Chapter 346: Siege of the Duke of Wei
In the early morning, the sky was just bright, and the whole city of Nanjing woke up from sleep.
An ox cart with two large barrels slowly walked down the street, emitting a strong foul smell, it was the ox cart that Ye Xianglang was carrying dung, and it was about to leave the city in the early morning at the city gate.
The time for the Pingnan army to attack Nanjing to pacify the situation lasted only two days, but it was only two days, and the toilets of each household were full of feces and there was nowhere to store them, which made Ye Xianglang's work much heavier. If the war lasted for ten days and a half, the manure produced alone would make the whole city stink.
With the opening of the city gate, all kinds of people and hawkers who beg for a living also entered the capital one after another. There are waterwheels carrying water passing by, pulling water from the springs on the mountains outside the city. Although there are rivers and wells everywhere in Nanjing, many wealthy families prefer to use the spring water from the mountains outside the city to make tea.
A horse-drawn carriage walked down the street, loaded with all kinds of vegetables and vegetables, and the owner of the carriage held the reins of the horse while talking to acquaintances on the street from time to time.
"Lao He, it's early to enter the city today!" A citizen in his forties said to the handlebars.
"Alas, it's not early, I haven't delivered food to the Guogong Mansion for two days, and yesterday afternoon the Guogong Mansion sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that if I don't send it today, I will pick my skin!" The handlebar-style old man said with a sad face.
"Haha, your old skin is so thick, it's not easy to pick it up!" The other party laughed and scolded.
The two talked and laughed a few words, and agreed to drink together after delivering the food, and the handlebar-style Lao He drove the carriage on, and the Guogong Mansion was too anxious to ask for food, and he didn't dare to delay.
The shops on the street have been opened, and a large amount of white steam is coming out of the bun shop next to it, smelling the tempting aroma, Lao He secretly said that after waiting for a while to deliver the dishes, he must buy a few vegetable and meat buns to go home for the greedy little grandson to eat.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The sound of horses' hooves sounded continuously, some people shouted loudly, Lao He looked back, and saw a large group of cavalry with bright armor, and the cavalry was followed by many infantry yacha, wearing mixed clothes.
Lao He hurriedly pulled the vegetable cart and avoided the street to make way for the soldiers.
These soldiers lined up in strict formation, their armor was bright, and they were silent when they marched, and everyone only cared about walking, but when they encountered the knight in the way, the knight at the front made a voice to drive them away, and most of the time basically no one spoke, no one looked left and right.
The neat queue, walking silently, a murderous aura permeated the streets, the vendors and pedestrians were frightened and avoided aside, and their expressions changed drastically and they did not dare to talk, and even the crying children were covered by their mothers.
This should be the Pingnan Army, which rescued Emperor Chongzhen in the million army and defeated Liu Zeqing's Pingnan Army that captured Nanjing! Lao He said secretly.
After the army had passed, the streets resumed their movements, and everyone went about their business.
Lao He led the carriage and continued to walk, and a short distance away was the Wei State Mansion, looking at the direction of this group of soldiers and his own path, could it be that they also went to the Wei State Mansion?
A thought suddenly rose in Lao He's heart, but he jumped down, and quickly shook his head, throwing this thought out of his mind. Looking at the posture of this group of troops, it is clear that they are going to fight, how can they go to the Mansion of the Duke of Wei? Who would dare to provoke Wei Guogong?
However, when he walked more than two miles to the street in front of the Wei State Mansion, Lao He was shocked to find that his guess had unfortunately hit, and the soldiers of the brigade were blocking the gate of the Wei State Mansion, surrounding the entire mansion. It seems that this dish will not be delivered today!
At this moment, at the gate of the Wei State Mansion, hundreds of guards in the mansion were deployed at the gate of the mansion, confronting the knights of the Southern Army and the Jinyi guards.
Chen Yue sneered and watched as the guards of the family who belonged to the Duke of Wei kept pouring out of the mansion gate, but he did not give the order to attack.
The raid on the Duke of Wei's Mansion is a matter of great importance, and the strength of the Duke of Wei is not bad, so it can only be led by Chen Yue himself. Although Chen Jianghe offered to lead the team by him, Chen Yue directly refused. The responsibility for taking down Wei Guogong is too great, and no one knows how Chongzhen will react afterwards, this order can only be given by Chen Yue, the supreme general, and the responsibility can only be borne by him.
However, in the end, the news still leaked, and the reaction of the Wei State Mansion was very fast, and it was not possible to do it in a short period of time when so many family guards gathered in the mansion.
The order to raid the Wei State Mansion, which was announced only last night, was prepared early in the morning, and it seems that they still underestimated this first family that has been entrenched in Nanjing for more than 200 years.
Who exactly leaked the news? Chen Yue didn't want to think about it, what if it was leaked? And what about the gathering of a large number of troops? Do you dare to fight against the Yugoslav Army?
A middle-aged man in a robe was taken by the soldiers to Chen Yue's horse, and after saluting, he questioned Chen Yue with an indignant expression.
"Wei An, the housekeeper of the Xiaguo Mansion, has seen this general, may I ask whose order the general took to besiege the Guogong Mansion?"
Chen Yue glanced at him, ignored it, and disdained to talk to him in his identity.
"This is the Marquis of Pingnan, who is the general of rebellion ordered by His Majesty, and is fully responsible for the rebellion. Of course, it is the emperor's holy decree. ”
Liu Neng on the side answered for Chen Yue.
"But my Wei Mansion did not participate in the rebellion, did you come to the wrong place to rebellious?" Maybe he didn't realize that the catastrophe was coming, but this housekeeper named Wei An was very imposing, "You must know that my Wei State Mansion is the duke of Emperor Taizu, and the hereditary repudiation is with the country, even if you are guilty, your Majesty must personally convict and issue a holy decree, how can you be convicted personally by a little marquis?" Since there is a holy decree, then take it out, as long as the holy decree states that the Duke of Wei is guilty, we will naturally obey the fate. ”
Listening to his words, Chen Yue was a little speechless, where did he have any holy decree, and Chongzhen did not let him raid the Wei State Mansion. According to the normal procedure, a noble of Wei Guogong must be ordered by Chongzhen himself before he can move. But now is not a normal day, but a time of turmoil, where is there so much truth to talk about!
"Ben Hou was ordered by the Holy Orders to quell the rebellion, as long as he was rebellious, he could be tortured, how could there be so much nonsense! You go back and tell Wei Guogong to come out and surrender quickly, if you dare to fight against the army, you will be killed! I'll give him a moment to come and see me quickly! ”
Chen Yue said coldly, then stopped talking nonsense, and waved his hand to drive Wei An away.
Seeing the tense appearance of the Pingnan army, Wei An didn't dare to talk nonsense, nor did he dare to delay, and ran towards the mansion quickly.
"How?" Xu Jiujue, the Duke of Wei, was fidgeting in the lobby when he saw Wei An rushing in, and hurriedly asked.
Wei An told him what Chen Yue had said, and Xu Jiujue's expression was extremely complicated after hearing it.
With less than a quarter of an hour to spare, do you really want to fight with that Chen Yue? Xu Jiujue's heart hesitated.
"Grandpa, don't worry, Lord Shi Kefa, they should be here soon, and things still have a turnaround." Wei An hurriedly comforted.