It was the tenth day of the ninth lunar month in the third year of the Ming Dynasty when King Ding was appointed to supervise the country.

The morning breeze blew coldly over the Golden Gate, the main entrance of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. The gate was heavily guarded both inside and outside, but outside the gate, there was still no sign of the Ming army.

The main entrance of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum has been transformed into a real fortress by Sun Sike's people!

The roof of the yellow glazed tiles has been demolished, leaving only the walls made of bare bricks and the stone Xumizuo under the walls. The place that was originally used to cover the roof is now surrounded by sandbags and turned into a tower.

The space above this big golden gate is not small. It is more than eight feet wide and less than three feet deep. It is about 200 square meters, and when enclosed, it becomes a small fortress, and it is also very strong!

The walls of the Golden Gate, which are less than three feet tall, are made of pure blue bricks and glutinous rice. They are almost as strong as concrete!

Sun Sike placed dozens of shotgun soldiers on it, as well as two powerful general cannons.

In addition, there are several bamboo ladders set up on the north side of Golden Gate - so that people deployed on the top of Golden Gate can quickly go down to avoid bullets when they are bombarded by the enemy. Wait until the enemy finishes firing.

, and can quickly climb up and continue firing.

The three gates of the Golden Gate were transformed into firepower points, parapets were erected, multiple cannons were mounted, and twenty or thirty fully armed shotgun soldiers were stuffed inside each gate.

To the south of Golden Gate, all the trees in a large area were cut down, two trenches were dug, three layers of horses were put up, and a fence was erected!

Behind the Golden Gate, Sun Sike had another semi-circular trench dug to connect it with the Golden Gate. He also built a fence and a parapet behind the trench.

In this defensive circle composed of trenches, fences, and parapets, Sun Sike placed another half-assistant soldier. In addition to the defenders on the Golden Gate and inside the gate, Sun Sike placed a total of two soldiers at the Golden Gate.

Zuoling, about five to six hundred people.

Just over thirty feet away from the fortress of Golden Gate is the Sifang City where the monument of Zhu Yuanzhang's divine merits and virtues is placed - this square stone fortress was also transformed by Sun Sike into a stronghold for garrison defense.

The troops of two assistant leaders were also deployed, and artillery was mounted, and they were connected with the Golden Gate, which together formed the first line of defense of the Purple Mountain Jiangnan Camp.

The defense line has been repaired long ago!

The defenders are also ready!

The Ming army of more than 10,000 people also occupied the Xiaoling Acropolis at the foot of the Purple Mountain a few days ago. Along with these Ming troops, there was also Zhu Heji's "Da Ming Supervisor" flag.

At that time, Sun Sike thought that Zhu Heji would immediately rush to save his ancestor, so he immediately led his soldiers to carry the coffin to the Golden Gate.

Oh, the person lying in the coffin was not Zhu Yuanzhang, but an empty coffin - Sun Sike lay down in it after he prepared to die in battle.

This is called carrying a coffin into battle!

However, Sun Sike waited here at Kinmen for several days and never got the chance to lie down in the coffin.

Because Zhu Heji's army stopped moving after arriving at the Xiaoling Guard. They did not come to attack Zijin Mountain or garrison the inner city of Jiangning. They just guarded the Xiaoling Guard and blocked Sun Sike's army at Ming Xiao.

Tomb, the area around Dongling Tomb of Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Heqi could not come up, Sun Sike did not dare to take it lightly. He still stood on the line between the Golden Gate and Sifang City, and even had his coffin moved into Sifang City and placed together with the monument of divine merit and virtue.

At this moment, he and Zu Zepu were sitting on the coffin board, drinking wine, and talking about the green years outside the customs... In the blink of an eye, everyone was middle-aged!

And the Qing Dynasty to which they were loyal showed some signs of decline, which is really lamentable!

"Fortunately, our Qing Dynasty has the Holy Lord at the court. Although we have encountered strong enemies, there is still hope for ZTE. Those of us who are slaves have encountered the Conglong Pass once and met the Holy Lord ZTE again. This life is really worth it.

ah!"

The person who was "doing not live in vain" was Zu Zepu. Kangxi asked the edict to kill him to be carried in Sun Sike's arms. But Sun Sike felt that he should be given a chance to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty... so he did not kill him for the time being.

Zu Zepu also took him to the front line.

He also thought that when the Ming army came up, he would let Zu Zepu lead the charge so that he could die a worthy death.

With such a friend, Zu Zepu can really smile!

"Report..." A long and drawn-out "report" sound reached Sifang City.

Sun Sike looked back and saw that it was a Geshiha whom he had sent to the Golden Gate. He saw that Geshiha running up to him, and after making a bow, he said loudly: "Report to the minister in charge, the traitor of Xiaoling Guard."

A big move was made!”

"Okay!" Sun Sike stood up immediately and gave Zu Zepu a meaningful look - your time to smile will soon come!

After withdrawing his gaze from Zu Zepu's face, he quickly walked out of Sifang City and said to the Goshiha men who were guarding outside: "Order the fifth and sixth officers to prepare on both sides of the Shinto and stand by!

Order the artillery team at Sun Quan's tomb to prepare to fire!

Tell the brothers guarding the Golden Gate and Sifang City that everyone should stay in their respective positions. I, the general manager, will be in front of the formation to supervise the battle. The traitors will not be able to rush forward... I, the general manager, have already placed a memorial on Sun Quan's grave.

We fired twenty-four mighty general cannons and blasted away those rebels! Inform all the subordinates, I am in charge of military orders. Anyone who takes a step back will be executed!"

After saying this, he turned to Zu Zepu and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

Zu Zepu nodded, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

...

Sun Sike and Zu Zepu quickly arrived at the Golden Gate. They did not dare to climb up. Instead, they got into a doorway of the Golden Gate and lay down behind the sandbags to look through the telescope.

"Bang bang bang, dong dong dong..."

As soon as the two men raised their telescopes, they heard someone beating gongs and drums. The two of them hurriedly followed the sound of gongs and drums, and saw many people from Xiamafang pushing carts while beating gongs and drums.

There are many shiny silver things on display...it looks very cute.

"This is silver!" Zu Zepu recognized it immediately, "Xinchen! That is silver! Grandson Zhu San must be trying to buy us with silver!"

"You're trying to bribe me! Without us!" Sun Sike said in his heart, "I'm not as greedy as you. I won't surrender!"

Just as he was thinking of this, the people pushing the silver carts had stopped moving forward - they did not dare to move forward anymore. Xiamafang was only more than a mile away from the Golden Gate, and if they moved forward they would be shot.

The civilians who had stopped advancing hid behind the silver chariot and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Don't shoot, we are the common people, we are not the Ming army... We are here to redeem the ancestral graves of Zhu San's grandson."

! The wealthy gentry and merchants from the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River knew that the third grandson was filial, so they collected more than one million taels of silver to help him redeem his ancestral grave!"

"As long as you hand over the ancestral tomb of the third grandson and submit to the Ming Dynasty, the money will be yours!"

"General Sun heard this. Third Taisun knows that you are a good man, so he is willing to offer a governor, two hundred thousand taels of silver, and a count to invite you down the mountain!"

"General Sun, come down the mountain quickly!"

"Xinchen!" Zu Zepu couldn't bear it after hearing this, "The third grandson has given a lot. The court cannot give that much. You see..."

"What are you looking at?" Sun Sike immediately glared at Zu Zepu, then opened his throat and shouted, "I, Sun Sike, was born as a member of the Qing Dynasty, and when I die, I will be a ghost of the Qing Dynasty!"

The civilians on the other side of Xiamafang were stunned for a while, and then they shouted in unison: "The Qing soldiers on the mountain have listened. The third grandson said that as long as you are willing to come down from the mountain, no matter who it is, each of you will be rewarded with ten catties of silver..."

...This is your military pay for ten years!

Go down the mountain as soon as it gets dark... After you come down, you can go to Xiaoling Acropolis to receive the reward, which is ten catties of silver per person! A full ten catties!"

"The Qing soldiers on the mountain heard this. If you don't come down the mountain tonight, tomorrow morning the cannons of the Three Grand Suns will blast the Golden Gate, Sifang City and Sun Quan's tomb!"

Sun Sike laughed loudly, "This is Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. Should I treat him as the filial son and grandson of Zhu Heji?"
Chapter completed!