At noon, Zhu Yujian found Zhu Cihong next to a forest.

"Minister! Zhu Yujian's rescue is late! Please also ask the emperor to forgive the sin! ”

Tang King Zhu Yujian knelt down on one knee with a spear in his hand.

Zhu Cihong looked up and saw that Zhu Yujian at this time was no longer as decadent as he was back then, his face was radiant and brave.

Zhu Cihong was greatly pleased.

"King Tang, please get up!"

Zhu Cihong hurriedly helped Zhu Yujian up and said.

"If it weren't for you today, King Tang, I'm afraid I would have died under the sword of the Qing soldiers! Tang Wang's rebuilding of the society is indispensable! ”

Zhu Cihong immediately affirmed the merits of Tang King Zhu Yujian.

"The minister is guilty, the minister disobeyed the holy decree, did not listen to the emperor's words to stay in Nanjing, please forgive the emperor, the minister is worried that the emperor will comfort him, so he specially recruited a thousand warriors in the city, opened the treasury and equipped the thousand people, and came to the rescue."

Zhu Yujian will recruit warriors to come to the rescue, and all of them will make their debut.

"Da Da...."

Suddenly, not far away, there was the sound of horses' hooves.

"It can't be that the Qing army is catching up again!"

Luo Yangxing on the side was shocked.

"The emperor is worry-free, today's ministers will protect the emperor even if they die desperately, if you want to hurt the emperor, unless you step over the body of this king!"

Tang King Zhu Yujian said as he protected Zhu Cihong behind him.

I saw the dust gradually flying not far away.

A banner of the Dominion Army appeared.

"It's our own army!"

Luo Yangxing couldn't help but say excitedly.

A moment later, the recruits of the fifth battalion rushed to Zhu Cihong.

"Minister! Zheng Sen! ”

"Minister! Zhang Huangyan! ”

"Minister! Yan Yingyuan! ”

"Minister! Huang Degong! ”

"Minister! Gu Yanwu! ”

"It's too late! Please forgive the emperor! ”

Zheng Sen knelt in front of Zhu Cihong and said.

"You're here! If you don't come to Yangzhou City again, you will fall! ”

Zhu Cihong said to Zheng Sen and others.

"The ministers are guilty, and the sin deserves death!"

Zheng Sen said.

"That's it! Don't talk about this, I order you to support Yangzhou immediately! ”

Zhu Cihong said to Zheng Sen.

"The minister obeys the emperor's orders!"

Zheng Sen hurriedly complied.

The fifth battalion of the new army marched towards Yangzhou.

Yangzhou City Tower.

Duoduo looked at the tens of thousands of recruits of the Fifth Battalion who suddenly appeared, and his face instantly showed fear.

"It's here after all!"

Duoduo sighed unwillingly.

"Prince Yu, it's too late, this time we lost, it seems that we can't take Nanjing directly this time, now the top priority is to break through while the new army has not yet surrounded Yangzhou City, otherwise we will probably have to explain here."

Guo Shou offered advice on the side.

"Command the whole army, follow me to break through."

Prince Yu Duoduo immediately ordered.

"Wow!"

The generals on the side obeyed the order.

Later, Duoduo led the Qing cavalry towards the new army, and the new army broke through to the north gate before it could be surrounded.

Accompanied by the five battalions of recruits slowly entering the city.

The city of Yangzhou was once again firmly controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Cihong entered Yangzhou City, he saw the corpses of the people everywhere, and said without reproaching himself: "Let the people die in vain, and I will be guilty!" ”

"Report! Duoduo had already led the Qing army's Eight Banners elite cavalry to break through to the north gate. ”

A New Army soldier came to pray.

"Your Majesty! Pursuit? ”

Zheng Sen rode his horse to Zhu Cihong's side and asked.

"Most of the new army is an infantry army, with a majority of cannons and birds, and very few cavalry, it is difficult to catch up with Duoduo except for cavalry, even if the cavalry catches up, so few cavalry will be wiped out by Duoduo in the end!"

Zhu Cihong said to Zheng Sen.

"Is that just for them to run?"

Zheng Sen said with some righteous indignation.

"Your Majesty... Qi Li did not disgrace his mission and defended Yangzhou City! ”

Not far away, Deng An, a general with a broken arm, helped Qi Li, who was suffering from multiple knife wounds, to Zhu Cihong, and Qi Li immediately fell to his knees with a plop.

"Governor Qi, hard work!"

Zhu Cihong said to Qi Li.

"It's not hard! Serving the Ming Dynasty, even if it is martyrdom, it is the duty of a courtier! How dare you talk about the word happiness! ”

Qi Li looked at Zhu Cihong and said.

"Daming has a loyal minister like you Qi Li, and the sun and the moon will shine on the mountains and rivers again! The recovery of the rivers and mountains is just around the corner. ”

After Zhu Cihong nodded, he gave Qi Li a very high evaluation.

"Your Majesty! This Duoduo elite horseman, coming like a shadow, going like the wind, even if our new army has the best firearms combat power in the world, it is difficult to fight with it. ”

Zheng Sen said to Zhu Cihong.

"Don't worry! This battle also made me realize that no cavalry could cope with the motorized operation of the Qing army's Eight Banners elite cavalry, and after I returned to Nanjing, when Wang Youde came back from trade, I would take out a large amount of money from it to form an elite cavalry that could compete with the Qing army's Eight Banners elite cavalry! ”

Zhu Cihong turned his eyes to Zheng Sen and said.

"Then the minister is relieved! My Emperor Shengming! ”

Zheng Sen said with both hands.

In this Yangzhou defense battle, there was not one out of ten Yangzhou defenders, and almost half of the people died.

The battle was fierce.

There were corpses everywhere on the road.

Zhu Cihong ordered the soldiers of the New Army to collect all the corpses in Nanjing and bury them collectively.

And set up a temple in the city for the people and soldiers who died in the battle of Yangzhou City, to worship and mourn these people and soldiers.

A few days later, Zhu Cihong officially returned to Nanjing.

A month later, Zheng Sen, Gu Yanwu, Zhang Huangyan, Huang Degong, and Yan Yingyuan attacked from five directions.

Duoduo was defeated in successive battles and withdrew towards Shandong.

The new army succeeded in recovering the captured state capitals of Nanzhili.

When the regent Dolgon heard the news, he was furious and repeatedly reprimanded Dordo with Shunzhi's edict.

Dodor was in fear all day long.

Dolgon ordered Azig to lead 10,000 Eight Banner troops and 200,000 Han troops recruited locally to join forces with Duoduo in Shandong to prepare for the second southern invasion.

At the same time, Wang Youde returned from Nanyang.

Inside the Fengtian Temple in Nanjing.

"The minister Wang Youde was fortunate not to be dishonored, returned from the Nanyang trade, and brought back 10 million taels of gold and silver."

Wang Youde reported the situation of this trade to Zhu Cihong.

"That's a lot of money!"

"Yes! There is hope for my Ming revival! ”

"That's right! ....”

The officials talked happily.

"Wang Youde, you did a good job this time, I want to reward you greatly, from now on I will promote you to be the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and the commander of the East Factory, renamed Wang Ju, I hope you can be like my famous eunuch Chen Ju of the Ming Dynasty, loyal to the country, do your best."

Zhu Cihong looked at Wang Youde and said.

The Chen Ju mentioned in Zhu Cihong's mouth was a famous eunuch in the Wanli period, who was honest, advocated quietness, corrected the evils of the times, and supervised Dongchang for many years, never framed and attacked scholars, and was well received by the DPRK and China alike.

"Thank you for the emperor's promotion, Wang Ju will live up to the emperor's name, and he will definitely serve the Ming Dynasty more wholeheartedly!"

Wang Ju immediately waved his hands and thanked him.

Since then, Wang Youde has changed his name to Wang Ju.

Wang Ju served as the eunuch of the seal of the master of ceremonies, and was the largest eunuch official position in the Ming Dynasty, controlling everything in the inner court.

The chief assistant of the cabinet is generally called the foreign minister, and the eunuch who is in charge of the seal is generally called the internal minister, and the power can be imagined.

What's more, Zhu Cihong also asked him to supervise the East Factory, and from then on, the East Factory was under the control of Wang Ju!

"Since you are the prime minister, the sea trade will be handed over to others, and you will select a suitable eunuch from the inner court to serve as the head of the Ming fleet!"

Zhu Cihong looked at Wang Ju and commanded.