Although Yan Yingyuan was a low-ranking official, the Ming Lu still knew that the vassal kings were not allowed to have escorts. This was the matter of Zhengde. What kind of King Chu dared to violate the laws of the country?

Qian Yong saw Yan Yingyuan's doubts and said, "Don't worry, Yan Dianshi, our King of Chu has been reincarnated in June. We have also become an official army."

So that's it, as long as it's not rebellious. Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Thank you, General Qian, for saving your life. Your firearms are really sharp. These are the firearms of Folang Jiren, right?"

"There are many weapons that are much stronger than those of the Furangjiren. These were developed by our supervisor, Qiansui, the King of Chu."

Yan Yingyuan believed that the Ming Dynasty was full of strange emperors, and there was a carpenter emperor, Emperor Tianqi, and it was not impossible to use firearms to supervise the country this time.

Qian Yong ended up wiping off the dust from his face from the towel sent by the person behind him, saying, "Yan Dianshi, now the Qing army has retreated, what should we do next? The north gate is already ruined. If you attack again, I will see that Jiangyin City will be hanging."

Qian Yong said this in Yan Yingyuan's heart that there were more than 200,000 young and strong people in Jiangyin City, and it was fine to persevere for several months. However, after the Qing army entered the city and massacred, there were still more than 100,000 people in the city, and they were all injured, so they really couldn't hold on. The Qing army opposite had more than 200,000 outside the city after more than two months of assembly.

Yan Yingyuan sighed and said, "Now the plan can only survive and die with the city."

Qian Yong said beside him: "Yan Dianshi, I have a plan, I don't know if I should say it."

When Yan Yingyuan heard that Qian Yong had a solution, he quickly asked, "General Qian, do you have any good plans?"

"It's a good idea that cannot be said. Did Yan Dianshi see the big ship we are on? We can use them to transport the people in the city away."

After hearing this plan, Yan Yingyuan's expression darkened and said in a low voice: "There are more than 100,000 people in the city, how can we get the luck? But this is also a way, it's better to transport the elderly and weak women away."

"Yan Dianshi, you would be wrong. It wasn't transported to other places, so there was no time left. Are there any local counties that were invaded by the Tartars? You can transport the people to where to settle first, and then slowly go where to go."

"General Qian doesn't know that there are beacons everywhere in Nanzhili area now, and there is no place to settle down. Only by heading south to Fujian, but it's hard to travel thousands of miles!"

At this time, Yan Zhuang, a family member of Yan Yingyuan, said: "Master, isn't there a Chongming County at the estuary of the Yangtze River? That place is located in the middle of the Yangtze River and is far away from both sides of the straits. It should not be invaded by the Tartars. You can't go to that place, right?"

The family’s proposal reminded Yan Yingyuan that the estuary of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty was fifty miles wide, and there were people living on Chongming Island, but it was far from the size of later generations. It may not be possible to live in a long-term manner for 100,000 people, but it is completely fine for short-term residence.

Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan said: "General Qian, there is a small island at the mouth of the Yangtze River and a county town on it. Because it is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, the Tatar Navy is not strong and should not invade that place. It is better to temporarily move the people of the whole city to somewhere."

Qian Yong was very happy to hear that there was a place to go: "Since there was a place to go, Yan Dianshi asked to send a guide to take our navy ship to see it. If there was no problem, we will start moving these days."

In fact, before Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong left Dongguan, Zhu Hongsan ordered them to get more ordinary people to come to Guangdong. Guangdong was not a developed region in the late Ming Dynasty, and its economy and population were incomparable to Southern Zhili except Guangzhou and Chaozhou. In addition, Zhu Hongsan's industry began to start and required a large amount of labor, so transporting labor from northern provinces was the foundation of this northbound operation.

For this reason, Zhu Hongsan immediately organized all sea ships in Guangdong under his control after Qian Yong left, waiting for orders, and heading north to pick up people as soon as there was news.

After Qian Yong persuaded Yan Yingyuan, he ordered several commanders to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the Qing army that had not surrendered. He took his guide Yan Zhuang to meet Yan Qingshan, the Admiral of the Northern Shanghai Army.

The term Admiral was created by Zhu Hongsan. In the past, the navy was his private army, and it was too cool to use the official positions of the court. So he brought out the official positions of the Beiyang Navy in later generations. The commander of the fleet was called the navy admiral, the captain was called the Guantai, the first lieutenant was called the gang leader, and other regular cannons, deputy cannons, patrols, chief sailors, chief and deputy sailors, first, second ranks, second ranks of the Beiyang Navy completely copied the Beiyang Navy.

Yan Qingshan agreed with Qian Yong's actions when he heard that. Yan Qingshan ran to the shipyard, so he naturally knew that the factory was short of people, so he immediately took two gunships to Chongming Island to check the situation.

Chongming Island in the Ming Dynasty was located in the Haimen County of later generations. The area of ​​the island was far less than that of later generations, and it occupied only more than 200 miles in total. There was a county on the island, with less than 10,000 people in the county, most of which were fishermen on the Yangtze River.

At this time, Chongming County had already received the news that Nanjing was broken, but had not received the official notice. Perhaps Chongming is a backward area, and the men of Suzhou Prefecture have forgotten this place.

However, the Chongming County Magistrate Lu Guang didn't think so. He was ready to die for his country. If the Qing army really came, he would immediately hang himself to serve the court.

However, before the Qing army came, the magistrate of Lu Da came, he waited for a fleet of ships that claimed to be the escort of the King of Chu.

Lu Guang looked at the Ming army in extremely bright military uniforms and did not believe that it could be the Ming army's team, but they did not shave their heads, not the Qing army. This is also the reason why Lu Guang did not hang himself immediately.

Yan Qingshan was wearing an extra-large military uniform. No matter how he looked like a daughter's red wine jar, he patted Lu Guang's shoulder and said, "You guy is OK, you can survive until now, unlike a bit of a stinky old ninth person. When the Tartars immediately shave their heads and change their clothes. I admire you for this."

The literati was born with disgust towards Qiu Ba. Although Lu Guang's calves are trembling now, the literati's integrity supports him to lose face in front of these Qiu Ba.

Lu Guangqiang calmed down and said lightly: "Of course, I am responsible for the emperor's kindness and am ready to hang myself to serve the court as soon as the Tartars come. But where are you from? What are you doing in Chongming?"

Yan Qingshan didn't know what it meant to hang himself. It was probably because of these stinky old men bragging words, so he didn't take it seriously. He heard Lu Guang ask, and replied: "We are the navy from Guangdong. Now the King of Chu is in Dongguan. He ordered us to go north to rescue the Han people. Come to you because Jiangyin County was captured by the Tatars. More than 100,000 people in the county have no place to go. I'll come to you first. If you can, I'll bring you here."

Lu Guang didn't care about the issue of whether the state was supervised or not. He was frightened when he heard that more than 100,000 people were moved to Chongming. He quickly said, "General, our Chongming island is only a radius of 100 miles, and there are less than 10,000 people on the island. Daily supplies are required to be supplied by the mainland, and if there are another 100,000 people, it is really impossible to support it!"

"You don't have to worry about food. In more than ten days, the King of Chu's fleet will come. At that time, they will bring food and transport the people to Guangdong. All you have to do in Chongming County is to provide accommodation."

When Lu Guang heard that these 100,000 people were only here for more than ten days, he felt relieved. There were still food islands for more than ten days.

Yan Qingshan saw that Lu Guang was fine and continued, "Since there is no problem, please ask Magistrate Lu to prepare. Fortunately, the weather is warm now, so it's enough to set up thousands of sheds outside the city."

Lu Guang smiled bitterly in his heart. You Qiu Ba said it simply. Did thousands of sheds be built just by saying that they could be built? But now there is nothing we can do. Lu Guang quickly said that he would be ready.

Yan Qingshan's work is completed, and the next step is to return to Jiangyin. Since he wants to move the people to Chongming, he must defeat the Manqing Navy, which is what his cheap son-in-law often says to control the sea.

Qian Yong and Yan Qingshan in Jiangyin were busy slapping the back of the head, and Zhao Guodong in Jiading was not leisurely either.

After Zhao Guodong got off the boat at the mouth of Liuhe River, he immediately led the team to Jiading under the guidance of the guide.

This Jiading is the Jiading District of Shanghai in later generations, and was under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. After the promulgation of the head shaving order on the first day of June, the people of Jiading refused to obey orders because the ancients believed since ancient times that "the body, hair, skin, and the parents should not be easily damaged or cut off.

Hou Dong, a famous gentry in Jiading City, once advocated actively raising an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty, rather than showing his ambitions like others.

So Hou Dong used his influence to join forces with Huang Chunyao and others to fight back. Li Chengdong, the general of Wusong in the Qing Dynasty, immediately led 5,000 troops to attack.

Under Huang Chunyao's leadership, Jiading City re-strengthened the city wall with earth and stones and requested reinforcements everywhere. Eight days later, the reinforcements finally arrived. However, this team led by Cai Qiao had only 300 people and was extremely poorly equipped and could not defeat the well-equipped Qing army, in a blink of an eye, was intercepted and defeated by Li Chengdong's troops.

Hou Dongzeng, Huang Chunyao and others originally wanted to use the township soldiers outside the city to block the Qing army. However, the township soldiers in the four townships were all temporary farmers and had no combat experience at all. Although there were many people, they were actually in a disorderly and unleader-free state, and it was difficult to fight with the regular Qing army. As soon as the two sides confronted each other, the township soldiers would collapse without fighting. Even during the battle, they often trampled because of retreating, escaping, etc.

However, the rural soldiers often eliminated some small groups of Qing soldiers. Li Chengdong's younger brother was killed in an ambush by the rural soldiers. Li Chengdong was so angry that he personally led all his troops to attack Loutang Bridge in the north of the city, killing most of the rural soldiers gathered here.
Chapter completed!