"Gao Jie!" Zhu Cihong sat on the dragon chair of the Jinluan Palace, gritted his teeth angrily and said: "A traitor like you dares to rebel, I shouldn't have given you a chance to kill you directly!" ”

Zhu Cihong regretted it, and felt extremely uncomfortable, Gao Jie was born as a thief, and his thief nature was difficult to change, and there was not much loyalty at all, just because of him, Zuo Liangyu's army broke through Jiujiang City so quickly, and the poor 200,000 people of Jiujiang were tragically ravaged by the anti-army several times their own.

Jiujiang was originally an important town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with nearly 400,000 people, although some of them fled from Jiujiang in order to take refuge when Zuo Liangyu's army attacked Jiujiang, but there were still 200,000 people who could not leave their homeland and stayed in Jiujiang City. Zuo Liangyu's million-strong army lost more than 200,000 yuan because of the attack on Jiujiang, but it was still more than 700,000, nearly four times the people of Jiujiang. Zhu Cihong has already received the news that after Zuo Liangyu invaded Jiujiang, he immediately plundered the army, and 200,000 people were ravaged, most of the dead and wounded, and hundreds of thousands of lives.

Although the hundred officials of the Jinluan Palace were also angry that Zuo Liangyu was so cruel, when they heard the emperor speak in such a tone, the corners of their mouths twitched, but no one dared to question the emperor at this time.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie, the two traitors, are really heinous crimes, although they will be punished by God! But now that Jiujiang has fallen, Anqing is also in danger, in order to protect the Ming Dynasty, please ask the emperor to immediately send a general to lead the army to Anqing to support. Liu Zongzhou stood up and said.

"No need, I will personally lead the army to march in person tomorrow, and vow to cut Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie, the two traitors, with a thousand knives, and avenge the nearly millions of innocent and tragic deaths!" Zhu Cihong said with a blushing face.

Originally, according to his plan, it would take ten days before he sent troops to fight a decisive battle with Zuo Liangyu, but he didn't expect that because Gao Jie also rebelled, which led to the fall of Jiujiang, Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops immediately came to Anqing City, and Anqing's troops couldn't hold it for a few days, so he had to advance the plan of pro-conquest.

"There will be no change in the matter of my relatives' conquest, so let's discuss the matter of staying in Nanjing." Zhu Cihong said.

Liu Zongzhou and Ma Shiying looked at each other helplessly, the emperor still did not give up the idea of driving the imperial expedition in person, but the matter has come to this point, and they can only try to make a few preparations, and they must ensure the safety of the emperor.

After discussion, Zhu Cihong did not let the vassal king supervise the country because he had no heirs, considering that the vassal king would have troubles, but left the six ministers of the cabinet to jointly preside over state affairs in Nanjing City.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible, we must follow the emperor." Liu Zongzhou objected, but he was actually afraid that without the elder pavilion following, Zhu Cihong would come to the front line, and if there was any accident, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Can't? Could it be that you want the vassal king to enter Beijing and supervise the country? Zhu Cihong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly.

"This, this" The six Shangshu looked at each other, not daring to raise objections.

After some details were settled, Zhu Cihong immediately ordered the mobilization of all the soldiers and horses, and now after almost a month, the armies from all over the country have arrived in Qi, Jianghuai, Fujian, Liangguang and other countries that can mobilize the total army of the nine towns, together with 20,000 Beijing battalions and 34,000 Yinglong troops, a total of more than 250,000 troops, and the whole army is ready to go.

The household department has already prepared weapons, money and food, and will go to Anqing with Zhu Cihong to fight Zuo Liangyu as soon as it arrives tomorrow.

Everything was ready, and Zhu Cihong summoned Zhang Kuishan, the commander of Jinyiwei, to make the final arrangements.

"Your Majesty, why did you leave your ministers in Nanjing City instead of taking your ministers to Anqing with you." Zhang Kuishan heard that Zhu Cihong asked him to stay in Nanjing City with a brocade guard, and hurriedly asked.

"You are my confidant, I am on this expedition, I must leave a trustworthy person to stay in Nanjing, after all, there are a few vassal kings near Nanjing who may have ambitions, I wish I died in Anqing, such as King Lu of Fengyang, he almost sat in my current position, it is impossible not to have a little thought, in order to avoid unpredictable accidents affecting the decisive battle between me and Zuo Liangyu, I want you to always be vigilant about the movements of those vassal kings around Nanjing, once they dare to show the slightest sign of badness, I will allow you to cut first and then play." Zhu Cihong's eyes flashed fiercely.

"Minister, obey!" Zhang Kuishan was still a little unwilling, but he knew that the stakes were very high, so he would not go against Zhu Cihong's will. Who made him the commander of this brocade guard, this is his fate.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Zhang Kuishan: "Don't have this expression, be optimistic about Nanjing City, and by the way, train the deputy commander Peng Cheng, I really see that he is also a material that can be made, if you do it well, wait for the next time the Ying Long Army expands the army, I will let you return to the army." ”

"Really, Your Majesty!" Zhang Kuishan's eyes widened with surprise.

"Look at you stupidly, I know that you are a general, and I won't let you be the leader of the fan all the time." Zhu Cihong gave Zhang Kuishan a roll of his eyes and said with a smile.

"Thank you to the emperor, the minister will retire first." Zhang Kuishan laughed dryly and retreated, he was relieved to have Zhu Cihong's promise, and he preferred to go to the battlefield to fight around with tens of thousands of Jinyi guards to spy on the news.

As night fell, Zhu Cihong dealt with all the other things, and then came to Kunning Palace to rest, and said goodbye to Yiyi by the way. The soldiers on the battlefield are fierce and dangerous, although he has trained the Ying Long Army, a strong army across the era, he does not dare to guarantee that he will be able to return 100% in triumph.

"Your Majesty." As soon as Zhu Cihong stepped into the palace gate of Kunning Palace, Yiyi, who was dressed in a bright yellow phoenix robe, greeted him with tenderness and a smile.

"Yiyi, you are so beautiful!" Zhu Cihong praised with a smile, Yiyi was a little more noble than before, and more beautiful than before, and the so-called closed moon shy flower was nothing more than that.

Although it is not the first time that Zhu Cihong has been praised so much, Yiyi still can't help but feel ashamed, the beautiful and flawless face is even brighter, seductive, Zhu Cihong is hot all over, and the smile on his face has never been broken, which is why he praises Yiyi from time to time, he likes to see Yiyi's slightly shy appearance.

Yiyi pulled Zhu Cihong into Kunning Palace, and suddenly a eunuch and palace maid brought in the meal.

"The emperor is going to go on the expedition tomorrow, Yiyi is daughter's family doesn't understand the war, so she only made a bowl of Anshun triumphant soup with her own hands, hoping that the emperor will go well in the war and can return to Beijing safely and triumphantly as soon as possible." Yiyi held a bowl of soup and looked at Zhu Cihong's eyes with reluctance, she knew that Zhu Cihong would go for at least a month or two, or even longer.

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