Chapter 425: The Change of Elbows and Armpits

Zhou Kui's worth immediately increased greatly, and Zhou Kui learned from private channels that his daughter was raised by Chen Cao in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, and her identity was still Empress Chongzhen.

It was precisely because of this news that Zhou Kui found Fan Wencheng and told the original news, and then Huang Taiji sent Zhou Mingyi, the son of Zhou Kui, to go south in person, and then entered Nanjing, and found Jin Shiheng, a former member of the Nanjing Zhishi Military Department.

Chen Cao maintained an open-minded attitude towards the officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and even somewhat connived, Xu Kaixian was in charge of the intelligence work of Nanzhili and did not pay much attention to Jin Shiheng.

It is precisely because of this that Jin Shiheng was able to connect everywhere, and contacted many nobles of the Zhu family who fled to Nanjing, and after a secret discussion, he decided to have a coup d'état in Nanjing's absence.

And the pillar is to find Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu who fled south, Zhu Shouhong, who has a big head and a thick neck, heard that Zhu Cihong was alive and was made the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what confidence skyrocketed, and immediately agreed to Zhou Mingyi's request, so a group of people formulated a plan called 'Dazheng Fenghui'...

If you want to launch a military coup in Nanjing, in addition to Zhu Shouhong, the protagonist has two important figures, namely Chongzhen's queen Zhou Yulan and the queen of the apocalypse Zhang Yan.

After Chen Cao ascended the throne, the first thing was to abolish the eunuch system since his generation, and the original eunuchs in Nanjing were not disposed of for the time being, so they began to recruit palace maids in the palace, and temporarily replaced the eunuchs with female officials.

That night, after Zhou's dinner, he walked in his palace as usual to eat Li Yuhuan waited on the side, and after a short time, he let other people who were waiting go down, Zhou didn't know what to do, Li Yuhuan suddenly spoke: "Niangniang, happy event, the prince has news." ”

Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then was shocked, but she clearly knew that the 'prince' in Li Yuhuan's mouth was not Chen Boxing, but her son: "You..."

"Shhhh

Zhou's eyes widened, and the eldest prince was referring to his eldest brother Zhou Mingyi, and she immediately reacted: "Tell me carefully." ”

Then Li Yuhuan originally told Zhou Mingyi and others all the plans that they had prepared a long time ago, and Zhou couldn't calm down in his heart after listening to it, and after a long time, he nodded silently with tears in his eyes.

With Zhou's support, Zhang Yan was naturally indispensable, but to Li Yuhuan's disappointment, Zhang Yan used the excuse of sincerely worshipping the Buddha as an excuse to stop asking about other things and let Zhou do it himself.

Although Zhang Yan did not get the support of Zhang Yan, but the support of the Zhou family also counted, after Zhou Mingyi got the news of his sister, he discussed with Jin Shiheng and others, and then turned to the Nanjing Garrison Command.

Zhao Xin spoke for a long time in one breath, Chen Cao saw that the corners of his mouth were foaming, so he handed him the tea, and Zhao Xin gave it to him after drinking: "Emperor Xie...

What Lao Xu didn't expect was that Zhou Mingyi and others actually succeeded in rebelling against a regiment commander in the garrison, this person's name is Lei Tao, born in Fengyang, and the former Nanjing garrison Xiaoling Wei Qianhu officer. ”

"Or the thousand-household official of Xiaolingwei?" Chen Cao frowned: "Does Liu Yucheng know about this matter?" ”

Liu Yucheng chose to stand in line with Chen Cao during the change in Nanjing, and he was considered to be on the right team, and was later incorporated by Chen Cao, went to Huangpu to study, and then trained in Qingpu for three months before he was awarded an official position, at first he was only a brigade commander, but after the expansion of the army, he became the commander of the 1st Division of the Nanjing Guard, after Chen Cao established the Nanjing Garrison Army, Liu Yucheng's 1st Division of the Guard Army was included in it, Lei Tao was the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 1st Division.

Zhao Xindao: "After the incident, Lao Xu personally visited Liu Yucheng, and from the perspective of all parties, he did not know about it. The reason why Lei Tao will be rebelled, after many investigations, we found that his wife's maiden home is in Bazhou, Beizhili, Lei Tao's old Taishan, is the former Chongzhen Dynasty Ministry of Industry Construction Division Langzhong, according to investigation, this old guy surrendered Tartar after entering Beijing. ”

There is no good thing for Jinyi Wei to come to visit, Chen Cao also knows the trick, and he doesn't ask too much, Zhao Xin also knows how to pick up good words and say: "After Zhang Fengnian got Lao Xu's information, he asked Liu Yucheng to rest at home and wait for the emperor's instructions." ”

"What about the Thunder Tao?"

Zhao Xindao: "When the mutiny occurred, Lei Tao's 7th regiment was wiped out by Zhang Fengnian himself, and Lei Tao himself was shot to death, as for Zhou Mingyi and others, after Jinyiwei verified, he had already run away, and Jinyiwei only caught Zhu Shouhong and Jin Shiheng and other leaders. ”

"The battle in Xuzhou hasn't finished yet, and these people are busy in a hurry to make trouble for me in the rear, and they should be killed."

"Yes..."

Chen Cao squinted at Zhao Xin: "What do you know again?" ”

Zhao Xin was stunned: "What does the emperor mean is to sentence all the people who participated in the rebellion to death?" ”

"When did I say that?" Chen Cao teased.

Zhao Xin was stunned again: "Please make it clear to the emperor." ”

Chen Cao stood up and stretched his waist: "You send someone back to encourage Zhang Fengnian, let him take advantage of this strength, he should turn over Nanjing City, see how many ground rats there are, as for the people involved this time, all of them will be imprisoned, and after I return to the division, I will do some more care, in addition...

Queen Zhou's misconduct, let her think about it behind closed doors, move it out of Cining Palace, where to go, let the queen watch it, and, in front of Zhou, kill Li Yuhuan of Shanggong with a cane. ”

Zhao Xin clenched his fists: "Yes..."

Before dawn, Chen Cao, who had just slept for a while, heard the rumbling war drums, and after walking out of the inner tent, he found that the generals at all levels were waiting in the big tent.

"The Qing army has attacked?"

In the face of Chen Cao's inquiry, Huang Degong was the first to rank: "As expected by the saint, the Tartars seem to have abandoned the city defense of Xuzhou, and the whole army went out of the city. ”

"Okay," Chen Cao nodded, the big war was about to begin, and as the emperor, he couldn't show any abnormality, or even show excitement: "Since Abatai has taken the bait, we have to start preparing to close the net, where has the Shenwu Army gone?" ”

Huang Chunyao arched his hand: "Your Majesty, before the first moment of the hour, the Shenwu Army Liang Huanming's department has arrived outside the camp, and according to the news it brought, Zhang Qin'an's department in the rear is also on the way, and the time difference is at most two hours, in addition, the commander Wang Xiaojie took a division of men and horses to prepare to attack Xuzhou, and the rest of the Shenwu Army units are also on the way one after another. ”

Chen Cao rubbed his hands, as long as the Shenwu army arrived, the chance of winning this battle would have reached seventy percent, seventy percent of the chance of winning, this battle was already foreseeable and could be won: "After the war, all the troops in the big camp are allowed to take the initiative to attack, but the distance must not exceed three miles of the big camp, in addition, the troops who gave the order to Xiao County, they have only one task, to hold Xiao County, not to go out of the city, once they see the Qing army crossing the border of Xiao County, immediately attack;

You all listen, after the start of the war, I am worried that the order will not change, if the Qing army is defeated, I will have people launch signal flares, all remember, when the tricolor signal flare is raised, it is the time for the whole army to attack, and at that time, I will also lead the troops to act..."

'Huh...'

Chen Cao pulled out his long knife and said sharply: "In this battle, I will win..."

"Victory..."

"Victory..."

"Victory..."

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"The Ming army seems to be defending, but in fact it is trying to lure us to take the initiative to attack."

Abatai put down the clairvoyant mirror and pointed to the distance: "It's all trenches, hey, these southern barbarians are quite smart, Wang Shi." ”

Wang Shi didn't care at all, and arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang, please command." ”

"What do you think?"

Wang Shi bowed his hand to Jilharang: "Now you have to rely on the command of Prince Zheng." ”

Abatai looked at Zilharang: "Sixth, although you have lost more than a hundred artillery, I think your strength is still not low, Wang Shi's words are reasonable, first use artillery to bombard the Southern Barbarians, and then launch a charge." ”

Zilharang looked at Abatai: "Seventh brother, Hauge has not come yet. ”

Abatai said: "His cavalry is still in Xiao County, and it will be less than two hours to run, and He Luo will send someone to report that he has entangled the Ming cavalry in Xiao County, so let them destroy these cavalry first, so that the flanks of the Ming army will be exposed, you and I will join forces to attack Chen Cao's camp, and then bombard them first, I don't think there are many of them." ”

Zilharang nodded: "Yes, come here, immediately send an order, all artillery positions are ready, first play three rotations, and see the reaction of the Ming army." ”

Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...

The sky was far and near, and the forward positions were hit by heavy artillery in a short time, and on the artillery array behind the position, the commander immediately ordered the artillery to return fire, and the artillery battle before the battle began.

After half a tea time, Chen Cao was still waiting for news from the front position, but he got a piece of information that made him a little anxious: You Shiwei's cavalry troops were entangled by the Qing cavalry in Xiao County and could not get out.

Chen Cao frowned and looked at the map, and only spoke for a long time: "The worst news is that they are entangled by Haoge's elite troops, how many people are on the other side?" ”

The messenger raised his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the battle is fierce, preliminary observation, the cavalry of the Tartars is not under 50,000 people." ”

Huang Chunyao spoke: "Your Majesty, Dangshan is still in Liu Butang's hands without accident. ”

Chen Cao nodded: "I just don't know if Haoge is in Xiao County, what is the battle situation in Dangshan, you go back and tell You Shiwei, surround this Qing army around Xiao County, Zhao Xin, immediately send someone to Xiao County to tell Han Xianchu and Zhao Wenhui that their position is in Xiao County, cooperate with You Shiwei's action, and try to destroy the enemy." ”

"Yes..."

Rumble...

A stray bullet exploded not far from Chen Cao's camp, Huang Chunyao was taken aback, Chen Cao was stunned, looked at Zhao Xindao: "Bring the plate armor, the Qing army is going to attack." ”