June 25, the ninth year of Chongzhen.

"Lord Wang! You can't leave the city! The prefect of Nanyang grabbed the horse of Tang King Zhu Yujian and almost cried.

"Get out of the way!" Tang King Zhu Yujian raised his horsewhip and roared angrily: "My Zhu family is the world!" There are barbarians outside, and there are thieves and soldiers inside, just as we should wait for the children of the Zhu family to rise up, what reason do you have to stop Lone from leaving the city? ”

Seeing that the prefect of Nanyang was still holding on to the reins of the horse, Zhu Yujian ordered: "Pull the prefect away." "In the life-and-death struggle of the Nanyang prefect, several guards from the palace pulled the Nanyang prefect aside. Zhu Yujian raised his whip and took the lead in rushing out of Nanyang Mansion City. On the side, Sun Wei, a staff general, secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead and hid behind the officials without saying a word.

Knowing that Lao Hui Hui Ma Shou should re-enter Nanyang, Zhu Yujian, the Tang King who felt that he was full-fledged, immediately led the 3,000 soldiers he recruited to prepare to go out of the city to fight. The prefect of Nanyang and Sun Wei took the civil and military forces in the city to the gate of the city to block them, but they were stopped by the guards of the Tang King, and Sun Wei, the only one with the troops, was timid and afraid of things, and did not dare to make a sound, so it caused Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, to violate the imperial court decree and go out of Nanyang City.

It wasn't until Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, walked away with his soldiers and horses that those civil and military officers picked up the Nanyang prefect who collapsed on the ground. One of the officials asked, "My lord! What should we do? ”

The prefect of Nanyang, who was still in a trance, immediately came to his senses, and he shouted: "Hurry up and send someone to the imperial court and the governor!" Don't delay, leave now! ”

On the 28th, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, learned of this shocking news, on the one hand, he also sent a fast horse to report to the capital, and on the other hand, he immediately issued a governor's order: order the city of Nanyang Prefecture, as well as the nearby Sun Weibu, Li Lu's regimental training battalion, Wu Shigong's Runing battalion, and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army to stop their operations and garrison them on the spot. Violators will be punished as rebellion.

Xiao Yuegui, the supervisor of Henan, also quickly dispatched eunuchs and Jinyi guards to the Ming armies to prevent those Ming troops from disobeying the governor's order.

Li Xianfeng and Xiao Yuegui were afraid that the Ming army near Nanyang would collude with Tang King Zhu Yujian and would work together to create a rebellion against Emperor Chongzhen. So at this time, the battle with the peasant army was also put aside. Tang King Zhu Yujian is a prince with royal blood, and the appeal of the anti-flag is too amazing, so we must first eliminate this biggest threat.

On July 3, about thirty miles north of Yexian County, in the camp of the army of King Qin of Runing.

"Is there a mistake? Did King Tang take the wrong medicine? Such nonsense? Then the officials in Nanyang are all-eaters? This officer, the Runing Army, has only walked so many steps, and he has to nest here, when will he be able to move? Father-in-law Ye, you should give a letter? Wu Shigong was furious.

In addition to the officers of the Runing Army in the big tent. There is also a father-in-law Ma sent by Ye Zhong and Xiao Yuegui, the military supervisors of Runing. The two eunuchs also looked helpless, and looked at Wu Shigong with a sad face.

In this scene, only Ye Zhong spoke: "General Wu! You extinguish the fire, as long as the emperor makes a holy decree, it will be fine. The miscellaneous family knows that General Wu must be loyal to the emperor, so you should also bother to restrain your subordinates and let them rest here for a few days. ”

Wu Shigong continued: "Our Runing Army must be honored. I won't mess around. But the orders given by the Governor and the Supervisor are too dead! Not even a horse could leave the camp. You must know that the Shaanxi bandits have entered Nanyang. We can't even send out horses. So that our own safety is not guaranteed? Isn't that also nonsense? ”

Ye Zhong was already very accustomed to Wu Shigong's big mouth, so he was indifferent to Wu Shigong's disrespect for Tang Wang, Li Xianfeng and Xiao Yuegui in his words. But Gonggong Ma couldn't listen to it anymore, and he said in a sharp voice: "The miscellaneous family is here to keep an eye on General Wu." Since General Wu and King Tang have no friendship, why not stay for a few days? The governor and the overseer have their own decisions. It is not for you or other military attachés to disobey the order. This order is not accommodating! Don't blame offended! ”

As soon as he saw Wu Shigong raise his eyebrows, he was about to get angry, and Ye Zhong, who was familiar with Wu Shigong's temper, hurriedly stopped in front of Wu Shigong. He immediately eased his forehead and said: "Where is the responsibility of Gonggong Ma, General Wu is not to blame." But this order is also a bit overkill. It is also necessary to ask General Wu to send some scouts to inspect the enemy's situation. Just let Ma Gonggong take care of it. What do you think? ”

Seeing that Ma Gonggong was still hesitating, Ye Zhong introduced Ma Gonggong again: "General Wu is from the capital. His father is Wu Hou of the Admiral Jingying, his father-in-law is Xue Hou, and his wife and son are also all in the capital. ”

With this introduction, Gonggong Ma remembered Wu Shigong's identity, so Zuihou nodded and agreed to Ye Zhong's suggestion.

Wu Shigong sat down on his chair weakly, and said weakly: "Since this is the case, then we will be like a holiday!" The official has asked people to prepare a banquet to wash the dust of the two fathers-in-law, and there is also a small gift for the two of them. Regardless of the flood outside, let's have fun in time! ”

Ma Gonggong's brows immediately stretched, and he thought to himself, "Why didn't this martial artist say it earlier?" How could I have made things difficult for you? ”

After Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, took the initiative to find the peasant army to fight, and when he met a partial division of more than 4,000 people of Ma Shouying, he was immediately defeated, and the army of the king of Tang was almost completely annihilated, and the king of Tang fled back to the city of Nanyang alone.

When Emperor Chongzhen got the news, he was also shocked, and he immediately issued a holy decree: to arrest Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, the prefect of Nanyang, and Sun Wei. and ordered the surrounding Ming troops not to worry about other affairs for the time being, and first besieged Nanyang Mansion to solve the problem of Tang King Zhu Yujian.

When the Runing army received the holy decree on July 10, it immediately drove to Nanyang Fucheng in reverse, and surrounded Fucheng at the same time as Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army. After that, the Qin Cha, who came from the imperial court in person, entered the city with Jinyi guards and soldiers to announce the decree, and successively arrested the entire family of the Tang King, the prefect of Nanyang and Sun Wei. Then the whole family of Tang Wang was sent to Fengyang for confinement, and the prefect of Nanyang and Sun Wei were also sent to the capital to punish the crime. And so the farce ended.

However, this farce caused the military operations of the Ming army near Nanyang to stop for more than half a month, and taking advantage of this gap, the peasant army that had returned to Ma Shouying also successfully entered Henan. Although Tang King Zhu Yujian wanted to make a difference, the result of what he did was insufficient success and more failure!

Moreover, the actions of the Tang King also caused the Henan Ming army to have no time to go to the capital to Qin Wang, so that the Manchu army led by Azig could gallop freely near the capital.

But for Emperor Chongzhen, who was worried about the Manchu army, the first thing he heard was great news. (To be continued......)