The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 88
"Well, Hong Xu has always done things safely." Zheng Zhilong nodded.

Zheng Du said, "Father, according to what my son sees, it's better to send troops to capture the emperor. Why bother?"

"You, you can't learn from your elder brother..." Zheng Zhilong frowned and taught.

But he immediately remembered that although his eldest son was extremely intelligent and capable, he turned his elbows outwards and was always one with the imperial party.

He sighed for a long time, looked at the second son with mediocre qualifications in front of him, and explained patiently: "Even if Huang Mingjun flirts with Longwu recently, he has already found a reason to transfer his troops to Yanping, it is not easy to win the emperor.

"Just say that the world is so big, there are more than a hundred royal family members surnamed Zhu? Zhu Yujian is captured, and Zhu Yu'ao will immediately ascend the throne in Yingtian Mansion. Even if Zhu Yu'ao is captured again, Zhu Yihai from Zhejiang will become emperor again. We Would it be more in the Qing court's favor to send an emperor to the Manchus, or to send an abdicated Zhu Yujian?"

Zheng Du was immediately amazed, nodded desperately and said, "Father's thinking is more thoughtful! Naturally, it's better to send an emperor!"

Surrounded by the guards and accompanying officials, the large imperial chariot moved forward steadily and slowly.

While driving in the chariot, Zhu Yujian was holding an isolated copy of the ancient book "Floating World Heart Record", reading it with great interest.He had no other hobbies since he was a child, except reading and collecting books.

For this imperial expedition, he still brought more than a dozen carts of his favorite books, so the speed of travel was extremely slow.I started driving yesterday, and it is already noon, and I haven't gone forty miles yet.

Zhu Yujian was not in a hurry.

Firstly, Empress Zeng was pregnant, so she should not walk too fast.Long Wu was determined to leave Fujian this time. In order not to be restrained, he insisted on taking the unborn prince with him.Second, Nanchang has not yet been recovered, he knows that it is a fortified city that has been built for hundreds of years, and it will be difficult to capture it even in a moment.Shengjia walked slowly so as not to put too much pressure on the frontline soldiers.

As soon as the chariot drove to the outskirts of Nanping County, the forward of the Forbidden Army found a dense crowd of people waiting on the official road ahead, and there were at least thousands of people in front of them.

The two imperial cavalry immediately turned around to warn.Longwu's forbidden army is only a few hundred, if the people in front want to harm the emperor, they will not be able to fully protect them.

Zheng Chenggong, the commander of the Forbidden Army, was shocked when he heard that thousands of people were blocking the road. He hurriedly ordered the Forbidden Army to form a defensive formation, and wanted to send people to contact Huang Mingjun on flying horses.

Before the people were dispatched, he suddenly heard someone shouting in front of him.

"It's His Majesty's chariot!"

"Long Live God is here!"

A large group of people greeted them with a whoosh, and knelt on the ground outside the defensive circle of the Imperial Forest Army. They seemed to be dressed as ordinary people, and many of them were even dressed in tatters and unkempt, more like refugees.

Someone in the crowd shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

The people who blocked the drive also followed the mountain and shouted long live.

These "common people" and "refugees" were gathered by Hong Xu by using his connections in the local clan.

Dozens of his confidants were dressed in tattered clothes, covered with pot bottoms, mixed in the crowd and gave orders.

"Long live, you can't go!"

"If you leave we shall have nothing to look forward to."

"Holy Majesty, stay in Fujing, there is hope for us little people like you!"

"You love the people like a child, we are reluctant to let you go..."

Zheng Chenggong was very helpless by the scene in front of him. These people just knelt on the ground, saying nothing, and they couldn't catch up, let alone use force.He could only keep urging the imperial guards to hold their ground and not let anyone approach them.

After a while, Long Wu came down from the imperial chariot and saw Wu Ya kneeling tens of thousands of people in front of him, shouting to keep him, only thinking that the common people felt the great grace of the emperor and saw him off spontaneously, he couldn't help but feel a little excited .

But in the afternoon, these people still showed no signs of leaving.

Zhu Yujian saw that most of them were in shabby clothes, yellow and thin, and he was very pitiful, so he ordered Pang Tianshou to prepare porridge and rice for them.

It wasn't until the sky was getting dark that he finally felt that something was wrong.

Zheng Chenggong was worried that there would be criminals hiding among these people after dark, so he suggested that it would be better for Yujia to return to Nanping County.Zhu Yujian had no choice but to agree.

Since then, as long as the emperor leaves Nanping County, tens of thousands of "people" will gather in the suburbs of the county to "retain" the emperor.

Even though Huang Mingjun led troops to escort him soon, there was nothing he could do about these unarmed people.In this way, Longwu was dragged in Nanping, and he was still unable to move until a month later.

……

Outside Nanchang.

In the big tent of the Ming army.

Zhu Linming, Yang Tinglin, Wanji, Zhao Yinxuan, and Zhu Youni gathered together, and Zhang Jiayu, Wanji and Zhao Yinxuan's lieutenants were also present.

There are also several unfamiliar faces.

Yang Tinglin first pointed to a fat middle-aged man with a long face and said: "This is Guo Weijing, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials. This time, he led the newly recruited [-] Ji'an soldiers to assist in the attack on Nanchang."

However, Zhu Linming saw a familiar face behind Guo Weijing—a university scholar Su Guansheng, who probably accompanied Guo Shilang to participate in the Nanchang war.

Wanji looked at Su Guansheng with the most special eyes, planning in his heart to find a way to keep him in the camp no matter what.

Yang Tinglin continued to introduce, "This is Li Suiqiu, the head of the Ministry of War. He recruited Luo Mingshou, the Guangdong Shuizhai. There is no power to fight back!"

Afterwards, he introduced Tong Yizhen, a general sent by Ding Kuichu, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, to help Nanchang with 4000 troops this time.

Cao Zhijian, the general of He Tengjiao, governor of Huguang, led more than [-] troops to help in the battle.

"Another [-] Guangxi wolf soldiers will arrive in Nanchang today." Yang Tinglin said confidently, "This time all armies are gathered in Nanchang. We have more than [-] soldiers and horses, and Jin Shenghuan in Nanchang has only [-] defeated soldiers. Let us be of one mind Let's do our best to enter Nanchang in one fell swoop and welcome the west!"

Everyone responded in unison, as if they were united.

Only Zhu Linmi shook her head in her heart. When the war situation in Jiangxi was tense, Yang Tinglin asked everywhere for help and dispatched troops. Except for Zhao Yinxuan in Yunnan, no one sent troops.

Now soldiers are besieging Nanchang, and Jiangxi is about to be restored, but so many people come all at once.

For example, Ding Kuichu and He Tengjiao's troops set off as early as August and September last year, and they lingered on the road for five months. When Jin Shenghuan Zaokou was defeated, they immediately and miraculously arrived in Nanchang in more than ten days.

It can be seen that Da Ming is not without strength, the main problem is still a mess, each with their own calculations.

At this moment, Yang Tinglin changed the subject and said: "However, Nanchang City has been in operation for a long time, it is extremely strong, and all kinds of defensive equipment are available, so it is urgent and difficult to conquer. Ji Ren led his troops to attack several times the day before yesterday, with hundreds of casualties, but Nothing." This auspicious person is Wanji's nickname.

"That's why, I thought to myself, I'll dig ditches around the city and build earth barriers to surround it. The army is waiting in full formation, so that the bandits can't go out. When the food in the city is exhausted, it will be destroyed by itself!"

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