Chapter 442: Forcing the Palace (Text)

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The rebel armies in all parts of the south of the Yangtze River rose vigorously, and countless people cut off their braids and threw themselves to Changzhou Mansion.

Zhai Zhe issued an order and ordered each county to select 1,000 righteous soldiers to serve in the barracks, and the rest of the people went home to harvest late rice. This victory was timely, and the ripe late rice would provide the first grain for the Pingyu General's Palace.

The fighting spirit in the army was high, including Zuo Ruo, Li Zhi'an and other generals were asking for battle, and the army defeated Li Chengdong's army in Danyang and approached Zhenjiang Mansion.

After so many days, there has been no news from Dord. Bolo understood that Duoduo would either be captured by the Ming army or die on the battlefield. There are still many soldiers and horses in the Qing Dynasty, but they have all lost the courage to fight again. Bo Luo led the Jurchens and the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to hold the city of Nanjing, and at the same time ordered Li Chengdong and Liu Liangzuo to arrange the first line of defense in Zhenjiang.

The people in Nanjing are excited, and teams of Jurchen soldiers can be seen patrolling the streets every day, and pedestrians are strictly forbidden to talk.

Hong Chengchou has only been in Nanjing for more than 20 days, and he has not yet been given room to exert himself, and he has to face a situation like a landslide.

Zhenjiang Mansion was defeated for two consecutive days, and he hurriedly found Duoduo and persuaded: "Lord Belle, please transfer Liu Liangzuo and Li Chengdong to the city of Nanjing, or enter the city." If it is placed in Zhenjiang again, I am afraid that both of them will be thrown into the Ming army, which will increase the strength of the Ming army in vain. ”

"I heard that the army is preaching that the Han people will not be killed as long as they surrender, are these two worthy of trust?"

Bolo had effectively abandoned the two surrender armies. From the time the soldiers under Liu Zeqing's command surrendered in the submarine, the Han army surrendered as if they had suddenly found their way, and they threw themselves into the Ming army in groups, and some even killed the Jurchens around them to surrender. The soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty have lived with the Jurchens for many years, so there is no need to worry too much, but those who surrender to the army are really not trustworthy.

Hong Chengchou best understood the psychology of these two generals, and said: "Li Chengdong slaughtered more than 10,000 people in Songjiang Mansion, and Liu Liangzuo also killed people in Jiangyin. But if they are kept in Zhenjiang Mansion, I am afraid that they will not be able to support both of them. ”

Bolo thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to obey Hong Chengchou's Jianyi, ordered to abandon Zhenjiang, and ordered the two to lead the army to retreat into Nanjing.

80,000 soldiers and horses stationed in a big city like Nanjing was not too much at all, and most of the city defense guns in Nanjing were dismantled and transported to the city of Hangzhou by Duoduo, which made Bolo regret it. The messenger had already rushed to the city of Beijing, and it would take at least twenty or thirty days for the regent to mobilize his troops and horses south, and he would have to wait for the arrival of the help as Zhai Zhe had done in Hangzhou.

The eastern Zhejiang army besieged Nanjing, and Zhai Zhe ordered Zong Mao to recruit people to push the cannon north.

Hangzhou Mansion is more lively than Nanjing, and the gentry from all over the country can't see Zhai Zhe in the barracks, so many people can only go here to find Chen Zilong or go to eastern Zhejiang, in order to get an official and a half-job.

In the Pinglu General's Mansion, one order after another was signed, and Zhai Zhe handed over the official seal of the Pingyu General to Zong Mao and let him act cheaply. Zong Mao issued a heavy order, asking the soldiers to block the salt farms in various places, and let the merchant alliance monopolize the salt trade, and the original salt merchants could still operate the salt industry, but they had to take salt from the merchant alliance.

In the past few years, the operation of the Shang Alliance has been in charge of Liu Quan, and according to the agreement, the Liu family can take 10% of the profits of the Shang Alliance in return, but because of the lack of money in the Pingyu General's Mansion, Liu Quan has been doing business at a loss. Not only did he not make any money, but he also filled in all the savings of the Liu family for many years. After holding on for so many years, it is finally time to wait for the return, although this is only an expedient measure, but it shows that Shangmeng has officially entered the rich and oily business of the salt industry.

Before the city of Nanjing was conquered, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River were still nominally in the war zone, and they were under the unified management of the Pingyu General's Mansion, and Zong Mao was seizing the time to lay out.

I heard that King Lu had tried on the dragon robe in Shaoxing, Zhang Guowei, Song Zhipu and others were all making preparations, and after Zhai Zhe conquered Nanjing, he invited King Lu to Nanjing to ascend the throne.

On October 15, a group of guests came to Shaoxing Mansion.

Perhaps he was so happy that he relaxed his vigilance, King Lu didn't know when King Tang's envoy would come to eastern Zhejiang, but at the moment he was no longer worried about King Tang.

Liu Zhongzao was accompanied by Zhu Dadian and a thousand soldiers. All the soldiers and horses in the Xiaoshan camp went north, and the soldiers who were originally guarding Ningshao were taken away by Meng Kang. When General Pingyu won a great victory over the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan, the hinterland Ningshao was unfortified.

The thousand soldiers brought by Zhu Dadian didn't pay much attention to it.

Liu Zhongzao first visited King Lu, and then took out the holy decree and said: "Your Majesty learned that King Lu had recovered Jiangnan, and I have come to send a decree to congratulate you. ”

The three scholars of the cabinet, Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian and Song Zhipu, were all there, and Qian Sule and Sun Jiaji and other local squires in Ningshao were also there, and the atmosphere immediately froze. If King Lu received the holy decree of the King of Tang, it would be equivalent to recognizing the King of Tang as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Dadian took the lead in breaking the deadlock and said: "The king of Tang ascended the throne in Fuzhou, and the prince has made great contributions to recovering Jiangnan, and there will be a reward." ”

There is something wrong with the appearance of all talents, and Zhu Dadian's words are obviously biased towards the Tang King. He was a cabinet scholar of King Lu's state, and his remarks immediately put the Wenchen on the scene in chaos.

Zhang Guowei immediately competed against each other and said: "The recovery of Jiangnan is the credit of King Lu Jianguo, what does it have to do with King Tang, I heard that King Tang's auxiliary Huang Daozhou was defeated in Huizhou, and General Pingyu needs to go to clean up the mess." ”

Liu Zhongzao said: "His Majesty has been on the throne for a month, and Liangguang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Sichuan have all enshrined the Tang King as their king. At present, although the Qing captives were defeated under the city of Hangzhou, their forces were still strong. The Ming Dynasty could no longer withstand the internal strife, and the King of Tang implored the King of Lu to retire from the throne, and His Majesty had no heirs, so he promised to establish the King of Lu as the prince and pass the throne to the King of Lu after a hundred years. ”

These people were noisy and arguing.

Such a big event came so suddenly, and everyone quickly thought of General Pingyu under the city of Nanjing.

Qian Sule had a close relationship with General Pingyu's Mansion and was the first to ask: "Does General Zhai know about this?" Immediately the crowd fell silent.

At this moment, Ma Shiying suddenly jumped out and scolded: "This is a major event of the country, why do you want to ask a military general, do you still want to repeat the rebellion of the four towns back then?" Although everyone didn't want to see him, he was supported by Fang Guoan and Zhai Zhe at the same time when he entered the cabinet in eastern Zhejiang, and he was also an assistant to Hongguang Dynasty, and he spoke a lot.

"There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country. If I don't accept the will of the Tang King today, do I still want to fall into the Ming Dynasty and civil strife? Ma Shiying stood on the moral high ground and was heartbroken.

Of the dozen or so Wenchen present, no one came out to speak.

King Lu watched the situation evolve to this point like watching a play, and said angrily: "A few of you have been ungrateful immediately after calling you into the cabinet as university scholars in vain to drive away the Qing captives in Jiangnan. ”

Zhu Dadian stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and said, "Wechen can't stand the prince, but Wechen is dedicated to the big plan!" ”

Ma Shiying knelt down after him.

"This matter is not going to happen today, please don't leave Ning Shao yet."

King Lu scolded: "Lone is leaving, what can you do to me." After saying this, "Oh Oooo" walked out, scolding as he walked, "Big deal, go to Taizhou to live again." ”

None of you present knew better than Ma Shiying in her heart that without Zhai Zhe's acquiescence, how could Zhu Dadian dare to lead troops into Ningshao.