Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 647 Abandonment
Two hundred land battle cannons hang over the head of Yingtian Forbidden Palace like the sword of Damocles, and the black muzzles are like beasts that want to choose people to devour, and they will swallow fresh flesh and blood at any time.

However, when the entire Jinling was waiting for the artillery fire, the begging army seemed to be in no hurry. The busy army set up a camp under the Forbidden Palace, completely enclosing the huge Forbidden Palace. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's method of using troops was immobile but mighty. The neat and orderly begging army continued to show off their might under the palace city.

Qian Qianyi finally had a few black hairs left, all of which were grey. Lu Daqi lost his hair immediately. After a few days, more than half of his hair fell out, and he was left with a Mediterranean brain type. As for Tian Cheng, he seemed so anxious that his kidneys had failed. Peeing his pants every day, but doing it in a hurry, no one knows what the actual ruler of Jinling City is thinking.

These days, even Zhu Yousong was frightened with a lot of blisters in his mouth. Until the last moment, these guys still refused to give up. In the past few days, Gao Hongtu, Tian Cheng, and Zhu Yousong have been sending letters to Outside the palace, they tried to make peace with Song Qingshu, but unfortunately, regardless of Gao Hongtu's righteous reprimand, Zhu Yousong's soft words, playing the family card, or Tian Cheng simply succumbed, and promised to send Qian Qianyi and other dozens of Donglin The leader kidnapped and sent Song Qingshu to the military camp, but these letters were like mud cows pouring into the sea, without any reply at all.

For Jinling these days, it is definitely the depression before the storm. Not only the palace, but also the city is extremely tense. The officials and assistants related to Donglin stay behind closed doors, or simply escape from Jinling, which makes everyone even more uneasy. Unfortunately, the West India Company, which has become a part of the lives of these citizens, began to close its doors on a large scale. The busy Longjiang Shipyard stopped. The cannery also stopped whistling white smoke.

Externally, due to the civil war in Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie and other armies went south one after another, without giving any substantial support to the Dashun Army. The army formed a two-sided attack with the army of Prince Azige of Beixiaying, Wu Sangui of Pingxi, and Shang Kexi of Zhishun. After more than ten days of waiting and watching, Li Zicheng had to retreat to Shaanxi with the main force.

Now the battle situation is deadlocked in Tongguan.

But waste materials are really waste materials, even if they abandoned the garrison strongholds, the two groups claimed to have 50 troops, but they failed to advance half a step to the south of the Yangtze River. The entire river was blocked, and Shi Kefa who went south was similar. The Qihuo army lined up on the river like a huge fort. Shi Kefa organized several times to cross the river, and all of them were sent down the river by the powerful firepower of the Qihuo army At the end, hundreds of people fed the bastard, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing immediately waited and watched again, refusing to enter the army again, waiting for Zuo Liangyu to make a decision.

He Tengjiao, the governor of Zhejiang Province, is the biggest breaker of the entire situation in the south of the Yangtze River. He has Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai and other teams under him. final outcome.

However, the turn of events was somewhat unexpected. Before He Tengjiao could make up his mind, the Jinling Forbidden Palace in the eye of the storm was rescued!

All of a sudden, the begging army that was closely surrounded retreated back, giving up the way. Tian Cheng, Gao Hongtu and others, who were full of disbelief, were afraid of an ambush, so they didn't dare to leave the city for a whole day, until the next day, the next time The memorials of Ma Shiying, the admiral of the Beijing camp, Song Qingshu, and Ruan Dacheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, were sent to Dongge together.

"Really or not? He Song thief asked Guangdong and Guangxi to put down the rebellion?"

Staring at the memorial with the great seal of Song Qingshu, Lu Daqi screamed in disbelief. After a long moment, he turned his head to look at Qian Qianyi, who was also astonished, and asked.

"Could it be that the army of Zuo Zhen or the Bachelor of History came in?"

Thinking of this possibility, more than a dozen Donglin or Jiangnan leaders all showed ecstatic expressions, and the most impatient imperial envoy Yang Tingshu even shouted excitedly.

"Then what are we waiting for? It's today to seek the thief. Hurry up and gather the imperial army and go out of the palace to take the head of the Song thief!"

The young people were passionate about revolution, but they had to be more realistic. Before the sullen Tian Cheng could say anything, Qian Qianyi had already grabbed him helplessly.

"Even if the Song bandits are defeated, he still has [-] elite soldiers in his hands! The forbidden army has not been in battle for a long time. If the Song bandits counterattack, the country will be in crisis!"

"But, then we will let him Song thief go to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi? Let him go to Guangdong and Guangxi to get away with it?"

The gloomy face showed ferocity, Gao Hongtu shook his head grimly.

"As long as this thief is kicked out of the court, there will be nothing wrong with it. Let us honest men fill the court. As long as the court is restored, there will be opportunities to deal with him in the future!"

"Yes!"

"After all, we defeated evil!"

As he talked, as if he had defeated Song Qingshu after a bloody battle, a group of Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats laughed sinisterly under the disdainful gaze of the eunuch Tian Cheng.

On the other side, the riverside, Longjiang Shipyard.

"Come on, come on, everyone is starting to divide!"

The heavy cargo box was smashed open on the ground, revealing a lot of new and good things, such as cans, clothes, bedding, even kettles, knives and forks, and so on. The anxious workers were immediately delighted that the production had been suspended for six days. They went up and looted for a while, which made those union members helpless.

"Everyone, don't rob, everyone has a share! There will be food coming in later, and everyone has a share!"

It is true that everyone has a share. Today is like a pie falling from the sky. The carriage dragged out all the materials stored in the factory warehouse, and even these workers couldn’t hold them all with both hands. However, when everyone was looting, there was a burst of panic The yelling came in from the extension.

"It's flooded! Let's put out the fire!"

After all, they are well-organized workers. When they heard the yelling, they couldn't care less about things, and ran out of the factory in a panic. By the river, there were only a few Yingtian-class ships in the middle of the pond. It had already burned into a huge fireball, and with the wind from the river, the fire even rose tens of meters, and the roasted people couldn't get in at all.

And the fire wasn't caused by accident. The smell of kerosene permeated the huge shipyard. Under the unbelievable gaze of those workers, holding a torch, their union president, Han Dahu, who is most popular among workers on weekdays, believes in it. Laughing like a madman.

"Han Dahu, are you fucking crazy?"

After being stunned for tens of seconds, another member of the trade union, Ma Dachui, grabbed his collar suddenly in shock and anger, roaring furiously in his ear.

"President Han, why are you doing this!"

This ship is not only the pride of Song Qingshu, but also the painstaking efforts of the workers. Seeing Han Dahu's crazy appearance, other shipyard workers also shouted in disbelief in amazement, but who knew that Han Dahu's smiling face suddenly turned into With a crying face, he suddenly grabbed Ma Sledgehammer by the collar.

"The commander ordered the fire to be set on fire! The commander also ordered, and the Longjiang shipyard was disbanded. There is no Longjiang shipyard anymore. Those things are the last gift from the commander. There is no Longjiang shipyard anymore!"

"What? How is it possible?"

This news hit the ears of tens of thousands of workers like a bolt from the blue. For several years, they lived and worked here, and even the older generation died here. The second generation continued to work for the West India Company. Announcing that the shipyard is gone, for these workers, it seems like the sky is falling.

"Why doesn't Marshal stop opening this shipyard?"

"It's not because of the traitors in the court! The commander-in-chief is the master of the people, and he can't bear to raise taxes on us small people, which arouses the anger of the dog emperor and those treacherous officials. These days, our army is surrounded outside the palace because those treacherous officials want to murder Yuan Chonghuan. In that case, murder our commander-in-chief!"

"In order not to start a civil war, our commander-in-chief was pushed out of Yingtian!"

Completed and unfinished, dozens of ships, large and small, naturally Han Dahu could not burn them all by himself. Hearing the mournful and indignant cries of the workers, the assisting trade union members replied angrily, the whole shipyard once again seemed to be burned. Like a lighted torch, countless workers were furiously carrying the shipbuilder to work, and the bee chrysalis rushed out.

"Kill those treacherous ministers!"

"Damn, a group of bastards not only go to the brothels every day, they just bully our common people. After finally having a commander in chief to do some practical things for the people, they dare to murder the commander in chief, big fellow, break into the palace, and kill those treacherous ministers!"

"I know, the traitor's name is Qian Qianyi!"

In the roar of anger, tens of thousands of workers rushed to the gate of the factory, who knew that the gate was suddenly closed. In the astonishment of these workers, Han Dahu stopped in front with his arms wide open in grief.

"Everyone, the reason why the commander-in-chief left was because he didn't want to see us Daming's own people beating our own people again! The north has already fallen, and the Jian slaves in Liaodong are always eyeing our Jinling. On behalf of the commander-in-chief, I beg you all, don't make trouble ! Live well!"

Seeing the mournful Han Dahu, the boiling workers finally calmed down, but even so, everyone was still reluctant to leave for a long time.

The same scene happened in large and small workshops and factories along the Yangtze River.With things in their arms and rice on their backs, countless people staggered out of the factory where they had lived for several years in a daze. The originally prosperous Jiangnan suddenly became depressed.

Zijin Mountain Bieyuan.

Ever since I bought this house, it has never been so cold and cold as it is now. The building was empty, and a dozen soldiers left the house with the last of their belongings. Immediately, the gate was unlocked, and it was just left there, where the wind blows. The door hinges creaked.

"Master, get in the car!"

Xiaobao urged helplessly at the side, but Song Qingshu, who was standing beside the four-wheeled carriage and wearing a big cloak, seemed to have not heard it, and still looked back.

Until now, Zhou Yanru's earnest but earnest words echoed in his ears.

"Marshal, what is your desire?"

(End of this chapter)