Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 287 Redeeming Suzhou Again
"Also ask Mr. Yan to save me."

In Jiangning city, after Jinglue government office, Jiangning governor Tu Guobao Qiao entered the city and begged to see Lord Yan in private.As soon as they met, Tu Guobao directly took out a pre-written IOU to Yan Wogong, 10 taels of silver.

"What's going on with you?" Yan Wogong looked at the embarrassed Tu Guobao, and pushed the IOU away pretendingly dissatisfied.

"Yan Gong, only you can save me. I was originally supported by Hong Jinglue, but now that Hong Jinglue has gone to Huguang, I can't take care of Shangguan. The only person I can rely on now is Yan Gong. Duke Yan once helped me back in Suzhou, and he still looks forward to the old friendship, so he will pull me down again."

There are two meanings in Tu Guobao's words. One is that he will turn to Yan Wogong in the future, and he will only follow his lead.Another meaning is to remind Mr. Yan that when we were in Suzhou City, we talked with Zhu Wumi, the Ninth King of the Ming Dynasty. It was your idea that I redeemed Suzhou City to redeem the bid, and Li Sutai was still You came up with the idea to kill.

Don't push me into a hurry, otherwise I will have nowhere to go, and I will inevitably drag people into the water.

My father Yan coughed twice, "I remember that the IOUs issued to me by the Tufuyuan before have not been cashed yet, and I dare not accept the IOUs again."

"Yan Gong, I have already prepared the money that I owed you before, but who would have thought that Wu Shengzhao suddenly rebelled and took Suzhou City, and the money is still in the city. As long as Yan Gong helps me take it back to Suzhou, then I am exonerated, and I will return it when I go back."

"Tu Fuyuan, when I helped you out of the siege, I also took the risk myself, so I didn't think of me well in the end."

Tu Guobao knelt down anxiously.

Papa slapped himself a few times, "Duke Yan, it's all because I'm ignorant. In the future, Mr. Yan will be worse. There will be mountains of swords and seas of fire, and I will die."

Seeing him like this, I also know that the Tu National Treasure is indeed pushed to the edge of the cliff. Before the collection of taxes and taxes was not enough, the reorganization of the green battalion was not effective, and the suppression of the Ming army was ineffective. Instead, Wujiang was captured. It took ten days to recover Chongming.

Chongming did not regain it, and lost Suzhou again.

Tu Guobao is indeed in a very difficult situation now.

"I also want to help you, but the current situation is not optimistic. Hong Jinglue was here before, and you are all very weak. There is no money and food, and the green camp and the green camp cannot fight. Now the Ming army has become powerful in Susong. Canals, corrupt prefectures, what can I do? You have just entered the city, and you should have heard that Kangkala was attacked in Changzhou, and seven hundred of his two thousand five hundred and eight banners were folded."

"Duke Yan, you must have a solution. If it doesn't work, we can still use the old method to negotiate privately with the Nine Kings to redeem Suzhou City first."

"Redemption of the city? Can you still pay for the money?"

"The redemption money we paid last time has not been returned yet."

Tu Guobao gritted his teeth, "I will definitely find a solution, but Suzhou has to get it back first."

"The latest news is that Wu Shengzhao occupied Suzhou City, and then Governor Shen Youlong and Governor Wang Yongzuo of the Ming Dynasty have also entered Suzhou. It is difficult to fight hard. Even if you join forces with Yang Chengzu, Zhang Guozhu, Gao Jinzhong, Li Chengdong, etc., with your strength, it is estimated that you will go. Also send."

"The Eight Banners can't get through without food and grass. We have to break the siege of Changzhou first." Yan Wogong said directly.

Tu Guobao said urgently, "So I want to redeem the city privately, so please ask Mr. Yan to help me make an appointment. If Suzhou can be recovered as soon as possible, Mr. Yan will also contribute."

"What does it have to do with me? I just went south, and Jiangnan was tossed like this by Hong Chengchou and you. If you really pursue it, it is also your fault. I have nothing to do with it. I can't wait for these pustules to burst, so that I won't do it again in the future." involve me."

"Yan Gong, Suzhou is a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is no room for loss."

Two national treasures were lost to Suzhou, and the governor is at the end of the day, and he may even be held accountable. If no one protects him, his life may be lost.

"I can give it a try, but the initiative is not in our hands. It is with the Nine Kings. Now that they have gained power, who knows if they are willing to make a deal with us in secret?"

"Even if the negotiation is successful and Suzhou takes it back, I'm new to the south of the Yangtze River. The situation here is so corrupt that I must be held accountable. Governor Zhang Cunren and governor Xiao Qiyuan were killed by me. You can't do that." You’re an old friend, I can plead with the regent for you, but you can’t do it again, governor, I think you might as well be wronged and relegated to Jiangnan right chief envoy for now.”

Jiangnan Province was changed directly from the south of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike other provinces that only have one governor, Jiangnan Province is relatively large, so there are specially set up left and right governors. The left governor is stationed in Jiangning and governs the prefectures of Shangjiang , the right chief envoy was stationed in Suzhou, only in charge of Su Songtai in Changzhen.

Tu Guobao was very heartbroken, he finally made it to the governor, and he wanted to go further to become the governor, but now he has regressed to become a chief executive.

"Thank you, Mr. Yan, sir."

"Okay, hurry back to Kunshan, if there is any result, I will send someone to contact you."

"Before that, you'd better not go to Suzhou lightly, in case you are defeated and captured, I don't want to try to catch you again."

"Xie Yan Gong, I understand."

Tu Guobao quickly and quietly left Jiangning and rushed all the way back to Kunshan.

When I arrived in Kunshan, I found that although Cao Hu, Zou Xixiang and others followed his order and contacted Yang Chengzu, Li Chengdong and other generals, they gathered around Kunshan and did not dare to attack Suzhou.

After careful questioning, it turned out that Li Chengdong was clamoring loudly at first, saying that he wanted to fight back to Suzhou and kill Wu Shengzhao. As a result, he led Zhang Guozhu, Gao Jinzhong and other troops to the suburbs of Suzhou when he was ambushed by the Ming army.

Li Chengdong's troops were defeated and returned, so they didn't dare to shout anymore, and only said to wait for the elite of the Eight Banners to go south.

"Mr. Yan has agreed to help us make a private deal with the Nine Kings to redeem the city. I went to Jiangning this time and found that the situation is not very good. Even the Manchurian soldiers were beaten up by the Nine Kings. That Kangkala was originally stationed in Suzhou. , to act as the vanguard of the Southern Expedition, but he lost 700 troops in Changzhou, stopped four times and stopped once, lost all his luggage, and the accompanying green battalion also collapsed. Now he hides in Changzhou City and dare not go out. As a result, Wuxi When he is taken down by the Nine Kings again, Changzhou will be left as a lonely city."

"No wonder Wu Shengzhao came to light, he must think that Manchuria is going to die."

Tu Guobao sighed, "Not necessarily, the main reason is that Wu Shengzhao was demoted by Duke Yan to be the commander-in-chief, and he was given a deadline of ten days to defeat Chongming. This unfinished task is better than surrendering to the Ming with a ruthless heart."

"Then what should we do, why don't we surrender the Nine Kings too?" Cao Hu couldn't help but said, he was captured once and stayed in the Ming camp, and he thinks the Nine Kings are pretty good.

Tu Guobao shook his head, "Let's take a step and take a look."

A few days later, Tu Guobao met Yan Wogong's nephew and knew that the matter had been negotiated, so he did not notify Li Chengdong and others, and quietly led his headquarters to Suzhou alone. He deliberately chose to launch the "Suzhou Recovering Night Battle" in the middle of the night. After a night of fighting, he was finally defeated The Ming army took over Suzhou.

However, it was not until dawn that they discovered that several city gates and several large sections of the city wall had been ripped off.

The city of Suzhou in the twilight showed gaps one after another, trembling in the wind like an old lady with missing teeth.

A green flag hangs weakly over the city of Suzhou.

Tu Guobao said to his staff with a sullen face, "Send a good news to Jiang Ning Yan Jinglue. Our troops fought a bloody night and have taken over Suzhou! Ming bandits knew they were invincible, destroyed the city and burned warehouses, Suzhou was seriously damaged, and money and food were empty. Please Yan Jinglue send troops Send food and support quickly!"

(End of this chapter)