In mid-November, King Anping arrived in Jiangnan and met with several representatives of the Jiangnan gentry in succession.

In late November, the Jiangnan gentry officially unveiled the anti-flag in Songjiang Mansion, and they took out the Empress Dowager's decree that had been prepared long ago, declaring Zhang Lingyang on the dragon chair as the puppet emperor, and supporting the former emperor Yongkang's brother Anping Wang as the emperor, and swore to the Northern Expedition to defeat the puppet emperor.

As soon as the news came out, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Jinhua, Taizhou, Quzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, as well as Anqing, Ningguo, Chizhou, and Huizhou in Anhui, a total of 14 prefectures, were all opposed.

Three days later, the news reached Jiangxi, and Jiujiang, Nanchang, Raozhou, Guangxin, and Fuzhou Wufu in northern Jiangxi also set off anti-flags.

For a time, the entire Jiangnan, except for Jiangning and Hangzhou, all the state capitals were out of the control of the imperial court.

Sun Ding'an, the prince of Ningguo, who was far away in Luzhou, received the news, but just sneered and said, "Jumping beam clown, you can't make any big waves" and said no more.

In Hangzhou, Ma Jinzhong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, did not send troops to suppress it as soon as he received the news, but instead reduced his troops, gathered all the troops under the control of Zhejiang in Hangzhou Mansion, and also sent troops to arrest the local gentry in Hangzhou, and then stopped taking action.

In Jiangning, after receiving the news, Sun Dingzong, the governor of Liangjiang, also ordered his confidant Jiangning prefect to arrest the local gentry. On the other side, Sun Dingzong ordered his nephew, Sun Qicheng, the general soldier of Jiangning, to rush to Yangzhou with 3,000 elite soldiers to ensure the smooth flow of the canal and waterway.

Yangzhou is close to Jiangning, along the waterway, Sun Qicheng only took less than three days to rush to the city of Yangzhou.

There were 5,000 rebels in Yangzhou City, while Sun Qicheng's men and horses were only 3,000.

When the enemy was outnumbered, Sun Qicheng did not directly order the siege of the city, but ordered the soldiers to camp outside the city, far away from the defenders in the city.

For three consecutive days, Sun Qicheng did not use a single soldier to Yangzhou City.

Seeing this, Wu Yong, the prefect of Yangzhou, thought that Sun Qicheng was cowardly, and hurriedly went out of the city to attack Sun Qicheng.

The guard general persuaded: "Lord Prefect, although the enemy army outside the city is only 3,000 people, Sun Qicheng is the son of the Ningguo Mansion, with a family history and rich combat experience, I am afraid that we are not opponents."

From the point of view of the last general, it is safer for us to hold on to the city. ”

At this time, Wu Yong, the prefect of Yangzhou, had already been fascinated by the close merit, how could he listen to the dissuasion of the guards?

Glancing at the guard, Wu Yong sneered: "From the perspective of this mansion, it is clear that you are cowardly and afraid, no matter how shrewd and capable Sun Qicheng is, there are only 3,000 people, but we have 5,000 people, how can we not be their opponents?"

If you dare to shirk again, this government will definitely show the prince of Anping and join you for the crime of fearing the enemy. ”

Seeing Wu Yong say this, the defenders had to leave 1,000 people to defend the city, and he led the remaining 4,000 people out of the city to attack Sun Qicheng.

Although the strength of the Yangzhou guards is 1,000 more than Sun Qicheng's, they are all soft eggs who have never experienced sword soldiers.

But Sun Qicheng's men and horses are different.

Since coming to Jiangning, Sun Qicheng selected these 3,000 soldiers from the guards in Jiangsu to practice every day, although they are not as elite as the border army, but in the face of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Yangzhou City, it is like chopping melons and vegetables.

In less than half an hour, the Yangzhou defenders were beaten to a pulp.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yangzhou defender hurriedly led his troops to retreat into the city.

finally seized the opportunity, how could Sun Qicheng be willing to watch these 4,000 men escape from his hands.

So without even hesitating, Sun Qicheng led people to bite the tail of the Yangzhou defenders tightly.

Wu Yong, the prefect of Yangzhou on the city wall, was taken aback when he saw this, he didn't expect Sun Qicheng to be so capable of fighting, and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers around him: "Close the city gate, hurry up and close the city gate!" ”

For his own people outside the city, he doesn't care about it at all.

The guards came to the city, but when they saw that the gate of Yangzhou was slowly closed, they couldn't help but be furious and scolded Wu Yong on the city wall.

Wu Yong didn't seem to hear it, and looked down coldly and said, "You guy, you are not effective in combat, and you actually blame this mansion?"

This mansion tells you that unless you bring someone to destroy Sun Qicheng, don't let this mansion open the city gate! ”

When the guard saw this, he suddenly felt a chill.

The front door was blocked, there were chasing soldiers behind, and the soldiers outside the city were also very desperate, one by one depressed, how could there be a little bit of morale?

Seeing this, Sun Qicheng, who was chasing after him, hurriedly shouted: "Surrender and don't kill!" ”

"Surrender or kill!"

"Surrender or kill!"

……

For a time, the mountains and fields were full of the shouts of the imperial army.

"General, let's surrender!" The guard's cronies saw that the general trend had gone and persuaded him.

The guard general smiled bitterly: "If you surrender, the official's parents, wife and children are all in the city, if the official dares to surrender, I am afraid that Wu Yong will definitely kill them!" ”

"But even if the general doesn't surrender, Wu Yong won't let go of the general's family!" The cronies persuaded.

"Needless to say, the official has made up his mind!" The guard waved his hand, his eyes full of death.

Slowly raised the long sword in his hand, saying that the guard was about to kill himself.

Seeing this, the cronies behind him glanced at each other, raised their swords without saying anything, and slammed the back of the sword against the back of the guard's head.

"I'm sorry, General!" The cronies hurriedly held the guard who had fallen from his horse, and muttered to himself.

Then, the cronie shouted: "Yangzhou guard is here, I will wait for the surrender!" ”

As he spoke, the cronie threw his weapon to the ground.

Seeing this, the others threw their weapons to the ground one after another.

Sun Qicheng, who was behind, was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered someone to escort these surrendered people down.

Wu Yong on the city wall originally hoped that the guards could lead people to delay Sun Qicheng, and it was best to give the imperial army some casualties?

But he didn't expect such a situation to occur, and shouted at the city: "You thieves, this government will definitely eat your wives and children alive!" ”

Hearing this, the soldiers in the city glared angrily one by one, eager to eat Wu Yong alive.

As for the other soldiers on the city wall, looking at the eyes of the former robes under the city, they couldn't bear to look at them directly, don't look away.

"Governor Wu is so majestic!" But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the city wall.

"Who is it?" Wu Yong was startled, and hurriedly looked back, but saw Zhu Yang looking at him with a smile.

"Zhu Yang? How did you end up here? In Wu Yong's view, Zhu Yang was already on the side of the gentry, so he had not been the slightest guard against him.

"Xia Guan naturally has something to do to find the prefect!" Zhu Yang approached Wu Yong with a smile.

"What?" Wu Yong didn't hear the meaning of Zhu Yang's words at all, and asked after a pause.

"Come and take the head of the Wu Governor's Mansion!"

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