() In the entire Jiangnan region, there are many large cities with high walls and deep ditches, and without the help of 12-pounder bronze guns, it is difficult to quickly pacify Jiangnan.

Historically, the Houjin was able to quickly enter the customs and pacify the Jiangnan region, which had an inseparable relationship with the firearms troops led by Kong Youde.

After Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming took refuge in Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Shandong in the Ming Dynasty. However, Sun Yuanhua never dreamed that Kong Youde, whom he relied on, would launch the Wuqiao Mutiny and lead his army across the sea to Huang Taiji.

For Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, who were attached to Houjin, Huang Taiji gave extremely generous treatment, and the officials were still in their original positions, and the lower ones were promoted. Huang Taiji called the emperor, and specially sealed Kong Youde as the king of Gongshun, Geng Zhongming as the king of Huaishun, and Shang Kexi as the king of Zhishun, known as the "King of Sanshun" in history. To the "three kings" went south to fight, renamed Kong Youde as the king of Dingnan, Geng Zhongming as the king of Jingnan, and Shang Kexi as the king of Pingnan.

It was precisely because of the support of Kong Youde's firearms troops that the Houjin army was invincible throughout the south of the Yangtze River, and quickly broke through countless cities.

Now, Li Zhongyi carried a large number of 12-pounder guns and went south to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yueguo, just to end the southern expedition as soon as possible and let the whole country return to the situation of great unification as soon as possible.

The existing 12-pounder guns are all smoothbore guns, and the accuracy of the smoothbore guns is indeed very poor, in addition to relying on experience, it is more dependent on luck to improve the hit rate.

However, so many 12-pounder guns opened fire at the same time, Wang Xingkao and his soldiers at the head of the city were already frightened, their faces were like earth, their legs trembled, and they were terrified.

Including Wang Xingkao, no one has really seen the power of artillery, and even if they have heard of it, it is just a joke of boasting.

However, the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, and the Xiuzhou City where Wang Xingkao was stationed only lasted for more than half an hour, and the city gate was blasted open by Li Yongtang's artillery army.

"Kill......" The cavalry led by Li Yong, relying on the fast legs of the war horse, entered the Xiuzhou city gate first.

Li Zhongyi yawned a lot, feeling very boring. Similar to the game in front of him, setting up artillery to blast through the city gate, Li Yongtang has already played it extremely skillfully, from firing to blasting open the city gate, there is not the slightest suspense.

After the army entered the city, the defenders of Xiuzhou scattered like birds and beasts, and fled outside the city one after another.

However, Li Yong, a party barbarian, has long been familiar with the routines of the defeated army. Most of his cavalry soldiers and horses were arranged outside the four gates of Xiuzhou, with the purpose of intercepting the rout army escaping from the city along the way.

The rapid fall of Xiuzhou, the news soon spread back to Hangzhou, Xifu, and Qian was stunned when he learned the news.

In Qian's opinion, Xiuzhou City, which is high and deep, even if it can't hold on for a year, it will definitely be no problem to hold on for at least three months.

However, Qian learned from the mouth of the defeated army that Li Zhongyi had mastered a demon law, and the city was not vulnerable at all in front of the demon law.

Unlike the Central Plains, which is fought almost every year, Xiuzhou and even the entire Wuyue Kingdom have not experienced a war for decades.

"Report to the emperor, the silver money in the treasury of Xiuzhou is as much as two million, and most of the grain is intact, more than three million stone ......."

After three days of careful inventory, the harvest in Xiuzhou City has a preliminary result.

Ye Tongming, who knew the logistics director, held the account book in his hand, and reported the harvest after taking Xiuzhou.

Li Zhongyi grabbed the teacup, took a sip of tea soup, and said with a smile: "You miser, you have finally made a windfall. ”

Ye Tongming said with a smiling face: "Your Majesty, this person who is not a family does not know how difficult it is to open the door five things?" The more abundant the ministers' hands, the faster the pace of your unification of the country, Your Majesty. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, the correct concept of fighting a war is to fight logistics, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so much so that Ye Tongming will talk about it anytime and anywhere.

As the saying goes, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!

Ye Tongming, the military chief in charge of logistics, naturally has as much food, money, and materials in his hands as possible, and the more the better.

Li Zhongyi, who is a family member, and Ye Tongming's thoughts are actually no different.

The more abundant the material preparations for the reunification war, the better, and we must not let everyone go hungry and follow Li Zhongyi to fight the country.

Xiuzhou's state treasury, rich in materials and so much grain, is simply jaw-dropping, and Li Zhongyi is naturally happy.

When Li Zhongyi is in a good mood, he always likes to walk around with his hands behind his back and take a look.

Today, as soon as Li Zhongyi walked out of the door a few steps away, he heard a fierce quarrel in the General Senate next door.

Quarreling is already an inherent characteristic of the General Staff, and one day the Senators stop quarreling, which means that the General Staff Department should be abolished.

Li Zhongyi walked to the front of the courtyard of the General Staff Department, waved his hand to signal the guards to silence, and listened attentively to the views of the senators.

"After taking Xiuzhou, our army should drive straight into the city of Hangzhou, Xifu, and catch him off guard."

"Otherwise, it will be easy for our army to take Xifu Hangzhou, but if the garrisons from all over the country are scattered all over the place, this is the most troublesome thing."

"Yes, instead of going to various places to find the enemy army for a decisive battle, it is better to lure them back to Hangzhou to help, let's catch them all, how good?"

"What if Wu Yue is not fooled?"

"Hehe, how can you not be fooled? Our army broke through the gate of Xiuzhou in half an hour, as long as Qian Na kid still has some brains, he will definitely order all over the country to return to Hangzhou. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded secretly while listening, and most of the senators' arguments were reasonable.

Sometimes, however, the senators quarrel with each other, and there is also a battle of will.

In the face of the contest of sentiment among the senators, Li Zhongyi never intervened to stop it, young people, energetic, quarrels and quarrels are inevitable.

After taking Xiuzhou, the reason why he did not attack Xifu Hangzhou in one go gave Qian a chance to take a breath.

Li Zhongyi's main purpose was actually to lure Wu Yueguo's troops and horses back to Hangzhou, and then encircle the point to send reinforcements to wipe out Wu Yueguo's resistance near Hangzhou City.

Another important reason is that there are actually too many materials in Xiuzhou City, and if Li Jiajun wants to empty the warehouse, he still needs to spend some energy after all.

After Li Zhongyi lived in the state government, he found that the small life of Wang Xingkao, the guard general of Xiuzhou, was extremely luxurious.

Don't talk about anything else, just the sandalwood burner in Wang Xingkao's bedroom is a priceless pre-Qin antique.

Li Zhongyi has no preference for antiques, and he can't adapt to a life that is too luxurious, especially because the mosquito net in front of the bed is actually made of silk.

Wang Xingkao, just a Zhizhou, who would have thought that his small life was ten times more luxurious than Li Zhongyi, the king of a country?

After Li Zhongyi lived in the state government, he ordered Zhu Niang to replace the extravagant decorations in the back hall and change them into all kinds of ordinary objects that Li Zhongyi lived in on weekdays.

Just when Li Zhongyi was living a leisurely life, Li Jiajun's raid in Xiuzhou City was in full swing.

According to Li Zhongyi's meaning, all the cities that have resisted the strong Han Dynasty army, after the city is broken, will be aimed at the local tyrants and inferior gentry or the bully landlords, and carry out carpet raiding of family property.

Today's raiding is not just a matter of accumulating food and money, but also contains the logic of long-term peace and stability.

The army went south to conquer the Southern Tang and Wu Yue, and if they didn't take the opportunity to purge the wealthy class in the city, it would be difficult to do it in peacetime.

In addition, fighting a war is the logistics of fighting, and borrowing money and food from the enemy's territory to supplement the army is the most cost-effective means, and there is no one.

"Your Majesty, Wang Xingkao confessed all the information that should be said and what should not be said!"

According to Li Zhongyi's instructions, Li Haodong, who also knew the military justice department, was ordered to interrogate Wang Xingkao, the guard general of Xiuzhou, and he came to see Li Zhongyi with a thick stack of confessions in his hand.

Li Zhongyi took the confession, read it carefully, and couldn't help laughing: "With this confession, I know everything about Wu Yueguo's truth and reality!" ”

Li Haodong said with a smile: "This Wang Xingkao is obviously a soft bone, and his subordinates have not officially taken the means, so he poured beans into the bamboo tube, and all of them were recruited." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, and suddenly asked Li Haodong: "What do you think of the next battle situation?" ”

Li Haodong frowned, thought carefully for a while, and then said unhurriedly: "In the opinion of his subordinates, it is the best strategy to encircle Hangzhou in the West Mansion without really fighting, and lure and annihilate all the soldiers and horses of Wu Yueguo." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that wow, you are a person in charge of military law, and you actually know the art of war strategy, which is really gratifying." ”

Li Haodong lowered his head and whispered: "Your Majesty, you know, when your subordinates are okay on weekdays, they like to think about some things......

Li Zhongyi saw that Li Haodong was secretly afraid, so he understood his concerns, and according to the basic principles of Li Jiajun, he was not in his position and did not seek his own politics. No matter how much Li Haodong is trusted by Li Zhongyi, after all, he is only the chief officer of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, not a general of the military command system, and he must always pay attention to the risk of overstepping his authority.

In the Qianghan Dynasty, there were a total of three high-ranking spy leaders, namely Li Yanqing, the secretary of the police temple, Zuo Ziguang, the commander of the Tiqi Division, and Li Haodong, who also knew the military justice department.

Li Haodong's real name is Li Thirty, and Li Zhongyi felt that it was too earthy, so he helped him change his name to Haodong. In fact, Li Yanqing's original name was Li Shijiu, and it was also the name that Li Zhongyi personally helped him change.

The sense of smell of the spy leaders, without exception, is extremely keen. Among them, Zuo Ziguang is the most, Li Yanqing is second, and Li Haodong is second.

However, Li Zhongyi reuses Li Haodong, in addition to his absolute loyalty, that is, he is particularly down-to-earth and willing to do errands.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as it is a case handled by Li Haodong, it will eventually be proved to be an ironclad case.

Without any real skills, Li Haodongyan can get into Li Zhongyi's eyes?