At night, a lantern of Kong Ming floats up, floats into the air and slowly flies in the direction of Nanjing City, it must be three connected into a string, flying higher and higher, in the quiet and cool summer night, in the noise of all kinds of insects, Kong Ming lantern is particularly dazzling, eye-catching.

"What's going on? How did it appear in so many Kong Ming lanterns? ”

"What is Da Shunjun trying to do? Why are there so many Kong Ming lanterns? ”

"General, you see, not only there are a large number of Kong Ming lanterns in the north of the city, but also many in the west of the city!"

"Hurry up, go and tell the garrison about the strange situation here!"

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For a time, the west gate and the north gate of Nanjing City rioted, the city wall was filled with all kinds of noisy and shouting sounds, some soldiers pointed to the night sky in the distance, and discussed one after another, so many Kong Ming lanterns were full of weirdness, so that the Ming army guarding the city had an inexplicable panic in their hearts, and only by exclaiming could they relieve the tension and fear in their hearts.

Li Laiheng stood in the courtyard of the hiding place, looking at the Kong Ming lanterns in the sky, three in a string, red and white, two red and one white, and suddenly knew in his heart, but Meng Chengshun on the side pointed to the Kong Ming lantern in the sky, and said excitedly: "Haha... General, is this the emperor passing a message to us, and the city is about to be attacked? ”

As soon as these words came out, he immediately asked the hearts of the other people around him, and with the same look of hope, he looked at Li Laiheng, waiting for the other party's reply, holding his breath and staring, his eyes unblinking.

"Hmm~!"

Li Laiheng hummed lightly to show an affirmative answer, and at the same time nodded lightly, and then said: "Judging from these Kong Ming lanterns, tomorrow night at the second watch, the emperor and they should launch a general attack to attack Nanjing City. ”

"Ah~ Is it true? General, how do you see that? ”

Although he was excited in his heart, looking at the Kong Ming lanterns floating in the sky, Meng Chengshun's heart was very puzzled, and his strong curiosity took the upper hand, and after he couldn't help but ask again and again, he said: "So many Kong Ming lanterns, general, how did you judge it?" ”

Li Laiheng seemed to be in a very good mood, pointed to the sky full of Kong Ming lanterns, and said slowly: "You see, although there are many Kong Ming lanterns in this sky, they are very regular, every three strings are connected together, and each string is red and white......

At this time, Meng Chengshun suddenly interrupted Li Laiheng's speech, revealing a look of surprise, and exclaimed: "General, I understand, red represents the night, white represents the day, and the two reds are to tell us that we will act at the second watch at night, and we will cooperate from here!" ”

"Yes, exactly!"

Li Laiheng nodded lightly, did not blame Meng Chengshun for interrupting his words, and after responding, he added: "Before the emperor and they crossed the river, he secretly told me that once the sky above Nanjing City was full of Kong Ming lanterns, it meant that they would act the next day. ”

"Oh... I see, no wonder the general asked everyone to wait, waiting for the emperor's order to determine the specific time for action. ”

Huang Zongxi answered, showing a sudden expression, and then continued: "Before this, I was still wondering, now Nanjing City, the four gates are closed, under martial law, it is almost difficult to enter and exit the city, how to wait for the emperor's order to decide when to act? ”

"Alright, let's all go into the house and discuss tomorrow's actions."

Li Laiheng didn't look at Kong Minglan again, greeted everyone, and turned around as if walking in the room next to him.

In the dim light, with the flickering of the candle flame, the figures in the room were also shaking, and Li Laiheng's calm and solemn voice was echoing, telling the current situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the news sent back by our brother who went to act as a people's husband, the Ming court seems to have recruited a lot of soldiers, but the army's morale is extremely unstable, and they are extremely dissatisfied with the court of Nanjing City, and the emperor and his ministers are drinking and having fun, greedy for enjoyment, but let them desperately defend the city."

"Therefore, when we charge, to seize control of the city gate, we only need to call out and make certain promises to ensure the safety of their lives, and there should not be much resistance."

"As long as a city gate is taken, the entire city of Nanjing will be self-defeating, and then it will be easy to do, just hand it over to the army, and our task will become responsible for leading the way and leading the troops entering the city to quickly control various important places."

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In the Qianqing Palace, it was deserted, Zhu Yousong was woken up from his sleep, and came to the side hall in a daze, Lu Jiude probed his brain for a while, looked around the left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he felt at ease, attached to Zhu Yousong's ear, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, that thing is done, you can act at any time." ”

Obviously, what Lu Jiude said was extremely important, in an instant, Zhu Yousong was like being poured a basin of cold water in front of him, and under the excitement, he woke up in an instant, the whole person was completely sleepy, his eyes widened, and he looked left and right with a look of disbelief, and then confirmed again and again: "Father-in-law Lu, is the matter really done?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's done, and the minions will use the head of Xiang Shang as a ....."

Although Lu Jiude's voice was extremely low, it seemed extremely affirmative, and he confidently met Zhu Yousong's slightly burning gaze.

"Whew..."

Zhu Yousong breathed a long sigh of relief, the whole person was relieved, his fan-like palm stroked his chest, and said softly: "Great, I can finally leave this Nanjing City and get rid of the control of Ma Shiying, these traitorous villains." ”

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to relax, you haven't left Nanjing City yet, you must hold on......"

Seeing that Zhu Yousong was a little relaxed, Lu Jiude's heart tightened, and he hurriedly reminded him, and even said: "Your Majesty, the palace is full of minions of Ma Shiying and others, once they find out the clues, our plan will be in vain, and we can't leave." ”

Suddenly, Zhu Yousong's heart hung up again, thumping, his expression froze, he nodded heavily, and said in a serious manner: "Don't worry, Gonggong Lu, I will be stable, and I will definitely continue to act, so that those young people will not find the slightest clue." ”

"In that case, that's great, you're not hopelessly stupid."

Lu Jiude said a word in his heart, his face remained calm, as if he thought of something, and suddenly showed embarrassment, but he still asked: "Your Majesty, you can't take too many people with you when you escape from this Nanjing City." Otherwise, it is easy to expose your whereabouts and be captured by the rebels, and moreover, the space of the imperial boat is limited and it cannot carry too many people. ”

Hearing these words, Zhu Yousong couldn't help but look at Lu Jiude again and again, with a reluctant face, looking like he wanted to say something, and finally gritted his teeth, showed a resolute look, and said resolutely: "Okay, when I act, except for the queen mother, I only bring two concubines with me!" ”

Obviously, Zhu Yousong's answer was beyond Lu Jiude's expectations, he didn't expect that at such a critical time, he would actually bring two concubines, it was really hopeless!

At such a dangerous moment, two more guards will be with you, and your life will be two more points guaranteed, and the concubine will not only not be able to protect thoroughly, but it will also be a drag, which is really a very unwise decision.

Although he thought so in his heart, Lu Jiude's impression of Zhu Yousong's slight improvement declined again, and he wanted to persuade him a few more words, but when he saw that the emperor looked like he had no room for negotiation, in addition to sighing again and again in his heart, he secretly shook his head, and could only reply stubbornly: "Yes, the emperor ......"