"The two secretaries, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, what is the crime? Flat."

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

Li Yan and Huang Degong got up in thanks, Chongzhen asked the second general to sit down, and Wang Chengen and the four of them continued to discuss the matter of capturing Anqing.

Huang Degong said: "Your Majesty, this is all a momentary negligence on the part of the minister, only to become a thief, the minister and General Zhaoji have agreed, and then fight Niutou Mountain, the thief will definitely be beheaded, force the Yangtze River to get Anqing, to meet the holy car, if not win, the minister is willing to be a military order."

Huang Degong's eyes widened like copper bells, ready to make meritorious service for his crimes, and made a military order in front of the emperor, slapping his chest loudly.

Li Yan also said: "Jing Nanbo is famous for his bravery, and General Liu is brave and familiar with both land and water battles. Your Majesty, we are here to ask for sin, and secondly, to ask for orders, to take Anqing and welcome the holy car into the city, I don't know what Your Majesty's dragon intentions are?"

Chongzhen shook his head, "The difference between the two Aiqing's words, I am quite familiar with this Ma Jinzhong."

Wang Chengen, Huang Degong and Li Yan were stunned at the same time, the emperor was amazing, he was quite familiar with this unknown person?

What's going on?

At this time, Ma Jinzhong was indeed not famous, he was not even as famous as the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei, and some had never even heard of this name.

However, like the four towns of Jiangbei, his fame was completely in Nanming, not in Daming.

How many famous generals were there in the Ming Dynasty?

Not to mention, it is that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were three major armies, like Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Yuan Chonghuan, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, etc., etc., many of them are like stars in the sky.

Compared with these famous generals, he Ma Jinzhong is indeed not ranked.

But after arriving at the warlords of the four towns of Nanming, Ma Jinzhong stood out. In history, Zuo Liangyu died of illness in Jiujiang, and Zuo Mengeng led the crowd to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

And Ma Jinzhong and Wang Jincai refused to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, but took thousands of subordinates to insist on opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and later joined forces with Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and Li Zicheng's old department Liu Fangliang, He Jin and others, and repeatedly inflicted heavy blows on the Manchu Qing Dynasty until they were martyred, showing high national integrity.

Until the end, Ma Jinzhong proudly said that at least he was worthy of this name and was loyal to the Ming Dynasty!

Of course they don't know about these vigorous things Wang Chengen, Li Yan, and Huang Degong, but only Chongzhen knows.

Therefore, as Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, this is the backbone of the Ming Dynasty and the hero of the Ming Dynasty, of course Chongzhen has to surrender him, so that he can better be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and better serve Chongzhen.

The hero must not be allowed to shed blood and tears.

Chongzhen saw that Wang Chengen and the others were puzzled, as if he was making a big fuss, or that he had some personal intersection with this Ma Jinzhong, so he smiled indifferently:

"Ma Jinzhong is a brave general under Zuo Liangyu, although he was born a thief, he followed Zuo Liangyu to fight against my army, and his bad deeds are indicated. But he also followed Zuo Liangyu to drive away the thieves, fought with Li Zicheng repeatedly, broke Zhang Xianzhong, and beat Zhang Xianzhong so that he didn't dare to fight, and made many military exploits. My Ming Dynasty needs such a general so much, I will open the net this time, as long as Ma Jinzhong is willing to surrender, I will give him a chance to continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, if you are thirsty for talent, will you come out?" Li Yandao.

To capture Anqing, it should not be difficult to clean up Ma Jinzhong, but if you want to capture him or capture him alive, you need to put some thought into it.

"I have already planned it, I can retreat as advance, and repair the plank road in the Ming Dynasty to darken the warehouse, so that I can not only get Anqing, but also live poultry and horses to enter Zhong." Chongzhen talked eloquently and confidently.

But Li Yan, Wang Chengen, Huang Degong and others were puzzled, hoping that Chongzhen would be able to explain in detail.

Chongzhen said: "Huang Degong and Liu Zhaoji lost the battle this time and retreated more than 20 miles, so they should not enter the army first, and reorganize the troops and horses on the spot, pretending to be obscene and waiting for the opportunity to confuse the enemy."

"General Ma Bao led a detachment to retreat 30 miles and cross the Yangtze River from Chizhou. On the other side of the Yangtze River is Tongcheng, and there are not many soldiers and horses of the thieves, so General Ma can surprise Tongcheng and then attack Anqing from Tongcheng."

"At this time, Anqing must be empty, Ma Jinzhong must send troops to rescue, at the same time as General Ma Bao attacked Anqing, Gongzi and Huang Degong and Liu Zhaoji forcibly crossed the Yangtze River from Niutoushan Town, and advanced by land and water, Anqing must be difficult to take care of, and Ma Jinzhong can be captured alive in a battle."

"Your Majesty is really like a god with soldiers, even if Zhuge is alive, it is nothing more than that, and the ministers obey the order."

Wang Chengen, Li Yan and Huang Degong praised one after another.

After Li Yan and Huang Degong bid farewell to the holy car, they left Chizhou Mansion and came to the barracks and told Liu Zhaoji and Ma Bao about the emperor's will.

The second general is very happy, this is definitely a brilliant plan.

From this day on, Chongzhen's two or three hundred thousand horses stopped here, as if they were in a slump.

Ma Jinzhong's two generals took 10,000 cavalry in Funiushan Town, and ambushed for a few days, but the Ming army never came to attack, and they couldn't hold their breath anymore, so they asked for orders.

Ma Jinzhong told them that if they continued to ambush there, the men and horses of the faint monarch must be waiting for the opportunity, or they were waiting for the red-clothed cannon.

Tell them to continue the ambush there, and those who violate the order will be killed.

At this time, Liu Zhaoji took 20,000 elite soldiers, went out day and night, retreated 30 miles, and crossed the Yangtze River overnight from Chizhou.

At dawn, Ma Bao's people suddenly appeared in Tongcheng, that is, Zongyang County in later generations, which was called Tongcheng at that time, and it was also a small county town, and Ma Bao suddenly launched a fierce attack on Tongcheng.

There are only more than 2,000 defenders in Tongcheng, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and they are in chaos without a fight.

Then Ma Bao rectified the soldiers and horses in Tongcheng during the day, and still went out at night, and two days later Ma Bao's 20,000 troops suddenly appeared outside Anqing City.

At this time, only Yang Jinxi's 5,000 soldiers and horses were guarding Anqing, and Ma Jinzhong's pro-military camp was only 7,000 people.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the cannon at the head of Anqing City roared.

Ma Bao fought extremely bravely, there were no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and the people died one after another, and the corpses filled the moat.

Yang Jinxi's men and horses suffered heavy casualties, and hurriedly asked Ma Jinzhong for help.

Ma Jinzhong knew that he had fallen for the Ming army's plan, and immediately transferred the 10,000 cavalry who were ambushed in Niutoushan Town back to defend Anqing.

As soon as Ma Jinzhong's 10,000 ambush troops were dispatched, Li Yan, Huang Degong, and Liu Zhaoji led an army of 200,000 or 300,000 people, advancing by land and water, and swooping down on them, which was the main force of the Ming army.

The two sides fought to the death on the river, above and below the city of Anqing, as well as on the bank of the river, along the river in the area of Niutoushan Town.

In this battle, the Ming army gave full play to the advantage of winning more and less, and surrounded and annihilated the enemy in multiple strongholds.

The focus is, of course, to encircle Anqing City, and the ultimate goal is, of course, to capture Ma Jinzhong alive.

The battle was fought fiercely.

After two days and one night of fighting, the Ming army won Anqing, and the thief army was forced to surrender except for the dead in battle.

But at this time, Ma Jinzhong was nowhere to be found......

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen