In the cold winter, the icy north wind swept across the land. The battle in Ruzhou was still an attack by the Qing army, and the Fu Han army was squatting in a pit [such a comparison]. But in the middle of the Yangtze River, on the north bank of the Yangtze River. On the vast land, two teams in cyan military uniforms continued to advance towards Gangneung City, which was surrounded by fiery red regiments.

Ten days ago, Zhang Rui's Hunan West Route Army was defeated under Jiangling City, and the defenders of Jiangling City who cooperated with the attack were also defeated by the Fu Han army.

And what about the Fu Han army, which surrounded Gangneung City with seven or eight thousand troops? They did not rush to attack Gangneung City, but kept using artillery to negotiate with the defenders in Gangneung City, with only one purpose - to extort more goods and materials.

For the specific situation, you can refer to a Tokyo city in the second year of Jingkang.

Even if he knew that he was drinking to quench his thirst, he did his best to deal with the demands of the Fu Han army. Asking for grain for grain, wine and meat, and livestock for wine and meat, and the remaining horse team in Gangneung City gave away more than half of their mounts. Even in order to 'delay' the attack of the Han army, Jiangling City did not hesitate to send gunpowder.

-- In fact, both sides knew that Chen Ming wanted to take advantage of the special location of Jingzhou City to attract Qing troops. As for Xue Shiyan and them, they didn't care about everything, they just wanted the time to tear their faces with Chen Ming as late as possible. Their purpose is very clear, to delay the time of the destruction of Jiangling City, and to save the lives of tens of thousands of banner people in Jingzhou.

"As long as you hold Gangneung City, you will not hesitate to spend all your money." The Daotai in Gangneung City said this, and this argument won Abkai's absolute praise.

Therefore, Chen Ming extorted 500,000 taels of silver, and Jiangling City prayed and pleaded and complained, but when he saw that it didn't work, it only took one day and one night to make up enough for 500,000 taels of silver. Chen Ming rewarded the whole army when he changed hands, starting with the most basic soldiers, ten taels of silver per person.

The reinforcements sent by Wuchang took the Yangtze River waterway, because the land passage that was closer in a straight line: Hanchuan, Chuyang, and Qianjiang had been completely controlled by the Fu Han army, and the purpose of Dingchang was to rescue Jingzhou, not to take the opportunity to destroy the partial division of the Fu Han army.

Nijiatai thirteen or four miles north of Jiangling City. This small village, located on the edge of Changhu Lake, became the main camp of the Fu Han army at this moment.

The soldiers rested here for many days, eating and drinking well, and of course they couldn't see the fatigue of Gangneung City at all. These ten days were not only the days of Chen Ming's 'fishing', but also the days of the Han army to rest and recuperate.

They set out from Yunyang, made some pauses under the city of Xiangyang, and then went all the way south, breaking Zhongxiang and Qianjiang, and then crossed the Han River for more than 100 miles to Jiangling City, and then there was a big battle. The mental and physical strength of the soldiers has reached a critical point, even if the morale is still very strong, it is just a false fire stimulated by the great victory, and these ten days are also a respite for the Fu Han army.

"I heard that Shi Liangshi's eldest lady Wanyan's appearance is beautiful, and her daughter-in-law Lana is also a young beauty, as well as Changxuan's wife and daughter who were killed in the rolling river, they are also rare beauties." Chen Ming's face was full of filth when he spoke, and the person standing below was shocked and out of breath. "Wang Shiyong, you go back and say to the officials who have been the lord in Jiangling City, send Shi Liang and Changxuan's wives and daughters to the governor of Pontus, and then, choose a hundred more upright banner women and send them together."

"Plus a hundred horses of red silk." What the hell is going on?

"The governor of Pontus will spare Jiangling for another ten days."

"Otherwise, if there is one less, the army of the Japanese governor of the Ming Dynasty will set foot on Gangneung City and raze the city."

Chen Ming knew very well how dirty his 'request' was, and how great indignation and fighting spirit it would make the defenders in the city, especially the banner soldiers, after all, the Manchu Qing at this time was not the Northern Song Dynasty during the Jingkang period. But this moment is not ten days ago, the Qing soldiers from Xiangyang have arrived at Shilipu at the junction of Jingmen and Jingzhou Mansion, and the Qing soldiers from Wuchang have also entered Shishou. In two or three days at most, these two Qing troops will be able to enter the outside of Jiangling City.

Now Chen Ming is about to close the net, the big fish is outcropping, and he can no longer sit on the chair peacefully, so he wants the defenders of Jiangling City to cooperate with the performance of a scene.

The angry Jingzhou banner soldiers can show more combat effectiveness when defending the city, anyway, Chen Ming doesn't believe that they dare to go out of the city to fight. This gave him a good chance to 'get out of the shell'.

Wang Shiyong, who was standing in the hall, was going to be bad. Shi Liangshi's eldest lady Wanyan's appearance is beautiful, and his daughter-in-law Lana is also a young beauty, and Changxuan's wife and daughter, who were killed in the rolling river, are also rare beauties, what is this.

As far as he knew, that Mrs. Shi was in her thirties, old, beautiful, and beautiful. The concubines of the Shi family also look average, with a big cake face, of course, Wang Shiyong himself has never seen it, but I have heard of it. He is a helper in the General's Mansion and can hear a lot of gossip news.

There is also the wife and daughter of the deputy capital commander of Changxuan, Changxuan is five or six years older than Shi Liang, and his wife in the main house is forty years old......

Wang Shiyong looked at Chen Ming's young face, and naturally didn't think that Chen Ming's taste was really that heavy, and he would be interested in the two half-aged in their thirties and forties, so what did Chen Ming come up with?

When he walked out of Ni Jiatai, Wang Shiyong's whole person was in a daze. Did he bring this news back to Gangneung City, will he be killed by Abukai after he says it? This is Chen Ming's outright practice and insult to the Jingzhou bannermen, and it is a great shame for every bannerman.

But if you don't say it, the Fu Han army will attack the city directly, and it seems that you are ......, and you still have to die.

Wang Shiyong knew very well how low the morale in the city was.

In the previous ten days, the main task of the defenders of Gangneung City was not to defend the city, but to be coolies and security guards who carried food, goods, and supplies, or to personally teach so many valuable treasures to their enemies. Morale is low, and every soldier exudes decadence.

Even if he told Chen Ming's original words to Abkai word for word, the morale of the banner soldiers might rise, but the remaining men and horses in Yichang Town and Jingzhou City would not have the slightest morale increase. It is estimated that many people will still gloat in their hearts. In the past few days, when the city of Manjiangling was requisitioning supplies, the Green Battalion and the flag soldiers had clashed several times. It's not big, though. As early as ten days ago, in the big battle, the defenders who attacked for the first time were defeated because of the sudden rout of the banner soldiers, which had already made the green battalion of Yichang Town very dissatisfied with the flag soldiers.

If this starts a war, the morale of the green battalion will continue to be low, how much use can it be to rely on the flag soldiers in the city? Wang Shiyong has no confidence at all.

In the evening of that day, the rumbling of artillery rang out outside Gangneung City. Chen Ming didn't know what happened after Wang Shiyong returned to the city, but the time he gave to Jiangling City was only one afternoon, and in the evening, Jiangling City showed no signs of opening the door at all, on the contrary, a team of flag soldiers went in and out of the city throughout the afternoon, reinforcing the battlements and stacking the equipment to defend the city, which was obviously preparing for war. Why did Chen Ming continue to wait?