At the east gate of Kaifeng City, the moat is swaying. After two reinforcements by the Dashun Army, this impregnable city is much stronger than during the Ming Dynasty.
An ordinary army, even if it numbered tens of thousands, would not be able to break through the city gate at least within one day.
But if there is internal response, the situation will naturally be completely different.
Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdao had already taken off their armor, and they were locked in the house by the Chu soldiers. After Cao Benrong poured tea for them, he said apologetically:
"Prince Jin will not take action against Youying... Don't worry, the matter will be over soon."
Liu Tichun smiled bitterly and said: "I just didn't expect that the people on the left and right of the Supervisory State are already members of Chu Bing... Are the people sent by the Supervisory State to contact me also all your people?"
Cao Benrong, who joined the army, replied: "The supervisory state uses the army department under the King of Jin to handle the documents. Naturally, there are many Chu people in the government. General Erhu, there are people posted by the red team at several gates of Kaifeng City. Of course, they can capture the gates.
It’s not difficult.”
Yuan Zongdao frowned: "Where did you get so many soldiers and horses?"
"The troops were all transferred from Guide, Shandong. King Jin was worried that the rebels in the city would take advantage of the wedding to mutiny, so he specially transferred them. Unexpectedly, they happened to catch up."
Liu Tichun clicked his tongue and said: "Is it just in time? I think this army and horses may have arrived near Kaifeng on a specific day. You are right, Chen Yongfu has been in Guide for a long time. He is a member of the King of Jin and is from the east of Henan Province.
This area was originally the territory established by King Jin, so it is very simple to mobilize troops without letting us know."
Yuan Zongdao was still a little puzzled: "If we transfer Shandong troops and horses, won't this affect the overall situation on the front line? Tian Jianxiu and Niu Jinxing knew that the main troops of King Jin were trapped in Shandong and were fighting with them.
Hauge fought, so he dared to give it a try. I believe that the King of Jin will never abandon Shandong because of internal strife."
Cao Benrong further explained: "What a coincidence. It happened to be that in the past two days, there was a great victory in Shandong. The Ming Dynasty's Jinliao Navy suddenly attacked the Qing Navy in Dengzhou. As a result, the troops of the three rebel kings were in chaos. Guo Shuai took the opportunity to counterattack.
, Dengzhou has been recovered. As a result, the situation in Shandong was no longer so tense, and the King of Jin finally felt that it would not be a big problem to bring back some troops."
Liu Tichun snorted: "These two days? For such a big thing as bringing back the army, I'm afraid it won't work without more than ten days!"
Cao Benrong wiped his sweat: "That's the fact. I can only say it's such a coincidence."
Liu Tichun snorted again: "Last question, what does King Jin want to do? I have told the Supervisor State about Tian Jianxiu and Niu Jinxing's conspiracy. The Supervisor State was originally going to dispatch our right battalion troops to protect King Jin...
Now you Chu soldiers have seized the city gate in advance, and you have cooperated with the army joining forces to control us, what are you going to do?"
Cao Benrong only said: "The Jianguo is too tolerant of some people...His Royal Highness the King of Jin was just worried that the Jianguo would not get his hands dirty, so he did it for him."
Liu Tichun looked up to the sky and sighed, saying: "The Supervisory State is doing everything possible to maintain the situation, just because it doesn't want Da Shun to have internal strife... But it still happened in the end!"
Cao Benrong shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has already said that Jianguo should have proclaimed himself emperor immediately after the Battle of Huolu. Jianguo was so indecisive that what happened today happened. Otherwise, how could the names of monarchs and ministers be decided so early?
Today? Now we can only let King Jin move forward."
Outside the house, the troops transferred back from Shandong more than ten days ago, totaling nearly ten thousand people, were commanded by Guo Junzhen and Chen Yongfu and took control of the east gate of Kaifeng City.
Chu Chuang was quite well prepared. In addition to the army officers around Li Guo, the red team had already deployed manpower among the garrison guards at various gates of Kaifeng.
Seeing the sweat-covered faces of the soldiers, Chen Yongfu, who was welcoming the Chu soldiers from Shandong back to Bian from Guide, had to calm down even though his heart was full of stormy waves.
Chen Yongfu clenched the letter in his hand. Li Laiheng had already contacted the generals who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty through him, especially Jiang Gu, a figure on both sides of the head and rat. From the very beginning, Jiang Yu had hinted and revealed many things to Chu Chuang.
Information about the conspiracy of Tian Mixiu and his party.
Jiang Gan was jumping up and down, trying to please both sides, but did he really think he could outplay His Highness Prince Jin?
Guo Junzhen stood in front of the army. He was wrapped in a white cloak and lectured:
"You are all the direct descendants of King Jin who were brought from Suizhou... Now the rebel party took advantage of King Jin's wedding day to suddenly launch a mutiny and murder King Jin. Can you agree?"
The roar suddenly sounded in unison like thunder: "Defend King Jin to the death!"
Guo Junzhen smiled with satisfaction:
"Very well, the rebels have about five thousand soldiers and horses in the city, but most of them are just being coerced. As long as we use the banner of diligence and justice, I believe most people will wake up.
Our troops, plus General Chen's troops, number more than 10,000. With such a huge strength advantage, we now control the troops and horses of the right camp. I ask you to advance quickly, attack decisively, and completely control the situation in the city. Also follow the instructions
His Royal Highness King Jin’s instructions...His Royal Highness King Jin cherishes the soldiers, capture as many prisoners as possible, and don’t kill too many people!
The King of Jin is the only heir to the Dashun State, and His Highness the King of Jin is the only hope for the Dashun Army and our only hope to eliminate the Donglu and regain the lost territory. All the officers and soldiers must obey the order and must capture all the rebellious parties and let one person slip through the net.
It’s all a shame for His Highness King Jin’s kindness.”
The officers of this army carefully selected by Guojun Town were almost all from Chuchuang Suiying School and Suizhou Lecture Hall. They were Li Laiheng's most direct lineage.
After the soldiers cheered in unison, under the command of the officers and generals of various ministries, they lined up in columns calmly and orderly and entered Kaifeng City. The crowd was surging and the army was advancing rapidly. Chen Yongfu said a little nervously:
"Xiong Li, there are too few people around King Jin. If anything happens, we will be totally doomed."
Guo Junzhen said confidently:
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is a man of heaven. Sun Shoufa and Li Maoheng will guard the palace. As for the rebels in the palace, the guards of Jian Guo and Liu Shuai are enough to contain them. And just in case, Yan Xin has sent the red team to the palace in advance.
The most capable personnel in the army are all lurking in Prince Jin's palace, which is enough to ensure the personal safety of Prince Jin.
The King of Jin did this so that Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing and Zhang Nai could expose all their ugly deeds in front of Da Shun Yuan Cong. In this way, the prison country would no longer be able to tolerate them, and the King of Jin also hoped to minimize their
Only in this way can we maintain the unity of the Dashun Army and eradicate the wavering double-dealers while harming the Dashun Army.
After today's work is completed, Dashun will be settled in one position, and the military and government will be unified from now on, and there will be no more chaos."
Another burst of gunfire came from the distance. Guo Junzhen knew that this was Chu Chuang's counterattack. He said to Kaifeng Yin Niuquan standing next to him:
"Thanks to you, most of the rebels' gunpowder has been manipulated. Without guns and cannons, they are unlikely to pose a threat to King Jin."
Niu Quan was still wearing the uniform of a civil servant, with dark skin, like an old farmer.
"My father asked me to cooperate with Dang Shousu and Wu Ruyi to control important places in Kaifeng City... Guo Shuai, Dang Shousu is different from other rebellious parties. He has dissuaded Zhang Nai many times."
Guo Junzhen clapped his hands and said:
"Prince Jin knows these things, and Prince Jin will not kill anyone... He has promised you that he will not even hurt Niu Jinxing, let alone other people?
After this incident, the popular image that Tian Jianxiu created with his generosity and kindness has been completely lost, and no one in the Dashun army can threaten the status of His Highness the King of Jin."