Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 593 Lu Jianguo, Once Entering the Yangtze River

Jinshan Temple is well-known, mostly because of the allusion of Liang Hongyu beating drums to fight Jinshan. Lu Jianguo and his party worshiped, which can be seen in the whole city of Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang is an important town for river defense. Although the Qing army didn't pay much attention to the navy and didn't have any naval personnel, they still sent a navy in Zhenjiang.

After the Qing army occupied Jiangnan, the Han generals rebelled repeatedly because of the brutal ethnic policy. Wang Zhiren, Wu Shengzhao and others returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

This made the Qing court, which had already distrusted the southern Han people, gradually strengthen its control over the green camp soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Zhenjiang River Waterproof Division is led by Bashan of the Manchuria Xianghuang Banner Jialazhen Guerjia clan. The deputy commander is not a Manchu, but he is also loyal to the Han Eight Banners. The people below are serious green battalion soldiers.

The Ming army was so rampant, they went to the temple to worship, and the navy stayed at the foot of the Jinshan Mountain. They really didn't take the Qing soldiers seriously. Such contempt, the Lord of the Eight Banners could not bear it.

The navy of the Ming army, who had not encountered any resistance along the way, ushered in the first battle on the Zhenjiang River.

Bashan urged the sailors to fight, but he himself did not board the boat. The reason is very simple. Uncle Manchuria is seasick. Although he is so loyal that he does not faint, he is still a landlubber and basically does not know how to fight in water.

The Zhenjiang navy sailed out, all of which were Cangshan boats and walking boats, all light boats. It is so difficult for a majestic navy to have no big boats. There are, but they can't play.

The naval division of the Ming army, facing hundreds of small boats, sank half of them in a round of bombardment before they got close, and the rest went close to the body, facing the tall blessing boats, they scattered into a pile of wooden boats at random collisions, and the Qing soldiers fell into the water There are many.

This kind of battle is too easy for the Ming army, like a father beating his son, there is no pressure at all.

Seeing that there was no need to fight, Guan Xiaozhong quickly withdrew. Fortunately, the boat was fast, otherwise he, a landlubber, would have been doomed.

The frightened navy retreated into the canal, and Zhang Mingzhen led a large ship into it. The navy fled immediately, and the Ming army seized a large number of boats in the canal.

The prefect of Zhenjiang in the Qing court was terrified and asked Hong Chengchou for help.

Some of the navy divisions of the Qing court were more capable of fighting, but they were put on Taihu Lake for drills. Hong Chengchou hurriedly sent someone to transfer them, but Lu Jianguo had 2 warships and an army of more than [-] people, and had no intention of attacking the city.

The fleet bombarded Zhenjiang City, and the booming sound of the cannon resounded on both sides of the river, and it lasted for an hour before it left.

Before Hong Chengchou's transfer order reached Taihu Lake, Lu Jianguo's navy continued to go up the river and entered Jinling. Five hundred ships were moored on the river, and the black muzzles on the sides were pointed at the city wall of Jinling. A round of shelling hit the top of the city, swearing its own existence.

Hong Chengchou waited for the Taihu navy to come, but Lu Jianguo seemed to know his intentions. He parked outside Jinling City for three days, then returned eastward, and did not fight against the main force of the Qing army.

In Yanziji, a suburb of Nanjing, Hong Chengchou and a group of officials from the Qing court retreated to the east after witnessing the Ming army sailors showing off their might on the river, with very ugly expressions on their faces.

"Jiangning is so close, and the thieves are rampant. This is treating me like nothing." A manchu official exclaimed.

In another place, two gentry in full clothes and with full bras looked at the distant warship on the river, and their hearts were also shocked.

These two people are none other than Qian Qianyi, the former leader of Donglin, and the other is Renwu Bo Yao Zhizhuo.When the Qing soldiers went south, he and his father set up troops in eastern Zhejiang. After the defeat, his father Yao Zhishuo retreated to Fujian and then to Guangnan. He is now a doctor of the household department. After being separated from the rebel army, he stayed in the Qing court. controlled area.

At this moment, the two couldn't help but glanced at each other, and both of them could see the light flickering in each other's eyes.

"Daoyin, go to my mansion for a drink, okay?"

"Right on my mind."

At that moment, the two separated from the crowd and headed for the city.

On the other side, Hong Chengchou did not return to the city after watching Lu Wang's navy go away. Instead, he followed the navy all the way east, and did not return until near Zhenjiang.

Although King Lu did not engage in large-scale battles with the Qing soldiers this time, he only destroyed a few forts along the river and robbed a few ferries, but the impact on Jiangnan was huge.

As the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangning was the headquarters of the Qing court in the south of the Yangtze River. It was so easy for the Ming army to kill the city, and they came and went freely, showing off their might.What do the people of Jiangning think of this?What do the gentlemen think?
In the Jiangnan area, although the anti-Qing activities on the surface were suppressed and wiped out, the hearts of the people were not completely attached. Some gentry temporarily succumbed to the force of the Qing soldiers, but they still missed the former dynasty in their hearts.

They originally thought that the Qing army was very powerful, but now that the Manchu Qing army is strong outside, because the Ming army's navy crossed the Yangtze River, it was fully exposed, making the Han heart undead, and it is inevitable that they will be ready to move again.

As the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, Hong Chengchou naturally saw the adverse effects of this incident. The entry of the Ming army navy into the Yangtze River really shocked him.

Although Duoduo took away many warships in the south of the Yangtze River, the Qing court also left naval warships in the south of the Yangtze River, but it turned out to be of no use.

If the Ming army can cross the Yangtze River so easily, it doesn't mean that the Yangtze River can be easily cut off by the Ming army, so that the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River and the Qing army in the Huaihe River and the north can be easily separated.

This situation is too dangerous, Hong Chengchou has to pay attention to it.

He led the crowd to Zhenjiang as if he was sending off the navy of the Ming army. In fact, he wanted to see why the Jiang waterproof division was not strong enough to fight.

He only took one look at Zhenjiang, and he probably knew the reason.

The Manchus did not believe in Han generals, and even the navy was commanded by Manchus, but the Manchus could not even swim, and some even got seasick. How could they command the navy?
In the past two years, the river surface along the Yangtze River has been relatively peaceful, and the Jiangshui division has been eroding rapidly. These generals have learned the bad habits of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are empty-handed and neglected to practice.

When Hong Chengchou went to Zhenjiang, he practiced the defeated sailors in the martial arts field, and found that the Jiang Defense Battalion with a quota of 5000 people actually had less than [-] old and weak.

When meeting Lu Jianguo's lucky boat, it is like looking at a high mountain. How can it be decisively victorious over the river and sea?

The navy is a technical arm, and it requires cooperation to sail and sail. The ship sails on the river, or even at sea, without anyone else. The captain is as important as the sailor who steers the sail.

This is not like the infantry, who can go to battle with a knife and kill the enemy. The navy must have enough personnel. The Manchu generals don't understand it at all. They pay indiscriminately, thinking that sailors and boatmen are useless. If something happened, they took their places, and the navy became a land division.

When Hong Chengchou found the reason, he returned to Jiangning, prepared to write an excerpt, and played it to Dorgon, suggesting that the Jiang Waterproof Division should be rectified, Liu Liangzuo and other Han generals should be used to command the troops, and Lu Jianguo rushed into the Yangtze River. He also needs to defend himself .

At this time, Hong Chengchou was about to pick up his brush, but suddenly a staff member came in from outside the study and whispered something in his ear, and Hong Chengchou's brush fell down in shock.

Not long after, a member of the Qing Dynasty was brought into the study room. It was the inlaid red flag Gushan Jinli who fled from Jiangxi.

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