Although Huang Degong's army Tian Xiong and Ma Degong won the victory of the Battle of Baoying, the situation in Huai'an did not change as a result. Jin Shenghuan's army abandoned Suzhou and went west to Wuchang, causing more than 7,000 Henan Shun Army to come to Huai'an under the leadership of deputy general Bai Bangzheng.

After hearing that Andong fell, Zhang Pengji, the general of Huai'an, led his troops to escape to Muyang like a frightened bird. Soon after, he was surrounded by his subordinates and descended to the thief.

At this point, the Ming army besieged Huai'an was only two guest troops left from Huaixi, and there were no local troops in Huaiyang.

Huang Degong and Zhu Ji were in good condition, and the people in the army were always anxious. While sending people to collect grain to the south, the two generals were anxiously waiting for the orders of Huaixi.

On the 11th, Bai Bangzheng occupied Taoyuan County, and the vanguard was only forty miles away from Huai'an City.

On the 13th, Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying and military eunuch Lu Jiude sent people to recall Huang Degong and Zhu Ji, who also secretly informed Zhu Ji that there would be major changes in the capital, and that the troops would be gathered quickly to cross the south.

Zhu Ji then retreated west and headed south, and plundered all the counties along the way.

Huang Degong also led his cavalry back to Fengyang, but on the way, the imperial court ordered him to be the emperor.

The officials who announced the imperial edict went south from the capital more than a month ago and entered Huaixi several times on the way. Except for telling Huang Degong that the thief had fallen into Xuanda, the officials who came to announce the imperial edict knew nothing.

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"The capital is in danger, why doesn't Your Majesty summon me to serve the king? Isn't my Huang Degong better than his Liu Zeqing?"

Huang Degong was anxious and hated, but he knew that the emperor did not summon him to serve the king because the distant water could not save the nearby fire. However, when the emperor was in a hurry in the capital, he specially sent someone to grant him the title of Jingnanbo, which shows how much he valued Huang Degong in his heart.

"I will die for Your Majesty!"

After three bows to the north, Huang Degong walked away with tears

It was only on the fifteenth that Lu Si learned that Bai Bangzheng had led his troops to Taoyuan. At that time, the generals Xu, Yang Xiang, Ma Wu and others were extremely happy, thinking that even if the Dashun Henan Army arrived, even if the Huaixi generals refused to leave, they could join forces with the Henan Shun Army to fight against it. In addition, the Northern Army in Huai'an City had a chance of winning of 70% or 80%, which was a shame to lose in Baoying's battle.

However, Lu Si knew something was wrong and rushed back to Andong from Huangxu overnight and ordered all the troops to concentrate in Huai'an except for the necessary garrison teams.

He also ordered the Xia army in Xinghua to lead the first brigade and Xie Jinsheng to lead the third brigade to Huai'an immediately. At the same time, he ordered Cheng Lin from Tongtai and the blind Shen to draw 3,000 troops to be transferred to Baoying. Zuo Pan'an immediately began to build the second town of the Huai army.

The reason why it is so urgent is that Lu Si is worried that Yu Huaishu, the leader of the Huai Army who has a tendency to "surrenderism", might choose to turn to the Shun Army of Henan.

There should be 20,000 to 30,000 northern troops in Huai'an City. If Yu Huai Shu was dizzy and was unwilling to surrender to Lu Si for his own benefit, then his choice would have put Lu Si's series of efforts into vain.

At the same time, Lu Si asked Sun Wu to go to Huai'an on a large scale, and told the city that Lu Si was already the Huaiyang Jiedushi personally appointed by Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, so that the Northern Army could at least form the impression that Lu Si's brother and the Henan Jiedushi were on par with the Henan Jiedushi. In this way, even if Yu Huai Shu wanted to join Lu Bizhou, he had to consider whether the people below were willing.

After all, being the Dashun official army under Governor Lu is no different from being the Dashun official army under Governor Lu. Moreover, Governor Lu is also the founder of the Huai Army. The Huai Army from the north and south originally decided to divide the troops and not separate the families.

It is unreasonable for people from my hometown to be with people from my hometown, but with outsiders from Henan.

In addition, it is to tell the Northern Army a series of efforts made by Lu Si to rescue Huaian, and the Northern Army should not be allowed to think that the Ming army was rescued and dispersed because of the arrival of Henan Shun Army.

Yu Huaishu was really confused and wanted to part ways with the Lu Si brothers, so he probably couldn't take away many people.

Sun Wujin also brought seven or eight large seals to Huai'an City. With this person's special skills in some aspects, he thought he could win over a group of people to fight against Yu Huai Shu.

Dashun had a rebellion climax of more than 40 days. At this time, Lu Si, an official from Dashun, could not attack the Henan Shun Army. Because, except for him, he knew that Henan Shun Army would be the pioneer of the Qing Dynasty's southward journey in the future, others did not know.

Take action now, except to make yourself a traitor, and make the Shun Army camp hostile to you, there is no benefit.

Lu Si also pointed out that in the future, he could recruit the Shun Army's strong combat power, and he would definitely not push himself to the opposite of the Shun Army camp.

Then, we must find ways to stop Yu Huai Shu from turning to Lu Bizhou, otherwise the matter would be impossible to deal with.

But just as Lu Si was marching towards the Huai Army, the envoy of the Henan Jiedushi Lu Bizhou found him and asked him to go to Taoyuan to receive the order.

"Receive the order?"

Lu Si thought to myself, I will accept your order. Li Zicheng is busy enjoying the fruits of victory in Beijing now, so how can he give him the order?

Maybe it was Lu Bizhou who wanted to have a Hongmen banquet for him, and maybe the Governor Lu had already set up a line with Yu Huaishu and buried him in five hundred swords and axes to take him, the governor of Huaiyang, on the way.

"Governor Lu is really young and promising. General Dong Xueli was granted the title of Marquis of Dingnan, and the Governor was granted the title of Marquis of Huaiyin. It is a blessing that Huaiyang gave birth to two Marquises in one day." Lu Bizhou's envoy was Zhang Tingli, who had been a former magistrate, with a compliment on his face.

"What?"

Lu Si was stunned, "Are you saying that Your Majesty appointed me as Marquis?"

Zhang Tingli hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, the officials of the Wenyu Academy who announced the edict said that the governor was granted the title of Marquis of Huaiyin."

"Huaiyin Hou?"

Lu Si was stunned again and wanted to curse her. Is Li Zicheng really uneducated or fake uneducated? Don’t he know how inauspicious it is to Huaiyin Marquis?

Perhaps seeing Lu Si's doubts and surprise, Zhang Tingli smiled and said, "The governor, the Marquis of Huaiyin, was appointed by His Majesty. I heard that when His Majesty decided to be appointed as the Marquis of Huaiyin, he once told his left and right that he was not a petty Liu Bang, but he hoped that the governor was Han Xin of Dashun."

"oh?"

Lu Si felt that the rumor was probably true, and because of Li Zicheng's personality, he really thought so.

Zhang Tingli also said that this time, Lu Jiedu asked Governor Lu to Taoyuan to accept the order, in addition to accepting the order, he wanted to discuss the military affairs of the two sides to join forces to attack Liu Zeqing's troops in the north.

"It's good to beat Liu Zeqing, I have this intention!"

Lu Si immediately made a decision to go to Taoyuan, and asked Zhang Tingli to go down to rest first, and then go with him later. After waiting for someone to leave, he looked at Zheng Biao on the side: "Old Zheng, you said that Dashun has appointed me as a marquis. I want to support the Fufan and inherit the throne of the former Ming Dynasty as you said. At least he must be my Duke, right?"

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Zheng Biao looked speechless. The governor really thought about it.

"I'll just say it, you'll prepare, let's go to Taoyuan first."
Chapter completed!