Han Zhaonian opened the city gate as agreed and led his troops to lower their weapons and surrender out of the city.

The Ming army immediately took over Xiangyang City.

Controlling Xiangyang is equivalent to controlling the Han River Basin.

Now the Ming army has no worries.

When Zhu Youlang entered the city, he found that there was no one on the street, which was very bleak and deserted.

He couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's going on? What about the people?"

"Your Majesty, the people should have hidden themselves if they think the war is about to come."

Li Dingguo had a rich experience in siege and captured the villages. He knew very well that this was the most dangerous time for the people in the city.

The defenders will capture the people to be strong men to help defend the city. If they want to avoid being captured, they must hide quickly.

As for the siege, some people with poor military discipline will usually rob them after breaking the city, and the suffering is naturally the people.

"Transfer my will and strictly restrict military discipline and shall not invade the people. Violators shall be punished according to military law."

The military discipline of the Ming army was actually quite good, but Zhu Youlang was still afraid that some soldiers would not be able to control him.

At present, the Ming army was in the east, in addition to siegeing cities and camps, it was also very important to obtain support from the people.

We must never leave a bad impression of the local people of the brutal and greed of the Ming army.

"I obey the order!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know whether to tell me about anything."

Han Zhaonian, who took the initiative to offer the city, came over with a smile, with a very respectful attitude.

"After saying that."

Given that Han Zhaonian's attitude is pretty good, Zhu Youlang plans to give him a chance.

"Is the purpose of Your Majesty's expedition this time to be the money and grain in the treasury or long-term operation?"

Han Zhaonian's question was quite sarcastic.

The Ming army had been trapped in the southwest for a long time, and the impression they gave the world was of a separatist regime.

In this case, the dynasty's enterprising spirit will be suspected.

I'm afraid that in Han Zhaonian's mind, Zhu Youlang was also here to fight Qiufeng this time. After earning money and food, he would withdraw back to eastern Sichuan, and these cities would naturally return to the hands of the Qing army.

"This world is originally from the Ming Dynasty, and I just took back what belonged to me."

Zhu Youlang said domineeringly.

Don’t you want to test me? I will tell you clearly.

I am not a thief who is wandering around, I am the emperor, and I want to take back all the lost things!

"If this is the case, the criminal advises Your Majesty to fight steadily and not rush to attack Wuchang first."

Han Zhaonian explained: "As far as the criminals know, the Wuchang garrison has at least 30,000 troops, and they are all elite. If Your Majesty leads his troops to expedition, he will definitely bring all elite troops. It would be fine if he could conquer Wuchang. If he could not conquer, the backyard would catch another fire and even the retreat would be cut off."

In fact, what Han Zhaonian said is still very reasonable.

The Qing army operated Huguang for many years, and the local people were already accustomed to accepting the rule of the Qing court.

It’s okay for the Ming army to garrison here. Once they leave, the conquered cities will likely be hung with Qing flags again.

If the Ming army left a large number of garrisons here and spread out one city and one pool, the army to fight Wuchang might not be enough.

This is an unavoidable question.

"I will definitely fight Wuchang, and I will not give up on Xiangyang and Yiling. I want it all!"

Zhu Youlang's confidence lies in the fact that the troops in this Eastern Expedition were composed of.

He had already decided to let the Kuidong army guard the conquered Huguang cities respectively, and he and Li Dingguo led their troops to attack Wuchang.

With that batch of extra guns and cannons, it is not difficult to win Wuchang.

Of course, he could not say these words to Han Zhaonian, and he could not even say them to Li Dingguo now.

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and it is the criminal who is reckless."

Han Zhaonian thought to himself that Emperor Yongli really has a big appetite. He is so greedy that something will happen sooner or later.

It seems that he still has to make plans early. It is not a solution to follow the Ming army until death.

"Your Majesty, all the ships in the Han River area are outside the city. The criminals will then order people to hand over to all the generals."

Zhu Youlang nodded slightly.

At least from the moment, Han Zhaonian's performance is still very good.

However, he would order the Jinyiwei to keep staring at him. If he had any abnormal movements, Zhu Youlang would know immediately.

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Nanjing, garrison palace.

Zhang Huangyan looked through the various documents in the Nanjing Treasury, but was in a good mood.

As the center of the entire Jiangnan, Nanjing has extremely rich reserves of money and grain.

After taking Nanjing, all the money and grain became the Ming army.

This battle is worth it.

Zhang Huangyan roughly calculated that the Ming army had enough for a whole year to eat, and they no longer had to worry about the problem of food!

After the Ming army captured Nanjing, some nearby prefectures and counties fell in love with each other, and all the Ming flags were raised in Guazhou and Zhenjiang.

The entire Southeast region is the most threatened by Shi Lang, Ningbo, Zhejiang.

However, Zheng Chenggong's focus is not on Ningbo at the moment, but on the upstream Anqing Mansion as soon as possible.

Anqing and Zhenjiang are the left and right gates of Nanjing. It is still not safe to only take one of them. Only when you hold them all in your hands can you feel safe.

"Brother Cangshui, come and take a look. Now Anqing guard general Mangdoni holds 30,000 heavy troops in his hand and can cut off the Yangtze River channel at any time. If he is in the upper reaches, he can threaten Nanjing at any time."

Zheng Chenggong had been drawing pictures at the map, and he greeted Zhang Huangyan who was standing aside.

Zhang Huangyan then put down his Chinese letter, stood up and walked to Zheng Chenggong.

"Do you already have a plan?"

"What other plans can you have? It's nothing more than fighting. If you don't accept it, I'll beat you to your consent. This is my way."

After taking over Nanjing, Zheng Chenggong became much more confident and his spirit improved significantly.

"Mang Erdoni is a scheming man and very cunning. When we entered Nanjing, he did not come to support immediately. He did not surrender after we took Nanjing. I think he was observing the situation."

Zhang Huangyan analyzed: "At this time, attacking Anqing Mansion will probably force him to take the initiative to fight."

"If we are not of our race, our hearts will be different. If we are a Han general, we may also persuade him to surrender. These true enemies will not be able to surrender."

Zheng Chenggong said with certainty: "Brother Cangshui, believe me. If you can't win Anqing as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles."

"I still think that Shi Lang, who is entrenched in Ningbo, Zhejiang, should be destroyed first. The navy posed too great a threat to us."

After taking Nanjing, Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong had differences in their opinions.

Generally speaking, Zhang Huangyan will make concessions.

First, Zheng Chenggong has more troops, and second, Zhang Huangyan is a civil servant after all, and he does not want to have too much influence on Zheng Chenggong's decision to attack cities and capture villages.

But in this matter, Zhang Huangyan's attitude was very firm and did not seem to intend to give in.

"Brother Cangshui, why don't you understand? Shi Lang is just a clown. Besides, Ningbo is so far away from us, even if you want to attack, you won't be in a hurry. But Anqing is above our heads. How can you not let others sleep soundly on the side of the bed? Brother Cangshui, how come you don't understand this principle?"

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Chapter completed!