"His Royal Highness King Zhong, Nanchang City is ahead!"

After the Ming coalition left a small number of men and horses to garrison Jiujiang, the main force went straight south and marched all the way to the outskirts of Nanchang.

The situation here is very different from what Zheng Chenggong and others imagined.

As the provincial capital of Jiangxi, shouldn't Nanchang be very prosperous?

When Zheng Chenggong was still a prisoner in Nanjing, he went to Nanchang with his friends.

He remembered that at that time, there were many markets outside Nanchang City, and the shouts of merchants were endless.

Why is it that it has only been more than ten years and it is desolate?

The shop market outside the city was gone, and only large and barren fields of land were empty.

The ground was overgrown with weeds, and it seemed that a viper or two could sprang out at any moment.

It is really heart-wrenching that this once prosperous homeland of the Ming Dynasty has become what it is today.

"Duke Linguo, how does this king think that there are many troops outside this city."

Although the distance was a little far, Zheng Chenggong vaguely saw a black oppression surrounding the city.

If he wasn't mistaken, there was no doubt that this would be the army.

"I'll send some people over and check it out."

Li Laiheng immediately ordered the scout team to go to investigate.

Now the first thing to do is to determine whether the army outside the city is friend or foe.

If the enemy is to be prepared, be ready for war.

After the Battle of Jiujiang, the Kuidong coalition army has almost recovered, and Zheng Chenggong has not even fought, which can be described as recuperating.

Even if there is a war now, the Ming army is not afraid.

The two brothers, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, chatted and laughed, and even talked about how to celebrate after entering the city.

After a short time, the scouts went and returned.

The news came back that it was friendly forces besieging the city.

"It turned out to be His Majesty and King Jin. I didn't expect them to arrive first. ”

Lee Lai Heng muttered.

There was some disappointment in the words.

"It's nothing, after all, we are closer to Changsha than we are. Besides, don't we also defeat Jiujiang? ”

Yuan Zongdi stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty should have taken this into account when he ordered us to travel along the Yangtze River. ”

"Well, under the encirclement of the three roads, the old thief Hong will not be able to escape even if he has wings."

"When the city is broken, I will cut out the heart of the old thief Hong and dig out his liver to relieve the hatred in my heart."

Seeing the rise of everyone's chat, Zheng Chenggong really didn't want to interrupt everyone's fun.

However, he still felt that he should go to meet the Son of Heaven first.

Otherwise, it's too rude.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's go and meet Your Majesty first."

When everyone heard this, they reacted and laughed loudly: "What His Royal Highness King Zhong said is very true. Let's argue about this here, but let's meet Your Majesty first. ”

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However, it was said that the soldiers reported to Zhu Youlang that the Kuidong Zhuxun and the loyal king Zheng Chenggong and the soldier Zhang Huangyan asked to see him.

Zhu Youlang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned him.

He waited so long for everyone to finally arrive.

Zhu Youlang, the lord of Kuidong, had seen it before. But Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan, and Zhu Youlang have only been seen in history books.

At the thought of being able to see the true faces of the two national heroes with his own eyes, Zhu Youlang was very excited.

But on the other hand, he warned himself to maintain the majesty and reserve of the Son of Heaven, and not to get too excited.

In a short time, a group of honors and nobles will be led in.

"Your Majesty!"

In the account, all the generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty are gathered.

Zhu Youlang looked at the brave generals and was very pleased.

With these fierce generals, why is Daming worried?

"King Zhong and Zhang Benbing have worked hard all the way. The Duke of Linguo, the Duke of Yasukuni, and the Duke of Anhui have also worked hard. ”

Zhu Youlang stepped forward and helped everyone up cordially, and said with a smile: "I was thinking that your family should have taken Jiujiang a few days ago, but I didn't expect it to be faster than I thought, and they all arrived outside Nanchang City." ”

Zhu Youlang deliberately paid attention to Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan when he spoke.

He found that Zheng Chenggong was much younger than he imagined, but Zhang Huangyan's hair already had a lot of white strands.

Zhu Youlang was observing Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan. Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong were not observing Zhu Youlang.

Zheng Chenggong said in his heart, I finally saw His Majesty's true face today.

When he was in Fujian, Zheng Chenggong was not far away from Zhu Youlang, who was based on Liangguang.

But at that time, the two could be said to be in two camps, because Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Youlang had no intersection, so naturally they had never seen Zhu Youlang.

When Emperor Longwu and Emperor Shaowu were martyred one after another, there was only one emperor left in Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, and although Zheng Chenggong changed to respect Zhu Youlang, he lost the opportunity to meet because he was too far away from the emperor who moved to Guizhou.

As for Zhang Huangyan, the situation is similar.

He has been operating along the southeast coast and has his roots in the Zhoushan Islands.

And at that time, Zhang Huangyan respected Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, and the king of Lu claimed to be the prisoner. Zhang Huangyan also existed as an auxiliary minister.

Later, Zhoushan was captured by the Qing army, and the disheartened King Lu went to Jianguo to be titled and went to Fujian to defect to Zheng Chenggong.

So Zhang Huangyan has never seen Zhu Youlang.

But when they saw Zhu Youlang for the first time, they had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Maybe it's because the Zhu family looks similar.

Or maybe Zhu Youlang has a legendary imperial image.

Anyway, the two of them just feel that Zhu Youlang has his own aura and has the bearing of a son of heaven.

"Your Majesty is the first soldier in the army, how dare the ministers not use their lives."

Zheng Chenggong said with trepidation.

"You don't have to be so restrained in front of me. I also want to talk to King Zhong about how he managed to break through Nanjing. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Battle of Nanjing can be said to be a long story. Rong Chen slowly told you. But for now, we should still focus on taking Nanchang City. ”

Zhu Youlang did not feel that Zheng Chenggong's move was against his intentions, but felt that Zheng Chenggong was very pragmatic.

The pragmatic person Zhu Youlang likes it very much.

It is indeed time to turn attention to the siege.

"Okay, then I'll tell you about the battle of Nanchang. I think you have noticed it too. There are tunnels dug everywhere outside the city of Nanchang. In fact, not long ago, the Dongyu tried to go out of the city to fight, and the head rat was beaten by me and fled back to the city. I ordered people to surround Nanchang City, just to wait for the Qing family to arrive and then join forces to attack the city. ”

Zhu Youlang described the battle of Nanchang in a few words, and everyone was very happy to listen to it.

Yuan Zongdi has even begun to gear up and is eager to try.

"Old thief Hong really overestimated his strength, and he even dared to go out of the city to fight."

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise and martial, and King Jin's martial arts are world-renowned. Who gave Hong Lao Thief courage? ”

Liu Tichun also added on the side.

"Your Majesty ordered the siege of the city, and the minister invited himself to be the vanguard."

Li Laiheng, as the leader of the Kuidong Zhuxun, stood up at this time.

Isn't this what His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for? At this time, the thirteen families of Kuidong must not shrink back!

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