Chapter 7: Siege of Nanjing (II)

"Your Majesty, it's raining." Magu did not leave in the end and stayed because Xiong Tingbi launched the Western Front Battle before crossing the river. The war was in chaos. Even if he sent someone to escort him, Zhu Yinglong was still worried that she would go back alone.

"Yes, it's time to rain!" Zhu Yinglong looked at the hazy spring rain outside the window and answered the question that he was not right.

Xiong Tingbi mobilized 120,000 heavy troops, divided into two groups, Yang Zhaoji led the horse and infantry army, and entered Dong'an, and passed south into Guangxi. On the other side, Xiong Tingbi personally commanded the army, carrying more than ten artillery pieces, and a total of 70,000 horse and infantry army, leaving Hubei and attacking Jiujiang. This time, he met his old opponent Li Qi again. Surprisingly, Li Qi actually gave up Jiujiang and retreated to Hukou. This was equivalent to giving up most of Jiangxi to Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi did not rush to the south to capture Nanchang, but

The soldiers pointed directly at the life, Li Qi retreated again and again, and he would send 70,000 troops to Pengze. Xiong Tingbi couldn't figure out what Li Qi wanted to do. It was good that he would hide in Pengze after several tests. However, after retreating to Pengze, Li Qi began to resist, and it was quite fierce. Xiong Tingbi attacked for three days, and Pengze was still in Li Qi's hands. Xiong Tingbi simply used 30,000 troops to trap Pengze, and the other 40,000 troops were handed over to He Renlong to go south. Wherever he went, he surrendered Yun Cong, and soon Jiangxi was revived by the court.

In addition, Yang Zhaoji's attack was quite smooth, and he encountered more resistance than the commander-in-chief. Guangxi was a place where ethnic minorities lived together, and the people were fierce. Guangxi's local soldiers were famous in the fight against the Japanese pirates. In Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan's subordinates had a Guangxi wolf soldier who was good at fighting and made many military achievements. Yang Zhaoji initially attacked Xiong Tingbi's banner, and the attack was frustrated. The chieftain lords in Guangxi did not cooperate and some resistance. Later, Yang Zhaoji had a sudden inspiration and changed to Yuan Chonghuan's banner. Sure enough, Yuan Changcheng's banner was very useful, and the attack was much smoother. The people also treated their imperial army much more kindly. There was no problem in restoring the entire Guangxi area within two months.

It is said that waiting is the most difficult, and this is true. The army has been crossing the river for more than an hour, and the war report has not yet been heard. Zhu Yinglong and others are a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, drink some oil tea. This thing will be bad if it is cold." Magu smiled sweetly, as if the cold plum blossoms were just beginning to bloom, and he pulled Zhu Yinglong back to his seat and sat down.

Zhu Yinglong looked at the oil tea that was steaming and fragrant, without any appetite, and breathed a sigh of relief: "How can I eat it at this time?"

"You have to eat enough to fight before you can go into battle to kill the enemy. Similarly, when you are the emperor, you naturally cannot handle state affairs without the strength. Lord Yuan, a famous general, believes that he will definitely bring news of victory to the emperor. At this time, the emperor should calm down and do whatever he should do. Worrying is useless." Magu said with a smile.

Zhu Yinglong met Ma Gu's calm and peaceful eyes. The eyes seemed to have magical magic, which immediately calmed down all the irritability in his heart. He reached out to hug Ma Gu and said, "Phoenix'er is right. I should stay calm at this time."

"Your Majesty, the army has successfully crossed the river and has occupied Zhenjiang Prefecture. Dong Fangming's 30,000 troops will collapse without fighting!" Mao Xiang excitedly took the battle report from the Zhenjiang flying boat, walked into the study but saw something that he shouldn't have read, and quickly turned around.

"Really?" Zhu Yinglong's face turned slightly red. He quickly loosened his arms, stepped forward and snatched the battle report from Mao Xiang's hand. After scanning it, he was overjoyed and said three words "good".

Magu also had a pretty face flushed and turned around in a hurry.

Once the battle report in front of Mao Xiang has an order, he can enter without asking for an order. It’s really awkward to encounter this embarrassing scene.

"Transfer my decree and reward the whole army once!" Zhu Yinglong said with a smile, not caring about Mao Xiang's almost rash move in just now.

The army climbed onto the land on the south bank in the misty spring rain, and the landing location was Zhenjiang on the other side of Yangzhou.

The battle in Zhenjiang Prefecture was not fierce. Dong Fangming, the left governor who guarded Zhenjiang, was indeed a fool. He was a pig slaughter. If he hadn't had some kinship with Wei Zhongxian, he would not have been the official. He didn't even know how many soldiers and generals he had under his command. The only thing he would do was to embezzle and deduct them, and to get empty salary. As soon as the battle started, he ordered people to collect money, silver and fine materials. When he saw that it was wrong, he left his army and sneaked away from the south gate with a group of women.

The commander fled before the battle. Many generals under his command had long been dissatisfied with him. Many of the generals were in Jiangbei and were under the leadership of the dragon. Lu Haotian ordered the vanguard's troops to have an artillery battalion, and ten artillery fired at one volley, and then collapsed a gap in Zhenjiang City. Before the army could be opened, a white flag was hung in the city. After the persuasion of the 15,000 defenders in Zhenjiang City surrendered all. The Southern Expedition Army won the first city without bloodshed, with only a few dozen casualties, and it was still the Zhenjiang defenders.

Just as Zhenjiang Prefecture was taken down by the army, a bloody storm broke out in Nanjing. It was not because Zhu Yinglong's army rushed to the city of Nanjing, but because Wei Zhongxian launched an operation to eliminate the enemy's traitors. In just one hour, dozens of ministers were arrested at home, and some were still sleeping and were placed on their necks by the vicious Jinyiwei with a bright embroidered sword. This operation to cleanse the officialdom reached thousands of people, and for a time, all prisons in Nanjing were overcrowded.

"What's going on?" Before the good mood could pass, Zhu Yinglong received the bad news from Zhou Wenyuan. If it weren't for his heart being tough, he would have been unable to bear it and fainted at this moment.

"I am dereliction of duty, please punish the emperor!" Zhou Wenyuan's forehead was sweating profusely, and his back was already wet. Wei Zhongxian's movement almost destroyed all his hard work over the past year. His heart was trembling, and he had to bear the emperor's thunderous anger.

"Reduce the crime, can you recover if you kill it now?" Zhu Yinglong's anger was not gone. Wei Zhongxian obviously had a premeditation. He was playing this trick beautifully. Shadow's intelligence forces in Nanjing were almost completely destroyed by him. There was a hard battle under Nanjing!

"Your Majesty, I have the most news from the insider." Zhou Wenyuan knelt on the ground and said nervously.

"speak!"

"Wei Zhongxian has contacted Zheng Zhilong, Fujian, to send troops, and cooperate inside and outside, trying to defeat the imperial court's army in the southern expedition!"

The news was so bad that it could not be broken any more. Zhu Yinglong's hatred was biting his teeth. Wei Zhongxian's final madness had already made him angry. Now Zheng Zhilong is in trouble again. He works inside and outside, and he will be your dream of spring and autumn!

On this day, Nanjing City was bloody and the water in the Qinhuai River also contained a trace of bloody smell. Dozens of officials, including Zhou Shipu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, were sentenced to death for acquaintance with the enemy, implicated hundreds of people, and the executioner's ghost-headed sword was slashed and rolled up.

Wei Zhongxian's cruelty and cold blood shocked the Nanjing court and also made Zhu Yinglong feel numb. The sudden change in history made him almost at a loss. He saved Huang Zunsu and others from Wei Zhongxian, forcing Wei Zhongxian's plan to kill the Donglin Party members into name only. However, with Wei Zhongxian's sword, more people died. He shouldn't have died. Now he is dead, he should have died. He is still alive, with a good life, and even holding up a butcher's knife and killing people. Is he changing history or committing evil?

Where is the general direction of history? Zhu Yinglong suddenly felt confused.
Chapter completed!