"Of course they wouldn't consider a sudden outbreak of battle!" Luo Xin pursed his lips and said secretly in his heart: "In a short period of time, everything should still be in the hands of Xu Pengju, without his order, those chaotic troops would not dare to attack the city, that is, surround the inner city and put pressure on those civil officials in Nanjing." As for Luo Xin, since the rebel army did not attack the city, it was within a controllable range, and Luo Xin should not attack the rebel army. What do those rebels have to worry about now? ”

Luo Xin, who was riding on a horse, looked ahead, the Confucius Temple and the Qinhuai River were shrouded in the night, although there was no bustling flow of people and laughter, and there were no colorful lanterns, and there was no colorful light emitted by the lanterns on the flower boat in the water waves, reflecting the beauty of the rainbow.

Everything seems so silent!

There is no sound of silk and bamboo, no beautiful singing, no scholarly chanting and unbridled laughter.

However, the smell of fat powder still wafts in the wind.

On both sides of the winding Qinhuai River is an exquisite river building next to each other, which is the most lively place at night, but now it is silent.

"The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties!"

Luo Xin sighed in his heart, and gradually left the Confucius Temple and Qin Huaihe behind.

The sudden commotion in front of him made Luo Xinxin, who was sighing with emotion, feel a pang, but he did not speed up, but waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him was ready to fight at any time, but they still moved forward at an unhurried speed.

A figure rushed from the opposite side of Luo Xin, and there was almost no sound under his feet, and at first glance, it was good to lose weight. Luo Xin pulled the war horse, and the man came to Luo Xin's horse and saluted:

"My lord, the rebels are beginning to attack the city."

"Siege? Attacking the inner city? ”

Luo is a jump in confidence, how can it be?

Isn't Xu Pengju secretly controlling the army through those generals?

Didn't the rebel army never harass the people of the outer city?

How could the siege suddenly begin?

"Yes!" The scout said quickly: "Just tonight, when those rebels were drinking, I don't know who suddenly proposed it, it is not a way to besiege the city like this, if you can attack the inner city and arrest those officials and masters, the court will agree to their conditions."

Then, in a short time, this kind of talk spread all over the rebel army, and I don't know who took the lead, and those rebel armies went to attack the city. ”

"All the rebels are besieging the city?" Luo Xin asked with a frown.

"Not either!" The scout said: "Some generals are leading some people to reprimand those rebel troops, telling them to withdraw and not attack the city, but those soldiers have drunk too much, and their emotions are out of control, and those generals are not persuaded to move at all." And they didn't dare to go too far, that would anger the soldiers, and there was already a general who ordered them to retreat because he beat the soldiers, and was killed by the rebels. ”

"Don't ......" Luo Zhi's eyes were a little panicked.

"I understand!" Luo Xin waved his hand and said: "There are only two results, one result is that the rebel army has broken through the inner city, and this result is very bad. In the case of emotional out-of-control, the civil and military generals in the inner city may be slaughtered by them. This will become the biggest scandal of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the black gauze hat on my head, even the head on the neck is not guaranteed.

The second result is that if they don't take the inner city, they will become even more crazy, and at that time, no one can control them, and they will sack the outer city, which is just as bad. ”

"So what do we do?"

"As planned!" Luo Xin thought for a moment and said: "I believe that Xu Pengju will also be frightened by this sudden incident, he will definitely not allow the inner city to be breached, otherwise, even if he is not killed by the rebels, His Majesty will ask for his head." ”

"But...... Xu Pengju only had 4,000 people......"

"Four thousand men are desperate, and it is no problem to hold on for a few hours. Because Xu Pengju knew that if he didn't work hard, he would have to die. What's more, we don't need him to hold out for a few hours, just one hour at a time. ”

After the words fell, he called a group of scouts to him and said, "You immediately start in the direction of the other three gates, inform General Yu of them, and proceed according to the second set of plans." Wait for my signal, and then attack. ”

The scout quickly left, and Luo Xin urged the horse to speed up. He believed that the rebel army in the midst of fierce fighting at this time could not hear the sound of their horses' hooves.

Inner City.

Xu Pengju was wearing three layers of inner armor and stood on the city wall to command the battle. His face was full of fear, he didn't expect that he had lost control of Nanjing Jiuwei, and these soldiers who had been scolded at will in the past had the courage to attack the city.

Are they going to rebel?

At this time, it was not only his 4,000 descendants army on the city wall, but also various officials and generals, and the family members of wealthy families, when Xu Pengju asked them to send people, these people did not hesitate at all, because they knew what the result of the inner city being breached.

But......

Even so, they had a hard time.

At this time, those civil officials in Nanjing, such as the scholars, also stood in the city tower, looking at the attack and defense on the city head with a pale face, and watched the soldiers fall in a pool of blood with their own eyes.

Ma Kun was trembling all over his body, and stammered:

"It's over, it's over, the rebels are about to come in."

"I can hold it!"

Xu Pengju gritted his teeth and said, but his heart was full of fear, because these civil officials didn't know, but he knew very well that there were only more than 30,000 people attacking the city now, and there were still more than 60,000 people in the Jiuwei camp. Once the more than 60,000 people also participated in the siege, the inner city may not last an hour.

"How can you keep it?" Ma Kun suddenly lost his temper and roared hoarsely: "If you can defend the inner city, you will definitely anger those rebel armies, and those rebel armies will slaughter the city in the outer city, do you know?" Slaughter the city! Do you think Your Majesty will still keep our heads? ”

"Why didn't Luo Xin send troops yet?" One by one, the civil servants kept saying this sentence anxiously.

Xu Peng's face sank like water, in fact, he also saw at this time that the siege of these Nine Guards soldiers did not pose much threat to the inner city, one by one they were hot-headed, and the siege launched temporarily, there were not even a few siege ladders, but they shouted fiercely, and the noise was loud.

However, this effect is very bad.

He just wanted to put pressure on Luo Xin and let him know that everything in Nanjing was in his hands Xu Pengju, and if he didn't agree to his conditions, didn't compromise with himself, and curried favor with him, he would make Luo Xin anxious. But now the situation is spiraling out of control.

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