Chapter 207: The Blood Night in the Capital 1

Cao Jian's words made Jiang Lang realize an opportunity, that is, there could be nearly a thousand cavalrymen joining his team. Although these cavalry are all remnants, it does not mean that they have no combat effectiveness. Even for remnants, the combat effectiveness of more than one thousand cavalry should not be underestimated. What's more, Jiang Lang learned that these people's war horses were still there.

So Jiang Lang decided to ask Qian Zhengbang to send a few people to contact the cavalry, while he and others returned to the vast mountains with their food to find new goals.

Just when Jiang Lang and Cao Jian came into contact, the capital city is now making up for the dark clouds.

Before Yingzong succeeded, the news of being trapped was immediately spread to the capital. As for the news of Wang Zhen being assassinated, it also spread to the capital. Suddenly, the entire capital had a strange smell.

In Jiang Lang's mansion, the third prince and Jiang Chengzhi were looking at the information in their hands, which recorded in detail the news of Wang Zhen being assassinated. They sighed slightly. Then the third prince handed the information to Jiang Chengzhi and said, "That child has indeed taken action!"

Jiang Chengzhi took the information and looked at it, then sighed: "He seems to be very good at taking the head of a thousand troops. I think he was the same as the assassination of Takahashi when he was killed. However, he was seriously injured that time. There was no information about the murderer being caught. This shows that he must have escaped successfully, but this courage is not comparable to ordinary people."

"I just made things difficult for Lord Wang and the others!"

The third prince was also helpless, "I didn't expect that under such circumstances, the emperor would listen to Peng Deqing and others. He didn't know whether he could give advice, and he even arrested those who could give advice without distinguishing between the primary and secondary. Hey... I, Daming, are you really going to have enough energy?"

A look of decline appeared on the third prince's face.

Seeing this, Jiang Chengzhi hurriedly comforted him and said, "Prince, you have filtered too much. Now it is just the emperor who is trapped. Moreover, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is very solid, so it will not be so easy to be knocked down by thorns..."

After a pause, Jiang Chengzhi continued: "And now we have more important things to do! I guess the news of Wang Zhen being assassinated must have reached the ears of Wang Zhen's accomplices. We can't give them enough time to prepare, otherwise it would be very troublesome to deal with it!"

The third prince showed a look of determination on his face, and stood up and said, "You are right. I will come to the palace to see King Cheng immediately. You will drop your troops here and protect this general's mansion. No one will break through and kill you! Zi Ling is about to give birth to the past two days, so there will be no trouble. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, we cannot even take care of his wife and children!"

"yes!"

Jiang Chengzhi immediately bowed his hands and said in a deep voice.

The third prince nodded, took a few steps, and immediately stopped again, turned around and said, "Send someone to find the best midwife in the capital. You must investigate it carefully for me. Let her live in the general's mansion in the next few days!"

After Jiang Chengzhi agreed, the third prince asked someone to prepare a horse and head straight to the palace.

It takes a long way to go from the General's Mansion to the Palace. On the way, the third prince obviously felt that the situation in the capital was a little strange. The number of soldiers patrolling the streets increased significantly. Moreover, these soldiers were varied, not only with the army of city defense, but also with the East Factory, the Jinyiwei, and even the Imperial Guard. Although there was no conflict between them, everyone seemed to be peaceful, but they obviously felt a depressing atmosphere.

The people on the street were also in a hurry, no longer as calm as before, and the business of some shops suddenly became very good. After a closer look, the third prince found that most of these shops were grain stores. This shows that the unfavorable situation in front had already reached the capital, and the people also began to hoard grain in preparation for war.

After pondering for a moment, the third prince said to a follower: "Go and ask me about the rice price!"

The followers came back soon, and the situation made the third prince frown. The price of grain was twice as high as usual, and there was a trend of upward trend. At the same time, many large grain stores began to purchase large quantities of grain, but did not sell it. They said there was no grain to the outside world. This shows that they were hoarding grain and then raising the market price.

"Brave businessman!"

The third prince couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and then ordered: "Go to the palace immediately!" And in his mind, he began to think about how to suppress the price of food.

The Third Prince is already very clear about the current situation. It is a matter of time before Yingzong is surrounded and defeated without reinforcements without supplies. Then being captured is expected, and now the Ming Dynasty does not have enough troops to rescue him. Therefore, the most important thing now is to stabilize the capital. After all, if the border fortresses such as Datong, the capital will lose any barrier. The only thing that can be relied on is the capital's own walls and army. When necessary, these ordinary people have to participate in the defense of the capital. This is the stability of the capital, and grain is a very important key. Now that those grain stores raise the price of grain will inevitably affect the stability of the capital. How can the Third Prince spare these people!

As time passed, the third prince also made a decision in his heart and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Soon, the carriage arrived in the capital. Even if the third prince was the prince, he had to walk into the palace. After arriving at the door, he did not bring any followers and walked into the palace. Because it was during the war, the defense of the palace was much stricter than usual. However, today the palace guards increased a lot, but when he saw that the increase was all imperial guards, the third prince felt relieved.

After finding a eunuch in the palace, the third prince asked clearly that Zhu Qiyu was in the imperial study room now. He rushed to the imperial study room immediately. After reporting, he went in. He saw Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian together.

Now Zhu Qiyu is the governor of the country, and the third prince is not rude and hurriedly said, "I have seen Your Highness!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled all over her face and immediately said, "It's Uncle Wang, please get up quickly."

Then he helped the third prince up, and Yu Qian also politely said, "Yu Qian meets the prince."

The third prince nodded and looked at Zhu Qiyu, then he arrived: "I have something important to discuss with Your Highness this time when I enter the palace."

Zhu Qiyu smiled slightly and said, "I really want to find the emperor's uncle, and I have important things to discuss with the emperor's uncle!"

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Yu Qian and said, "Mr. Yu, you are still here to tell the emperor!"

Yu Qian nodded and said, "Prince, I just received an urgent report that the emperor was trapped in Tumu Fort and that Wang Zhen was assassinated."

Yu Qian said it very simply. Anyway, he knew all of this, and the third prince had already told him before that Wang Zhen was killed and the emperor was trapped in Tumu Fort. Now it was just to prove that the words were correct! And he probably knew that the three princes rushed into the palace, which must be for this matter. The situation in the court now has changed a little strangely because Yingzong was trapped and Wang Zhen was killed.

The third prince nodded and said, "I also know all this. I want to discuss this matter when I enter the palace today!"

Zhu Qiyu was obviously a little surprised, but still said, "Uncle Wang, please tell me!"

Then he said to the eunuchs who served: "Look at the tea!"

The third prince was not polite, sat on the chair, and then said: "Today I received news that the emperor was trapped in Tumu Fort and had been surrounded by a group of hundreds of thousands of troops from Yesen. The situation was very dangerous. So I hurried into the palace to find His Highness to discuss countermeasures."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "I know, and naturally understand the crisis, so I quickly came to Master Yu to discuss, should Uncle Wang's opinion be sent to rescue immediately?"

The third prince shook his head and said, "It's useless. The emperor personally fought and took away nearly 500,000 troops. Now there are not many troops in the capital. Moreover, even if the troops are concentrated, the emperor has been captured by Yesian. Moreover, Yesian has a great ambition and his purpose must be the capital. Therefore, the most urgent task is to defend the capital, rather than sending troops rashly, so the Ming Dynasty will be finished!"

Yu Qian nodded and said, "I just said that, now there are only more than 100,000 troops in the capital. If we really invade the capital in one day, it will be very difficult for us to deal with it. There will be no extra troops sent out. Moreover, if the garrisons in other places are either broken up or fled, and they will organize the new combat power to achieve, it will take a lot of time, which cannot be achieved in a day or two."

Zhu Qiyu looked embarrassed on his face and said, "This emperor is trapped. If we don't send troops, wouldn't the ministers in this court be criticized?"

"So what about criticism?"

The third prince asked back, "The country of the Ming Dynasty is important, or the emperor is important? To be honest, the emperor took it upon himself this time and believed in Wang Zhen by mistake. You must know that Wang Zhen did not know how to march and fight, but he believed in him. Because of this, countless soldiers of my Ming Dynasty lost their lives. After Wang Zhen was assassinated, he mistakenly listened to slander and locked up Wang Zuo and other adults. If it weren't for this, how could he have ended up with such consequences? Now we are rashly sending troops because of him, then it would not be a emperor, but a river in the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!