After the guards of the Ming army were killed, the remaining guards no longer had the heart to resist. This kind of city without top generals and elite troops guarding it could not stop a top general like Xiao Moke at all.

When Xie Xuan and Lu Xun arrived, Xiao Moke occupied the city head, city gate, and various important places in the city.

The seemingly large number of defenders, in front of a thousand Beifu troops who were as energetic as wolf smoke and tigers and leopards, were defeated and allowed to be divided and guarded like Mianyang.

"North of Liyang is Changdang Lake, and there is a waterway leading to Jintan. Now that our army occupies this place, even if the Ming army knows our purpose, it has lost its opportunity!"

"Based on Liyang, and connected to Jintan, if the raid on Gaochun fails, the Ming army will be stabbed in the back!"

When Xie Xuan entered the city, he looked very relaxed with a smile on his face.

Lu Xun knew in his heart that he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of raiding Gaochun, and Xie Xuan was under a lot of pressure, especially whether the raid on Gaochun could be successful was related to whether Daxia could quickly deal with the Ming army.

As long as Xie Xuan wins Gaochun, after defeating the Ming army, he will be ranked in the top five even if he is not the first one, and he will completely gain a firm foothold in Daxia.

If the raid fails.

Occupying Liyang is also considered a small victory, and it can pose a great threat to the Ming army, so it is not a waste of effort.

"The general is right. In order to hide the news before, so as not to prevent the military from being prepared first, our army's food, grass and supplies need to travel back from Yixing!"

"Now that we can connect to the Golden Altar, our army will have a steady stream of food and grass in the future. This alone will make us invincible!"

Lu Xun responded with a smile.

Xie Xuan burst out laughing when he heard the words.

After climbing to the top of the city, Xiao Moke came to report the results of the battle.

This battle went very smoothly, not a single soldier of the Xia army died, and very few guards of the Ming army died.

After the guard died in battle, the chaos in the city was quickly quelled.

"Who is the defender of this city? Let our army seize the city so easily, Zhu Yuanzhang let this person guard the city, who knows who is unknown!"

Xie Xuan said casually.

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Xiao Moke's face,
Just when the defender of the Ming army was about to speak, he received a fatal blow from him. Up to now, he still doesn't know the origin of the opponent.

However, this matter was also easy to solve. He pleaded guilty and immediately attracted several Ming army thousands and hundreds of households to inquire.The news will be known soon.

"General, this person is Gao Jie, a general of the Ming army. It is said that he was a rebel who later joined the Ming army..."

Although Xie Xuan and Lu Xun both read the history books, they only knew about the more important emperors and civil and military ministers in the history books, and they didn't know much about those characters with only a few strokes in the history books.

Seeing this, the military Chinese officials who were with them stepped forward lightly and explained Gao Jie's historical experience to Xie Xuan and Lu Xun.

In the original history, this person was born as a rebel in the late Ming Dynasty and the Chongzhen period. Later, he joined the army and defeated the rebels many times.

Among the four towns in Jiangbei, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were capricious people. The Qing army surrendered directly when they went south. Gao Jie did not surrender, but was killed by his subordinates who wanted to surrender. Only one Huang Degong was still available.

In the world of Shenzhou, Liu Ze died early in the morning, and Huang Degong was nowhere to be found, but if he came, he would join the Ming army in all likelihood.

As for Gao Jie, Zhu Yuanzhang really has a heart to tolerate people like him.

"I see!"

Xie Xuan nodded slightly, he was just curious about Gao Jie's origin.

He turned his head and said: "Liyang is more important to our army, and we need to keep soldiers and horses to garrison for safety. Boyan first led the troops and horses of the headquarters to stay here, and sent people north to Jintan while rebuilding the warships! "

"If the Ming army is unprepared, Gaochun must be the food of our army, but the next step, whether it is approaching Dangtu to the west or Jinling to the north, will need the assistance of warships... I will entrust these matters to Boyan!"

Lu Xun cupped his hands and said, "The last general takes orders!"

Subsequently.

Xie Xuan left a part of his troops behind, and continued to sail westward with [-] Beifu troops.
Liyang is not too far from Gaochun, and it is faster to take a boat by water.

On the road, a large amount of farmland has been opened up on both sides of the river. Although the section from Gaochun to Liyang is also mountainous and watery, there are many places where rice fields can be opened up among the mountains and rivers.

Among the busy people in the farmland, apart from ordinary people, there are also many soldiers in military uniforms...

"Enemy attack! There are enemies!"

"Hurry up Wolf Smoke!"

After they saw hundreds of warships sailing on the river, they noticed the Great Xia flag flying on the warships, and they were frightened and trembled all over. wolf smoke.

Xia Jun did not disembark.

Xie Xuan didn't care about the changes in the farmland on both sides, but his eyes were a little admiring.
After seeing the rice fields on both sides of the river that can't be seen at a glance, I feel a little more regretful.

Under the rule of the Ming army, there were few military disasters, especially after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the territory in the south of the Ming army had been pacified, the aristocratic families were wiped out, and the remaining ordinary people were incorporated into the guards according to the law of garrisoning fields.

Yes, even though Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the Weisuo was corrupted in the history of the Ming Dynasty and the Weisuo soldiers were almost reduced to serfs, he still implemented the method of garrisoning the fields and the Weisuo.

Because training troops in the field is a sharp weapon for hegemony in troubled times.Soldiers and civilians can get a lot of food and grass in the field, and they can also train soldiers and stabilize the place during the leisure time in the field.

As long as the guard system is not corrupted, then this method can allow a prince to rise rapidly in troubled times. As for the hidden danger of system corruption... as long as the dynasty is established, this system can be gradually improved and replaced.

The Great Xia established by Wang Jing also implemented the guard system in the early stage, and brought a lot of guard soldiers every time he went out.

However, unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Jing regarded the guards as a reserve, and gave the guards the opportunity to transfer to combat soldiers, or even transfer to local areas to serve as patrols, instead of restricting them to the guards.

In any case, the people under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule have no war and a stable order. If there are no foreign enemies, Xie Xuan believes that these people can live well.

"To be able to stabilize the order and stabilize one side, Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a Ming lord, but unfortunately, the killing is too prosperous, and the aristocratic family is even more wantonly slaughtered..."

Xie Xuan shook his head slightly.

The Xie family in Chenjun where he was located escaped in time after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so they did not suffer much loss. However, it is said that except for Tao Kan, those aristocratic families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty were basically liquidated.

Especially the Wang family, which is as famous as the Xie family, even Wang Dao was beheaded, leaving only a small number of clan members to escape.

Such slaughter, if there is no compelling situation, it is believed that there will be very few people from aristocratic families who will go to defect.

Xie Xuan is no exception.

Without the rise of Wang Jing, after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie Xuan would go to Liu Yu and the Southern Song Dynasty, and would not work for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He read the history books and knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was a great man, but he was born in the Xie clan and was closely related to the Xie clan. It is impossible to sacrifice his family, relatives, and clan members!
It's good that the other party is the Ming Lord, but it's a pity that I met His Majesty!
Xie Xuan felt sorry for Zhu Yuanzhang.

As long as Gaochun is captured, a generation of heroes will surely come to an end. Of course, if Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to leave Jinling with his wife and son and a small number of people, with his strength, Wang Jing has no way to find him.

But with such an ending, Zhu Yuanzhang would never choose...

The troop carrier was driving all the way, causing panic on both sides of the strait, a large number of people fled indiscriminately, and the guards gathered in an emergency, but when they were extremely nervous, they found that the warship did not stop at all.

……

"quick!"

"quick!"

There were constant urgings, and hundreds of merchant ships and sampans urgently called up were driving at high speed.

On one of the relatively large merchant ships, the sun and moon flag and the flag representing the general were hoisted.

Li Wenzhong stood on the deck in armor.

Most of the warships of the Ming army were sent to Dangtu. Fortunately, there were still many merchant ships in Jinling that were forced to stay in Jinling because of the outbreak of the war and the banning of the Yangtze River waterway.

In order to go south as quickly as possible, Li Wenzhong confiscated these merchant ships. There were not enough merchant ships, so he searched for some fishing boats and sampans.

That is to say, the waterway going down the Qinhuai River to the south of the river was not too splattered. If a big wave came on the Yangtze River, Li Wenzhong, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, would be buried in fish and turtles.

Although the water surface was not stormy, in order to travel as quickly as possible, every merchant ship and fishing boat was galloping at the fastest speed, and many soldiers were thrown into the water at this speed.

"Great Governor, the Great Lake to the north of Gaochun is ahead! We have finally arrived!"

cried a guerrilla general.

Li Wenzhong immediately rode the stellar energy to the mid-air, and looked ahead, only to see a vast amount of water vapor and a large lake like a ray of sky in the distance of the river.

"Okay, keep up the speed!"

Li Wenzhong fell down and gave an order.

What he is most worried about now is that Gao Chun will be breached by Xia Jun before he arrives.

Fortunately, his worries did not happen. When he entered the Great Lake and saw Gaochun from a distance, the flag of Ming Dynasty was still hanging on the top of the city.

"Fortunately!"

Li Wenzhong rejoiced in his heart.

After seeing the city wall of Gaochun, the [-] soldiers who went south with him also cheered, and they were also a little thankful that they were not drowned on the way.

There are large lakes on the north and south sides of Gaochun, and the city is located between the two places. Whether you go west to Dangtu or north to Jinling, you can't make an inch without taking this place.

When the Eastern Jin Dynasty was still there, this city was regarded as the southern gate of Jinling, and it was built very firmly.

Originally, nearly [-] troops were stationed here all the year round.

Now, there are less than [-] defenders in the city, and half of them are soldiers from the surrounding guards.

The elite of the Ming army had long been mobilized by Dangtu and Jurong.

After seeing Li Wenzhong's banner, the gate of Gaochun city opened immediately, and the guard and prefect came out of the city to greet him.

Li Wenzhong didn't have time to chat with these people. After entering the city, he dismissed the magistrate and immediately summoned the guard and the generals in the city.

"This is His Majesty's edict, this is the king's order!"

"From now on, this general will be the governor of the right army, in charge of all military affairs south of Gaochun, do you have any objections?"

Li Wenzhong shouted in a deep voice.

He was originally a relative of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was very majestic in the army. Even if he was a mere general in Gaochun, he would not dare to be presumptuous in front of Li Wenzhong even if he did not have an edict and a banner of the king's order.

As soon as Li Wenzhong gave an order, they would immediately follow his orders.

Of course, they could obey orders, but Li Wenzhong would not do that. It was a necessary procedure to show the edict and soldier talisman and then take over the army.

"Have you found any traces of Xia Jun?"

After taking over the army, Li Wenzhong immediately asked everyone.

At this time, many generals in Gaochun knew the reason why Li Wenzhong came in such a hurry.

Their hearts jumped suddenly.

Now that Daming is fighting with the Xia army, I thought the battlefield was only in Dangtu and Jurong, but I didn't expect it to spread to Gaochun, which is the confidant of Daming, so soon.

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the general did not find Xia Jun..."

The generals quickly replied.

"If you don't find it, it means Xia Jun hasn't arrived yet!"

Li Wenzhong breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately ordered: "Immediately prepare the army for war, prepare rolling logs, stones, hot oil arrows, Li Xin! I will write a letter myself, and you will go to Xuancheng with the letter and His Majesty's handwritten order. Ask Tang He to send [-] soldiers and horses..."

Prepare the army, defend the city wall, dispatch reinforcements, and warn Xuancheng...

Li Wenzhong was methodical and quickly arranged things.

As for whether Xia Jun will come to Gaochun, will Qi Jiguang guess wrong?

Li Wenzhong would not consider this question at all.

If the Xia army was not prepared to make a surprise attack, why did they garrison a large army in Wuxi and not send out?Moreover, Gao Chun was indeed a weakness of the Ming army, even if the opponent did not come, the Ming army would send troops to make up for the weakness.

The Ming army right now is like a sheepfold that needs to be constantly repaired, while the Xia army is like a hungry wolf drooling around the sheepfold, ready to break in at any time.

If there is a flaw in the sheep pen, the hungry wolf will rush into it, and the whole situation will be ruined.

Oh oh oh!
The long wind howled, and after Xia Jun entered Gaochun territory, the outposts and guards along the road were quickly eliminated.

The soldiers of the Beifu army are all warriors with one hundred warriors. A formation of 1000 people can besiege and kill the generals of Tier [-] Gang Qi, and formation of [-] men can solve the generals of Tier [-] and Tier [-] without any problem.

Xie Xuan gave an order, and the thousand soldiers were divided into ten teams, and galloped along the river. The outposts and guards along the road were not guarded by generals, and they didn't even have the strength to resist.

However, as they approached the eastern suburbs of Gaochun, the resistance gradually became stronger.

Ten regiments of Beifu soldiers could no longer completely control the situation, and a small number of guards stubbornly ignited the beacon before they were destroyed.

The whole area around Gaochun was alarmed by the smoke.

There is continuous smoke from the wolf soaring into the sky.

At the top of Gaochun city far away, there was a piercing sound of gongs and drums.

"Report!"

A hundred households who were cleaning the outpost on the shore came rushing. "General, three hours ago, [-] Ming troops galloped into the city from the north. It is said that the leader of the army is Li Wenzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army!"

Xie Xuan's expression moved slightly, "The Ming army really has capable people, and they guessed our army's movements so quickly...Three hours! Unfortunately, if I were faster, I would be able to enter the city before this person!"

Xiao Moke on the side also had a look of pity.

They were already on their way as fast as they could, but they were still a step behind.

It doesn't matter though.

With the elite of the Beifu army, a mere [-] Ming army can easily be destroyed.Only Li Wenzhong could slightly block the footsteps of Xie Xuan and Xiao Moke.

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