Xuzhou, since ancient times is one of the Kyushu in China, since ancient times is the key to the north, the gateway to the south, since the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in order to better control the south of the Yangtze River to know, so as to establish the canal, Xuzhou has become the final channel connecting the north and the south, since then it has become a place of contention for soldiers and businessmen gathering center, it can be said that regardless of the north and south, as long as the control of Xuzhou, then there is an opportunity to attack and retreat.

Originally, Xuzhou belonged to the four towns of Jianghuai and Gao Jie's territory, but unfortunately, when the Dashun army was quickly defeated and the Manchu army gathered south, Gao Jie knew that he was invincible, and in desperation, he led his troops back and gave Xuzhou to Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui did not occupy Xuzhou, but was occupied by Azig who then led the elite of the Manchu Eight Banners.

In the city of Xuzhou, in the tall state ya, Prince Azig, who commanded the 30,000 elite Eight Banners force, was holding a banquet at this time. Unlike Dorgon and Duoduo, although Azig is the elder brother of the two, he is simple-minded, tyrannical, and most importantly, arrogant, not only many Han officials have insulted him, but even many Manchu officials have been bullied by him many times, which has also led to his tragic end in the original history.

Although Azig's temperament is different from his two younger brothers, he is an expert in warfare, which is why Dorgon puts him on the front line of the confrontation with the Yongli court in Jiangnan.

"Come on, come on, drink up, if you don't get drunk tonight, you must all drink well for this king." Raising his hand and holding the huge wine bowl, Azig spoke to the many full-man generals sitting below, and after speaking, he poured the wine from the wine bowl into his mouth in one gulp, ignoring the wine that flowed down. Along his thick beard, he wet all the hem of his clothes.

After seeing the commander Azig drink it all, the Manchu generals below took their wine bowls one after another, and drank a sip of essence, for these Manchu people who grew up between the white mountains and black waters, drinking wine is as common as their eating. Not to mention everyone, at least most people, usually drink a pound or two of wine, it is not a problem at all.

"Lord Wang, I don't know when Lord Wang took us south to attack those Ming dogs, you know, we have been staying here for nearly half a year, except for drinking and hunting every day. There's nothing going on, and if you don't move anymore, I'm afraid the end won't even be able to ride a horse. After a few bowls of wine, some generals with a small amount of alcohol began to be presumptuous, of course, don't look at Azig's usual arrogance towards others, but he still has some mind for these generals under him. After all, he's not a fool either. Otherwise, there would not be such an achievement as it is today.

Hearing the general's words, Azig hugged the cheeks of the two beauties beside him, kissed them fiercely, and then laughed presumptuously and said, "Why, you rabbit cubs can't help it so quickly." I have a good life, but I just want to fight, and I think that back then, when we ate wind and snow outside the customs, you said. If one day, you can drink and hunt every day, even if you die, you are willing to die, and today is a day like this, and you start to complain again, what a shame your grandmother is guilty of. ”

"Hahaha, Lord Wang, this can't be blamed on subordinates, you should know that although this kind of day is good, but we are used to the days of Jin Ge Iron Horse and killing people and seeing blood, besides, my subordinates and others heard that the land south of the Yangtze River is the best place in the Guannei, not only the beautiful silk is countless, the grain is piled up, and more importantly, the beauties in the south of the Yangtze River are much better than elsewhere, if you can really go south to the south of the Yangtze River, the subordinates will have no regrets in this life." After listening to Azig's words, the other general couldn't help but smile and said.

As soon as the general's words were finished, he was immediately praised by many generals, and seeing the atmosphere in the room, Azig couldn't help but smile and roared, "Okay, you bastards, don't worry, this king believes that this time is not far away, and when the time comes, I will definitely fulfill your wishes and let you see the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Just when Azig and a group of generals of the Eight Banners Army were drinking and having fun, no one saw that a young man wearing the clothes of a subordinate in the yamen of the state capital quietly came to the door of the yamen and handed a note to a young man at the door who was carrying a burden and selling goods, and this young man who got the news quickly took the note and walked towards the city gate, and soon, before the city gate was closed, the merchant quickly went out of the city

Huaibei City, here is now Gao Jie's station, since Gao Jie united with Huang Degong, Liu Zeqing and others to put the Fu King Zhu Youxiang on the throne of the emperor, it has changed the previous cautious, tail to be a man, relying on his own merits, Gao Jie throttled local taxes, and wantonly expanded the soldiers and horses, in a short period of time, from the original tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it was instantly expanded to more than 100,000 horses, of course, these more than 100,000 are just literally good-looking, and when it comes to a real war, I am afraid that even thousands of enemies can not resist.

Although the more than 100,000 is just a literal meaning, but this raising soldiers always needs to spend money, even if the place occupied by Gao Jie is considered a rich place, the tax must be more than that collected elsewhere, but there are four warlords in the entire Huaibei land, in this way, Gao Jie's hands are becoming more and more scarce, and some of them cannot make ends meet, what can I do, thinking about it, Gao Jie thought of a way, that is, to expand the territory. As long as the territory is expanded, then the food and salary will not be available in a blink of an eye. With this idea in mind, Gao Jie began to carefully plan how to expand the territory.

Unlike others, although Gao Jie was originally the general of the Dashun Army, but since he defected to the Ming Dynasty, he is still very loyal to the court, in the original history, he is also the only warlord in the four towns of Jianghuai who responded to Shi Kefa's Northern Expedition to the Manchu Dynasty, but unfortunately, the chaos of the Southern Ming regime caused him to be betrayed before he was dispatched, so he was secretly killed, but no matter what, in the national righteousness, Gao Jie still has some backbone.

And this time, Gao Jie's primary goal of expanding his territory was to occupy Azig in Xuzhou.

If it was earlier, Gao Jie really didn't dare to use his brains on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not to mention the elite of the 30,000 Manchu Eight Banners under Azige, even the hundreds of thousands of troops under Hong Chengchou, and it was not Gao Jie, a little flea, who dared to do it.

But now it's different, first Hong Chengchou followed Wu Sangui with more than 100,000 of the most elite Han troops to attack Henan. And the remaining Han army, not only has weak combat effectiveness, but also has no commander of Hong Chengchou and others, it is simply a group of rabble, which is not in Gao Jie's eyes at all, and the remaining 30,000 Manchu Eight Banners army under Azig. Although the combat power is strong, there are many enemies.

Originally, with the existence of Hong Chengchou, Azig was still able to reluctantly restrain the Manchu Eight Banner Army under his command so that they would not harass the people, so although, the Manchu army was stationed in Xuzhou, except for a few people. Most of the people in Xuzhou don't feel anything, which is also a common problem of the Chinese people, and it is also the saddest part, that is, it is not about their own high hanging, unless it affects their own vital interests, they will rise up and struggle.

But since Hong Chengchou left with Wu Sangui and others, Azig was too lazy to manage his subordinate soldiers, and those Manchu Eight Banner Army. He also thinks that as conquerors, these people are his slaves. Therefore, when you see a good thing, you will take it for yourself, and if the owner is slightly dissatisfied, you will be beaten at the least, and at worst, you will directly draw a knife and cut people, and other than that. Many Manchu soldiers would directly rape some beautiful women because they saw them, so the Manchu Eight Banners Army. In Xuzhou, it can really be regarded as causing anger and resentment, and many people are eager to eat its flesh raw, which is also one of the reasons why Gao Jie wants to take Xuzhou.

"My lord, the news from the city of Xuzhou has come, this afternoon, the Tartar commander Azig feasted all the Tartar generals, and now all the Tartar generals are already unconscious." When the note, after being passed by several people, finally landed in Gao Jie's hands.

Looking at the message of the note in his hand, Gao Jie suddenly said excitedly, "Okay, great, really good, God help me, now all the generals of the Manchu Tartars are drunk and unconscious, then they must already be leaderless in the army, then, as long as we let our Neiying open the city gate and go all out to assault the Manchu barracks, the Manchu army without command will definitely fall into chaos, and when the time comes, we will be able to easily take Xuzhou City, as long as we take Xuzhou City, I, Gao Jie, will be able to quickly accumulate strength, and when the time comes, maybe I will be the first hero of the Northern Expedition. ”

Just when Gao Jie was excited, he heard a soft sound at the door, and then saw a woman wearing a light red jacket, a dark green dress, and long hair hanging high, looking about twenty years old, gently walked into the house.

Seeing the appearance of the woman, Gao Jie suppressed the excitement in his heart, walked a few steps quickly, came to the woman's side, took the woman's slender hand, and said softly, "Madam, why are you here, if you are not feeling well, you should rest more, don't run around, so as not to have an accident and make your husband regret." From Gao Jie's words, it can be heard that this person is his wife, that is, the former Li Zicheng's wife, Xing.

It was precisely because Gao Jie secretly got along with the Xing family that he brought a green hat to Li Zicheng that he switched from the Dashun Army to the Ming court, and fortunately, Gao Jie avoided following Li Zicheng to death.

Hearing Gao Jie's words, Xing just drowned his lips and smiled silently, which made Gao Jie on the side puzzled, and finally the maid who followed Xing's side said with a smile, "My lord, Madam is not sick, but happy, when the doctor came just now, he was already diagnosed." ”

"What, there's joy, it's really fake, this, this, it's really good." Hearing the maid's words, Gao Jie was stunned at first, and soon became excited, shouting loudly and incoherently. Half a day later, when Gao Jie finally calmed down, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and at the same time thought that he had just decided to sneak attack Xuzhou, so as to expand his power, but he got the good news that he was going to be a father, "I'm afraid, this is a sign that God is going to make me successful!" Gao Jie thought with some emotion in his heart.

In the middle of the night, outside Xuzhou City, after nightfall, Gao Jie took more than 10,000 cavalry, gently towards Xuzhou City, more than 10,000 cavalry, but Gao Jie's combat effectiveness is the most powerful, of course, he will not think that only more than 10,000 people can take Xuzhou City, after all, the 30,000 Manchu Eight Banners elite, even if there is no general command, their personal combat effectiveness is not to be underestimated. These more than 10,000 people are just forwards, and behind them, there are 50,000 troops, slowly marching, in order to meet them after they break into Xuzhou City.

Fortunately, if it was before, even if Huaibei was close to Xuzhou, there were countless Manchu arranged rangers and spies in the middle, but for such a long time, it was always the Manchu Qing who took the initiative to attack, and no force dared to provoke the Manchu army, which also made most of the Manchu soldiers have a slack mood, therefore, those rangers who were originally used to patrol have already gone back to rest, even if there are a few, they have been solved by Gao Jie's spies.

From Huaibei to Xuzhou, it is only less than a hundred miles, therefore, in the middle of the night, Gao Jie has quietly come to Xuzhou outside the city, looking at the Xuzhou city wall, the sparkling firelight, Gao Jie's heart is very excited, thinking of the infinite scenery after he successfully captured Xuzhou, he almost couldn't help it.

Fortunately, at this moment, a soldier came over and whispered, "My lord, the city should have sent a signal, should we do it?" As the soldier spoke, Gao Jie saw that a torch was constantly swinging on the top of the city, and in the dark night, he could clearly see that the torch was drawing circles.

"Hahaha, brothers, kill me." Seeing the secret signal that should be issued above the city, Gao Jie suddenly shouted loudly, and with the shout, he rushed towards Xuzhou City in the lead.

Gao Jie's original location was only two miles away from Xuzhou City, so when they rushed to Xuzhou City, before they rushed to Xuzhou City, they saw the originally closed city gate, 'boom' slowly opened, seeing this situation, Gao Jie and others were even more excited, and they rushed towards Xuzhou City quickly.

After rushing into the city, you will see a silent darkness, which is also the most common situation in ancient times, you know, in ancient times, except for a few people, most of the families were sunrise and sunrise, and they would not bother to light the lamp at all, fortunately, Gao Jie and others, who have long been familiar with Xuzhou, will not be trapped by this difficulty.

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