Chapter 926: Is the Hu Ben Army going to attack Nanjing?

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【Today's third update is delivered!】

Jinling, Swallow Tower.

This is the outer periphery of Nanjing City, not outside the walls of Nanjing City. It is the late spring season, and the surrounding area of ​​Swallow Tower is full of green. Looking around, it is full of endless spring colors. The grass has grown to the height of the palm, and the tender grass tips are full of greenness. The willow trees by the lake have grown tender green branches. Even the calm lake water seems to have a faint green halo. The breeze blows by, causing layers of ripples.

In March, the grass grows and the birds fly, which is a good time for talented men and beautiful women to date. Swallow Tower is an ideal place for dates. Therefore, throughout the spring, there has never been a shortage of people here. As long as other tourists approach Swallow Tower and find that the talented men and beautiful women inside are reciting poems and writing, they will all take a detour.

On the last day of March, the Yanzi Building was particularly lively, with laughter and joy everywhere, handsome and elegant young men everywhere, and beautiful women everywhere. A group of young backbones in Fushe, as well as several red-card girls in Jinling City, gathered here, talked loudly, guided the country, and inspired the words, and couldn't help but feel.

Among them, the ones who were most excited were naturally Hou Fangyu, Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Mao Pijiang and others, known as the four young men. They were said to be young men, but in fact, they were all over thirty years old, but when they dressed up, they looked like they were about twenty years old, and they could be called elegant young men.

The beautiful girls present were all in their 20s or 20s. They were either charming, charming, cool, noble, elegant, graceful, or peaceful, beautiful, and all in all. Their clothes and outfits were also different. Everyone had a different style, and they were full of Yanhuan, and they were all in full.

"I really didn't expect that the Hu Ben Army had besieged Guangning City."

Amid the noisy voices, some people couldn't help but sigh bitterly.

In the tone of this emotion, there was obviously a little confusion, and at the same time a little dissatisfied. If the relevant news had not been spreading in Jiangnan early in the morning, they would not have believed it. In the past ten years, many people have longed for this, but the only thing they have done was the Hu Ben Army.

In fact, most of the people present felt a bit strange about the news of the victory of the Hu Ben Army. When the Hu Ben Army defeated the Tartars in Shandong, they were in this mood. When the Hu Ben Army defeated the Tartars in Northern Zhili, they were still in this mood. Now, when the Hu Ben Army defeated the Tartars in Liaodong, they were still in this mood.

Because, at this moment, most of the people in Yanzilou are members of Fushe, and the main purpose of Fushe is to protect the court, continue to maintain the rule of the court, and continue to maintain the majesty of Emperor Chongzhen. The stronger the strength of the Hu Ben Army, the more dangerous it is to the court. Do you think they are happy?

"Is the message accurate?"

Someone said unwillingly.

"It seems to be true."

I don't know who was listless in his answer.

Perhaps stimulated by this news, the Swallow Building was in a state of dismay.

The members of Fushe present liked to talk about current affairs, and as long as there was something new, they could not hide it from them. However, what they said did make everyone lose interest. In the past, when it came to the thieves in Shaanxi, they still had the opportunity to express their opinions. However, when it came to the Hu Ben Army, there were much less opportunities.

There is no way, the facts are there. Whether you are willing to admit it or not, the power of the Hu Ben Army exists. The imperial court retreated step by step, losing countless people and spending countless money and food, but it cannot defeat the Tartars. Instead, it makes the Tartars stronger and stronger. However, the Tiger Army strangled the Tartars to death as soon as it took action.

A moment later, a faint female voice slowly said: "Damn Tartars, this time I'm afraid they'll be really over. If Guangning City is gone, Liaoyang and Shenyang will become lonely cities, and I'm afraid they can't resist the attack of the Hu Ben Army."

She spoke softly, and many young men present looked at her. Among these gazes, there were non-admiration or invasive gazes. The woman in white had long been accustomed to the eyes of these people. Because her name was Gu Mei. She also had a name called Mr. Hengbo. Yes, she was Gu Hengbo.

The news of the Hu Ben Army besieging Guangning City did make Gu Hengbo's mood very complicated. In fact, the news of the Hu Ben Army besieging Guangning City had already reached Jiangnan many days ago. She also learned about the killing of Zu Dashou. However, in the past few days, she was unwilling to believe that the news was true.

In the eyes of orthodox literati, Zhang Zhun and his Hu Ben Army were both aliens and belonged to the ranks of rebels. The most serious of all the crimes in the world is of course to be rebellious. Therefore, such rebels are of course incompatible with them. From the orthodox perspective, Gu Hengbo criticized Zhang Zhun and his Hu Ben Army for a considerable number of times.

However, what she couldn't understand was that Zhang Zhun and his Hu Ben Army were fighting harder and stronger in the face of pressure from all sides. Now, they have begun to counterattack the Tartars on a large scale. Judging from the current situation, the Tartars are probably finished. When they were in Northern Zhili, they could not defeat the Tiger Army, which is even more impossible now.

The Tartars are over, which is indeed good news. Thinking of the slaughter of the Tartars, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. However, behind the Tartars, it may not be good news that a Hu Ben Army will rise. The Tartars may just loot people and supplies, but the Hu Ben Army will directly overthrow the court.

What a crime to directly overthrow the court! In any dynasty, this is a crime of raiding the house and extermination. Not only will the rebels be executed by Lingchi, but their families and their families will be executed.

Gu Hengbo couldn't understand why Zhang Zhun was just a poor military family, so why did he have such great ability? Why were so many senior officials and so many educated people unable to arrest Zhang Zhun? The people and money and food in the court should be several times that of Zhang Zhun! Why couldn't they eliminate Zhang Zhun?

Not to mention that Gu Hengbo couldn't understand such a problem, even the entire Fushe could not understand such a problem. The members of Fushe were all well-educated, familiar with poetry and history books, and had been involved for five thousand years. After studying and studying, they finally concluded that it was not that Zhang Zhun was too strong, but that the court itself was too weak. As long as the court cheered up a little, Zhang Zhun would not have the chance to rise!

But what can they do? They could only curse the court's incompetence, believing that they gave the Hu Ben Army a chance to rise. They wanted Liu Yuliang to resign, Fu Zonglong to resign, Yang Sichang to resign, Chen Xinjia to resign, and all the important officials of the court resigned.

In their opinion, the reason why the court could not fight against the Hu Ben Army was that it was caused by this group of incompetent bureaucrats. Their abilities were too poor. As long as they were replaced by members of the Fushe, they could definitely reverse the world and overwhelm the Hu Ben Army again.

It’s a pity that no one cares about their voices. All the ministers in the court firmly control their power and refuse to give it to others when they die. No one cares about the existence of Fushe. Fushe still has some influence in Jiangnan, but Mao is not as good as in Beijing.

However, the members of the Fushe Society still had fantasies. They were all looking forward to Emperor Chongzhen, one day they would wake up, replace all the incompetent ministers around them, and abandon all the eunuchs. They, these backbones of the Fushe Society, will eventually take over the power of the country. If one day the death of the Hu Ben Army will come.

In fact, standing inside the Yanzi Tower and looking into the distance, you can see the warships of the Hu Ben Army Navy cruising back and forth on the Yangtze River. The red Hu Ben Army flag at the top of the mast of the warship is very eye-catching. It is like a scorching sun, which makes the members of the Fushe feel very uncomfortable.

After occupying Yangzhou Prefecture, some of the warships of the Huben Army had been cruising back and forth on the Yangtze River. At the farthest time, these warships even went to the mouth of Dongting Lake in Huguang, and sometimes even went deep into Dongting Lake to check. The main purpose was of course to exert pressure on Jiangnan. At the same time, it was also to prevent the Ming army in Jiangnan from secretly forming naval troops.

Although the Hu Ben Navy dispatched all the smallest Cangshan ships, which were enough to shock the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River. These Cangshan ships were not large in size, but were very large in number. Some people have roughly counted that there were definitely no less than fifty Cangshan ships moving on the Yangtze River.

Not only that, the main force of the Hu Ben Army is currently stationed in Yangzhou Prefecture, which is only separated from Nanjing by a river. As long as they board a warship, they can immediately launch an attack on Nanjing. Therefore, officials at all levels in Nanjing, including Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of War of Nanjing, tossing and turning, and it is difficult to fall asleep!

Throughout the dynasties, the courts in the south of the Yangtze River all relied on naval armies and the Yangtze River natural barriers to win. The northern dynasties were generally not good at naval armies. But now, the Huben Army Navy has controlled the Yangtze River natural barrier in advance. What else can they rely on?

Every time I see the Hu Ben Army warships cruising back and forth with my might, the young masters and ladies on the Yanzi Tower can't help but secretly contempt. However, they have no other way except secretly contempt. The navy of the Nanjing garrison has long been a vacant shell. It is impossible to count on them to resist the attack of the Hu Ben Army. Every time I mention this, I naturally have a scolding.

When Mao Pijiang found the atmosphere of Yanzi Tower, he was a little depressed and a little depressed, so he cheered up and said, "The Southern Song Dynasty is so dark and corrupt, and it has a national fortune of 150 years. Our Ming Dynasty's national fortune is far better than that of the Song Dynasty. After moving the capital to Nanjing, the national fortune is naturally far better than that of the Southern Song Dynasty. This is obvious. It is absolutely impossible for the Hu Ben Army to come south."

Fang Yizhi nodded and said, "That is, as long as the emperor cheers up, expels all the treacherous ministers and expels all the eunuchs, our dynasty will definitely be able to revitalize. With the land in the south of the Yangtze River, gathering the Northern Expedition Army and regaining the lost mountains and rivers, it is just around the corner."

The other members of the Fushe Club agreed, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.

But someone in the crowd suddenly said ignorantly: "That may not be."

Chen Zhenhui frowned and said, "Gu Yanwu, what are you talking about?"

The person who spoke was also a member of Fushe. His name was Gu Yanwu. When he heard Chen Zhenhui questioning a little unhappy, Gu Yanwu's expression remained unchanged and said calmly: "I just said I want to explain one fact."

He ignored the unfriendly eyes of others and said in a leisurely manner: "If you want to be safe in the south of the Yangtze River, you must have a strong naval army, and use the natural danger of the Yangtze River to lie between us. It would be even better if you can master one or two important places in the north of the Yangtze River. However, in my opinion, it is very difficult for me to be safe in the north of the Yangtze River."

"What is the strength of our navy? Everyone here is probably very clear about it. In the short term, it is impossible to rebuild the navy. Jiangbei Fortress, Yangzhou has been occupied, and Fengyang Prefecture and other places are probably in danger. There is no navy, and there is no Jiangbei Fortress. What is our dynasty relying on?"

Hou Fangyu said with an unhappy expression: "Gu Yanwu, don't be ambitious and destroy your own prestige. Do you also want to show goodwill to the Hu Ben Army?"

Fang Yizhi also frowned and said, "Who said that our dynasty has no naval army? Isn't there a large number of warships in the hands of General Zheng Zhilong? As long as our dynasty gives favors, Zheng Zhilong will lead his army to guard the natural danger of the Yangtze River, why are you afraid of the existence of the Tiger and Ben Army?"

Gu Yanwu said slowly: "If Zheng Zhilong must lead his army to join us, our dynasty will naturally be at ease. However, Zheng Zhilong is a wolf-hearted person like Zhang Zhun. He led his army to join us, but I am afraid that our dynasty will not accept it. You guys, I wonder if you have thought about how Huan Wen and others came to power?"

Hou Fangyu said dissatisfiedly: "Huang Zongxi, what do you say?"

Huang Zongxi said without hesitation: "*** is ***, what's there to say? We will all die in battle and will block them north of the Yangtze River to ensure the safety of Jinling!"

The others immediately scolded Zhang Zhun***.

Suddenly, someone said sarcastically: "Hehe, you guys are so lively!"

Everyone present felt that the tone of this person was a little strange, as if he had never heard of it before. After a closer look, he turned out to be a stranger. He was about twenty years old and was dressed as a scholar. However, no one knew where this person came from.

Hou Fangyu immediately went forward and asked loudly, "Who are you?"

The stranger said carelessly: "My name is Mo Yu."

Fang Yizhi's expression darkened and asked vigilantly: "Are you Zhang Zhun's subordinate?"

The stranger smiled and said, "Yes, I am Mo Yu, who is Zhang Zhun's subordinate."

Everyone present looked at each other, quite surprised. Several more angry young members of the Fushe Society had moved their positions and surrounded Mo Yu in the middle. However, more members of the Fushe Society stared at the surroundings with dark colors, fearing that Mo Yu would bring soldiers from the Tiger Army.

Zhang Zhun's men actually came to Yanzilou? Or Mo Yu, who is known as the "poisonous tongue", did have some understanding of this Mo Yu. This guy is just an errand runner, and he has his own everything. However, he is Zhang Zhun's confidant. Zhang Zhun has many things, and he arranged for Mo Yu to deal with. Needless to say, he came to Jiangnan this time, which was definitely arranged by Zhang Zhun.

An older member of Fushe came from the crowd and looked at Mo Yu with a hint of hostility, and said to Mo Yu in disappointment: "Mr. Jiutai, you were kidnapped and taken away by you? Such a slutty behavior is really disgusting."

As soon as he said this, the people present immediately remembered. Lu Xiangsheng (Mr. Jiutai) was taken away by Mo Yu. Although not many people knew about it at the beginning, slowly, everyone still knew about it. Everyone said that if the Hu Ben Army did not use such kidnapping methods, Lu Xiangsheng would not be able to surrender to the Hu Ben Army.

Mo Yu smiled without answering and said in a deep voice: "This is Mr. Yang Tingshu, right?"

The older member of Fushe said, "It's right here."

Mo Yu nodded and said nothing.

His words made the people present more vigilant. Mo Yu and Yang Tingshu had never met, but they recognized each other at a glance. Obviously, Mo Yu was definitely prepared. In other words, on the Hu Ben Army, the members of the Fu Society must have left information. I just don’t know what this guy is doing here?

Mao Pijiang asked vigilantly: "Young Master Mo came from afar, don't know what's going on?"

Mo Yu picked up a few peanuts, threw them into his mouth, and said casually: "It's okay, I just heard that this place is very lively, so I want to come and have fun. I didn't expect that there are so many people today, which surprised me. Haha, no wonder, it turns out that the most popular girls in Jinling City are here. Dear boys, it's really a pleasure!"

While speaking, he picked up a clean wine glass without hesitation, poured himself a glass of rice wine, and then drank it all. In the end, he had to wipe the corner of his mouth and praised the deliciousness of the rice wine. People around him looked at his movements and wanted to say something, but it was hard to say. There was no way, this guy's backstage was very tough!

Hou Fangyu said calmly: "Mr. Mo is joking. Several girls are all here to join the poetry club. If Mr. Mo is interested, why do you think it is better to write a poem? "

Mo Yu shook his head, waved his hand, and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, I won't play with you this. My buddy is just a poor scholar, not even a juren. Isn't this a self-indulgent? Isn't it a boring thing to recite poems and write in front of you juren?"

He was by Zhang Zhun's side for a long time and learned some of Zhang Zhun's catchphrases, and at this time he said casually. He glanced in the crowd and said curiously: "I wonder which one is Miss Gu Hengbo?"

Gu Hengbo said proudly: "It's the little girl."

Mo Yu looked her up and down for a moment, nodded, and said thoughtfully: "So you are Gu Hengbo, you are indeed beautiful and dignified, cold and arrogant!"

Gu Hengbo raised his eyebrows lightly and said coldly: "Excessive award! The little woman is Gu Hengbo. What do you want to say, just say it. Did Zhang Zhun send you to deal with me?"

Mo Yu shook his head and said slowly: "Haha, I have to deal with you, but it's not my turn to decide. That's the Governor's business. However, I guess, Governor has forgotten you a long time ago. You are indeed a little naive, no wonder Governor is not interested."

It is said that Mo Yu's words are very poisonous, which makes many people unable to stand it. As expected. Gu Hengbo was a little angry when he heard this. Mo Yu was obviously sacrificing her face. She stared at Mo Yu with a glittering look and said in a deep voice: "You said the little girl is innocent, but the little girl wants to ask for advice. Where is the little girl's innocent?"

Mo Yu said casually: "If I could defeat the Tartars if I could sit here, I would have been defeated countless times. It seems that a long time ago, I had replied to Miss Gu, asking Miss Gu to be down-to-earth and do something for the people, and not talk about the castles in the sky. But today, there seems to be no improvement in the appearance of Miss Gu! Miss Gu appears here, probably because she is talking about it!"

Gu Hengbo said in a sharp tone: "I, Gu Hengbo, know what I am doing and don't need anyone to guide me."

Mo Yu snapped his fingers casually and said simply: "Okay! That's a matter between you and the adults, I, Mo Yu, are too lazy to get involved."

Gu Hengbo said angrily: "Mo Yu, you'd better make it clearer."

Mo Yu was originally a lazy person, and was a little better by the discipline of the Hu Ben Army. At this time, he smiled and said, "How can I explain it clearly? You communicated privately with the affairs of the governor. How do you know that I am an outsider?"

It would be fine if he didn't say it, but after saying this, Gu Hengbo made a big fancy face and his face turned red. Mo Yu's words could easily cause ambiguity among others, as if she and Zhang Zhun were secretly talking, and they were browsing.

Gu Hengbo was about to refute, but suddenly heard Mo Yu say, "By the way, are you interested in going out for a long trip recently? If you are interested, I can arrange for you to go to Liaodong to see it. Hehe, there are so many Tartars killing over there. Every day, a large number of Tartar people land. If you go late, you will not be able to see anything."

Gu Hengbo said angrily: "What will I go to see about the murder?"

Mo Yu smiled slightly and said sharply: "So you hate the Tartars, are they all fake?"
To be continued...