Chapter 61: The Battle for Linhuai

"The last general will meet Lu Gong." A big man said.

This big man is dressed in armor, with a short sword and firearm on his body, his face is a little rough, a pair of big hands are extremely rough, and there are a lot of calluses on it, at first glance, it is the hands of a martial arts practitioner, he looks like he is only about thirty years old, and he is respectful to Lu Zhenfei.

This person is none other than Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui, formerly known as Zheng Zhifeng, is Zheng Zhilong's fourth brother.

The intersection with Lu Zhenfei was not long, but Lu Zhenfei gave Zheng Zhifeng a lot of guidance.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lu Zhenfei served as a patrol in Fujian and sent Zheng Zhilong and Huang Binqing to attack Liu Xiang. However, it's just one of the fighters.

Lu Zhenfei saw that he was a talent that could be created, so he told him to take the right path and gave him a lot of books on the art of war. Let him take the martial arts exam.

Relying on the power of the Zheng family and Zheng Hongkui's own efforts, he became a martial artist in the ninth year of Chongzhen.

Although the gold content of Wu Jinshi is not as good as that of Wen Jinshi. But how is it also from the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhifeng also changed his name to Zheng Hongkui, and from the bright side, he divided the boundary with Zheng Zhifeng. Or rather, there was a difference of opinion between the two brothers.

Zheng Zhilong understands very well that the foundation of his Zheng family is on the sea. Even if there is an official body, it is just to take care of the sea business.

But Zheng Hongkui felt that the Zheng family's state of being both an official and a thief could not last long. Zheng Hongkui wanted the Zheng family to be loyal to the imperial court and become a family of generals, such as the nine-sided generals, and even the generals of the Yu family in Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong felt that Zheng Hongkui was too naïve.

However, no matter how you say it, they are brothers, and Zheng Zhilong also wants to help, so Zheng Hongkui left Fujian with the support of his family, first in Tianjin, and then transferred to the vicinity of Anqing. has the rank of general on his body, and there are thousands of elites under his command.

It can be regarded as a daring general.

Lu Zhenfei was overjoyed, picked up Zheng Hongkui and said, "Shengyi, let the old man wait." When you come, the old man will be relieved. The people and horses of Huai'an have all been handed over to the Holy Rites, without further ado. The situation in Fengyang is in crisis, so let's set off tomorrow. ”

Lu Zhenfei knew it in his heart, he knew that he was not a leader in battle, and he didn't know what to command in battle, and Zheng Hongkui was also an old unit he had promoted, and he had the reputation of daring to fight. He doesn't believe Zheng Hongkui, who else does he believe.

Zheng Hongkui was shocked in his heart and said, "Has Fengyang City been in crisis to this extent? ”

Lu Zhenfei sighed and said, "Cao Thief's son-in-law is a fierce general. ”

Under the city of Fengyang.

The reliefs near the Fengyang City Gate are extremely broken.

Countless dragon and phoenix patterns have been shattered, or there are tails missing, or claws are missing, and even some can't see what kind of curiosity they are

Beast.

Even though the white marble railing is strong, it can't stop the cannonballs, and countless railings have been broken, leaving only intermittent railings, which seems to have a decadent beauty.

The four gates, as well as the four bridges outside the gates, were the main points of the battle between the two sides.

After all, when Fengyang City was first built, no one wanted to hit here, and these four bridges were built so strong that it was not easy to demolish them for a while.

Zhang Xuan sent the Xuzhou army and the Guide army to attack the three gates respectively, which was a method of encircling three and missing one. The two divisions of Jin Shenghuan and Yang Shenzu roamed around the periphery, and within hundreds of miles, the movement of the brigade could not hide from Zhang Xuan at all, and Zhang Xuan himself sat in the camp, and used his own personal soldiers and Runing's army as a reserve, ready to deal with possible attacks at any time. And Zhang Su is the main one, and the people are recruited.

Cut off the upper reaches of the moat. And urged the people to fill in the moat from all directions.

Attacking for several days in a row, the three city gates are also extremely hard, no matter how to attack, it is just to see the relief on the city wall, and the copper nails and red paint on the gate, and the fight is embarrassing, but it does not hurt the city wall at all, but the two armies of Guide, Xuzhou, and the soldiers are lost.

However, Cao Zongyu and Yuan Shizhong don't care.

After all, they all know that the biggest problem in their army is that there are too many recruits.

Seeing blood more often, whether it is the blood of others or the blood of one's own, is always beneficial.

However, things are doing well in Zhang Su.

There is a large army as the backstage, and the people everywhere dare not resist stubbornly, plus Zhang Su's treatment is good, at least take care of the food.

In these years, in the process of water control, there were very few hired workers, that is, people who were paid to do the work, and most water conservancy projects were conscripted for labor. The people brought their own tools and obeyed the dispatch of the government, and even some officials even provided food. In any case, Zhang Xuan guarantees that he will have enough to eat, which is good for the people.

As long as you can eat enough, what is the strength?

Strength is worthless anyway.

The only thing that makes Zhang Xuan uncomfortable is that it is August now, and it is the busy season for farming, and the people are busy with farm work, and they can't get much from forced requisition. Fortunately, Ma Shiying set fire to many houses in the outer city, leaving countless people homeless.

Not all of these people can enter the inner city.

With these people, it can be regarded as filling the labor gap in Zhang Xuan's hands.

It's just too much food.

The only thing that makes Zhang Xuan fortunate is that the Ming Dynasty originally established four large granaries in Linhuai, although for so many years, most of these granaries were empty and hollowed out by corrupt officials. However, for the sake of their books, there is still some grain on top of this granary.

These grains, coupled with the autumn harvest, were enough to support the army for a while.

"Report." One scout said:

"General Jin sent someone to report that the Huai'an official army had been dispatched. At this moment, Linhuai County has been captured. ”

"What's going on?" Zhang Xuan frowned, he just thought of Linhuai's grain but didn't expect Linhuai to lose it.

Zhang Xuan doesn't attach much importance to Linhuai, the only thing that makes him pay attention to Linhuai's grain, but most of Linhuai's grain has already been transported, and there is not much left.

There was a priority, and Zhang Xuan focused on attacking Fengyang City.

Therefore, Linhuai County only sent a temporary conscripted local rebel army to guard it.

In such a Ming Dynasty, from the south to Liangguang and the north to the three sides, almost anywhere, there were countless grass-headed soldiers. As soon as Zhang Xuan's banner was erected, I don't know how many people came to defect. These people Zhang Xuan used Li Xin's old skills to guard all places.

Hongo guards the homeland, and I think it should be of some use.

"Huai'an people came by waterway, rushed straight to Linhuai, and there were people in Linhuai City who responded, and this was the day when the city was broken." The scout said.

"Know who is leading the troops? Lu Zhenfei is here? Zhang Xuan said.

"I only know that there is a 'Zheng' character on the flag, and the rest is unknown." The scout said.

"Zheng." Zhang Xuan groaned in his heart.

The most famous Zheng family in this era is none other than the Nan'an Zheng family. That is, the vein of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong.

However, Zhang Xuan immediately ruled this out, and he secretly said in his heart: "Zheng Zhilong's activity area is in Fujian, and there are overseas, how could he suddenly come here?" Zheng Chenggong is now still in Nanjing Guozijian. Zheng is a big surname, not just a surname Zheng, it has something to do with Nan'an Zheng. ”

Zhang Xuan remembered the location of Linhuai City, and suddenly found in his heart that this Linhuai was really not easy to do.

Without him, Linhuai and Fengyang are too close.

There is Linhuai County first, and then there is Fengyang Mansion.

Even the local people call Linhuai County the old city, and Fengyang Mansion is the new city. There are only a dozen miles between the two sides, Zhang Xuan is still talking about the location of the camp, if you just say it, the distance between the outer city wall of Fengyang Mansion and Linhuai County will only be closer.

The official army has established a foothold here, and Zhang Xuan has been attacked by the enemy.

However, Zhang Xuan also knew that the official army had already occupied Linhuai County, and it was not easy to drive people out again.

"Send someone to pass the order to General Yang, so that General Yang is the main general, Jin Shenghuan is the deputy general, and Qin Meng follows him. Intercept officers and soldiers. Zhang Xuan said: "If Linhuai County can go down, if it can't, then it can't let the officials and soldiers get closer to Fengyang City." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone agreed to come down and go down to give the order.

When the cavalry was attacking the city, it was useless, and Zhang Xuan sent it out. Thinking that there are more than 10,000 cavalry, although Linhuai County is only ten miles away from Fengyang Mansion, these ten miles are like a moat. It is absolutely difficult to move an inch of Huai'an soldiers.

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