"Your Majesty, the Imperial Forest Army is also out of the city and is chasing after you!"

Zhu Ci frowned, looked back, and sure enough, he saw a large number of Royal Forest Army chasing after him.

"These people don't guard the city well, what are they doing when they chase them out, don't make trouble!" Zhang Kuishan, commander of the Fifth Army, said dissatisfiedly.

To be honest, Zhang Kuishan didn't want the Imperial Forest Army to come out to help, thinking that he could defeat King Lu's 200,000 rabble by relying on the Fifth Army, and he was naturally very dissatisfied with the Royal Forest Army coming out to grab the merit.

"Your Majesty, why don't you make a decree and let them go back." Zhang Kuishan looked at Zhu Ci and proposed.

After Zhu Ci stumbled slightly, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, since they are all out, let them follow, and they will need manpower to capture the prisoners, they are just right!" ”

"However, we can't let them mess around, so as not to destroy my plan, spread my will, let the Royal Forest Army fall three hundred meters away from the Ying Long Army, and you can't act without an order!" Zhu Ci stumbled and ordered.

"Yes!" Immediately, a herald rode his horse and galloped back.

After a while, after the 30,000 Imperial Forest Army received the order, although they were a little unwilling, they still honestly hung three hundred meters behind Ying Longjun.

The actions of the Imperial Forest Army naturally attracted the attention of King Lu and the high-level leaders of the anti-army early.

"Thirty thousand more Guards escaped." An anti-military high-ranking person frowned.

Mr. Wu smiled indifferently and said: "Don't panic, the spies have already found out, there are only 20,000 Ying Long Army and 40,000 Royal Forest Army stationed in Nanjing City, and now there are 50,000 out of it, and there are only 10,000 Royal Forest Army garrisoned in Nanjing City, as long as the 20,000 Ying Long Army and 30,000 Royal Forest Army outside the city are defeated, Nanjing City is definitely within reach!" ”

After experiencing the eagerness just now, Mr. Wu felt that his wisdom was greatly damaged, and at this moment he seemed to see that his side was winning again, and immediately regained his composure, with a trace of an unfathomable smile on his face, looking like a master of the world.

Sure enough, he can bluff King Lu so trusted, and this Mr. Wu is still very skilled.

"Yes, since Zhu Ci wants to confront this king head-on, this king can't ask for it!" King Lu sneered, he had more than 200,000 troops in hand, what was there to be afraid of.

If Zhu Ci relied on powerful artillery fire and 60,000 troops, including 20,000 Ying Long troops, to defend Nanjing City, he might not have much certainty of victory, but Zhu Ci arrogantly led his troops out of the city to fight hard with his 200,000 troops, this is definitely God's help, Zhu Ci will be defeated!

Soon, Zhu Ci led 20,000 Ying Long troops to a place that was only more than 200 meters away from King Lu's rebel army.

"Stop!"

"Long" responded to the sound of the dragon army, and the pace stopped in unison, one by one straight like a javelin, exuding a strong battle spirit and momentum.

Although facing more than 200,000 rebels, Ying Longjun was not afraid at all, and even the 30,000 Imperial Forest Army hanging 300 meters behind Ying Longjun was also affected by Ying Longjun's momentum, and everyone was enthusiastic.

The two armies confronted each other, and King Lu suddenly rode forward dozens of meters and shouted loudly at Zhu Ci.

"Zhu Ci stumbled, did you come out to ask this king to surrender. This king gives you a chance, as long as you kneel on the ground and kowtow to this king three times to show your submission, this king will spare you from death! King Lu's eyes were full of contempt, his heart was beating faster, he firmly believed that his army of more than 200,000 could not defeat the 20,000 Ying Long Army and the 30,000 Royal Forest Army, Zhu Ci was so arrogant, he would definitely be defeated, the victory belonged to his King Lu, and the world would also belong to his King Lu.

Zhu Ci didn't bother to pay attention to King Lu, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, a soldier of the Ying Long Army stepped forward and handed a trumpet-shaped megaphone to Zhu Ci's hand.

At the same time, hundreds of Ying Longjun soldiers also took out a trumpet-shaped megaphone from behind them.

These hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army were uniformly gathered behind Zhu Ci and lined up neatly.

"Zhu Ci'er, what are you going to do!" King Lu and the others were shocked.

Before King Lu and the others could figure it out, they saw Zhu Ci put the trumpet-shaped megaphone in his hand to his mouth, and suddenly shouted to this side.

"Front-facing Ming people, I am your emperor, and I have something to say to you!"

As soon as Zhu Ci's voice fell, hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army behind him immediately put the trumpet-shaped megaphone in front of their mouths, and repeated Zhu Ci's shouting to the Lu Wang rebels: "The people of the Ming Dynasty in front, your emperor in my time, I have something to say to you!" ”

Since hundreds of soldiers of the Ying Long Army shouted at the same time to relay Zhu Ci's shouts, these hundreds of shouts were gathered together and dressed extremely far away, enough to ensure that all the anti-army soldiers could hear them.

At this moment, all the anti-army soldiers were stunned, what is this going on?

Before they could come back to their senses, Zhu Ci's shouting came again.

"People of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know why you want to join the rebels' rebels to attack me, maybe you are persecuted, or maybe you are to get the anti-army's salary to feed the elderly and children in your family, I can understand this. But have you ever thought about it, is it really worth it for you to do this? Presumably, everyone is not stupid, they all know why the rebels rebelled, it is nothing more than a will of mine that hurts their interests, this group of selfish villains, for their own interests, never care about the survival of ordinary people in the world. ”

"The rebel army you are in is for their own interests, in order to let the imperial court continue to exempt them from taxes, in order to better annex more land, in order to use those lands to collect heavier taxes from you ordinary people, the land tax of the Ming Dynasty is only twenty taxes and one, but they are extremely partial to the annexed land to charge seven or even eight layers of taxes, presumably if the family is a tenant, you must have a deep understanding, the family worked hard to cultivate dozens of acres of land, and some people even died of exhaustion in heaven and earth, In the end, the good year can't let you eat, and the disaster year will ask you to sell your sons and daughters, are you really willing to keep doing this, are you willing! ”

Speaking of which, countless anti-army soldiers finally knew what the emperor was doing.

They knew very well that what the emperor said was not wrong at all, and they felt the same way, in fact, almost all of these anti-army soldiers came from tenants under the name of the nobles and strongmen, and they rented the land of the nobles all the year round to survive, and they had to pay at least seventy percent of the taxes to the landlords composed of the nobles every year, and they were simply feeding their families with blood and tears, and their lives were extremely difficult.

In fact, they joined the anti-army, perhaps with the persecution of the landlords, but they may not have been willing to covet up to five taels of silver a month's military salary, but are they really willing, the answer is no, no one wants to live a life of paying monstrous taxes to the landlord every year, but what can be done about this, their family lives in the landlord's grange, and if they don't work for the landlord, their family will all starve to death immediately.

Many of the anti-army soldiers were in a trance, and their morale was getting lower and lower.

"Lord Wang, Zhu Cicheng and Ying Longjun are disturbing our military morale, we can't let them continue talking, immediately order the army to attack!" Mr. Wu glanced at the reaction of the army behind him and said with a hideous expression.

King Lu had a dark face, and without the slightest hesitation, he yelled at Zhu Ci: "Zhu Ci, you don't bewitch the king's military heart here!" ”

"Boom!"

"Kill!"

"The one who kills Zhu Ci will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver!" King Lu drew his sword without hesitation.

"Kill"

The grassroots generals of the rebel army composed of countless warriors and heroes immediately rushed forward with the rebel soldiers under their command, and some of the rebel soldiers were still in a trance, but they were immediately reminded by their commander and had to follow and rush forward to kill.

Indeed, they do not want to survive under the exploitation of the landlord every year, but this is not up to them, after all, their family is still under the control of the landlord.

"Ying Longjun stepped forward and resisted the rebels!"

Immediately, thousands of Ying Long troops lined up in three columns and quickly stepped forward to fire at the counter-forces that were rushing to kill.

"Fire!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Rows and rows of rebels were killed, like wheat that had been pounced, and in a short time, corpses nearly half a meter high were piled up on the line 100 meters away.

Seeing that the front was not broken, the rebels immediately went around to the rear of the Ying Long army and attacked from the rear, but they were also resisted by thousands of Ying Long troops, and the left and right sides were also, the Ying Long army formed a quadrangular circle, and the rebels attacked from either side and suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Ci sneered, he hasn't finished speaking, more important words are still to come, his goal is to completely disintegrate the morale of the anti-army, to the point where the anti-army will collapse without a fight.

Zhu Ci hesitated to prepare for the border battle and continued to shout, of course, because in the big battle, the noise was too loud, and it was difficult for many anti-army soldiers to hear the shouts of a hundred Ying Long troops at the same time, but Zhu Ci was already prepared, and immediately transferred out thousands of Ying Long troops to gather in the center of Ying Long Army's military formation, under protection.

"The people of the Ming Dynasty, you help these selfish little people, you can only live in their exploitation forever in the future, even if you get a lot of silver for their lives this time, and how long is enough for you, your children and grandchildren are still enslaved by them for generations, can this change?"

"I tell you that this can be changed, didn't I make a holy decree to limit the price of land lease, and the selfish little people who exploited you rebelled for this, if they win, your generations will still be exploited by them, and future generations will always be enslaved by them, but if I win, the holy decree will be carried out, and I promise you that in the future, all the nobles and ordinary people will be equal, and the land lease price shall not exceed 20%, with such benefits, In the future, you and your children and grandchildren will not have to work hard every year to cultivate dozens or hundreds of acres of land for the landlord like you, and you will still not be able to feed your family, and you will bid farewell to the misery of selling your children and daughters in the disaster year! ”

Thousands of soldiers of the Ying Long Army shouted at the same time, conveying Zhu Ci's words to the ears of every anti-army soldier.

Zhu Ci's words undoubtedly spoke to the hearts of the rebel soldiers, yes, the military salary given by King Lu and others may be very high, enough for their family to live well for a year or two, but in the future, their children and grandchildren will still not be able to escape their exploitation, and they will live in hardship for generations.

Zhu Cihe's promise gave the illusion to many exploited rebel soldiers, who could imagine that in the future, if they rented land and paid less than one-third of the current tax, they would be able to have more food left over each year to feed more children.

Many of the rebel soldiers suddenly came down again, and stopped more than a hundred meters away from Ying Long's army, unwilling to step forward, they had long lost the slightest intention to fight, and in their hearts, they were even more unwilling to fight for landlords like King Lu who wanted to continue to exploit them for generations.

King Lu and a group of high-ranking anti-army leaders were a little panicked, they felt the power of Zhu Ci's psychological offensive, and the soldiers under his command became more and more unwilling to fight, and even some people would rather be killed by their commander than attack the Ying Long army in front of them, if this continues, the army will collapse without a fight.

King Lu's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and shouted to the Quartet: "Don't listen to Zhu Ci's bewitchment of this wild species, think about your family, if this king is defeated, your family will also be buried together!" ”

"Kill this king!" After King Lu's threat, he ordered the army to continue to charge.

"Kill! If you dare not do the former, the whole family will be punished after the war! The grassroots generals of the anti-army, composed of countless sons and daughters of the noble clans, also threatened loudly.

Victory in this great battle is a matter of life and death for their family, and they can only win no matter what.

Originally, the hesitant anti-army soldiers heard the threat, their hearts were shocked, and after gritting their teeth, they once again desperately rushed towards Ying Longjun, they could die, but they definitely didn't want to affect their families.

The anti-army soldiers' worries were expected by Zhu Cihe, and they threatened the families of the anti-army soldiers, which was already the last resort of King Lu and others, as long as this was resolved, the anti-army would immediately collapse without a fight.

Zhu Ci sneered and continued to shout: "Maybe you are afraid that King Lu and other rebels will use your family to threaten you, but I hope that everyone will not be afraid, King Lu and other rebels do not have that opportunity, as long as you are willing to abandon the darkness and surrender, throw down your weapons and surrender, I promise to protect the safety of your family, if anyone dares to implicate your family after the war, I swear to punish their nine clans!" ”

Thousands of Ying Long soldiers shouted in unison, and the voices gathered together were grand, even in the middle of the war, more than ninety percent of the anti-army soldiers could hear Zhu Ci's words.

As the emperor, Zhu Ciji's promise is still extremely deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Many rebel soldiers reacted, indeed, even if King Lu and others threatened them with their families, it would be after the war, but if King Lu and others were defeated and killed by the emperor, then they would not be able to threaten their families.

The rebel soldiers stopped their frantic rush again and slowly retreated.

King Lu and the others panicked, looking at all this in fear, no, you kill this king! Kill Zhu Cijiao, or this king will kill your whole family! King Lu yelled again and threatened, but unfortunately it was useless.

"Kill! Death to those who retreat! "The generals of the mortal army frantically swung their swords to kill the retreating rebel soldiers, but unfortunately they still couldn't stop it.

Zhu Ci stumbled to see that the time had come, and shouted for the last time.

"Throw down your weapons and surrender to avoid death!"

"Ying Longjun assaults forward!"

"Fire!"

"Bang Bang Bang"

Ying Longjun opened fire fiercely, and in an instant, the nearest rebel soldiers fell in pieces.

Finally, some of the rebel soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and threw down their weapons and ran backwards.

As a chain reaction, more and more rebel soldiers began to flee.

"Get on the bayonet, kill!"

The cold light shone, and a bright bayonet instantly appeared on the muzzle of Ying Longjun's gun.

"Kill"

In addition to leaving 500 Ying Long soldiers to protect himself, Zhu Ci left all the other Ying Long soldiers to rush and kill the rebels in all directions.

"Kill" The 30,000 Imperial Forest Army hanging behind also killed together.

The rebels collapsed in an instant and fled in all directions!

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