"The emperor is going to conquer in person! The emperor is going to drive the expedition in person! "In the streets and alleys of Nanjing, some people began to wave the Daming Daily to sell.

After nearly ten issues of brewing, the reputation of Daming Daily has finally been out, attracting the attention of hundreds of people, because it not only has the things discussed in the court every day, but also the front-line war reports that they care about.

According to Zhu Cihong's instructions, the Broadcasting Department eliminated Jinyiwei and hired some ordinary people to sell it on the streets and alleys, which was very cheap, as long as it cost a penny to get a copy, and the reason why it took money to get Daming Daily was not because of how much income it could bring to the Broadcasting Division, but to prevent some people who obviously couldn't understand it from being greedy for free, and using it to do something indiscriminately, wasting the newspaper in vain.

"The emperor wants to burn incense and worship the sky at noon today, and personally lead an army of 250,000 to personally conquer Zuo Liangyu." Someone read the contents of the newspaper, and a large crowd of people had gathered around him.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand troops? Didn't you hear that Zuo Liangyu had an army of one million? The emperor only brought 250,000 troops to conquer in person, too little, can he successfully exterminate the rebel Zuo Liangyu? Some people said worriedly.

"Yes, the emperor will bring such a small number of soldiers, nothing will happen. If the emperor fails to defeat Zuo Liangyu and let Zuo Liangyu fight to Nanjing City, then wouldn't our whole family die like the people of Wuchang and Jiujiang! ”

The tragic situation of Jiujiang City was mentioned in the last issue of Daming Daily, so the people knew that after Jiujiang City was broken, the people inside were also brutally ravaged by Zuo Liangyu's army, and their fate was extremely tragic! Under the propaganda of Daming Daily, Zuo Liangyu is no different from a demon who kills people without blinking an eye in the hearts of the people.

The people were worried and lacked confidence in the decisive battle between the emperor and Zuo Liangyu.

"No, the emperor's soldiers are too few, I want to join the army, I can't let Zuo Liangyu, the demon, fight in Nanjing City." A citizen suddenly stood up angrily and said. There are more than a dozen people in his family, although there is not much land, but at least the family still has to eat, and their lives are guaranteed, if Zuo Liangyu's demon hits Nanjing City, wouldn't it be to ruin the family, anyway, there is more than one son in the family, and there are people to support his father and mother when they die, it is better than letting Zuo Liangyu fight in Nanjing City, with good luck, he may still be able to make contributions.

After the people finished speaking, they hurriedly ran to the military camp outside the city.

"I'm going to join the army too!"

"I'm going too"

In just a few hours, nearly 100,000 young people went to the military camp outside the city to join the army, however, when they arrived outside the city, the army of the general army of the nine towns was no longer in the barracks, and they all gathered on the edge of the Yangtze River to stand in line and wait for the emperor's arrival.

At this time, on the surface of the Yangtze River, more than 400 large and small ships are floating mightily on the vast water surface of the Yangtze River, and the smallest can carry dozens of people, ranging from more than 100 to 300 adults. Among them, there is a dragon ship that is the largest and magnificent, and it is estimated that it can hold at least five hundred people, and there is no need to think about it, this must be the emperor's flagship. More than 400 warships seem to be a lot, but they can carry 50,000 or 60,000 people at most, which is far from enough for an army of 250,000, and most of the army can only walk to Anqing along the land route along the shore.

The army is about to go on the march, so it is naturally impossible to recruit new soldiers, after all, the people have not been trained, and they are cannon fodder when they go to Anqing. The people who planned to join the army to fight Zuo Liangyu were disappointed, and they could only pray that the emperor was the true dragon son of heaven, and with the help of heaven, there would be a miracle to destroy Zuo Liangyu, the brutal devil, in one fell swoop. However, this is just a self-consolation for the people, and it does not dispel their worries.

Kunning Palace, early in the morning, Yiyi called Huang Ying to his side and took Huang Ying's hand.

"I've already packed up my sister's things, so I'll send my sister to the emperor." Yiyi said with a smile.

"What?" Huang Ying cried out in a lost voice, her eyes widened, and she thought she had heard it wrong, and she looked incredulous.

"Queen Mother, do you know what you're talking about, I'm not going!" Huang Ying's expression was complicated, and she categorically refused.

"Sister Huang Ying, I have already seen your intentions for the emperor, but I just don't say it, now that the emperor is out alone, there is no one to take care of him, and I can feel at ease with my sister taking care of the emperor by the emperor's side." Yiyi said sincerely. Since she told Zhu Cihong last night, her heart knot has opened, the emperor has always been the emperor, although she loves her, but she is the only woman in the harem, even if the emperor is willing, the officials and the people of the world will have opinions, in this case, for the peace of the harem, why not find a few people who have a good relationship with themselves and have a good temperament, besides, she still owes Huang Ying a life, if Huang Ying didn't desperately grab the palace maid's knife with her hand, she may have already lost her fragrance, how could she marry the emperor smoothlyand enjoy the happiness of being with the emperor.

"Sister, don't refuse." Yiyi reached out to cover Huang Ying's mouth and didn't let her speak.

Looking at such a sincere Yiyi, Huang Ying couldn't help but be moved to tears, didn't say a word of refusal, took a step back, knelt on the ground, bowed to Yiyi, and said, "Huang Ying, thank you sister for your success." ”

Although Huang Ying did not refuse, she did not really have the idea of becoming a woman of Zhu Cihong, in addition to not wanting to hurt Yiyi, she was also ashamed of herself for being a broken flower and a willow, she just wanted to take this opportunity to stay with the man who took away her heart silently for a while, to satisfy her long-cherished wish, maybe after coming back this time, she would be able to figure it out and really live her own life.

On October 29, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong burned incense in front of the Qianqing Palace and sacrificed to the sky, and issued a list of rebellions, listing Zuo Liangyu's ninety-nine major crimes and Gao Jie's eighteen major crimes.

The 34,000 Ying Long army had already lined up here, and when they saw Zhu Cihong boarding the dragon chariot, Ji Feng and Zhou Cao, the two commanders of the Ying Long army, turned back, faced all the Ying Long army, and shouted loudly.

"Stand upright, get on the bayonet!" More than 30,000 Ying Long troops all moved in unison, the bayonet flashed a cold light in the sun, and it was loaded on the muzzle with a click, the cold light was cold, the murderous aura was fierce, and the momentum was magnificent, which caused a great shock in the hearts of the hundred officials.

"Gun on the shoulder, walk in unison!" Unified movements, unified steps, and the dragon chariot guarding Zhu Cihong slowly drove out of the palace gate, and this shocking picture remained in the hearts of hundreds of officials forever.

"The emperor has such a strong army to protect him, and he will be able to win a great victory! God bless you! Liu Zongzhou was the first to react, and after looking up to the sky and shouting, the old man had tears in his eyes, spontaneously knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"God bless the Ming! Long live the emperor, long live, long live! All the officials knelt on the ground and shouted, and their confidence in the emperor's personal expedition to Zuo Liangyu was greatly increased.

The queen and the queen mother also watched together, and couldn't help but shed tears of excitement, and the worry in their hearts was reduced by half at once.

Ying Longjun escorted Zhu Cihong's chariot out of the palace gate, passing through the most prosperous street in Nanjing, and heading straight to the Yangtze River. Along the way, the people saw the heroic appearance of Ying Longjun, knew that this was the emperor's pro-army, and they were all excited that the emperor had such a strong army in hand, and Zuo Liangyu and other traitors would inevitably be exterminated by the emperor.

Zhu Cihong deliberately let Ying Longjun go like this, which can be said to be an instant return to the hearts of the people, the so-called people's will, this is the effect that Zhu Cihong wants.

...