Under the command of Zhao Peng, the Gao family army built a fort on the Yellow River embankment.

The reason why the fortress was built on the river embankment was to prevent the Qing army from digging the river embankment and using water to attack the Ming army.

Zhao Peng mobilized the auxiliary troops of the Gao family army and more than 100,000 nearby people to widen the river embankment, and then he could build a bastion on the widened river embankment.

In his previous life, Zhao Peng had taken trains across the Yellow River many times. The Yellow River embankment in the 21st century was renovated many times after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Yellow River embankment has two layers inside and outside. When taking the train, the railway's subgrade gradually rises. When passing through the outer embankment, it passes through a section of the guide bridge, then passes through the inner embankment, and then is the main bridge of the Yellow River Bridge. The railway bridge crosses the Yellow River. A low-lying land between the inner and outer embankments is used to prevent the Yellow River from bursting.

If the Yellow River breaks its dam, the water gushing out of the Yellow River will flow into the low-lying land between the two internal and external river embankments. Usually, protective forests are planted in the low-lying land, and there are several water diversion canals that can lead out the Yellow River water to irrigate the farmland. When the Yellow River water is drawn through the low-lying land, it is filtered into the mud and sand, and becomes clear water to irrigate the farmland.

But in this era, Zhao Peng certainly could not complete such a large-scale project. After all, there would be no engineering machinery like later generations in this era, so there would be no infrastructure maniacs. All he could do was widen part of the river embankment along the Yellow River and build a castle on the river embankment.

In this way, even if the Qing army digs out a narrower part of the Yellow River embankment, it will not destroy the widened part of the river embankment. The bastion is arranged on the widened part of the river embankment. Even if the surroundings are flooded, the location of the bastion will become an isolated island in the country, which can play a role in protecting the defenders.

The new army assisted the Gao family army and arranged defensive positions along the Yellow River. Zhao Peng and his friends stationed in Suizhou for about a month, and then returned to Yingzhou to arrange positions in the area of ​​Runing.

If Zuo Menggeng wanted to rebel against the Ming and surrender to the Qing dynasties, the left army would have to go from Runing to Yingzhou. Of course, they could also go from Xiangyang, but Xiangyang is currently controlled by Dashun, and Xiangyang is known as the world's most powerful city. If Zuo Menggeng wanted to beat Xiangyang, he would probably have wiped out all his troops and would not have thought of crossing Xiangyang half a step, so they had to go north to Runing to Yingzhou.

Wuchang City, Gaoguanshanyuan Chu Palace, has now become Ningnanbo Mansion, which is the thief general Zuo Liangyu.

In the spring of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Wuchang, killed the royal family of the King of Chu, and imprisoned King Zhu Huakui in an iron cage and sank it into the river, setting fire to the King of Chu's palace.

Most of the buildings in the Chu Palace have been burned by Zhang Xianzhong, but the remaining part still covers a large area. The Chu Palace occupied half of the Wuchang at that time. The Chu family was killed by Zhang Xianzhong, and most of the Chu Palace was burned down. After Zuo Liangyu came to Wuchang, he repaired the undestroyed parts, demolished the ruins, repaired the buildings that were not seriously damaged, and changed the renovated part of the Chu Palace to his own Ningnan Bo Mansion.

Although it is only part of the Chu Palace, it has already occupied a very large area. The original Chu Palace covers an area of ​​eight miles, and most of it was burned by Zhang Xianzhong. The remaining part is still more than one mile away, making it the largest building complex in Wuchang City. Standing at the vermilion gate of Ningnanbo Mansion and looking inside, I saw the gloomy feeling inside, which was intimidating.

It was getting dark, and the dancers in the lobby were singing melodiously. The gauze in the gauze-light shirt danced gracefully in the light.

"The prince is so intriguing!" Hou Fangyu, who was sitting next to Zuo Menggeng, smiled, "Ling Zun is already terminally ill, and the prince is still singing and dancing every day."

Zuo Menggeng snorted: "That old man dies early and dies early and becomes more prosperous! He lives one more day, and this prince will not be happy for one day!"

Huang Shu, who was sitting on the other side, said: "Criminal, Nanjing has already taken precautions against General Left. The Dog Emperor trains the new army all day long, and Huang Chuangzi and Gao Yaozi are willing to be lackeys for the Dog Emperor. Once the Dog Emperor's new army is trained, they may have to attack Ning Nanbo!"

Hou Fangyu also said: "The prince, the Jinyiwei is arrogant and domineering. When he was in Huai'an that day, the eunuch actually beat me for no reason! It's really hateful!"

"Criminal Master, have you ever thought of a better future?" Huang Shu asked tentatively.

"How to have a better future?" Zuo Menggeng asked hurriedly.

Huang Shu smiled mysteriously and said, "As long as you are braver, you will definitely have a better future than you are now. At least you can be granted a title of a Duke and a Marquis, or even a title of a king."

"Is it possible to be a prince?" Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed, "I'm please tell me what to do?"

"It depends on whether you dare." Huang Shu smiled.

"As long as the future is bright, what if I dare not?" Zuo Menggeng snorted.

"Learn from Wu Sangui and join the king's army, did Wu Sangui also be named king? In the battle of Shanhaiguan, his Guanning cavalry suffered heavy losses, so he could be named King Pingxi. Prince, you have an army of 800,000. If you go to the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't you be named king?" Huang Shu said.

"It's a pity that the immortal old man hasn't kicked his legs yet. The soldiers under his command all listened to him. The old man doesn't want to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. As long as he is still here for a day, we can't do anything. We can't just lead the troops and run over with just a few bare poles, right?" Zuo Menggeng sighed.

Although Zuo Liangyu is not a thing, he is one thing that is that he will not surrender to the Qing Dynasty. After all, this person is quite as loyal as a Han Chinese. He had heard before that those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty would have to shave their hair and change their clothes. After hearing this, Zuo Liangyu was unwilling to do so.

Hou Fangyu said: "As the prince, the student has also tried Ling Zun and persuaded Ling Zun to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. It's a pity that Ling Zun will not enter the oil and salt."

"Old man is completely dependent on precious medicinal materials to breathe. If we stop the medicine for this immortal, the immortal will be really dead." Zuo Menggeng sneered.

"The prince must not!" Hou Fangyu and Huang Shu were shocked, "Killing the father is not tolerated by the people of the world, and the prince must not do this beastly behavior."

Zuo Menggeng sneered sinisterly: "Of course I won't kill my father anymore. I just killed those medical officials and stopped the old guy's medicine! Within two days, the old guy naturally kicked his legs!"

The next morning, two medical officials responsible for taking medicine for Zuo Liangyu left Wuchang City and walked to a pharmacy outside the city. Because the medicinal materials that gave Zuo Liangyu life were all precious medicinal materials prescribed by famous doctors, the small pharmacy in the city could not be bought, so they could only go to a pharmacy outside the city, and there were precious medicinal materials that were specially purchased directly from medicinal farmers.

Walking halfway through the way, I suddenly heard a loud roar: "Robbery!"

More than ten fast horses galloped over and blocked the way for the two medical officers: "I opened this mountain and I planted this tree. I have to pass by it from now on and leave money to buy the road!"

"Bold!" two medical officials shouted, "We are the medical officials of Ning Nanbo Mansion. How dare the thieves act rashly!"

"Ning Nanbo? Under the command of the thief general Zuo Liangyu, right? We are the subordinates of King Zhang Xianzhong. If you don't let you go, Zuo Liangyu is indeed a bit powerful. If you don't let you go, wouldn't it mean that my lord is afraid of you? This is a dilemma." A thief leader said.

"Brother, why are you afraid of them? Just cut them down with one knife!" said a thief.

A group of thieves surrounded and chopped two doctors from Ningnanbo Mansion into meat paste. Then they carefully searched the bodies, snatched the silver, and left.

After these thieves boarded a large ship on the river, a group of people who looked like family members stood on the boat.

"Is the matter done?" asked the leader.

"It's done." The thief handed over a waist sign with the words Ningnan Bo Mansion.

"Very good. You have made great contributions to the prince and you will be rewarded!" said the man on the boat. After that, he turned around and waved his hand. More than 20 left-hand soldiers dressed in civilians surrounded him and tied up more than ten thieves.
Chapter completed!