Wuchang.

Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, was actually quite embarrassed because he didn't know how to explain what was happening to the imperial court.

How so?

It's just magical.

So much so that he didn't hold back anything for a few days, and the golden platform that was so anxious to be ordered to urge was like an ant on a hot pot.

I had no choice but to push the door in and ask the Governor if he had written an excerpt to the imperial court.

"How do you write the old man?"

Zhang Changgeng looked at Jin Guansan in a Taoist official uniform angrily.

After this guy was captured, he took a group of subordinates of the governor's yamen and the secretary of the Wuchang Mansion to help the Ming army govern Wuchang City, which made the Ming army's takeover of the whole city of Wuchang quite smooth.

"My good platform, you always write truthfully, General Wang has urged it several times!"

Jin Guansan was a little anxious.

"Write it truthfully?"

Zhang Changgeng sneered, "The army occupied Wuchang and captured me, the governor, and then made me, the governor, worried, that they were actually here to surrender to the governor?" ”

"This"

The golden crown made three mistakes.

While this is true, it does sound strange.

In a hurry, Shengzhi gave a suggestion: "If you don't control Taiwan, it means that the army occupies Wuchang to force the imperial court to negotiate peace with them, just like the gang of thieves in Liangshan, and the reason why the officials and soldiers are desperate is so that the Song court can recruit them." ”

This statement also seems absurd, but at least logical.

It's not much worse than the truth.

Zhang Changgeng actually planned to say this to the imperial court, but he always felt that Wang Wu didn't really want to talk to the Qing Dynasty, the purpose was actually to relieve the trapped Ming army, and it was even possible that he was secretly in contact with Wu Sangui.

Therefore, after sending an official document to Dong Xueli, the governor of Huguang, to temporarily cease war with the Ming army and mobilize troops to monitor the green camp in Badong and Sichuan, and then sent a notice to the Shaanxi side that he was negotiating peace with the Ming army, he has been reluctant to write to the imperial court.

The intention was to test Wang Wu with this, so as not to be used by himself.

In fact, as long as the Qing troops in Huguang and Shaanxi provinces stopped attacking the base areas, Wang Wu was not in a hurry to negotiate peace with the Qing court, so he did not force Zhang Changgeng.

Who thought that Zhang Changgeng would drag on for four or five days, which made Wang Wu a little impatient, so he instructed the "dogleg" Jin Guansan to urge him.

Whether it is true or not, at least he must first find out the attitude of the Qing court towards the peace talks.

In fact, it is the attitude of worship.

In addition, I also want to see whether the Sichuan Green Camp really raised the anti-flag after receiving Wu Sangui's instructions, or died down.

If it were the former, then there would be more room for Wang Wu to operate.

If it's the latter, it's troublesome.

He didn't have time to urge Zhang Changgeng because he was busy with the expansion of the army.

At present, the Ming army in Wuchang City is the cavalry he brought over, with a total of less than 1,500 people, and more than 600 green battalion soldiers who have laid down their arms and surrendered.

Such a small number of troops will definitely not be able to hold Wuchang, so the expansion of the army is imminent.

After the Ming army entered the city, there were more than 70,000 residents of Wuchang who left the city one after another, and there were people from all walks of life.

Today, there are about 200,000 remaining residents in the city.

It's not that these residents don't want to go out of the city, it's that they don't have a place to go.

Although he knew that the residents of the city were basically not optimistic about the Ming army, Wang Wu still asked people to plant recruitment flags at several city gates, intending that there were still bloody and courageous residents in the city to join the Ming army.

As a result, the recruitment banner was planted for a few days, and there were few applicants, and less than 500 people were recruited before and after.

There are also many ruffians and hooligans, which are not useful at all.

In a fit of anger, Wang Wu didn't even ask for these 500 people, and directly asked people to withdraw the recruitment point.

Xu Lin said that it is better to catch strong men directly from the city, and if one of the three families comes out, he can pull out twenty or thirty thousand people.

Even if it is useless, it is okay to stand on the city and scare people.

If you really fight a few battles, you can have three or two thousand in the end.

Didn't the old Shun army get a hundred battles in this way?

After thinking about it, Wang Wu still gave up the method of expanding the army of "pulling Zhuang Ding", because this would make the last bit of popular support among the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, the people everywhere have been afraid of the light like a tiger.

There are 3,000 people led by Zhao Jinzhong and Tian Wen in Jingzhou, and they have also successfully deceived Jingzhou City.

But Jingzhou is also an important town, and its military significance is not much lower than that of Wuchang.

It's so easy to give up, and it's hard to go back and take it again.

When he was in a dilemma, Qian Daotai suggested that there was a big prison in Wuchang, and there were many prisoners in the prison, and many of them were outlaws, so it was better to integrate these outlaws into the Ming army.

Wang Wu adopted this method, but not all prisoners wanted it, but asked Qian Daotai to choose some prisoners who were arrested for resisting donations and taxes, and the rest were not criminal prisoners, regardless of their severity.

lest these criminals who committed crimes should make the military discipline of the Ming army into a miasma.

In the end, more than 400 prisoners were selected from the prison.

Together with the surrendered Green Battalion, it is only a little over a thousand.

And if you want to defend Wuchang City, you have to have at least 10,000 people.

The shortfall in troops is still too large.

At this time, the role of "dog legs" is reflected.

Jin Guansan said that there was a man named Gongxuan who was active in the Dazhi area with tens of thousands of people, and these people were unbearable to bear the oppression of the government, and they had already killed the officials and rebelled and could not turn back.

A few days ago, Zhang Changgeng was deploying soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress this people's army, so if the Ming army sent people to contact them at this time, eighty percent of the people would be willing to come to Wuchang to join the Ming army.

This made Wang Wu think of what Wang Entai's brothers had said, and immediately sent Xu Deyi to Dazhi to recruit Gongxuan, and promised to be a deputy general.

In addition, in addition to strictly prohibiting soldiers from disturbing the people, Wang Wu also ordered all walks of life in the city to open their doors to do business.

Over there, under the repeated urging of Jin Guansan, Zhang Changgeng finally wrote the recital for the Qing court.

Wang Wu looked at it and felt that it was no problem, so he asked people to take the normal post road.

At present, there are not many people who know that the governor has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and it takes time for the news to spread, so the original post road of the Qing army can be used directly.

In the afternoon, Zhao Jinzhong sent people to escort Mulima and other high-ranking Manchurian prisoners to Wuchang.

These captives are not only hostages, but also Wang Wu's treasures, so he must be placed in Wuchang City to feel at ease.

When he was in Jingzhou, Zhao Jinzhong sent someone to find Lang Zhong to connect Mu Lima's legs, and fixed them with wooden boards, which were wrapped with strips of cloth, which looked like a mummy.

The food was also better, with an extra amount of pickles every day and more oil in the soup.

The main reason is that the material life of the Ming army is now improving.

Zhao Jinzhong went to the city to report the affairs of Jingzhou briefly, and after hearing this, Wang Wu asked Zhao Jinzhong while going downstairs: "Mulima is still that dead?" ”

"I still have to take care of my leg injury for a while, but my complexion is much better than before."

Zhao Jinzhong said that not only Mulima's complexion was much better, but other Manchurian prisoners also had visible changes.

"Without the worry of my life, of course my spirit is better."

Wang Wu smiled, and as soon as he arrived at the city, he saw Mulima leaning in the carriage with a cane.

may be the reason why the sun is more comfortable, this Jingxi general looks a little lazy.

"Send people to the Governor's Palace,"

When Wang Wu was casually giving an order, he saw that Mulima suddenly stood up with his cane, and then raised a cane and shook it towards him.

The soldiers who were holding Mulima came to report that Mulima wanted to see the general.

Wang Wu was curious about what Mulima was doing when he saw him, and ordered someone to bring him.

Mulima, who was on crutches with both hands, was quickly brought over, and when he saw the fifth queen of the king, he refused to say a word after being captured, and the general who pretended to be dead every day actually said: "My brother is Aobai!" ”