When Gao Huan heard that Ma Shiying was coming, he knew what Zuo Liangyu had plans.

Now the Left Army is defeated, and the defeated generals flee to Nanjing City and cannot compete with the Liang army at all.

It is estimated that Zuo Liangyu was planning to delay the time and wait for troops to send out from the north to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, forcing the Liang army to retreat.

Gao Huan smiled slightly, and in order to verify his thoughts, he immediately asked, "Where is the person?"

"Just entering the camp!" Yang Yan reported.

"Please come in now!" Gao Huan ordered.

After a while, the guards outside the tent raised the curtain and saw a man stepping into the commander's tent. It was Ma Shiying.

Gao Huan then stood up and smiled and said, "Ma Ge Lao, thank you for your hard work these days!"

"Sir, please pay homage to Your Highness!" Ma Shiying bowed and saluted.

At this time, Gao Huan first asked someone to give him a seat, and then asked: "Is Zuo Liangyu sending the Mage troops out, is it necessary to negotiate peace?"

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "Your Highness is wise! Zuo Liangyu asked Ma to come out, and he really hoped to cease the war and negotiate peace. However, the official thought that with Your Highness's heroic spirit, he would definitely not let Zuo Liangyu go, so he just thought it was coming out to visit and have tea."

Zuo Liangyu followed Hou Xun's advice and sent personnel out of the city, intending to delay time.

Because Ma Shiying is a bridge of communication between the two sides, he chose to let him go out of the city, hoping to confuse Gao Huan.

Although Zuo Liangyu told Ma Shiying that he was sincere in peacekeeping, no matter whether he was sincere or not, Gao Huan would not accept it unless he was willing to surrender unconditionally. Ma Shiying knew this and knew that his peacekeeping would not be successful, so she didn't mention it, so as not to waste time.

"Hahaha!" Gao Huan laughed heartily, "Give refreshments to Ma Ge Department! It's better for Ma Ge Department to understand me! Not bad, unless Zuo Liangyu opens the city to surrender immediately, it will be useless for anyone to come!"

When Ma Shiying heard the words, his old face turned slightly red. He quickly picked up the tea sent by the guard and took a sip of shock.

Gao Huan then asked, "Does the Mage tribe know what the situation in the city?"

Ma Shiying took a sip of tea and said, "The lower official was under house arrest by the Left Army and could not leave the palace normally. He was not clear about the specific situation in Nanjing. However, when he came out just now, he saw the Left Army catching the strong men and making up for his numbers. He thought that there should be insufficient troops in the city."

Gao Huan nodded slightly. According to his own estimate, the number of left troops in Nanjing was at most 40,000 to 50,000.

At this time, Gao Huan asked, "If Zuo Liangyu is unwilling to surrender unconditionally, Ma Ge's troops think Zuo Liangyu is planning to defend Nanjing?"

Ma Shiying said: "Limiting the Left Army alone, Nanjing will definitely not be able to defend. The officials thought that Zuo Liangyu could rely on was nothing more than three points. The first was Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou sent troops to help. The second was to rely on the help of the Zheng family navy to cut off the Yangtze River channel, so that His Highness could not obtain supplies from Jiangbei. The third was to hope that the support of the great gentry in Jiangnan would make His Highness trapped in the city for a long time."

This is almost the same as Gao Huan thought, and Zuo Liangyu has only a few moves now.

Gao Huan sneered: "If there were only a few moves, Zuo Liangyu would not be far from defeat."

At this time, Ma Shiying stood up and saluted, "Zuo Liangyu waited for Xiaguan to return to the city to report, Xiaguan said goodbye."

Gao Huan smiled and said, "I don't need to go back to the city when I see the Ma Ge army. Why not just stay in the camp and talk to me at night?"

Ma Shiying quickly shook her head, "The family is still in the city, so I must go back!"

Gao Huan felt it was a pity when he heard this. If the envoy who left the city to negotiate and stayed directly in the Liang army camp, it would inevitably be another blow to the morale of the Left Army.

However, Ma Shiying's family is still in the city. If he is left behind, Zuo Jun will inevitably vent his anger on his family. So Gao Huan had to get up and send Ma Shiying out of the tent.

At this time, everyone returned to the tent, and Gao Huan said to everyone in a deep voice: "It seems that Zuo Liangyu does not intend to surrender!"

Zuo Liangyu sent Ma Shiying out with an intention to delay time, but Ma Shiying knew that Gao Huan could not negotiate peace at all, so he did not mention the conditions for peace talks given by Zuo Liangyu.

This time, the Liang army finally crossed the river, and it was definitely necessary to deal with Zuo Liangyu in one fell swoop.

If the Liang army could not take advantage of Dorgon's defeat, the Qing Dynasty suffered heavy damage, and the threat from the north of Liang State drastically reduced, and the strength was strengthened, once the Qing Dynasty and the Northern Ming Dynasty in the north came to breathe, the Liang army would be in an unfavorable situation of being attacked by the north and south.

Therefore, Gao Huan must use this window period to destroy Zuo Liangyu, which not only strengthens the power of Liang Kingdom, but also severely damages the Qing Dynasty and the Northern Ming Dynasty.

Because since the establishment of the Union Alliance, Zuo Liangyu restricted grain merchants in Huguang and Jiangnan to trade with Liang Kingdom, and instead sold grain to the Qing Dynasty.

After the bumper harvest of grain in Huguang, ordinary people could not store it for a long time and the grain needed to be sold. Zuo Liangyu transported the grain to the north in exchange for war horses from the Qing Dynasty.

This grain and horse transaction restored the Qing Dynasty and strengthened the military strength of Zuo Liangyu and Zheng Zhilong.

This is something that Gao Huan cannot tolerate, so Zuo Liangyu must be destroyed and the channels for the Qing Dynasty to obtain materials from Jiangnan were cut off.

Li Pingyuan said: "King, since Zuo Liangyu does not surrender and is still thinking about peace talks, then we will start preparing to attack the city!"

Gao Huan nodded slightly and shouted in a deep voice: "Okay! Send the order, and each unit prepares the siege equipment and take Nanjing within half a month."

Although there were not many left troops in Nanjing and their morale was sluggish, the tall walls of Nanjing were placed there.

To attack such a big city, you can't attack with your bare hands, and you need a lot of equipment and early preparations.

When Liang's army crossed the river, they did not carry siege equipment. They needed a large army to rush to build ladders, siege towers, shield cars, siege hammers and other equipment before they could attack Nanjing.

Gao Huan ordered the generals to prepare the equipment separately, and at this moment, a loud "boom" suddenly came from outside.

Gao Huan suddenly browed when he heard the sound. Li Pingyuan couldn't help but lift the tent and shouted, "Who fired the fire without authorization?"

"Governor, not the artillery camp! It's the Zheng family navy on the river!" The guard hurriedly pointed at the Yangtze River Road to the north.

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows, and then walked out of the tent with a group of generals and looked north. He saw nearly a hundred warships lined up on the river, and a three-masted warship with a slender figure, a flute-shaped three-masted warship with three-layer cannons was particularly eye-catching.

"The Zheng family navy has arrived!" Many Liang Jiang saw the giant objects on the water, and there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Gao Huan stared at the Western Yi warship with his eyes shining brightly, just like seeing a peerless beauty, and he couldn't move his eyes away.

At this time, in Nanjing, the Wuchang Prince's Mansion.

Zuo Liangyu lay on the sickbed. After hearing Ma Shiying's reward, he couldn't help but cough violently, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph, Gao Huan wants me to surrender unconditionally and become his prisoner. This is absolutely impossible."

Xu Yong and other generals on the side also said angrily: "The thief bullies people too much! The Nanjing city is strong and there is enough food. In addition, the Zheng Navy has arrived. I want to see how Gao Huan goes deep alone and how to take Nanjing."

Although the Left Army was defeated, Nanjing City was strong and could not be easily captured.

Surrender may be able to survive now, but once they surrender, they will lose all the houses and land they have earned now, and Gao Huan will not let them continue to lead their troops, and may even have to be sent to labor reform.

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu had already made a decision in his heart and said to many left generals: "Gao Huan wanted to take away Nanjing without blood, which was really underestimating me. Before, Gao Huan had sneaked out of our army before he had waited for me to line up. He was not victorious. This time, we rely on the city and the military and civilians, and he was one of millions of soldiers, what could he do?"

At that moment, Zuo Liangyu ordered the generals to guard the city and wait for troops to be sent to the north, which would bring a turning point in the battle situation.

The next morning, the turn of the opportunity that Zuo Jun had been waiting for was not here, but Liang Jun welcomed great help.

Early in the morning, Liang Jun was buying a pot to make rice. People in a radius of nearly a hundred miles heard that Liang Jun came to beat Zuo Liangyu. Under the leadership of the elders of various townships, they beat drums and drums, with a chicken in their left hand and a duck in their left hand, driving pigs and sheep, hoes, baskets and other tools, came to help Liang Jun fight the left thief.

The people came all over the field. At first, the Liang army thought it was the enemy, but they were shocked. They thought that some people from here dared to die.

Xu Heihu raised his horse army and was about to raid. He ran out to face him and realized something was wrong. Why are he still carrying chickens and ducks and playing drums?

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