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Chapter 260 Transfer Plan
In the south of Shangqiu City, one side of Yuan Zongdi's siege camp was already in flames.

Thousands of corpses lay on the pillow, and there were fires everywhere among the broken curtains and broken trees. The surviving cannon fodder soldiers had also been driven to the west and north.

There is nothing worth repeating about this short and tragic battle.Of course, it is impossible for Yuan Zongdi's tens of thousands of rogue troops to be dealt with because of this battle.

In the previous battle, Huang Degong came suddenly. Relying on the advantage of cavalry and fast attack, he concentrated his forces to attack one place, and naturally formed an absolute advantage in troops on the local battlefield.

However, Yuan Zongdi's original deployment was to surround and attack the city steadily on all sides. His troops were scattered in the four directions of Shangqiu City, and there was no way to provide immediate assistance to each other.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the troops in any of the camps on either side faced Huang Degong alone and were beaten to collapse.

After suffering a loss, Yuan Zongdi is worthy of being one of the five famous generals under Li Zicheng's command, and he responded very well.

While gathering the defeated troops in the camp in the south of the city, they took the initiative to withdraw the undisturbed troops in the east of Shangqiu City, and concentrated all the troops in the west and north of Shangqiu City.

After shrinking the line of defense, relying on the offensive of the stronghold built up in the past few days, it will be very difficult for Huang Degong to attack and take advantage of it.

Huang Degong is also a man who knows how to fight, so after breaking through the southern camp, he just tried to wait and see, and found that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, so he accepted it as soon as it was good.

Yuan Zongdi's willingness to give up the southeast sides is tantamount to giving up his plan to completely encircle Shangqiu and prevent the soldiers and people in the city from abandoning the city to break through.

Before Huang Degong came, he surrendered Yuan Shizhong, the general of the invading army, and obtained from Yuan Shizhong "Li Zicheng had information showing that Lu Wang, Fu Wang and other vassal kings might be in Shangqiu, so he sent Yuan Zongdi to attack Shangqiu and inflict the crime of trapping the vassal on Shen Shuren." "This erroneous false information strengthened his determination to hold Yuan Zongdi back.

So now that Yuan Zongdi gave up the complete siege, Huang Degong of course knew the priorities, and decided to advance into the city, exchange news with the defenders, and confirm whether the kings were there, who were there, and whether they were willing to break out of the siege under the escort of the Shen family army.

After all these are settled, it is time to further discuss how to deal with Yuan Zongdi.

The two parties hit it off by accident, Liang Yizhang and Zhu Changhao were eager to see Huang Degong, and Huang Degong wanted to persuade them to break through.

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Half an hour later, the battlefield was roughly cleaned and the army was reorganized. After the two sides had gained mutual trust and all the necessary confirmation procedures had been confirmed, Liang Yizhang cautiously opened the city gate and let Huang Degong and his party enter.

Of Huang Degong's 1 cavalry, after the battle just now, there are still more than [-] people who have maintained their combat power and mobility, and all of them have temporarily entered the city to garrison, and have no intention of setting up camp outside the city.

In Huang Degong's view, he won't stay here for a long time anyway, so there's no need to make a fuss.

"Where is Huang Zongzhen? Did you come to Shenfutai in person? The next official is the prefect Liang Yizhang. Thank you generals and righteous men for your kindness in helping us."

Liang Yizhang kept his posture very low, and he didn't care about respect and inferiority. He greeted him directly at the gate of the city.

The city of Shangqiu is dilapidated and dilapidated, and its supplies are not rich.It can only be that hundreds of jars of spicy and sour bad wine were hastily assembled, and some livestock and small animals caught in a temporary search were randomly cooked in dozens of pots to reward the army.

The city was besieged, and cattle and sheep were definitely out of reach, and no one could raise cattle and sheep in the city, and there was nowhere to find feed.

The wealthy households in the city still have some small animals, but under food control, raising these small animals will obviously take away the food rations of the poor, so Liang Yizhang requisitioned all the livestock in the name of being needed by the government to defend the city very humanely and forcefully.

Normally, one should be loving, but during the siege period, people may go hungry, and they still love a small woolen animal.Instead of slowly starving and thinning without feeding, it is better to use it to boost morale before losing weight.

Liang Yizhang found Huang Degong and Zhu Wenzhen after toasting several guards in person, so he quickly handed them a bowl each, and took the wine jar from his fellow acquaintance Yan Zekong, filled it up for the two generals himself, and asked the master to hand it over. A bowl of meat was placed in front of him.

"Huang Zongzhen is really brave and champions the three armies, and his righteousness is so great that the people of Shangqiu and the whole city feel great virtue! The subordinate officials have heard people say that Shen Futai did not come in person? This is also what should be done. Chen County and Yancheng, The battle must be more intense."

Huang Degong is also very useful. He is a person who is addicted to alcohol, so he doesn't care about the occasion. After drinking the bowl in one gulp, he dodges the jar where Liang Yizhang is pouring the wine, and directly pours it down with his neck up.

After a while, the whole jar was poured, and only then did I grab a dog's leg to suppress the wine.

Liang Yizhang was dumbfounded, quickly took another altar, and offered it with both hands: "Mr. Huang is really huge! He is indeed a famous brave general in the world!"

Huang Degong hiccupped and said proudly: "What is this? I can drink several jars of wine in one go at the age of 12! Back then, my mother made a living by making and selling wine. We were young and ignorant, so we drank all the wine at home. No cost.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and sneak into Xiong Tingbi's army, who was the governor of Liaodong at the time, and killed a few Tartar cavalry while going out to fight, and the heads were exchanged for rewards to pay off the debt!Hey, why is this dog meat sour?By the way, I heard that Yuan Zongdi besieged Shangqiu in order to trap the vassal. Is this true? Is there a vassal king in the city? "

Huang Degong is also proud of his alcoholism and has formed a habit. Whenever others praise his drinking capacity, he will bring up the old story again, boasting that he "already had a good drinking capacity when he was a child".

Liang Yizhang took the opportunity to take over the conversation: "So you knew that there were vassal kings in the city, so you came so quickly? That's really a coincidence. King Lu and King Fu are indeed in the city, and fortunately the army rescued them—the meat is indeed a little sour, because It is usually home-raised and eaten finely.

A few days ago, the city had to raise food and meat to defend the city, and the little princess of Luwang Mansion took the initiative to donate all her cats and dogs to the army, which was a good start.Although Lu Wang repeatedly asked not to reveal his identity at the time, the officials also hinted that the wealthy tyrants in the city, and even more prominent figures took the lead in donating.

As a result, even the distant relatives of Hou Xun's family, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had to pledge to donate, and other gentry with lower status held their noses and pledged to donate. "

Huang Degong was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then he was delighted. He didn't listen to the second half of Liang Yizhang's words at all, but he was eager to hear that King Lu and Fu were indeed there, and secretly thought that this time he finally took the opportunity to make a great contribution.

And according to what Liang Zhifu said, the people in Luwangfu knew how to advance and retreat, they were not domineering, they were in danger, and they knew how to lower their posture. Even the princess was willing to set an example and donate cats and dogs, so it should be easier to talk.

Huang Degong didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Liang Yizhang to take him to meet the prince to discuss major issues.

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After a while, Huang Degong was taken to the place where Zhu Changhao was temporarily staying, and he also met the kings.He was wearing armor and could only salute as a soldier, and Zhu Changhao didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he hurried over to say good things.

Zhu Yousong on the side also looked at Huang Degong eagerly, and said a lot of praise and praise, which made Huang Degong feel a little bit elated——

It's really not that Zhu Yousong changed his temper, but that in history, the little Fu Wang fled to Huang Degong's defense area on the way to the south, and he was very flattering.

Later, the four towns in Jiangbei supported Zhu Yousong as Emperor Hongguang, and Zhu Yousong's flattering and trusting of Huang Degong was also very important.

Otherwise, based on Huang Degong's qualifications as the first town to follow Shi Kefa out of the four towns in Jiangbei, if Huang Degong is willing to completely follow Shi Kefa's interests, the other towns may not be able to make waves.

At most, it would be Gao Jie, the most rebellious and unruly Gao Jie who was born as a thief, and he might have an arm wrestling with Huang Degong.Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing in the other two towns are not ruthless people willing to take risks at all.

Of course, history does not allow assumptions, and the main reason for the establishment of King Fu in history is that Shi Kefa is more disciplined and hesitant-compared with other Donglin Party members, Shi Kefa is still very different in character.

At that time, the other Donglin people only asked not to establish Xiaofu Wang, so as not to liquidate their Donglin Party's old account of preventing Wanli from establishing Lao Fuwang to replace the prince (Guangzong Zhu Changluo), so they did everything they could.

Shi Kefa still has face, and he also pays attention to the distance of blood.He knew that King Lu's lineage was indeed a generation earlier than King Xiaofu's, one was from Wanli's lineage, and the other was from Longqing's lineage.

Therefore, Shi Kefa couldn't do the thing of "replacing the near with the distant", and in the end he would rather go to Guangdong and Guangxi to meet Xiaogui Wang Zhu Youlang, just because Xiaofu Wang and Xiaogui Wang are both grandsons of Wanli, and they have the same blood relationship for generations.

But it would take several months to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to welcome people, with long nights and many dreams, and the throne of the country was vacant, and it was impossible to wait for a few months at all.

So strictly speaking, it cannot be considered that Huang Degong betrayed Shi Kefa, because Shi Kefa himself could not come up with an immediate solution, and Huang Degong was not good at fighting the other three towns by force for the sake of King Gui.

If Shi Kefa was more decisive, it is estimated that Huang Degong would still respect Shi Kefa's decision.

Of course, all these assumptions are now irrelevant.Because Huang Degong has now been completely subdued by Shen Shuren.

After getting along during this period of time, Huang Degong admired his new boss, Shen Futai, to the point of throwing himself into the ground.For Shen Futai, who is sympathetic to the military officials, does not meet with the military officials, and does not prohibit him from drinking in the army, all of them are very agreeable.

In contrast, Shi Kefa was very strict and upright at the beginning, and he often banned alcohol in the army. This alone made Huang Degong only "revere" Shi Kefa, not talk about heart-to-heart communication.

With a new boss like Shen Shuren, Huang Degong, of course, didn't want to pay attention to Xiao Fuwang's courtship. He just responded politely, but he didn't have the idea of ​​giving effect at all.

We are all generals of the imperial court!How can you serve as a vassal king!At this moment, Huang Degong didn't think in those directions at all.

No matter what happens in the future, it will be what Shen Futai says!Our Anlu army only listens to Shen Futai's decision!

After Zhu Yousong got close to him, he found that Huang Degong was very upright and polite in business affairs, so he could only give up some thoughts.After all, his imperial brother Chongzhen was still alive and well, and some of Zhu Yousong's thoughts just passed by in a flash, and he subconsciously felt that he needed to arrange a free chess game.

After Huang Degong had dealt with King Fu well, he turned to King Lu who was in charge here—the order of rank was no problem. Although King Lu was far in blood, as a prince, his rank should not be low.Moreover, he is an uncle, and he is also the Fu Wang who he took in. The follow-up arrangements for this group of people should be listened to by Lu Wang in terms of emotion and reason.

Huang Degong asked respectfully: "Your Highness, there is a turmoil outside the city of Shangqiu. Although the last general repelled Yuan Zong's first army, he only broke through the moats on the east and south sides of the city.

Moreover, the last general was ordered by Shen Futai this time to attack the trespassers. Once Yuan Zongdi retreated, the last general had to lead his troops back to the battlefield in Chen County, and it was impossible to stay here for a long time.If the bandits go and come back by then, Shangqiu will still be in danger.I implore the prince to show me, can the last general escort the prince and his party to a safe place? "

Only then did Zhu Changhao have the opportunity to speak, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes! Why don't you want to! In fact, Nephew Fu persuaded Gu to follow Yingchuan south to Shou County and go to Fengyang Mansion one and a half months ago.

Gu felt that it was not in line with the court's law to call him into Zhongdu, so he hesitated.General Huang is willing to escort. I wonder if he has thought about where to go?Are there places other than Nanjing and Fengyang? "

When Huang Degong heard the words, he was also in awe: "When the prince is in such a crisis, he strictly abides by the court's laws, which is admirable. If you can't go to Zhongdu, how about going back to Xinyang Mansion for a while?
Waiting for Shen Futai to perform on his behalf, explain the situation, and only say that the prince and others have been rescued to Xinyang, and ask for instructions on how to arrange the next step, His Majesty will naturally give a reply. "

Historically, King Lu and King Fu did not dare to stay in Fengyang, the central capital, after going down the Yingchuan and Huaihe Rivers. After staying in Huai'an until Chongzhen was martyred for the country, it was only then that he was close to Nanjing and was immediately pulled to support him.

Fengyang, Huai'an, and Nanjing are only separated by Yangzhou Prefecture, which is only three hundred miles away.

But now, there is clearly a slight butterfly effect.

Shen Shuren was still fighting, and it was impossible to send troops to escort him far away, so it was very logical to go to Xinyang Mansion to the west of Fengyang Mansion for a while instead of going to Huai'an Mansion to the east of Fengyang Mansion.

Moreover, there is another reason why you can't go to Xinyang in history, that is, the situation in Jiangbei at that time was already very corrupt——

In history, the Fifth Gezuo Battalion has not been completely wiped out by the imperial court. Even Huangzhou and Suizhou, the original nests of the Space-Time Shenshuren, were actually Zhang Xianzhong's territory in the 16th year of Chongzhen in history. Zhang Xianzhong almost brought the Fifth Gezuo Battalion all the way to Hefei.

Now, the security situation has been greatly improved. Even if it is still necessary to find a place that is better than Huai'an and is also very close to Fengyang Mansion and Nanjing, Hefei is obviously a better and more appropriate option than Huai'an.

Zhu Changhao thought for a while, but he was a little worried about his safety, so he confirmed cowardly: "Xinyang Mansion is still the front line of Shenfutai fighting against the intruders now, right? Is there any danger?"

Huang Degong hurriedly patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Your Highness! Shen Futai has won several battles against the intruders now! And how dare the general send His Highness to the frontline Shangcai and Chen counties.

As long as His Highness is willing to go to Xinyang temporarily, the general will escort you to Rushui, Ruyang, Xiangcheng, and Xincai in the lower reaches of Yingchuan.At that time, it will enter the Huai River from Ruying, and then enter Feishui from the Huaihe River, and finally stay in Hefei for a long time.Hefei is located in the hub between Fengyang and Nanjing, so it is absolutely very safe. "

Zhu Changhao finally accepted Huang Degong's opinion without any doubt after hearing it so thoroughly.

He still had a conscience, and he was about to run away, when he suddenly remembered that Liang Yizhang, the loyal magistrate, was still here, so he persuaded him in a peacemaker tone, "Will the magistrate Liang break out with us?"

Liang Yizhang gave a brief wry smile, and replied seriously: "The lower officials are responsible for guarding the land, how can they be taken lightly? General Huang rescued Shangqiu. After leaving, will the intruder return!"

Hearing his tragic words, Huang Degong also sighed. He knew that if there were no external reinforcements, and the intruders really came back, Shangqiu would still be unable to defend in the end.

He felt that this civil servant was not bad, so he left a sentence: "Liang Futai is a loyal man. When it comes to a time of crisis, Shen Futai and we will help each other if they can. Liang Futai also needs to keep an eye on the situation. , don’t mistake yourself, how can you continue to serve the country if you die in vain?”

(End of this chapter)