At this time, many people gathered in an inconspicuous mansion to discuss matters, but they were very careful not to speak loudly even in their own rooms.
Wu Linzheng, Ni Yuanlu, Shi Bang, Zheng Chenggong and Lu Zhenfei were sitting at a table, arguing over something.
"This is too dangerous! No one can go without absolute certainty!" Wu Linzheng was the first to speak. As the core of this place, he will never allow anyone to take risks. Most of the people here escaped with great difficulty.
How can they be allowed to step into risk again when they are gathered together?
Hearing Wu Linzheng's scolding, everyone also looked embarrassed. After all, it was not something they could not go if they didn't want to go.
"Wu Shangshu, Your Majesty is still in Shandong, thousands of miles away from my Yingtian Mansion. And Governor Yuan Jixian is also in the Hangzhou Mansion area. It is hard to say whether he has troops or horses. Now we can only rely on us. The Queen and other ministers are still under arrest.
Trapped here, we must not give up on them!"
Lu Zhenfei is really helpless. The current predicament is still the biggest problem. Even if they are not arrested, they still can't get out, and there is no way to solve the current problem. But if they can get the Guan Ning army trapped in Nanjing city,
Come out, three thousand troops are enough to escape. As long as you can escape, it will no longer be difficult to make a comeback!
But the question now is, how to rescue the three thousand Guan Ning Army?
Of course, a forceful attack would not work. In order to guard the fierce Guan Ning army, Liu Liangzuo sent ten thousand people to guard it. And if he wanted to outwit him, how would he do it? Everyone here is the most wanted criminal in Nanjing City. Go out.
How can you outwit someone who is about to be arrested by the officials upon seeing him?
"Find a way to get in touch with the outside world, but we must not let you take risks! If something happens to you, how will His Majesty and I explain it? And now that something like this happened to Yingtian Mansion, I was entrusted by Your Majesty before, and now Nanjing City has become like this
It seems that I am the number one sinner! So even if I have to go, I will go!”
Wu Linzheng was also extremely ashamed in his heart. His Majesty had given him great trust at the beginning, but now it has become like this. He really feels guilty towards Your Majesty!
Seeing this, Ni Yuanlu immediately said: "I am also at fault for Ma Shiying and Liu Liangzuo's rebellion. If he is punished, I will not be able to escape the blame!"
Seeing that both of them were so righteous, Shi Bang, who had a bad temper, how could he lag behind? He immediately stood up and said, "Count me in! We are all ministers of the capital who came to visit the south. If something like this happens, all of us will be affected."
We should all be punished by His Majesty!"
Having said that, the three of them couldn't help but feel sad together. Unexpectedly, after arriving, they did not share the worries for His Majesty, but they caused so much trouble to His Majesty. It's really...
Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong immediately stood up and raised his hands and said: "The three adults are so concerned about the country and the people, and they are even more willing to be punished for their mistakes. I don't know how many ministers and common people can set such an example. I admire you three here!"
The three people who were excited by Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but look at him with a little more admiration. Sure enough, he was Zheng Zhilong's son. Not only was he bold, but he also had a deep sense of national justice. It seemed that the vision of the few of them in uniting him was not the same.
wrong.
"But we have been trapped here for many days now, but we have done nothing. I think we must do something in order for His Majesty to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible. Guan Ningjun is the first thing we must do
No matter how difficult it is, we have to go!"
Hearing such a resolute tone, everyone nodded in unison. What Zheng Chenggong said was true. The soldiers of Guan Ning were all extremely brave. If they were one-on-one, they would never be at a disadvantage. I just regretted that Ma Shiying invited the soldiers of Guan Ning with ill intentions.
Drinking made everyone excited.
But I never expected that Ma Shiying actually put Mongolian sweat medicine in it!
One night later, all three thousand Guan Ning troops collapsed on the table, and some even lay on the ground and fell asleep. On the second day, Liu Liangzuo led a large number of troops into the city and first took over Yingtian Mansion.
After the city was defended, all the unconscious Guan Ning troops were carried to the prison prepared in advance.
Due to the large number of people, Yingtian Mansion did not have such a large prison before. It could only be built temporarily, so the facilities were extremely simple. When it rained, it was impossible to stop it, and it was even difficult to guarantee daily meals. Some people even suddenly fell asleep while sleeping.
They were taken away, then coerced and lured, and then put back.
Fortunately, Guan Ning's army was full of strong-willed people, otherwise they would have surrendered long ago after being treated like this.
"But there is nothing we can do now!" Lu Zhenfei was extremely helpless when he said this. They just sat here every day, doing nothing. This feeling really made people scratch their heads.
"There is one!"
After Zheng Chenggong thought about it, he immediately said in a deep voice.
"What method?" Everyone asked immediately.
"Ignore the casualties first, send some people to lure the enemy, and then send some people to open the door wide. But before that, you must send one person to sneak in and drug the food of the 10,000 guarding soldiers. So that they are unable to pursue, and even more so.
They are drowsy. In this case, our luck in rescuing Guan Ningjun will be much greater."
After saying that, Zheng Chenggong immediately looked at everyone's faces.
"Your method is good! But there are some loopholes." Ni Yuanlu analyzed it briefly and then immediately said: "How do you sneak in and drug them? And it's food for 10,000 people. There's not just one pot of rice. How much do you have to bring?
Medicine? Secondly, what to do with the weapons of Guan Ning’s army? They are imprisoned but have no weapons at all.”
Zheng Chenggong was not worried at all when he heard this, and immediately said: "Master Ni, he is just a cook. As long as we give him some gold and silver, he will definitely listen to us. Food for 10,000 people is too much."
It doesn’t hurt to bring some, just distribute them when the time comes. As for weapons... you can just use the weapons of the soldiers who were fascinated. After all, we don’t have that many people to carry the weapons of three thousand people."
Everyone thought about it and felt that Zheng Chenggong's method was indeed more practical and the most reliable. After a period of discussion and confirmation of some details, a huge stone in their hearts was relieved.
After the discussion was completed, several people went back to rest and waited for Ma Shiying to hold the enthronement ceremony before taking action immediately. Now they only need to convey the good news to Yuan Jixian and ask him to cooperate with them in the city to launch an attack. As for His Majesty,
You have your own countermeasures, so there is no need to worry.
The Yanzhou Prefecture here is also busy preparing for the enthronement ceremony. Although there is no rites department, those who can pass the Jinshi examination are naturally not ordinary people. Many people remember those etiquette and are very familiar with it, so holding a grand ceremony is not a problem.
The Modao team is practicing day by day. Modao and armor are assigned to various blacksmith shops, and the blacksmiths take turns forging them day and night.
If we speed up the forging in this way, it will be enough in less than three days.
"Your Majesty, I think the ceremony can be held tomorrow."
Wang Jiayan, who had been busy for several days, was also exhausted. In order to completely defeat Ma Shiying in the march to Yingtian Mansion, he was also tired and panting. Just these etiquette things were enough to make him a little old. But when he thought about Ma Shiying,
Being completely defeated by them, I felt much better.
Zhu Ling was still looking at the map on the wall and gradually became distracted, his eyes staying on Sichuan for a long time. Nowadays, intruders are not the most important target to eliminate. This is also for the sake of the overall situation. They are both Han people, so naturally they are more likely to build slaves.
It was threatening. But Zhang Xianzhong was a worry for him at this time.
Now that Chengdu has fallen, the whole of Sichuan must also be in danger. It is only a matter of time at most. His four adopted sons are not ordinary people, especially Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo. Each has the talent to govern the country, but he is a
Traitor; a man who has the talent of a general, but in the end died fighting for his country.
If they can come under his command, their abilities and reputation will definitely spread to the entire land of China.
But the biggest problem now is that they are Zhang Xianzhong's men now. If they fight, can his generals defeat them? Li Dingguo alone will probably make the Ming Dynasty retreat steadily, and there will be more than a few others.
What a headache! How many people can save Ming Mo?
Suddenly, he turned around and saw Wang Jiayan, who had been waiting for a long time. He was sweating profusely. He must have been waiting for a long time. Zhu Ling quickly apologized and said: "Wang Qing, when did you come? I was distracted and didn't pay attention.
your turn."
Seeing that His Majesty finally noticed him, Wang Jiayan was relieved in his heart, and then said: "Your Majesty, I just said that it would be more appropriate for the enthronement ceremony to be held tomorrow."
"That's it." Zhu Ling obviously hadn't recovered from his distraction just now. He hesitated for a moment after hearing Wang Jiayan's words. Then he immediately replied: "Of course it's okay. This enthronement ceremony is just a show. There's no need to do that.
So complicated.”
Hearing His Majesty's words, Wang Jiayan suddenly felt that his comeback these days had been in vain. After so many days of careful preparation, in the end he just said that there was no need to be complicated. The royal intention was unpredictable, and the people below broke their legs.
"As soon as possible, I have asked Wang Chengen to send this news."