Song Xuezhu and Zhou Zhixun led the military and civilians of Jinan to fight to the death, and vowed to live and die with Jinan. King De Zhu Youshu was almost scared to death and hugged his wives and concubines all day long.

When Zhu Youshu was frightened, someone suddenly reported that the inspector Song Xuezhu came to visit. Zhu Youshu did not dare to avoid him, so he called Song Xuezhu in. His teeth clattered and asked Song Xuezhu in tremblingly. What was wrong with Song Xuezhu.

Song Xuezhu sighed secretly and said to himself: Poor Taizu, Chengzu has been wise for a lifetime, but he has left such cowardly people!

Song Xuezhu drove away these messy things from his mind and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, when you are here, there are three requests: one, ask the prince to order his personal guards to garrison the city; the other, ask the prince to donate military funds and food; the third, ask the prince to write a letter immediately, ask Lin Chunhong to lead his troops to aid, and promise to do his best to help him win the title afterwards!"

Song Xuezhu had already put life and death aside, so he was not afraid of being responsible for forcing relatives, so he made three demands outright.

Although Zhu Youshu's teeth kept trembling, his mind was not confused at all. He said intermittently: "No problem, I will prepare a book for Lin Chunhong immediately and ask him to send reinforcements!"

The meaning of the words is very clear. If the personal guards do not give them, the military supplies will not be given, and they will never agree to help Lin Chunhong be awarded the title.

Song Xuezhu was furious and wanted to grab King De, cut open his head, and see what these people were carrying! Damn, he couldn't even save his life, and he wanted to hold his belongings tightly in his hands!

How fucking bastard should this be so?

The bastard of King De successfully aroused Song Xuezhu's temper. Song Xuezhu stepped forward, grabbed King De's sleeve, and shouted: "There are insufficient troops in the city, there are not enough troops to eat, and there are no reinforcements outside. Jinan fell in these few days. Is the prince ready to surrender or be loyal to the country?"

King De was obviously frightened and shouted: "Save me, save me!"

The captain of the personal soldiers was waiting outside the screen and didn't want to come out. After hearing the cry for help from King De, he had no choice but to lead a team of guards to rush out without drawing his sword, and said to Song Xuezhong: "Mr. Song, please let go of the prince!"

Song Xuezhu snorted, let go of King De's sleeve, glared at King De fiercely, turned to the captain of the personal soldiers and said, "Jinan is in danger and does not want to lose his life, so follow me to defend the city! I have said goodbye!"

Song Xuezhu hugged her fists and left the palace without looking back.

The captain of the personal soldiers looked gloomy and suddenly stomped his feet and shouted to the personal soldiers: "It's a death sooner or later, it's better to go with the Tartars, or even hide in the royal palace and die of cowardice! If you are willing to go, follow me!"

After saying that, the captain of the personal soldiers ignored King De and left the palace without hesitation.

The guards looked at each other and were silent for a moment. Someone shouted: "Follow the boss!" All the rest of the guards clamored and followed the footsteps of the guard captain and left the palace.

King De was about to cry without tears, and kept muttering: "I'm against it... I'm against it... I'm going to report to the emperor... I'm going to report to the emperor..."

The King of De was even more crazy. After only half a day, the captain of Song Xuezhu Ling led a team of troops to move all the food and grass accumulated in the palace. The captain of the guard was obviously not a good-for-nothing lamp, and it was appropriate to make a fortune by himself.

King De could not stop him, so he could only hold his wife and concubine and call him to the sky and the earth...

The canal is not wide, with the narrowest part being only sixteen or seventeen feet, and the widest part being only more than forty feet. This is too narrow for Tian Chuyun's 40,000 to 50,000 troops. More than 500 transport ships almost squeezed the canal out of water, like a long snake, winding for ten or twenty miles, which is very spectacular.

There were more than a hundred centipede ships around the transport ship escorting. When these centipede ships entered the canal from Yangzhou, the masts had been removed. Later, Beiweiying blew up all the bridges. Li Mengshen ordered all the masts to be installed, and their mobility increased significantly, so that the sailors would not be too tired to fight.

Tian Chuyun led a cavalry army and two infantry corps headed north along the canal by boat, and was quickly discovered by Dorgon.

Of course, Dorgon knew what the Jingzhou army wanted to do, and also knew that the purpose of Tian Chuyun's army was to block the passage of Yuetuo's army to return north. Dorgon was about to lead the army to stop Tian Chuyun from going north, but received a report on the war: the cavalry army suddenly headed north, and the troops headed straight to the west, as if it was going to circumnavigate to the rear of the army.

Dorgon was furious and immediately ordered Ajige to lead his troops to fight the Cavalry Army. When Ajige arrived in Linxi in a panic, he did not expect that the Cavalry Army would suddenly stop advancing and move closer to the Pili Legion.

At this time, the Pili Legion was closely attached to the canal, step by step, and was heading towards Linqing.

Dorgon was very afraid: Lin Chunhong's move seemed casual, but his intention was sinister. Once the Qing army fought fiercely with the Pili Legion, the Cavalry Army could advance from the right wing at any time, causing the Qing army to suffer heavy losses.

Dorgon focused on dealing with the Pili Army and the Cavalry Army, and could not withdraw more troops to stop Tian Chuyun. So, Tian Chuyun's journey was smooth and only ten miles away from Dezhou. However, Dorgon did not take Tian Chuyun's northwards to heart. In his eyes, the canal was narrow, and as long as he wanted, he could build dozens of floating bridges within half an hour, making it easy for the army to cross the canal.

In the warm winter sunshine, the "Zhang" flag roared and fluttered in the wind. Under the banner, hundreds of fully armed Ming soldiers gathered by the canal. They lined up in neat rows, with bright armor, shining swords and guns, and quite impressive.

"Grandma, what kind of ship is this? It's like a huge centipede!"

The general had sharp eyes and was the first to discover the centipede ship and exclaimed. The huge centipede was seven feet long and five feet wide, with two masts as high as three or four feet high. There were countless oars stretched out next to it, just like the feet of a centipede. In addition to the oars, the general clearly saw that there were at least four black holes on one side of the centipede, which was obviously a muzzle.

This military general should have recently joined Zhang Gongwei's army. It is very likely that he is a northerner and has never seen a centipede ship. Among the soldiers under his command, he is already very familiar with the centipede ship, and he can't help but look at the military generals with contempt.

The general did not look back, so naturally he didn't know that he was despised by his subordinates. He cleared his throat, stepped forward a few steps, and shouted: "Stop the boat, stop the boat!"

The soldiers on the centipede boat had already discovered the abnormality on the shore and were ready for sure. After hearing the call of the general, a man came out of the cabin and stood at the bow of the boat and shouted: "Who are you? Why are you shouting here?"

When the generals heard this, they almost burst into anger. Under such a big banner, the centipede ship turned a blind eye and deliberately asked who it was. This was ** naked contempt!

"If you ask you to stop the boat, stop the boat. If you don't obey the order, you will be engaged in military law!"

The general shouted loudly and showed off his style.

The man standing at the bow of the boat laughed a few times and said, "Grandpa, I don't have time to play with you, I'm in a hurry to make money! I won't be with you, so I'll say goodbye!"

After saying that, the man got into the cabin, and the centipede ship did not slow down at all and continued to move forward. The subsequent ships seemed to have not seen hundreds of warriors at all, following the centipede ship.

Seeing that the centipede boat was about to cross the array, the general was anxious and shouted: "According to the order of the Longpinghou, come and tell me that you cannot continue to go north. The Tartars are in the south. Please go back and fight the Tartars!"

The man on the centipede boat crawled out of the cabin again, snorted contemptuously, and shouted: "I need your advice when I fight the Tartars? Get out of here, don't disturb my purity!"

Seeing that the centipede boat was about to pass, the general suddenly had an idea and cursed: "The unsourcing girl! She dared not fight against the Tartars, just wanted to escape north, coward..."

Just as he was cursing happily, a loud noise suddenly came from the centipede ship. A shell roared from the hole, flew seven or eight feet away from the array, and suddenly exploded and shrapnel flew everywhere. A strong wind came, almost stuttering the general.

The general was so scared that his face looked like a mortal, and he had long forgotten to insult him. By the way, the soldiers next to him were so scared that they almost turned around and ran away.

The man on the centipede boat shouted: "This is a warning. If you dare to talk nonsense, the shells will fly to your heads!"

The general was speechless and watched the ships pass by without any reaction.

It was still under the reminder of the personal guards next to him that the general had just reacted and immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Gongwei quickly.

When Zhang Gongwei heard that the Jingzhou army ignored his orders at all, and even openly fired a warning, almost blew his lungs. In a rage, he immediately dispatched more than a hundred ships to block the river, trying to prevent the Jingzhou army from approaching Dezhou City.

When the centipede ship, who was fighting the vanguard, saw that the canal was crowded and was blocked, he hurriedly reported to Li Mengshen. Li Mengshen was shocked and hurriedly directed the flagship and rushed to the front line with Tian Chuyun.

Tian Chuyun kept observing with a telescope. Before he could speak, Li Mengshen asked, "Master, is it a shelling, a collision, or a fire?"

Tian Chuyun put down his telescope and asked in surprise: "Can you bump into it? Can the centipede ships be eaten?"

Li Mengshen patted his chest and said, "Not to mention several small boats, there are dozens of them, and the centipede boat can be eaten."

Tian Chuyun smiled and said, "Bombing is too cruel, so let's hit you!"

Li Mengshen was overjoyed and immediately mobilized five centipede boats to the front line, lined up in a row, blocking the canal. At a command, the centipede legs waved together, stirring the canal water and pushing the centipede boat to start to accelerate.

The speed is getting faster and faster, like an arrow from a string, twenty feet, ten feet...

The soldiers on the boat were shocked and shouted: "Bold, you dare to rush into the official army!"

The centipede ship did not stop at all, five feet...

The soldiers had long forgotten to scold them, and the cry turned into: "Stop the ship, stop the ship..."

The centipede ship still did not slow down. The soldiers were so scared that their faces were pale. Those who were close to the shore jumped desperately to the shore. Those in the middle of the canal had no time to think about the cold water of the canal. One of them pierced into the water and swam desperately from the bottom of the water to the shore.

Boom...boom...

Without any accident, the centipede ship hit the boat, and the boat was broken into pieces and turned into a pile of parts. The parts were squeezed by two centipede ships, breaking several pieces of the city.

The sound of impact and creaking sounds were endless. In an instant, five centipede ships passed through the dense array and stopped in the north.
Chapter completed!