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Liu Zhongzao didn't show up for several days, and Liu Suifeng hid in the backyard of the Shang League, secretly anxious.

The reason why Zhai Zhe agreed to abandon the king of Lu and accept it to the king of Tang was because he wanted to do his best to unify the military power and the power of affairs. The rebels in southern Anhui were already respected by the Tang king, and he marched there without authorization, only for fear of provoking conflict. King Tang and King Lu are actually no different, whether they are virtuous or dim, he doesn't need someone to point fingers at him.

Three days later, when the lights were in place, the men of the Shang Alliance were about to close the store, and two people came on the street at the door.

Liu Zhongzao didn't let the housekeeper light the lantern this time, and came over alone.

The man said to him: "Mr. Liu, Lord Liu is here." ”

Liu hurriedly came out with the wind, and the two of them have become old friends back and forth, and there is no need to be polite. From the moment he entered the door, Liu Suifeng saw that Liu Zhongzao's expression was very strict, and he knew that things were not as smooth as he imagined.

Sure enough, after Liu Zhongzao sat down, he said helplessly: "Feng Gong, Feng Pingyu General, and it is feasible to control all kinds of soldiers and horses, but only the matter of opening the government should be considered in the long run." Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a military general in charge of civil affairs, and those who know understand that the Duke of Yue is loyal to the country, and those who do not know still think that the Duke of Yue is flying and domineering, and wants to carry out the rebellion of the feudal town. The Duke of Yue Guo can open a mansion, so can the Marquis of Zhenhai also open a mansion? If this continues, won't the military generals in various places cut off their own grain endowments, and what use is there for the imperial court? ”

"Zhenhai Hou can also be compared with Yue Guogong?" Although Liu Suifeng was anxious in his heart, the words he said were as sharp as the tip of a knife, "If the Marquis of Zhenhai is willing to lead the army on the Northern Expedition, I can persuade the Duke of Yue to give up the idea of opening a mansion." ”

Liu Zhongzao was silent for a moment and said: "Your Majesty originally had the intention of being moved, but the scholar Huang Daozhou and others resolutely opposed it, saying that as soon as this case was opened, it was the beginning of the rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty. "Standing in his position, if he promotes the return of Lu Fan to the court, it will be a great merit that will alarm the government and the opposition.

Liu Suifeng sneered, sneered and said: "King Tang is just like this, he doesn't even have this bit of courage, the Ming Dynasty died in Wenchen, and it is really true, and he is still stuck here." Then you are shrinking in Fujian, Zhedong is defeated, see where you go to find a turtle shell? I don't understand the truth of cold lips and teeth. ”

Liu Zhongzao couldn't help it, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Your Majesty is going to go on a Northern Expedition." ”

"Who's going to the Northern Expedition?" Liu slapped the table with the wind, and the hot water and tea leaves in the two white porcelain cups were mixed together and splashed out, "I know that the rebels who raised troops in southern Anhui send an urgent report to Fuzhou every few days, begging the Tang King for the Northern Expedition, and I also know that the Qing court is mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for the siege." The king of Tang first got the convenience of supervising the country, so he was just like this to the righteous men of the Ming Dynasty? If the army in southern Anhui is defeated, what will the people of the world think of the Tang King. ”

He raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, and his momentum was so fierce that Liu Zhongzao was speechless.

"If King Lu does not retire from the prison country, I can't see King Tang, but I ask Lord Liu to bring this sentence to King Tang and Huang Ge Lao for me. Don't wait for the hearts of the people in the world to be cold, and then it will be too late to regret it! ”

Liu Zhongzao did not come back for several days after leaving, and Liu Suifeng asked around for news.

A few days later, a horrific incident occurred in the city of Fuzhou, where He Kai, the secretary of the military department, had his nose cut off on the way home, and the murderer fled. This incident caused a stir in Fuzhou City, and the officers and soldiers searched for several days without results.

Soon there were rumors that the weather was hot a few days ago, and the Zheng Zhilong brothers shook the fan in the court to get the wind, and when the Tang King went to the court, these two people did not take it seriously, and they were scolded by He Kai, the secretary of the Ministry of War, in court, causing trouble.

In Fuzhou, there are not many people who dare to create rumors about Zheng Zhilong.

Liu Suifeng sighed secretly in his heart, "Speaking of domineering, this is called the real domineering, Xiucai meets soldiers, it is unreasonable, and the cabinet scholars can only obediently obey when they meet Junzhen." Zheng Zhilong is arrogant, if he is not willing to go on the Northern Expedition, what can King Tang do? ”

This matter has not subsided, and when Liu Suifeng was thinking about preparing to catch up with Zheng Zhilong, Liu Zhongzao visited again. When they met again, he looked a little lonely, and the recent events made many people in the court a little disheartened.

Liu Zhongzao smiled as soon as they met, but his laughter was more ugly than crying, and he said, "Mr. Liu, I have good news for you." ”

"What good news can there be!"

"Elder Huang Ge will personally lead the army to the Northern Expedition!"

"What?" Liu Suifeng dared not believe his ears.

"The day before yesterday, His Majesty forced the Northern Expedition of Zhenhai Marquis through Lord He's case, and Zhenhai Marquis couldn't dodge, so he only promised to send 3,000 soldiers and horses.

"Your Majesty agreed?"

"If you don't agree, what can you do?"

Liu opened his mouth and closed it again with the wind, feeling a little bitter. With his temperament, he should have ridiculed a few words, Huang Daozhou is a great Confucian in this dynasty, and there are endless calligraphy, paintings, poems and texts, but when it comes to marching and fighting, that is, to drive ducks to the shelves. The king of Tang was imprisoned in the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum for five or six years, and he was held the throne of God in a hurry, and he didn't even have a useful minister around him, and he had to go into battle in person.

He thought of King Lu again, if Zhai Zhe didn't listen to the orders of the court, King Lu actually had nothing to do.

"The lord didn't listen to the orders of the court, but the court listened to the instructions of the lord!"

Liu Suifeng turned his mind around, shook his head and couldn't say a word.

The imperial court in Fuzhou did not shed tears when they saw the coffin, and when Huang Daozhou and Qing Lu took over the battle, they knew that the victory in eastern Zhejiang was not chosen. Otherwise, these ministers still think that winning the battle is not a big deal.

The messenger of the Shang Alliance would send the news of Fuzhou to Xiaoshan Xingying, and then Zong Mao sent a boat to Chongming, and when it arrived in Zhai Zhe's hands, he saw the news that was already half a month ago.

Although it was very slow, Liu Suifeng still sent a letter to Xiaoshan every three days. He was alone in Fuzhou and took over Zhai Zhe's burden, so he was in a hurry. He didn't know that even if the edict of the Tang King arrived in eastern Zhejiang, Zhai Zhe would not be able to come back for a while.

In the scorching summer season, the war in various parts of the Jiangnan has entered a stage of stagnation.

The anti-shave craze seems to be slowly receding, and the people and gentry in Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Suzhou are cutting off their heads before the deadline.

Under the city of Hangzhou.

The daily shelling continued, initially during the day and then occasionally at night. The iron gates of the east gate and the west gate were all smashed, and every time the Qing captives attacked the urn city, they were blocked by the small cannons on the inner city tower. The people of the city gradually became accustomed to falling asleep listening to the sound of cannons.

Duoduo would also urge his soldiers and horses to come to attack the city every day, but it became more and more like a foreign worker. The Jurchens of the Eight Banners scolded endlessly every day in the barracks, and most of the soldiers wore their upper bodies, hiding in the shade, complaining.

When the surrendered Han soldiers attacked the city, they all shouted loudly, and the soles of their feet grinded.

The soldiers guarding the city became more and more skilled, and the daily warnings sounded together, and in less than half an hour, the guards on the wall immediately stood in order.

In order to solve the food crisis in the city, Chen Zilong discussed with Zong Mao and gradually transferred the old and weak women and children in the city from Shuimen to Shaoxing Mansion. But no one of the gentry in the city was allowed to leave. It is useless for these people to stay in the city, but if they are leaving, it will greatly damage the morale of the defenders in the city.

Duoduo was miserable, and not just because of Hangzhou.

When Li Chengdong's urgent report from Jiading Mansion arrived at the Hangzhou camp, he almost didn't jump up, and even moved the idea of withdrawing troops. Bolo led an army of 30,000 to help, of which 10,000 were Jurchen armor soldiers, and later inquired about the sneak attack of the Ming army of only more than 10,000 people, and he was thunderous.

Before Jiading Mansion could restore calm, Liu Liangzuo, who was besieging Jiangyin City, sent an urgent report that a Ming sailor appeared on Jingjiang Island opposite Jiangyin.

Duoduo leaned back on the seat of the tent, sweat pouring from his forehead.

This meant that the Ming army could enter the Yangtze River waterway, and there were not many soldiers and horses stationed in Yangzhou and Nanjing to the north.

He shouted in pain: "Jingjiang Island! Jingjiang Island! Shall I garrison a great army in every city? ”

Jingjiang Island, about 150 miles away from Chongming Island, can be reached in one day by boat.

It is like a huge reef standing in the flowing water of the Yangtze River, only a dozen miles away from the south bank and the north bank, the north bank belongs to the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture, and the south bank is directly opposite Jiangyin City. Chen Huwei and Shen Tingyang's warships sailed upriver from Chongming Island, and all the ships they encountered along the way, whether they were fishing boats or merchant ships carrying goods, were captured.

Diagonally opposite Jingjiang Island, there is Huangtian Port in Jiangyin, which is a famous water port at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

When Chen Huwei arrived, there were only a few cargo ships swimming inside, and nearly 100 small boats were moored in the harbor.

Standing on the bow of the boat, you can see the barracks outside Jiangyin City for more than ten miles, only the Linjiang side is only seven or eight miles away from Jiangyin City, and you can see Qing soldiers patrolling the shore.

The pirates were not in a hurry to go to Jingjiang Island, but were first ordered to rush into Huangtian Harbor, bring back more than 100 small boats, and bring them back to the vicinity of Jingjiang Island.

The soldiers who were besieging the city returned to their barracks, and the cavalry went to the shore to look into the distance, and saw Chen Huwei and Shen Tingyang commanding the soldiers to set up camp on Jingjiang Island.

The upper part of the island is mostly sandy, and there are all kinds of dwarf trees, and the lower part of the tree has fluffy long-whiskered roots. Whenever there is a flood, ninety percent of the ground on Jingjiang Island will fall below the surface of the water, which is why such a peculiar environment is formed.

In the early morning of the second day after the pirates landed on the island, Chen Huwei sent 200 men to the border of Yangzhou on the north bank of the river. In the evening, these people came back and brought back a bunch of tea, rice, oil and salt, and it is self-evident what they went to do. The people of Yangzhou were scared of being killed by the Qing captives, most of them shaved their braids, and the pirates were not so scrupulous.

Chen Huwei sent the siege of Jiangyin City to Chongming Island, which made Zhai Zhe entangled. He had once explored the waterways there with Gu San Mazi, and now he could still remember the extraordinary-looking Yan Yingyuan in Jiangyin.

"How many days has Jiangyin City been besieged?"

The skinny Zhao Yucheng stood beside him, bowed down and replied casually: "From the siege of the city on the 21st of leap June, when General Zuo raided Songjiang Mansion, Liu Liangzuo has been attacking Jiangyin City, and it has been half a month. ”

He really worked hard, Zhai Zhe asked, and he answered.

Zhai Zhe recalled the terrain he had surveyed a year ago and asked, "Jiangyin is not a big city?" ”

"Not counting!"

"There are no heavy troops in Jiangyin City?"

"Nope!"

"It's not easy to hold on for half a month!" Zhai Zhe hesitated for a long time and was ruthless, "I can't save them!" ”

He couldn't save Jiading from being slaughtered by Li Chengdong for seven or eight thousand people, and he couldn't save Jiangyin City.