Anyway, the "eunuch rebel army" on Zhengyang Gate basically sounded the death knell of the "Nanjing eunuch opposition"!

A firearm association commanded by Chen Yidao immediately attacked the inner city of Nanjing from Zhengyangmen.

The Zhengyang Gate in Nanjing, like the Zhengyang Gate in Beijing, is facing the main gate of the Imperial City. The layout of the Imperial City of Nanjing is similar to that of the Imperial City of Beijing, between the Zhengyang Gate and the Chengtian Gate, the main gate of the Imperial City, there is a city gate guarding the six departments and nine Qing and other government offices. The city gate in Beijing is called Daming Gate. And this city gate outside the imperial city of Nanjing is even taller and grander, called Hongwu Gate.

Hongwu Gate is a wide royal road, on both sides of the royal road is the yamen of Nanjing Liubu Jiuqing. At the end of the imperial road is the main gate of the imperial city, Chengtian Gate, and outside the Chengtian Gate, there are also Chang'an Street, Jinshui River (Imperial City Moat) and East and West Chang'an Gate. And inside the Chengtian Gate, it is the Imperial City of Nanjing.

Although the layout is similar, the imperial city and various yamen on the Nanjing side are in disrepair. In particular, the imperial city of Nanjing, which had not been inhabited by the emperor for more than 200 years and had been burned out in the Battle of Jingjing, had long been in tatters.

However, the Imperial City of Nanjing is broken again, and in the eyes of the officials and people in Nanjing, it is still a symbol of the highest power!

The gains and losses of the imperial city also mean the gains and losses of the city of Nanjing.

Therefore, when the military flag of "Emperor Taizu Gao reincarnated" was raised in the Hongwumen and Chengtianmen towers, the "eunuch rebel army" in Nanjing ushered in a total collapse!

Including those nobles and ministers on the tower of Chaoyangmen Wengcheng, they also had no courage to resist, so they had to scatter as birds and beasts, and each looked for a way to survive.

And the defenders on the remaining dozen or so cities that have not yet surrendered anyway are also avalanche-like or scattered.

The cavalry of the new army of the brigade immediately rushed into the prosperous and wealthy inner city of Nanjing! They marched in groups of forty horsemen, either rushing to the lavish mansions or patrolling the busiest streets to maintain order in the city—under the orders of Prince Zhu, the new army had already made the city their new home.

Now we can't let the young people take the opportunity to make trouble and rob the most prosperous area in Nanjing into a white land

And just when the inner city of Nanjing changed hands, there was still a general on Zhongshan in the outer city who had not decided whether to be a eunuch or a Donglin party - he was Huang Degong!

Huang Degong was depressed and was blocked by Ma Shiying's 000 Guizhou soldiers for most of the day, and he was also angry and found Ma Shiying for most of the day, so he almost dug Linggu Temple three feet into the ground.

But no matter how he looked for it, he couldn't find Ma Shiying until around the time of Shen that afternoon, and Ma Shiying appeared on his own.

And also brought Zhu Cihong's decree!

Zhu Cihong wanted to seal Huang Degong as the "vassal uncle" of Xuyi in Yongzhen, that is, to give Huang Degong a fief in Xuyi County on the edge of Hongze Lake in Xuyi. This Xuyi is a dangerous point on the bank of the Huai River, mainly the topography of the peninsula, with Hongze Lake water on three sides, and also governs one or two islands in Hongze Lake.

As long as Huang Degong works hard to run Xuyi, he can definitely make Xuyi a stronghold that can be insisted on independently - this is also the reason why Zhu Cihong gave Xuyi to Huang Degong. He is still worried that the situation of the Qing army going south in history will happen!

At the same time, Zhu Cihong also asked Huang Degong to continue to serve as the chief soldier of Fengyang Town. However, the entire territory of Fengyang Mansion cannot be handed over to him. Fengyang Mansion is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a left-behind division in the central capital, with eight guards under its jurisdiction, and it can control a large number of people and land if it is well managed, so it naturally cannot be handed over to Huang Degong to rule.

However, Zhu Cihong will not treat Huang Degong's army badly, and will reward 100,000 taels of silver at one time, and will allocate 50,000 taels of silver and 20,000 stone of rice and wheat for military supplies every month in the future. And they are all at the disposal of Huang Degong alone, Prince Zhu will not send someone to check the accounts!

"Horse Army, what's going on? What contribution has this official made for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Deserve such a reward? ”

Huang Degong did not accept the order, but just asked coldly.

"Hahaha," Ma Shiying looked up to the sky and laughed, "Zongrong's memory is not very good, he has forgotten to play with Ma?" ”

Huang Degong already remembered, "What did you write?" ”

Ma Shiying said: "Of course, I respectfully ask the Holy Zen to give up the throne to His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"What? Ma Shiying, how can you do this! Huang almost jumped up.

This recital of respectfully asking the emperor to step down and give way is worse than the recital of persuading the prince to enter!

The recital of persuading the prince to enter was for Zhu Cihong to see, and many people wrote it. And the recital asking Chongzhen to give way is for Emperor Chongzhen to see!

Ma Shiying and Huang Degong's joint performance is still the first one!

Ma Shiying snorted: "Isn't it to save our lives?" You also know how the prince's new army fights, and against them, my 000 Guizhou soldiers will definitely collapse at the touch of a button, don't count on it. How strong can your 000 family be? Can you beat the prince's army of 20,000? Can they fight ten at a time? ”

Huang Degong's face turned pale. He is a veteran general in the army, and of course he knows that the army that fights so fiercely at night must be an incredible elite! Anyway, it is impossible for his own family to be so active in the big night.

Moreover, the new army of the prince came all the way from Zhenjiang, and when they arrived in Nanjing City, they fought a night battle without rest, and they fought until the afternoon of the next day.

At least two days and one night without rest! What kind of physical strength is this? They're all fighting in armor!

This kind of physical strength is at least the level of the border army and the old camp of the Liukou, if Prince Zhu has 20,000 such a "family", the southeast side can indeed go sideways.

Ma Shiying then said: "How long has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised the army? It took only a few days to pull out more than 50,000 such elite soldiers in half a year and half a year, and the ability to lead the soldiers is far beyond the saint! If it can be timed, why worry that the Ming Dynasty cannot be revived? ”

In fact, Zhu Cihong does not have more than 50,000 elite soldiers, and what he can really fight is 10,000. It includes 4 Gunsmith Associations, 2 Ironclad Cavalry Associations, and an artillery battalion, some guards, and night guards.

But with these 10,000 elite soldiers, Zhu Cihong is not a character like Huang Degong who can handle it!

Now the "eunuch party" in Nanjing has been almost cleaned up. If Huang Degong is still not convinced, then go down the mountain to compare, it's a big deal that there are hundreds of casualties, and you can still wipe out 000 Huang family members!

Huang Degong sighed: "I wanted to be a loyal minister, but now I want to be a traitor."

"How can it be a traitor?" Ma Shiying said, "Huang Zongrong and Bendu are now gentlemen of Donglin, and those who block the car in Nanjing City are eunuchs and traitors!" ”

What? Huang Degong was stunned and stunned: I'm a gentleman of Donglin? And how did those who were in the city of Nanjing become eunuchs?

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi, and Xu Yongji, who can't be wrong, all admit that they are eunuchs!" This time the change in Nanjing is that the eunuchs are in turmoil! ”

Huang Degongxin said: Obviously he is a loyal minister of King Qin, so he was stunned and said that he became a eunuch, this is really a strange injustice through the ages!

"These loyal ministers are really unjustly killed"

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen in the Mei family's mansion also had the same thought.

"Father, the eunuch rebellion in Nanjing has been quelled by his son!"

Zhu Cihong, who was dressed in armor, was standing in front of Emperor Chongzhen at this time, loudly reporting the "good news" to him.

"Father! The city of Nanjing is now in our hands! Zhu Cihong laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, "This is the land of the ancestors' dragon xing!" ”

Nanjing in hand is actually not the thing that makes Zhu Cihong the happiest, what makes him happiest is that he can continue to pacify the remnants of the eunuch rebellion and sweep away the forces of the southeast nobles and ministers.

Sweep them away, and those heroes who followed Zhu Cihong to the south will be able to get land, mansions and ladies.

And Zhu Cihong himself can also take the opportunity to control a certain amount of land and population, and now in feudal society, the monarch who controls land and population can be regarded as truly taking root.