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Dawn.

The front of the imperial city is clean and clean, and there are some water stains on the ground. The well water, flushed with blood, plunged the land on either side of the bluestone bricks into a muddy mess.

A few scholars of the Cabinet walked on the wet road, and they did not talk as easily as they used to.

Zong Mao returned to his dark room in the alley, and the messenger had hurried to Anqing Mansion the previous night. He knew that the general would get the news sooner, but he had to tell the story himself.

Maybe this incident was a little different from what the general expected, and Zhang Mingzhen died. The crime of rebellion must be given to the people of the world, and he must die.

At that time, the brocade guards who passed the decree went out of the imperial city.

"General Zhai Zhe is the general of the Pingyu Army, and he will enter the Shaobao and lead the war against the Qing Dynasty."

"He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, immediately supervised the army and Ma Dongzheng, echoed with the general Zhai Zhe, and conquered Jingxiang."

The city of Nanjing has been restored to peace, and there are inevitably rumors spreading in the streets, and the banks of the Qinhuai River are even more lively.

"Zhang Mingzhen held King Lu hostage and rebelled, and committed suicide under the imperial city in defeat." This is what the imperial court said to the outside world.

It is strange that Emperor Longwu did not issue an order to investigate the sins of Zhang Mingzhen's family, nor did he mention King Lu again. They were both victims of the Great General's Mansion, and Emperor Longwu knew that Zong Mao would not hand over King Lu, so of course he would not be bored.

Anqing Province.

More than 50 cannons roared in unison, this was the sixteenth day of the siege of Anqing City, and the seventh day of the Ming army's official siege of the city.

The Qing soldiers who came to aid from Jingzhou were defeated by Zuo Ruo's army in Qianshan the day before yesterday, and Anqing completely cut off foreign aid.

Zhai Zhe personally supervised the battle, and Li Zhi'an, Fang Yuanke and Yang Shouzhuang led the troops and horses to attack the city. Yang Shouzhuang greeted him outside, and many generals in the city were familiar with him in the past, and there was no Jurchen here, so the Qing soldiers were unstable.

On April 18, Anqing City begged to surrender, Zhang Tianlu cut off his braids, led his troops out of the city, and knelt in front of Zhai Zhe.

Anqing Mansion is the first piece of land that Zhai Zhe took in Jiangbei, which is the gateway to Nanjing and the entrance to Jiujiang.

After more than 20 days of dispatching troops, the results were finally achieved.

Zhai Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, so that he could come back to his senses and pay attention to the upheaval in Nanjing Chengsheng.

It is true that the news of the dark camp came faster than that of Zong Mao's messenger, but Anqing City was too far away from Nanjing, so it took six or seven days to go back and forth by boat when he came, and he took six or seven days to go back and forth.

Zhu Yujian was stronger than he thought, and Zong Mao was bolder than he expected.

Zhang Mingzhen died.

Zhai Zhe's chest seemed to be pressed by a boulder, and he sighed like Xiao Zhiyan: "He shouldn't have died there!" "Just like Lu Gong shouldn't have died in the giant deer snowfield.

The glossy court was dirtier than the gloomy sewage ditch, and the high-sounding courtiers were all covered in the smell of decay, and he was now one of them.

"Are we stupid? Or is it because of sitting in this position that you become so stupid? Zongmao, you've gone too far! ”

But is he not responsible?

Over the years, Zong Mao has made him the most worry-free and worried. He spoiled a few of his own soldiers too much, ignoring that they had grown into leaders with their own opinions, and wasn't that what he was aiming for?

Personality is a double-edged sword that can help or hurt him.

The generals gathered in Anqing Mansion, and Zhang Tianlu, as the newly surrendered general, was under his former subordinate Yang Shouzhuang.

"The generals have listened to the order, I have to go back to Nanjing today. The army marched to Jiujiang Mansion, and all affairs in the army were temporarily under Zuo Ruo's control. ”

hurriedly explained the affairs of the army, and ordered Yao Qisheng to temporarily take the prefect of Anqing, appease the people of Anqing counties, recruit rebels, and guard Anqing.

Chen Huwei sent his best sailors and the fastest warships, and five warships rushed down the river like barracuda to the city of Nanjing.

Although Jiangnan is still stable, this upheaval has brought countless hidden worries. If he does not come forward and allows all kinds of rumors to spread, the hearts of the army, the people, and the hearts of the soldiers will be in chaos, and if the Qing soldiers take advantage of this to go south, it may cause an even greater crisis.

Before the war in Huguang spreads out in full swing, he needs to clear all the hidden dangers in his backyard.

Two days and two nights, the days on the warship were boring and idle.

Zhai Zhe had time to reconsider his layout. After recovering Jiangnan, in order to ensure the balance of forces on all sides, he first ignored various problems under General Pingyu's mansion. For example, the fields of Songjiang Mansion belonged to Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen equally, and the fields of Taiping Mansion and Chizhou Mansion belonged to Fang Guoan.

This is his return to the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in front of the Pinglu General's Mansion, and he also does not want to lead to violent internal contradictions when the external heavy troops are pressing.

However, he overlooked one thing, which was an injustice to the generals directly under the Pinglu General's Mansion. The Pinglu General's Mansion rewarded the generals richly, but it was far less than the other generals who deducted military salaries and looted the local people. He divided 150,000 regular soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were only a few hundred people left in the generals' cronies, which was a reform of the existing chaotic military system in the Ming Dynasty, but those people still regarded their soldiers and horses as private soldiers.

The generals under General Pinglu's mansion are no longer his teenage personal soldiers, they are all already generals in each town.

Be strict with those who are close to you, and lenient with those who are negligent.

Zhang Mingzhen's death, although led by Zong Mao, was actually the result of the intensification of this contradiction.

Meng Kang intervened and watched from the sidelines, what should he do? Do you want to get rid of all your cronies? They are not necessarily dissatisfied with themselves, they just feel that people such as Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen should be obedient. Indeed, the appearance of those generals in the battle to recover Jiangnan was not enough to get the current status.

The warship docked at the Nanjing wharf, and the generals of Jiangnan greeted them on the shore.

The place where Xiao Zhiyan stood was far away from Zong Mao.

He was the most respected general, so he was the first to greet him.

"Brother Zhai!"

This is a long-lost title, and Xiao Zhiyan is fearless.

"Brother Xiao!"

Just two titles, containing countless contents.

They both understood what each other meant.

All the generals were in armor, and several rows of neat helmets were lined up in front of Zhai Zhe, "Meet the general!" ”

The battle in Huguang started, everyone knew why Zhai Zhe came back, Zong Mao hid in an inconspicuous corner of the crowd, but he could feel Zhai Zhe's gaze lingering on him.

"Everyone, wait for me at the house first!"

The newly appointed general left the generals behind.

A plaque was added to the Datong Palace--the General's Mansion.

Zhai Zhe advanced to the palace to face the saint and reported the victory to recover Anqing Mansion, which was the reason for his ostensible return to Nanjing.

Emperor Longwu languished and dozed off on the dragon chair while Zhai Zhe spoke. It's no wonder that he can fall asleep at this time, he doesn't need to give a good face to the person he hates, he can be hypocritical, but it will make him more comfortable anyway.

Several cabinet scholars, including Ma Shiying and Zhang Guowei, all expressed their estrangement from Zhai Zhe. Zhang Mingzhen was a native of eastern Zhejiang, and his relationship with several courtiers in eastern Zhejiang was closer than that of Zhai Zhe.

The generals waited until it was dark before Zhai Zhe returned to the mansion.

Inside out? Or is it outside before inside?