Chapter 308: The crown prince leads his troops to the city
To say that Zhu Wenzhi's entry into the city this time was surprisingly smooth, except that Wu Chenliang persuaded the two allied forces and the defenders to open the city gate; The king of Han put the ministers above the fourth rank under house arrest in the palace, and no one ordered it; There are also prophecies that spread flowers and wealth to move the heavens, and Emperor Hongxi will die in a few days, which is demagogic.
There is another one, that is, it is the annual holiday of the New Year's Day, and the information and traffic are slow.
Zhu Wenzhi ordered all the city gates to be closed when he entered Ying Tianfu, even if the people had doubts, no one would have thought that Ying Tianfu was occupied by the rebels, and no one would go to the nearby government to report.
Standing in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Wenzhi looked up to the sky and smiled: "Zhu Di, I really hope that your spirit in the sky can see with your own eyes, the people's hearts are back, so obvious!" If you kill in vain, your son still can't keep the world you robbed! ”
The king of Han suggested to him that three days later, he would officially worship the heavens and be crowned emperor.
At that time, Fengyang Zhongdu stayed behind in Chen Ge, and led 40,000 troops and horses in Fengyang to respond, and occupied Chuzhou, Luzhou, Hezhou, Taiping and other prefectures all the way.
On the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Zhanji, who came with troops from Guanglingyi, arrived outside Yingtianfu City.
However, the surrounding Chuzhou and other prefectures that were about to rush to King Qin, but they did not send troops for a long time, because their capital was attacked by the garrison of Fengyang Zhongdu.
"Chen Ge! How could Lone forget that he is the son and daughter of King Han! Zhu Zhanji was annoyed and angry, and threw Kuaixin in a ball in front of several generals.
Liang Zhongdao, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, said: "We only have six guards and 30,000 horses now, and there are nearly 30,000 in the city, so it is unrealistic to attack the city." But if we don't fight, we will be more passive when the remaining garrisons in the central capital occupy a few guards around the perimeter. ”
"Your Highness! Your Highness! ”
Outside the big tent, a guard came in and knelt down, and before he could make a report, several people rushed in with a cold air, Zhu Zhanji looked at it, and stood up excitedly to meet him.
Hu Yanjin also opened his arms, hugged one of them, and called out excitedly: "Li He! ”
It turned out that the three people who came in were Xiao Zhong, Xiao Yan and Li He.
After they were fascinated by the shipwreck, the river was cold, which stimulated them to wake up, and if they could hold their breath, they could go upstream, but no, even if they woke up, they would slowly sink.
More than a dozen of them slowly surfaced, but because the water temperature was too low, they no longer had the strength to swim ashore, so they had to float down the river, and a few more drifted and disappeared.
By the time they were found and salvaged by the boatmen on the banks of the Cao River, there were only five people alive. They didn't know where the prince was taken, and a few people couldn't find a way to look for it blindly, so they bought a boat and returned to Beijing.
When he arrived in the capital, the emperor was shocked when he heard it, and gave Xiao Zhong a team of 200 elite soldiers to look for it along the way.
"So, as soon as we got the news on the way, we rushed over."
When Xiao Zhong saw his master, he almost didn't pick him up in front of the generals. If something happens to Zhu Zhanji, he will definitely not survive.
Buckwheat is his savior.
But even these two hundred people didn't help much in the siege.
Hu Yanjin said: "Go over and shout first, to let the people in the city know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is outside the city, I don't believe it, all the people support a prince who doesn't know the details and suddenly pops up." ”
In fact, before they started shouting, Zhu Wenzhi in the palace got the news that he was preparing for his enthronement ceremony, and noon was the time to burn incense and sacrifice to the sky, and there were still two hours left.
"Didn't King Han say that he had already controlled Zhu Zhanji? Could it be that he said that he returned to Beizhili because Zhu Zhanji had escaped? It is said that the king of Han is strong on the outside and dry in the middle, and this is true! ”
"Your Majesty, what now? They are beating the gong and shouting under the city, and Weichen is afraid that it will shake the hearts of the army! "Zhao Li has been a secretary of the military department for a few years, and he still understands this truth.
"Then I'll go to the city tower in person to drum up morale!"
"This ......"
Zhao Xinxin said: If you don't stay in the palace and wait for the enthronement ceremony, run to the city tower to show off, what if something happens?
There was no way, so I had to order my own soldiers to escort Zhu Wen to the city tower.
When Zhu Wenzhi looked outside the city, the number of people would definitely not exceed 50,000.
To attack the city, at least two or three times the strength of the defending city, as long as he holds on for two days, and when Chen Ge is killed, the soldiers in the city will rush out again, attack inside and outside, and destroy Zhu Zhanji.
The premise is that Zhu Zhanji's troops transferred from other provinces have not yet arrived.
Zhu Wenzhi stretched out his hand and took a bow, his movements were seen by Hu Yanjin, who was standing in front of the formation, and he shouted at the soldiers who were beating gongs and shouting under the city wall: "Come back quickly!" ”
At the same time, he ran towards the soldier. He knew that Zhu Wenzhi's arrow would definitely turn towards him.
Sure enough, he successfully attracted Zhu Wenzhi's attention:
Traitor! Am I so unworthy of your nostalgia?
As soon as he raised his hand, the arrow in his hand was aimed at Hu Yanjin, who had already entered the firing range: Let me kill you before the war, even if you didn't live up to me!
At that time, Yi Chengjin admired Hu Yanjin, even if he had been undecided, he was still willing to forgive him.
But I don't know when he was determined to help Zhu Zhanji, and he wanted to kill him.
It's just that he still wants to use Wu Chenliang, no one is more keen on revenge than Wu Chenliang, and their father and son are two extremes.
Zhu Wenzhi's hand trembled a little with the strings, his breathing was slightly short, and the arrow finally flew out:
Xiao Yi, let's fly!
What Hu Yanjin was waiting for was the moment he saw the tip of the sword, his whip greeted him, this move was no longer the "blue sea swimming dragon" of the past, this was a blue sky swimming dragon full of internal force!
The arrow was decisively shot down to the ground.
Hu Yanjin picked up the arrow on the ground, folded it in half, turned around and threw it back, drawing a long dividing line.
Zhu Wenzhi was so angry that he couldn't wait to jump down the city and strangle him!
He said in a deep voice, "Defend me!" As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they immediately went out of the city to attack! He threw himself down the city gate.
The news that the prince's army had arrived outside the city soon spread in Yingtianfu. Two people sitting in a restaurant eating noodles also heard the news.
"Great, I'm so glad I'm in town!" Zhang Yue put the two copper plates on the table, picked up the knife next to him, stood up and left.
"Hey!"
"I've already invited you to eat noodles to thank you, what? Do you want me to make a personal promise? ”
Zhang Yue returned to his usual Xipi Erhuang.
It is said that Lan Xi has never heard such words, but when it comes out of Zhang Yue's mouth, it becomes very different.
"Where are you going?" She asked anyway.
"Go and die."
It's stingy! I still remember what I said when I got off the boat just now: If you go to kill him, you are looking for death.
"No! Can you be a little more sensible? Now there are several masters around him, and they are all guards......"
Zhang Yue suddenly stopped, hurriedly followed Lan Xi behind him, and almost hit him.
"You can't say that men can't, you know?"
He suddenly saw that the concern in Lan Xi's eyes was not pretended. At the moment when their eyes intertwined, a person rode a horse past them quickly, and Zhang Yue stretched out his left hand and grabbed the flying hidden weapon.
No, it's not a hidden weapon, it's a ball of paper.
Zhang Yue opened it and took a look, and it read: Flowers have wealth and benevolence, and the ministers of Wenhua Palace.
He clumped the note into a ball, and was about to throw it in his mouth and swallow it, when he saw Lan Xi next to him looking up at him, he played with it, pulled the note apart and tore it in half, half stuffed it in his mouth, and half in his mouth:
"Do me a favor, I can't swallow so much."