The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 228
Then someone worried: "You say, if King Chen invades the city, will he use us in the name of rebellion..." The man said and gestured to wipe his neck.

"If it's not possible..."

"Isn't it? Since the Hongguang Dynasty, whenever the city is destroyed, there are very few people who do not find a reason to plunder and kill."

"Hey, we are the ones who suffer in the end after calling..."

"If you want me to say, go home and hide the money and food, even if you don't kill people, it is inevitable to apportion some military pay."

"Yes, I'm going back."

The crowd immediately dispersed.

Beside the climbing stairs on the city wall of Tianxing Mansion, more than ten people were pulling and tugging.

"Get out of the way!" A man in a blue brocade suit glared, "You don't recognize the old man." He turned to his side, "You should recognize Mr. Zhao too! How dare you stop us?"

The man dressed as an officer blocking the stairs spread his arms outstretched, constantly gesturing to his soldiers not to give way, and said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "You two adults, please don't embarrass me. His Royal Highness the Coordinating King has strictly ordered that no one is allowed to enter the city."

"Tang King?" Master Zhao sneered twice, and whispered to himself, "But I don't know if there will be Tang King tomorrow..."

The blue-robed official hurriedly interrupted him, and said nervously: "Master Zhao is careful in his words, and he was listened carefully."

He said, winking at the followers behind him.The latter immediately understood, took two steps forward, and quietly took out a piece of silver and stuffed it in the officer's hand.

The officer who was still resisting to stop him weighed his weight secretly, and immediately stepped aside with a smile, and said courteously: "Masters, don't delay too long, I will keep an eye on you here, no one will know that you two have been here. "

Those two people who looked like officials went up to the top of the city, looked down through the parapet, and immediately turned pale with shock.

Two or three hundred paces below the city, tens of thousands of Cantonese soldiers knelt on the ground in more than a dozen rows, surrounded by more than a thousand soldiers in dark green uniforms, pointing at them menacingly with firecrackers.

Farther away, there are thousands of green-clothed soldiers and horses in order, with banners and banners unfurled, and they are waiting in battle with their armor and blades in hand.In front of the formation, a row of dark cannons can be vaguely seen, like ferocious beasts lying on the ground, wanting to choose people and devour them.

Master Zhao pointed to the two people in front of the Cantonese prisoners, his fingers trembling slightly, "Master Li, those two are Zhang An and Su Pin?"

Although Master Li didn't see it very clearly, he still nodded and said: "It must be the two of them."

"Hiss—" Mr. Zhao retreated behind the battlements, pulled the official surnamed Li and said, "No wonder the fifty thousand Jian captives were killed in Fujing. This King Chen's troops are as straight as tigers and wolves. After the defeat of the twenty thousand Cantonese troops, today Who else in Xingfu can stop King Chen's teacher?"

Master Li nodded frequently, "But I don't know what King Chen wants? Is it escort, or..." He said and pointed to the sky.

The two were silent for a moment, Master Zhao spoke first, "No matter what he thinks, we must first get rid of Tang Wang...Tang Ni."

"Master Zhao is right, we should be like this..."

"Okay, the old man will go back and prepare immediately."

The two hurried down to the city, but saw a person walking towards the city quickly.

"Master Liu, this is..."

"Master Zhao, Master Li? Hey, let's be each other."

"Take care."

"Take care of yourself."

……

"My lord, someone shot a letter out of the city again." Zhao Shichao raised his hand in salute, and handed a scroll to Zhu Linmi.

Looking at the latter, I saw that there were hundreds of words written in small script on it, to the effect that Li Weishang and Zhao Dian, the prime minister of the Taipu Temple, had always despised the king of Tang in the case of Zuowei in the criminal department, but it was limited to people who were weak in speech and powerless. resist.This time Chen Wang's heavenly soldiers are fighting for rebellion, and they are following the will of heaven to win the hearts of the people. The two will welcome the army into the city beside the road of Tianxing Mansion.The other two prepared 8000 taels of silver to pay for food, rice and salaries of the rebel army.

Zhu Linmei smiled, and handed the note to Zhang Jiayu casually, "Remember it all."

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu took out a thin book, and wrote Li Weishang, Zhao Dian, the date, and the amount of silver taels.

There are more than 80 similar records in that booklet, all of which were handed out by officials in the city in the past two days.

Zhu Linmi glanced at the amount of "subsidy for food, rice, salary and silver" of the officials in the booklet, and the total has exceeded 50 taels.He sighed, and said: "If you donate this money earlier, the late emperor may not be destroyed by thieves..."

As soon as the curtain of the military tent swayed, Shi Lin stepped in and saluted with joy, "My lord, we're in touch."

"Oh?" Zhu Lin asked hurriedly, "How do you say it?"

Shi Lin cupped his hands and said: "My lord, when Dudu Zheng planned to be ugly tonight, he raised a fire at the east gate as a sign.

"Oh, he also passed it down from generation to generation, saying that Wei Wei, the commander-in-chief of Tang Ni's army, decided to do whatever he wanted. At that time, his subordinates would wrap their arms in white scarves and cooperate at the east gate."

"Okay." Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "Leave the first and second infantry battalions on standby at the west gate, and the rest of the battalions will assemble outside the east gate at midnight tonight. The third infantry battalion and the hunting company will be in charge of the advance."

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu quickly recorded.

"After entering the city, the hussars, dragoons and the company of personal soldiers rushed to Da Nei to rescue the emperor and the empress dowager as quickly as possible."

"Yes!"

into the night.

Tianxing Mansion was in the midst of a war, the city was brightly lit, and officers led people to patrol back and forth from time to time.

Inside the east gate, nearly a hundred soldiers were dozing off while leaning on their spears, when more than 20 black-clothed and masked men quickly approached the wall.

Just as the awakened soldiers were about to exclaim, the men in black in front chopped it down with a wave of their hands. The sharp steel blade reflected the firelight, it was the Xiuchun Knife.

The masked man in black took the lead, and his movements were extremely fast, slashing up and down with the Xiuchun knife, and in an instant, only half of the guards remained in the city gate.

As soon as the gatekeepers reacted and were about to fight back, they saw the leader of the man in black swung the knife with blood on it, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness Chen has an order, those who surrender will not die!"

The sound alarmed the soldiers defending the city, but the officers at the top of the city saw dozens of men in black coming from the city gate, instead of trying to stop them, they ran away quickly, fearing that it might be King Chen's troops attacking the city and killing him. Rolled in.

More men in black gathered around, moved several door bars in a short while, pushed open the city gate, and lit a bonfire outside the city.

Immediately, hundreds of soldiers from the Dragon Guard rushed into the city. They thought there would be a bloody battle, but they were surprised to find that there were people with white cloths all around them.

It wasn't until the main force of the Dragon Guards completely occupied the east gate that Su Guansheng, who received the letter, rushed here with nearly a thousand soldiers.As soon as he reached the intersection leading to the east gate, he suddenly saw the flash of fire in front of him, and a row of shells roared into his team.

Although Zhu Linmei was only allowed to use the three-pound cannon because she was worried about accidentally injuring the people, but the loud noise of the cannon made Su Guansheng feel flustered.

He hurried into the narrow alley beside him, and when he looked up again, he saw his soldiers hiding faster than him.

The street in front of the cannon was empty in an instant.Zhao Shichao shook his head, shouted, and led all the cavalry towards the imperial palace.

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