Seeing the enemy ships siege, a Ming army warship behind immediately pulled sails and accelerated to the middle stream. However, the heavy load made the reinforcements very slow, and it seemed that they were not more flexible than the friendly ships in the battle. The third battleship and Deng Ming, who was behind, also tried their best to move forward, but the distance between them was not significantly closer.

As more and more flames rose from the first Ming army warship, the sails and masts began to burn, the battle with huge power gap was coming to an end.

After defeating the Ming army warships and losing their combat capabilities, the Qing army began to sweep away the Ming army's troops transport ships that had lost their protection around it, and massacred the Ming army's officers and soldiers who fell into the water. Then the main force of the Qing army waited for the second Ming army warship and surrounded it for a second round of attacks. There were more troops transport ships behind this warship than the one before. Although they knew that they were outnumbered, the warship still bravely fought.

The second Ming army warship that was attacked soon lost its combat effectiveness, the bow of the ship sank and began to spin out of control on the river surface. Because of its brave resistance, the small boats behind it bought some time, and many small boats were able to distance themselves from the enemy ships and hide behind the last two Ming army warships.

When the second Ming army warship began to break the mast and sail, Deng Ming's ship had just caught up with the warship in front of it. These two warships were the only two large ships in the entire Ming army's naval rear team.

Mr. Qiang of the Water Camp looked around. Now the Ming army's water camp rear team was formed with the last two large ships. What was waiting for the front were enemies like wolves and tigers. They used tricks and came prepared, and had an overwhelming advantage in combat. In addition to the water camp soldiers, the Ming army's large ship was also filled with infantry brothers who were temporarily boarding the ship. There were dozens of troop transport ships behind the ship loading at least thousands of soldiers, waiting for Mr. Qiang of the Water Camp to set off a bloody road for everyone to go home.

If the powerful enemy troops in front of him cannot be defeated, then all the ships will not be able to return to the base. The two warships in front of him have sacrificed bravely for some time, which is just a little delay in the destruction of the entire army.

"Two to seven," Mr. Qian of the Water Camp loudly spoke out the enemy-to-me comparison between the warships, shook his head and turned to Zhou Kaihuang and said: "Water battle cannot be won by courage. Let your brothers abandon the ship and land on the shore immediately."

The enemy began to re-adjust the formation and prepare to launch a final attack. It is December now, and even if the fallen waters are not attacked by the Qing soldiers, the cold Yangtze River is deadly enough, so the ships must be docked and the soldiers can safely board the land.

The Shuiying General Qian ordered the other warship to move closer to his ship, and ordered the rest of the boats to turn around and land on the south bank as soon as possible. Under the order of the Shuiying General Qian, the small boats rowed to the south bank. The Qing soldiers were all on the north bank, and the south bank was separated from Chongqing by the Yangtze River, so they were not easily pursued by the Qing soldiers, which was safer in comparison.

General Manager Qian of the Water Camp said to Zhou Kaihuang: "You have to take the risk. Everyone except the sailors jumped onto the ship and hurry up to the south bank. As fast as possible, I can probably buy you some time."

Seeing Deng Ming and Zhou Kaihuang looking at him silently, Mr. Qian of Shuiying first smiled bitterly, but after a moment, the bitter smile turned into a loud laugh: "Give up all the burdens of you, maybe I will fight a bloody path and return to Dachang earlier than you."

Deng Ming's ship had all its sails. The soldiers of the water camp threw the anchor from the bow and let the ship stop as soon as possible. Another big ship had already leaned against the boat. The two boats threw countless cables to each other. The soldiers on the ship who received the orders held these ropes and boarded another big ship.

At this time, the Qing army seemed to have noticed the Ming army's actions, and they rushed here with their sails and land.

Deng Ming looked at the young general of the water camp in front of him, and he didn't even know his name. He had only known a few people over the past few days. Many Ming soldiers who were in the same battalion with him were almost unfamiliar to Deng Ming. In his mind, there were only some ancient people who had died hundreds of years before he was born.

Seeing Deng Ming staring at him in a daze and not leaving immediately, Mr. Qian of Shuiying smiled and urged in an exaggerated and sarcastic tone: "Go quickly, go quickly, a seven-foot man, how can he do this kind of childish attitude?"

Most of the soldiers had boarded the adjacent ship, and the Qing soldiers' ships were gradually approaching. The soldiers who stayed on the ship held the weapons in their hands and watched the last few people who were about to leave. The soldiers standing under the sail even held the ropes tightly in their hands, ready to rise and fight.

Zhou Kaihuang and Zhao Tianba both bowed heavily to the water camp Qianzheng. Deng Ming also gave him a big gift. He bent his waist deeply, and his hands holding his fists almost touched the ground. After standing up straight, Deng Ming followed Zhou Kaihuang without saying a word. Zhao Tianba ran to the side of the boat. He stretched his mouth tightly, for fear that he would make a choking sound when he opened his mouth.

Because the adjacent ship was loaded with too many people, it was a little shorter by heavy load. After Deng Ming grabbed the rope with one hand, he immediately stretched out countless hands to grab him. Many soldiers on the deck were shoulder to shoulder, and Deng Ming tried his best to gain a foothold and turned around from the crowded crowd.

On the boat where Deng Ming was originally riding, soldiers were cutting off the rope connecting the two boats. Mr. Qian of the Shuiying walked to the side of the boat, looked down at him with fists, and said goodbye to everyone. The people in the boat held their fists and bowed to him, raised their hands to the top of their heads, staring at him silently. Mr. Qian of the Shuiyingying looked over Deng Ming who was looking up, and a naughty smile appeared on his young face: "Mr. Deng is very brave. If I were to sit on a boat with so many people in the Yangtze River."

After saying this, President Qian of the Water Camp suddenly turned around. When his figure disappeared from the side of the ship, Deng Ming heard his calm and powerful voice coming: "Brothers! Raise our sails!"

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The ship staggered towards the shore. After a moment, there was a sound behind him, and then another sound. Soon the sound of a musket was loudly heard. Deng Ming turned around several times, but no matter how he stood on tiptoe, he could not see the battle situation on the river through the dark head. The side of the ship was almost the same as the surface of the river. Every time he swayed, the river water poured in. Soon Deng Ming felt that the water had submerged to his feet. At this time, the height of the river had exceeded the side of the ship, and the water began to pour into the boat.

Just as the cold river water was over his ankle, Deng Ming felt the hull shake violently, as if it had hit a rock. The boat suddenly stopped, and the dense crowds of people in the boat were walking forward, and there were also sounds of ploping and ploping falling into the water from the bow.

"Get off the boat quickly."

"Get off the boat quickly!"

Several loud voices sounded at the same time, and the soldiers jumped out of the side of the ship. Deng Ming could not see the surrounding situation clearly, so he reached out to press the boat and raised his legs to jump over the side of the ship. He felt that he fell into the river, but his feet could reach the bottom of the river, and immediately struggled forward with his hands and feet. The river water was cold and bone-black, and soon the skin felt like a needle prick. Fortunately, it was not far from the shore and the water flow was not fast. The stranded river boat behind him blocked the water flow again. He quickly got on the shore and escaped from the Yangtze River. At this time, Deng Ming stood in the crowd and looked back at the scene on the river.

Some small boats had already landed, but more than a dozen were walking very slowly and were rushing towards the shore. Not far behind the boat was the Qing army's navy. After sending off the comrades away, the big ship Deng Ming used to reduce the load and resumed his movements. The ship fought alone. Facing the seven large Qing army ships and countless small boats that had approached, he did not look like he could dodge at all. Instead, he rushed left and right on the river surface, and tried his best to block the Ming army ships, preventing enemy ships from approaching and attacking Ming army ships.

Although the Ming army's warship was far away in the middle of the river, Deng Ming could still hear the shouts from the ship from the rumbling cannons and the sound of whizzing arrows piercing through the air. More and more rockets flew to the Ming army's warship. Deng Ming saw the sails on the top of the foremast began to burn, and after being hit by gunfire, a mass of misty hull debris burst out. The injured Ming army warship continued to rush around, and the hull made a large-scale circumference, just like a warrior swung the spear in his hand on the battlefield, trying to drive away the surrounding enemies and disperse the enemy who wanted to rush over him.

However, such a circumference was obviously not something that the Ming army warships, which had been damaged, could not resist the wind roar and broke. The mast flew into the air with some ropes and threw it far away to the surface of the river.

The last few Ming army boats approached the shore, and the Ming army on the shore reached out to pull the soldiers in the water up. After they got ashore, the Ming soldiers were all standing on the shore, focusing on the fate of the last Ming army warship on the river. Losing the middle mast, the front sails were also burning. The warships were like drunk people, swaying on the Yangtze River. The enemy ships around were like wolves coveting their prey, hitting all their firepower towards it - there was no second target on the river.

After a while, the Ming army warships that had lost all their power burned even harder, wrapped in raging flames, slowly drifting downstream along the river, and the enemy ships did not even pursue them. Deng Ming looked at them in a flash and followed the river bank for a period of time until the burning wreckage overturned in the river.

Several Qing army ships followed him and swam for a while at the site that sunk into the river, but no survivors were found. The Qing army ships drove towards the south bank again, and the Ming army hid in the dense bushes. The Qing army aimlessly sprayed some firepower. Without seeing any movement, they drove towards Chongqing arrogantly.

After the Qing army's ships left, Ming soldiers walked out of the woods and grass. Deng Ming's two old acquaintances, Zhao Tianba and Zhou Kaihuang, got together again. When the two and several soldiers found Deng Ming and walked to him, they found that he was dazed at the river.

Deng Mingyao looked at the enemy ships that were gradually fading away, and for the first time he felt that those people were his enemies. Now, Deng Ming seemed to be able to hear the bursts of laughter as they shot arrows on the shore. In the past, Deng Ming was in the Ming army camp, but he did not hate the Qing army in the opposite camp. He always felt that they were some ancient people who had long passed away, and he had just come here by chance.

You can see the body of a Ming soldier without walking a few steps on the shore. There are countless corpses floating down the river, and more floating corpses rushed down from the upstream, some of which turned out to be headless corpses.

Most of them were soldiers belonging to Yuan Zongdi's troops, and some were subordinates of Tan Wen. After defeating the unprepared Tan Wen's troops, the Qing army and Tan Yi's troops drove a large number of defeated soldiers down the Yangtze River. As for the bodies of the Ming soldiers who were killed on the shore, the Qing soldiers cut off their heads to receive rewards, and then threw them into the river. Nearly 7,000 Tan Wen's subordinates were Tan Yi's friendly troops just a day ago, and they were also direct subordinates of the Ming court. Except for more than a thousand people who were able to escape to the south bank of the Yangtze River because of Deng Ming's kindness, there were probably very few others who could escape.

"oops!"

A scream suddenly broke out not far away, followed by a cheer of overjoyment.

Deng Ming, Zhao Tianba and Zhou Kaihuang were alarmed by this sound, and a Ming soldier picked up something that looked motionless from the shore - it turned out to be Yuan Zongdi's water camp Qianzong.

"Although still alive, alive!" Ming soldiers cheered because of this discovery, but then the soldiers' voices fell down again.

Mr. Qian of Shuiying had two feather arrows inserted into his body. Although he struggled to swim to the shore with his extraordinary water nature, he was bleeding too much and the last little strength also followed. Before he was found, Mr. Qian of Shuiying had been lying on the shore, without the strength to call for help, nor did he move his fingers, but he was trembling constantly. Now his body is not even trembling.

Zhou Kaihuang took a step forward, hugged Mr. Qian of Shuiying, who was pale, and shook him hard.

Mr. Qian of the Shuiying recognized Zhou Kaihuang in front of him in a vague way. He knew that he had no hope. He wanted to say a manly bold words at the end: "My father followed the King of Breaking to kill dogs and soldiers, and I followed General Yuan to kill the Tartars. Both of us, father and son, were killed in the battlefield. We are worthy of heaven and earth, and our ancestors' conscience..."

Mr. Qian of Shuiying opened his mouth with all his strength, but he couldn't say these words. The last few words he barely uttered were: "Cold, it's so cold..."

Deng Ming stood beside Zhou Kaihuang, watching him stretch out his hand gently and gently closed his wide open eyes for Mr. Qian of Shuiying. Deng Ming suddenly asked, "Are those Qing soldiers all Han people?"

Zhou Kaihuang lowered his head and did not answer Deng Ming's question, but hugged the deceased and let out a whimper with great pressure.

"Are they considered Han people?" Deng Ming raised his tone and asked loudly again.

Mr. Qian of the Shuiying and his subordinates made a final struggle to make most of the brothers escape. They thought that their sacrifice had already brought the brothers away. These warriors in peace did not know that Tan Hong had rebelled and set up camps downstream, waiting to kill every Ming army soldier who escaped from Chongqing in order to ask for credit from the new master.
Chapter completed!