Different from the excitement of several other cabinet scholars, Ma Shiying seemed to have some gains and losses, after all, Liu Liangzuo was the chief soldier he single-handedly promoted, if he really rebelled as the prince said, then he would definitely not be able to escape the relationship.

Gao Hongtu saw Ma Shiying's expression, smiled coldly, and stepped forward sarcastically: "Yo, Ma Ge Lao, what do you want?" Are you afraid that you will be punished by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after going to Huai'an? Hey, I thought that with the support of the general army of the four towns, I could do whatever I wanted, and supported the unjustifiable Fu King to ascend the throne? Don't you know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is orthodox, the true son of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"You don't want to be the king of Lu yet." Ma Shiying snorted coldly and walked away.

In addition to Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Ningnan Bo Wuchang, Huang Degong, the general soldier of Luzhou, the general soldier Ma Yingxuan of Yangzhou, Hu En, the general soldier of Xuzhou, Li Huaxi, the general soldier of Shaanxi, and all the general soldiers who received Zhu Cihong's holy decree did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the subordinate army to rush to Huai'an.

Gao Jie was defeated by Li Zicheng in Shanxi during Li Zicheng's eastward expedition to Beijing, and fled south to the south of the Yangtze River.

Gao Jie and Huang Degong were originally one of the four town commanders who supported Ma Shiying to support King Lifu, but at this moment, His Royal Highness the Prince, who has the jade seal of the country, is orthodox in the Ming Dynasty, even if they had their own careful thoughts before, they don't have it now, but they are still a little weak about Zhu Cihong's desire to recruit Liu Liangzuo, and they only hope that Zhu Cihong will not pursue their sins in supporting King Fu.

The Fifth Route Army, in addition to the Shaanxi General Soldier Gao Jie, who only had 20,000 troops, Luzhou General Huang Degong led 60,000 Luzhou troops, Yangzhou General Soldiers Ma Yingxuan 30,000 troops, Zhenjiang General Soldiers Hu En's 30,000 troops, Xuzhou General Soldier Li Huaxi's 40,000 troops, Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Shi Kefa 50,000 Beijing Camp Army, a total of 230,000 troops gathered in Huai'an, the world shook!

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, the general army of the six towns and the army of the Beijing camp, except for Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Bo Wuchang in Ningnan, who said that he was sick and did not come, the general army of the other five towns and the army of the Beijing camp will all be drawn out, and they will be able to arrive in about a day." A herald came to report.

"Zuo Liangyu?" Zhu Cihong waved the herald away and muttered, his eyes flashing fiercely.

Zhu Cihong naturally knows very well that Zuo Liangyu is this person, this Zuo Liangyu has been stationed in Wuchang all these years to resist Li Zicheng's southward movement, and he has some credit to the Ming Dynasty, but since Chongzhen was defeated by Li Zicheng in Zhuxian Town in the fifteenth year, he did not dare to fight again, but instead brought 200,000 troops to support himself, and became the emperor of Hubei, and asked the court for food and salary every year, but he never went to war, and became the most deadly moth of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong knows very well that compared with Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu is the real henchman of the Ming Dynasty, in history, Zuo Liangyu even rebelled, and once almost hit the city of Nanjing, wanting to overthrow the Southern Ming Dynasty and become the emperor himself, such an ambitious person, and holding 200,000 heavy soldiers, this time Zuo Liangyu did not come to count his fate, otherwise Zhu Cihong must find a way to eradicate him on the spot.

"Your Highness, Miss Dieyi has survived." At this time, the military doctor suddenly ran to Zhu Cihong with tears in his eyes and said.

"Really! Haha, great, Prince Ben knows that Yiyi won't be so thin. Zhu Cihong was overjoyed and hurried to see it.

It is said that Zhu Cihong sent ten people to scatter to the surrounding counties and towns to find high-quality wound medicine, and promised that if someone could donate useful wound medicine, he would be rewarded, and there were really many squires who donated a lot of good medicines, among which one person donated a five-hundred-year-old precious ginseng, and it was by relying on this precious ginseng to replenish qi and blood, and then administer the high-grade wound medicine Dieyi finally survived.

Under the great joy, Zhu Cihong was very grateful to the squire who gave five hundred years of precious ginseng, and sent someone to send him a token, promising that within three years he could use this token to come to him to make an excessive request, which was a great promise, worth 10,000 gold, the squire was overjoyed when he got the token given by Zhu Cihong, and seemed to see the opportunity for his family's rise.

A day later, armies from all walks of life came one after another to bring Huai'an to the city.

"The last general, Li Huaxi, the general of Xuzhou, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" The first to come was Li Huaxi, the chief soldier of Xuzhou closest to Huai'an, this person is nearly forty years old, facing elegance, and has a bookish atmosphere, no need to think, this person must be a civilian commander, Zhu Cihong has not carefully understood, and some question whether this person really has the ability to lead the army.

There are too many examples of civilian commanders in the Ming Dynasty, and few of them are really capable of fighting, and now seeing one, how can Zhu Cihong not question it, after all, the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this point, and a large part of the reason is the result of civilian commanders who do not know about military affairs.

"The last general Yangzhou General Soldiers and Horses should be announced, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"The last general, Zhenjiang General Hu En, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"The last general, Gao Jie, the general of Shaanxi, see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"The Ministry of Ministers and Soldiers is still the book of Shi Kefa, see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose!" In the next two hours, the general soldiers of the two towns and the Beijing camp led by Shi Kefa came one after another.

Gao Jie, the general soldier of Shaanxi, had been secretly observing Zhu Cihong's expression, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not seem to have any abnormal fluctuations in his arrival, and did not blame him at all for supporting King Fu's accession to the throne, which made his angry mind calm down a little.

Ma Shiying is the same, he is the biggest force in support of King Fu, and he is also afraid of Zhu Cihong's investigation, but fortunately, for him, Zhu Cihong does not have any abnormal expression fluctuations, and it seems that he also has no intention of pursuing it, and Ma Shiying has also calmed down a lot.

The general soldiers of the four towns have arrived, and the remaining Luzhou general soldiers Huang Degong will arrive after one more day because of the long distance. Despite this, at this moment, the arrival of the general army of the four towns and the Beijing camp, coupled with the 30,000 Shandong soldiers and horses led by Zhu Cihong himself, there have been 200,000 troops gathered under the city of Huai'an, which is mighty and powerful, and many Huai'an soldiers on the Huai'an city wall are a little weak when they see it.

It's just that although the 200,000 army looks mighty, Zhu Cihong doesn't know how many times he has been secretly disappointed, in fact, from the arrival of the first army Xuzhou Army, he began to secretly watch the appearance and morale of each army, etc., trying to find out a really powerful elite army of the Ming Dynasty, however, the facts disappointed him.

The total army of the four towns plus the Beijing camp, five large armies, the military appearance is worse than the other, not to mention the morale, Zhu Cihong looked at the 200,000 Ming army, and only thought of one word in his mind: rabble, no wonder the Southern Ming court was destroyed by the Manchus after only being established for more than a year in history.

Zhu Cihong was very disappointed, it seems that if he really wants to keep the Ming Dynasty after he ascends the throne, he must reform and train a real elite iron army.

Containing his thoughts, Zhu Cihong began to command the army to besiege Huai'an, and when the time came, he ordered an attack.

Although the 200,000 army is not in the eyes of Zhu Cihong, but it is more than enough to destroy Liu Liangzuo, he wants to take this opportunity to establish his authority, not only to destroy a hidden danger, but also to make an example for himself.

The news that the 200,000 army surrounded Huai'an into Huai'an directly made Liu Liangzuo almost paralyzed on the bed, and the 40,000 Huai'an army were also moved, no matter what, they couldn't have imagined that in just a few days, they would suddenly change from the dignified Ming official army to the rebel army who accompanied Liu Liangzuo to rebel, and was attacked by the imperial court.

"It's over, I can't imagine that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really forcibly put the charge of rebellion on my head, and gathered 200,000 troops to prepare to attack Huai'an, and I will die! My Liu family will die soon. Liu Liangzuo's face was pale, and his expression was full of infinite despair.

"Big brother, the prince is too deceitful, we obviously didn't rebel, but he wants to put the charge of rebellion on our heads, and I don't think he can become a big weapon if his strength is so narrow!" Liu Liangzuo's younger brother Liu Liangbing gritted his teeth and blamed all the murder in front of him on Zhu Cihong's small energy.

"It's just that we want to stop the prince outside the city and provoke the prince. I thought that the prince was just a yellow-haired child, very easy to coax, but he didn't want to cause a big disaster, and he regretted it too late! Liu Liangzuo cried with a sad face, thinking of his likely fate, and his heart was sad.

The Liu brothers were quiet for a long time, and they were all very depressed, not knowing what to do.

"Alas!" Liu Liangbing sighed.

"Big brother, so far, we have no way out, brother heard that Ma Shiying Ma Ge Lao also came to Huai'an with the Jingying army in Nanjing this time, and at this moment it is outside the city, we can secretly send someone to contact Ma Ge Lao, hoping that he can save us, if not, we can only fight with the prince." Although it is true that the prince has an army of 200,000, we also have an army of 40,000, plus more than 300,000 people in the city, it is not difficult to forcibly recruit 30,000 or 40,000 strong men to help defend the city. ”

"Not bad! We really can't afford to sit still! Liu Liangzuo clenched his fists and said fiercely: "The prince is unkind, don't blame me Liu Liangzuo for being unjust, it's one thing to contact Ma Ge, we also have to send someone to contact Li Zicheng, the king of Beijing City, and make a covenant with him, begging him to lead the army to the south as soon as possible. ”

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