Wuchang is a big city, and even if the number of defenders in the city is small, there must always be thousands.

In particular, there is also a standard battalion directly under the governor, that is, the most capable unit of the Huguang Green Battalion.

The Ming army had less than 1,500 people, so even if they could open the gate of Wuchang and successfully enter the city, they might be desperately resisted by the Qing army in the city as they were in Xingshan.

The disparity between the strength of the enemy and our own forces made Wang Wu have to be cautious.

With the little force at hand, there is really one less dead.

If you want to reduce your losses and quickly control Wuchang City, the best way is to capture Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, alive as soon as possible.

That is, the meaning of capturing the thief and capturing the king first.

Question: Zhang Changgeng is in the Governor's Palace, and the Governor's Palace is a certain distance from the city gate.

This led to Zhang Changgeng running away before the Ming army rushed to the governor's palace.

Regardless of whether Zhang Changgeng ran to the Qing army barracks in the city or went out of the city, it was a disastrous consequence for the Ming army.

Unless the Ming army does not stop in Wuchang as before, it immediately moves to the rest of the place.

However, the reason why Wang Wu decided to seize Wuchang was to have enough bargaining chips to negotiate with the Qing court, so as to protect the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians trapped in the death of Maolu Mountain.

To put it bluntly, it is to take advantage of the Qing court's jealousy of Wu Sangui.

This meant that Wang Wu not only had to take Wuchang, but also had to be stationed in the city for a period of time.

Stimulating the Qing court also stimulated the Sichuan Green Camp, which had a revolt in the back of his head, and Wu Sangui, the son of Allah behind the Sichuan Green Camp.

The current situation of the three parties should be vividly said, that is, they are running desperately around a cylinder.

Whoever runs slower will be killed by the people behind him.

The three parties also have their own evil intentions, and they all want to kill the other two.

But as one of the parties, the Ming army is the weakest, and it is impossible to kill both sides by itself, even if it kills one side.

Therefore, who is the first-class enemy and who is the secondary-level enemy, Wang Wu, who is desperately running in front, hopes that the Qing court behind the butt can take a serious look, and then take a good look at Wu Sangui, who is also chasing behind their buttocks.

Now the top priority is to take Wuchang City smoothly, not to lose too much, and not to let Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, escape.

Focusing on this policy, Wang Wu mobilized all the generals to brainstorm.

In the end, it was Lahada, the leader of the two yellow flags who was released and arrested, who gave an idea.

The solution was very simple, that is, to send people to Wuchang in the name of Mulima to report to the governor.

It is equivalent to the meaning of Lubu's victory.

According to the rules, Zhang Changgeng personally led the Chinese martial arts of the city to the city gate to listen to the singing.

This gave the Ming army the opportunity to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Wang Wu immediately adopted Lahada's idea, but made a minor adjustment, that is, he directly asked Nu Dahai and them to assume the identity of Lahada, the leader of the Yellow Flag.

After entering the city, Lahada, who heard about it, had a black face all the time.

Erzhu on the side was in a particularly relaxed mood.

What the two of them didn't know was that before leaving, Tu Deputy Dutong, who was released with Yang Maoxun, the governor of Huguang, not only persuaded General Wang not to release him anymore, but also tried to persuade General Wang to execute the two of them on the spot.

If it weren't for Mr. Wang's kindness, the two of them would have returned to the white mountains and black waters.

It is really rare to be able to keep the guilty and meritorious service.

Zhang Changgeng was captured for the first time and ordered the Qing army in Wuchang City to have no leader, and the Ming army created a panic in the whole city after entering the city, as a result, Wuchang City was boiling instantly, and thousands of Qing troops surrendered except for a few symbolic resistance, most of them opened the city gate and ran away before the Ming army was killed.

There are also many people who follow out of the city, and I am afraid that there are tens of thousands.

Helping the old and the young, crying and shouting while fleeing, several city gates except the west gate are impassable.

The Ming army came all the way, the market was depressed, the streets and alleys were full of stalls that had been knocked down by panicked people, and the shops along the streets were also closed.

No people came to the pot with tears in their eyes, to take a look at the majesty of the king, and to take a look at the clothes of the old country.

It's like the Ming army is the Manchurian Eight Banners that slaughtered cities everywhere.

This made the soldiers of the Ming army who entered the city depressed, and they were full of anger.

It's like a lifetime of persistence like a joke.

Wang Wu knew this, and it was nothing more than that people's hearts had already been cleared.

The reappearance of the Ming army brought the people of Wuchang not the hope of recovering the country, but the nightmare of slaughtering the city.

It also makes their quiet life ruthlessly broken.

In the final analysis, the people living in Wuchang City are still very satisfied with their current living conditions, after all, they do not have to send grain and serve like the peasants in the countryside.

Ordered Gou Yu to take over the East Gate, Xu Lin to take over the North Gate, Xu Deyi to take over the South Gate, and Zhang Tianfang to take over the West Gate.

The rest of the people escorted Zhang Changgeng to the governor's palace with him.

He also commanded that if any of the people wanted to go out of the city, they should be allowed to go, and they should not be forced to stay.

When he walked to the governor's palace, he remembered something, and asked Zhang Pengyu, the flag of the pro-army team around him, to inform the gates that if there were traders who came from Jiangnan to do business and wanted to go out of the city, they should not be detained, just inform them that the Ming Dynasty had been supervised by Han.

After entering the governor's mansion, Wang Wu didn't bother to pay attention to the small officials in the mansion, so he only asked someone to escort Zhang Changgeng over, and kindly asked someone to bring a chair for the governor to sit on.

Zhang Changgeng, who was captured alive, looked a little confused, and felt a little unclear about the state.

In fact, it was because they were turned upside down by the sea just now.

What the situation, I count it in my heart.

It's nothing more than his own dignified governor who asked people to be captured.

"There are three things about Governor Lao."

Wang Wu didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Zhang Changgeng to send an official document to Dong Xueli in the name of the governor of Huguang now.

The first is to inform Dong Xueli that the matter of the peace talks will be taken over by the Governor's Office, and ask Dong Xueli to dispatch 30,000 Huguang Green Camp to block Badong and confront the Sichuan Green Camp head-on, so as to further deteriorate the situation.

The second is to send official documents to Fu Kachan, the general of Xi'an, and Bai Rumei, the governor of Shaanxi, informing them that Huguang is holding peace talks with the Ming army.

The third is to immediately send a letter to the Qing court to inform him of the matter.

Of the three things, Zhang Changgeng did not agree to one of them, and put on an unyielding appearance.

Death is dead ears, why be afraid!

is the same as the ghost appearance of Yang Maoxun, the newly released governor of Huguang, when he was arrested.

"Lord Taiwan, peace talks are a good thing, you have to think clearly."

Qian Daotai came forward to do the work, he had seen the governor twice when he went to Wuchang on business before, and he was an acquaintance.

However, what he got was a spit of the governor's "bah", scolding Qian Wentao for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and for opening his eyes for the thief.

Even if Qian Daotai told the truth that Mu Lima was defeated, and the Sichuan Green Camp was about to move, Zhang Changgeng was unmoved.

"Since the Governor doesn't know what to do, then there is no need to persuade him."

Wang Wu looked at the anger, and directly instructed Qian Wentao to post a notice in the city in the name of Zhang Changgeng to calm the people, and at the same time to write about the Fuzhou County to which Huguang belongs, announcing that the whole province of Huguang will change banners from now on.

After hearing this, Zhang Changgeng snorted coldly: "Little trick, my Huguang officials will be fooled, and the court will not believe that I Zhang Changgeng will descend to you!" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor is too careful,"

Wang Wu had to explain, lest the other party misunderstand, he said with a straight face: "The Governor is not descending to my Daming, but to the King of Pingxi." ”