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Chapter five hundred and seventieth: fast as lightning

Everyone agreed that after some enjoyment, the songs were finally sung.

This pleasure boat is swimming on the river, and the water reflects the thousands of lights on the pleasure boat.

The low moan of a woman in Jiangnan occasionally floated out, numbing her bones.

When I was full of wine and food, someone threw the meat and vegetables from the kitchen waste into the Qinhuai River.

At this time, there will always be a few brave people who plunged into the cold river water, took the net to pick up the kitchen waste. When the person who caught the kitchen waste was so cold that his face turned blue, his wife and children waited on the shore. When they saw that the person was on the shore, they hurriedly found a blanket full of holes to cover him.

The person who caught the food couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's such a big elbow that I threw it away without a few bites, haha..."

The whole family gathered together, looking at the harvest, their eyes shone with light.

...

Today, Xiyuan has become a military forbidden area.

All the guards and the attendants were replaced by Wei Zhongxian, hoping that everyone would be loyal and reliable.

During these days, Zhang Jingyi came almost every day.

Then... a huge map was spread out directly in Qinzheng Hall.

This is also the Nanjing map drawn during the Wanli period. The garrisons, each county town, and the city were marked.

At this time, many new annotations began to be added to this map.

Emperor Tianqi's expression was slightly bad, mainly due to lack of sleep, but his eyes were still full of spirit.

Zhang Jingyi was beside her, her face looked a little haggard and a little tired!

"All you already know the general situation?" At this time, Emperor Tianqi said: "Zhang Qing's meaning is very clear, that is, to be quick, the matter in Jiangnan is either to compromise with these people, but if it is compromised, the Ming Dynasty will be in name only. Or... it is a big fanfare to suppress the rebellion, but once the rebellion is suppressed, countless people will suffer, these damn things..."

"So... we have to preserve Jiangnan and pack up these dogs, so we have to do it... as fast as lightning, the elite vanguard horses quickly arrived in Jiangnan... With so many large armies, it seems that they can only use sea ships, and... Once landing, at most, we will prepare five days of dry food and gunpowder for everyone. After five days... if it cannot be solved... it will be doomed."

Zhang Jingyi's proposal is obviously very risky.

We must do it quickly and be quick and neatly. First of all, we must solve the problems of supplies and logistics. This is the reason why the army takes at least half a month to one month to raise food and grass to ensure the completion of the grain and grass. Half a month and one month are the limit.

And... five days of food and logistics support are something that has never happened before.

Emperor Tianqi said with some difficulty: "What do you mean... to enter Nanjing City, from landing to entering the city, you have to break many passes, and within five days... it must be done?"

Zhang Jingyi said confidently: "Yes."

Emperor Apocalypse held his chin with a look of doubt on his face, and said, "How can this be done? This is something unheard of... Can anyone in history do it?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Nanjing is the capital set by Emperor Taizu Gao, and it is also the location of Xiaoling. I dare not say that it is the most powerful city in the world, but...not to mention anything else, there are countless military towns around Nanjing, and military defense facilities are densely packed. Not to mention such a strong city, even an ordinary city, no one dares to guarantee that it can be done within five days."

Emperor Apocalypse smiled bitterly: "Since you know this, why do you need to implement this plan?"

"Because there is no choice." Zhang Jing said seriously: "On the one hand, we need to fight slowly with fast and prevent these rioters from storming the people and causing trouble to the people in Jiangnan. Secondly, this is also a psychological warfare. These rebels, now know that they will die if they are plotting against the enemy, and the chance of survival is to resist the court. So... like us, they have also made plans to burn their boats."

"Because of this, I think that the most effective way to deal with such rioters is to directly use lightning strikes to let them know that the strength of the court is beyond their imagination. As long as they can fight Nanjing in one battle, then... the entire Jiangnan can be decided by an edict."

Zhang Jing paused and then said, "If not, someone would have wanted to kill the death. At that time, there would be war fires everywhere, and then Jiangnan would be in chaos."

Emperor Aoki walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, showing some irritability.

He still couldn't imagine that for a fortress like Nanjing, he could enter within five days after landing.

After all, when you head to Nanjing from the place where you land, not to mention how many military towns you have to pass along the way, and how many battles you need to go through to break the city, just marching alone is just a barely enough.

This is unprecedented.

Not to mention five days, it was a breeze to break Nanjing in three to five months in history.

Of course, he agreed with Zhang Jingyi’s statement that this is the method of minimal loss.

So Emperor Aoki said, "How sure are you?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "60%."

Emperor Aoki was surprised and said, "So high? Why?"

Zhang Jingyi calmly said: "Because the situation of the war is about to change, I have confidence."

Wei Zhongxian, who was standing beside him, said at this time: "Your Majesty, what Brother Zhang said is not unreasonable. If he feels very sure, then he might as well give it a try. This will order Brother Zhang to attack..."

Zhang Jingyi shook his head at this time and interrupted Wei Zhongxian and said, "It's not me who attacks... it's His Majesty who attacks."

"What?" Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Jingyi and was about to jump up. He stared at Zhang Jingyi and said excitedly: "I am sure, let Your Majesty attack. What if something goes wrong?"

Emperor Tianqi also looked at Zhang Jingyi suspiciously.

Zhang Jingyi said: "First of all, Your Majesty is the commander of the Donglin Army. It is understandable that Your Majesty personally led the army. Only the leader of military merits in all dynasties can be the emperor. Your Majesty and me think that they do not believe in the so-called emperor's virtues, so... this battle... Your Majesty must be."

After pausing, he continued: In addition to this... In this battle, the city of Nanjing was attacked. What is Nanjing? It is where my Ming Longxing is located. Not to mention the tomb of Emperor Taizu Gao, there are also a large number of palaces there. If Your Majesty does not advance in person, who is qualified?"

Wei Zhongxian was still worried, so he said, "It's just too risky, is there a safer way."

Zhang Jingyi said seriously: "It's just to take risks, not take risks...How to bear the expectations of the people in the world?"

Zhang Jingyi's philosophy is obviously incompatible with the morality and philosophy of this era.

What kind of things are nonsense that a son of a daughter cannot sit in the hall, what kind of gentlemen cannot stand under a dangerous wall, these things are all nonsense. This is simply a joke. The greater the power you have, the greater the responsibility and consequences you have to bear.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Why not..."

"Enough!" Emperor Tianqi became impatient when he saw the two of them fighting.

Emperor Tianqi said frankly and firmly: "I am the commander and Zhang Jingyi is the deputy commander. Now I want to change my ancestors' laws, so it is time to go to Xiaoling to worship Emperor Taizu Gao, and express my heart!"

Immediately afterwards, there are various details of the advance, how to be quick and how to cover up the eyes and ears...

A few days later, Emperor Tianqi issued an order to go south to Zhenjiang.

As soon as the news came out, the world shook.

This is clearly a direct threat to Jiangnan, and... the Donglin Army, which has recruited a large number of students, has now expanded to 15,000 people.

On the one hand, the Minister of Justice issued a thorough investigation, and on the other hand, the intention was very obvious.

Of course... the army did not advance so quickly.

Donglin Jun just packed his bags slowly and prepared to set off.

The real intention is still kept confidential.

A team of five thousand people was carefully selected by Zhang Jing and finally drawn out.

There are nearly two thousand veterans in these five thousand people.

The other 3,000 students are mostly students who perform well after training for a new recruit.

Immediately afterwards, countless supplies were loaded directly in Tianjin.

Just as the Donglin Army set out and began to march towards Zhenjiang by land.

These five thousand men and horses have also boarded the ships in Tianjin Wei. Zhang San has almost transferred all the sea ships that can be transferred to be responsible for transportation.

On a peaceful evening, Emperor Tianqi left the palace and was protected by Zhang Jingyi and rushed to Tianjin Guard overnight.

And the palace... seemed to be as calm as ever.

At dawn, Emperor Apocalypse boarded the ship, and then... the big ship set sail.

The capital city's intention to act on His Majesty naturally caused an uproar.

In fact, when Your Majesty is on tour, everyone is still in the dark.

However, the Donglin Army's move to Zhenjiang still scared everyone.

Isn’t this clear, is it going to quell the rebellion?

But Your Majesty was "involved in illness" and hid in the palace and did not come out. All officials could not find Emperor Tianqi and had no choice but to make trouble on their own.

On the other side... Just when the discussion was boiling in the capital, countless letters were sent to Jiangnan.

Ships... have begun to appear in Songjiang Prefecture.

Songjiang Prefecture is also the famous Shanghai in later generations.

Of course, Shanghai is now just a small county town.

A small guard station for the Japanese guards was stationed here.

When countless ships arrived, the dock here could not be parked such ships.

So... one by one, one landing ship after another was put down from the big ship.

A pioneer's team arrived directly on the coast.

The Songjiang Hundred Houses Office, which was preparing for the Japanese Guard, were stunned.

Local households were the first to negotiate with people.

Before the person approached, the other person had already pulled out the knife and a knife straddled the neck of the hundred households.

Then he heard a voice sternly: "The imperial envoy is here, kneel down and speak!"

Although the hundred households do not recognize any imperial envoy, they recognize the sword.

So he knelt down without hesitation: "Give me your life!"

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Chapter completed!
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