Chapter 161: Vulnerable

Li Zeren never expected that the five envoys would suddenly come to this hand, and this time he didn't say that it was the fifth day, even today, he might not be able to get by.

Li Ze looked around, and saw that the Hou Ye Chen Guangyu, who was still standing just now, was gone, and then looked at the ground, good guy, Chen Guangyu, who was wearing regular clothes, had fallen in a pool of blood.

At this time, it's really yellow mud falling off the crotch of his pants, and it's not but either.

Li Ze looked at this battle and knew that he would not rebel today, and when the other soldiers and horses in the city reacted, he was afraid that he would have to destroy his family and his family.

At this time, Bai Yousong rushed over and asked Li Zedao, "Dashuai, what's the matter?" ”

"What's going on? Those five envoys killed Hou Ye, we are now either going back or back, General Bai Shen, you immediately take 10,000 horses to open the gate of Jubao Gate, open the four urn gates together, and greet them

King Han enters the city. ”

"What about you?"

"There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, Lao Tzu has to resist you, if you can't open the city gate, all of our 20,000 brothers will have to die in Nanjing, go quickly!"

"Yes!"

Bai Yousong immediately ordered 10,000 people to rush towards Jubaomen to kill, and met soldiers patrolling the night along the way, and killed them when they met.

The soldiers and horses of Nanzhili and Nanjing City Headquarters who were in charge of patrolling and keeping vigil were killed on the street before they could even react.

All of a sudden, half of Nanjing City was in chaos.

When the people in the city heard the shouts of killing on the street, they thought that the Han army had entered the city.

In the brothel of the Qinglou, many dignitaries and rich sons were discussing gender relations with prostitutes, and suddenly heard the shouts of killing outside, and several sons and brothers were so frightened that they almost wilted.

Inside the city, Fan Jingwen, who had just been lying down, heard the shouting and killing sound outside, and hurriedly called the housekeeper at home and asked, "What happened outside?" ”

The housekeeper said, "The old slave doesn't know, so the old slave will go and inquire!" ”

"Don't go yet, go quickly!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the old slave rushed back, and Lao Yuan shouted to Fan Jingwen: "Master, it's not good, it's not good, Zhejiang's soldiers and horses are making noise in the city, they are killing people and setting fires!" ”

As soon as Fan Jingwen heard this, a black line suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"Is the alarm enough to kill and set fire? This is clearly a rebellion, quickly, pass on my order, and order the officers and soldiers of the garrison battalion to suppress the rebels immediately! ”

Before Fan Jingwen's military order left the gate of his mansion, he was surrounded by Li Ze with more than 1,000 people.

Li Ze knew that the powerful people in Nanjing City were the five garrison lords, except for the two garrison eunuchs in the palace, it was Chen Guangyu and Fan Jingwen who were in power.

As soon as Chen Guangyu died, Fan Jingwen would definitely mobilize soldiers and horses to suppress them, and he immediately rushed over with soldiers and horses first, and surrounded Fan Jingwen's mansion.

Looking at the Shangshu Mansion where Fan Jingwen lived, Li Ze raised his big knife and shouted: "Brothers, it is the military department Shangshu who does not pay us military salaries, brothers, rush in for me and kill all the corrupt officials!" ”

Thousands of people began to storm Shangshu Mansion, and Fan Jingwen in the mansion learned that the Zhejiang soldiers were attacking his mansion, and no matter how stupid his brain was, he knew that this group of people was not making noise at all, but was rebelling purposefully.

But there are only more than 50 people in the Shangshu Mansion, including the officials, so many people, don't say that you are defending the mansion, even if you guard the gate, you can't defend it.

Soon, the gate was broken by the Zhejiang soldiers, and hundreds of rebels poured into the mansion in an instant, and they killed people when they saw them, and the entire Shangshu Mansion instantly became a purgatory on earth.

After solving Fan Jingwen, Li Ze knew that the situation was basically stable.

At this time, Bai Yousong took 5,000 people all the way to kill easily, he passed through three city gates in a row, and easily packed up the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses of Nanzhili in the urn city.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing garrison battalion were low, and Bai Yousong always looked down on them, feeling that the soldiers of the garrison battalion were far worse than them.

In addition, the two sides are treated differently in terms of food and military salaries, and the Zhejiang soldiers already have hatred in their hearts.

The officers and men of the garrison battalion were taken by surprise, and the 3,000 men and horses were almost slaughtered.

That night, the suspension bridge outside the Jubao Gate was lowered by Bai Yousong, and the city gate was opened.

When I opened the city gate, I saw that there were already flags outside the city, and tens of thousands of horses were already waiting outside the city.

Bai Yousong looked at this battle, and then saw King Han on a horse, and everything instantly understood.

The co-author Han Wang had already made plans to let his five envoys take the opportunity to rebel in the city tonight.

Bai Yousong couldn't help but admire the strategy of King Han, he hurriedly brought dozens of cronies to greet him, knelt down on one knee and said: "General Bai Yousong, I have seen King Han!" ”

Mo Qian looked at Bai Yousong condescendingly, and asked with a smile: "General Bai Shen, how is the situation in the city?" ”

"King Han, Jubaomen and the four urn city gates have been taken by the last general, and now the city has already been in chaos, and there are still 50,000 officers and soldiers in the city, and please lead the Han King to lead the army into the city quickly to stabilize the situation in Nanjing!"

Mo Qian nodded, "Okay, you did a good job, I will write it down, General Bai Shen, then please lead the way in front of the head and be the guide of our army!" ”

"Yes!"

Bai Yousong turned his horse's head and led the Han army into the city.

After the Han army entered the city, Mo Qian immediately divided the 60,000 horses in his hand into six teams, three teams cleared the Ming army in the city, and three teams followed him to attack the palace.

There are still more than 10,000 defenders of the Ming army in the palace, and the city defense is strong, and if you want to gnaw the palace, you have to spend some effort.

Mo Qian personally led 30,000 horses straight to the palace city, and soon came to the southernmost Hongwu Gate.

At this time, the two garrison eunuchs in the palace only knew that the soldiers and horses in Zhejiang were making noise in the city, but they didn't know that Mo Qian had entered the city with the soldiers and horses.

When Mo Qian's 30,000 horses appeared outside the Hongwu Gate, the palace guards were suddenly frightened and had no masters.

The guards hurriedly found the garrison eunuchs Liang Hongtai and Zhang Yingqian and learned that the Han army had been killed outside the Hongwu Gate, and they were almost stupid on the spot.

There are only 10,000 horses in the palace, but these 10,000 people are elite troops who eat and drink well on weekdays.

In Liang Hongtai's eyes, his 10,000 horses can definitely be regarded as the elite of the elite.

But in fact, because of the lack of training all year round, these 10,000 horses are raised with good food and drink all day long, and the blood in their bones has been raised.

Most of the 10,000 elites are meritorious children, and the officers are all built by meritorious children.

Nanjing has been peaceful for almost 300 years, and they have never even seen what it is like to fight this group of elites, who knows how to march and fight.

Armor: They have a good pair of armor in their hands, and some of them even have a lot of muskets to play with.

But these things are not trained on weekdays, and how much power can they exert at critical moments, let alone the commander of the army, even this group of gentlemen themselves don't know.

In the palace garrison, there was a firearms unit of 3,000 men, all of whom were armed with the latest muskets and muskets.

What Liang Hongtai relied on most in his heart was that these 3,000 Shenji battalions gave Liang Hongtai the greatest confidence.

He thought that he had 3,000 Shenji battalions to defend the imperial city, and even if the thieves attacked, they would definitely have to suffer a big loss under the Shenji battalion.

But this war is not just based on the strength on paper, and when it comes to the battlefield, you have to rely on real swords and guns.

Soon, Mo Qian organized elite troops to attack the imperial city, and the soldiers of the first battalion of three thousand people were not afraid of death to launch an attack on Hongwumen.

In the city of Nanjing, according to the system in the early years of Hongwu, there should be 120,000 standing troops in Beijing.

However, with the passage of time, the number of Jingying troops in Nanjing has been decreasing, and by the time of the Wanli Dynasty, the number of Jingying in Nanjing had been reduced to 27,000 men.

There are only 27,000 people, of which more than 20,000 are still here to eat and drink, and these soldiers are all veterans and young master soldiers.

The veterans are here to eat and wait for death, and the young master soldiers are here to gild, just in this relationship, where can the combat power be.

The 3,000 Han troops directly attacked the city wall of Hongwumen with only one charge, and the defenders of the Beijing camp in the city were defeated and retreated by the Han army as soon as they fought, and soon lost the city wall.

As soon as the walls were lost, it was a matter of time before they were broken.

After a stick of incense, the soldiers of the first battalion cleaned up the defenders of Hongwumen, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, who Liang Hongtai reported hope, did not let go of a shot after seeing the red-eyed Han army, and ran away directly.

Liang Hongtai was so angry that he vomited blood directly, and when he saw the Han army open the Hongwu Gate, Liang Hongtai knew that the general trend had gone.

He knelt on his knees facing Beijing and cried: "Your Majesty, the old slave is sorry for you, sorry for the ancestors!" ”

As soon as he finished crying, a sharp arrow flew over, directly piercing Liang Hongtai's throat, and behind him, a large number of Han soldiers were rushing over.

Mo Qian thought that it would take a lot of effort to fight the Imperial City, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, so smooth that it made him feel a little incredible.

It was Yuan Xingdi, who was beside him to protect him, who shouted excitedly at this moment: "King, let's take Nanjing, let's take Nanjing, you can ascend the throne and become emperor!" ”

Hearing this, Mo Qian waved his hand and said, "It's not time yet!" ”

The imperial city was easily breached, and the attack on the outer city was also very smooth, the camp of Nanzhili was broken by Qian Dayou with his troops, and more than 3,000 Ming troops were killed, and the rest of the Ming army saw the Han army enter the city, and they knew that the general trend had gone, and they knelt down and surrendered.

In just one night, the Han army easily took Nanjing.

Early the next morning, the people of Nanjing were too frightened to go out, hiding in their homes and quietly peeking out of the window.

Yesterday, the city was shouting and killing all night, and the people didn't know what was going on, and some people boldly guessed that it should be the Han army that entered the city.

Some people scoffed at this, thinking that the city wall of Nanjing was as high, there were still 150,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the Han army was only 70,000, how could it be attacked.

Some people say that last night it was the Zhejiang soldiers who made a noise, and the Marquis of Ningyang mobilized soldiers and horses to suppress the Zhejiang soldiers and killed them for one night.

But no matter how much speculation there is, there will be a time when the mystery will eventually be revealed.

In the morning, the Han army began to walk around the streets and alleys of Nanjing with a gong, and shouted loudly while walking: "Ladies and gentlemen of Nanjing, we are the subordinates of the King of Han, the King of Han said, how to live in the future, how to live, the King of Han has notices posted everywhere in the city, everyone go to see it!" ”

In less than half a day, the whole city of Nanjing knew that Nanjing had changed its owner.

In the morning, Mo Qian sat on the dragon chair in the Fengtian Hall of the Imperial Palace, he touched the dragon chair, measured it with his hand, and said to several soldiers around him: "This dragon chair is really large, this mattress is good!" ”

Yuan Xingdi, the captain of the personal soldiers, said with a smile: "King, you sit on it and try it, you can sit on it, and you can also ascend the throne and become the emperor!" ”

At this time, several pro-soldiers next to him also echoed: "Yes, King, you sit on it and try it!" ”

Mo Qian didn't refuse, he smiled and put his butt on the mattress of the dragon chair, and after sitting on it, he found that his left and right hands had no place to let go, because the armrests on both sides were far away.

Mo Qian could only sit upright on it, and as soon as he sat up, Mo Qian said, "It's so tiring to sit on this chair!" ”

"Great king, where is there no tiring person to be an emperor, I heard that Emperor Chongzhen only sleeps two hours a day, and you sleep at least four hours a day, which is much more comfortable than him."

Mo Qian smiled, he is not a workaholic like Chongzhen, unless necessary, he must ensure enough sleep every day, otherwise where will he have the spirit to work.

Not long after he sat down, a group of civil and military officials poured in outside.

The leader was Peng Jinhong, followed by Yi Jiu, Gong Chengkang and other generals.

Peng Jinhong was stunned for a moment when he saw Mo Qian sitting on the dragon chair, and the rest of the people were also slightly stunned.

Everyone is stupid, you look at me, I look at you, or Gong Chengkang, who has the most brains, was the first to react.

He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Mo Qian, and the rest of the generals saw that Gong Chengkang was kneeling, so they would also quickly kneel, as for Mo Qian's previous rule of not allowing him to kneel and worship, they all chose to forget.

When Mo Qian saw the generals kneeling, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you doing here?" Didn't you say that you don't want to bow down? ”

Gong Chengkang said: "King, when I saw you sitting on the dragon chair, it was like seeing the emperor, my two legs, I couldn't help but weaken, and I wanted to kneel down and kowtow to the king!" ”

The rest of the generals echoed and said yes, which made Mo Qian speechless.

Mo Qian quickly stood up from the dragon chair and explained, "I'm just trying to see if this chair is comfortable, you think too much." ”

The crowd was confused.

"Thinking too much? No, we didn't think much about it at all, anyway, you will be the emperor sooner or later, and it's nothing for us to kneel now! The hearts of the people were silent.

Mo Qian looked at the expression of the big guy, and he also knew how pale and weak his explanation was, so he didn't bother to explain.

He asked Peng Jinhong, "General Peng, how is the situation in the city?" ”

Peng Jinhong stood up and replied: "Back to the king, the Ming army in the city has been cleared, except for the Ming army who died in battle, the rest of the Ming army has surrendered. ”

"Well, that's good, but what about the rest?"

"The officials in Nanjing City, because there are too many people, Master Shi is now sorting out the list, and he should be able to sort it out this afternoon, and when it is evening, the last general will order someone to find someone according to the list."

Mo Qian nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's good, remember, it's not to catch, it's to invite, be polite to them." ”

"The last general obeys!"

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