In the wilderness of the east coast, Qing soldiers fled in scattered areas, but in fact, only going south was the only way to escape from the ascension.

The battlefield is the Yangtze River to the north, the canal to the west, and the Ming army to the east, and only the south can escape.

Three Qing troops were mixed together, running in a hurry, the soldiers cursed while running, which grandson wanted to fight with his back, your mother...

The Qing army threw away their armor and crowded together, and suddenly exclaimed, "Mom~ Zhao Tiebang is here, run away!"

The Qing soldiers looked back boldly and saw Zhao Ming turning over a horse, rushing over, and running away.

Seeing this, Tian Xiong's eyes raised and roared anxiously, "Hurry, block him!"

The Qing soldiers continued to rush south in fear. If it were someone else, the Qing army might have blocked it, but Zhao Ming, then forget it. This man was too fierce and could not stop him at all.

Zhao Ming galloped on his horse and rushed into the Qing army. Without the interference of muskets and bows, he could beat the Qing army in front of him to death without restraint.

At this time, the mace in his hand had already drunk the enemy's blood. The raised spikes were stuck with white brains. In line with his bloody shape, he looked like a god of killing in hell.

The Qing army fled in a hurry, and no one turned around to resist. Most of them knew that if the Ming army could no longer flee south to the battlefield before the Ming army surrounded them, they would either be killed or driven into the canal by the Ming army pressed up to the east.

Zhao Ming reaped the lives of Qing soldiers with one blow, but there was no general on the battlefield who could compete with him. The horse galloped. He smashed out a fleeing Qing soldier and burst his brains into pieces. After he fell to the ground, he finally approached the target ahead.

It was a Qing general who fled with a horse, Tian Xiong, one of the three generals.

Zhao Ming shouted out loud, scaring Tian Xiong to almost become incontinent. In the early morning, he was still disrespectful to Zhao Ming's bravery and was very contemptuous. Now he knew what it was like to be chased by someone who completely crushed him.

That kind of fear is enough to make people collapse.

Tian Xiong ran wildly, looked back at Zhao Ming while galloping, and saw that Zhao Ming, covered in blood, had already killed behind him and raised his mace. As long as he caught up, he would be a blow.

Zhao Ming saw Tian Xiong's pursuit and raised the mace in his hand! I'll let you run away!

What kind of scene would it be if an iron rod worth more than 100 kilograms be smashed down on his head? Tian Xiong was trembling. However, he was the general officer after all, and he had two tricks. Just as Zhao Ming caught up, Tian Xiong suddenly pulled his horse and looked back and stabbed him with a spear.

Zhao Ming's body flickered and his neck flew, and he grabbed a shot. Tian Xiong was about to withdraw the gun, but Zhao Ming grabbed the gun. Tian Xiong pulled it hard, but it didn't move at all, as if an ant was shaking Mount Tai. Tian Xiong was so shocked that he quickly abandoned the gun and fled. But it was too late. While Zhao Ming was grabbing the gun, he raised his mace and smashed it.

Seeing that he was about to smash Tian Xiong's helmet, Zhao Ming suddenly withdrew seven points and hit Tian Xiong's back. Tian Xiong spurted out a mouthful of blood. The war horse carried him forward for a few steps. Tian Xiong fell from the horse and fainted.

When the gunboats entered the canal and the Qing army was attacked from both sides, Li Chengdong had already smelled the smell of victory.

As a general officer, Li Chengdong rarely goes to fight and kills enemies, and despises those reckless men who only know how to fight and kill. He likes to make friends with some literati. However, Zhao Ming repeatedly rushed to fight and fight to the death, but he aroused his passion.

Li Chengdong took the horse spear that he had not used for a long time from the guards, raised it and shouted: "All army attack!"

While Ma Degong fled south, the horn of the Ming army's attack sounded, which was rapid and loud.

The Ming army, which had been fighting for a long time, roared in the sound of the attack horns, and the soldiers gathered their blood and launched a powerful attack on the Qing army.

Ma Degong ran first on the southern line, while Yang Chengzu from the middle line could not hold on with the gunship and the Ming army, so he immediately broke south. Once these two units were defeated, Tian Xiong's troops on the northern line became a turtle in the jar.

The Qing army was shaken and had no intention of fighting, but the Ming army soldiers were very motivated and advanced wildly!

The troops were defeated like a mountain. When it came to escaping, all the Qing army units obviously had more experience. Except for a few who ran towards the Yangtze River and the canal in panic, they were driven into the water by the Ming army, most of them chose the right direction and fled south.

At this time, Li Chengdong broke in front, Li Yuanyin flanked his flank and rushed towards the canal, cutting off the Qing army's road to collapse south.

Ma Degong ran away, Tian Xiong was captured, and Yang Chengzu's troops were intercepted by Li Yuanyin before they could come out. He was swept away by the defeated army and was very regretful.

At this time, everything was over. The three Qing troops collapsed completely and were defeated on the whole line. The Ming army was harvesting. The Qing army blocked by the canal were either killed or driven into the river in front of the rainbow Ming army, and there were also large areas of surrender.

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After Duoduo's main force advanced south, the Qing army in Jiangnan was still very strong, but these troops were scattered in various prefectures and it took time to mobilize them.

After learning that the Ming army appeared in the Yangtze River and Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong met, Hong Chengchou judged that Zhao Ming would inevitably go up the river and force only Nanjing to achieve the goal of shaking the south of the Yangtze River.

Hong Chengchou knew that the next target of the Ming army must be Zhenjiang, so he hurriedly dispatched three elite Qing troops stationed in Nanjing to enter Zhenjiang east to block the Ming army and blocked the Ming army. He dispatched troops and horses to come for reinforcements, and must destroy the Ming army in Zhenjiang.

Shortly after the three Qing troops set off, Hong Chengchou dispatched 10,000 Green Camp soldiers around Nanjing and set off from Nanjing to Zhenjiang.

At the same time, he also ordered the Qing army from Huai'an, Xuzhou and other places to go south to Yangzhou, and ordered the Qing army from Songjiang, Suzhou and Changzhou to gather and recover Chongming.

At this time, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, more than 10,000 Qing troops advanced in a mighty manner, and Hong Chengchou led his civil and military commanders to fight horses and move slowly.

"Master Zhongtang, this Zhao thief is so bold that he dares to enter the Yangtze River. It's really unexpected!"

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "In the past Qing Dynasty, most of his opponents were horse stances, and navy was rarely seen. This time, the Zhao bandits entered the Yangtze River, which was indeed unexpected. However, the Yangtze River was not as good as the sea. He entered the Yangtze River and wanted to flow into the crisis in eastern Zhejiang. He had a good idea, but his troops were too small, and Jiangnan had been comforted by our church. He was unable to achieve his goal and was inevitably defeated!"

If the hair shaving order had caused the Jiangnan storm a few months ago, a Ming army navy entered the Yangtze River and approached Nanjing, it might have caused Jiangnan to rebel, and Nanjing might have changed hands. However, the unstable factors in Jiangnan have been basically killed by the Qing army. Hong Chengchou allocated land to the people who shaved their hair, appropriately reduced taxes, and won people's hearts, so that the Jiangnan region gradually surrendered. The Ming army navy came again, unless it had the strength to win, it would be difficult to gain the support of the people in Jiangnan.

The massacre that lasted for several months was already scared of the alive.

The Qing army first killed a group of gentry and people who disobeyed the Qing Dynasty, obtained a large amount of land, money and grain from them, and then took out a portion of the stolen land and distributed it to the people to show their kindness, shameless methods, hypocrisy, but they were indeed effective.

Although Governor Hong Chengchou Gangnan was less than half a year, he was obviously quite confident in the Jiangnan he managed.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was smiling and moving forward. A team of scouts rode over and flew out of the horse, and reported in panic: "Master Zhongtang, something is not good. General Ma, General Yang, and General Tian were defeated by Zhenjiang, and the pirates captured Zhenjiang!"

"What?" Hong Chengchou was shocked, "How is this possible?"

Tian Xiong and others had far better troops than Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong, and they were on the defensive side, how could they be defeated so quickly?

Hong Chengchou's face was gloomy, "It's rare that they did not listen to the orders of this church and attacked without authorization and were ambushed? Where are they now?"

The scout hurriedly replied: "I don't know what's going on. Anyway, I've lost. It is said that less than 30% of the troops fled south!"

Many civil and military officials heard the words and looked terrified. Someone shouted: "The pirates are so powerful in fighting. One day they fall into Chongming and another they break Zhenjiang! Lord Zhongtang, what should we do now?"

Hong Chengchou had a gloomy face, suddenly pulled out his reins and shouted: "Let's go, go back to Nanjing to set up defenses!"

Hong Chengchou brought out all the soldiers from Nanjing. He felt a little guilty. After speaking, he immediately turned his horse's head. In the Qing army, there were a series of commands, "The back team turns into the front team, and return to Nanjing quickly!"

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Chapter completed!