Tongcheng, Confucian Temple.

Zhang Chun, the former Shaanxi governor, looked at the gentry who was walking towards him in a hunch.

Especially those young and handsome faces.

Of course, this handsomeness does not mean appearance. Young scholars at this time can be called handsome.

But at this moment, there were indeed many talents in front of him.

For example, I was a Jinshi of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, and my grandfather Yao Zhilan of the Minister of War of the Qing Dynasty, and I was the grandfather of Yao Wenran, who was the Minister of War of the Qing Dynasty. He was the Jinshi and had just passed the imperial examination in Chengtian. However, he asked to return home to become a county magistrate to kill enemies for the country, as well as the father of Fang Dazhen, who is currently the minister of Hongguang, and the local famous scholar Fang Xuejian and his second son Fang Daxuan. Although Mr. Fang did not pass the Jinshi, he was a half-Tongcheng. Most of the younger generation of scholars were his students and belonged to real local elders.

His eldest son Fang Dazhen was Fang Yizhi's grandfather, but it would take more than ten years before Fang Yizhi was born.

There is also Ruan Zihua, the son of former Fujian-Zhejiang Governor Ruan E.

Or Ruan Dacheng's uncle, as for Ruan Dacheng, they were not born at this time. Because of Ruan Dacheng's infatuation for thousands of years, neither Huaining nor Tongcheng wanted the Fang family later. But to be honest, according to the fact that his family was indeed Tongcheng at this time, but they did not live in the county town.

The former soldiers who were originally recuperating at home were in the prosperous era.

At this time, the Tongcheng County Town was built by his father Sheng Yiqian. The latter was the Censor of Caojiangdu and built into a rare round shape.

It has to be said that Datong City was very awesome in both Ming and Qing dynasties. It was a bunch of soldiers from generation to generation. It was a family that was inherited from poetry and books. This city simply crushed the surrounding area in terms of imperial examinations, and it can be said that it was not inferior to Susong's cities at all.

Of course, these people are all scumbags compared to the descendants of Zhang Xianghuan.

His great-great-grandson is Zhang Tingyu.

That's right.

It is Brother Ma, Fourth Prince, and the veteran of the Three Dynasties.

"It's all here, and now the catastrophe is coming. Let's make an idea where Tongcheng should go!"

Zhang Chun said slowly.

"Mr. Xigu, you can make the decision."

Sheng Shicheng said quickly.

"At this time, stop talking nonsense. This is your own people. The monster is coming every day. Tongcheng is on the verge of survival. To protect your hometown, please take it out if you have any good plans."

Zhang Chun said dissatisfiedly.

Let me make the decision?

I will resist you, will you, in the back, betray me for honor?

Everyone is their own family, and no one knows who is there. At this time, don’t cheat each other. Whether to fight or surrender, hurry up and make an idea. Yang Feng will come to the door again. It will be too late to surrender at that time. If you want to surrender, you have to be like the gentry of Xuancheng. However, Zhang Chun will not be the next Xu Yuantai. I have to say that the poisoning speed of this monster is too fast, or Wang Jianbin is too useless, so why would he brag about 10,000 iron cavalry to sweep away the Jiangnan rebels, and there will be a bright world in the Ming Dynasty in three months.

Less than two months later, I was swept away by others, and I wasted the sheep I fed to the locust-like cavalry during this period.

These dogs also love to eat mutton.

During this period, in order to raise them, the sheep from several counties around were almost slaughtered.

As a result, the battle was not as good as Xiong Tingbi's Dingsheng Army. Although the Dingsheng Army was defeated, it could at least face the Red Turban Army head-on.

These were all the best, and they were surrounded and beaten up by a group of militia.

"This Tongcheng is only a small town with six miles. Hefei is not guaranteed, let alone Tongcheng?"

"Zuo family boy, do you want to rebel?"

Zhang Chunran suddenly stood up and said angrily.

"Donald Xigu, the bandits are coming every now and then, I wonder how Duke Xigu wants to meet the enemy?"

Zuo Guangdou, who is only a juren, is standing there and saying.

His family is not a top family in Tongcheng at present. In fact, his father only moved to the county town in his generation, but he himself has great prestige among young scholars and is one of the best among the younger generation. He has many brothers, so the Zuo family has risen rapidly locally. After the establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty, he was particularly popular among the big men of the court because he was relatively radical. He used to be a staff member in Anqing as a juren, and even was trusted by Xiong Tingbi, who rebuilt the Dingsheng Army.

After all, this war itself is a process of elimination. Those who are truly capable and firm in their will will eventually be screened out.

Just like the advancement of military technology.

"How dare I talk about state affairs when I hear from my fellow countrymen?"

Zhang Chun sneered.

"Since Mr. Xigu said this, please forgive me for being rude. I came to take charge of the defense of Tongcheng by Gong Mei. In order to prevent spies in the city from causing chaos and injuring the officials, I asked the officials to stay in the Confucian Temple for convenience. Please ask the police to sit in the outside world for everything."

Zuo Guangdou said proudly.

He hurried over with the cavalry of the Dingsheng Army, just guessing that these old guys would surrender.

After all, everyone is familiar with each other. He knows their integrity very well. Now the only way is to control them and force their clan to defend Tongcheng.

"The surname Zuo, you dare to imprison me!"

Yao Zhilan became anxious in an instant.

What does this mean? Put down the main families in the city under house arrest, and then force their families to follow Zuo Guang to fight to the death? Your Zuo family wants to be loyal to Hongguang, don't take us together. How can we surrender if you do this?

Not only him, but Ruan Zihua and others also accused him. Even Sheng Kefan got up from the ground and wiped his mouth with blood and accused Zuo Guangdou angrily. Fang Xuejian and his two brothers did not participate, while Zhang Chun looked at Zuo Guangdou, who ignored Yao Zhilan and others at all. He waved his hand and the soldiers following him immediately stepped forward. Yao Zhilan and others were so scared that they all shut up when facing the gun. More soldiers outside arrived. These were the cavalry of the Dingsheng Army, but not the previous ones, but were recruited from Yunyang and other places again.

In fact, many of the prisoners who were released did not go through water, but went south to Huizhou and returned to Jiangxi by land.

They also knew that they would be stopped by the waterway and re-entered the army.

"Donald Xigu, I feel wronged. When I defeat the bandits, I will apologize to you again."

Zuo Guangdou bowed and said.

After saying that, he turned around and walked out proudly.

The soldiers immediately closed the door and locked them directly.

The crying of Yao Zhilan and others immediately sounded inside, and they were all crying sadly, and they could be called a loss of their parents...

Kongcheng.

"No surrender? What a miracle!"

Marshal Yang exclaimed.

The choice of the gentry in Tongcheng really surprised him. What gave these guys the courage to choose to resist in this situation?

This is unscientific!

Of course he didn't know that these guys had been locked up by Zuo Guangdou.

"Master General, local villagers came to report that Mei Guozhen's aide Zuo Guangdou led three thousand Dingsheng cavalry into Tongcheng."

Feng Jie report.

"Zuo Guangdou? Ah, yes, he is indeed from Tongcheng."

Yang Dashui immediately smiled.

That's right, it can explain why the gentry of Tongcheng did not surrender.

"Master, is it a siege?"

Feng Jie asked.

"What will happen if we don't attack Tongcheng?"

Yang Feng said.

"This, in theory, Tongcheng is stuck here. If they do not attack Tongcheng, their cavalry will come out to attack our logistics.

However, the premise is that their cavalry dares to come out, and our logistics does not need to go to Tongcheng. General Mao’s troops have conquered Tongyang without any accident. From there, General Qi’s troops are also coming from behind. According to local villagers, there are actually only three thousand militia groups in the city, and their combat effectiveness can be ignored. The real concern is Zuoguang Doujun. These three thousand cavalry are not worth mentioning. If General Qi’s troops arrive, they can just hand them over to attack directly."

Feng Jie said.

Indeed, the three thousand cavalry were of no tribute at all.

Now there are hundreds of thousands of troops surrounding them, and it is hard to say whether these guys dare to come out.

Although this kind of overcoming the city will cause their logistics to be in danger, the problem is that they have no logistics either!

I have to fight the rich along the way to get a lot of logistics.

It is nothing more than the ammunition needed by the soldiers, but both the Red Turban Army and the Huaiyang Army that had just turned against each other, and the militia accompanied them also carried a lot of additional ammunition. In fact, this huge army that swept by was the only thing that needed was food. This problem is the most unimportant. It is the main grain-producing area, and the counties of Tongcheng, Qianshan, and Taihu, which belong to Anqing Prefecture, are all important rice cultivation areas.

Some of the local tyrants and evil gentry were around.

Just fight against the rich while advancing. The only thing you need is to not destroy the control points. Fortunately, with the genuine militia there, this problem can still be controlled.

"Keep going, don't worry about them!"

Yang Feng said.

Then his army ignored Tongcheng directly.

However, Zuo Guangdou in Tongcheng must not let them go like this. The reason why he was sent by Mei Guozhen was to hold Yang Feng back.

Their defeat in this battle was too sudden, and Mei Guozhen was also caught off guard.

In order to solve Qi Jin and Mao Guoqi in one fell swoop, he and Xiong Tingbi were intercepted in Anqing and were released back to prisoners. In addition, the reinforcements, especially the chieftains in western Hunan, and even a small number of Guangxi wolf soldiers who arrived first, pieced together a total of 150,000 troops. According to the plan, Wang Jianbin cut off the transportation from the Yangtze River in the north. Then, while restraining the Mao Guoqi in Chizhou, he landed directly on the Niban River, and finally, together with Bi Maokang's troops, he besieged Wuwei Qi Jin in three directions.

but……

Who would have thought that this would be the result?

But now they are in chaos, especially since Yang Feng is moving westward. Once Tongcheng is lost, Anqing will basically end up being surrounded.

So Yang Feng must be held back in Tongcheng.

And the purpose of delaying...

Of course he ran away.

Mei Guozhen is not stupid, she is still in Anqing at this time. So isn’t she waiting for Yang Feng to encircle and annihilate?

The poor Zuo Guangdou didn't know that he was sold by Mei Guozhen for all his passion. He had no idea that after he left Anqing, the governor Mei had already boarded the ship and fled as fast as possible. Facing Yang Feng who passed through directly outside the city, he bravely led the cavalry out of Tongcheng...
Chapter completed!