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Chapter 493 The Growing Imperial Party

The water system in Hunan is well developed, and the rice and river fish that are abundant in the territory will flow down the Xiangjiang River, Yuanjiang River, Lishui River and other water systems to enter Dongting Lake, and then take the Yangtze River waterway to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River.

Yuezhou happened to hold the position of the mouth of Dongting Lake, and occupying Yuezhou was tantamount to controlling the exit of Hunan granary in disguise.

Gao Yihuan is bound to win this city. He must seize this city, control the land in northern Hunan, and let Hunan's resources be used by him.

However, the strategic location of Yuezhou is very important. It is the gateway to Sanxiang.

Gao Yihuan led the generals to take a peek at the city wall of Yuezhou, and knew that they had finally encountered a hard stubble.

The siege battle consumes a lot, and it is not a special case. Gao Yihuan will not let the soldiers storm the city.

This time was no exception. After observing Yuezhou, Gao Yihuan's [-] troops and nearly [-] civilians set up camp outside Yuezhou City.

In the wilderness, the military tents spread, and people and horses shuttled back and forth, with a huge momentum.

A large black flag several feet high was erected in the center of the camp, with a large Chinese character "高" embroidered on it.

Under the flying flag was Gao Yihuan's big tent, standing in the camp, he said to several generals: "This Yuezhou is not easy to fight, we have to wait for the cannons and the prisoners of the left army to come before we can start attacking. During this period of time, Xu Heihu, you have to pay attention to the direction of Wuchang. If there are soldiers and horses approaching, it will be nothing less than a sudden rush of horse troops and trample to death.

Xu Heihu and the others immediately embraced their orders.

Gao Yihuan said again, "To save time, the artillery was transferred from Jingzhou, and it will take only a few days to go down the river. Then let the navy cross the river, and bring a group of prisoners as soon as possible."

Gao Yihuan estimated that someone from Nanjing would come over soon, and the larger the space he would occupy, the more advantageous he would be in the conversation.

Yuezhou City is the gateway to Sanxiang and the second largest city in Hunan after Changsha.

Previously, Yuezhou's mission was to defend against Zhang Xianzhong. After the Western Army entered Sichuan, his main role was actually to defend against Wuchang Zuozhen, not to guard against Wei Wujun.

This time Wei Wujun's sudden attack surprised everyone in Yuezhou, but since Wei Wujun had already reached the city, they could only fight against the city.

Gao Yihuan's Wei Wujun has the characteristics of a peasant army. Their political appeal is to break the order and redistribute benefits. This makes them naturally at odds with the ruling class, and no one wants to be redistributed by them.

The gentry and merchants in Yuezhou City did not welcome Gao Yihuan, so the defenders had the necessary public support to defend the city.

After deciding to stick to Yuezhou, Wu Jinxi sent troops to ask for help, and at the same time asked his soldiers to prepare rolling logs and stones, arrange artillery, firecrackers, and make stone throwing machines, actively preparing for battle, and ready for battle.

For a while, the Wei Wu army outside the city was rushing to make weapons and prepare to attack the city, and the defenders on the city were also busy preparing for the battle.

Four days later, at night, the sky was covered with dark clouds, covering the stars and the moon, darkness enveloped the earth, and the wilderness outside the city was pitch black.

In the distance of the Wei Wu army camp, soldiers with torches patrolled around like fire snakes.

Hundreds of soldiers on the top of the city also held torches to patrol back and forth, guarding against the Wei Wu army stealing the city. In the moat, the sentry boats of the Ming army stopped quietly in the river, and the defense was very tight.

In the middle of the night, on a sentinel boat in the river, a soldier stood at the bow, took out the little brother, and was pouring the yellow liquid into the river, shaking, thinking that staying up late is easy to get angry.

Suddenly a dark figure appeared on the bank, pushing all the antlers on the edge of the moat into the river, and then a group of dark figures, with hands on their shoulders, pushing a wheelbarrow, pouring bags of soil into the water .

Although it was covered by night, there was a lot of noise about filling the river. The soldiers on the boat were slightly taken aback, and immediately rang the alarm bell hanging on the bow.

The sound of "Dangdangdang" broke the tranquility of the night, and there was a sudden commotion on the top of the city. A large number of soldiers with torches climbed onto the top of the city.

Holding the handle of the knife with one hand and the iron helmet with the other, Gao Yizhen came out of the tower, saw the soldiers running on the wall, and shouted angrily, "What's going on?"

At this time, the city had already received a report from the sentry boat, and a hundred households hurried over and reported: "Qianhu, it is Wei Wujun who is filling the river!"

Gao Yizhen's expression changed, he stretched out his hand to separate the soldiers in front of him, and came to the edge of the wall to look out, but he couldn't see the situation outside the city clearly. He could only confirm that there were a large number of black shadows moving, and he could also hear mud and stones rolling into the water sound.

"Call over a team of firecrackers!" Gao Yizhen immediately turned his head and shouted.

The key to defending the city is not to let the enemy get close to the city wall. Once they get close to the city wall, the casualties on the city will increase exponentially, and they will enter the stage of fighting for consumption, and the city will be in danger.

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In the city of Nanjing, in the imperial city, recently the emperor Zhu Cihong finally experienced what it was like to be an emperor.

A few days ago, Qian Qianyi and others caused a huge scandal in the court. They actually instigated the left army to attack the friendly army, and intended to frame Gao Jingzhong to attack first, but the matter was revealed.

Although Qian Qianyi and others are the leaders of Donglin, this kind of thing is a shameful thing after all. Not all Donglin Party members participate. The Donglin party members didn't know the truth, thinking that they were morally righteous, and that it was indeed Gao Jingzhong who rebelled and wanted to seize Wuchang.

This scandal was exposed in the court, leaving people speechless. Qian Qianyi was dismissed from his official position and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for custody, awaiting trial. University scholar Wang Duo was also imprisoned.

Although the specifics of how to convict him can only be determined after the trial, but Dong Lin's vitality was seriously injured and the main peace faction was defeated, but this is a fact that everyone with a discerning eye can clearly see.

For a while, Dong Lin's hearts were broken, and both the Eunuch Party and the Imperial Party took the opportunity to launch attacks. Many people went to the field one after another, or were squeezed out of the court.

Zhu Cihong finally experienced the taste of decisiveness in killing and attacking, and took the opportunity to issue a decree to remove many people from official positions.

As a result, many seats were vacant in the court, and the eunuch party and the imperial party were busy competing for interests, so they put the matter of Gao Yihuan and Zuo Zhen aside.

At this time, in the imperial study room, several officials of the imperial party stood in front of Zhu Cihong.

Wang Yan took a look at Zhu Cihong who was sitting behind the imperial case, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng want to introduce Yang Wencong into the cabinet. In addition, the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and other important officials are also sent by Ma Ruan. Take it, it's not a good thing if it goes on like this. Now that Donglin is in disarray, I think I can stop for a while."

Originally, the eunuch party belonged to the imperial party, but although Ma Ruan was said to be an eunuch party by Donglin, it represented the interests of the Jiangbei warlords, and was no longer the eunuch party of Wei Zhongxian's time.

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly. This political incident taught him a lot, and he immediately understood what Wang Yan meant, so he nodded immediately, "Well, it's been a while since we've been making trouble for a while, so it's time to stop."

Zhu Cihong understood that the imperial party was still too weak to eat too much, and if it continued, it would only make Ma Ruan dominate, so he followed Wang Yan's advice like a follower of kindness.

Suddenly Zhu Cihong asked: "By the way, what do you think about the conflict between Gao Jingzhong and Zuo Liangyu!"

Several people looked at each other, and Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, South Korea is in charge of this matter. Anli said that Zuo Liangyu should be punished, but I think Zuo Liangyu's presence in Wuchang is good for the imperial court, and the court should appease Han Han." Gong, but it is not appropriate to deal with Zuo Liangyu too much!"

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, then nodded again, "Well, it's checks and balances!"

Just as he was talking, the servant suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. He Ge is asking to see you!"

(Thank you for the 10000 reward from the big brother Dancing the Three Armies, thank you very much, okay.)
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