Ma Guanghui turned his head to look at Wang Jiaping, his expression was a little complicated, and then he cast a deep gaze outside the city.

Xuzhou asked Bolo for help several times, but Bolo let them hold on to themselves, and Wang Jiaping began to realize that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was estimated to be unreliable.

This made him regret a little, he shouldn't have dug Gao Yihuan's ancestral grave in order to get on the throne, so that now there is no way out.

Wang Jiaping didn't expect that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would not be able to do it so soon, and now he had to find a new thigh, and looking at it, only the Ming Dynasty could protect him.

Xuzhou is an important military town, coveted by the Ming Dynasty for a long time, if Xuzhou is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, he may be able to save his life, and may even be reused.

Although the ministers of the Ming Dynasty may not be ashamed of his behavior, the Ming Emperor regards Gao Yihuan as a thief, and wants to get rid of him quickly, he does what the Ming Emperor wants to do but is inconvenient to do, and he may be able to get favor.

Right now, Bolo doesn't save Xuzhou, and after Liu Heizi breaks the city, Wang Jiaping will die.

Therefore, he wanted to persuade Ma Guanghui to join him in the Ming Dynasty, only in this way could he have a way to live.

Ma Guanghui couldn't make up his mind about this, Wang Jiaping looked at his hesitant back, and couldn't help but clench the handle of the knife in his hand, and his eyes leaked murderous intent.

At this time, the firecrackers and archers in the city began to release arrows outside the city, and the rebels outside the city walls saw that their whereabouts were exposed, and immediately raised a torch.

Ma Guanghui looked down at the outside of the city from the top of the city, and saw that the torch in the wilderness outside the city was like a sea of stars, and smashed it on the head of the city with a fist, "Now that the matter is now, there is no choice." Wang Junmen, you let people contact the south! ”

Outside the city, Liu Heizi rode a horse and stood in the wilderness, looking at the Qing army on the city, firing arrows and arrows, and then waved his hand, "Xie Qian, your people stay, bluff, deceive the arrows and gunpowder on the city, and the others are ready to cut down trees, rush to make equipment, and rest to fill the river tomorrow." ”

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Outside the city of Huai'an, in the wilderness on the shore of Hongze Lake, there are neat military tents, one after another, as far as the eye can see, 100,000 troops transferred from the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of inland river ships are moored at the lake, the mast is like a forest, the scene is very spectacular.

At this time, two and a half years have passed since the failure of the Ming army's Northern Expedition.

Over time, the Ming Dynasty's military strength recovered to 350,000, of which 250,000 were troops under the direct control of the Nanjing court, and the remaining 100,000 were Zheng troops.

There were many contradictions between the Nanjing court and the Zheng family, but Zhu Cihong had reached a compromise with the Zheng family in all aspects by giving Zheng Zhilong an official and promoting Zheng Sen to the chief military officer of Fujian.

The Zheng family controlled the sea lanes, and Nanjing controlled the silk, tea, and porcelain from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and controlled the supply of goods, and each side had an advantage.

Previously, the Zheng family wanted to monopolize the smuggling interests, while the Nanjing court wanted to open the sea to collect sea trade taxes, and the Zheng family was unwilling to make concessions, which aggravated the contradictions between the two parties.

In order to break the monopoly of the Zheng family, Nanjing opened up trade in Ningbo and other ports, attracting Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese ships to Hong Kong, which made the blockade of the Zheng family lose its effectiveness, and Zheng Zhilong did not want to be a pirate again, and it was not good for the Zheng family to see that the fight continued, and after Zheng Sen served as the chief military officer, he dismantled Zheng Zhilong, so that Zheng Zhilong finally chose to compromise, and the imperial court also made concessions to provide goods for the Zheng family, so that the Zheng family contracted the sea trade tax of Fujian and Guangzhou with three million taels per year.

For the Zheng family's army, the Nanjing court could not directly mobilize it, but as long as it was allowed by Zheng Zhilong, or through Zheng Sen, it could barely be commanded.

In this way, the interior of the Southern Ming Dynasty was also temporarily harmonious, and the Zheng family had provided more than 6 million taels of silver to Nanjing in the past two years, plus the taxes of the Ningbo City Shipping Division, so that Nanjing had raised a well-equipped army from the beginning.

It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty had a huge advantage in the economy, and in economic activities, the Western Wei Dynasty could only be regarded as a raw material supplier of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, a few fine porcelain, a few taels of good tea, and a good silk horse could be exchanged for the harvest of a few acres of land in the Western Wei Dynasty.

It was the economic advantage that allowed Zhu Cihong to regroup in less than three years.

In June, the weather was hot and the southeast wind blew from Hongze Lake, which was very conducive to the northward advance of ships.

Zhu Cihong consulted with the ministers and decided to seize Shandong and Beizhili before the Western Wei Dynasty started, and the Ming army continued to increase its strength to the Huai River line.

If the Ming army wants to seize the northeast of Shandong, it must first solve a nail arranged by the Wei army in Huaibei.

At this time, Zhu Cihong had already issued a secret order to Ma Shiying, asking him to start solving Liu Heizi and opening up the passage for the army to go north, and the Ming army was also ready, just waiting for an order, he was going to pull out the camp and set off, but Ma Shiying was still a little hesitant about this.

Now Ma Shiying is still distressed, what kind of excuse should he use to send troops, after all, Liu Heizi is an anti-Qing rebel army, and he must find a suitable excuse.

If it was Gao Yihuan, there was no excuse, and he had to create an excuse, but Ma Shiying did not take the initiative to create opportunities.

In the early morning, the sun rose in the east, Ma Shiying stood on a low hill, looking at the sparkling Hongze Lake, seeing the soldiers and boats cruising in the lake, watching the Ming army in the camp, getting up early to drill, and still very satisfied in his heart.

Earlier, when Ma Shiying led the troops, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty could not patrol and train a few times a year, and now they go out to exercise every day, and their mental outlook is not the same.

Looking at the soldiers who were drilling, Ma Shiying only felt that the current Ming army was several times more elite than the elite of the Ming army in the four towns, but he was still a little bottomless in his heart, because the current set of the Ming army was from the Wei army.

In the Jiangbei War, the Wei army rushed from Huguang to Guazhou to support, which left a deep impression on the Ming army, and the Ming army learned the Wei army's set.

"Supervisor, the soldiers are ready, Liu Shun is attacking Xuzhou, it is a good time for us to attack." General Wu Yi said.

Ma Shiying nodded, but did not answer, but asked, "Have all the military funds been sent?" ”

Wu Yi nodded and said: "It is very convenient to take the waterway, the military funds have been prepared, only the food is still a little short, but it is enough for a month." ”

Ma Shiying nodded silently, still not saying anything about sending troops, at this time, more than a dozen cavalrymen suddenly galloped to the bottom of the hill, turned over and dismounted for the first person, hurriedly ran up, and knelt on one knee, "Inferior Yan Yingyuan Qiyu Supervisor, Xuzhou Shou will send someone to send a letter!" ”

Ma Shiying raised her eyebrows, and hurriedly said, "Bring someone to see me!" ”

After a short time, a messenger was brought over, knelt down and saluted Ma Shiying, and then said, "Little one to meet the Overseer!" ”

Ma Shiying asked, "Who sent you, and what is the matter?" ”

"Returning to the superintendent, it is Wang Jiaping that the military sect sent a small one to come, and the military gate is willing to enter Xuzhou, please send troops to relieve the siege."

After speaking, the messenger presented a letter to Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying read Wang Jiaping's distress letter, with a smile on his face, he put the letter away, and then said to the messenger: "Since the Wang army is willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, then Xuzhou is the city of the Ming Dynasty, and the governor, as the governor of the Ming Dynasty, has the responsibility to rescue Xuzhou." You will go and tell Wang Junmen to plant clear flags all over the city, and the soldiers of this governor will arrive soon! ”

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