Song Nan led tens of thousands of troops to march at the same time, arrived in Jiangpu County, Jiangbei on February 13 of the eighth year of Zhengde, and went south from Shandong, with soldiers and horses hurrying forward, with little rest in between, and the army was slightly tired.

Song Nan had to do this, because he knew the importance of time, if Zhu Chenhao's rebels really planned to go down the river, along the rolling water of the Yangtze River, the speed of the march would not be comparable to himself. And his own soldiers and horses are almost purely infantry, and they carry a large number of heavy firearms and supplies, if they do not travel day and night, I am afraid that when they arrive, they will have missed the best time to set up an ambush, and they will fall into a passive situation.

Song Nan has not yet received the news from the front, and he doesn't know whether the rebels will take the risk to attack Nanjing, but Song Nan has a backup plan, if Zhu Chenhao is not fooled, but chooses to retreat to Jiangxi to defend, he can go upstream, step by step to recapture Anqing Jiujiang and other important towns, approach Jiangxi, and tighten the rope around Zhu Chenhao's neck step by step.

Relatively speaking, Song Nan is actually more willing to use this backup plan, because this plan is more stable and reliable, and it is almost invincible. If you play against Zhu Chenhao in Nanjing, it will be much more difficult. The reason is very simple, from the perspective of mentality, once Zhu Chenhao's rebels choose to attack Nanjing, it must be determined to give up the nest of Jiangxi and fight to the death, and the final bite of the trapped beast is the deadliest and most terrible.

Judging from the shape of the battle itself, this battle is undoubtedly a battle on the water, and Zhu Chenhao is known as a thousand warships and a powerful sailor; Most of the soldiers and horses led by himself were infantry inside and outside Gyeonggi, and the surface battle was the first time that the eldest girl sat in a sedan chair, and it is not yet known whether she could make a difference.

The news that Zhen Guogong led the army to Nanjing caused a sensation in the entire city of Nanjing, and during this time, rumors were flying in the city of Nanjing, all of which were the news that the rebels were about to attack Nanjing. Especially after the east gate of Nanjing, Anqing, was defended, and there was a sense of panic in the city, and everyone was asking for sure news about whether the rebels would attack.

This time, Zhen Guogong led the army to Jiangpu County and set up a camp, which confirmed this speculation, and there is no need to inquire about it, this matter is probably true. The mood of the people who stayed in the capital for too long was very conflicted, they were a little panicked, but at the same time, they felt that things were not so bad because of the arrival of the imperial army. Especially when it was rumored that the commander of the army was Song Nan, the prince of Zhenguo, many people breathed a sigh of relief. Without him, this is to quell the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, capture the rebellion of King Anhua, and severely damage the Tartar soldiers and horses to recover the Hetao Zhenguo Gong Song Nan, with him personally in charge, what else is there to fear?

In the afternoon of the same day, Nanjing military and political officials gathered at Pukou Wharf to welcome the arrival of Zhenguo Gong. In the early afternoon, under the golden spring sun, a warship fluttering the yellow dragon flag and Song Nan's handsome flag appeared in everyone's field of vision. After landing, Song Nan was dressed in a five-clawed golden dragon python robe, and walked off the boat with a jade belt hanging from his waist, and dozens of sturdy brocade guards came down behind him.

The officials of the six departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Left-behind Division, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and even the Guozijian of the Hanlin Academy all came to the dock to greet them. Many of them are old acquaintances of Song Nan, the most familiar of which is Qian Taichang, the commander of the left-behind division of Nanjing, who was put forward in Nanjing after being put out of the regimental camp and gave a position of the commander of the left-behind division as a consolation prize.

Of course, there are acquaintances, Huang Jue, the waiter of the Nanjing Military Department, is also a person, and Chen Huishi, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Tao of the Ministry of Industry, Song Chao of the Ministry of Rites, and others are also acquaintances, saying that they are familiar, but they had a drink together on Zhu Chenhao's flower boat that day, and on that night, Song Nan assassinated Fang Qingshan after drinking.

Several acquaintances were a little embarrassed when they saw Song Nan, Qian Taichang was fine, Huang Jue, Chen Huishi and others were embarrassed because they had a close relationship with Zhu Chenhao, and the Zhenguo Gong in front of them had witnessed it with their own eyes, and now that Zhu Chenhao had reversed, they were terrified all day long, for fear that this fire would burn on their heads, so they didn't even dare to look at Song Nan.

Song Nan greeted the officials with his hand, and when he saw the embarrassed looks of those people, he knew it, and deliberately smiled at a few people: "A few adults, don't come to harm, I didn't expect to see you in Nanjing, I'm really happy." ”

Song Chao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had a slightly worse psychological endurance, mistakenly thought that Song Nan was going to talk about the old things, his legs were weak, and he involuntarily knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The lower official is guilty, and he is ashamed of the saint Longen, so he will casually settle down in the town and the country, and there will be no complaints." ”

All the officials who didn't know the inside story were stunned, and Huang Jue and others saw Jiang Yi kneeling on the ground, and they were also affected, and they all knelt on the ground to confess.

Song Nan smiled: "What are you doing? ”

Jiang Yiyi said: "I am blind and confused, I had a relationship with the traitor Zhu Chenhao back then, but I didn't know that he was a traitor with wolf ambitions, and the prince of Zhenguo must have come here to convey the holy will to cure our crimes." ”

The officials were surprised, it turned out that these people had a close relationship with Zhu Chenhao, and I am afraid that Song Nan knew about this matter, thinking that Song Nan was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, these things naturally could not escape his eyes; Now that Song Nan is coming to suppress the thieves in person, the first thing to do is these officials who have been in contact with Zhu Chenhao, and these people simply ask for their own guilt.

Song Nan laughed and said, "Hey, what are you doing here?" I'm not here to punish you, Zhu Chenhao's ambition is good, but it's very well hidden, I think you adults don't know about his intentions, so I made friends with him. If mere association is sinful, am I not guilty too? Back then, I also had frequent contacts with Zhu Chenhao, and I also drank and chatted together, and even had business dealings with him in private. I am not satisfied with you saying that the property I developed in the white paper workshop in the capital, then Zhu Chenhao is my first big customer. If I say that, shouldn't I also go and ask the emperor for my guilt? ”

Huang Jue and the others were relieved, it seemed that Zhen Guogong was not going to pursue this matter, a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, but he was glad that he could talk about it today, otherwise this matter would always blow up regularly. Sooner or later, it will become a lever for others to attack.

But Song Nan's words sounded in his ears again: "Of course, what I mean is the person who was deceived by Zhu Chenhao, if there is any ulterior motive between you and Zhu Chenhao, then it is another matter." If there is anything wrong, you must confess it in time. At present, the counterinsurgency is the most important task, but after the counterinsurgency, it is still necessary to liquidate, this is not only to the few of you adults, but also to all of you here, it is still too late to confess, and if it is found out afterwards, it is the crime of complicity. ”

Huang Juejiang and others just got up, and when they heard this, they were so frightened that they immediately knelt down again, and Jiang Yi said in a trembling voice: "Lord Song, the lower officials have not done anything dangerous to the imperial court, and it is also an obstacle to befriending Zhu Chenhao, Zhu Chenhao gave Xia Guan a concubine, but the lower officials did not dare to accept it, so Zhu Chenhao is still very dissatisfied with Xia Guan." ”

Song Nan saw that Huang Jue and the others were not quite right, so he smiled and said, "Lord Huang, Lord Song, did Zhu Chenhao give you any good things?" ”

Huang Jue's face turned pale, wiped his sweat and said: "Xiaguan will go back and expel the woman, Xiaguan should die, Zhu Chenhao did send a woman to Xiaguan as a concubine, Xiaguan actually accepted it greedily, it is really damn good." ”

Song Nan pointed at those people and said, "You all also accepted the concubines he sent, right?" ”

Those few wiped sweat nodded, and even said damn it, Song Nan laughed and said: "What is this matter, it is the habit of your Jiangnan officialdom to give concubines among officials, no fuss." However, what Zhu Chenhao gave you naturally has a different purpose, and it is better for several adults to cut their love. ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials will send those women to the Zhenguo Gong as soon as they go back."

Song Nan rolled his eyes and reprimanded, "What are you sending to me?" Is it possible to let Zhu Chenhao have a few eyes and ears by my side? ”

"Yes, yes, I'm not talking properly, damn it."

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Get up, those women, you have to check if they have found out for Zhu Chenhao to spy on intelligence, if there is no bad deed, they will be expelled from the house, but there is no need to do anything." All in all, this matter is not a big deal, ladies and gentlemen, you should also introspect and self-examine, as far as I know, Zhu Chenhao is giving meat to your Nanjing officialdom. It's an eye-catcher around you, so be careful. ”

The faces of several officials changed slightly, and they secretly thought to themselves, it turned out that Zhu Chenhao had all these things in Nanjing, and it seemed that the woman in the mansion would be a barrel of explosives, and she would have to dispose of it quietly after she went back, so as not to bring about a catastrophe.

Zhenguo Gong Song Nan didn't say much when he got off the boat, and some officials took the initiative to confess their guilt, which made all the officials in Nanjing feel great pressure in their hearts. But the generosity of the Zhenguo Gong is unexpected, and it is completely inconsistent with the rumors that Song Nan will repay the vicious and cunning actions of the outside world, maybe this Zhenguo Gong is for the current major event, so he doesn't care.

In any case, these things are put aside, the most important thing at the moment is the counterinsurgency plan, if Zhu Chenhao really invades Nanjing, he will rely on this Zhenguo Gong to ensure the safety of Nanjing.