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Chapter 496 Attacking Yuezhou Middle School

When Gao Yihuan heard that Li Hu was back, he knew that he must have brought news of Nanjing to him.

Wei Wujun was doing such a big thing in Huguang, Gao Yihuan actually felt a little guilty, and was afraid it would end badly.

From a rational point of view, if the Nanjing court is mature enough, it will definitely compromise with him, but everything is just in case, and he doesn't actually have much confidence in Nanjing.

In history, the Nanjing imperial court often made stupid tricks. They could play themselves to death and show all kinds of stupidity. Gao Yihuan was afraid that they would not be able to think about it this time.

"Oh, where are you going?" Gao Yihuan sat upright.

Gao Chengxun said: "Just entered the camp."

Gao Yihuan hurriedly said, "Let him come to see me quickly."

Not long after, the travel-worn Li Hu stepped into the big tent, saluted his old uncle, and said, "Greetings, Commander!"

Gao Yihuan asked: "Get up and tell me about the situation in Nanjing!"

The generals in the tent all looked at Li Hu in unison, and were very interested in Nanjing's reaction.

The more intense Nanjing's reaction is, the more it proves our strength from the side, and the darker our hearts are.

Li Hu said: "Marshal, there have been a lot of things going on in Nanjing recently. First of all, Qian Qianyi and his gang framed us as the first movers, and asked the court to convict the Marshal and remove He Tengjiao. Fortunately, the Marshal The things delivered in time, the Donglin party threw stones at his own feet, Qian Qianyi was so frightened that he passed out in the court hall, which became a big joke. Now Nanjing is busy fighting for power and profit, recently received a beating by Du Yinxi Only then did I know that the commander had entered Hunan. He Tengjiao asked me to come back first, so that the commander should not be impulsive, and he would ask the commander for an explanation from the court. When I set off from Nanjing, Nanjing had sent an imperial envoy, led by Zheng Hongkui Waterproofer, escorted to Huguang."

Gao Yihuan was a little surprised when he heard Li Hu's words. He didn't expect Donglin to be moved down.

It seems that Zhu Cihong still has some abilities, at least stronger than Emperor Hongguang.

The Hongguang court was finished in just over a year, and it is now February 1646, and the Jianzhang court has been strong for two years.

Of course, someone Gao deserves some credit for this.

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, and asked, "Zheng Hongkui is from the Zheng family in Fujian, right?"

Li Hu was stunned for a moment, and thought carefully, "It seems to be from Fujian. It is said that he is Zheng Zhilong's brother."

Gao Yi happily said that sure enough, all the forces in the late Ming Dynasty, no matter Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, or the Zheng family, would show their faces in front of him.

The Zheng family is the overlord of the entire East China Sea and South China Sea. Even the Dutch, who are in the limelight, dare not offend the Zheng family.

It is said that according to the rules of the Zheng family, every ship trading at sea must pay the Zheng family 3000 taels of protection fees every year.The Dutch East India Company recorded that the Zheng family only charged 1000 million taels a year for the shipping fee.

In addition, the Zheng family also has five elements and five merchants who conduct their own trade. Their trade volume in Japan is eleven times that of the Dutch East India Company. The annual income is close to 3000 million taels.

At this time, the Dutch East India Company, which was in the limelight, only made 1000 million taels of profit in the world. The Zheng family's power in the sea can be seen in general.

Compared with the Zheng family's finances, the Ming Dynasty's finances, and Gao Yihuan's finances, are simply poor.

If there is a chance to get to know Zheng Zhilong, Gao Yihuan has the urge to ask for a godfather.

Since he is Zheng Zhilong's brother, Jiang's waterproof division is definitely not weak. Gao Yihuan raised his vigilance, "How many ships are there for the navy escorting the imperial envoy? Are they gunboats?"

Li Hu said: "There are more than 20 ships, ten of them are gun boats, with five or six cannons placed on the side!"

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, it seems that Nanjing is worried that he will take Wuchang, and he is a bit biased towards Zuozhen.

"Cheng Xun, you go across the river to see Jin Shenghuan immediately, and ask him to speed up the construction of the fort. Before the Jiang Waterproofer arrives, you must load the cannon!" Gao Yihuan suddenly ordered.

"The humble job takes orders!" Gao Chengxun clasped his fists and bowed out of the big tent.

The Jiang Waterproof Division moved up the river at a slower speed, but once they arrived at Wuchang and the warship sailed across the river, Gao Yihuan's plan to seize Wuchang to threaten the imperial court and force Nanjing to give more benefits may be rejected. influences.

That's why he asked Jin Shenghuan to mount the cannon quickly. Only by keeping the Jiangshui division in the east of Wuchang and controlling the waterway can he take the initiative in the negotiation.

Gao Chengxun opened the curtain and went out. Gao Yihuan immediately glanced at the generals and said seriously: "Since the imperial envoy from Nanjing is coming, we won't be able to defeat Yuezhou, our face will be dull, and we won't be able to speak hard."

Hearing what he said, all the generals in the tent knew that the commander-in-chief was going to get serious.

"Commander, give the order!" Zhao Daxian stood up and clasped his fists proudly.

Gao Yihuan said: "The order artillery team! Don't stop, bombard the city overnight for the commander! Then let people shoot the letter of surrender to the commander and enter the city, messing up the morale of the defenders. In the end, it's up to you. In short, tomorrow the commander We must enter the city!"

Zhao Daxian, Wang Deren and other generals clasped their fists together, all with expressions of excitement.

Those gangsters in Zuozhen are like women, and they fight like flirting. Tomorrow, we will see the heroes of our Wei Wujun come out on the stage, and let the grandchildren see how the men of Wei Wujun fight.

After Gao Yihuan gave his orders, he waved his hand and asked all the generals to prepare.

Nearly [-] prisoners of the Zuo Army attacked for days, and the cannons continued to bombard them. The defenders in Yuezhou City were already quite tired. Gao Yihuan had no doubts about taking Yuezhou.

He wrote a letter, had dozens of copies copied and shot into the city, and then began to think about what conditions he should propose to the Ming Dynasty.

The Nanjing court was so poor, and the bureaucrats liked to talk about it. It is said that Zhu Cihong once ordered the Nanjing court to take out a sum of money to reward himself. As a result, the Ministry of War asked the Ministry of Households to pay, and the Ministry of Households asked the Ministry of War to give it. Gao Yihuan has not seen half of it yet. .

Given the embarrassing situation of the Nanjing court, it may not be easy to get money and food from Nanjing!

Gao Yihuan had to figure out some new methods.

While Gao Yihuan was thinking, the sound of "rumbling" cannons rang out one after another.

The artillery on the Gaojun position outside the city roared non-stop, and the shells slammed into the city wall fiercely. Every time a shell passed, a depression was smashed, and the bricks and stones were smashed instantly.

After a few shots, the already smashed city wall was riddled with holes, and broken bricks and dust fell from the city wall.

After many days of bombardment, the city bricks peeled off, exposing the rammed earth inside the wall bricks, and the city walls may collapse at any time.

The shelling lasted that day, which was obviously much longer than before, and there was still no intention of stopping as it got dark.

This let the defenders in the city know that the real attack was about to start.

Wu Jinxi was a little worried, checked the city wall, and ordered Lu Ding, Ma Jiaolin, and Gao Yizhen to guard the city, and then went down to the city feeling uneasy.

The artillery bombarded intermittently all night, and a section of the city wall suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. The defenders hurriedly mobilized their hands and used sandbags to build a section of parapet at the collapsed place.

In the early morning, Gao Yijiao came out of the city tower with red eyes, but a hundred households hurried up to greet him, "Qianhu, the enemy army has sent another letter into the city."

After finishing speaking, he took out a letter and presented it to Gao Yizhen.

A layer of frost had formed on Gao Yi's face, so he pulled it over and opened it to have a look.Yang Wenyue valued him very much, so he was taught to read and write. He worked very hard himself, so reading, writing and writing were not a problem.

This time it was still a letter persuading surrender, but the previous one was written to the entire Yuezhou garrison, but this one was aimed at him. I went back to visit as soon as possible, and finally proposed to let him open the city, so as not to let Yuezhou's life suffer.

Gao Yiju narrowed his eyes after reading it, but immediately tore the letter into pieces, "This is because the enemy army has disturbed our morale, and I swear to defend Yuezhou City to the death."

Yang Wenyue once said to Gao Yijiao that the reason why the world has become like this is that there are too many restless heroes and too few loyal people like Han Yue.

Gao Yijuan thinks it makes sense. The reason why the world is so chaotic is that there are too many people like Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. Now Gao Yihuan is also this kind of people. Your loyal minister, won't the world be peaceful that day?
Gao Yizhen wanted to be a loyal minister and a hero of Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Ma Jiaolin, the guard of Yuezhou, happened to go to the city, and saw Gao Yizhen tearing up a letter, he couldn't help asking: "Gao Qianhu, what is this?"

Gao Yizhen didn't want people to know, or mention his relationship with Gao Yihuan, but said indifferently: "The letter shot from outside the city was torn up by the last general."

At this moment, a horn sounded outside the city, and the soldiers of Wei Wujun began to march out of the camp.

As soon as Gao Yizhen cupped his hands, he went to the wall to check in a hurry. Ma Jiaolin looked at his back with a cloudy expression on his face.

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