Huang Shu didn't know that his whereabouts had been discovered by people from the Chu Palace and Jingzhou Palace. He also thought he had a plan. After entering Jingmensuo City, he took the name card that Gu Junen had given him when he was on his way to Jiangnan as an envoy to Jiangnan and passed through Wuchang. He asked Wang Deren, the guard of Jingmensuo, to inform him of his intention. Then, under the protection of Wang Deren, they galloped all the way to Hanyang City, which was shrouded in the roar of cannons.
The artillery bombardment between the Ming and Shun armies across the Yangtze River continued, but the Ming army clearly had the upper hand. Because another batch of artillery was shipped from Nanjing to Wuchang a few days ago. This is a batch of twelve-pound Hongyi cannons that have just been delivered. There are a total of twelve cannons. They are all made of bronze and equipped with Chinese cannon gauges and rulers. Accompanying this batch of artillery arrived were fifty graduates of the artillery department of the second phase of the Nanjing Lecture Hall led by Xu Ermo.
The first class period of Jiangwu Hall is very short, only three months, it is a short-term training class. The number of classes in the second period has doubled to six months. The class time for the third period of the upcoming martial arts school has doubled, reaching one year.
After obtaining twelve brand-new twelve-pound Hongyi cannons, the artillery firepower of the Wuchang Ming Army immediately overwhelmed the Dashun Army of Hanyang. Not including the three-pound regimental cannon used in field battles and the Hongyi cannon equipped on the Centipede ship of the Navy, the Wuchang Ming Army had as many as 22 heavy cannons that could be used to bombard Hanyang! Among them, there are twenty twelve-pound Hongyi cannons, one twenty-four-pound cannon and one thirty-six-pound cannon.
Moreover, more cannons will be transported to Wuchang from Nanjing and Shanghai downstream - if the Bujialao Factory in Macau is also included, Zhu Cixiang's Nanming already has Bujialao Factory, Anping Factory, and Shanghai Factory. Lopez Factory, Shanghai Jiangnan Factory and Nanjing Gunmaking Bureau were a total of five gun factories that used Western technology to cast bronze cannons. The total monthly output of various bronze cannons can reach as many as sixty or seventy.
If it's a big fight, Li Zicheng's side has no chance of winning!
So when Huang Shu arrived in Hanyang, the city wall around Chaozongmen in the south of Hanyang City had been riddled with holes by twenty 12-pound Hongyi cannons mounted on the wall of Hanyang Gate on the other side, and many places even collapsed. .
The two giant cannons mounted on Phoenix Mountain no longer fire at Guishan - because Guishan is densely wooded and too far away from Hanyang Gate, the Ming army's artillery cannot conduct observations at all, so they can't hit it even if they hit it. The artillery position of Dashun Army. Therefore, Wu Sanfu and Feng Sizhong simply gave up their plan to suppress the artillery of the Shun Army and instead bombarded the urban areas of Hanyang and Hankou to create panic.
Although there were only two giant cannons, it was impossible to cause too much damage to Hankou and Hanyang. However, the stone bullets that could fall from the sky at any time still caused serious psychological pressure on the Dashun troops stationed in the two cities.
Of course, Li Zicheng was no exception. He didn't want to be hit by a stone falling from the sky and become the late emperor when he was sleeping at night. So he moved his residence from Hanyang Mansion to a villa outside Hanyang City. Yuehu Lake is located to the north of Guishan. It is blocked by Guishan, so there is no need to worry about the huge cannons of the Ming army. A big rock.
But it is always disadvantageous for a large army to be stationed under the muzzle of the Ming army.
Therefore, before Huang Shu arrived, Li Zicheng had already discussed with his subordinates the policy of building Guishan Fort to guard the Jianghan strategic point, then burning the two cities of Hankou and Hanyang to retreat, and then using the main force to attack Jiangling.
It turned out that the envoy Li Zicheng sent to Chengdu earlier to contact Zhang Xianzhong returned and brought back good news - Zhang Xianzhong was willing to join forces with Li Zicheng, and also promised to take a step back and change his name to King of the West. Including the four prefectures of Chengdu, Long'an, Shunqing and Baoning, plus five prefectures including Tongchuan Prefecture, Qiongzhou, Yazhou, Meizhou and Jiading Prefecture, as well as Songpanwei, Tianquansi, Lizhousi and other places. It was a fiefdom for Daxi Kingdom.
However, Zhang Xianzhong has read books, and of course is familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and knows how Liu Bei tricked Liu Zhang. Of course, he did not want to be Liu Zhang's second, so he kept a cautious eye and did not agree with Li Zicheng's move to Hanzhong to "aid the West". He also sent his adopted son Zhang Dingguo (Li Dingguo) to garrison Baoning Prefecture, and Zhang Wenxiu (Liu Wenxiu) to garrison Longan Prefecture to stop Li Zicheng's army.
At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong asked Li Zicheng to advance along the river and join the Daxi Army to attack the Ming Army occupying Chongqing Prefecture and Kuizhou.
Since the artillery could not defeat the Ming army, Li Zicheng also knew that he could not continue to move eastward. No matter how many buildings he built, he still wouldn't be able to pass under the muzzles of dozens of Hongyi cannons! So he could only stop at Hanhan and Hankou.
Of course, Zhu Cihong had to cross the river to take Hankou and Hanyang, and it was not easy to open up the waterway to the west and north.
After all, the Yangtze River is known as a natural hazard! And the current artillery firepower is enough to block the waters of the Yangtze River and Han River, so once the construction of Guishan City is completed. The Dashun Army was able to use a small number of Hongyi cannons and a larger number of general cannons to blockade the Han River and the Yangtze River.
Before pulling out the Guishan City Fortress, even if Zhu Cixiang's army could cross the Yangtze River, they would not be able to freely attack the prefectures and counties between Jiang and Han. After all, the army's logistics throat is still stuck in Guishan City!
Therefore, Li Zicheng decided to use Guishan City to delay the main force of Zhu Cixang's Ming army, and then move his army westward to capture Jiangling and Yiling. After the water rose in the spring of next year, he would then move up the river and advance towards Kuizhou and Chongqing.
At this time, Zuo Menggeng's envoy Huang Shu arrived at the Yuehu Palace outside Hanyang City. He really seemed to have some intention of helping Li Zicheng!
There were more and more scholars around Li Zicheng, so he gradually understood the mentality of these scholars. Although this group of people didn't have much ability, most of them were self-righteous and felt that they were just like Zhuge Liang. They wished they could meet Uncle Liu Huang who visited the thatched cottage three times.
Therefore, Li Zicheng gave enough face to Huang Shu who came to his door. It was impossible to look at him three times, but he could still greet him outside the palace gate.
Huang Shu, who came to Yuehu Palace with Gu Junen, was so moved when he saw Emperor Li personally greeting him in a simple blue robe and a smile on his face that he quickly stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow.
"Your Majesty, Huang Shu, wishes you long live, long live your Majesty!"
Li Zicheng hadn't given him an official title yet, and he had already declared himself a vassal!
Li Zicheng also acted like a wise ruler and a wise ruler. He went up to help Huang Shu and said with a smile: "I heard Mr. Huang's name when I was fighting in Zhongzhou. At that time, I was wondering why Emperor Ming didn't reuse such a great talent. If I had used you earlier, why would the world be like this? Today, Mr. Li is here, it is really a blessing from God!"
Finally met Ming Zhu... Huang Shu was really moved from the bottom of his heart!
Although Zuo Liangyu and his son took him well, they did not treat him as a person like Zhuge Liang. Moreover, the Zuo family and his son are not people who want to fight for the emperor. They will eventually be eliminated by this troubled world.
Huang Shu had already figured it out when Li Zicheng launched the banner of equalizing land by planning and mouth. From now on, the world will be divided into three parts: Qing, Shun and Ming!
Although Dashun is the weakest among the three, it may have a foundation of hundreds of years. It is not a big problem for Li Zicheng to become the first master of Shun. And if he, Huang Shu, had taken refuge in the past, he would be the same as Zhuge Liang today, right?
Li Zicheng had already squeezed Huang Shu's little hand with a smile, and walked into the Moon Lake Palace together. In the palace hall, the banquet has been laid out, it is very sumptuous!
There are gourd chicken, mutton in a basin, a steamed pot, a handful of pig's trotters, fish in a milk soup pot, and of course Li Zicheng's recent favorite, Wuchang fish steamed buns - today's dish is not steamed fish, but fried fish steamed buns , fresh, fragrant and crispy, that’s a beauty!
Huang Shu also pretended to be a celebrity, gnawing hard on the hard buns and hard fish (over-fried. Li Zicheng, a big thief, has good teeth and chews effortlessly. How can Huang Shu compare?). He talks loudly and discusses the situation in the world.
In fact, it is the same as in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", taking Jingzhou, planning for Sichuan, and then going north to Guanlong and so on. Li Zicheng also pretended to be an educated wise man and listened patiently to him telling some tricks that all storytellers would know. Finally, after Huang Shu had satisfied Zhuge Liang's addiction, he finally got to the point.
"Your Majesty," Huang Shu said, "I have a plan to capture Jingzhou and Hunan for your Majesty!"
