"Can Deputy Envoy Xu make it convenient?" Su Chengyu glanced at Qiao Qian, who immediately quietly handed over a gold ingot. It is worth more than three hundred taels of silver.

Xu Erlu took two steps back with a bitter face, and did not answer, "My lord, the lower officials are just serving the country loyally, how dare they accept this gift?" ”

Su Chengyu was stunned for a moment, and nodded secretly, this person is a rare Qing official, but then he smiled bitterly, why did such a rare good official let me meet it.

He had no choice but to say: "I don't want these people for my own selfishness, but for great use!" ”

After repeating it for a long time, Xu Erlu finally believed Su Chengyu's words, and said in a low voice: "If Your Highness is really in a hurry to use craftsmen, you need to go to Yang Butang......

It turned out that although the Ganzhou Ordnance Bureau was nominally under the Ministry of Industry, it was suffering from Zheng Zhilong's control of finances, and the Ministry of Industry could hardly get a penny. The affairs of Ganzhou are all maintained by Yang Tinglin's fundraising, and he has the final say in the Ordnance Bureau.

Su Chengyu asked where Yang Tinglin was at present, and then took his entourage to the southeast of Ganzhou Prefecture.

Yang Butang was not in the city, but camped outside the city. Ganzhou is surrounded by water on three sides, and only the southeast has a land route to pass, and he is deployed here to prepare for the Qing army's attack.

Outside the barracks, the soldiers heard that it was the king of Chenzhou who was coming, so they hurriedly ran to Tongyu. When he was young, Yang Tinglin came out with a group of officers.

This famous hero of Ganzhou's anti-Qing Dynasty is thin and thin, with a short beard, and he doesn't look good. But it was he who led 6,000 soldiers in the second year of Longwu, faced ten times the Qing army, and defended Ganzhou City for more than four months, and finally was outnumbered and martyred.

But at this time, the old hero's face was gloomy, and after seeing the salute, he led Su Chengyu to the Chinese army's big tent.

Along the way, there are many flags, several miles of company camps, there are five layers of horses outside, and there are teams of soldiers patrolling back and forth, which has a momentum of rectification. Su Chengyu saw that there were still more than a dozen luxuriously decorated carriages and horses parked in the barracks, guarded by a team of soldiers.

When I walked near the big tent, I saw two people in exquisite military uniforms standing at the door from a distance.

One person wore a red helmet on his head, with a foot of red tassels swaying in the wind, a large red cotton armor embroidered with dragon patterns on his body, and brown leather boots under his feet. The other was a black helmet and black armor, which was much more low-key, but the workmanship of the armor was also very fine.

Yang Tinglin saw Su Chengyu looking at him with some doubts, so he introduced in a low voice: "This is His Royal Highness King Yongning and His Royal Highness King Luo Chuan. They gathered troops in Ganzhou...... Consult with your subordinates about the war. ”

Zhu Linmiao was asked to recite the clan genealogy, and Su Chengyu's mind soon appeared with two pieces of information: Zhu Youling, the king of Yongning County, and Zhu Youling, the king of Luochuan County. Their fief was near Jianchang in the northeast of Ganzhou, but they came here for some reason.

Approaching, Zhu Youling and Zhu Youzhen greeted each other.

"King Chenzhou."

"The king of Chenzhou is here with his troops?" Zhu Youshu smiled proudly, "Oh, I forgot that the king of Chenzhou has not yet become a vassal, and there is no protector yet." ”

Su Chengyu simply returned the salute and ignored him.

The group entered the big tent and sat down. Zhu Youma, who was dressed in red armor, sat unceremoniously in the main seat, and Zhu Youling accompanied him.

Before Su Chengyu could speak, he heard that King Yongning and Yang Tinglin had already argued.

"Ji'an Mansion is the gateway to the entire southern part of Gan, if the Qing Dynasty is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Ji'an, Ganzhou will be in danger!" Yang Tinglin was obviously pressed and said, "The army should go north to Ji'an immediately according to the plan!" ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately waved his hand and said: "Yiwang has lost Jianchang, and the Qing army will be arrogant and contempt the enemy. It is an opportunity to counterattack it. ”

"The leaders of this king and the king of Yongning are elite divisions, and they should be based on the direction of our department." Zhu Youling continued, "Yang Butang should lead most of the troops to follow us to conquer Jianchang first. ”

"Wan'an City is in danger. If Wan'an is lost, the entire Ji'an Mansion will be cleared. Yang Tinglin said hurriedly, "Wait until Jianchang is defeated and come back, I'm afraid that the Qing army has blocked the gate of Ganzhou City!" ”

Zhu Youzhen squinted at Yang Tinglin disapprenously, "Then Yang Butang will go to Ji'an." This king led troops to attack Jianchang. ”

"At the moment of the great enemy, how can we divide the army into two more places?" Yang Tinglin seems to be lacking in confidence. Although there were 30,000 or 40,000 men under his command, they were all newly recruited recruits who had only undergone simple training. However, the five thousand soldiers and horses of the two kings of Yongning and Luochuan with the protection army as the core have a lot of experience in battle, and compared to his new soldiers, they are indeed elite.

Without these 5,000 veterans as strikers, Yang Tinglin was really not sure that he would be able to capture Ji'an City.

Su Chengyu asked the officer on the side in a low voice, only to learn the ins and outs. It turned out that not long ago, Yiwang Zhu Ciqi was defeated by the Qing army's Gaojin Treasury Department, and the Qing army occupied Yiwang's fiefdom Jianchang.

Originally, Yang Tinglin and the two kings had agreed to attack Ji'an City in the north to stabilize the situation in Ganzhou. But these two county kings recently heard that Gao Jinku had signs of going south, and their fiefdom was south of Jianchang, so they asked the army to go to Jianchang first.

And Yang Tinglin has already laid out a defensive line on the east side, and has been planning for a long time to concentrate his forces to recover Ji'an, and this battle is related to the direction of the entire Jiangxi war situation! So he had a dispute with the two kings.

It should be said that although Yang Tinglin was ordered to control the military affairs of southern Gansu, he could not mobilize these two vassal kings.

And Longwu himself was imprisoned by Chongzhen because he led the royal army to the north to save the Beijing division in his early years, and he was very dissatisfied. After he ascended the throne, he did not interfere with the vassal king's escort army to resist the Qing Dynasty, which gave King Yongning and King Luochuan freedom to act.

"The city of Ji'an is high and thick, how can it be captured overnight?" Zhu Youling snorted angrily, "It's better to fight Jianchang first, and wait for Xu Tuji'an in the future." ”

His words reminded King Yongning, who immediately continued: "When General Wan was guarding the city of Ji'an, if it wasn't for Wang Deren to transport four Hongyi cannons, I'm afraid the city would not have been lost." ”

Zhu Youshu looked at Yang Tinglin, "If Yang Butang can take out four Hongyi cannons, he can discuss the attack on Ji'an City again." ”

"This ......" Yang Tinglin was short of breath for a while, "Secretary Xu only made the Hongyi Cannon after acting with the Ordnance Bureau, and gathered all the gunsmiths of the Ordnance Bureau, and only one could be cast in a month." This first cannon is still being test-fired, where did the four guns come from? ”

"Wang Deren has a cannon in his hand, and he has a city defense to hold." Zhu Youhao stood up suddenly, "Our army went to Ji'an like this, not only could not capture the fortified city, but was bombarded by the rebellious bombardment?" ”

Su Chengyu was worried about how to open his mouth to ask Yang Tinglin for someone, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly, which could be used as a breakthrough. He said unhurriedly: "Where are the four cannons enough?" At least it has to be able to overpower the Qing captives to attack the city. ”

Zhu Youling was slightly stunned, and immediately nodded in agreement, "King Chenzhou is high!" ”

Yang Tinglin's face darkened, and he was about to refute it, when he heard Su Chengyu continue: "I am willing to take out eight cannons to help King Yongning and King Luochuan capture Ji'an City!" ”

Yang Tinglin's eyelids jumped in shock, "What His Highness said is true?" ”

"Eight cannons?" Zhu Youzhen sneered, "You think it's a small cannon at the mouth of the bowl?" This king is talking about a thousand catties of Hongyi cannons! ”

"Twelve-pounder cannon." Su Chengyu looked at him with a smile, "That's the 1,800-pound Hongyi cannon!" Twenty days to the camp to be transported. ”