nanming man

Chapter 495 Capture Yuezhou

Gao Yihuan taught Zhu Cihong a lesson, but at the same time he offended Zhu Cihong.

In the future, when Gao Yihuan talked about being loyal, Zhu Cihong would probably spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm at him, and would not believe him anymore.

However, Gao Yihuan has long been prepared for this, and he hopes to obtain more direct benefits than defrauding Zhu Cihong's trust.

Gao Yihuan's political ambition is not only to defeat the Qing army, but also to lead his brothers to break the old world, establish a new order, bring the world out of the predicament of dynastic reincarnation, and realize the modernization of the country so that it will not be eliminated by the world trend.

His ambition is destined to conflict with the Zhu family, the ruler of the old world. Whether it is a violent overthrow or reform, the Zhu family must be dealt with, otherwise there are so many vassal kings in the Zhu family, they will always suck the country's money blood.

It is doomed that Gao Yihuan cannot live in peace with Zhu Cihong, and it is only a matter of time before they turn their faces.

Now Zhu Cihong disagrees with him about loyalty to the emperor, and wants him to make selfless dedication and only care about benefits, which is actually not a bad thing for Gao Yihuan.

At the Nanjing court, Zhu Cihong finally adopted He Tengjiao's opinion after discussing with his confidant ministers, and first appeased Gao Jingzhong to maintain stability in the west.

Now that Donglin has been defeated, there is a high probability that the new tax law will be passed, and Nanjing's taxes will inevitably increase.

Zhu Cihong needed stability and time. He believed that as long as he was given two years, he would be able to recruit a new army that would directly obey his orders.

With an army directly under his orders, he can slowly rebuild the authority of the central government, eliminate warlords like Gao Yihuan, and restore his ancestors' foundation.

After Zhu Cihong considered it, he decreed to add Wang Yan as a doctor of the Ministry of War, and Chen Zilong as the Chancellor of Yousi Temple in Dali Temple. With Wang Yan as the principal and Chen Zilong as the deputy, he went to Huguang to mediate the conflict between Gao Jingzhong and Zuo Liangyu, and let Gao Jingzhong withdraw the troops.

In order to deter Gao Yihuan, Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of the Zhenjiang Navy, was ordered to lead a part of the Jiangshui Division to accompany him, to support Zuo Liangyu when necessary, and to force Gao Yihuan to retreat.

Gao Yihuan predicted that Nanjing would not sit back and watch him annex the whole of Chu, and would send envoys to stop the war.

Now Gao Yihuan doesn't intend to break with the Ming Dynasty, and has to work together to complete the Qing Dynasty, so he has to give Nanjing some face.

Therefore, he had better be able to swallow what he wanted before the messenger arrived, and then sell Nanjing's face and ask for some benefits.

There is no doubt that Yuezhou is one of the things that Gao Yihuan wants. In order to capture Yuezhou as soon as possible, the prisoners of the Zuo Army are in a bit of a miserable state.

As soon as they arrived in Yuezhou, they were driven to fill the river day and night before they could take a breath.

Under the oppression of Wei Wujun, 2000 people were killed or injured by the Zuo Army. In just five days, nearly [-] Zuo Army prisoners filled most of the moat in the northern city of Yuezhou.

In the wilderness outside the city, nearly [-] prisoners of the Left Army had a clear division of labor. Some were sweating profusely in the distance digging soil and loading cars, while others were pushing wheelbarrows like ants moving house, dumping cartloads of soil into the moat. , stirring up turbid waves.

There was a constant flow of people in the north of Yuezhou City. One team pushed carts and walked towards the moat carrying poles, and the other team pushed the empty carts back.

On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Ming army fired rows of firecrackers, the smoke filled the air, and the projectiles were shot out. The prisoners of the left army who transported the soil even rolled into the river with their cars from time to time.

Although they were prisoners of the Zuo Army, Gao Yihuan still paid great attention to their protection, after all, they had to attack the city.

Gao Yihuan asked people to erect wooden boards in front of the wheelbarrow, or hang shields and put on a layer of cotton armor to defend against the firecrackers and arrows on the top of the city.

Although these things are not enough to completely prevent the shooting from the top of the city, they are still effective, so that most of the prisoners of the left army filling the river can work safely.

In the distance, Gao Yihuan was riding on a war horse, watching the progress of the left army's captives filling the river with a telescope, and found that the soil was close to the city wall, and the wide moat had turned into a small stream. He immediately put down the telescope and waved: "Let's They stopped filling the river!"

As they approached the city wall, the power of the firecrackers increased greatly. If they continued to fill in, the casualties were too great. In order to prevent being hit by the rolling logs and stones on the city, Gao Yihuan did not let the prisoners of Zuozhen continue to fill the river.

At this time, the remaining distance only needs to be paved with flying bridge planks to get close to the city wall without increasing casualties.

Time is urgent now, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Gao Yihuan decided to attack the city as soon as possible.

When the military order was issued, the golden sound of "ding ding ding" sounded, and the prisoners of the left army immediately retreated like a tide.

Not long after, in the wilderness outside the northern city of Yuezhou, the dense figures receded one after another, and the moat became deserted, leaving only wheelbarrows scattered around and corpses in disorder.

The team filling the river retreated, and the defenders on Yuezhou City also stopped shooting. Wu Jinxi, Gao Yizhen and others stood at the top of the city, watching the originally wide moat turn into a small stream, with serious eyes in their eyes. Knowing that the siege is about to start.

For a moment, the Yuezhou defenders felt heavy, but the retreating prisoners of the Zuo Army couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, knowing that Commander Gao is not so cruel, and he knows how to love them.

But they were not happy for long, and soon they were driven to participate in the direct attack on Yuezhou.

Fortunately, Marshal Gao is quite a fastidious person, he is full of food in war, and he still has meat to eat, and if he cuts off one level, he can recover his freedom, and if he cuts off two levels, he will still get money. When the captives fought, they were desperate and showed part of their strength.

However, the quality of the prisoners of the Zuo Army is worrying after all. With the support of cannons, thunderbolts and other equipment, they fought for four days, killing and injuring more than 3000 people, but they couldn't win Yuezhou.

Gao Yihuan was in the big tent that day, when he heard the shouts of killing outside gradually subsided, he knew that the left army who had attacked the city had been beaten down again.

Gao Yihuan didn't care about this. He had nearly [-] prisoners from the left army. After the [-] were consumed, they could continue to be transported from the north bank. He didn't believe that he couldn't take Yuezhou.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent, and several generals entered the big tent while scolding their mothers.

"Zhiniang, Zuozhen is a bunch of trash, if it were our own troops today, maybe they would have killed them!" Wang Deren cursed, very dissatisfied with Zuo Bing's performance.

"It's really a pity today. Seeing that the people who went up were beaten down again, and we couldn't exert our strength, it's so fucking uncomfortable!" Zhao Daxian echoed, and suddenly cupped his fists and said to Gao Yihuan: "Marshal, today I saw Yi again It's gone!"

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, "Where is he going to the city?"

"Well, it was in the northern city, and they all fought up. This grandson personally supervised the battle, and beat down the left soldiers in the upper city." Zhao Zhuzi was a little annoyed.

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, did not speak, and said after a while: "Break Yuezhou, take this ignorant thing back to Nanyang for me, let Xinghao watch, if he runs again, his leg will be broken."

Just as he was talking, Gao Chengxun stepped into the big tent and reported: "Commander, Li Hu has returned from Nanjing."

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