Chapter 601 Zhongdu
Dahassuke's concerns are not unreasonable. In fact, Zhu Yigui in Huai'an is already thinking about beating Fengyang. Fengyang's status in the Ming Dynasty is one point. In addition, Zhu Yigui is considered a descendant of Zhu Ming no matter how much he says he is. The place of his ancestors is under his nose. How could he ignore it?
Furthermore, the Ming army has now stabilized its foothold in Jiangbei. Although it has not yet launched a large-scale attack on Shandong, it is absolutely no problem to attack Fengyang. By taking Fengyang, it will not only make contributions to regaining Zhongdu, but also take advantage of the situation to oppress the Qing army that is already in Xuzhou. If possible, after taking Fengyang, it can even directly cut off the escape route of the Qing army in Shandong. By then, the Qing army in Shandong will become a turtle in the jar.
"Yue Zhongqi is running fast, I don't believe that Yinzhen, a weak boy, can slip away from my nose." Zhu Yigui sneered secretly. Just when Dahassuke asked Zhang Shiqi for help, he had mobilized more than 10,000 elite troops in Huai'an and was ready to attack Fengyang.
"Master, should I let my brother go this time?" Huang Dian happily asked himself for the vanguard, but he thought that Zhu Yigui would just open his mouth.
"You are not allowed to go anywhere when you send troops this time. Stay well in Huai'an."
"Ah!" Huang Dianhou, who was still excited the moment before, was stunned for a moment. He didn't even bring him to beat Fengyang? Such a great contribution would have gone away? For a moment, Huang Dian's face showed an expression of extreme disappointment, and at the same time he was indignant.
"What? Have an idea?" Zhu Yigui asked with a sneer.
Hearing this sneer, Huang Dian quickly became clever and his head instantly shook into a rattle: "No...no, of course not!"
"Hmph, it's normal for you to have ideas. Could it be that you deliberately fool me with the right and wrong plan?" Zhu Yigui's eyes gradually became cold and he asked with an unhappy look.
Huang Dian suddenly felt the pressure increased greatly, and sweat oozed out of his forehead: "I... I said, "Boss, don't scare me, I... no... I have any ideas in my vocation, I will do whatever you want me to do."
"Oh, so enlightened?" The new word about enlightenment was learned by Zhu Yigui in the General Staff Department. It is said that this word was created by the emperor. Zhu Yigui had never used this word before, but now he suddenly found that this word is particularly appropriate for use in this place.
After wiping a cold sweat, Huang Dian didn't understand that Boss Zhu, who was usually kind to him, looked like a different person today, and even said something that was pounding himself.
Did he do something wrong? Huang Dian thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he could only say timidly.
"You!" Zhu Yigui saw that he seemed to understand, and he pointed and said with a grudge: "You kid took Huaian this time and made great contributions. Although you have your own abilities, your luck is really good. To tell you the truth, the imperial order has been given to you. From the general to the deputy general, it can be said that it is a hurdle in the army."
Huang Dian was first happy when he heard this, and then he was confused. Indeed, he took Huaian himself, although Huaian was the first contribution of the Jinyiwei, without Huang Dian's timely rescue, Huaian could not be completely under the hands of the Ming army. Two thousand Huaians came in at 2,000 Huaians, and the Ming army forced Jiangbei Qing army to evacuate on their own initiative, resulting in Jiangbei being successfully captured by the Ming Dynasty. As a general in the army, Huang Dian's contribution was quite a bit.
In terms of merit and performance, Huang Dian was promoted from general to deputy general. This step was a complete overturn. I remember that Zhu Yigui was transferred from General Staff to the army to serve as deputy general, which shows that the future is promising.
This is a good thing. Why does Zhu Yigui seem a little unhappy? Could it be that Zhu Yigui is jealous of his great contribution? This idea flashed through his mind and was rejected by Huang Dian. What kind of person Zhu Yigui is is unknown to others. Huang Dian doesn’t know yet? Besides, he is just a deputy general. As the chief general, Zhu Yigui, who is also the chief general and exercises the power of admiral as a general, would he still be interested?
"You guys are very arrogant these days, bragging about your contributions everywhere in the army. Is there any such thing?"
Huang Dian was stunned, then he looked awkward and nodded with a red face.
"A real man is willing to avenge his enemies, let alone the soldiers. If you want to say this, it is not a big deal, but don't you think about it. Is it really up to you to take Huai'an?" Zhu Yigui's face changed and he cursed: "I see, you are so proud and confused! Do you know how many eyes are staring in the army? How many people are jealous of you who have made such contributions? What's more terrible is that you don't know how to restrain yourself and be proud is simply stupid!"
"Boss, my brother..." Before Huang Dian tried to explain, Zhu Yigui waved his hand and said, "Over the years, you are the only one who follows me from Fujian. In just such a short time, you have been promoted to deputy general. Don't others have any ideas? Besides, you are now the deputy general and will lead your own army in the future. This temper that you love to show will suffer. This time I won't take you there for your own good. One is the one who takes all the credit for you. What do others think? Secondly, Huai'an also needs people who trust me a lot to stay in order to prevent the Qing army in Shandong. Do you understand?"
Huang Dian was stunned and finally understood the reason why Zhu Yigui hit him. He was not a fool. He had been following Zhu Yigui for many years. Under the protection of the boss, he was full of rumors. Moreover, he had just made great contributions and had long ignored these things with a arrogant attitude. It was not until Zhu Yigui woke up in front of him that he suddenly realized.
Huang Dian, who understood, wiped away the sweat from his forehead, and thought about his arrogant appearance these days, he couldn't help but regret it and nodded repeatedly to say yes.
After knocking on Huang Dian and letting him stay in Huai'an, Zhu Yigui began to attack Fengyang. A few days later, the Ming army sent troops from Huai'an and Yangzhou. Zhu Yigui led the main force of 8,000 and 6,000 people from Yangzhou to form an army to attack Fengyang.
The Fengyang defender is Fuling, with more than 7,000 troops in its unit. In addition, Zhang Shiqi's two thousand reinforcements are also nearby and will arrive in Fengyang in about two days.
In terms of the number of people, nine thousand defenders are not small. Moreover, as the former Zhongdu, the layout of Fengyang City is incomparable to other prefectures and counties. You should know that the construction of the city was completely built according to the appearance of Nanjing Imperial City, so Fengyang City has three walls: the outer city, the inner city and the imperial city.
However, after the peasant uprising army broke through Fengyang in the late Ming Dynasty, a large fire burned Fengyang and the solid city walls were also destroyed. Now, in addition to some perfect city walls, the city walls in many places have long collapsed, or they have exposed black gaps like toothless old ladies.
Since the demise of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty entered the pass and gained the world, Fengyang City also tried to repair these city walls. Unfortunately, Fengyang is a poor place, and the layout of Zhongdu is too big. If it is to be repaired, the cost is not something that the prefecture can do.
Moreover, Fengyang is not the capital city, nor is it the Jinling City, which is full of misty rain and flowers. Repairing Fengyang is not worth the effort. So until now, Fengyang City still maintains its general appearance after the city was broken in the late Ming Dynasty, and only a few places have been restored.
This led to the original huge advantage of defending the city becoming a disadvantage. Such a large Zhongdu not only has loopholes everywhere, but also requires a lot of troops to defend. We must ignore one thing and lose the other, and we can directly enter through some gaps without waiting for the defending enemy to enter. This is also the reason why Dahassel specially asked Zhang Shiqi to help reinforce Fengyang. At the same time, Dahassel also sent an order to Fuling, asking him to find a way to block all gaps, but the workload was too great. Even Fuling started to handle it as soon as he arrived in Fengyang, but before he could do it halfway, the news of Zhu Yigui's attack came.
Chapter completed!