The curses were also cursed. The ship could not come back to pick them up anyway. Li Benshen and Hu Quancai had to hurry on the way to escape from Jiangxi, but their destination was much clearer than Liu Fangming and others, that was, to go directly to Jiangning, and only when they got there could they get rid of the threat from the Ming army.

As for the next operation, Li Benshen was Gao Jie's nephew. Those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, such as Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and others, have all died one after another, but Gao Jinku and others are still alive and are still serving the Qing Dynasty. With these people, the Qing court would have some concerns and would not be too strict with him. Moreover, Hu Quancai was also connected in the court and could always pass this pass.

Li Benshen and Hu Quancai went north and then went down the Yangtze River. At the same time, Liu Cheng and Zou Zhuoming, who had previously gone around a large circle before fleeing the Ming army controlled area, were traversing along the Yangtze River, preparing to go south to see Hong Chengchou after entering Jiangxi.

In fact, if Hong Chengchou sent troops a month in the evening, he might have met Liu Cheng, and there would not be any change in the outcome of this battle, but he could also know some anecdotes within the Ming army in Zhejiang. After seeing the King of Hell after his death, he could also explain the question of "who killed him and who he killed?" more clearly.

It was his misfortune and his regret that Hong Chengchou had not been able to see Liu Cheng. However, for Liu Cheng, although regrets were inevitable, they were his supreme luck.

When the boat approached Hukou, he planned to purchase some food and water and continued on the road. Unexpectedly, the group happened to hear the news that Hong Chengchou's defeat in Yushan, and there was a disagreement between Zou Zhuoming and Liu Cheng immediately.

"The old manager is not good at using troops. We must step up our efforts to go to Guangxin Mansion to help the old manager!"

There were a total of six people present, Zou Zhuoming and his four entourages occupied five places. It seemed that Liu Cheng was weak, but he didn't think so.

"I think that now, it's just a death sentence."

"What did you say?!"

Zou Zhuoming could not be convinced by Hong Chengchou's ability. He only felt that it was a small defeat, and he would not have thought that the Qing army had lost confidence in field battles after this battle.

In contrast, Liu Cheng's understanding of the Zhejiang Ming Army is far better than that of Zou Zhuoming. Chen Wen always has some strange ideas, which can often produce miraculous effects once put into practice. It does not even require those wonderful ideas. Today, the Zhejiang Ming Army's ability to endure casualties is not comparable to other armies. I'm afraid even the Eight Banners Army cannot be better, let alone the Green Camp.

Not knowing the combat effectiveness of the Ganzhou Green Camp made Liu Cheng's evaluation of the battle situation far more pessimistic than Zou Zhuoming. However, among these six people, it was not him who was talking about it, but Zou Zhuoming, who seemed to be more crowded and powerful.

"General Liu, with his old strategy, he can always stabilize the front even if he fails in the field. This has been confirmed last year. Do you have any doubts?"

As soon as this statement was made, the four minions immediately surrounded Liu Cheng, the original target of protection, on the spot. Although it was just a subconscious action and the range of movement was not large, there was no possibility that people like Liu Cheng could not see their intentions. Otherwise, he would have died under Ni Liangxu's hands and would not have appeared in this place.

"I just hope you can think about it seriously."

It was said that Zou Zhuoming was thinking about it seriously, but in fact he was also thinking about it.

Zou Zhuoming is a literati. Although his four entourages are all martial arts, they are specially selected to sneak into the Ming army occupied areas, who are not sure of murderous intent. Martial arts are naturally not the first choice. In the secret room fighting, Liu Cheng had 80 to 90% of his confidence to kill these four people within twenty moves, and finally deal with Zou Zhuoming, and no one knew that he had appeared in this county town in north Jiangxi.

However, if no one recommends it, it will be too difficult to make a appearance in the Qing Dynasty. Even whether it can be added or not will be unknown.

"Mr. Zou, although the old master failed to win last year, the bastion was strong and his troops were still superior. Chen Wen's soldiers were all exhausted, and the official troops in several directions remained there. He would never dare to stop the troops under the city."

"But this time, the Fujian green camp was destroyed and had to face the threat of pirates; Taiwen's horse and Hu two thieves were in a rebel, Chen Wen not only no longer needed to defend the Eastern Front, but also obtained the sea outlet and reached cooperation with the pirates; Hangzhou stationed the Eight Banners, raised the standard, and set the standard three elite teams were defeated, Ningshao and the two prefectures had also become enemies, and Chen Wen had no pressure on the northern front and could go west together."

"At this time, the old master could use Chen Wen's troops to share the opportunity of the local area to fight less, but he was still defeated and defeated so quickly. Now Chen Wen has no one to check or balance, but he is afraid that the troops have already arrived at the city, and it is hard to say whether Guangxin Mansion is still in the hands of the government army."

Chen Wen is the only famous general among the various forces in the anti-Qing Dynasty who can run side by side with Li Dingguo in military use. Although the two have different combat methods and different habits, Chen Wen's spiritual energy in commanding battles is far less than that of Li Dingguo, but he is defeated by his invincible and fierceness. Therefore, it is not inferior to the difficulty level.

This was what Hong Chengchou told him in person, and Zou Zhuoming naturally believed it. Therefore, he naturally attached great importance to Chen Wen. Even when he sneaked into the Ming army occupied area and instigated Liu Cheng, he also spent a lot of effort and was careful every step, for fear of being discovered by Chen Wen's subordinates.

After Liu Cheng's analysis, Zou Zhuoming, who had no military experience, began to doubt, but Hong Chengchou's foresight image still influenced him.

"There is also a bastion. Even if the troops are at the city, there is a bastion that can be relied on. It is impossible for Chen Wen to capture Guangxin Mansion!"

"Basket?"

Liu Cheng smiled coldly. He knew that he was only one step away from persuading the young civil servant, and now he had to release the words he had just prepared.

"Mr. Zou, don't forget that Chen Wen took out the burglary first. Based on my understanding of him, this person has all the tricks of his heart. No matter what he dares to take out, he will know how to crack it!"

What Liu Cheng said is a fact. Chen Wen used the brink of a long time longer than the Qing army, and his experience was more abundant. Moreover, Liu Cheng was born in Chen Wen's general and was the earliest group of generals. It was inevitable that he had a deeper understanding, otherwise they would not have had any effort to pull this rebel general over.

After thinking for a while, Zou Zhuoming had to sigh and asked Liu Cheng: "What General Liu means not to meet the old manager?"

"No! Of course we have to go, but now we have to find out the situation there clearly, otherwise the sheep will only suffer greater losses to the court and the old manager."

Zou Zhuoming's question was clearly a trap, and Liu Cheng had even heard from the breath of the four people around him. However, with this answer, Zou Zhuoming and his four entourages were relieved for the time being. Next, they just need to wait for the news, which is a safe way.

Hukou County, as the name suggests, is located where the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake meet, is known as the "key to the rivers and lakes, the thoroughfare of the three provinces". This is a place that military strategists must fight for, and the news is also unmatched. Since the war has not yet affected this place, there is only a little more worry than usual. The people inside and outside the county town generally maintain the rhythm of busy life on weekdays.

Liu Cheng and Zou Zhuoming stayed in Hukou County for the time being, waiting for the next news, and seeing if it would be a misinformation. However, Nanchang here is a different situation.

Nanchang is the provincial capital of Jiangxi. It was once named Hongdu and was the place where the Battle of Hongdu occurred in history. It is precisely because this is the place where military strategists must fight for, and the construction of the city is also indestructible.

The city walls in Nanchang are no longer as they did in the Tang and Song dynasties, but were rebuilt in the early Ming dynasties. The city walls are two feet high, two feet thick, and one feet deep. The moats on the east, south and north that were originally located were re-drifted, and the moats on the west were dug up, connecting them together and surrounding the entire city.

There are seven gates in the city, saying: Desheng, Zhangjiang, Guangrun, Huimin, Jinxian, Hue and Yonghe. The city gates have specialized in building urns, all made of huge bricks made of tung oil, lime, and glutinous rice juice, one third lower than the city wall. The wall is equipped with a gate weighing thousands of pounds, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Jinxian Gate in the south of the city, originally named Fuzhou Gate, is a city gate that people from Fuzhou southwest of Guangxin Prefecture always pass when entering Nanchang. There is a folk proverb in Nanchang that says it is a camel cage hanging on a bag, which refers to the situation of people coming and going. However, this statement refers to the situation where Jinxian Gate can't pass for most of the day. It is not just this. The seven city gates in the entire Nanchang Prefecture City are like this, and some are even worse than that.

Since the Qing army headed south, there have been many attacks and defenses against it. The Qing army captured Nanchang, and Jiangxi Admiral Jin Shengheng, anyway, Tan Tai went south to suppress it. After several wars, especially the time when Tan Tai went south, it even carried out an inhumane massacre on this provincial capital city, killing more than 200,000 people. So far, Cai Shiying has been governing Jiangxi for several years, trying to restore people's livelihood. It is still like a fool's dream to restore the old view.

Five years have passed, but the population in the city has not yet recovered much. There are fewer people in the city and business travelers cannot get profits, so they will not come, and naturally there are even fewer people entering and leaving the city.

Because of this, the guards at the city gate were also lazy, and they were not as crowded as those in Zhangjiang Gate in the west of the city. They might be seen by the superiors, so they were naturally happy. However, today, I don’t know if it was the sun that was about to set from the east or the moon that was about to rise from the south. Looking from a distance, it seemed that a cavalry was coming here in the distance.

"You are right. Didn't the Economic and Batch Camps all go to Guangxin Mansion? Where did the cavalry come from?"

The officer guarding the city said this, but he didn't care. Even if the Ming army came, there was a thousand-jin gate in the city. Even if he rushed into the city or even into the city, it would be useless. Once the thousand-jin gate fell, the heavens and man would be separated forever!

Soon after, the cavalry rushed to the city. The defenders saw the cavalry coming in wearing Qing army uniforms, Mongolian and Hetao horses under their crotch, and some of them were tattered and not even wearing helmets. However, the defenders also saw clearly that the tail of money rats on their heads was definitely not the Ming army with hair tied.

"Where did you come from? Do you have military orders?"

As far as you see, there are probably a hundred people in the cavalry team, dozens of people, and at least ten people, divided into several parts. It seems that they are not from the same army, but rather they are temporarily gathered together.

Seeing the cavalry team set off the horses in front of the moat, two defenders came out to ask questions. Unexpectedly, the officer in charge, the leader of the most crowded part of the horse, looked exhausted and wanted to die, but he was not polite.

"I will be the new garrison of Yongfeng County. I can't tell you what I want. I will take you to see you. I'll be anxious. Hurry up!"

Yongfeng County was captured by the Ming army last year and later handed over to a local gang. Not long ago, Jiangxi Admiral Liu Guangbi just took back the county town, so no one knew what the new guard was called. However, looking at his anxious appearance, the guards were not fools - delaying military information would be a death sentence, so there was no need to be any attitude for this.

He brought the guards and a few personal soldiers who were accompanying him into the city. He soon saw the guard guards at Jinxian Gate. He stepped back and unexpectedly, the boss's face changed immediately after hearing the visitor's answer. He quickly pulled the guards into the city, and asked his subordinates to put the cavalry outside the city into the city.

The gatekeeper led his personal soldiers and the garrison into the city and headed north, but he was stunned by the guards.

"Brother, if you drink a sip of water, what happened? It's convenient to talk to us. "

The guard was very polite. The cavalry who had received the water bowl did not hesitate. He poured his mouth into his stomach and said to the guard: "Brother, I see that I am a good person. I will explain it to you today. Hurry up and take my family away. The old manager is gone, Guangxin Mansion has been lost, and even the bastion has been captured. Some Tianming Army will have to kill you. Let's leave quickly when you have your life now."

"ah?!"

As soon as the news came out, the guards immediately shook the guards. His scream attracted the curious guards to come over.

The cavalry spoke with a mouthful of Liaodong accent, saying that it was a leader of Zuoxia Camp, and the left and right shrimp camps were personal soldiers of Hong Chengchou's Jinglifu. Both commanders were also from the great inner guards. It is said that the emperor sent specially to protect the famous old manager. Even these people escaped with abandoned their armor. So it was really over in Guangxin Mansion.

"How is this possible? What kind of person is the old manager? How could he die like this?"

"What else is impossible? The old master was defeated last year and was also defeated in Yushan a few days ago. His opponents were the Duke Xiu of the Ming army. This time the killing god came here with his soldiers."

"That's right, that's it. We'll fight tens of thousands of troops to the end, but we can't beat them. The Ming army in Zhejiang is too fierce. It's like slashing on the body with a knife like nothing else. Do you think you can't lose?"

"I also heard that the Ming army commander could do the trick. His soldiers were invulnerable. Maybe that's the case."

"What should I do?"

“…”

The guards of Jinxian Sect were all natives in Nanchang. The northern green camp soldiers who were originally trained in Nanchang through Biaozhan and Tibiao camp were inevitably sneaking around when they were training in Nanchang, and they were very disliked. But now even Hong Chengchou is finished, and there is only a Fubiao camp in Nanchang City. How can they guard such a huge city? Will they still be unlucky for the locals?
Chapter completed!