Cao Yingmao wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gou Xingma's wink. Song Ye didn't dare to stay too long. After eating a few more pieces of meat, he hurriedly left.

After Song Ye left, Cao Yingmao slapped the chopsticks on the table with some dissatisfaction: "This kid was so poor that he couldn't even afford to wear pants. If we hadn't helped him often, he would have starved to death. Now he has been shaking and he won't even give us this little face."

"How do you ask him to give us face? Will you continue to inform us on the back of the Duke?" Gou Xingma glanced at him with a squinted look, "In my opinion, it is already very good that Song Ye can help this level this time. Could it be that you still want him to betray the Duke?"

"Hey... I'll say what Lao Gou said."

Even though Cao Yingmao was afraid of heaven and earth, he was also startled, "I said Lao Gou, don't talk nonsense. When will I let him betray the Duke of the State? If this is spread, the Duke of the State must peel off my skin."

"You know you're afraid, too."

Gou Xingma snorted, "You are just a brainless person. It would be great if Old Song could help us here. What would you think if your personal soldiers and your subordinates were dating?"

Cao Yingmao was scolded for a while and then he remained silent.

Yan Di also said, "Okay, I said, Lao Cao, don't bother you. If you want me to say, don't think too much. Since the Duke of the State reused that Li Yan, he naturally had his ideas. As subordinates, we should cooperate well. What should we think of those useless things? And I want to warn you that some things should be stopped in time. If you do it too much, let the Duke of the State know the consequences, you will know the consequences yourself."

Cao Yingmao hummed, "I don't necessarily want the Duke of the People to take back his life. I'm just worried that the scale of our Jiangning Army has been expanding over the years. As more and more outsiders, the old people who were the first to follow the Duke of the People to be scattered more and more.

Think about it, Lao Geng, Lao Chu, Chen Tian, ​​Li Ge, Xu Li and others all went to Fujian, Nanyang, and the Duke of the State also rebuilt the Fujian Navy in Fujian, gathered a large number of newcomers, and now he began to reuse Li Yan, a bandit and surrender general. Judging from this situation, where can we have the seats of the elderly in a few years?"

"Okay, I know what you are worried about." Yan Di shook his head: "But I think your worries are unnecessary. The Duke of the State is actually a nostalgic person. If he has the chance, he will never be stingy with us old brothers, but the premise is that you can keep up with the Duke of the State. If you really can't keep up, the Duke of the State will have to abandon you. Let me tell you, it is useless to just rely on those evil ways to resist people."

Cao Yingmao was silent, and of course he understood Yan Di's meaning.

With the continuous development of the Jiangning Army and the scale is also expanding, Yang Feng needs more and more people. It turns out that the teams of the Jiangning Army can no longer meet Yang Feng's needs. In this case, Yang Feng naturally turned his attention outside, and this time Li Yan's joining is a best example.

Li Yan's joining should be a red flag. Cao Yingmao and other people who followed Yang Feng immediately developed a deep sense of crisis. This is the reason why they became so hostile to Li Yan.

"Okay, don't think too much about it. The great talent and strategy of the Duke of the People is not something that we can guess. Anyway, I have decided that one thing is right to follow the Duke of the People in this life. Don't think about it so much else. The Duke of the People will not treat us old people badly."

"Well, I think so too. We should not think too much. It is true that we should go back and rectify our respective military camps as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Li Yan, the surrendered general, was caught in the wrong, it would probably be more than just embarrassing. Maybe we would still bear the anger of the Duke."

"I think General Yan is right."

"I think so too. We soldiers don't have to think about those evil things. Just try our best to fight our own battles."

"Okay, I've pretended to be a grandson these days, just don't think about anything."

Cao Yingmao responded angrily, and he reluctantly took up a large piece of mutton and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Speaking of which, after Li Zicheng surrounded Hangzhou Prefecture, he did not launch an attack on Hangzhou Prefecture as soon as possible. Instead, he spoke to all the officials in Hangzhou Prefecture, asking them to surrender within a limited time, otherwise he would not be able to stay in the future after taking down Hangzhou Prefecture.

Faced with the threat of Li Zicheng and tens of thousands of bandits outside the city, Zhejiang Governor Pan Ruzhen did not hesitate at all and immediately expressed his refusal. The next day, the 70,000 army led by Li Zicheng began to attack the city.

May 29, 9th year of the Apocalypse

This was the seventh day after Li Zicheng attacked Hangzhou Prefecture. Flows of smoke floated from Qingbo Gate to Yongkin Gate. There was a pungent smell of nitroz and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood.

Looking up, the wilderness outside Qingbo Gate seemed to be covered with ground in the wilderness, and there were groups of whistling cavalry and horses on the outside.

Outside the three city gates such as Qingtai Gate, Genshan Gate, and Qingchun Gate, there is a large formation composed of 20,000 rebel troops, staring at them with covetous eyes. The purpose of these 20,000 rebel troops is to restrain the garrison forces of these three city gates and prevent them from withdrawing troops to support Qingbo Gate.

It seems that after so many defeats, Li Yan's education on him has not been in vain in recent times, which greatly improves his command and strategy level.

However, what Li Zicheng is most proud of is that through his command these days, the entire Hangzhou City has been beaten to death by his 70,000 troops. However, relying on the more than 20 artillery artillery on the city wall, the officers and soldiers guarding the city have persisted until today.

"Hurry up...rush up! The King of Breakings has an order. Who can rush up to the city to reward 500 taels of silver and the official voice is level 3? Everyone, come on!"

Under the city wall, a bandit wearing iron armor waved the weapons in his hand and desperately encouraged the bandits to rush forward. Behind him was a bandit carrying cloud ladders, shields and other siege equipment, gritting their teeth and desperately rushing towards the city wall.

"Boom..."

The cannons on the top of the city opened fire, and projectiles swept towards them.

The chargers either had their bodies broken by shells, making scarlet flesh and blood fly everywhere, or a huge blood hole appeared on their bodies, and their bodies were almost broken into two pieces. Or they had their entire thighs and their entire arms were broken, and blood gushed out like a fountain, with broken limbs and flesh and blood fog filling, which seemed particularly unpleasant in this hot summer.

"Don't be afraid, keep rushing, just rush to the top of the city and we will win."
Chapter completed!