The ministers sent to the south to preside over the peace talks with the People's Army had just been on the road for a few days, and it would take more than ten days to reach south of the Yangtze River. However, the Ming court had already rushed to Nanchang City, Jiangxi through the post station 800 miles in advance, and asked Jiangxi officials to find a way to stop the war, and then formal peace talks after the ministers who presided over the peace talks came.

The court wanted to negotiate peace with the People's Army, but the officials who remained in Nanchang City were not too surprised. After all, there was a peace talk a few years ago, and in that peace talk, the court also compensated materials worth millions of taels of silver in order to stop the war in that peace talk.

Now Li Chengliang's army has been defeated, and the other Ming troops have been defeated by the People's Army. The Ming court cannot defeat the People's Army at all, and the war can no longer continue. Talking about peace has become the best choice for the Ming court.

After the Ming court officials in Nanchang City learned of the court's decision, many people felt relieved. One million Ming troops could not defeat the People's Army. How could the Ming army with a low morale defend Nanchang City? When the People's Army comes, the people who stay in Nanchang City may die. Now the Ming court is going to negotiate peace, and as long as the two sides cease to fight, they can continue to survive.

Officials were still discussing who should be sent to contact the People's Army to request a ceasefire. On this side, Wang Shengrong led ten reorganized divisions to get closer and closer to Nanchang City.

On February 15th, Nanchang City sent a middle-aged official named Xu Liushan as an envoy to Wang Shengrong's army. Xu Liushan lowered his body and told Wang Shengrong that the Ming court wanted to cease the war.

In the eyes of Ming court officials, the People's Army was a thief. In the past, no matter how the Ming army was defeated by the People's Army, the Ming court officials despised the People's Army very much, but now they still despise it. But at present, the People's Army is powerful and dares to be arrogant when they come to the People's Army. Isn't this seeking death?

It was a very dangerous thing to go to the People's Army as an envoy. In their opinion, the People's Army might kill the envoy to sacrifice the flag, so they chose Xu Liushan, who had no background.

Xu Liushan is not a fool, nor is he a stinky old scholar. After coming to the People's Army, he paid great attention to his performance and did not dare to have a hint of arrogance on his face, fearing that the People's Army would not like to kill the flag.

When Xu Liushan successfully came to Wang Shengrong's army, he also told Wang Shengrong that the court wanted to cease war with the People's Army. The ministers from the capital were on the way. When the ministers came to Jiangxi, they could say whatever the People's Army had.

Faced with Xu Liushan's words, Wang Shengrong directly refused. The People's Army would have a ceasefire with the Ming court, but it would not be the ceasefire now. The People's Army at least had to complete its planned plan and occupy Guangxi, Huguang, Jiangxi and Fujian before it would have a ceasefire negotiation with the Ming court.

Of course, Wang Shengrong would not tell the Ming court that these words were sent to the Ming court.

Wang Shengrong did not immediately rush Xu Liushan to leave, but asked someone to quickly write a letter of surrender in traditional Chinese characters, asking Xu Liushan to bring him back to Nanchang City, giving the Ming army a day to consider, and tomorrow the army will resist Nanchang City. If the Ming army does not open the gate to surrender, the People's Army will directly attack the city.

Xu Liushan left Wang Shengrong's army with a letter of surrender, and hurried to Nanchang City on horseback. He stayed away from Wang Shengrong's army. Xu Liushan finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was a blessing to survive. Before coming to Wang Shengrong's army, Xu Liushan was really worried that he would die here, but it was a good thing.

Fortunately, after he left the People's Army, Xu Liushan thought in his mind that it was the People's Army's letter of persuasion and the upcoming battle. The People's Army seemed unwilling to negotiate peace with the Ming court and must attack Nanchang City. With the defenders of Nanchang City, they could not stop the People's Army no matter how they looked. Once the city was broken, anyone related to the Ming court would probably not have a good time.

Xu Liushan really wanted to stay away from Nanchang City and away from this upcoming war, but Xu Liushan could not leave. His wife and children were all in Nanchang City. If he left, what should his wife and children do?

Soon, Xu Liushan returned to Nanchang City with the People's Army's letter of persuasion of surrender. A group of officials in Nanchang City learned that after listening to Xu Liushan's story about this trip and reading the letter of persuasion of surrender, most people's faces were not very good-looking.

The People's Army actually refused the court's peace talks. How dare the People's Army?

Many officials felt angry in their hearts. In their opinion, the court took the initiative to negotiate with the People's Army to give face to the People's Army, so how dare the People's Army refuse?

But after being angry, the officials regained their rationality and understood that the court now had no choice but to the People's Army. The People's Army was quickly siegeing the city and land, but the court could not find anyone to stop the People's Army. The People's Army was in great power, so how could it be willing to negotiate with the court?

What is more important now is the People's Army's letter of persuasion to surrender. The People's Army will come tomorrow. Can they really defend this Nanchang City with the 100,000 Ming troops?

No one in the Nanchang City dared to say that he was stronger than Li Chengliang, and no one dared to stand up and say that he could command the 100,000 Ming army and could definitely defend Nanchang City. Most officials and Ming army even believed that Nanchang City could not be defended, it depends on how long Nanchang City could be defended under the attack of the People's Army.

"We cannot defend Nanchang City. Let's leave Nanchang City and stay with the green mountains without fear of no firewood. One day we will come back."

Some officials once again proposed the idea of ​​evacuating Nanchang City, but it could not affect the decision of the three high-ranking officials who dominated Nanchang City. Two of the three high-ranking officials believed that they should stick to Nanchang City, and there was no way for the remaining one to do so even if they did not agree.

"You can't retreat. The thieves will be so powerful if they occupy Guangdong. Once they occupy Jiangxi, it won't take long to get the thieves stronger. What should the Ming Dynasty use to resist the thieves?"

There were many smart people in the Ming court, and they knew the importance of Jiangxi to the Ming court, and there were also many people loyal to the Ming court. They knew that there were not many reinforcements to defend Nanchang City, and Nanchang City would eventually be captured by the People's Army. Staying in Nanchang City means death.

Since the People's Army is unwilling to negotiate peace, they will delay the People's Army with their lives, so that the Ming Dynasty has more time to prepare. Perhaps by defending Nanchang City, it will cause a large number of casualties to the People's Army and force the People's Army to negotiate peace with the Ming court.

After halfway through the morning of February 16, Wang Shengrong's army arrived in Nanchang City, and 80,000 people's army surrounded Nanchang City.

Seeing that the Ming army did not open the city gate and surrendered, Wang Shengrong directly ordered the army to attack the city. There was no primary or secondary. The People's Army launched an attack directly from four directions: southeast, west and northwest of Nanchang City.

Wang Shengrong, a car siege, was very sure to win the victory at a small price of casualties. There were only about 100,000 Ming troops in Nanchang City, most of which were defeated by Li Chengliang's army. The weapons and armor were thrown away when they ran away. Now they had a good geese-feathered sword in their hands, and there were very few artillery, musketeers, archers, and grenades.

The People's Army has begun to attack the city!

Bombardment!

Siege car advances!
Chapter completed!