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Chapter 119 Return to Jintang Island

On the Fuchun River, thousands of Qing soldiers sailed together, and the sails shot towards the south bank like arrows with the north wind.

Ming army artillery bombarded and splashed water columns, but it could not be stopped. Qing army ships rushed to the shore.

A large number of Qing army ships and rafts rushed to the beach smoothly. Ming army soldiers stood on the earth wall, and raised their lines one by one, waiting for the Qing army to rush forward.

Thousands of green camp soldiers were covered with rivers, and Liu Liangzuo was overjoyed and waved his sword, "Brothers, kill me!"

The Qing soldiers rushed forward with a scream. Suddenly, a burst of shells fell down. In the dense crowd, they smashed the Qing soldiers over and over, leaving behind broken limbs and wailing wounded soldiers on the ground.

"Zhi Niang's thief's Zhenghong Banner, I'll be your ancestor!" The charge of the Qing army was smashed by the red barbarian cannons from the North Bank, and suffered heavy losses and instantly lost morale.

The Qing army did not conduct joint training of infantry and artillery. On this side, Liu Liangzuo landed on the shore, and Kong Youde was still firing artillery bombardment. In one round of artillery, nearly 100 green camp soldiers were overturned. The attacking Qing army retreated back to the shore and scolded Zhenghongqi's grandson for being blind.

When Duoduo saw this scene, he took back the Qianli Mirror and his face turned gloomy. When Kong Youde next to him saw it, he felt embarrassed and hurriedly ordered the artillery team to stop bombarding.

The Qing army artillery formation on the north bank was extinguished, and behind the earth wall on the south bank, the Ming army general Wu Zhaosheng glanced at the beach. The Qing army had begun to establish a beachfront position to defend against the Ming army's counterattack, and at the same time, they were able to connect the troops behind to cross the river.

"General, fight!" Seeing that there were more and more enemy soldiers on the beach, Qianhu next to him said anxiously.

Wu Zhaosheng waved his hand suddenly and roared, "Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang" On the earthen wall, the flames of the melee guns flashed, and the smoke filled the gun. The iron barrel buried in the ground half of the body behind the wall was thrown out with a loud bang and shot it at the beach.

The Qing soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to block the attack. The Qing army continued to go ashore and pushed off the shield cart from the ships and bamboo rafts, moved down the small cannon cart, fired the bombs and fought back. The battle gradually became fierce.

On the north bank, Duoduo picked up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile again. Liu Liangzuo's green camp soldiers had already reached the north bank. As long as the Ming army could not defeat them and drove them into the river, the Qing army would cross the river continuously, and the battle of crossing the river was half won.

On the front dozens of miles long, many Qing troops crossed the river at the same time, hundreds of small boats and thousands of rafts carrying soldiers, rushed to the south bank. Even if all the troops in eastern Zhejiang were deployed on the south bank, Duoduo was confident of breaking through the river defense, not to mention that the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang only invested half of the troops to defend the Qing army from crossing the river.

Boro looked at the ships passing through the river, "Prince, this time the barbarians will be destroyed!"

Duoduo was also full of confidence, "In the face of strength, the barbarian struggle, but the time for destruction will not change. When the eastern Zhejiang and Fujian are destroyed, I will be able to escape the summer heat in Beijing next year."

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At Jintang Island, Liegang Wharf, a small lucky boat was leaning on the shore. As soon as the ship stopped, Zhao Ming jumped out of the boat.

After seeing Zhang Mingzhen, Zhao Ming galloped quickly and met King Lu and Fang Guoan who went south in Taizhou. He informed them of the truth and conveyed the imperial edict of Emperor Longwu Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Yihai understood that it was Zheng Zhilong who was the one who was doing the trick, but there were still some people inside Zhejiang who didn’t want to stop.

At this time, the wolf smoke rose from the north and Jiang Fang warned the police. Many people suggested that they enter Fujian directly and avoid the Qing army's troops.

Zhao Ming and others tried their best to stop them. Grand Secretary Qian Sule and Right Censor Zhang Huangyan shouted: "Your Highness, have you forgotten the affairs of Anzong?"

During the Hongguang Dynasty, it was destroyed by internal conflicts and rebelled in Zuozhendong.

The Donglin Party originally wanted to use Zuozhen to overthrow Ma Shiying and Emperor Hongguang and seize the power of Nanjing, but did not expect Zuozhen to be defeated by Huang Degong in Wuhu. At this time, the Qing army suddenly went south, causing the entire Jiangfang collapse, and the Hongguang Dynasty quickly perished.

When King Lu heard the word, his face was gloomy, but he still accepted Zhang Huangyan's advice. He received the imperial edict of Emperor Longwu in Taizhou and issued an instruction in eastern Zhejiang, announcing his reign to the position of governing the country, and regarded Longwu as the righteous. He continued to call on the military and civilians in eastern Zhejiang to resist the Qing Dynasty as the prince.

At that moment, King Lu urgently ordered the army to return north, but Zhao Ming did not accompany him, but decided to return to Jintang Island.

Last time Duoduo crossed the river in a hurry, the Qing army was not prepared enough and was stunned by the bombing, so they retreated back to the south bank in disappointment.

This time Duoduo came prepared, and it was actually very difficult for the Zhejiang army to block the Qing army.

Zhao Ming originally hoped that the Tang and Lu would unite. When the Qing army attacked eastern Zhejiang, the Longwu court could send troops to reinforce, but now it seems that the Longwu court was controlled by Zheng Zhilong and would not stab him from behind, and he would be Amitabha.

Now, the Longwu court probably couldn't count on it, so it could only rely on Zhejiang to fight against the Qing army. The situation can be said to be not optimistic.

Now Duoduo has been preparing for several months and must have prepared various equipment. After using the fried bag once, the Qing army was mentally prepared and did not do much.

After all, it was just black gunpowder, mixed with some cotton, and it was not very powerful, and the Qing army might have mastered how to make fried bread.

In this way, the Zhejiang Army had no advantage when facing the Qing army. As long as there were 10,000 Eight Banners soldiers crossing the river, the river defense would collapse and the Zhejiang Army would be defeated.

On the dock, Chen Mingyu, Ma Shiao and others came to greet him. When Zhao Ming got off the boat, they all said happily: "Bo'an! General!"

Zhao Ming waved his hand with a serious expression, "Let's go, let's talk about it when you go back!"

In the village, Zhao Ming sat in the middle hall, and the others sat down on both sides.

After Yan Yingyuan left, Jintang Island followed Zhao Ming's horse and finally had a territory of his own.

At this time, Zhao Ming glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Duoduo is invading eastern Zhejiang. With the troops in eastern Zhejiang, it may not be the enemy of the Qing army. We have been resting on the island for nearly half a year. It is time to contribute to the world!"

Everyone in the hall was talking for a while, and Wang Deshun clasped his fists and said, "General, please lead us!"

"General just give orders!"

Liu Si, Li Zhongming, Guo Zhong and others expressed their opinions one after another. Zhao Ming was very pleased to see this. He had his own direct line.

Seeing this heroic ambition, Zhao Ming shouted: "Jiannu is powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops fighting along the Fuchun and Qiantang. If we throw in, half of us will be killed in a day, and we will not be shocked even if we die. However, we are not useless. Although Jiannu is strong, it is not without weakness."

Ma Shiao said in a deep voice: "How will the general be ready to fight?"

Zhao Ming stood up and asked, "Is there a map?"

Chen Ming was busy and asked someone to get a map. Zhao Ming then unfolded it and said, "Everyone comes and see."

After everyone surrounded him, Zhao Ming pointed to the map and said, "Now East Zhejiang only has the defensive power. It can defeat the Qing army from the front and can only defend passively. Then there are only two results of the battle in East Zhejiang. One is that the Qing army breaks through the defense line and occupies East Zhejiang. The other is that the Qing army is tired from fighting and stops attacking. But it is obvious that the Qing Dynasty occupied a large area, and its military strength, material resources, and financial resources are several times that of East Zhejiang. If it is tired, it is the first thing that cannot hold on. We must be the one who cannot hold on."

When Ruan Mei heard the words, she couldn't help but frown and said, "Then we are not sure to lose!"

Zhao Ming glanced at him, "That may not be necessary, we are not without a chance." Zhao Ming pointed to the map and continued, "If Zhejiang East wants to overcome the crisis, there is only one way, which is to withstand the Qing army head-on, break through in other places, wait for a turnaround on other battlefields, and force the Qing army to retreat."

As he said that, Zhao Ming stood up, "I have suggested that the Crown Prince ask for help from the court and ask the government troops in southern Gannan and Huguang to launch a counterattack. However, the court now controls Zheng Zhilong and may not send troops, so we cannot place all our hopes on the court, and we must take action."

The strategy Zhao Ming said is very simple, and everyone can understand it, just drag it forward and break through on the flanks.

However, most people use this trick on the same battlefield, while Zhao Ming uses several provinces as the battlefield.

This still shocked everyone. The reason why Zhao Ming had such a view of the overall situation was mainly a matter of vision. As a later generation, the overall situation was naturally stronger than these people who didn't even know what China looked like.

Ma Shiao said in a deep voice: "I don't know what actions the general wants to take?"

Zhao Ming pointed his finger at the Yangtze River, "Our soldiers entered the Yangtze River, scared that turtle grandson of Duoduo!"
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