"Get moving! Get moving!"

After the fall of Purple Mountain, the Ming army immediately controlled all the roads leading to the top of the mountain, and used a large number of pack horses and livestock to transport heavy Hongyi cannons and 12-pounder infantry guns to the original Qing army camp, and set up artillery positions on the top of Purple Mountain, threatening the Qing army in the city at all times.

The more than 4,000 Qing troops who surrendered in the first battle of Purple Mountain were all incorporated into the punishment camp, together with those who surrendered to the Henan and Shandong Green Battalion generals, and in order to deter the defenders in Nanjing, Su Yan ordered to cut off the heads of Tan Tai and Ka Chuha, pickled them with quicklime, and hung them on long poles.

The Qing army in the city also knew very well that going out of the city to meet the enemy would only end up with death, so they only dared to watch the military flag fluttering on the Purple Mountain, and the Ming army moved a large number of artillery to the top of the mountain, and demolished and rebuilt it on the basis of the original Qing army camp.

At the same time, Su Yan also ordered his direct subordinates to move to camp outside Chaoyang Gate, and set up his headquarters on the top of Zijin Mountain, so that he could condescendingly look down on the entire battlefield in the next battle, and calmly command all armies to attack the city.

Even if he took the Purple Mountain, Su Yan was not in a hurry to launch an attack, he was waiting, waiting for Zhang Mingzhen's army to arrive, and after the two armies were encircled, he would give the order to attack the city.

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On the sixth day of the first month of May, the second day after the Ming army captured the Purple Mountain, Zhang Mingzhen's department finally arrived outside the city of Nanjing, and in addition to Zhang Mingzhen and his soldiers and horses, there were also envoys from the Zhoushan Islands.

After learning the news of King Lu's envoy's request, Su Yan did not immediately agree, at this juncture, King Lu's envoy asked to see, he was able to guess King Lu's intentions, after the collapse of the Hongguang court, all the imperial courts had the saying that the first to enter Nanjing was Zhengshuo.

If Su Yan did not guess wrong, it is very likely that the king of Lu wanted to persuade Su Yan to enshrine him as Zhengshuo after attacking Nanjing, remove the name of the prison country, and officially call him the emperor......

After thinking about it, Su Yan still summoned King Lu's envoy.

Then, under the leadership of the guards, two messengers entered the main tent, and the two of them stood one after another, bowed their hands, and said:

"Dong Xuan, the head of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and Su Zhaoren, a member of the Zhongshu House, meet the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang."

"No need to be polite." Su Yan bowed his head, raised his hand to signal them to be exempt, and then said, "Today's war is urgent, you two can directly explain your intentions, and the governor should listen to him."

Dong Xuan and Su Zhaoren looked at each other, but they didn't expect Su Yan to be so direct, the two exchanged glances, and then, Su Zhaoren gave up his hand again and said, "Supervisor, His Royal Highness King Lu personally wrote a letter, and ordered the two officials to submit it to you, and some other words, after you read the letter, the lower officials will dictate it."

As he spoke, Su Zhaoren took out a well-sealed letter from his sleeve, Chen Ying personally stepped forward to take the letter and handed it to Su Yan.

The content of the letter is not bad with Su Yan's inference, in the letter, King Lu greatly praised Su Yan's achievements, the words were full of enveloping meaning, and counted all kinds of mediocre and dark things in the Yongli court, extremely derogatory things, and finally said bluntly that as long as Su Yan conquered Nanjing, he would respect him as the emperor, and he would be canonized as the prince of Chu with Su Yan's merits.

After reading the content of the letter, Su Yan's heart did not fluctuate, and the expression on his face never changed, which caught Dong Xuan and Su Zhaoren, who had been staring at his facial expressions, a little unprepared.

Su Yan put down the letter, looked at the two, and said, "This governor has finished reading His Highness's letter, Su Sheren, if Your Highness wants you to dictate anything, please tell me."

Su Zhaoren looked at Su Yan's unfluctuating face, and suddenly felt that this trip was mostly in vain, but he was hindered by the task, so he still cleared his throat and said:

"Your Royal Highness, Emperor Yongli is mediocre and incompetent, resulting in the fall of the country, clinging to the western thieves, losing power and humiliating the country, how can you make the governor loyal? I also hope that the superintendent will consider it again and again, and choose another master, the superintendent's merit, only because the marquis can not calm people's hearts, and he will be registered as a superintendent in the name of the country

He is the generalissimo of the capital of Fujian and the generalissimo of the Jin Dynasty, and the governor of the five provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and the south."

Boy!

The generalissimo of the world, the governor of the five provinces, what a big stroke!

To be honest, Rao is Su Yan had no interest in being loyal to King Lu, and after listening to Su Zhaoren's dictation, he was still taken aback by Zhu Yihai's handwriting.

Again, Su Yan did not intend to be loyal to King Lu.

Compared with Zhu Youlang of Ming Dunzong, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, is still capable, and he struggled on the front line of resistance against the Qing Dynasty, accumulating a lot of prestige, if Su Yan is to serve him as the master, he will definitely encounter some trouble if he wants to usurp the throne in the future.

Therefore, it is better for Su Yan to continue to support the mediocre and incompetent Zhu Youlang as the emperor, at least the more mediocre Zhu Youlang is, the more Su Yan's excellence will be highlighted, so that he will not encounter much resistance in usurping power and seizing the throne in the future.

Su Yan pretended to be thoughtful, and after a long while, he slowly spoke under the somewhat nervous gaze of Dong Xuan and Su Zhaoren:

"His Royal Highness King Lu's high hopes, this governor has grasped it, but the national crisis is at the head, the enemy is at present, the governor does not want to participate in the political struggle, forgive the governor can not accept the position granted by His Royal Highness, and hope that the two of them will go back to report to His Highness, at this time when the country and the nation are in danger, this governor does not want to see anyone obstruct the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and drag his feet, if this governor finds out, regardless of his identity, he will be severely punished!"

After speaking, Su Yan waved his hand and said, "The army is busy with affairs, and I forgive the governor for not being well entertained and sending off guests!"

When his voice fell, Chen Ying stepped forward and sent Dong Xuan and Su Zhaoren out of the main account, and the two did not react until they were sent out of the main account, Su Zhaoren looked at the main account, subconsciously touched the beard on his chin, and said with emotion: "This Su Yan is a good expression of worrying about the country and the people, but his words seem to be as if His Highness wants to obstruct the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty."

"In contrast, you and I should think about how to go back and report to Your Highness, Su Yan said such merciless words, I am afraid that Your Highness will be annoyed and angry." Dong Xuan shushed.

When Su Zhaoren heard this, he also fell silent, and after a few seconds, he continued: "The current situation is clear, His Highness is partial to Zhoushan, and the imperial court has recovered half of the south of the Yangtze River, Brother Tiansun, do you really think that Your Highness dares to challenge the three southeastern provinces with one island?"

"I take it for granted." Dong Xuan said with a smile.

The two then walked out of the camp while talking.

Soon after they left, Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, walked into Su Yan's main tent, ready to wait for Su Yan's dispatch.