The next day, He Sansheng quietly pulled out his men and horses, and drove back with great fanfare, so back and forth two or three times, in the afternoon the rebels launched a general attack on the east city gate of Yanzhou, because Bai Wenxuan's heavy equipment was still behind, the artillery bombarded the east city gate was all Zhang Wu and He San Province and their two brigades.

Twenty Hongyi cannons and two hundred Franc cannons bombarded a point at the same time, and the soldiers of the righteous army carried more than 30 ladders, braved the iron balls, arrows and stones shot down from the city tower, and bravely climbed to the city tower wave after wave, and from time to time someone fell from the top of the ladder, but the brave soldiers were not afraid, and climbed up without hesitation.

The bows and arrows of the rebels also poured mercilessly on the city, and the defenders of the east gate were also more than half of the casualties, in the face of the tide of the rebels, their tenacious will was finally destroyed, and in the face of huge casualties, many people began to seek hope for life, put down the weapons in their hands, and hid in the dark corners and did not dare to fight again.

The rebels finally reached the top of the city, and there were still a few soldiers in the city who were stubbornly resisting, and it was just a mantis arm as a chariot.

As soon as the East City Gate was broken, Yanzhou was also broken.

After Bai Wenxuan completed the rescue mission, he bid farewell to Zhang Wu and He Sanxing, led his cavalry back along the way, and at the same time sent 30,000 infantry to turn around and chase the large army.

A qualified general, in addition to strategy, must also have courage and domineering, Zhang Wu and He Sanxing just lack courage and domineering, so they have been attacking Yanzhou for a long time, it seems that these two brothers can be a staff officer, and there is a lack of fire to lead the troops to fight, Bai Wenxuan is a person who broke through in the rain of bullets.

On 22 March, Bai Wenxuan's 50,000 men caught up with the main army at Tianjinwei.

"King Qin, Yanzhou has been taken by us!" As soon as Bai Wenxuan saw Gao Junshan, he rushed to report.

Gao Junshan greeted Bai Wenxuan warmly: "Wenxuan, you have worked hard!" Once we took control of the Yanzhou region, we cut off Zhu Youzhen's way to flee south, and now I occupy Tianjin Wei and block his sea retreat. ”

Bai Wenxuan said: "This emperor has no way to escape. ”

Bailisha on the side smiled and said, "General Bai, I want to tell you a good news and a bad news. ”

Bai Wenxuan said eagerly: "Please tell the military division." ”

Bailisha said: "Zhu Youjian hanged himself on the coal mountain three days ago. ”

"The emperor is dead?"

Bailisha said: "Yes, the emperor is dead, but there is bad news, Li Zicheng has entered Beijing." ”

Bai Wenxuan's eyes widened: "King Qin, you give an order, I, Bai Wenxuan, will enter the capital and take Li Zicheng's head!" ”

Gao Junshan said calmly: "No hurry. Wen Xuan first rested for one night in Tianjinwei, and tomorrow he began to participate in the military exercises of our Second Army Corps. ”

Bai Wenxuan asked suspiciously: "King Qin, aren't you going to enter Beijing?" What other military exercises are being conducted? ”

Gao Junshan said: "I asked you to participate in military exercises in order to fight Tartars." ”

Bai Wenxuan saluted: "Wenxuan obeys the general's order!" ”

Gao Junshan told his subordinates that the occupation of Yanzhou and Tianjin Wei was to prevent Zhu Youzhen from escaping south, but in fact this was just an excuse, he didn't know that Zhu Youzhen would hang himself on the coal mountain, don't forget that he was a traverser, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen hanged the coal mountain, which were all historical events. The real purpose of Gao Junshan is to control these strategic points and ensure the normal transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so as to ensure that millions of people in the capital have something to eat.

Just when Gao Junshan was waiting for the change in the capital in Tianjin, an old friend of his for many years came to take refuge.

The camp of the high mountains.

On March 25, Gao Junshan was discussing the specific division of labor after taking over the capital with the five major advisers in the military tent, and Sun Kewang came to report: "The chief soldier of Jinan, Huying, asks to see him. ”

Gao Junshan heard that it was Hu Ying who came, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite him in!" ”

Before Gao Junshan's words fell, Hu Ying had already walked in, and he came to Gao Junshan and fell to the ground and bowed: "King Qin is above, please accept Hu Ying's worship!" ”

Gao Junshan hurriedly got up and stepped forward to help Hu Ying: "General Hu, please get up quickly, farewell to Gu Cheng, we haven't seen each other for several years." ”

Hu Ying got up and arched his hand and said, "King Qin, Hu Ying is here to take refuge with you this time, and I hope that King Qin can receive Hu Ying." ”

"Hu Ying has long been a member of our rebel army," Gao Junshan smiled and asked a few ministers, "Did you say that?" ”

Liu Hongru is most familiar with Hu Ying, and he said: "General Tiger has been secretly helping us all along, and he has long been a member of our righteous army, who says it's not!" ”

"That's it." The rest chimed in.

Gao Junshan took Hu Ying's hand and said, "So, General Hu, you're not here to vote, you're going home!" ”

Hu Ying was moved to tears, Gao Junshan regarded him as his own family!

"How is Mr. Yang?" Gao Junshan asked again.

Speaking of Yang Lin Huying, he was crying again: "General Yang has died of illness since he was separated from you, and I was also transferred out of Shanhaiguan, because of the merit of exterminating Zhang Xianzhong, I was promoted to the chief military officer of Jinan, and I now have 30,000 horses under my command, all of which were brought out to defect to the King of Qin." ”

"Where are all your men now?" Gao Junshan asked.

Hu Ying replied: "Distributed all over Shandong, as long as I give an order, they can all be gathered and wait for the dispatch of King Qin." ”

"Yay!" Gao Junshan nodded and said, "Huying listens to the order, you immediately gather your men and horses, protect the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun." ”

"Resolutely complete the task!"

"I'll send you a military division," Gao Junshan said while inviting Hu Ying to sit down, "We have two brigades of troops in Yanzhou, and I will transfer a brigade to assist you in the defense of Caoyun in the eastern section of the mountain. ”

Hu Ying hurriedly said: "I can't ask for it, I don't know how to contact the troops!" ”

So, Gao Junshan ordered Li Xin and Huying to go to Jinan to do liaison work to ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun.

In the next few days, news continued to come from the capital, and Li Zicheng ordered to "recover the stolen goods" under the influence of Liu Zongmin and others. After several days of torture, Liu Zongmin obtained a total of more than 70 million taels of silver, and Li Zicheng had people re-melt and cast a huge square plate-shaped silver plate with a hole in the middle, ready to be transported back to Xi'an. It is rumored that Liu Zongmin not only tortured hundreds of officials, but also arrested Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang.

Gao Junshan got this information and knew that his time to enter Beijing was approaching.

He is most concerned about the safety of Liu Lishun and Zhao Shichun now, because they are still in the capital, but they can no longer get the information they sent, and it seems that they have also been arrested and put in prison by Liu Zongmin.

Gao Junshan was just in a hurry, and there was no way to rescue him, so he could only wait for himself to take over the capital.

It was not until the eighth day of the fourth month that Gao Junshan obtained the exact date of Li Zicheng's expedition to Wu Sangui, and they had set the date of the expedition against Wu Sangui on April 11, and brought the crown prince of the Ming court, King Yong, King Ding, and Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang to go on the expedition together.