Qian Sunai left Nanjing on a large ship on November 25, the first year of Shenwu, arrived in Jiujiang on December 8, and left Jiujiang on the 10th to set out for Wuchang Prefecture.

After leaving Jiujiang, the south bank of the Yangtze River began to show destruction. Qian Sunai didn't know why. You should know that although Huguang and Jiangxi were war zones, the Jiangxi battle was mainly fought in Nanchang. There was no major battle here in Jiujiang, and Huguang was even more successful. After learning that Duoduo's entire army was destroyed, the remaining Qing army crossed the Yangtze River under the leadership of King Pingxi Wu Sangui, and confronted the Ming army in Wuchang with Hanyang as a base.

Mr. Qian Sunai is by Zhu Hongsan and knows some military information. Now he is puzzled to see the destruction of the two sides of the Yangtze River.

Qian Sunai knew that the boss of this ship ran across the river all year round and was familiar with the channel, so he asked his subordinates to find the owner and asked: "Hong Kong, why are the two sides of the river so dilapidated? Although Jiujiang was burned, it is much stronger than this one. Do you know why?"

The ship boss knew that this young master was extraordinary. No other ships could dock at the warships at the dock in Nanjing. This young master took a sack and could let him dock. This energy was not something that ordinary people could have. The ship boss was also an old man and knew that disaster came from his mouth. However, the young master asked, "It's not good if he didn't answer here. The ship boss was careful to deal with it. He slowly replied: "This young master didn't know that in the first year of Hongguang, General Zuo led his troops south to clear the monarch. He fought a big battle with the imperial army here in Jiujiang. General Zuo died of illness before the war. His millions of troops under him had no restraint and massacred the two sides of the Yangtze River. This place was pretty good. Qizhou was killed a little later, and there was not a dog in a radius of hundreds of miles." As soon as he talked about the ship boss, he looked angry when he saw Qian Sunai, and was so scared that he didn't dare to speak, so he quickly found an excuse to go down and fuck the ship.

Qian Sunai heard that this place was caused by Zuo Liangyu's "cleaning the king's side", and he couldn't help but feel very angry. As Qian Qianyi's son, Qian Sunai knew some of the dirty things of the Donglin Party back then. In order to destroy political enemies Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, the Donglin Party actually led the thieves into the house and sent Hou Fangyu, who had an old relationship with Zuo Liangyu, to persuade Zuo Liangyu to lead troops to Nanjing to kill all the eunuchs and other eunuchs. In order to protect his life, Ma Shiying actually ignored the dangers in the north.

Huang Degong, who was able to transfer back to the four towns of Jiangbei, was still able to fight. Although he defeated Zuo Liangyu in the first battle of Jiujiang, the gates in the north were opened. At the same time, Gao Jie was ambushed and died, and Shi Kefa was not the one who could capture the rampant tide at all, so Duoduo captured Yangzhou in one day, causing a tragedy of nearly one million people in Yangzhou city. In terms of this case, neither the Donglin Party nor Ma Shiying could escape responsibility, and Qian Sunai's father Qian Qianyi could not escape responsibility either.

As a son of man, Qian Sunai cannot say that his father is not good, but he cannot help but feel very dissatisfied with his father.

The ship moved slowly. When passing Qizhou, Qian Sunai specially asked the boss of the ship to approach the north shore to see the situation in Qizhou City in detail. Jiangbei is the territory of the Qing Dynasty. The fifty guards of the Qian family were very nervous and surrounded Qian Sunai one by one, for fear that he would be frightened.

The boss of the boat saw these people panic and laughed: "Don't be so nervous. There were tens of thousands of people dead in this place and the city was full of corpses. So why are there living people coming here? Only some wild dogs who eat human flesh come!"

Qian Sunai looked at the broken Qizhou city wall in the distance and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty is right, it's because the people are suffering and the people are suffering. This is the world where people cannibalize people!"

There was nothing to see on the riverside. Qian Sunai stayed for a while and asked the boss to return to the south. But as soon as he reached the middle line of the Yangtze River, he saw two big ships on the opposite side riding on the wind. They were descending the river from the upstream. The ship was very fast, and it seemed that they could not hide.

The ship boss was so scared that he was sweating all over. This was the middle line of the Yangtze River and the area controlled by the Qing army. Although the Qing army naval forces were beaten by the Guangdong naval forces in recent months, they would not dare to leave the port, but if they encountered the Qing army naval forces, they would have to wait for death.

Just as the Qian family guards on the ship were about to face the enemy, the two large warships on the opposite side had arrived. At this time, a man on the warship shouted: "The ship opposite stopped for inspection. We are the Guangdong Navy Inland Squadron!"

Qian Sunai was also worried, but now it was the Guangdong Navy who felt relieved. It turned out that it was his own person.

Qian Sunai ordered the boss to stop the ship and wait for the Guangdong Navy to approach.

After a while, the two warships slowly approached. Qian Sunai saw that the sailors were wearing the Guangdong navy. A sailor-like man leaned on the passenger ship, put on a springboard, and then came to the ship, asking, "That's the ship's owner, where did you come from?"

The ship boss rushed forward tremblingly and said, "Mr. Jun. We are coming from the capital. The young man on the ship is going to Jiangbei to check, so he crossed the center line!"

The soldier said angrily: "Have you not received the order to cross the center line? Follow us back to Nanchang and wait for the Admiral to interrogate carefully to see if you are spies from the Qing Dynasty!"

When the boss of the boat heard that he was about to see the official, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting: "Mr. Jun, it's really what this young master said. The villain is just the boss of the boat. I can't do anything if the owner of the boat said it!"

Qian Sunai, who saw this, stood up and said, "This officer, I am a member of Qiange's family. This time I went to Nanchang to meet friends. This is the letter from Qiange to Governor Yu, Huguang. Please read it!"

I don’t know which one of the Qian family’s names is in Guangdong. After all, there was a concubine in the family. The soldier took the letter from the Governor and saw that it was a handwritten letter to the Governor. He did not dare to bow down and said, “This young master, of course, there is no problem with the letter from the Qiange Master, but after you have passed the middle line, you must go to the Inner River Admiral’s Office to report according to the rules. Can you please go to Wuchang with us?"

Qian Sunai was going to Wuchang, but now he had a warship escort, so he could not ask for it. He quickly agreed, and then the naval warship turned the bow and took the passenger ship back to Wuchang.

Qizhou is more than 200 miles away from Wuchang. The ships walked for two days before they arrived. On the way, the two warships captured two more ships that had crossed the middle line and took them to Wuchang with Qian Sunai.

The Yangtze River turned a big bend in Qingshan Park in Later Times, and you can see Wuchang City by passing here. Just less than ten miles away from Wuchang, the rumbling sound of cannons suddenly came from Jiangbei. It seemed that Jiangbei was fighting.

Qian Sunai stood by the boat and looked towards Jiangbei, but now the Yangtze River is not only four or five miles wide in later generations. At this time, the Yangtze River was abundant, with a total of twenty miles of river surface. Jiangbei could not be seen at all on the south side of Jiangnan, and could only hear the vague sound of cannons.

Qian Sunai asked the naval officers and soldiers on the ship: "Why did this officer, Jiangbei fire a cannon? Did he fight with the Qing army in Hanyang Prefecture?"

The naval lieutenant had already been familiar with Qian Sunai in the past two days. He heard Qian Sunai ask and quickly answered: "Young Master Qian, without His Majesty the Emperor's military order, how could we dare to start the war easily? This is the navy's gunboat attacking the shipyard of Hanyang Prefecture. The Qing Tartars were not honest and would send boats to harass us in a few days. Therefore, the Admiral asked the Governor to instruct the Governor that they could attack the newly built ships by the river every ten days to weaken the Tartars' naval strength!"

At this time, the ship had already approached the dock. Qian Sunai saw that Wuchang wharf was much worse than Nanjing wharf. It was not that the infrastructure was insufficient, but that there were few people. Most of the shops on the edge of the city were burned down, and one in ten was not left. Only a few were still open, but no one came to the door.

The Navy Lieutenant sighed and said, "Don't be surprised by Mr. Qian, this is pretty good. Nanchang has recovered a little popularity in the past three years. After the bandits, no one was killed in the entire Wuchang city. The dead people in the Yangtze River could cut off the river. After Zhang Xianzhong left, Zuo Liangyu occupied Wuchang again. This former Ming official army was even more abominable than the bandits. After arresting the rich, they put the people on the stove and roast them. If they don't pay the money, they will be roasted. After these military disasters, it would be good that there were so many people left in Wuchang!"

Qian Sunai didn't speak and followed the Navy Lieutenant to the Navy Yamen in Zhongxiao Gate. Zhongxiao Gate was the small east gate of later generations, but it was demolished in the late Qing Dynasty. It was the Dongcheng where the Ming Dynasty's Palace was located. However, because it was the Chu Palace, it became the hardest hit area for the massacre. The originally beautiful Chu Palace was burned.

When Qian Sunai arrived, she asked her family to take Qian Qianyi's letter to the Governor's Office to change the security guards, that is, the pass, and she and the second lieutenant went to the Navy Office to wait.

Qian Sunai sat safely because he had Qian Qianyi's letters as a guarantee. The people on the other two ships were not so lucky. They were caught by the Jinyiwei and were interrogated by the Jinyiwei Yamen for strict interrogation. If there was no evidence, they would be regarded as spies of the Qing Dynasty. At the very least, they would be sent to the army and beheaded directly.

Qian Mo used to look down on Jinyiwei and Dongchang's fans in Guangzhou. They all looked down on Qian Sunai. Unexpectedly, when they saw Qian Sunai for the first time in Wuchang, they could not help but tremble in fear.

As a scholar, Qian Sunai is naturally a mortal enemy of factory guards. Seeing these Jinyiwei's fans so domineering, Qian Sunai couldn't help but whisper, "These dog guards!"

Unexpectedly, these Jinyiwei had a tight ear. A small flag happened to hear Qian Sunai scolding him. He looked back at Qian Sunai and saw him sitting on a chair like nothing happened.

The little flag said to the navy lieutenant on the side: "Lao Zhang, who are these people? Are they also the Qing spies who have passed the middle line?"

The Navy Lieutenant was anxious when he saw the Jinyiwei come to Qian Sunai. He was not afraid of Jinyiwei because Jinyiwei has no jurisdiction over the army, but he cannot protect Qian Sunai.

The Jinyiwei Xiaoqi wore a black flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife on his waist and said, "You rabbit husband, what did you say to you just now?"

Qian Sunai looked at the small flag and said word by word: "You heard it clearly, I said you are dogs! Have you heard it clearly?"

The little flag didn't expect Qian Sunai to be so bold and curse herself in front of him. The little flag couldn't help but laugh: "Okay! OK! I think you are the spy from the Qing Dynasty, come here! Take this rabbit husband down for me and take him back to let him taste the eighteen tortures from our Jinyiwei!"
Chapter completed!