In this atmosphere, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, who was only nine years old and three years after ascending the throne, was afraid.

He was frightened and said in panic: "Once the Southern Army captures Jinling, it will shock the government and the country. At that time, the Han people south of the Great Wall will respond. I will die and have no place to bury me. It is better to temporarily retreat to Shengjing outside the pass to avoid the limelight."

These words were heard by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and was very indignant of Shunzhi's cowardice. She blamed Shunzhi for being timid and not as brave as Dorgon.

This is indeed too much, and ordinary people can't stand it, let alone an emperor?

The words of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang left an indelible mark in Shunzhi's heart.

In addition, over the past few days, Dorgon's domineering arrogance has made him dare not speak out.

Not to mention anything else, just a few days ago, the Regent Dorgon thought that the emperor's letter talisman was stored in the palace, and every time he dispatched troops, he had to request seals, which was very inconvenient.

So, someone was sent to move all the emperor's seals to his mansion to collect and reserve them for later use.

At the same time, from now on, the types of ceremonial guards used by Dorgon were the same as those of the emperor, and all were twenty, but the specific number of each type was slightly less than that of the emperor. At that time, there were only fifteen types of ceremonial guards, which was obviously inferior to the regent Dorgon, which showed that the gap between Dorgon and the emperor was getting smaller and smaller.

Although Fulin was only nine years old and had not taken power, he had been ascending the throne for three years. After all, he had seen too many things and naturally had complaints in his heart.

After this, Fulin had already hated Dorgon in his heart, which was the tragedy that caused the complete liquidation of Fulin by Dorgon a few months after his death. This is a later story.

After Fulin was scolded by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, his self-esteem was hit.

In addition, Dorgon took the opportunity to make a big splash with this to attack the emperor's prestige.

Fulin had to revive his flag and issued an order for the Eight Banners troops from all over the north of Jiangbei to quickly move south to support Jiangning (Yingtian Prefecture).

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But in fact, Wu Zheng advanced too fast.

Yingtian Prefecture has been restored, and the few fastest small reinforcements of the Qing army's reinforcements have just arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River and have not had time to cross the river.

The Qing army began to hoard troops on the north bank of the river. In just a few days, nearly 30,000 troops had been hoarded.

At this time, Hong Chengchou's troops, who occupied Zhenjiang, also contacted Jiangbei.

The navy of King Zhiren of Xingguo was sending troops to recover Zhenjiang again.

As a result, the two sides fought a large-scale water battle on the Yangtze River, with each winning and losing.

Wang Zhiren's navy was the predecessor of the Dinghai Navy of the Ming Dynasty. After two years of expansion and training, he was indeed an elite soldier.

It can be said that in addition to the pirate in the South China Sea, this is also second to none in Asia.

But it also has shortcomings and is very obvious.

The navy's ships were already very old. As we all know, the financial constraints were tightened in the late Ming Dynasty. Faced with war, the court's military capital did not increase but decreased every year, which made the armament of the navy in various towns stagnant and even deteriorated.

The Dinghai Navy had gunboats, but the largest gunboat was equipped with only three guns on each side. With the range and sealing of the smoothbore gun at that time, the power can be imagined. In other words, the Dinghai Navy's naval gun range was only one or two miles away.

This disadvantage was caused by the misjudgment of the development process of artillery by the imperial court in the late Ming Dynasty.

They pursued the shooting speed of artillery, so that they later introduced new artillery from Europe, and they all tended to rapid-fire artillery.

As we all know, smoothbore cannons could only be made with the technology at that time, and smoothbore cannons were inherently inadequate in air sealing. This problem could only be compensated by the thickness, length of the barrel, and the loading amount. Once the speed cannon was pursued, it was contrary to this principle. It can be imagined that the development of artillery in the Ming Dynasty thus entered the Qi Road.

However, the Qing court was vigorously developing and improving red-clothed cannons, which led to the rise of later generations, and actually surpassed the Ming Dynasty in terms of quantity and quality of artillery and took the strategic initiative.

Therefore, the Eight Banners Army came to reinforce this time, and the red-clothed cannons carried by the Eight Banners carried more than 30. In addition, the shore defense cannons originally from the Ming Dynasty in various towns along the Yangtze River, if we only look at the power of the artillery, Wang Zhiren's Navy would not be the case.

The length of a normal red-clothed cannon is about one zhang (meter), with a diameter ranging from four to five inches (110 to 10 mm), and a weight of most of it is about two thousand kilograms, with a range of between five and eight miles.

After years of improvement by the Qing Dynasty, the red-clothed cannons mass-produced by the Qing Dynasty had a larger caliber and a range of six to ten miles.

Such advantages and disadvantages were enough to allow the Qing army to control the Yangtze River.

Fortunately, the Qing army did not have a naval army that was good at fighting, otherwise, the navy of Wang Zhiren would not be able to tie the battle to an equal level.

After this three-day water battle, both sides understood the stalemate situation and began to fall into a stalemate.

After learning about the war, Wu Zheng quickly summoned his generals to discuss and invited the King of Xingguo Zhiren.

Although Wu Zheng was a little straightforward at the temporary headquarters of Tongji Gate, he had not yet become arrogant enough to move into the palace city.

In the hall of convention.

"Dare to ask Duke Xingguo, in your opinion, if another water battle is launched, can the Dinghai Navy control the Yangtze River waterway from Jiangyin to Yingtian Prefecture?" Wu Zheng asked humbly.

Wang Zhiren's face was a little gloomy. He spent a lot of money to attack Yingtian Mansion, and nearly 30% of the navy and infantry under his command had lost.

This time, when I went to recapture Zhenjiang, I didn’t want to have a water battle with the Qing army, and I lost more than 1,000 more warships.

Such losses cannot be compensated in one or two months.

Naturally, I feel very bad.

Wang Zhiren said angrily when he heard Wu Zheng ask, "Lin'an Bo is also a soldier. Is there any need to ask such an obvious question? The Qing army's artillery can be hit ten miles away, and the launching artillery of the navy gunboat under my command is only two miles away. How can I fight this battle?"

Wu Zheng was not angry when Wang Zhiren was criticized like this and explained: "Duke Xingguo, although the Qing army's artillery is better than our army, the Qing army does not have the ability to fight water. Can we find ways to avoid the advantage of the enemy's artillery and fight stalemate with them on the river surface?"

Wang Zhiren was angry before, and after saying that, he regretted it. It was not because he was afraid of Wu Zheng, but because he also understood that it was not because Wu Zheng deliberately weakening his strength. Moreover, with Wu Zheng's current influence, although he was one level inferior to him in title, his strength was far better than him.

At this moment, both sides were tied to a boat again, which was a shared honor and disgrace.

So, when I heard Wu Zheng’s question again, Wang Zhiren’s face relaxed and thought for a while, “Lin’an Bo doesn’t know that the Qing army is cunning. Now, as soon as the navy under my command set sail, your ships will quickly turn heading north and hide within the range of artillery on the north bank. It’s impossible for our navy to approach. It’s too difficult to lure the enemy south to fight with him!”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "What if I can do one of the powerful units and attack Zhenjiang by land? Duke Xingguo should know that if Zhenjiang is allowed to be controlled by the Qing army, then for Yingtian Prefecture, it would be like a thorn in his throat."
Chapter completed!