The time limit for the ultimatum is half an hour, that is, an hour.

The reason why this time limit was set was from the perspective of the Chu army, and an hour could clean up the battlefield and prepare for a general attack at the same time.

The corpses of the Qing soldiers were gathered together and set on fire, and the billowing smoke wafted to Xianning City with a pungent stench, and behind the "crematorium", weapons and armor were stacked into small hills, many of which were damaged in different ways, but with the exception of a few that were completely damaged, most of which could be repaired and reused.

The Chu army is being greatly expanded, and the demand for weapons and equipment is high.

In the battle just now, the Yuezhou battalion, which was originally scheduled to be the main attacker, did not get the opportunity to go into battle, Tan Xiao was suffocated and screamed, hearing that he was going to recruit the defenders of the green battalion in Xianning City, and ran to Wang Kefan to ask for battle again, saying that there was no need to make such trouble, and handed over Xianning City to the Yuezhou battalion, ensuring that the battle would be resolved within two hours, and not a single soldier of the Qing army would slip through the net......

Wang Kefan drove him back, and it was the best policy to surrender the soldiers without a fight, and street fighting would bring a large number of casualties, which could be avoided as much as possible.

Of course, if Xu Bin dares to resist to the end, Wang Kefan will not hesitate to completely eliminate him.

There was still half an hour before the ultimatum, the Qing army on Xianning City put down the hanging basket and sent envoys to negotiate with the Ming army, they expressed their willingness to surrender, but there was one condition, to let Xu Bin leave Xianning City safely. Xu Bin was too deeply entangled with the Manchu Qing and was reluctant to surrender, but the army's morale was in turmoil, and his officers and soldiers just wanted to survive, and he couldn't control his troops, so he finally put forward this condition.

Wang Kefan happily agreed, Xu Bin's life and death alone did not matter, and it was the right thing to take Xianning at the smallest cost.

"Thank you, Junmen! Oh, please forgive the villain's rudeness, can the military gate leave a token. I'll go back and explain to General Xu......"

I didn't expect the negotiation to go so smoothly, the messenger was surprised and delighted, so that he himself saved his life, but Wang Kefan agreed so happily, which made him faintly worried, in case the other party turned his face and refused to admit it after surrendering, and there was nowhere to find someone to reason.

"Why, do you want me to swear? High-five or arrow? The corners of Wang Kefan's mouth suddenly showed a hint of a nonchalant smile.

"The villain doesn't dare! The villain doesn't dare! The messenger was swept away by his gaze, and he shivered violently. The aura of the strong is backed by strength, and life and death are all in the thought of the other party, so they will naturally feel great coercion.

"Go ahead, Xu Bin should know how to do it." Wang Kefan was too lazy to say that this messenger was obviously a fool. I don't have chips in my hand, and I still want to talk about the conditions......

Xu Bin is not so stupid. Shortly after the messenger returned. He lowered the drawbridge and led his more than 1,000 Green Battalion soldiers out of the city and surrendered.

After handing over the flags and weapons, more than 1,000 Green Battalion soldiers were taken prisoner, and Wang Kefan did not break his promise, and warned Xu Bin that he was only allowed to return to Huangzhou Mansion. He was not allowed to go to Wuchang Mansion to report the news, and then let him leave safely...... For the warlords, the army is the lifeline, and since Xu Bin has handed over the army. This person is already abolished, even if he escapes with his life under Xu Yong's protection, it is impossible to let him take charge of the military again.

The Chu army then occupied the city of Xianning.

Because that Aliha Chao Hazhangjing fell into the trick of luring the enemy and rashly went out of the city to meet the battle, the battle of Xianning ended in half a day, which greatly exceeded the pre-war expectations, and the actions of the Chu army became more calm.

As the bridgehead of the Qing army, Xianning was not only guarded by heavy troops, but also hoarded a lot of military grain and grass, which were swept away by the Chu army. The gentry and merchants in the city heard that the army entered the city and took the initiative to donate 1,000 taels of silver, but Wang Kefan refused.

Xianning's county order, county officials and chief bookkeepers were all executed, and the other officials and officials were beaten with military sticks, and then all dismissed, and the soldiers who executed were all ruthless, and these officials and officials were beaten to half death, and they couldn't get out of bed for two or three months, and the Chu army was about to leave Xianning soon, and they couldn't leave these people to make trouble behind their backs.

The captured more than 2,000 green battalion soldiers were not idle, and they were responsible for demolishing the city wall under the custody of the Ming army, Xianning was too close to Wuchang Mansion, and the Qing army would definitely take it back, and since it could not be defended, it would simply destroy it.

The city wall was opened seven or eight large openings, the crops outside the city were burned to the ground, the warehouses in the city were emptied, and the Chu army finally left Xianning and rushed to Xingguo Prefecture three days later.

Xingguo Prefecture is located between Huangzhou Mansion and Jiujiang Prefecture, far away from the front line, the Qing soldiers here defenders only a few hundred people, heard that more than 20,000 troops came to attack, these hundreds of Qing troops fled directly back to Huangzhou Mansion.

The army can escape, the county order county Cheng and other officials have the responsibility to guard the land, but they can't escape lightly, when the Chu army drove to the city, they directly opened the city gate, dedicated the city and surrendered.

When entering Xingguo Prefecture, Wang Kefan met Xiong Lichun.

Xiong Lichun brought a large amount of food and supplies, as well as 4,000 Ningzhou volunteers, this number exceeded Wang Kefan's expectations, and he asked Xiong Lichun to find out the reason.

Wang Kefan made an evaluation in his heart, if Xiong Lichun was born ten years early, he would probably be able to make a career in the troubled times, and he might become the leader of a peasant army, but now is not the era of chaos in the world, but the national war between the Ming and Qing dynasties, and people like Xiong Lichun can't make too many waves.

Since the strength of the Ningzhou volunteers was very strong, he assigned Xiong Lichun a task to turn to Makou Town on the Yangtze River and seize the ferry and boats.

"May I ask Junmen, do you want to fight Huangzhou Mansion or Jiujiang Mansion?" Xiong Lichun's brain is very active, since Wang Kefan has plans for the Yangtze River, the Chu army must still have a big move.

"It's hard to say, just adapt." Wang Kefan didn't want to show his bottom, so he only said: "It's good for you to occupy Makou Town first, and try to find as many boats as possible, so as to ensure that my army can cross the Yangtze River within one day." ”

"Please rest assured, the last general will definitely do a good job on this errand!" Xiong Lichun asked again: "But may I ask the military gate, will the next batch of grain be sent to Xingguo Prefecture?" ”

"Yes, it was also sent to Xingguo Prefecture, but I will go to Daye in the near future, and Xingguo Prefecture also needs you to divide troops to guard it." Wang Kefan is about to send troops to Daye, and there is no need to keep it secret......

Daye is located in the north of Xingguo Prefecture, since ancient times is a famous iron ore area, and there are associated copper and silver mines, etc., most of the minerals here are open-pit mines, with ancient primitive technology can also be mined lightly, all dynasties are very valued by the rulers.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied here, they invested tens of thousands of taels of silver to rebuild the mine and even open the furnace to make steel, providing raw materials for the production of weapons and armor for the Qing army.

Daye's iron mines are mainly located in the Iron Mountain and the Iron Threshold Mountain, which are garrisoned by the army that protects the mine, but there is no city to protect it, and it is very simple to capture these two mines with the strength of the Chu army. Wang Kefan said that he would do it, and the next day he led his troops to leave Xingguo Prefecture, enter the territory of Daye in the north, and then divide his troops into three routes, attacking Tieshan, Tieshan Mountain and Daye County.

Under their leadership, the Chu army was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and launched a surprise attack on the two mines at dawn, annihilating nearly a thousand defenders and seizing the mine.

After the Chu army occupied here, a large amount of pig iron, wrought iron and steel were found in the warehouse, as well as silver and copper ingots that were not sent away, although these things were cumbersome, the Chu army did not dislike them at all, and all of them were taken away and sent to Xingguo Prefecture, and then escorted back to the rear of Huguang by Ma Jinzhong and Wang Jincai's troops.

Along with these materials, there were also weapons and armor captured in Xianning, Daye and Xingguo Prefecture, etc., Ma Jinzhong realized that his main task was to port, and to send the treasures captured by the Chu army back to Huguang safely, he could easily share a share, and his 5,000 men and horses were the main force of the transport brigade, which must be much more than Wang Jincai.

It's so cool!

Ma Jinzhong had to admire his vision, he put almost all the capital on Chu Jun, it turned out that the bet was right, Wang Kefan had personally promised that as long as these batches of materials were delivered to Yuezhou Mansion safely, he could share five hundred sets of knives, guns and armor, this kind of high-paying job for running errands is simply a pie falling from the sky, and it is fragrant meat filling!

The only thing that worries Ma Jinzhong is that Wang Jincai's troops are also full of energy, and they keep fighting with him, although the 3,000 people can't rob him for the time being, but after this trip, once Wang Jincai tastes the sweetness, he will definitely send more people.

Out of this concern, he proposed to Wang Kefan to change jobs, and took the initiative to ask for more burdens on himself, and the more he worked, the more he could get, Ma Jinzhong understood this very well.

"Okay, Ezhou will be handed over to you!" Wang Kefan said with a smile: "As long as you can take Ezhou, all the seizures will be yours, and the seizures of Xianning will be divided into 30% for you." ”

Ma Jinzhong couldn't help but be surprised and happy, surprised that Ezhou and Huanggang (Huangzhou Prefecture) are only separated by a river, Xu Yong can send troops to support at any time, although it is only a county town but it is not easy to fight, the joy is that Xianning has captured extremely rich, he can divide it into three, that is, more than 1,000 sets of swords, guns and armor, plus miscellaneous other things, worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is worth fighting!

"May I ask the military gate, am I going to fight Ezhou alone?"

"You're the main one, but I'll send the firearms battalion to cooperate with the Puqi battalion, how about it?" Wang Kefan gave a condition that was difficult to refuse. (To be continued......)