Chapter 277: King's Landing (Chapter 1)
Using the army to kill Chongzhen and seize the throne by force, this matter is too crazy, and Ren is a brutal and domineering person like Gaojie Liu Liangzuo, who was shocked and speechless after listening to Ma Shiying's words.
"Afraid of what? Chongzhen went south with thousands of troops from Chen Yue's army at most, and the army of your two subordinates was more than 20,000 people, which was several times that of him, are you still afraid that things will not succeed? Ma Shiying looked at Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo coldly, and tried his best to agitate.
"As long as Chongzhen lives, King Fu won't want to be the emperor smoothly, and you won't have any future at all. His Royal Highness King Fu promised that as long as Chongzhen was killed, both of you would be crowned marquis. Gao Jie, don't you want to be stationed in Yangzhou, as long as you kill Chongzhen, Yangzhou will be yours. Liu Liangzuo, King Fu will reward you with Luzhou. ”
Listening to Ma Shiying's words, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo's breathing suddenly became short. The marquis, and the marquis with a fief, this is unprecedented in the history of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you work hard, you can reach the pinnacle of life!
Looking at the excited appearance of the two, Ma Shiying smiled slightly and relaxed. It seems crazy to seize the throne by force, and it is not without precedent in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di was martyred and seized the throne from his nephew; The change of seizing the door, Yingzong successfully regained the throne from his younger brother Emperor Jingtai, these are successful precedents. Of course, there are also unsuccessful, such as the rebellion of King Ning and King Yi.
Fuwang Zhu Youxiang is Chongzhen's cousin, the grandson of Shenzong, and is certainly qualified to be the emperor. Even if an army is raised to attack Chongzhen, it is just a battle for the throne and the Zhu family's own housework. As long as it can succeed, the governors will definitely support the new emperor, just like Zhu Dijing, this is different from rebellion, and the initiator himself will not be regarded as a rebellious minister and thief, which Ma Shiying knows very well.
However, this matter is really shocking, for the sake of safety, Ma Shiying did not even dare to let Huang Degong participate, and could only rely on the utilitarian Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo. As for Liu Zeqing's heavier task, his army is to subdue the Nanjing Guards and ensure the certificate of King Fu's accession to the throne.
After secretly arranging everything, the next day, Ma Shiying accompanied King Fu to cross the Yangtze River under the escort of Liu Zeqing's army and arrived at Yanziji, and the ministers of Nanjing came to meet King Fu one after another. Hundreds of ships carried tens of thousands of troops under Liu Zeqing, sailboats on the river covered the sky and the sun, looking at the blessed king Zhu Youxiang who was surrounded by a large army, and the ministers who came to meet were all shocked.
Just when King Fu arrived in Nanjing, Chen Yue and Lu Zhenfei were standing on the seashore, anxiously looking north, unaware that a conspiracy against Chongzhen was gradually unfolding.
According to the time, it has been more than 20 years since the departure from Tianjin, and Chongzhen should have arrived, why is there still no trace of the fleet? At this moment, Chen Yue's heart was extremely anxious, because there was not only Chongzhen on the boat, but also Princess Kunxing, whom he liked, and his father Chen Jianghe!
The turbulent waves swept towards the shore wave after wave, hitting the rocks and turning into thousands of splashes, Chen Yue stood on a boulder on the seaside, looking north, and had been standing for a day from morning to night.
This place is called Miaowan Town Clam Port, it is the only port on the sea east of Huai'an, the port is not big, the water is not deep, but it is enough to accommodate sea ships to enter the port, after all, the sea ships in this year are not very big.
Huaiyang and Yangfu are close to the East China Sea, the coastline is long, but there are few ports suitable for ships to dock, most of the seaside is endless saline-alkali land, reeds and weeds are overgrown, and it is also a place to boil sea salt, which is not suitable for ships to moor. Therefore, if the fleet wants to reach Huai'an, it can only dock at the port of Clam Oyster. In order to guide the ship, Chen Yue ordered wolf smoke to be lit in the harbor, and the black smoke column swayed up into the sky, and even the sea surface dozens of miles away was clearly visible. At night, a large bonfire is lit at the highest point of the rock to serve as a lighthouse to guide the boats.
"Lord Chen, hasn't the fleet arrived yet?" Lu Zhenfei came to Chen Yue's side again and looked north together.
"The sea depends on the wind, and the speed is difficult to estimate, but it should have arrived." Chen Yue smiled bitterly. In April, the southeast monsoon on this side of the East China Sea has not risen, and the northwest monsoon has gradually weakened, which is not very suitable for sailing.
"Alas, it would be nice if you went by land, the sea is high and ......the waves are dangerous," Lu Zhenfei looked worried, and stopped talking. For people of this era, the sea is unpredictable and dangerous, and it is really like a moat. Chen Yue himself led his troops over by land, but let Chongzhen take the sea route, which made it difficult for Lu Zhenfei to understand.
"At that time, there were thousands of robber cavalry chasing after him, and tens of thousands of bandit infantry in the south intercepted him, so it was too risky for His Majesty to take the land route." Chen Yue explained softly that although he easily bypassed the blockade of Liu Fangliang's troops with his cavalry, if he was replaced by an infantry companion, his mobility would be greatly reduced, and it would be difficult to break out safely.
Lu Zhenfei nodded, what Chen Yue said was not unreasonable, it was already very remarkable to be able to rush out of Beijing safely with Chongzhen and move to the south, and it would be absolutely difficult for others to do it.
As night fell, and as the day drew to a close, a bonfire had been lit on the rocks, and the flames were blazing, lighting up half of the sky. Chen Yue and Lu Zhenfei left the beach, returned to the campsite, ate hastily, and just about to rest, they heard a commotion coming over.
"There's a ship coming!" A faint cheer came, and Chen Yue rushed out of the camp tent and ran to the beach, where he saw the soldiers watching from the rocks jumping and cheering.
Chen Yue looked into the sea and saw a sea ship rushing out of the night, rushing into the light of the bonfire, and then another one. Ship after ship burst out of the night and sailed into the harbor. On the bow mast of each ship is hung a wind-proof lantern, which illuminates the mast and the "Ming" flag hanging on the mast is waving in the wind.
"It's finally here!" Lu Zhenfei didn't know when he stood beside Chen Yue, looking at the faint ship in the sea, full of surprise.
A small boat was lowered from the two-masted sea ship led by the fleet, and quickly sailed towards the shore, several soldiers stepped forward, grabbed the cable of the boat, and a person jumped off the boat, showing a bright smile at Chen Yue.
"Chen Ping, you kid!" Chen Yue's fist hit Chen Ping's shoulder, and he grinned directly, and the smile on his face became brighter.
"What about Your Majesty?" Lu Zhenfei hurriedly greeted him and asked Chen Ping.
"Mr. Wang asked me to tell my lord that it was too dark at night to get off the ship, and His Majesty would rest on the ship tonight and go ashore early tomorrow morning." Chen Ping glanced at Lu Zhenfei and turned his head to Chen Yue.
Chen Yue nodded, Wang Yin was very thoughtful.
"Lord Lu, let's go to the boat together to meet Your Majesty." Chen Yue smiled and invited Lu Zhenfei.