When Liu Silai saw Xia Yunyi cursing here, he was so angry that he trembled all over. Liu Silai was the censor in the Chongzhen Dynasty and has always been an expert in cursing people. He really didn't expect that he would be scolded one day. Now that Xia Yunyi pointed at his nose and scolded him, he could calm down.

"Xia Yunyi, what are you talking about? This is also for Your Majesty's great cause! Now there are no reinforcements outside Wuchang and no food or grass. How do you think you can defend it?"

In fact, Liu Silai was right. The four counties of Wuchang were completely prominent outside Zhu Hongsan's territory. It was better to have a navy protect the flanks before, but now the navy is gone, and Wuchang is surrounded by enemies in the southeast, west and northwest. It would be better to shrink the defense line and retreat to Jiujiang. However, Xia Yunyi was not in his position and did not plan his own affairs. He did not care about the overall situation. As long as he saw someone running away, he would stop him.

Zhang Jian was a Jinshi in the 13th year of Chongzhen, and his status was much worse than that of Liu Silai and Xia Yunyi. Naturally, he did not dare to point at the Governor's nose and curse, but when Xia Yunyi was a white face, he would be blushed.

"Master Jiantai, think about it, Wuchang is where the emperor is rising. The tombs of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager are ten miles outside the city. If we fail to fight, it is understandable that Wuchang will be lost, but if you don't shoot it, you will retreat. How do you explain where your Majesty?"

This sentence really made Liu Silai feel in his heart. He was afraid of this. What if the emperor blamed him?

Seeing that Liu Silai was relaxed, Zhang Jian quickly continued, "Also, there are many relatives of His Majesty in the city. Now our ships are limited, so these relatives must not be transported to Jiujiang. If they all die in Wuchang City, what if a few survive and sue you in front of the emperor?"

Liu Silai thought it was right. Those royal family members were good at confusing the black and white skills. They were very sour when making sugar but not sweet or vinegar.

Just when Liu Silai was hesitating, a guardian from the Governor's Office came in to report.

"Report! Master of Taiwan! Military newspaper of Jiayu County Magistrate!"

Liu Silai was stunned and shouted, "Come on me and see!"

Liu Silai was stunned when he stole the military newspaper. Half of the military newspaper was stained with blood. It read: Jiayu County urgent report. On the fourth day of the third month of the Shenwu year, the Qing army vanguard, led by Wu Sangui, the Qing army crossed the Yangtze River, led by King Pingxi, Wu Sangui. The Qing army used red barbarian cannons to bombard the city wall. Jiayu County was in a hurry! Please send reinforcements quickly!

When Liu Silai looked at the date, it was the fourth day of the third lunar month. Today was the seventh day of the day, so Jiayu County probably couldn't hold on.

When Xia Yunyi saw Liu Silai being stunned, he stepped forward and picked up the military newspaper and shouted, "Master Taiwan Master, when will the army not be organized to defend the city?"

Zhang Jian also said: "Sir, Jiayu is less than 200 miles away from Wuchang, and it will be a few days away from the river. It's too late to not prepare now!"

Liu Silai was still undecided, but when he saw the Qing army had red barbarian cannons in the military newspaper, he felt even more determined to retreat. Wuchang City is a strong city in the world, but it was damaged many times in the late Ming Dynasty, and the city wall was already ruined. The Qing army was right in front of him, so how could he have time to renovate the city wall?

Liu Silai made up his mind and stood up and said, "Everyone follows the orders of this governor! Ma Kun, if you go down, you will organize the army to board the ship immediately. Don't have all the supplies. If you can burn it, burn it. If you can't destroy it, you will throw it into the river! Lord Xia, you three will organize the city officials to board the ship immediately. Don't bring any gold, silver, and fines. Let's leave tonight!"

When Xia Yunyi heard that Liu Silai was leaving tonight, she was so angry that she opened her mouth and wanted to curse her.

Liu Silai shouted with a deep face: "I am the governor of the emperor's command to supervise Huguang. What responsibilities do I have to bear? Come!" After Liu Silai said that, a group of guards from the Governor's Mansion rushed in outside the door.

Liu Silai pointed at Xia Yunyi, and Zhang Jian and the others said, "Take them down for me and put them in the boat!"

After saying that, he said to Xu Fuyuan, the remaining governor of Wuchang, and said, "Prince Xu, do you also want to oppose our governor's order?"

Xu Fuyuan, a juren, now has a position as a fourth-rank prefect. How dare he oppose the Governor? He quickly expressed that he would do it according to the Governor's requirements.

Liu Silai nodded and said, "Remember, take away only the officials' relatives and soldiers!"

Xu Fuyuan asked carefully: "Sir, where are the relatives and vassals of the royal family in the city?"

Liu Silai didn't like these guys at first, but now he wanted the Qing army to enter the city to kill them all. Then he could bring them with him!

"Don't take anyone, and get on the boat if you fish in troubled waters!"

After the order of the Governor, the entire Wuchang city was in chaos. Originally, Wuchang was very troubled by Zhang Xianzhong and Zuo Liangyu. Now he finally became a little popular. After hearing the Qing army arrived at the door of his house, the Governor was about to tell the city not to leave, the entire Wuchang city was like a boil.

Zhu Hongsan's grandfathers and uncles in the city all held their own identities. When the Governor was about to leave, they hurried to the Governor's Office to run away. However, Liu Silai was very hard and directly sent the central army to drive away the unlucky relatives with a whip. All the royal families cursed in front of the Governor's Office, saying that they would report to the emperor and kill Liu Silai's family.

The residents in the city are already numb. After more than ten years of killing, these residents have become accustomed to the photos. After the Wuchang city gate opened, more than 200,000 residents in the city immediately fled out of Wuchang City with their families, big and small cars, and went to the mountains outside the city to hide in the lake, hoping to escape the war this time. When the royal family saw that the governor did not take them to escape, they had no choice but to follow the residents in the city out of the city, blessing themselves to survive, waiting to see that Governor Liu would not die well.

There were more than 300 grain ships and merchant ships outside the wharf outside Wuchang City, and more than 30,000 people were transported away in the city. Fortunately, Liu Silai ordered all unnecessary ones to be thrown away. These 300 ships will be loaded and left Wuchang on the eighth day of the March 19th.

The Qing army captured Jiayu County on the fourth day of the third month. The vanguard Wu Sangui did not stop at all. He led his men through the city and rushed to Wuchang. He took five days on the road and came outside Wuchang City on the ninth day of the first day.

Wu Sangui brought 30,000 troops to the south gate of Wuchang. He was just seeing the south gate gate open, and there was no guard guarding the gate.

This made Wu Sangui unable to figure it out. He was afraid that this was the Ming army's plan, and he might have to trick himself into entering the city and then catch an honest person.

But after waiting three miles outside the city for half an hour, there was no movement in the city. Wu Sangui called his own captain and asked him to take ten people to the city gate to take a look. It would be better to catch two people back and ask.

After a while, the captain of the personal soldiers brought people back and reported that there was really no one at the city gate. In addition to this, he also caught two old men who did not escape.

Wu Sangui looked at the two old men in his fifties and asked, "Tell me, what's going on in the city?"

The two men were already scared to death, and one of them said boldly: "General, the Ming army had already withdrawn two days ago, and most of the residents in the city ran away. Now the city is an empty city!"

"Why don't you two run away?"

"Go back to the general, we have no children and are old and can't run away. Anyway, we're going to die, so we might as well die at home!"

When Wu Sangui heard that there was no one in the city, he could achieve his first contribution without fighting to the death. He was very happy and said to the two old men: "Okay! You don't have to die, I will reward you! People come, give them one hundred taels of silver each, and go to escape!"

After Wu Sangui finished speaking, he brought his men into Wuchang, and this important town in the Yangtze River completely fell into the hands of the Qing army.

The news of occupying Wuchang reached Jiergalang's back, and Jiergalang was overjoyed. According to his estimate, Wuchang would have to be fought for the first half of the year. Although he had red barbarian cannons in his hands, the Wuchang city walls were not decorations. Now he didn't expect that the Ming army did not defend at all and ran away directly. Jiergalang thought to himself: It seems that the Ming army is not as good as the legendary war, and those rumors are not credible. Prince Yu must have had other reasons in Jiangxi that year, so he was picked up by the Ming army.

The next day, Jiergalang entered Wuchang, accounting for half of the entire Huguang in Wuchang, and the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted.

Jirhalang ordered the repair in Wuchang for five days, and ordered the Huguang Navy Admiral Ma Jiaolin to take over the Ming army on a ship outside the city to repair the two damaged gun ships. After all, these ships are needed to capture Jiujiang next.

Liu Silai fled to Jiujiang on March 12th and got off the boat. Liu Silai sent a messenger to inform Zhang Jiayu, the governor of Jiangxi in Nanchang, that he hid in a house in the city and refused to come out. Liu Silai knew that officials in the Ming Dynasty were responsible for defending their territory. As the governor of Huguang, he ran to Jiangxi now. It seemed that the emperor would not spare him. So Liu Silai did not intend to submit a self-debate complaint, but handed over everything to Xia Yunyi and waited for the emperor's destiny.

Xia Yunyi felt uncomfortable when he saw Liu Silai so lowly, but he, a governor, could not take care of the important affairs of the court, and could only wait in Jiujiang to deal with it.

As the governor of Jiangxi, Zhang Jiayu has been very energetic in the past sixteenth year. Zhang Jiayu was originally a Jinshi in Chongzhen and was promoted to governor in less than seven years. He was inevitably arrogant. When he learned that Liu Silai, who had always suppressed him, was in trouble and gave it to the Qing army without a shot. Zhang Jiayu was very happy. Now that Liu Silai fell into his hands, he was not revenge and revenge. If Liu Silai himself was defeated, could he also become a governor? When Zhang Jiayu thought that he could become a chief official in the border area in less than 40, he was in a good mood.

Thinking of it, Zhang Jiayu took out paper and pen and reported to Zhu Hongsan the matter of Liu Silai abandoning Wuchang. In the memorial, Zhang Jiayu said anything more, saying that Liu Silai was greedy for life and fearing death, and lost his relatives. He threw all the baggage without a shot, and threw all the heavy firearms such as cannons in Wuchang! Liu Silai's greedy for life and fear of death caused the tomb of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager to fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. In order to revive the great cause, I would like to kill the Governor Liu Silai to rectify the country's laws!

Zhang Jiayu was very satisfied after writing it. He had been by the emperor for a long time and knew that this emperor had a deep affection for the empress dowager. As long as this is added, Liu Silai would die!
Chapter completed!