Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 250

Li Yan expressed his views to Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, and Gao Yigong, governor of Huguang, in high spirits.

Compared with when he was working for Li Zicheng before, Li Yan seems to be more suitable for the current environment. His immediate boss is Huguang Governor Du Yinxi instead of Emperor Li Zicheng. The governor of the province, therefore, has no prestige and is broad-minded, and he is from the same scholar-official background as Li Yan, so he can give Li Yan a lot of freedom to play and respect Li Yan's habits.

At the same time, after Li Zicheng's death, Gao Yigong and other former generals who broke into the army are now more convinced of Li Yan, which also makes Li Yan more confident, confident and motivated to display his talents than before.

Du Yinxi understood Li Yan's meaning, and also realized that Li Yan was thinking about the future safety of the entire Daming Jiangshan community at this moment.

Du Yinxi, who was born as a Jinshi in the top two rankings of the Ming Dynasty, was naturally very pleased with this, and a hint of admiration for Li Yan appeared on his face, and he also called Li Yan like Gao Yigong and others: "In the opinion of the military teacher , how should we deal with it?"

"Defend Wuchang! Wait for the imperial army to come to help! With His Majesty's wisdom, it is impossible not to save Wuchang, unless His Majesty has a deeper consideration." Li Yan glanced at Gao Yigong and others, but he did not reveal what this deeper consideration was.

But Du Yinxi understood as soon as he heard it, and understood that if he was the emperor Zhu Youjian, he would probably consider using the hands of Man Qing to get rid of the extermination army.

But at this time, Du Yinxi began to become suspicious. He didn't know whether Li Yan's choice to stick to Wuchang was really for Daming's consideration or he was testing His Majesty's attitude towards the extermination army.

In all fairness, Du Yinxi, although he doesn't know what His Majesty thinks, but he knows that many officials in the court are still very resentful towards intruders, even his former immediate boss He Tengjiao is the same, after all, they used to be enemies of each other, and now even if they belong to However, no one can guarantee that the scholar-bureaucrats really accepted this group of rioters who had rebelled.

"impossible!"

Du Yinxi suddenly slapped the table angrily, and got up directly: "What further considerations can your Majesty have? Armaments, food, cotton armor, and clothes are all in the hands of His Majesty, and the Grand Marshal's Office directly dispatched them, and even warned the station several times. , Don't let yourself be a minister, and belittle the righteous men who resisted the Qing Dynasty, you can see your majesty's benevolence, what the military commander said is really absurd!"

Li Yan realized that he seemed to have said something, so he hurriedly chatted: "Don't be angry when making the platform, there is no need to say it clearly, the courteous treatment of your majesty is also seen by the officials, and the officials just said it casually, and now let's get down to business. Well, I think that once we stick to Wuchang, if Azig attacks, we can hold him back, and if Azige retreats, we can attack him immediately! No matter what the situation is, the imperial court should not ignore it.”

"Of course the imperial court will not sit idly by!"

Du Yinxi immediately replied and drank a sip of tea: "As you said, defend Wuchang to the death." Then, Du Yinxi looked at Huguang General Soldier Gao Yigong again: "General Soldier Gao may have objections."

"We'll listen to the military advisor." Li Yan couldn't help but give him a sideways glance at Gao Yigong this time. Seeing Du Yinxi's calm expression, he was slightly relieved.

"My official went to call on the sergeants and people in the city to prepare to defend the city, to raise food, grass and military equipment, the governor Li Yan commanded the defense of the city, and the commander-in-chief Gao Yigong followed Li Yan's orders." Du Yinxi still went through the motions and left the governor of Huguang first. Huguang Governor Li Yan and Huguang Commander Gao Yigong hurriedly handed over their hands: "I will listen to the order."

However, after Du Yinxi left, Gao Yigong and others couldn't help asking Li Yan: "Military Master, you said that we will stick to Wuchang, will the imperial court really take care of it?"

"Who knows, I don't know who this Majesty is today, but what I can be sure of is that the blockade will not ignore us." When Li Yan said this, Liu Tichun couldn't help but take the words: "If the court doesn't care, Why don't we focus on blocking Taiwan, anyway, this Huguang is his."

"Stop talking nonsense! The power of Huguang was also given to him by His Majesty. If you say this, you will harm the blockade." Li Yan reprimanded and began to arrange the defense of the city.

Because Du Yinxi and Li Yan reached an agreement, the main force of the extermination army still stood firm in Wuchang City.

At this time, Azig had not heard the news of Duoduo's defeat. The decree he received was still the first decree issued by the Qing court, that is, the decree that he should not underestimate the enemy and make rash advances. Azige did not understand why the court He would send such a decree, but he also guessed that it might be that Duoduo entered the south of the Yangtze River because he was too hasty and encountered trouble.

On the contrary, Azig became even more excited because of this. He never thought that his military ability was inferior to that of Dodo, and he even thought that he was superior to Dodo. Now that Dodo is in trouble, he should naturally be stronger than Dodo. He needs to be strong, and the fact that Wuchang City has not been captured for one more day is an insult to him.

Azig came galloping on his horse, looking at the Wuchang City in front of him, he couldn't help but raise his lips, and behind him were ten thousand Manchurian cavalry, including Ao, who was originally a powerful minister of the Qing court during the Kangxi period. bye.

There are also Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, the kings of the Han Dynasty.

Right now, Wu Sangui is eager to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Youjian's revenge against him makes him no longer yearn to kill Chongzhen Zhu Youjian every day and night.

But what can't be helped is that he is an old minister of the Ming Dynasty after all, and in front of outsiders, he has to say that he is ashamed of Chongzhen.

Hundreds of red cannons of the Qing army were also lifted from the curtain at this time, and the muzzles of the cannons were directly facing the gate of the outer city of Wuchang.

Obai had also been ordered by Azige to run around the outer city of Wuchang with a hundred white-armored soldiers, proficiently shooting arrows and bows, testing the defenses of Wuchang city.

At this time, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun and other main generals of the Annihilation Army also assembled their troops and went up to the outer city tower in person, and some of the cavalry of the Annihilation Army had already left the city directly, ready to fight the enemy, and even began to fight in the moat and to fight against the enemy. Dig trenches in the outer city and set up horse-repelling formations, and all the houses along the city walls and main streets were occupied as temporary shelters.

Obviously, after fighting the Qing army many times, the Yuan Chuang army, the extermination army, is now considered to be rich in experience, knowing that the battle of defending the city can no longer be defended on the city wall.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the extermination army were much better equipped than in the past. The officers and soldiers at the grassroots level basically wore cotton armor, and the hoes and sickles were replaced by simple spears and simple knives. Wait for the armor and battle clothes that add dignity.

All the firearms were replaced with Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock guns, some Lumi blunderbusses and three-eyed blunderbusses, and [-] more artillery pieces were added, which were operated by Frangji mercenaries.

Zhu Youjian sent the [-] Franc mercenaries that Qu Shixu hired from Macau to stay in the capital to participate in ordnance manufacturing and other affairs, and most of them were sent to the Huguang battlefield, which was dispatched by Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang.

(End of this chapter)