Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 231: The End of the Rebel King
In Wuchang City, thick smoke billowed and shouts of killing shook the sky.

"kill!"

"Fire arrows!"

"Come on..."

Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, "Mrs. Hong is still inside, bring her along."

Old Han was stunned for a moment, "Why? It's already this late, why waste time on her?"

Although he was a member of the Imperial Guards and was certain that Prince Xin had a close relationship with His Majesty, a war was a war, even if there were members of the Imperial Guards mediating.

But when the orders are passed down, no one can tell what they will look like and to what extent the soldiers can execute them.

The key point is that Miao Haishi is not in Wuchang Prefecture at the moment, so he must stay closely by Prince Xin's side to feel at ease.

If they accidentally hit the target and kill Prince Xin directly, then all his plans would be ruined.

"If you are told to go, then go!"

"..."Old Han looked at Chongzhen deeply, with veins bulging on his forehead, but he could only grit his teeth and rush into the war again.

When Lao Han and his men arrived at the basement of the Governor's Mansion, they suddenly discovered that the lighting inside was dim and several oil lamps on the wall had been knocked over.

There were several corpses lying on the ground, steel knives, blood... and a dying soldier.

Lao Han suddenly picked up a person and asked, "What happened?"

"She ran...ran away..." Bing Yong pointed in the direction of the cell. "When the situation outside just now happened, we were not careful enough and were taken advantage of by that woman. There were actually several steel needles in her clothes..."

"Waste~" Old Han asked his subordinates to carry the soldier on their backs. He checked himself and found no trace of Hong Niangzi, so he signaled everyone to break out.

Roars of rage, shouts of killing... the sounds were intense and rapid.

From far to near, they came towards the Governor's Mansion. Old Han ran all the way to a kitchen, where a figure emerged from below. He saw his subordinate's face again and asked hurriedly:
"Is Prince Xin safe?"

"It's safe. It should be outside the city by now."

Old Han then breathed a sigh of relief. The hundreds of people in the old Jinyiwei camp had not been busy with anything else in the past few months. They had been digging tunnels to dig an escape route for Prince Xin.

Others may not know, but they know that this day will come sooner or later.

Old Han ran wildly in the tunnel for several miles before he finally saw the light ahead.

"I asked you to bring Red Lady here, where is she?"

Chongzhen looked at Old Han coming out of the passage, and looked towards the tunnel entrance several times. After finding that there was no one else behind, he couldn't help but ask.

The voice was short and steady, seemingly without any emotion or anger in it, but at this moment, it blocked the words that Lao Han wanted to say.

A thin layer of sweat suddenly broke out on Lao Han's forehead and his back felt cold.

This feeling... why is it so similar to the look in His Majesty's eyes the last time I met him?
He swallowed a few times, confirmed again and again, and then quickly replied: "Sir, when I arrived, Lady Hong had already escaped, and we couldn't find her...so we rushed back again."

Chongzhen stared at Lao Han with eyes as hard as nails.

After a long while, he suddenly took a deep breath and stepped back. "No matter what method you use, bring her back to me."

Old Han nodded for some unknown reason without asking any questions.

As if this is just the way it is.

This scene made King Xiang's eyes widen, "You...what happened to you today..."

He could sense something strange between the two of them. As a captain of the Imperial Guard, Old Han respected his son, but he had never been so obedient to his son.

On the other hand, his own son used to be very polite to Old Han and used many honorifics, but today he was so straightforward. Why did he feel like he was being oppressed by a superior?
What exactly is going on?

But before he could ask, he saw that his son and Old Han seemed to have returned to their original state.

The calmest person throughout the whole journey was the old blind man. With the support of the land, he kept moving forward.

Even though his apprentice kept asking, "What about those rebel kings? Will they die?"

The old blind man just said, "Let's get out of the city first."

……

In Wuchang City,

The rebel kings ran separately, but there were too many government troops. The so-called Eight Vajras, namely, Armor-Breaking Cone, Xing Hongniang, King of Chaos, Xiandaoshen, Xiangliren, Mandicao and others were outnumbered and weak, so they ran together, but they were a big target and were targeted. They were soon caught up and killed by Chen Yongfu's troops.

The King of Ying, Wang Zhenhu, Song Wen, Zhao Lingjun and other leaders who were originally in the 32nd Battalion with Li Zicheng were also blocked by Zu Dabi's troops.

Li Wanqing, the Shetatian, was chased by Cao Bianjiao's troops. He gnashed his teeth and cursed word by word: "How could you enter Wuchang City so easily?"

"What do you think?" Cao Bianjiao replied loudly.

boom! ~
The deafening artillery fire directly blasted Li Wanqing out of his hiding place.

Li Wanqing was covered in blood, trembling all over and gritting his teeth. He ran up from the ground and continued to run. He looked in the direction of the government troops, and then looked in the direction of the Governor's Mansion, "I...we made a mistake~"

"Chase these rebel kings. If you find them alive, capture them if you can. If you can't capture them alive, kill them directly."

"Yes!"

All the soldiers of the government army wore sturdy armor covered with iron armor to protect the body, head, shoulders and other parts.

He wore an iron helmet, iron gloves, a dagger at his waist, and held a spear and a musket in his hands.

The bandit army had no rivals and were either killed or injured if they encountered any.

Li Wanqing came to Wuchang Prefecture to participate in the anti-Wang conference. Even though he wanted to join the Xin Qi group, he still did a lot of work.

In Wuchang Prefecture alone, he had more than a thousand soldiers and horses.

However, when faced with government troops, they were slaughtered one-sidedly.

Cao Bianjiao led thousands of soldiers and horses, surrounding the Governor's Mansion and killing their way through.

"General, why doesn't the Governor allow us to attack the Governor's Mansion?"

"This is a military order. Why are you asking so many questions?"

Only Cao Bianjiao himself knew the reason why Sun Chuanting ordered that all the troops outside the Governor's Mansion should be killed before attacking the Governor's Mansion.

It’s because we have our own people in the Governor’s Office.

He himself also wanted to see who was undercover beside Prince Xin and had such great power that allowed the Ming army to attack Wuchang Prefecture so easily like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.

During the entire attack and defense process, the Wuchang Prefecture was like a non-existent force.

But we can't rush in directly now, instead we have to create time for them.

"Don't just stand there, kill the gang of bandits in front of us, and then we can enter the Governor's Mansion."

"kill!"

……

Li Wanqing's soldiers fell one after another and were finally blocked in a corner of the city wall.

The firelight on the city wall flickered on his face. The steel knife in his hand was shaking. His expression was twisted and twitching, filled with extreme anger and despair. "Why? We are almost successful."

"We have already opened up Suzhou and Hangzhou. You can't come so quickly... Is there an insider?"

Li Wanqing slowly turned around and looked towards the Governor's Mansion, and even more towards the gate of the Governor's Mansion. His eyes suddenly shrank and he stared at him, "You... Prince Xin! Prince Xin!" "I didn't expect it to be him? Oh my God... How could it be him?"

"Buzzing..."

The sound of arrows piercing the sky instantly pierced Li Wanqing's body.

"You just realized it now, no wonder you deserve to die!" Cao Bianjiao walked over, checked and confirmed that the person was indeed dead, cut off his head, and stuffed it into a body bag.

"Kill!~"

Boom~
The door of the Governor's Palace was blown open.

After Cao Bianjiao and his men rushed into the Governor's Mansion, they searched and found that there was indeed no one inside.

Once again confirmed my guess.

Before they could sit down, Sun Chuanting arrived. He walked into the study, rummaged around, and found a letter. His pupils shrank.

Cao Bianjiao followed along, and his expression changed when he saw this. "What is this?"

Sun Chuanting handed it to him and said, "Look carefully, what can you see?"

Cao Bianjiao looked at it for a long time, and his tone suddenly changed, his Adam's apple rolling, "This seems... similar to the handwriting of the emperor?"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the house seemed to freeze.

Sun Chuanting nodded, "Although it is very different from your majesty's previous handwriting, you can still see some traces from it, such as this hook and this stroke... Now you should believe it, right?"

A person's handwriting is like his face. Once it is formed, even if one deliberately avoids the previous writing style, some of the previous habits will still remain.

"When have I ever disbelieved the Governor's words?"

"Hmph~" Sun Chuanting snorted coldly.

But in fact, before that, everything was just his speculation.

There is no room for error in trying to figure out the emperor's intentions. Now that he has solid evidence, he can finally put his mind at ease.

"As soon as possible, wipe out all the bandits in Wuchang Prefecture and continue to advance to the southeast."

"Yes, Governor!" Cao Bianjiao took the order and left.

……

"Surrender without killing!"

Boom boom boom~
At the same time as Wuchang Prefecture took action, the government troops on the north and west fronts and the troops from the five major camps also took action at the same time.

The government troops in Huguang, Nanzhili, Jiangxi and Zhejiang took action at the same time and launched a brazen attack on the peasant army.

Cannons, muskets, spears, and swords flashed coldly.

The Ming Dynasty's flag of the sun, moon and stars, like the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, fluttered back and forth in the sky above the four provinces. Chaos suddenly unfolded, like plowing a field, and the blood of the bandits dyed the ground red wherever it passed.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, smoke and dust rose!
Near Tianzhu Mountain.

The Red Lady Army also suffered a great impact. Even though they fled to the mountains under the leadership of the second and fourth in command, nearly half of their troops were still killed.

"Damn it, what's wrong with the government troops? Why are they so crazy?" The fourth in command had a bloody cloth wrapped around his arm and was cursing in anger.

The second in command was seriously injured. He gently lifted up his stomach and saw a wound as big as a fist. It hurt like fire when he moved it slightly.

"The key is that the first and third in command are not here. Facing the encirclement and suppression by the government troops, you and I are not good at leading the troops..." the second in command said in a muffled voice.

The second in command and the fourth in command both practiced horizontal kung fu, and both were strong and fierce. They could charge into the battlefield like a general, but they were far from being able to deploy troops.

Apart from the eldest boss, only the third boss could lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but now both of them are gone, which makes things difficult for them.

Before he finished speaking, he stood up suddenly and said, "Quick, the government troops are attacking the mountain again."

"I can't run away, so I'll fight them!"

……

Chongzhen and others who escaped from Wuchang City under the cover of the Embroidered Uniform Guard ran more than thirty miles away from Wuchang City before they stopped.

"Prince Xin, where are we going now?"

"Go to Suzhou and Hangzhou and recall Sun Kewang and Shi Daoshen." Chongzhen took a deep breath and said calmly.

With the help of the anti-king conference, these anti-kings should have fallen.

The next step is to get most of the bandits under the rebel king to join his own banner if nothing unexpected happens.

Before that, there were two giants under the banner of "Xin".

They were Sun Kewang and Shi Daoshen. Each of them had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses. Once the news of Wuchang City spread, if they understood something from it, they would have the intention of rebellion.

That plan would be in trouble.

Therefore, the most important thing right now is to take back the military power.

If the two of them have ulterior motives, then you can’t blame yourself for being so cruel and ruthless!

Under the escort of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Chongzhen rode at full speed towards Suzhou and Hangzhou.

……

Not long after Chongzhen ran away, two chestnut horses passed by.

There is a man and a woman above.

But the woman's face was pale and her body was a little unstable.

"Boss, should we find a doctor and get some medicine? Judging from your condition, I'm afraid you have caught a cold. If we wait too long, the cold will spread and it will be more troublesome to treat it then."

Hong Niangzi was captured by Chongzhen. She thought she could turn the situation around by getting out, but she found that the government troops were attacking the city... She hid in the icy water for most of the day before she found a tunnel and escaped.

The weather was cold, and coupled with the severe mental shock, he started to shiver.

Lady Hong gritted her teeth and said, "No, we must hurry back as soon as possible. From what that man said, the government troops will not only attack Wuchang Prefecture, I'm afraid our troops will also be attacked."

"Boss, this is a cold, it can be fatal if you're not careful... We have to reduce the fever first..." Seeing that Hongniang was about to fall off the horse, the third boss finally couldn't help but lead her horse and walked towards a town.

……

When Hongniang woke up again, she found herself in a farmyard.

"Where is this? How long have I slept?"

A young girl walked in and said, "The young lady caught a cold and has been sleeping for two days. If she hadn't been sent to the hospital in time, I'm afraid she wouldn't have just slept for two days."

Hongniangzi suddenly got off the bed and put on her shoes. "No, I still have things to deal with..."

"Your junior brother said that he went back first and told you not to worry."

"He has gone back, so I..." Lady Hong was stunned for a moment, but soon her eyes became firm again, "I know where I went."

……

ps: Sorry for posting it so late... Things should be stable starting tomorrow, and I will make up for what I owe before.

(End of this chapter)