That night, Li Zicheng convened a meeting of the battalion commanders and told him the "three-day covenant" between himself and Cui Wenrong as it was, and the battalion commanders asked for battle one after another, and even Ma Shouying, who had always been in poor health, was invited to be the vanguard, and Gao Ligong verbally assured Li Zicheng that he must break the city in one day.

The next day, the Mandate of Heaven army began to attack the city, the fourth battalion, the seventh battalion, the Chengtian battalion, and the Fengtian battalion each attacked the city gate in one direction, and the cavalry of the first battalion of Liu Yunshui's department responded outside the city.

Li Xinbu's independent battalion assembled at the wharf, used the collected boats to begin to test the depth of the water, and tried to cross the river to Tuanfeng Island and Yadanzhou.

Li Zicheng took Cui Wenrong to the south of the city to fight.

Li Ji wanted to show the powerful firepower of the Heavenly Mandate Army, first combed the city head with a flowering bullet, and then sacrificed his rifle until the defenders could not be seen on the city head, and then scolded and let the soldiers carry the ladder to attack the city.

Cui Wenrong saw it in his eyes, although he didn't speak, his face was already pale......

I suddenly heard a loud noise in the direction of the west city gate, and then there was a noisy sound, but it was too far away to hear clearly for a while, and I didn't know what was happening.

Cui Wenrong was in doubt, and suddenly saw a war horse galloping towards him, and the soldiers on horseback had not yet dismounted, so he shouted loudly: "Governor, the West City Gate has broken ......"

When Li Zicheng heard the details, he waved his hand and asked his soldiers to go back first, but Cui Wenrong was dumbfounded, it was only half a day......

Li Ji has stopped attacking the city, since the west gate has been broken, there is no need to risk casualties to attack the city, and the brothers of the Heavenly Mandate Army who enter the city will soon open the city gate and receive them into the city.

Li Zicheng looked at Cui Wenrong, who was at a loss beside him, and said with a smile: "I don't know how General Cui feels?" ”

"Metropolitan Governor, this ......" Cui Wenrong didn't seem to wake up from the shock of breaking the city, and said tremblingly: "Metropolitan Governor, how did the Heavenly Mandate Army break the city?" ”

"Does it matter?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly: "White cats and black cats, if you catch a mouse, you are a good cat!" ”

"White cat, black cat?" Cui Wenrong muttered to himself, as if he still didn't believe what had happened, however, the south gate had been opened, and the first battalion, which was still besieging the city just now, had already lined up into the city at this moment.

He rubbed his eyes, which were a little astringent, and looked at the open gate again, it was indeed not a dream!

Li Zicheng waited until Li Ji had all entered the city, and then looked at Cui Wenrong, who was like a dream, and said, "General Cui is thinking about a bet?" ”

"Ah......" Cui Wenrong then remembered that there was a gambling contract between him and Li Zicheng.

What to do?

He is a general of Wuchang, and he was born in Wuju, do you want to take refuge in Liukou?

But what about gambling? Do you want to be dishonest with others?

Cui Wenrong felt that he was in Li Zicheng's set!

However, when he thought of the Heavenly Mandate Army destroying Hanyang City, his heart trembled, he was defeated in the hands of the Heavenly Mandate Army, he was really not wronged, his skills were not as good as people, and his calculations were not as good as people!

Li Zicheng knew that Cui Wenrong's heart must be very entangled, what he had was time, he didn't force it, but laughed, "General Cui, enter the city first!" ”

Order has been restored in the city, in fact, the people have long known the prestige of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and it is only the government and soldiers who resist it, and it has little to do with the people.

Because Song Xiance, the civil envoy of the Provisional Governor's Mansion, stayed in Henan, Li Zicheng handed over the matter of pacifying the Hanyang Mansion to Niu Jinxing, the deputy envoy for military affairs, and Luo Rucai, the deputy envoy for civil affairs.

Hanyang Prefecture may be the smallest prefecture in the land of Huguang, and the only counties that belong to it are Hanyang County and Hanchuan County, according to the habits of the Heavenly Mandate Army, Hanyang County and Hanyang Prefecture are in the same city and belong to overlapping institutions, so Hanyang County must be abolished, and Hanyang Prefecture has only one county left, Hanchuan.

Niu Jinxing appointed Yin Deming, the former prefect of Hanyang, as the prefect of Hanyang, and began to restore order in Hanyang Mansion.

Li Zicheng was patrolling the city of Hanyang with his own soldiers, and in the evening, Li Xin sent a message: The independent battalion had transported a regiment of troops to Tuanfengzhou, and between Tuanfengzhou and Jiangnan, the water was no more than three feet deep, and the cavalry could fly directly across it, and the infantry could pass through it by small boat, or they could barely wade through the water.

In the afternoon of the next day, the front of the navy arrived at Hanyang, but these were all small boats, equivalent to sentinel ships, and the big ships would not arrive until a day later.

Li Zicheng is not in a hurry, the navy has already gone down the river, and he doesn't care about this day!

On the dock of Hanyang, nearly 10,000 people were waiting for the navy, Li Zicheng took Cui Wenrong, as well as the chief generals of various battalions and regiments, as well as a large number of soldiers, not to mention the Yangtze River Naval Army that had seen the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the vast majority of soldiers had never heard of the Heavenly Mandate Army having been hiding in Fengjie's naval army.

After Zhou Kun was absent for four or five years, he finally saw Li Zicheng, he didn't wait for the battleship to stop, he just flew up to the dock, ran two steps, turned over and knelt on the ground, "Governor! His voice was a little choked.

Li Zicheng stepped forward to help Zhou Kun, gave him a punch to the shoulder, laughed, and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and the wings of the navy should be hard!" ”

"The Grand Duke!" Zhou Kun was speechless for a while, just pointed to the battleship behind him.

Li Zicheng raised his eyes and saw that the warship docked on the dock was not too big, it should be the original old-fashioned warship, with two decks, three-masted railing sails, and the railing sails were all four corners, and the only difference from the original time in Qinghai (West Sea) seemed to be that there were a total of six artillery guns on both sides.

"Dadu Governor, restricted by the width of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the navy has not been able to build the latest warship over the years, this is still the Beichuan warship," Zhou Kun finally controlled his emotions and said: "This time, the shipyard was moved to Jingzhou, Cao Jian refused to come to see Dadu, he said, if he can't build a large number of Xining-class warships, he really doesn't have the face to come to see Dadudu!" ”

"Still so stubborn!" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I have been in Sichuan all these years, but I have wronged Cao Jian!" ”

"Now it's finally good," Zhou Kun's eyebrows began to dance, not at all like the commander of the naval army who commanded tens of thousands of people, "This time the shipyard was moved to Jingzhou, Cao Jian has been working overtime to produce Xining-class battleships, although we have not been able to build Xining-class battleships over the years, but in accordance with Cao Jian's requirements, we have stored a lot of wood!" ”

"That's good, I'm waiting to see Xining-level swimming in the Yangtze River!" Li Zicheng changed his words and said, "How are the brothers of the water army?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, although there have not been many battles over the years, but the training of the naval army is not delayed for a day, and his subordinates know that sooner or later the Metropolitan Governor will summon the brothers of the naval army to the battlefield," Zhou Kun's eyebrows and eyes were already happy, "The Metropolitan Governor, this time the naval army went down the river, there was no opponent along the way, the town near the dock, as long as the sound of naval guns was heard, it would be surrendered directly, it was Jingzhou, and it didn't take much effort......"

Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, in the Yangtze River, there is no Ming naval army at all, and the Yangtze River naval army is facing ordinary civilian ships and merchant ships, whether it is load or firepower configuration, the two sides are not opponents of the same order of magnitude at all.

In particular, the powerful naval artillery is a person who has been begging for a living in the Yangtze River for a long time, and I am afraid that he has never heard of it.

Li Zicheng's goal is naturally not the Yangtze River, but he does not have the conditions yet.

He looked at the warship that looked very huge on the dock, and said with a faint smile: "General Zhou, how many warships like this are there now?" ”

"Five," Zhou Kun said: "This is the flagship of the subordinate, the Chongqing, as well as the Fengjie, Shunqing, Longan, and Jianchang, because the dock is too small to drive all over!" But in my heart, I said, if all of them are opened, it will be called spectacular.

Li Zicheng immediately thought of a problem, this Yangtze River naval army, I am afraid that it will have to cruise in the Yangtze River for a period of time, the wharf is a problem, the wharf along the river is a civilian wharf, it is difficult to accommodate a large number of warships.

The only way to expand the wharves in the major riverside cities is to take time and manpower.

If these warships are allowed to penetrate deep into the real sea, the Ming Dynasty must be overthrown as soon as possible...... For the first time, Li Zicheng felt that the establishment of a new Chinese empire was imminent.

The soldiers on the dock all pointed at the warship, the towering deck, the rough gun barrel, the tall mast, the neat hull, and the sailors who stood proudly and proudly......

The soldiers of the army and the soldiers of the navy are basically not familiar with each other, but the officers and men of the army are all proud of the fact that the navy has such a large warship, they are all brothers, they are all subordinates of the metropolitan governor, and they are all for the same goal!

Many soldiers also waved to the sailors on the warship......

Cui Wenrong quietly approached Li Zicheng and whispered: "Metropolitan Governor, there are really four more warships like this?" ”

"What does General Cui mean is that the navy is eating empty salaries?" Li Zicheng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The officers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, no one has the courage to eat empty salaries, General Cui can rest assured, when the soldiers are transported tomorrow, the rest of the warships will definitely show up here!" ”

"The villain doesn't dare to ......" Cui Wenrong rolled his eyes, and said: "Governor, this naval cannon ......"

Li Zicheng looked at Cui Wenrong's eyes and said lightly: "Because the naval gun is fixed on the warship and does not need to be moved on weekdays, the base and barrel are much heavier, and the range and ammunition load are far more than the mountain guns used by the army!" ”

"This ......" Cui Wenrong muttered in his heart, the mountain cannon of the Heavenly Mandate Army is already very terrifying, if this kind of naval cannon is used......

Zhou Kun had already met with the commanders of the battalions, and at this time he also leaned over and said, "Governor, this matter of crossing the river ......."

"Does the Navy have a special transport ship?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, it won't be this kind of capital warship to transport soldiers, right?

"Yes, yes, yes," Zhou Kun said in a loud voice, "The navy not only has special transport ships, but also small warships are more suitable for transportation, like this kind of large warship, although the carrying capacity is large, but the naval guns themselves account for a large proportion, and there are many sailors who operate them, there is not much space left, and the steering is also very slow...... If it is used as an escort, it is more suitable......"

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Okay, tomorrow we will block the river section, and use these warships to escort the brothers who cross the river!" ”

"Don't worry, the Metropolitan Governor will definitely use a battleship to escort the brothers of the army ashore!"

Li Zicheng suddenly thought of something, and said, "Ying Tianying's brothers, have you already crossed the river?" ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, they have crossed the Yangtze River in Zhijiang County, this will be the time to launch a military operation in Shizhouwei, the subordinates received the order of the Metropolitan Governor, and immediately arranged a transport ship," Zhou Kun knew that the army of the Heavenly Mandate Army was developing rapidly, and every time the army occupied a piece of territory, the navy would also follow, and he smiled unconsciously: "The subordinates are escorting the brothers of Yingtianying, which has delayed some time." ”

Li Zicheng nodded slightly, his eyes looked at the "Chongqing" warship, but he thought a lot in his heart......