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Chapter 64 Arriving at Chuzhou City

Surprised, Zhu Yousong wiped the sweat off his face, steered his horse back, and realized that he was already more than ten miles away from the team in the blink of an eye.

Zheng Hongkui, Zu Hai, Li Quan and other talents came up one after another. Seeing that His Majesty subdued this proud and unruly beast so quickly, they were filled with admiration, especially Zhu Yousong rode this horse with a majestic air, as if man and nature were in harmony. One, their emperor has completely changed at this time, even if they are often around the emperor, they can't recognize them without looking carefully at this time.

Zheng Hongkui and the others were filled with admiration, our Majesty's outfit is really majestic, even the rebirth of Zhao Zilong from Changshan is nothing more than that.

Back in the team, everything is ready.The Jinyiwei all waved their hands, Zu Hai brought several Jinyiwei elites, and Li Quan, the prisoner of Dongchang Qianhu, also picked a few factory guards to form a temporary imperial guard.

These factory fans led by Li Quan, including himself, is an old subordinate brought by Zheng Hongkui from the Zhenjiang barracks. Which one was played, did they say they wanted a private visit in micro-services, why did they go with Eunuch Li and Lord Du Si again, but in their identities, how dare they ask more questions.

When everything was ready, Li Guofu's eyes fell on Zhu Yousong's face. After seeing Zhu Yousong nodding slightly to him, Li Guofu turned his head and screamed: "Get up!"

The 3000 people did not have a grain and grass vehicle, and this special grain and grass transportation force came to the river in mighty force.

Zhu Yousong has been here for more than two months, and this is the first time he has left the capital.At this time, sitting on the flaming red war horse, he had a very wide vision, looking around.

It was summer, the sky was clear, the breeze was breezy, the scenery along the way was not bad, but just after leaving Beijing, there were few people and it was a bit desolate. The pedestrians on the official road were sparse and listless, especially when Zhu Yousong saw a large field Desolate, not a single village for several miles, and occasionally one came into view and took a closer look, the village was dilapidated, Zhu Yousong felt uncomfortable, the people's livelihood was so miserable, and it didn't feel good for me to be an emperor, it was all caused by war chaos It's terrible, I hope this time the cutting of the feudal clan will go smoothly. After the situation stabilizes, production must be resumed immediately so that the common people can live and work in peace and contentment.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong felt a little heavy.

They soon arrived at the riverside. There were already ships waiting there. Xu Wenjue, the new admiral of Caojiang, Zheng Cai, the imperial envoy of Qiandu, Liu Kongzhao, the head of the Nanjing Military Preparation Department, and others came to welcome them with several staff members.

Of course, Zhu Yousong is no stranger to these generals.

Liu Kongzhao was originally a member of Ma Shiying's party, but Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue strongly recommended bail. After Zhu Yousong's in-depth investigation, both of them can be regarded as loyal and virtuous ministers. He is not a good person, so Zhu Yousong gave Wei Guogong this face, and let the two people basically switch their official positions.

In addition, for the Caojiang navy, considering that Zheng Jiajun, who was born in a family of pirates, was more experienced, Zhu Yousong asked Zheng Hongkui to recommend a capable person to fill an important position. Zheng Hongkui recommended his younger brother Zheng Cai. The careerist who pushed Lu Wang Zhu Yihai up and then fell off, and then got into a fight with Zheng Chenggong, even agreed.

Statistics show that in history, all talented people have ambitions, and talent and ambition are directly proportional. Isn’t there still a saying that soldiers who don’t want to be generals are not good soldiers?According to this idea, this Zheng Cai should be a great talent, and he should not be discarded because of his ambitions, and his talents should be buried. As for his ambitions, it depends on how he manages them in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Yousong named Zheng Cai the imperial envoy of the capital of the Caojiang navy, which is equivalent to the discipline inspection department in the army, assisting the two in training the navy, and also meant to monitor the two generals.

The three generals who had received the order long ago saw Zheng Hongkui's team coming and greeted them, but they didn't know that their Majesty Zhu Yousong was in the team at this time, and even passed them by.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three generals commanded the Caojiang Navy to divide the [-] Beijing battalion soldiers into three batches and transport them across the river.

On the other side of the river, Zheng Hongkui quietly called Zheng Cai a place where no one was there, and told him a few words, telling him that there might be changes in this trip to send food and salaries to Huang Degong, and asked him to send a few more scouts to keep abreast of Chuzhou's news and send it in time When I arrived in the capital, I took necessary actions immediately when there was a change. Of course, the name was for the safety of the angel officer, Eunuch Li.

Zheng Cai is one of Zheng Hongkui's confidantes, and also a brother of his family who has not made five uniforms. Hearing this, he was puzzled, is this Huang Degong really so good?The imperial court gave him food and salary, how dare he prick the angel official?But looking at Zheng Hongkui's solemn face, he didn't dare to ask more questions, only being obedient.

Chuzhou is not far from Nanjing, just over 100 miles across the river.Therefore, in the evening of that day, Chuzhou City came into Zhu Yousong's sight.

Chuzhou, named after a Chu River running through the territory, was called Tuzhong, Qingliu and Xinchang in ancient times.As early as the pre-Qin period, it was the land of Tangyi (now Liuhe District, Nanjing). It was a town in the Three Kingdoms, and it was established in the Southern Dynasty. It was called Chuzhou in the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, it can be regarded as an ancient city.Chuzhou has Wu style and Chu rhyme, its breath runs through Huaiyang, borders the northwest of Jinling, and is the capital of the Six Dynasties. It has been known as "the key of Jinling and the guarantee of Jianghuai" since ancient times. Pass through Huaidong" reputation.

When they arrived outside the city of Chuzhou, the team stopped, because scouts had already reported to the city along the way, and the angel official came with the imperial decree, which was similar to the emperor's personal visit. According to the rules, Huang Degong had to lead his staff to wait here, but for some reason, Huang Chuangzi was late.

Not seeing Huang Degong coming out of the city to greet him, Li Guofu and Zheng Hongkui quietly aimed at Zhu Yousong. Zhu Yousong, who was dressed as a lieutenant general, still looked calm, and immediately looked at the scenery near the moat as if nothing had happened.

The sunset in the ancient city is really nice.

The view of Chuzhou City from a distance is different from that seen from a close view. The city wall is covered with a layer of golden light under the setting sun. The city wall is three feet high. Its simple and unsophisticated appearance seems to be telling the world about her long history.

There are five-color flags flying on the top of the city, including the big flag of the Ming army, the fan flag of Huang Degong and the general flags of his subordinates. There, there is no movement, and if you look carefully, you can see the guns and other firearms embedded in the opening of the city.

There are pedestrians going in and out at the city gate, most of them are in rags, looking like beggars, and occasionally there are small merchants and hawkers who push carts to pay for their income, but there are many people entering the city and few people leaving the city. symbols of.

Just at this time, there was a commotion at the gate of the city, the common people hid everywhere, and a group of people rushed out from the gate.

(End of this chapter)