When the officialdom of Nanjing City was paralyzed, the two factions were still arguing over Zhu Cihong's identity, and the Dashun army had shown a trend of encirclement, gradually approaching Nanjing City, and in less than two days, it captured Huai'an Mansion, Xuzhou, most of Fengyang Mansion and Luzhou Mansion in one fell swoop.

In the city of Hezhou, groups of Dashun troops are patrolling, wandering around, maintaining order in the city, and are under martial law.

In the study of the Zhizhou Yamen, Li Zicheng was looking at a report on the military intelligence, all about the battle situation of the Dashun army in Nanzhili, his expression was uncertain, sometimes wrinkled, sometimes stretched.

Li Jin was standing opposite, his expression was also a little unsightly, he didn't have the joy when he won again and again, and seeing that Li Zicheng was in a very bad mood, he comforted: "Uncle, the reason why Fang Liang and Zongdi's losses in Huai'an Mansion have increased significantly, and they have suffered setbacks in Yangzhou Mansion, is mainly because they don't know enough about the situation there, unlike Luzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion and Hezhou, some key cities have our internal ...... left behind."

Li Zicheng waved his hand, interrupted Li Jin's speech, and then said in a deep voice: "Later, you misunderstood, I don't mean to blame Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang's slow progress, but I really didn't expect that the Ming army would be so degenerate, more bandits than bandits, more robbers than robbers." ”

"According to the news, the Ming army in Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion can no longer be described as nonsense, all of them are a group of beasts, burning, killing and plundering, all kinds of evil, many counties in the two prefectures have been looted by the Ming army, the behavior is comparable to the invasion of the Tartars in the pass, the atrocities are outrageous!"

In an instant, Li Jin's expression also became cloudy, and a wave of anger surged in his chest, constantly surging, and a lot of information appeared in his mind, about the various evil deeds of the Ming army in Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion.

Eventually, Li Jin's anger turned into a long sigh.

"Hey~ Uncle, this is nothing strange, the army of Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong and others, most of the soldiers are from the north, they have been deducted from military salaries for a long time, and they often can't eat enough, they don't have warm clothes, plus Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong These people acquiesce, secretly encourage and instigate, of course, they are even more unscrupulous and robbing."

"Moreover, since ancient times, the land of Lianghuai is an extremely rich area, with abundant rice, grain, money and silver, even ordinary people, they can eat and drink without worry, and they can barely live, for those northern soldiers who have been hungry for a long time, if they don't rob it, it's a little strange."

At this time, as if thinking of something, Li Zicheng suddenly changed the topic.

"By the way, no more than Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, our intelligence system in Nanzhili is much weaker, and there is no base to speak of, especially in places like Huai'an and Yangzhou, it is difficult to do a strict blockade of news as before."

Li Jin also sobered up from his emotion, nodded lightly in agreement, and then added: "Yes, uncle, we left behind in Luzhou Mansion and Fengyang Mansion, which are close to the Henan base area, and can barely block the news, but Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion are completely different, we don't have any foundation there, I'm afraid that the news of our large-scale attack on Nanzhili will soon spread to Nanjing City." ”

As soon as he said this, Li Jin paused, was reminded, and hurriedly turned to say: "By the way, uncle, Laiheng sent someone to send news, the situation in Nanjing City has changed, let us prepare early." ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Zicheng's heart tightened, and he interjected, urging.

"Uncle, it's like this......"

Li Jin told Zhu Cihong's identity prematurely exposed, as well as all the things that happened in the officialdom of Nanjing City from last night to this morning, as well as the various reactions of the two factions, one by one, and summarized them in detail.

After listening, Li Zicheng did not comment immediately, but asked abruptly: "Where did Tian Jianxiu and Wu Ruyi fight?" How long will it take to join us? ”

"Hmm... Uncle, Tian Jianxiu has already taken the Zhongdu Left-behind Division of Fengyang Mansion and approached Dingyuan, Wu Ruyi has also hit Sichuan, and Fengyang Mansion will be captured by our army in a few days. By tomorrow afternoon at the latest, they will be able to join forces in one place, enter Chuzhou, come to Hezhou, and join us. ”

Between the replies, all kinds of information appeared in Li Jin's mind, and the more he spoke, the more certain he became, and at the same time, he suddenly understood why his uncle didn't ask Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi when they could come to meet?

As mentioned earlier, Yangzhou Mansion is far different from Fengyang Mansion, the foundation of the Dashun Army there is extremely weak, even with the assistance of various policies, the people will become the biggest beneficiaries, but it is still difficult to disintegrate the Ming Court's ruling foundation there for a while.

After all, compared with the affected places, the people of Yangzhou Mansion, even if they know good things about the various policies of the Dashun Dynasty, they will not be too obvious.

For example, a person who has been hungry for two days and a person who has no worries about food and clothing, and gives them two steamed buns for free at the same time, although they are kind at the same time and want to help each other, but the gratitude of the two will definitely be different, and the latter may not necessarily accept it.

Just understood this, Li Jin didn't say much, and after answering, he looked straight at Li Zicheng, wondering why his uncle asked like this?

"After a while, let's send some more people out and arrange them on the official roads leading from Yangzhou Mansion to Nanjing City, as long as we see the people reported by the Ming army, we will immediately kill them, and buy time for Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang as much as possible."

"Yes, uncle~"

When Li Jin answered, he already understood Li Zicheng's intentions, hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Uncle, even if you send more people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block the news, and it is still possible to control those official roads, but the waterways can't be blocked at all." ”

Li Zicheng looked stunned, thoughtful, did not respond to Li Jin's words, but said lightly: "As long as Tian Jianxiu and Wu Ruyi's actions go well, they will take Xuzhou tomorrow and join us, and the 400,000 army is enough to take Nanjing." ”

Hearing this, Li Jin's heart suddenly moved, faintly excited, and said with some excitement: "As long as Nanjing City is taken and Yingtianfu is occupied, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang's actions will be very smooth, and Yangzhou Mansion will be self-defeating. ”

Li Zicheng showed a knowing smile at this time, nodded his head lightly, and affirmed: "Yes, after occupying Yingtianfu, the Ming army in Yangzhou Mansion is equivalent to rootless duckweed, with their past habits, they will definitely surrender with weapons without any chance of winning." ”

"Hey, hey... In this case, uncle, no matter what ideas Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude have in the fight, as long as the 400,000 army swings to that side, everything will be in vain, and all the conspiracies will be self-defeating. ”

Gradually, Li Jin's last trace of worry also disappeared with the wind, and no matter how those officials in Nanjing tossed, intrigued, and calculated with each other, the impact on the actions of the Dashun army could be described as very little.