At night, the 100-acre British Mansion only seemed to be quiet, because there were not many people living there, so after night, the mansion only seemed darker and more silent. Although it was dark at night, on the second floor of a two-story building near the lake, the light was still shining through the paper window, and in the corridor outside the window, several recruits stood with knives.

In the hall on the second floor, Zhu Mingzhong, who was holding a teacup in his hand, smiled while checking the booklet in his hand.

"This time, we can be regarded as a shotgun for artillery, not to mention anything else, these sixty-eight cannons and more than 23,000 pairs of armor alone are enough for the loyal army to have one more artillery and one armored army!"

If it weren't for the battle in front of Tongji Gate, the armor might not have left such a deep impression on his mind, and the Qing army in armor slashed and killed the loyal and righteous army wearing only a single coat, which was like cutting leeks.

Later, after the Tongji Gate was laid, in addition to the armor taken from the captives and the dead, in the Mancheng City, which is separated from the Tongji Gate by a wall, the soldiers who entered the city seized an armory, in which they seized nearly 30,000 pieces of armor of all kinds, including cotton armor, iron armor, and paper armor, most of which were captured in Nanjing when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

Of course, there are other weapons such as bird guns and bows and arrows, but in comparison, in addition to cannons and armor, other weapons he really despises. Even now Zhu Mingzhong has the illusion of being a big dog.

This sudden magnanimity made him even a little unable to adapt.

"I have paid a lot of things, but I heard that some people are red at us, not to mention anything else, it is sixty-eight red cannons, and I don't know how many people are red-eyed......"

Yu Shujie said with some concern. The city's largest armory was enough to make anyone blush, since an extra set of armor was always a good thing to have on the march.

"Don't do it, you don't have to worry about this."

It was Zhu Daxian who spoke, although he was not a soldier, but he knew the officialdom and knew the rules.

"Even if someone is red-eyed, then the military gate might as well order someone to send down the things that should be sent, and if they can't be used for the time being, they will be directly loaded and transported to Jiangyin, so that they can be used to recruit troops in Changzhou, and secondly, at least for the time being, their hands can't reach out to Changzhou, after all, there is Wu Youcai in Changzhou now.

If Zhu Mingzhong's biggest advantage is compared with others, it is that he has a fairly stable rear foundation - not only the three counties of Changzhou, Jiangyin, and Wuxi under the Changzhou Prefecture, but also the two counties of Changshu and Jiading under the rule of Suzhou Prefecture, the land of the five counties is not big, but the officials under his rule are all manipulated by him, at least for a long time in the future, before Zheng Chenggong withdraws himself to clean up the place, it is impossible to withdraw the place. Moreover, Wu Youcai, who has been in officialdom for a long time, also knows how to maintain the locality, with him in Changzhou, unless Zheng Chenggong transfers him, these five counties will be Zhu Mingzhong's base area, and personnel, money and food can be obtained from the five counties.

"There is a mountain in the place, so it's natural to have nothing to do for the time being, huh...... This weapon and material don't need to be completely transported, and some ...... still have to be left behind."

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong said again:

"Leave those 4,000 pound guns behind, such heavy artillery is useless to our army, well, those above 2,000 pounds are left, if anyone wants, let's exchange them for guns under 2,000 pounds......"

For Zhu Mingzhong, who admires artillery field battles, he really can't look down on the thousands of catties of Hongyi artillery on Tongji Gate, it is too heavy, they can use it to defend the city, as for field battles, there is no need to think about it at all.

"And those weapons such as bows and arrows, knives and guns, you can also stay."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Mingzhong added.

"The bird guns are all left, no matter what, although those bird guns are a little unsatisfactory, they are also useful......

He had seen the Qing army's bird guns in Tongjimen, although those arquebuses were still far from the flintlock pistols in his heart, and even the Spanish-style arquebus, but for the loyal army who did not have long-range weapons, there was no room for picking, and the most important thing now was to have a foothold.

"What the military gate orders must be done immediately, but there is one more important thing......

This is Zhu Daxian speaking there, and everyone turned to look at him.

"Even the military gate has ever found that the current Nanjing is full of dangers for the military gate, and from the bottom of the view, the military gate must be ordered to leave Nanjing, otherwise, in the long run, I don't know what trouble will happen!"

Zhu Daxian's words made the expressions of everyone in the hall change slightly. The reason why they thought so was because of the news that Shi Leitan heard - Qian Qianyi had accepted Li Ziyuan as his protégé. This matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface, related to Zheng Chenggong's performance at the banquet that day, Zhu Mingzhong had only one thought in his heart - Zheng Chenggong wanted to attack himself!

And this point of view has been agreed by Zhu Zhiyu, and it is precisely because of this that there will be a secret meeting of several people today, and now that Li Ziyuan and Zhang Jinsheng are both unreliable, Zhu Mingzhong can only rely on a few of them.

"Leaving the Nanjing ......"

Groaning, Zhu Zhiyu nodded his head, knowing that his disciple was facing the danger of life and death, he nodded in agreement.

"It's not a good idea to leave Nanjing, but now Chengren wants to lead the troops back to Changzhou. I'm afraid the general doesn't want to either! ”

"And,"

Yu Shujie said on the side.

"If there is no general's military order, even if the military gate wants to lead the troops out of Nanjing, I am afraid that they may not be able to get out!"

This is the most important thing, now the loyal army is no longer like in the past in Changzhou, as the emperor of the soil Zhu Mingzhong can come and go, as a general under the command of the general, now the loyal army is naturally part of the Northern Expedition army, if you want to leave Nanjing, you have to have the general's military order.

"Junmen, in my opinion, it is better to order the wounded to evacuate to Changzhou with the ship, so that some ...... can be transferred back first."

"Why sneak around!"

At this moment, Xu Youzheng, who had been silent, spit out two words, and then he looked at the military gate and said,

"Junmen, instead of walking secretly, it is better to leave Nanjing openly,"

"Above board? How could the general let the army go? If you don't plan early, you don't know when the military power of the military gate will be taken away! ”

At least for the time being, everyone knows that the general or the people around the general will want Zhu Mingzhong's life, after all, he still has more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, and he is also famous all over the world for the first battle of Nanjing, but because of this, they will be worried, worried that someone will instigate the general to seize his military power! What is even more worrying is that this loyal army is not monolithic, which also makes it possible to seize its military power.

"Hmph, why can't you leave openly?"

Looking at the military gate, when Xu Youzheng was about to speak, Zhu Mingzhong nodded slightly.

"I know what you mean, you mean ...... Northern expedition! ”