"What do you mean?"

"Domain." Jian Chen gritted his teeth and said, "You, no, only if we catch the third prince of Zhu, can we resist the responsibility of losing the land!" Otherwise, Tianwei will be furious, and I will wait for the alternate officials to be at most officialdom, and you are afraid that there will be no chance to serve the court and the emperor in this life! ”

"I, I"

When Mu Tianyan heard Jian Chen's words, his originally pale face suddenly turned rosy, and at the same time he was trembling, and the corners of his mouth twitched even more.

He is not a fool, of course he knows that the "Third Prince Zhu" who was riding a horse just now and threw himself into the net in a daze is a Xibei goods, the man in a yellow robe and a red hat who stood with Ao Bai and commanded more than a hundred troops to break through the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu is more like the third prince Zhu than Wang Yongkang!

Moreover, the anti-thief army of more than 100 people did not cause any chaos because of Wang Yongkang's capture, and no one even cared about Wang Yongkang's life or death. Therefore, he should only be a stand-in for the third prince of Zhu, and it cannot be Wu Sangui's true son-in-law and his wife, who should also be a stand-in. And the two of them are just tools used to cover the real daughters of the third prince of Zhen Zhu and Wu Sangui and Ao Bai's activities in the Jiangnan region.

And the reason why the third prince of Zhenzhu and Ao Bai suddenly became troubled may be because the plainclothes pacesetters sent by Zuo Yuanyang to monitor the Humble Administrator's Garden were detected by their people! It may also be because Ao Bai still has a high position in Jiangnan and can know the emperor's plan

So the third prince of Zhenzhu and Ao Bai must have thought that the imperial court had learned of their conspiracy, so they took action in advance. And most of their original conspiracy was to rebel in Jiangnan after Wu Sangui raised troops!

After some brain supplementation, Mu Tianyan, who was good at catching the thief, felt that he had gained insight into the truth of the "Pingjiang Riot".

But knowing the truth does not mean that you can keep the qualification to be a loyal minister - to be a loyal minister, you must first live well, if you are stabbed at the entrance of the vegetable market because of the sin of losing your land, can you still be called a loyal minister?

How wise the emperor is, he will not let his loyal ministers be stabbed. And Mu Tianyan now wants to keep his official position without being stabbed, the only way is . is the third prince of Zhu who has to deceive the king and wrongfully accuse Wang Yongkang of the truth!

If this thing can be done, then as long as the army of the imperial court can recover the state and drive away the third prince of Zhenzhu and Aobai, then he Mu Tianyan will be able to live! Not only can you live, but you can also talk about merit, it's a big deal to go bankrupt!

Otherwise, even if Suzhou is recovered, he will be finished, and he will have to go to Ningguta to save his life, and it will be impossible to turn over again in the future.

This is really a loyal minister, and you have to bully the king first! If you don't deceive the king, you have to go to the vegetable market and cut off your head, or go to Ningguta to freeze and starve to death, and you deserve it!

Do you deserve it now, or will it go down in history?

"Report to the lord of the domain, the third prince of Zhu and Ao Bai led 3,000 troops and came to the mansion!"

When Mu Tianyan was still there struggling with his thoughts, another catcher rushed in.

Mu Tianyan stood up abruptly and said loudly: "Nonsense, how can there be a third prince Zhu?" There is clearly only Aobai! Ao Bai must have come to save the third prince of Zhu! ”

Chen Jian immediately jumped up: "Yes! How can there be the third prince of Zhu. Obviously there is only Aobai! The third prince of Zhu has been captured alive by the domain! ”

As soon as Mu Tianyan and Chen Jian sang and harmonized like this, the people below immediately understood what to do.

"Fantai, we can't let Ao Bai save the third prince of Zhu!"

"Yes, yes, as long as Ao Bai does not have the third prince Zhu in his hands, he will not have the righteous name of raising troops in the southeast, and even if he occupies Suzhou, he will not be able to last."

"Fantai, hurry up and escort the third prince Zhu to withdraw!"

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Mu Tianyan was no longer tense, and if he was tense again, he would be a loyal martyr. So Mu Tianyan waved his arm, "Come on, take the third prince of Zhu. Let's withdraw! ”

"Huh!"

In the night in the south of the Yangtze River, a fire dragon still braved the stars and moonlight, passing through the fish, rice and water towns, and panting southward along the official road from Jiangning to Suzhou.

This fire dragon is composed of about 3,000 military horses, including 1,000 Fujian elites led by Shi Lang, the former governor of Fujian's waterways, 1,000 Fubiao led by Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, and 1,000 Fubiao led by Duolong, the governor of Liangjiang.

Three thousand horses are elite, and they don't even sleep at night, and they are hurrying here, of course, because Duolong and Ma Hu have just learned the urgent report of the incident between the third prince of Zhu and Ao Bai in Suzhou!

Originally, with the "speed" of traveling 50 miles a day, they spent six days driving from Jiangning to Suzhou to interrogate the third prince of Zhu. But they were only halfway through the road, and suddenly met the Tangma sent by Mu Tianyan, and learned that the third prince of Zhu and Ao Bai had rebelled in Suzhou, and they had also broken the yamen of the governor of Suzhou.

This can make Duolong and Mahu anxious. Especially Mahu, Suzhou is his station! Can the governor of Jiangsu get rid of Suzhou?

Even if you don't go to the vegetable market, you have to go to Ningguta. He sent a lot to Suo Etu for this governor of Jiangsu, but he hasn't returned yet! This is because if you lose Suzhou and fold it in, you have to smash a lot of silver down to save your life. This must not be lost to grandma's house?

Seeing that Duolong and Ma Hu were anxious, Shi Lang and Wang Zhongxiao were of course also anxious, and both of them volunteered to lead the team first!

So Duolong gave his good student 300 cavalry, and let him walk in front of the team with Shi Lang's department. As for the others, they have to work day and night!

Duolong and Mahu also let go, and promised a heavy reward of ten taels of silver to the people below - this is not a reward for defeating Aobai, but a reward for rushing to Suzhou day and night!

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, and the marching speed of these 3,000 "heavenly soldiers" will soon be increased to 100 miles a day!

Day and night, day and night, day by day, it is really the essence of the speed of soldiers!

At the same time, Duolong and Ma Hu also sent a message to the Eight Banners General Echu who stayed in Jiangning, asking him to quickly mobilize the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers stationed in Liangjiang to go to Suzhou to catch Ao Bai and Zhu Sanzi!

But we must not let the third prince of Zhu and Ao Bai become big in Jiangnan. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger!

Now that the message had been delivered, Doron and Mahu were still terrified. Because this opponent is the first Batulu Aobai in Manchuria!

Moreover, the general stationed in Jiangning and other places, who now holds the military power of the Liangjiang Banner and the Han Dynasty, is born with a yellow flag, and his relationship with Ao Bai has always been good. Otherwise, he would not have been able to become the general of Jiangning at the peak of Kangxi's power in the seventh year of Kangxi.

It's just that this Echu is one of the few remaining generals among the Manchurians today, although he can't compare to Aobai, Mulima, and Zhuo Butai, but he has participated in the war to pacify the southwest, and he also served as a reinforcement during Zheng Chenggong's northern expedition to Nanjing, and also made military achievements.

Therefore, Kangxi was reluctant to give up Echu, so he let him stay as the general of Jiangning, and at the same time let the relatively reliable Duolong and Mahu serve as the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Jiangsu!

I didn't expect that now Aobai is in Suzhou. Does this have anything to do with Echu? Could it be that Echu is the internal response of Aobai?

If Echu is really a person from Aobai, then Duolong and Mahu may not be able to count on other Qing troops on the territory of Liangjiang, so they can only rely on the meagre 3,000 people at hand to deal with Aobai!

As soon as they thought that Echu might be Aobai's people, Duolong and Mahu, their hearts sank, and they just urged the troops to speed up the march, and they couldn't wait to put on their wings and fly to Suzhou.

But the soldiers and horses under their command have been walking for almost a day and a night, and they have only rested a few times during the meal, and now they are already sleepy and tired, where can they still walk fast? No matter how the two of them urged, the marching speed of the team was getting slower and slower.

While the two were in a hurry, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of them. Duolong and Ma Hu hurriedly looked up, and saw several knights coming along the official road with flying horses, and it was Wang Zhongxiao who rode first.

"Master! Master"

Wang Zhongxiao also saw the festival flag of Duolong, the governor, so he shouted "master" while galloping on his horse, looking for the festival flag.

Seeing that Wang Zhongxiao was in such a hurry, Duolong and Mahu were both chuckling in their hearts. I'm afraid it's not a good thing!

The two of them hurriedly took the reins to the side of the road, and then stopped there and waited for Wang Zhongxiao. After a while, Wang Zhongxiao flew to the two of them, pulled the reins sharply, and the red rabbit foal screamed, raised its two front hooves, and then slammed the ground, smashing the dirt road into a small hole, and then it was considered to stop.

"Shikai, what's wrong?" Doron asked, "Is it good news, or?"

"Good news, good news!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "There is also not very good news. ”

"The good news is." Mahu asked.

"I've caught the third prince of Zhu!" Wang Zhongxiao excitedly pointed to a seven-rank civil official riding a horse behind him and said, "Mu Fantai sent this Chen Zhixian Pegasus to report that yesterday, Mu Fantai, Li Zhifu, Zuo Shen General personally led Fubiao and the three classes of the prefect's yamen to fight a bloody battle in Suzhou City with a large number of red turban troops killed in the Humble Administrator's Garden. Although he failed to resist the attack of the chainmail Red Army led by Aobai, he broke through the military formation of the third prince of Zhu and captured him alive! ”

"Captured the third prince of Zhu alive?" Duolong was overjoyed, "Bodhisattva bless! ”

"So, what's that not-so-good news?" Mahu was still a little skeptical.

"The not very good news is that after Mu Fantai captured the third prince of Zhu, in order to avoid worshipping and saving people, he temporarily withdrew from Suzhou City. Now Mu Fantai is personally escorting the third prince Zhu over! ”

"What? Suzhou lost? ”

"This Mu Tianyan is now a minister who guards the land, how can he abandon the city and leave?"

Hearing that Mu Tianyan abandoned the city and fled, Duolong and Ma Hu had an urge to arrest and strangle this surnamed Mu.

Suzhou Fucheng is the second largest city in the southeast area after Jiangning. In terms of population, arable land, and wealth, Suzhou is truly the first in the world! Better than Jiangning.

The financial income of many provinces is not as good as that of Suzhou!

If this Suzhou city is occupied by Aobai, the imperial court does not know how much wealth to lose, and the emperor is now preparing to train troops to suppress Wu, it is the time to spend a lot of money, if something goes wrong in Suzhou, then the emperor must not take the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Jiangsu to ask for blame?

"Master, Ma Futai, don't worry. As long as the third prince of Zhu was arrested by Mu Fantai, Ao Bai would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Suzhou City. Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly spoke for the unlucky Mu Tianyan.

Because Chen Jian, who ran errands for Mu Tianyan, had already promised that as long as he kept Mu Fantai's official, Mu Fantai was willing to go bankrupt and pay filial piety - Mu Tianyan's family is a rich man in Gansu, and he is still a feudal lord in Jiangsu, so if he really wants to let go, he can be greedy for millions.

In addition, Wang Zhongxiao also knew very well that Chen Yonghua and the third prince Zhu couldn't take it at all, and they couldn't hold Suzhou. They just made a fuss in the city of Suzhou, taking advantage of the emptiness of Suzhou to make the name of the third prince of Zhu.

If you want to open up a base in Suzhou, you can't even think about it without tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Therefore, Wang Zhongxiao was very happy to give Mu Tianyan a favor, and was even more willing to make the third prince Zhu in Mu Tianyan's hand first. If he does it, then Wang Shiyuan will be safe.

Hearing Wang Zhongxiao say this, Duolong immediately found the problem, "That. That Third Prince Zhu, is he real? ”

"It's true! Is it true that he is the Wang Yongkang in the Humble Administrator's Garden, so can it be fake? Jian Chen hurriedly proved to Mu Tianyan.

However, he didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he knew that if this third prince of Zhu was fake, then if Ao Bai didn't do well, he would reopen the Ming court in Suzhou City!

With the courage and prestige of Aobai and the orthodox name of the third prince of Zhu in the Ming Dynasty, this Suzhou city will not be gnawed by the Qing army in less than a year and a half!

And Wu Sangui in Yunnan is now sharpening his sword, if the third prince of Zhu raises the flag in Suzhou and calls on the heroes of the world to help protect the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui will respond again, then the righteous name will be enough.

Wu Sangui didn't have anything to do in the past - because in this way, Wu Sangui didn't have to carry the righteousness himself, with the righteousness of the third prince of Zhu to recreate the Ming Dynasty, the Han people in the world did not respond to Wu Sangui, but to the third prince of Zhu.

A year and a half later, no one really knows whether the Qing soldiers defeated Suzhou or Wu Sangui hit Beijing.

"Master," Wang Zhongxiao said at this time, "The student will immediately go to fight Suzhou with Shi Junmen, if he can go in and drive Ao Bai away, it means that Mu Fantai is really the third prince of Zhu. At least Ao Bai can't hold a third prince Zhu in his hand who can be used to demagogue.

If the students and Shi Junmen can't beat Suzhou, then."

Wang Zhongxiao's words stopped here, and he didn't say any more, but what he meant was that Duolong and Mahu both understood the Great Qing Hanging!

"Okay, you go quickly," said Duolong to Wang Zhongxiao, "I and Governor Ma will gather you another three hundred cavalry!" Remember, be careful with Shi Lang! ”

Not to mention, although this Duolong is incapable and a corrupt official, he is not a bad person, and he can still think about Wang Zhongxiao's safety at this time.

Ma Hu also nodded: "Yes, yes, be careful, you must be careful!" ”

"Master, Governor Ma, don't worry, I'll be careful." Wang Zhongxiao didn't dare to guarantee that he would definitely take Suzhou - in fact, he was sure! But this cannot be said now, otherwise Doron and Mahu may be suspicious.

Duolong and Mahu hurriedly asked Goshha to give the order, and transferred 300 horses to Wang Zhongxiao.

Wang Zhongxiao didn't say much, just gave up his hand at Duolong and Mahu, and then led the three hundred reluctant horse cavalry, dragged forward, and went to join Shi Lang's Fujian soldiers.

The battle to recover the state is certainly a must-win!

Because there is no loser at all in this battle that shocked the world, except for Wang Yongkang, who was wrongfully accused of being the third prince of Zhu, broke a leg, and became a prisoner!

However, Wu Sangui behind Wang Yongkang is also the winner of this battle - the third prince of Zhu "Pingjiang Riot", which opened the Ming Dynasty again, shook the world, and also gave Wu Sangui the righteous name of responding to the third prince!

On the side of the Qing Dynasty, Duolong, Ma Hu, Wang Zhongxiao, Mu Tianyan, and even Shi Lang, who had become the target of Wang Zhongxiao's framing, also won the third prince Zhu and was caught, Suzhou City was lost and recovered, and the Ao Bai soldiers were defeated and fled. In the future, the news written in the fold and reported to Kangxi will be a win.

And these people are all great loyal ministers and heroes who have taken the lead and made meritorious contributions to the enemy!

Emperor Xiao Mazi has to reward them well, right?

As for the other winner, of course, it is the third prince of Zhu, Chen Yonghua, Chang Mingyue, and Wu Yuanyi, who has just joined the gang.

When Wang Zhongxiao and Shi Lang led 1,600 cavalry to march to Suzhou, they were driving four boats majestically and proudly with more than 100 "Red Turban Army" to leave the city of Suzhou, which had become a mess.

Although they failed to take down Suzhou as their own territory, this uproar still succeeded in making the name of the third prince of Zhu.

With this title, the third prince of Zhu has a great chance to become Emperor Ming Xian in the future.

As soon as he thought of his future as an emperor, the third prince of Zhu couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Third prince, let's, let's leave Suzhou City?"

Wu Yuanyi's somewhat unwilling voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the third prince Zhu who was standing on the bow of the boat.

This Wu Yuanyi seems to have lost a little, and he was supposed to follow his sister-in-law and brother-in-law to enjoy happiness, but in the end, he was inexplicably involved in a rebellion, his brother-in-law was arrested, and his sister's whereabouts are unknown - Humble Administrator's Garden was beaten down by the Qing army's Zuo Yuanyang Department!

Although Chen Yonghua and his team laid down most of the yamen in Suzhou, they were not able to control the whole city. This large area in the north of the city is in the hands of Zuo Yuanyang and hundreds of thousands of governors and pacesetters under him.

Chen Yonghua and Third Prince Zhu had just such a few people under them, and they had already exceeded their tasks by being able to create such a big mess, and it was also beyond their own expectations. Of course, there will no longer be a lack of people's hearts and swallowing elephants, and going to the Humble Administrator's Garden of the Qing army's "heavy defense".

Not only did they not go to the Humble Administrator's Garden, but the sea left Suzhou, which was a mess of porridge, and rushed to a victory before the Qing army reacted.

The third prince Zhu glanced back at Wu Yuanyi and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu Qian, don't worry. We'll definitely be able to get Suzhou City back, but it's not time yet! ”

"So, where are we going now?" Wu Yuanyi asked again, "Where did Taishi Ao go?" ”

Chen Yonghua, who was on the side, took over the topic with a smile: "Taishi Ao went back to Yunnan. It won't be long before he will kill out of Yunnan with King Pingxi, and the world will be in chaos.

Let's go to Taihu Lake first, then change our clothes and flags, and then go to the Peach Blossom Temple on the edge of Taihu Lake to hide for a few days. When the king of Pingxi raises his army, let's come out and do it again! ”

(End of chapter)