Chapter 54: The Forbidden Wall of Fengyang

Of course, it takes a lot of effort to build a camp, not to mention building a camp that has been stationed for a long time, it is almost a wooden city, and it takes longer, Zhang Xuan estimates that it will take at least a day or two.

Zhang Xuan decided to take a look at the Fengyang Forbidden Wall first.

However, Zhang Xuan prefers to call this the inner city.

As soon as Zhang Xuan left the camp, he saw Qin Meng and said, "There is a fire in the south." ”

"Oh." Zhang Xuan's heart moved, and he immediately remembered where it was the direction of the inner city of Fengyang.

"Check it out." Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan led more than a thousand cavalry to the south, and within a few miles, Zhang Xuan saw a raging fire, almost raising a wall of fire in front of him.

Beneath him was a large road, which seemed to have been left over from the construction of the Central Capital.

He was standing on a high place, and there was a river in front of him, Zhang Xuan didn't know what it was, but it didn't look too wide. For the army, such a river would not be an obstacle to the march at all, so Zhang Xuan didn't look too much, he looked south, and when he looked at it, he could only see from a distance that the inner city was densely packed with buildings.

Large and small buildings, and even some tall buildings, from the architectural specifications, seem to be the yamen of the government.

And these buildings are shrouded in flames.

In the flames, there was a faint cry, as if there were people in the flames.

Zhang Xuan had the urge to save people for a while, and then forced it down, it should be obvious that this flame has become a momentum. As long as the fire burns like this, even in modern times, they can only be burned out.

Although the outer city is very panicked, it does not mean that there are no people living in the outer city, these people live near the inner city, and this fire burned down all these houses.

Zhang Xuan understood why Ma Shiying did this.

The outer city of Fengyang Mansion is large and inappropriate, and it cannot be defended at all, so it can only be defended in the inner city.

And if you don't clean up the buildings near the inner city, these buildings will bring a lot of convenience to Zhang Xuan, and under the cover of these buildings, the arrows and shells of the officials and soldiers above the city can be covered a lot.

Before defending the city, clean up the horizon, this is a must for any defender, and with the execution ability of this official army, it can only take most of the people away, it is impossible to miss a single one, after the fire burns, there are still people in the fire area, Zhang Xuan can also understand.

But Zhang Xuan understood everything, but he couldn't forgive, he didn't know that he couldn't forgive Ma Shiying's atrocities, and he couldn't forgive himself. With this fire, at least tens of thousands of people are homeless, and there will be no state compensation if they come to the Ming Dynasty, and even if they do, they will not be able to share it in the hands of the people.

In a big war, the winner has not yet been decided, but the people have paid an unknown price for it.

The bloody reality let Zhang Xuan know what it is, prosperity, the people suffer, death, and the people suffer.

It is a good thing that Zhang Xuan doesn't know what to do, that is, Zhang Xuan empathizes, if he is above Ma Shiying's position, he may do the same thing.

"Is this the person I hate the most when I grow up?" Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "I'm still growing up." ”

No matter what it was, Zhang Xuan couldn't bear to look at it anymore. For a moment, I couldn't see anything.

After all, Zhang Xuan couldn't get close, could he only see the raging fire?

As soon as Zhang Xuan returned to the camp, he ordered Yang Shenzu to come to see him.

"General Yang." Zhang Xuan said: "Did the general participate in the burning of the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum? ”

Yang Shenzu said: "This time, I have participated, but the main thing is done by Huang Hu, and our Cao Ying is just a fighter." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "I asked you to burn the imperial tomb again today, but I don't know what General Yang's decision is?" ”

Fengyang is the most central building of the Ming Dynasty, and there are two places, one is Fengyang City, the entire Fengyang City is a building with the specifications of the Beijing Division, and the political status is very important, and the other is the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum.

"My lord, it's not that my old Yang is unwilling to work hard, but that the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum is not easy to handle?"

The Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum was the first building to be built, not a mausoleum at all, but a city with three city walls. The outermost wall has a circumference of twenty-eight miles.

Such an imperial mausoleum is a city.

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan is not ignorant of the situation. Regarding the architectural specifications of the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, Zhang Xuan may not know as much as Yang Shenzu, a person who has been to the Imperial Mausoleum in person, but it is not that he has not investigated, he said: "It's just a virtual reality, you lead the troops to rush and check the virtual reality on the side of the Imperial Mausoleum, if you want to come to Fengyang City, there are not many defenders on the side of the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, if you can attack, you will attack, if you can't attack, set fire to the imperial city, I want to see if Ma Shiying is so calm." ”

Yang Shenzu's heart moved, and he immediately understood that Zhang Xuan wanted to force Ma Shiying out of the city.

Immediately agreed to come down.

The imperial mausoleum is in the south of Fengyang Mansion, in the inner city of Fengyang, there is a royal street, from the noon gate directly out of the city to the imperial mausoleum city, the pines and cypresses on both sides are green, the maintenance is very good, for the use of the imperial mausoleum.

Because there are fires near the inner city, Yang Shenzu detoured from elsewhere and walked on this royal road, the royal road is worthy of being the royal road, and the horse galloped on the royal road, the speed was extremely fast, and he came to the imperial tomb city.

Yang Shenzu looked at the high walls of the Imperial Tomb, and secretly said in his heart: "This is not too easy to fight." ”

After all, the imperial tomb is buried in the mountain, although the mountain is not too steep, but in the imperial tomb city,

There will also be a slight height advantage.

When Yang Shenzu was under the Imperial Mausoleum City, the news also reached Ma Shiying's ears, and Ma Shiying's heart was extremely calm. Not a little wave.

"Father, the big thing is not good, if the imperial tomb is burned again, and Your Majesty blames it, what should I do?" Ma Luan was so anxious that he kept spinning in circles.

He remembered what happened to the governor of Fengyang who lost the imperial tomb, either beheaded or exiled outside the pass, in short, a small life hung in the balance.

"Gonggong Lu is already in the imperial tomb." Ma Shiying said: "Do you want to believe Grandpa Lu? ”

"Can Lu Jiude do it?" Ma Luan said.

During this period of time, Ma Shiying has been cultivating Ma Luan to take charge of the soldiers, and at this moment, in addition to the Guizhou Lang soldiers brought from his hometown, there are thousands of soldiers under Ma Luan's command, and he also has a little reputation in the army.

Therefore, Ma Luan has heard a lot of news in the army, and almost all the officers and soldiers Lu Jiude's military ability is not optimistic, and they all think that Lu Jiude's ability to make money is good, and he can manage the logistics of the Yongwei battalion, but no one is optimistic about his ability to command the war.

"Okay, it's Gonggong Lu's business, you better go down and train hard." Ma Shiying sighed and said, "What happens to you and my father and son in the future, I'm afraid it will depend on the strength in your hands to ensure it." ”

What Ma Luan can see, how can Ma Shiying not see it.

It's just that he does this, and naturally has his own reasons.

The reason why Lu Jiude went to garrison the Imperial Tomb City was because of Ma Shiying's hands and feet.

After Zhang Xuan crossed the Huai River, Ma Shiying knew that something was wrong, and he inevitably ran into Zhang Xuan under Fengyang City. However, his defeat is not about the battlefield, but how to minimize his losses after he fails.

The first is shirking responsibility. Lu Jiude went to guard the Imperial Mausoleum City, which was in such an idea.

Lu Jiude's strength still has thousands of brave guards in the battalion, and Lu Jiude's status is very high, and he is not in the same system as Wenchen, Ma Shiying sent him to guard the imperial mausoleum, once the imperial mausoleum is lost, Ma Shiying only bears indirect responsibility. And sending away the vassal kings in Fengyang City is also Ma Shiying's idea, once Fengyang Mansion falls, and then loses several princes. Ma Shiying really can't afford to take this responsibility.

Of course, Ma Shiying knows very well that once Fengyang falls, there is no problem for him to be martyred, but if he is not martyred, after abandoning the city and fleeing, if he wants to escape the emperor's punishment, he must rely on the strength in Ma Luan's hands.

"I didn't expect that." Ma Shiying secretly said in his heart: "I have to rely on these flies and dogs to survive." ”

Now Chongzhen's meaning has already been figured out by the people below, if Ma Shiying has some powerful troops in his hands, maybe Emperor Chongzhen will let Ma Shiying make meritorious service.

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