Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 154 Jiujiang Defense Battle ([-])
Zhang Shenyan sent his favorite student, Lin Tinghui, deputy envoy of Huguang Tixue, to meet Huang Degong in Jiujiang City and ask for peace talks.

What Huang Degong wanted now was to block the left army's attack speed as long as possible, so he didn't refuse the peace talks, so he asked Lin Tinghui to be picked up with a hanging basket.

As soon as Lin Tinghui arrived in Jiujiang City, he sold to Huang Degong Zuo Liangyu's promise to recruit him as a prince.

Huang Degong neither agreed nor refused, but asked Lin Tinghui to go back and report first, and asked him to come to Jiujiang City to hear the news three days later.

Lin Tinghui, as the deputy envoy of Tixue, was just a pedantic Confucian scholar. Like his teacher Zhang Shenyan, Lin Tinghui was as ambitious as his teacher Zhang Shenyan.

Even, in order to flaunt himself, Lin Tinghui habitually brags for himself, saying how domineering and self-respecting Huang Degong was at the beginning, he refused to listen to him, threatened himself to kill himself, and even forced himself to take refuge in him. Knowing the advantages and disadvantages of Huang Degong, Huang Degong was forced to finally change his attitude, treat himself more politely, and finally agreed to resume peace talks in three days.

This is also a common problem of literati. They like to exaggerate a very ordinary thing and flaunt their own greatness. In addition, they have a good ability to tell stories, so Lin Tinghui is the same. He is so boastful, plus Zhang Shenyan and others pushed the flames from the sidelines, but Zuo Liangyu really believed it: "It seems that Huang Degong is not without ambition. In this case, the old man will wait for him for another three days! Pass down the order, temporarily suspend the drums, and prepare a generous gift. Three days later Take Lin Tixue to see Huang Degong."

When Huang Degong saw that the Zuojun had stopped the offensive, he couldn't help but sneered, and began to order the officers and soldiers in the city to strengthen their defenses. He also told the Jinyiwei Commander Wu Mengming to continue to increase internal investigations and public opinion incitement, and at the same time to step up the transfer of money and food into Jiujiang City, while the wounded and Some important supplies also took advantage of this time to leave the city and transfer to Nanchang.

At the same time, Weng Zhiqi had more time to avoid confrontation with the main force of the Zuo army, and continued to increase the offensive in Huangzhou and Anqing. Shangli, the magistrate of Susong in Yu, also successfully joined forces with his own [-] infantry and repelled Zhang Yuanliang's troops from the left.

Huang Yi, the censor who took refuge in the Zuo army, was also killed by Jin Yiwei at this time. Zhang Yuanliang had to retreat to Huanggang, which cut off part of Zuo Liangyu's food supply. Weng Zhiqi took the opportunity to occupy Huangmei and divided Zuo Liangyu's department into two parts.

Here, Yuan Jixian who was stationed in Anqing also had plenty of time to transfer money and food to Anqing to strengthen the city defense of Anqing. At the same time, after hearing that Weng Zhiqi occupied Susong and Huangmei and blocked Zuo Liangyu's northward road, he immediately personally escorted [-] stone grain and countless ordnance Yixie rushed to Susong, and when he saw Weng Zhiqi, he held Weng Zhiqi in person: "The general led the army into Huguang and cut off Zuo Liangyu's way to the north. It can be said that it is wise and brave. I will reward you in a memorial!"

It wasn't that Yuan Jixian really respected Weng Zhiqi, a warrior, but because he was lured by the imperial court's position as a triad. Although he was a civil servant and the governor of the war zone, he also actively participated in the battle. When he heard that Weng Zhiqi went deep into Huguang and Nanzhi alone When he was attached to the west, he decisively considered that Weng Zhiqi might run out of food and grass, so he immediately dispatched food and grass to help Weng Zhiqi.

Therefore, Weng Zhiqi's department no longer needs to collect food from the people, and the military discipline will not be corrupted. It can also provide some food to appease the people and win the hearts of the people. Also stand more stable.

"Thank you, Governor, for your success. The general is very grateful. All of this is due to Lord Hou's command. The general dare not take the credit. Now that the left army has not been eliminated, the general has to do his best to prepare for the sudden northward movement of the left army, so as to block it for you, the governor. The North Gate!" Weng Zhiqi said.

Yuan Jixian personally poured wine for Weng Zhiqi: "Then there is General Lao. There are generals in the imperial court who are brave enough to fight. Why worry about the rebels? The general came here for the first time, and the people's livelihood here is poor. They have been tortured by the left army for many years, and the people can hardly support them." Army, General, if necessary, you can send someone to tell me directly, and I will send someone to help you directly, and I will send someone to say hello to the Marquis of Jingnan."

Only when the generals are in harmony can the country be revitalized. Now because of the great righteousness of the rebel against the traitor Zuo Liangyu, Zhu Youjian seduces the position of the king and the three princes. In addition, Zhu Youjian directly delegates power, making Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong in charge The civil and military officials on the right can respond positively, regardless of their relatives or distance. Compared with the civil and military discord and selfishness of the left army, the outcome of victory or defeat is naturally self-evident.

Three days later, Lin Tinghui, who claimed to be Tang Jian of the Tang Dynasty, came to Jiujiang City again. This time he brought a generous gift, three cannons, twenty boxes of three-eyed blunderbuss and Lumi blunderbuss, and war horses. Two hundred horses, countless gold and silver, and even ten beauties.

Unexpectedly, Huang Degong smiled directly: "I accept the gift, but I have to accept the head of Lin Tixue. Come on, kill this traitor who rebelled against the court and helped the tyrant first! Then send his head to the Nanjing Imperial Palace." , I, Huang, am not Zuo Liangyu, I would rather be abandoned by you than abandon you!"

"Huang Degong, you! You can't kill me! You vulgar warrior, you", before Lin Tinghui could finish speaking, Huang Degong's personal soldier chopped off Lin Tinghui's head, and Lin Tinghui's head fell to the ground in an instant Perhaps Lin Tinghui never thought that he would be directly deceived by Huang Degong until his death.

Here, Zuo Liangyu waited for another three days, but he didn't wait for the news of Lin Tinghui's return. He even began to doubt whether Lin Tinghui had defected to the imperial court. He even began to doubt Zhang Shenyan.

On this day, the people who went to Jiujiang with Lin Tinghui came back and told Zuo Liangyu the news. After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu vomited blood again, and his life was only half left. He didn't expect that he would be played by Huang Degong like this. He wasted a long time in vain.

Zuo Liangyu directly threatened to break through Jiujiang City and smash Huang Degong to pieces. Now he hated Huang Degong so much that he could only storm Jiujiang City now, and had lost the opportunity to attack Anqing from Huangmei Susong.

On that day, hundreds of thousands of troops from the Left Army attacked Jiujiang City by land and water. Jin Shenghuan continued to take the lead. For a while, the entire river outside Jiujiang City once again set off turbulent waves. Countless Left Army troops swarmed towards the bank of Jiujiang City. Huang Degong's side was also under artillery fire. All together, the bombing of the river bank less than a hundred paces deep made no grass grow, and even fish and dolphins were killed by the bombing.

But Jiujiang City is like a nail firmly nailed to the edge of the Yangtze River, and the Zuo army will be killed by thousands of enemies, thunderbolt bombs, bows and arrows, and rolling logs.

Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to give the order to retreat, and then came Luo Dai's men, and Luo Dai's men did not persist for a long time before retreating again.

When the fighting ceased at night, the left army had to retreat to the north bank of the Yangtze River due to lack of energy.

(End of this chapter)