Chapter 347: Strike When It's Time to Strike

Xu Jiujue got the news in the middle of the night yesterday, and when he learned that Chen Yue was going to deal with him, Xu Jiujue was furious and shocked. What is angry is that someone is so bold that he dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head. It must be known that when Jing was martyred, Xu Huizu, the second generation of Wei Guogong, was loyal to Emperor Jianwen and refused to submit to Zhu Di, but he was personally stripped of his title, and the title of Wei Guogong was still inherited by Xu Huizu's son.

One door and two dukes, one south and one north, when the Xu family's position in the Ming Dynasty was stable, the emperors of the past dynasties were also entrapped, Xu Jiujue did not believe that Chongzhen would issue a holy decree to arrest him, because this Chen Yue could not take out the holy decree at all.

That is, the army in his hand is flying and domineering, Xu Jiujue said secretly. But the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, because the army in the other party's hands was real, and its combat power was not at all something that his own family guards could deal with. The majesty of the Duke of Wei can bluff the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty, but now the situation is stronger than people, if the other party really has no scruples, he is helpless!

When did the Duke of Wei fall to the point of being slaughtered by others? Xu Jiujue thought sadly. He didn't know at all that even if Chen Yue didn't deal with him, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south in another time and space to capture Nanjing, the huge power of the Duke of Wei would disappear in an instant.

The news was too late, the city gates were closed, and it was too late to mobilize the army, not to mention that the weapons of the guards in Nanjing were all confiscated by the Pingnan army, and the soldiers were ordered to go home. With the influence of the Xu family in the army, if the army can naturally be transferred in peacetime, but now when the Pingnan Army is victorious, I am afraid that the generals and leading officers who are influenced by the Xu family will not dare to come forward and go against the Pingnan Army.

There is no way, Xu Jiujue can only mobilize the family Ding Fuwei, and it is not easy to gather four or five hundred people in such a short time. While preparing, I had to go to find foreign help.

It is impossible to rely on the army to confront Chen Yue, and the foreign aid that Xu Jiujue is looking for is someone who can speak and dissuade Chen Yue.

In a hurry, Xu Jiujue wrote letters to Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa, Zhang Shenyan, etc., and he also sent people to deliver the letters to Lu Zhenfei, who accompanied Chen Yue, and Cheng Xun, the superintendent of the army.

Xu Jiujue also knew that many of these civil officials participated in King Fu's accession to the throne, and most of them had something to do with King Fu, and I am afraid that not many people could stand up and speak. For example, Qian Qianyi, who is in a hurry to clear up his relationship with King Fu, will definitely not participate in such a thing, and most of the other important ministers are also like this.

The only thing that can be counted on at the moment is Shi Kefa, after all, Shi Kefa has always opposed King Fu's accession to the throne, and has nothing to do with rebellion, and Shi Kefa is the head of the ministers before King Fu ascended the throne, and his position is very important, after Chongzhen arrives in Nanjing, he will definitely be reused. Chen Yue should listen to his words, right?

Time passed little by little, Xu Jiujue was anxious, if it was really a quarter of an hour, would Chen Yue attack the mansion?

Outside the gate of the Wei Mansion, Chen Yue rode on a jujube red horse, waiting quietly, and thousands of soldiers of the Southern Army of Ping also stood quietly, motionless, but sometimes the pressure brought by silence was greater. A wordless pressure was permeating, and many of the family members and guards of the Wei State Mansion were already frightened.

In the past, relying on the Wei Mansion, these people thought that Lao Tzu was the first in the world and no one dared to provoke Nanjing, but throwing away the aura brought by the Wei Mansion, they knew that they were so weak. On the other side are the soldiers who fought on the battlefield, can these people really stop them?

"Master Hou, a quarter of an hour is up!" Liu Neng reminded softly.

Chen Yue nodded, slowly raised his right arm, and said that a quarter of an hour is a quarter of an hour, since Xu Jiujue is unwilling to surrender, let him see the military might of the Pingnan Army. Today is to show his prestige and make everyone in Nanjing frightened when they hear the name of the Southern Army!

All the soldiers of the Pingnan Army looked at Chen Yue's arm, and the moment it fell was the time to attack. The swords and spears had been raised, the crossbow bolts had been wound, the lit arquebuses had been lit and clamped above the firecrackers, and the firecrackers had raised their guns to aim.

Suddenly, there was a commotion, and a carriage was galloping towards it.

"Lord Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, has arrived, and Pingnanhou will stop for the time being!" A voice came from afar, and the voice was full of anxiety.

Help has finally arrived! The guards of the Wei Mansion were immediately relieved, since it was Shi Kefa who came, then this military disaster could be eliminated.

Liu Neng glanced into the distance, then turned his head to look at Chen Yue again, he didn't know what choice Chen Yue would make.

Listening to the sound in the distance, Chen Yue sneered, but he didn't even twist his head, and waved his raised arm fiercely.

"Attack with all your troops!" Jin Xin, the commander of the left battalion who was in charge of the actual command, gave an order, and a continuous stream of crossbow arrows flew out, followed by the sound of fire guns one after another.

The barrage of arrows rained down like locusts towards the guards of the Guogong Mansion, and the next moment, the screams rang out, and the Guogong Mansion in front of the mansion was wiped out.

The close-range crossbow arrows and the bombardment of the firebolts could not resist even the heavy armor, and the family members were immediately shot down, many of them were shot to death without a sound, and some of them were seriously injured and fell to the ground with loud screams, at least fifty or sixty people were shot down, and the front of the house was empty, and blood flowed on the ground.

"Attack, invade the mansion, and kill those who resist with weapons!" With Jin Xin's murderous words, the infantry rushed towards the gate of the mansion with knives and guns, and raised their swords and guns together to kill the family members of the Duke of Wei's mansion who were stunned.

On the carriage, Shi Kefa's face was pale, and powerful anger rushed straight to his head. He had been shouted to stop it, but the slaughter was still happening right in front of his eyes!

"Bahu, what a bully!" Shi Kefa's lips trembled, and he could barely speak.

Seeing the situation ahead, the groom driving the carriage pulled the reins sharply, and stopped the horse with a gray bark.

"Afraid of what? Could it be that he still dares to kill this official! Scofa shouted angrily, and the groom waved his whip, and the carriage continued onwards toward the battlefield.

At dawn, Shi Kefa was woken up in his sleep, saw the people in the Wei Mansion, and heard that Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan, was going to raid the Wei Mansion, Shi Kefa was shocked!

Wei Guogong is no better than others, his status is very important in Nanjing, this Pingnan Marquis is young and reckless, dare to touch him, is it impossible to set off a turmoil in Nanjing?

Xu Jiujue did not participate in the support of King Fu, Shi Kefa naturally knew this, so why did Chen Yue do this? Could it be that he has been seduced by others?

Shi Kefa thought about it for a long time, and felt that he couldn't let things happen, it was easy to catch Xu Jiujue, the Duke of Wei, but it was difficult to end it, and Daming couldn't withstand the turmoil anymore!