Many officials' expressions couldn't help but change when they heard this, to be honest, Chu Yi's murderous reputation in Jiangnan is too great, even if these officials are not afraid of the Son of Heaven, but they are really jealous of Chu Yi from the bottom of their bones.

After all, even if he is the Son of Heaven, it is impossible to be like Chu Yi, who will raid his family and exterminate his clan at every turn.

Just do the math, this huge Jiangnan, the gentry and magnates who were directly exterminated by Chu Yi are afraid that there are no less than dozens of families.

Coughing lightly, Xu Li spoke: "Everyone, King Ning's rebels are coming to the city, on this eventful time, we should work together to hold on to Nanjing City, waiting for the imperial court to send reinforcements!" ”

Several officials stepped forward and said with a resolute face: "We should do our best to defend Nanjing City to repay Your Majesty's imperial grace!" ”

Xu Li saw the reactions of the officials in his eyes, and said with a broken snort: "Someone! ”

The next moment, I saw a team of elite soldiers rushing into the main hall, these soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and as soon as they entered the main hall, they made all the officials stunned, and many people looked at Xu Li with a look of horror on their faces.

In the hall, almost all of the people saw such a change in their expressions, and Du Ze, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, frowned and looked at Xu Li and said, "Old Guogong, what are you going to do?" ”

A cold light flashed in Xu Li's eyes, and he said slowly: "Come on, give me Lord Du Zedu, guerrilla general Chen Yu, and Ministry of Industry Squire Fang Miao......"

As Xu Li's names came out one by one, the soldiers who rushed into the hall stepped forward one by one to take down these officials whose names were named.

But all the officials who were named by Xu Li showed a look of horror on their faces, just like when Du Ze was caught by two soldiers, he couldn't help but say angrily at Xu Li: "Xu Li, what do you want to do, do you want to collude with King Ning?" ”

Many officials are really stupid, it is really Xu Li's appearance that is too sudden, seeing that Xu Li sent people to take down dozens of officials, everyone is naturally worried, and at the same time they are guessing what Xu Li wants to do.

At this moment, Du Ze directly ruled Xu Li, this is collusion with King Ning, although some people showed doubts, but most of the officials present did not believe it.

What kind of person is Xu Li, the Xu family is a double principality, what a glory it is, in Beijing City, the British Duke Zhang family is respected, but in this Nanjing City, the Xu family is respected by the Wei State.

It can be said that the Wei Guogong lineage and the Ming Dynasty coexist, as long as the Ming Dynasty still exists, then the Wei Guogong lineage will have endless glory and wealth.

Therefore, it is possible that all the officials present may collude with King Ning, but there is no possibility that Xu Li will collude with King Ning.

The lineage of Wei Guogong itself has reached its peak, even if it can really assist King Ning to ascend the throne, can it be said that King Ning can still seal the Xu family as the king.

Although Xu Da was posthumously crowned king, it was just posthumously.

In the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that it is not the royal blood, and the highest person with a foreign surname is to be crowned as a national prince, as for the king, it is impossible at all.

Wei Guogong had no motive to collude with King Ning at all, so Du Ze accused Xu Li of colluding with King Ning, but the officials did not believe it.

Brushing his beard, Xu Li sneered and glanced at Du Ze and the others and said: "What a Lord Du Zedu, what a sharp mouth that turns black and white upside down, if it weren't for the news that my father received the news of Jinyiwei, I am afraid that I really didn't expect that Lord Du Ze actually colluded with King Ning, and even discussed the cooperation between the inside and the outside to welcome King Ning into the city." ”

Du Ze's expression changed when he heard this, and he pointed at Wei Guogong and said: "Xu Li, you are a bloody squirter, when did this official collude with King Ning, the old man is not convinced!" ”

Xu Li waved his hand, glanced at the other officials and said: "Everyone, these people are all people who have colluded with King Ning found out by the Jinyi Guard, and we have summoned everyone here today to expose the true colors of these people in front of everyone, and it is good that before King Ning attacks the city, we will be cleared of our interior." ”

An official stepped forward and said: "Lao Guogong's move is really a great good, if it weren't for Lao Guogong's thunderous means to take down these people, I'm afraid that when King Ning's rebels attack the city, these people will respond, and Nanjing City will not be able to hold it for a few days." ”

Xu Li got up slowly, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "I only hope that everyone can work together to help this prince defend Nanjing City, and afterwards this prince will definitely ask for credit to Your Majesty for your lordship!" ”

After promising again, Xu Li waved his hand, and dozens of officials led by Du Ze were escorted down.

I only heard Xu Li looking at the backs of Du Ze and the others and said: "On the day when the chief manager arrives, the official will transfer these people to the chief manager for disposal." ”

Many people couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard this, Xu Li actually wanted to hand over Du Ze and the others to Chu Yi to deal with.

Chu Yi is a killer star, if it falls into his hands, there will definitely be no good end.

Especially these people even colluded with King Ning, this is a capital crime, as long as it falls into Chu Yi's hands, the fate of these people can already be predicted.

Thinking of this, the crowd couldn't help but glance at Du Ze and the others with a group of sympathetic and pitiful eyes.

Before Du Ze and the others were escorted out of the main hall, an official couldn't help laughing and said: "Old horseman, you old thing really doesn't know how to lift, when King Ning breaks through Nanjing City, he will definitely punish you Wei Guogong!" ”

Xu Li sneered and said, "Yes, then the old man wants to see what ability he Zhu Chenhao has to break through Nanjing City." ”

Here, Xu Li cleared the interior of Nanjing City, and outside Nanjing City, hundreds of thousands of troops were pressed by black, and the continuous camps almost surrounded Nanjing City.

In the big tent, King Ning, who had a happy face, looked at the people present: "Everyone, Nanjing City is in front of you, this king hopes to break through Nanjing City as soon as possible, I don't know if you have any way?" ”

Nanjing City is the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty in the past, and the moat and city wall are not something that ordinary armies can break.

If the defenders in the city are stubbornly defending, I dare not say that as long as there are 20,000 or 30,000 troops, relying on the tall and thick city walls, they will definitely be able to block King Ning's army from the outside.

Many of King Ning's generals had actually watched the city wall of Nanjing City several zhang high from a distance, such a height, if it was really attacked, I don't know how many lives it would take at that time.

Of course, if it is said that if you use human lives to pile up, as long as you can break through Nanjing City, then King Ning will not hesitate to order his soldiers to attack the city with their lives.

It's a pity that the city of Nanjing is not able to be broken by storming at all.

If you haven't seen Nanjing City, they may still be thinking about the attack, but they have already seen Nanjing City, and if they say that they attack again, they are afraid that they will be ridiculed.

Storming Nanjing City is just a strategy, but if there is a little way, it will definitely not choose to storm Nanjing City.

After all, the siege battle is the most tragic, especially the besieging side has to bear great damage and pressure, after a battle, even if the city of Nanjing is broken, I am afraid that these soldiers and horses under King Ning will also lose seventy-seven eighty-eight.

When the imperial army arrives, King Ning is afraid that he will be worried that his soldiers and horses will not be enough to defend the city.

Brushing his beard, Yang Tinghe said slowly: "His Royal Highness King Ning, the art of war is cloudy: the upper army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, the next is the siege, the siege is the next strategy, there is no way, Yang does not recommend that the prince storm Nanjing City." ”

King Ning nodded slightly, looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "What Mr. Yang said is very true, and this king is also well aware of this, so I don't know what Mr. Yang can do?" ”

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "His Royal Highness King Ning's benevolent name has spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and now His Royal Highness is holding high the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and he will inevitably win the hearts of the people if he has a way to cut down the unreasonable, just like the battle of Anqing, we will take Anqing directly without much effort, so Nanjing City does not need to be attacked to be able to take ......"

Hearing Yang Tinghe say this, King Ning didn't know what he thought, so he said angrily on the spot: "This king has already sent an envoy to sneak into the city, persuaded and attracted a large number of officials, and even a few princes in Nanjing City, this king also sent a big gift to woo him, but he ......"

Many officials were curious about whether King Ning's wooing had any effect, but at this time, seeing King Ning's angry appearance, everyone's hearts suddenly changed, could it be that there was something wrong with this?

Everyone actually doesn't have much confidence in attacking the city, no matter how to say that Nanjing City is also a large city in the south of the Yangtze River, it can definitely be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, don't look at the hundreds of thousands of troops, it is not so easy to break through Nanjing City.

But with the example of Anqing in the past, everyone's greater hope is pinned on those officials in Nanjing who were co-opted by King Ning.

As long as these people cooperate with each other, Nanjing City will not fall into their hands as easily as Anqing. It can even be said that the cities they encountered along the way, except for a very few cities, almost all of them were surrendered by the magnates, gentry and even officials in the city.

King Ning snorted coldly and said: "This king has just received news that Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, and Fan Heng, the garrison eunuch, have summoned officials of all sizes in Nanjing, but that Xu Li actually sent someone to arrest a group of officials who have contact with us. ”

Many people couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard this, if there was no internal response, wouldn't they be blocked out of Nanjing next?

"Lord Wang, did Xu Li really do this? He is crazy, isn't he afraid that the Son of Heaven will hold him accountable for mobilizing troops and horses without authorization? ”

King Ning's eyes narrowed and said: "Xu Li, this old thing is in charge of the soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, and now he has joined forces with the garrison eunuch Fan Heng, even if it is a transfer of soldiers and horses, it is a matter of course, and his mobilization of soldiers and horses is reasonable, even if the Son of Heaven knows about it, he will only reward him, not punish him." ”

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