After receiving the letter, Zhao Mingting rushed out of Donghuamen to Taowuji, and was also shocked to see the brightly lit military government governing the city, and the soldiers and armor were in order.

At that time, the forbidden army and the guard army were mainly combined with the military system of the ministry and the government army, and set aside specific land to support the soldiers, but the brave soldiers were recruited from these military households and incorporated into the active forbidden army and the guard army, and with the cooperation of local soldiers such as the state camp, the main cities and defense lines were attacked and defended.

Although the military household is a lifelong system, and the brothers are born to the brothers, and the father and son are inherited, in addition to cultivating the fields, they also have to prepare their own armor, mules, and horses, which is an extremely heavy burden, so it is impossible to integrate all the Ding Zhuang labor force in the military household into active service.

In that case, the entire military system will collapse immediately.

The average annual service period is about three to four months, which means that three to a quarter of the soldiers will be assigned to the army at the same time.

Although the original consideration was to ensure the suddenness of the reduction of the domain in Tanzhou, it was also regarded as an excessive squeeze of the soldiers to which the Dragon Bird Army belonged.

Fortunately, the war went smoothly, and the results of the war were written and the rewards were very generous, and there was no resentment.

In more extreme cases, most or all of the soldiers will be mobilized and incorporated into the active battalion.

However, mobilization and organization takes time, and the means of communication in the world are limited, and military households need to disperse and live close to the fields, and military orders are issued layer by layer, and the large and small tunzhai are notified to gather the scattered personnel layer by layer, and the distribution of soldiers and armor and the reorganization of the battalion are completed, and they are assembled at designated places.

Even if the internal assembly is carried out in the cantonment military government, it usually takes three to five days.

And Taowuji only took three hours.

Moreover, in these three hours, not only nearly 6,000 generals were assembled, but even the deployment of the city and the surrounding outpost passes was completed, and more than 40,000 women, children, and children were gathered into the Qiuhu Mountain Courtyard.

If it weren't for Zhao Mingting's constant arrangement for people to keep an eye on this side, he would have deeply suspected that the three princes and the first family would have been prepared.

Zhao Mingting frowned, and suddenly felt that it was very tricky.

In any political upheaval, most people are watchers, and this time inside and outside Jinling City is no exception.

The original plan of Anning Palace was to control the palace and the imperial city with the support of the two privy ministers Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao, control the Privy Council and the political hall, and then take over the defense of the Nine Gates. Then spread the word to Zhaozhou County and purge the soldiers and horses of Jinling, so that Zhang Jiao, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao and other generals who were stationed abroad but whose families stayed in Jinling City, forced them to express their allegiance to the imperial court, and only at the last step would they take action against the second and third princes who had elites and were stationed in the feudal towns.

Now the second step has just been carried out, and even the city defense of the Nine Gates has not been completely taken over, and Yang Jian, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and the sincerity Bokou Shixiong and others have closed the camp outside the city, refusing to accept the edict that has not been signed by Emperor Tianyou, but at this time, the dragon and bird army soldiers and horses loyal to the three princes have completed the assembly, and successfully stuck at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain outside the east city to peep at the Donghua Gate, which will only make the attitude of some factions riding on the wall become ambiguous and blurred.

At least until they use the power of their lineage to level the Autumn Lake Mountain, a considerable number of people may choose to wait and see rather than immediately express their allegiance to the Anning Palace and the crown prince.

In other words, it has become impossible for them to successfully cross the third step without soldiers.

Although at present, except for Kou Shixiong and Yang Jian, the other forbidden troops and guards have not shown too strong resistance, but at this time, they dare to mobilize these soldiers and horses to attack Qiuhu Mountain, these soldiers and horses do not mutiny and surrender to the past, and the battle will be extremely slack, so as to turn the situation in a direction that is even more unfavorable to them.

It's just that Xu Mingzhen secretly transferred to Chaozhou to be controlled by Xu Zhu, and the 10,000 elites who were controlled by Xu Zhu will not be able to cross the river into Jinling until noon tomorrow at the earliest; At present, they directly control 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they have to guard against the movements of Yang Jian and Kou Shixiong, and they also have to guard the Nine Gates and the Imperial City to deter other forces.

Is it true that you really want to accept Han Daoxun's suggestion and compromise with the second prince King Xin and the third prince King Tan to a certain extent?

Zhao Mingting secretly had a headache, but it was not his turn to put his beak on such a big matter, he was only responsible for collecting this information and presenting it to the case of Empress Xu, the crown prince, Niu Gengru, and Wen Duqiao, so that they could make the final decision.

Zhao Mingting had just sent a few people back to the city to report the latest intelligence report, when the eastern sky revealed a touch of fish belly white, and the heaven and earth seemed to be immersed in the clear deep water, and the slightest light pried open a gap in the dark night that made people feel suffocated.

Suddenly, the main gate to the south of Taowu Zhicheng suddenly opened, and dozens of knights galloped out of the city.

"What are they going to do?" Zhao Mingting muttered to himself, but he didn't soak in the confusion for long, and ordered his subordinates, saying, "Capture one person alive and see what they want to do?" ”

After a stick of incense, several secret spies of the Ministry Division captured alive a knight who had just left Taowu to govern the city, and handed a silk letter to Zhao Mingting.

Unfolding the silk book, looking at the number of "Xu Shi Shu after the rebellion" written at the top of the page, Zhao Mingting shouted: "It's not good, we fell for Han Daoxun's dog thief's delaying tactic, quickly prepare the horses and follow me into the city!" ”

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"Ugh! The useless goods of Xinchanghou sneaked back to Jinling, and you didn't even notice it? ”

No one thought that Empress Xu's anger was burning, and he could tear the "rebellious" silk book in half, Zhao Mingting looked at this scene with horror, but he didn't expect that Empress Xu's seemingly thin body actually had the strength of a man who was not weak.

In addition to denouncing the rebellion in the Anning Palace, killing the ministers without permission, wanting to harm the prince, and imprisoning the Tianyou Emperor for plotting to usurp the throne, the letter also provoked the Ming Shifei Wang's wife, Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, the secretary of the Chuzhou Defense Embassy Wang Wenqian, the servant Han Daoming, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and others on Qiuhu Mountain on behalf of the second prince and the third prince to convene an incident, and called on the Qinwang volunteers to assemble at the southern foot of Baohua to discuss the Anning Palace and the prince's retrograde.

It was also when he saw the letter of rebellion that Zhao Mingting knew that Xinchanghou Li Pu had sneaked back to Jinling.

Although in the eyes of Empress Xu, Xinchanghou was a useless person, but Xinchanghou Li Pu sneaked back to Jinling at this time, but he stabbed them in their throats like a stinger, unable to swallow and spit out, extremely uncomfortable.

Speaking of Xinchanghou Li Pu deliberately concealed his whereabouts and acted quickly, even if the secret agents lurking in Tanzhou had been aware, due to the inconvenience of transmitting news, it was common for them to not be able to find out in time in Jinling.

It's just that Zhao Mingting didn't dare to defend himself at this time.

"Is there a false slate entering the city at this time?" After Xu Hou's anger was not so strong, Niu Gengru opened his mouth and asked Zhao Mingting.

"We intercepted the puppet and rode back to the palace, for the time being, there is no other discovery in the city, but I am afraid it will be difficult to stop it." Zhao Mingting replied on his knees.

Now the second prince and the third prince are embarrassed, and in order to bring them down, they joined hands so quickly, which was what they were caught off guard.

At present, the Dragon Bird Army and Chuzhou have only withdrawn the descendants who are related to the surface, but they must also have a large number of secret spies and spies hidden in Jinling City, and it is impossible for the staff to investigate them one by one.

At this time, as long as a letter is secretly sent into the city, there may be hundreds of mornings before dawn to copy it.

Even if a curfew were to be imposed on the city after dark, it would not be possible to completely stop the spread of hypocrisy; Not to mention that Xinchanghou and others had already sent the pseudo-safflict to nearby states and counties as soon as possible.

They lost the first step, and even if they issued the edict of succession before noon, they could not ban the speculation and rumors that they were plotting to kill His Majesty and usurp the throne.

And if the position is not correct, it seems that Jinling City will be a little more panicked and will not get out of their control, but when they fight for control of the local states and counties in the future, they will become quite passive.

This is precisely the deadliest.

On the one hand, the three princes are based in Hunan, and their influence can be extended to Jingxiang, Jiangjiang and other places, and the second prince is based in Chuzhou, and their forces can be expanded to Yangtai, and the three parties are really going to fight a stalemate, and Jingxiang, Huainan, Yangtai and other places in Jiangbei are afraid that they will all fall into the hands of the Liang army.

Speaking of the whole thing, they still have too few descendants who can directly call on Jinling, and they are not fully prepared, so it is difficult to control the whole city at the first time, and at the same time, they did not expect that Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others would move so quickly in Qiuhu Mountain, let alone that Wang Wenqian and Xinchang Hou Li Pu could collude at this moment.

"When will Xu Zhu come over?" Empress Xu's wizened hand grabbed the silk book torn in half, tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and asked Zhao Mingting.

"If we cross the river tonight, the 10,000 horses will not be assembled at the quarry until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest; Even if you don't stop, you don't have to rest in the middle, and you will arrive in Jinling City until the morning of the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Zhao Mingting said.

The camp of the Louchuan Army and Naval Division is in the north of Jinling City, and the open river surface on the left and right is under its control, and before the attitude of Yang Jian, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, is unknown, they dare not organize boats and boats to transport soldiers and horses across the river under the eyes and nose of the warships of the Louchuan Army and Naval Division.

Before planning for the matter, they mainly secretly prepared boats and boats around the quarry rock on the north side of Dangtu County, so that when it was critical, it would be convenient to transport the Chaozhou soldiers and horses Xu Zhu to lead the Chaozhou elite across the river as soon as possible.

If everything goes well, Xu Zhu's department will be promoted to Jinling, and it will be the day after tomorrow.

In such a chaotic situation, the Donggong Mansion Guard and the Zuowu Guard Army should further mobilize and expand the troops in their cantonment camps, and if they want to expand the number of soldiers and horses by 20,000 or 30,000, they will need to complete the assembly at the day after tomorrow at the earliest.

At present, Yang Jian and Kou Shixiong have 20,000 elites in their hands and cannot leave the camp, and the other 50,000 forbidden troops and guards in the Jinling garrison continue to recognize the validity of the order issued by the Privy Council, but the military spirit is unstable and cannot be entrusted with important tasks, let alone hastily dispatched to attack Qiuhu Mountain.

Niu Gengru also felt a little tricky.

At this time, an old eunuch walked in, and in a hurry, he tripped over the high threshold and almost fell and ate.

"What are you panicking about? Imperial Treasure found? Empress Xu was angry in her heart, but she still couldn't tolerate others panicking in front of her, and scolded the old eunuch sharply.

The emperor's decree has edicts, forgiveness, and edicts, and different imperial seals will be used according to needs.

Chongwen Hall uses pardon letters for daily orders, and Niu Gengru has already obtained six special imperial seals for pardons, which can promulgate ordinary holy decrees on behalf of them; Only the imperial treasure of the emperor needed for the edict is not usually used, but at this time I rummaged through the Chongwen Palace, grabbed the seal and the scholar who served the edict and asked for most of the night, but I haven't found it yet.

At this time, find someone to engrave the imperial treasure according to the old edict, and the edict of succession will have to be delayed for a day or two before it can be drafted and promulgated, which is really frustrating.

Seeing the old eunuch walking in in a panic, I thought there was something to find in the Chongwen Palace.

The old eunuch did not come to inform the whereabouts of the imperial treasure, but shouted with a crying voice:

"Your Majesty is dead!"