Chapter 7 Fengyang

"Your Majesty, just eat a little!" After King Tang was killed, Chongzhen kept hiding in the temple and kept repenting and blaming himself, and he didn't even have the heart to eat, which made Wang Chengen anxious, and there was no way to go down, so he could only invite Queen Zhou over.

This week, the queen saw that her husband was not eating or drinking like this, but Chongzhen, who was only in his twenties, had already covered his head with white hair, how could she not be heartbroken.

"Hey!" Chongzhen struggled to remember, but he didn't have the strength, Queen Zhou and Wang Chengen next to him hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and carefully helped him to the seat.

Wang Chengen was very eye-catching, and quickly knelt down and pressed Chongzhen's numb legs. Empress Zhou hurriedly cut off the porridge from the little eunuch and carefully blew away the hot air with her mouth.

"Empress, do you know the bitterness in my heart?" Chongzhen's eyes skimmed the portrait of Taizu in the center. Of course, Empress Zhou understood what was going on in his heart at this moment.

"Your Majesty, this Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, and the concubines have all heard that they are loyal, brave and resourceful people, with them, your Majesty, don't worry too much!" Empress Zhou said with relief.

"Wang Chengen, do they have any news about this Hong Chengchou?" In the Ming Dynasty, no one could compete with Dongchang in terms of the accuracy of the news, and this Wang Chengen was the commander of Dongchang, so the big and small things in the whole country could not escape Wang Chengen's ears.

"Your Majesty, according to the secret report of Dongchang, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng have converged and are now killing Nanyang. However, the enemy army in Nanyang has the tendency to break and flee, and the purpose is unknown, but 、、、、、、" Wang Chengen wanted to speak and stopped.

"Say!" Chongzhen didn't like to spit out the most.

According to the spies in the prison, Wang Feng judged that this gang of rogues might be heading towards Fengyang, and he was about to write to ask the emperor to make plans early. Wang Chengen's voice was so small that he could almost only hear it.

"Bastard!" Chongzhen slapped the table suddenly, "How can this rogue be so bold and dare to offend the ancestral tomb, this Wang Feng dares to be so rebellious, I must be severely punished this time." Chongzhen's face was full of anger.

Queen Zhou and Wang Chengen glanced at each other, Queen Zhou hurriedly understood, stepped forward and said, "The emperor is angry, although this Wang Feng is hateful, but after all, it is also for the emperor's sake, and he is also a concubine, the emperor is angry!" Queen Zhou said while stroking Chongzhen's back, soothing his mood.

"Your Majesty, what Niangniang said is reasonable! This Fengyang is where the ancestral tomb of the great grandfather is located, and the place where the dragon vein of our Ming Dynasty is located, we must not despise it, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen also took the opportunity to speak on the side.

Looking at the queen and Wang Chengen in front of him, Chongzhen's face began to slowly soften. The reason why he was angry was because these words came out of Wang Feng's mouth. The reason why Chongzhen locked up Wang Feng so much and didn't kill him was actually just an attitude, as long as Wang Feng lowered his head and admitted his mistake, Chongzhen would let him go without hesitation. But this guy is fortunate to refuse to admit his mistakes, and now he has a promise, which makes Chongzhen not angry.

It's just that Chongzhen is carefully recalling Wang Chengen's words, and they are indeed reasonable. For the current Daming, it really can't withstand a little toss, Fengyang is where the Daming Longxing is located, and it must not be easily broken by the Liukou, if even Fengyang is broken, Chongzhen really doesn't know how to face the ancestors and ancestors underground!

"Decree Zhou Yanru and Yang Sichang to enter the palace immediately!" After thinking about it, Chongzhen still felt that it was necessary to be safe.

"Yes!" Wang Chengen replied for fear of delay, so he quickly stood up and trotted.

Qianqing Palace, at this time the atmosphere in the hall was extremely embarrassing, Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru rushed to the palace non-stop, as soon as they heard that the emperor wanted to discuss the matter, the two of them were silent, standing silently in His Royal Highness, and they were eagerly looking forward to the other party's opening.

Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru, who have been in the officialdom for many years, don't know that this word must not be easily spoken, if they agree to send Hong Chengchou to protect Fengyang, then they will definitely not be able to run away from the crime of ineffective extermination, but if they don't agree, the crime of Fengyang's loss will be even greater. It's wrong to agree, it's wrong to disagree, so don't say it at all.

"Zhou Yanru, what should you do?" Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw that the two were silent, so he simply called their names.

As soon as he saw the emperor's roll call, Zhou Yanru knew that he couldn't hide, so he said stubbornly, "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that this rogue is ghostly, and it is not impossible to attack Fengyang, but Weichen feels that it is urgent to exterminate the rogue now!" Zhou Yanru's words were very tactful, he neither avoided the fact that Fengyang wanted to return to help, nor did he deny that it was a top priority to exterminate the rogues, in short, Zhou Yanru had a clean relationship with this matter.

Chongzhen couldn't see Zhou Yanru's slippery head this time, although he was angry in his heart, but Chongzhen's face did not show any unhappiness at all. "Yang Sichang, tell me what to do now!"

Yang Sichang just carefully observed the emperor's face, although he couldn't see any displeasure in the emperor, but he could still feel Zhou Yanru's words that made the emperor unhappy.

The emperor and his ministers believed that it was a top priority for the imperial court to exterminate the Nanyang Liukou and recover Nanyang at this time, which could stabilize the people's hearts and combat the arrogance of the Liukou. However, the Liukou attack on Fengyang also had to be guarded against. However, there was no need to transfer Hong Chengchou's troops and horses. ”

"Oh! Aiqing, let's talk about the clever plan!" finally heard a new suggestion, and Chongzhen also raised his body.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that there is still a Zuo Liangyu in Hubei?" Yang Sichang tried hard to help Chongzhen recall the name.

"Zuo Liangyu!" Chongzhen tried hard to recall this name, Chongzhen remembered that this Zuo Liangyu seemed to have been fighting with the Tartars outside the gate all the year round, and only transferred to Hubei two years ago to carry out the suppression of the Liukou, Chongzhen had also heard of this person's bravery.

"Can this person take on the heavy responsibility of defending Fengyang?" Fengyang is the central capital, of course Chongzhen didn't dare to be careless, and asked again.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's department has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Anqing Town is newly under it, and its combat power cannot be underestimated. Minister Yang Sichang is willing to protect Zuo Liangyu to guard Fengyang!" After speaking, Yang Sichang quickly knelt down.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Zhou Yanru was also a good player at grabbing merit, and quickly knelt down to petition.

Faced with the petition of his two major humerus ministers, Chongzhen could only choose to believe it, and galloped away from the Forbidden City towards Hubei on a fast horse.

Under the city of Fengyang, it is said to be a city, but in fact it is a low earth city, in order to avoid covering the dragon veins of the Ming Dynasty, Fengyang has never built a tall city wall. Although there is a governor here, the soldiers stationed in Fengyang are only 10,000, and the defense is extremely lax.

Yang Yipeng, the governor of Fengyang, has received documents connected to the imperial court and flying pigeon messages from Dongchang these days, asking him to strengthen his vigilance and prevent the attack of the rogues, which makes Yang Yipeng, who has never fought a war, afraid. On the one hand, we hurriedly strengthened our vigilance, and on the other hand, we hurriedly packed up our gold and silver and prepared to run away at any time.