Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1102
"Feng Tianjing is difficult, the emperor rises and falls, let's fight here!"

Rumbling cannons and shouts undulated outside the city of Nanjing.

Conquering Nanjing became the only chance for the King of Lu to turn the tables. Under his call, Neo Confucianists who were pushed out by Wang Yan, and some conservatives who were dissatisfied with the current social situation jumped out one after another. Many people began to organize their hands. It is difficult to support King Lu Jing.

After the Zhejiang navy broke out from Zhenjiang and took control of the river near Nanjing, the Nanjing court will face a huge challenge.

King Tang was very happy to see such a situation. Now the Nanjing court thought that Wang Yan was still alive, but once the news of Wang Yan’s death came, the court could only negotiate with him, compromise with him, and ask him to help put down King Lu’s rebellion , he will be able to steal the power of Nanjing.

Outside the city, King Lu knew that he didn't have much time. Although the navy could prevent the Ming army from Jiangbei from returning to Nanjing, it couldn't stop Jin Shenghuan from Jiangxi and Zheng Chenggong who were going north.

If Jin Shenghuan succeeds in ambushing Wang Yan, he will definitely send his troops eastward immediately. At that time, he should cooperate with Nanjing, so he can only fail.

Therefore, there is not much time left for the king of Lu. Soon after the Zhejiang army arrived in Nanjing, they began to bombard Nanjing, and the army tried to attack Nanjing city.

In the west of Dashengguan, the pipeline from the south to Huguang is an important channel for connecting east and west within the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the Yangtze River waterway.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the imperial court abolished many post stations due to financial difficulties. finances, causing great harm.

After Wang Yan came to power, he paid special attention to the construction of post stations and official roads. He required that the official roads be able to connect all the prefectural cities, and the provincial roads of each province should be connected to every county.

The roads are smooth, travel is convenient, goods can be transported out, and the economy and commerce will naturally be stimulated. The well-developed official roads also facilitate the mobilization of the imperial army and the transmission of government orders and military information, enabling the imperial court and local governments to respond quickly and closely. connected.

In a large empire, in order to prevent local separatism, power must be brought back to the center, and the center must be strong while the local areas are weak.

The advantage of this is to prevent division and local rebellion, but it also has its disadvantages, that is, after the local power is taken over by the central government, many things need to be approved by the central government before the local government can do it.

Wang Yan has strengthened the centralization of power in the past few years. After the reform of the military system and the nationalization of the army, it can be said that centralization has taken a big step.

Why King Lu and King Tang took Nanjing is because the power of the Ming Dynasty has gradually been concentrated in Nanjing, and controlling Nanjing is equivalent to controlling the Ming Dynasty.This is like the military coups in many countries in later generations. If you control the capital, you can decide where to go.

In Wang Yan's vision, Nanjing is the head of the Ming Empire, the place is the limbs, and how the brain controls the limbs depends on the network of officials all over the country.

A hundred miles southwest of Dasheng Pass, the official road leading to Huguang passes by the foot of Ma'an Mountain.

Here the mountains are high and the valleys are secluded, and the forests are lush. The official road bypasses the south of the mountain and leads to the west, passing through Jiangxi and connecting Huguang.

At this time, a team of 20 people had been waiting for several days in the woods beside the official road.

At noon, they were eating in the forest. The leader was in his early twenties, named Zhu Guangrong, a member of the low-level clan, and a member of the Japanese army under the king of Tang.

He is very strong, smart and capable. He originally followed King Yu, but after King Yu was forced to Taiwan Island, he followed King Tang all the time, and was highly regarded by King Tang.

As the clan of the Ming Dynasty, even though it was only a low-level clan, they still hated Wang Yan deeply.

Since the incident of the clan's relocation to Taiwan, the Japanese army held a sigh of relief. All the clan's children in the army worked hard, preparing to get back the benefits that the clan deserved one day.

A few days ago, the Nanjing cabinet and the council passed a motion to authorize Wang Yan to mobilize troops to fight the rebellion, giving Wang Yan the power to command the fight against the rebellion, and the appointment of the cabinet will be sent to Wang Yan by fast horse.

Although according to the plan, Wang Yan would soon fall into the siege of Jin Shenghuan, and the appointment of the cabinet could not be delivered, but just to be on the safe side, Tang Wang still sent a team to intercept and kill him.

Zhu Guangrong was ordered to lead his subordinates to wait here in ambush. They sat on the grass in a forest next to the official road to rest and eat, while Zhu Guangrong sat in front of a big rock to check the map, and determined the location of the ambush, which was a must for the messenger. place.

Counting today, they have been in ambush here for nearly two days. One of Zhu Guangrong's men next to him gnawed on the meatloaf and said, "Baihu, will the orderer not go to the south bank? If they go to the north bank, we will Wouldn't the wait be in vain?"

There are many clans with titles in the Japanese army, and Xiang Zhu Guangrong is the general of Zhen Guo, but in the army, they are not called titles, but military positions.

"Impossible, the news His Highness gave is definitely not wrong, they must go to the south bank." Zhu Guangrong turned around and gave him a hard look, "You eat your cake!"

Several soldiers around laughed immediately, but at this moment, Zhu Guangrong suddenly waved his hand to make everyone quiet, the surrounding soldiers immediately fell silent, and heard the faint sound of horseshoes in the distance. "There is a situation, get on the horse!"

The soldiers who were still eating threw away the food in their hands, quickly got on their horses, and ran out of the woods. As soon as they ran out of the woods, they saw three small black spots running on the official road to the east, which seemed to be three cavalrymen. . "Quick! Use the tripping rope!" Zhu Guangrong waved his hand immediately.

A few soldiers immediately got into the grass on the opposite side, pulled out three tripping ropes, and the rest of them lay in ambush in the bushes on both sides of the official road. ???? Not long after, three cavalry with flags on their backs rushed forward, and the horseshoes stirred up billowing yellow dust on the official road. Zhu Guangrong whispered to his opponent: "Here we come! Get ready to fight!"

The soldiers hiding in the bushes immediately bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming their sharp arrows at the galloping cavalry.

At this time, the three cavalry had already rushed in front of them, and a few tripping ropes bounced on the ground. The two cavalry in front were caught off guard, and the horse and the people fell together. The horse jumped up, but before it landed, a few arrows were shot from both sides, the horse let out a scream, and the cavalry also fell to the ground, rolling more than ten feet away.

The soldiers on both sides rushed out one after another, controlled the three cavalrymen, searched their bodies randomly, touched for a while, but found nothing. "Hundred households, no!"

Zhu Guangrong's face changed when he heard the words, and at this moment, a loud arrow shot out from the woods not far away, and he saw more than a dozen Jin Yiwei coming out of the woods.

(End of this chapter)