Chongzhen Undergraduates

"The riverside is full of golden soldiers, chasing and killing refugees everywhere. I heard that Lord Shi Kefa has been killed by the golden soldiers. Lord Shi would rather die than surrender, and finally cursed the leader of the golden soldiers, Duoduo, and was tortured to death in the end. His head was hung in Yangzhou In the city." Qian Qianyi's student broke down in tears at this point.

"What a hero of Shi Ge Department!" Several other students in the boat praised Qian Qianyi in unison.

When Liu Rushi outside the cabin heard the news about Shi Kefa, she didn't even have the nerve to look back at Qian Qianyi.

"Then how do we cross the river?" Qian Qianyi felt that he had a thick skin anyway, so he pretended that he didn't hear what everyone was talking about.What he cared about was still how to run away.

"We can't wait until it's dark. The refugees outside the city are in chaos. We have to take the opportunity to cross the river. If we wait for the Jin soldiers to control the river, we won't be able to run if we want to."

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he quickly said: "Then hurry up and sail, don't stop here."

Qian Qianyi didn't want to stay in this dangerous place for a moment, how could he bear the psychological pressure of being slaughtered.But they obviously underestimated Jin Bing's strength.

If it was a few refugees, it was really possible to sneak from the east to the lower reaches to find a boat to cross the river. Unfortunately, Qian Qianyi, a self-proclaimed nobleman who was unwilling to walk even a few steps, insisted on taking a boat.

No matter how chaotic the river is, if a boat is exposed, can it not attract people's attention?

"It's not good, the Tartars have found us." As soon as their boat arrived at the mouth of the canal, all the eyes of the Jin soldiers were attracted.

"That must be the high officials of the Ming Dynasty, catch them quickly." The Jin soldiers along the bank were boiling, and they all shouted and ran towards Qian Qianyi and the others.

"It's over." Qian Qianyi only felt his eyes go dark, because he had already seen a few boats full of Jinbing soldiers approaching, and they probably couldn't escape now.

Jin Bing's boat was getting closer and closer, Qian Qianyi's most courageous student raised his knife and ran out of the cabin. He wanted to fight Jin Bing desperately.

Another student with the least courage plunged into the icy water when Jin Bing was about to approach the side of the boat.

"Master, the time has come for you to be righteous. You must not let Jin Bing catch you!" Liu Rushi grabbed Qian Qianyi's hand and looked at Qian Qianyi with firm and decisive eyes.

"Yes, teacher. You are a role model for us Jiangnan scholars. You must not be caught by the tartars. This is like the teaching of a saint." Qian Qianyi's students have all left the cabin after speaking, waiting to talk to the teacher Martyred together.

Qian Qianyi was forced to do nothing, he stomped his feet suddenly, and said in an almost mournful tone: "It's not that I don't want to jump, it's that the water is too cold."

When Liu Rushi heard it, he didn't have the face to stay on the boat.With one leap, she took the lead and jumped off the boat with a plop. This staunch woman used her last actions to protect the last bit of face of the old man on board.

Chapter 283: Sixth of Ten Days in Yangzhou

Liu Rushi jumped into the river and splashed water on Qian Qianyi's face. Qian Qianyi touched the water drops on his face and said, "The water is a bit cold."

Jin Bing had already started to confront the students around him, but Qian Qianyi still didn't have the courage to jump into the river.He scrambled and scrambled to avoid the fights around him, even if he saw a student being stabbed in the heart by an enemy, he didn't have the guts to step forward to help.

Seeing that Jin Bing was about to hold down Qian Qianyi and catch him, on a boat coming from downstream, several Jin soldiers dressed as soldiers "swish" a few arrows, and immediately put them on the Jin Bing beside Qian Qianyi.

Liu Rushi sank in the water, her eyes were open quietly looking at the blood-red river.At this moment, Liu Rushi hoped that the time would pass faster, and it would be better if there was no pain.

Two black shadows fell into the water and a fierce one rushed over, and then Liu Rushi saw two people equipped with golden soldiers dragging her to the surface of the water, one left and one right.

She stationed desperately, secretly thinking that she must not fall into the hands of those beasts, if she was defiled by these dirty things, she probably would not be able to forgive herself in this life.

"Madam Qian, don't panic, we are here to save you." Two people in the water can't stand a person who wants to die, so they can only persuade.Fortunately, Liu Rushi stopped making trouble soon, and was successfully dragged onto the original boat.

"Lord Qian, we are the Fujian Navy, and we are here to rescue Yangzhou City by the order of my general." Several soldiers quickly jumped onto the armor of the ship, and Qian Qianyi's side kept being rescued.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of warships appeared on the river, and rounds of cannons roared, and the shells began to bombard the Jinbing boats on the river.And some small boats of the Fujian Navy also began to gather on the canal to build a pontoon bridge. A large number of refugees flocked downstream from the pontoon bridge. These people in Yangzhou finally saw a glimmer of light.

Qian Qianyi and others were taken onto the largest warship. Zheng Chenggong was standing on the deck of the ship and staring at the entire river in Yangzhou. Nearly [-] warships of various types were fighting against some civilian ships collected by Jin Bing. The navy is killing the golden soldiers.

From the mouth of the soldier who rescued him, Qian Qianyi knew that when he was in Yangzhou City, there were always people secretly protecting him, and that bold student was one of them.

"Teacher, the students are late." Zheng Chenggong saluted Qian Qianyi respectfully when he saw Qian Qianyi boarding the boat.

Qian Qianyi boarded Zheng Chenggong's flagship, and immediately became awe-inspiring. He is now the biggest official on the entire Yangzhou River battlefield, and he naturally stood in the position of the commander-in-chief, pushing Zheng Chenggong aside.

"Da Mu, some of the small boats of the Jin soldiers have already been defeated, you should lead the people to follow the prince south with you as your teacher, before it's too late."

Qian Qianyi stood awe-inspiringly, as if he had fought the battle against Jin Bing in front of him, completely forgetting about the "too cold water".

"Teacher, I'm afraid it won't work. I am leading the army to defend the last line of defense of the Yangtze River according to the emperor's order. I can't leave without authorization." Zheng Chenggong said.

Qian Qianyi pulled Zheng Chenggong aside and said quietly: "Damu doesn't know yet, the emperor's former army has been wiped out in Huai'an City. The Jin soldiers have already spread the news that the emperor has passed away. If the situation is in crisis, the crown prince will take the entire court The capital has been moved south.

At present, Jiangnan is short of soldiers, and you happen to have a large number of soldiers in your hand. This is the best time to serve the prince.Go with the teacher and have a worry-free future. "

Qian Qianyi now felt that his luck was really good. He saw Zheng Chenggong's so many warships and so many soldiers laughing from ear to ear, as if these were all his subordinates.

"Then the student will send someone to send the teacher and his party south. I haven't finished the battle here, so we can wait until the battle is over. The battlefield is too dangerous, and it's inconvenient for you and your teacher to stay here."

Since the great change in Fujian, Zheng Chenggong has become much more sophisticated. How could he listen to Qian Qianyi to arrange his own future? He is no longer the Zheng Sen who was brought by Qian Qianyi to meet the saint in Xuzhou.

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he quickly agreed to Zheng Chenggong. He didn't want to wait and watch the war.On the other civilian ship, Liu Rushi was covered in a thick quilt, shivering, warming herself up to the cold, purple all over.

Qian Qianyi walked into the cabin with a complacent look on his face, he didn't care about Liu Rushi's body first, instead he boasted about his great plans for the future.

"Stabilize the battle situation, control the mouth of the canal first, and rescue the people first." Zheng Chenggong only brought the navy this time, and he didn't have many infantry.

"General, the Jinbing has too many infantry, I'm afraid we won't be able to take care of the many people on the shore."

"Then send the sailors ashore and fight with all your might." Zheng Chenggong's own battlefield was also ready to land at this time, he drew out his personal saber, and after a few leaps, he landed on both feet.

"All the soldiers follow me to kill the enemy. Go!" Zheng Chenggong shouted, facing the golden soldiers who were massacring the refugees and began to kill them.

This is already the fifth day and night of the Yangzhou war. Because of the arrival of the Fujian Navy, the refugees outside the entire Yangzhou city finally have another chance to escape overnight.

Zheng Chenggong didn't remember how many golden soldiers he had killed that night. All he could think of was that his whole body was numb, and he could barely lift his arms.

And he once stood on the shore and cried bitterly, annoyed that the boats he brought were not enough.

"It's a pity! If there were a few more boats, those people would not have been slaughtered by the golden soldiers just now." Zheng Chenggong led the crowd to rescue batch after batch of refugees, and they were killed and retreated to the boat by the golden soldiers again and again.

The entire river bank of nearly [-] miles near Yangzhou is full of battlefields, full of flames, and full of killings.

At dawn, the entire battlefield fell silent, because Zheng Chenggong's subordinates had no chance to take advantage of the chaos to rescue the people because it was dawn.This night, all the soldiers of the Fujian Navy were almost exhausted.

In the end, there were still many people who were escorted by Jin Bing and rushed towards the city of Yangzhou. Zheng Chenggong rescued them all night but failed to rescue all the refugees.After daybreak, all naval warships can only stop at the south bank to rest.

"Guo Xing Ye, do you see?" Zheng Chenggong's battlefield had just landed, and Liu Guoxuan and Gan Hui were stunned by the sight before they got off the boat with their exhausted bodies.

I saw the south bank of the Yangtze River, and people who couldn't see the side were kneeling on the cold river bank holding various steaming food above their heads.

But no matter how cold it is, the heart at this moment is warm.Only on this river bank, there is no Donglin Party, no Confucian righteousness, and no imperial power.

There are only people here, the purest people and the heart of gratitude in the hearts of the people.

"Tell the soldiers, let go of eating, and go to save people when you are full."

Zheng Chenggong did not say hypocritically that he would not eat common people's food.At this moment, accepting the rebates from these people will make these people feel a sense of security.

At the same time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong was leading all the officials and gentry of Donglin to Taihu Lake along the canal in the south of the Yangtze River, heading towards Hangzhou.