In May 1651, the world seemed to be calm, but in fact there were turbulent waves.

Although there was no war between Wei, Ming, Qing and the West, they were all unconsciously preparing for a big war.

While all parties were still accumulating strength, Liu Heizi's strength in the Huaibei region expanded rapidly.

After capturing Pi County, Liu Heizi seized a large amount of grain, directly opened a warehouse to release grain, gathered hundreds of thousands of people, and grew rapidly.

After Boluo broke through Yanzhou, the army entered Zou County, and seeing Liu Heizi's great momentum, they did not dare to continue south.

If it was only hundreds of thousands of homeless people, Bolo's 20,000 horses would not be afraid, but among these soldiers and horses, not only homeless people, but also many elite Wei soldiers joined them.

After Gao Yihuan learned that Liu Heizi was growing big in Huaibei, he immediately led 10,000 horses and horses from Yuan Zongdi to join Liu Heizi's team to strengthen Liu Heizi's strength, and at the same time mixed some sand with Liu Heizi.

After Liu Heizi got the help of Gao Yihuan, he seized the opportunity of the Qing army's empty troops in Huaibei, expanded all the way, attacked the city, and was invincible.

In half a year, he controlled a large area north of the Huaijiang River, Haizhou, Shuyang, Siyang, Suqian, Suining and other places surrendered one after another, and Liu Heizi became a giant with two or three hundred thousand people.

After the strength grew, Liu Heizi was ambitious, and ordered Zhao Yingyuan to lead 50,000 people to guard Teng County and monitor Boluo, while he led 200,000 troops to Shuanggou and Xin'an, and the troops pointed to Xuzhou.

Xin'an and Shuanggou are located between Xuzhou and Suqian, just on both sides of the Yellow River, Liu Heizi 200,000 people are stationed in the wilderness, and the military camp stretches for more than ten miles, and the momentum is extremely huge.

In the camp of the righteous army, on a flagpole nearly two feet high, there is a big black flag, with a white circle in the middle, and the word "Liu" is written in it, which is Liu Heizi's big flag.

Above the flag, there was an extremely large tent, and Liu Heizi was standing in front of a map in a daze, and next to him stood Yuan Zongdi.

Previously, when the Wei army attacked Luoyang, Yuan Zongdi took advantage of the situation to recover Kaifeng and other places, and the army was reorganized, and it was supposed to enter the battle sequence of the Wei army, but Gao Yihuan was afraid that Liu Heizi would be difficult to support alone, and he was also worried that Liu Heizi would not be easy to control, so he asked Yuan Zongdi to take a batch of equipment and equipment, interspersed with Huaibei, and gave Liu Heizi a start.

At this time, Liu Heizi looked at the map and said: "Now we are sandwiched between the Tartars and the Ming army, and Huaibei is a flat river, and we don't even have a support." The position of Xuzhou is very critical, and if you take Xuzhou, you can connect it with Henan. At that time, with the backing of Dawei, we will be invincible. ”

Yuan Zongdi said, "The scouts captured a few Qing troops in Xuzhou, I inquired, Xuzhou City is three feet high, there are moats around it, there are enemy platforms on the city wall, and the defense system is very perfect, I am afraid it is not easy to fight." ”

Xuzhou is located on the front line, once resisted the attack of hundreds of thousands of regular troops of the Ming army, Liu Heizi claimed to be 200,000, but the quality of men and horses is certainly not as good as the Ming army, but fortunately, the defenders in Xuzhou City are not as many as they were at the beginning.

When Liu Heizi heard this, he still looked a little anxious, and asked, "Is there any way?" ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "Wang Jiaping, the turtle grandson, is in the city, he will definitely not surrender, so the only way is to use a stupid way." ”

Liu Heizi asked, "What stupid way?" ”

Yuan Zongdi said: "Fill the river, dig tunnels, and bombard the city with artillery!" That's it. ”

Liu Heizi's face was gloomy, so he paced back and forth in the tent with his hands, and suddenly waved his fist, "Lao Tzu hundreds of thousands of people, at most half a month, can fill in the moat and collapse the city wall, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, and he can't cure Wang Jiaping, the turtle grandson." ”

After speaking, he began to get excited, and said to Yuan Zongdi: "Old Yuan, you asked the king for a few mortars, I heard that that guy is very fierce, and the Tartars will be frightened when they see the cannonballs." ”

Yuan Zongdi nodded, "When Xuzhou is encircled, I'll give it a try." ”

Liu Heizi shook his head with satisfaction, and clapped his fists together: "Then do it!" ”

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Since ancient times, Pengcheng has been listed in Kyushu, and the dragon has fought for thousands of years.

Xuzhou, referred to as Xu, was known as Pengcheng in ancient times, leaning on Weishan Lake in the north, connecting Xiao County in the west, Lianhaizhou in the east, and Suqian in the south, known as the "thoroughfare of the five provinces".

Xuzhou chokes the north and south, is the place where the soldiers must fight, the circumference of the city wall is about 20 miles, the city wall is three feet high, the city wall is thick, it is an extremely strong city.

Because it is an important military town, there are all kinds of warehouses in the city, and the ordnance, grain and grass are very sufficient, and there are currently 15,000 Qing troops stationed in the city, led by Ma Guanghui and Wang Jiaping.

Ma Guanghui is the younger brother of Ma Guangyuan, he has been in the Qing Dynasty for many years, Di belongs to the Han army with yellow flags, has participated in the battle of Xingshan, the battle of Jinzhou, cast artillery for the Qing army, and made great contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When Liu Heizi attacked Pi County, he led troops to rescue, the army entered Shuanggou, seeing Liu Heizi's strength, he stopped his army, and after Liu Heizi solved Pi County, he had realized that Liu Heizi would take Xuzhou.

Therefore, he reported to Bolo several times and asked him to send reinforcements, but the Wei army increased its troops in Kaifeng and put pressure on Shandong, and Bolo did not dare to divide his troops to the south, so he just replied to him that the city of Xuzhou was thick and the equipment and food were sufficient, enough to live in the city and defend it.

This reply made Ma Guanghui very disappointed, and also made Wang Jiaping very worried, in addition to worrying about Liu Heizi's attack, he was even more worried that Ma Guanghui would not be able to resist the enemy.

Wang Jiaping was deeply depressed about his future, so he had to ask his subordinates to prepare rolling wood and stones, arrange artillery, bows and arrows, make stone throwers, and actively prepare for battle.

On the night of May 20, the sky was covered with dark clouds, obscuring the stars and moon, and night covered the land.

On the city wall of Xuzhou, more than 1,000 soldiers patrolled back and forth with torches, vigilantly watching the movements outside the city.

According to the scout's report, Liu Heizi's men and horses had arrived in Shuanggou, which was only a day's journey from Xuzhou, and the defenders had to be vigilant.

On the third watch, the night was silent, and suddenly there was a splash by the moat, and the patrolling soldiers suddenly walked to the wall and exclaimed, "It's not good, someone is filling the river!" ”

Ma Guanghui and Wang Jiaping hurriedly came to the city wall and asked urgently, "What's the matter?" ”

"Governor Qiqi, the thief army is filling the river!" The soldiers in the city pointed to the road outside the city.

Ma Guanghui walked to the city wall and looked outside the city, he couldn't see it really, but he did hear the sound of earth rolling into the river, he was taken aback, and shouted urgently, "Quick, drop the fire and the archers to shoot in the city." ”

Wang Jiaping on the side said: "If Liu Heizi fills in the moat and uses the troops in the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on." Governor Ma, we must ask for help! ”

Ma Guanghui was extremely annoyed, "Do you think this governor doesn't know? But if the king of the county doesn't send troops, what can I do? ”

Wang Jiaping's eyes flickered, looked at Ma Guanghui, and suddenly said, "Why don't the governor ask for help from the south!" ”

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