In the Battle of the Yangtze Estuary, only two partial divisions of the Qing Navy survived. When they learned that Tian Xiong's army had been destroyed, these two divisions immediately sailed north and left the battlefield.

Shi Lang's four sentries, who had been walking the Qing army's partial division before, saw the Qing army fleeing north, and immediately pursued them. After sinking several warships, they withdrew their troops to join the Chinese army.

In this battle, Shi Lang's main force basically suffered no losses, but almost all the boats were destroyed.

There are only some Haicang boats and Centipede boats left in the Four Posts.

On the flagship, Zhang Mingzhen was looking at the battle statistics sent by his subordinates.

Shi Lang stood on the deck nearby, staring at Zhang Minzhen with eyes shining.

The deputy general brought Shi Lang some water. Seeing that he was distracted, he couldn't help but said mysteriously: "Commander, are you attracted to this person?"

"Go, go! What are you talking about? Am I, Shi Lang, that kind of person?" Shi Lang smiled and kicked the deputy general in the butt.

The deputy general ran away with a smile, and Shi Lang almost had the word "want" written on his face.

At this time, Tian Yang and Wu Zhikui, who were resting in the cabin, also went on the deck.

The soldiers on the ship are cleaning up and repairing the damage.

The sincere uncle Liu Kongzhen was silently cursing Huang Binqing in the corner.

"What is the imperial court's plan for Mr. Shi's trip to the north?" Huai Futian asked.

"Support Jiangyin." Shi Lang said without blushing and his heart not beating.

"We also wanted to counterattack Songjiang Mansion to contain Boluo, but unfortunately... I'm ashamed!" Commander-in-Chief Wu Zhikui sighed.

"What are Mr. Shi's plans next?" Tian Yang asked.

Shi Lang thought for a while and decided to take advantage of the high morale of the military to march into the Yangtze River to boost Jiangyin's morale.

"I am preparing to garrison troops in Chongming to guard the mouth of the Yangtze River and deter the Qing army from both sides," Shi Lang said.

Chongming is the throat of Jiangkou. Shi Lang has long been interested in this place. In his opinion, as long as he manages this place well, he can keep the Qing army at bay.

After hearing Shi Lang's idea, everyone agreed that Tian Yang had been stationed on Chongming Island before. It is a strategic location where the river and sea are connected and overlooking Su Song.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhen also came over.

"Chongming is a rice-producing town. As long as we capture Chongming, build dikes for farming, repair harbors and protect ships, and manage them well, when the time comes, we can rush into the Yangtze River and go straight to Nanjing!"

Seeing Zhang Mingzhen say this, Shi Lang knew that he had long coveted this place, and it coincided with him.

"What Brother Hou Fu said is true, but we still need to send people to Chongming to investigate." Shi Lang nodded.

Needless to say, Bolo is not a fool at such an important place. He must have sent people to garrison it, but he doesn’t know how many troops there are.

"I've already sent someone!" Zhang Mingzhen said with a smile.

"You Zhang Houfu, you are really fast enough." Shi Lang couldn't help but pointed at Zhang Mingzhen, and he fell in love with this middle-aged naval general even more.

Zhang Mingzhen smiled cheerfully. He had a falling out with Huang Binqing, the commander-in-chief of Zhoushan, and took away the generals who were close to him, which was considered to be a complete separation from him.

I originally thought I would take advantage of this opportunity to support Tian Yang and join him, but I didn't expect to meet the imperial navy.

Although he knew that King Lu of Hangzhou supervised the country and organized a new court, he did not expect to form a navy so quickly and dare to go north to fight the Qing army.

Zhang Mingzhen's eyes nearly popped out when he saw Shi Lang's thirty No. 2 fortune ships.

Although he has four hundred ships under his command, most of them are sand ships and haicang ships.

There is no ship as big as Captain Fu No. 2 that is nine feet long.

"Let's do this. I'll write a letter to the Governor-General's Office of Zhejiang Province to see what Zhang Zhitai means." Shi Lang agreed.

After all, there are a lot of people on his ship now, including Uncle Chengyi, Huaifu, and the general soldier. Who listens to whom is a big problem.

Shi Lang looked at Tian Yang, governor of the Huaihe River. Logically speaking, Tian Yang was the governor of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, so he should be the one to write to the court.

But Tian Yang shook his head and refused. Since the fall of the Huaihe River, he has been drifting at sea and almost cut off contact with the court.

Now that there are no new appointments in the new court, he can only be regarded as an old official from the previous court, so it is better to keep a low profile.

Therefore, Shi Lang immediately wrote a letter detailing the situation of the naval battle and the proposal to capture Chongming, and sent a fast ship to Hangzhou.

Soon, the sky will get dark and the waves will rise suddenly on the sea.

The sentinel ship sent by Zhang Mingzhen to investigate Chongming brought back the intelligence.

There are 10,000 Qing troops on Chongming Island, including 3,000 Eight Banners soldiers. It can be said that it is heavily guarded.

The Eight Banners soldiers were stationed in the county town on the island, and the rest of the Han army was stationed in various sandbank villages and towns. Watchtowers were set up along the coast of the island. Once there was a warning, beacons would be connected.

Shi Lang and Zhang Mingzhen now join forces, with 500 ships and 60,000 soldiers.

Attacking Chongming should be a piece of cake.

So, several people immediately began to study the attack plan.

"Without further delay, we will immediately launch a night raid on Chongming." Shi Lang said without hesitation.

Before news of the Qing navy's defeat had spread, they launched a surprise night attack on Chongming.

Otherwise, when Bolo gets the news, it will be difficult to fight back with more troops.

Zhang Mingzhen and Shi Lang hold the same opinion.

Only Huai Futian Yang felt that the war was over and his soldiers were tired and should take a break.

Seeing that Tian Yang disagreed, Shi Lang lost his temper.

"I will lead the vanguard, you can lead the main force and hold back." Shi Lang looked sideways at Tian Yang and said coldly.

Seeing that Shi Lang was angry, Zhang Mingzhen hurriedly advised: "Tian Futai also cherishes his troops. General Shi, please don't be angry. I will go with you!"

Tian Yang remained silent. He knew that he was already an empty-headed governor, and a general like Shi Lang would not listen to his orders.

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Reflections of the stars, undulating waves.

On the magnificent sea, a huge fleet is sailing towards Chongming Island.

Like a giant whale in the deep sea, it quietly begins its hunting moment.

Chongming Island, Nansha.

The Qing army set up beacons here and stationed a few people.

Chief He Laoba was originally a member of the Ming Army Baihu in Songjiang Prefecture, but now he became the Chief of the Han Banner of the Qing Army.

The waves kept hitting the rocks, and the strong wind made it difficult to sleep.

The ten Qing soldiers huddled in the fort were huddled together. They were still wearing the original Ming army's fat jackets, but they were now dark and shiny, and the cotton wool inside had been hollowed out.

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He Laoba couldn't sleep well, and he climbed up to the top platform in an irritable mood, staring at the turbulent sea in a daze.

He was a son of a good family in Shanxi. When Liaodong was in crisis, he joined Wang Pu's army as a soldier. Unexpectedly, when the war was about to decline, his own general ran away.

Later... He couldn't remember clearly later. The generals changed every month, fighting and running back and forth. Finally, he came to Songjiang Mansion and was led by Shangguan to surrender the Tatars.

Looking at the vast sea, He Laoba no longer knew how long it had been since he had a good sleep.

He still felt that sleeping in the cave dwelling in his hometown was peaceful, and the sound of the waves was like a reminder, making him uneasy.

"Sir, don't look at it. The waves are so big that no ship dares to risk sailing."

A soldier who came out to urinate said with a sleepy smile that he was originally from Chongming and was brought by the Tatars to become a young man.

"It's cold at the seaside, so don't let the little birds freeze." He Laoba joked.

"Sir, this is a python!" The soldier held it in his hand, shook it towards He Laoba, and said proudly.

The two were chatting and joking, and He Laoba inadvertently caught a glimpse of a black shadow appearing on the sea in the distance.

Instantly alert, he immediately stood up and looked into the distance with wide eyes.

The light of the moon makes the sea surface bright and dark.

In an instant, He Laoba saw the black shadow clearly and became nervous.

That's a warship!

Immediately afterwards, more hazy black shadows appeared, breaking through the waves and coming across the sea.

"Shi Chang, what's wrong?" The pawn asked confusedly when he saw the difference in Shi Chang's length.

He Laoba's chest rose and fell violently, and even his breathing became rapid. He knew that a Tatar fleet had recently gone to sea, and he heard that it had defeated Cao Chen Liu Kongzhen's navy.

Could it be them?

That's wrong. There was no notice from above that this fleet would come to Chongming. Otherwise, the beacon forts would have been notified in advance to avoid misunderstandings.

Ming Army!

He Laoba was stunned, could it be that the Ming army came back???

The soldier felt something was wrong, so he wanted to climb to the top of the castle to check.

"What are you doing? You don't want to sleep, right? Be careful, I will punish you by keeping vigil all night." He Laoba shouted sternly.
To be continued...