Chang Yanling was silent for a moment, and he couldn't deny that what Shi Kefa said was very reasonable, if the guest armies of Fujian and Zhejiang were defeated and retreated, Fang Guoan's Jiangdong Army alone would definitely not be able to hold Waiguo City.

And even if the attack fails, you can give up Waiguo and retreat into the capital to refuse. The walls of the capital were much stronger than the rammed earth walls of the outer Guo, and after retreating into the capital, the rebels' artillery was useless, unless they carried the artillery ashore from the warships and transported into the outer city before they could bombard the capital.

After thinking about it, Chang Yanling decisively changed the order and ordered Fang Guoan to attack with him.

"Yuanfu, what if the Duke of Qi can't resist the attack of these 50,000 guest troops?"

When Chang Yanling was busy giving battle orders, Zuo Maodi, who accompanied Shi Kefa to the city wall, asked quietly.

Shi Kefa said coldly: "If Chen Yue can't even deal with these tens of thousands of guest troops, what qualifications does he have to be called the first general of the Ming Dynasty, and what qualifications does he have to play the banner of the Qing Jun's side!" Then he is a real rebel, for the sake of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, we can only continue to support the Tang King to succeed the emperor. ”

Zuo Maodi couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, he found out for the first time that the original upright Lord Motosuke would also carry out a conspiracy. Whether it is the guest army or Chen Yue, it is not a good thing, with such and such ambitions for the Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa just added fuel to the fire, so they let them fight to the death and lose both. If either side wins, the strength will be damaged, and if you want to rule Nanjing, you have to rely on the cabinet and the imperial court.

"Lord Zuo, you accompany Marquis Chang here to watch the results of the battle, and I still have to go back to the capital to arrange defense."

At this moment, Shi Kefa said loudly, Zuo Maodi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly agreed.

The guest army is about to attack, and the result of the battle will not come out for a while, Shi Kefa, as the first auxiliary superintendent, should return to the capital to sit in the town, Chang Yanling of course understands this truth, and hurriedly sent Shi Kefa down to the city.

"Where is Han Zanzhou now?" On the way back to the capital in a sedan chair, Shi Kefa asked in a low voice.

A staff member hurriedly walked to the window of the sedan chair and replied, "Gonggong Han should be in the inner palace now." ”

"Let him send him a message, urging him to go up to the city and be on duty. He is responsible for the defense of Dinghuai and Qingliang Ermen, how can he stay in the inner palace at this time? ”

"Yes, Motosuke."

"Also, let someone send a message to Shen Lian and ask him to lead people to gather at Hongwumen and prepare to launch." Shi Kefa continued to order.

The staff was stunned and asked, "Don't you wait for the result of the battle outside the city?" ”

Shi Kefa said coldly: "It's too late when the results come out." Chen Yue, if he can't even deal with tens of thousands of miscellaneous guest troops, he is not worthy of being the Duke of Qi! Since we want to cooperate with him, we must take the initiative in our hands. If everything is waiting for him to do it, wouldn't it be that I, the first assistant, are too incompetent! ”

According to the results of the military meeting, Shi Kefa Han Zanzhou and a number of court ministers will serve as the guards of the capital gates, and Han Zanzhou, as the governor of Dongchang, has a greater responsibility on his shoulders, and he also has the heavy responsibility of monitoring the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp.

Hearing that the war was about to start, after the first assistant Shi Kefa sent someone to urge, Han Zanzhou took people out of the palace, and the battle with Chen Yue was related to his future and life, and he had no intention of hiding in the palace at this time. As for the guards of the palace, they are in charge of the confidant eunuch Xiao Guizi, and the guards in the palace are all his people, so there is no need to worry.

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In a remote house within the city walls of the capital, from time to time there are men in ordinary clothes entering the alley and knocking on the courtyard door. In the main room of the courtyard, Liu Neng sat in the middle of the head, and he didn't know when he was lurking in the city again.

Shen Lian, Lu Jianxing, Xu Qingtian, Li Daozi and other Jinyi Wei thousand households sat on the left and right, Han Li and other ten or so hundred households stood behind them, and the leaders of the entire Nanjing Jinyi Wei were in this hall.

Seeing that the people were almost here, Liu Neng spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Great War is about to start, and the Duke of Qi controls Nanjing to take charge of the Ming Dynasty. We were all promoted by the Duke of Qi, and for several years, we have either followed the Duke of Qi to fight a hundred battles in the south, or we have been responsible for spying on military aircraft, detecting the enemy's situation, and monitoring the place, and we are all confidants of the Duke of Qi.

We don't need to think about the war, and what we need to do now is to control the capital before the army of the Duke of Qi enters the city.

Shi Ge Lao has reached an agreement with Qi Guogong, it is our own people, and Zhu Guobi has already surrendered to Qi Guogong. The three guest armies have been transferred outside the city to fight our army, and in fact this capital is already ours.

However, there are still some unstable factors that we need to clear, one is the palace. Han Zanzhou is a eunuch with a pen, and most of the guards in the palace are his henchmen. The first thing we need to do is to attack the palace, keep Your Majesty and the princess safe, and then clear Han Zanzhou's henchmen in the palace and control the palace in our hands.

The second is Han Zanzhou, according to Shi Ge Lao's arrangement, Han Zanzhou will go to Dinghuaimen to guard, before the Duke of Qi enters the city, we must take Han Zanzhou down, and be sure to capture him alive, because Han Zanzhou is one of the masterminds who killed the three princes, and we have to interrogate other behind-the-scenes characters from him.

Xu Qingtian Xu Qianhu, your people changed into the clothes of the palace guards, led by Han Li Baihu, and were responsible for attacking the palace, clearing Han Zanzhou's henchmen in the palace, and protecting the safety of His Majesty and the princess.

Qianhu Li Daozi, you are responsible for leading people to take down Han Zanzhou, remember, you must capture him alive!

Shen Lian was responsible for protecting Shi Ge Lao's safety and monitoring the hundreds of officials in the city.

Didn't a brother report a few days ago that he found the traitor Liu Kongzhao? Lu Jianxing, you are responsible for leading people to arrest Liu Kongzhao, and at the same time raid Zheng Zhibao's lair in the city, and be sure to find as much evidence as possible that they harmed the prince and plotted to support the succession of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Liu Neng assigned the tasks one by one, and everyone received the order with a bang.

"Commander, we all have things to do, what about you, what are you doing?" Li Daozi asked suddenly.

"Me?" Liu Neng smiled, "I'm going to find Zhu Guobi and ask him to honestly obey the order and not let out the moth." Although Zhu Guobi is incompetent, he is the commander of the 50,000 Beijing battalion, and if he is in control, there will be no chaos in this Nanjing city. ”

The courtyard door opened, and everyone rushed out one after another, walked through the alley, and disappeared into the street. And the Jinyi guards lurking in the city have already been ordered to assemble and move towards various locations.

At this time, Dongchang Fanzi, who had always been against Jinyiwei, was monitoring the generals of the Beijing camp under the orders of Han Zanzhou, and was unaware of the dark tide surging in the city.

The rumbling cannon sound resounded in the sky, and the Waiguo City Gate on the northwest side of the Jiangdong Gate and the fence gate were opened at the same time, Zheng Zhibao, Wang Zhiren, and Fang Guoan quickly went out of the city with their troops to assemble, and a few miles away, the "rebel" infantry was also disembarking and gathering, and a major battle that decided the fate of the Ming Dynasty was about to break out. ()

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