After Chongzhen and them entered the city, although there was tension outside the city, there was order in Yangzhou City.

Early in the morning, Yangzhou City began to be lively, the traffic appeared on the street, there were more red men and green women, the shops on the street opened one after another, and the people who bought and sold also shouted......

Chongzhen and the others walked all night, and they began to brave the wind and rain, and they felt hungry at this time.

When they arrived at a steamed bun shop, the six of them asked for a few steamed buns and a few bowls of porridge, and the hot steamed buns and hot porridge went down to the stomach, which was hot and felt very comfortable.

In particular, Chongzhen is used to eating the imperial banquet in the palace, and this flavor snack in Yangzhou City is particularly authentic to enjoy.

It's just that a few of them are eating, and the shopkeeper next to them is watching from the side, refusing to go away, but they don't dare to come over, and they glance at them from time to time, as if they will run away.

Chongzhen understood that he was wearing sunglasses now, folding a fan in one hand and a birdcage in the other, especially early in the morning, with three women, two men and five servants, walking three times.

No wonder the shopkeeper mistook him for a street ruffian who ate and drank.

It shows that he is too successful in disguise this time, and he acts like him, he is not the emperor in the first place, but now he is a full image of a gentleman, and the second child of this shop is worried that they will not give money to eat and take the opportunity to slip away, which is also reasonable.

It's just that the 5 escort masters around them, two handsome men and three beautiful women, are a little uncomfortable for a while, and they are angry when they see the shopkeeper like this, but with Chongzhen here, they don't dare to lose their temper, for fear of exposing the blame and can't afford it.

Chongzhen smiled indifferently, threw him ten taels of silver, and told him that he didn't need to look for it.

greatly surprised Xiao Er, "Son, you are so bright...... Thank you, Childe......

Xiao Er immediately showed a smile on his face, bowed, and thanked him again and again.

The six of them couldn't even use three taels of silver for this breakfast, and the rest of course became the tip of the shopkeeper. Six or seven taels of silver, catching up with the salary of the shopkeeper for two and a half years.

Of course, Xiao Er regarded Chongzhen as the God of Wealth, and just now he was worried that he was a scoundrel on the street and didn't give money for dinner, but now this psychology has been swept away, and he is impressed by Chongzhen.

Nodding his head, he was submissive, and he was as thoughtful as serving his uncle.

Chongzhen took the opportunity to inquire about the prefect's yamen, and the shopkeeper told him enthusiastically, and led them to go how far before reluctantly returning to the bun shop.

Following Xiao Er's guidance, Chongzhen and the six of them soon came to the prefect's yamen......

At this time, Yangzhou's military and political minds were basically there, Yangzhou prefect Ma Minglu, Yangzhou military commander Liu Zhaoji, Yangzhou general judge Zheng Guangyuan, as well as Yangzhou official Tang Laihe, Yangzhou's military officer Han Hu and several other staff members did not sleep all night.

Now Liu Zeqing's tens of thousands of troops have surrounded Yangzhou and are eyeing Yangzhou City.

Moreover, Ma Luan, the commander of Nanjing Jinyiwei, also came, and these officials had already smelled an extraordinary atmosphere, which was completely different from the situation when Gao Jie and their soldiers invaded Yangzhou last time.

After Liu Zhaoji and Ma Minglu sent Ma Luan away, they couldn't sleep and discussed countermeasures overnight.

Han Hu, the soldier of the army, said to Ma Minglu: "Lord Futai, Liu Zeqing is not good at coming this time. Unlike the Ministry of History and Soldiers, as soon as Commander Ma came, he openly supported Liu Zeqing to enter the city, and if he left, Yangzhou would probably be annoyed."

Ma Minglu felt that Han Hu's words were reasonable, and he also felt extremely pressured, and nodded, "Let's discuss, how should we deal with it?"

Liu Zhaoji is a veritable military general, brave and good at fighting, afraid of anything, not afraid of war, once served as the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, worked with thieves, and also did with ***. During his period in Liaodong, his military exploits and scenery were comparable to those of Wu Sangui and others.

Liu Zhaoji looked at it and said: "What are you afraid of, even if you meet each other, Liu Zeqing must not enter Yangzhou, this is a group of soldiers and ruffians, and the scourge of the people is worse than that of thieves."

Han Hu said: "Lord Liu, this official knows, but Liu Zeqing has 100,000 soldiers, and he has already come to the city, and then there is the support of the Ma family's father and son...... Please forgive the official for bluntly saying that Yangzhou City only has more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, and it has not fought for many years, how can it match the army of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves?"

"Lord Han said

It is reasonable," Yangzhou General Judge Zheng Guangyuan answered, "If Commander Ma pretends to be deaf and dumb, and Liu Zeqing forcibly attacks the city, Yangzhou City may not last for three days."

"And what do you think?" Prefect Ma Ming recorded.

"The lower officials are foolish, it is better to open the city and let Liu Zeqing and them into the city, and you can make an appointment with them for three chapters." Zheng Guang said from afar.

"Absolutely not." Liu Zhaoji said, "Liu Zeqing is flying high, from Shandong to Jianghuai, the robbery of the army is famous, and I am afraid that it will not be up to us when the time comes."

Han Hu, the military officer, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's better to do this, quickly send someone to negotiate with Liu Zeqing and Ma Luan, drag them down first, and then send someone to Nanjing to see the emperor, and see the military department's Shangshu Shi Kefa. The emperor sent envoys, and it is best if the Ministry of History and Military Affairs can come, and the problem of Yangzhou will be solved."

Until now, they still think that Liu Zeqing and they entered the city mainly to rob, and they came behind the back of the Southern Ming court.

As everyone knows, Zhu Yousong of the Southern Ming Dynasty didn't care about things at all, and let the Ma family's father and son and Shi Kefa toss casually.

"Lord Han's plan is feasible, but we must be prepared to defend the city, if they forcibly attack the city, we must meet the attack, there are not enough soldiers and horses in the city, we can mobilize the young and strong people in the city to help defend the city." Tuiguan Tang came to congratulate.

"Lord Tang's words are very kind." Liu Zhaoji agreed.

Ma Minglu also nodded and said: "In this case, let's prepare separately, Lord Liu and Lord Han are responsible for defending the city, Lord Tang is responsible for mobilizing the people to defend the city, and Lord Zheng will work hard to go out of the city to deal with Liu Zeqing and Ma Luan, and the government will do its best to defend the city and be responsible for the supply of money, food and materials to defend the city."

"We will obey." The adults dispersed.

But before they left the hall, someone outside came to report, Yangzhou Zhu Gongzi asked to see the adults.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen