Borrow the day to change the day

"The minister intends to go to the military battle bureau immediately." Zhong Jinwei demanded.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded at first, then shook his head immediately and said, "Master Zhong came back day and night, let's go and have a rest first!"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he replied gratefully: "This time the Jiangnan quells the turmoil, the new army must make full use of my Ming's strength in weapons, and I can rest assured after watching the military battle."

Since Zhong Jinwei made such a request, Emperor Chongzhen would naturally not stop it.

When the new army arrived at the capital, Zhong Jinwei had recovered.Time waits for no one. After the new army replenished its ordnance and ammunition, it rushed to the south of the Yangtze River day and night through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

We did not go to all the car camps this time, because the car camps are relatively heavy and not suitable for the terrain of Jiangnan Water Town, which is full of rivers and rivers.In addition, the rainy season in the Jiangnan area is also approaching, and most places have not repaired cement roads, so going to the car camp will only be useless.

Nearly 500 fusiliers and more than [-] field artillery, as well as [-] elite soldiers from the Fifth Army Battalion and [-] soldiers from the Death Battalion formed the anti-insurgency force this time.

In the past, some courtiers also proposed to let the Beijing camp go south.But no one guarantees that the Hongyi rebellion will be quelled after the Beijing camp is gone. The capital is empty, the battle in Liaodong is unknown, and the movement of the Jianlu is unknown.Therefore, in the end, the Beijing camp did not venture south.

But now that Zhong Jinwei is back, all these worries are gone.On the basis of the new army, Zhong Jinwei transferred part of the Beijing battalion, so there is no problem.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has already been cleared first, so the ships transporting the new army went smoothly to the south of the Yangtze River.

When the fleet passed Yangzhou, Zhong Jinwei stood at the bow and couldn't help sighing slightly.This bustling city, a paradise for the rich, where the famous Yangzhou skinny horse spends a lot of money, is more luxurious than pomp, but now it looks particularly depressed.

The two sides of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal should have been a particularly prosperous area due to the convenience of transportation.Nowadays, there are not many pedestrians, except for some passers-by who are in a hurry, there are more patrolling soldiers and servants.

When they saw such a huge fleet, full of soldiers in strange military uniforms, going down from north to south, they couldn't help but stop and watch.

The new soldiers on duty on the deck did not look around, point or laugh because they had arrived in Yangzhou, which they had never been to.They are all strictly on duty and perform their duties meticulously.

Even ordinary people who don't understand military affairs, seeing such sergeants on every bow ship, can tell that this army is unusual, and it must be the elite transferred from the north by the imperial court.

And some passers-by who have traveled far and wide, or those who have read newspapers, are overjoyed one after another, showing their extensive knowledge to their companions and strangers.

"It's the imperial court's new army. The most elite army of our Ming Dynasty has finally arrived."

"Could it be the army that took down the Jianlu and puppet capitals?"

"Could there be a second new army? Teach you a good boy, look at the military uniform, it's so strange, only the Xinjun family of Zhongxinghou."

"Marquis Zhongxing? Could it be the Marquis Zhongxing who is said to have descended from the gods?"

"That's right, the barbarians are specially recruited, not only the Jian captives, but also the Western barbarians. Now the Hong barbarians are in trouble!"

"..."

Words like this immediately spread on both sides of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the somewhat quiet old town suddenly regained its vitality, and began to talk about the new army passing by.

Of course, there are also those who are skeptical about the combat power of the new army.

"Why did you come here now? Could it be that you are afraid of Hong Yi?"

"What do you know, isn't there Jianlu in the north, who can leave as soon as he says!"

"Don't forget, most of the people from the north are landlubbers, how to fight when you come to the south of the Yangtze River, do you still remember Cao Wei who conquered Sun Wu in the south..."

"It makes sense, you haven't seen it before, Hongyi's boat is strong and powerful, it's not comparable to the northern Jianlu, I said..."

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Gradually, these remarks even gained the upper hand, because the people in the south of the Yangtze River have not personally experienced the power of Jianlu, but they have seen the power of Hongyi.Therefore, it is not very sure whether the new army can defeat Hongyi.

But no matter what, the arrival of the new army somewhat boosted their confidence.Watching the fleet slowly go away, the people of Yangzhou all hope that the new army can win the battle and drive Hongyi away as soon as possible.

Their expectations for the new army are just that.Annihilating Hong Yi is impossible no matter how you think about it.

After the fleet passed Yangzhou and traveled for a while, people from the local government stopped in front, because it was not safe to go any further.

Although those big ships from the Western Yi can't enter the canal, many small pirate ships can come here without any problem.Relying on the power of their red-haired master and seeing the incompetence of the guard army, the pirates are very courageous, and have rushed into the canal many times to rob.

The new army began to disembark in a whole team. There was no noise, no panic, and the order was in order, showing the demeanor of an elite.

Marquis Changwei had been here for a long time, and when he saw the fleet arrived, he immediately begged to see Marquis Zhongxing.

Zhong Jinwei frowned as he listened to the factory guard's report on the military situation.

Zhenjiang is at the junction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, and is on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After the Dutch occupied Zhenjiang, they sent pirate ships to block the waters in this area.If the new army wanted to attack the Dutch stationed in Zhenjiang, they had to cross the Yangtze River by detour.

But one reason is that most of Ming's ships in the Yangtze River were sunk or captured by the joint fleet of the Netherlands and the pirates.The second is that the waters patrolled by pirate ships are very wide.

Even if Zhong Jinwei had to detour across the Yangtze River, it would be difficult.As for using boats in the canal to forcefully cross the Yangtze River, Zhong Jinwei never thought about it.If you really want to do that, you have a sick mind.

At this time, it was getting late, Zhong Jinwei first ordered to choose a place to station, and at the same time sent the "Thunderbolt" brigade to scout the situation.

But here comes the problem again, the members of the "Thunderbolt" brigade are all selected from the soldiers in the north.Few people can swim, and now they are on a mission in Jiangnan, and they are a bit blind.

At this time, the benefits brought by Zheng Zhilong are revealed.He immediately reported to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, the general has some brothers in this area, you can let them do these things."

Zhong Jinwei took a look at Zheng Zhilong, thinking that he was in the same boat with Daming now, and he would have to rely on Daming in the future, and it would not be good for him if he lost the battle.

So I agreed with a smile, but at the same time I still sent the "Thunderbolt" brigade out to act together.The reason is that the people in the "Thunderbolt" brigade are powerful, as long as they don't swim, it's no problem for one to beat three.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, there will be results.Zhong Jinwei heard the news and quickly got up and went to the front tent.