"Fengtian is difficult, the emperor rises and falls, fight here!"

The rumbling cannons and shouts rose and fell outside the city of Nanjing.

Under his call, the science scholars who were excluded by Wang Yan, as well as some conservatives who were dissatisfied with the current social situation, jumped out one after another, and many people began to organize manpower to support King Lu Jingnan.

After the Zhejiang Navy Division fought its way out of Zhenjiang and took control of the river near Nanjing, the Nanjing Imperial Court would face a great challenge.

The Tang Dynasty was happy to see such a situation, and now the Nanjing court still thought that Wang Yan was still there, but once the news of Wang Yan's death came, the court could only negotiate with him, compromise with him, and beg him to help quell the rebellion of King Lu, so that he could steal the power of Nanjing.

Outside the city, King Lu knew that he didn't have much time, and although the sailor could prevent the Ming army in Jiangbei from returning to Nanjing, he couldn't stop Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi and Zheng Chenggong who was heading north.

If Jin Shenghuan succeeded in ambushing Wang Yan, he would inevitably move east immediately, and at that time he and Nanjing should be united, then he could only fail.

Therefore, there was not much time left for King Lu, and soon after the Zhejiang army arrived in Nanjing, they began to bombard Nanjing, and the army tried to attack the city of Nanjing.

In the west of Dasheng Pass, the pipeline from the south to Huguang is an important channel for the east-west connection within the Ming Dynasty in addition to the Yangtze River waterway.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the imperial court abolished many post stations because of financial difficulties, but this did not help to reduce financial expenditure, but would make the communication between the central and local governments difficult, thus triggering a series of chain events and bringing great harm to the central government's finances.

After Wang Yan took power, he paid special attention to the construction of post stations and official roads, and he demanded that official roads could connect all the prefectures and cities, and the provincial roads of the provinces should lead to every county.

The roads are smooth, the travel is convenient, the goods can be transported out, the economy and commerce will naturally be driven, and the developed official roads are also convenient for the mobilization of the imperial army and the transmission of government orders and military information, so that the imperial court and the local government can respond quickly and be closely connected.

In order to prevent local secession, a large empire has to return power to the center, strengthening the center and weakening the localities.

The advantage of this is to prevent separatism and local rebellion, but he also has his disadvantage, that is, after the local power is taken over by the central government, many things can only be done after the central government has given instructions.

Wang Yan has strengthened the centralization of power in recent years, and after the reform of the military system and the nationalization of the army, it can be said that the centralization of power has taken a big step.

Why did King Lu and King Tang take Nanjing, because the power of the Ming Dynasty has gradually concentrated in Nanjing, and controlling Nanjing is equivalent to controlling the Ming Dynasty. This is like the military coups of many countries in later generations, control the capital, and the local area can be decided.

In Wang Yan's imagination, Nanjing is the head of the Ming Empire, and the place is the limbs, and how to control the limbs depends on the official network throughout the country.

Hundreds of miles away in the southwest direction of Dasheng Pass, the official road leading to Huguang passes at the foot of Ma'anshan Mountain, which stands.

Here the mountains are high and the valleys are secluded, the forests are luxuriant, and the official road bypasses the south of the mountain, leading to the west, and connects Huguang through Jiangxi.

At this time, a team of twenty people had been waiting in the woods next to the official road for several days.

At noon, they were eating in the forest, led by one person, in his early twenties, named Zhu Guangrong, a low-level clan, a member of the Tang Dynasty's subordinates who supported the Japanese army.

He was very athletic, very shrewd and capable, originally followed King Yu, but after King Yu was forced to Taiwan Island, he has been following King Tang and is very respected by King Tang.

As a clan of the Ming Dynasty, although it is only a low-level clan, it still hates Wang Yan.

Since the relocation of the clan to Taiwan, the Japanese army has been holding their breath, and all the clan children in the army have worked hard to prepare to one day get back the benefits that the clan deserves.

A few days ago, the Nanjing Cabinet and the Council passed a motion authorizing Wang Yan to transfer troops to quell the rebellion, giving Wang Yan the power to command the counterinsurgency, and the appointment of the cabinet will be sent to Wang Yan through a fast horse.

Although according to the plan, Wang Yan would soon fall into the siege of Jin Shenghuan, and the appointment of the cabinet could not be delivered, but for the sake of insurance, Tang Wang still sent a team of men to intercept and kill.

Zhu Guangrong was ordered to lead his subordinates to this place to wait for an ambush, they sat on the grass in a forest next to the official road to rest and eat, and Zhu Guangrong sat in front of a big rock to check the map, and determined the location of the ambush, which was the place where the messenger must pass.

Counting today, they have been in ambush here for nearly two days, and one of Zhu Guangrong's subordinates said while nibbling on the meat patty: "Baihu, will the herald not go to the south bank?" If they go to the north shore, we won't wait in vain. ”

There are many clans that have titles in the Japanese army, and Xiang Zhu Guangrong is the general of Zhenguo, but in the army, they are not titled, but military positions.

"Impossible, the news given by His Highness will definitely not be wrong, they will definitely go to the south bank." Zhu Guangrong turned around and glared at him fiercely, "You eat your cake!" ”

Several soldiers around immediately laughed, and at this moment, Zhu Guangrong suddenly waved his hand to quiet everyone, and the surrounding soldiers immediately quieted, and they heard the sound of horses' hooves faintly in the distance. "There's a situation, get on the horse!"

The soldiers who were still eating, lost the food in their hands, got up quickly, got on their horses, and ran out of the woods, and as soon as they ran out of the woods, they saw three small black dots running on the official road to the east, which seemed to be three cavalrymen. "Quick! With a tripper! Zhu Guangrong immediately waved his hand.

A few soldiers immediately burrowed into the grass on the opposite side and pulled out three tripwires, and the rest of the men lay in ambush in the bushes on both sides of the official road. ???? Not long after, three cavalrymen with flags on their backs galloped over, and the horse's hooves stirred up rolling yellow dust on the official road, and Zhu Guangrong whispered to his subordinates: "It's coming!" Get ready to get your hands dirty!. ”

The soldier, who was hiding in the bushes, immediately bent his bow and arrows, and pointed his sharp arrows at the galloping cavalry.

At this time, the three cavalry had rushed to front of them, a few tripwires suddenly popped up on the ground, the two cavalry in front were caught off guard, the war horse and the person fell together, the back of a cavalry reacted quickly, pulled the reins of the horse, the war horse jumped up, but before it landed, a few arrows were shot on both sides, the war horse screamed, and the cavalry also fell to the ground, rolling out more than a foot away.

The soldiers on both sides suddenly rushed out, controlled the three cavalrymen, searched their bodies for a while, and felt for a while, but there was nothing. "Baihu, no!"

Zhu Guangrong's face changed when he heard this, and at this moment, an arrow suddenly burst out of the woods not far away, and he saw more than a dozen brocade guards coming out of the forest.