On the east side of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, it is the most lively place in the city, Chaotiangong West Street.

It was really a pawn of a peddler, and the merchants were rich and endless, especially on the first and fifteenth days of each month, the good men and women who came to the Chaotian Palace to worship incense crowded the entire street.

The news of Tatar's withdrawal from Yangzhou had already spread throughout the city, and the people took to the streets, beaming with joy, as if the world had been peaceful.

The street was full of shouting.

In the south of Chaotian Palace, next to the red paper corridor, there is a stone arch bridge, called Chongdao Bridge, the Qinhuai River crosses, a lot of people stop on the bridge, they stretch their necks one by one to look under the bridge.

It turned out that on the edge of this stone bridge, the crowd gathered in a large circle, and the strong man in the circle who was half naked was throwing his fists and feet vigorously, and there was a bunch of weapons on the side, and a good-looking girl was beating a small gong to attract the surrounding audience, which seemed to be performing arts.

However, the audience didn't seem to buy it, no matter how hard the man jumped up and down, but most of everyone's eyes were attracted by the little girl who struck the gong, which seemed to be a bit noisy.

Look at the girl, who will not be more than twenty years old, and her appearance is also elegant and refined, like a painting, walking lightly in the circle, and her delicate hands are waving the small mallet like the wings of a pink butterfly, 'choking', clearing her throat.

"Everyone, brothers and sisters, uncles, uncles, aunts, our brothers and sisters fled from Yangzhou, there is no livelihood, for the time being, temporarily borrow your treasure, treasure land, for everyone to gather and rejoice, if you are happy, please reward you with a few hard-earned money"

'Choke! ’

When I heard this girl speak, she was squirming and stammering. Ninety out of nine have not been in the industry for a long time, and they are not even familiar with the words of soliciting business. So as soon as she speaks. That must have elicited a burst of laughter from the crowd around them.

The little girl was ashamed and ashamed, and her cheeks were crawling with crimson to make her look more charming, and she took advantage of the wind and flow for a while.

The strong man in that scene shook his fists and feet, arched his hand, "Offer ugliness and ugliness, and then give everyone Duan Yue's gun"

With that, he walked over to the spear, which lay horizontally on the ground, and with a slight toe of his toe, the spear fell into his hand. Immediately drank and drank, and in an instant, a spear soared like a flying dragon, as fast as a meteor, sometimes the spear cost 10,000 points, sometimes as heavy and fierce, playing that called a combination of rigidity and softness, swaying freely.

However, no one knows if this is the Yue family gun. Those who run the rivers and lakes say this in order to attract people, and the layman just looks at it lively.

After throwing the gun all the way, the strong man saluted. When he came to the little girl, he whispered, "Collect the money." What are you doing stupidly?"

The little girl came back to her senses, "Oh oh"

She held the small gong on the back. Raised in front of the onlookers, smiling. "Thank you, thank you, hard worker, help foil"

As soon as they saw this little cute appearance, everyone was also happy to donate generously, and after a while, there were thirty-four coins in the small gong.

'When' a crunch!

I saw a piece of broken silver fall on the gong, at least two or three taels.

"Thank you, thank you, good people have good rewards" The girl was very grateful, there are still many good people in this world, they are all rich lords in Nanjing, and today's harvest is quite rich, but when the girl looked up, she saw a man standing in front of the gong, about thirty years old, dressed as if he was born in a wealthy family, but those eyes fell on her chest very restlessly, with a frivolous face.

The girl was vigilant, subconsciously took a step back, bent down and made a wave, "Thank you, this son" and turned around to escape.

"Also, little sister, don't worry, I'm not interested in the stupid big one, this piece of silver is not for him, come, you throw it to the master, throw it well, the master has a heavy reward"

When the strong man saw this situation, he knew that someone was deliberately making things difficult, so he hurriedly came out to solve the siege, and the girl also took advantage of the situation to hide in his side, and used a gong to half-cover the appearance of the flower and the moon, and was a little scared in his heart.

The strong man clenched his fists and smiled honestly, "This son, I'm really sorry, my sister doesn't know kung fu, if the son still wants to see it, the villain is willing to give you another paragraph"

"Go, go!" The rich and noble boy pulled his hand forward, but he didn't expect this strong man to be motionless, standing like a pine, "What's the matter with you, stupid and coarse, I want to see her, come out, don't be ashamed, come out"

The girl shrank deeper, her big eyes revealing a frightened look.

"Childe, go out, it's convenient, you have a lot, don't embarrass us" The strong man still stood in front of the son, not giving in half a step.

"Drink!" The rich man frowned, took a step back, looked at the strong man, and his expression was very disdainful, "Do you know who the little master is?" The master is to give her face, tell you, stupid big man, don't give face, offend me, this Nanjing City is not a place for you to stay, get out, stay there"

As soon as he was angry, the people around him dispersed consciously, leaving only the two brothers and the son, and the four followers behind him.

The strong man doesn't know him, but in this place of Nanjing, there are many wealthy families, and he can't keep the young master in front of him, so don't make trouble, you can always hide if you can't afford it.

The strong man ignored him, turned around and pulled his sister to clean up the venue, wanting to leave this place.

But now I want to leave, it's too late.

"What are you doing, you want to go, give your face something you don't want, you are idle today, and now you have changed your mind, a few of you, take this little girl away, and the master will personally teach her how to come out and run the rivers and lakes."

The boy waved his hand, and the four attendants behind him immediately surrounded his brother.

"What for!" The strong man hurriedly spread his arms, shielded his sister behind him, and said in a deep voice, "This is the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there is no king's law."

At this time, one of the four entourages smiled contemptuously, "Wang Fa, yes, go to the yamen and say, this, our eldest young master, the nephew of Lord Zhu of the Governor of Tianfu, it is time for your brother to make a fortune today, the young master has taken a fancy to her, go, don't force us to do it, tomorrow your sister will definitely bring you back a gold ingot, if you are happy to serve our young master, maybe you can accept her, at that time, you stupid big man will steal the fun."

"Hey, hey, hey," the son of the Zhu family shrugged his shoulders happily.

When the strong man heard this, it turned out to be a relative of the official family. It's not good to scream, this can't be provoked. Let's get out of here.

"Hey, you kid toast and don't eat it's not fun to be self-deprecating, right? Brothers, beat him up."

The four of them shook their fists and slashed their arms and besieged them.

The strong man hurriedly pulled his sister along, flashed back, and stretched out his hand, "Childe, it's not right for us, the money belongs to you, let us go"

"It's so cheap. I just want this little girl, why are you stunned, do it?"

The strong man is also an honest man, and the family of the official family can't afford to mess with him, so he hurriedly pulled his sister around the pile of weapons, "Childe, please, don't embarrass us, hard work." My father and mother have passed away, and my sister is not married yet."

Hearing this, the boy's eyes lit up, "Okay." That's better, I like fresh, you haven't eaten. Catch her, rice bucket. I'll come personally."

After that, the young master waved his ten fingers and grabbed the girl behind the strong man.

The strong man flashed.

"Ahh

But I heard a scream. Then the girl let out a terrified scream.

The strong man looked back, only to see that the empty boy was lying on the pile of weapons, slowly turned around on the ground, but there was a knife in his stomach, and blood flowed all over the ground, the boy twisted his face, covered his stomach, screamed again and again, just fluttered a few times, and then there was another convulsion, his head was tilted, and he died.

"Murdered"

The pedestrians on the street were like ants blowing up their nests for a while, and they fled in all directions in fright, for fear of causing a lawsuit.

The official who was patrolling nearby heard the noise.

"Who, who kills, where, ah, isn't this Lord Zhu's nephew? Who did it, people?"

The four frightened attendants all pointed at the strong man, "He, he did it"

"Locked, taken away, handed over to Lord Zhu"

"No, it's not me, it's wronged, it's him who threw himself on the knife"

The strong man was chained by the official and dragged away, the girl was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, hugged her brother's arm and cried, "No, brother, you didn't kill anyone, you were wronged."

"you," the official kicked her to the ground and shouted, "What, you want to go to prison for a few days?" ”

……

The autumn breeze is blowing, and the coolness hits people.

A troop holding the banner of the Ming army marched against the wind along the riverside, most of the soldiers were in rags, and the river wind with the call sign swept the cold river water into their collars, shivered, shrunk their necks, folded their hands and continued to hurry.

This is exactly the champion army is moving in the direction of Nanjing, the wounded soldiers are sandwiched in the middle of the whole army, walking very slowly, the whole army has been out of food for a day, and the yamen at all levels passing along the way have refused to give them supplies, let alone the people.

As the commander of the whole army, Wang Lanping was only one of the many wounded soldiers, but fortunately, his injuries were improving day by day.

This will be marching to the territory of Longtan County, which is more than 40 miles north of Nanjing.

Wang Lanping hasn't thought about what kind of trouble he will encounter in Nanjing, and he can't predict it, but one thing is certain, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat, looking at the entire Yangzhou battle situation, Wang Lanping is definitely a big victory, but the court will not see it that way, they will only see Yangzhou lost, Shi Kefa died in battle, but you Wang Lanping is back, hate to resist Qing death, and leave it for today's shame.

So now Wang Lanping can only see the moves, and settle down first.

While thinking wildly, Song Xian rode from the front of the team to the edge of Wang Lanping's stretcher, "Master Hou, the former army came to report that the imperial court had sent the eunuch Han Gonggong and the first assistant Ma Shiying to deliver the decree."

Wang Lan straightened his body, and there were only endless barren river beaches as far as his eyes could see.

"I expected it, and it really gave me face, Shousuke personally went out on the horse, how far is it?"

Song Xian pointed ahead, "It's about two miles away, but I don't think it's like I'm here to deliver the decree, but like I'm here to fight, the sentry said, there are people all over the mountains, not to mention more than 20,000"

"Humph!" Wang Lan waved his hand, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain"

Song Xian dismounted and took the reins, followed Wang Lanping's stretcher, and said a little worried as he walked, "Just in case, do you want to line up in formation, I don't think they are good at coming, they don't look like they are here to greet our class teacher."

Wang Lanping snorted, "I haven't fought enough, count around, and see if there are still a few people who are not injured, don't toss, it's a blessing or a curse, and you can't avoid it, tell the brothers, especially Song Dali's stunned youth, don't cause trouble"

Not a lot of work. The two armies met, and the champion army stopped its march. What Song Xian said was not an exaggeration at all, except for the first assistant Ma Shiying's travel honor guard. On both sides of the road were all soldiers, under the banner of Dinghuai Marquis Wang Yongji, and the number was no less than 40,000.

A flash flashed in the middle of the champion army, and several soldiers carried Wang Lanping, who had not recovered from his injuries, to the front of the team, and the rest of the main generals of the champion army also gathered aside, not knowing what the opposite person meant.

On the other side, Ma Shiying and Han Gonggong also walked over to this side, and Ma Shiying greeted each other with a smile and arched his hand, "Dingnan Hou." Nanjing has been goodbye for a few months, has it always been good? "Although Shoufu is the head of a hundred officials, Wang Lanping's marquis is high.

Gonggong Han also made a gesture, "Master Hou! ”

"There are injuries in the body, and they can't be fully reasoned with, the two are not strange, the generals of the defeated army, how dare they work to meet each other for dozens of miles. Ashamed, ashamed" Wang Lanping didn't know their intentions yet, so he only blamed that Zhang Huangyan for not coming a letter in advance, so he was caught off guard.

Zhang Huangyan can't be blamed for this. He sent someone to deliver the letter, but he was arrested by Wang Yongji's soldiers halfway through, and the success was insufficient.

Ma Shiying Road. "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, let's talk about it. Yangzhou is a victory or a defeat, don't you Dingnanhou know it? Tatar retreated, and Gyeonggi was unharmed. Master Hou, you should be the first to take the lead"

Wang Lan straightened up and said with a smile, "This, is what the emperor meant?" ”

Ma Shiying stroked his head and smiled, "No, no, this is just the old man's admiration for the demeanor of Dingnanhou, and the emperor has other intentions."

As soon as Ma Shiying finished speaking, he heard Han Zan Zhou on the side say loudly, "The holy decree has arrived, the Marquis of Dingnan, Wang Lanping, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and the commanders of the battalions of the Nanjing garrison camp have received the order" As soon as he said that, he turned around, lifted the yellow silk on the tray held by the little eunuch behind him, and took out a dark yellow scroll from it.

When Wang Lanping heard this, he pretended to get off the stretcher to receive the order.

Han Zanzhou hurriedly stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Since the Marquis of Dingnan is injured, there is no need to pay respects, just sit on the Hou Zhi."

Wang Lanping didn't want to kneel down at all, just pretending.

Han Zanzhou cleared his throat, unfolded the yellow scroll, and said loudly, "Holy Decree: Yangzhou War, I am worried day and night, fortunately there are good ministers in the court, there are loyal martyrs outside, assisting the Ming Dynasty, under the city of Yangzhou, Shi and Wang Ershuai show the heroism of the king, I am very relieved, I have heard the bad news of Shi Kefa, I am really painful, now there is Dingnanhou returned safely, I am overjoyed, I regret it, I am given five hundred taels of gold, a thousand horses of silk, I Wenqing is wounded in battle, the imperial doctor in the special palace came to visit, the military affairs are complicated, the special secretary returns to the house to recuperate, and the secretary of military affairs does not have to worry, The post of Nanjing garrison commander was succeeded by Ma Ming, and after the Qing was injured, another was reused, and all the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing garrison battalion were designated by Ma Shiying, the first assistant, and stationed outside the city, and the people were not allowed to be disturbed.

When Wang Lanping heard this, he said secretly: Oh, this is to put me under house arrest, and also take away my military power, the emperor has considered it quite thoroughly, and his mind is fast and accurate.

"What? We're not going anywhere, where the governor is, all our brothers are there" Song Dali also heard it.

Ma Shiying pretended to be surprised, "This general, don't talk nonsense, this is a holy decree"

Wang Lanping hurriedly cast a corner of his eye at Song Dali, signaling him not to cause trouble, and then nodded to Gonggong Han, "Minister Wang Lanping has the order, long live the emperor, but Lord Shoufu, where do you want to arrange my group of soldiers who escaped from death?" ”

Ma Shiying said, "Xiangshan is the original place where Nanhou trained his troops, so it's better to stay there temporarily."

Wang Lanping's heart tightened, isn't there an army of the Seven Dingbian Marquis stationed there? There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and if they are arranged there, they will not be watched.

"Shousuke is really thoughtful, but my brothers all crawled out of the pile of dead, and many soldiers are sick, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, in order not to affect the soldiers and horses of my brother's other generals, I still ask Shousuke to choose another place."

At this time, a person came from behind Ma Shiying and the others, wearing armor, and came to the opposite side of Wang Lanping, "Wang Zhuangyuan, in Xia Wang Yongji, I have arranged the station of the garrison camp brothers, the place is good, it is very safe, and it is in the middle of the entire barracks."

When Song Dali heard this, he immediately replied, "You might as well surround us in the middle."

Wang Yongji's face sank, "It's not big or small, do you have the right to speak, listen to the order, everyone in the Nanjing garrison camp, set off, the goal, the Xiangshan camp"

"Don't think about it, we're not going anywhere" Song Dali pressed his hand to the handle of the waist knife.

When Wang Yongji saw it, he waved his hand, and saw the soldiers all over the mountains behind him, immediately waving their flags and shouting, and showing their weapons.

"What, if you want to rebel, you can't do it?" Wang Yongji has no fear.

Brush brush, the champion army was also a burst of swords out of the sheath, spears advanced, and the whole army immediately opened the frame. (To be continued.) )