Zheng Hongkui's rude and rude words made Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying, and Liu Kongzhao feel as uncomfortable as a knife in their hearts.

The lord is weak and the minister is strong, and he is naturally coerced and humiliated, and he is in such a situation now, I don't know if it is to blame.

It's hateful, the imperial court has reached such a dangerous situation, Zheng Zhilong and others are full of favors from the imperial court on weekdays, but they are a white-eyed wolf who can't be fed.

Not only did they not think about how to help the monarch Kuang save Sheji in this critical season, but they were bent on gaining power and only caring about personal gain, and now even this martial artist under him can despise Zhu Yousong for such rudeness and rudeness, and the face of the court and the dignity of the heavenly family are really gone.

It's just that before Zhu Yousong and the others could answer Zheng Hongkui's words, everyone in the court clearly heard the distant and continuous cannon sound coming from the riverside.

The ships of the Tang Army finally opened fire.

Of course, Zhu Yousong and others did not know that the Tang Army's shelling was only a threatening shelling, and it did not aim at any buildings and objects in Nanjing, but just wanted to use such a deterrent shelling to make the already tense atmosphere in the city even more panicked and sad.

Zhu Yousong and the others were all stunned when they heard the sound, and they almost subconsciously rushed out of the palace together, as if to avoid the cannonballs that the Tang army was about to bombard the palace. At this time, they clearly saw that in the sky at this time, there were about thousands of black dots of all sizes whistling through the sky.

"Look, that's the cannonball of the Tang Army!" There was a eunuch beside him, and he cried out in horror.

Seeing these whistling shells, Zheng Hongkui's face also changed greatly, and he immediately shouted loudly; "Supervisor, everyone, the Tang Army's first round of test firing adjustments, it is estimated that next, it is time to shoot accurately! The last general asked the prison country not to hesitate any longer, and to leave the city and move the capital immediately with the last general! Otherwise, the Tang Army's shells have no eyes, and if a shell hits, we will all be powder! If you don't leave, you may be worried about your life! ”

Zheng Hongkui's half-persuasive and half-frightened words made Zhu Yousong's face tremble like a stroke, the fat on his face kept trembling, and the horror on his face could not be described in words.

At this time, Zhao Zhilong, the commander in chief of the city guard, hurriedly came to report, "It's not good!" Oh no! Supervising the country, now there are a large number of small ships of the Tang Army, which are in the north of the Jiangbei, and a large number of infantry of the Tang Army are boarding ships to cross the river, and our army has no naval division, how can we stop them from crossing south! It is estimated that they will soon sail straight south and cross the river to take our southern capital. It's just that in this city of Nanjing, there are few soldiers, how can they hold it! ”

Listening to Zhao Zhilong's crying report, Zhu Yousong's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered, "Quickly pass on the order of Lonely, let the defenders of the whole city, and follow Zheng Zongbing to withdraw together with this prison country, and move the capital to Fuzhou." “

"Order!" If Zhao Zhilong, who delivered the message, encountered an amnesty, he immediately went down to make urgent arrangements.

Zhu Yousong turned his head and said to Ma Shiying hurriedly, "Go and urgently inform the court officials in the city, if you are willing to leave with this prison, please also ask them to leave with this prison quickly, and don't become a prisoner of the Tang army." ”

Ma Shiying hurriedly replied, "This Weichen has already made arrangements, please rest assured that the prison country has already informed them, and now the officials who are willing to follow the prison country and leave are estimated to have been waiting outside the south gate with their families." ”

Zhu Yousong snorted, feeling a little comforted in his heart, and then squeezed out a smile at Zheng Hongkui and said, "Zheng Zongbing, the situation is so critical now, and this prison country doesn't want to say anything more." Let's move the capital to Fuzhou with the ministers. Along the way, it was all up to General Zheng's guards. ”

Zheng Hongkui nodded, mumbled, as an answer, and then took the lead in turning his head and walking quickly outside the palace.

Zhu Yousong was behind him, staring at Zheng Hongkui's proudly departing figure, unconsciously clenching his fists, and hating him very much, but it was difficult to attack. It wasn't until Zheng Hongkui had already walked away that he stomped his feet hatefully, cursed a swear word that no one could hear clearly, twisted his fat body, and quickly followed him away.

At this time, the ships full of Tang infantry were setting off from the north bank, looking from a distance, like a flock of gulls covering the river. And Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang supervisor, took a group of courtiers who followed him, as well as more than 1,000 defenders who were urgently withdrawn from the city, followed Zheng Hongkui's 3,000 elite cavalry, fled south in a hurry, and fled in a hurry.

At this point, there was only one empty city left in Nanjing, and the head of government and the defenders in the city all fled. When Zhu Yousong and others were rapidly moving south, and the Tang infantry had just crossed the middle stream, many huge white flags were flying high on the head of Nanjing, and the twelve gates of Nanjing were also opened at the same time, and a large number of officials and people in the city who had not left flocked out of the city to welcome the arrival of the Tang army.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao, the mayor of the seventh town of the Tang Army, who stood on the bow of the ship independently and served as the commander-in-chief of the siege, saw that his own soldiers had just come ashore, and the white flag was raised at the head of the city of Nanjing, and his face unconsciously showed a very regretful look.

Hmph, Zhu Yousong's cowardly bag is really an eggless goods, before the Tang army arrived, he took the lead in abandoning the city and fleeing, he was really ashamed to kill his ancestors! It's a pity that this guy fled quickly, but he couldn't complete his own capture alive. And since I thought about the grand plan of going ashore on the ship and waving my troops to attack Nanjing, there is no room for display at all.

Of course, Cao Bianjiao also knew that Zhu Yousong fled in such a hurry, leaving behind the empty city of Nanjing, which was actually a big bargain for the Tang Army. Because in this way, the Tang army can occupy the capital of the Hongguang puppet dynasty in vain without bloodshed, and such results and gains are more abundant and considerable than the bloody battle to capture the city.

The Tang warships only cleaved the waves, went all the way south, riding the mighty north wind, like arrows from the string, and soon landed on the shore one after another, officially landing on the land south of the Yangtze River.

After coming ashore, Cao Bianjiao immediately organized his troops and horses to enter the city first, take over the defense of the city, take over the entire palace of Nanjing Liudu, and at the same time immediately send people to take over the acceptance of the treasury and warehouse in the city, together with the civil officials of the Supervision Department.

After he arranged these things, Cao Bianjiao saw that outside the north gate of Nanjing, a large number of officials had gone out of the city to kneel to greet them, and they knelt in two long rows along both sides of the street, with a very flattering and submissive attitude.

Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

He sighed secretly, this Hongguang pseudo-dynasty, from top to bottom, is really a cowardly without eggs, this group of wind blowing on both sides of the wall grass, except for bending the knee to surrender or abandon the city and flee, there is no more ability to use.

At this time, Li Xiao, the king of Tang, also crossed the river on a huge battleship, and then quickly boarded the gangway and went ashore surrounded by guards. When Cao Bianjiao saw Li Xiao crossing the river, he immediately went over and gave him a brief report on the current situation in Nanjing.

After listening to Cao Bianjiao's report, Li Xiao's heart was very happy and full of emotion.

Unexpectedly, these naval guns, just a threatening salvo, scared all the Hongguang monarchs and the remnants of the defenders in the city, and they all ran away. Such a shameless guy is really useless.

However, being able to take the enemy's capital without bloodshed in this way is a huge increase of almost an order of magnitude in terms of one's own prestige and the morale of the whole army. Under such circumstances, even if Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of Hongguang, escapes temporarily, the political and economic gains are also very considerable.

After all, such a useless and mediocre prison country, even if he goes to Fuzhou, it doesn't matter much. From then on, he would only become a puppet of Zheng Zhilong, and it would be difficult for him to exert any substantial impact on the entire situation.

And now that he has occupied the capital of Nanjing, from the orthodox and moral point of view, he undoubtedly has a huge advantage in winning the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty. The result of occupying the enemy's capital completely and completely without firing a single shot or fighting is really too perfect. Maybe I can go all out and in the short period of time in the future, I will be able to immediately pacify the many states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. More extreme, I am afraid that under such a prestige, these states and counties, depending on the spread, are also very likely.

Just as Li Xiao was muttering to himself, he suddenly heard a voice in front of him sounding high: "Dare to ask the comer, but is it King Tang?" ”

Li Xiao followed the prestige, but saw that outside the north gate, an official in a red robe kneeling at the front was shouting and looking at himself with a sneer.

Li Xiao groaned slightly, and then walked slowly towards the man surrounded by a group of guards.

As soon as the man saw Li Xiao approaching, he immediately walked forward on his knees, and said loudly to Li Xiao with a smile on his face, "King Tang, below is Xu Yunjue, the Duke of Wei, and outside this north gate, welcome the army of King Tang into the city." Seeing King Tang today is really a blessing for three lives, and it is very comforting for his life. Tang Wang is handsome and handsome, with extraordinary spirit, and has the posture of a dragon and phoenix, and the watch of the sky ......"

Li Xiao waved his hand, interrupted Xu Yunjue's fleshy praise, and replied lightly, "Xu Yunjue, who are the ministers kneeling outside the city gate now?" ”

Hearing Li Xiao's question, Xu Yunjue suddenly looked excited, and the sneer on his face became more and more numb, and he immediately said loudly, "King Tang, the officials who are kneeling outside the city now, except for the below, are Zhang Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping, Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, Sun Weicheng, the Marquis of Lingbi, Tang Guozuo, the Marquis of Anyuan, Liu Zuochang, the Marquis of Yongchang, Xu Hongjue, the Marquis of Dingyuan, Deng Wenyu, the Marquis of Dingyuan, Chang Yingjun, the Bo of Daxing, Zou Cunyi, the Bo of Ningjin, Liu Yunji, Nanhe Bo Yiyuan, Dongning Bo Jiao Mengxiong, Ancheng Bo Zhang Guocai, Luo Zhongbo Huang Jiuding, Cheng Anbo, Guo Zuoyong, Qi Zanyuan, Wang Duo, scholar, Qian Qianyi, Zhu Zhichen, Liang Yungou, Li Xuan, ......"

Li Xiao listened to Xu Yunjue's long list with patience, but he didn't secretly sigh in his heart, this Hongguang Dynasty is really a tree falling and scattered, everyone walks on their own. The number of officials and magnates left behind is comparable to that of the officials who fled.

Maybe they have already seen through the irreversibility of the Hongguang puppet dynasty, so they decided not to go all the way to the black with Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang supervisor. Therefore, they did not hesitate to exalt themselves and bow down their faces, and knelt outside the city gates with such a humble momentum. Therefore, he hoped that he could make Li Xiao, the king of Tang, happy in his heart, and allow them to change the court in time, so as to seek a rich and prosperous future for themselves in the new dynasty. It's a pity that such a talented and virtuous person is shrewd at this critical juncture.

Li Xiao's face flashed with a trace of disdain that was not easy to be noticed.

It's just that now that the southern capital is the beginning of the ke, and the south of the Yangtze River is the beginning of the arrival, in order to clean up and stabilize the people's hearts as soon as possible, it is still necessary to settle them with tenderness, which is appropriate. Therefore, Li Xiao decided to appease them a lot, thinking that it would be the effect of buying horse bones for a thousand dollars.

So, he smiled and made a gesture of false support, and said to Xu Yunjue and everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, wait for your heart, this king has a heart." Everyone, please get up quickly. ”

Hearing Tang King Li Xiao's kind words and kind attitude, the officials who were originally uneasy on the ground were all overjoyed, and then they all stood up and stood up.

After everyone got up, Li Xiao replied, "The rank can be lost, change the evil and return to the right, and serve the emperor again, and the king is very happy in his heart." The king hereby promises that the past will not be held accountable for what has happened before. You return to me to rejuvenate the dynasty, and their titles will remain the same, but the relevant official positions will be arranged separately. This king only hopes that you can truly understand that I rejuvenate the emperor's grace and the good intentions of the people who are far away. ”

When everyone heard this, the stone in their hearts suddenly fell to the ground, and they were even more overjoyed, and their faces were indescribably happy. They immediately expressed their attitudes: "King Tang is broad-minded, regardless of our mistakes and past losses, we are already grateful, and dare to look back at others." And now the king of Tang not only does not care about the past, but also wants to protect the future of our lords, such a heart, we are grateful in our hearts, how can I express it! Please rest assured that the Tang King will be so deeply lifted by the Tang King, and he will be rebuilt with grace, and he will never have a different heart and repeat the past. ”

Li Xiao nodded, comforted them casually, and then asked them to retreat first, and then resumed the same day as they entered Yangzhou, held a ceremony to enter the city, and led the troops into Nanjing City.

Firecrackers rang out, colorful flags flew, gongs and drums were noisy, guided by a group of descended officials, the majestic and heroic Tang King Li Xiao, under the protection of a group of guards, from the north gate of Nanjing, entered proudly.

Seeing the Tang army entering the city, the people in Nanjing were also happy, everyone was happy, and they flocked together, and they stood densely along both sides of the street. Everyone stretched their necks and came to see the demeanor of Li Xiao, the king of Tang, and the majestic bearing of the Tang army.

Soon, when everyone saw the true appearance of King Tang, he was so young and heroic, and his spirit was extraordinary, and they couldn't help but admire him greatly. Then I saw the elite cavalry of the Tang Army, the two soldiers and horses, which were so well-equipped, dazzling with swords and guns, mighty and majestic, and imposing like a rainbow, and the people of Nanjing were suddenly like the people of Yangzhou that day, cheering like thunder and applause. The cheers of the people, like thunder, quickly swept through the entire city of Nanjing.

At this time, Li Xiao, deep in his heart, suddenly remembered a sentence.

The tiger is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down and generous!

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