King Fu Zhu Yousong ascended the throne ten days ago under the support of a group of ministers in Nanjing. When Zhu Cilang thought of this, he was very upset. They arrived in Dengzhou on Zheng Sen's fleet twenty days ago. If Zhu Cilang had not been afraid of seasickness and insisted on taking the land, he would have continued to take a boat south and would have arrived in Nanjing before Zhu Yousong ascended the throne.

Because Zhu Cilang was afraid of seasickness, he insisted on going south by land. As a result, he walked from Dengzhou to Yizhou. Along the way, Zhao Peng assisted local gentry to build a bastion, recruit hungry people, and form a group training. He walked for 20 days before he arrived at Yizhou. If he had taken the boat south first and asked Zhao Peng to take his sister on land, he would have been on the dragon throne in Nanjing at this time.

At this time, the prince and his group had at least five or six days left before Nanjing, but King Fu Zhu Yousong ascended the throne as emperor in Nanjing ten days ago. At this time, it was too late to fly over with wings.

"Brother Prince, what should I do? We went to Nanjing and I don't know what Hongguang would treat us." Princess Kunxing asked worriedly.

Zhu Ciyang also felt that his head was big. Although he was the orthodox Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yousong took the lead in ascending the throne as emperor. Could it be that he could still let his cousin give up the throne to him after he went to Nanjing? It was obviously impossible. There is no reason in this world to become an emperor and give it to others? When he went to Nanjing, Zhu Yousong could just be a free prince, which was the best ending. If it was a little worse, he would just make any excuses and kill himself, and maybe he would die of an emergency illness in a few years.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't worry. If you, your elder brother, cannot ascend the throne, the last general will become a thorn in the eyes of King Fu. So for the sake of reason, the last general will help the crown prince!" Zhao Peng comforted, "Now, we can only launch the siege change and help your nobleman you take back the throne."

"But just us, who supports the palace to take back the throne that my father originally gave me?" Zhu Cilang certainly knew what the Sect's Change was, which was what his ancestors did. Zhu Qizhen, the Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, was captured by the Oirats during the Tumu Incident. When the capital received this news, he supported his brother Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne and changed the reign to Jingtai. Later, the Oirats released Zhu Qizhen back, and Zhu Qiyu imprisoned his brother in the Nangong and made his son Zhu Jianji the crown prince. Eight years later, Zhu Qizhen took advantage of Zhu Qiyu's chance to get sick in bed and launched the Sect's Change, regained the throne, changed the reign to Tianshun, and Emperor Jingtai died.

Zhu Qizhen's move to seize the gate was supported by a group of nobles, but now, Zhu Cixuan has no nobles in his hands? The nobles who were originally in the capital had long been beaten by Dashun. Now that the Qing Dynasty has entered the pass, the nobles who are not dead in the capital have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. At this time, Zhu Cixuan only has these two thousand Jinyiwei and four thousand infantry in his hands, and his strength is simply impossible to fight against Zhu Yousong.

Zhao Peng comforted, "After all, King Fu's name is not right. Your Highness, you are the most orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I believe that when we arrive in Jiangnan, those with shame will support Your Highness, you! But next we must put away our banners and go south secretly. You must not expose your whereabouts on the way. Let's do this. Next, we will continue to march with the banner of the princess and the prince-in-law. Your Highness, you will feel aggrieved, disguised as an Embroidered Uniform Guard, and mingled in our army to avoid attracting the attention of King Fu and the others."

In the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, Nanjing, fat Zhu Yousong wore a twelve-talked crown crown and a black crown robe, sat on the dragon chaise in the middle with a spirit standing on the dragon chaise. On the left are the Minister of War Shi Kefa, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, the Grand Secretary of the Left, the Deputy Chief Censor Ma Shiying, the Secretary of the Right, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, the Secretary of the Censorate Liu Zongzhou, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and other civil officials. On the right are the Chief Censor Liu Kongzhao, the Duke of Wei Xu Hongji, the Duke of Baoguo Zhang Guobi, the Duke of Xincheng Zhao Zhilong, the Bo Xingping Gao Jie, the Duke of Jingnan Hou Huang Degong, the Duke of Guangchang Liu Liangzuo, the Duke of Dongping Liu Zeqing and other noble military generals.

Zuo Liangyu, the most powerful among the generals, did not come. When Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, he did not come. In fact, everyone knew that Zuo Liangyu had long been too big and even had the intention of being disobedient, but no one dared to provoke this most powerful warlord.

Among the old nobles, Liu Kongzhao, Xu Hongji, Zhang Guobi, Zhao Zhilong and others also had the military power in Jiangnan in name, but in fact, their military households had long been ruined, just a group of farmers. Not to mention Zuo Liangyu, even a warlord could beat them if he could draw out any warlord from the four towns in Jiangbei.

Zuo Liangyu had a disobedient heart, and the old nobles were unreliable. Zhu Yousong bet all his wealth and life on the four towns in Jiangbei.

The history written by the Qing Dynasty darkened Zhu Yousong and portrayed him as a foolish and violent person. In fact, the history of the Ming Dynasty written by the Qing Dynasty may not be correct. Although the old Fu King Zhu Changxun was incompetent, stingy and violent, after the old Fu King was killed by Li Zicheng, Zhu Yousong wandered around for three years. After these three years of hardship, it would be too unreasonable if he was still a foolish and incompetent person.

In fact, what are the four towns in Jiangbei? Gao Jie was originally an old bandit under Li Zicheng. Because he seduced Li Zicheng's wife Xing, he had to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. His military aircraft were corrupted; Liu Liangzuo was originally a small warlord in Jiangbei. After absorbing a large number of refugees, he expanded into a bandit army under the banner of the court. The war was not good, and the harm to the people was first-class. Liu Zeqing was originally impeached and his official position was restored. Later, he surrendered the bandits in Shandong. Every time the court ordered him to suppress the bandits, he robbed the people more fiercely than the bandit army. Li Zicheng attacked the capital and before he came to Shandong, he escaped the Yellow River. Huang Degong was the cleanest of the four towns in Jiangbei, and his personal force was relatively brave, but it was OK for him. His army was fewer than the other three towns and his strength was the weakest. The only thing that was remarkable was his character, but a good character did not mean that he could fight.

In this way, the four towns in Jiangbei were actually mobs. In the original time and space, Gao Jie was killed and his troops surrendered to the Qing Dynasty; Huang Degong was killed and his troops were wiped out; Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo both surrendered to the Qing army and became the vanguards of attacking Yangzhou, and their contributions were made in ten days.

Although Zhao Peng is a novice in history, the power of his Jinyiwei still made him understand the details of the four towns in Jiangbei, so he knew what the four towns in Jiangbei were like.

A secret spy from the Jinyiwei reported that Gao Jie, who was stationed in Xuzhou, and Liu Zeqing, who went south, had an internal conflict. The two fought to seize Yangzhou, and both sides suffered heavy casualties; Gao Jie also ambushed Huang Degong.

According to other information analysis obtained from the Jinyiwei, Zhao Peng knew that the four towns in Jiangbei were vulnerable. If his six thousand people faced any of the four towns in Jiangbei, the six thousand people could completely defeat the 100,000 army of any of them.

The number of 100,000 troops sounds terrible, but the battlefield casualties that those mobs can bear is only 3%, which means that 3,000 casualties among 100,000 people will collapse. However, if the four towns are combined, Zhao Peng would not dare to say that his six thousand people can defeat the four towns, not to mention that Zuo Liangyu from Hubei is eyeing him. At this time, the Ming army itself had internal conflicts, which gave others the advantage.

"Your Highness, since Zhu Yousong has ascended the throne as emperor, we are not in a hurry to rush to Nanjing. Let's borrow the territory of King Lu to train troops first. In just one or two months, the general will be able to train the six thousand troops under his command into an invincible elite soldier. We will go south and regain the throne for Your Highness." Zhao Peng suggested.
Chapter completed!