Wang Ji did see through the Japanese Kou's strategy, but he never expected that the Japanese had set up a plan from the beginning.

The Ming army thought that the Japanese were divided into two ways, but in fact, the Japanese were divided into three ways: one way in the light, one way in the dark, and one way hidden and invisible, wanting the praying mantis to catch cicadas and the yellow finch behind.

Due to the repeated turmoil in Nanjing's Jingying and Shangzhiwei, the intelligence capability of the Ming army was greatly reduced, and it was unable to grasp the movements of the Japanese invaders in time.

In the face of the raid of the Japanese invaders, the Ming army misjudged again and focused all their attention on the east of Zhongshan. To the south of Zhongshan, it was temporarily ignored.

The most elite 500 of the Japanese were hidden in the col of Leopard Mountain, south of Zhongshan.

The government also issued an early warning, so all the people outside the city closed their doors and hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.

As a result, the Ming army did not reconnoitre, and the people did not patronize it, and the 500 Japanese robbers hidden here were completely unattended.

If things are slow, they will be round, and mistakes will be made in the busy.

Wang Ji was also negligent for a while.

However, Xu Chengzong and Yan Li were very convinced of Wang Ji's command ability, and after discussing it properly, Yan Li went to arrange a task for the most elite 1,000 cavalry in the Xiaoling Guard.

These 1,000 elites ate in advance and went to bed early, waiting to deal with the Japanese ambush tomorrow morning.

In the middle of the night, thunder and lightning were blowing, and it began to rain.

In the early morning of the next day, as Wang Ji expected, the Japanese invaded the camp and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Thousands of auxiliaries feigned defeat and lured the Japanese into the Ming army's camp.

When the Japanese invaders reached the big tent of the Chinese army, thousands of Xiaoling guards wearing heavy armor suddenly came out.

Heavy armor kills light armor, and the Japanese are naturally not opponents. Fortunately, the real purpose of the Japanese is to consume time. It is best if the raid camp can succeed, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

The Japanese fought and retreated, and the Ming army pursued closely.

When it comes time to run and pursue, those in heavy armor will definitely not come and go as freely as those in light armor.

You chased me for more than an hour, and the Japanese ran to Baohua Mountain. When the Ming army chased along the col and halfway up the mountain, the Japanese released a signal, and more than 700 ambush soldiers came out of another col, cutting off the retreat of the Ming army.

The Ming army was blocked on the mountainside, the main force of the Japanese invaders on the mountain, and the ambush soldiers of the Japanese at the foot of the mountain, and the enemy was attacked on the back of the abdomen, and the scene suddenly fell into a stalemate.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

In the early hours of the morning, at the same time as the main force of the Japanese invaders went to attack the camp, the 500 elite Japanese who were ambushed in Leopard Mountain took advantage of the rain and darkness to kill Xiaoling.

This is a great disaster.

Yesterday, after the Nanjing garrison deliberated, 3,000 other guards were requisitioned to temporarily replace the Xiaoling Guard.

According to the ideas of the garrisons, it is definitely not possible for these 3,000 guards to go into battle to kill the enemy, but relying on the fortifications to guard the filial piety tomb for a few days, it should not be a big problem.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

It would be better if it didn't rain, but when it rained, the soldiers were sleeping in the bed.

A small number of soldiers on duty only stayed in the duty room to roast and drink.

Anyway, patrols don't patrol, and in the early hours of the morning, it's rainy, and even stupid dogs won't go out in the rain.

Five hundred Japanese robbers climbed over the wall and went straight to the Ming Tower of Xiaoling.

The Ming Tower is a tower-style building in front of the tomb of the emperor, and it is also the most important above-ground building of the emperor's tomb.

There are also people who understand among the Japanese Kou, and only according to normal reasoning, this is also the most likely forbidden place for the deposed emperor Zhu Qizhen.

Waiting for the Japanese to stun the little eunuch guarding here and touch into the building, it really didn't disappoint, the Ming Emperor was indeed here.

When Zhu Qizhen was shocked, he had already been put on his neck by the Japanese Kou.

At this time, shouting is useless, the bright building is tall and deep, where can it be heard outside, not to mention that there is no patrol at all on a rainy night.

The Muromachi shogunate had made ample preparations in advance, and there were still leaders in this group of Japanese who were proficient in Chinese.

The leader stared at Zhu Qizhen for a while, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was nearly thirty years old, and the person in front of him looked dull and sick, like he was in his forties.

The leader asked, "You are the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness King Yi?" ”

Zhu Qizhen asked in a trembling voice: "Who are you, why do you dare to trespass on the filial piety tomb?" You were sent by my brother to kill me? ”

The leader smiled, the rumors are indeed true, between the two brothers of the Great Tomorrow and the Abolished Emperor, it seems that you are living and dying, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.

So the leader replied: "I am on the order of the Emperor of Japan to come to rescue His Royal Highness King Yi." We will protect you from Japan, and then help you restore the throne, return to Beijing, and overthrow the current son. ”

Although Zhu Qizhen was placed under house arrest, Yan Liyou revealed to him about the war in Japan. Zhu Qizhen knew that the war between the Ming Dynasty and Japan was in full swing, and he also believed that Japan would support him and overthrow Zhu Qiyu's theory.

However, now that Zhu Qiyu's power is stable, Zhu Qizhen has been discouraged and has no expectations.

So Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "My good brother has become a big deal, I can't fight him, and you can't fight him."

So be it, don't toss anymore. ”

When the leader heard this, he didn't care, took out a secret letter from his arms, and said with a faint smile: "This is a handwritten letter from the Emperor of the Back Garden to His Royal Highness, please take a look at it, and then reply to it in person." ”

Zhu Qizhen read the letter, took advantage of the unpreparedness, tore it apart, so as not to leave evidence, and then looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and stared at the leader of the Japanese in a daze.

The two would-be robbers hurriedly put the steel knife back on Zhu Qizhen's neck.

And the leader was not annoyed, but took out four letters from his bosom with a smile: "Tear it up, you know that you will tear it." It's a pity that I tore one and four more.

These are the handwritten letters of the Emperor of the Back Garden, the Muromachi Shogunate Seiyi Shogun, to you and the crown prince. You don't need to read them all in detail, but for now, please write two letters in reply to our Emperor and General Seiyi. ”

Zhu Qizhen was really amazed at the cautiousness and shamelessness of the leader of the Japanese Bandits, and the secret letter also prepared five letters, and even such details were taken into account.

In a trance, Zhu Qizhen felt that the widow acted in the style of his good brother.

Two of the widows had already found pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and the leader smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness King Yi, I advise you to write it quickly, if you have to force me to torture, it will be undignified." ”

Zhu Qizhen shook his head, if this is really written, his whole family will be finished.

The leader still smiled and ordered his subordinates: "The emperor can't see blood, take a copper basin and go outside to catch the rain." ”

A moment later, two would-be robbers walked in carrying copper basins filled with rainwater.

The leader waved his hand, and the Japanese imprisoned Zhu Qizhen and pressed his head into the copper basin.

I don't know who I learned this method from, anyway, drowning is a very painful thing, and repeated drowning and dying are even more terrifying.

The leader also persuaded on the side: "Your Royal Highness King Yi, don't struggle, if you don't write, we can only send you to see Emperor Taizu behind this Ming Tower."

Anyway, if I kill you, I can still blame the son of today, and I can also make the big tomorrow a big mess.

I don't want to kill the former Ming Emperor. But if you have to force me to be undecent, then I can only be undecent. ”

After drowning five or six times, Zhu Qizhen figured out that this widow was really ready to die, so he had to compromise.

When you become a captive, it matters to survive first.

Zhu Qizhen gasped and asked, "The crown prince, that is, my only son, is still in Nanjing City, I need you to take him with me." ”

The leader shook his head: "No need, when you arrive in Japan, the emperor and the general will arrange a large group of women for His Royal Highness King Yi, you are not yet thirty years old, and you can give birth to a large number of sons in the future."

We need a prince of Japanese descent to be your crown prince, this is the price you have to pay, and we can't support you in vain.

Okay, let's write it quickly, and the sky will be bright after another rubbing. ”

Zhu Qizhen was helpless, and under the coercion and temptation of the Japanese invaders, he wrote a handwritten reply to the Emperor of the Back Garden and the general of Zhengyi, and stamped it with the golden seal of King Yi.

To do all this, the leader packed up the four letters from the emperor and the general, plus the two replies from Zhu Qizhen, and the one that was torn, and pressed them under the futon.

This is blatant framing.

Zhu Qizhen understood that as soon as he did this, he didn't want to turn back again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's really not a son of man, you gangsters are worse than my own brother.

(End of chapter)