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As the secretary of the military department, it was natural to lead the army to exterminate Su Tiancheng, and Zhu Youxiang's identity was not ordinary, as a royal clansman, in the eyes of outsiders, such an arrangement was very appropriate, but unfortunately Zhu Youxiang himself knew that this was by no means a good task.

Although Zhu Xianxuan took refuge in Su Tiancheng, Zhu Youxiang did not have such an idea, he would not betray the court, no matter what, now it is the world of his Zhu family, before that, even if the royal family was not allowed to enter the court as an official, he was divided into various parts of the Ming Dynasty to become a vassal king, and he was bullied by the court, and he did not see anyone who opposed the court, at most, he just wanted to be able to grasp power, not to mention that now the royal family can enter the court as an official.

It is somewhat ironic that the royal family can enter the imperial court, but it is this Su Tiancheng's idea, and now that Su Tiancheng has rebelled against the imperial court, I don't know what those royal family brothers who have entered the imperial court or are local officials will think, I am afraid that the emperor is not very comfortable in his heart when he thinks of this matter.

Sending Qin Sande to become a prison soldier is unique, you must know that Qin Sande is a eunuch with a pen, and his identity in the palace is second only to Wang Chengen, even Cao Huachun, Gao Qiqian and others who have good qualifications in the palace must behave in front of Qin Sande, which also shows that the emperor is not at ease with him Zhu Youxiang at all.

When he set out from the capital, Zhu Youxiang's mood was not very good, this time he wanted to rush directly to Nanjing, according to the requirements of the holy decree, Zuo Liangyu stationed in Wuchang and Huang Degong in Luzhou, led the army into Nanzhili. Both of them had to go to Nanjing first, including Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, who also had to rush to Nanjing, and everyone had to discuss how to fight in Nanjing, after all, it was an army of 330,000, and there were too many things that needed to be arranged.

The command aspect of the battle. Zhu Youxiang really doesn't understand, but in the imperial court, this kind of layman leading an insider abounds, and it is not a big deal, but Qin Sande's situation is different, Qin Sande has been the supervisor of the Jiangning Battalion before, whether he has participated in many battles or not, but he is still familiar with the army. Especially after Su Tiancheng's rebellion. The emperor especially trusted the eunuchs and strengthened the system of supervising the army, including Liaodong and Datong, all of whom were sent to supervise the army and hold this absolute power.

Along the way, Zhu Youxiang rarely spoke, and their trip was not fast, the news from Nanzhili. Su Tiancheng also stopped the attack for the time being, and Nan Zhili didn't have anything to do at the moment. Zhu Youxiang instinctively believed that no matter how brave the Jiangning battalion was, when facing the 33rd Army, it would not be so simple to achieve victory.

Qin Sande's thoughts were different.

After so many years of hard work, he finally became a eunuch with a pen. His status in the palace is second only to Wang Chengen, and because of his relationship with Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, he can grasp a lot of situations, and he is also comfortable in the palace, so he originally thought that this situation would be maintained. Unexpectedly, Su Tiancheng rebelled.

Su Tiancheng's rebellion made the power of the eunuchs begin to increase and strengthen, but Qin Sande was not optimistic, he had been in the Jiangning camp for so many years, and had also experienced a lot of battles, and the combat effectiveness of the Jiangning camp was very clear, and the other armies in charge of the imperial court were most lacking in spirit, to put it more bluntly, it was cohesion, but the Jiangning camp was different, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion thought of the honor of the army in their hearts, and regarded honor as more important than life, and Su Tiancheng's most powerful point is, Let the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion be loyal to him Su Tiancheng, not the imperial court.

Such an army cannot be defeated, and it is impossible to be recruited by the imperial court, unless Su Tiancheng is willing to be loyal to the imperial court. The 100,000 army led by Liu Zeqing was wiped out in just a few days and was wiped out by the Jiangning battalion. In Qin Sande's impression, the Jiangning battalion has not really suffered defeat, every battle, Su Tiancheng is carefully considered, made a comprehensive deployment, this time the imperial court sent more than 300,000 troops to the expedition, will Su Tiancheng not make any preparations, that is impossible.

Su Tiancheng did not attack Nanzhili for a long time, which is a very terrible signal in Qin Sande's opinion, it is estimated that Su Tiancheng is waiting for the more than 300,000 troops to gather together, and when the time comes, the Jiangning battalion will start a decisive battle with the army, once the more than 300,000 troops collapse, the imperial court will almost collapse.

Such an arduous task put tremendous pressure on Qin Sande, he became the supervising army, in fact, he was the commander-in-chief, and he had to lead more than 300,000 troops to fight, how to do a good job in various deployments, this is not a trivial matter.

In his heart, Qin Sande is very pessimistic, thinking that there is no hope for the imperial court, but his thoughts can only be hidden in his heart, and he will never dare to reveal half a word. The ministers of civil and military affairs in the imperial court, even in today's situation, think of their own rights and interests, and do not consider the future of the imperial court at all, perhaps many people think that even if Su Tiancheng becomes the emperor, they can still do things in the imperial court, and Su Tiancheng wants to overthrow only the emperor, and they are the scholars who came out of the imperial examination, and they will still be officials of the imperial court at that time. It is precisely because of this atmosphere that in the imperial court, there is no excessive anxiety, and there is no grief in some people, and even Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, is probably thinking about his own retreat.

Qin Sande's situation is different, including many eunuchs in the palace, the eunuchs are dependent on the emperor, and if they leave the emperor, they are just wasted people and have no effect, so after Su Tiancheng's rebellion, the eunuchs were very attentive and bent on exterminating Su Tiancheng, but unfortunately their ability was not enough, and they could not get the support of the civil and military officials of the imperial court.

The emperor cleaned up the officials on a large scale and reused the Jinyi Guard and the East Factory, which Qin Sande did not support very much, although he is now also the factory guard of the East Factory, if the emperor always does things in this way, and does not want Su Tiancheng to rebel, the court will collapse.

Qin Sande served as the supervisor of the army this time, or with the mentality of going to death, he was clear about the many management systems of the Jiangning battalion, this time he was able to lead the army, he also wanted to implement these systems, and required the army to strictly abide by it, gather combat effectiveness, and serve as the generals of all parts of the Ming Dynasty, they were a little arrogant, but he had a way, since he was holding the sword of Shang Fang, he had the support of the emperor, and there were those who dared to disobey orders, no matter what his identity, he dared to cut off the other party's head.

Qin Sande didn't have too many opinions about Zhu Youxiang, in fact, he also knew that Zhu Youxiang was just a puppet, and it was impossible to really command the army to fight, besides, the emperor was originally a little suspicious of Zhu Youxiang, because Zhu Youxiang's experience had too much intersection with Su Tiancheng.

When leaving the capital, the emperor secretly summoned Qin Sande and made a lot of requests, including for Zhu Youxiang, the emperor did not believe that Zhu Youxiang would rebel, but he was not completely assured that Zhu Youxiang would not be completely assured that Zhu Youxiang would be like Zhu Xianxuan, and he would directly surrender to Su Tiancheng, which is not clear. Therefore, the emperor directly gave the Shang Fang sword to Qin Sande, this Shang Fang sword can not only punish the soldiers below, but also deal with Zhu Youxiang at critical moments.

Also because there are a lot of things to consider, Qin Sande has very few words along the way, and he hardly has any conversation with Zhu Youxiang, he is silently hurrying, and the Fuzhou counties he passes through along the way are all warm and grand receptions, for fear of offending them.

After passing through Henan and entering Fengyang Mansion, which belonged to Nanzhili, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, had already learned the news and sent troops to wait in Bozhou.

When resting in Bozhou, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande both felt that they should have a unified understanding between them, no matter what, nominally Zhu Youxiang is the commander-in-chief, and Qin Sande is the supervising army.

In the well-guarded official post, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande finally started an important conversation.

Zhu Youxiang's attitude was very humble, and he specifically asked for Qin Sande's opinion, which meant that this time in the battle, it was Qin Sande who took the idea, in the face of such a major battle, Qin Sande would not be polite, if the two were still polite to each other, when they really failed, no one should think about living a good life.

"My lord, our family is welcome, the emperor arranged this way, it is to give the adults and our family a great trust, the 330,000 army, not only to protect Nanzhili, but also to exterminate the Jiangning camp when the opportunity is ripe, our family has been in the Jiangning camp for many years, knowing the courage of the Jiangning camp, but also knowing Su Tiancheng's wisdom, so the task of the adults and our family is not light."

"Su Tiancheng occupied Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, it should be said that Nanzhili was sandwiched in the middle, so our family thinks that Su Tiancheng must take Nanzhili, Nanzhili is the rich land of my Ming Dynasty, and it is the capital of my Ming Dynasty, Fengyang is the land of Longxing of my Ming Dynasty, Nanzhili must not be missed, if the army is defeated, the adults and our family can not explain."

"After our family arrives in Nanjing, we are ready to implement a lot of decisions, which needs the support of adults, and our family does not hide it, after arriving in Nanjing, our family will follow the management requirements of the Jiangning battalion, and ask Lord Sun, Lord Ma, Lord Zuo and Lord Huang to restrain the sergeants and improve their ......combat effectiveness."

Qin Sande began to talk eloquently, and expressed some of his opinions, including that the army should not fight with Su Tiancheng for the time being, and could even find a way to maintain a tacit understanding with Su Tiancheng for the time being, and it was necessary to conduct large-scale training of the army, and also to gather grain and grass on a large scale, and wait until after the autumn harvest to conduct a decisive battle, etc.

Hearing Qin Sande say this, Zhu Youxiang was finally relieved, although he also considered how to command the army, but unfortunately he didn't have enough experience and couldn't think of the key point at all, now it seems that Qin Sande has done a good job. (To be continued......)