Zhu Heji and Zhuge Sanhe were half a horse away from each other. Under the protection of a large group of Chaozhou cavalry riding ocean horses, they headed all the way to the Chu Palace in Wuchang City. Neither of them wore bright clothes.

Instead, he was wearing an ordinary blue military uniform, with a flying saucer helmet on his head, and a heavy breastplate on his body. There was no one behind him to hold a flag, and he was followed by the unmarked Dabo Ling.

The reason for this is of course that Zhu Heji was afraid of being shot in the dark!

In this city, not long ago, there was a great conflict between Confucian and Confucian disciples! Although the Confucian disciples easily won with the support of the defected Fang family disciples, it was almost impossible to completely eliminate the hidden Confucian forces.

It's impossible - those Confucian disciples don't have pigtails under their white hoods, but a head of black hair. As long as they comb their hair in a bun and put on common people's clothes, who would know that they are Confucian disciples?

Moreover, Zhu Heji also knew that the Qing Dynasty had imported rifled guns! Although there were not a large number of equipped troops, it was still very easy to get a few for assassination...

Even Zhu Heji, who was very courageous, had to be more cautious when facing the threat of Confucianism and rifled guns.

So now he and Zhuge Sanhe disguised themselves as ordinary guards and cavalry officers, mixed in with the army entering the city, and headed towards the Chu Palace in the city together.

The Prince's Mansion of Chu is located on the south side of Snake Mountain. It was built by Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. It is actually a royal city. It is surrounded by stone walls that are as high as two feet and nine feet. It is only two to one foot shorter than the city wall of Wuchang City.

.However, the area of ​​the Chu Palace is much smaller than that of Wuchang City. It is also a stone city and a small but strong fortress. It is a pity that the "Chu Palace recruits" who guarded this castle did not intend to protect the Chu Palace and his clan in the city.

, directly opened the city gate and surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong.

And Zhang Xianzhong did not govern Huguang well. After having fun in Wuchang for a while, he went to cause harm to other places. Before leaving, he burned the Prince of Chu's palace. However, although the palace was burned, the stone city wall remained. Later, there was a war and chaos.

For many years, the walls of the Chu Palace were used as barracks and warehouses for storing military supplies. It was not until Wu Sangui captured Wuchang City that he ordered people to repair the old Chu Palace in the Ming Dynasty. He probably regarded it as a palace when he commanded the army in the decisive battle with Zhu Heji.

Used at base camp.

It is a pity that he did not wait until this day. After the "Wuchang Uprising" on May 10th, the Chu Palace City, which had been hastily repaired, completely fell into the hands of the Confucian disciples and Fang Guangchen's soldiers who defected.

Now it has become the palace of Zhu Heji, the imperial commander who personally conquered the city!

The city of the Prince of Chu's Mansion had long been firmly controlled by the Ming troops who had entered the city before. When Zhu Heji and Zhuge Sanhe rode their horses into the main gate of the Prince of Chu's Mansion to suppress Chu Gate, they saw that the gate of the Prince of Chu's Palace was filled with a mixture of bricks and wood.

, a newly painted building. A bluestone avenue leads directly to Chengyun Hall, the main hall of the palace.

Fang Guangchen, Fang Xueqian, Fang Xuefan, Fang Xueshi, wearing red, purple, and blue official uniforms without patches and black gauze hats, as well as Guo Youde, the governor of Hubei appointed by the Ming Dynasty, and Zhuge Zhengyang, the former military admiral who led his troops to occupy the three cities of Wuhan.

and others have all been arranged neatly in Zhenchumen according to their official positions to welcome the arrival of the Grand Duke and Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why they welcomed him inside Zhenchumen instead of outside Wuchang Prefecture was of course to keep it secret.

As soon as Zhu Hecai entered Zhenchumen, the musicians who had been waiting at the door began to play and play, and several trumpets sounded at the same time. What they heard were the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty shouting in unison: "Welcome to His Majesty the Emperor!

"

Zhu Heji and Zhuge Sanhe looked at each other, dismounted while smiling, and then Zhu Heji was in front, followed by Zhuge Sanhe, walking towards the civil servants and generals with their heads held high.

"If you are safe, you will be safe... I have to ask you all to work hard for this battle in Huguangdao!"

Zhu Heji's face was full of joy, he greeted loudly to himself, and straightened up the civil servants and generals who were bowing to each other. Zhuge Sanhe just followed behind, and when he met someone Zhu Heji didn't know, he introduced him -

- He actually came two days earlier than Zhu Heji, and had already become familiar with Wu Zhou's surrender ministers headed by Fang Guangchen.

When Wu Sangui's most trusted adviser Fang Guangchen was introduced to Zhu Heji, the smile on Zhu Heji's face was almost out of space. He smiled and said: "When I was dormant in Danan Mountain, Guangdong, I heard about Fang Guangchen.

Mr. Fang, I finally got to see you today... I also heard that the military system of Juntian Prefecture in Hubei was managed by Mr. Fang. This matter is not easy! Mr. can handle such a big thing,

He is really a genius in governing the country. Wu Zhou had a genius like you to assist him. If it weren’t for the brothers fighting, how could they have been defeated today? And with my husband, Huguang will be able to achieve great success!"

He said this with a bit of complacency, as if he had already eaten up this piece of fat meat in Huguang!

Of course, in Zhu Heji's concept, the "big meat" of Huguang has almost been obtained - he has already captured the three towns of Wuhan in Hubei and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Tan area in Hunan!

Aren’t Hubei and Hunan just these two “new front lines”?

After winning these two "new first-tier cities", is it not a matter of time before other "third, fourth and fifth-tier" cities are established?

In his opinion, Wu Yingxiong, a coward, didn't dare to fight with him at all. He just packed up some belongings from Huguang and fled to Sichuan or simply returned to Yunnan to enjoy himself for a few more years.

Moreover, Zhu Heji was not in a hurry, and could let Wu Yingxiong take care of things slowly... After taking down the three towns of Wuhan and Changzhutan, he could claim a complete victory.

So now he is planning to return to the imperial court and officially become emperor!

However, Fang Guangchen was not as optimistic as Zhu Heji, and he was not very happy - he was actually loyal to Wu Yingxiong, but all nine of his nephews in the family defected to the Ming Dynasty. He could only "loyalty and filial piety cannot have both" and be a

Twenty-five filial piety is a good father and a good uncle.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But he couldn't help but wanted to prick Zhu Heji with words, so he said with a smile: "It's a little early for Your Majesty to tell Hu Guangda."

...I have just received news that Wu Yingxiong and Kangxi have formed an alliance and are preparing to fight the Ming Dynasty to the death in Huguang. Moreover, Wu Yingxiong has also worshiped Wu Guogui as the president's general and the governor of all the troops east of Jiangling.

In addition, Wu Zhou has already sent a large number of troops to Yuezhou. Yuezhou is a land and water fortress that Wu Sangui has worked hard to build. It is the gateway to Jiangling and the key point of Huguang. It is comparable to Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period! And now Wu Zhou, Qingyao

Joining forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the armies of the three parties will hunt on both sides of the Yangtze River in Huguang... Don't your Majesty feel that it is a bit like the Battle of Chibi?"

Zhu Heji came all the way by boat and was not well informed, so he did not know about Wu Zhou's alliance with the Qing Dynasty or Wu Guogui's worship as a general.

He glanced at Zhuge Zhengyang, who hurriedly said: "Long live, everything Mr. Fang said is true. I have just received the news and have already reported it to the marching division office."

Zhu Heji's marching division has not yet entered the city. It is estimated that Yu Xiaoqian will formally report this matter to Zhu Heji this afternoon.

Zhuge Zhengyang's words continued: "Long live, according to the investigation, Yuezhou has been managed as the key point of Huguang since it was occupied by Wu Sangui. At present, Yuezhou City, Linxiang City, Chenglingji, Bailuo City have been built.

The interlocking defense system of seven fortresses including Jiji, Luoshan, Xindiba and Junshan Island, as well as the Dongting Lake Navy, is indeed very difficult to deal with. If the Wu Zhou army uses Yuezhou as a stronghold to resist to the end, Qingyao will be stationed in

Xiangyang can go south to attack Hankou and Hanyang at any time...The Battle of Yuezhou is indeed a bit like the Battle of Chibi!"

Chibi!

Zhu Heji looked back at Zhuge Sanhe and said to himself: "You Zhuge Military Advisor should know best how to fight the Battle of Chibi!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and asked: "Prime Minister, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!