On the west bank of the canal in Huai'an City, Liu Liangzuo's camp.

Liu Liangzuo was sitting in the central army tent, feeling very depressed. He didn't expect that he was one step late and rushed to the west bank of the Huai'an Canal. The Chongzhen Palace, which was originally stationed here, had long disappeared, and there was no Jinyiwei and a Huai army officer and soldier, leaving only a messy trace of the camp.

After asking the locals, Liu Liangzuo learned that Chongzhen's palace had taken out camps and camps seven days ago, but Chongzhen did not go south along the canal, but wandered to Hongze Lake.

"Go to the upper reaches of Hongze Lake to spy on the enemy's situation, and you must find the foolish lord there!" Liu Zeqing ordered.

It was not until the next morning that the night sent out was not taken back and reported: "Master-in-law, the palace of the foolish monarch has been moved away. He moved to Tawau, which is upstream of Hongze Lake. It is more than 80 miles away. Wang Ni built a military residence by the Tawau Lake, and the foolish monarch lives in it."

"Send someone to send a letter to Tian Xiong and Ma Degong immediately and ask them to rush to Tawau directly." Liu Liangzuo gave the order.

"No!" Ye Busuo retreated.

Liu Liangzuo asked again: "Where is that dog thief from Shan Jiazi (Gao Jie)? Why did he start from Yangzhou and have not arrived after leaving for so many days? Send someone to ask!"

"No, I will send someone here." The Seven Kings replied.

"Tell Panshan Yaozi that he would not have to go to Tawau anymore. Let him rush to Liangzhuang directly. Our two families are ambushing here, and we must annihilate all the Li thieves!" Liu Liangzuo knew that if Gao Jie went to Tawau directly, he might not be able to catch up at all. It would be better to let him rush to join his two families into one, set up an ambush halfway and annihilate the Huai Army.

"Zhang Junmen, Xue Junmen, you two immediately brought 20,000 troops to Hongze Lake upstream. When Tian Xiong and Ma Degong's army arrive, they will siege the foolish lord together!" Liu Zeqing began to make arrangements.

"promise!"

"The other generals, follow Liu to set up an ambush in Liangzhuang!" Liu Liangzuo shouted.

Liu Liangzuo's army set up camp and divided into two groups. One was led by Zhang Huanggai and King Xue to attack Douhu Castle; the other was 20,000 people led by Liu Liangzuo himself, preparing to set up an ambush halfway. When Li Guodong rushed back to rescue the car, he set up an ambush halfway and intercepted it.

Needless to say, it was known that it was a serious crime of treason, but now Liu Liangzuo had no way out. Before, Chongzhen asked him to go to Beijing to serve the king, but he not only did not go to Beijing to serve the king, but instead intercepted Li Guodong who came to Beijing to serve the king, which indirectly led to the capital becoming the leader of the ancestral temple and the country was covered with dust. If that were the case, it would be fine. He also welcomed King Fu to Nanjing and assisted Ma Shiying in supporting King Fu as the governor of the country, and now he would make King Fu the emperor!

All of this has long been enough to commit a crime of corruption!

Originally, Liu Liangzuo thought Chongzhen was dead, so he escorted King Fu from Fengyang to Nanjing and then supported King Fu as the governor. Once King Fu ascended the throne, he would become a minister of the dragon and be granted the title, with a bright future. However, the damn foolish monarch did not die and came back. Chongzhen was alive, which was a huge bad news for Liu Liangzuo. After the minister of the dragon, he became a rebel.

If Chongzhen would let go of Gao Jie who was so poor, he would definitely not let Liu Liangzuo, who robbed the people and robbed a large amount of gold, silver and treasures! What's more, there are now treacherous slanders around Chongzhen, who encouraged Chongzhen to search the house everywhere. Liu Liangzuo probably was on Chongzhen's list of house searches.

So, what Liu Liangzuo had to do was to get rid of Chongzhen and Li Guodong who supported Chongzhen. As long as he succeeded and King Fu ascended the throne, he would still be a minister of the dragon, and his glory and wealth could be preserved. Even if he failed, Liu Liangzuo had a way out: "If he failed, he would go to the north and surrender to our Qing Dynasty!"

Zhang Huanggai and King Xue led 20,000 troops upstream along the river and headed straight to the Touhu Military House. After a day of march, Liu Liangzuo's army arrived at the periphery of the Touhu Military House.

"Is this a military office?" Seeing the huge castle with a circumference of one mile in front, Zhang Huanggai gasped, "I'm afraid that such a city will be difficult to conquer if it loses many people, right?"

"Zhang Junmen, let's wait a moment and ask someone to go to the nearby area to capture some ordinary people to attack the city. Tian Xiong and Ma Degong are not far away, so they will probably arrive soon." King Xue said.

Liu Liangzuo's army immediately captured the common people around Sizhou City. The bandits, like wolves and tigers, rushed into the villages. For a moment, the chaos broke out, and a large number of ordinary people fell into the hands of these bandits. Although Li Guodong had already made arrangements before, he persuaded most of the people to go to the village of Touhu City or the city of Sizhou next to him, many people were still unwilling to leave their homes and stay in the village. As a result, when Liu Liangzuo's bandits arrived, the common people were captured by the bandits.

"General Zhang, we have arrested more than 50,000 people." A member department will report in the future.

"Okay!" Zhang Huanggai smiled, "Immediately escort them to build siege weapons! Siege the city early tomorrow morning!"

"Zhang Junmen," King Xue pointed to Sizhou City not far away and asked, "There are at least 50,000 military gates in Sizhou City. Why don't we attack Sizhou first?"

Zhang Huanggai glared at his eyes: "Do you have a pig's brain? Sizhou City is not easy to fight. Even if it is defeated, we will have to suffer a lot of losses. How can we hit the foolish emperor's palace?"

Liu Liangzuo's army escorted the people to cut wood in nearby mountains and forests to create siege weapons. Upstream of Hongze Lake, there are many hills around. The environmental protection of that year was far superior to later generations. There were many woods around, which provided Liu Liangzuo's army with a large amount of wood to create siege weapons.

Under the might of the bandits' whip and machetes, the common people cut down wood and built siege weapons. Some of them were slower and beaten by the bandits with a whip. Some were injured and fell down. The bandits cut off the injured person's head without mercy.

The crying sounded loudly, and the unarmed people under the threat of the bandits, worked hard and heavy physical work.

"Zhang Qing, are those people?" Chongzhen asked, pointing to the people busy in the nearby mountains and forests.

"When you go back to your Majesty, they are all people who were captured by Liu Ni." Zhang Shiwen replied.

"It's a sin!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth, "I must tear you into pieces! Kill your nine clans!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the Ming army captured the people and killed innocent people, and used their heads to pretend to be meritorious. The Guanning Army said that how many Jiannu were killed, and how many heads were innocent people they killed? After killing people, they shaved their heads and sent them to the Ministry of War to seek merit. How many officers and soldiers were killed and tried to kill good deeds in the Central Plains to suppress thieves? He Renlong, isn't Zuo Liangyu the same?"

"I am guilty! I am blinded by those traitors! I don't know at all!" Chongzhen sighed.

Tian Xiong and Ma Degong were not far from Huai'an. After receiving the letter from Liu Liangzuo, they took a boat overnight and arrived at the Toutu City Walled City early the next morning.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Huanggai laughed, "The two military gates are here. Zhang has built siege weapons overnight. He has built ladders, shield cars, and rushing cars. It's just right that you are here. You can rest. We just let the refugees fill the trenches!"

After surrounding three palaces and one, Liu Liangzuo's army set up three large villages outside the three city gates in the east, south and north, and only vacated the west gate, leaving Chongzhen a way to escape to Fengyang.

This is the benefit of superior force. Tian Xiong and Ma Degong, Zhang Huanggai and King Xue had a total of 100,000 troops, including more than 50,000 captured people, and four rebel generals also had 50,000 troops under their command. More than 100,000 people were spread out on the hem of the city, and a large area was endless, endless, and it was like an ocean of heads.

Zhang Huanggai's main attack direction is the South Gate, which is relatively open, which is conducive to the rebels' deployment of siege weapons and attacking the castle.

On a very ordinary morning, rows of shield cars suddenly appeared in the mist in the morning, and the offensive and defensive battle in Tawau began without warning.
Chapter completed!