Although Zhu Yousong became a prisoner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after all, he had been an emperor, and the emperor's heart was still a little. Now that he heard that another emperor had been elected in the city, and he had been usurped without knowing it, Zhu Yousong scolded angrily: "Who is it? Who is the great rebellion that dares to set himself up as an emperor without my permission! ”

"Listen to the boy under the city, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty is Emperor Shaowu, born in the lineage of Taizu Miao and Shizu brother King Zhou, my emperor's root is red Miaozheng, far more orthodox than that toad son Zhu Yousong, the new emperor has passed the cabinet minister's court push, inherited the will of Taizu, and wants to lead us to drive out the Tartars and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Ma Cheng can't help it when he says this, this emperor is supported by himself, if you don't say that this emperor is good, then doesn't it mean that you Ma Cheng is blind? And the most important point, there are tens of thousands of people in Jubaomen now, and these people's eyes can see clearly, if they are slightly inclined to Zhu Yousong's meaning, then the new emperor Zhu Lunkui can be happy?

Ma Cheng's words were very beautiful, praising Zhu Lunkui like a flower, but Zhu Yousong in the city was unhappy. How? A year ago, you said that I was released under the mandate of heaven to win the hearts of the people, and you also said that I was the legitimate emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why is the boat of friendship capsizing now?

"Ma Cheng, you just said that Zhu Lunkui is the cabinet minister Tingtui? Is there Ma Shiying in this? ”

"Yes, in addition to my father Ma Shiying, the cabinet auxiliary ministers also include Ruan Dacheng and Qian Qianyi, especially Qian Ge Lao, who scolded the emperor for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and the meat is not enough to eat dogs!"

Zhu Yousong was so angry when he heard Ma Cheng say this, he was so good to Ma Shiying back then, but he didn't expect that he would support the new emperor as soon as he left the southern capital, and Ruan Dacheng, if it weren't for me, you Ruan Dacheng with sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet could be the secretary of the military department? However, Zhu Yousong has no resentment towards Qian Qianyi, because these Donglin parties don't like them originally, and it is strange to be able to say good things about themselves.

"Ma Cheng, back then, I was generous to your father and son, and handed over the country to Ma Shiying to take care of! You are a registered thousand-family household, and I promoted you to the rank of admiral, and this is how your father and son repay me? ”

After Zhu Yousong finished speaking, he shouted to the soldiers guarding the city: "The soldiers of the Ming army in the city, I am your emperor Zhu Yousong, don't listen to Ma Cheng's nonsense!" This little boy did not hesitate to send his widowed sister to my bed in order to please me, is this kind of person worthy of your allegiance? Now that I have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Prince Yu of the Qing Dynasty promises that as long as all the soldiers open the city gate and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, Prince Yu will guarantee everyone's glory and wealth, and at the same time enter the city without committing any crimes! If everyone is listening to Ma Cheng's instigation and stubbornly resisting, the chickens and dogs will not be left on the day the city is broken! ”

Zhu Yousong shouted here, and Ma Cheng was really angry and embarrassed. Although Ma Cheng doesn't want to be embarrassed, he still feels a little blushing when he says something embarrassing about Sister Xian in public. And the most important point, that is, Ma Cheng saw the hesitant look on the faces of the soldiers around him.

Ma Cheng was born in the era of independent personality in later generations, and he didn't feel anything about being loyal to the monarch. But the Ming Dynasty is different, whether you have read or not, you are all influenced by Confucianism to grow up, Confucianism is about loyalty and filial piety, so no matter how mediocre the emperor is, but in the hearts of ordinary people is still high.

Now the one is on top

The emperor appeared in front of him and encouraged the soldiers to open the city gates and surrender, so it was inevitable that some of the soldiers were shaken.

Ma Cheng saw that Zhu Yousong was about to suffer like this, and said to the soldiers behind him: "This is the fake emperor, shoot him quickly!" ”

Although Ma Cheng said so, everyone is not stupid, the fat guy in the city can tell the ugly things about your sister Ma Chengxian, and the identity is self-evident. Now you Ma Cheng let us kill the Emperor Taishang, that's the emperor, who knows what to do in the future? What if you turn your face? Think of us as scapegoats?

Seeing the soldier hesitating, Ma Cheng said to Ma Bao beside him: "Sixth uncle, this is fake, shoot him quickly!" ”

Ma Bao is not stupid, he knows that he must not do it, and he can't help but be embarrassed when he hears Ma Cheng say this: "My lord, the situation is unclear now, why don't you report to the emperor first, and then wait for the emperor's holy decree?" ”

What the hell are you waiting for, now the military is already unstable, and the door has already been opened when waiting for the holy decree to come. Ma Cheng gritted his teeth, snatched a firearm from the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion behind him, and aimed at Zhu Yousong under the city and pulled the trigger.

The head of the city was only more than fifty meters away from Zhu Yousong, who was standing on the edge of the moat, and Ma Cheng's firearm easily hit Zhu Yousong, but this shot did not hit the vital point, but hit the stomach.

The two Manchu cavalrymen who followed Zhu Yousong saw that the city was shooting, and they threw down Zhu Yousong in fright and rode wildly, but Ma Cheng did not deal with them, but Zhu Yousong, who was lying on the ground screaming.

Ma Cheng didn't intend to let this dead fat pig live, because he had a lot of trouble alive, and an emperor who had been an emperor would definitely be used by many people, so Ma Cheng didn't stop after being shot, snatched a few muskets from the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion behind him and shot them continuously, and only stopped when he beat Zhu Yousong to death.

In addition to the 5,000 new troops on the treasure gate, there were more than 10,000 guards and more than 10,000 people, and these people watched silently as the man who claimed to be the emperor was killed by Ma Cheng.

In this era of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power was supreme, and these people's awe of the imperial power was innate, and now for the first time, when they saw someone dare to beat the emperor to death on the spot, their eyes when they looked at Ma Cheng changed a little for a while.

Ma Cheng fired five shots in a row, completely killing Zhu Yousong, and then handed the musket to the Shenji Battalion behind him. Ma Cheng looked at the soldiers around him and shouted: "The person below is the fake Emperor, the real Emperor has died at the hands of the enemy, this person was sent by the Beiyu to deceive the city gate, don't believe the lies of the Beiluo, we all have the lives of the Beiyu in our hands, do you think the Beiyu can let us go?" So all we can do now is guard the gates, you know? ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, let the soldiers who watched the excitement spread out at the treasure gate, and don't gather here. After the soldiers left, Ma Bao came up and asked in a low voice, "My lord, what should I do next?" ”

Ma Cheng glared at Ma Bao and said, "What to do?" You guard the treasure gate, and the governor will go to the palace to see the emperor, and report the matter of someone pretending to be the emperor to the emperor! ”

Ma Cheng is now biting to death this person outside the city is fake Zhu Yousong, as for whether it is true or not, everyone knows in their hearts, but Ma Bao is not a newcomer who has just joined the company, no matter what, this matter is done by you Ma Cheng yourself, and you fired the gun yourself, anyway, you also said this

If a person is false, then it is counted as false.

Ma Bao nodded and said, "Please rest assured, the last general knows how to do it!" ”

Hearing Ma Bao say this, Ma Cheng was very relieved, after all, this Ma Bao was his own clan, and there was no problem with loyalty.

After the matter of Jubaomen was over, Ma Cheng got off the city and rode on his horse to Miyagi. The killing of Zhu Yousong just now was seen by tens of thousands of people, and it is difficult to ensure that there are the eyes and ears of the Donglin Party.

Ma Cheng came to Xi'an Gate and handed out his waist card, and immediately a brocade guard took Ma Cheng into the palace to meet him. This is also one of the few privileges of Ma Cheng, that is, he can be seen at any time, and he definitely does not have to wait for the call.

Now that Zhu Lunkui has only been on the throne for two months, there are very few people in the palace, and there are only a few hundred people in the huge Forbidden City, which is full of broken walls and ruins, which looks very desolate.

Zhu Lunkui lives in the Qianqing Palace, which is not bad because it has been renovated, and a little eunuch went in to report it at the door. Now Zhu Lunkui can rule only the area of Nanjing, naturally there is nothing to do, I heard that his great hero, Guiyang Hou Ma Cheng asked to see, immediately ordered the little eunuch to summon.

Ma Cheng bowed his head and walked cautiously, followed the little eunuch into the Qianqing Palace, and then knelt on the ground and shouted: "Minister Guiyang Hou Ma Cheng, come and see!" ”

Zhu Lunkui has been really frightened in the past two months, and the northern captives outside the city have been attacking the city non-stop all day, and I heard that forty or fifty thousand people have died, but fortunately, the Guiyang Marquis in front of him is fighting hard, or he will have to learn from Song Huizong. Now seeing that the great hero Ma Cheng is coming, Zhu Lunkui hurriedly said: "Ma Qing is here, show Ma Qing a seat!" ”

The little eunuch on the side hurriedly moved an embroidery pier, and when he saw Ma Cheng getting up and sitting on the embroidery pier, Zhu Lunkui asked, "Ma Qing, how is the battle in Nancheng?" ”

"Your Majesty, the soldiers of Nancheng are very heroic, under the leadership of the minister, they have repelled hundreds of attacks by the northern captives, and the northern captives have suffered great losses in the past few days, plus they are not suitable for the southern climate, so they have changed the strong attack to a trapped defense! Now, under the leadership of Duoduo, the puppet prince of Yu, the northern captives have joined forces for hundreds of miles from Dashengguan to Longtan Town, and have cut off the connection between the southern capital and the outside! ”

Zhu Lunkui heard Ma Cheng say this, he was really happy and worried, he was happy that he didn't have to wait until the city was broken and killed, and he was worried that now that the northern captives were besieging the city, this kind of blunt knife cutting meat was even more uncomfortable.

Zhu Lunkui frowned and asked, "Ma Qing is in charge of guarding the southern capital, I don't know if there is a way to break the enemy?" ”

Of course, Ma Cheng has a method, but Ma Cheng's method is not to go out of the city and fight with the Manchus in the field, but to prepare to use his nails in the high-level of the Manchu Qing to force Duoduo to attack the city, and use the advantages of Nanjing's city walls to consume the Manchu Qing's living forces.

Ma Cheng's strength is not in the field but in the population, there are millions of people in Nanjing, while the Manchurians are less than a million in total, and there are only more than 200,000 soldiers who can serve as soldiers. Ma Cheng estimated that as long as the main force of the Manchurian Eight Banners outside the city was wiped out by a few thousand people, Duoduo would definitely withdraw his troops.

These were Ma Cheng's plans, but he wasn't going to talk to Zhu Lunkui because he didn't want Zhu Lunkui to know that he still had an intelligence organization independent of Jinyiwei. So Ma Cheng listened to Zhu Lunkui's question and said: "Your Majesty, at present, the minister thinks that he can only rely on the city wall to defend, and when the midsummer comes, the northern captives will not adapt to the hot climate in the south, and they will definitely retreat to the north to escape the summer, so that the siege of Nanjing will be solved immediately!" ”