.Xuzhou, known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is said to be the fief of Pengzu who lived for 800 years. It has dense water networks and developed transportation. The Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou passed by the city. Later generations were known as the Tonghengheng provinces in the past.

Since Huang Degong retreated to Xuzhou, Xuzhou has become a huge barracks. Shandong is lost, and this place has become the front line. If Xuzhou is lost again, Huai'an and Yangzhou will come down again. Will it be a battle to defend Yangzhou? This is something that Wang Fu cannot tolerate. Wang Fu even thought about whether he would fight again. However, he immediately denied his thoughts. He did not think that he had the potential of a famous general. He had to fight Zuo Liangyu last time, but this time he was not the turn of his own.

Wang Fu issued several orders, and Li Chengdong, Li Benshen, Bai Yongfu and other former Gao Jie's former subordinates hurriedly led their troops north. The rivers of the Grand Cannon of the Beijing-Hangzhou were filled with ships transporting various supplies to Xuzhou. In order to suppress the Manchus, Wang Fu mobilized almost half of the Yulin Guard Cannon. Among them, they were exactly the same as the Manchus' red cannons, 18 twelve pounds, thirty-six six pounds, and 10,000 grenades that had just been produced, and 3,000 Yulin Guards who had already replaced the flintlock rifle.

After dispatching so many troops and supplies in one breath, Wang Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief. In addition to the Yulin Guard, Xuzhou gathered the most elite force of the Ming Dynasty. There were more than a dozen generals at the level of the general, with a total of 70,000 troops and more than 70 artillery pieces. Although such a military force cannot be compared with the tens of thousands of troops of the Qing Dynasty, relying on the city and firearms, it is no problem to defend the city. If Xuzhou cannot be defended in this way, Wang Fu has nothing to say.

The loss of Shandong was lost, and the officials in the court all lost their voices. The emperor's strengthening of Xuzhou's defense was rare in recognition of the emperor's efforts to allocate materials to Xuzhou. No one asked to hold Huang Degong responsible for losing Shandong.

However, there were a lot of noises among the people. The Donglin Party members finally found an opportunity. The scholars of Fushe made a fuss in various brothels and tiles, giving instructions on the country. They blamed the emperor for the loss of Shandong on the emperor's use of the Donglin Party members. Their use was inhumane, as if as long as the Donglin Party members were still in court, Shandong would be foolproof. They completely forgot that the Donglin Party members were determined to use the enemy to suppress the enemy. They were afraid of offending the Qing Dynasty, and they did not want Shandong at all.

Wang Fu was too lazy to pay attention to these noises from the Donglin Party members. These Donglin Party members were frustrated and could not avoid saying strange things. Unless Wang Fu wanted to promote the Literary Prison, there was no way to deal with them. If he paid attention to them, it would only make them energetic. The best way was to deal with it coldly.

Time and time, Wang Fu felt that time was precious again. Every day, he went to the military camp or to the military weapon bureau. Every time he arrived at the military camp, Wang Fu would feel at ease when he saw the fierce training of the Yulin Guards. Even if the ministers in the court argued with each other, the unhappiness caused would immediately dissipate. The same was true for the military weapon bureau. Seeing muskets and grenades made, Wang Fu felt a sense of satisfaction.

Wang Fu had ordered the Military Intelligence Bureau to start trying to produce rifled rifles, and the rifling technology was not difficult. Rifting rifles were found in Europe as early as the fifteenth century. However, because the manufacturing was too time-consuming, it was not popularized on a large scale, but was only used by privately. In the seventeenth century, Denmark became the first country to equip the army with rifled rifles.

The rifle of a musket requires as many as hundreds of times. The time to produce a rifle can produce more than ten smoothbore guns. Wang Fu just tried to make some rifled guns in small batches for special troops to use.

This special force is naturally the newly formed special forces. After layers of selection, one hundred and twenty people were selected from the Yulin Guard. These twenty people were composed of people with outstanding physical fitness and martial arts. How to train special forces, Wang Fu could only draw materials based on some local knowledge of TV, movies or books: off-road, shooting, lurking, assassination, reconnaissance, blasting...

Time flies very quickly. Half a month has passed. The Qing army has launched several attacks on Xuzhou. After taking Shandong, Duoduo incorporated the remaining Ming army and landlord armed forces in various parts of Shandong. Another 40,000 to 50,000 people were added. Almost supplemented the losses in the city of Jinan. However, the quality is much worse. In the past, tens of thousands of troops were very stupid and he was also from the regular army of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Shandong enrollment was full of miscellaneous troops.

The Duoduo attack was bleeding from the city. When the Qing army rushed to the city, more than 70 cannons in the city roared in unison. In an instant, the whole city was shaking. There were muskets and grenades in the city. The Qing army suddenly died and injured hundreds of people. They had to withdraw their troops in disgrace.

After that, the Qing army tentatively attacked several times. Each time they just threw hundreds of corpses and retreated in shame. Although the Qing army also had red-clothed cannons, they were always at a disadvantage at the city. What's more, in addition to the red-clothed cannons, the invincible general cannons of the Qing army were not the opponents of the Ming army's six-pound cannons.

In addition to the loss of artillery, the Qing army hated the grenades from the city. Such grenades often exploded in mid-air, and the subway pieces popped up and flew around in the air. Even if they held a shield, they could not protect them. The Ming army had artillery and grenades nearby. They tried several times in a row. Duoduo wisely ordered the siege to stop.

Unfortunately, Duoduo didn't know that there were not many grenades in the city. After using them a few times, they were almost exhausted. Otherwise, Duoduo would definitely order the Qing army to attack the city with all their strength. Otherwise, there would be a canal to provide assistance. The supplies in the city would become more and more sufficient.

Seeing that Xuzhou was difficult to capture, Duoduo sent a large army to mobilize counties and districts around Xuzhou. However, Huang Degong was prepared and transferred most of the population and supplies to the rear. Although the Qing army captured many counties, the income was very small. Although Duoduo wanted to bypass Xuzhou and not attack, he was unable to rest assured about the heavy army in the rear. For a moment, the two sides were in a stalemate on the front line.

Gu Junen stood on the streets of Nanjing City, and the various hawking sounds around him came into his ears. Although it seemed noisy, it made him feel a kind of intimate feeling. It has been a long time since he heard this hawking sound. Whether in Xi'an or other places in Shaanxi, there is a feeling of zeroing on the streets. Most shops are closed. Among the pedestrians who come and go, except for some high-ranking officials and nobles in Dashun, most of them are dressed in tatters, with a pale face, and their eyes are numb. Occasionally, a piece of rotten vegetable leaves fall on the street can cause a snatch.

However, Nanjing is a completely different scene. There are a wide variety of products, as if all the goods in the world are gathered here. Many pedestrians are wearing silk clothes and are generous in buying things in stores. Others wear cloth clothes, and some have patches on their clothes, but their faces are very good. From time to time, they will stop and bargain at stalls and buy some small items. It seems that at least there is no need to worry about food.

There are not no poor people in Nanjing who can't afford to eat. A beggar in single clothes squatted there in a single dress and shivered in order to keep the cold, but even this beggar's face was better than most residents in Shaanxi.

"If you grab a hand here, you will get rich." One of Gu Junen's followers looked at him and muttered.

The others felt deeply the same. It was not that they had no local buns who had seen the world, but when they were in Beijing, they felt that there might be no more prosperous place in the world. But when they arrived in Nanjing, they didn't expect it to be a little more prosperous.

Gu Junen glared at the entourage and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense."

The follower was shocked and quickly responded: "Yes."

Gu Junen directly revealed his identity when he was in Anqing, but he wanted Nanjing but did not dare to do so. The capital was deep. If he showed his identity, no one knew what would happen. Moreover, in the agreement with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty asked that the matters of contact between the two parties be kept completely confidential, otherwise the cooperation would be terminated.

Gu Junen naturally knew the power of it. Emperor Ming and Emperor Dashun had a grudge against killing his father and king. If this was known to everyone, even the emperor would probably not stop the cooperation between the two sides. Gu Junen originally wanted to contact Li Chengdong first, but after inquiring, he realized that Li Chengdong had been transferred to the front line.

"Let's go, let's go to the Jinyiwei." Li Chengdong was not here, and Gu Junen could only find Feng Kezong. Only through this Jinyiwei's handing over can Gu Junen meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty without knowing it.

A carriage pulled Gu Junen and others out of the Jinyiwei Mansion. After taking Gu Junen's money, the coachman immediately started the carriage and drove away in a hurry. He didn't even want to stay for a moment. If Gu Junen hadn't given too much money, the coachman wouldn't have been at the Jinyiwei's door. The Jinyiwei had performed countless versions in the folk, and it was nothing more than a vicious person. He would not dare to stay if he ate people and didn't spit bones.

"Stop, who are you? How dare you trespass into the Lobby of the Jinyiwei?"

As soon as Gu Junen and others walked up the steps, they were stopped by two Jinyiwei guards with long swords hanging on their waists. Seeing that Gu Junen looked like a scholar, several people behind him were all burly men, with their waists bulging, as if they were carrying weapons, they immediately became alert. When ordinary people saw the Jinyiwei's mansion, they would detour from a distance, so they would not walk in so swaying.

"I want to see your commander, Lord Feng Kezong."

"What a big tone." The two Jinyiwei were shocked: "Who are you? Why do you ask to see Lord Feng?"

"You don't need to know who we are. As long as you inform me, Lord Feng will meet me."

"Damn it, it's just playing tricks on us." The two Jinyiwei were furious and pulled out the knife with a bang. Gu Junen's entourage was shocked and quickly pulled out his weapons.

"Okay, someone is coming, someone is going to go to the Jinyiwei lobby to cause trouble."

The Jinyiwei shouted and walked out of the Jinyiwei, and immediately surrounded Gu Junen and others.

Gu Junen signaled his followers to put away his weapons. He was not going to fight with the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei who had seen Gu Junen show weakness was even more worried and shouted: "Take it down."
Chapter completed!