"Jinzhong? You. How did you cross the river? ”

When Shang Shuying asked this question, she already knew in her heart that something was wrong.

Because she saw that behind Liu Jinzhong, who was riding a horse and standing on the street, was a large group of infantry troops wearing cloth and iron armor, wearing helmets, and holding spears, swords, shotguns, and bows and arrows—this was ready to go to the battlefield!

Moreover, Liu Jinzhong led a large number of troops, which filled the entire street, and paved all the way to the Jinchuan Gate, which was the strength of the street, and the number was at least several thousand! Of course, so many people can't be the escort for Liu Jinzhong, the king of the north, but the army that followed Liu Beiwang to Nanjing to cut people!

Then the question arises. Who are they going to follow Liu Jinzhong to cut?

The person who cut off the third prince of Zhu?

Liu Jinzhong should be anti-Zhu Sanzi, at least Shang Shuying thinks so. But the problem is that Shang Shuying doesn't know about Liu Jinzhong's crossing of the river!

The original plan was not like this, and Geng Jingzhong didn't seem to have given an order to let him cross the river. What made Shang Shuying even more suspicious was that Jiang Sheng, the chief soldier of the naval division on the Yangtze River, was Zheng Jing's person, and he was following Chen Yonghua in Nanjing, so it was impossible for him to be bought by Geng Jingzhong.

If Jiang Sheng wanted to stop it, Liu Jinzhong's 5,000 elite soldiers in Jiangbei would not have been able to cross the river without the consent of the third prince of Zhu (theoretically, Lu Sanhao and Geng Jingzhong would have agreed on behalf of the third prince of Zhu).

Previously, Shang Shuying could take 5,000 people across the river into Nanjing, but it was approved by Geng Jingzhong and Lu Sanhao.

However, as far as Shang Shuying knew, neither Geng Jingzhong nor Lu Sanhao had approved Liu Jinzhong to lead 5,000 troops across the river. So how did he cross the river? And how did you get into the city? The Jinchuan Gate, Shence Gate, and Yifeng Gate in the north of Nanjing are all trained by the Yingtian Regiment on duty, and without Lu Sanhao's order, how can Liu Jinzhong's people get in?

Could it be that Liu Jinzhong is the enemy of Geng and Shang?

Thinking of this, Shang Shuying was trembling and looked at her husband in surprise.

Liu Jinzhong smiled bitterly: "Shuying, I am the king of the north, do you think that I, the king of the north, can rebel with Geng Jingzhong, the king of the east?" ”

Shang Shuying's heart sank, her apricot eyes widened, and she glared at Liu Jinzhong angrily: "Jinzhong, the king of the east has the grace of knowing you!" ”

"The first emperor also has the grace of knowing me!" Liu Jinzhong said with a straight face, "If the first emperor had not promoted me from the ranks, how would I, Liu Jinzhong, have a good life of eating and drinking spicy food for decades?" As for the promotion of the king of the east. As long as the king of the east does not rebel, I will definitely support the king of the east. But if he wants to oppose the third prince, then I can't follow him as a traitor! ”

In fact, as long as the king or Dazhongtang who has a normal brain and can be autonomous, they will not follow the East King Geng Jingzhong to oppose the third prince of Zhu.

Because only the third prince of Zhu stays on the throne, and the prince and Dazhongtang can live comfortably! Whether it is Geng Jingzhong or Wu Sangui, even if Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan go to be emperors, the princes below will not be happy - this is not to replace the hypocrite with the real monarch, but also to replace the ruthless real monarch, sooner or later he will have to be killed!

In fact, Shang Shuying also understands this truth. She didn't want to pull the third prince off the horse, but she had an inextricable enmity with Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan.

And the last time Li Zhongshan took her to fight Huaixi, he had already revealed some murderous intentions. But she can also work hard to curry favor and meet her intentions to resolve the other party's killing intent.

But not long after, after Li Fuchen conquered Anqing and Jiujiang, this murderous and unblinking Lu Bu will arrive in Nanjing! That's a ruthless person who has really experienced several rounds of corpses and a sea of blood, how could she be spared?

And once Li Fuchen enters Beijing, the strength of the Li family in Nanjing will at least double, plus the "Three Zhongtang Alliance", even Geng Jingzhong will have to bow his head at that time, not to mention Liu Jinzhong, the Northern King whose strength is not enough?

At that time, Shang Shuying may be sick and die.

Liu Jinzhong saw that Shang Shuying didn't speak, so he smiled and said: "If I don't rebel with him, I am the king of the north, and if I succeed in the rebellion with him, I am still the king of the north, if the rebellion is not successful, I will be ruined. What do you say I'm trying to do? Shuying, don't make trouble with Geng Jingzhong, hurry up and lead the way, and lead your husband to arrest Geng Jingzhong! When you catch Geng Jingzhong, you will be the first to quell the chaos! ”

"Jinzhong!" Shang Shuying's face sank, "Who are you and me?" How could I do such an ungrateful thing? I don't want this kind of first merit! ”

Shang Shuying is not stupid, of course she knows that the first contribution to quelling the chaos cannot be that her own family obviously set up a trick to trap Geng Jingzhong, Yue Le, Li Zhifang, Fan Chengmo!

How can she have her share in this work?

"Do you want to meet your husband?" Seeing Shang Shuying's stubbornness, Liu Jinzhong's face sank, and he looked a little scared. It's not that he really wants to turn his face with Shang Shuying, but he has to take a stand! He has a large group of men, and a large family!

Shang Shuying shook her head and sighed: "You are my husband, I am your wife, and my husband is my wife, how can I lead troops to fight you?" And my family and the third prince of Zhu don't have any deep hatred, but the hatred with the Nanwang and the Ying Wang's family is incomprehensible."

Liu Jinzhong smiled: "Don't worry. As long as you don't care about this, the king of the south and the king of England won't care! ”

What he said also makes sense, it wasn't Li Zhongshan's grandfathers who were killed, what did he care about, if he really cared, he would slaughter Shang Shuying last time.

"Really?" Shang Shuying was still a little uneasy, with a sad face, "Of course I can let go of this revenge for killing my father, I'm afraid that the king of England won't believe it. The last time I went to Huaixi, I was almost subjected to military law by him! ”

Liu Jinzhong saw Shang Shuying's attitude wavering, and hurriedly comforted her: "Yes, yes, just the revenge of killing my father, of course, you can let go of that Li Fuchen's godfather and not be killed by Azig?" He got along with Azig later! ”

It's not uncommon to have more dads

Shang Shuying shook her head: "Jin Zhong, you don't believe what you say, His Royal Highness King Ying said it to me personally!" ”

"That's easy to do," Liu Jinzhong said with a smile, "The King of England is in Mochou Lake, you tell me where the King of the East is first, we went to arrest the King of the East, and then we went to see the King of the Ying together and let him settle the suspicions." ”

Shang Shuying sighed and said, "The East King is sitting in the East King's Mansion. But I'm not going to the East King's Mansion with you, I'd better go to Mochou Lake to find King Ying first. ”

"It's okay," Liu Jinzhong nodded, "You have an old relationship with the King of England, talk to him well, and the grievances will definitely be resolved." ”

Shang Shuying glanced left and right and asked, "Who wants to go with me to Mochou Lake to meet the King of Ying?" ”

There are really few people who are willing to follow Shang Shuying, that is, some of the minions who married with her to the Xushun Mansion are still loyal to her, and none of the generals from the Xushun Mansion are willing to follow her now.

Obviously, these people have been "digested" by Liu Jinzhong

Shang Shuying exhaled and didn't say anything more, just led dozens of personal soldiers to ride away and head in the direction of Mochou Lake.

And Liu Jinzhong watched his wife leave, turned his head to look at the thousands of Liu Jiajun left by Shang Shuying, and suddenly opened his throat and shouted: "I am ordered to crusade against Geng Jingzhong, are you willing to kill the thief with me?" ”

"May I follow the king!"

The crowd cheered!

The backbone of Liu Jinzhong's department is either from the Yongwei battalion or from the Xushun Mansion, of which the former has many people and belongs to the mainstream. But even the people of the Xushun Mansion are now unwilling to follow Geng Jingzhong to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty. They have no enmity with the third prince of Zhu, Li Fuchen, and Li Zhongshan, so why bother to be cannon fodder for Geng Jingzhong?

Seeing that everyone was willing to follow him, Liu Jinzhong's confidence was even stronger, and he shouted loudly: "The enemy is marching to the East Wangfu in the East Palace!" ”

"The enemy is in the East Palace!"

Everyone shouted together, and then the whole army turned around and followed Liu Jinzhong towards the Bei'anmen Gate in the Imperial City of Nanjing!

Shang Shuying didn't tell Liu Jinzhong the truth, Geng Jingzhong was not in the East Palace, and in fact, Shang Shuying didn't know Geng Jingzhong's real location. Because Geng Jingzhong led the team to leave Xi'an Gate not long after Shang Shuying led the team, he led 8,000 elite soldiers to support Li Zhifang, who was blocked in Changfu Street.

At the same time that Liu Jinzhong led his troops to attack Bei'anmen, the surroundings of Changfu Street were already a sea of corpses and blood!

Because the rebels on this road were personally commanded by Geng Jingzhong, and the number was so large that they couldn't afford to lose at all - if they were going to lose, what would the rebels elsewhere fight? Let's run!

Therefore, the gains and losses of Changfu Street can directly determine the outcome of the Nanjing Change!

Therefore, the most fierce fight in the entire Nanjing Revolution was the area around the Chang family mansion on Changfu Street.

On the one hand, Geng Jingzhong could not afford to lose, and on the other hand, with his strong troops, he mobilized more than 10,000 people to attack a long street and a large mansion in an attempt to win a quick victory. So as soon as he came up, he used all his strength and sent troops to launch a fierce attack wave after wave. I just want to pull out this point as soon as possible, and then continue to march along Changfu Street to the most prosperous area of Nanjing!

And Chang Wei's side is also defending with all his might! His strength was small at first, just over 2,000 men. It seems that it can only be defended by relying on a big mansion that is not very strong!

But after a while, those "national people" who were forced to hide in this Chang family mansion by the fire ignited by the Geng family rebels began to "join the army" and joined the Chang family army to fight against Geng Jingzhong's people.

Their number is not too large, only two thousand smaller. There were already more than 2,000 people under Chang Wei's command, but now it has become more than 4,000, and the density of troops has risen all of a sudden.

Moreover, this group of Nanjing nationals and soldiers have participated in the previous defense of Nanjing, although they have not participated in any fierce battles, but after all, they have smelled the smoke of gunpowder for more than half a year, and participated in quite strict military training during the siege of Nanjing.

In addition, their home has just been set on fire by the Geng family rebels, and their eyes are red, so their morale is extremely high!

After almost a morning of bloody fighting, the corpses around the Chang family's mansion were piled up, and the walls were soaked in blood and dyed red. But the wall is in jeopardy! This circle of walls cannot be compared with the walls of Dingwang's Mansion, which are much thinner and lower, and they are in disrepair. The brick walls are full of gaps left by the years, large and small. The shortest point can be climbed over with a single stretch of your hand. Near several large gaps, there were also fierce hand-to-hand fights, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides pillowed each other, overlapping and dying together!

Chang Wei, who always showed his appearance as a literati, now showed his true face, and the cloth and iron armor he was wearing was soaked in human blood—all of which were the blood of Geng Jun, who was killed by his own hands!

I saw that he was holding a very long horizontal sharpening sword at this moment, standing in front of a group of bloodied Chang family disciples, cheering them up loudly, looking really like a fierce general.

A bit of his ancestors' legacy of spring!

At this time, a soldier with three locks of long beard, white skin, looking like a scholar, wearing a red robe, and a gun and helmet on his head that he didn't know where to pick up, led two big knives and rushed over, and roared: "Fearful brother, our reinforcements have arrived!" ”

"Reinforcements?" Chang Wei took a deep breath and asked loudly, "Is it a soldier of His Royal Highness?" ”

"No," the "robber scholar" who was carrying two big knives smiled, and said proudly, "It is our countrymen and Chinese people in Nanjing who have come to the rescue, and there are thousands!" ”

Chang Wei picked up the long sword and said to the left and right with a smile: "Hello countrymen and people. We are also national soldiers and people, gather a thousand soldiers for me, and go out with me to receive reinforcements! ”

"Yes!"

"How did you kick people out? It's all hit, why can't you stand?"

Shang Zhixin held the binoculars, with a blue face, staring blankly at the palace in front of him.

He joined the battle of Dingwangfu with a few red-clothed cannons!

He originally thought that as long as he pushed the red-coated cannon up with a fierce bang, opened a gap, and then the infantry swarmed in, the Dingwang Mansion should be able to be defeated.

However, the wall had burst open a little, and although the gap was not large, only about ten paces wide, and it had only collapsed in half, the attacking troops could still climb into it with relative ease.

So Yue Le immediately organized hundreds of daredevils to launch a storm. Rushed in too! Once made Shang Zhixin happy with his hands dancing, thinking that victory was in sight.

But who knew that there was an ambush of the Ming army in that gap, and the daredevils who rushed in immediately encountered intensive flintlock fire and a cannon bombardment, and immediately suffered heavy casualties, and then let people rush out and not all came out, there were four or five hundred when they entered, and less than one hundred when they came out!

Seeing the heavy casualties, the daredevils were knocked down one after another by the lead bullets fired from the back while running.

Geng Jingzhong put down the binoculars and shuddered a little.

The combat effectiveness of the defenders of Dingwangfu is too strong, and there seem to be a lot of people, at least three or four thousand, and they are also equipped with a large number of firearms, which is not at all the firepower that the original Dingwangfu guards can have.

Is it difficult for the other party to be prepared?

Is it so difficult that someone has set up a bureau in the city of Nanjing?

He suddenly shook his body and listened attentively, as if he heard a familiar voice saying to him: "Big brother, we have been fooled!" Liu Jinzhong had already sold us to the third prince of Zhu and Wang Datou. Together, they set a trap to trap the strength of us and the East King, and now Liu Jinzhong has gone to the imperial city with an army of 10,000."

Shang Zhixin turned around sharply and found that there was really someone next to him talking to him. That person was none other than his sister-in-law Shang Shuying.

"Sook Young. What's going on? What you just said" Shang Zhixin became even more nervous, and his voice trembled a little.

Shang Shuying's eyes flashed with tears, and she nodded hard: "Big brother. Our ungrateful thing Liu Jinzhong has suffered a pit! ”

"What you just said is true?" Shang Zhixin felt as if he had received a slam blow to his head, and he couldn't think about it for a moment.

Shang Shuying nodded heavily.

"How, how is this good?" Shang Zhixin's brain was dizzy, and he was already at a loss.

Liu Jinzhong was regarded as a confidant by Geng Jingzhong's fool, and Liu Jinzhong didn't know anything about Geng Jingzhong. If Liu Jinzhong wants to betray Geng Jingzhong, then the third prince Zhu, Li Zhongshan, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua will be sorry for their bad conscience if they don't set up a series of sets to trap Geng Jingzhong.

And Li Zhongshan, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua carefully designed the trap.

"Big brother," Shang Shuying waved at Shang Zhixin's personal soldiers, signaling them to stay aside, and then leaned over to Shang Zhixin's side and whispered, "Liu Jinzhong has already entered the city. However, he still wanted to pull me into rebellion, so I found out the whereabouts of the third prince Zhu, Li Zhongshan and others. As long as we destroy them, then we can win back a game, and we can repay King Geng's great kindness! ”

"So, where are they?" Shang Zhixin asked.

"In Mochou Lake," Shang Shuying said, "they are all in Mochou Lake!" The enemy is in Mochou Lake! ”

In fact, Liu Jinzhong did not say to Shang Shuying that the third prince of Zhu was in Mochou Lake, which was made up by Shang Shuying's own brain. Since Li Zhongshan and the others have long known that Geng Jingzhong wants to rebel, they will inevitably move the third prince Zhu from the Dingwang Mansion, where can they go?

Shang Shuying also knew that the garden next to Mochou Lake was also heavily guarded, and Mochou Lake was located in the western outer city, far away from the imperial city, and was not easily affected by the war.

"Mochou Lake" Shang Zhixin thought for a while, "But how do we get there?" ”

"I have a way!" Shang Shuying said, "I have the token of the Northern King, since Liu Jinzhong voted for the third prince of Zhu, then the Northern King's order must still work." In addition, our uniforms are the same as those of the Ming army, except that a black cloth is wrapped on the helmet to show the difference, as long as the black cloth is removed, there will be a token. Then claim that we will go to Mochou Lake to escort us by the order of the King of the North, and the soldiers and checkpoints we encounter along the way will definitely not be able to stop us! ”

"This." Shang Zhixin still wanted to think about it, but he suddenly vaguely heard the shouts of "Bao Daming, punish the national thief"!

"It's the Nanjing regimental training and the national soldiers" Shang Shuying's reaction was quite fast, and she immediately said to Shang Zhixin, "Big brother, this is our last chance!" If you drag it any longer, it's all over. Come on, if it doesn't work, we can still find a way to escape! ”

Shang Zhixin nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "Sister, then what should we do?" How many people to take to Mochou Lake? ”

"People can't bring more, let's order a thousand people!" Shang Shuying said, "If you bring too much, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others, and if you bring too little, you can't do a big thing." ”

Shang Zhixin said: "Okay, it's just a thousand. Whether it can be done or not depends on this time! ”

(End of chapter)