Yang Zhenzong held military positions as a civil servant, so he was not as reckless and arrogant as Fang Guoan.

Moreover, Yang Zhenzong was Ma Shiying's confidant. It was thanks to Ma Shiying's support that he ascended the position of the Admiral of the Caojiang Army from the Left Minister of War.

Before Zhu Yousong ascended the throne, the Caojiang army had already declined, with only seven or eight thousand men left, which was equivalent to the strength of a garrison. After Ma Shiying took power, the first thing he thought of was to expand the Caojiang army and master a soldier of his own.

Ma Shiying understood that military power is the kingly way in these chaotic times, and the chief assistant without military power is a decoration.

Emperor Chongzhen reigned for 17 years, and the cabinet chief ministers alone had changed 19, which was more frequent than Ma Shiying's shopkeeper's own silk shop owner. It looked extremely glorious, but it was easier for the emperor to destroy you than crush an ant if he was unhappy.

Although Ma Shiying and the four towns in Jiangbei get along well, they are someone else's army after all. On the surface, they are polite to you. When it comes to interest, who cares if you are the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty or the richest man of the Ming Dynasty?

This time, the Qing army went south and all the worries of Ma Shiying became reality. First, Liu Zeqing from Huai'an surrendered without fighting, then a collective mutiny from Gao Jie's old subordinates in Yangzhou, and finally Liu Liangzuo from Fengyang fled. In the eyes of various warlords, there was no Southern Ming court at all, but only his own interests.

So after Ma Shiying ascended the high position of the chief minister, he organized the Cao Jiang army at all costs. The taxes for Nanming were only five million yuan a year, and the Cao Jiang army alone spent four million taels of silver.

Ma Shiying appointed his confidant Yang Zhenzong as the admiral and recruited soldiers in Jiangnan. In a year, he recruited 60,000 to 70,000 people. In addition, Fang Guoan's private soldiers had won over, and the total strength reached more than 90,000. He reported 120,000 people to the court, and the military pay of 30,000 people was full of his private pockets.

This time, the Qing army attacked Fengyang with heavy troops. Ma Shiying had no choice but to send 30,000 Caojiang troops to fight. On the surface, he praised Fang Guoan's subordinates for his ability to fight, but in fact, it was to preserve their direct troops and let Fang Guoan's team act as cannon fodder.

Fang Guoan was not stupid either. He could guess Ma Shiying's intentions with a little use of his brain, so he discussed with Yang Zhenzong that he would take a boat north to Chuzhou, in an attempt to let Ying Tianwei play the striker and die.

If Lin Yu and Ying Tianwei could take advantage or get a draw with the Qing army, then he would lead the Jiang army to join the war. If even the armored vehicles could not deal with the Qing army, then he would lead his troops to Fujian to join Zheng Zhilong, or surrender directly to the Qing army.

Fang Guoan was a martial artist who was domineering and reckless, so Yang Zhenzong naturally did not dare to offend him. As long as he could coax Fang Guoan to send troops, he would have completed the task. No matter who he was cannon fodder, as long as he was not himself!

But unexpectedly, Fang Guoan returned in a mess, and was beaten so hard that he didn't dare to sit on his butt. He threatened to lead his troops south to join Zheng Zhilong. "This stinky boy named Lin dared to hit our army sticks and bomb my warship. I won't serve you anymore. I'm going to Fujian to join Nan'anbo."

Yang Zhenzong was immediately anxious. If Fang Guoan was really allowed to leave, not only would he not be able to explain to Ma Shiying, but he also bought 1,000 acres of fertile land in Fengyang the previous year and opened more than a dozen shops.

"Admiral Fang Xiu is going to be angry, please be angry. We don't have the same knowledge as his young people!"

Yang Zhenzong tried his best to coax Fang Guoan to relieve himself and no longer mentioned going to join Zheng Zhilong.

In the end, the two reached the conditions, and Fang Guoan's private troops dispatched 10,000 to leave 10,000 to guard the house. Yang Zhenzong then dispatched 10,000 people from other battalions to Bu Congshan, and landed with 10,000 people led by Zheng Hongkui, and joined Yingtianwei to go north to assist Fengyang.

In fact, Fang Guoan didn't want to come out, but he was afraid of going to join Zheng Zhilong and angering Lin Yu.

This guy's armored car is so fast that he must not blow up all his warships if he really gets crazy. He will let his soldiers fall into the river to feed the fish. He should just bear it for the time being and act by chance.

"That's it, cross the river quickly. If it's too late, I'll be beaten with military sticks again."

Fang Guoan covered his butt and cursed, Deputy General Zhang Pengji took 10,000 people to guard the house, and guerrilla tycoon Liu took 10,000 people to follow him across the river.

The gathering horn sounded, and the Cao Jiang army, who had been slowing down for most of the day, finally lined up on the ship, transported more than 30 warships to Jiangbei, and went to Wumadu to meet with Yingtianwei.

"Report to the Governor, the Cao Jiang army has crossed the river!" The explorer reported to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu sighed: "As long as he knew each other, if he really dared to escape in the battle, my governor would even cut off his head when he chased him to Fujian."

Wei Guangdong was a little impressed by Lin Yu's method of taming Fang Guoan. It seemed that this young man was not just lucky, but indeed had some skills.

"The governor is good at it. Fang Guoan is very arrogant in Nanjing. He does a lot of things to bully the people. Even Master Ma can only turn a blind eye. He didn't expect that he would be defeated by you today. It's so satisfying!"

Xu Gongji was also admired and bowed: "I am convinced and I am willing to follow the commander-in-chief!"

Zhu Youliang rubbed the bruises on his face and said with shame, "Governor, I will say something that offended you before. If it is passed into your ears, don't hold a grudge."

Lin Yu laughed: "Is this governor a vengeful person? This time we rushed to Zhongdu, we must work together to drive away Jiannu and save the people of Yangzhou."

Xu Gongji volunteered: "The hometown of the last general is Chuzhou, Fengyang Prefecture. Seeing that his hometown is in danger, he was anxious. He is willing to lead the cavalry as the vanguard and spy on the slave army."

"It's great. I am about to send a vanguard. Since General Xu volunteered, I am very pleased!"

Lin Yu agreed immediately and ordered Wei Guangdong, "Give the excess guns of the musket camp to General Xu. If he encounters the Qing army, he will have the power to fight back."

Wei Guangdong naturally would not object, so he immediately ordered the transfer of 500 muskets from the Musket Battalion to hand them over to the Cavalry Battalion, and Xu Gongji set out in advance to Fengyang to explore military information.

"General Xu waited for a moment, I will give you a gift!"

It is rare that Xu Gongji is so loyal. Lin Yu turned around and got into the cockpit. Taking advantage of Jiang Ruhua's three people's inattention, he entered the palm auxiliary store and found the Type 95 automatic rifle bullet with a unit price of 300 gold coins per unit.

"The unit price of 7.62 bullets is 500 gold coins, the caliber of the Type 95 rifle is 5.8, and the unit price of pistol bullets is 200 gold coins. It seems that the smaller the caliber, the cheaper the price."

Lin Yu spent 150,000 gold coins to buy 500 bullets, and was surprised to find that it appeared in the cockpit. The palm map showed that it was 1.8 meters away from him.

"I understand that this cockpit is an enclosed space, so the purchased supplies can only appear inside."

Lin Yu jumped out of the cockpit with a dark 95 automatic rifle on his back and handed it to Xu Gongji: "General Xu, this is the weapon I found in the armored vehicle. I named him the 'rifle'. Now I handed it to you with 500 bullets. If I hit the Qing army, it will make you feel like a tiger..."

Lin Yu raised his gun and showed it to Xu Gongji and others, aiming at a towering tree more than 300 meters away. The trunk was probably a strong man who could not hug him.

Lin Yu knew his ability and his shooting level was considered to be of the upper-middle level in the team, but he was one sniper's level away from being a sniper's level. If he missed the shot, it would be embarrassing.

The huge team was brightly lit and shone the river bank as bright as daylight, so the light was not a problem.

Lin Yu picked up the rifle and carefully aimed at the tree trunk. He had not practiced the gun for several years, and he felt a little nervous at this moment.

With a "bang", the bullets flew out of the chamber, and the big tree three hundred meters away was shaking the bark.

The rifle of this era, which has a range of about 100 meters and a range of 300 meters, is simply a magic weapon in their eyes, and only makes Wei Guangdong and Zhu Youliang covet it enviously.

Xu Gongji happened to be one of the best shooters in Yingtianwei's gun technique. He took the rifle excitedly and asked Lin Yu about how to use it and how to change bullets. He couldn't help but feel excited: "This gun is really good, it's simply a magical weapon!"

You should know that 90% of the muskets of this era are coercion guns. The operation is complicated and you need to install gunpowder first, then load lead bullets, fuse ropes, ignite ropes, and blow fuse ropes...

After more than a dozen steps, even if you can fire one shot in a minute, you will be a good player. There are many ordinary soldiers who can shoot two shots in three minutes, or even one shot in two minutes.

Moreover, the range of this convex gun is close, only about 100 meters, and I am afraid of rain, snow and strong winds. The rain can extinguish the convex, and the strong wind can blow the convex.

A few years ago, Bi Maokang developed a flintlock rifle, but unfortunately it was restricted by production technology and could not be mass-produced on a large scale. It would be good to be able to equip the Ming army with a coercion gun, let alone such a gun that can fire bullets with just pulling the trigger.
Chapter completed!