Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 152 Jiujiang Defense Battle ([-])
It's not that the officers and soldiers of Huang Degong's Ministry are too strong, but those who can fight in the left army dare not fight.

Therefore, within half a day of the fierce battle in the entire Jiujiang area, tranquility continued to be restored.

Huang Degong didn't stay idle. Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops entrenched on the other side was always a threat, and he didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest.

What's more, he was also in charge of such a long line of defense from Jiujiang to Anqing, and he had to prevent Zuo Liangyu from changing his marching route.

"You can't just wait for the left army to attack. Weng Zhiqi and your troops immediately landed and rushed to Huangmei to seize the Suzhou and Qianshan areas. I will send three thousand soldiers to you!"

Weng Ziqi is Huang Degong's wife and brother, and Huang Degong's loyal confidant. Naturally, Huang Degong will not worry that he will bring his own troops to surrender Zuo Liangyu.

Weng Ziqi responded, but then said to Huang Degong in a low voice: "Master Hou, if Jiujiang City is broken, it will not be because the officers and soldiers cannot defend it, and the city is not strong, but because of the family thieves. It is not unrelated to the surrender of the Daming family thief. Zhang Shixun is not under my guards. Regardless of whether he intends to surrender to the enemy or not, it is best to get rid of him first, otherwise he will become your biggest threat once I lead the troops away. You may not only lose the prince, but also lose Jiujiang City."

Huang Degong nodded, and turned to look at Wu Mengming, who had sensed the commander of the Jinyiwei in Jiujiang City: "Zhang Shixun, is it your Jinyiwei who will do it, or should I do it myself?"

"Don't bother Jing Nanhou to be distracted from this matter. Weng Zongbing can also cross the river with peace of mind. If Jiujiang City is broken due to the betrayal of internal thieves, I, the commander of Jinyiwei, will be the first to lose his head!"

As soon as Wu Mengming said that, he went down from the tower in person, and told Shen Lian, who was in charge of intelligence and internal cleanup in the Huguang war zone, "Zhang Shixun, this person should be executed immediately, and Huguang Xunshi Huang Shu, the censor, should be removed together." , this person dared to bring Zhang Yingyuan of the Zuo Army to raise food for Zuo Liangyu in Huangzhou Prefecture, and suggested that Zuo Liangyu slaughter Wuchang, leaving nothing or one person for the thieves. , don’t let inspector Huang Shu cause trouble for Weng Zongbing.”

In fact, according to the original history, Zuo Liangyu raised his troops at the end of March, but because of Zhu Youjian's military reform and the stricter suppression of the Donglin Party, Zuo Liangyu launched the Qing Dynasty's rebellion ahead of schedule.

After all, if he doesn't rebel again, Zhu Youjian will take the initiative to take him under the knife. Zhu Youjian has been allowing Huang Degong to recruit troops, almost equal to Zuo Liangyu's strength, not just for Huang Degong to defend Zuo Liangyu.

As for whether Huang Degong will also become big because of this, although Zhu Youjian said that he fully believes in Huang Degong's character, he also has his own defense. After all, Huang Degong's original residence in history was in the hands of Liu Fangliang.

That is to say, the military system under which Zhu You inspected and controlled Zuo Liangyu was first Huang Degong's department, and then Liu Fangliang's department.

However, Zhou Yuji's department has been stationed in Shandong and Huaiyang without moving at all, while He Xin's department is stable in Jiangnan to take care of the overall situation.

Although people's hearts are changeable, not all people are unscrupulous. Huang Degong is also just like what has been proved in history. Coupled with the temptation of Wang Jue, he does not have the ambition to speculate at this time, otherwise he would not do it for Block Zuo Liangyu's way to the north, and send his own army to go deep into the tiger's den.

Weng Zhiqi personally led [-] sailors, [-] soldiers and [-] cavalry to forcefully land. The Zuo army never expected that Huang Degong would take the initiative to attack, and naturally he did not expect to strengthen the Jiang defense.

The one in charge of the defense of the Jingjiang Inspection Department is the Zuo Army Luo Dai's unit. When the officer Weng Zhiqi's unit came to attack, in order to maintain his own strength, he directly retreated and defended. Instead of repelling Weng Zhiqi's unit, he just sent someone to inform Zuo Liang Jade, it is said that some officers and soldiers took advantage of this to cross the river and go north.

"You bastard! Jiujiang City can't be broken. Now people are attacking on their own initiative, but they don't repel them. This Huang Degong made it clear that he wanted to cut off my way to the north. He immediately ordered Zhang Yuanliang to stop the army in Huangmei and ordered Dao Xingcheng to stop it." Pursue immediately!"

Zuo Liangyu was so angry that he vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and then pointed to Zhang Shenyan at Jiujiang City on the other side: "Old Ge, this Jiujiang City is well-defended, and Huang Degong is quite intent on defending it, and even took the initiative to defend it." Come attack, what plan do you have?"

"Don't be discouraged, Mr. Zuo. Your Majesty is going against the grain. The treacherous officials in the court are in chaos. Although there are stubborn people like Huang Degong, there are also people who understand right and wrong. The army Li Youlong got in touch, intending to open the city and join Zuo Gong! It's just that Huang Degong has a large number of people, so he can't act rashly, but now that Huang Degong divides his troops to attack, it happens to be an opportunity, Zuo Gong just needs to send people to sneak in Jiujiang City can only instigate this person!"

Zhang Shenyan smiled lightly after speaking.

"Then please ask the supervising army to come over." Zuo Liangyu looked at Li Youlong who was beside him.

Weng Zhiqi did not go to attack the Jingjiang Inspection Department at this time, he had no intention of fighting with Luo Dai's troops, after ordering [-] sailors back to defend Jiujiang, he immediately ordered [-] soldiers to rush to Huangmei, and he himself brought [-] cavalry Go and occupy Susong first.

Since Huang Degong sent Weng Zhiqi to actively attack the area controlled by the Zuo Army, it means that history has changed. The officers and soldiers are not passively defending against the attacks of the Zuo Army, but actively and actively defending. On the contrary, the Zuo Army is still cramped in Huang In the southern area of ​​the state capital, Huang Degong was even led by the nose.

As for the eradication of the internal thieves, Jin Yiwei has already started to do it.

As soon as Weng Zhiqi left the city here, Shen Lian, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, immediately issued an assassination order. Thirty Jinyiwei masters broke into Zhang Shixun's mansion immediately after nightfall. Within a quarter of an hour, Zhang Shixun's head was cut off, and immediately It was sent to Huang Degong's case.

"Hang Zhang Shixun's head over the city gate, and Jin Yiwei personally warns the defenders in the city. If anyone dares to collude with the rebels, I will not tolerate it!"

As soon as Huang Degong finished speaking, Wu Mengming stopped Huang Degong: "Hold on, Marquis Jingnan, it's too early to take Zhang Shixun's head to guard the city guards. Although the family thieves have been eliminated, the outside thieves have not been eliminated. Seeing that the siege of the city is not effective, and seeing that you are splitting up your troops to cross the river, the Zuo army may impatiently send someone to contact Zhang Shixun, so we might as well make a fake show and wait for the rabbit!"

"Commander Wu's words are serious, so let's not hang his head for now, and give orders. Tonight, my lord will visit Zhang Zongbing's mansion to discuss important matters in the defense of the city!"

After Huang Degong said, he re-issued the order.

After showing the head to Huang Degong, Wu Mengming also issued the following instructions: "No one from Zhang Shixun will be kept, and all those who have not been exterminated will be killed! In addition, cover it up well, and don't let outsiders know that Zhang Shixun's party has been killed. If you are punished, go to various city gates to observe carefully, especially after Zishi, you should not take it lightly, once you find a suspicious person sneaking into the city, immediately follow, if this person goes to Zhang Shixun's mansion, arrest him first!"

　I couldn't sleep on the train, my head was dizzy, I went through mountains and caves, and I couldn't code.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)