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Moreover, Liu Zongzhou urgently called him emperor even when the prince had not ascended the throne. This urgency was much more urgent than defeating Jin Bing.

"Teacher, do you mean that the common people will support me to ascend the throne?" The prince was a little excited. Everyone likes to hear good words, not to mention that the prince is just a young man.

"The old minister must first correct me. The emperor is about to ascend the throne. There should be no more teachers. The emperor is the father of the world and teaches the people of the world. We should change the title." Very familiar.

"I... I have already sent Qian Qianyi across the river to find the head of the country, and I will ascend the throne after discussing with the head of the country." Zhu Cihong was still restless when he ascended the throne, and he had to listen to Shi Kefa's opinion before doing so. Decide.

Due to the arrival of the crown prince and half of the imperial court, Zhenjiang city was in chaos. Originally, some rich and powerful families were also persuaded by Donglin and his gang to crowd to Zhenjiang.

Many people came here by boat, and even the painted boats on the Qinhuai River followed to Zhenjiang, where the boats stopped by the Yangtze River.Coupled with the ships of many big merchants in Yangzhou on the opposite bank, the entire river in Zhenjiang presents a bustling scene of thousands of sails racing.

At this moment, Donglin's power has exerted its full strength in Jiangnan's root base.

Looking at the bustling river surface, Liu Zongzhou had the emotion of referring to Fang Qiong from the bottom of his heart.After so many years, Dong Lin wanted such a situation.Whether it is for an individual or an organization, rights are actually the ultimate pursuit.

Regardless of whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism or other theories and organizations under other guises, the core is not thinking about possession and wireless control.Whether people's hearts are good or human life is good, everyone uses different methods and rhetoric.This is really the same goal by different routes.

Liu Zongzhou believes that Shi Kefa will definitely agree to his arrangement, and he has already threatened the prince now, so Shi Kefa can't help but disagree.

When Zhu Youjian's direct descendants fought with Jin Bing on the riverside and suffered both losses, he, Liu Zongzhou, nestled in the south of the Yangtze River and lived a peaceful life with Zhu Cihong in his arms.Anyway, the golden soldiers will not have the strength to go south by then...

"Report: Master Shi is about to take a boat across the river to pay a visit to Jian Guo, but just halfway through the boat, the Jin soldiers from the north suddenly invaded, and now they have arrived in Yangzhou, Master Shi hastily returned to the north of the river to defend against the enemy."

Liu Zongzhou was dreaming a sweet dream, but the situation suddenly changed, and the hateful Jin Bing actually stepped in at this time.This is fatal, whether Shi Kefa can come or not is a problem.

If Shi Kefa could not come, then Liu Zongzhou's influence on the prince would be greatly reduced.

When Zhu Cihong heard that Jin Bing had arrived in Yangzhou, he hurriedly ran towards the river.

"I want to cross the river, and I want to kill the Tartars." Zhu Cihong had the guts, but he decided not to be a coward. He dared to challenge Li Zicheng face to face in the capital.

Liu Zongzhou hurriedly grabbed the crown prince and persuaded him: "The emperor's body is rich in gold, so you must not be in danger."

In fact, Liu Zongzhou himself was terrified to death. He was afraid that the crown prince would drag him to the battlefield as well.In history, Liu Zongzhou was afraid of death. He avoided the war and finally died of fright. As a result, the scholars died of hunger strike.

Then you might as well come forward and listen better!

Shi Kefa never expected that after the fall of Huai'an, when he wanted to defend Yangzhou, the last big city on the eastern line of Jiangbei, the people in the court would give him such a big problem.

Whether it was the enemy or his own people, all the courage was thrown on his shoulders, which caught him off guard.Now he doesn't even have the mood to hate Liu Zongzhou.

Yangzhou City has been in a hurry since the first day of the anti-golden war.

Chapter 379: Yangzhou Ten Days Part [-]

Yangzhou City is a city that has been completely prosperous since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty developed the Grand Canal. It was born and fell because of the canal.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, after the Yangzhou massacre, there were only three households left in the city. When Zhu Yuanzhang inspected Yangzhou, not even a chicken crowed in the city.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the salt merchants in Yangzhou were the most wealthy in the world, and became a well-known place known from all over the world.

Hauge's attack method on Yangzhou City is fundamentally different from Huai'an.After massacring all the Huai'an defenders, he rested for two days, and then led the remaining 25 elites to march southward, covering the entire Yangzhou government in three days like a gust of wind.

The 35 people of the Nikan Ministry, the other army of Jin Bing, began to disperse. After capturing Fengyang, only 10 people remained to attack Hezhou. The rest of the main force bypassed Chuzhou in the north of Nanjing and headed north to Sihong. Around, the main force searching for Zhu Youjian was eliminated.

The defense strategy set up by Daming in Jiangbei before was completely reversed by Jin Bing one by one. Xuzhou, Suzhou, Fengyang, and Hezhou now all have Jin Bing garrisons, plus Suqian and Haizhou on the northern line, they are like a Huaisi was caught like a fishing net, and a small group of Ming troops led by Zhu Youjian wandered inside.

In this net, Hauge's department is the pulling rope of the fishing net, and the elites led by him tighten the rope around Daming's neck little by little.

In other words, Hou Jin knew the situation in Nanjing very well, and they already knew about the prince's departure from Nanjing.Hauge's army went straight to Jiangnan, with the purpose of chasing the court led by the prince, and must take Jiangnan.

Jin Bing came so suddenly, Shi Kefa, who originally wanted to cross the river to persuade the prince himself, turned back to Yangzhou on the way.Taking advantage of his spare time, Shi Kefa wrote a letter himself, and then handed it to the old servant beside him.

"You hand this letter to the Crown Princess in person, and you must tell Yun'er that this letter can only be handed to the Crown Prince by her, and no third person should see it." Shi Kefa was heartbroken to death Liu Zongzhou, A moth is made at a critical moment.

"Okay." Shi Kefa's old servant turned around on the pier in Jiangbei and crossed the river by boat. Shi Kefa stood on the pier and sighed helplessly.

Zhu Youjian must not be in Huai'an, because Shi Kefa knew that Zhu Youjian had won a big battle in Huai'an.Moreover, before Zhu Youjian left Huai'an, he advised Shi Kefa to give up Yangzhou and defend Nanjing if Huai'an fell.

There are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Nanjing City, Shi Kefa is also very clear about this.He originally wanted to give up Yangzhou and go to Nanjing, and the day of evacuation was tomorrow, but the prince suddenly led most of the court to Zhenjiang.

Shi Kefa can't leave at all now, if he gives up Yangzhou, Jin Bing can chase after the prince directly.Not to mention for Daming, for this son-in-law he has to stick to Yangzhou City.

Hu Maozhen still followed closely around Shi Kefa, as if he was a loyal and hardworking subordinate.And Shi Kefa entrusted the defense of the entire Yangzhou City to Hu Maozhen, and even Shi Dewei was just a young general in the pro-barracks beside Shi Kefa.

"General Hu, I entrust the defense of Yangzhou City to you." Shi Kefa is actually full of confidence in defending Yangzhou City. A garrison of [-] to [-] troops can last at least a month.And Zhu Youjian did not hide the Sichuan Army from Shi Kefa, and the whole battle situation will inevitably change in a month.

"Don't worry, the Ministry of Cabinet, the subordinates will do their best to guard this Yangzhou City." Hu Maozhen's face remained unchanged, and no one could tell his thoughts from his expression.

"Brother Xianzhi, turn around as you say!" Qian Qianyi, who was chasing Shi Kefa by boat, didn't know that Jin Bing had arrived at the city of Yangzhou. He was sent by the prince to contact Shi Kefa.

"Brother Mu, you came just in time. The golden soldiers have already arrived at the city of Yangzhou, and I am short of manpower. Come and help me quickly." Shi Kefa really felt that his men were useless, if Qian Qianyi really followed him to defend the city , that is also a good thing.

"Ah! Ah~ the golden soldiers have already called?" Qian Qianyi was stunned. He was about to turn his head and run away after hearing this, but when he saw that there were many officials, big and small, on the pier, it wasn't that the golden soldiers had already attacked the pier. No, the image cannot be lost.

Qian Qianyi pretended to be calm, straightened his clothes, and was about to give an impassioned speech.His original intention was to motivate the big and small officials present, and then find an excuse to sneak back to Zhenjiang after avoiding this time period.

"Since you're here, my master will naturally defend Yangzhou City together with you adults, right?" At this moment, Liu Rushi walked out of the cabin, saluted generously, and then rushed to speak.

"Uh! Yes, I will definitely stay and help defend Yangzhou." Qian Qianyi's face was pale, but there was nothing he could do.He was put on fire by Liu Rushi, but Liu Rushi was his wife, so what he said wouldn't count.And this kind of talk is not an ordinary bargaining price, it will affect his reputation for the rest of his life too much.

"That's great! Brother Mu, please, let's go to the city to see how the army is doing?" Shi Kefa took Qian Qianyi's hand and left. But Liu Rushi was more straightforward than him, she had already run ahead of everyone alone, and even happily headed towards the north of the city.

Outside the northern city, Hauge's army gathered more and more, and saw that it had slowly formed a large camp, especially some rangers composed of Yebushou, provoking in groups of three or four under the city of Yangzhou.These golden soldiers suddenly shot a few arrows at the top of the city, and the defenders on the city did not show any weakness now, and kept using firecrackers to shoot at those nights.

"Ah!" Qian Qianyi had just poked his head out of the battlements when two arrows whizzed towards him. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and his soul didn't know where he went.

On the other hand, Liu Rushi beside him, turned around and avoided the flying arrow.This is not due to Liu Rushi's high martial arts skills and agility, but because those Ye Bushou are too far away, the arrows shot are already at the end of their strength, even if they hit someone, they are only wounded on the skin.These golden soldiers are all veterans at night. Who would send themselves within the effective range of the enemy before going to war and use it as a target for the enemy?

Hu Maozhen looked at Qian Qianyi on the ground with a sneer, and his heart was already full of contempt, relying on this so-called court official?Can Daming ZTE?Pooh.

The official attack of the Jin soldiers on Yangzhou must wait until a certain amount of troops has been assembled. During this period, Yangzhou was in a state of panic, but there was still a gap left. As long as people who escaped from Yangzhou at this time basically have a chance of survival .

In Yangzhou city, many salt merchants are secretly connecting together to discuss what they will do if the Jin soldiers capture the city.Among them, especially the salt merchants involved with the eight major Shanxi merchants, they are the least worried.

In the days before Haoge's resting army went south, a large number of northern Shanxi merchants had already sent people into Yangzhou City.Almost every salt merchant in the city knew the number of golden soldiers, and each other began to find a way out for themselves.Businessmen, they don’t give up their lives for money, and everything can be discussed. The standard they measure a thing is how much it is worth.

It's just that Shi Kefa himself thought of the whole Yangzhou too simply. The simple Master Shi Kefa thought that everyone in Yangzhou City would be like him as a loyal son.

On the wharf outside Yangzhou City, a large number of people gathered on the wharf. They wanted to cross the river and escape for their lives.

There were more than ten times the number of people on the pier than when Shi Kefa was here half a day ago, a sea of ​​people crowded each other, and everyone was desperately trying to board a certain boat.

And the first people to board the ship on the Yangzhou wharf are always those scholar-bureaucrats, then the big businessmen, and then the rich and wealthy.

As for ordinary people, they may never be able to board a fishing boat.There are too many refugees in Yangzhou. At this time, almost all the refugees who can escape here from the entire eastern Jiangbei are gathered here.

Chapter 3 Eighty: Ten Days in Yangzhou, Part [-]

Dawn of the second day.