Chapter 18: Earth Rift VI

It's a pity that now Luo Yulong can't use a single soldier or horse.

"What does Qian Ge mean, please return to Beijing for Your Majesty." Yang Chengzu said.

Luo Yulong sneered and said, "Go back to Beijing, but be their puppet?" ”

Since Yang Chengzu has already said it, he continued: "Elder Qian Ge thinks that the failure of His Majesty's Northern Expedition is to ignore people's words and act in vain, and it is appropriate to issue an edict ----" Yang Chengzu said this, and he couldn't go on.

"What should you do?" Luo Yulong said.

"Edict to sin." Yang Chengzu lowered his head and said.

Luo Yulong sneered: "A good edict to sin yourself, after sinning yourself, do you want to edict inner Zen?" ”

Yang Chengzu said: "You don't dare. ”

"Why don't you dare?" Luo Yulong said: "In this Northern Expedition, my biggest mistake was to expect it wrong, the courage of this generation. ”

Luo Yulong got up and walked around, as if the depressed qi in his heart could be emitted by walking.

This way back from a big defeat, but not stable. After Luo Yulong returned to Yangzhou, he also reflected on himself and felt that the Northern Expedition was done in a hurry. But there is nothing wrong with this one thing. Because Luo Yulong does not go on a northern expedition, I am afraid that the Qing army will march south.

Between Qing and Xia, there will be a battle, and anyone with a little strategic vision can see it.

Luo Yulong thinks that his only problem is defeat.

But for Qian Qianyi's various actions, Luo Yulong had to admit that he looked away. One trick was caught off guard and made so passive, and now all the prefectures and counties on the south bank of the Yangtze River are willing to obey Nanjing's orders, and finally Luo's troops are all in the west, and Zheng Zhilong is obscure, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and he doesn't know what to think again.

Luo Yulong's ability to cope with the complex political situation is still in short supply.

He thought about it, and he didn't come up with any clever tricks to save the situation, but he was sure of one thing, that is, he must not return to Nanjing alone.

Luo Yulong stopped abruptly and said, "Is the eldest princess good?" ”

Yang Chengzu said: "Before the minister came, he went to the Zhengguo Mansion, and he was already blocked by the old Qian Ge. If Qian Mou should not have the guts, it will be unfavorable to the eldest princess. ”

"That's fine." Luo Yulong said: "What is the trouble in Nanjing, I always have to send someone to see, Zhang Shangshu, can you go for me." ”

Luo Yulong thought about it and sent Zhang Zhen back, which was the best choice. After all, Zhang Zhen is an old man in Cao Ying, and he is also a faction in the court, and he is known for his prestige. And the only man he could send out.

Zhang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the minister obeys the order. ”

Luo Yulong said: "You are in Nanjing, you just need to delay time. I have another plan. A cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Nanjing cut off Luo Yulong's communication with the outside world, but Luo Yulong was not helpless about this, he had already sent someone to contact Zhang Xuan, and as soon as Zhang Xuan's army arrived, Qian Qianyi's people would definitely be cleansed. The person sent was none other than Li Guofu, the eunuch beside him.

The city of Yangzhou was already very strong, and in addition, Luo Yulong requisitioned a lot of naval cannons along the Yangtze River, and there were probably dozens of them. Coupled with the artillery originally in Yangzhou City, this Yangzhou Jiancheng can not be taken in a month or two. The Qing army first transferred artillery that could attack the city, and it would take about ten days and a half months, after all, most of these artillery pieces are now in Shandong.

Therefore, Luo Yulong felt that it was imperative to be inside and not outside.

After Zhang Zhen gave the order, he immediately crossed the river by boat and came to the city of Nanjing, he did not enter the city of Nanjing directly, but quietly entered the manufacturing bureau, that is, the original site of the Longjiang shipyard.

This place was built by Zhang Zhen himself, so he is the most familiar with this place, and even the people who take care of this place are Zhang Zhen's old department.

After these people saw Zhang Zhen, they were all overjoyed and greeted: "My lord, you are back, I heard that the front line was defeated, are you okay?" ”

Zhang Zhen said: "It's okay, but what is the situation in Nanjing City?" ”

These people looked at each other and said: "It's okay, it's just that after hearing about the defeat at the front, all the departments were ordered to work overtime, and I haven't heard much about the rest." ”

Zhang Zhen suddenly frowned and said, "Is that all?" ”

These people nodded their heads and said, "There should be nothing else besides these things." ”

Zhang Qian's heart suddenly moved, and he said secretly: "I'm afraid this matter is not as Your Majesty imagined, Qian Qianyi's control over Nanjing is not as deep as he thought. ”

I have to say that Zhang Xuan's fundamental policy in the south of the Yangtze River is Cao Ying's fundamental policy, and Luo Rucai and Luo Yulong have done a good job, especially in the city of Nanjing, where all the fields of the nobles in Nanjing were given to Cao Ying's old soldiers. Maybe the process was a little bit bloody. However, although all the soldiers and horses in Nanjing City listened to Qian Qianyi's words, the soldiers below may not be.

Now that Qian Qianyi has blocked the news and deliberately limits the struggle to a certain range, it is very revealing.

In the money house.

Qian Qianyi paced back and forth anxiously and said, "How is this good?" Just as Zhang Zhen speculated, Qian Qianyi also knew this, and many of his things were bluffing. Even this matter has come to this point, it is not what he wants, but it has been forced to this step by step.

The mastermind among them is Ruan Dacheng.

The Xia army's rule over Jiangnan can be described by the word "Huairou", although there were killings, but there were not many, but even so, these families had more or less damaged interests in the process of establishing the rule of Great Xia.

After all, the Jiangnan clan could be described as unscrupulous in the late Ming Dynasty, and without weakening their power, the authority of the Great Xia court could not be established.

After the defeat of the Northern Expedition, countless relatives and friends came to the door, allowing Qian Qianyi to set things right, but where did Qian Qianyi have the courage, as the head of the civil officials of Great Xia, he knew that the foundation of Great Xia was still very thick, even if Luo Yulong could not return to the south, Great Xia would not die.

But I didn't want to offend my relatives and friends, so I started Tai Chi.

But I don't want Ruan Dacheng to volunteer and take the initiative to do these things. Although Ruan Dacheng has been dismissed, his prestige in Daxia is still not low. He came forward in person and said vaguely, making everyone think that Qian Qianyi was the mastermind, and when the matter reached Qian Qianyi's ears, he was already riding a tiger.

He understood these people's thoughts too well, and after Ruan Dacheng was deposed, he was unwilling to want to rise again. However, the Jiangnan family members deliberately pushed Qian Qianyi to come out, anyway, with the attitude of the Xia Dynasty towards them, it was just Qian Qianyi's head on the ground.

Nothing will happen to them.

For a while, Qian Qianyi couldn't advance or retreat, and he was forced to stand on it.

He also has eyeliner in Yangzhou City, knowing that Zhang Zhen came to Nanjing, but he disappeared Zhang Zhen's trace, and he was worried for a while, lest Zhang Zhen see through their empty city plan. In fact, if Luo Yulong really dared to come to Nanjing City alone.

Of course, they will be constrained, but Qian Qianyi and others may not dare to do more things.

After all, the foundation of Great Xia is still there, and Wang Long, Zhang Xuan and other generals are outside, and they don't dare to go too far. But Luo Yulong stayed in Yangzhou and did not dare to come back. On the contrary, it gave Qian Qianyi room to get his hands on it, so to speak, the later Luo Yulong came back, the more the situation in Nanjing was biased towards Qian Qianyi and others.

"It doesn't matter." Ruan Dacheng said: "Our majesty is just a middle-aged man, and if he is a peaceful emperor, he can be a king of success." But if he wanted to do the career of Taizu and Taizong, he naturally smashed his hands. Now it's time to tell him that we are bluffing, will he dare to come back? ”

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he sighed slightly in his heart, and had to admit that what Ruan Dacheng said was reasonable.

Really look at a person's quality, not in good times but in bad times. Luo Yulong gave orders in Nanjing, oppressing people with righteousness, but he couldn't see anything, but during the Northern Expedition, he was constantly interrupted, and he was decisive. Defeated all the way to Yangzhou, you can see how Luo Yulong is doing.

Even if he knew that Nanjing was an empty city, Luo Yulong might not have such courage.

"But so what?" Qian Qianyi said: "Once Zhang Xuan and others lead troops into Beijing, we will die and have no place to be buried. ”

"Old Qian, you are out of proportion." Ruan Dacheng smiled and said, "We don't want Zhang Xuan and others to lead troops into Beijing, Your Majesty will think about it?" ”