I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The army advancing westward departed one day later than the army advancing eastward.

They have more people and need to prepare more materials. Moreover, the troops heading west were divided into two routes, one of which was still by water and needed to raise boats.

The water route was led by Xu Yuxian and Qian Sule, with a total of 20,000 people. They entered Hongze Lake by boat, then went upstream through the Huai River, and went straight to Bengbu and Huainan.

Another route, led by Lu Guangzu and Fang Ce, with a total of 10,000 people, headed south to Chuzhou.

It was much easier to walk by water, but Wu Jun didn't have so many ships, so he could only hold 20,000.

All the way westward, came to Fengyang.

In Fengyang, Xu Yuxian and the others landed on the shore and then marched towards the city.

Fengyang was originally just a small town, but because it was Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, it suddenly became famous.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he built the imperial city of Zhongdu here.

The original small town has become much larger now, and there are more garrisoned troops.

In order to prevent them from being attacked in the rear when they attacked Bengbu and Huainan, and to prevent logistics being cut off, they needed to take down Fengyang before attacking Bengbu and Huainan.

The 20,000-strong army went straight to Fengyang, but the Fengyang defenders knew they were invincible and chose to open the door and surrender.

This was in response to Xu Yuxian's guess that the Qing army's will to resist was not strong.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Fengyang's defenders are all green camps of the Han army.

There is no such good thing in Bengbu and Huainan, where there are still many Eight Banner soldiers stationed.

"Senior Xu, I have a plan to take Bengbu easily."

At the evening banquet, Shi Shouye, the former guard of Fengyang, said.

"Oh, let's hear it." Xu Yuxian was very interested.

"At present, there are more than 15,000 defenders in Bengbu, which are divided into three parts. Among them, about 4,008 banner soldiers are led by the Tartar Borha. The other two parts are green camps, led by You Shicheng and Li respectively. Commander Fei, among them, You Shicheng and I have a lot of friendship..."

Shi Shouye's strategy is also very simple. It is nothing more than sending someone his handwritten letter to You Shicheng, and then convincing him to rebel.

As long as they entered the city, the Qing army was no match for the Wu army at all.

You Shicheng had more than 5,000 subordinates, and if he succeeded in instigating the rebellion, the Qing army would surely be defeated.

Of course, the premise is to be able to convince You Shicheng.

There is such a good thing, Xu Yuxian will naturally not refuse.

For him, this strategy was successful, that is, a pie fell from the sky, which could reduce a lot of losses. If the plan fails, it doesn't matter, just continue to attack the city according to the original plan.

So, he stopped the army in Fengyang, on the one hand waiting for the good news of Shi Shouye, on the other hand raising food and grass around to feed the enemy.

Fengyang used to be under the care of the royal family all the year round, so there are a group of relatively wealthy classes here. The ancestors of these people were more or less related to Zhu Yuanzhang.

These people are the targets of Xu Yuxian's wool. Anyway, they are about to rebel, and they are mortal enemies with those who are loyal to the Zhu family. You are welcome.

These people who have been taken care of by the old Zhu family for generations are undoubtedly die-hard members of the Ming Dynasty.

After the order was issued, Wu Jun started a robbery operation, which was the first time they had done such a thing.

However, as long as there is a weapon in hand, there is basically no difficulty in doing this kind of thing, and Wu Jun does it very smoothly.

Those who have been robbed are wise to pay some protection fees for peace. There were also some more arrogant people who picked up hoes and poles and wanted to fight against Wu Jun.

Their fate, of course, was that they were killed without any accident, and then their homes were raided.

When the common people challenge the army, they can only hope that the army will not dare to make a real move. Once the real move is made, those hoes and poles are a joke.

Wu Jun's gains from raiding his home were extremely rich, and an ordinary petty bourgeoisie could actually find thousands of taels of silver. In a larger manor, tens of thousands of taels of silver can be found.

As for other fixed assets, it is even more numerous. These were quickly sold cheaply by Wu Jun, and even forcibly sold to some merchants at a low price.

As long as they have convenient money, the land is useless.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the court was poor and the people were poor, but the landlords were powerful and the business people were not poor at all.

After copying more than a dozen households, those people became completely honest and took the initiative to pay money to avoid disaster.

After some scavenging, they raised enough money to buy rations for more than two months.

This made Xu Yuxian a little worried. He felt that this matter was a little big, and he didn't know what the attitude of the above would be.

In order to leave a way out for himself, Xu Yuxian didn't take any of the benefits and used them all for the army.

At the same time, he also wrote a battle report to Li Shaobin in time to explain his situation.

He explained in the battle report that what he robbed was a die-hard loyalist who was loyal to Daming, and he was an enemy.

This statement is also reluctant to say in the past.

In Bengbu, You Shicheng received a handwritten letter from Shi Shouye and learned that Shi Shouye had joined Wu Jun.

He was quite envious, because now that Wu's army is strong, the Qing army's backing is no longer stable. Surrendering the Wu army is a good choice.

However, it was easy for Shi Shouye to surrender, because Shi Shouye was the biggest in Fengyang.

And it's not easy for him to surrender. There are still Borja, who is staring at him, and Li Fei, who has an unclear attitude.

If he surrendered rashly, he might have lost his life before Wu Jun arrived.

"I need to explore Li first.

Flying tone. "

You Shicheng said to the liaison.

If he could pull Li Fei together anyway, then he would not be afraid of Borja.

"I'm afraid it's too late. Wu Jun will come soon. You have to make up your mind as soon as possible."

The tentative tone was not to directly find Li Fei and ask, if Li Fei did not agree to Qing Qing, wouldn't You Shicheng be exposed. However, it takes time to test in an implicit and implicit way.

Therefore, the person in charge of the liaison hopes that You Shicheng can make up his mind directly, which also facilitates them to quickly make a plan that should work together.

"Well then, according to General Shi's plan, the day of the siege will be called the white flag, and the side with the white flag is where our army is stationed. When the time comes, I will open the city gate, and you can enter the city directly from my side."

After You Shicheng weighed the pros and cons, he decided to agree to cooperate with the inside and the outside.

After all, even if he didn't agree, Bengbu might not be able to hold it under the attack of the Wu army.

They have neither a strong army nor a fortified city.

It's a laborious and thankless thing, why insist on it.

And cooperate with Wu Jun, although there is a little risk, but it can defeat Borja 100%. At that time, not only will you be able to get on the big tree of Wu Jun, but you will also be able to make contributions to keep your own glory and wealth.

The two agreed on some details, and then they contacted and went out of the city overnight and returned to Fengyang to report the good news to Shi Shouye.