The chain reaction of Wenchang Gate being captured by the Ming army immediately broke out at Zhonghe Gate, followed closely by Pinghu Gate, Wangshan Gate, and Baoan Gate, which are adjacent to these two places. As the Ming army in large groups moved from the southwest and southeast

Wuchang City was invaded from two places. Binyang Gate and Zhongxiao Gate in the east also successively asked for surrender from the Ming army outside the city. When Li Jianjie began to sweep away the Eight Banners Army at Hanyang Gate, even Wusheng Gate in the north also surrendered to the city.

The Duke of Guangguo, He Jiuyi, opened his arms.

To the south of Snake Mountain, Chen Kai's troops entered the city from Wenchang Gate, and the towns advanced rapidly to the north, east, and northeast. The Huguang Governor's Yamen, the Huguang Admiral's Yamen, the Academy, and the Inspector General's Yamen were all captured; in comparison,

Next, Li Dingguo had more work to do. On the one hand, it was the south block of the city east of Changjie. On the other hand, it was the Prince of Chu's Mansion at the southern foot of Snake Mountain. He also had to detach a force to join the Ming army that invaded from Binyang Gate.

The former martial arts performance hall and horse racing field of the Chu Palace were besieged, which were also the most important campsites of the Qing army in Wuchang in the city. In addition, they also had to keep an eye on the front line Guoan to regain the Baoan Gate and Wangshan Gate.

To the north of Snake Mountain, Li Jianjie, after seeing the offensive of the Ming Dynasty Navy on the Yangtze River, also wanted to capture the Wuchang Prefecture's Yamen, the grain depot and the Huguang Chief Envoy's Yamen on Hanyangmen Main Street one by one;

The Ming army at the Little East Gate - Zhongxiao Gate went all the way west to recapture the Huguang Governor's Yamen; the last one was Guang Guogong He Jiuyi. His troops were the last to enter the city, leaving only the north of the city that had not yet been actually controlled, so he

He personally led the army to the east to seize the Wuchang Wei Yamen at the southern foot of Crab Cape, and detached his troops to seize the Jiangxia County Yamen, County School, Gongyuan and other places in the north of the city. In addition, he also divided a force, commanded by Zhenning Marquis Li Chengjue, along the Wuchang

Go all the way south from Shengmenzheng Street to Hanyangmenzheng Street to join Li Jianjie's troops and the Ming army from Zhongxiaomen.

Wuchang City has multiple identities as a royal city, a provincial city, a prefectural city, and a county seat. There are many important points in the city, and it is also quite fragmented by the Nine Lakes and Thirteen Mountains.

Relying on the detailed map, the Ming army quickly controlled key points in the city. It was already night, but as the Ming army completed the general control of Wuchang City, the subordinate officials and government officials in the city were also mobilized by the Huguang Tiandihui

They all went to work for the Ming army and assisted the Ming army in investigating the fleeing Qing army. The most important of them were the mountains in the city, especially the Snake Mountain across Wuchang City. There were too many places to hide in there. If there was no right

With the help of local people who know this well, the difficulty of the Ming army's investigation will inevitably increase significantly.

After the dust settled in Wuchang City, Chen Kai also entered Wuchang City under the escort of the guards. Before entering the city, he went to the gap to have a look. It was said that the city wall with a length of 14 to 50 feet had been blown down.

In this regard, the officers of the demolition team looked proud, but Chen Kai praised their work while firmly writing down this mistake so that he could learn from it - he vaguely remembered that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom demolished Wuchang

At that time, the city wall collapsed a full twenty feet away. Now he has been bombarding it with Hongyi cannon for several days. In some places, cracks have appeared in the wall, and finally it only exploded fourteen to fifteen feet away. In view of the fact that more than two hundred feet

China's black powder technology has not improved much in 2008. Apparently it is still too conservative and should have put in seven or eight more barrels of gunpowder.

"Well, pay attention next time."

It was getting late, and the Ming army controlled the whole area of ​​Wuchang by division and started investigation work. The news continued to reach Si Yamen, the inspector who was temporarily stationed in the area. First, Da Su was killed by Chen Bin, and Chen Bin also suffered a heavy blow.

Hu Maozhen was wounded, and then Hu Maozhen died in the battle at Zhonghe Gate. It is said that the last knife was struck by Xian Guoan, but I don’t know if it is true. Then Liu Yingzhi asked for surrender at Binyang Gate, and finally it was Liu Guangbi who attacked the Ming army.

After going north of Snake Mountain, he wiped his neck on the city gate tower of Wushengmen. I don’t know if the Jiangxi admiral committed suicide in the provincial capital of Huguang. Will the Qing Dynasty count him as a martyrdom for the country...

Several of Hu Maozhen's generals also asked the Ming army to surrender at the Yuemachang camp. Their only request was that Hu Maozhen's body be returned for burial.

Li Jianjie's side has gained a lot. Many of the Eight Banners family papers that Chen Kai had released before were recaptured, but this time it will not be so easy for them to escape. Of course, they are pretty good.

Yes, those guys who got on the boat were just happy for a short time, and were sent to see the Dragon King by the navy of Kuidong Ming Army. In this way, there were twenty Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies.

Niu Lu was eliminated from the Eight Banners Army by the Ming Army.

The night passed quickly, and the investigation work was basically completed, but Snake Mountain and other places still had to be inspected again during the day to prevent Qing troops from escaping the investigation under the cover of night.

After dawn, Chen Kai and Li Dingguo reported their victory to Wen'an. At the same time, in the Yamen of the Inspector's Office, Liu Yingzhi also knelt outside the lobby for a long time before he saw Chen Kai and Li Dingguo who had just sent away the messenger to report the victory.

"Sin leads to death."

Liu Yingzhi kowtowed as if pounding garlic. Chen Kai and Li Dingguo looked at each other before stopping Liu Yingzhi's "percussion performance": "You have been at the Southwest Meridian for a long time. Is there any way to quickly attack Hanyang City?"

"The guilty general, the guilty general is willing to follow the old national security rules and lead his troops as the vanguard of the king's army."

"You are quite well informed." After laughing, Chen Kai turned to Li Dingguo and said, "It seems that Li Benzhen will not surrender."

Liu Yingzhi, who was also at the Southwest Meridian, must have known Li Benzhen's general attitude better than they did. After hearing this, Li Dingguo still looked stern and said disdainfully: "If you don't surrender, then you can die."

The front line national security formation killed Hu Maozhen, and now he has happily brought his soldiers to change into the flags and uniforms of the Ming army. They are just waiting for the end of the war before arranging dispatches for them. Now Liu Yingzhi has also asked for help, and Chen Kai naturally has no objection.

Therefore, they sent someone to supervise them to cut off the braids and transport them all to Hanyang City. Also going with them was the Guangdong Hongyi Artillery Team. After all, Wuchang City had been breached and there were only ten days left.

It's been five days, Hanyang needs to hurry up, right?

"Master Guo, Shepherd, and Minister Zhang."

"Chen Jinglue."

Guo Zhiqi, Qian Qianyi, and Zhang Huangyan arrived in Jiayu County one after another, and then rushed to Wuchang together. It happened that Wuchang City had just been captured by the Ming army. After seeing the ceremony together, Chen Kai turned to Guo Zhiqi and saluted again: "Guo Governor

"Xiaguan has received the food and grass that the division has raised for the army, thank you very much."

"It doesn't matter, they are all serving the imperial court, as they should."

Chen Kai was thanking Guo Zhiqi for the grain and grass he brought this time. It is said that the inspector dug it out of the pockets of Guangxi generals, and emptied all the warehouses in the prefectures and counties under his actual control.

Joining this group is still a drop in the bucket for this army, but it's better than having nothing at all. At least it's a sincere thought.

Most people in the world know that Chen Kai is at odds with the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group, and some people know that Chen Kai and Guo Zhiqi seem to have reached some kind of cooperation. However, there is only one person who actually knows why the two of them turned enemies into friends.

There are only a few people. Qian Qianyi and Zhang Huangyan are not among them, but they don't have the intention to gossip.

After thanking Guo Zhiqi, Chen Kai turned to Qian Qianyi and then bowed his hands: "Herdsman, I haven't seen you for many years, you look even more energetic."

"It's actually happened. It's been seven years in the blink of an eye, and it's still as vibrant as ever. I really envy you."

Chen Kai and Qian Qianyi talked about old things from many years ago, and talked about the old things after parting. They talked freely without even stopping on the carriage. On the contrary, with Zhang Huangyan, Chen Kai and several people in the society

Most of them have good relationships, but they have never interacted with Zhang Huangyan, so they simply bowed and said nothing more.

"As for the war cabinet, it must have been planned."

"Mr. Mu, I have thought about this matter carefully for a long time. Many things are actually based on established laws, but there are still four problems that need to be solved."

"Oh? Which four?" Qian Qianyi asked, and Guo Zhiqi and Zhang Huangyan also cast curious eyes on Chen Kai.

In this regard, Chen Kai was able to invite them here, so naturally he would not hide it: "First, it is the choice of cabinet ministers. The official just formulated a principle, that is, he can represent various kings, but the specific

But the selection of the candidate still needs all the great sages to consult in detail."

If you want to achieve something, you must first use people. Everyone here understands this truth. After hearing Chen Kai's words, they all nodded: "What about the second one?"

"Secondly, His Royal Highness the King of Jin promised to hand over Huang Yue on the day when the war cabinet was established. It can be said that there has never been a precedent for the red power cabinet to exercise this right, and how to exercise this right is also a vital matter in terms of state affairs.

"

Chen Kai emphasized this right in his letters to Zheng Chenggong, Guo Zhiqi and Wen Anzhi. Without this right, all decisions made by the wartime cabinet would not be in compliance with the old laws, and there would even be no basis for obeying power. However,

How to exercise power is a more important matter. If the main anti-Qing forces cannot be satisfied, then the authority of the wartime cabinet will be greatly compromised.

This is indeed something worth pondering. However, there are only four of them now. Wen Anzhishang is supervising the war on the Hanyang front line. The wartime cabinet preparatory meeting has not officially started yet. Chen Kai's advance ventilation only gave them a time to think in advance.

That’s all.

"The third is the right to refute..."

In the same way that an imperial edict without the counter-signature of the cabinet is a false edict, an imperial edict that has not been reviewed by the government is also inconsistent with the law. The problem now is that Yongli abandoned the country, and those who were originally in the court were not in compliance with the law.

Those who left the imperial court, those who left the imperial court, and those who accompanied them to Burma. There was simply no one available for the wartime cabinet. All they had to do was find suitable candidates. This was also a personnel issue.

"As for the fourth one." At this point, Chen Kai paused and then continued: "The fourth one is to use troops."

"Use troops?" What does the wartime cabinet preparatory meeting have to do with the use of troops? As soon as these words were spoken, the three people were all stunned, but almost in a blink of an eye, they understood what Chen Kai meant: "What Jingcheng meant

Is it a matter of Xiaoling Shangshu?"

"Exactly."

After receiving an affirmative answer, the three of them looked at each other. Obviously, each other knew the key to it. During the war, the cabinet would get the approval of the fake Huang Yue from the King of Jin, but the power of the fake Huang Yue was

What Yongli gave to Li Dingguo can theoretically be taken back. Even if Yongli is in Burma, it only takes an edict to judge their behavior as illegal. After all, the real emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet and the Sixth Section of the Ming Dynasty were all in trouble.

Now they are both in Burma, and their wartime cabinet was only initiated by their ministers. The legitimacy and legitimacy of both parties are not at the same level at all.

However, as long as they can complete the formal improvement in Xiaoling, they will have the blessing of legitimacy and legitimacy. No matter how great Yongli is, it will not be greater than Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if one day in the future, Yongli decrees that their actions are illegal

, they can also reject it on the grounds that we have reported it to Emperor Taizu and Gao. If Yongli continues to be unreasonable, then the cabinet has every reason to believe that there is a possibility that Yongli will forget his ancestors, and he may even be crowned emperor.

Therefore, under threat, Yongli could only hold his nose and recognize the existence of the war cabinet.

This is the smartest thing about Zheng Chenggong. Compared with Chen Kai, who was born in a country without an emperor, he knows better what is most traditional for the Chinese people of this era. As long as there is

With these blessings, there is no need to fear any emperor or emperor in a short period of time.

"Of course, the formal inauguration ceremony of the war cabinet can only be held after the Xiaoling Tombs are cleared, and the preparatory meeting is to deal with the stubborn enemies in Huguang. It is not good that Hanyang on the west bank is still fighting, but we are on the east bank.

Let’s have a meeting in Wuchang.”

"Then it depends on Jingcheng's ability."
Chapter completed!