Zhu Cilang has always had high hopes for Du Zhongren. Moreover, this person did not disappoint him. He followed Zhu Cilang into an unknown soldier in the army and was promoted to the captain of Zhu Cilang's personal guards.

Although he did not go into battle to kill the enemy and make achievements, he also made a lot of contributions to Zhu Cixuan's escort of the south and north wars. When the 12th Regiment Battalion went south, Li Zicheng also sent someone to assassinate Zhu Cixuan.

Under the protection of secret guard Meng Fanchao and personal captain Du Zhongren, Zhu Cilang escaped danger several times.

Zhu Cixuan said "Oh": "What method should we use to deal with Li Zicheng's Navy?"

Du Zhongren stood up and bowed and said, "Your Highness, the thief has obtained the Dongting Navy, and there are no less than a hundred warships. In addition, there are four or five hundred civilian ships. But we don't have a single warship, but Honghu is closest to Dongting. We can allocate Honghu warships and collect all warships along the Yangtze River. We can fight with the thieves."

Zhu Ciyang frowned: "We don't have navy soldiers, what's the use of just warships?"

Du Zhongren smiled slightly: "Who is there a child from Jiangnan who can't do water? As long as you are proficient in water, you can fight with the thieves. Importantly, Your Highness forgot that we still have firearms."

"Your Highness, I will finally believe that Captain Du's plan is feasible. I will allocate ships from all over the Yangtze River, regardless of the size of warships."

"Yes, we don't have a navy, and the thieves are just a group of mobs. The last general thinks that we still have a chance."

"We can move the red cannons to the ship. Although the bandits have warships, they do not have firearms. Once the war begins, they are no match for us at all."

Dongting Lake is a natural lake on the edge of the Yangtze River. Dongting Lake provides a buffering and regulation process for the water of the Yangtze River downstream. It is also a large source of water for the Yangtze River.

Although the Ming Navy declined, the warships along the Yangtze River were still there. Moreover, the ships were running fast through waterways. In just two to three months, Zhu Cilang was able to form his own naval army soon.

"Du Zhongren, do you know how to be humble?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

Du Zhongren nodded: "The villain knows a little about water."

"Okay, I will appoint you as the navy admiral. Within three months, 800 warships will be built. Is there any problem?"

Du Zhongren thought for a while: "Your Highness, no problem!"

Two months later, Du Zhongren came back. In the past two months, Li Zicheng launched several charges, but he could not break out of Zhu Cixuan's encirclement.

When everyone was really a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted to beat him. When the officers and soldiers were weak, Li Zicheng was invincible. When the 12th Regiment Battalion could fight, these local officers and soldiers seemed to be injected with blood.

Li Zicheng went south to Guangxi and was blocked by Guangxi General Mu Wenlong. Mu Wenlong used the bow and arrow of the fanged man to get poisonous. Most of the generals of Li Zicheng were infected and killed.

Later I learned that Mu Wenlong used the commonly used method of local natives to temper poisoning by archers. Or, after using human and animal feces and arches to shoot into the human body, secondary infection will soon occur. In an era without antibiotics, it is easy to cause death of soldiers.

Li Zicheng went south to Guangxi and suffered a great loss, so he could only turn the gun and flee to Jiangxi.

Unfortunately, the direction of Jiangxi has long been organized by Song Xiance to cooperate with the Eastern Palace Guard to prepare for the battle. Li Zicheng secretly complained that it was not good as soon as he broke through the siege and almost fell into the pocket formation prepared by Song Xiance for him. If he hadn't discovered it in time, he would have suffered a great loss.

There was no choice but to retreat to Dongting Lake. He was desperate and surrounded by Ming army officers and soldiers in the three directions of the southeast, north and north. The only way out seemed to be to go west to Sichuan and Guizhou.

But Sichuan and Guizhou are Zhang Xianzhong's territory. Li Zicheng wanted to enter Zhang Xianzhong's territory, so Zhang Xianzhong gave him two words, not accurate.

At this time, Li Zicheng could only passively beg that everyone was a grasshopper on the same rope. The officers and soldiers destroyed me, and the next one was you, Zhang Xianzhong.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong, who had suffered losses several times in Li Zicheng's hands, disagreed with Li Zicheng's troops entering Sichuan this time.

First of all, Li Zicheng still has 500,000 troops. Once he enters Sichuan, he may lead the wolf into the house. In addition, if both officers and soldiers fight against Li Zicheng, he will be able to reap the benefits of Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Zicheng naturally felt unfair, so he wanted to lead a large army into Sichuan to escape without hesitation. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong led his men to fight.

Li Zicheng was furious, and this was simply a deception. He was forced to this point by the officers and soldiers, so Zhang Xianzhong even came to stab him in the back.

But Zhang Xianzhong was surrounded by powerful generals, and Li Zicheng was seriously injured in the battle with the officers and soldiers. At this time, he could not defeat Zhang Xianzhong and could only be forced back to Dongting Lake.

Two months later, Zhu Cilang's navy was established. The number of navy was large, with more than 50,000 people. Why are there so many, the bandits captured along the way, plus the soldiers recruited?

I have to say that Du Zhongren is really a talented person. In just two months, he organized more than 50,000 navy troops. Moreover, he owned more than 8,000 warships.

This really shocked Zhu Cixuan: "Du Zhongren, what did you say, how many warships?"

Du Zhongren smiled and said, "There are not many ships, there are 8,3179 ships of all sizes. The total number of soldiers and brave men is more than 56,300."

Zhu Cixuan took a breath: "Where are you from so many people?"

"I'm recruiting. All the ships along the Yangtze River have been confiscated. Also, my subordinates are constantly recruiting soldiers. These people all said that they were traitors and they all followed them when they heard that they were fighting bandits."

This is not very similar to Zhu Cilang's perception. Didn't it mean that Li Zicheng raised his arms and responded to it. The people hated the officers and soldiers and joined the rebel army one after another?

Why is the current situation reversed and the officers and soldiers are favored wherever they go? Li Zicheng became a rat crossing the street, and everyone was shouting and beating him.

In fact, the success and the king were defeated. At this time, Li Zicheng was defeated again and again. What military discipline constraints were there? The defeated army was not as good as the enemy, and the soldiers were bandits. After the defeat, the bandits began to rob and plunder indiscriminately every time they arrived at the place. This caused serious disasters to the local people.

As a result, the people along the Yangtze River hated the bandits to the core. When they heard that the officers and soldiers came to suppress the bandits, the people supported them one after another. Therefore, Du Zhongren's work of collecting ships was unprecedentedly smooth. In just over two months, Zhu Cixuan had more than 50,000 navy personnel and more than 8,000 ships.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng only had four or five hundred warships. Although most of the officers and soldiers collected small boats, more than 8,000 warships were arranged in a row on the lake. Li Zicheng's hundreds of warships were simply vulnerable.
Chapter completed!