"The minister is willing to listen to the emperor, the emperor said to move the capital, the minister will move the capital, and if he says to defend it, the minister will defend it! Listen to the Word! ”

Shi Kefa stepped forward and said to Zhu Cihong.

"Then I will stick to it!"

Zhu Cihong didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty! With our current strength, it is impossible to resist the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Qing army, and only by moving the capital and preserving our strength can we make a comeback! ”

After hearing this, Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward to persuade.

"Now I have only been waiting for a year to reorganize the imperial court in the south, and we are going to move the capital, the morale inside and outside the court will inevitably be shaken, and the morale will fall sharply, and the officers and soldiers in the southeastern provinces will no longer have the fighting spirit, and they will fall in the wind, and then the southeast will be lost, the southeast is an important place for finance and taxation, and it is also a place of maritime trade stipulated by me, if this territory is lost, the Ming Dynasty's finances will inevitably collapse, and when the time comes, let alone resist the Qing Dynasty, it will be difficult to even maintain the current army establishment!"

"Once the capital is moved, the southeast will be lost, and even the army establishment and logistics cannot be guaranteed, so how can we talk about preserving our strength and making a comeback?"

Zhu Cihong immediately stated that it was powerful.

"This..."

Zhu Cihong's words hit the nail on the head, and the hundreds of officials led by Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the ministry, didn't know how to answer.

"The emperor is right, finance is indeed the foundation of my Ming Zhongxing, there is no room for loss at all, the ministers support the two cities of Nanjing, Yangzhou."

At this moment, Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department, stood up, and immediately agreed with Zhu Cihong.

"Shi Kefa is not talented, he is willing to personally guard Yangzhou, if Yangzhou falls, Shi Kefa will kill himself."

Shi Kefa stood up and said.

At this moment, Zhu Cihong hesitated, in history, Shi Kefa died in Yangzhou, and finally Yangzhou was captured by Duoduo, and launched Yangzhou for ten days, and 800,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered.

Since Zhu Cihong changed history and established the Yongwu Imperial Court, he has been constantly trying to change history.

But after a big circle, it seems that history keeps repeating itself.

This time, it was Duoduo who attacked Yangzhou, and it was Shi Kefa who proposed to defend Yangzhou.

No, Zhu Cihong must not let history repeat itself.

"For major events in the DPRK and China, the first assistant is still needed, how can the first assistant move lightly?"

In order to avoid a repetition of history, Zhu Cihong immediately exited to stop Shi Kefadao.

"Regarding the matter of guarding Yangzhou, I will send another general to go, you officials don't have to worry!"

Zhu Cihong then said to everyone.

"Luo Yangxing!"

Zhu Cihong turned his eyes to look at the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Luo Yangdao said.

"The minister is here!"

Luo Yangxing hurriedly stepped forward and obeyed.

"In order to prevent the DPRK and Chinese officials from fleeing Nanjing City without permission and shaking the morale of the southeast to resist the Qing Dynasty, the whole city of Nanjing will be under martial law from now on.

Zhu Cihong immediately issued an order.

"Obey the order!"

Luo Yangxing immediately obeyed the order.

Just an hour later, martial law began in Nanjing.

Zhu Cihong sent Luo Yangxing to find Qi Li again.

Inside the Imperial Study

"Ministers, see the emperor!"

Jinyi Wei's deputy Qianhu Qi Li saluted Zhu Cihong.

"Qi Li, I promoted you to be the governor of Nanzhili, supervising Yangzhou, responsible for the defense of the whole city of Yangzhou, you must stick to Yangzhou and wait for the new army to come to the rescue, anyone who escapes from the battle, regardless of the official rank, can be cut first and then played!"

Zhu Cihong immediately instructed Qi Li.

In an instant, Qi Li was promoted from a small Jinyi Wei deputy Qianhu to the highest military commander of Nanzhili.

"Obey! Thank the emperor for his grace, and the ministers will live up to the emperor's trust. ”

Qi Li, who has always been eager for fame and fortune, faced with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve fame, how could he refuse and immediately receive his fate.

At night, Qi Li rode a horse, held the holy decree, and led hundreds of brocade guards to ride out of the city and enter quickly.

After a few days of travel, we arrived at the city of Yangzhou.

"Who's under the city?"

The general on the upper floor of Yangzhou City asked.

"This official is Qi Li, the governor of Nanzhili who was ordered by the emperor himself, and he came to supervise Yangzhou, and he didn't open the door to greet him!"

Qi Li held high the holy decree.

The generals on the city tower looked at it at this time, and found that the brocade guards below were brocade guards wearing flying fish suits, and they also saw the holy decree in Qi Li's hand.

"Open the door!"

The generals hurriedly beckoned the soldiers to open the door.

"Click!"

With a loud click, the door opened.

Dozens of generals in Yangzhou City walked out.

Qi Shushu knelt in front of Qi Li.

"We'll welcome Inspector Qi!"

Dozens of generals saluted in unison.

Then the generals welcomed Qi Li into the city.

Qi Li, surrounded by the generals, entered Yangzhou City.

In the Yangzhou military camp school field.

Qi Li summoned dozens of Yangzhou generals.

"This official introduces himself, this official is the founding of the Ming Wei general, after Taizu's relatives are detailed, he was born in Dingyuan Qi's family, I am the grandson of Qi Jin, Qi Jiguang's great-nephew, the current emperor personally ordered Qi Li, the governor of Nanzhili, this time I specially came to command the defense of Yangzhou, I hope you can cooperate with this official."

Qi Li knew that it was easier to gain the admiration and obedience of the soldiers after leading the troops after the nobles, so Qi Li stood in front of the generals and immediately introduced his origin.

Everyone was impressed when they heard this.

"I'm willing to listen to Inspector Qi's orders!"

The generals clasped their hands into fists and obeyed the way.

"From now on, except for the 20,000 troops in Yangzhou City, everyone must be mobilized, and all men and women in Yangzhou City must help fight! An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, if the city tower can not be held, it will be a street battle, the father is killed in battle, and the son takes over, until Yangzhou City is all gone, and it cannot be surrendered. ”

Qi Li said to the generals.

"We will obey the orders of Inspector Qi!"

The generals of Yangzhou obeyed the order.

In the city of Yangzhou, both the soldiers and the people were all mobilized.

The people demolished their houses one after another to make rolling logs for defense.

Under Qi Li's order, the Yangzhou government opened the treasury and distributed the weapons in the treasury to the people of Yangzhou.

Arm all the people of Yangzhou.

and stipulate their respective defense zones.

Soon after.

Duoduo led 30,000 iron cavalry of the Eight Banners to the city of Yangzhou.

"His Royal Highness Prince Yu, this Huai'an City is still so vulnerable, and Yangzhou City, which is garrisoned by this miscellaneous army, is probably even more vulnerable!"

The rebel general Li Chengdong (the murderer of the three massacres in Jiading in history) stepped forward and said.

"This king wants to be too!"

Duoduo also felt that Yangzhou City should be as Li Chengdong said.

"Please Prince Yu give me a chance, let me take the lead this time!"

Li Chengdong stepped forward to express his loyalty.

"Good! I'll give you this chance to behave well! ”

Dordor then gave permission.

"Someone came and dragged the cannon down in the wagon."

Li Chengdong immediately commanded his subordinates.

I saw hundreds of cannons being dragged down from hundreds of carriages.