Zhao Ming flicked his sleeves and left, leaving Jiang Yueguang and Qian Qianyi.At this time, Qian Qianyi opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Elder Jiang Ge, Your Highness has made up your mind, for the sake of the people of the world, please persuade Wuchang to surrender!"
”After speaking, Qian Qianyi pestle his cane and left the hall, leaving Jiang Yueguang alone.The Han army seized Fujian and Guangdong, and controlled Nanzhili, and the troops were scattered, and it was not easy to defeat and swallow Huguang and Jiangxi in one go.However, after the Battle of Nanjing, coupled with the news from Wuchang, Zhu Yujian died, and the general trend was already clear.Even if Zhao Ming can't annex Chu and Jiangxi at once this time, the Longwu Imperial Court will only survive, and within a year or two, it will be destroyed by the Han army.Therefore, it was impossible for Zhao Ming to accept that Wuchang would definitely take the opportunity to take the opportunity to bring Chu and Jiangxi into his hands, and deprive the generals of Longwu of their military powers, and take the army into his own hands after being dismantled and streamlined.Jiang Yueguang was in the hall, sat alone for a while, and then slowly got up and walked out of the hall, and when he went out, he was accidentally tripped and kicked, almost fell, and left in despair.Wuchang, East Palace.The crown prince Zhu Linyuan is only eleven years old, and he can't manage politics at all, and Queen Zeng is a woman with no political experience, so the political affairs of the Longwu court are all handled by Gu Yinxi, Gao Yigong, and Zheng Chenggong.After burying Zhu Yujian in a hurry, the energy of the Longwu court was all put on the Han army, which was approaching step by step.At this time, in the main hall of the East Palace, Du Yinxi, Gao Yigong, Zheng Chenggong and others were listening to Jiang Yueguang's statement."
Zhao Boan did not accept the truce, and asked the imperial court to surrender unconditionally and accept his treatment!"
Jiang Yueguang told the story of what happened.Hearing that Zhao Ming asked everyone to hand over their military power and surrender unconditionally, Gao Yigong couldn't help but be furious, "Zhao thieves are rampant!"
Dare to despise me?
”Although the Longwu court was defeated, there was still the land of Chu and Jiangxi, Yungui was also nominally subservient to the Longwu court, the king of Yue was in Guangxi, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.Even if they want to surrender, they should be hired in their original positions and retain some of their interests, Zhao Mingrang handed over the military power and surrendered unconditionally, which is really too deceitful.If so, then why surrender, it is better to fight to the death.Zheng Chenggong's face was also gloomy, but at this time anger was useless, who let them fail, and the Han army won the battle."
Elder Ge, what now?"
Zheng Chenggong said in a deep voice.Gu Yinxi's chest rose and fell, and he was silent for a moment, "Zhao Bo'an is ambitious, if we give in, the big tomorrow will be attacked sooner or later."
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to hand over the military power and let it fall!
”In Du Yinxi's view, it is no longer just a matter of the survival of the Longwu court, the key is that the world of the Ming Dynasty may be replaced by Zhao Ming.Gao Yigong said: "Yes, you must not give up your military power, otherwise you can only be slaughtered!"
”Now that Longwu still has the land of Chu and Jiangxi, let Gao Yigong and others give up their military power like this, how can everyone be willing.Zheng Chenggong said: "It's already difficult to defeat the enemy army now!"
How can we make the enemy retreat in the face of difficulties and get a good condition. ”Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "Judging from the news brought back by Elder Jiang Ge, Zhao Boan not only has to deal with us this time, I'm afraid the next one is Zhu Yihai."
Now that Zhao Boan is big, he is also a threat to Zhu Yihai.In addition, whether it is Zhou or Qing, they will not sit idly by and watch Zhao Boan become bigger. ”Du Yinxi actually realized that it was too late to suppress Zhao Ming at this time.Since the Battle of Jiangbei, this guy has been hiding behind Zhu Yihai, never strong, and when everyone comes to their senses, he is already the strongest force in the world, and he is almost no opponent.Although it is too late to talk about this, it is now that we can only try."
Before, Ge Lao had already sent people to Zhou and Guiyang.and released Zhang Huangyan and asked him to go to Nanjing to see King Lu.Is it to suppress Zhao Ming?
”Plug Yinxi said: "Yes, if we can join forces, we can force Zhao Ming to accept the peace conditions!"
”Zheng Chenggong bowed slightly, but then he was worried: "It's just that King Lu may not change his attitude."
Zhou may not help us!
”After all, not long ago, he was still fighting with Zhu Yihai, and Zhou Guoxinli may not realize the threat of Zhao Ming.Plug Yinxi said in a deep voice: "I can only try my best to convince."
If they don't realize the threat of Zhao Bo'an, then we can't hold Wuchang, so we retreat to the southwest.In the land of clouds and nobles, the mountains and forests are all over, the roads are rugged, and the army is not all over the march.In addition, the enemy's occupation of Fujian, Guangdong, Chu and Jiangxi also needed time to digest, and the imperial court could gain time to regroup, so that the time would come. ”The southwest is mountainous, and even if Zhao Ming occupies Chu and Jiangxi, he is restrained by the Zhou State and the Eastern Qing Dynasty in the north, and it is difficult to march to the southwest for a while.Plug Yinxi and others may still have a chance to try their courage in the southwest and wait for the opportunity to appear.Zheng Chenggong said: "This is the only way for now, first guard Wuchang, see how the world reacts, and then make a decision." ”At the moment, Gao Yinxi made Gao Yigong, deployed the defense of Wuchang, and asked the general Hao Shaoqi to go to Hunan, and prepare in advance to retreat to the southwest, so as to be in order.Everyone discussed and agreed, and the four ministers went to the inner hall to meet the queen and the prince.In the hall, Empress Zeng and the crown prince sat on it, looking at the four ministers who came in.For their mother and son, the four ministers in front of them are equally dangerous.Zhu Yujian died, and neither the queen nor the crown prince had ever been in contact with the government and had no confidants, so they were extremely insecure at this time.At that moment, Du Yinxi stated the decision he had just discussed.The crown prince is still young and nominally supervises the country, but in fact he has no ability to deal with political affairs, and the key is that Queen Zeng is in charge.However, Empress Zeng is not a strong woman like Lu Pheasant, she is known for her virtue and kindness in the palace, so she naturally will not oppose the decisions of the four ministers."
Everything is decided by the four Qing families, for the mourning family and the prince!"
Empress Zeng said softly.Gu Yinxi and the others immediately kowtowed: "Ministers respect their orders!"
”At this time, Queen Zeng hesitated, but still said in a sobbing voice: "There is only one request for the mourning family, please also ask the elder Ge Lao, you must keep my mother and son safe!"
”Gu Yinxi hurriedly kowtowed, "The queen is relieved, the minister's liver and brain are all on the ground, and the prince and the queen are thorough!"
”When Empress Zeng heard this, she relaxed a little, "In this case, the mourning family and the crown prince will entrust the state affairs to the elders."
Before the crown ceremony, there was no need to ask the mother and son of the mourning family about major military and political affairs, and the four Qing families were in charge!
”The four of them hurriedly kowtowed, and said one after another that they would not give up their lives and would definitely protect the prince.At that moment, the four of them withdrew from the palace, blocking Yinxi and Jiang Yueguang, so they wrote a letter to contact Wu Sangui on the one hand, and continued to deal with Zhao Ming on the other hand, intending to delay time, while Zheng Chenggong and Gao Yigong began to strengthen the city defense of Wuchang and ordered craftsmen to rush to make equipment.When the people in Wuchang made many efforts and copings in order to survive, Zhao Ming did not give them a chance to breathe.After the Han army seized Hukou and Jiujiang, it soon invaded Hubei and captured Qizhou, which was one step away from Wuchang.()