Chapter 518: War
On May 20, the emperor's will came from the capital to arrest the entire Zhen family, and all the property of the Zhen family was confiscated into the national treasury. Li Jifan had already arranged for someone to keep an eye on the Zhen family, and as soon as he received the holy decree, he immediately ordered someone to raid the house. A team of officials quickly ran out of the city to the ancestral house of the Zhen family in the countryside, yesterday Zhen Lao Taijun was buried, and the Zhen family stayed in the ancestral house, according to the rules, they had to keep filial piety in the ancestral house for a year. When the officials arrived at the Zhen family's ancestral house, they tied everyone up without saying a word, and when they heard the officials say that Zhen Yingjia had harmed the whole clan because of his rebellion, many people couldn't believe that this was true. Zhen Yingjia is already known as the emperor of Jiangnan, why is he still not satisfied at such an old age, and whimsically wants to be the real emperor?
In the Zhen Mansion in Jinling City, there is only Zhen Yingjia, a master who is lying on the bed and unconscious, and the officials will not let him go because he can't move, but let the subordinates of the Zhen family carry him to the prison of the Yamen. Mrs. Zhen saw her husband being carried in the prison, and cried hoarsely against the cell door, almost fainting from crying. And Zhen Yingjia's life after being sent to the men's prison can be described as miserable. None of his four sons, cousins, and nephews would come over to take care of him, and he was left on a pile of straw by his own relatives, and he died within a few days. Zhen Yingjia, the emperor of Jiangnan, who has been in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, spent the last few days of his life miserably.
On May 21, Liu Cheng led 20,000 soldiers to the outside of Jinling City, and strangely enough, they did not find any trace of Zhen Yingjia's 150,000 troops along the way. It wasn't until the army entered Jinling City that Liu Cheng inquired about Li Jifan and found out that things had changed. The 150,000 elite soldiers who were originally stationed fifty miles south of Jinling City disappeared overnight, they were so close to Jinling City, but they did not take Jinling directly, where did so many people go?
Just as Liu Cheng was looking at the map and thinking about this question, the spies finally came with news.
It turned out that Zhen Yingjia sent a message to Wutong, the commander of the rebel army, ordering the army to pull out the camp overnight, first occupy Jianye in the southwest of Jinling, then cross the Yangtze River, take Pukou, and then go down the Yangtze River, and capture Liuhe in the north of Jinling City. In just five days, Jinling was semi-surrounded by the rebels, as long as the rebels went south again to occupy Qixia, then Jinling City would be in danger!
After Liu Cheng got the news, he immediately summoned all the generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to divide the troops into three routes, one way to defend Jinling City, all the way to Qixia to prevent the rebels from crossing the river, and the last way to recover Jianye, so that they could oppose the rebels across the river. News came from the capital, and the emperor appointed Jia Daishan as a general and led an army of 100,000 to the south to quell the rebellion. As long as Liu Cheng and the others can hold out for half a month, Jia Daishan's vanguard army will arrive in Jinling, and when the time comes, the rebels will be annihilated in one fell swoop.
On the second day of the sixth month, Liu Cheng finally led the army to capture Jianye. On the seventh day of the sixth month, Jia Daishan's vanguard army arrived in Liuhe, confronted the rebels head-on, and lost. On June 16, Jia Daishan's army joined the vanguard army. On June 17, Jia Daishan personally went into battle to lead the army to attack Liuhe and took Liuhe County in one fell swoop. The rebel commander Wu Tong led the remnants to retreat to Pukou. On June 20, Liu Cheng led 50,000 soldiers to cross the Yangtze River, and with an army of 100,000 led by Jia Daishan, Wutong's rebels surrounded Pukou County. On June 22, after resisting for two days, Wutong was finally defeated and killed in front of the battle, and all his subordinates were captured.
For more than a month, Zhen Yingjia's dream of being an emperor was completely shattered! Immediately afterwards, the emperor ordered the Zhen family to be wiped out, and the largest tumor in the south of the Yangtze River was completely cut off.
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When the news reached the Marquis of Wenyuan Mansion in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after a good meal, he lay on the bed and slept for three days and three nights, which frightened Jia Min. If it weren't for the secret two repeatedly assuring that Lin Ruhai was just too tired and would be fine if he had a good night's sleep, Jia Min would really wonder if there was something wrong with Lin Ruhai's body.
Lin Ruhai slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was the furnishings in the lotus fragrance in the mountain residence, and he was still in a trance, when he heard Jia Min's gentle voice.
"Husband, you're finally awake! If you don't wake up, I'm going to die! Jia Min walked to the bed and sat down, the fine white soft wattle caressed Lin Ruhai's face, the cool touch made Lin Ruhai completely sober, he looked at the beautiful wife in front of him, and his heart was extremely comfortable.
"Worries you! Don't worry, I'm fine! Lin Ruhai sat up and looked at Jia Mindao with a smile.
"It's okay! Hungry, right? I'll tell them to set the table right away! Jia Min got up and went out with a smile, and turned around after a while, "I told them to prepare hot water for bathing for you, take a bath later, and when you pack up your meal, it should be ready!" ”
"Good! Na Min'er wants to help me wipe my back! Lin Ruhai took Jia Min's hand, with a coquettish taste in his tone.
Jia Min was amused by Lin Ruhai and blushed, and said coquettishly: "It's all old husbands and wives, and they haven't been serious yet!" ”
"I just want Min'er to help wipe my back, why is it not serious? You and I are a loving couple, how normal it is to bathe and wipe your back for your husband! ”
Jia Min couldn't say anything about him, so he had to reply: "As long as you promise not to mess around, I will promise to help you wipe your back!" ”
Lin Ruhai showed a triumphant smile, "A word is a certainty!" Min'er can't go back! ”
"Got it! Hurry up, the clean room has ready hot water for you to bathe! Jia Min took out his hand and turned around and entered the clean room, Lin Ruhai smiled like a cunning fox, and he easily followed Jia Min into the clean room.
After a while, the sound of rushing water came from the clean room, accompanied by the sound of a woman's panting and a man's panting......
Lin Ruhai and Jia Min had been eating for an hour, and it was just time for dinner, so Lin Xuan followed them to eat. The three of them happily had dinner, and went for a walk in the garden together, still when they walked to the martial arts training ground, Lin Xuan sat there to watch Lin Ruhai and Jia Min practice martial arts, this time the husband and wife tried a few tricks, Lin Ruhai had no way to shoot Jia Min at all, so in the end Jia Min won. After practicing a stinky sweat, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min sent Lin Ying back to the small mountain residence together, and after returning to the mountain residence, they took a bath, and the husband and wife had time to lie on the bed and talk about the past few days.
"Ya'er has sent a letter, he said that he will return to Yangzhou earlier this year!" Jia Min said.
"This kid has always been sensitive, he should know that Jiangnan has been pacified, and we are going to leave Daming!"