Building Industry In Old Times Chapter 411

When Zuo Menggeng first took over as commander-in-chief, he defeated the Southern Ming and was the talk of the town for a while. Then, the river outside Jiujiang City was filled with floating debris.

In panic, the Southern Ming army dropped a lot of firearms on the shore. Zuo Jun confiscated them and kept them for his own use. Zuo Menggeng's prestige was even higher at this time.

In fact, if the Xia army had not acted too quickly, the Southern Ming army might have been able to fight with Zuo Menggeng.

In history, Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after being defeated by the Southern Ming army.

However, Ma Shiying's surprise attack was too early, and the reinforcements such as Huang Degong were not deployed properly, which gave Zuo Menggeng an advantage.