That night, Li Laiheng got the news at his residence.

"General, general, good news... Good news, according to the latest news sent by our people, just this afternoon, Ma Shiying led his troops directly into the palace, and after meeting Zhu Yousong, without saying a word, he directly handed over the letters between Shi Kefa and him to Zhu Yousong, especially the letter accusing the seven shortcomings, which made Zhu Yousong so angry......"

Li Laiheng was a little impatient, his brows furrowed slightly, to be more precise, he was too eager to know the result, so he directly interrupted the visitor's speech and asked, "How is Shi Kefa?" ”

As soon as he saw Li Laiheng's slightly angry expression, the person who came didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and hurriedly replied: "Shi Kefa is very knowledgeable, as soon as he saw the letter, he didn't wait for Zhu Yousong to get angry, and directly resigned from the post of first assistant, and took the initiative to ask for the commander of the army to go out to guard Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion. ”

"Zhu Yousong agreed? According to the fact that Shi Kefa was not pursued for the crime? Li Laiheng's face was full of surprise, and he asked again and again, the eagerness in his heart eased a lot, and he was more curious, but he knew Shi Kefa's accusation against Zhu Yousong, the seven major sins listed, who looked at it and who was angry, let alone the emperor of a belt?

Why can't you believe that Zhu Yousong would let him go like this?

"agreed, Zhu Yousong did not continue to investigate." The visitor nodded and replied honestly.

At this moment, Huang Zongxi walked in, and seemed to have known that Li Laiheng had received the news, Shi Kefa was about to leave the capital, and said loudly as he walked: "General, the Donglin Party has suffered heavy losses this time, not only has a pivotal Shi Kefa gone, due to the continuous party disputes, the intrigue between civil and military officials, the struggle for power and profit, coupled with the deepening contradictions between the two factions, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu, Liu Zongzhou and others have resigned and returned to their hometowns and retreated. Officialdom has become dark again. ”

As soon as the words fell, Meng Chengshun also walked in, sneered twice, and then said: "Hey~hey~ All kinds of signs show that the Ming Court can't work together to the outside world, only knows that there is internal strife, and the nest is horizontal, all of which are signs of the defeat of the Hongguang Imperial Court!" ”

However, compared with the emotion and schadenfreude of the two, Li Laiheng's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "In this way, in Nanjing today, the government and government are controlled by traitors and villains like Ma Shiying, and there is a power vacuum, and some important official positions are still vacant?" ”

The person who came to report nodded and replied truthfully: "Well, yes, general, because there are too many officials who have resigned at once, many yamen have stopped functioning, and there is no one to preside over affairs. ”

"Hey, hey... In this way, if the emperor and his troops come to Nanjing as soon as possible, wouldn't it be easy to conquer Nanjing City? ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately reminded these people in the room, as if they had been empowered, and then reacted, yes, it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that the officialdom of Nanjing City today has made a pot of porridge in chaos.

Now is definitely the best time to attack Nanjing City!

Thinking of this, all eyes were focused on Li Laiheng's body, Meng Chengshun was even more urging, and said excitedly: "General, let's quickly inform the emperor of them, attack Nanjing City as soon as possible, as long as the troops are under the city of Nanjing, the city is bound to be chaotic, without the presiding over of Shi Kefa's capable ministers, the military spirit in the city will definitely be unstable, as long as the emperor is more powerful, he can definitely easily conquer this Nanjing City and capture Zhu Yousong alive." ”

After Huang Zongxi was unwilling, he also began to make suggestions and express his thoughts.

"Moreover, we can also add another fire to it, so that those who want to rescue Zhu Cihong can act in advance, rob the prison and save people, and we will also accept the emperor and them into the city and conquer Nanjing City, it is absolutely effortless!"

Syllable!

Li Laiheng slapped his palms, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay, just do it!" ”

After saying this, he seemed to feel that he was too concise, and Li Laiheng then said: "Let's go our separate ways immediately, the two of you start to prepare, contact all parties, after dawn, as soon as the city gate opens, I will let people go to Hezhou and inform the emperor that the time is ripe, and they can act." ”

Under the cover of night, in a house near the Terracotta Division, although it was late at night, there was still a room with candlelight, and human figures were reflected on the window paper, overlapping, I don't know how many people were in the house.

At the same time, there was the sound of staccato conversation in the room, and everyone was whispering.

"Everyone, as the people of the Ming Dynasty, we can't let this matter go unchecked, we should rescue the crown prince, escape from this Nanjing city, gather garrisons from all over the country, and crusade against Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, these traitors, and traitors who sell official beards."

"Yes, we can't sit idly by, we must rescue the prince!"

"I agree, before coming here, dozens of people have gathered in the following, although they are not brave and good at fighting, but they are also like-minded people, in order to rescue the prince, in order to help the Ming Dynasty, they are willing to throw their heads, spill blood, and contribute to saving the prince."

......

In the room, in the dim light, everyone was discussing fiercely, and the voices were getting louder and louder, almost arguing.

At this moment, Zhang San, a villager who had fled from Fengyang, stood up, waved his hand in the air, signaled everyone to be quiet, not to make noise, and said loudly at the same time: "I said everyone, most of us are people from the countryside, or only know some men, the matter of rescuing the prince is very important, it is an extremely dangerous matter, we must plan and plan well, and we can't rely on brute force to rob the prison!" ”

In an instant, the room suddenly fell silent, all eyes were focused on Zhang San's body, and one of them asked anxiously: "Then you say, what should we do?" How to rescue the prince? ”

However, Zhang San smiled faintly and did not answer, but tilted his head slightly, looked at a person, stretched his hand forward, and said loudly: "Regarding the matter of planning and planning, how to rescue the prince, you have to ask Yang Shengyuan." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Shengyuan immediately stood up, and then said: "Guys, after all, we have few people, and the total number of people is less than 100, if you want to rescue the prince from the Terracotta Division, you must choose a suitable time." Moreover, after rescuing the crown prince, Nanjing City could not continue to stay, and he had to leave Nanjing City immediately, so the way back was equally important. ”

"Otherwise, he will still be searched and arrested by the city defense battalion, and all of this, not only must there be a timing, but also a detailed and careful plan must be formulated to rescue the prince and send him out of this Nanjing city. Otherwise, if one thing goes wrong, all the effort will be in vain. ”

Everyone nodded frequently when they heard this, with a look of deep disapproval, yes, rescuing the prince is only the first step, sending the prince out of Nanjing City safely, the operation can be regarded as successful, and everyone's efforts and efforts are not in vain.

At this time, Sun San was the first to respond: "I agree with Brother Yang's analysis, before acting, you must plan, make a plan for action, and think of a way out of Nanjing City." Otherwise, even if the prince is rescued from the Terracotta Division, it will be difficult to escape the minions of Ma Shiying and others! ”