Chapter 47: Six Tribulations of Floating Life (3)

"The other end of the river is the nest of treacherous lords and treacherous ministers. Now the warriors of Dayan are standing here, and the foundation founded by Emperor Hongwu is on you.

Now the King of Japan is going to cross the world of Jiang Jingnan. There may be a mountain of swords or a sea of ​​fire in front of me. Are you willing to follow me?" The wind of the river was howling, but the sound of Zhu Di's bell-like sound still penetrated the four directions and rippled on the river.

Tan Yuan shouted in the audience: "Follow Your Highness to the death and be in trouble in the world!"

Tens of thousands of Yan army shouted together: "Jingnan! Jingnan! "

Zhu Di nodded and waved his big hand to the south bank: "Cross the river!"

On June 20th, thousands of sails were blocking the river, and hundreds of boats competed for the current. The main force of the 30,000 Yan army, known as 100,000, crossed the Yangtze River on the Yizhen River, and the three thousand Xiaoling Guards guarded the south bank of the Yangtze River scattered.

The Yan army crossed the Yangtze River without any resistance and captured Longtan on the southern bank.

Seeing the last chasm, the generals of the Yan army were in full swing, as if the sky was about to go down. However, the King of Yan was calm and sent Fang Kuan to lead a side army east to capture Zhenjiang. The Zhenjiang defenders surrendered without fighting, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were settled.

The three mountain gates of Yingtian were slowly closed. The people blocked the city gate cried and called their parents, and ran out of the city desperately. But the fierce soldiers waved their swords and guns to force the people back. With a "boom", the three mountain gates were put together, and three huge bolts were put down, and the sky was separated from the city and outside the city.

When the news of Yan's army crossing the river reached Da Nei, the thirteen gates of Yingtian Prefecture were immediately closed. People in the city wanted to go out, and people outside the city wanted to come in.

The four-way carriages were deserted and they had an inside line in the palace. They had already learned that the city gate was closed, and all the carriages were basically sent out before they were closed. Now, except for dozens of Shenyang horses in the huge backyard, they were empty.

Xiong Du took a blue feed to add feed to the horse.

At this time, a guy went into the backyard to report: "Shopkeeper, there is a guest outside who wants to see you."

Xiong Du frowned. When has it been: "Didn't you tell him that our carriages have all left the city?"

The guy said, "I said that, but the guest took this and asked him to hand it over to the shopkeeper." As he said that, he handed over a golden object, an owl!! Golden owl!!

Xiong Du's pupils contracted rapidly, snatched the owl, threw away the basket in his hand, and walked out quickly. He came to the front hall. He saw a young scholar sitting in the hall, looking around thirty years old, and two capable young men stood behind him.

Xiong Du smiled and said, "Boss Yi, haha, what wind has blown you. Please, please, inside." He said respectfully and let him aside. The scholar named Boss Yi hugged his fists, and was not polite. He walked straight into the inner hall.

Xiong Du ordered the clerk: "There is no business left, there is a mess outside, so I will collect the shop and put the board down!"

Boss Yi entered the back hall, and Xiong Du snatched up and led everyone to a side hall. He came into the room. Xiong Du walked to the bookshelf and freed up a few books. There was a dark lattice on the wall, and he twisted it gently.

Then he opened a row of bookshelfs and saw a small door exposed below. Xiong Du led the way. Boss Yi followed in, while the two followers stayed outside the side hall to wait.

After entering the basement, Xiong Du hurriedly bowed: "My subordinate Xiong Du has seen the Lord! Now the capital is in chaos, and the Lord is an important minister of Your Highness. How can you take risks easily!"

Boss Yi is not someone else. It was Yang Rong who waved his hand to let Xiong Du rise and said, "It is precisely because the matter has reached a critical moment and the Dongfeng Po is of great importance. How can I feel at ease if I don't sit in the capital in person?" Yang Rong sat on the chair.

Xiong Du stood beside him, and Yang Rong asked again: "How are you preparing? What are the difficulties?"

Xiong Du said: "Everything is done step by step, but yesterday, news came out of Dawenli, saying that there were more eunuchs with strange faces in the palace."

Yang Rong frowned: "Oh? Have you investigated the origins of these people immediately?"

Xiong Du said: "The investigation has been made. Huang Ying reported. These people were led into the palace by the eunuch deputy general manager Xu He."

Yang Rong said: "It's now, why are there eunuchs added to the palace? There must be fraud. Are you arranged to have enough staff in the palace?"

Xiong Du said: "Huang Ying has twenty guards under us. These people are the ones with the strongest skills among the guards or Ying Talents. And there are twenty spies outside the palace ready to respond at any time."

Yang Rong pondered: "Only twenty? Not safe. Since there is a change in the palace, then implement the second plan. He ordered Huang Ying to act according to the original plan, but the number four must be taken out intact at that time.

You can immediately arrange the second set of plans and make sure that everything is foolproof. "Xiong Du agreed with the promise.

...

Qu Neng, the governor of the Houhou Army of Pingxiang, sat in his mansion and drank tea. The sky outside became darker and darker, and the clouds were rolling. It seemed that it was going to rain.

After one month in Beijing, except for meeting Emperor Jianwen once and being comforted by Xuan, he stayed in the mansion without doing anything.

It turned out that a thousand scouts were also assigned to camp outside the city. Yesterday, he received news that the city gate was about to be closed. Qu Neng immediately used the seal of the governor of the rear army to transfer the thousand soldiers into the city, some of which were stationed in the mansion, and the other part was arranged in the military camp of the governor of the rear army.

There was a thunder outside, and the rain finally started. A scout came in and reported that a man named Boss Yi was driving two carriages outside, saying that he was delivering horse materials to the general. He said that he handed over a golden owl.

Qu Neng saw the owl's heart skipped a beat and quickly ordered someone to invite Boss Yi into the mansion.

Qu Neng was extremely surprised when he saw Yang Rong: "Mr. Yang, why are you here in person?"

Yang Ronggong bowed and smiled slightly: "So far, it's me, even Your Highness..."

...

The Yangtze River is north of Jinchuan Gate and is the first city gate to the north of Yingtian Prefecture. Due to its important location, Duke Cao Li Jinglong and King Gu Zhu Sui were sent here to guard it.

Since the Yan army arrived in Jiangbei, Zhu Yunwen and Fang Xiaoru discussed and decided to send the kings recruited into the city to various city gates to assist the ministers in the court to guard them.

Zhu Sui slowly walked up to the city gate, looked up and saw Li Jinglong looking outside the city battlements, with a sad face. Zhu Sui said hello: "Mr. Li, the sun is about to set, why are you still there!"

Seeing that it was King Gu, Li Jinglong hurriedly knelt down and bowed, but was helped up by King Gu three or two steps forward: "Get up quickly, get up quickly. You and I jointly undertake the defense of Jinchuan Gate, why should we see these false gifts?"

Li Jinglong said: "When you are a nephew, you can't worship him?" His son Li Wenzhong was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was the elder brother of King Gu by generation, and Li Jinglong was the nephew of King Gu.

King Gu said, "Haha, no wonder the old emperor praised you for your respect for your respect and responsibilities, and he has always entrusted him with important tasks." As he said that, he turned to the city tower.

Li Jinglong followed behind and sighed: "Jinglong is ashamed and let down the love of the late emperor."

As they spoke, the two walked into the city tower. King Gu ordered his personal support to protect him, and only he and Li Jinglong sat in the city tower. King Gu also sighed and said, "The fourth brother in front of him was approaching the territory. Is Cao Gong thinking that this capital can be defended?"

Li Jinglong pondered for a moment and said, "There are still 80,000 armored cities in the city. Jinling City is deep and has sufficient food and supplies. It is no problem to stay for a year or two."

Zhu Sui's eyes showed a cold light and stared at Li Jinglong: "Mr. Cao, at this time, you are still repeating Fang Xizhi's words. Humph, do you believe such nonsense?" Li Jinglong's heart skipped a beat and looked up at Zhu Sui, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Sui said again: "Since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the fourth brother has gone to Beiping, and has gone south, crossing two thousand miles of mountains and rivers, and is invincible. Tens of thousands of royal troops will surrender either by defeat.

The imperial court uses the world to control a corner but cannot obtain it. God will do so, so how can a Jinling City stop it?”

King Gu said this, Li Jinglong was sweating coldly. King Gu changed his expression when he saw him and said, "Jinglong, you were also the general who was the general who was in charge of rebellion. You have made great efforts in the battle of quelling the rebellion, but you don't know what Jinglong's plan was to break the city on the day the Yan army broke into the city?"

Li Jinglong's eyelids twitched, looking at King Gu, wondering what he meant: "Your Highness, what do you mean by saying that? My family has received the emperor's kindness, and what are the plans to die before we die."

King Gu smiled coldly: "Empress? Hehe, do you know that Shahe was defeated that day, and hundreds of thousands of royal troops under Cao Gong collapsed. Now the Shang Dynasty wants to take the head of your Xiang Shang! He was just persuaded by his ministers and others.

Now Cao Gong is not a human being inside or outside. He has lost favor in the upper part and has a grudge against the King of Yan. I am really worried about this prospect.

Li Jinglong bowed and said, "Qiansui, Jinglong doesn't know where to go, but where to go. Please point out a clear path."

King Gu said: "There is a Minglu, but I don't know if Mr. Cao dares to do it!"

Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and said, "Please tell me!"

King Gu quietly took out a letter from his sleeve: "This is a letter sent by the fourth brother quietly into the city, which mentioned Jinglong. If Jinglong and Gu make great contributions together, the King of Yan promised not to blame the past and remain rich and honored!" As he said that, he handed the letter to Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong trembled and opened the letter, read it from beginning to end, raised his head in surprise, and looked at King Gu. He never expected that even King Gu who was the first to refuse to join the rebel back to Beijing had already contacted Yan Ni.

So where can I, the defeated general who once led the army to fight against the King of Yan?

King Gu leaned against the back of the chair and watched Li Jinglong's face become in a phased manner. He confidently picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

June 22nd, it was originally the summer solstice. According to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, people set up incense tables in their yards to worship the sun gods, knocked on copper cups, and went to the river to take a bath. But early this morning, a team of Yan cavalry appeared at Chaoyang Gate in the eastern suburbs of the capital.

The Yan army cavalry first appeared on the southern foot of Zhongshan, Xiaoling, and observed the city wall according to the mountain. Without seeing any ambush, they drove down the mountain and rushed to Chaoyang Gate to wander around with a striking power.

Seeing that the Yan army still did not send troops to fight in the city, they simply dismounted and lay on the grass outside the city, gambling on the ground, or peeing at the city gate to provoke. Half an hour later, the city responded and fired two random shots, but no one was injured.

The Yan army rested for an hour, re-equipped the horse, and left with laughter and scolded.
Chapter completed!