The Wuchang Water Camp was in chaos. Under the leadership of Deputy General Cao Shou and guerrilla Ma Yulong, they fired the Ming army's flag, one of which was connected to the Dongting Lake Navy coming from upstream, and the other that bombarded Wuchang City.

Zhang Changgeng never expected that he would turn against the Wuchang Water Camp with high hopes and would turn aside the others with more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Without the Wuchang Water Camp controlling the river defense, Wuchang City was in danger. Soon, the people of Wuchang City saw ships carrying Ming troops across the river everywhere on the river. Teams of Ming troops in red uniforms drove to the bottom of Wuchang City.

Yu Shizhong, the commander of the Huguang Aid and Suppression Corps, and Tie Yi, the deputy commander of the deputy commander of the Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, met in Hanyang City and Zhongzhen Camp. The two sides decided to jointly break Wuchang and the issue of Wuchang's ownership after the war.

As promised by Zhou Shixiang in the past, Wuchang and the entire province of Hubei still returned to Zhongzhen Camp, and Yuan Zongdi was the governor of Hubei, but the troops of Zhongzhen Camp had to send troops to Henan after seizing Huchang.

The Zhongzhen Camp had no objection to this condition. They had always wanted to conquer Wuchang, but their strength was too late to even Hanyang. As a result, when the Taiping Army arrived, they easily settled down in Hanyang City, which made Zhongzhen Camp both happy and also surprised. Many people were afraid that if the Taiping Army took Wuchang, they would repent the previous agreement and dominate Wuchang and not hand it over to Zhongzhen Camp. After all, the Taiping Army's strength was much stronger than them. I didn't expect that the Taiping Army would still abide by the previous agreement. After the Hanyang City was broken, they did not enter the city. Hanyang was completely handed over to Zhongzhen Camp. This move made the leaders of Zhongzhen Camp feel at ease and were even more active in crossing the river to attack Wuchang.

After the meeting, Tieyi personally crossed the river and was responsible for commanding all the Ming troops under Wuchang City and Zhongzhen Camp. Hao Yaoqi, He Zhen and others passed the message to their subordinates, and whoever did not obey General Tie's command would have his head.

Yu Shizhong and Li Laiheng and others coordinated in Hanyang, and at the same time agreed that after Zhongzhen Camp sent troops to Henan, the Taiping Army could provide money, grain and military support. These things were too cumbersome and could be negotiated from time to time. However, the atmosphere of negotiation was very good, because neither the Taiping Army nor the Zhongzhen Camp had any doubts about taking over Wuchang.

The order to form the Huguang Aid and Suppression Corps was sent from the Military Commander's Mansion to the Guangxi Field Army and the Hunan Field Army more than a month ago. This order ordered the commander of the Guangxi Field Army to step down and lead the fifth and thirteenth towns to the north, and form the Huguang Aid and Suppression Corps with the second town, the new three towns and the new four towns of the Hunan Field Army, with a total force of 41,200 people in the five towns.

The task of the Huguang Aid and Suppression Army was to cooperate with the Zhongzhen Camp to capture Hanyang and Wuchang, and then seize Anqing along the lower reaches of the river, occupy various prefectures and counties in Anhui, and support the reinforcements of Nanjing. If you use the Scripture, the Huguang Aid and Suppression Army was the sword hanging from the downstream Qing army, including the upcoming Shunzhi army. Because they could not figure out when this Li Mobile Corps would join the battlefield and from which direction they would appear in front of them.

During the transfer order, the Huguang Aid and Suppression Corps took Yu Shizhong as the main force and Tieyi as the deputy. The fourth town, which was originally a Guangxi Field Army, was temporarily controlled by the Governor Shao Jiugong, and together with the tenth town, undertakes Guangxi defense. The main task of the fourth town and the fourteenth town was to block the border between Guizhou and Guizhou, and rely on the fortification group to completely crush the thoughts of the Yunnan-Guizhou army entering Guizhou.

The Xinwu, Xinliu and No. 9 towns of the Xiangxi Bandit Suppression Army, which were originally part of the Hunan Field Army, continued to be commanded by Zhao Sihai, the commander of the army. Because Zhao Sihai had been appointed as the governor of Hunan by the court, his position as commander of the army was resigned and he only served as governor to control the army.

The legion was originally a temporary organization in order to deal with a certain battlefield, and the legion commander was also a temporary position. There are no major wars in Guangxi and Hunan, so the legion organization was all abolished, and the commander also stepped down and handed over military power to avoid generals.

The situation in each province is now that the governor of Guangdong Liao Ruixiang controls the seventh town of Chaoshan, the eighth town of Zhaoqing, and the new seventh towns, and the navy is directly under the command of the military commander's office; the governor of Guangxi controls the three towns; the Zhao Sihai controls the four towns in Hunan controls the newly established Huguang aid and suppression army controls the five towns, while Zhao Ziqiang, who is far away in Annan, controls the entire expeditionary army. In addition to the Taiping Army and the remaining troops in Jiangxi, the total strength of the Taiping Army has reached 200,000, but the main force is less than 100,000, and the cavalry is only more than 3,600. Compared with the cavalry advantage of the Qing Dynasty in the north, the Taiping Army lags a lot behind, and it is impossible to narrow the gap in this area in a short period of time.

After Tieyi crossed the river, he sent people to shoot the letter of surrender into the city according to the convention. The content of the letter of surrender has now been standardized, and it is basically the same. If you do not surrender, the officials and gentry and their families will be slaughtered after the city is destroyed. If you surrender, then the original official will be appointed.

"I think I, Zhang Changgeng, was a member of Emperor Taizong. From his pen, I was edited as a secretary in the secretariat. In just one year, Emperor Taizong went to Hongwenyuan. One day, when I saw that there were patches on my clothes, I immediately asked my subordinates to allocate several servants to me, and gave me a large house and a subordinate to him, so that I, Zhang Changgeng, could have food and clothing without worries. Today, the emperor trusted me more and ordered me to be the governor of Hubei and was promoted to the governor of Huguang. Since I took office, I have devoted all my efforts to pacify Huguang and live up to the expectations of the emperor. However, I never thought it would be like this today."

In the Governor's Office, Zhang Changgeng could not speak any further to the aides. The aides were also choked up.

"I only regret Cao Shou, Ma Yulong, who is ungrateful, shameless, and betrayed the governor, so I have no defense to rely on, and I sit and watch the bandits trap the city!"

Zhu Changxu, the governor of Wuchang, was very excited and his hands were clenched tightly. Now, due to the Ming army's persuasion, many officials in Wuchang City were willing to surrender, especially because their families were in the city, and their families were in Hubei, and they wanted to open the door to surrender immediately, otherwise they would be buried with them. However, taking the salary of the Qing court and making some small money on weekdays, it would really be unfair to make the whole family and the clan slaughtered by the Taiping Army.

Zhu Changxu was from Xiangyang, Hubei Province. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Shunzhi. Logically, his family was in the city and his clan was in Xiangyang. There was no reason to insist on not surrendering and to be the leader of the war faction. But when he saw Zhang Changgeng, Zhu Changxu was excited and claimed that he would never surrender. He would rather the officials and gentry in the city be ruined and would not be humiliated by the bandits. This attitude made other officials who were determined to surrender very disgusted. But the Governor was unsure of his mind, and no one dared to say that he would surrender like this.

Today, my sister brought me a bottle of Wuliangye, 68 degrees. It was the first time I drank such a tall wine in my life. I just got half a bottle of it, and I felt full of strength.

I shouted to the sky: "Please subscribe!" (To be continued.)
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