Chapter 398 At worst, there will be another Jingnan incident

The city gate of the capital has been very busy recently.

There are more than a dozen horses and people waiting next to Ande Gate every day.

After receiving the news from the front line from outside the city, I immediately sent it to the prince's house.

Tan Zhong's Qianhu Li Ji is in charge here.

Li Ji is here every day, taking charge of the morning, and there are other people in the afternoon and evening.

He was on duty this morning.

Suddenly a fast horse appeared outside the city.

After Zhu Di left the capital, the capital only opened Ande Gate and Dongjiang Gate. There were so many common people and merchants coming and going every day.

But as long as someone arrives quickly, they will definitely be given priority.

I moved from the backwaters of Peiping to the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River because of difficulties. The bad days are still a few years away, so I have to go back again. I am really willing to do so.

Before the meeting adjourned, Yao Guangxiao stayed with Zhu Gaochi, Sun Xiang, Chen Xuan, Zhao Yi and Tan Zhong.

"My father has no choice but to lead the troops forward. Now he is leading a small army of 700,000 people back to the capital."

Chen Xuan added: "No rebel navy retreated from the sea to Zhenjiang. We came from Changzhou and fought with the rebels in Zhenjiang."

Everyone was very happy when they heard this.

Before the 70,000 soldiers from the capital left the capital, they all brought their families with them. Tan Zhong led 20,000 troops to defend Xuanfu, Chen Xuan led 20,000 troops to defend Peiping, Zhao Yi led 10,000 troops to defend Xiaotong, and Zhang Wu from Shanxi Province had tens of thousands more troops.

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As long as it doesn't rain and there are no accidents, we can arrive in the capital within two days at the earliest.

Yao Guangxiao glanced at Sun Xiang with a serious look on his face. He probably hadn't guessed the content of the secret decree yet. Anyway, he wasn't urging me to go north quickly.

But before Yao Guangxiao finished reading, his body was obviously shaking slightly, but he made no sound.

Sun Xianglin saw that everyone had bad expressions, so she said: "When Jingnan started his army, our situation was even worse than now. We only have less than 10,000 troops, but we are still in charge of the capital. Zhu Gaoxu is ambitious and treacherous.

If you still want to impose heavy taxes, the scholars and rich people in heaven will rebel against me sooner or later. So what if you give the capital to me first? Sooner or later we will fight back."

After some discussion, a few people decided to hide the news of the small defeat in the rear. Then, in the morning, Yuan Gong arrived in front of the capital, gathered all the navy and various ships, and first went to the Longjiang Wharf in the capital to transport away all the belongings and food, and then

We first took the waterway to Qingzhou, and before unloading the goods, we asked Yuan Gong to guard Qingzhou, and then transported the goods to Beiping. At the same time, he sent an order to Zhenjiang Mengshan to come back and guard Qingzhou, and then asked Yuan Gong to go to Jinan.

Yao Guangxiao had a very resigned expression on his face.

The civil and military officials responded one after another, and Chen Gui nodded at the side, thinking that the prince's words didn't make sense.

Yao Guangxiao glanced at me, took a deep breath, stood firm for a moment, and then said: "The army and the rebels were fighting fiercely in the next few days, and suddenly it started to rain lightly, and the rebel artillery became ineffective."

The prince sighed: "So Suzhou is also lost?"

After that, I will get up and take everyone to the south to receive the order.

Sun Xianglin suddenly whispered: "Although the imperial court was defeated, there are still less than a million small troops. We should concentrate our efforts to defend the distance of the capital. The rebels are strong, but attacking the city is easy, so we should work together."

Using the territory of eight provinces to counter Zhu Daoxu, the situation was much worse than the situation during Jingnan.

"Can Zhenjiang be defended?" the prince asked again.

Unexpectedly, after I finished speaking today, the prince reacted. He seemed to have heard it and asked Chen Xuan: "Where are Yuan Gong and Meng Shan?"

It is very safe to stay in the capital now. Zhu Di has led his troops directly to Peiping. We must leave as soon as possible and take everything we can with us.

The Confederate army suffered a small defeat of 700,000 to 800,000 during the Jingnan War, and at most, less than half of it could be recovered.

"The imperial court suffered a disastrous defeat, and my father is preparing to go to Peking." Yao Guangxiao waited for Huang Huai and said as soon as we left.

The King of Han is Emperor Jianwen, and now even the capital has given up. Our future can be imagined.

"Defend or not." The prince said in a deep voice. The question now is whether to defend or not. The rebels retreated by land and water, which was even more terrifying than during the Jingnan period: "Civil officials and some military generals outside the capital are all

We must live in Peking, which is our foundation."

Prince Yao Guangxiao thought about how many times the two of them had visited him, and gritted his teeth and said: "It should be reliable." His tone was very convincing.

According to the news in Huguang at that time, in each county, one person and two horses ran to another county, and then from another county, one person and two horses ran to the next county.

But the prince was in no mood at that time and just glanced at Zhu Gaochi.

"Ah." Several people's expressions changed slightly, and they were all equally puzzled.

Rumors spread throughout the city that the imperial court was slightly defeated again, and Zhu Di wanted to escape back to Peiping.

Sun Xianglin looked very ugly: "You are the only ones who know about the small defeat in the rear. If the news spreads, I'm afraid more people will surrender."

Then Sun Xianglin was asked to take away the important people in the capital, their families, concubines, property and food.

Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice at that time: "Isn't that the news that will be announced in two days at most?"

Before Zhu Di's arrangement, I occupied eight provinces in Beiping, Shanxi, and Shandong.

The Xiao Ming court had a lot of money, mainly Zhu Di's private money in the internal transportation treasury.

Jingnan veterans Zhu Gaochi and Sun Xiang, assistant supervising ministers Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi, and Huang Huai, as well as military generals Taining Hou Sun Xiang, Xincheng Bo Zhao Yi, and Xinning Bo Tan Zhong.

Just based on paper calculations, Zhu Di still has about 700,000 troops.

The messenger looked confused: "I don't know, I picked you up at Taiping Mansion. Come over immediately."

Let Yuan Gong and Sun Xiang enter and defend Shandong, divide their troops to garrison Jinan and Qingzhou, and add 10,000 Tang Rong in Cangzhou. The eight places form an angle with each other and form a barrier to the southeast of Peiping.

Huozhen led 70,000 troops to guard Zhending, Hejian and Dingzhou.

Everyone suddenly realized, and then they realized that there was no secret decree.

Chen Gui didn't dare to say anything and handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

Yao Guang Xiaoman opened it carefully and took a look. His face changed slightly at first, then turned red and white, and his pupils dilated several times in an instant, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Chen Gui knelt on the ground in embarrassment. Some people paid attention to me, but he was still not shocked. The rebel navy had arrived in Zhenjiang?

Li Jiping, as usual, came to the Prince's Mansion with the secret decree and handed it over to the Prince himself.

"Seeing that the army is about to fail, a small defeat will make us feel depressed."

"Is He Yunzhong afraid of living alone? You guess I'm falling in love now." Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice.

In the early days of the Jingnan period, when the Yan army went south, the government troops also surrendered everywhere. It is so similar now.

"Your Majesty, don't you have more troops?" Li Ji asked with a blushing face. Now if I had just said that the prince had panicked.

Thinking is also useful, if everything is surrendered in pieces.

That's another eighty thousand.

A moment ago, a strong voice sounded outside the small hall: "Prince's Palace, Your Majesty's secret decree."

"Okay, let's try Jingnan again." Zhu Gaochi wanted to boost morale.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was not bad, just a huge defeat.

Yao Guangxiao took out the secret decree and circulated it to everyone.

Following our secret discussion, orders were circulated from outside the Prince's Mansion. The capital suddenly became busy, and the garrison in the capital was notified to take the family members to Peking.

In addition, Zhu Di always liked to delay arrangements. There were 7,000 troops and horses for Guo Liang in Yongping, 7,000 troops and horses of Baoding and 7,000 troops and horses of Fangzhai in Tongzhou, plus 20,000 troops and horses in Peiping and 10,000 troops and horses in Shanhaiguan and Zheng Heng.

Of course, the first task is to transport away the capital's money and the small amount of food.

He Yunzhong is Zhu Di's confidant. He was surrendered by Xiaoningxingdusi back then and is now stationed in Xiangyang, still in Huguang territory controlled by the rebels.

It was quiet for seven weeks, and everyone looked at each other.

In the past, when the prince heard that it was the emperor's secret decree, he would be very solemn.

"Meng Shan is guarding to the death." Chen Xuan said loudly.

"If there is no slow boat to report, Yuan Gong can arrive in the capital in the morning."

The young men seemed to be frowning and discussing important matters.

"What did your Majesty say?" Li Jiren asked.

I hurriedly put down the secret message and sat back down in my seat vigorously. My whole body seemed to have lost all energy.

Yang Shiqi, Jian Yi, and Huang Huai were considered to be the prince's future team members, but now they were abandoned. Zhu Gaochi immediately knew that the matter was minor.

Sun Xianglin immediately stepped back: "Bring it here."

"Your Majesty, there is no secret order from Your Majesty." Chen Gui quickly knelt down.

"Your Majesty's secret decree is delivered to the Crown Prince for personal enactment."

"Probably less than 70,000 to 80,000, all of them are cavalry."

"Sun Xiang?" The prince's expression looked as if he was about to cry: "Is this the naval commander who raised the entire navy of the Southern Army to surrender to us during the crisis?"

Did the eight generals say anything?

"That's the material." Yao Guangxiao gritted his teeth and said, "Luxu sent people to raid Sijiang and cut off the army's advance route and food."
To be continued...