Ming Zuo

Chapter 774
"What did you say?"

Wu Xinyu left in a hurry and returned in a hurry.

Knowing that Shandong sent troops to the Huaihe River and went to Fengyang Mansion, Hong Chengchou felt that the sky was falling.

It was already a catastrophe for the northwestern rebels to rush to Fengyang, but now Shandong has also been involved.

Compared with the Northwest Rebel Army, Shandong is undoubtedly even more terrifying.

"You... have you made it clear to the traitors in Shandong that the imperial court has signed an agreement with them. How can they be honest when they do this?"

Wu Xinyu was extremely helpless.

"Students, how can they not say it? But the Shandong thief said with certainty that he went south to the Huaihe River to relieve the imperial court. Sophistry, what can I do?"

Hong Chengchou stroked his forehead, only feeling dizzy.

Where did he not understand?
This is no sophistry at all.

It's just because Shandong's power is too strong, you can do whatever you want.

So far, he has no choice but to seek a way out of the predicament.

"Zuo Zongrong, quickly rectify the army and horses, and leave Bozhou with this constitution. You must be quick, and you must be ahead of the Shandong thieves."

Hong Chengchou had already mastered the geography of Lianghuai on the way here.

The rhetoric of Wu Xin and the Shandong brought back allowed Hong Chengchou to find room to operate.

Since the Shandong side keeps saying that the march into the Lianghuai River is to relieve the imperial court, they have no reason to take action against the official army.

And as long as the officers and soldiers rush to recover Fengyang, there will be no reason for Shandong to rely on Lianghuai.

There are two roads from Guide Mansion to Fengyang.

One will go through Yongcheng.

But Yongcheng has been occupied by the Shandong new army, and this road is blocked.

The other way is to pass through Bozhou in the west of Yongcheng, go south along the Woshui, and reach Fengyang directly.

What we have to do now is to compete with Shandong for time.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was in a state of desperation, Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to steal and play tricks, for fear that the military lord would sacrifice his head to the flag.

But just when he got up and wanted to go back to gather the army, the scout brought bad news again.

"There is an urgent military situation in Bozhou. Mengcheng has been captured by the rebels from Shandong, and their soldiers have appeared in Guoyang. Bozhou is in an emergency, and I implore you to send troops to rescue."

Hong Chengchou fell on his back, completely desperate.

Zuo Menggeng took advantage of the prophet and made a perfect deployment in the north.

When Yongcheng and Mengcheng were occupied by the new Shandong army respectively, the road leading to Fengyang by the Henan Ming army was completely blocked.

So far, no matter what happens in the Huaihe River, they can only stare outside.

Fengyang encountered a dangerous situation, and officials in Nanjing also sat on the crater.

Because the land of Lianghuai belongs to Nanzhili, the officials in Nanjing cannot escape their responsibility for everything that happened here.

These fringe people in the officialdom who used to lie flat for the elderly and eat vegetarian meals in their corpses are now also suffering from bad luck.

Songjiang Mansion was lost in front, which made Chongzhen furious.It is not yet known whether an imperial decree will be issued to deprive them of their official positions.

As a result, even Fengyang is lost now.

The officials in Nanjing discussed hastily, and quickly mobilized the army, preparing to go north for reinforcements.

But before the various Ming troops were in place, the Yangtze River was once again blocked by the Shandong Navy.

Looking at the endless fleet like a copper wall and iron wall on the river, the officials in Nanjing were terrified.

It's a pity that there is neither Qian Qianyi nor Yao Shishen this time. In the huge Nanjing, there is no one who has a personal relationship with Shandong.

Forced to do so, Lu Weiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, had no choice but to negotiate with Zuo Hua in person.

"Minister Zuo, you and I have reached an agreement, and we should abide by each other. Why do you violate our territory again? Abandoning the letter and breaking the contract will not be tolerated."

Facing Lu Weiqi's angry questioning, Zuo Hua laughed out loud.

"Master Sima misunderstood. This time we are here, it is the enemy and not the friend. I heard that the northwestern bandits have already attacked Fengyang, can Nanjing be far behind? If the northwest bandits cross the Yangtze River and capture Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. It’s hopeless. My Commander-in-Chief learned that he ordered me to come here as soon as possible, just to protect the safety of Nanjing. Although we are exhausted and exhausted from the expedition, Lord Sima doesn’t need to thank us.”

Lu Weiqi couldn't wait to spit out a mouthful of old blood.

I was obviously cheated, but I still want to say thank you.

If possible, he really wanted to slap Zuo Hua's hateful face.

It's a pity that looking at the Shandong Navy with strong soldiers and horses, and the countless black hole muzzles, he has nothing but helplessness.

"Minister Zuo, Fengyang is the central capital of our Ming Dynasty, and it is very important. Now our Nanjing soldiers and horses are going north to rescue Fengyang, and I ask your army to give up the passage and not block it."

Zuo Hua put on a posture of "I'm all for your own good".

"Lu Sima, the bandits in the northwest are extremely vicious and have a large number of troops. You juniors in the Nanjing army have seen it before, and they can't fight at all. Sending them to Fengyang, isn't that going to die? Don't worry, we are the most friends in Shandong. Since we have sent troops to protect Now that Nanjing is here, I will help you save Fengyang."

"you you you……"

Lu Weiqi had never seen such a brazen person in his life.

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to tell why.

Zuo Hua put his fleet across the water of the Yangtze River to prevent the Ming army from Nanjing from crossing the river.

In the city of Nanjing, Lu Jiude, the eunuch who oversees the army, and Ni Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing battalion, have tens of thousands of troops, but they can only look at the river and sigh, and they are useless.

Just when Zuo Hua blocked the Ming army in Nanjing from getting out, the city of Yangzhou could no longer be kept.

With the help of the Navy Squadron, the third regiment of the first marine division went directly to the city of Yangzhou.

Tang Wenhuan sent someone to deliver a letter to Guo Qi, the prefect of Yangzhou, asking him to open the door and surrender.

However, Guo Qi turned a deaf ear and killed the envoy of the new army, and at the same time summoned the young and strong to prepare to defend the city to the death.

This made Tang Wenhuan furious, and immediately launched a strong attack.

Yangzhou City is adjacent to the Yangtze River and canals, so the heavy artillery on the warships came into play.

Under the roar of heavy artillery, the seemingly solid walls of Yangzhou collapsed one after another.

The corrupt Yangzhou defenders and the young and strong without the slightest training suffered heavy casualties under the onslaught of the new army.

That night, the frightened merchants in the city bribed the guard at the south gate through secret negotiations.

They quietly opened the city gate to welcome the new army into the city.

Yangzhou City did not hold for even a day.

Guo Qi is writing emergency military information in her government office, and is going to send it to Nanjing and Huai'an.When he suddenly heard the shouts of killing Zhentian in the city, he knew that the general situation was over.

He knew that by virtue of what he had done, falling into the hands of the new army would be an inevitable death penalty.

So he tied a rope on the beam of the house, kicked his legs, and ended his life.

After a small fight, Yangzhou, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, fell into the hands of the new army.

Li Banghua had already traveled south from Shandong to Songjiang, and this time he came with the army.

After entering Yangzhou City, start working on the spot.

He brought more than [-] administrative personnel, and commanded the soldiers of the new army to quickly receive the assets of the local government.

According to the original plan, the administrative center of Lianghuai was placed in Yangzhou.

From then on, the north of the Yangtze River has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.

　When writing this chapter, the leading generals of the Nanjing Ming Army originally wanted to add that there were many Yang Yufan in the first place.

　　Suddenly I remembered that Yang Yufan was killed by me during the Laizhou Battle.

　　Fortunately, I remembered it, otherwise it would have become a supernatural novel.

　　Too many words is such a trouble.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)