In Luzhou, Gao Jie and 20,000 Shaanxi troops were sent outside Yangzhou for more than half a year, and were finally transferred to Luzhou by a holy decree of Zhu Cihong to take over Huang Degong's defense.

Gao Jie was not happy about this, although the emperor transferred him to Luzhou and let him not be under the fence, but he did not make him the chief soldier of Luzhou, he still guarded Luzhou in the name of the general army of Shaanxi, and the emperor did not tell him where Huang Degong would go after leaving Luzhou, which showed that the emperor did not attach importance to him Gao Jie at all.

What makes Gao Jie even more red is that Huang Degong now has an army of 150,000 in his hands, and he Gao Jie still only has 20,000, and the imperial court will not even let him expand his original 40,000 full number, which is too embarrassing.

In fact, what Gao Jie didn't know was that Zhu Cihong deliberately hung Gao Jie like this, Gao Jie had a violent personality, and when he went south, he also ordered his subordinates to loot the people in Henan, which made Zhu Cihong very unhappy, although Henan had been controlled by Li Zicheng at that time, but the people there were always the people of the Ming Dynasty, and Gao Jie could not rob those ordinary people.

Originally, Zhu Cihong sent Gao Jie to take over the defense of Luzhou, intending to give Gao Jie a chance, if Gao Jie could honestly keep his duty for a while, Zhu Cihong would probably consider reusing Gao Jie again, but Gao Jie did not wait for that time in the end, and only stayed in Luzhou for a short month, and then got on the thief ship under the temptation of Zuo Liangyu and embarked on the road of no return to rebellion.

After three days and three nights of non-stop detours, the personal soldiers sent by Zuo Liangyu finally delivered Zuo Liangyu's handwritten letter to Gao Jie in Luzhou.

"Crowned king? Rip a province! After Gao Jie read the handwritten letter sent by Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers, his face changed unpredictably, and it could be seen from his eyes that he was extremely moved by Zuo Liangyu's temptation.

He Gao Jie has been taking refuge in the imperial court for more than ten years since Gao Yingxiang's death, and he is just a general soldier, and he is also a general soldier who is not valued by the emperor, anyway, who is not taking refuge, if Zuo Liangyu can really crown him king after breaking through Nanjing City, and tear the soil to give him a province, what about the rebellion, Gao Jie made a decision in an instant.

"Kashiwa-xiong, what do you think?" Gao Jie called his henchman Lian Baixiong, and handed him the handwritten letter from Zuo Liangyu, and asked.

"Do you think Zuo Liangyu is credible?" Lian Baixiong asked Gao Jie rhetorically.

Lian Baixiong and Gao Jie are fellow villagers, the two of them participated in Gao Yingxiang's uprising together, after Gao Yingxiang's death, the two accepted the recruitment of the imperial court, Gao Jie gradually achieved the position of the chief soldier, and even Baixiong was promoted to the deputy chief soldier, and the two were grasshoppers on a rope.

"With Zuo Liangyu's handwritten letter, Zuo Liangyu should not break his promise, and after breaking through Nanjing City, it is not so easy for Zuo Liangyu to get the world, and he will not break his promise at that time." Gao Jie said.

"Since this is the case, then it's the opposite, Zuo Liangyu has a million army in hand, and the imperial court can only gather about 400,000 troops at most, once the original 10,000 defenders of Jiujiang and Huang Degong's 150,000 army are all destroyed, the imperial court can have a maximum of 200,000 troops to resist Zuo Liangyu, and it is impossible to be Zuo Liangyu's opponent." Lian Baixiong analyzed.

"Okay, you go back to the barracks immediately and prepare, tomorrow we will turn against him." Gao Jie stood up and said with a hideous expression.

The 20,000 Shaanxi troops were all Gao Jie's old subordinates and were completely controlled by Gao Jie, so Gao Jie's sudden declaration of rebellion did not cause any turmoil in the barracks of the army.

Before Gao Jie rebelled, he sent people to surround and annihilate the secret branch of Jinyiwei set up in Luzhou City to collect intelligence, and more than 20 Jinyiwei in civilian clothes were all killed. Gao Jie has long been guarding against the hands of the imperial court.

The next day, 20,000 troops secretly left Luzhou City under the leadership of Gao Jie, went all the way south, and penetrated into Hukou County behind Jiujiang, pretending to be Zuo Liangyu's army, intercepting the military rations delivered by the imperial court to the defenders of Jiujiang City in one fell swoop, and burning them all. At the same time, according to the plan with Zuo Liangyu, he falsely passed on the holy decree, opened the east gate of Jiujiang City in the name of supporting the Jiujiang defenders, and entered Jiujiang City in one fell swoop when Zuo Liangyu was storming the west gate of Jiujiang City.

"Kill"

After Gao Jie's 20,000 troops entered Jiujiang City, he attacked the west gate on the one hand, trying to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu, who was besieging the city, and set fire to Jiujiang City everywhere to create chaos.

"Hahahaha, Gao Jie has succeeded, Jiujiang is in sight! Pass the order down, after breaking through Jiujiang City, the army will relax for a day! After Zuo Liangyu saw that Jiujiang was on fire everywhere and the smoke was billowing out, he immediately knew that Gao Jie had succeeded, and passed the order with a laugh.

The so-called relaxation naturally means that the soldiers are allowed to rob at will, which can boost the morale of the army. Sure enough, after the Zuo Liangyu soldiers who were besieging the city heard this order, they all shouted, they were all happy around Wuchang and Jiujiang, Jiujiang City held the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, and the prosperity was not much worse than Wuchang.

"Kill" Zuo Liangyu's soldiers attacked the city more violently, and the pressure on Huang Degong's defending army increased greatly.

"The chief soldier is not good, Jiujiang City is broken! The rebels have already entered through the east gate, what to do! A staff officer was shocked and ran to Huang Degong to report.

"How many centaurs!" Huang Degong asked.

"At least twenty thousand!"

"So much!" Huang Degong was also shocked, looking at the fires burning everywhere in Jiujiang City, his expression was extremely gloomy, and he couldn't imagine how Zuo Liangyu's soldiers bypassed Jiujiang City and appeared in the east of Jiujiang City, and entered through the east gate in one fell swoop.

This is impossible, it can't be Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, if Zuo Liangyu's soldiers can find a way to bypass Jiujiang City and appear directly to the east of Jiujiang, then what else does he need to attack Jiujiang, can't the army all bypass? Therefore, Huang Degong concluded that it could never be Zuo Liangyu's soldiers who attacked the city from the east gate, and someone must have rebelled and colluded with Zuo Liangyu.

"Newspaper"

"Lord Commander, no, the rebels have attacked the city wall again! There are hundreds, and the number continues to increase! ”

Huang Degong's face turned pale and staggered.

"I'm afraid Jiujiang City won't be able to hold it, I'm ashamed of the emperor!" Huang Degong looked up to the sky and screamed.

There are a total of 160,000 defenders in Jiujiang City, after 20 days of Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army, nearly half of them have already suffered casualties, and now there are only more than 80,000 troops, it is difficult to clear the 20,000 rebels in the city while guarding the west gate, and it is impossible to let the 20,000 rebels in the city rage.

"My lord, let's withdraw! Retreat to Anqing, I'm afraid the army will be wiped out later! Feng Yichun persuaded.

Huang Degong reacted suddenly, yes, the army can't just be wiped out, Jiujiang is gone, and Anqing, Anqing's city defense is not weaker than Jiujiang City, as long as Anqing is held, as soon as the emperor's Qinwang army arrives, even if Zuo Liangyu cannot be completely wiped out, it can make it difficult for Zuo Liangyu to move an inch under Anqing City.

"Withdraw!" Huang Degong gritted his teeth and spit out the word with difficulty.

The remaining 80,000 troops in Jiujiang City gradually withdrew from the West City Gate under Huang Degong's orders, and Zuo Liangyu's army immediately took advantage of the situation to attack the city.

Huang Degong led the army all the way to the east gate, trying to break through from the east gate, and at the same time he wanted to see who was in cahoots with Zuo Liangyu. In the end, Huang Degong saw a familiar person!

"Gao Jie! It turned out to be you, and you dared to rebel too! Huang Degong stared at Gao Jie, who was hundreds of meters away.

"Hehe, Huang Degong, the one who knows the times is Junjie, I don't think the imperial court can stop Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army, Zuo Liangyu has promised me that after capturing Nanjing City, I will be crowned king and a province will be torn apart!" Gao Jie said coldly.

"Er is a traitor, and you dare to dream this spring and autumn dream, I will take your dog's head now!" Huang Degong was furious and led an army of 80,000 to kill Gao Jie directly, looking like he would kill Gao Jie, a traitor, with his own hands.

"Kill" 80,000 troops shouting to kill the heavens.

"Hmph, I still want to take your dog's head! Kill" Gao Jie sneered, and fearlessly led an army of 20,000 to fight with Huang Degong.

Gao Jie's 20,000 troops are all elite troops who have followed Gao Jie all the way through a hundred battles, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than Huang Degong's tired army at this time, even if they occupy an absolute disadvantage in numbers, but it will not be a problem to block Huang Degong's 80,000 army for a while and a half, and when Zuo Liangyu's army surrounds him, Huang Degong will not escape.

Huang Degong naturally saw Gao Jie's plan, and knew that it was impossible to really kill Gao Jie today, so it would be better to lead the army to break through immediately, so as not to wipe out the whole army.

"Kill the handsome man, there is an order, and the official who captures Huang Meritorious Service alive will be promoted to the third level, and the reward will be ten thousand taels of silver!"

At this time, there was also a shouting of killing behind Huang Degong's army, but it was Zuo Liangyu's army that came up, and Huang Degong's army was attacked by the enemy and was in danger.

"My lord, what should I do if Zuo Liangyu's army catches up!"

"No, only fight to the death and defeat the Gao Jie army in front, everyone can live, otherwise we will be loyal to the emperor here." Huang Degong said decisively, and took the lead, leading the army to continue to rush forward and kill.

Gao Jie only has 20,000 troops in the end, although Huang Degong can be blocked for a while, so that Zuo Liangyu's army can be completely surrounded, but then his 20,000 army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, this is his most important bargaining chip, how can he lose, and finally under Gao Jie's release of water, Huang Degong broke through with more than 20,000 remnants of the army and successfully retreated to Anqing.

Anqing is the second line of defense of Nanjing City, Zhu Cihong arranged 40,000 horses here, together with Huang Degong's 20,000 remnants, a total of 60,000 troops to defend the city, but in the face of Zuo Liangyu's remaining nearly 800,000 troops, it is difficult to predict whether it can hold for seven days. Huang Degong sent 800 li to expedite the news of Gao Jie's rebellion and the loss of Jiujiang City to Nanjing City, asking the imperial court to send a large army to Anqing as soon as possible for reinforcements.

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