At night, the gate of Hangzhou City suddenly opened, and a military horse walked out of it and marched quickly to the southwest.

A few days later.

Lu Zhen, the general of Eastern Wu, suddenly appeared under the city, but this was the front line, and the soldiers were heavily defended, so although the Eastern Wu army raided, the results were not large, and the Western Wu army quickly stabilized its position, and it seemed to be like the previous attacks, which were in a stalemate.

Who would have expected that when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the city gate was suddenly opened, and the whole city was lost in an instant! It's a pity that the guard Hu Shen ran very fast and successfully broke through with most of the Western Wu army.

However, this was still a great victory for the Eastern Wu army, and the whole city was like a fish bone in the throat, and it was very uncomfortable for the Eastern Wu army. Now that she has finally conquered it, Lu Zhen is almost crying with joy.

He recalled the letter that Zhang Shicheng showed him, the secret letter of the Governor of Western Wu.

"The puppet king Zhu Yuanzhang ordered me to lead an army of 70,000 to the east of Jiangxi, wanting to attack King Wu (Zhang Shicheng), I wanted to lead the army to rebel, but there were his henchmen in the army, Yu Tonghai and Tang He, to divide my authority, and I could not directly surrender to King Wu. At present, our army is stationed in Quzhou, and I have mastered half of it, so please send an army to King Wu to take all the whole first, and then cooperate with me inside and outside, and take Quzhou, then the puppet king will be chaotic! ”

"Please rest assured, King Wu, there are my confidants in the whole city, who will open the city gate and help you attack the city."

Zhang Shicheng and Lu Zhen did not doubt the authenticity of this letter, but Western Wu was still attacking the city at this time, although the soldiers had not yet pointed to Eastern Wu, but they had already pocketed the two provinces of Huguang and Jiangxi, and at the same time occupied western Zhejiang, Yuan Ting and Chen Youliang's remnants were not opponents at all, and the power of Western Wu was growing stronger, and they had a strong sense of crisis.

So what was Soochow doing during this time?

Die and prosper, all are complete.

In June of the 19th year of Zheng, Zhang Shicheng sent Lü Zhen to besiege Zhuquanzhou, and Lü Zhen impounded water to flood Zhuquan, but after the embankment was built, it was robbed by Hu Dahai, but the Eastern Wu army was flooded.

In September of the twentieth year of Zheng, Zhang Shicheng sent Lu Zhen and Xu Yibing to divide into three ways to attack Changxing, which was guarded by Geng Bingwen, with a fierce momentum. However, in just a few days, it was "broken, and many ships were armoured".

In November of the 21st year, Zhang Shicheng sent troops to Changxing again, and Situ Li Bosheng led an army of more than 100,000 people, advancing by land and water, forming Jiuzhai, using building cars, filling in moats, and burning water with fireboats, day and night. Geng Bingwen only had 7,000 people, and he was stunned for more than a month, and when Chang Yuchun arrived, Li Bosheng was defeated and retreated.

In March of the 22nd year of Zheng, Zhang Shixin led the army to surround Zhuquan, and the guard general Xie Zaixing sent Li Zishi and Gan Rujue to set up an ambush outside the city, and he fought from the south gate, attacked from both sides, and defeated Zhang Shixin.

In February of the 23rd year, Zhang Shicheng sent Li Bosheng to lead the army to attack Zhuquan, and the 600,000 army (claimed) was helpless against this fortified city, and Li Bosheng had no choice but to retreat.

In addition to these, Zhang Shicheng also tried to capture Jiande, which was defeated twice by Zhu Wenzhong; attacked Changzhou and was defeated by Tanghe; attacked Jiangyin and lost to Wu Liang twice; attacked and divided the water, defeated by He Shiming......

Dongwu seems to have suffered some kind of curse, but he can't beat Xiwu. Even Xie Zaixing, who was brave and resourceful before, was defeated by Zhu Wenzhong in Yiwu after defecting to Soochow.

To put it simply, Zhang Shicheng has won a few small victories in battles with Zhu Yuanzhang, but he has never won key battles. The only rebel general, Xie Zaixing, is not because Zhang Shicheng has done a good job of plots such as separation, but because Lao Zhu himself inexplicably married someone's daughter, the eldest daughter was given to Zhu Wenzheng, and the second daughter was married to Xu Da, but he didn't even tell this veteran who was in the same batch as Chang Yuchun, so he reversed people.

What's more bullish is that Xie Zaixing's second daughter gave birth to Xu Da's eldest son Xu Huizu and eldest daughter Xu, and Xu later married Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son...... In other words, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty basically had the blood of this rebel general...... But that's for later.

It is precisely because of repeated defeats that the entire Soochow is now in urgent need of a victory!

And, according to their ears and eyes, Zhu Wenzheng was indeed scolded once by Zhu Yuanzhang, and was locked up in the mansion for several days after that (in fact, he was imprisoned), and looking at his words and deeds, Zhang Shicheng felt that no monarch could bear it, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Wenzheng's rebellion was very credible!

And the fall of the whole city made Lu Zhen and Zhang Shicheng no longer worry!

The reason is very simple, behind all the all, is Quzhou! Quzhou is an important territory of Zhu Yuanzhang Xiwu in western Zhejiang, if Quzhou falls, it means that western Zhejiang has basically fallen, and at the same time, the Eastern Wu army can also drive straight into Jiangxi Province, Zhu Yuanzhang is equivalent to exposing his abdomen in front of Zhang Shicheng, so Quzhou is not unimportant.

At the same time, Zhuquan is very close to Hangzhou, and it can threaten this ancient city at any time, which is of great strategic significance.

It is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to give up this city, so it seems that Zhu Wen is really the opposite.

Then the next step is Quzhou!

Lu Zhen did not stop, and immediately set off from Zhuquan with his 100,000 army, and the troops were directed at Quzhou!

If all goes well, this battle will be a battle to turn the tide!

Within a few days, Quzhou was already in sight.

At this time, Quzhou had already received the news of the loss of the whole city, and Tang He and Yu Tonghai hurried to Zhu Wenzheng's residence.

Not long after, a fierce quarrel sounded in Zhu Wenzheng's mansion.

"The Grand Duke! The enemy army is approaching, how can you be so slack, and also, with a woman in a green building...... In this way, how can you be worthy of the great trust that His Highness has placed in you! ”

"Why not? I have made such great contributions in Hongdu, what's wrong with enjoying it? That Zhu Wenzhong, or that Yan Ling, aren't they very powerful? Let them stop Lu Zhen. ”

"Governor, be careful! Now is not the time to be angry, let's hurry up and discuss how to defend against the enemy. ”

"Lu Zhen'er is only 100,000 horses, so he scares you into such virtue. Back then, Chen Youliang had an army of 600,000 people, and I regarded it as nothing, heh, no wonder you are under me, and my uncle, it is rare to see someone accurately. ”

"You! Zhu Wenzheng, you deceive people too much! ”

In the courtyard, the grumpy Yu Tonghai almost got into a fight with Zhu Wenzheng, thanks to Tang He holding him back.

"Yu Dushi, you remember, I am the marshal of this army! Now, disappear from my house immediately! Left and right, pull them out for me! ”

Yu Tonghai and Tang He, the two generals, were pushed out of Zhu Wenzheng's mansion like this, and the door was tightly closed at the back.

Yu Tonghai, who was born in the Chaohu Water Army, couldn't stand such humiliation, and scolded constantly all the way.

And all this is seen by a pair of eyes.