Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 197 Chapter 197, Zhu Cihong made an urgent decision, Zuo Liangyu was ambitious

In fact, those who left Nanjing at this time were not only the people who were afraid of death and fleeing, but also some other people.

Zhu Cihong led three thousand knights to march forward quickly, and arrived at Shanyang City on this day.

In the evening, Zhu Cixiang was studying the list given by Shi Kefa before in the tent, and when he was considering how many people to kill, Fang Gongqian's voice sounded outside: "Your Highness, there is a messenger from Nanjing!"

Zhu Cihong naturally summoned this person immediately.

This messenger is not official, but someone from Dongchang, strictly speaking, he is Zhu Cihong's subordinate.

Zhu Cilang looked at the dusty man and asked, "How is the situation in Nanjing now?"

The messenger said: "Returning to Your Highness, at least [-]% of the [-] people in Nanjing City have left when the subordinates left the city, and this number is still increasing."

Zhu Cihong: "..."

These guys really have no confidence in Daming.

Zhu Cihong said: "Don't the local officials even know about the closure of the city?"

The messenger spread his hands: "This subordinate doesn't know, at least the city hasn't been sealed off when this subordinate comes out."

Zhu Cihong nodded, and asked again: "Then do you know the current location of Zuo Liangyu's department?"

The messenger said: "I know this. Zuo Liangyu captured Anqing Mansion ten days ago, and was besieging Guichi City in Chizhou Mansion five days ago. Both Anqing and Guichi's guards are very empty. Zuo Liangyu has most likely conquered Guichi City."

Zhu Cihong looked at the map with a gradually serious expression.

After conquering Guichi, it is actually not far from Nanjing.

You must know that Zuo Liangyu did not walk on foot. He led the fleet to attack downstream along the Yangtze River. It's just four days.

Of course, this only takes into account the speed of the ship. In fact, Zuo Liangyu must have come all the way to capture cities for supplies, so how long the next few cities in front of him can sustain is crucial.

"It probably won't last long." Zhu Cihong shook his head.

There is no decent regular army in these cities at all, and there are not even any troops capable of fighting in Nanjing, otherwise why would Zhu Cihong go south in such a hurry?

When Fang Gongqian heard this, he couldn't help but muttered: "When that guy Ma Shiying went north to King Qin, did he really not know how to retain any soldiers?"

Zhu Cilang sighed: "Actually, he stayed... Isn't Zuo Liangyu the soldier who stayed?"

Fang Gongqian: "..."

Indeed, when Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng went north, Zuo Liangyu was still sitting in Hubei with a hundred thousand soldiers and horses. The ghost knows that in the past few months, Zuo Liangyu has become the enemy of Daming instead. It's outrageous.

Zhu Cihong thought about it again, and felt that the reason why Zuo Liangyu betrayed Daming should have a very important causal relationship with Zhu Cihong killing Zuo Menggeng on the spot...

Okay, I'll clean up the mess I made myself, there's nothing wrong with it.

Zhu Cihong turned his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Come on, go and call General Gao and Master Shi."

After a while, Gao Dejie and Shi Kefa, who came to Zhu Cixiang, had serious expressions after listening to the statement.

Shi Kefa said: "Your Highness, I feel that the current morale in Nanjing City has basically been lost, and there are actually many people in the city who have been secretly colluding with Zuo Liangyu. If Zuo Liangyu arrives in Nanjing City before us , it is not ruled out that these people will directly surrender and offer the city."

Gao Dejie immediately snorted: "These damned traitors!"

Zhu Cihong also frowned. Nanjing was also the first capital of Ming Dynasty. Even if it still plays the role of accompanying capital, if Zuo Liangyu really takes it down, it will be of great importance to the morale of tens of millions of people in Ming Dynasty. Hit.

After working so hard to win a few battles, he can't just be bullied by Zuo Liangyu, an old boy!
Zhu Cixiang turned his eyes, looked at Shi Kefa, and said with a smile: "Master Shi, I have a task for you..."

At this moment, the voice of the system sounded in Zhu Cihuang's mind: "Activate the next check-in location, Nanjing City, please arrive within fifteen days!"

On the same night, Zuo Liangyu was also in a meeting.

Just as Zhu Cihong expected, in fact, Zuo Liangyu had conquered Guichi three days ago, and he had even gone down the river to conquer another city in Chizhou Prefecture—Tongling!
Zuo Liangyu's eyes were piercing, scanning all the subordinates in front of him.

After losing to Zhang Xianzhong, these subordinates were a little sluggish for a while, but with the victories after Dongjin, their spirits returned again.

Not only that, Zuo Liangyu's army also successfully expanded from 5 remnants and defeated generals at the beginning to the current [-] troops.

Although most of the 5 people are strong men captured by force, who doesn't expand the army like this in this era?
As long as they practice well in time, they will be [-] genuine soldiers and horses.

If Nanjing can be taken down, and then Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou can be swept, one hundred thousand troops will be no problem!

Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu's mood became more and more comfortable, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He thought to himself: "Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong, you really think that I don't know about this trick of misfortune? Just wait until the old man grows up. I will come back to seek revenge on you. But next time, there will be no room for you, Zhang Xianzhong, to play tricks!"

Zuo Liangyu withdrew his mind, and said lightly to the people in front of him: "Everyone should know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. All the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are in the north to deal with Jiannu. The Jiangnan area with Nanjing as the center is completely An unattended piece of fat. As long as we take this place, we can use this place as the foundation to reproduce the great achievements of the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and by that time, you will all be the founding heroes!"

Anyway, the matter has already broken with the court, so Zuo Liangyu naturally dared to say what he promised, without any falsehood.

Zuo Liangyu's subordinates also became excited after hearing this: "Your Majesty is wise!" "We are willing to take Nanjing for you!" "We are willing to follow your Majesty to create a new foundation!"

Everyone is not stupid. They just come to the king to make arrangements first. When Nanjing is captured, there will be a big drama of persuading people to enter, and then the founding of a dynasty...

All in all, Zuo Liangyu and his subordinates are very excited now, and they all feel that victory is close at hand!

A spy arrived very quickly, and respectfully said to Zuo Liangyu: "Your Majesty, I just got the news that the imperial court has sent Prince Zhu Cihong to lead [-] cavalry, and they have entered the territory of Nanzhili."

Zuo Liangyu was startled at first, and then couldn't help but burst out laughing, almost laughing out of his nose.

"Three thousand cavalry? That's it?"

(End of this chapter)