In Anqing City, people were yelling and neighing everywhere. With the arrival of the emperor, the three generals under Gao Jie's tent, Li Chengdong, Li Benshen and Bai Yongfu also brought more than 10,000 troops into the city. Although Anqing City is not small, it suddenly increased by nearly 50,000 troops in a short period of time, and it still seemed a little crowded.

"I will meet the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

There were four people kneeling in front of the emperor, one of whom was only a young man in his early twenties, and the other three were middle-aged generals in their thirties to forties. The youngest man was Gao Jie's legitimate son Gao Yuanzhao, and the other three were Li Chengdong, Li Benshen and Bai Yongfu, the three generals under Gao Jie's subordinates.

Among the three, the most good at fighting was Li Chengdong. This person was also the person Wang Fu was most familiar with in his previous life. After Gao Jie's death, Li Chengdong followed Gao Jie's wife Xing Shi and his son Gao Yuanzhao to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He was the culprit of the three massacres of Jiading, and killed and captured two emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty (Longwu, Shaowu). However, during the reign of Emperor Yongli, he suddenly led his troops to restore the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces for the Southern Ming Dynasty, which gave the Yongli Dynasty a chance to breathe at the end of his journey.

The ancients emphasized the determination to build a coffin, but Li Chengdong's behavior could not be evaluated even after his death. Wang Fu looked at this person who committed many crimes in history and finally realized that he had made great contributions to the Yongli Dynasty. He sighed in his heart and forgot to let them calm down.

Li Chengdong and the other two knelt on the ground and were nervous. Although they came with the order this time, they had resisted the order before. Who knew whether the emperor would hold a grudge? If they hadn't been allowed to not come this time, they would definitely find various excuses to delay.

"Please get up, come and sit down."

Li Chengdong and others finally waited for this voice and felt relieved. Everyone found that their backs were almost wet. After thanking the emperor, Xu sat on the chairs brought by several guards for them.

"Everyone, Zuo Ni was blocked by Jiujiang City. Jiujiang has been attacked by Zuo Ni for more than ten days. Although Jiujiang City is high and the walls are solid, the troops in the city are sufficient. It is just that the rescue is like putting out a fire. I can't wait for Jiujiang to support me before I can rescue me. I don't know which general is the first to be the vanguard and rush to Jiujiang to help him in advance."

"I will go there at the end."

"I will go there at the end."

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As soon as Wang Fu finished speaking, Li Chengdong, Li Benshen, Bai Yongfu, and several local generals from Anqing Prefecture rushed to ask for it. Although Zuo Liangyu had many soldiers, Jiujiang had not won for more than ten consecutive days. Everyone was brave enough to compete, especially Li Chengdong, Li Benshen and Bai Yongfu. They were not very afraid of Zuo Liangyu, and this time they wanted to show their strength in front of the emperor to eliminate the bad image in the eyes of the emperor.

"I am very happy that all my dear friends are so active, and Li Chengdong obeys the order."

"I am here."

"I ordered you to be the vanguard and lead five thousand cavalry to Jiujiang as fast as possible. I don't need you to fight Zuo Ni alone. I just need to harass Zuo Ni on the periphery, so that Zuo Ni cannot attack the city with all his strength. If the city is in danger, you can also enter the city to defend the city."

"I obey the order." Li Chengdong's face showed a happier look on his face. The emperor ordered him to be a pioneer to help Jiujiang, which at least showed that the emperor trusted his abilities. When others saw that Li Chengdong had received the task, they were slightly disappointed, and some people breathed a sigh of relief.

"Remember, the people along the way should be completely unfair. If I know that someone robs people's property or plunders, even if I have great achievements, I will definitely kill them."

Li Chengdong was shocked when he heard this and his face turned red. He knew his own military discipline and it was really hard to take action in the past: "I understand."

"I also know the difficulties of leading troops. The court has financial difficulties. There are often owed wages. The officers and soldiers have no livelihoods, so they naturally rely on the swords and swords in their hands to reach out to the people. Before the army goes to war, you can receive three months of food and wages. After you go back, you will send you some food and wages immediately. Since I have given you enough food and wages, if there are still people who are greedy, don't blame me for the ruthless steel knife in my hand. I will send garrison judges to each army. Anyone who violates military laws will be punished by military judges. Even if they are the chief general, they must not interfere with the military judges' execution of military discipline."

Hearing this, Li Chengdong, Li Benshen and others almost jumped up. The garrison judges were sent, and even the chief general was not allowed to plead. Wouldn't that be equivalent to adding a tight spell to everyone's head? This is much better than the emperor's previous eunuchs who only sent eunuchs to supervise the army. Although eunuchs were annoying, there were only one or two people. In addition to having an impact on the chief commander, they could hardly contact the subordinate officers and soldiers. The military judges were different. He deprived the chief commander of the power to enforce military discipline. If they were really sent, everyone in the army would probably rely on the judge's breath to survive.

Li Chengdong was about to object, but when he saw Gao Jie on the left of the emperor wink at him, Li Chengdong woke up. The emperor had made up his mind about this matter, and it was not his opposition at all. If he refused, it would only make the emperor distrust him even more. He quickly lowered his head. Although the generals looked ugly, they saw that Li Chengdong, who had always been rebellious, did not dare to offend Longyan for a while.

"You don't have to take a slight face. I am also for your own good. You have a lot of robberies in the army. Just showing mercy will disappear. If you don't want to let go, it will also cause complaints from the soldiers. I will be stationed in the army just to free you from the military discipline and concentrate on fighting. If the soldiers complain, they will naturally blame the court. If the military discipline is not good, I will not blame you and directly kill the military judge."

It is impossible not to say that what the emperor said is a little truth. Everyone wants a unit with strict military discipline. The stricter the military discipline, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the army. However, for various reasons, the commander often finds difficult to implement military discipline.

"I will obey the order." Li Chengdong and others said helplessly.

The next day, Li Chengdong's 5,0100 army set out from Anqing, and the one hundred more people were the military judges sent by the emperor to his troops. This made Li Chengdong a little uncomfortable. The general trend was so popular that Li Chengdong could not refuse. These hundred people also ruined Li Chengdong's half-hearted thoughts. The emperor was so strong that he felt a sense of peace.

After several days of recuperation in Jiujiang City, Zuo Liangyu's health has recovered. During the few days when Zuo Liangyu was sick, although the Zuo Army did not stop siege, the offensive slowed down significantly. Apart from adding more than a thousand corpses under the city, the city's defense material consumed a little, and the Zuo Army gained nothing.

"Master, there is news from the scouts."

"Quickly pass." Zuo Liangyu put down the bowl of porridge he was about to drink and said that in the past few days, Zuo Liangyu could only eat porridge.

A scout quickly brought in from outside: "Report, Grandmaster, there is news that the traitors and traitors in the court have sent reinforcements, and their reinforcements have arrived in Anqing."

"Can we know how many people there are, and who is leading the army?"

The scout hesitated for a moment before saying, "The army is about 50,000, and it seems that the emperor is personally in charge of the army."

In an instant, a needle was quietly dropped and could be heard. After a while, Zuo Liangyu burst into laughter: "God helps me, can this matter be taken seriously?"

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Chapter completed!