Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 340 Soldiers Guide Chang
After the Ming army occupied Jiujiang for three days, Wang Yan led the rear army to the city. He learned that Li Guo and Jiang Riguang had captured Jiujiang City without a single soldier, and he immediately praised it.

Jiujiang is in the lower reaches of Wuchang. With this city in hand, Hubei can be regarded as a barrier.

Although Wang Yan talked with He Tengjiao a lot, and told him the strategy of defending Hubei that he thought of without reservation, and advised him, but he really had a shadow of He Tengjiao, and he didn't trust this unreliable teammate.

Taking Jiujiang City at this time will undoubtedly make Wuchang have a reliance, which makes Wang Yan feel relieved.

In ancient times, a scholar was a famous person in the local area, respected by the people, and the status of juren was even higher. The magistrate had to discuss everything with him, and it was even more important to be a Jinshi. Provincial pride.

Jiang Yueguang was a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, and a scholar of the Hongguang Dynasty. His status was comparable to that of the former prime ministers, and he had a very high prestige in Jiangxi. It was crucial to Wang Yan's plan to restore Jiangxi.

After all, you can rely on generals to win a city, but you need a highly respected existence like Jiang Riguang to stabilize a place.

This time Jiujiang was able to kill without bloodshed, and it was all his plan.

In addition, Jiang Yueguang allowed Wang Deren to enter Nanchang as an internal support, which undoubtedly enabled the Ming army to easily conquer Nanchang, which shocked the whole of Jiangxi. Wang Yan was very satisfied with this.

He saw that Kuang Zhao, the governor of Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty, had been killed by the Qing soldiers, and the court had not re-appointed officials, and that Jiang Riguang was competent in Jiangxi both in terms of reputation and ability, so he facilitated discussions with Jiang Riguang and recommended him as governor of Jiangxi. And will recommend to the emperor to add a bachelor's degree for him.

After Emperor Longwu succeeded to the throne in Fujian, due to the suppression of the Zheng family, in order to gain the support of all parties, he successively appointed more than 20 prestigious, powerful and influential ministers as university scholars. The largest number of people in the cabinet.

Although this move made the position of a scholar less valuable than before, it did win over a large number of officials, recognized Longwu as the emperor, and united the anti-Qing forces in Nanming.

Wang Yan knew that the emperor was very willing to include someone like Jiang Riguang in the cabinet, so he was confident in recommending Jiang Riguang to the emperor.

For Wang Yan's recommendation, Jiang Riguang readily accepted, so he immediately started to build a team in Jiujiang. Relying on his popularity in Jiangxi and only a few letters, he recruited several counties near Jiujiang, and soon He recruited his former disciples, former officials, old friends, Jinshi Liu Silai and Yu Yinggui to serve him.

The 6 green battalion surrendered, and Wang Yan also handed it over to him to form his own Fubiao pro-army. However, Wang Yan did not stay in Jiujiang. He brought [-] horses, known as an army of [-], and marched to Nanchang in a mighty manner. .

Three days later, [-] Ming troops came to Nanchang. The battalion was waving banners and flags, and the naval warships of the Zhuang Ministry directly entered the Gan River. The majestic and majestic ships scared the Qing soldiers in Nanchang.

According to the usual practice, Wang Yanzhi wrote to the Nanchang garrison to surrender within three days. If the city was not opened, after the city was broken, all the officials of the Qing court would be beheaded, and the family members would sit together.

As early as when Wang Deren fled back to Nanchang with 10 soldiers and horses, Jiujiang fell, and the news that Wang Yan, the Duke of Chu of the Ming Dynasty, claimed to have [-] horses, went south to restore Jiangxi, spread throughout the city.

In addition, the news that Luck Dehun was defeated in Hubei and ruined tens of thousands of Eight Banners finally couldn't contain the fire, and there was an uproar in the city.

Now that the Ming army is approaching the city, Chi Bianlong, the governor of Jiangxi, Zhang Yutian, the governor, Dong Xuecheng, and Arkang, who stayed behind to supervise the military affairs in northern Jiangxi, are very frightened.

The city of Nanchang was precarious, and Arkang was worried that something might happen, so he dispatched reliable troops to step up inspections and control the entire city, and the law and order in Nanchang suddenly became tighter.

Teams of soldiers patrolled the streets and alleys, the streets became deserted, the doors of cars were sparse, and the people dared not go to the streets easily, and the horror of the imminent war shrouded everywhere.

This morning, a carriage stopped in front of Linjiang Building. Jin Shengheng stayed in Nanchang City. Wu Zunzhou, the shogunate secretary who took care of the assets and grain, came out of the carriage. The waiter at the door rushed forward, bowed and smiled : "Mr. Wu came so early."

Linjiang Tower was originally owned by a wealthy businessman in Nanchang City, but Jin Shengheng coveted his property. Just when the haircut order happened, the rich merchant was unwilling to shave his hair and fled south with his family. Jin Shengheng took the restaurant as his own. property in his name.

This restaurant is also managed by Wu Zunzhou. It is a place he often comes to. The shopkeeper and the bartender in the building are already familiar with him. Wu Zunzhou smiled slightly: "Is General Wang here?"

"Here we come! We're here! General Liu Shen and Lord Huang are here. Mr. Wu, please go upstairs!" Wu Zun Zhou heard the words, nodded, and under the guidance of a bartender, he pulled up his gown and walked quickly to the second floor.In the past few days, due to the siege of the city by the Ming army, the city of Nanchang has become very depressed, so there are almost no customers in the restaurant, and there are only one table on the second floor.

In the cubicle next to the window, Wang Deren stood at the door and looked out. He saw Wu Zunzhou going up the stairs from a distance, and hurried up to greet him, "Mr. Wu came on time~" Wu Zunzhou clasped his fists and saluted, "General Invitation, how can I be late?" After a few words of pleasantries, Wang Deren pulled Wu Zunzhou into the booth and sat down. There were already several people in the booth, all of whom were officials or military officers who had good friends with Wang Deren.

At this time, Wang Deren lowered his voice and said to several people: "Today is the last day of the three-day period, and I will not hide it from everyone. As early as in Jiujiang, I surrendered like the Ming army."

Hearing the words, Wu Zun couldn't help frowning slightly and said, "General Wang came to discuss with us today, is it because he wants us to dedicate the city together?"

Seeing Liu Yipeng at the side, Huang Renlong lowered his voice and said: "The table outside is probably the governor's people, let's be careful when we speak." Wang Deren laughed and said: "In Nanchang City, he would have three thousand soldiers and horses, but General Liu Can There are 2000 people, the governor and Arkang are only three thousand bids and two hundred and eight banners, so why be afraid of him? In fact, I invited a few people over today to give a few old acquaintances a chance. Whether you are willing to dedicate the city together, I will I will dedicate the city tonight. I have 3000 people, is it not easy to dedicate the city? The key is that Chu Guogong and Jiang Ge do not want to destroy Nanchang, but want to take over the entire northern Jiangxi safely!"

There are a total of 8000 people in Nanchang. If Wang Deren wants to dedicate the city, it means that a small half of the defenders will turn against each other.

Wu Zunzhou also understood this, but he said with some scruples: "I am the shogunate secretary of Jindu Town. If I dedicate the city with General Wang, won't Jindu Town be affected?"

Wang Deren said: "As early as last year, when the governor of the Huangge Department entered Jiangxi, he wrote three letters to persuade Admiral Jin anyway. Elder Yang Ge also had correspondence with Admiral Jin. Daming has always attached great importance to Admiral Jin. This time, how about some persuasion?"

Wu Zunzhou was slightly silent, Wang Deren turned his eyes, and then said: "Furthermore, Nalk Dehun was only a defeated general. After fleeing to Jiangxi, he directly seized all his strength regardless of the establishment of Jindu Town. In order to make Jin Duzhen feel cold. At present, Chu Guogong and Wan Dushi have already formed a pincer attack on Luck Dehun. The Qing army will inevitably fail in Jiangxi. Mr. Wu is Jin Duzhen's confidant and aide, so he should help him The situation in the Qing Dynasty, don't accompany the Qing court to be buried~"

Wang Deren had already surrendered to Daming, so he was thinking about how to gain credit and be appreciated by Wang Yan, and recruiting Jin Shengheng, the largest green battalion leader in Jiangxi, was undoubtedly the best choice.

There were four or five people sitting in the cubicle, but for Wang Deren, the most important thing was Wu Zunzhou in front of him. As long as he could persuade him, Jin Shengheng's confidant and aide, he would be the bridge, and it would not be far to recruit Jin Shengheng.

(Thanks to my UI, Yuedong Woxin for the reward, and thanks to Ziye Saburo for the gift.)
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