The Red Mansions

Chapter 748 Jia Heng: Which one is Zhen Zhu?

On the boundless river in Haimen, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky.

Jia Heng remained motionless, looking at Duduo who was not far away, his face was calm and unwavering.

Although Doduo was injured, perhaps because of his anger, regardless of the consequences, he was a little more aggressive than before.

But according to Wei Zhuang's words to Gai Nie, anger does not make you stronger.

If it is said that when he was assassinated in Huanhualou back then, Duoduo, who was so brave and mighty, could still go on for twenty or so rounds under him under his haste, but now it is at most three to five rounds.

Jia Heng didn't talk nonsense, and held a steel knife in his hand to kill Duduo head-on. For three consecutive rounds, Duduo was in a hurry, and the aura buoyed by anger gradually faded away.

Impressively, he was forced to the edge of the ship's deck, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead, the arm holding the knife was trembling slightly, and there was a faint tingling pain from the wound that had already been numb and unconscious.

"Things without balls are really vulnerable!" Jia Heng said coldly, and slashed towards Duo Duo's neck with one stride, preparing to end Duo Duo's life with one blow.

However, this sentence seems to have angered Dodo.

Duoduo's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared angrily, advancing instead of retreating, and blocked with his sword.

Following another ear-piercing scream, Doduo paused, felt a sweetness in his throat, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and immediately rushed towards Jia Heng like a torrential rain. After one round, Doduo was covered in wounds and blood.

At this moment, the shouts of the surrounding soldiers and horses came from the confrontation between Chen Han's navy and the pirates, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

The members of the Four Seas Gang, the Nujiao Gang, and the Jinsha Gang also gradually developed a sense of fear and began to have other thoughts.

Because as the two sides attacked, they suddenly discovered that although the navy in front of them and the previous Zhenhai Navy had some of the same flags, their morale and fighting will were even higher than before.

When Jia Heng and Duoduo were fighting, Su Hetai, who was worried, was not far away, ready to respond at any time. Seeing Duoduo's bloody battle at this moment, he was overwhelmed.

Leading a dozen or so Zhengbai flag soldiers, they rushed up with knives, guarding Duoduo behind them, and said anxiously: "Master, let's go!"

Amid the pain and blood bubbling all over his body, Doduo gradually recovered himself.

He is not this Jia Heng's opponent, if we continue to fight, I'm afraid he will die here!

At this time, Deng Biao and a Jurchen Niu Lu Ezhen (Zuo Ling), leading a hundred Jurchen elite, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, also fought with Liu Jixian, Li Shu and other guards of Jinyifu.

The sound of ping-pong-pong and shouts of killing intertwined with the sound of gunfire from the ship, and the two sides fought on the deck and on both sides of the narrow and cramped ship's side.

Jia Heng looked at Su Hetai and other soldiers who were blocking the way, his eyes were cold and stern, he didn't say much, he raised his knife to kill, Su Hetai was shocked, and went towards him together with several Jurchen elites.

"Pfft!!!"

Accompanied by the flash of blood, Jia Heng ran into the flock like a tiger, chopping or chopping with the steel knife made of white satin and fine iron in his palm, four or five of the Jurchen White Banner's Xiaorui could hardly catch it together, and died on the spot in an instant!
However, a large number of Jurchen soldiers continued to rush towards Jia Heng without fear of death.

It has to be said that these Jurchen bannermen are desperate to protect the banner owner Duoduo.

Liu Jixian and Chen Xiao also led their personal guards beside Jia Heng, resisting the sneak attack from the flank.

Jia Heng slashed continuously with a knife, killing one person with one step, and then five people in a row. The corpses fell down in front of him, covering the deck in disorder, gradually blocking the way, while streams of blood flowed on the deck, and even slipped under his feet .

Being unable to step down for a while hindered Jia Heng's pace, but left a glimmer of life for Duoduo.

When Su and Tai turned around, they shouted anxiously: "Master, let's go!"

He had previously disapproved of going head-to-head with Chen Han's army, but because the master lost that thing, there was a humiliating anger hidden in his heart, and if he didn't vent it, he would have to hold back a serious illness, so he didn't persuade him.

Seeing this, Duoduo opened his mouth, his eyes were about to burst, and suddenly roared angrily: "Su Hetai!"

It was clear that an incomparably fierce knife light streaked across the air, passing by Rao Su and Tai's necks, and immediately, a large head burst into the sky with blood, the blood gushing like a spring, bright red and dazzling.

With a "plop", the body of the seven-foot-tall man fell on the deck.

The personal bodyguard who grew up with Doduo died tragically on the spot, as if a basin of cold water was poured on Duduo's head, which made Duduo clearly realize that the so-called leading soldiers and horses and leading troops as before The act of charging and boosting morale was a big mistake.

It's useless against Jia Heng!

At this moment, Deng Biao had led several personal guards to rush over, and said anxiously: "Master, go!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but jump to the ship on the deck with another Zhengbaiqi soldier holding Duoduo.

And all of this is extremely slow, in fact, it is only a few breaths, like lightning and flint.

And the dozen or so soldiers beside Duoduo, holding a round shield in one hand and a knife in the other, desperately blocked them. Although they were beheaded one after another by Jia Heng, Chen Xiao, Liu Jixian and other personal guards, even if they were to slash and kill, it took a lot of effort. It took Jia Heng a lot of time, but because the space on the boat was too small, Jia Heng couldn't use it at all.

Jia Heng saw Duoduo fleeing under his nose again, with a gloomy expression on his face, and Liu Jixian beside him wiped out the Zhengbai Banner soldiers left behind by Jurchen, and shouted: "Shake the command flag, and the cannons attack the enemy ship, and shoot towards the ship. Shoot the arrow!"

The two sides have equal numbers of soldiers and horses. In fact, it is not easy to completely annihilate them, especially if one side wants to escape, unless he abandons the handsome ship and jumps out of the boat to hunt down Doduo.

But in this battle, they don't have much advantage, so they can't fight like this.

Thinking of this, Jia Heng quickly glanced at the distance, and saw that the pirates who were originally fighting against the officers and soldiers, at this moment, several boats wandering around the edge, had quietly left the battlefield and fled to the outside.

And following Jia Heng's order, in an instant, the bows and arrows were fired, and the guns bombarded the ship where Duoduo was.

On the other side, because the pirates lost their will to fight, Wei Che finally got rid of the wrangling of the ships under the command of the Angry Dragon Gang, and concentrated his cannons on the flag ship where Doduo was.

"Boom..."

Even the Fran cannon, which is not very good in range and accuracy, attacked with a saturated attack. Finally, Duoduo's flag ship - a tall ship as tall as a city, ignited flames under the gunfire and began to attack. Sink towards the side of the water.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Deng Biao, together with a dozen bannermen guarding Duoduo, boarded a Canglong boat, and headed towards the nearest Jinsha Gang warship.

As for the more than 100 Zhengbai Banners on the ship, together with the more than [-] members of the Sihai Gang and the Nujiao Gang, they either fled for their lives in the distance on the net-seeking shuttle boat, or jumped into the water one after another, and were shot dead by the Han army on the boat. .

As time passed, the Dahan Navy has won an overwhelming victory.

But the Haikou fled across the board. Shangguanrui, the head of the Nujiao Gang, Qin Dong, the head of the Four Seas Gang, and others saw that the situation was not good early in the morning, and led their core brothers to leave the battlefield and fled frantically towards Chongmingsha.

This has hurt some of the slow-response leaders and the Jinsha gang. More than 20 large and small boats with four or five thousand sailors were tightly fought by the officers and soldiers, and it was difficult to escape.

When Deng Biao helped Duoduo onto a large ship of the Jinsha Gang, the seven or eight warships behind him were surrounded by the Han army heavily, and under the bombardment of artillery fire, they were exhausted.

"Master, it's over." Deng Biao and four or five elites with the white flag guarding Duoduo looked at the ships surrounded by the Han army in the distance and said in a deep voice.

Almost all of the three hundred elite brought in this battle were lost in the naval battle, and the Jurchen soldiers were originally small, with only a few hundred thousand core soldiers.

Duoduo's face was pale, almost bloodless, as if he was still immersed in the previous death of Su Hetai, his face was gloomy and watery.

The personal guard who grew up with him died unexpectedly before his eyes.

Doduo closed his eyes, feeling as if his heart was being pierced. If he hadn't insisted on going his own way, but had avoided the edge first, harassed the coast and the river, and waited for the North Korean navy to come, how could there be such a big defeat?

He was dazzled by the previous victory against Zhen Haijun, so he wanted to avenge his shame.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of Zhen Zhu, and asked, "Where is Zhen Zhu?"

Deng Biao was stunned for a moment, and said, "Master, he is still on the boat."

Previously, Zhen Zhu was escorted by Duoduo on the flag ship, and two flag soldiers were sent to guard it. The original intention was to exchange for Tushan in Yangzhou, but now the flag ship and the flag soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner all died in one battle, and the capital was also raised. Needless to say.

Duoduo's face was as gloomy as water, and he didn't speak for a while. He wanted to chop off the heads of the Zhen family members to pay homage to Su Hetai, but now he can't.

The strategy of disrupting the south of the Yangtze River also needs to be adjusted in a timely manner. It is necessary to mobilize 3 sailors from Jeolla Province in North Korea. Can plan.

If the pirates hadn't been shaken by the resolute resistance of the officers and soldiers before, how could they have suffered such a defeat?
Doduo was filled with remorse, and his eyes were gloomy.

Since Huang Taiji led the army to go out, when did he encounter such a big defeat, what face would he have to go back to Shengjing to see the emperor and elder brother?

No, he can't go back, he wants revenge, even if he loses his life, he still wants revenge!
Just when the flame of revenge was ignited in Duoduo's heart again, a few people came from the cabin of the ship that had left the battlefield, walked up to him, and called out: "Your Majesty."

It was Yan Qing, the leader of the Jinsha Gang, with a face that had turned into a bitter melon, and sighed: "My lord, the officers and soldiers are still chasing after us, what should we do now?"

The Jinsha gang suffered the most losses just now. They brought 3000 people with them when they came, and now there are only six or seven hundred left. If there is no complaint against the captive king in front of them, it is impossible.

But if he dared to offend the captive king before, now that his power has been greatly damaged, he dare not take any action, otherwise he will be annexed by other forces.

Doduo raised his head, with a bit of shame on his face, and said, "Go to the sea to hide first, and then make a fuss about it."

But on the other side, Zhen Zhu was on the boat, and heard the rumble of gunfire outside, and then suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then the Jurchen, who was originally guarding the corner of the aisle, drew his knife and quickly went to the deck to check the situation.

After that, he didn't come back for a long time.

Hearing the sound of "the ship is sinking soon", Zhen Zhu was shocked, gritted his teeth, and quickly left the cabin. Seeing that there were no Jurchen people in the whole passageway, he was relieved, and hurried to the deck. But they saw the rain of arrows and guns pouring down on the deck.

Zhen Zhu looked anxious, and saw countless ships besieging about twenty enemy ships, launching bombardment, some wanted to shout loudly, how could the outside hear it at this time.

He panicked, if the ship sank, how could he still be alive?

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at a knife not far away. He hurriedly ran over, took the machete, and cut the rope bit by bit. At this time, a large amount of river water had already dumped towards the cabin.

Zhen Zhu's face was ashen, but the rope seemed to be too thick, and he had only cut half of it, so he was unavoidably anxious.

Finally, when the river water was completely pouring into the boat, the rope on Zhen Zhu's body was cut suddenly. The swimming skills he had practiced in the navy for many years came in handy at this moment, and he broke through the window and swam quickly.

But on the other side, Jia Heng looked at the warships flying white flags one after another, and ordered Liu Jixian: "Wave the command flag and accept the enemy's surrender!"

Speaking of which, this was the first water battle in his previous and present life. Although it was said before the battle that a big boat is better than a small boat, and more guns are better than less guns, but in practice, only after fighting once can he have confidence.

Judging from the current situation, the pirates and the Jurchens are worse in this competition than the bad ones, and the water battle is a little different from the land battle. He will know how to arrange it next time, and after this victory, the two water battles The morale of the division's army will be of great use in the follow-up.

Liu Jixian obeyed his orders, and as he waved his command flag, nearly [-] pirates on [-] warships, under the approach of the navy, abandoned their weapons one after another and began to surrender to the officers and soldiers.

Jia Heng said to Liu Jixian: "Let Wei Che send out a thousand-man navy to go to Haimen to patrol and wipe out the remnants of bandits. There must be no mistakes."

Liu Jixian took the order and left.

At this moment, a guard of the Jinyi Mansion came over and reported: "Captain, Zhen Zhu, the former envoy of the Zhenhai Navy Jiedu, has been rescued."

Jia Heng was surprised when he heard the words, and didn't even realize who it was for a while.

Which one is Zhen Zhu?
Jia Heng came to his senses, his complexion darkened, and he said coldly: "Send someone to guard it first, and wait for the court to deal with it."

Zhen Zhu's return will only be worse than not coming back. It can be said that the impact on the Zhen family is especially not coming back. Half of Zhen Haijun is destroyed, and he is captured for a while. How can he still have the face to come back?
I'm afraid the emperor will be very happy when he hears about it.

Of course, no matter how ugly his performance was, he was still better than Niu Jizong who had defected to the enemy at the beginning, which would directly implicate the whole family.

Chen Xiao looked at the enemies who surrendered one after another in the distance. Her face was originally beautiful and beautiful, but because of the fight just now, her forehead and temples were covered with sweat, and a strand of hair hanging from the official hat with a mountain character was attached to her face. , flushed, sweaty, people can't help but want to pinch.

Chen Xiao turned to look at the young man, and said in a low voice: "Some pirates escaped to the sea, and we need to send troops to wipe them out later."

This is in a water battle. If one side intends to escape, there is no way to stop them unless they attack and encircle them. However, the officers and soldiers do not have the upper hand. In itself, a defeated army and a new army are confronted by mobs.

Jia Heng said: "After this battle, the pirates no longer dared to fight me head-on, and most of them hid in the islands and seas. As long as they send boats and boats to patrol and cut off their supply of rice, grain, fruits and vegetables, plus these captives, they will be able to fight me." Know the hiding places of these pirates, and eliminate them one by one."

After this battle, the imperial court must pay more attention to the naval division. It happened to take advantage of this period of time to use the salt tax to build a naval division equipped with red-clothed cannons that could travel far away.

Moreover, compared to the Beijing camp, which has complicated personnel, all his prestige comes from the imperial power. This navy that can gallop on the sea is also the capital for him to settle down.

If it doesn't work, Australia and Song Dynasty will open up wasteland and clothe Nanyang.

At this time, as the ships received the surrendered pirates, the entire Haimen River gradually calmed down. Because it was evening, the sky was full of sunset clouds, and the fiery golden and red rays shone on the river surface. The wreck of the sampan just paused a little.

As far as the eye can see, there are broken ships and broken masts, and the smoke is billowing. The officers and soldiers are organizing sailors to salvage the sunken ship and pick valuable things from it, not just goods.

Jia Heng entered the cabin, washed his hands, and was about to have dinner. He looked at Chen Xiao who was coming, and said in a low voice: "After dinner later, let's settle down at Haimen, and tomorrow we will go to Chongmingsha to wipe out the remaining bandits, and then we will go back Yangzhou."

Duo Duo probably ran away in a hurry this time, floating on the sea, and the current manpower is not enough to search the mountains and seas to catch Duo Duo.

Chen Xiaoning frowned, and asked, "Will Duoduo escape back to Jurchen?"

It is a bit of a pity that Duduo was not caught just now, of course, the navy was built, and the guards beside Duduo were too brave, and now the Jurchen and the pirates have been wiped out, which is already a great victory for the navy.

"I don't think so. With his temperament, he shouldn't run away to the Jurchen in despair." Jia Heng frowned, looked at the girl, and said with relief: "It's only three things, next time he will definitely take his life. "

There are various inconveniences in water battles. If it is a land battle, Doduo must be decapitated under his command, and he will be allowed to dance for a while longer.

Chen Xiao looked at the young man with resolute brows, and said, "Then what should we do next?"

In fact, it's not that I don't know, it's just... After the war, I want to hear him talk.

Jia Heng picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, passed a cup to Chen Xiao, and said: "After this battle, Jiangnan needs to be rectified, especially the navy urgently needs to be rebuilt. The navies of Denglei and other places have coordinated evolution in preparation for going north."

He mentioned in "Ping Lu Ce" that he would threaten Liaodong with a navy, but before he took action, Jurchen took the first step, disturbing the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

Chen Xiao glanced at Jia Heng, her clear eyes flickered, she picked up the chopsticks, and kept thinking.

That's okay, if Duoduo ran away, Jiangnan would not be at peace for a while, so he could support the bandits and gradually control the Jiangnan camp.

Jia Heng said: "After dinner later, I have to write a memorial to Beijing, and I will send the letter to the pigeons to report the victory, and I will deliver it first."

Two days after Emperor Chongping's Ming Dynasty, he might not be able to receive the news that the Zhenhai Navy was destroyed and Zhen Zhu was captured. Waiting for Feige to pass the letter to the past, the emperor's anxious mind can be eased.

While the two were eating, Liu Jixian entered the cabin, cupped his fists and said, "Captain, Zhen Zhu is clamoring to see you."

Jia Heng's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "No! After returning, I will be imprisoned in Jinling Prison and wait for the Holy Judgment."

This time, the millstone didn't work too well!

Zhen Zhu has been completely abolished, and half of the navy under his command has been lost. This kind of defeated general, he has no military law to engage in it, and he is already looking at it for the sake of grinding.

But if Zhen Zhu was a bit bloody, he should find a knife and wipe his neck at this moment, instead of bringing shame back to the Zhen family and humiliating the whole family.

Moreover, the Son of Heaven had long been displeased with the Zhen family, and he was already murderous when he received the news of the defeat.

Liu Jixian responded, and then went looking for Zhen Zhu.

Chen Ling put down the chopsticks, raised her eyes to look at the young man, and said quietly: "Those two demon concubines came to beg you, but you didn't see me?"

With chopsticks in Jia Heng's hand, he picked up a piece of fried meat with bamboo shoots and put it in Chen Xiao's bowl, and said in a clear voice, "Eat yours, you shouldn't be worrying about it."

Chen Xiaoyu paused for a moment, snorted softly, picked up leeks and eggs, and said, "Eat more to nourish your body."

Jia Heng: "..."

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The Jade Rabbit falls in the west, and the Golden Crow rises in the east. Before you know it, it's just a night.

The next day, Liangjiang Governor's Yamen
Early in the morning, Shen Fang came to the noisy governor's yamen of Liangjiang as usual. At this moment, relevant officials from the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc. were all waiting for the news. Go for less.

Without him, just last night, some officials and their families fled overnight to Chuzhou and other areas around Jinling to avoid disaster in advance.

Shen Fang sat down, looked at Bai Sixing who came to work early in the morning, and asked, "Is there still Jiangbei Dajun News delivered?"

Bai Sixing said: "Back to Taiwan, the military report has not yet been received."

Jiang Sucheng, the servant of the Ministry of War, sighed, and said: "I chased the enemy yesterday, and it is supposed to catch up with him by this time. After such a long time, there is still no news. I'm afraid it will be bad luck."

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of all the officials in the hall suddenly changed.

If Yongningbo was also defeated, there would be no navy in the Jiangbei camp, not to mention whether Jinling would fall, just being caught in the flames of war would not be a joke.

Meng Guangyuan said solemnly: "Now we are stepping up the defense of Jinling."

Shen Fang sat on a chair in the living room and sipped tea, and the anxiety in his heart gradually dissipated over time, and said: "Everyone, please be safe, and the Marquis of Annan has inspected the city defense yesterday, and the cities and sluices along the river have been laid out. Soldiers and horses, the old capital of Jinling is as solid as gold."

At this moment, the voice of the scribe came from outside, saying: "The Marquis of Annan is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw yesterday's Marquis of Annan Ye Zhen, accompanied by his son Ye Kai and his family general Ye Cheng, entering the official hall, his eyes were piercing and his aura was as deep as a deep.

(End of this chapter)