Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1105

On July 22, it was sunny, the sky was blue, and the earth was full of scorching heat.

In such weather, even being shirtless is a little uncomfortable, let alone standing on the top of the city wearing a suit of armor.

On the city wall more than two feet wide, the soldiers of the Wuwei Army were busy carrying arrows, raging wood, stones, kerosene, etc. against the sun.

On the city wall, red-clothed cannons and Francophones were lined up, and the gunners were making the final inspection to ensure that the equipment was in good condition.

In the city, groups of soldiers were running on the streets, with the sound of footsteps, giving people a sense of tension.

The news that Wang Yan led the army to cross the river from Jiujiang had already reached Nanchang City. The city guards Liu Yipeng and Guo Tiantian were Jin Shenghuan's confidantes. They immediately led troops to set up defenses at the top of the city, and then quickly reported to Jin Shenghuan, asking what to do?
On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Jiangxi Army were sweating profusely. A few miles away, a large group of people was slowly moving forward.

A general of the Jiangxi army saw it from a distance, and immediately walked to the wall to look into the distance. When he saw this, he was immediately startled, and immediately shouted: "There is a situation!"

Guard Liu Yipeng got the news, hurriedly climbed to the top of the building and looked north.Today's weather was fine and the vision was excellent. He immediately saw a banner floating from the field like a colorful cloud to the north of Nanchang City.

Nanchang city tower is very high, as long as you have good eyesight, you can see several miles.

Liu Yipeng took a binoculars and looked towards Bingshan, which was approaching slowly. In the circular field of vision, there was a man in the lead, with a golden helmet, a scarlet cloak, a red-hot war horse under his crotch, and a two-foot-long red feather on his head. On the golden helmet, pulling the wind to the extreme is walking in front of a big flag, behind which there are many flags and banners, showing his extraordinary status.

Liu Yipeng's expression darkened immediately when he saw this outfit and watched the scene, and turned to Guo Tiantian and said, "The King of Chu is really here!"

At that time, Wang Yan's army went out to Guangdong to support Huguang, fought fiercely with the mighty Qing army in Chu, killed the false king Geng Zhongming, and the false prince Shen Zhixiang, defeated the [-] army of Luck Dehun, and killed five thousand and eight banners, which made him famous. All over the world, the morale of China was greatly increased, and the decline of Ming Dynasty was reversed in one fell swoop, and the Ming army stabilized its position.

He forced Luck Dehun to flee Huguang with only a thousand people and fled into Jiangxi. Then Wang Yan took the power of Chu's victory and went south to help Jiangxi. In the meantime, the color of Jiangxi changed drastically. The invincible Qing army suffered another defeat. Wang Yan forced to land on Jin Shenghuan, killed Luck Dehun, and became famous twice. The world was shocked.

Wang Yan's prestige and reputation are still there today, especially in Jiangxi. It can be said that he was the one who defeated him. The idea of ​​a powerful minister, so he was not able to control Jiangxi.

Since entering Jiangxi that year, Wang Yan has not entered Jiangxi for seven or eight years, but he is not in Jiangxi, but there are still legends about him in Jiangxi.

Guo Tiancai who was next to him heard that the King of Chu was really coming, his heart trembled, and he took a quick look, and sure enough, he saw Wang Yan with a golden helmet and a golden armor on a fiery charcoal horse. Do it, the King of Chu is the regent of Ming Dynasty, and the governor is not here, how dare we resist him?"

Liu Yipeng glanced at the soldiers preparing for battle on the city. Neither the solid Nanchang City nor the soldiers under him gave him a sense of security, so he thumped the city wall with one hand, annoyed, "I'll go and ask Master Futai to come."

Jiangxi originally had [-] soldiers, but after Sun Shoufa and Wang Deren were transferred away by Wang Yan, the remaining troops in Jiangxi were only about [-] to [-].

This seems to be less than half, but it is still nearly 3 more than the 2 people stipulated by the court.For the extra part, the imperial court will naturally not distribute food and salaries, and it will all be supported by the part withheld from Jiangxi's taxes.

After all, Jiangxi is only a province, and the withheld taxes and soldiers will not be able to do other things, and it will also affect the treatment of officials.In this way, the extra soldiers are naturally inferior to the court's troops in terms of salaries and provisions.

Jin Shenghuan took away 2 elite soldiers, and the remaining 1 horses were mostly extra miscellaneous soldiers. They were scattered all over Jiangxi, and there were [-] people in Nanchang.

Wang Yan only brought 1 horses, but the Jiangxi army in Nanchang City still had no confidence.

Of course, they were mainly intimidated by Wang Yan's status. There was no one who could compete with Wang Yan. They were also officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty in name. How could ordinary people dare to confront the Prince Regent of the Ming Dynasty.

On the top of the city, people and horses approaching slowly from a distance were spotted, and the soldiers hugged the city wall to look at them. They talked a lot, and the generals showed fear on their faces.

Ordinary pawns don't have a deep understanding of the relationship between Jiangxi and the court, but the generals have heard some rumors. When they see the big banner of the King of Chu, why don't they complain in their hearts.

There was panic in the city, and at this moment, behind the soldiers, a voice like thunder suddenly sounded: "Master Futai, Master Jintai is here!"

The soldiers who were discussing a lot, heard the words and hurriedly turned around and stood up straight.

At the end of the steps, Du Yinxi and Wu Zunzhou, accompanied by civil and military officials from various divisions in Jiangxi, boarded the North City. Wherever they passed, all the soldiers bowed their heads in salute. The panic on the ground immediately dissipated a lot, as if seeing the backbone.

When Liu Yipeng and Guo Tiancai saw Du Yinxi going up to the city, they immediately greeted him, pointed to the north of the city and said, "Futai, the King of Chu is almost at the bottom of the city, and Duzhen is not in Nanchang, what should we do?"

Wu Zunzhou, who was accompanying him, turned pale when he heard this. He participated in the coup d'état throughout the entire process. Wang Yan returned to Nanjing via Anqing and changed his way to Wuchang. Their plan basically failed.For a moment, Wu Zunzhou couldn't help his legs trembling.

Du Yinxi breathed out a long breath, and saw many generals gathered around him, wanting to hear his decision, but he waved his hand, "You all perform your own duties, I have my own decision!"

After hearing this, many generals and schools dispersed one after another, although they were reluctant.

Du Yinxi naturally knew that the king of Tang was going to launch a coup, but he did not support it, but the king of Tang did not adopt his opinion.

He opposed the coup, not because he was on Wang Yan's side, but because he felt that a coup was not a good choice at this time. First, he instinctively rejected King Tang's use of this method. Secondly, even if King Tang succeeded, He Tengjiao in the southwest Huguang Wu Jinxi, Liangguang Chen Zilong and other Chu faction bigwigs still exist.

The king of Tang used such drastic means to seize power and broke the current political rules of Ming Dynasty. The bigwigs of the Chu faction may not stick to the rules, and they may also raise troops to seize power.

Especially He Tengjiao, Du Yinxi knows his old boss very well, and there is absolutely no bottom line in the fight. If he plays the banner of avenging Wang Yan and suppressing the rebellion, contact the people of Chu and Guangdong, and follow the example of Zuo Liangyu to send troops eastward, The Ming Dynasty would be over, and even if they didn't raise troops to avenge Wang Yan, they might still form a separate regime.

As a result, the structure of the Ming Dynasty was changed from the Chu faction representing the central government and the Tang and Lu separatist regimes to the Tang faction representing the central government and the Chu faction turning into a separatist regime. For the court, there was no progress at all, and it was even reversed.

There are tens of thousands of flowers, and people in the world are also different. Some are selfish, while others have a public heart.

In the officialdom, after staying for a long time, most people will gradually become politicians, but Du Yinxi, like Wang Yan, has a certain bottom line in doing things, so he can be regarded as a politician.

When Wang Yan entered Jiangxi suddenly, Du Yinxi already understood that Tang Wang might be about to fail.

For Wang Yan, Du Yinxi is actually very disappointed. He used to think that Wang Yan was a figure like Guo Ziyi and Yue Wumu, but Wang Yan gradually developed in the direction of power and treachery.

At this time, Du Yinxi walked to the edge of the city wall, and Wang Yan led the army to the city wall.

He saw behind Wang Yan, colorful flags fluttering, gongs and drums blaring, as if he was afraid that no one would know he was coming.

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