Liu Tong turned his head to look at the other side of the Yangtze River, and found that clusters of thick smoke also rose from the Hanyang and Hankou wharves in the north of the Yangtze River, covering the sky and the sun. And there are dozens of airships floating in the air, hovering over Wuchangfu, Hankou and Hanyang.

Seeing such a scene also shocked Liu Tong's heart.

It's only been a long time, and these people have already taken control of Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang and Hankou Wharves. Not only that, but they also attacked the city of Wuchang Mansion. What is the origin of these people, at least in Daming, he has never heard of such a strong soldier.

Liu Tong can only pray that these people don't take the grind and kill the donkey, he still has a big family of old mothers, wives and children in Wuchang Mansion. Now he doesn't care anymore, no matter what these people ask him to do, Liu Tong will not hesitate to do it, as long as he can live.

With a muffled sound of "bang ......", Liu Tong's body, who was thinking wildly, shook and fell down, which also woke him up from his chaotic thoughts.

When Ye Changsheng got off the boat, he smiled at Liu Tong and said, "I'll give you a task now, and I'll ask people to take you to the prisoner of war camp to pick people, just pick someone like you who is familiar with the waterways around Wuchang Mansion." ”

After he finished speaking, he saw Liu Tong's face full of nervousness, so he scolded with a smile: "Paralyzed, Lao Tzu uses you, it is a blessing that you have cultivated in three lifetimes, and you still don't want to." Help us in the Far East, and you will not be able to do without your bounty. ”

Liu Tong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down again, but was dragged up by Ye Changsheng.

"It's a big man, he's so timid, don't be so inky, you have to help me find Qi Baiten people today, if you can't find it, I'll only ask."

After Ye Changsheng finished speaking, he glared at Liu Tong fiercely, and then jumped on the floating dock next to him. Liu Tong wanted to ask something, but the two Far Eastern Army soldiers standing behind him carried him to the dock and escorted him away.

At this time, a temporary headquarters had been built on the wharf, and Ye Changsheng and officers at all levels of the Fourth Overseas Division of the Southern Corps gathered here.

"After the assault force landed, the personnel of the intelligence department stationed in the intelligence station of Wuchang Mansion organized forces to assist the troops in opening the gate of Wuchang Mansion, and now the assault force has stormed the city of Wuchang Mansion and occupied various key points in the city. We also sent a large number of river engine sailing boats to block all the main transportation routes in the southern part of Wuchang Province, trying not to let a single ship escape from Wuchang Province. In the next step, we will organize troops one after another to plunder grain in various parts of Huguang through the nearby Jingjiang, Hanjiang, Xiangjiang, Yuanjiang, Zishui, Lishui and other developed waterways. ”

Ye Changsheng listened to the report of the division commander Liu Dong, thought for a while, and then nodded and said: "Don't worry about Jiangbei for now, as long as you control the Yangtze River and Hanshui River." At present, the main task of the troops is to take control of the city of Wuchang Mansion as soon as possible, and there is the office of the Yamen of the Central Political Envoy of the Ming Dynasty in Wuchang Mansion, and the treasury and grain depot where the money and grain are stored, and the grain depot and the vassal treasury of Wuchang Mansion are all located in the city.

And don't forget, there is also a super large Chu Wangfu in the city, and a large number of county kings' mansions and the settlement area of the Daming clan, which is also our main target. Wuchang Mansion is an important commercial town in the central region of the Ming Dynasty, and the grain and cloth and other materials in the various shops and warehouses in the city have gone to the sea, and we must seize the time to rush to transport the materials across the Jiangbei as soon as possible.

Lao Liu, you immediately organize troops to go south, sweep the Huguang grain-producing areas south of the Yangtze River, and do your best to collect grain and other materials. The situation around Hubei is too complicated, we can't completely block Wuchang Mansion, even if we blockade it strictly, not to mention others, it is Liu Tong, the head snake of Wuchang Mansion, we can easily find loopholes and escape and spread the news of Wuchang Mansion. ”

Everyone listened to Ye Changsheng's words and admitted this fact. There are nearly 100 lakes around Wuchang Mansion, with a well-developed water network and an extremely complex terrain environment. Even after several years of hard work, the Ministry of Intelligence will not be able to familiarize itself with the local environment like Liu Tong.

Ye Changsheng said with a smile: "I have asked Liu Tong to pick people in the prisoner of war camp, find more local snakes like him who are familiar with the local environment in Huguang, and equip them with our various assault troops, combined with the intelligence information provided by the Ministry of Intelligence, so that our plundering operations in Jiangnan will inevitably be strengthened." ”

At noon, the Far Eastern Army had completely controlled the inside and outside of Wuchang Prefecture, and a large number of porters and boatmen on the wharf were forcibly requisitioned, and they were temporarily reorganized to form squadrons and brigades to help the Far Eastern Army carry all kinds of materials.

After entering the city, the Far Eastern Army did not rush to loot the shops and warehouses on the Chu Wangfu and the wharf, but concentrated its efforts on transporting the treasury and grain depot where the Daming Bu political secretary stored money and grain, and the grain depot and vassal treasury of Wuchang Mansion.

Carts, wagons, and large animals inside and outside the city were forcibly requisitioned by the Far Eastern Army, and vehicles loaded with supplies were continuously transported to the wharf, and then transported by a large fleet of inland steam-deck barges to the Hankou and Hanyang wharves in Jiangbei. For a time, countless deck barges shuttled back and forth on the river surface on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the thick smoke almost obscured the sky.

Ye Changsheng, Liu Dong and others walked into Wuchang Mansion and found that the streets of the city were full of officers and soldiers of the Far Eastern Army patrolling and guarding. Since the Far Eastern Army entered Wuchang Mansion, the people in the city have closed their doors tightly, for fear that thieves entering the city will break in.

In this era, after the destruction of the city, the first people to suffer were the common people. In order to improve the morale of the troops, some generals will even encourage officers and soldiers to burn, kill, and plunder, so now the common people in the city are trembling.

But the most worried is Zhu Huakui, the ninth generation of Chu King of the Ming Dynasty in the Chu Palace.

In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang named his sixth son Zhu Zhen as the king of Chu. The palace of the king of Chu is located at the southern foot of Gaoguan Mountain, sits in the north and faces south, the back is dependent on Gaoguan Mountain, it is two miles wide from east to west, four miles long from north to south, covers an area of eight square miles, which is equivalent to half of Wuchang City in that year.

The king of Chu was prosperous, and there were no less than 10,000 descendants at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Not only the King of Chu, the Jun Ma of the King of Chu and the King of Chu Mansion are like this, but even the high-ranking officials of the King of Chu Mansion, such as the Guan Clan, the Guardian An Clan, and the Dianbao Xiong Clan, have all become the prominent clans of Jiangxia in the past.

The Ming Dynasty Chu kings all lived in the Chu king's mansion, the descendants of the Chu kings of the past dynasties were awarded the title of county king and general, although the name of the county king has Tongcheng, Hanyang, Daye, Shouchang, Chongyang and the like, but they are all imaginary people, there is not its fiefdom, they also live in Wuchang City.

Wuchang Chu Mansion was once known as the "Four Rich Domains in the World" together with Xi'an Qin Palace, Kaifeng Zhou Palace, and Chengdu Shu Palace. The kings of Chu in the past dynasties have relied on the "golden rice bowl" in their hands from generation to generation, and have lived a luxurious life of drunkenness, drunkenness, and dreams. Moreover, they also wantonly annexed land and exploited businessmen. Zhu Huakui reigned for sixty-three years, and it is said that there was a mountain of money in the house.

Ye Changsheng and the others came to the outside of the Chu Wangfu in the city, and at this time, the Far Eastern Army had already surrounded the Chu Wangfu and was waiting for the order to attack.

Liu Dong glanced at the high wall of the Chu Palace, and said with a smile: "In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in history, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Wuchang Mansion. The civil and military officials of the provincial capital gathered in the palace of the king of Chu, knelt in front of Zhu Huakui and asked him to lend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as military salaries, "The king should not." ”

Soon the peasant army entered the city and captured Zhu Huakui alive, "taking millions of gold and silver in the palace, and carrying hundreds of carts." Zhang Xianzhong sighed, "With such money, you can't set up a guard, Zhu Huzi is really mediocre!" Then he ordered Zhu Huakui to be killed in a cage in Yu Jiang, "The Chu people regret the foolishness of the king."

Our Far East destroyed the Houjin Tartars, relieved the pressure of the Ming Dynasty official army in Liaodong, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others led the army and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other displaced people armed forces have always been in a state of fierce battle. Either Zhang Xianzhong had already broken Wuchang City a year ago and slaughtered Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu. ”

Ye Changsheng nodded and said: "Although the vassal royal clans in various parts of the Ming Dynasty have done a lot of evil in various places, our Far East Company will not slaughter the descendants of the Zhu family, as long as they hand over their family property, we will still spare their lives, but in the future, we will send them to distant overseas and leave them to fend for themselves." (To be continued.) )