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Chapter 926 Wang Jiaping Dedicates to Xuzhou

Ma Guanghui turned his head to look at Wang Jiaping with a complicated expression, and then cast his deep gaze outside the city.

Xuzhou asked Boluo for help several times, but Boluo let them stand by themselves. Wang Jiaping began to realize that the Manchu Qing might not be reliable.

This made him somewhat regretful that he should not have dug up Gao Yihuan's ancestral grave for the sake of his position, and now he has nowhere to go.

Wang Jiaping didn't expect that Manqing would die so soon, and now he had to find a new thigh, and looking around, only Ming Dynasty could protect him.

Xuzhou is an important military town, and the Ming Dynasty coveted it for a long time. If Xuzhou was dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, he might be able to save his life, and he might even be reused.

Although the ministers of the Ming Dynasty may not be ashamed of his behavior, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty regards Gao Yihuan as a traitor, and he wants to get rid of him quickly. He did what the Emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted to do but was inconvenient to do, so he might be favored.

Right now, if Boluo doesn't save Xuzhou, Wang Jiaping will die after Liu Heizi breaks the city.

Therefore, he wanted to persuade Ma Guanghui to join him in defecting to the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way would he have a way out.

Ma Guanghui couldn't make up his mind about this, Wang Jiaping looked at his hesitant back, couldn't help but clenched the handle of the knife tightly, with killing intent in his eyes.

At this time, the gunners and archers on the city began to shoot arrows outside the city, and the rebels outside the city wall saw their whereabouts exposed, and immediately held up a torch.

Looking down from the top of the city, Ma Guanghui saw the torches in the wilderness outside the city like a sea of ​​stars, and he punched the top of the city with his fist, "At this point, there is no choice. Wang Junmen, please send someone to contact the south side!" "

Outside the city, Liu Heizi rode a horse and stood in the wilderness. Looking at the Qing army on the city, he fired blunderbuss and arrows, and then waved his hand, "Xie Qian, your people stay, bluff, and deceive the arrows on the city." and gunpowder, the others are preparing to cut down trees and make equipment, and the rest are resting to fill the river tomorrow."

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Outside Huai'an City, in the wilderness on the shore of Hongze Lake, there are neat military tents stationed one after another, stretching as far as the eye can see. Hundreds of thousands of troops transferred from the south of the Yangtze River and hundreds of inland river boats are moored by the lake, with masts like forests. , the scene is very spectacular.

At this time, two and a half years had passed since the failure of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition.

With the passage of time, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty recovered to 35, of which 25 were the troops directly controlled by the Nanjing court, and the remaining [-] were the Zheng family's troops.

There were many conflicts between the Nanjing court and the Zheng family, but Zhu Cihong had reached a compromise with the Zheng family in all aspects by appointing Zheng Zhilong an official and promoting Zheng Sen to be the commander-in-chief of Fujian.

The Zheng family controls the sea lanes, and Nanjing controls the silk, tea, and porcelain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and controls the supply of goods. Both sides have an advantage.

Previously, the Zheng family wanted to monopolize the benefits of smuggling, while the Nanjing court wanted to open the sea to collect maritime trade taxes. The Zheng family was unwilling to make concessions, which intensified the conflict between the two parties.

In order to break the Zheng family's monopoly, Nanjing opened up ports such as Ningbo to trade, attracting ships from the Netherlands, Spain, and Japan to Hong Kong, which made the Zheng family's blockade ineffective. The Zheng family is not good either. In addition, after Zheng Sen served as the chief military officer, he dismantled Zheng Zhilong, which made Zheng Zhilong finally choose to compromise. Taxation of maritime trade in Guangdong and Guangxi.

As for the Zheng family's army, the Nanjing court could not mobilize them directly, but they could barely command them with the permission of Zheng Zhilong or Zheng Sen.

In this way, the interior of Nanming is temporarily harmonious, and the Zheng family has provided Nanjing with more than 600 million taels of silver in the past two years, plus the tax revenue from the Shipping Department of Ningbo City, which has made Nanjing pull up a new well-equipped army. army.

It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty has huge economic advantages. In terms of economic activities, the Western Wei Dynasty can only be regarded as a source of raw materials for the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, a few pieces of exquisite porcelain, a few taels of good tea, and a bolt of good silk could exchange the harvest of a few acres of land in the Western Wei Dynasty.

It was the economic advantage that allowed Zhu Cihong to regroup in less than three years.

In June, the weather is hot, and the southeast wind blows on Hongze Lake, which is very conducive for ships to advance northward.

Zhu Cihong discussed with the ministers and decided to seize Shandong and Beizhili before the Western Wei Dynasty took action. The Ming army continued to increase its troops on the Huaihe River.

If the Ming army wanted to seize Dongzhi in Shandong, it had to solve it first, a nail that the Wei army had arranged in Huaibei.

At this time, Zhu Cihong had issued a secret decree to Ma Shiying, asking him to deal with Liu Heizi and open up the passage for the army to go north, and the Ming army had already made preparations, waiting for the order to leave the camp and set off. However, Ma Shiying did not respond to this Still have some hesitation.

Now Ma Shiying is still worried about what excuse he should use to send troops. After all, Liu Heizi is an anti-Qing rebel army, so he must find a suitable excuse.

If it was Gao Yihuan, there would be no excuses, even creating excuses, but Ma Shiying did not take the initiative to create opportunities.

In the morning, when the sun was rising, Ma Shiying stood on a low hill, staring at the sparkling Hongze Lake, seeing the military boats cruising in the lake, and watching the Ming army in the camp.

When Ma Shiying led the army earlier, the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses did not go on patrol a few times a year, but now they go out for exercises every day, and their mental outlook is very different.

Looking at the soldiers on drill, Ma Shiying only felt that the current Ming army was several times more elite than the Ming army in the four towns, but he still had some doubts in his heart, because what the Ming army is doing now, all came from the Wei army.

During the Jiangbei War that year, the Wei army who rushed from Huguang to Guazhou to support them left a deep impression on the Ming army, and the Ming army learned what the Wei army had done.

"Superintendent, the soldiers are ready. Liu Shun is attacking Xuzhou. It is a good time for us to attack." General Wu Yi said.

Ma Shiying nodded, but did not answer, but asked, "Have all the military supplies been delivered?"

Wu Yi nodded and said: "It's very convenient to travel by water, and the military resources have been prepared, only the food is still short, but it's enough for a month."

Ma Shiying nodded silently, but still did not say anything about sending troops. At this time, more than a dozen cavalrymen suddenly galloped to the foot of the hill. A letter will be sent!"

Ma Shiying frowned, and hurriedly said: "Bring me to see you!"

Not long after, a messenger was brought over, bowed to Ma Shiying on his knees, and said, "My little one pays homage to the supervisor!"

Ma Shiying asked: "Who sent you here, and what are you talking about?"

"Reporting to the supervisor, it is Wang Jiaping who sent a small member of the army to come. The army is willing to sacrifice Xuzhou. Please send troops to rescue the siege."

After finishing speaking, the courier presented a letter to Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying read Wang Jiaping's distress letter with a smile on his face. He put the letter away and said to the courier: "Since Wang Jun is willing to submit to Daming, then Xuzhou It is the city of Daming. As the supervisor of Daming, this governor is duty-bound to rescue Xuzhou. You go back and tell Wang Junmen to plant bright flags all over the city, and my soldiers will arrive soon!"

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