Dangyang County has now become an out-and-out military city!

The 50,000 army led by Wu Sangui was now divided into two routes, one way 20,000, led by his general Ma Bao, and advanced south along the Fushui River to Jiangling, the capital county of Jingzhou. According to the previous agreement, Ma Bao will join Wang Fuchen under the city of Jiangling, and then sweep the periphery of Jiangling together, take Shashikou, Qianjindi and other important places outside the city, and deploy defenses on the banks of Taibai Lake and Jianyang River, completely completing the siege of Jiangling.

The 30,000-strong army led by Wu Sangui would first be stationed in Dangyang, waiting for Jiangling to be taken by Wang Fuchen and Ma Bao, or Li Zicheng's reinforcements coming from Wuchang downstream, before heading south to join the Jingzhou campaign.

If Li Zicheng's main force did not come to Jiangling to support Yuezhou, then Wu Sangui would lead the 30,000-strong army to advance eastward with great fanfare, crossing the Fushui and Jianyang rivers, and then capture Qianjiang County, which was subordinate to Anlu Prefecture, and then take the subordinate state of Hanyang Prefecture to the east, so as to threaten the city of Hanyangfu and force Li Zicheng to return to the army or cross the river from Yuezhou to the north to seek a decisive battle.

Of course, Wu Sangui, who dispatched 130,000 troops in this campaign, would not just lead 30,000 troops to fight the main decisive battle with Li Zicheng. If Li Zicheng's main force was attracted to the area from Chuyang Prefecture to Qianjiang, where the water network is crisscrossed. Then Wu Sangui will only rely on the water network and town defense, and Li Zicheng will go around, absorb Li Zicheng's main force, and ensure that the two battles of Jiangling and Baling (Yuezhou City) can be carried out smoothly - Wu Sangui's "military micro-manipulation technology" is originally comparable to Li Zicheng, coupled with the continuous practice in the past 20 years, the micro-manipulation technology has long been as pure as fire, and it has also cultivated a group of second-generation and third-generation war-fighting experts.

And because Li Zicheng has been a monk for more than 20 years, the backbone of his subordinates either died in battle, died of illness, or defected to the enemy, or simply hid like him, and the newcomer had no way to cultivate it. Even if there is an army of 180,000 to Li Zicheng, it is impossible to fight a sports war and win against Wu Sangui's 30,000 people in complex terrain.

In fact, Li Zicheng's rise in this wave is half by picking up leaks, and half by relying on his former prestige to scare people. What can really be regarded as a tough battle is the battle of the Shashikou pontoon bridge, but it was only a thousand-person raid battle, and it was also a water battle, not a battle on land.

And if Li Zicheng does not move, he must be holding back! Wu Sangui stayed in Dangyang, waiting for Li Zicheng, the old fox, to show the fox's tail!

In addition, Wu Sangui's soldiers are not all about preventing Li Zicheng and Wang Fuchen, and they also have to take precautions!

Li Zicheng has pulled his hips in the war, but Wang Fuchen's army has been really fierce in recent years! Beating Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin, Sun Yanling, Ma Xiong, Li Yan, and Chen Shikai are all like chopping melons and vegetables.

Oh, and there was also a Portuguese garrison of Macau, which was fought down without much effort at all!

And after Wang Fuchen took Guangdong, he was so rich!

What's more excessive is that among the specialties of Guangdong, there are flintlock pistols, red-coated cannons, as well as all kinds of high-quality armor, swords, gunpowder, and the output is very large, which can not only supply Wang Fuchen's own army, but also sell a large number to other provinces, Wu Guogui, Wu Yingxiong, Zheng Jing, Li Zicheng, Geng Jingzhong, Fan Chengmo, Jieshu, Yue Le, Li Zhifang have all asked him to buy (in fact, they are looking for Wu Xiaosuo, Yu Deshui and the profiteers in Foshan Town to buy)!

Such a big warlord with strong soldiers, strong horses, guns, and a lot of money is now taking 30,000 people to Jingzhou, saying that he is here to help Wu Sangui, but in fact, what he wants to do is really not certain, Wu Sangui has to guard against it?

And when Wu Sangui saw his granddaughter Wu Xiaogang, goddaughter Kong Sizhen and grandson Wang Jiqing coming to Dangyang together, the hanging old heart was finally put down.

Hubei Province, Dangyang County in Jingmen Prefecture, in the backyard of Wu Sangui, the king of the west of the Ming Dynasty, has put a family banquet, and Wu Sangui, the king of the west, is personally washing the dust for Wang Jiqing, Kong Sizhen, and Wu Xiaogang who came from afar.

The reason why Wu Sangui wanted to set up wine in his backyard to entertain Wang Jiqing, Kong Sizhen, and Wu Xiaogang was because they were all Wu Sangui's "relatives." Wu Xiaogang was his own granddaughter, Kong Sizhen was his goddaughter, and Wang Jiqing was of course his grandson.

Wu Sangui is an old man, when he goes out, can he not be happy to meet his three relatives?

As soon as the old people are happy, of course, they have to give some benefits to the younger generations!

"Sizhen," after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Sangui said to his goddaughter with a smile and a little drunkenness, "You are the old man's daughter, Ying Xiong's sister, he will be the old man's success, you should be crowned princess, and then Wang Fuchen will be the master of the horse!" ”

Kong Sizhen giggled when she heard this, first got up and gave Wu Sangui a blessing, and then said with a smile: "Father-in-law, that daughter has to wish you a yellow robe as soon as possible!" Then she glanced at her "stupid son" Wang Jiqing, who was stupidly looking at Wu Xiaogang, who was sitting opposite him. What do you want to think?

Thinking of this, Kong Sizhen hurriedly coughed: "Jiqing, don't thank your grandfather yet!" ”

Shane?

Thank you?

Wang Jiqing was confused, and he didn't have the heart to look at the little beauty, so he quickly turned his head to look at his own mother, and said: Wu Sangui made you a princess? You're a princess! And what does this have to do with me?

He was in a daze, and Wu Xiaogang had already spoken: "Grandpa, when the time comes, you must make Sister Xiaosu a princess, so that your granddaughter can continue to be sisters and sisters with Sister Xiaosuo, and serve Brother Shikai together." ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiqing was not disappointed, how could this little princess be willing to be Wang Datou's concubine? She won't consider marrying me as a big wife, etc., Wu Sangui wants to make my mother a princess, does she want her to be the eldest wife of Wang Fuchen, a J husband, and then let me be a sister-in-law? I really have to thank him for that.

Thinking of this, Wang Jiqing got up and made a gesture to Wu Sangui: "Thank you, grandson, grandfather." ”

Wu Sangui looked at this kid and nodded with satisfaction - this kid is good, but he is not very smart when he looks at it! Give a set and drill into it, unlike Wang Jizhen and Wang Zhongxiao, the two little foxes are very cunning!

Kong Sizhen was also dizzy, and she didn't want to think about Wang Jiqing's identity?

That's a son of a!

In terms of the concubines whose backgrounds are not as good as Wang Fuchen's, why should he compete with Wang Jizhen and Wang Zhongxiao for the future suzerain of the Wang family? One of them is a son-in-law, and the other is a son-in-law.

And Wang Jiqing's current Gui Haijun Festival Envoy is actually inherited from his mother Kong Sizhen. Kong Sizhen is the only descendant of Kong Youde, and her status of succession to the feudal domain was established by the Qing court early.

Although she is a bit of a watery poplar, her means of controlling it are still good, anyway, those who follow her will have benefits! Therefore, regardless of whether Wang Jiqing is a son or not, there is no problem in inheriting the position of Kong Sizhen's vassal lord.

But if he wants to take the opportunity of his mother's correction to take the son of the Wang family, then there will be a good show!

Wu Sangui smiled and nodded, beckoned to Wang Jiqing and Wu Xiaogang, and motioned for them to sit down, seeing that the two grandchildren were seated, Wu Sangui wanted to say a few words of encouragement, and suddenly the voice of Wu Sangui's son-in-law Hu Guozhu sounded outside the door: "Lord Wang, the beacon fire is rising in the direction of Tianzhu Mountain!" ”

Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, then laughed and asked Wang Jiqing: "Jiqing, can you guess why the beacon tower in the direction of Tianzhu Mountain is in flames?" ”

"Could it be that there is a change in Xiangyang?" Although Wang Jiqing is not very smart, he has also watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Could it be that Li Zicheng crossed the river in white clothes and attacked Xiangyang?" ”

Wu Sangui laughed, while Kong Sizhen frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Where is it so fast?" ”

Wu Xiaogang analyzed with a smile: "It should be Li Zicheng's army who went up the Han River by boat, and was discovered by the people arranged by his grandfather, so he lit the beacon tower. Grandpa's arrangement is really thorough, it is simply impeccable! ”

Wu Sangui nodded lightly, this little girl is stronger than Wang Jiqing in terms of fighting with soldiers. Don't be too stupid to be this Wang Jiqing, it's too stupid to support!

Thinking of this, he said to Kong Sizhen and Wang Jiqing: "Sizhen, Jiqing, move to the shore of Hanshui with the old man, how about meeting Li Zicheng?" ”

Kong Sizhen seemed a little puzzled: "Didn't my father-in-law take this opportunity to go straight to Hanyang?" ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said with a smile: "The old man has an army of 130,000 this time, with sufficient food and grass, well-equipped equipment, and the lives of the three armies. Besides, Zicheng also knows how to use soldiers, how can he not prevent me from sneaking up on Hanyang? If the old man was not mistaken, he should have withdrawn the soldiers and horses attacking Jiujiang a long time ago, and deployed heavy troops in Jiangling, Baling, and Hanyang cities. Both the auxiliary ministers and the nobles have a good fight! ”

At this time, Wu Sangui saw that Wu Xiaocheng's face suddenly became nervous, and asked with a smile: "Xiaojiao, don't worry, grandpa's ability to use soldiers is much stronger than Li Zicheng, no matter how he demolishes the east wall and repairs the west wall, Huguang has to be surnamed Wu!" ”

"Grandpa, granddaughter is not worried that you can't beat Li Zicheng, but that there is a situation at both ends of Xi'an and Nanjing. Kang Wang Jieshu will definitely lead the armies of Jiujiang and Anqing to the east. And once the battle of Jingzhou is protracted, the Qing court in the north will also know that Nanyang will be able to do so at that time."

Wu Sangui laughed out loud, and also interrupted Wu Xiaocheng's words, "Let's go, let's go and see what Li Zicheng's army is like?" ”

A bit out of Wu Sangui's expectations, Li Zicheng's army. It's watery!

It's a real water army!

After leaving 5,000 men to guard Dangyang, Jingmen Prefecture, and Huya Pass, Wu Sangui led 25,000 men to continue eastward, and encountered Li Zicheng's navy in the southeast of Jingmen Prefecture, in the area of Neifang Mountain on the edge of the Han River.

And Li Zicheng had long known that he was coming-although Li Zicheng only had one eye, he was not blind, and of course he could see the beacon fire lit by Wu Jiajun.

Seeing the beacon fire, Li Zicheng of course knew that he had not succeeded in taking a "downwind boat" (a ship traveling with the wind) to the north to attack Xiangyang. This thing is already very difficult to achieve, both sides are foxes, it seems that Wu Sangui, the fox, is a little more sophisticated, where is it so easy to be sneak attacked?

However, Li Zicheng did not panic, he also formulated multiple sets of plans.

Since Wu Sangui knew that he was coming, he went down to the water and land villages at the mouth of the water on the north bank of the Han River, waiting for Wu Sangui to come.

And the mouth of the Utaru is also very important here, here and the inner mountain across the water, there is also a three-way estuary nearby, there is a tributary of the Han River, the Zhupi River, which leads directly to Jingmen Prefecture City and Huya Pass.

Therefore, as long as Li Zicheng occupies the mortar, Wu Sangui has to confront him. Otherwise, whether Li Zicheng goes north to take Xiangyang or fights Jingmen nearby, he will have to do bad things.

And if Wu Sangui wants to hit the mortar, he has to find a way to cross the Han River...... But his navy is not as good as Li Zicheng's navy.

Running a navy is complicated, and it's not just about building a boat and training some sailors. There must be a suitable place to build a naval stronghold!

Now Yuezhou, Hanyang, and Wuchang in the middle of the Yangtze River are all stuck by Li Zicheng. The middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Han River, the Xiangjiang River, and the Dongting Lake controlled by Wu Sangui were divided.

If he wants to use troops in these waters, he must form separate sailors. How is that possible? Wu Sangui's subordinates don't have so many naval talents at all!

And Li Zicheng's navy can move everywhere along the Yangtze River and Han River.

In addition, Li Zicheng, who controlled the main road of the Yangtze River, was also easy to recruit sailors and obtain ships. The conditions for running a water division are stronger than Wu Sangui, and I don't know how much.

This is a bit of a surprise!

The rogues who were supposed to roam around on horseback are now water thieves fighting on the river......

And Wu Sangui, who didn't take the water war too seriously, suddenly found that he seemed to have taken Cao Mengde's script, and the Han water didn't look wide, but there were more than 100 oar-sail "big war ships" on the opposite side (in fact, it was a grain ship with a circle of wooden shields, long oars, and a turtledove foot musket bought from Guangdong), and he, "Wu Mengde", had nothing to do.

Standing at the height of the temporarily constructed camp at the foot of the inner mountain, Wu Sangui held a telescope and looked at the naval army camp on the opposite side, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar banner of the word "Chuang", and saw the white-capped and green-clothed army on duty on the opposite warship and in the barracks, Wu Sangui was a little confused for a while. I originally thought that Li Zicheng's people had not fought for so many years, and they definitely wouldn't.

As a result, it won't, it's actually Wu Sangui himself!

It's kind of embarrassing!

Just when he was embarrassed, a big boat of 2,000 materials suddenly appeared on the opposite side, driven by dozens of long oars, broke through the Hanshui River Gate and drove towards Wu Sangui.

The soldiers guarding Wu Sangui's side suddenly became nervous, and just wanted to protect Wu Sangui to escape, a few or a dozen big voices with Shaanxi accents sounded on the big boat opposite: "Is it Wu Sangui on the other side?" It's Li Zicheng! Wu Sangui, why did you let Hu Lu not go to crusade, but came to besiege Jingzhou and Yuezhou? Are you rebelling again? ”

Li Zicheng in that boat?

Wu Sangui hurriedly raised his binoculars to look at the big wooden boat, but unfortunately there was a wooden shield blocking it, so he couldn't see clearly.

At this time, the boat remembered the shout in the Shaanxi accent: "Wu Sangui, you have already put your anti-petition on the king of the country, and the decree of the king of the country has arrived today, and the edict of the king is now edicted to ask for you!" If you, the king of the Ming Dynasty, still know a little loyalty, he quickly collected the soldiers and horses, went home, and turned to the Central Plains to use the soldiers, don't be a sinner for the ages! ”

Now Wu Sangui is a little blind to Li Zicheng." Edict to ask for you"? Why is this section so familiar? Also, you are the world's No. 1 rebel who dares to claim "edict to beg"?

"Great King," Wu Sangui's military advisor Wang Shirong was now by his side, and hurriedly reminded, "You also have a holy decree to ask Li Zicheng!" ”

"Do I have one?" Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, "I haven't asked Third Prince Zhu for this kind of purpose, have I?" ”

Wu Sangui didn't reassure the third prince of Zhu at all, and of course he wouldn't ask for anything.

"Your Majesty," Wang Shirong said, "you have the edict of the first emperor!" ”

"The First Emperor?" Wu Sangui thought for a while, "Ah, it's Chongzhen!" ”

Wu Sangui must have received Chongzhen's will to crusade against Li Zicheng, but he did not abide by it, marched slowly, and he was still halfway through Li Zicheng's break in Beijing.

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui hurriedly said to the people around him: "Hurry up, shout together: The traitor Li Zicheng has listened, this king is begging for you in the edict of the first emperor!" ”

"Yes!"

A group of Wu Sangui's personal soldiers responded, and then opened their throats together and shouted: "The traitor Li Zicheng listened. This king is under the edict of the first emperor to ask for you! ”

The edicts of the first emperor have come out!

Li Laishun, who was sitting on the big boat holding a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and studying, was almost amused by the words of the other side, it turned out that Li Zicheng did not come out at this time, but was represented by him, the king of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Laishun put away "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and ordered left and right: "Put away the banner and raise the flag of loyalty to the king!" Then tell Wu Sangui that the old thief that this king is Li Laishun, the loyal king of the third prince of the Ming Dynasty. My loyal king is a loyal martyr of the Ming Dynasty, and he, a traitor and a traitor, is a traitor who everyone can be punished! ”

(End of chapter)