Chapter 628: Loyalty Is Not Just Lip Service (Five Watches)
In order to prove his innocence, Huang Degong ordered that the seriously injured Bu Congshan be arrested and interrogated on the spot.
Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "I believe in Huang Aiqing's loyalty, otherwise I would not have come to Hezhou. However, the soldiers and horses under Qing are uneven, and I have heard of them for a long time. Today's private visit to your Guogong Mansion is also a litmus test, and it seems that this is true. Hahaha......"
Chongzhen's words of laughter and laughter, Huang Degong was grateful again, but he was more ashamed.
The rest of the generals present were glad that they did not participate in the mutiny, otherwise the blood and shocking corpses might have ended up for them.
Huang Degong saw that the dozen or so generals he brought to worship Chongzhen were missing two in addition to these four rebel generals.
This is the staff general Zhou Chaorui and the guerrilla general Tang Zhihan.
Obviously, these two guys took advantage of the chaos and should also belong to the list of rebels.
At this time, someone came to report that Zhou Chaorui, Tang Zhihan and Yu Yongshou had escaped from Hezhou.
"These dog thieves, Wei Chen didn't even see through them, they usually only promise and are loyal, but in the end they are traitors, what a human-faced beast is a thing......" Huang Degong scolded endlessly.
Chongzhen smiled indifferently, "Loyalty is not a matter of lip service, and you can't just look at the appearance when you look at people and things."
"Emperor Shengming, Weichen has been taught," Huang Degong turned to look at the generals beside him, "How many rebel generals are there?" How many more are faithful? You can continue to perform in front of my Huang Degong, but one day I will show your feet, and I will break you into pieces!"
All of them fell to their knees and did not dare to speak, secretly hating these judges for ruining their reputation.
At this time, Chongzhen decreed that in this mutiny, all the casualties of Huang Degong's subordinates were all registered, and they would be compensated according to the martyrs of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
These generals who participated in the mutiny, and the thousands of prisoners who were willing to surrender, were all exonerated from their crimes, giving them a chance to make meritorious contributions for their crimes, and then next time, killing the two crimes into one.
The soldiers wept with gratitude, and they all fell to their knees in thanksgiving.
Due to the mutiny of Huang Degong's subordinate generals, without further ado, Chongzhen immediately issued an edict and ordered Huang Degong's headquarters to immediately use troops against Liu Zeqing and Jiangnan, and the soldiers were fast.
"Wechen obeys."
Huang Degong sent people to Chuzhou, Liuhe, Hanshan and Lai'an and other places to send orders, the military order is very clear that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty is safe in the world, and they have submitted to the Ming Dynasty. The puppet emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty belonged to the rebellious ministers and thieves, and they must be eradicated, and they were required to immediately turn their guns and attack Liu Liangzuo and other Southern Ming troops.
In order not to arouse their suspicion, these military orders were all stamped with Chongzhen's jade seal.
This is not only Huang Degong's military order, but also equivalent to the will of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
This is also a means for Chongzhen to test Huang Degong's generals, and he feels that Huang Degong's rebel generals are more than that.
They all have to be brought to the surface.
In fact, according to his superhuman judgment, Chongzhen knew that Huang Degong still had a few rebel generals, but at this time, he had to make solid charges and clean them up before he could convince people with reason.
After these military decrees came out, Huang Degong immediately rectified the soldiers and horses of Hezhou, plus these thousands of prisoners, there were a total of 20,000 troops, and the generals available to him were Weng Zhiqi, Zhuge Jinming, deputy commander-in-chief Deng Linzu, general Wu Huang, and garrison Wang Dongri.
Huang Degong planned to personally supervise the battle.
Chongzhen said: "Aiqing doesn't have to, wait and see what happens in Hezhou first, if the soldiers and horses in these places don't act all the way, it means that they have ghosts, and then send troops to clean them up."
"The emperor is sage, and the ministers obey the order."
Huang Degong and Chongzhen stayed in Hezhou and sent a large number of nights to investigate the movements of soldiers and horses in these places......
Nanking.
Ma Shiying's Cabinet Office.
The arrival of Wu Shen, the future national teacher of the Southern Ming Dynasty, gave Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others confidence again.
In order to be foolproof, Wu Shen and Lu Qing were waiting for a few helpers he invited.
Their master and apprentice are now not limited to Chongzhen
It's a fight.
Since Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty wants to challenge the world's martial arts, he might as well hold a martial arts event in Nanjing, preferably the world's famous and decent and demon masters, all of whom came to Nanjing to fight, and annihilated Chongzhen and those reactionaries in front of the heroes of the world.
So as to achieve the goal of dominating the martial arts.
After overthrowing Chongzhen, politically he can realize his dream of becoming a great teacher.
Lu Qing of the Demon Sect is for revenge, and he obeys his master Wu Shenyan, as long as he can kill Chongzhen, he will do whatever it takes.
At this time, the Shaanxi chief rudder and Shanxi branch rudder of the Demon Sect had already sent a holy fire order, asking him to draw a clear line with the famous and decent sects, and they had already heard that Lu Qing had established a master-apprentice relationship with Wu Shen, the abbot of Nanjing Baoguo Temple, and the high-level of the Demon Sect was furious.
This is tantamount to giving Lu Qing an ultimatum.
Lu Qing burned the Demon Sect's holy fire order in front of his master Wu Shen.
Then their master and apprentice waited for the opportunity in Nanjing.
Of course, Ma Shiying was not idle, and ordered Zheng Hongkui, the chief soldier of Zhenjiang, and Liu Kongzhao, the commander of the Jiangjiang Naval Division, to train the naval army day and night, and they must hold the Yangtze River defense line.
Zhenjiang's defense allowed Liu Zeqing's remnants to assist Zheng Hongkui.
The defense of Nanjing City, Ma Shiying, was handed over to his confidant Zhao Zhilong, the Bo of Xincheng, and Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Baoning, Zhao Zhilong was the garrison of Nanjing, and Zhu Guobi was in charge of Caoyun, and at this time, Nanjing City plus the sailors still had 80,000 soldiers and horses.
Among them, there are 30,000 sailors, 10,000 in Zhenjiang, 20,000 in Caojiang, and the remaining 50,000 to guard Nanjing City.
Of course, this does not include the soldiers and horses of the warlords of the four towns, and the strength is still quite strong.
However, at this time, a message came that shook Nanjing.
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen came to Hezhou, and Huang Degong betrayed the Southern Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Ming puppet emperor.
This news was like a bolt from the blue for Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng.
Jiangbei Sizhen warlord Gao Jie was defeated, Liu Zeqing existed in name only, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong united to resist the enemy, and now Huang Degong is reversed.
That's damning!
Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng found Wu Shen, the great master, and discussed countermeasures overnight.
Wu Shen laughed, "Amitabha, Dusk Jun Chongzhen has actually arrived in Hezhou, and it will be closer to Nanjing, and the martial arts master invited by the old man will also arrive in Nanjing soon." The decisive battle of Nanjing is just around the corner, hahaha......
"The master is high, Ma is willing to hear the details." Ma Shiying couldn't help but ask when she saw Wu Shen's confident appearance.
"Lao Wei has already widely distributed martial arts posts, inviting heroes from all walks of life in the world to come to Wangxiangtai, the north peak of the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, to participate in the martial arts event. A month later, Chongzhen's matter will be solved by Lao Qu, even if Huang Chuangzi defects, counting Zhenjiang, Nanjing still has Liu Liangzuo's soldiers and horses, hundreds of thousands of troops, plus the Yangtze River moat, it shouldn't be difficult to hold Nanjing."
Ma Shiying nodded and said, "What the national teacher said is extremely true, without Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty will have no worries. This pavilion asks the imperial court to immediately send an order to Liu Liangzuo in Jiangbei to use troops against Huang Degong."
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen