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In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it was February 18th.

When Tu.

Liu Sheng has stayed here for several days.

After Zhang Xianzhong's more than 4,000 troops surrendered to Wei, only more than 3,000 soldiers were left after selection.

Hundreds of these warriors were incorporated into the 21st Independent Brigade after passing the assessment to supplement the lack of soldiers in the brigade.

The remaining 3,000 people were filled by officers drawn from the 20th Independent Brigade, and were temporarily organized into a guard regiment to train with the army.

As for Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Wang Xingguo and other former generals under Zhang Xianzhong, they naturally entered the training class for general officers in the Guards Army.

He Jin, Lin Chengcheng, Liu Xiyao and other generals from the five revolutionary left armies sent from Hefei became "classmates" with them, and they would not be lonely with each other.

"Report - good news came from Lishui, the third regiment of the 21st Brigade has captured Lishui County!"

In the Guards camp, as the messenger shouted victory, many people's attention was attracted.

Sun Kewang, He Jin and others who were learning the formation training method of the Yi army in the small camp of the general officer training class were no exception.

He Jin watched the messenger ride straight into the guard camp and couldn't help but sigh: "Yesterday Gaochun was captured, and today Lishui was also captured. It seems that the king intended to cut off the Nanjing Ming army's retreat first."

Sun Kewang sneered and said: "Then Zuo Liangyu just bullies us. When he encounters the Yi army, he only knows how to run away. Just run away. He doesn't even know how to protect his butt. I'm afraid he won't be able to jump for long."

"I don't think so." He Jin said, "If Zuo Liangyu doesn't dare to fight, he will probably escape before the king completes the siege of Nanjing."

Liu Xiyao suddenly said: "Do you think it is possible for Zuo Liangyu to surrender?"

Hearing this, He Jin, Sun Kewang and others all shook their heads.

But it was Lin Chengcheng who spoke first, "Zuo Liangyu is now Ning Nanbo of the Ming Dynasty. Even after the defeat of Jiujiang, he still has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command.

If he wants to surrender to the Kuei tribe, he must at least ask for a marquis, right? Do you think that...the king can agree? "

Several people laughed when they heard this.

It was difficult for them to accept the arrangements made by the Yibu for the surrendered generals, let alone Zuo Liangyu.

Unless Zuo Liangyu loses several games in a row and loses his troops, the possibility of surrender is very small.

On the boat.

After Liu Sheng read the good news, he took a pen and marked Lishui on the map next to him.

Zhang Kuang said from the side: "Zuo Liangyu deployed his troops along the Qinhuai River. There are tens of thousands of Ming troops stationed in Jiangning Town, Molingguan, Chunhua, and Jurong.

Especially in Jurong County, the Ming army numbered more than 30,000. It may be difficult for us to encircle Nanjing. "

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "The soldiers of the Ming army have no fighting spirit and their morale is low. What's the point of deploying heavy troops? I'm just worried that the pressure will be too tight and Zuo Liangyu will be scared and run away."

If he escaped from Nanjing, not only would he cause harm to the Jiangnan region with his defeated troops, but he would also give the region a false basis to rely on, making it difficult to spread the word. "

He Jin was right. Liu Sheng was currently waiting for Nanjing to summon all parties to support troops and horses, while at the same time carrying out the siege in an orderly manner.

The two brigades of the First Division led by Yang Heqing were divided into two groups. Currently, the Third Brigade led by Zhang Shijie has captured the entire Hezhou and is stationed in Wujiang Town, preparing to attack Jiangpu eastward.

Yang Heqing personally led the first brigade to attack Chuzhou, and would later attack Liuhe County in Yingtian Prefecture and Yizhen County in Yangzhou Prefecture - this was to solve the worries of the Yi army in Jiangbei.

As for Jiangdu and other cities in Yangzhou Prefecture, they are the tasks of Peng Youyi's second division.

Zhenjiang Prefecture or Changzhou Prefecture was the encirclement point where Liu Sheng planned to encircle Nanjing.

Zuo Liangyu has been leading the army for twenty or thirty years, so he should be able to understand his intentions, but he may not be able to abandon Nanjing in time and escape.

After all, the city of Nanjing is extremely tall and strong. If we can really work together and have hundreds of thousands of troops, we can still defend it...

Liu Sheng and Zhang Kuang discussed the battle plan to siege Nanjing for a while, and then a guard came over to report, "Your Majesty, Xu Wenqi is here."

"Let him come to the boat."

"Yes."

Xu Wenqi was initially persuaded by Du Yinxi and Wang Yangji to surrender, saying that he would have to do hard labor for three months.

Now that the March period has passed, the Wei army not only shows no signs of decline, but has even captured half of Jiangxi and half of Southern Zhili.

As long as Nanjing can be captured, the Wei tribe can at least occupy several southeastern provinces, and the trend of changing dynasties is already very obvious.

Xu Wenqi simply surrendered.

"See you, Your Majesty!"

After seeing Liu Sheng, Xu Wenqi bowed to heaven ably.

Liu Sheng raised his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, please get up."

Xu Wenqi was wearing coarse clothes. He was obviously thinner than when he was captured last year, but he was more energetic.

"I am very pleased that Mr. Xu can figure it out and serve our tribe to rebuild the country.

It just so happens that our Ministry of Finance has established Huainan Province, which governs the seven prefectures of Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yingzhou, Sizhou, Luzhou, Anqing, and Chizhou. Mr. Xu, would you like to serve as the governor of Huainan? "

Xu Wenqi was surprised. He did not expect that Liu Sheng would appoint him as governor of a province.

It should be noted that he was only a fourth-grade deputy inspector in the Ming Dynasty, several levels behind the second-grade governor. Although he later served as governor of Huguang, he was promoted temporarily because there was no one available in the Ming Dynasty. It was not a normal promotion.

After coming back to his senses, Xu Wenqi was somewhat moved and immediately responded loudly: "I will try my best to govern Huainan Province and live up to the king's trust!"

Liu Sheng nodded slightly, expressing satisfaction with Xu Wenqi's attitude, but decided to investigate.

"How does Mr. Xu plan to govern Huainan?"

Xu Wenqi thought for a while and then said: "Suppress the bandits, recruit the refugees, and restore production."

"The big idea is correct, but what measures is Mr. Xu going to take to implement it?"

Xu Wenqi was worthy of being from a family of officials and had served in the local area for many years. He had a very mature method of governing the local area. At this time, Liu Sheng was quite satisfied with everything he said.

At the same time, Liu Sheng did not forget to pass on some of Weibu's administrative concepts and governance strategies to Xu Wenqi.

In fact, Xu Wenqi had already understood some of the rules of Weibu during the three months of hard labor, otherwise he would not have become so optimistic about Weibu.

After talking for nearly an hour, Liu Sheng finished communicating with Xu Wenqi and asked someone to take him down to rest.

Then someone from the telecommunications team of the Guards sent a telegram, but it was forwarded from Ruyang, with information about the Chuang Army.

In early to mid-February, the Chuang army captured Weihui and Huaiqing prefectures.

Prince Lu of the Weihui Mansion of his vassal vassal not only saved his life by escaping early, but also took away most of the gold, silver and other frivolous wealth of the Prince Lu Mansion. Even the grain crops were sold to the Ming army at a low price.

This not only caused the Chuang army to lose a lot of money and food income, but also gave the Ming army in Hebei (north of the Yellow River) a lifeline, blocking the Chuang army from moving north.

At this time, Li Zicheng looked back at Kaifeng and felt even more displeased, so he gathered an army again and prepared to attack Kaifeng.

Yang Wenyue led the assembled 20,000 to 30,000 Henan Ming troops and was defeated by Li Zicheng in Zhuxian Town, and he himself was captured.

Probably because he had a different mentality after becoming king, Li Zicheng tried his best to persuade Yang Wenyue to surrender.

It's a pity that Yang Wenyue didn't give any face to him, and even insulted Li Zicheng in public.

Li Zicheng was so angry that he directly ordered Yang Wenyue to be shot outside Kaifeng City!

When this information was sent to Runing, the three counties of Zhongmu, Chenliu, and Lanyang around Kaifeng City, as well as many market towns, had been captured by the intruders.

The Chuang army began the second siege of Kaifeng City...