After the victory of the battle of the Yangtze River, in addition to sending Zheng Chenggong north to capture Yanziji, most of the time was in the reorganization of Nan Chen's pawns, because most of the predecessors of these pawns were the private soldiers of some families, if they were collected like this, it was very likely that there would be an unexpected situation.

In order to weaken the influence of the Jiangnan Shi clan in the Southern Chen Army, Lai Hu'er did not hesitate to use the most bloody means, slaughtering nearly forty children of the Jiangnan Shi clan, disrupting all the Chen army, and demoting all the officers to pawns, and re-selecting them according to their talents. It is precisely because of this that it turned out that Laihu'er, who had always used soldiers quickly, was delayed for eight days.

Eight days later, Lai Hu'er led an army of nearly 60,000 to the north and entered the Yanziji camp, which had recently been captured by Zheng Chenggong.

As soon as he entered the camp, Zheng Chenggong reported to Laihu'er that Chen Shen, the emperor of Nanchen in Jinling City, had written a surrender table and sent it to him, but his official position was humble and he had no right to deal with such a major event, so he had to wait for Laihu'er to arrive.

After listening to Zheng Chenggong's words, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, "These wall grasses, it's really fast to change the courtyard!" ”

Zheng Chenggong snorted coldly and said: "These families have always been like this, but the general, when he took the Yanziji camp, he also captured a person, he claimed to be the envoy sent by Nan Chen to ask to see His Majesty, and his attitude was extremely arrogant when he was captured alive at the beginning, not to say that he was a messenger, let us let him go to see Your Majesty, and when he was emotional, he also called His Majesty's name!" ”

"How bold!" Lai Qi snorted angrily, "If such a thief had hit me, he would have been stabbed to death by my sword!" ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled gloomily, "The sixth general came to calm his anger, although the last general didn't stab him to death with a sword, but he also greeted him well, and he still has no way to walk!" ”

Lai Cheng laughed and said, "Well done, success!" ”

Although a smile also hung on the corner of Lai Hu'er's mouth, he still held back his smile and asked, "That success, did he say what he went to see His Majesty for?" ”

Zheng Chenggong put away his smile and said: "This guy is tough on the surface, but in fact he is a soft bone, I didn't use any torture to kill him." He said that he was ordered to visit His Majesty half a month ago, indicating that their Jiangnan Shi clan was willing to submit to the Great Sui, and put forward a request to abolish Zhang Juzheng's Qingtian Division, but this guy had a very good relationship with the Yanziji camp guard, and the two met for a big feast, and they had a hangover for four or five days, so they missed the trip! ”

"Abolish the Qingtian Division, hmph, these scholars really die without repentance!" Lai Hu'er snorted coldly in extreme disgust, "Why did my Great Sui rebel? Isn't it all because these shameless guys, greedy and unbridled, frantically encroaching on the land, the peasants will rise up to rebel when they can't survive, and they dare to put forward such conditions, and this group of wastes doesn't look at how many things they have? ”

"Whew-"

Lai Hu'er took a deep breath and said concentratingly: "Success, you and Quan'er led the army to stay here, and I personally led the army to Jinling!" ”

Zheng Chenggong was upset when he heard this, and suddenly had a bad thought in his mind, and stammered: "General, you... You're going to have to do .. What the? ”

Lai Hu'er took a deep breath and said: "The people of Jiangnan are not attached, the scholars are too selfish, if they are not suppressed by thunderous means, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain long-term stability, if Jiangnan is unstable, it will be difficult for Your Majesty to revive the Great Sui in the Northern Expedition." ”

"But the Great General..." Zheng Chenggong endured it for a long time and said: "Slaughtering thousands of scholars, this kind of crime is enough to condemn you to death, even if Your Majesty spares your life, you will be drowned in the spittle of scholars, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to make a difference for the rest of your life." ”

"The food of the king, the worry of the king!"

Lai Hu'er said in a straight voice: "Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, and it will be the first granary of our dynasty in the future!" If it is unstable inside, it will definitely affect His Majesty's great cause of the Northern Expedition. Once a long time passes, the world will once again fall into the situation of division between the north and the south, and the constant wars, in order to repay Your Majesty's kindness to me to protect my son, this infamy through the ages, I will protect your Majesty's back! ”

"What's more, now that there is someone to replace me, I have come to protect my children this year, I have been fighting on the battlefield for more than 30 years, and I am tired, and it is time to retire! Success, your talent is far better than mine, I left you and the whole in Yanziji, I hope you don't have anything to do with this matter. After I leave, you must train this sailor well, fulfill my unfulfilled wish, and raise the prestige of my Great Sui Kingdom beyond the four seas! ”

Zheng Chenggong had tears in his eyes, and arched his hand and said: "The last general will follow the general's teachings!" ”

Lai Hu'er turned his head to look at Lai Cheng again, "Liulang, among the fathers and sons, you are the only one who is both civil and military, most like the father, and the future of my family will be handed over to you!" ”

"Child... Obey your father's orders! ”

Lai Hu'er carefully admonished again, and summoned the generals of the whole army and announced: "Brothers, this general has obtained reliable information, although Chen Shen, the puppet emperor of Nan Chen, has offered a surrender, but this is just a trick of the thief of Nan Chen. These thieves are extremely vicious, and they plan to take advantage of the opportunity to poison all of us in the wine of the army after entering Jinling. ”

"Kill, kill, kill!"

After hearing Lai Hu'er's words, the generals of the Sui army were filled with righteous indignation, raising their arms and shouting one by one to vent the anger in their hearts, eager to kill all the traitors in Jinling City at once and kill all these traitors who tried to assassinate them!

Lai Hu'er waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Come on, Zheng Chenggong, I will give you 10,000 horses to garrison Yanziji to prevent the Southern Chen Army from sneaking attack." The rest of the generals will follow me into Jinling and exterminate the traitors. Remember, we are to get rid of thieves, not to burn and loot, and those who dare to take advantage of the chaos will be beheaded for public appearance! ”

"The last general obeys!"

Lai Hu'er led nearly 50,000 elite soldiers to kill Jinling City like a tiger and wolf, the defenders of Jinling City already knew that their Emperor His Majesty had surrendered the table, and did not expect that Laihu'er would lead the army to attack the city, and the army that was killed by surprise could not be defeated, the Chen army of the two city defense battalions outside the city gate only lasted less than half an hour before the whole army was annihilated, more than 20,000 people were captured, Lai Hu'er left a partial general and 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard the prisoners, and the main army quickly launched a fierce attack on Jinling City!

The defenders in Jinling City bought some time because of the resistance of the large battalion outside the city, and organized a little decent resistance, barely blocking the first wave of sudden attacks of the Sui army, but they also suffered heavy losses.

The originally majestic and majestic Jinling City looked crumbling in front of the Sui army, which had a huge advantage, at this moment!