However, after thinking about it carefully, Mrs. Xing found that it is definitely the best time to transit south into Zhejiang. If you walk a few days late, you will definitely be made by the Qing army and the New Affiliated Army. However, if you leave early, your morale will definitely be devastating. Not only will the results of the training for a few months be lost, but you will also be as afraid of the enemy as many Ming army, and you will lose the courage to fight the Qing army from then on.

Because of the hard battles with the Qing army, there was still a lot of resentment before withdrawing, and I felt that Linhuai Town could achieve greater results. Fortunately, when the news of Yang Chengzu came, everyone woke up!

The veteran Zhao Zhijie below said, "This time the retreat to the south is not a problem with our Linhuai Town. It is because these friendly forces are more unreliable. When they arrive in Zhejiang, the situation will be different. That is our own territory!"

Although he hadn't seen Queen Zhang for half a year, Zhao Zhijie, the old people who escorted Queen Zhang all the way to the south, have always regarded her as their biggest backer, so they didn't have much doubts about crossing the river and entering Zhejiang.

Wen Qing, who came to report the news, immediately added a situation: "Zhengyi Bo, Mrs. Xing, there is another important thing now, that is, the battalion officer Yu Zhijie has created a lot of momentum in Yangzhou. He wrote to ask us to support Yangzhou as soon as possible, saying that Yangzhou has made great achievements, what should you do!"

As soon as Mrs. Xing heard Yu Zhijie's voice, she snorted coldly: "He doesn't even listen to my orders. How could we put the fate of the entire army on him? Do you think this is the reason!"

Yu Zhijie was Gao Jie's old subordinate, but he was also known for his rebelliousness in Gao Jie's camp. Previously, Mrs. Xing sent him to Yangzhou with a battalion of five hundred people to escort some of the food and wages that could not be sent away by Linhuai Town, so as not to leave a reputation for leaving Linhuai Town without fighting.

But no one expected that Yu Zhijie would be so troublesome. Mrs. Xing meant that Yu Zhijie would return immediately after transporting the batch of grain. However, he took chicken feathers as a command arrow. As soon as he entered Yangzhou, he slapped small groups of defeated troops everywhere under the names of Liu Yongxi and Mrs. Xing. It is said that it has now expanded to eight or nine hundred people and even commanded friendly troops.

Shi Kefa had no rules on how to defend Yangzhou. Seeing Yu Zhijie perform so well, he let Yu Zhijie do whatever he wants. Now Yu Zhijie has even become the main force in defending Yangzhou.

Mrs. Xing really didn't expect Yu Zhijie to make such a struggle. She felt heartbroken when she thought that Yu Zhijie would follow Yangzhou to bury her entire camp.

Although she had suffered a great loss in her custody of Gao Jie's remaining troops, the total amount was less than 400 people. Moreover, she had received more than 2,000 Gao Jie's remaining troops in these wards. Now the loss of Yu Zhijie's camp in Yangzhou is meaningless, so she couldn't help but make up: "Tell Yu Zhijie to stay and wait for help, brothers, I have no choice! It is impossible to let the entire army be destroyed under the city of Yangzhou!"

Everyone could understand Mrs. Xing’s choice, but Liu Yongxi shook his head and said, “I inform Yu Zhijie to break through as soon as possible. How many brothers can be highlighted are so many brothers, there is no need to stick to the support!”

Although the following officers could understand Liu Yongxi's choice, they were standing on Mrs. Xing's side: "My uncle, I'll follow my wife's opinion. I can't ruin the entire army just because of the hundred and eighty brothers. If Yu Zhijie acted as the wife's wishes, how could this happen today? So please follow the wife's wishes!"

When Liu Yongxi saw Lian Fuding, the old man from the sincerity Bo Mansion, stood up to support Mrs. Xing, he could only sigh: "Okay, I'll listen to my wife's arrangement!"

For Boluo, Gushan Beizi, he never thought that Yangzhou was so difficult to deal with.

He originally thought that Yangzhou City was about to go down, but even Bu Congshan, who belonged to Shi Kefa's army, led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Shi Kefa is not a handsome man, and he has no choice but to surrender his subordinates. As the people at that time said, "Shi Daoling has more than enough Qing dynasties, but his talent has become insufficient. The guardian of Ma Yaocao is already in a mess and does not lose his heroic spirit. He is not the director of Daoling, and Yaocao is not the talent of the servant. The inner history and the outer horses can win the strengths of both." He has been operating in Yangzhou for a year but has not achieved any results. Bo Luo always felt that Yangzhou is just around the corner, but Yu Zhijie from Linhuai Town suddenly appeared and disrupted Bo Luo's plan.

Strictly speaking, several sentry battles with Linhuai Town broke the Qing army's overall plan, making Boluo feel that he must take down Yangzhou City as soon as possible, and arrive at Yangzhou City without waiting for the red-clothed cannon to launch a strong attack on the same day. As a result, he was hit by a gunfire on the top of the city and suffered heavy damage. Moreover, Yu Zhijie suddenly appeared was at least a qualified general, with a good offense and defense.

Although Yangzhou City is difficult to deal with, Boluo does not think he can defend for long. He just waits for the red cannon to arrive and will be the day when Yangzhou falls into the city.

After all, the southern expedition army under Duoduo is now rolling more and more like snowballs. When Guide went south, there were only 80,000 people, and when he approached Yangzhou, there were almost 100,000 people. Near Yangzhou, there were 20,000 or 30,000 Qing troops surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and they were all elite field troops, including Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo and his army of more than 10,000 troops. How could Yangzhou defend under such circumstances?

Now we only need to wait for the red cannon, and Bu Congshan, who had just surrendered, made a suggestion enthusiastically: "Yu Zhijie doesn't know whether he is alive or not, but he has to be careful about Liu Yongxi and prepare an ambush as soon as possible to annihilate all his reinforcements!"

Boluo always felt that these surrendered generals were useless on the Ming side, and they could be reborn after joining the Qing Dynasty. The same is true for Bu Congshan. He was just a mediocre general under Shi Kefa's command, but now he is very hard to serve the new master. Therefore, Boluo gave enough sweetness without hesitation: "As long as he can wipe out Liu Yongxi, the regent will be severely punished!"

Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu brothers volunteered: "Please give us a chance, so that we can rush to Yangzhou City as the first to make contributions to the Qing Dynasty!"

They feel that their opportunity has come!

Yu Zhijie in Yangzhou City knew nothing about the drastic changes outside the city. Although he knew that many Ming generals led their troops to surrender to the Qing army, Yu Zhijie felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: "Yangzhou has soldiers, food and salary, and red-clothed cannons, why can't they defend it? I think Xiaochengyi Bo is too confused. If I were him, I would definitely have brought troops to Yangzhou as soon as possible. It's a pity that he was too confused and actually gave me such a wonderful achievement!"

Speaking of this, Yu Zhijie became more and more proud.
Chapter completed!