In addition to these calculations, Zhu Chenhao also had high hopes for Wang Jianzhi's trip to Nanjing. [Full text reading]

Understanding is mutual, he has been raised by scholars for so long, even if it is a pig, he will have some knowledge of the temper of the breeder, not to mention that Zhu Chenhao is still a restless pig, and his knowledge is not under the ordinary Beijing officials.

Wang Jianzhi's desperate gamble is not simply for revenge, even if it is revenge, the scholars pay more attention to leaving a useful body for the future. It can be seen that his trip is quite successful, King Ning thinks so, and Wang Jianzhi himself is also quite confident.

However, early in the morning, when he arrived outside Nanjing, he found that things were not as smooth as he imagined.

Because he had always had an ominous premonition in his heart, Wang Jianzhi's march was very fast, and he himself followed the vanguard and arrived at the destination early.

Nanjing City is not as heavily guarded as Anqing, but the city gate is also closed, Wang Jianzhi's naval brigade has not yet arrived, but standing at the head of the city and looking west, you can also see the black oppressive shadow of the ship, so it is understandable that the city gate is not open.

However, for Wang Jianzhi, things are a little bad. According to the original plan, as soon as King Ning's army arrived, someone should open the city gate to greet him, but now, although there was no beacon fire in the city to summon reinforcements, the head of the city was a figure longing, obviously strengthening the city defense, and regarded him as an enemy.

Could it be that something happened in the city? Otherwise, even if others are still hesitant, Brother Shiguang will not turn a blind eye? Looking up at the city, the clear morning light shines on it, which looks full of vitality, but Wang Jian's heart is also shrouded in clouds, full of haze.

"Lord Wang, what now? After the brigade arrived, he attacked the city, and he still ...... "The leader of the water bandits in the past, and the current chief soldier of the water army also walked with Wang Jianzhi, his face was also a little pale at this time, and he said that he wanted to attack the city, but his eyes kept wandering.

He is also known as the role of the overlord, and he is still a little bold, if this is a small county, even if it is a prefecture, he has the courage to try. However, this is Nanjing, one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty! If there is no internal response in the city, let alone the 10,000 miscellaneous troops in his hand, even if it is the ancestor of the year, he can only look at the city and sigh.

Therefore, when questioning, he and the two lieutenant generals were peeking at Wang Jianzhi's face, if the other party's confidence came from the internal response, otherwise, the matter would end here, and it was only right for everyone to quickly turn back and join the army, and the siege of the city was purely the way to bring about their own destruction.

"Wait a minute," Wang Jianzhi is such a character, he can't guess Zhengde's thoughts, but to deal with these water bandits and thieves is to hold the handle, and he understands the thoughts of several people when his mind turns, he said quietly: "Wait for half an hour, if you haven't seen the city open, you will tentatively attack the city, and a few people just need to be in the army." ”

"It's up to the king." The three water bandits looked at each other and nodded, if they didn't have to fight hard, then the siege could also be considered.

Wang Jianzhi was quite calm outside the city, but He Jian in the city was already in a hurry. After Wang Jianzhi left, he was not idle in Nanjing, the news here was already convenient, and most of the people who served here were surnamed the grass on the wall, so his activities were also quite effective.

Many people agreed, as soon as King Ning's army arrived, they would open the door to welcome, and even Lin Han, who had confirmed that he had taken refuge in Xie Hong, remained silent, planning to stand by and stay out of the matter, the situation was very good.

From the beginning of November to the present, I don't know where to go, an undercurrent suddenly surged, the wind in the city quietly changed, and everyone's attitude also changed, which caught He Jian off guard and was completely unable to deal with it.

"Master Sun, now the situation has ......"

"It's okay, it's okay, Nanjing City is high and deep, especially if a light army can go down? Lord He was a little restless, just watch the enemy soldiers retreat. ”

"Brother Zhongxun, you and I were ...... before. Now that King Ning's army has come to the city, how can you ......?"

"Brother Shiguangxian, it's not that the foolish brother doesn't keep his promise, if the army of Prince Ning really arrives in the city, the foolish brother is not ignorant of the current affairs, but now it's just more than 10,000 sailors. Anqing is not down, how much can this army of soldiers and horses do deeply? You and I have been friends for so many years, and the foolish brother also advises you, for now, it is better to wait and see. ”

Wang Jianzhi will make dangerous moves, obviously the situation on King Ning's side is not very good, although he didn't expect it in advance, and there is no good way to deal with it, but He Jian still worked hard to run around the city, hoping that the wait-and-see crowd could bet in advance.

The followers also have brains and want to save face, they don't support bad rules, and those who have general friendships go without saying, all of them have a straight face and an official tone; Even those who have a good relationship with He Jian and can talk about it have ambiguous attitudes, either caring about him, or putting their hearts in their hearts, but no one intends to fulfill the previous agreement.

He Jian himself also mastered thousands of soldiers and horses, and even controlled a city gate, just talking about opening the city, he could do it. However, if he didn't reach a consensus, even if he opened the city, what he was about to face would only be a scuffle, and with the thousands of suspicious people under his command and the more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops outside the city, he really didn't have much confidence that he could win.

There are not only imperial soldiers and horses in the city, but also many veteran nobles, these people still have private soldiers in their hands, and their relationship in the army is even more intertwined.

What's more, what worries him the most is the inexplicable and unknown undercurrent. He only sensed its existence, but there was no way to confirm it, his dead friends had not received any relevant news at all, and those close to him were also vague when they talked about it. The situation made it difficult for him to sleep.

"Brother Zhongxun, you and I have a relationship, how much do you give the younger brother a clue, where does the sudden change in the direction of the wind in the city come from?" Zhang Cang's friendship with himself is quite deep, and even this person refuses to respond, He Jian is also dead in the mind of persuasion, and asks the reason directly.

"Alas, there is nothing to come from, how can there be no cause, Shiguang, I am afraid that your revenge will be difficult to revenge."

Seeing He Jian's resolute attitude, Zhang Cang also felt that it was difficult to refuse, and in desperation, he could only sigh and say: "Actually, what is going on, the foolish brother doesn't know what to do, but from the officials in the yamen to the staff around him, now they are all in the mouth, only saying that King Ning will be defeated, and the holy car is worry-free, so ......" He shook his head again.

He didn't finish his words, but He Jian felt a cool air rush up from the soles of his feet, all the way to the Tianling Gai, making him cold all over, and he almost shivered. What Zhang Cang and other officials were worried about, he was completely clear, if it wasn't for a huge force to push it, how could it make such a big noise?

He was actually very familiar with the current situation, in the autumn and winter of the first year of Zhengde, he had also planned and participated in a similar operation, which seemed to have succeeded in forcing Xie Hong out of the capital, and finally became the beginning of all tragedies. And now, this force has turned, and the spearhead is aimed at him and King Ning.

The Jiangnan family defected, although those families are not large, and the influence of each family is limited, but once they unite, a huge wave will be formed, which is enough to influence the situation in Jiangnan.

The people in Nanjing are all old bureaucrats, of course they will not despise this wave, if the Jiangnan family is determined to support Xie Hong, even if they give up Nanjing, King Ning may not be able to gain a firm foothold. Whether it is to divide the river and govern it, or to go north to forge ahead, the financial support of the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River is indispensable.

Therefore, they all sniffed out the smell, and before the situation was completely determined, they didn't plan to make any more moves, and they couldn't see the situation clearly, so they could be a qualified wallgrass.

"However, why did they ......" The superficial reason is already clear, but the deep level makes He Jian puzzled, why are those people so desperate for Xie Hong? The emperor is obviously outnumbered and the little prince is facing off?

"Shiguang, the general trend is indistributious, you are still ...... Alas. Zhang Cang originally wanted to persuade He Jian to stop, even if he couldn't save the future of his official position, at least he could get a good death, just like himself. However, thinking of what happened to the He family in Shaoxing, he couldn't say what he said, and then he thought about it, if he also learned from the general, there would be no difference in the practice.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! In the middle of his thoughts, He Jian suddenly heard a sound of war drums outside the city, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, turned around and ran to the west gate. The guards there were his cronies, and Wang Jianzhi attacked the city, he took advantage of the situation to open the city and put the other party in, even if he had to fight in the streets, it was the last move in the plan, and it was originally just a backup.

But now there is no way, he already understands why Wang Jianzhi is in such a hurry, now, their opponents are not the emperor and Xie Hong who are far away, but the Jiangnan family who is willing to be the opponent's minions and is close at hand. If the matter drags on any longer, once there is news in the north that the emperor has retreated, then his side will be overturned.

"The whole army landed and attacked the city from the west gate!" He Jian made up his mind, the flag of Xicheng City was shaking, Wang Jian's heart was clear, and he immediately ordered.

"Lord Wang, look, what's that in the east?" When the Taihu Lake Overlord and the others were directing the ship to dock, they suddenly saw a large cloud of black smoke rolling out of the east of the river, at the intersection of the river and the sky. No matter how you look at this scene, how strange it is, reminiscent of various ghost and god legends, everyone is shocked, and involuntarily stops the movements in their hands.

“…… Looks like a ship under the black smoke? Wang Jian's heart was tenacious, and he was a scholar of poetry, but he was not very afraid of ghosts and gods, and he was not as moved as the others, but observed it carefully, and soon came to a less certain conclusion.

"Lord Wang's eyesight is really good, it is indeed a ship, isn't the ship emitting black smoke on fire? It scared Lao Tzu. The Taihu Overlord stroked his chest, he was also frightened just now.

"The ten ships in front are all emitting black smoke, and there seem to be a lot of ...... in the back," Ling Shiyi also looked at it with a pergola in his hand, "It's strange, how can this ship still run so fast when it is on fire?" Just now it was more than ten miles away, and now you are close to it? ”

Min Twenty-four suddenly exclaimed: "Something is wrong, there are many boats behind, and the boat emitting black smoke is so big, they are not good!" My lord, do you want to fight or go ashore? ”

"It's still a fart!" The overlord of Taihu Lake scolded: "More than 10,000 people have come ashore, why can't it take an hour or two, at the speed of ideas, I'm afraid it will be in front of you in a moment or three, and you will be beaten up at that time?" Fight with them, what's so great about the ship? Let's go down the river and gain the upper hand, can we still lose? ”

(To be continued)