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When Zhao Zhilong learned that the Ming Navy was defeated and the Yi Navy attacked the dock, he was listening to the opera troupe he raised in the garden.

Logically speaking, the Yi army was about to attack Nanjing, and the atmosphere in the city had become tense more than half a month ago. As a defender of Nanjing, it was very inappropriate for him to do this.

But it was precisely because he felt that the atmosphere in the city was tense and depressing that he relaxed while listening to the play.

When he suddenly learned the news, he first thought it was impossible.

But the person who came was Zhang Shenyan himself, so he couldn't help but not believe him.

After a moment of panic, Zhao Zhilong subconsciously followed Zhang Shenyan and Wang Duo's instructions and led people to the Beijing camp to summon soldiers from the Beijing camp who were on rotation to help defend the city.

Although the Nanjing Camp claimed to have 100,000 people, by the Chongzhen period, there were only 58,000 registered people. In fact, there were only more than 20,000 people, less than half of the registered people.

When Tianqi arrived in Chongzhen in the early years, there were actually only 10,000 people. Five years after Chongzhen, the rogue bandits were getting stronger and the local banditry was serious. The Ming court strengthened the supervision of the military affairs of the Nanjing Jingying Camp, and the Nanjing Jingying Camp increased to more than 20,000. people.

If there is a major inspection by the Ministry of War, the generals in the Beijing camp will temporarily go to the streets to recruit people to handle errands.

This is a chronic disease of the Beijing camp. Even if the Nanjing Ministry of War knows that there is something fishy about it, they have no choice but to turn a blind eye in the face of the deep-rooted Nanjing noble forces.

In fact, the military personnel who carved up the Nanjing camp were not only nobles, but also garrison eunuchs and some officials from the Ministry of War.

Even if there were occasional officials from the Ministry of War, supervisors of the army, and even the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing who wanted to rectify the capital camp, they would not be able to do so in the face of this intertwined and colluded interest group.

In the past few years, the garrison of Nanjing's capital camp was Wei Guogong Xu Hongji. However, Xu Hongji was old and fell seriously ill last winter, so the position of garrison in Nanjing fell to Zhao Zhilong.

But before that, he had served in the Nanjing Governor's Mansion and served as a coordinating garrison, so he had some understanding of the situation in the Beijing camp.

Before Zuo Liangyu's army took over the city defense of Nanjing, the more than 20,000 people in the Beijing camp usually arranged more than 10,000 people to be responsible for the city defense - Nanjing is a huge city after all, and there are so many city gates, even if it is just a pretense, it still requires a lot of people.

More than 10,000 people were nominally training and resting in the camp, but in fact they went out to wander around the camp or do private work for those who were related. Those who were not related were sent by their superiors to do private work for their superiors.

After Zuo Liangyu's army took over the city defense, Zhao Zhilong sent more than 10,000 people as usual to assist the left camp in city defense matters in order to look good.

There is a lot of money in being responsible for city defense. Even if Zuo Liangyu takes the bulk, the soldiers in the Beijing camp can continue to drink some soup based on their familiarity with Nanjing.

When Zhao Zhilong came to the military camp this time, he didn't expect to quickly gather the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left behind, but he thought he could always gather 5,000 or 6,000 people.

As a result, after the gathering drums were played, only more than a thousand people gathered on the campus.

Moreover, most of the soldiers were not wearing armor, or simply did not have weapons. The queues were also loose and loose, and they did not look like an army at all.

"How can we defend the city like this?" Zhao Zhilong was dumbfounded.

As the main nobleman responsible for corruption of Beijing Camp's military resources, Zhao Zhilong knew that Beijing Camp was in bad shape, but he did not expect it to be so bad.

Because he usually only distributes money, he rarely comes to the military camp, and he actually does not have a thorough understanding of the Beijing camp.

Comparing the soldiers of the Beijing camp, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses were already very elite in Zhao Zhilong's opinion - although their discipline was not good, they were all full of murderous intent. One team could probably defeat several hundred people of the Beijing camp.

However, Zuo Liangyu did not dare to face the enemy soldiers. If he led these management soldiers in front of him to fight against the enemy, wouldn't it be like seeking death?

Zhao Zhilong looked at the more than a thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp in front of him and lost his mind for a moment.

Not long after, he saw more than a hundred soldiers from the Beijing camp rushing into the camp in confusion. The leader was his confidant general who was placed in the Beijing camp, his son Zhao Sheng.

Seeing Zhao Zhilong, Zhao Sheng shouted: "Uncle, it's bad, Zuo Menggeng has run away!"

"Did Zuo Mengeng run away?" Zhao Zhilong couldn't react for a moment.

Zhao Sheng gasped and explained, "It is said that Uncle Ning Nan was defeated at Dasheng Pass, and Zuo Menggeng ran away with more than 10,000 elite soldiers."

Zhao Zhilong was stunned when he heard this.

After coming back to his senses, he first wanted to go home, collect his money, and run away with his family. But thinking about it, I felt that I didn't have enough time, and I couldn't bear to part with Nanjing's many industries, let alone this wealth.

And if he wants to keep his wealth, he may have only one way to go.

That is Jiang Lei!

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhilong immediately said to Zhao Sheng: "You continue to gather troops and horses here. No matter what method you use, the more troops and horses you gather, the better. Follow my orders at any time."

Zhao Sheng asked curiously: "Uncle, what do you want?"

Zhao Zhilong said: "I'm going to seize the imperial city - the thieves are coming. Only by dedicating the imperial city can we keep our wealth.

But how many soldiers and horses we have in our hands is also very important, so you guys give me some advice and send people to summon everyone from the Beijing Camp. "

"I will finally understand!"

Afterwards, Zhao Zhilong promised a few words to the more than a thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp on the campus about promotion and fortune. He reorganized his troops a little and rushed to the imperial city.

The Beijing camp is in the northwest and the imperial city is in the east, which is not too far away.

Coupled with the fact that there were soldiers from the Beijing camp opening the way, Zhao Zhilong led his troops to Yuanwu Gate within a quarter of an hour or two.

From here you can directly enter the harem of Nanjing Imperial City.

The person responsible for the defense of the imperial city of Nanjing was not the Nanjing Jingying, but the Beijing Jingying, or the emperor's personal army.

It was actually led by Han Zanzhou, the Nanjing garrison eunuch (also garrison).

It is currently rated at 10,000 people, but according to Zhao Zhilong's understanding, there are actually only more than 5,000 people, and they are usually divided into three squads to perform defense.

In other words, the huge imperial city was defended by only more than a thousand people, scattered everywhere, and there was no defense.

Zhao Zhilong believes that it is quite easy to seize the palace.

As for partnering with Han Zanzhou and giving the palace to the thieves together, he hadn't thought about it.

He knew about Han Zanzhou. Although he was greedy for money, he also paid great attention to the emperor's orders. It was said that he had grown up in the palace in Beijing and was very loyal to the royal family.

Second, he didn’t want anyone to share the credit.

Arriving in front of the Yuanwu Gate, Zhao Zhilong immediately frowned because the gate was closed.

Although there were not many people on the top of the city, they became vigilant when they saw him coming with a large group of soldiers and horses.

"Why did uncle bring his troops here?" The general at the top of the city asked loudly after seeing Zhao Zhilong.

Zhao Zhilong's heart moved and he replied: "On the orders of Otsuka Zai and Da Sima, we are here to help guard the imperial city. Open the door quickly!"

"Then why did uncle come to this Yuanwu Gate? Don't you know that this leads to the harem?"

Zhao Zhilong pretended to be impatient and said: "Why are there so many problems? Isn't it because Yuanwu Sect is close!"

The guard asked again: "Uncle, do you have any documents from the Ministry of War?"

Zhao Zhilong's face was gloomy, feeling that he could no longer pretend, and shouted angrily, "Capture the city gate for me! Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"

The soldiers from the Beijing camp who followed were originally cowering in the background. When they heard that there was a silver reward to be taken, hundreds of people who were not afraid of death immediately appeared and shot arrows at the top of the city.

Unfortunately, the defenders at the top of the city were already on guard, and they all hid under the battlements.

And someone ran down, shouting as he ran: "Uncle Xincheng is rebelling!"

Han Zanzhou had also just learned about Zuo Liangyu's defeat and the military turmoil in the city. He was at Hongwumen urging the strengthening of the city's defense and summoning his pro-army officers who were taking turns to rest.

He couldn't believe it when he heard the news from Yuanwu Sect.

"Zhao Zhilong rebelled? How is that possible?!"

The pro-army troops who came to report the news said anxiously: "Zhao Zhilong has really rebelled and is attacking Yuanwumen."

"This Zhao Zhilong is really in vain!"

Han Zanzhou came to his senses, cursed angrily, and immediately called hundreds of soldiers to go to Yuanwu Gate for support.

First update.

The Nanjing Jingying camp was actually run by four people - Nanjing garrison (honored noble), Nanjing tongshou (nandu garrison eunuch), Nanjing coordinated garrison (honored noble), and military counselor (Nanjing military minister).

Originally, the Minister of War in Nanjing was only equivalent to the chief of staff of the Beijing camp. Later, civilian officials took power, and the actual leader of the Nanjing camp was civilian officials.