As soon as the Qing army was attacked by the city, they turned around and ran a short distance when they were run over by the murderous heavy cavalry.

Immediately behind the cavalry was a long and narrow line of infantry. The Jianyu formation has been shattered at this time, where is there still the slightest strength to fight back? After only two volleys of firearms, the Qing troops, who were sandwiched between Danyang City and the infantry line, fell to their knees and begged to surrender.

Gan Hui arranged things such as collecting prisoners and counting the spoils of war, turned his head and sighed to Li Ying: "This group of captives and thieves has crossed the river for five days before we found out. According to the prisoners' confessions, four villages and towns were plundered from the riverside to Dantu. ”

Li Ying also sighed, "From Nanjing to Taicang, there are nearly five hundred miles of rivers along the way, and there are more than ten narrow and easy-to-cross places. The thieves have been attacking everywhere lately, and we have to patrol this area of more than 130 miles, and we can't guard against it. ”

"But the thief's side shouldn't last long." Gan Hui looked at the southwest direction, "When the Huguang war is over and the Yangtze River Naval Division returns to defense, the thieves will not dare to wantonly cross the river and go south." ”

Li Ying nodded and said: "Who would have thought that the Queen Mother would suddenly announce the abdication of the Holy Lord, He Tengjiao suddenly lost a chapter, and the situation in the world changed immediately."

"When our auxiliary political king returns to Beijing to stabilize the situation, the armies of Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, and Guangdong will be able to gather in Jiangnan, and they will definitely be able to fight to Shandong in one go!"

Gan Hui leaned forward and said in a low voice: "You say, now that the big position is vacant, who can win the championship?" "He was born in the rebel army, and he only knows how to fight, but he knows ominous about the situation.

"Except for our Auxiliary King His Royal Highness, who else can have this qualification?" Li Ying gripped the hilt of the knife again, "Who dares to fight with His Highness, and ask the brothers of the Dragon Guard if they agree!" ”

……

Zhu Linmiao led the military camp day and night, and it took less than a day to arrive in Jurong.

He was not in a hurry, at noon yesterday he was still arranging the encirclement and suppression of Ai Songgu, and he was shocked to hear that the Empress Dowager Zeng announced to the world that the little emperor had abdicated!

Under the social and political structure of the Ming Dynasty, once the country was left without a monarch, it would almost immediately shut down.

During the Wanli Dynasty, it was true that the emperor did not go to court for decades and the country was not in chaos, but that was also because the world knew that the Son of Heaven was still there, the people's hearts were stable, and there were several capable ministers who could govern the country, so there was such a situation.

But now it is a chaotic time, and most of the people in the court are corrupt and mediocre ministers, where can they be expected to suppress the court?

When Zhu Linmi's men and horses passed through a pass in the east of Jurong, they suddenly heard a series of gongs around them, and a team of people and horses quickly poured out from all around. These men were well-trained and moved extremely quickly, and in a matter of moments they formed a straight line of infantry, with dense guns pointing out of the pass.

Shi Lin immediately ordered the pro-military battalion to form a formation and prepare for battle, while he escorted Zhu Linmiao to retreat to the rear.

In a moment, several horses rushed out in the direction of Jurong, shouting loudly: "Stop!" Get your name in! ”

Shi Lin angrily turned his horse to the front of the formation, and pointed at those people with a horsewhip, "Presumptuous!" Dare to stop His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor from driving?! ”

Hearing this, the officers glanced at each other, and hurriedly dismounted and saluted, "Li Sufu and Zhang Mo have seen the generals in the broken camp!" ”

"The people of the Broken Camp?" Shi Lin frowned and wondered, "Why are you setting up a card here?" ”

"General Hui, General Zhen ordered all the main roads to Nanjing to be blocked, and the last general was in charge of the east of Jurong."

Zhu Linmiao also walked up at this time, looked at Li Sufu and asked, "What is she going to do to block the Nanjing road?" ”

Li Sufu and the others saluted Shi Lin to the comer, and they also hurriedly saluted first, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King." Back to His Royal Highness, General Zhen has an order that in the near future, except for His Royal Highness, no clan relatives are allowed to enter Beijing! ”

Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but laugh in her heart when she heard this, my daughter-in-law is afraid that someone from the old Zhu family will come to grab the throne. No, Zhen Zhen, this girl will charge and fight, where can she have such exquisite thoughts, most likely she was taught by her sister Mu.

He then waved his hand and said, "Let's all withdraw, don't affect the lives of the people." ”

Li Sufu and the others glanced at each other, and had to respond loudly: "Yes!" ”

In fact, Zhu Linmiao has not yet arrived in Nanjing, and hundreds of persuasion recitals have been sent in the past half a day.

To be honest, who in the world can not be tempted by the throne? All his previous energy was focused on saving the Ming Dynasty, and for the internal stability of the Ming Dynasty, he supported the Son of Heaven 100 percent, and went all out to the outside world.

But now the situation has changed abruptly, and the tide of history has pushed him to the cusp. Since he has this opportunity, he naturally deserves it. On the knowledge reserve, on the understanding of the situation in the world, on the height that can lead the Ming Dynasty to the height, he thinks that no one can compare with himself in this era, in this case, how can this throne be handed over to others?

At the same time, he also knows very well that he now has absolute control over the most effective army of the Ming Dynasty, and more than seventy percent of the Ming army in the world are his own people as commanders. After a series of events such as the relocation of the capital and land reform, nearly half of the officials in the DPRK and China are their confidants. It can be said that as long as he wants to ascend to this throne, absolutely no one will be able to compete with him.

Even what he was thinking about at this time was that after having the blessing of imperial power, many reforms that were difficult to carry out before could finally be started, and the rise of the Ming Dynasty would be even stronger!

In all fairness, the abdication of the little emperor is actually a great good thing for the entire Ming Dynasty. Zhu Linmiao originally planned to train this little cousin well, so that he could accept the ideas of later generations and advanced natural science knowledge from an early age, so as to achieve a prosperous Ming Dynasty. In the current situation, this goal will take less time and be more efficient to achieve.

When he walked twenty miles east of Nanjing, he could already see the courtiers and the lively people who came to greet him.

On the side, Shi Lin took the military report he had just received, hesitated for a while, and handed it to Zhu Linmiao.

The latter opened the letter box and looked at it, and it turned out to be the Huguang military affairs reported by Gao Yigong. The first paragraph is that He Tengjiao is still mobilizing people and horses, and he has no intention of quitting the army, but there are many generals in Huguang who have secretly contacted Gao Yigong, and the intention is anyway.

Later, it was reported that the Loyal Battalion had entered the Yuezhou Mansion two days earlier, and Li Dingguo had led his 3,000 cavalry to the front of the Loyal Battalion, and was now facing off against the 20,000 Chu troops north of Changsha in the south of Tongcheng.

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