Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 303 Leaving Nanjing City

Luoyang was snowing heavily, covering the whole city, and the streets and lanes were all white.

The cavalry galloped freely on the street, hardly meeting people, and the snow was so thick that people almost forgot their direction.

"Report-"

The cavalry quickly came to the governor's mansion and handed over the letter.

Hong Chengchou is thin, with gray temples and piercing eyes. He is burying his head on the table, holding a pen in his right hand, vigorous and powerful.

The flying dragons and snakes of Chinese characters are really beautiful, but unfortunately, no one appreciates them.

"咚咚-"

"Come in!"

"Master, urgent military report!"

"Huh?" Hong Chengchou frowned, and said angrily: "It's the cold winter, there must be no good news."

Opening it up, Hong Chengchou's face was full of gloom.

I saw a simple line of words on the letter: Li Zicheng retreated in defeat, and Zhu Yixi entered Xi'an.

"Damn it!" Hong Chengchou immediately became angry, and with a loud roar, he tore up the calligraphy in his hand: "The great situation will be ruined once."

After a long time, he recovered and fell into silence again.

Now that the Prince of England is coming to Nanjing, it will not take long to conquer it. The Hongguang court is destroyed, and the mere king of Yu will not last long.

"It's just that this ambitious vassal may have found such an opportunity a long time ago!"

Thinking that he might escape from the shackles and spread his wings to soar, Hong Chengchou's face became extremely ugly.

It's a pity that Fangcheng's defense line is as solid as a rock and cannot be shaken. Otherwise, how can Huguang be peaceful?
Thinking of this, he sighed deeply: "It seems that hope can only be placed in the south, and go upstream to destroy Huguang."

Thinking in this way, he looked at the map abruptly, and the huge three characters of Anqing Mansion came into view.

"This place must not change hands!"

Thinking of this, he immediately began to write like flying, impatiently writing, ready to be sent to the south.

At the same time, and the state.

When Xiaoxue was about to stop, Tongsheng Xu Mo suddenly heard someone running outside, and the sound of tick-tock was endless.

He hurriedly opened the door, but saw that there was no one in the dim night outside.

Just as he was puzzled, he looked along the sound, only to find that there were many torches not far away, and he was constantly patrolling along the street, knocking on the door and asking loudly.

Seeing this, he was shocked.

At this time, suddenly there seemed to be a figure at his feet.

"Li De?" He hurried over and called softly.

Seeing no response, he turned the opponent's body over and found him paralyzed on the ground with a pale face.

Carefully put his fingers under the opponent's nose, and found that there was still breath, he breathed a sigh of relief.As long as people don't die, it will be done.

Immediately, he carefully lifted the man up and helped him into his room.

And he returned quickly, clearing away the blood-stained snow on the ground outside.

Not long after, the bloodstains on the ground were buried by snowflakes, and there was no trace of them.

In the secret room, the two sat opposite each other.

"Hundred households!"

After drinking the hot water, Li Decai came back to his senses, and said in a deep voice: "Hezhou has already learned about the situation in Anqing Mansion, and is now investigating spies."

"It was to be expected."

Xu Mo nodded and sighed: "The matter has come to this, it seems that these people have already made a choice."

Anqing Mansion almost fell in a battle, during which it was revealed that a traitor opened the city, so that this strong city fell.

King Yu exerted all his strength in vain, terrifying the state capital.

The civil and military forces of Hezhou, accompanied by the siege of Nanjing, all turned to the north, and they were not optimistic about King Yu and even the imperial court.

They hope to sell Chizhou City for a good price instead of falling for no reason.

Therefore, the actions of the search department must naturally be more cautious.

"Did you come to Hezhou this time for something important?"

Xu Mo's face darkened, and he asked.

"Nanjing?"

"That's right!"

Li De sighed, and said helplessly, "Nanjing City is in peril, and it's about to be defeated. I heard that Huang Degong was wounded by arrows and defended the city."

"Is that the case already?"

Xu Mo couldn't help feeling a little sentimental when he heard this.

"Zhao Baihu asked me to leave the city ahead of time and come to Hezhou to deliver a message, a message from the palace."

Li De let out a foul breath with a serious expression on his face.

"What news?"

"The emperor intends to leave the city and escape from Nanjing."

Xu Mo's face changed drastically when he heard the words: "Doesn't this mean that even the emperor gave up on Nanjing?"

"Nanzhili collapsed in just a moment."

After a long time, he regained his composure and asked, "Are you sure about this news?"

"Eight and nine are not far from ten."

Li De thought for a while, then bit the bullet and said: "There are news from many eunuchs in the palace that although the emperor's diet has not changed, he has not visited his concubine, obviously he has escaped from Nanjing long ago."

"So, it seems that we have already made preparations."

Xu Mo just nodded, his face serious.

Hezhou (Ma'anshan) is the closest to Nanjing, and it is its gateway to the west. In the case of Zhenjiang and Yangzhou being lost, the emperor is most likely to come to Hezhou.

The search department took measures in advance and approached the emperor.

In fact, regarding the fall of Nanjing City, the Search Division has already prepared a plan: get close to the emperor and never let him fall into the enemy's hands.

Even, when necessary, let the emperor be voluntarily committed suicide.

Of course, Yuxi, Guoxi and other things must be prepared in advance to prepare for the legal principles of King Yu's succession.

"Hi, rest in peace!"

Xu Mo left in an emergency, notified the members of the search department in the entire Hezhou, and reported the news to Xiangyang.

……

At this time, on the Yangtze River outside Hezhou, several small boats hovered slowly on the river surface, brightly lit, unpretentious on the outside, luxurious and gorgeous on the inside.

Sitting on the couch with Zhu Yousong's fat body, looking at the dark river and the bright moon that was about to set, he was in a trance for a while.

It seems that although his body is on the ship, his soul still stays in Nanjing.

He just had an urgent discussion with Ma Shiying, and he left the city of Nanjing, which had been besieged for five or six days, and came to Hezhou.

Fleeing from the war had been personally ordered by his father in Luoyang.

Although he came to Nanjing from Huai'an, he was always in fear.

I am afraid of the Jian slaves in the north, and the intruders who are entrenched in Shaanxi, and now I am also afraid of the King Yu of Huguang.

But Jiannu came faster.

"Your Majesty, Hezhou has already started packing up, will you enter the city later?"

Lu Jiude, the personal eunuch, said eagerly.

"Too close to the state."

Emperor Hongguang shook his head, judging from his many years of escape experience, Hezhou was not safe.

"My lord, we escaped all night, the most important thing is to go to Hezhou to make some repairs and let the sergeants escort us."

Lu Jiude said.

"exactly!"

Emperor Hongguang suddenly realized that there were too few people like himself, and it was too dangerous along the way.

So, at dawn, the group left the boat and entered Hezhou City.

Hezhou was in a hurry to meet the emperor, eager to meet the emperor.

Only then did Zhu Yousong heave a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)