At the same time that the Guangxin Righteous Army ambushed and killed the messenger of the Qing Army, in Wannian County, Jie Chongxi, who pretended to be a traveling businessman, finally found the Qinglong Right Brigade that was marching to Guangxin Fucheng, and after identifying himself, he was soon taken to Zhang Mingyang by the soldiers.

"Xia Guan Jiezhong Xi, I have seen Zuo Dudu."

Jie Chongxi stood in front of the horse and respectfully saluted Zhang Mingyang.

Although he was canonized by the imperial court as the secretary of the military department of the second rank and the governor of Jiangxi, Jie Chongxi knew very well that in this troubled world, he did not have enough strength in his hands, even if the official rank was long and the grade was big, it was useless, so when facing Zhang Mingyang, the military attaché, he still saluted the other party respectfully.

With such an attitude of the other party, Zhang Mingyang also smiled and saluted, and then revealed his identity, origin and meaning, and at the same time showed the seal of the eternal calendar hidden on his body.

As soon as Zhang Mingyang heard that he had insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for several years and had inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army several times, he immediately felt respect and awe, and even his attitude towards Jie Chongxi became much better.

"How is the righteous master in the mountains?" Zhang Mingyang turned over and dismounted, and asked Jie Chongxi.

"The righteous master set up camp in the mountains, ploughed the fields and sowed seeds, and was already self-sufficient, but the people in our army missed the Ming court, and now the governor led the army into Jiangxi to recover Raozhou, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and he couldn't wait to go out of the mountain and regain Guangxin Mansion with the Zuo governor." Jie Chongxi said.

"But Pingyang Bo has already entered Guangxin to fight against the Qing army, why don't you join forces with Pingyang Bo, and you have to wait for Ben Jiang to come before you go out of the mountain?" Zhang Mingyang asked puzzled.

Jie Chongxi's expression did not change, he sighed, and said: "How did Xia Guan not think about contacting that Pingyang Bo, but our army suffered a lot of casualties in the previous battle of Fuzhou, and had to be transferred to Guangxin Taoguang to raise obscurity, and now the strength has not fully recovered, and several times out of the mountain to attack Guixi, they were unable to succeed because of the strict precautions of the Qing army."

Zhang Mingyang nodded after hearing this, he changed the topic and said, "Lord Jie, now that Guangxin's deputy general Li Shiyuan has shrunk his forces and intends to hold on to Guangxin Mansion City, this is a good opportunity for your army to go out of the mountains to recover Guixi, don't miss the opportunity."

"The Governor is going to directly besiege Guangxin Mansion?" Jie Chongxi asked.

"Exactly." Zhang Mingyang did not hide it, this is almost obvious to a discerning person, and there is no need to deny it.

"Then the lower official *** will accompany you." Jie Chongxi saluted and said.

"Why is that?"

"Is there anyone in the army who is familiar with the topography of eastern Gansu?" Jie Chongxi asked rhetorically.

Zhang Mingyang shook his head.

"Xia Guan happens to be familiar with the terrain of eastern Gan, and is willing to lead the way for the army." Jie Chongxi said.

Zhang Mingyang thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed to his request, but he still questioned, "Then ...... the righteous master?"

"Xia Guan will let his entourage go back to his life, but I believe that Dingnanhou will make the best choice according to the changes in the situation."

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As Jie Chongxi said, after some deliberations, Dingnan Hou Cao Dahao and several others decided to take advantage of the Qing army's shrinking forces to stick to the city, go out of the mountains to attack Guixi County, and take Guixi County's food and materials to supplement their own military strength.

The time soon entered the middle of August, and the Ming army's encirclement of Guangxin Mansion gradually tightened.

After hearing the news that Zhang Mingyang was entering Guangxin Mansion, Pingyang Bosu Dingyuan immediately decided to attack and cooperate with the latter to recover Guangxin Mansion, and he marched west along the Xinjiang River, because of the policy of Li Shiyuan, the deputy general of Guangxin, to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, this Ming army did not encounter the slightest resistance along the way, and successfully arrived outside the Yuxi Gate in the east of Guangxin Mansion.

Almost on the second day of Su Dingyuan's troops coming to the city, Zhang Mingyang's Qinglong Right Brigade followed to the Lingshan Gate in the north, and there was no celebration after the two armies met, Zhang Mingyang and Su Dingyuan exchanged information, and then decided to carry out the main attack on Lingshan Gate and Yuxi Gate, and deliberately vacated the Shize Gate in the southwest, so that the Qing army could escape from this gate.

This is the so-called siege of three queyi, leaving a way for the Qing army to live, so as not to force them to a dead end, and resist stubbornly, even if this way of life is likely to appear in ambushes of the Ming army.

It is worth mentioning that Guangxin Mansion is built along the river, and there are two city gates in the direction of the Xinjiang River, which are the same as the Xinjiang River

There is a long and narrow street market between them, but because the market is narrow and inconvenient to march, the Ming army did not take it to heart, but only took a small number of soldiers and horses to watch.

Among them, the Gandong Righteous Army successfully took Guixi County, which was empty, strengthened its own strength with captured materials, and recruited troops locally.

Xu is because of the Ming army's victory in Guangxin Mansion, the local people's enthusiasm to join the army is high, and the Gandong Righteous Army was able to expand its strength, and then, Cao Dahao took advantage of the situation to pursue and conquer Geyang County, while sending envoys to contact the Ming army outside Guangxin Mansion, preparing to assist the Ming army to recover the city,

On August 15, Zhang Mingyang received an order from Nanjing-Su Yan appointed Zhang Mingyang as the governor of Jiangxi and the prime minister of Jiangxi's military and political affairs, and transferred Su Dingyuan to the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi to attack Jiangxi with all his might.

As soon as this order came out, it was enough to prove that Su Yan was ready to put Zhang Mingyang on the boundary of Jiangxi for a long time, and Zhang Mingyang was also surprised by Su Yan's generosity, and he didn't expect Su Yan to be the governor as soon as he made a move.

In addition to being surprised, he couldn't help but be moved by Su Yan's trust in him.

He only captured the Raozhou Mansion, and Su Yan gave him a heavy responsibility and gave him the power of the prime minister to military and political affairs, even in King Lu's treatment - he knew very well in his heart that a large part of the reason why he was able to be awarded the post of Governor of Zuodu was because King Lu gave it to him in the face of his brother Zhang Mingzhen.

Zhang Mingyang secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must make a fortune in Jiangxi and lay a foundation to repay Su Yan's trust in him.

That night, Zhang Mingyang personally gave the whole army to eat moon cakes, then ordered the siege of the city overnight, the Ming army suddenly sounded the horn of attack, and then the 36 artillery carried by the Qinglong Right Brigade roared and smashed the cannonballs into the city wall made of blue bricks in Guangxin Mansion.

The Qing army defending the city did not expect that the Ming army would launch a night attack during the traditional festival of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was suddenly blown up to pieces, ghosts cried wolves, and the shelling outside the Lingshan Gate was like a signal, and the shelling outside the Yuxi Gate was also launched.

In the rumbling shelling, countless Ming soldiers shouted and rushed towards the city wall under the cover of night, because Su Yan's army did not withhold military salaries and let the soldiers starve, so most of the soldiers in the army did not suffer from night blindness, and they were still able to fight in the dark night.

The Qing army was diametrically opposed, they were already bombed by the sudden artillery bombardment of the Ming army, and they only heard the shouts of the Ming army's attack outside the city and the chaotic footsteps when running, and their hearts were extremely frightened, from their perspective, the darkness outside the city wall was like a devil's mouth, which would swallow them at any time.

Under the huge psychological pressure, soon, the Qing army defending the city was defeated, even if Li Shiyuan, the deputy general of Guangxin, personally went into battle to supervise the battle and killed several fleeing routs, it was impossible to recover the more serious defeat.