The loss of Fancheng forced Wang Yan to speed up the progress of the Wuchang campaign in order to uproot this important stronghold of the Qing court in Huguang as soon as possible, and then gather all his forces to go north to meet Azig and Wu Sangui.

After Yang Yanchang crossed the Yangtze River by boat and headed for Xiangyang, Wang Yan also immediately arranged a large army to prepare to attack Wuchang.

The book of war has "the way to conquer the country, attack the heart for the top, and attack the city for the bottom." The heart wins for the top, and the soldiers win for the bottom. Therefore, the saint conquers the country and attacks the enemy, and he must obey his heart first. What does it mean to attack their hearts? Absolutely unashamed is to attack its heart. ”

In Wuchang City, Tong Yanghe relied on was the green battalion of more than 17,000 people in the city, relying on the 3,000 and eight banner soldiers of Tulai, he could not hold Wuchang no matter what, so Wang Yan had to think about shaking the military heart in Wuchang City, and then he could take advantage of the opportunity to defeat Wuchang City.

The next day, the defenders of Wuchang City saw a large group of people, walking out of the Ming army camp by the lake, carrying shovels and hoes, and carrying baskets to a place one mile away from Wuchang City, and then under the command of the Ming army, began to dig ten big pits.

Seeing this, the Qing army in the city didn't understand what the Ming army was going to do, and couldn't help but discuss, "Why is the Ming army digging a pit so far away?" ”

"I don't know, maybe it's taking soil and preparing to fill the river~"

"Will you be ready to dig tunnels and attack the city~"

"Idiot~" The general who patrolled the city listened to the discussion of the soldiers, and couldn't help scolding: "Will people dig tunnels for you to see?" You all stay here honestly, and Lao Tzu will report to the general. ”

The general who called the general was called Wang Guangen, and he also had two brothers, named Wang Guangtai and Wang Chang, the three brothers turned out to be rogues, Wang Guangen was very famous in the army, nicknamed Guan Suo, and also known as the King of Xiao Qin.

After the Battle of Tongguan, Li Zicheng was defeated, and the three brothers accepted Emperor Chongzhen's recruitment, and their men and horses were reorganized into official troops to guard Yunyang. After that, Li Zicheng attacked many times in the year of Kwai Wei and Jiashen, but failed to conquer it.

In the year of Yiyou, Li Zicheng and defeated Huguang, the Qing soldiers followed, and the three brothers surrendered to the Qing court together with Xu Qiyuan, the Yunyang Fuyuan appointed by the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Guangen was appointed by the Qing court as the chief soldier of Xiangyang.

After Wang Yan defeated Luck Dehun in Huguang, he sent Gao Yigong to sweep northwest Hubei, and Tong Yanghe let them withdraw to Wuchang in order to preserve his power and have no grain and grass to transport to Xiangyang.

When Wang Guangen came to the city wall, the people under the city had been busy for a while, and the soil was not piled up irregularly, but someone specially dealt with it, and he had to guess after looking at it for a while: "Because it should be to build a high platform, and then set up artillery to bombard the city!" You wait and continue to patrol without making a fuss. ”

When the time came to noon, ten large pits had been excavated outside Wuchang City, and the excavated soil had piled up twenty-one high platforms higher than the city wall.

The Qing army in the city saw that the Ming army was really transporting artillery to it, so they thought that the Ming army was digging a big pit, really just to get soil, but at this moment, in the Ming army village by the lake, there was a burst of war drums.

Soon after, Wang Yan's banner slowly came out of the camp, and behind him, the cavalry of loyalty, loyalty, and supervision also marched out of the camp according to the camp number, and then stopped at the big pit and the high platform.

This is the Ming army besieged Wuchang, the first time under the city array, more than 50,000 Ming troops, arranged into a neat phalanx, spears such as forests, banners like clouds, in the noon sun, did not make a sound, its perception and a few days ago besieged the city of Qi Huang Yi army is completely different.

"Dangdang~" Feeling the murderous atmosphere of the Ming army under the city, the Qing army on the city tower became nervous, and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell, and the Qing soldiers of the brigade immediately climbed the city tower.

Tong Yanghe also came all the way to Nancheng, he stood by the wall and looked down, and saw that although the Ming army was arrayed, there were neither ladders nor rushing cars in the array, and there were no siege equipment, and he couldn't help but ask Tulai on the side in confusion: "Wang Yan has such a big battle, and it doesn't seem like he wants to attack the city, but what is he going to do?" ”

Thurai was also confused, "The governor will look at it, I expect him to play some tricks~"

At this time, in the Ming army array, Wang Yan put down the clairvoyant mirror leisurely, he had already seen Tong Yanghe on the head of the city, so he waved his hand and said to the guards behind: "You can start!" ”

Seeing this, the guard immediately retreated, and after a while, he pressed a person out, standing behind Wang Yan, Wang Yan immediately turned over and dismounted, and walked to a high platform in the middle, and the guard pressed the person to walk behind Wang Yan with Dai Zhifan and others.

The incense case has been placed on the high platform, and Da Xuqi has also been inserted, Tong Yanghe at the head of the city saw this, his eyes couldn't help but narrow, and he already understood in his heart that Wang Yan was going to kill people and sacrifice flags, but who was the person he wanted to kill?

Tong Yanghe and other Qing generals saw this formation, and they knew what Wang Yan wanted to do, and they couldn't help but look at the high platform to see the identity of the killed, but after all, the distance was too far, and the person who was killed was tortured, and they couldn't see the identity at all.

On the high platform, Wang Yan did not let people wait for a long time, he saw that the guards pressed the man to kneel on the ground, so he immediately took out a fold, unfolded it and read it aloud: "He Mingluan, who was originally a Ming Jinshi, a high-ranking official of the imperial court, has eaten the king's Lu for more than 30 years, and enjoys the favor of the imperial court, but he does not think of reporting to the king and protecting the people. The sins he committed are heinous and intolerable. Today, the altar was built to pay tribute, and the ministers killed it to comfort the Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty and the previous emperors. ”

Wang Yan's recitation was very loud, and he stood on the high platform, so the voice spread far away, and Tong Yanghe on the city wall heard the sound, and his heart trembled, only to know that it was He Mingluan, the governor of Hunan, who was killed.

As soon as Wang Yan's voice fell, the guards over there immediately raised their knives and cut off He Mingluan's head, blood gushed like a spring, and tens of thousands of Ming troops under the stage immediately cheered.

Wang Yan then asked people to put their heads on the incense table, and worship the heavens and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty together with the generals, and the drums and music under the high platform rang out.

After the worship was completed, Wang Yan immediately stood up and said loudly to Wuchang City: "This governor is ordered by the Son of Heaven to sweep away the Hulu, to have a way to cut down the non-way, to use Huaxia to fight against the Huyi, to relieve the people from hanging upside down, to respond to the mandate of heaven, and to obey the people's will." Now Wuchang is good at blocking the heavenly soldiers, should have been killed, but God has the virtue of a good life, the governor will give you a chance, within three days, if Kaicheng surrenders, the Han army is still treated as the original official, Manmeng can avoid a death, three days later, if still not surrendered, the whole army is beheaded, in the high position of the Qing court, disaster to the family, kill his father, brother, son. ”

Wang Yan paused slightly, and then with a wave of his hand, the Ming army under the stage divided ten passages, and there was a team of soldiers and horses in each passage, escorting the five hundred captured Eight Banner soldiers who were connected by long ropes to the edge of the pit, and then drove them all into the pit.

Seeing this, Wang Yan immediately continued: "This governor is full of promises, and I am afraid that you will not believe this governor's words, so I will first kill the Eight Banners and capture 5,000 people to show the determination of this governor." ”

"Wang Yan actually wants to kill the prisoner!" On the city wall, Tong Yanghe heard Wang Yan's words word for word, and his face was full of shock.

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