News of the loss of the Zijin Mountain Fortress spread rapidly throughout Tianjing City and various official residences, and people were in panic.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, desolate and vicissitudes. Outside Nanjing, the rows of new muskets covered the sky and the sun seemed to indicate that the battle between the heaven that once shook the world and the regent's new forces that quickly emerged from the Southern Dynasties gradually came to an end.

The Gan Wang Mansion is elegant and unique, originally a ancestral home for books. After Hong Renyu came to Tianjing, he became a mansion. Among the kings above Tianjing, it was relatively simple. The mansion was green and the cicadas were roaring, stirring up a pool of purity.

When the news of the fall of the Zijin Mountain Fortress came, Hong Renxuan was reading "Wang's False Words", which was written by a juren in the army three years ago, and had a unique view on current affairs.

Juren Wang attributed the chaos in the world to the large population, saying: "The population in the world doubles in thirty years." "The people who float on the ground several times", "Turn people to farm, there is no land to farm; drive people to return to business, there is no skill to require people", "The power of heaven and earth is exhausted", "The power of human affairs is exhausted."

Hong Renyu looked at it and sighed softly. He was so pessimistic. The world's chaos still didn't know what to end. But now in the Southern Dynasty, iron machines roared and were paving the iron path everywhere. Commercial circulation even took countless manpower. The disadvantages of "no land to cultivate" and "no skills" became a powerful weapon in his hands. He also traded grain and rice with craftsmanship and skills. He heard that the situation of starving people to death in the Southern Dynasty was getting less and less. If he did not encounter a major disaster, he would be afraid that the people in the Southern Dynasty would become more and more popular, and gradually become a rare scene of prosperity in a hundred years.

Hong Renyi remembered his various opinions again. After the Kingdom of Heaven was repeatedly treated coldly, especially after the fall of Nanchang, he had already lost power, and his clan brothers no longer had the trust of him in the past.

However, the enlightenment of the Southern Dynasty was beyond his imagination. Although the "Yuanbao" was called "the evil words" in Tianjing, if there were rumors that the viewer could dig his eyes and reveal his heart, Hong Renyu always used various channels to read one or two copies, which really opened his eyes. The newsprint was even more painful in Hong Renyu's heart.

As early as after coming to Tianjing, he proposed to establish a news official and sell newsprint, because newsprint can "ban the disadvantages of cliques" to eliminate all kinds of centrifugal forces that are weak in the roots and strong in the end, and can strengthen the court and weaken the local areas, so that the situation of centralization weakening local power can be alleviated; newsprint can educate the people and change customs; supervise the pros and cons of officials, presenting a peaceful and prosperous era.

But his opinions were almost treated as jokes by his clan brothers. Looking at the current situation in the Southern Dynasty, Hong Renxuan couldn't help but sigh deeply.

At this moment, personal soldiers from outside came to report, "The Purple Mountain Fortress was lost."

Hong Renyi smiled bitterly. Nanchang's fall was almost doomed to the failure of the Tianjun. King Zhong wrote a letter before leaving, asking himself to persuade his clan brother to let the city not leave, but how could the clan brother listen?

Now King Yi is trapped in Henan and fought hard. King Zhong goes far away to the Western Regions. The only kingdom of heaven that once swept half of the wall is the lonely and lonely world. The city is broken only sooner or later. God's will is so will, how can human power be restored?

Sighing, Hong Renyi picked up the teacup.

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The fragrance flows in the flower hall.

Ma Shi and the beautiful young woman in green shirt sitting across the sandalwood table were both red eyes. They just now hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

The beautiful young woman in green clothes is Ma's cousin. She was forced to be included in the palace as a deputy watch. The two sisters have not met for more than two years.

This time, the little Ma family sneaked out. She had a good relationship with the eldest daughter of the king, Hong Tianjiao, and the eldest son-in-law, Jin Wang Zhong Wanxin, died in the battle of Hangzhou. Hong Tianjiao was depressed. She was extremely arrogant and now she was even more perverted. She actually killed the maid and vented her anger. The little Ma family comforted her more and took the opportunity to ask Hong Tianjiao for help. Then she was allowed to leave the palace and see her only relative in the world.

I haven't seen each other for more than two years, both of them are extremely sad and crying in a daze.

"Sister, I didn't expect that you have Brother Zhou's flesh and blood." Xiao Ma's eyes turned red again as he spoke. Thinking about the tragic fate of her sisters under the iron hooves of the official army after the city was broken, she couldn't breathe.

Ma wiped his tears and said, "You are in the palace, is there anyone bullying you?"

Little Ma shook her head. She didn't want to talk about the things in the palace. Under the power of the king, it was more than just bullying. She was trembling all day long. The princess in the palace was a little unsatisfied with the will of the king. At the very least, she would punch and kick, and at the worst, she would torture. The extremely gorgeous palace was tantamount to them.

Ma sighed softly and said, "If you don't want to say it, I won't ask anymore. Anyway, it's not long since, I'm relieved..."

Both sisters remained silent.

After a while, Ma said softly: "I heard that the fortress in Zijin Mountain was occupied by officers and soldiers. Is it true?"

Xiao Ma sighed: "It's not just the Four Mountain Fortresses, sister doesn't know yet. King Hai brought 30,000 naval troops and wanted to rush out of Xiaguan and cross the river to southern Anhui. The officers and soldiers besieging Tianjing must have to go to help."

When Ma's expression was heard, he became concerned: "What happened later?"

The little Ma shook his head and said, "What else can it be done? As soon as he left Xiaguan, he was followed by the iron ship of the official army. He sank the King of Hai's ship in a few cannons. The cannons at Xiaguan's cannons could not reach the other party. Thirty thousand sailors, I heard that more than half of them died, hundreds of ships sank, and the rest ran back."

Ma was shocked and couldn't speak anymore. After a long time, he murmured: "Awesome, so awesome."

Little Ma sighed quietly: "Sister, why didn't the Regent come five years ago?"

Ma Shi was silent, yes, things have changed now, both sisters are bandit women, and what can they do when the officers and soldiers arrive?

There was a faint noise outside. The two of them didn't pay attention to each other at first, and they looked at each other silently, but they just thought about their own thoughts. But the noise became louder and louder. The chaotic footsteps of hundreds of people running on the street could be heard, and gunshots were faintly sounded. "Bang", the door was almost knocked open, and Xiao Ma's maid Qiu Xiang rushed in with horror and shouted: "Demon Dragon! Demon Dragon!" The boiling sound of the whole city seemed to follow Qiu Xiang in.

The entire Nanjing city seemed to be in full bloom.

"What's going on? What a demon dragon?" Little Ma scolded her, but couldn't help but follow Qiuxiang out of the house and look in the direction of Qiuxiang's finger, and was stunned.

But he saw a black carp floating in the air. The carp was holding a huge basket in his mouth and was slowly moving, passing by the top of Tianjing. Qiuxiang was so scared that her legs were weak, she knelt down and kowtowed desperately.

"Ah." Xiao Ma exclaimed behind him, but Ma followed him out, looking at the sky with a pale face.

"Sister, please go back to the house quickly. Don't get angry. Let me go and see." The little Ma hurriedly helped Ma back to the inner room and comforted him: "Sister, don't worry, the bright world, where does the monster come from?"

When Xiao Ma and Qiuxiang took to the streets, they saw crowds of people on the streets, some kowtowed desperately, some held muskets and set off guns, and some threw themselves in black blood. They were jumping there and asked Erlang Zhenjun to kill demons and eliminate demons...

The entire Nanjing city was in chaos. The red turbans were like headless flies running around. From a bird's eye view from a high altitude, there were crowds of people in various streets and alleys. Even the most fierce warriors could not help but look up at the sky and were stunned by the scene they saw.

The Heavenly King Palace was also in a huge panic, and the chaos was turbulent. The Heavenly King set up a spiritual altar but failed. He rushed to summon the East King and the Gan King into the palace to discuss matters.

Just as men, women, young and old were burning incense and praying, the basket that was holding the black carp suddenly fell down, and countless white pieces of paper flew down, and with the wind, it drifted into the streets and alleys of the ancient city.

Little Ma grabbed a piece of paper that flew to his eyes, took a look, then leaned over and picked up a few more pieces of paper, gave Qiuxiang a wink, and left hurriedly.

In the flower hall, when I saw the paper piece picked by Xiao Ma, Ma was stunned. Both of them were from scholarly families and could recognize the words on it. These words were extremely simple, and even if I was familiar with the writing, I could fully understand them.

The paper says that all the people in the city should not be panicked. The regent leads the Pingyuan official army without any offense and only punishes the evil. The soldiers of the Taiping Army and the brigade commander in Jinling City, those who put down their weapons will be exempted from death. The commanders of each team of brigade and those who abandon the darkness and turn to the light will be rewarded. Those who surrender will make meritorious pardons for their crimes. Several kings who cannot be pardoned are listed on the paper, including the Heavenly King, the East King, and the Gan King.

The paper also says that the Taiping Army's family members, those who have no evil deeds, are all regents' people and are protected by the regents' king. Those who are originally good people who are forced to follow the army, and the officials also have silver to pay for their sympathy. Even those who are forced to be the prince's wife are also good people.

Finally, the Regent wrote a handwritten by saying that he could not save all people from water and fire as soon as possible. His faults were tragically slaughtered, and women were forced to be powerful. His faults were often thought of, and he was so sad, angry and ashamed, and tears were as if he was crying like rain. He prayed that in three days, the women and children in the southeast would not suffer such endless suffering again.

Ma read it over and over again, and became obsessed for a moment.

"Sister, this seems to be true. I heard from people from Nanchang that the officers and soldiers really don't kill people indiscriminately." Xiao Ma said quietly, but in fact she was not sure. Perhaps, she hoped that this was true, and she was forcing herself to believe that this was true. In this way, there was hope, right?

Ma suddenly said anxiously: "Sister, don't go back these days, just stay here. I, I know the female general of the official army, and I will definitely not make them embarrassed for you."

Little Ma was stunned: "Stay here?"

Ma said, "Didn't the Regent say that? He attacked the city three days later, and now the city is so chaotic. If you don't go back to the Heavenly King Palace, who can care about it?"

Little Ma said: "The Regent is suspicious of the soldiers, right? How can he tell people when they attack the city?"

Ma Shi said: "No matter what? Just a few days, you can listen to me, you must be right."

Little Ma was stunned for a while, and finally, he nodded slowly.

It was late the next night when Zhou Lichun returned home, and his face looked quite bad. When he saw his beloved wife holding paper under the red candle, he leaned over and took a look and smiled bitterly.

Starting from last evening, one day and one night, all the brigade commanders led their soldiers to confiscate the piece of paper all over the city, but there was no time. Now rumors are everywhere in the city. The Regent is a real dragon coming to the world, with the black carp vanguard helping him. It is easy to break the Tianjing in three days, and everyone is very serious and magical.

How Pingyuan's army is in Nanchang, Hangzhou and other places does not violate the situation, and how to treat the people well has spread all over the streets and alleys.

Although many rumored people were arrested and several people who were reported from Nanchang and Hangzhou were also cut off, it was obvious that the morale of the military and the people were floating, and it was no longer possible for manpower to make the situation come true.

When I get home, I don’t want my beloved wife to be reading this kind of flyer. Why don’t I feel desolate?

Zhou Lichun sighed, said nothing, and slowly sat on the bed.

"Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Ma sat down gently beside him.

Zhou Lichun shook his head without saying a word.

Ma said, "Ah, let me tell you something. My sister is here and I'm living in our house these two days."

"Your sister?" Zhou Lichun looked at her in surprise. She had never heard of her beloved wife having any sister.

Ma said, "Yes, we haven't seen each other for more than two years. She is the deputy guardian of the Heavenly King Palace."

Zhou Lichun was stunned and said anxiously: "How can this be done? Send her back to the palace quickly."

But Ma smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Zhou, she lived in our house yesterday and is sent back to the palace now, but it's too late."

Zhou Lichun was stunned and could not speak.

Ma smiled again and said, "I'll ask her to see you now?"

Zhou Lichun shook his head quickly and said, "Or, still...ah." He sighed deeply, looked at his beautiful wife, and said helplessly: "Can you persuade me to surrender?"

"I don't dare." Ma lowered his head. When her husband used the word "you", he knew that the people in the army were in panic and didn't know who had already made a speech.

With his head down, Ma said, "But I am looking at the leaflets of officers and soldiers. I am actually a king's army..." After saying this, I won't say anything more.

Zhou Lichun was silent and dazed in vain.

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"Boom boom boom boom" Ten thousand cannons roared, and the walls of the ancient city of Nanjing trembled under the baptism of endless artillery fire. Outside the east gate, countless Pingyuan soldiers in gray uniforms were lying in the trenches, muddy, waiting for the sound of the trumpet of the general attack.

Pingyuan's army Anmin's notice said that the city would be attacked three days later, and on the third day, it really launched an attack on the east city gate of Jinling.

The storm and storm, lightning bursts into pieces, and thunders exploded one after another. The power of heaven and earth is terrifying.

The sound of a majestic horn sounded, and the sound of killing immediately shook the sky. The densely packed soldiers in gray uniforms jumped up from the trenches and rushed towards Nanjing City like a tide. At the front, several soldiers were carrying wooden pontoon bridges and bravely facing the rain of bullets.

"Kill!" A team of fierce men with red-backed tattoos were extremely eye-catching. They were about a few hundred people, and followed the gray military soldiers to the city, but did not enter the city gate. They chose a section of the wall with already gaps, quickly threw ropes, bit the shiny knife and grabbed the ropes and rushed up the city.

This is Bai Laoheng and his Miao Dao team. After the Regent saved him from the disaster of extermination, Bai Laoheng contacted the people of the four towns, and a total of 700 soldiers joined the army. They all used their swords and weapons in the mountains and dense forests, as if they were walking on flat ground. Today, when Bai Laoheng went to Tianjing, he issued a military order, and he would kill the generals and seize the flag and break through the Jinling city wall.

"Bang bang bang", rows of gray military uniforms stood up and shot against the red scarf on the top of the city, covering the Miao Dao team to capture the city.

One by one, one by one, and then one by one, the red turbans were finally suppressed by the dense rain of bullets. They all hid behind the walls and did not dare to protrude their heads, and only used rifles to shoot. Some pulled out their waist knives to chop off the iron claw rope, and many even bent down and ran down the city wall quickly.

When hundreds of Miaodao soldiers rushed to the city to cut melons and vegetables, it also indicates the loss of Taiping Gate, and the long-lost red scarf was immediately defeated.

Near the East Gate, the sound of killing was shocking, hundreds of thousands of gray-armed soldiers rushed in like a tide, and were knocked down by the rain of bullets that were almost shot out of fire points in each corner. The blood mist was everywhere, and the shouts were deafening.

As the heavy rain poured down, the firepower of the red turbans gradually became thinner. Those paper-shelled bullets were most afraid of getting damp, and those who used the Taixi smoothbore gun decades ago were even more afraid of wind and rainy weather.

Soon, a hand-to-hand battle began near the East City. Dongwang Yang Xiuqing personally supervised the battle. All the elite soldiers under his command were released, and thousands of barefoot female soldiers, holding big swords and spears, rushed towards the gray military uniforms rushing into the city like tigers.

There are more or less psychological barriers when fighting with female soldiers. After all, Ye Zhao was not so perverted that he wanted his soldiers to use living people to practice bayonets, and did not turn his soldiers into beasts. Therefore, the rifle team that rushed to the front fell down, but soon, these female soldiers fell into pools of blood under the cold bayonets. After all, the woman, after all, was not as physically strong as men, and she was really on the verge of hand and hand. After a moment of stalemate, she showed a disadvantage.

The rain and blood gathered into a river, and the area around the East Gate turned into a tragic Shura field.

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Chapter completed!