"Zhang Futai, if we walk faster, we can take a boat when we reach the ancient canal." Kong Youde, riding on the horse, did not forget to encourage Zhang Cunren who was hit by the arrow.

The arrow struck by Zhang Cunren pierced his left arm. It was not deep and only slightly injured.

But at this time, his face was filled with worry and pessimism about the future.

"King Gongshun, the Yangzhou garrison has also come out. If they attack us with Huang Degong, we will be in trouble."

"Don't worry, they won't dare." Kong Youde said confidently, "Our army still has two to three hundred light cannons and three thousand musketeers.

Huang Degong's large army is lagging behind. If he and the Yangzhou garrison attack our troops with only two or three thousand cavalry, I will tell him to never come back!"

Seeing that Kong Youde was so confident, Zhang Cunren breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If we can really defeat Huang and win a victory, we will be able to explain to the regent when we get back."

Kong Youde hummed: "This time, it was the King of Yu's negligence that led to the defeat. What does it have to do with us and the Han Banner Army?"

Don't worry, Zhang Futai, the regent is a sensible person and will definitely not blame me."

The two did not talk much about this issue because they both understood that as long as they were still useful, Dorgon would not punish them severely, especially when the Eight Banners Army of Manchuria and Mongolia suffered heavy losses.

Kong Youde even felt that the Ming army showed sharp weapons in this battle, and the Qing court should rely more on their Sanshun King in the future.

Next to him, Zhang Cunren was worried about another problem.

"I see that the Ming army from Nanjing also has a navy, and there are quite a lot of boats. Isn't King Huaishun unable to defeat the Ming army's navy?"

"No way." Kong Youde also had great confidence in Geng Zhongming, "The elite of the Dengzhou navy led by King Huaishun were invincible in the ocean, so how could they fall into a small ditch like the ancient canal?

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After Kong Youde finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse hooves approaching rapidly from the south.

Then he sneered and said: "This Huang Chuangzi is really not afraid of death, so I will let him know today that no matter how brave he is, he will have to kneel in front of my musketeers!"

After speaking, Kong Youde immediately mobilized the artillery and musketeers in the army to prepare to fight the enemy cavalry.

Unexpectedly, before he finished mobilizing his troops, he heard a strange whistling sound in the sky.

When I looked up, my eyes widened in shock.

"This is... the strange bird that Li Chengdong's defeated general said?!"

Zhang Cunren also immediately noticed the two bird's-eye view drones flying in the sky at high speed, and was horrified.

"There is really a stranger who helps the Ming army with a flying sword?!"

The two generals were devastated by the appearance of the drone, not to mention the other officers and soldiers of the Han Banner Army.

Many people looked up and saw the two high-speed bird's-eye view drones, and they were panicked, not overwhelmed.

"Oh my god, what the hell is this?"

"Where did these two strange birds come from? Why are they not moving above our heads? Do they want to eat us?"

"Mom, this strange bird has several eyes and it can also light up!"

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Because the drone did not use a speaker to broadcast the voice, although the people of the Han Banner Army were panicked, they were able to hold on.

When Kong Youde came back to his senses, he showed a fierce look and shouted: "Where is the sharpshooter in the army? Shoot these two strange birds down!"

The marksmen here are naturally not the legendary marksmen, they are just ordinary marksmen, and generally there will be a few in the army.

Seeing two drones occasionally flying over a hundred meters low altitude, several of Kong Youde's sharpshooters bent their bows and shot arrows one after another.

Unfortunately, the bird's-eye view drone was too fast, and all their arrows missed.

At this time, Huang Degong's cavalry was approaching, and Kong Youde shouted: "It's just two strange birds, why are you panicking? Don't worry about these two flat-haired beasts, let me fight the Ming army first!"

"嗻!"

The Han banner army was still quite elite, and many generals responded and shouted to prepare for battle.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the bird's-eye view drone in the sky made a loud voice.

"You were originally officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but you took refuge in the Qing Dynasty to help the Shang Dynasty. Now that you are in trouble, why don't you throw down your weapons and surrender?

All the officers and soldiers of the Han Banner Army, if Kong Youde is kidnapped and Zhang Cunren surrenders, there is still a way to survive.

But if you resist, there will be only death!"

These words were played three times.

The more than 10,000 Han banner troops below were shocked and stunned.

If they were stared at by a strange bird that flew at high speed and could emit light, they could barely hold back; but when the strange bird spoke and told them that they were guilty and asked them to surrender, no one could hold back.

If a strange bird can speak human words, it is not a strange bird, but a divine bird.

It was God who used this divine bird to convey God’s will to them!

As a result, some of the Eight Banners soldiers who had recovered their senses immediately knelt down on the ground in a particularly superstitious manner, kowtowing endlessly.

"God Bird, spare your life!"

"We are willing to surrender..."

When Kong Youde and Zhang Cunren came back to their senses, they were also frightened and their liver and gallbladder were about to burst.

However, Kong Youde was not willing to fail, so he calmed himself down and wanted to scold his soldiers for obeying orders.

Unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, two bright rays of light shone down from the sky, covering him and Zhang Cunren, making it impossible for them to open their eyes.

Zhang Cunren even screamed and fell off his horse!

This situation made Kong Youde feel extremely dangerous. His hair stood on end. He no longer dared to take chances and shouted: "Follow me and break out eastward!"

So he decisively hit his horse and headed east, fleeing in panic.

Although the drone showed the miraculous ability of "speaking human words" and "eyes shining brightly", some of Kong Youde's servants still subconsciously followed Kong Youde on horseback to the east.

As for the more than 10,000 Han banner troops, they had already fallen into chaos.

Many people are still kowtow to drones and beg for mercy.

Others fled in other directions.

There were also people who wanted to intercept Kong Youde in the midst of the rebellious army, hoping to make a fortune before the battle.

However, Kong Youde and his two to three hundred servants quickly ran away from the rebel army.

Previously, he was leading the army, so even if he was riding a horse, he was moving slowly.

Now there were only two or three hundred servants on horseback, but they quickly reached the west bank of the ancient canal.

He looked up and saw strange birds circling above his head. Kong Youde couldn't help but feel his scalp numb.

He didn't see Geng Zhongming's boat on the bank of the ancient canal near the southeast corner of Yangzhou City, so he led his servants to run north along the bank.

There, Geng Zhongming's boat was sailing north along the canal!

Kong Youde was angry and impatient, so he quickly hit his horse and chased after him.

With his horses running on the shore faster than a large number of boats, he actually caught up with the tail of Geng Zhongming's navy boat.

So he was busy on the shore, brandishing his sword and shouting: "King Huaishun! Brother Yuntai! I am Kong Youde, send a boat to pick me up quickly!"

However, whether Geng Zhongming didn't hear Kong Youde's voice or was worried, no ship came back.

The ancient canal was not very wide, and Kong Youde felt that even if Geng Zhongming couldn't hear him clearly, he should still be able to see the two hundred people there.

At this time, a servant general exclaimed, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. The Ming Navy is chasing you!"

"What?!"

Kong Youde looked in panic and saw countless boats sailing rapidly from the lower reaches of the ancient canal.

At the same time, the bird's-eye view in the sky once again continuously illuminated Kong Youde with strong light and emitted a loud human voice.

"Why don't you capture Kong Youde and accept his surrender?!"

This sentence was played repeatedly, which first made more than two hundred people panic, and then they all looked at Kong Youde with strange expressions.

Kong Youde's hair stood up at the sight of his servants. He could not help but point his saber around, and shouted with an expression of anger: "What do you want to do? I am your master!"

It's a good thing that he didn't mention the word "master". Once he mentioned it, all the servants showed clear fierce expressions.

One of the servant captains, who was whipped by Kong Youde for bumping into a Manchu general some time ago, said coldly: "Master? You are just a dog of the Qing Dynasty. Do you really think that you are also a noble of the Eight Banners?"

Then he said to the servants around him: "Brothers, Kong Youde himself worked as a slave for Master Manchuria, and asked us to be his slaves. Then we are slaves among slaves. What energy do we have to live?"

Now that the Ming Dynasty has the help of the divine bird, it will definitely wipe out the bandits and drive out the Tartars. We should just obey the will of God and capture Kong Youde and return to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Be bold!"

In a state of shock and anger, Kong Youde was about to kill the captain of the servant who was speaking to him.

But he didn't expect that as soon as his horse moved, he was swept off the horse by a spear.

Immediately, most of the surrounding servants rushed over!
Chapter completed!