ma Fengzhi and other Qing generals are on both ends.

With two armies of 60,000 men in armor and 180,000 men, how could we not be able to get to Nanjing or Jiangnan?

"That's natural!" Zheng Chenggong said with high spirits: "I vowed to destroy the captives when I came to the river, and my army of a hundred thousand devoured Wu. I tried to throw myself across the natural chasm. If you don't believe in the Central Plains, you don't believe in Zhu!"

As soon as this poem came out, its grandeur was self-evident.

"Lord, what a poem!"

For a while, Gan Hui and other generals praised him one after another.

"Try to cross the natural chasm with a whip?" Zhang Huangyan frowned.

Isn't this another talk about the battle of Feishui?

This sentence is ominous. In the battle of Feishui, Fu Jian had the upper hand and was full of confidence, but in the end his boat capsized in the gutter.

At this moment, under the operation of Qian Qianyi and other people who restored the Ming Dynasty, the weakness of the Jiangnan region was fully known to the Ming army.

And Zheng Chenggong has such confidence, which seems to be very similar to the King of Qin who had the advantage before the Battle of Feishui.

When he thought of this, Zhang Huangyan shook his head.

"In the Battle of Feishui, the Jin Dynasty did not lose the support of the people, but at this moment, the common people and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River already hated the Qing Dynasty to the core."

"How can there be another Feishui War if people's hearts are not clear but clear?"

Zhang Huangyan said to himself, and then lamented that he thought too much.

With Zheng Chenggong's strength and his help, how could the Battle of Feishui happen again?

The situation of the Ming army is so good, but I really think too much.

"With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses here, and the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, not to mention that the main force of the Qing army is blocked by Sun Kewang and Li Laiheng, the battle of Nanjing is foolproof!"

At this time, only more than a month had passed since the Battle of Baoqing. Naturally, Zhang Huangyan and others did not know the outcome of the Huguang Battle.

But it is obvious that the main force of the Qing army will not be able to come back in a short time no matter what.

In this case, just looking at the strength comparison between the two sides in the Jiangnan area, 60,000 men in armor versus 20,000 men in armor. Although there were still 4,000 garrisoned Eight Banners, Ma Fengzhi stood still.

With 60,000 soldiers fighting less than 20,000 soldiers, and with the support of the people, there is no chance of failure!

"I hope Sun Kewang can persist in Hunan a little longer, so that King Yanping and I can take over Jiangnan and establish a firm foothold." Zhang Huangyan looked away from a distance and murmured to himself.

Zhang Huangyan felt complicated about Sun Kewang at this time. After Anlong welcomed him, everyone knew that this man had a rebellious intention.

Zhang Huangyan no longer looked forward to it when he entered the Yangtze River for the third time.

However, this person can pull up a force in Guangxi and cut off the retreat of the main force of the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou, which is always good for the cause of restoration of Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Huangyan naturally did not want Sun Kewang to be defeated quickly again.

Just the battle of Jiaoshui proved a truth, that is, the Qin army could not defeat the Jin army no matter what.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin army had been suppressed by the Jin army, losing more and winning less.

In the Battle of Feishui, Fu Jian mobilized the whole country and sent millions of troops. In the end, with such a huge advantage, the Qin army was still defeated by the Jin army.

In the Battle of Jiaoshui, Sun Kewang led 140,000 Qin troops but ultimately lost to a mere 30,000 Jin troops.

This seems to verify the theory of destiny. Neither Ying Renhao, Fu Jian nor Sun Kewang can change what is destined by God.

"Lord, what do you think?" At this moment, a Zheng Army general suddenly exclaimed.

Pointing to Dantu Town on the edge of the Yangtze River, I saw a fire in the city, which was obviously an uprising.

"Okay! The people of Jiangnan really support me. As soon as the army arrived in Dantu City, the gentry and common people raised the flag of righteousness!"

Zheng Chenggong laughed loudly and said: "Come here, land quickly and rescue the volunteers!"

Suddenly, with the flag waving, a large number of Zheng troops landed in small boats and quickly captured Dantu Town under the guidance of the rebels.

"King Yanping, the Tatars deployed heavy troops between Zhenjiang and Guazhou, connected the river with iron cables between Jinshan and Jiaoshan, blocked the river, and deployed countless large and small artillery, which is called Rolling River Dragon!"

Zhang Huangyan said solemnly: "I request you to lead the troops to conduct reconnaissance first to find a way to break the Qing army's defense line."

"Okay, Young Sima Ke, together with Gan Hui, Zhou Quanbin and others, will open the way for our army to march to Nanjing!" Zheng Chenggong said seriously.

"King Yanping, please don't worry. It's just a dragon rolling across the river. How can we stop our army of hundreds of thousands!"

Zhang Huangyan bowed his hands and took the lead in a light boat.

On the eighth day of June, the volunteers in Dantu City killed a small number of Eight Banners soldiers stationed in the city and started an uprising. Zheng Chenggong sent people to guide them and quickly captured Dantu.

Then the main force of Zheng's army landed to rest temporarily and prepare for the next battle.

Zhang Huangyan and others led their troops as the vanguard and arrived in the Zhenjiang and Guazhou areas, preparing to break through the Qing army's Gunjianglong defense line. (End of chapter)