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Chapter 80 Gao Jie is Angry
Fengyang was also known as Zhongdu at that time. This is not a remote border town, but a metropolis with four counties under the jurisdiction of outstanding individuals. The key point is that this is the hometown of Zhu Taizu. As early as the second year of Zhu Yuanzhang's accession to the throne, the peasant emperor started After returning to his hometown, he spent huge sums of money to build China's first capital city in Fengyang - the "Imperial City of the Central Capital of the Ming Dynasty", which became the blueprint of the Forbidden City in Nanjing and Beijing.

That is to say, at the end of Ming Dynasty, Fengyang was second only to Beijing and Nanjing in terms of size and status at that time.At that time, Gao Hongtu, who was known as the three sages of Nanzhong, once proposed to Emperor Hongguang the Eight Governments. One of the Eight Governments proposed to move to the Central Capital to boost the power of the people and drive out the bandits and captives.

The powerful and powerful Ma Shiying also made his fortune in Fengyang. He was seasoned in officialdom and good at dancing. He used his special authority as Governor of Fengyang to start running his own small world as early as when Emperor Chongzhen was still struggling in Beijing.

Due to the special status of Nanjing and Fengyang, the four towns in Jiangbei soon became his subordinates.Liu Zeqing didn't listen to Chongzhen's dispatch, but he became a favorite when he came to him, especially Gao Jie had 3 horses under his command at the time, but he had a bad background, was born as a thief, and abducted the former boss' horse and became a general. The literati and bureaucrats who claimed to be authentic gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty despised him, but Ma Shiying drew him into his own hands like a relative, enticing him with a lot of money and entrusting him with power.

Gao Jie stood out from the crowd because of Ma Shiying's special sympathy and took the opportunity to quickly grow himself. At the same time, his domineering warlord essence was exposed. When Shiying and Shi Kefa conspired to support the establishment and the major issue was pending, Gao Jie threw off his immediate boss and started a big business with Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, and took Zhu Yousong, the king of blessing, to Yizhen to support him as the new emperor.

After Fuli King successfully ascended the throne, Ma Shiying simply gave Fengyang to him in order to continue to win over the powerful Gao Jie regardless of previous suspicions.It can be seen that during the Hongguang period, Gao Jie was one of Ma Shiying's most loyal loyalists, at least in the eyes of the world.

From then on, Fengyang became Gao Jie's base, Gao Jie stood out among the four towns and became the most powerful warlord among the four towns.

Now Huang Degong is besieging such a metropolis with 3 horses, which is obviously a bit stretched. However, Zhu Yousong ordered him to bluff this time, not to attack the fortifications.

The line of sight then turned back to Yangzhou.Gao Jie and his deputy Hu Maozhen personally led an army of [-] to enter Yangzhou City under the banner of the emperor, but they fell into the strategy of the guards in the city. Gao Jie waited foolishly outside the city for three days, and the four gates of Yangzhou City were still closed.

Ma Minglu, the prefect, promised him that he would open the city to welcome him after three days, but three days later, Gao Jie became an unattended child and was left outside the city. Gao Jie waited patiently for another two days, but still no one paid attention .

Only then did Gao Jie realize that he had been duped, he couldn't help being furious, and ordered his subordinates to enter the city by force.The [-] troops lined up under the city to create a high-pressure situation, and a group of people rushed across the moat to the city gate.But as soon as Gao Jie's men arrived near the city wall, ambushes were everywhere at the top of the city, bows and arrows rolled logs, and bricks and stones rained down. Gao Jie's men suffered heavy losses and had to retreat outside the moat.

It turns out that in the past few days, the city of Yangzhou has been prepared for Gao Jie. It is said that three cobblers are the top of Zhuge Liang. Ma Minglu, the prefect of Yangzhou, Liu Zhaoji, the military officer, and Tang Laihe, the Tuiguan, are all not cobblers, they are all court officials. , Ma Minglu and Tang Laihe are fine, but Liu Zhaoji is particularly worth mentioning. This is a famous historical general who is famous for defending Yangzhou with Shi Kefa.

Liu Zhaoji in history, styled Dingwei, was born in Liaodong.He was born in a family of generals and was skilled in the military. He was once a subordinate of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. He participated in the Songjin War and defeated the Qing army repeatedly in Liaodong and Wu Sangui. All forces fought to kill the enemy, but in the end they were outnumbered and died for the country.

Now Liu Zhaoji is serving as the military guard of Yangzhou. Although he has few soldiers, he manages the army well. In addition, in order to guard against Gao Jie, he led his troops to strengthen the city defense in the past few days. When there were not enough soldiers, he mobilized the people of Yangzhou to defend the city. The people hated it for a long time Gao Jie, because of Gao Jie's lax military discipline, harmed the people wherever he went, raped, robbed, murdered and set fire, even worse than bandits. Therefore, the people of Yangzhou responded to this mobilization, and tens of thousands of people were organized in just a few days. Together with the soldiers defending the city, they prevented Gao Jie from entering the city.

Therefore, Gao Jie was hit hard.In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand soldiers were damaged by Gao Jie's troops, and one general was killed.Only then did I know that the city was prepared, so I retreated quickly.

Gao Jie originally thought that if he was serious, the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou would have to admit cowardice and open the city obediently for him, because he knew that there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses in Yangzhou city, and these troops were not mainly used to defend the city, but to support the magistrates and other officials in the city. The head of the door usually patrols and maintains the law and order in the city, but he did not expect that this small group of urban management soldiers would dare to stand up against his barbaric army.

Gao Jie was furious, and organized several more charges, but in the end, he was injured and the general was injured, and he failed to realize his goal of stationing in Yangzhou.

In the end, Gao Jie was really annoyed, and shouted at the top of the city: "Move the artillery battalion, bombard Yangzhou for me!"

As a result, before his artillery team arrived, the imperial envoy Shi Kefa came with the imperial edict.

No matter how he struggled around Yangzhou, after all, Gao Jie was not so arrogant to the point of openly rebelling. In addition, Gao Jie was really a bit afraid of this Shi Kefa.

Because Gao Jie knew that Shi Kefa was not an idle person. When Li Chuang was trapped in Beijing a few months ago, Shi Kefa led his troops northward to serve the king. , Although he was demoted later, he was still an important minister of the court, otherwise the imperial envoy would definitely not be his turn.

Therefore, Gao Jie had no choice but to give a big gift to Shi Kefaxing, and knelt down to accept the order.

Shi Kefa read the imperial decree outside the city, and Zhu Yousong appointed Shi Kejie as the governor of Yangzhou to handle Yangzhou affairs with full authority.

Gao Jie was not yet arrogant enough to openly confront the emperor, so he quickly excused himself and found reasons to explain the benefits and necessity of his stationing in Yangzhou. , And asked Shi Kefa to go to the city to mediate, so as to realize his goal of entering Yangzhou as soon as possible.

Of course Shi Kefa knew that Gao Jie was making excuses for his crimes, but all of these had already shown that Gao Jie still had awe for him, the governor of Yangzhou, but for the imperial court. Luckily.

However, this Shi Gong is indeed ambitious and talented. He lowered his social status from the very beginning. He neither held Gao Jie accountable nor scolded Gao Jie for what he had done. The good old man smiled innocently and comforted him with kind words, planning to coax Gao Jie back to Fengyang to settle the matter.

However, Gao Jie is not a child, so of course he doesn’t want to be impotent halfway, and he has a lieutenant general Hu Maozhen by his side to advise him. He has already seen that Shi Kefa is a soft persimmon. Since he came on behalf of the emperor, it shows that the emperor is also weak and can be bullied, so he became bolder. Now, the domineering nature of the warlord was fully exposed. He refused to accept mediation, and even yelled at Shi Kefa on the top of the city, "If you don't open the city, you must open the cannon!"

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