As mentioned earlier, King Fu Zhu Yousong and his party led their troops to the junction of Tianchang County and Yizheng County in advance, and waited for news for a day, and it took only the end of February.

It is not difficult for the audience who have opened the perspective of God to find that at this time on the other side, Zhu Shuren had just received the Chongzhen's will reposted by Zhang Yan. It would take another day or two before he could return to Nanjing to communicate with Shi Kefa, and then go to Hefei to pick up his father-in-law Lu Wang.

So if King Fu really wants to take the risk and enter Yizheng directly, then cross the river from Yizheng County to Jingkou, and then transfer to Nanjing, you can still arrive first than King Lu.

However, if you don’t have a sufficient excuse for this kind of thing, you will be able to go straight to the point of revenge. Once you fail, the generals who lead the troops will be punished by the clan, which is like a serious crime of conspiracy.

Liu Liangzuo is not the kind of cruel person who is willing to sacrifice his whole family. He really has such courage. In history, Duoduo was not the first to be a traitor when he went south. He directly gave up all his defense areas and surrendered to the enemy.

Therefore, it took another day and a half to confirm that Shi Kefa did not welcome King Fu in time.

Fortunately, Ma Shiying was not completely unprepared. Ruan Dacheng beside him was a master of infighting tricks. When Liu Liangzuo was sent to escort Fu Wang south, Ruan Dacheng had already expected Shi Kefa might have a trick, so Ruan Dacheng made preparations at the same time.

After four or five days of contact, Ruan Dacheng's second-hand preparation has begun to take shape.

The day after Liu Liang's left-wing people asked for instructions, Ruan Dacheng personally came to the Tianchang County army and conveyed a new order:

"Liu Junmen, don't be afraid. You can lead troops into Yizheng and cross the river to escort Your Highness to Nanjing! Governor Ma has found a great title for you!"

Liu Liangzuo was still a little timid: "Foreign soldiers were not summoned to Beijing. If there was any dissonance in the end, it would be a serious crime... I wonder what excuses the Governor used?"

Ruan Dacheng smiled sinisterly: "When I learned that King Yong and King Ding might die in the country that day, I advised Brother Yaocao to immediately try to contact Liu Zeqing, Shandong, Bo, Xu and Dingguo towns to confirm whether the rebel army would relocate to the south after withdrawing from Beijing.

As expected, after four or five days of quick horse contact to understand the enemy situation, it can be confirmed that three days ago, the seventh day after the thieves withdrew from Beijing, Liu Fangliang, the South Road of the Chuangjun, was forced to withdraw from Baoding Prefecture by the Qing army.

Liu Fangliang slowly retreated south, and the vanguard turned to attack south, recapturing Linqing and other places two months ago, when Zhu Shuren went north to rescue the revived Linqing and other places, crossing the old Yellow River route from Linqing to the south!

On the other side, Gui, Bo direction, Guide Prefecture and Shangqiu and other places were temporarily recaptured from Liu Fangliang when Zhu Shuren went north to serve the king. When Zhu Shuren retreated, Liu Fangliang had no intention of going south again to seize it.

But now, the thief is unstable at the Hebei Station and is forced to flee south. Liu Fangliang's side troops have also surrounded Shangqiu again and seized many counties in Guide Prefecture! Xu Dingguo has also withdrawn the main force from Shangqiu to Bozhou!"

The situation reposted by Ruan Dacheng is also very similar to the original historical inertia. After Li Zicheng was defeated by Dorgon in Hebei, he did not think about counterattacking on the spot and fighting to the death.

But in history, after the Jin Dynasty was crippled by Mongolia, he always thought that "the part that was lost from the Mongolians would be to invade the Song Dynasty in the south to find a way to make up for it." Then Li Zicheng thought about continuing to pinch soft persimmons and hit the land in the south that was still controlled by the Ming Dynasty to recover blood.

Xu Dingguo mentioned in Ruan Dacheng's words was also a hob-knife general who had been with the court in Shanxi and Henan for many years. In history, he should have followed Hou Xun (Hou Fangyu's father, former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue) but was imprisoned in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen and deprived of his military power on the Henan battlefield.

But now, when Zhu Shuren went north to serve the king, he briefly restored Guide Mansion, which had been lost to Liang Yizhang and others. Zhu Shuren could not stay for a long time. The court set up a new general on this newly restored Henan land and released Xu Dingguo, who had been guilty, to reuse it. Anyway, it was a ruinous and impossible to establish an effective rule. Just pull a cat and a dog to fend for themselves.

When Liu Liangzuo heard these urgent military situations, he naturally looked worried. After all, he was still a pure military general with no education.

He heard that the friendly troops in front were defeated and lost their land. He, the general in charge of Fengyang and Huai'an defense, was very likely to be pushed to the front line of resistance again. He really couldn't understand why Ruan Dacheng could tell such bad news.

Could this guy Ruan Dacheng be so heartless? I, Daming, lost my land, are you still so happy?

Seeing that such a vulgar martial artist had no political sensitivity and did not understand intrigue and internal power, Ruan Dacheng was quite despised, so he had to make clear his words:

"Liu Junmen, think about it, if the thief did not attack Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo, we would forcefully send troops to send His Highness Fu to Nanjing, but we would bet on everything but have no way out!

But now it is different. The thief gave us a wonderful excuse! His Highness, as the vassal king closest to the bloodline of the late emperor, naturally has to be protected by our Ming court!

Many prefectures and counties in Huaibei have been captured by Liu Fangliang's new round of attacks. Fengyang is already the place where the bandits are pointed out. At this moment, we are escorting King Fu south, not "no court summoning foreign troops to enter the capital without authorization", but helping the court escort King Fu to transfer! In order to prevent King Fu from being in the war zone again! With such a great reputation, even if it fails in the end, at least there is a talisman!

I have convinced Brother Yaocao to show further goodwill to Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo. As long as they cooperate to support His Highness, King Fu, and after the matter is successful in the future, they will now be in Shandong and will be defeated and lost their troops and lost their territory. They will be eliminated!

They can also follow the title of the Dragon Meritorious Official! In the future, King Fu will hold a strong position and transfer them from the front line of the Anti-Chuang Chuang, allowing them to lead troops to wealthy areas in the south. The oil and water are much better than staying in the bitter and cold areas in Shandong and Henan!

At that time, let those stubborn thorns reach the front line of the fight against Tartars and the tide! Let those generals who do not know how to be human and serve the King of Fu night suffer and die, and we will have a good time and drink delicious food later!"

Liu Liangzuo was analyzed by Ruan Dacheng, and his eyes were lit up and his spirits were refreshed.

Yes! We are now escorting His Highness, King Fu, to avoid Liu Fangliang's re-invasion of the south! It is because the Nanjing court is too slow and incompetent in doing things. There is obviously a vassal king who is closest to the late emperor, but he forgot to let the other party retreat in time and protect it well. We are helping the waste in Nanjing to check for omissions!

After recalling the taste, Liu Liangzuo was also sincerely admired:

When it comes to civil officials' infighting experts, it is indeed a villain like Ruan Dacheng! His skills are not as good as those of you who have been professionally calculating your own people for twenty or thirty years, so you will never be able to react so quickly!

Since he had a name to protect his body and a way out for retreat, what else could Liu Liangzuo hesitate? On that day, he ordered his troops and brought hundreds of cavalry brought by Ruan Dacheng, Xu Dingguo and the scouts cavalry under Liu Zeqing, and went south to Yizheng together!

Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing's people were also the ones who had previously asked Ma Shiying to inquire about the military information in the north and after getting contact, they asked the two towns to send them quickly, just as they were accepted as a letter of fame.

Liu Zeqing of Xu Dingguo was also very cooperative, giving one man a pair of horses. Regardless of the lack of cavalry in his army, these people came to cooperate with each other hundreds of miles a day.

Liu Liangzuo did not need these people to actually provide much force. All he wanted was a title. With these hundreds of people, it was not that Liu Liangzuo left alone, but that the three towns in Jiangbei jointly participated in the righteous act under the call of Ma Duke, and their momentum and status would be different.

His troops arrived at Yizheng that night, and then asked King Fu to rest overnight, while Liu Liangzuo raised the ferry overnight.

The next day, early on the third day of the March, Liu Liangzuo hurriedly led his troops on the Guazhou Ferry to board the ship, leading his army to attack Jinshan Temple on the other side, and was about to land in Jingkou.

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The timeline went back one day. On the day Ruan Dacheng persuaded Liu Liangzuo to send troops, Shi Kefa, who was in Nanjing, also learned about the abnormal movements of the local army in Jiangbei. After all, the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture was still directly under the jurisdiction of Shi Kefa, the Minister of War, and the troops of Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying were not qualified to enter Yangzhou.

Therefore, when Liu Liangzuo's army entered Yizheng County, the defenders of Yizheng County immediately sent people to report to Shi Kefa for 600 miles, and they were delivered that night. At that time, Liu Liangzuo was still raising a ferry in Jiangbei.

Shi Kefa only had one night to respond and deploy.

Shi Kefa knew very well that he had just negotiated with Zhu Shuren yesterday and sent Zhu Shuren to Hefei to meet Lu Wang to calculate his days. If there is no obstacle, Lu Wang would have to be at least three days later than Fu Wang before he could return to Nanjing!

Once King Fu, who was closest to the blood of the late emperor, entered Nanjing City and was escorted by soldiers, everything was unknown! Moreover, Zhu Shuren received the "oral order before his death" for the sake of righteousness and win over Zhang Yan. He only said that he would let King Lu supervise the country and return to the south, and did not say that he would pass the throne to King Lu!

This kind of will that only supervise the country but not pass on the throne can stabilize the situation when King Lu arrives first. If King Fu arrives first, he will have the chance to make trouble in the cracks!

Shi Kefa understood these truths and was also blood rushing to his head. He immediately asked his subordinates overnight: "There are other soldiers and horses in other towns, and there are navy troops, where is the closest to Nanjing now?"

His aide, Yan Ermei, was there at the time. This person was proficient in business and knew the information on the deployment of troops and horses. He replied:

"In addition to the troops guarding Nanjing, the nearest Waizhen navy is on the opposite side of Wuhu County, which borders Taiping Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture. It is the troops of Governor Zhu, Huguang."

Shi Kefa was ready to think: "Liu Liangzuo has arrived in Yizheng, and he will definitely be able to find a boat to cross the river at the latest tomorrow morning. Now that he has notified Wuhu to help, it is too late to stop crossing the river... Help me find Shenmen Hall of the Ministry of Revenue to discuss matters immediately!"

Yan Ermei went to do it immediately. In less than half a minute, Chen Tingyang from the Ministry of Revenue was found.

Along the way, Chen Tingyang obviously got news from Yan Ermei, knowing what Shi Kefa asked him for, so he got straight to the point as soon as he met:

"Do Xianzhi need to dispatch the navy to intercept Liu Liang across the river? I am under my command, Zhang Mingzhen's troops, although they are protecting the canal, can also be used when they are anxious!"

After years of construction, Zhang Mingzhen's troops have also had 20,000 to 30,000 navy troops, not all of which are stationed in Nanjing, but at least tens of thousands of thousands are located in key wharfs outside Nanjing.

Strictly speaking, his troops are not local garrison troops, but escort the canal transport, so it is legal to wander around Nanjing - if you want to escort materials, money and grains from all over the country to Nanjing, you must have troops to escort them, right?

Even when the country was in Beijing, the escort troops under the Governor of the Cao Transport could be stationed in Tongzhou at the farthest.

When we were transporting grain, we could still follow the grain fleet to the Jishuitan Wharf in Beijing (Shichahai). That place was only a coal mountain from the place where Chongzhen hung in history.

Therefore, as long as Chen Tingyang's direct lineage does not enter Nanjing City, even if he stays at the dock at the mouth of the Qinhuai River in the Yangtze River, there is nothing wrong with it.

Zhang Mingzhen may not be able to defend against the enemy coming from the south by land to approach Nanjing, which can prevent the Northern Army from crossing the Yangtze River, which is absolutely useful.

Shi Kefa had no more choice. After a little understanding of Zhang Mingzhen's situation, he immediately temporarily requisitioned the escort personnel from the Ministry of Revenue under the Ministry of Revenue in the name of the Ministry of War, and completed the process in the name of the cabinet, so that Zhang Mingzhen could immediately stop Liu Liangzuo.

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The next day, at dawn, on the Yangtze River between Guazhou Du and Jinshan Temple.

Dozens of patrol ferries from Liu Liang's left side, carrying nearly a thousand vanguard soldiers, took the lead in opening the way to start the southward ferry.

The sky was still a little light, and the action was very secretive, and it was not easy to be discovered by the defenders on the other side. It also allowed soldiers from the north to see the terrain in front of them slightly and not to lose their direction.

However, shortly after Liu Liang's left army moved, he saw that as the sky gradually became brighter, there were more patrol warships in the middle of the river and searched the net. Moreover, it seemed that these ships were much more elite and lighter than the ships temporarily collected by Liu Liang's left army. At first glance, they were carefully built professional warships.

"Stop the ship! The soldiers and horses of Fengyang Mansion cannot enter the capital without being summoned! You cannot rebel!" Zhang Mingzhen's troops asked a group of scolding soldiers to hold a wooden trumpet in front of them, shouting to stop the other party from moving forward.

Liu Liangzuo did not expect that he was stranded in the middle of the night to look for a boat, and there was such a big change. He could only bite the bullet and let the pioneer shout:

"The thief has crossed the river! Two prefectures have fallen in Huaibei! Governor Ma cannot let His Highness King Fu be in a dangerous place, so he escorts him to the south first! King Fu is the cousin of the late emperor, how dare you stop him!"

Zhang Mingzhen's subordinates naturally did not show weakness. They were all told by Chen Tingyang: "The vassal kings must not enter the capital unless summoned by Xuan! Just avoid the enemy and stay in Yizheng! The late emperor died for his country. The emperor was the one who supervised the country and Empress Yi'an transferred the last emperor's will, and the cabinet confirmed the plan! You will be planning a rebellion when you cross the river! You can quickly retreat and do not blame! Go forward and fire!"

When Liu Liangzuo saw the arrow on the string, he was a little unwilling to give up. He decided to gamble for a moment, pretending not to hear clearly, and let the pioneer continue to test.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Mingzhen on the opposite side seemed to him to be a terrifying battleship. There was such an elite large warship that could be equipped with red cannons on the ship.

Zhang Mingzhen aimed directly at the front of Liu Liang's left vanguard nearly a hundred steps, allowing the two gunships to fire with the first guns, and four shells weighing more than ten pounds fell on the river.

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Due to the aiming error, the farthest shell landed directly in front of Liu Liang's left pioneer ship less than thirty steps away, and was 50 or 60 steps away from the pre-purpose position. It scared Liu Liang's left pioneer soldiers jumped a lot.

"If you don't go back, the next time I won't be looking at the bow and warning!"

Under the full deterrence of Zhang Mingzhen's troops, the two sides had a brief exchange of fire and friction. Liu Liang's left troops had to retreat in a hurry because they were not familiar with water warfare and had no professional warships.

Fortunately, Zhang Mingzhen didn't want to arouse a civil war in the Ming army, so he didn't pursue more killing and injured, so he stopped when he saw the opportunity.

Liu Liangzuo immediately reported the situation to Ruan Dacheng, and Ruan Dacheng was also rushing his head.

"What should I do? I'm completely distorted. If I can't pass the river, even if I retreat to Fengyang, will King Lu be in power in the future not settle the score?"

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ps: It will be New Year’s Eve tomorrow... I will take a few days off for the New Year.

I have not asked for leave during the Chinese New Year for many years. This year is no longer available in January, and I have been missing for five days. I don’t have itchy lice.

Take leave from New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the New Year, and it will be updated every three days between the third day of the New Year. Anyway, everyone is busy, so they don’t have to rely on reading books to relieve boredom during the New Year.

This year I have to accompany my wife to her hometown in northern Jiangsu to live for a while... I have been in charge of socializing for three years, and after this year, there are many relatives who will go away...
Chapter completed!