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"How credible do you think Geng Jingzhong's words are?" The contemporary Yansheng Gong Kong Yuzhi is gathering a group of clan elders in the Confucian mansion, and the lobby is seated in two rows, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a bandit opening the mountain gate and setting up a fragrant hall. This ancient council hall is like this, even Geng Jingzhong himself is not surprised.

"I think the Mawei Army is still credible, and many of our family's businesses have not gone to Jiangnan these days, and the changes in Jiangnan in the past six months are really not small, and they are in full swing everywhere. Let's just say that after walking to Huai'an Mansion, a big road leads straight to Suzhou, in addition to a river in the middle, seven or eight hundred miles of road, all prefectures and counties started construction at the same time, so it was repaired and connected in three or five months, how much silver do you calculate? And I heard the head of the Hu family in Yangzhou say that the major families in Yangzhou have begun to unite, preparing to go to sea with the Mawei Army next year. Kong Yanmao, the foreign affairs elder of the Kong family, agreed.

"Old eight, what you said is not right, since ancient times, what superior would give away a large territory to a private person for no reason? It's a good thing to say, give me the Kong family a provincial land, he hasn't even sat down in the world here, where is there a provincial land to give us? Overseas? It's a wild place, and I don't want to be a savage! Kong Yanfan, another elder of the Kong family, said. They are all Yan Zi generations, and they are all the grandfathers of the contemporary Yan Shenggong Kong Yuzhen, and many times it is difficult to refute Kong Yuzhen.

Kong Yanhong, an elder sitting in the middle of the left side, said: "I agree with the words of the fifth elder, the most important thing is that the situation is not clear now, and the imperial court has not been completely defeated. Even if it's a complete defeat. On the other side, there is also Wu Sangui's army on the side. Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses were far more numerous than the Mawei army. Once we leaned forward to Geng Jingzhong too early. I'm afraid then."

"The situation is not clear enough? Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui have already occupied most of the country, and the imperial court will not be able to support it for too long without the supply of Caoyun, not to mention that the Mawei army has already reached the capital. That's why I said that the court is hopeless, and it will definitely be defeated. But the fifth brother said that he wanted to consider Wu Sangui, so it was still unnecessary. Compared with Wu Sangui, I am more inclined to Geng Jingzhong, Wu Sangui is a complete lackey, and it is rare that he has buried the Ming Dynasty in vain. Even now, he is not clearly under the banner of recovering the Ming Dynasty! Such a scum, I have to rely on him to be the first to oppose it! The last younger elder on the right shouted.

"Thirteen, what are you calling nonsense. What I'm saying is the truth, Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses are much more than the Mawei army, once the Qing court is defeated and retreats, Yue Le will inevitably lose a lot of soldiers and horses, and when Wu Sangui annexes Hubei and marches into the Central Plains, the army will increase dramatically, and most of the world will be in the hands of Wu Sangui at that time. Fifth Elder Kong Yanhong retorted.

"Hmph, whoever wins the world. In the end, who dares to touch my Kong family? ”

"Don't dare to move? Hehe, your niece and grandson seem to have just been put in prison. All the one qiē is fake. Everyone must be clear, the lives of all of our Kong family are in Geng Jingzhong's hands! Look at the surroundings of Qufu, thousands of horsetail army cavalry, here is now the final say! ”

"The eighth is right, to the point. That's the most important one. Great Elder Kong Yansheng, who was sitting on the first chair on the left-hand side, finally spoke.

"Grandpa thinks so too?" Yan Shenggong Kong Yu also answered. "The events of the first two days are honest, but they scared many of the Confucian family very much. I also observed that this Ponytail Army is very sophisticated, and they will not personally deal with us at all, but encourage those ordinary people. It's also the people below who usually do something wrong, which makes people complain. In the current situation, if we don't cooperate, Geng Jingzhong will give an order, and the people outside the king can incite a large number of ignorant people to attack our Kong family, and then let us all die in the civil turmoil, who will redress our grievances. At that time, what if you have redressed your grievances? Anyway, our Kong family didn't exist at that time! ”

"He dares!" The fifth elder shouted, and then sat down stupidly, feeling that he was lacking in qi in the end.

"Zhe'er has really grown up, and the analysis is very correct. Now it's not about what we want to do, it's about how we have to be. All those in power pay attention to a person who obeys me and perishes against me, and he has countless ways to make my Kong family disappear, so at this moment we can only do what he said. As for a large piece of territory overseas, I don't think there should be any fake. Now all the families in Jiangnan are moving when they hear the wind, and shipyards are rising everywhere, and I heard that Geng Jingzhong also sent shipwrights from Fujian to the shipyards in Jiangnan to personally guide. It is conceivable that this is true. Besides, don't we still have this handwritten letter from Governor Geng, and the promise he made will not be fake! ”

"I also think so, if he can keep his word to the small people, he will not break his promise to us. What kind of roads the Mawei Army built in various places as mentioned by the Eight Elders earlier is a good example. In all dynasties, the government built roads and horses, which is to make a look, where is it like the horsetail army, what is it called, oh, cement road. I heard that this kind of road surface is extremely solid and smooth as a mirror, is this the case of the Eight Elders? ”

"It's really hard and smooth, the carriage doesn't have any bumps on it, you don't have to worry about muddy roads on rainy days, and the speed is more than three times faster than usual! I made a rough estimate that it would cost at least six million taels of silver for these hundreds of miles of road. Fifth brother, can you guess who made this silver? The Eighth Elder replied.

"Isn't it from the Ponytails?" The Fifth Elder had rarely paid attention to the outside world, but he didn't know about it.

"It's all from the Jiangnan family, and it's scrambling. As early as a few years ago, the Mawei Army had already built roads in Fujian and implemented road toll collection measures. Therefore, participating in road construction will not only not lose money, but can make a great profit. It only takes less than ten years for all the capital to be recovered, and the next few decades are all gains. Doing business pays attention to a trickle of water, who will let go of such a good deal. It can be seen that the credibility of the Mawei Army is far better than that of the imperial court and Wu Sangui, and his words are very credible. ”

"I hear you. Also, don't you feel that the Mawei Army is very different from other armies? It's not that we haven't seen the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, but there is such discipline as the Mawei Army? I haven't seen Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses, but I think they are no different from the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. The 10,000 Mawei Army dared to fight alone under the wall of the capital. He also destroyed nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses who had come out of the city. The previous Mawei army siege was also. It's a bit too much to take one as ten, but it's still okay to take one as three. Now that the strength of the Mawei Army has reached 150,000, it is equivalent to 450,000 soldiers and horses, plus tens of thousands of imperial troops have been captured and incorporated recently, so it is not inferior to Wu Sangui in terms of strength, so we will lean towards the Geng family one step earlier, but the benefits will be greater. After all, the icing on the scene is far less than sending charcoal in the snow! ”

"Good. I agree! ”

"I agree!"

"Agreed!"

Among the mighty Wu soldiers and horses, a big banner with the word "Wu" fluttering in the wind, the flag is snow-white, and the flag gun is silver. Wu Sangui finally officially led the army across the Yangtze River, and the Qing army retreated, he felt that the world was going to be his!

Underneath the banner, Wu Sangui rode on top of his black barge horse, a very tall steed with a dark gray body with white spots. The fur is plentiful and curly, and the mane and tail are trimmed. Shenjun is very.

Wu Sangui is not young, and his body is still so tough in his fifties. In the past, Wu Sangui's health was very poor in the middle and late stages of history, and the cause of tooth decay was still worried, and the Wu army was already defeated at that time. And now it's different, the Wu army is victorious, the army is driving straight in, as long as this Suizhou is taken, the Wu army can enter the hinterland of the Central Plains in a big way, and the time has come to really compete for the world!

It's still winter, and whenever the cold wind blows, the banner rolls and rolls, and the big red cloak behind him will continue to flutter. Wu Sangui's eyes were blazing, staring at the Guancheng not far away, and there was a resolute, calm, and military wisdom in his eyes.

Behind him, there were all the generals of the Wu army, and Wu Yingqi, Hu Guozhu, Li Wen and others were all accompanying him. There are also two people dressed as literati beside him, who are Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu.

Wu Sangui and the generals of the Wu army have been on the battlefield for a long time, although the weather is very cold at this time, and bursts of biting cold winds are coming, but they are still calm. The two literati strategists couldn't stand it, both of them shrank back a little, their hands were as close as possible into their sleeves, the tips of their noses were blown red by the cold wind, and all that came out of their mouths was thick white gas.

After looking at it for a long time, Wu Sangui thoughtfully said to Wu Yingqi behind him: "Yingqi, you are right, this Qing court guard A Ling'e is indeed very good at defending, no wonder he has not been damaged in the slightest when you attack the city several times." It's a fierce rival, and you can't take it lightly. ”

They already knew that Yue Le had retreated from leading the army, and now this Suizhou City was blocking their passage into the Central Plains on the road. Therefore, at this moment, it is necessary to take Suizhou. It's just that this Ah Ling's defense of the city really has a set, and when Yue Le left, many cannons were inconvenient to carry, so they were left for Ah Ling'e, so the strength of the defenders increased greatly, and Wu Yingqi didn't get a good deal after a few fights.

Among the generals of the Wu army, Wu Sangui is not directly in command, and the general person in charge is his son-in-law Hu Guozhu. At this time, Hu Guozhu said to Wu Sangui: "Lord Wang, the last general has found out that Yue Le left a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses in Suizhou City, and left 50,000 stones, grains and grass, plus more than 150 red-coated cannons and many miscellaneous cannons, along the periphery of Suizhou City, east, west, and south, set up in turn, we want to take Suizhou The price we pay must be quite large!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Yingqi was not happy, didn't he say that he was incompetent?! So his voice sounded immediately: "General Hu, what are you afraid of with some effort?" We are here to attack the city, how can we not spend our efforts? At the moment, the artillery fire at the head of the city is stronger, but I have already thought of a way. Turn around and let the baggage team build a shield car and prepare to rush the car, and I will definitely be able to take Suizhou in the next attack! ”

As soon as he spoke, all the generals around him laughed and said: "General Wu is mighty, this method is very good, what is the grandson of the Bird Imperial Court, if our cannon is also pulled over, he will definitely be beaten so that he can't find the north!" ”

"Lord Wang, the arrival of the last general has not yet made a contribution, so the task of attacking the city will be handed over to us!" 、

"Fart, I brought it up first!"

"That's it!" Seeing that everyone wanted to fight Suizhou, Wu Sangui groaned slightly, and asked a few literati think tanks beside him: "What do you think of the gentlemen?" ”

Liu Xuanchu stroked his beard with his hand and said: "Lord Wang, the art of war is cloudy: those who are good at fighting cause people but not people, why should we attack during the day, at night the city is brightly lit, and it is dark outside, and their artillery can not exert much power." ”

"According to my meaning, there is no need to pay attention to this south gate at all, although we are close, but the south gate is really difficult to fight, and the troops are the most, and the north gate is close to the mountains, and we can't use it. But we can focus on the east and west gates. Our army is full of strength to surround Suizhou, and we will definitely be able to find the weak point, and then gather and annihilate it! Fang Guangchen also expressed his opinion.

"Let's listen to Mao Yao (Liu Xuanchu's words), anyway, it's getting dark, and when the time comes, let's attack the city at night, and the odds of victory are much greater. Moreover, the soldiers will rest for one night, and tomorrow they will have to rush to pursue Yue Le! ”

The others nodded, this Liu Xuanchu has always had a high prestige in the army, what he said, there was nothing wrong, and the other generals immediately accepted the new arrangement.

In the evening, it was late, the mosquitoes were no longer at this time, and the soldiers were tightly covered, defending against snowflakes, and the Wu army wearing red jackets slowly approached the city, and they almost blended into the night at night, and slowly approached Suizhou City.

The general of the Wu army who led the army secretly went to 200 meters below the city with a large army before being discovered by the Qing army, but at this time it was already a little late, and the Qing army still had time to react collectively, and of course the current strength on the city was not enough.

He gave the order in a loud voice: "Attack with all your might, front and on both flanks, leaving no stone unturned." The foot soldier is holding a rocket to cover, step forward, dare to take a step back, kill! ”

"Siege"

"Siege"

All the Wu officers drew their weapons and shouted. Immediately afterwards, the first group responsible for the siege launched a full-scale attack from the east, west, and south, and the shouts of killing shook the world for a while. The unusually tragic battle has begun again, and the primitive siege battle is the most consuming of troops, and both sides will suffer heavy losses in the end! (To be continued......)