Happy times are always fleeting, Mao Wenlong finally came back, and before he could stay with his family for two days, he was disturbed by a piece of news.

Mao Jingwen was called to the imperial study by Hong Chengchou early in the morning, and then ordered someone to invite Mao Wenlong to discuss the matter.

"Shousuke-sama, what the hell happened? Why the rush? Mao Jingwen's little face was full of confusion.

Since he ascended the throne, Hong Chengchou, the prime minister, has been known for his stability, and no matter what kind of major events he encounters, he can handle them safely. Seeing him in such a hurry today, Mao Jingwen couldn't help but worry about whether something big had happened?

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he immediately bowed his hand to Mao Jingwen and explained: "The old minister has just received an urgent report from Sichuan and Huguang. There is good news and bad news, both of which need to be dealt with urgently. ”

"Good news and bad news......" Mao Jingwen had just spoken, but there was movement outside the door.

In this palace, everyone knows that Mao Wenlong is the real emperor, so no one dares to stop his arrival. Mao Wenlongjin walked straight into the imperial study, and when he saw Hong Chengchou, he opened his mouth directly and asked, "Sir, why is he in such a hurry?" ”

Seeing his father's arrival, Mao Jingwen was very sensible, and directly pulled Mao Wenlong to sit on the wide dragon chair together. Without the existence of outsiders, Hong Chengchou didn't mind Mao Wenlong being so casual.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said what he had just said to Mao Jingwen again.

Mao Wenlong frowned and said, "Then let's listen to the good news from Sichuan first!" ”

Hong Chengchou also did not sell Guanzi, he said bluntly: "After half a year of campaigning, Sichuan is now completely under the control of our Dongjiang Army. General Xu had already cleared out all of Li Zicheng's old subordinates that had survived. ”

For this answer, Mao Wenlong was not surprised, Xu Fuzuo was rehabilitated in Sichuan, and there was a local master of the rivers and lakes to help, so there was no need to worry about whether this thing could be done. However, the speed of rehabilitation exceeded Mao Wenlong's expectations.

The smooth rehabilitation of Sichuan was all expected by Mao Wenlong, so he didn't worry much about it. On the contrary, it was the bad news, Mao Wenlong was still quite curious, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth to ask: "What is the bad news?" ”

Hong Chengchou paused slightly: "The bad news is that the vassal kings of Huguang have been unable to hold back, and they have begun to unite with the other two stranded vassal kings, ready to attack Nanjing at any time." ”

Mao Wenlong was not angry but overjoyed when he heard this: "Oh, can they finally hold it back?" ”

Hong Chengchou looked weird: "Why is the chief soldier happy? ”

After Hong Chengchou discussed with other cabinet elders, he couldn't find a suitable title for a while, and finally continued to call Mao Wenlong the chief soldier for the time being.

Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "Because there was an agreement with Zhu Yihai before, the entire south will give it to him in the future." In the future, we will divide the north and the south with him, and in order not to lose our trust in him, we can't do it first in any case. Now, those vassal kings can't blame us for holding back themselves. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded again and again when he heard this, indeed, with Zhu Yihai's scruples, the Dongjiang Army really can't do anything to those vassal kings at will.

"When will we send the army?" Hong Chengchou knew that those vassal kings were just clowns, and in front of the powerful Dongjiang army, there was nothing to worry about.

But no matter how small the ants are, once there are too many, they can bite an elephant to death, and even if the Dongjiang army is sure of winning the battle, it cannot be defenseless.

"There's no hurry, we have to wait for them to do it first before we can fight back. Just order the guards of Nanjing to be on guard, and don't care too much. Mao Wenlong said casually.

"I'm afraid it's not right, right?" Faced with Mao Wenlong's indifference, Hong Chengchou was suddenly a little worried.

"Don't worry, even if Nanjing is attacked and taken by them, there is nothing to worry about. On the contrary, it would be more beneficial for us if those vassal kings had conquered Nanjing. Mao Wenlong laughed cruelly.

"The meaning of the general soldier ......," Hong Chengchou had already woken up halfway through his words.

The Dongjiang army was indeed not afraid of those vassal kings, and when they came, the Dongjiang army pretended to be invincible and retreated. Then gather a large army to kill him, and by the way, under the pretext of being attacked, the Dongjiang army can directly hit the fiefdoms of those vassal kings. In this way, even if Zhu Yihai will criticize him in the future, there is no way to take Mao Wenlong.

After thinking about this, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt relieved, and at the same time admired Mao Wenlong's wit.

When the matter is settled, there is nothing to discuss. Mao Jingwen took a step forward and went back to continue reading. Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou stayed behind and continued to discuss the affairs of Sichuan.

Chen Qiyu is a defender of Nanjing, he received the holy decree from Mao Jingwen, although he was very puzzled, why did he pretend to be defeated and left. But he did not dare to say more, and everything was arranged according to the words of the Holy Decree.

Two days later, the three vassal kings united with an army of 100,000 and suddenly launched an attack on Nanjing. Less than an hour after the flames of war ignited, the Dongjiang Army, which had always been strong, was defeated.

This was soon learned by the three vassal kings, who began to fight even more frantically. On that day, almost all the troops were dispatched to launch a frenzied attack on Nanjing.

The combat power of the Dongjiang Army is not boasting, yes, it is indeed invincible. The 100,000 soldiers and horses of the three vassal kings looked extremely fierce, but they could not shake the defense of the Dongjiang army at all.

Chen Qiyu personally supervised the battle on the city tower, and when he saw the 100,000 troops of the three vassal kings fighting separately, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly.

He felt that it was a pity that a good trump card was played like this by three vassal kings. If the 100,000 troops in front of him were led by him, let alone a day, or half a day, he would be able to take Nanjing City.

"Pass the order, pretend to be invincible, and start evacuating Nanjing City." Chen Qiyu gave an order rather helplessly.

"Yes, General!" After the two heralds received the order, they immediately waved the order flag and passed Chen Qiyu's order down.

Soon, the horn of retreat began to sound on the tower of Nanjing, and the Dongjiang Army, which had stubbornly resisted on the tower, began to retreat like a tide.

Chen Qiyu also took the lead in getting down the city tower, riding his war horse, and holding a saber to concentrate all his forces at the west city gate. When the army was assembled, Chen Qiyu immediately ordered: "Open the city gate!" ”

"Squeak, squeak......"

By the time the cacophony sounded, the gates had slowly opened. Chen Qiyu took the lead and led 5,000 cavalry straight outside the city gate.

The army of feudal kings who were fighting outside the city did not expect that the city gate would be opened at this time. And just when everyone was confused, Chen Qiyu's cavalry vanguard had already been killed.

The sudden change caught the vassal king's army off guard, and for a time it was directly killed by the fierce Dongjiang army.