Li Yan said his views to the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, and the general soldier of Huguang, Gao Yigong.

Compared with the previous when he was working for Li Zicheng, Li Yan seems to be more suitable for the current environment, the top boss is the governor of Huguang and is no longer the emperor Li Zicheng, who is an official at the grassroots level, and has just been promoted to the governor of a province, so he has no prestige and is broad-minded, and he is a scholar with Li Yan, which can give Li Yan a lot of free space to play, and can also respect Li Yan's habits.

At the same time, as soon as Li Zicheng died, the current Gao Yigong and other former generals of the army are more convinced of Li Yan, which also makes Li Yan more confident, confident and motivated to give full play to his talents than before.

Du Yinxi understood what Li Yan meant, and also realized that Li Yan was thinking about the future safety of the entire Daming Jiangshan Sheji at the moment.

As a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Du Yinxi was naturally very pleased with this, and a trace of appreciation for Li Yan couldn't help but appear on his face, and he also called Li Yan the same as Gao Yigong: "Then from the perspective of military divisions, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Defend Wuchang! Wait for the imperial army to come to the rescue! It is impossible not to save Wuchang with His Majesty's knowledge, unless His Majesty thinks about it more deeply", Li Yan glanced at Gao Yigong and the others, and he didn't poke at what this deeper consideration was.

But as soon as he heard it, he understood that if he was His Majesty the Emperor, Zhu Youzhen would probably consider using the hands of the Manchus to get rid of the exterminating army.

But at this time, Du Yinxi began to be suspicious, he didn't know whether Li Yan's choice to defend Wuchang was really for the Ming Dynasty or whether he was testing His Majesty's attitude towards the extermination army.

Du Yinxi said in all fairness, although he didn't know what His Majesty thought, but he knew that many officials in the court were still very suspicious of the thieves, even if his former boss He Tengjiao was the same, after all, they used to be enemies of each other, and now even if they are attached, no one can guarantee that the scholars and doctors have truly accepted this group of rebels.

"Impossible!"

Du Yinxi suddenly slapped the table angrily, and got up directly: "Your Majesty can have any deeper considerations, the ordnance, grain and grass, cotton armor, and clothing are all personally inquired about by Your Majesty, and the Generalissimo's Mansion has directly allocated it, and even guarded the system several times, so as not to pretend to be a minister, and despise the righteous people who resist the Qing Dynasty, it can be seen that Your Majesty's benevolent heart, the military advisor's words are really ridiculous!" ”

Li Yan realized that he seemed to have said something, and hurriedly played haha: "Don't be angry about the Taiwan, don't say it clearly, Your Majesty's courtesy, the lower officials also see it in their eyes, the lower officials just said it casually, now it's better to get back to business, the lower officials think that once we defend Wuchang, the Azig attack can drag Azig, and if Azig retreats, we can bite it immediately!" Whatever the case may be, it should be impossible for the imperial court to ignore it. ”

"Naturally, the imperial court will not sit idly by!"

Du Yinxi immediately replied, and drank all the sip of tea: "Just according to what you say, defend Wuchang to the death", and then, Du Yinxi looked at Gao Yigong, the general soldier of Huguang: "General Gao can have objections." ”

"We listen to the military advisor", this high level of merit is like this, Li Yan couldn't help but glance at him, and saw that Du Yinxi's face was calm, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"This official went to call on the soldiers and people in the city to prepare to defend the city, raise grain, grass and ordnance, and the governor Li Yan commanded the defense of the city, and the chief soldier Gao Yigong and others all obeyed Li Yan's orders", Du Yinxi still went through the motions, and left the Huguang Governor's Office first, Huguang Governor Li Yan and Huguang General Gao Yigong and others hurriedly surrendered: "The lower officials listen to the order." ”

However, as soon as Yinxi left, Gao Yigong and the others couldn't help but ask Li Yan: "Military advisor, you said that we will defend Wuchang to the death, will the imperial court really take care of it?" ”

"Who knows, I don't know who this Majesty is today, but what I can be sure of is that the blocking platform will not ignore us", Li Yan said this, Liu Tichun couldn't help but take over: "If the court doesn't care, why don't we follow the blocking platform, anyway, this Huguang is his." ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense! Huguang's power was also given to him by His Majesty, and if you say this, it will hurt the blocking platform", Li Yan scolded, and began to arrange the defense of the city.

Because of the agreement between Plug Yinxi and Li Yan, the main force of the exterminating army still held on to Wuchang City.

At this time, Azig had not yet learned the news of Doduo's defeat, and the will he had received now was still the first will issued by the Qing court, that is, the will to let him not underestimate the enemy's rash advance, Azig did not understand why the court issued such a will, but he also guessed that it might be that Duoduo might have been in trouble because he was too hasty to march into Jiangnan.

Azig became more excited because of this, he never thought that his military ability was worse than Duoduo, and even felt that he should be above Duoduo, now that Duoduo is in trouble, then he should naturally be more powerful than Duoduo, and the current Wuchang City has not been captured for one more day, which is an insult to him.

Azig galloped on horseback, looking at the Wuchang City in front of him, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and behind him were 10,000 Manchurian iron horsemen, among which there was even a worship that had become a powerful minister of the Qing court during the Kangxi period in history.

There are also Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, two Han kings.

Right now, Wu Sangui is eager to fight to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Youzhen's revenge on him makes him not eager to be able to sword Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen every day and night.

But what he can't do is that after all, he is an old minister of the Ming Dynasty, and in front of outsiders, he has to say that he is ashamed of Chongzhen.

Hundreds of red-coated cannons of the Qing army were also lifted at this time, and the muzzles of the cannons were directly facing the gate of the outer city of Wuchang.

Ao Bai has also been ordered by Azig to run around the outer city of Wuchang City with a hundred white-armored soldiers, skillfully stretching arrows and bows, testing the defense of Wuchang City.

At this time, Gao Yigong and Liu Tichun and other main generals of the extermination army also assembled their troops and personally went to the outer city tower, and some of the cavalry of the exterminating army went directly out of the city, ready to fight with the enemy, and even began to dig trenches in the moat and the outer city, set up a horse rejection array, and the houses along the city wall and the main street were all occupied as temporary bunkers.

Obviously, after fighting the Qing army many times, the exterminating army, that is, the original breaking army, is now considered to be experienced, and knows that the battle to defend the city can no longer be held on the city wall.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the extermination were much better equipped than in the past, the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level basically wore cotton armor, hoes and sickles were replaced by spears and knives, and the generals were even given chain mail, mountain armor and other armor suits to add prestige.

All the firearms were replaced with Chongzhen 14-type flintlock pistols and some Lumi guns and three-eyed guns, and the artillery pieces were also increased by 20 guns, which were operated by the mercenaries of the Franc machine.

Zhu Youzhen sent most of the 300 franc mercenaries hired by Qu Shiqian from Macao, except for some of them to stay in the capital to participate in ordnance manufacturing and other affairs, and most of them were sent to the Huguang battlefield, where they were uniformly dispatched by the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi.

(End of chapter)