"Guard the camp gate." After Zhou Kaihuang withdrew from the camp, he immediately ordered a soldier to report the situation in the camp to Yuan Zongdi.

The other three camp gates are not sure what is going on now, but Zhou Kaihuang plans to guard this camp gate. If Yuan Zongdi's army can quickly return, they may be able to rescue some supplies. The camp is not far from the front line, so Zhou Kaihuang feels that it is still okay to stick to it for a while.

Looking at Yuan Zongdi's flag, he was not far away, and began to move towards the camp, but soon stopped moving. A thunderous shout and fighting suddenly broke out in the direction of Chongqing, and the sound of cannons that were originally weak at the head of Chongqing city suddenly turned into a circle.

"The Tartars are coming out of the city." After hearing the movement in the distance, Zhou Kaihuang said with a gritted teeth. He guessed correctly. Today, Wang Mingde gathered all the main forces to deal with Yuan Zongdi. When he saw his camp caught fire, he asked the entire army to prepare and killed him out of the city at the first moment when Yuan Zongdi moved the flag.

There were still many soldiers engaged in civil engineering and troops covering them at the city. Although they had stopped working, they could not gather quickly and all retreated. Yuan Zongdi originally wanted to lead the central army, the only troops that could react quickly, to rescue the camp immediately, but the Qing army in Chongqing suddenly came out, so he had to turn around to fight to protect the rest of his subordinates.

"The army's food and grass!" Zhou Kaihuang turned around and looked at the camp, anxious.

The enemy troops who came to set fire were obviously small troops, and they would not be Tan Yi's main force. Now there is a big war with Yuan Zongdi, and it is the main force that decides victory or defeat. Zhou Kaihuang is preparing to give up here and rush to protect the superior.

"I hope the traitor, Fuhou can defeat Tan Yi, at least for a while." Zhao Tianba comforted Zhou Kaihuang. Yuan Zongdi's troops were originally dispersed and made a full-scale attack. If Tan Wen followed him and rebelled, it would be three to one. Yuan Zongdi's complete defeat would be very quick. Zhao Tianba expects Tan Wen to be his own person, and in this way, two to two, there is still room for recovery.

Before Zhou Kaihuang led his team to set off, Tan Wen's troops on Yuan Zongdi's left wing broke out in a great defeat. Deng Ming saw the defeated Ming soldiers on the left running around the mountains and fields towards the Yangtze River. The enemy soldiers followed closely, and behind the defeated soldiers were pursuing soldiers who were wantonly chopping and slaughtering.

"Hmph, it collapsed before even seeing the flag. It was probably because it had escaped in the face of battle." Zhao Tianba felt cold when he saw Tan Wen's troops collapse like a mountain collapse. The crying of the defeated soldiers would blow the morale of Yuan Zongdi's troops and disrupt Yuan Zongdi's troops. Now Yuan Zongdi's troops were working hard to gather while fighting against the Chongqing enemy. The enemy behind these defeated soldiers would suddenly hit the back of Yuan Zongdi's troops.

The defeated soldiers running in the front had already arrived near the camp, separated the banner of Daying and Yuan Zongdi. The dust they raised up obscured the vision in front.

"There is no chance." Zhao Tianba made a judgment and immediately shouted to Zhou Kaihuang: "Retreat, protect Mr. Deng, we go downstream to join Jingguo Gong."

"Useless officers and soldiers can't even stand it for a moment!" Zhou Kaihuang pointed at the collapsed soldiers of Tan Wen's army and cursed, very angry. Without the side cover, Yuan Zongdi's great defeat was irreversible, and they were probably going to break through each other soon. Zhou Kaihuang immediately remembered Yuan Zongdi's instructions. If there was an extraordinary situation, he would have to protect Deng Ming and Ping's safety no matter what.

"Mr. Deng comes with me!" Zhou Kaihuang did not dare to continue thinking about the battle situation under Chongqing city. He pulled Deng Ming to the bank of the Yangtze River with Zhao Tianba, one left and one right. The soldiers who had just collected also ran with the two officers. Yuan Zongdi's fleet was parked on the Yangtze River. Now the complete defeat was a foregone conclusion. These ships were just their only hope for escaping from danger.

When he ran to the riverside and saw that the fleet was neat and safe, Deng Ming felt relieved. The soldiers of Yuan Zongdi's fleet noticed that the camp had suddenly caught fire earlier, and saw chaos on the shore. General Qian of the Water Camp immediately ordered everyone to be on guard. The soldiers were unsheathed and the crossbow was on the string. General Qian shouted from afar when he saw Zhou Kaihuang, "General Qian, how about the camp?"

"Half of the officers and soldiers have rebelled, the remaining half has collapsed, and the food has also been burned!" Zhou Kaihuang replied loudly, jumping onto the ship. The soldiers of Yuan's army who fled to the river in the early stage had already boarded their own ships one after another, and the last group followed Zhou Kaihuang. Zhou Kaihuang looked back and saw that the densely packed soldiers of Tan Wen's army followed. He waved his hand and said to the Shuiying Qianshou General in his twenties: "There is no one for us, just slim the cable to drive the boat!"

Yuan Zongdi's fleet had more than 100 large and small river ships, enough to carry thousands of soldiers. After the incident, the commanding officer of the fleet ordered most of the ships to sail towards Chongqing to pick up Yuan Zongdi's main force, leaving thirty ships to accept soldiers withdrawn from the direction of the camp. After hearing Zhou Kaihuang's words, General Qian of the Shuiying understood the heavy losses, and his face darkened and immediately ordered to prepare for sailing. If Yuan Zongdi's hope of turning defeat into victory at Chongqing city was not high, then the ship that went to pick up would immediately retreat after loading the soldiers. They needed to quickly chase and follow the large army.

Just in front of people, hundreds of defeated soldiers under Tan Wen's troops rushed towards the ships by the river. Most of these soldiers were already bare-handed. When they saw the ship that Deng Ming boarded began to loosen the cables and prepare to leave, some soldiers running in front jumped onto the dock, waved their hands to rush towards the side of the ship, and shouted desperately: "Save me, save me!"

The guards on the boat immediately turned the gun blade and swung the gun bar hard to hit the people. After driving away the closest few, the sailors on the boat stood in rows on the side facing the shore, with the spears of swords and guns straight outwards, obviously not intending to put anyone on the boat.

Deng Ming saw that there were many defeated soldiers crowded outside the dock by the river, gathering more and more. Many of them jumped into the river and swam towards the Yuan army ships not far from the river bank. The ships were also unceremonious, and they hit the people in a row. Several soldiers of the Tan Wenmen Ming army in the water were beaten away from the boat, and some were sank into the river and never showed up again.

A young man who looked like an officer sat on the shore not far from Deng Ming's boat. He pointed at Zhou Kaihuang who was watching coldly and shouted: "I will not let you go if I kill Qiandao thief!"

Zhou Kaihuang sneered and was about to retort, but suddenly remembered that Deng Ming was by his side. This was Chongzhen's third prince. Yuan Zongdi still expected him to speak for him in the future. Zhou Kaihuang quietly looked at Deng Ming beside him, thinking in his heart: "Although the third prince has a good temper and can get along well with us, the guy opposite is always a 'trespasser, thief', which aroused his parents' hatred, and he had a knot in his heart, which might be unfavorable to the Duke."

But General Qian of the Water Camp did not have the scruples of Zhou Kaihuang. He immediately replied, "Usual officers and soldiers, being ghosts is also a waste! If you dare not fight with the Tartars, you will play tricks with the people. Are you considered Han people? Bah!" General Qian of the Water Camp then ordered to set sail.

"Brother Zhou!" Deng Ming heard the shrill cry of the Ming army, and did not care about his blood. He grabbed General Qian of the Shuiying Camp and pleaded with Zhou Kaihuang and said, "Why don't you save them? There is still a place on the boat, and you can still pretend to be someone!"

Mr. Qian of the Shuiying Camp did not know the origin of Deng Ming, but he had seen Deng Ming beside Yuan Zongdi, and Yuan Zongdi was polite to him. At such a crisis today, the captain of the guard was with him. It can be seen that Yuan Zongdi attaches importance to this person, perhaps Yuan Zongdi is the rank that Yuan Zongdi is valued. Mr. Qian explained patiently: "Sir, please see, we don't have many ships, and we may have to pick up our brothers when we go forward. If we carry a useless officer and soldier, we must carry one less brother. Besides, there are not many pursuers behind them. If these trash dare to turn back to fight, we will definitely be able to fight."

Deng Ming didn't know how many people each boat could carry, so Mr. Qian of the Water Camp immediately blocked him back.

There were indeed not many pursuers behind these defeated soldiers. After defeating Tan Wen's troops, Tan Yi's main force rushed to help the Qing soldiers attack Yuan Zongdi. However, these defeated soldiers ran out of clothes and hats, most of them lost their weapons and were in a mess. It was hard to imagine that they still had the ability to resist the pursuers. Moreover, they knew very well that the defeat at Chongqing City was decided, and even if they organized themselves to turn around and resist the pursuers, they would still be unable to escape after Yuan Zongdi retreated.

Deng Ming looked around and more soldiers from Tan Wen's troops jumped into the water desperately and struggled in the cold river in December. Some of the smashed people did not return to the shore, but continued to swim forward in despair, as if they wanted to use their strength to go to the south bank and leave the Chongqing battlefield - this was also a glimmer of hope, but how many people could pass the Yangtze River?

"Take them to the south bank," Deng Ming held Qiang of the Shuiying Camp's arm and kept saying: "Take them to the south bank, put them down, and let them find their own way."

Mr. Shuiying Qian was a little impatient: "Sir, I believe he knows that it is easy to ask God to send him to God..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Kaihuang intercepted and said, "Okay, just follow the sir, let them on the boat. After they are sent to the other side, they will be bombed and immediately go to pick up the Duke of Ying."

Zhou Kaihuang did not take the fate of the Ming army soldiers of Tan Wen's army to heart, but since Deng Ming was on his side, he still wanted to give Deng Ming a face. He probably felt a little close to these direct Ming troops in Deng Ming's heart.

When Mr. Qian of Shuiying heard Zhou Kaihuang say this, he was stunned for a moment. Deng Ming finally got Zhou Kaihuang help and immediately urged him: "Hurry up and transport people, the Duke is still waiting for our ship."

Mr. Qian of the Shuiying complained: "Since the sir knows that the Duke is in urgent need, why are these dog officers and soldiers who hate us doing?"

Hearing that Yuan Zongdi's confidant guard officer and the newly recruited division were all about to save the people, General Qian of the Water Camp had to order the people to be released on the ship unwillingly.

After a series of flags and shouts, all the ships began to accommodate the Ming army. The Ming army on the dock rushed up, and Deng Ming's ship was quickly filled with people.

The young Ming army officer on the shore had just seen Deng Ming's actions and guessed that he and Zhou Kaihuang and General Manager Qian of the Water Camp had a conversation. He knew that thanks to this young man, he saved the lives of himself and the brothers and subordinates around him, so he got on the boat and bowed to Deng Ming on a big week. Zhou Kaihuang sneered when he saw this, turned around and walked away. He was unwilling to accept the guy's gratitude.

Deng Ming hurriedly helped the young officer up and said a few polite words to the other party.

"How dare you ask what is your benefactor?" Although it was just a few words, the officer immediately realized that the person in front of him seemed not a soldier, and seemed to have heard someone call him "Mr.

"Deng Ming, my name is Deng Ming." Deng Ming replied, asking politely: "What do you call me?"

Deng Ming's answer made the young officer slightly stunned and surprised.

"This person is probably a scholar. I heard that some scholars speak strangely. Most of them are Yuan Zongdi's masters." The young officer thought to himself: "How could a good scholar join the crowd with these thieves? Most of them are shameless people without integrity."

After all, the other party was his life-saving benefactor, and there was a glimmer of hope when he left the North Shore. Although he boarded Yuan Zongdi's ship, these Ming soldiers were reluctant to appreciate it and were unwilling to admit that they were rescued by the remaining troops of the rebel army. They would rather think that they were saved by Deng Ming, a scholar.

"If you report your name, some thieves will say that in the future, they will still owe them a favor." The officer bowed to Deng Ming when he thought of this: "I dare not thank you for your great kindness, and I am not worthy of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being accused of being

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All the defeated soldiers on the shore were on the ship, and thirty ships were filled with them. The Qiang General of the Water Camp ordered the ship to be opened again.

Tan Yi's troops were limited, and his most dangerous enemy was Yuan Zongdi's combat troops, so not many people sent to pursue the defeated soldiers. Seeing that the Ming army on the navy was very vigilant, Tan Yi's subordinates did not dare to act rashly, but just stood in the distance and shouted for a while, watching the fleet leave the shore and gradually fade away.

The heavy guard on the ship was not only to guard against the pursuit of the Qing army, but also to fear that Tan Wen's subordinates would hijack the ship. However, most of these defeated soldiers were running desperately with bare hands and fists. After swimming, everyone was exhausted and did not have such thoughts. The ship quickly passed through the river and reached the south bank, the Ming soldiers from Wanxian were disembarked and left honestly.

When Deng Ming set sail again on the boat, the young officer led his subordinates to bow to him from afar and shouted in unison: "Thank you Mr. Deng for helping you." They made up their minds not to count this kindness on Yuan Zongdi's subordinates.

When he drove to the place where the cannons were the loudest, Deng Ming saw that there was a look of worry on the faces of the officers and soldiers around him. Everyone understood that since Tan Yi's main force was not behind Yuan Zongdi's camp and Tan Wen's defeated soldiers, he must have been attacking Yuan Zongdi himself. In addition, the Qing army attacked him in Chongqing, Yuan Zongdi's situation was dangerous. I don't know if he could escape or board the ship and retreat smoothly.

He soon drove to the gathering place of a large number of Ming army ships, and it seemed that there was no fierce battle on the shore. Zhou Kaihuang and several others analyzed that when Yuan Zongyi saw the enemy troops attacking from front and back, he knew that it was impossible to do anything and immediately organized the army to retreat to the riverside. Yuan Zongdi made great efforts to retreat the main force to the riverside to form a circular defense, but unexpectedly, the Qing army's offensive gradually eased down, not attacking the Ming army's positions, but instead opened a distance to watch, and seemed to be not intending to interfere with the Ming army boarding the ship.

Yuan Zongdi first tentatively retreated part of his troops on board, and then carefully retreated part of his troops. Seeing that the Qing army still had no major moves, Yuan Zongdi ordered the injured to be transported on board. There were only a few large ships in the river, most of which were small boats, and there were not many people. When he came to Chongqing, Yuan Zongdi's troops advanced side by side and camped along the coast. But the current situation was undoubtedly waiting for death, including Deng Ming's ship, which was filled with soldiers as much as possible. The soldiers on each Ming ship bent their bows and arrows, and were on guard. If the Qing army launched a general attack when the Ming army retreated, they would shoot their positions and cover their comrades to board the ship safely.

However, the Qing army did not launch the expected fierce attack, but only bombarded the Ming army with muskets and cannons, and at the same time it sprinkled a large amount of arrow rain.

"Oh, they also know that after burning the food and grass in our camp, we are afraid that we will be helpless against Chongqing for several months." Looking at the leisurely Qing army opposite, Zhao Tianba and Zhou Kaihuang sighed to the sky: "But fortunately, most of the brothers have been rescued."

Thousands of soldiers were lost in the Daying and Chongqing city, and more than 5,000 Dachang soldiers brought by Yuan Zongdi were safely on board.

"Return to Dachang." Zhou Kaihuang said bitterly. This expedition was obviously a failure. The only thing he could do was to return to the base area as soon as possible. The food and grass along the way had not yet been settled.

Jiang Zhou, who was full of soldiers, gradually left Chongqing. The soldiers who had been extremely nervous for more than an hour finally breathed a sigh of relief. He put the bow and arrow under his feet and relaxed his tight arms a little.

Deng Ming looked at the head of Chongqing that was gradually moving away, and his heart was filled with unspeakable feelings: "In such a torrent of history, I can't do anything by myself. Knowing that the battle in Chongqing will be repeated, I can't remind them... Although I know that the Qing Dynasty will inevitably sweep the whole country, I can't even think of a way to escape."

When he was feeling sad, several balls of white mist suddenly rose at the top of Chongqing city, and then the thunder of the cannon came into his ears. Deng Ming looked at the smoke gradually rising to the sky in a daze, and asked himself in confusion: "Is this the Qing soldiers demonstrating?"

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Sudden warnings and shouts suddenly sounded beside Deng Ming. He turned around and looked downstream of the bow of the ship, and saw a large number of ships rushing into the Yangtze River from the Jialing River fork not far ahead.

During the more than an hour when Yuan Zongdi carefully retreated from the riverside, Wang Mingde sent all the elite sailors drawn from Chongqing to Tan Yi's camp. The latter not only had his own ships but also seized from Tan Wen. As Tan Yi and Wang Mingde expected, Yuan Zongdi used all the ships to cover the retreat of the infantry in order to prevent the Qing army's pursuit. The Qing sailors were at the fork junction to accumulate energy. When the Ming army fleet began to retreat, they came out to carry out the final blow.

There was no extra burden on the Qing army's ships. They pulled sails one by one, and took advantage of the river to pounce on the Mingzhou with a lot of soldiers and a deep drip...
Chapter completed!