Han Zanzhou sobbed and said, "Crown Prince, if you could come to Nanjing early, how could there be anything about the King of Blessing? The old slave must stop the King of Blessing and strive to ensure that the Prince ascends the throne to the throne!"

Shi Kefa said with a serious expression: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is the orthodox of my Ming Dynasty and it is natural for me to ascend the throne to the emperor. It's just that Ma Shiying colluded with the four towns in Jiangbei to support King Fu. If Your Highness goes to Nanjing, King Fu may not give up his throne and even harm Your Highness."

Princess Kunxing snorted: "The prince is the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty. Can King Fu dare to risk the world's tyranny and not give way?"

Shi Kefa said: "Your Highness, you are too naive to think about it. How can anyone give up if you say it? If you sit in this position, no one can bear it. The most ruthless imperial family, father and son can still kill each other for the sake of the throne, let alone uncle and nephew? When the late Emperor Wanli favored Concubine Zheng, he originally wanted to make Prince Fu the crown prince. Our Donglin Party fought with reason, and the late emperor gave up the idea of ​​abolishing the crown prince. Now Zhu Yousong thinks that this world is his, and it is even more impossible to give up the throne."

"Old Master Shi Ge, Eunuch Han, the matter has come to this point. Only by launching a siege can you regain the throne for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhao Peng said.

Han Zanzhou asked: "Monkey King Zhao, how many soldiers do you have available?"

Zhao Peng replied: "I personally led more than 2,000 Jinyiwei, and there were still 4,000 elite infantrymen, and another 6,000 infantrymen were at Zheng Sen. I don't know where Zheng Sen placed them."

"I see that your Jinyiwei and infantry are all elite troops. If there are 12,000 elite troops, why are you afraid of the four towns in Jiangbei?" Han Zanzhou said with a smile.

"Although the young general has few soldiers, he has defeated the enemy for several days in bloody battles with Jiannu. The four towns in Jiangbei are just chaotic. So what is my 12,000 elite opponent? However, the other 6,000 people are still in Zheng Sen's place, and we still need to find Zheng Sen to ask for someone." Zhao Peng said.

Zhu Cixuan said: "If you are a tough person, with Zhao Aiqing here, why are you afraid of the four towns in Jiangbei? Just a Chinese official in the court, how many people are willing to support this palace?"

Shi Kefa smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please rest assured. Most of the people in Wudonglin Party support Your Highness. Zheng Sen is a student of Qian Qianyi, a celebrity of Wudonglin Party. Naturally, he thinks that my Donglin Party. Although Ma Shiying and other treacherous slander have four towns in Jiangbei, my Donglin Party has righteousness in my heart. Your Highness the Crown Prince is also orthodox, so why fear it!"

"Can righteousness stop thousands of troops?" Zhao Peng sneered, "I dare not say that I can stop Jiannu by two thousand elites. Master Shi Ge, do you think your integrity can stop Jiannu?"

After being robbed by Zhao Peng, Shi Kefa's face was obviously a little uneasy. However, he also knew that this son-in-law, Duwei, was the benefactor who rescued the prince, and would definitely be awarded the title in the future and would become an influential figure in the court. Not to mention anything else, just because of Zhao Peng's loyalty, Shi Kefa admired this person. Although Shi Kefa was a little stubborn and unconventional, he was definitely a loyal minister and especially valued loyalty.

Han Zanzhou said: "My husband, the old slave is willing to go back to Nanjing first and find Qian Qianyi and Zheng Sen for the husband."

"Then I'll trouble Eunuch Han!" Zhao Peng bowed to Han Zanzhou and said.

Han Zanzhou said goodbye first and rushed back to Nanjing.

Zhao Peng continued to discuss the next countermeasures with Shi Kefa and others. He suggested: "I and the princess can go to Nanjing first, and two thousand Jinyiwei will accompany you. Four thousand elite infantry, plus the six thousand infantry who were returned from Zheng Sen, can temporarily ambush the ship on the ship and wait outside the city. I can work with Han Gongki outside to enter the palace at night, control King Fu, and then send a signal to order the army ambushed on the river to enter the city and control the whole city. After controlling King Fu, His Highness the Crown Prince enters the Forbidden City and ascends the throne smoothly."

Shi Kefa said: "As long as the Eastern Palace can ascend the throne smoothly, I can unite with the scholars of Wudonglin Party to fully support Your Highness. Your Highness ascends to the throne, you can issue an edict to appease the four towns in Jiangbei so that they can be used with peace of mind for our Ming Dynasty."

That night, Jiang Guomao held a banquet in his spring garden, and invited the princess and the princess. Prince Zhu Cixuan continued to conceal his identity and went to Shi Kefa's mansion to attend the banquet as a household in the Jinyiwei. Princess Kunxing, Zhao Peng, Lu Zhenfei and others all went to the Spring Garden to attend the banquet. The prince did not return that night and was left in Shi Kefa to spend the night. Zhao Peng didn't know what they discussed.

The next evening, Han Zanzhou brought Qian Qianyi and Zheng Sen to Yangzhou.

Qian Qianyi arrived in Yangzhou and saw the crown prince Zhu Cilang, and immediately expressed his support for the crown prince, but he also expressed his concern that there were many soldiers and generals in the four towns in Jiangbei and were extremely powerful, and he might be difficult to deal with.

"The four towns in Jiangbei are just native chickens and tile dogs! No matter how fierce they are, can they be more fierce than Jiannu?" Zhao Peng sneered.

"Of course not." Qian Qianyi replied.

"Our army has killed countless Jiannu and captured Jiannu's son Zakarna alive. Why are you afraid of the four towns in Jiangbei?" Zhao Peng smiled and turned to ask Zheng Sen, "Mr. Zheng, I have more than 6,000 people heading south in the Prince's fleet. Where are you now?"

Zheng Sen replied: "When he returned to the prince-in-law, the student led the navy back to Fujian to return his father, and ordered his troops to station 6,000 in Chongming. On the way back from Fujian, he heard that King Fu had ascended the throne, so he ordered 6,000 soldiers to temporarily live in Chongming, and did not dare to enter the capital to alarm the sages and disturb the military and civilians of the capital."

"Then it happens. Tomorrow morning, I will follow you to Chongming and bring back our army's six thousand soldiers." Zhao Peng said.

The next morning, Zhao Peng followed Zheng Sen to Guazhou, and took a boat to Chongming Island at the estuary of the Yangtze River. Because the Zheng family navy's ships were all sea boats, with a deep draft and could not enter the canal, the Zheng family's fleet could only be parked on the Guazhou River and could not resist Yangzhou.

When Zhao Peng took a boat to Chongming to lead the troops, Han Zanzhou returned to Nanjing first and prepared to report to Zhu Yousong about Princess Kunxing's arrival in Nanjing.

Zheng Sen returned the flagship of the Zheng family army to his father Zheng Zhilong, and most of the large ships were also returned to Zheng Zhilong, leaving only a batch of small and medium-sized ships in the Yangtze River.

From Yangzhou to Chongming Island, the entire journey was more than 500 miles. The navy, who was flying the Zheng family army, sailed down the river and sailed for a day and night. After arriving at Chongming Island, Zhao Peng discovered that the Chongming Island of this era was not as big as the Chongming Island of later generations, and it was composed of many sandbanks without connecting pieces. The main island area was only one-third of the Chongming Island of later generations. The vast Yangtze River estuary could see sandbanks floating with the tide everywhere. The estuary of the Yangtze River in those days could be said to be a dangerous area for water transportation. If Chongming Island was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, sea boats could safely enter and exit the Yangtze River; if Chongming Island fell into the hands of the enemy, then the fleet entering and exiting the Yangtze River would be a very dangerous thing.

In history, the reason why there were powerful navy in the Southern Ming Dynasty was finally lost was because the Qing army occupied Chongming Island. Whether it was Zhang Huangyan or Zheng Chenggong, their navy entered the Yangtze River estuary one after another, and suffered a lot of losses in the Chongming area. Many Ming soldiers and ships sank into the Yangtze River estuary.

When he arrived in Chongming, Zhao Peng saw his six thousand soldiers. The captured Qing army general Zhakana was also imprisoned here. Zhakana, who had been imprisoned for three months, had been tortured to be so skinny. Zhao Peng frowned as soon as he saw it: "I'm too thin, so thin, by the time of Lingchi, I'm afraid I'll die if I can't hold on for a few stabs! Give him some delicious food and drink during this period and make him fatter!"

After taking back six thousand soldiers, Zhao Peng took his six thousand infantry and escorted Zakana onto the ship.

The Zheng family army fleet went upstream. Although it was against the current, the southeast wind was strong. The sails were full of wind and galloped through the waves. The speed of returning to Yangzhou was faster than when they were gone.

Departing from Chongming Island that afternoon, he returned to Guazhou the next morning.

"Brothers, I'll be on standby on the boat. I'll go to Yangzhou, pick up the prince and the princess, and we'll go to Nanjing!" Zhao Peng told the soldiers to wait on the boat. He got off the boat and rode his horse to Yangzhou.
Chapter completed!