On the sixth day of September in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the "Qinwang Rebellion" that took place in Nanjing has now turned into a "rebellion by the eunuchs".
The several culprits who started this incident turned out to be remnants of the eunuch party! And the purpose of their rebellion was not to be King Qin, but to avenge Wei Zhongxian, the powerful eunuch who was killed in the early years of Chongzhen! Moreover, they must kill all the Donglin officials headed by the Crown Prince Zhu Cihong and the academicians Wei Zaode, Hou Xun, and Qian Qianyi!
These eunuch traitors are so hateful!
"Brothers in the city, don't shoot arrows or fire cannons. We are also from Nanjing's capital camp..."
"We were fooled by Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi and Xu Hongji, the remnants of the eunuchs!"
"The prince is a good man. He is the prince of Donglin. He is benevolent and wise. He knew that we were all deceived, so he did no harm and gave each of us one tael of silver!"
"Don't follow the remnants of the eunuchs. Open the city gate to welcome the prince's master. The prince will reward you generously..."
"Hurry up and open the city, the prince will be rewarded heavily!"
"Don't follow the Xu family of the eunuchs. There is no way out..."
"The Ma Zhijun and Huang Zongrong on Zhongshan Mountain have surrendered to the prince!"
"Zhao Zhilong, Zhu Guobi and Han Zan, three eunuch thieves, were all captured alive by the prince's master!"
There are thirteen Ershuiguan gates in the inner city of Nanjing. Except for Chaoyangmen and Ershuiguan, on the afternoon of the sixth day of September, they were almost as lively as a market. Logically it should be a battlefield, and the two groups of people above and below the city were not fighting, they were just shouting to each other there.
The people under the city were all Nanjing soldiers who had been released by Zhu Cixiang, the unrivaled prince of Donglin. They all followed the instructions of the new army generals and Jin Yiwei who "escorted" them to preach the prince's benevolence and righteousness to the Nanjing soldiers on the city wall who were still kept in the dark, and at the same time exposed the true face of Xu Hongji and others!
And the Nanjing soldiers on the top of the city are all panicking now. It has only been a short time, but the outer city of Nanjing has already been controlled by the prince! Many of the Nanjing Jingying brothers who were guarding the outer city were captured, and now they have been released and persuaded to surrender... What should we do?
Also, how big is the reward for offering a door?
The defenders at the twelve gates of the inner city of Nanjing all began to waver. Following the eunuch rebels would lead to death! If you want to survive and receive a heavy reward, you must seek refuge with the righteous Prince Zhu Cihong of Donglin!
At the same time, on the Chaoyangmen Urn City, Xu Hongji and Xu Yunjue, their father and son, as well as Liu Zuochang, Tang Guozuo, Guo Zuoyong, Fang Yiyuan, Li Zushu and other distinguished officials who were involved in Nanjing city affairs, were all astonished.
Didn't the prince strike too quickly and too harshly? How much time has passed? The outer city has almost been lost. Only the roar of artillery can be heard from the Xiaoling Acropolis - that is the loud noise that can only be made by Hongyi cannon! The defenders of Xiaoling Guard are not equipped with red cannons... It should be the prince's soldiers using red cannons to bombard the acropolis!
I don’t know how long the people in the city can carry it?
In addition, why is there no movement from Ma Shiying and Huang Degong's troops on Zhongshan Mountain? Is it true that as the news from the twelve gates of Nanjing's inner city said, Ma and Huang have already turned to the prince? ?
However, the defection of Ma and Huang was not the most shocking news. What surprised these nobles who were about to face a disaster the most was that they actually became eunuchs!
They were obviously with King Qin, so why did they become eunuch rebels? Is this still unreasonable?
"Wei Guogong, you have an idea! What should we do? We... we are such noble nobles, why are we eunuchs?"
A gentleman who looks like a scholar with a white face is still worrying about the eunuchs and Donglin at this time.
His words earned Xu Hongji a roll of his eyes, "When has it been? Are you still thinking about this? Don't you know that if you want to inflict a crime, why bother without words?"
"Then you can't say that we are eunuchs..." The noble man seemed to be a gentleman who had good relations with Donglin. He was very sensitive to the eunuchs' reputation. He just shook his head and said, "Seniors can be killed, but not humiliated. ! Our family’s wealth was inherited from Emperor Taizu Gao at that time. It’s been over 200 years. How come we have become eunuchs?”
"What should be killed and not humiliated? Let's think about how to escape?" Someone immediately raised the issue of escape. "We don't have many soldiers on hand. If we don't escape, when the inner city is broken, I'm afraid we will have to call him the prince." People have been arrested... At that time, no matter what kind of party you are, you are still a fucking party!"
As soon as he said these words, there was a sound of gasping in the Chaoyangmen Wengcheng tower.
"this......"
"What should I do?"
"Oh, we people shouldn't cause trouble like King Qin!"
"Why are you running away! Master Jiang Jiang even asked Uncle Cheng to take him away!"
Finally, someone remembered the Cao Jiang Navy. Although this navy did not have many sailors and warships, it could at least ship away these nobles and nobles in Nanjing. But before Zhu Cihong arrived in Nanjing, he transferred them to Jiangxi together with Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao... This was obviously premeditated, and he wanted to wipe out all the nobles and ministers in Nanjing!
And labeling these nobles and ministers as eunuchs is obviously part of Prince Zhu's conspiracy!
This is probably to show goodwill to Donglin and limit the attack to the nobles and ministers of Nanjing, so as to prevent the Donglin Party from jumping out to interfere when Prince Zhu is destroying and digesting the nobles and ministers of Nanjing... .
Having guessed a little bit about Prince Zhu's intentions, Xu Hongji's body trembled, and then he coughed violently.
And at this moment, cheers that were even louder than his cough suddenly came from the direction of Xiaoling Acropolis in the east!
"Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated... Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
The nobles and ministers inside the Wengcheng tower of Chaoyangmen all showed frightened expressions.
Does this cheering mean that Xiaoling Acropolis has been lost?
...
When the soldiers of the new army who had overcome the difficulties around Xiaoling Acropolis cheered, Xu Hongji's cousin Xu Yongji was already tied up and led to Zhu Cihong!
He was captured alive by his own servants of the Xu family. Just after Hao Yaoqi's firecrackers rushed into the gap created by the Hongyi cannon - Hao Yaoqi's firecrackers wasted a lot of time preparing the ladder. , it was not until noon that they launched a round of hand-to-hand assault and broke into Xiaoling Acropolis.
Xu Yongji was unwilling to fail and wanted to take the Xu family's servants to plug the gap. In the end, he had those servants tied up with ropes and sent to Zhu Cihong.
"Master Chitose, another eunuch leader has been captured!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded, raised his riding whip and pointed it at Xu Yongji, "Keep this eunuch leader in custody, we can't let him commit suicide out of fear of crime!"
When Xu Yongji heard Zhu Cixiang say that he was an eunuch, he was a little confused. He actually argued loudly: "I am not an eunuch!"
"Xu Yongji! You are an eunuch! You are a big eunuch and you still don't admit it!"
Xu Yongji heard someone testifying against him, and when he followed the voice, he saw that it was Zhu Guobi. He was also being escorted and kneeling aside, with one calf wrapped with wooden boards and cloth strips, as if he was injured.
"Hou Funing, what are you talking about?" Xu Yongji roared.
Zhu Guobi glared, "I'm not talking nonsense! I am an eunuch, I am Wei Zhongxian's man, and you colluded with me, so you are also an eunuch and a lackey of Wei Ni..."
Now Xu Yongji doesn’t know what to say? Zhu Guobi actually considered himself an eunuch! If you collude with Zhu Guobi, you will naturally become an eunuch!
Zhu Cixi laughed loudly and said: "Xu Yongji, you eunuch, you should plead guilty and submit to justice... I am kind and kind, and I may keep you as a seed. If you perform particularly well, just like Zhu Guobi, it is possible to spare your life." !”
He performed extremely well...can he still be spared? Xu Yongji looked at Zhu Guobi, who considered himself an eunuch, and thought to himself: What makes him perform so well? Like Zhu Guobi, he admits that he is an eunuch, and then bites people randomly?
The sound of horse hoofbeats interrupted Xu Yongji's thoughts. He turned around and saw two riders coming ten steps in front of Zhu Cixiang's horse. One of them bowed his hands on the horse. A knight loudly reported: "Master Qiantose, the rebels at Zhengyang Gate have rebelled!"
