Chapter 36: The Fall of Jiujiang

Zhen Lingdan personally commanded the battle of Jiujiang, and planned for the worst, that is, to storm Jiujiang, but in this way, it will definitely startle the snake, and now the news that he is rushing to Jiujiang overnight is estimated that Zhu Jianwen does not know, but it is estimated that he will get the news tomorrow, and now he will know in advance, it seems that it is only one day away, but the soldiers are fast, and the difference between one day is actually thousands of miles, and the strong attack will definitely hurt the vitality of his troops.

When he was sad, Zhen Lingdan suddenly saw the order flag on the copy, this is the flag he invented, inlaid with a circle of bright yellow around the perimeter, it is very eye-catching, Ming Huang can only be used by the emperor, ordinary people who make good use of Ming Huang will be killed, but Zhen Lingdan is a rebel army, so there is no need to scruple so much, Ming Huang, Ming Huang, yes, the Holy Decree is also bright yellow,

Zhen Lingdan thought about it, he still had the holy decree and military decree given to him by Yu Qian at that time, and the military talisman seal and the emperor's seal were clearly printed, announcing that he commanded the soldiers and horses in Lianghu, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, and went to suppress the bandits, but after he had just arrived at Lianghu and pointed out some soldiers and horses, Yu Qian was defeated, and he was also in order to disrupt the party.

Yu Qian has the grace of knowing himself, he can be a late bloomer, and becoming a generation of generals is also thanks to Yu Qian's blessing, when Yu Qian was killed, Zhen Lingdan's heart was broken, he wanted revenge for Yu Qian, and the most important thing was to live, Yu Qian's henchmen were all exterminated, and he was an important minister under Yu Qian, for the person in charge of the world, it is not difficult to find a person, if he does not have the military power in hand, he will search for it and kill it at any time, so Yu public and private, Zhen Lingdan decided to oppose this court, It is better for the horse leather shroud to die on the battlefield than to be killed by Lu Yunzhi in a nest.

This time it is also a bandit, but it is his own bandit, not the Lu bandit implied by the holy decree, yes, the seal of the jade seal is the same, the seal of the soldier rune and the seal of the book are the same, the name is also a bandit, and the name of the commander is not said on the edict is himself Zhen Lingdan, Jiujiang Mansion now has no one in charge, and recently they have inevitably accepted orders and holy decrees, and falsely passed on the holy decree to deceive the city gate, and the bloodless strategy of entering the city was constituted in Zhen Lingdan's mind,

As soon as it got dark, there was a group of cavalry dressed in the uniforms of the imperial court officers and soldiers approaching Jiujiang Mansion, and the officers and soldiers at the city gate of Jiujiang Mansion came down to inquire a few people, but they were whipped with blood on their faces, and an official from outside held up the Ming Huang Holy Decree and the Military Department's edict, and said anxiously: "The Holy Decree has arrived, and it is not easy to put down the drawbridge and open the city gate, which will delay the military situation and destroy your nine clans." ”

When the city gate official heard that the big hat was buttoned down, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly ordered someone to notify Lu Jiugang and open the city gate, and greeted him personally. "That being said, it doesn't move, it seems that I want to distinguish the authenticity of the comer.

The leader of the group of heralds nodded and understood what this meant, shook the hand of the military department secretary in front of the city gate officials, and said, "There is Brother Lao." The city gate official was not qualified to read the holy decree, but he could see it clearly, so he hugged his fists and walked towards the city with a gesture of invitation.

The foreign official who gave the order did not say much, followed the city gate official to the city, just took two steps and suddenly pulled out a knife to cut the city gate official, the city gate officer was caught off guard and suddenly fell to the ground with blood flowing, and his soldiers and generals also quickly fought in one place with the officers and soldiers defending the city, several of them withdrew from the battle group, opened the city gate and turned the noose to put down the drawbridge, and whistled outside the city, Zhen Lingdan heard the code, and led the army to calmly enter Jiujiang Mansion,

The prefect Lu Cheng was drinking and having fun with Zhu Qi, and then the soldiers defending the city reported that the holy decree had arrived, and the two hurriedly got up to pick up the saint, and before they could fully stand up, they heard the sound of killing in the direction of the city gate, and sat down with a soft and paralyzed body, the prefect Lu Cheng was responsible for the logistics supply of Zhu Jianwen's army, and he was in Jiangxi to supply a steady stream of soldiers, horses, weapons, food and grass to Zhu Jianwen, this is a good thing, no need to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he can also make great contributions, so Lu Cheng is always happy these days,

After hearing the sound of killing, Lu Chengke panicked, could it be that Zhu saw and heard that he was defeated, and the thieves actually killed Jiujiang, no, how could there be a reason to lose so quickly, he turned his head to look at Zhu Qipai, but saw that Zhu Qipai's face was also very cold, although Zhu Qipai was abolished, but after all, he was also the prince who had been up and down in officialdom for half his life, and he had also led the army to fight, unlike Lu Cheng, who was powerless, he was very calm when he encountered this situation,

Zhu Qijiao stood up and said: "Lord Lu, I have no power in my hands now, I have to let you come forward, no matter who caused the killing, the comer will not be good, hurry up and gather the soldiers and horses to prepare for a street battle with this group of Xiaoxiao, and then hurry up and prepare the boats by the river, once the situation changes, we can't resist and there is still a way to retreat, if we let the rebels occupy the dock, we will be equivalent to cutting off the back road, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Only then did Lu Cheng calm down, nodded and said: "It makes sense, the lower official is just a scholar, and I ask the king to give you advice." "Zhu Qipai was almost made emperor last time, so he was not appointed by the imperial court this time, which is what Lu Yunzhi meant, so even if his son commanded tens of millions of troops, he could not follow the army to make a contribution, the situation was very critical at the moment, but Lu Cheng did not forget the rules of the imperial court, and only dared to let Zhu Qipai point out, and did not dare to hand over the command to Zhu Qipai, otherwise even if he killed the enemy, he would be guilty of dereliction of responsibility.

The two left the palace, quickly organized a group of people, and sent people to give orders to defend the dock, and soon this group of people and Zhen Lingdan's army collided, and a street battle began.

Naturally, the well-prepared Zhen Lingdan army was invincible, while the Jiujiang Ming army, which was in a hurry to prepare for the war, was defeated in successive battles, but fortunately, with Zhu Qi in charge, it did not retreat like a tide.

"Lord Lu, withdraw, I don't think I can hold it anymore, let's give Jiujiang to this kind of thief first, and then clean him up when my son's class teacher returns." Zhu Qi looked at the soldiers from both sides who were fighting on the street and said,

Lu Cheng had no idea for a long time, so he could only nod blindly, and was about to give the order to withdraw towards the dock, when a flag soldier rushed over: "Report, the dock is lost." ”

Zhu Qipai angrily asked, "We have blocked most of the enemy forces here, and the dock has been ordered to defend to the death, how can we be defeated." ”

The flag soldier replied: "The enemy army went down the river and attacked our wharf along the river from the waterway, and the enemy was too numerous, so the defender surrendered without a fight." ”