After hearing Zhu Hou's promise, Lin Yu felt relieved and reminded: "My eldest brother and second brother live in Furong Street, Jinan City. You can find out by sending someone to inquire."

Zhu Hou pointed to the followers behind him and introduced: "These are brothers who have followed me for many years and have a skill. If I send them to Jinan, I will definitely live up to my mission."

Several people patted their chests together and saluted: "Please rest assured, garrison, we will definitely safely respond to our two brothers and family leaving Jinan."

Zhu Hou pointed to a man with a thin body, long legs, about thirty years old and said, "This person is called Hu Bao, who is as strong as flying and can travel hundreds of miles a day. In terms of foot strength, no one in Hangzhou's Right Guard can surpass him."

Zhu Hou pointed to another guy with a pockmark on his face and an ugly appearance: "His name is Cao Shunfeng, nicknamed "Qianlier". He has excellent hearing and can hear the sound of horse hooves dozens of miles away."

Hu Bao pushed Cao Shunfeng from behind and teased: "It is said that when this guy was wearing open-crotch pants, he eavesdropped on the wall every day to eavesdrop on the skills he learned from the next widow in a bath. Just listening to the sound of the water, you can know whether you are washing your ** or your butt..."

Amid the burst of laughter, Cao Shunfeng was furious and glared at Hu Bao with his hands on his hips: "The surname is Hu, don't fart in front of the garrison. I also said that your scud was trained because he was chased by others after jumping over the wall!"

"Okay, okay, things are urgent, don't mess around!"

Zhu Hou stopped the two people who were fighting, pointed to a tiger-backed and bear-behind Cao Shunfeng, and covered one-eyed dragon with his eyes with his eye mask. "This person from Yingtianfu, named Di Long, is good at using three-eyed guns. He has the ability to penetrate Yang hundreds of miles, and has almost every opportunity to hit him."

Lin Yu was in a good mood: "That's great. I didn't expect that Zhu Biaotong had such strange people. Logically speaking, they should be valued. Why are Hu and Cao both small banner officials except for Di Long who is the general banner?"

Zhu Hou sighed and shook his head, "These brothers are all above Zhu. If they follow others, they can be at least able to be a household. If they follow me, Zhu Hou can only use their talents and secretly, and they will be a secret pearl."

Di Long explained: "Chen Luyao looks at Zhu Baihu... Zhu Biaotong doesn't like him. He will not report any contributions, and he will be punished if he has made mistakes. Therefore, Zhu Biaotong has always been a household. Naturally, we can only be a general flag or even a small flag!"

Cao Shunfeng next to him added: "Zhu Biaotong once advised me to find another way out, but he treated me like a brother. How could we leave him? At worst, we would be a small flag official for the rest of our lives. Fortunately, we were promoted by Lin Shoujie today, and we would never have to be angry with Chen Luyao in the future."

Lin Yu smiled and patted the shoulders of several people, encouraging: "Don't worry, brothers, I, Lin Yu, will never bury talents under my command, and will definitely give you a place to use it."

"Shouge Lin, you promoted Zhu to the Biantong today, so that I can be with Chen Luyao. The kindness of the support will be unforgettable!"

Zhu Hou clasped his fists and thanked him, looking worried, "But Chen Luyao is extremely jealous, I am afraid that it will arouse his resentment and revenge. I have to be careful!"

Lin Yu said frankly: "I am appointing people based on my merits, why are you afraid of? Could it be that Chen Luyao will sue the emperor? But the Chief Supervisor asked me to take charge of this army, do I have no right to appoint and remove me?"

Hu Bao scratched his scalp and said, "What Brother Zhu said is very true. Chen Luyao is petty and has to be careful! Go back and stare at this guy secretly. As long as there is any movement, report to the garrison as soon as possible to prevent problems before they happen."

Lin Yu nodded: "Okay, I will be careful about Chen Luyao, so my family will ask for a few brothers."

At that moment, Lin Yu returned to the governor's mansion, and Zhu Hou took twenty brothers out of the city and parted ways. Zhu Hou returned to the camp, Di Long, Hu Bao, and Cao Shunfeng led five people to whip the horses and galloped northward.

Nanjing, the lights are on.

Although the Qing army had already arrived at the city of Yangzhou, this slightly feminine city was still bustling and noisy. The sound of oars and candles on the Qinhuai River were heard, and tourists were woven in front of the Confucius Temple, rows of shops and lanterns were hung high, and hawkers from various hawkers came one after another.

Anyway, the Zhu family's country was already terrible, and the Tartars did not do anything to the people after entering Beijing. They just changed the court and the emperor!

But it is different for the people in the Ming Dynasty Palace. Whether it is the eunuch or the palace maid, Zhu Yousong, who had just ascended the throne for less than a year, was even more worried and ready to run away at any time. It was not until the heart that hung over when he opened the memorial sent by Shi Kefa.

"Haha, it's so good. Shi Kefa fought beautifully in this battle. The revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected..."

Zhu Yousong, who was nearly forty years, couldn't help but dance happily when he saw Shi Kefa's memorial and shouted loudly, "If you continue like this, I will sooner or later recover Beijing and restore the country. Come here, I will immediately summon all the cabinet ministers to the palace. I will reward Shi Aiqing and Lin Zhenjiang..."

The eunuch Lu Jiude next to him hugged the whisk and whispered: "Your Majesty, I dare to remind you that Shi Kefa was opposed to your ascension to the throne..."

Zhu Yousong was in a good mood and was not moved by Lu Jiude. He waved his hand and said, "No one is perfect, no one is perfect, and Shi Aiqing was also thinking about the Ming Dynasty. This time he led his troops to severely inflict the Qing army, and he made contributions to the country and me!"

Then Lu Jiude bowed to accept the order: "The old slave obeys the order, and I will send someone to summon all the cabinet masters."

One hour later, four other cabinet ministers from the Hongguang Dynasty, except Shi Kefa, came to the Forbidden City one after another, entered the palace from Donghua Gate, and came to Wuying Hall to pay homage to the emperor.

Chief Minister Ma Shiying is fifty-four years old this year. She has a slender figure and a clean face. She looks serious and does not smile on her usual occasions.

During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, Ma Shiying was appointed as the Governor of Fengyang. Later, because he was a member of the four towns in Jiangbei to support the King of Fu Zhu Yousong, he was highly valued. He successively served as the Right Deputy Chief Inspector and the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace, and eventually replaced Shi Kefa's position as Minister of War and became the chief minister of the Hongguang Dynasty.

"I am paying homage to Your Majesty. I wonder what instructions do you have to call me to enter the palace overnight?" The other three cabinet ministers bowed and bowed together under the leadership of Ma Shiying.

"I'm so happy!"

Zhu Yousong sat on the dragon throne and smiled, handed the memorial to Ma Shiying, "Shi Qing led his troops to re-establish slaves in Yangzhou, killing nine thousand enemies, capturing three thousand prisoners, and killing the Qing Dynasty Berenican, achieving the first great victory in the Ming Dynasty in nearly twenty years! It is really gratifying and celebrated with the whole world!"

As soon as the Qing army retreated, Shi Kefa sent an envoy eight hundred miles to Nanjing to report the news. Therefore, Zhu Yousong was the first to learn about the news of the Yangzhou victory. Other cabinet ministers, including Ma Shiying, were not aware of the situation.

Since the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties began, the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly and rarely achieved victories.

It was not until the sixth year of Tianqi that the Ming army defeated Nurhaci in Ningyuan, Liaodong under the command of Yuan Chonghuan, and killed more than 17,000 troops of the Later Jin army. This battle was also the first victory of the Ming army in the history of the Ming and Qing wars.

Since the victory of Ningyuan, the Ming army had almost never won a decent victory when encountering the Qing army. Even Yuan Chonghuan was helpless when encountering the Qing army. He could only defend himself behind closed doors and hang a high-level battle-free sign.

This time, Shi Kefa eliminated 13,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou City and killed one Beile. It is the second largest victory against the Qing army in history in the Ming Dynasty, and it is enough to go down in history.

The great victory in Yangzhou made everyone present feel incredible. After learning that Duoduo led more than 100,000 Qing troops to take Yangzhou, no one thought Shi Kefa could defend it. The people in Nanjing were panic, and even Zhu Yousong was ready to run away.

After receiving Shi Kefa's letter of help, it was not that Zhu Yousong refused to save him when he saw him die, but he really had no troops to mobilize.

Liu Zeqing, four towns in Jiangbei, directly led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After Gao Jie died, his subordinates also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty one after another. Liu Liangzuo, who was stationed in Fengyang, kept his troops on the wall and watched. Huang De's power troops went to Tongling to block Zuo Liangyu's rebels. The Nanjing court was empty and there was no troops to adjust.

The total number of troops inside and outside the entire Nanjing city was less than 20,000. Zhu Yousong had no rice to cook. What's more, he was as timid as a mouse and wanted to transfer all the troops from the Southern Ming court to defend Nanjing, so he would naturally not divide his troops to rescue Yangzhou.

Faced with the invincible army of more than 100,000 people, Shi Kefa led a mere 7,000 to 8,000 people to defend Yangzhou, which was like hitting a stone with an egg; no one thought that Yangzhou City could be defended, and the Nanjing court was filled with tragedy, and many ministers were quietly planning their way out.

But a miracle happened like this. Shi Kefa not only defended Yangzhou City, but also led his troops to severely damage Duoduo, the number one strong general of the Qing Dynasty, killed more than ten thousand Qing troops and retreated back to Huai'an in panic. This is really hard to believe!

"This, this... Shi Kefa is not lying about military information, right?"
Chapter completed!