Zhang Chu asked him to choose whether to cut his nose or his ears, which frightened the little eunuch. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info This person is still better to live with complete parts, and it is not comfortable to lack anything. The little eunuch had no choice but to kowtow desperately and beg for mercy, which made Zhang Chu soften, so he said: "Give you a chance to live, pass a message to the emperor for me, just say that the emperor is very angry about this, the court must hand over Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing to me for disposal, I will now raise troops to arrest the corrupt officials in Jiangnan, when will Cao Huachun and others be escorted to stop." ”

The little eunuch couldn't let go of this chance to live, so he escaped from the Ningbo territory and rushed all the way back to Beijing to report to the emperor.

Zhang Chu really didn't talk about scaring the little eunuch here, the security army really sent troops to attack the surrounding cities, and the first target selected by the security army was Yuyao County.

Zhang Chu chose this time to launch a siege operation, first, he knew that he would not really feel afraid if he didn't hurt the emperor, and second, the security army wanted to fight with Zheng Zhilong for control at sea in order to carry out ocean-going trade, and it would definitely not work without a land base. At this time, Zhang Chu also needed a lot of financial resources to build a fleet, and the cities in the south of the Yangtze River became his goal. Another important reason is that the security forces have made a new breakthrough in the manufacture of artillery.

After years of continuous practice, the craftsmen of the security army finally turned Zhang Chu's idea of flowering bombs into reality. Craftsmen are constantly improving the purity of the various ingredients in gunpowder, and the ratio between them is becoming more and more precise. Pellet artillery was also made, which greatly increased the power of gunpowder. The iron works produced qualified projectiles, which not only ensured the power of the shells when they exploded, but also broke into enough fragments to increase the lethality. The fuse of the artillery shell still adopts the delay fuse, an iron pipe is inserted at the back of the shell, and a powder is placed in the tube, and the powder is ignited at the same time when the gun is fired, and when the gun hits the ground, the medicine is burned out, just igniting the explosives in the shell, and the shell explodes.

Zhang Chu led the men and horses to Yuyao County with a fierce killing, and he was going to test the effect of this flowering bomb in actual combat. But his goal was never achieved.

The army arrived in Yuyao and lined up outside the city, hundreds of artillery pieces of the artillery unit lined up in front of the city gate, and the artillery began to build artillery positions. At this time, a white flag was raised on the city gate tower of Yuyao County. The magistrate of Yuyao County personally took the soldiers in the city out of the city and surrendered. They had never seen so much artillery, and they could not imagine that they could hold the city under the attack of so many artillery, although they did not know that these cannons could also fire flowering shells, so they surrendered cleanly.

Immediately after the capture of Yuyao, the security forces began to digest the fruits of victory. The materials and silver money in the county government warehouse were emptied. Now Zhang Chu is too short of money, and he wants to use this money to recruit soldiers, build arsenals, and build ships.

After occupying Yuyao, the security forces did not stop, but searched for wealthy prefectures and counties in the surrounding areas, preparing to attack again.

The little eunuch who delivered the decree hurried back to the capital day and night through the post station of the imperial court. When he saw the emperor again, the whole person was out of shape, or if he didn't look carefully, the emperor wouldn't have recognized this unkempt and sunken person as the eunuch he sent to Ningbo to deliver the decree.

"You're suffering, tell me how it's going." Emperor Chongzhen had a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, as the emperor estimated, the situation was not optimistic. When the little eunuch stumbled and passed Zhang Chu's request to the emperor's ears.

The emperor became angry when he heard it, and this Chu was really too much. The court pulled down the subordinates and arrested Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing, this Zhang Chu was not satisfied, and asked the emperor to hand over the people to him for disposal. How could the dignified Emperor Ming do such a thing.

Emperor Chongzhen decided not to compromise with Zhang Chu, and immediately wanted to gather courtiers to discuss how to send troops to exterminate Zhang Chu. Before he could act, the news that Zhang Chubing sent Yuyao came over. The emperor's first reaction was to quickly send troops to rescue, and before he could figure out where to transfer troops, the news of the surrender of Yuyao County came again.

This is also too fast, and this Yuyao County order can't be kept for a few more days.

"Nope! I will never give in to you. Emperor Chongzhen slammed the fold to the ground. was so frightened that the palace maids and eunuchs next to them all ran out quietly.

Zhang Chu, who was in Ningbo, didn't think about his actions at this time, and Emperor Chongzhen would react at this time, because at this time Zhang Chu was busy receiving new warships in the port. These warships were built day and night by the shipyards on Liuheng Island, and what pleased Zhang Chu the most was that among these ships were four newly completed sail warships of the same class as the "Caiyun." The four ships have been under construction for almost a year and are now finally ready to enter service for battle. In addition, these four warships have a new improvement in performance compared with the "Caiyun", and the guns on the ships can use new flowering shells, and the combat effectiveness of the whole ship has been greatly increased. Now Zhang Chu has eight sail warships, and there is no strength to match him along the coast of Zhejiang.

Of course, if you have power, you have to use it. Zhang Chu first decided to take the fleet around Hangzhou Bay, and the armed ships of both the Ming army and the pirates were swept away. Zhang Chu had absolute control over the sea, and he also sent troops to occupy the Zhoushan Islands, bringing the coastal islands under the control of the security forces.

Rescue documents from all over the country continued to be sent to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers couldn't sit still. Emperor Chongzhen and his cabinet ministers discussed for a long time, but they couldn't think of where to mobilize troops to attack Zhang Chu's forces in Zhejiang. The Ming Dynasty is showing more and more decline.

The troops encircling and suppressing the thieves in Shanxi could not be withdrawn, and the troops of Houjin who resisted outside the customs could not be reduced. The local ranks of the imperial court were not fighting at all.

"Otherwise, we will first agree to Zhang Chu's request and sacrifice the two criminals to buy time for mobilizing troops." In the end, Wen Tiren spoke first and said what everyone wanted to say. Here, Wen Shoufu emphasized the two criminals, and never mentioned how ugly it was for the imperial court to hand over the prisoners to the rebellious Zhang Chu.

"Well, go ahead and do it." Emperor Chongzhen sighed helplessly and said. He felt a little more relaxed in his heart, and Wen Tiren was still a little responsible at the critical moment. This idea was come up with Wen Tiren, this humiliating thing has nothing to do with him, Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself.

Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing were brought out of the prison, the two of them have experienced the ups and downs of life these days, and they were directly thrown into the prison from a high position, and the ministers still did not want to let them go, and they all wanted to kill them and then quickly.

I don't know what to do when I was taken out of prison this time, and both of them are uncertain about their lives and deaths. When they were loaded into the prisoner car, they knew that they were going to be sent to Zhang Chu for disposal.

Cao Huachun felt infinite sadness, and he worked diligently for the emperor, but at the critical moment, the emperor did not try his best to protect him. In the court, the ministers wanted to throw him into prison, and the emperor did so. Now he wants to send them to Zhang Chu again, Zhang Chu said that he instructed people to murder, and he must hate the two of them. When he arrived in Ningbo, he was killed with a knife, and he was lucky not to be executed by Ling Chi. (To be continued.) )