On the eighth day of the fifth month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng's peasant army had occupied Xiaogan, Hanchuan and Hanyang Mansion, and the troops were approaching Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping thief, fled along the river with his army to Chizhou (now Guichi, Anhui). The official army in Hubei is in decline, and the huge city of Wuchang is in danger. Li Zicheng in the west pressed heavily in the west, and Zhang Xianzhong in the east attacked urgently.

But at this moment, there is chaos in Wuchang City, there is not enough army, and there is a lack of food and salary to raise a large army.

What made the people of insight in Wuchang City feel even more frightened and uneasy...... A kind of high-ranking officials in Wuchang City didn't seem to be worried at all that Zhang Xianzhong would be able to get in. unexpectedly felt that neither Li Zicheng nor Zhang Xianzhong would attack Fucheng.

The only thing that can comforte the people of insight in Wuchang City is that at this moment, Sun Chuanting finally returned to the south and pressed towards Li Zicheng's army again.

For this reason, Li Zicheng licked his wounds and recovered his strength, while guarding against Sun Chuanting's attack. Wuchang West finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that when another news came, no matter what people of insight and eyeless people in Wuchang were frightened.

Three days ago.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Wuchang County.

A troop crossed the river from Tuanfengzhou, some of them wearing armor and some of them wearing the clothes of the people. There are even some generals who ride tall horses, but they wear costumes.

But what is refreshing is that the morale of this army is high, although it is mixed, it is forbidden and has the discipline that an army should have.

This is Zhang Xianzhong's vanguard.

At this moment, they crossed Tuanfengzhou. Set off towards Wuchang County.

This made the leading Ainengqi overjoyed, along the way. Their team attacked with little difficulty.

Even the crossing of the river, which worried Enengchi the most, did not find anything abnormal, neither did he encounter any legendary half-crossing attacks. Nor did they encounter a strong defending force that had always been strong.

When Ainengqi led the vanguard all the way and rushed to ten miles outside Wuchang County, a scene that surprised Ainengqi even more happened.

"General, something has happened, something has happened!" One of the scouts rushed at the horse and shouted at Enench.

When Ai Nengqi heard this, he was immediately startled, and shouted: "The whole army is ready to fight!" The ministries find their subordinates, line up, line up! ”

These last night. Only then did Ainengchi roar and ask, "Tell me, what's going on?" What enemy came, how many troops, how many infantry? ”、

The scout was startled when he saw such a big battle in the whole army. looked at Ai Nengqi eagerly and asked, and suddenly understood, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not a bad thing, it's not a bad thing!" General, Nawuchang County...... After Wuchang County knew that our army was coming. The gates of the city were opened! ”

"What?" Ai Nengqi was stunned for a moment: "Rabbit cub, how to be a scout, make it clear!" ”

"Yes, yes! General, it's the big officials and bigwigs in the county who have run away! They are all rolled up and soft. I took my family and went to Wuchang Mansion in the west! The scout laughed.

"Hahaha, this is the way of heaven in me! Brothers, hurry up! Ainengqi said. Immediately overjoyed, he led the army to rush over.

And at the moment. The gentry of the wealthy families in Wuchang County left behind the county order that had hanged themselves in the county government, and hurriedly went to Wuchang Mansion, which was more than 100 miles to the west.

In their opinion. As the capital of Huguang, this provincial city will not be conquered by just thieves.

It's just that such imagination came to naught when they entered Wuchang Mansion.

"Zhang Xianzhong is calling!"

"100,000 thieves have conquered Wuchang County, and the next step is to kill Wuchang Mansion!"

"O thief who killed that day, he actually took my land......"

"The order of Wuchang County has been ...... from the county government"

After the news was collected one after another to the government offices at all levels in Wuchang Mansion, finally, the officials of the Huguangbu Political Envoy Division, the Inspectorate Envoy Division, and the Command Envoy Department were shocked all at once.

"Zhang Xianzhong really called?"

"Are they really going to take the city?"

"What about Zuo Liangyu? Why don't you come to the rescue! ”

"Are you still thinking about Zuo Liangyu? It's easy to say, but in our state capital, where is there money and food to feed this hungry wolf! ”

Daotai King Yanji said weakly: "It is true that there is no silver in the treasury of the treasury, but there is indeed a rich place in this city!" ”

"Where?" A cadre of high-ranking officials looked sideways one after another.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" After Wang Yanji finished speaking, he did not see the expected echo, but saw silent expressions.

Fu Shangrui, the governor of Wuchang Mansion, smiled bitterly and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu...... Is it so generous? ”

"The thieves are coming to the door...... It's not going to be ......," Wang Yanji said weakly, and in the end he couldn't even talk anymore.

After a long time, an old man walked in slowly, causing a chorus of salutes.

"He Lao ......"

"He Lao ......"

"Pavilion ......"

"Cabinet ......"

……

"The old man is not an old cabinet department." He Fengsheng looked around at everyone and said, "I have been dismissed by the saint and live in the township, so I don't want to ask about government affairs. But unexpectedly, the thieves had already entered a hundred miles away, and the city's defense was not prepared at all. For the sake of the old life, I had to come over and ask a question or two. ”

"He Lao is seriously ......"

"The prestige of He Lao, no one in the city knows."

"He Lao is going to find His Royal Highness the King of Chu in person...... Raising military funds? Wang Yankee's eyes lit up.

He Fengsheng nodded slowly: "For today's plan, I can only look at my old face, whether His Royal Highness the King of Chu recognizes it or not." ”

"I'm willing to go with He Lao! Even if nothing else works, it's okay to be strong and strong, and not to be blocked by that door! Wang Yanji said loudly.

When the other senior officials of the three divisions heard this, they all agreed: "This official is willing to go with He Lao!" ”

"So is this official!"

"The same is true for the lower officials......"

When He Fengsheng heard this, he smiled and said, "Okay, go together, go together!" ”

Chu Wangfu.

As the prince of Huguang, the palace of Chu is splendid, the courtyard is vast, and the palace covers an amazing area.

Along the way, the officials who went in for the first time saw this momentum, and a little hope surged in their hearts. In the eyes of everyone, now that the country is in crisis, and the treasury has no money and food, it shouldn't be difficult to find the King of Chu to raise military funds, right?

Only He Fengsheng knows that this Ming vassal king is really very rare. The kind of virtuous king of Kaifeng Zhou is an outlier.

Faced with a large number of officials visiting, King Chu keenly sensed that something was wrong, and when he asked Changshi Xu Xueyan, he suddenly found that it was a group of people who asked for food!

"The fate turned into the head of this king!" Chu King Zhu Huakui snorted coldly and walked into the main hall.

He decided to give the group of people who asked for food a good look. (To be continued.) )