Chapter 3: Hangzhou Victory (IV)

At this moment, the court was silent in the court. After seeing Wei Zhongxian's cold-blooded methods, no one dared to stand up and speak. Wei Zhongxian was definitely fighting to the end, because he knew in his heart that there was a glimmer of hope for a fight to the death. Surrender and mercy were the only way to die. Wei Zhongxian used his cold-blooded and ruthless means to unify the opinions of the subjects in Nanjing. However, first, Zheng Zhilong's army of kings was destroyed. Zheng Zhilong himself was defeated and was defeated. Then, Li Qi in Jiangxi was defeated and became the second Zheng Zhilong. The ending was even more tragic. He died and lost his soul. To the west of Nanjing, there were only Lingbi Hou Tang Shilong and Deputy General Xu Kongji were under the command of 50,000 yuan under the command of Deputy General Xu Kongji. The ending was even more tragic.

The garrison troops deployed defenses in Caishi, Dangtu, Wuhu, etc., including Caishi, Dangtu, Wuhu, etc., due to limited troops and no strong naval resources, Zhu Yinglong's navy could land on the south bank without limit, resulting in the little force in Tang Shilong's hands being insufficient to control, and the arrangement was extremely scattered, making it easier to be defeated by people. The prefectures and counties behind them were almost completely empty. After receiving the news of Li Qi's defeat, Tang Shilong ordered his subordinates to abandon the towns west of Taiping Prefecture, shrink their troops, learn from Li Qi's strategy, and lay defenses on the west of Ma'anshan, Dangtu.

The court debated whether to send reinforcements to Tang Shilong. The faction led by Cui Chengxiu, under the eunuch party, advocated sending reinforcements. Tang Shilong had only 50,000 people, which was definitely not the opponent of Xiong Tingbi's contraction and reorganization. After some of them were left behind, the Northern Dynasties would definitely quickly siege Nanjing. At that time, there would be no chance of strategic retreat. Unless the Northern Dynasties defeated under the city of Nanjing, the belief in the victory of the Nanjing defense battle was shaken, so they advocated leaving a retreat to withdraw from Nanjing at any time. As long as Tang Shilong blocked Xiong Tingbi's army, the Northern Dynasties would not be able to siege.

Nanjing, the longer the time delays, the more beneficial it is to our side. Another faction is led by Wei Zhongxian's confidant eunuch Li Chaoqin. These people are mainly eunuchs and strongly advocate defending Nanjing City. Last time, they distributed 50,000 troops to Yu Guangjie. The 50,000 troops were destroyed in Longtan. The Northern Dynasties' army has approached Nanjing. Although they fought several battles near Zhongshan, the two sides suffered casualties and temporarily maintained a confrontation. However, if they divide the troops in Nanjing City are separated at this moment, it will weaken the strength to defend the city. For the sake of their own life, these people insist on rescuing Tang Shilong, and instead suggested that Wei Zhongxian order Tang Shilong to withdraw his army and fight against the Northern Dynasties' army in Nanjing City.

Compared to the short-sighted eunuchs, there are still a few military talents in Nanjing. Xiang Tianqichao was the Minister of War, Huang Yuntai, the Minister of War. After coming to Nanjing, Wei Zhongxian gave him the title of Prince Taibao, and Yan Mingtai, the former governor of Zhili. These two people are both soldiers who know about soldiers. Although they are not very good in character and have defected to Wei Zhongxian, they still have some talent in their stomachs. Cui Chengxiu is responsible for the defense of Nanjing City and often asks these two people, but they still have some reservations about Cui Chengxiu. If they follow their ideas, they will probably be suspicious and suspicious of Wei Zhongxian and others. People like them, there are many military generals who basically remain silent in the court discussions. There are also incompetent factions who are anxious and incompetent. These officials can't do anything except embezzle money, and they will talk about "zhihu". There are also many whimsical thoughts, and they will be moved with emotion.

Yili, who looks like a saint and gentleman, behind his back, he is a thief and a prostitute. There is also a civil servant group headed by Qian Qianyi. In order to get rid of Wei Zhongxian's influence, Qian Qianyi kept moving closer to Empress Dowager Xu Rongrong and became Xu Rongrong's voice-over. Moreover, Qian Qianyi was very talented and born in a dashing and romantic manner. There were rumors in the court that the Empress Dowager was new and could not stand loneliness, so he hooked up with Qian Qianyi, who was literary and romantic, and the two of them were fighting.

The obscene and miserable thing is one of the chief ministers of the cabinet and the other is the empress dowager of the dynasty. The two colluded with each other, which may not be groundless. Due to Li Qi's reasons, Empress Dowager Xu Rongrong resisted the strategy of Li Chaoqin's firmness, but instead supported Cui Chengxiu and others' active resistance strategies. However, she has no support for the army now, so when the court discusses, she just listened and let Qian Qianyi mix between the two sides, giving Wei Zhongxian a headache.

Wei Zhongxian is a headache for people, and it is quite a headache. He is afraid of death, and even more afraid of losing power and wealth. He also has worked hard to manage the "Wei Family Country" for more than a year. Xu Rongrong wants to break away from her control. He naturally knows that he wishes to kill Xu Rongrong now. Anyway, her mission has been completed, and continuing to live will cause a lot of trouble for himself, so a vicious plan comes to his mind.

In the Forbidden City in Nanjing, in addition to Wei Zhongxian, Li Chaoqin is the hottest figure. Wei Zhongxian even gave the little emperor to him for care. It can be imagined that this was the flesh and blood of the old Wei family to be raised by an outsider. How trust is it. At the same time, he was afraid that another person would appear. Wei Zhongxian changed the nanny for the little emperor every month to prevent the Wei family from becoming his original master's virtue. However, Li Chaoqin received an order, an order that caused cold sweat to his back. The order was sent to him quietly, allowing him to quickly poison the Queen Mother Xu Rongrong within three days, and cause the Queen Mother to be assassinated.

Wei Zhongxian suddenly ordered Li Chaoqin to poison the Queen Mother Xu Rongrong. Zhu Yinglong was shocked when he received this news. Gao Qiqian risked his life to send it out. The city of Nanjing was in panic, and soldiers arresting assassins were everywhere, and they were in chaos. But no one knew what the assassin looked like, and no one answered.

What surprised Zhu Yinglong even more was that Empress Dowager Xu Rongrong actually escaped this disaster and only died of her substitute. This case of the assassin in the deep palace shocked Nanjing City. Wei Zhongxian did not achieve the expected effect, but instead took Han Zanzhou, the chief supervisor of the Cining Palace, and the charge was for not protecting it, which scared the Empress Dowager.

The biggest beneficiary of this assassination was not Wei Zhongxian or Empress Dowager Xu Rongrong, but Zhu Yinglong. The undercover Gao Qiqian sent by him successfully took over, took the position of Han Zanzhou, and accepted the forces left by Han Zanzhou. It can be said that cranes and clams competed, and the fisherman benefited.

Everyone knows that Wei Zhongxian was the result of the assassination of the Empress Dowager, but no one knows the motivation for Wei Zhongxian to do so. Wei Zhongxian later committed suicide after the city was broken, and this secret was buried in the ground.

The assassination incident almost happened immediately after Li Qi's defeat in Peng Ze. Xu Rongrong was intact and caused Wei Zhongxian to suffer a considerable secret loss. At this time, they should at least throw out all prejudices and work together to fight against foreign enemies, but this is not the case. Through this incident, the people in Nanjing were even more disappointed with the pseudo-Ming court. How could a court that only knew how to fight for power and profit ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people?

At this time, the situation of the Nanzheng Campaign had a major reversal. Although the siege of Nanjing had not yet been formed, some had reached the periphery of Nanjing and were facing each other, and some were still thousands of miles away from Nanjing City. According to the deduction of the entire battle, the final time for the siege of Nanjing will be at the end of May and June. From the second day of the second month of the second month to the beginning of April, it took nearly two months for the Nanzheng to achieve a phased victory and laid the foundation for the final victory of the entire Nanzheng Campus.
Chapter completed!