The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

Fanxi finally agreed to the plan submitted by the cabinet. Although he was extremely reluctant, the Ming army was too fierce and the Qing army could not stop it!

He even began to blame Emperor Shunzhi in his heart, why did he leave such a mess for him?Why not clean up these remnants of the past?

He, the emperor, is really frustrated!

That night, Nuanxi instantly aged 10 years.

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After the troops were expanded and reorganized, the Ming army immediately rushed to surrounding provinces.

Although the expansion of the Ming army was hasty and weapons and equipment were seriously insufficient, the only troops with full combat effectiveness were still the six ace divisions, and more than half of the soldiers in the remaining 6 divisions still held cold weapons in their hands.

But the problem of insufficient equipment of the Ming army is only relative.

Compared with the Qing army, which still used broadswords and spears as its main equipment, even the newly formed Ming army troops with insufficient equipment had a combat effectiveness that overwhelmed the Qing army.

What's more, because these provinces have been transferred from their main forces, their strength is empty at this moment. Facing the menacing Ming army, the Qing army is simply unable to resist.

Moreover, as the news spread that the main force of the Qing army had been wiped out, in most places, the Ming army either abandoned the city and surrendered or fled. The Ming army regained its territory with little effective resistance.

In mid-February, the Ming army's offensive became increasingly unstoppable and they had recaptured all of Fujian, all of Zhejiang, most of Jiangxi, and parts of Jiangsu.

Those green battalions who surrendered to the Ming army before can rest assured now.

Because their families were not retaliated against by the Manqing.

Of course, the most important reason is that the Ming army moved too fast.

The government yamen in these places had just received the news, and before they could react, the Ming army had already approached the city.

At this time, all the upright Manchu officials were busy collecting money and running away. Who else was willing to waste time on these stinky Qiu Ba?

In late February, the Ming army recaptured Changzhou, Liyang, and Xuancheng, and directed its troops towards Yingtian Mansion. At the same time, the Ming Royal Navy sailed upstream along the Yangtze River and headed toward Yingtian Mansion by water.

Facing the menacing Ming army, Rongfang, the governor of Liangjiang, transferred property and materials while gathering troops. At the same time, he also dispatched the newly established Yangtze River Navy.

Whether it was sinking the ship and sealing the river, or charging to the death, there was only one requirement: block the Ming Navy and not allow the Ming Navy to quickly approach Jiangning Mansion.

In fact, everyone knew that it was impossible for the Qing army to defend Jiangning, and Zhuanxi also understood it, but he just was not willing to let Jiangning fall into the hands of the Ming army.

Jiangning is different from other cities. This was one of the capitals of the Ming Dynasty!It is absolutely of great significance to these Ming troops.

Therefore, he issued an order to Rongfang, the governor of Liangjiang.

Evacuate Jiangning, burn down the imperial city, and never let Jiangning fall into the hands of the Ming army completely!

What Rongfang is currently executing is Nuanxi's first order.

However, Jiangning City is so big that if you want to evacuate it, it can't be done in a short while, so he sent the Yangtze River Navy to block the Ming Army Navy.

It's just that this order is really embarrassing for the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army who was only three months old.

Although compared with the Imperial Guard Eight Banners Navy, which has high hopes, the actual development of the Yangtze River Navy is much better.

After all, the Yangtze River Navy originally had a base in the Zhenjiang Navy Battalion, and it was not difficult to recruit sailors in the south of the Yangtze River, and the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Navy of the Imperial Guards were all bannermen from top to bottom, so let them be the sailors of the Navy. It's really hard for them.

However, the Yangtze River Navy, which was developing well, was nothing in front of the Ming fleet.

The newly promoted naval admiral Yao Ka knew that he had no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the Ming army, so he immediately thought of Hu Qiyuan's original method of dealing with the Ming army's navy.

The shipwreck closed the river!

As the largest river in China, the Yangtze River far exceeds the Minjiang River in terms of water depth, flow rate and channel width.

Blocking the Yangtze River waterway is not as easy as blocking the Minjiang River. The number of ships required will be extremely large. Even if all the Yangtze River Navy ships are sunk, it will only be able to block a small part of the waterway. Therefore, Other ships still have to be collected from the private sector.

When the Minjiang River was blocked before, Zhang Zhongju, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, used the excuse of seeking compensation from the governor's office after the war when he ordered the collection of private ships.

When he arrived at Yao Ka, he didn't even bother to do anything, and directly ordered the forced expropriation of civilian ships.

In his eyes, since the emperor has ordered to use the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to stop the Ming army, these ships that may help the Ming army naturally no longer exist.

Moreover, because the bannermen could not engage in business or farm, they had to either serve as soldiers or wait to die while living at home.So even if he commandeered all these ships, the only ones who would suffer losses would be the Han people.

As soon as this order was issued, countless Qing soldiers took action. They rushed to the dock with swords and drove away regardless of whose ship it was.

Under the shining blade, no one dared to stop it, and the common people could only cry and curse bitterly at the robbed ship.

But the question is is the Yangtze River really so easy to be blocked?

The shipwreck area chosen by Yao Ka is in the Yangtze River Navy Station, not far from the lower reaches of Zhenjiang, in the Yangzhong waters.

The water surface in this section of the Yangtze River is only about 1 kilometer wide, making it one of the rare narrow sections in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Wrecking ships in this section of the river seems to be the best option.

But when the Qing army began to sink ships, problems arose.

The Qing army loaded all the civilian ships with stones, connected the ends with hemp ropes, and began to dig ships to seal the river.

However, due to the different sinking speeds of the ships, and the narrow river channel in this area and the rapid current, during the sinking process of the ship, either the hemp rope broke, or the bow and stern of the ship were directly broken by the huge force.

The sinking ship was also washed up in pieces by the turbulent river.

Under such circumstances, the ships previously prepared were obviously not enough, so Yao Ka quickly ordered to collect more. However, at this time, the Ming Army Ranger and several other cruisers had already appeared in the shipwreck waters.

Looking at the warships of the Ming army that suddenly appeared on the river, the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing army did not even resist, and chose to flee for their lives.

Rongfang did have an order for the Yangtze River Navy to stop the Ming army, but the two sides were not at the same level at all. How to stop them?

The plan to seal the river has failed. Is it really relying on suicide boats?

The Penghu Navy thought so, the Fujian Navy thought so, and even the Satsuma Navy of Japan still thought so.

But didn't their final result still collectively fill the belly of the fish?

The Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army did not want to die and chose to flee collectively. The Ming Army fleet did not pursue immediately but stopped.

Although the Qing army's operation to seal the river was unsuccessful, it still caused trouble for the Ming army fleet.

Since some of the sunken ships were underwater, the Ming army still had to clear the channel before they could continue eastward.

Fortunately, Yingtian Mansion is already close at hand, so everyone is not so anxious at this time.

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