In just two days, the city of Nanjing has been in chaos.
More than a dozen officials were executed on the spot, and several of them were executed too late.
More than a hundred people were dismissed from office and sent to prison.
These are only high-status officials, gentry, and big merchants, not ordinary soldiers, generals, and minions.
After cleaning up the remnants of the city, there is only one last trouble left.
Thousands of the main force of the White Lotus Sect gathered outside the city. This force was originally guarding the Jiujiang area to prevent Wei Guogong from killing him and buying enough time for the Nanjing mutiny.
Zhu Qizhen was originally not interested in these miscellaneous soldiers. According to his plan, the Nanjing left guard was enough to deal with them.
However, the result disappointed him.
The Nanjing Left Guard was repulsed by these White Lotus Sect soldiers!
Yuan Bin had a clear idea of the situation outside the city and said: "Your Majesty, this group of troops should not be underestimated. They are the heavenly soldiers of the White Lotus Sect."
Zhu Qizhen was even puzzled and asked: "What are the heavenly soldiers?"
Yuan Bin said: "According to folk rumors, the White Lotus Sect has five thousand heavenly soldiers, all of whom are invulnerable to fire and water. I have seen this with my own eyes when I went out of the city. They can also spit fire from their mouths, and are especially good at opening the vagina."
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Zhu Qizhen's eyes shrank and he asked: "Is it so mysterious?"
But Yuan Bin was very serious and said: "Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River knows how powerful these heavenly soldiers are. Once the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will be invincible."
Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly and sneered: "The sage said, a gentleman respects ghosts and gods and keeps them at a distance. I don't think you still believe this trick?"
"The emperor has made it clear that I may not believe it, but millions of people believe it. This is the problem."
"Where are the three guards in Nanjing?"
"Back to the emperor, most of the troops and horses of the Nanjing Guard and the Nanjing Right Guard were taken away by Wei Guogong. Only the Nanjing Left Guard is still capable of fighting. However, the heavenly soldiers are invulnerable, water and fire, and the Nanjing Left Guard cannot get any advantage at all. Even
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Seeing Yuan Bin's hesitation, Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "Even if you say everything, how can I still blame you?"
Yuan Bin had no choice but to say: "There are rumors in the city that the heavenly soldiers are about to arrive, so let the people in Nanjing... be calm and don't be impatient. When the time comes, we will start a fight together in the city, and we should cooperate inside and outside!"
Zhu Qizhen burst out laughing: "They are still cooperating inside and outside. Is it possible that they want to take Nanjing?"
Yuan Bin looked slightly panicked and said: "As long as the rebels in Nanjing know that the heavenly soldiers have arrived, they will naturally have the courage to resist. By then, if there is no way to break it, I'm afraid... it will be difficult..."
Zhu Qizhen just doesn’t understand. Are these bullshit heavenly soldiers really so intimidating?
Yuan Bin swallowed and continued: "There are rumors among the people that if the heavenly soldiers arrive, then in Nanjing City, the evil soldiers will naturally retreat, and then they will abandon their helmets and armor, and die without a burial place..." p>
Zhu Qizhen was really speechless. I am an orthodox emperor, how could I become an evil soldier?
Needless to say, these so-called rumors must be spread by people from the White Lotus Sect.
Although the city of Nanjing has gone through a brief purge, there are still many remnants of the White Lotus lurking among the people. They have long been entrenched and will be difficult to find out for a while.
If he is allowed to create rumors and disturb the people's hearts, if the people believe it and follow them to rebel, wouldn't I, the emperor, suffer a great loss?
By the way, what exactly is this heavenly soldier?
Is it really possible to be invulnerable to fire and water?
Impossible, absolutely impossible, otherwise, my nine-year compulsory education would not have been in vain...
However, Zhu Qizhen vaguely felt that the so-called heavenly soldiers in Yuan Bin's mouth were full of unspeakable evil.
You may say that these people are pretending, but even a large number of people believe in them. It seems that it will not take long before they can really take down the city of Nanjing easily.
How could there be such powerful heavenly soldiers in the world? Obviously, this is a scam.
"I want to see for myself what these heavenly soldiers are!"
Zhu Qizhen is not a person who plays his cards according to routines. Now that he heard that his opponent is so amazing, he is naturally very interested.
The city of Nanjing is very lively now. Although it has just experienced a rebellion, it has not had any impact on the common people at the bottom.
They even opened their eyes and finally saw Ling Chi.
After Zhu Qizhen visited, he found that rumors about this heavenly soldier and general were everywhere in the streets and alleys. Some people even said that the heavenly soldiers had noses and eyes. They said that the heavenly soldiers came from the sky, wore golden armor, were invulnerable, could do magic tricks, and
He is especially good at subduing dragons and subduing tigers, even muskets cannot penetrate him. He is especially good at using formations. Once the formations are laid out, dark clouds will come over him, sand will fly and rocks will fly, and the color of the sky and earth will change.
All in all...it's awesome!
This is not only believed by ordinary people, but also by many wealthy households and officials.
Zhu Qizhen was dumbfounded for a moment.
But if you think about it carefully, from ancient times to the present, haven’t those magicians who pretend to be gods and ghosts have always had a great influence on the people?
They take advantage of the ignorance of the people and unscrupulously spread the so-called words about ghosts and gods, poisoning the minds of the people.
Not to mention anything else, let’s talk about the time when Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the Jin people went south, and the Minister of War at that time actually placed the hope of defeating the enemy on a magic stick named Guo Jing, who lied that he had knowledge of Buddhism and Taoism.
He tried his best to defeat the enemy with the Taoist Rokko Dharma and the Buddhist Bishamonten Dharma. As a result, Bianjing City not only did not close its gates, but instead opened the city gates and let a group of magic sticks go out to defeat the thieves. The result can be imagined, which directly caused
After the humiliation of Jingkang, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
As for other similar incidents in history, there are really countless.
Even many scholars believe it, let alone ordinary people.
In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on the people. In normal times, if there is a disaster, the people feel that their situation is in danger, so naturally they will take advantage of crooked ways like the White Lotus Sect.
It has to be said that the White Lotus Sect has a very high level of brainwashing, comparable to the telecommunications fraud gangs of later generations.
Just one day later, Yuan Bin quickly came to report: "Your Majesty, the news that the heavenly soldiers are coming to Nanjing has caused a stir all over the city. Now the news is spreading throughout Nanjing!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded disapprovingly and asked, "What's the reaction? Let me tell you."
Yuan Bin hesitated and said weakly: "This...it's not easy to say."
"Just say whatever you have to say, we are all men, why are you so nagging?"
Zhu Qizhen was not polite to Yuan Bin. He would just say whatever he wanted, but why did he do it so mysteriously?
Therefore, Yuan Bin smiled bitterly and said: "Many people say that the city of Nanjing is going to change. They also say that... as soon as the heavenly soldiers and generals come to kill, they will teach... they will teach..."
Zhu Qizhen said angrily: "Go on!"
Yuan Bin had no choice but to continue: "But the Pope will definitely die. It is said that the heavenly soldiers of the White Lotus Sect are one against ten, and firecrackers and artillery can't hurt them. As long as they recite a curse, we will all die.
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Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but was dumbfounded and wondered: "Create a curse to kill me? Who gave them the courage?"
Yuan Bin had no choice but to say: "I feel that those who come are not good and those who are good will not come, so our army should make some preparations!"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Qizhen stared at him and asked seriously, "Are you afraid too?"
"I am not afraid of going through fire and water for the Emperor. I am just... worried about the Emperor's safety."
It can be seen that the dignified commander of Jianjinyi Guards actually feels guilty.
At this time, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but admire the level of the White Lotus Sect. After pondering for a while, he smiled lightly and said: "In that case, there is nothing to say. I will personally lead people out of the city to fight, so that I can see these so-called
How many kilograms of heavenly soldiers are there!"
"Your Majesty, our current troops and horses are not enough."
"How many people are there in total?"
Yuan Bin replied: "The Nanjing Guard and Nanjing Right Guard have less than 500 soldiers and horses. Only the Nanjing Left Guard still has combat effectiveness. However, the White Lotus Sect relies on the invincibility of its heavenly troops and has coerced a large number of ignorant people. It has a strong advantage.
Now there are tens of thousands of people!”
Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "It doesn't matter if there are many people. I only care about how many can be defeated?"
"The main force is still the five thousand heavenly soldiers. However, after the Nanjing left guard suffered a defeat, when they heard that they were going to fight against the heavenly soldiers, they were all frightened and refused to fight to the death. Of course... they knew the emperor's kindness to them.
But they would rather not be this soldier than offend those soldiers in the sky..."
Zhu Qizhen frowned more and more. In this era, natural science has not yet been popularized, and there are naturally many gods and ghosts circulating among the people. I did not expect that this thing can defeat others without fighting.
This is really... hell!
Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment and said, "If they don't want to go to war, then they won't be allowed to go to war and they will be ordered to stay in the camp. I will personally come to meet these heavenly soldiers!"
Yuan Bin hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, you can't do it. Let me leave it to you!"
But at this moment, someone came over in a panic and said: "No, it's a big deal..."
Yuan Bin immediately stopped this person and yelled: "What's wrong?"
"The news about Nanjing's left guard was that they were repelled by the heavenly troops, and hundreds of people ran away. The acting commander Chen Weisong couldn't control it at all."
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but said: "How dare these people counterattack Nanjing Zuowei's base camp?"
"Back to the emperor, it is true that when the Nanjing left guard saw the heavenly soldiers, they were all frightened and ran away in a swarm, trampling on each other and throwing away their armor."
Zhu Qizhen was speechless and said: "Let's go out of the city with me and have a look!"
Yuan Bin hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, please be patient and calm down. I'd better go ahead!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said: "I still don't believe it. Those Lao Shizi heavenly soldiers are so magical?"
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After leaving the city, I saw a large number of defeated soldiers.
They were leaning against the wall one by one, showing no morale at all, just looking terrified.
This also attracted many soldiers and civilians to watch, and people were talking about it.
Rumors have begun to spread in the city that heavenly soldiers and generals are about to attack the city.
Many people are afraid.
Especially how powerful the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals were. At first, there were just constant discussions, but now, seeing many defeated soldiers entering the city, people gradually began to become afraid.
This is to go against God, how can there be any reason to be invincible?
Of course, on the other hand, there were originally many White Lotus remnants lurking in Nanjing city, or the personal papers of the prisoners. Now, it seems that hope has been seen, which adds fuel to the fire.
Zhu Qizhen looked at these soldiers with no morale, pulled his face, said nothing, and secretly thought in his heart that the Ming Dynasty's army needs to be rectified in all aspects without delay!
At this time, a person was helped forward, knelt down and said: "I will die for you."
Zhu Qizhen put his hands behind his back and asked, "Who are you?"
"Wei Chen Nanjing Left Guard Acting Commander Chen Weisong."
Zhu Qizhen asked again: "What is going on?"
Chen Weisong looked ashamed and said: "Wei Chen was originally leading the troops from the left guard to help the emperor suppress the rebellion. On the way, he suddenly encountered a group of troops. Those troops immediately formed an array. Naturally, Wei Chen was not polite and ordered the soldiers to prepare.
Fight back, who knows... Before the formation was formed, someone suddenly screamed that the heavenly soldiers were coming. The ministers did not react in time and were unable to stabilize the morale of the army. They originally wanted to be the first to charge, but too many people fled.
Weichen are also scattered, Weichen... ten thousand deaths..."
After listening to this narrative, Zhu Qizhen could understand the situation at that time. When the army collapsed, no matter how hard you restrained it, it would be of no avail.
"Are you saying that the two armies were defeated before they even came into contact?"
"Yes..."
Chen Weisong was so ashamed that he wanted to bury his head in the ground.
Zhu Qizhen nodded and ordered: "Go and call some people from the left guard."
Not long after, several people from the left guard came forward, bowed to Zhu Qizhen, and said with fear: "Kowtow to the emperor, long live the emperor."
Zhu Qizhen looked at them and said with a cold face: "Why did you retreat?"
One of the soldiers said tremblingly: "I humbly obeyed the emperor's order, and of course... I am willing to go through fire and water for the emperor, but... it's just... we encountered heavenly soldiers. The heavenly soldiers are very powerful. They can breathe fire and shoot fire."
I am invulnerable, I am really afraid of being humble, I would rather kill the Japanese pirates than dare to fight the heavenly soldiers..."
After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he turned to look at the other soldiers.
The soldiers also nodded hurriedly: "It's not that I'm a humble person who refuses to work hard for the emperor, but it's really... I really... don't dare to offend the gods..."
Zhu Qizhen was really angry and funny at this time. However, looking at these panicked military households, he also knew that this was the actual situation of the current era. Not to mention ordinary people blindly following these things, it was the officers and soldiers.
I firmly believe in this.
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