On the second day of the second month of the second month of the 14th year of Zhengde, on the fifteenth day when Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, announced a rebellion, the rebels led by the thieves Ling 11 and Min 26 finally captured the military town of Jiujiang and obtained the fortress from Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River.

As the saying goes: the second dragon raised its head in February, and the big warehouse was full of small warehouses. On the day when the dragon raised his head and took Jiujiang, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, thought that this was a good omen.

The next day, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, immediately set up an altar to worship the sky, personally led a huge fleet of ships, carrying all officials, concubines, children, eunuchs, guards, etc., totaling thousands of people, and set off from Nanchang in a mighty manner, preparing to go down the Yangtze River with the army to take Anqing, and then enter Nanjing.

Nanjing is the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang set the capital of Nanjing at the beginning of the founding of the country, and later Ming Chengzu robbed the throne of his nephew Zhu Yunwen, which moved the capital to Beijing, and its beautiful name said: the guard of the country.

Therefore, Nanjing is the dragon land of the Ming Dynasty, and there is still a complete court system, if King Ning can take Nanjing, then it will be one step closer to "justifiable" and occupy a certain initiative in public opinion. In addition, Nanjing is located in a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and all kinds of materials are abundant, so the capital of King Ning to confront Beijing is becoming more and more abundant.

After Zhu Chenhao left, he only left his nephew Zhu Gongtiao, the king of Yichun, to guard Nanchang.

At the same time, Wang Shouren, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, was gathering troops and horses from various state capitals in full swing, and sent troops to Nanchang, claiming that he had raised 160,000 troops (bluffing) and was preparing to send troops to quell the rebellion.

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On the morning of February 2, before dawn, Xu Jin was awakened by a loud noise.

Xie Xiaowan was still nestled in Xu Jin's arms like a kitten, and raised her head sleepily and asked, "Xianggong, is there thunder?" ”

Xu Jin listened attentively for a while, but did not hear the warnings and shouts of killing from the city, it seemed that it was not the thieves who launched an attack, and he couldn't help but relax a little.

"Oh, it may be really thundering, it's not dawn yet, Xianggong can sleep for a while." Xie Xiaowan hugged Xu Jin's neck and said coquettishly.

These days, Xu Jin has been busy dealing with various affairs, sleeping very little, and eating and drinking is difficult to time, and his cheeks have obviously lost some weight, Xie Xiaowan is naturally distressed when she sees it in her eyes, so the little girl who is rarely coquettish also used this trick at this time, just to want to rest for a while.

Xu Jinlou had a petite and soft body, looking at the little girl's delicate and resentful appearance, and almost couldn't help but fall asleep again, but thinking that he would have to go to the city to supervise the battle today, he still sat up with a hard heart.

"Good man, Xianggong still has something to do!" Xu Jin kissed Xie Xiaowan's pursed little mouth lightly and said softly.

Xie Xiaowan pouted and reluctantly sat up to dress Xianggong.

Yahuan Yue'er, who was sleeping outside, heard the movement and walked in, rubbing her sleepy eyes and complaining: "The master got up so early again, and it hurts people to sleep badly." ”

Although the beautiful maid complained on her lips, she still brought hot water to freshen up Xu Jin.

After Xu Jin had breakfast, the sky was just bright, so he took all the guards and went straight to the west of the city, but as soon as he reached the top of the city, he met Meng Xuan, the county leader, and the other party came earlier than himself.

Meng Xuan was Chinese New Year's Eve at the time, wearing a green official robe, his spirit was a little lacking, and he obviously didn't sleep well, and when he saw Xu Jin, he immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Lord Xu." ”

Xu Jin's age was a hard injury, and Meng Xuan had doubts about his ability at the beginning, but after Xu Jin decisively ordered more than two hundred prisoners to be cut and killed, and successfully stabilized people's hearts, Meng Xuan's suspicions were completely dispelled.

Although Meng Xuan is a hardliner, he is in the position of general judge, and he does not have the courage of Xu Jin to ask himself.

In addition, after working together these days, Meng Xuan found that Xu Jin was experienced and thoughtful in handling things, and he was at ease everywhere, so he completely recognized Xu Jin's ability and carried out the courtesy of his subordinates with sincerity and convincingness.

Xu Jin smiled and returned the salute, he still attaches great importance to Meng Xuan, a capable official, and moreover, Meng Xiancheng has really helped him a lot these days, otherwise he would have to be too busy.

Xu Jin and Meng Xuan came to the gatehouse of the West City Gate, and Yu Linsheng and several hundred households looked solemnly at the enemy camp outside the city.

Xu Jin had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Yu Qianhu, what happened?" ”

Yu Shenglin said worriedly: "Lord Tongju, there was a loud noise behind the enemy camp before, and his subordinates suspected that the enemy had brought artillery, and he was testing the cannon there, and he could make that kind of movement, it is estimated that the power is not small, if it is really a heavy artillery, then we will be in big trouble!" ”

Xu Jin's heart couldn't help but sink slightly, and he walked quickly to the battlement to look down at the city, but there was fog in the morning, and he could only vaguely see the tents in the enemy camp in the distance, and he couldn't see anything else.

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At this moment, Wu Sanba and the others were standing on a dirt slope in the west of the city, surrounded by a large pit with a diameter of nearly two meters, and the smell of gunpowder still lingered in the air.

Wu Sanba smashed his tongue and sighed: "It's really worthy of a general's cannon, and the power is really fucking fierce." ”

"Congratulations to General Wu, with this sharp weapon, I will definitely be able to blow open the city gate today, take Leadshan County, and capture Fei Hong and Xu Jin."

A group of generals congratulated one after another, and Wu Sanba looked up to the sky and laughed proudly when he heard this.

It is said that in the middle of the night last night, Roger finally transported the discarded general cannon in the warehouse of Yujiang County. Wu Sanba immediately ordered people to build the gun carriage overnight, and before dawn he pulled it to the bottom of this hillside to test the cannon, and as a result, a large pit with a diameter of nearly two meters was blasted out with one cannon, and this kind of power could completely blow up the city gate.

"Pass the order, attack the city at three o'clock, Lao Tzu will cut off Xu Suanzi's head as a night pot." Wu Sanba waved his hand murderously, and the fierce light in his eyes appeared.

It is said that since the siege of the city on the 26th of the first month, in seven days, the rebels have killed and injured nearly 3,000 people, which can be said to have broken their muscles and bones, and it is the old hatred that adds to the new hatred, so Wu Sanba hates Xu Jin very much.

Now that he has a sharp weapon in hand, Wu Sanba naturally can't wait to immediately blast the lead mountain county, and then grab Xu Suanzi and unload eight pieces.

In addition, the three girls of the Fei family were named by His Royal Highness the Prince and couldn't move, but Xu Suzi's mother-in-law seemed to be very good, so Wu Sanba planned to arrest them and put them in her private room to enjoy them slowly, in order to avenge her revenge for being caught and tortured in prison back then.

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The sun rose to dispel the morning fog, and as the fierce war drums sounded, the rebels opened up at the west gate, and the general cannons covered with curtains were also pushed to the front.

Wu Sanba looked at the city in the distance, with a hideous smile on his face, and said in a good time: "February 2, a good omen!" ”

Today is the second of February, good sign!