"Where is the emperor's son in the pavilion now? Outside the threshold, the Yangtze River flows freely..."

The moon is shadowed by the flowers, and the ice wheel is hanging in the air. Zhu Changzi has no intention of sleeping, and looks at the moon in front of the hall and whispers.

"Your Highness, it's time to rest." Li Bao brought a cloak, put it on Zhu Changzi, and said softly. It was still a bit cold at night.

"Have all the people in the Jinyiwei Qianhu Station in Hangzhou been exhausted?" Zhu Changzi asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, almost all the previous yamen have disappeared. The Salt Transportation Department, Qianhu Office, and Weaving Bureau are all empty." Li Bao replied.

Since the surrender of Kaicheng, Nanjing, the yamen in various places in the south of the Yangtze River have been scattered. Some run away and some run away. Only a few can hold on. The county yamen are almost empty, just like Jiangyin County. The chief official

All gone.

However, Zhu Changzi thought to himself that this might not be a bad thing. It would not destroy or establish anything, and it would just give him room to display.

"I heard that the imperial army has twenty-six guards?" Zhu Changzi asked again. The First Emperor was not very clear about the twenty-six guards of the Ming Dynasty. After all, at that time, the imperial army was commanded by Lang Zhongling, guards, and lieutenants. It was not like this

Complex.

Li Bao thought that His Highness had never cared about political affairs, so he briefly explained it to Zhu Changzi.

After listening to the introduction, Zhu Changzi understood clearly, so he said to Li Bao: "Let's go and see the 10,000 royal guards."

Li Bao looked at the sky and saw that it was already Haishi, but he knew that King Lu was different now. He had a do-it-yourself temperament.

After some preparations, Zhu Changzi led a group of personal guards to Fengshan Gate in the south of the city. The 10,000 soldiers were stationed at the foot of the mountain southwest of the city.

......

Fengshan Gate, in addition to the small banner of the Chengdu Army that was originally on duty, there are now more than 500 people camped by Fang Guo, led by a general president.

At this time, at the city gate, some minzhuang were transporting rolling stones, wood, firearms and projectiles to the city head. Another group of minzhuang were nervously reinforcing Fengshan Water Gate.

Niu San, the flag officer, was sitting on a pile of bricks used to repair the city wall, chewing a straw in his mouth. He was wearing a fat coat covered with a layer of leather armor, and carrying an old three-eyed gun on his back.

He is holding a lancet inside.

Several guardsmen around were supervising the people to work, and from time to time they would come up to yell and curse.

The soldiers of the Fang camp were all stationed under the city wall between Fengshan Gate and Houchao Gate. The generals responsible for guarding the two gates were gathering in the camp to drink.

"We won't be punished by Mr. Fang if we drink at this time, right?"

"It's time now. We've all got some rest. It's okay if we drink a little."

The captain was a little hesitant, but looking at the wine on the table, he felt greedy in his heart. After a fierce ideological struggle, he picked up the wine bowl and started drinking.

"Don't worry, if the Tatars are really here, we can kill two more with the strength of the wine!"

"Is it okay to leave the city gate to those guardsmen?"

"The gatekeepers are more professional than us, and we can tell who they are at a glance."

This time, the boss no longer hesitated and drank happily.

At the city gate, a group of people came from the west, led by the young general Fang Yuanke. He inspected the west city wall and came to Fengshan Gate.

Niu San, who was sitting on the pile of bricks and stones, heard the sound of horse hooves, turned his head and took a look, stood up and patted his butt, getting ready to greet Shangguan.

"How's the water gate reinforcement going?" Fang Yuanke asked the flag officer in front of him on his horse.

"Go back to the general, we can finish the work before dawn." Niu San cupped his hands and replied.

Fang Yuanke nodded, the progress was pretty good, and the reinforcement of the water gate of Genshan Gate would be completed almost before dawn. In this way, it would be a little safer.

Looking around, he found that there were no soldiers from other camps. On top of the city were all the rebels led by Sun Jiaji. So he frowned and rode his horse towards the camp under the distant city wall with a cold face.

Fang Yuanke is very clear about the faults of Fang Yingbing. It's okay in normal times. Now the Qing army may appear at any time. If you don't work hard, you really need to deal with it.

After Fang Yuanke left, Niu San looked up at the sky, then looked toward the main street, summoned one of his men and whispered: "Light the lantern!"

The man nodded, looked around, and then hurriedly went up to the tower with a lantern.

On the city tower, a leader of Sun Jiaji's rebel army stopped the guard soldier, looked him up and down, and asked suspiciously: "What are you doing up to the city?"

The guard man smiled and said: "We are about to change shifts, come to the gate tower to register."

The leader of the rebel army did not understand the rules of the army. After thinking about it, it seemed to be a routine, and then said: "Go."

On the corridor of the city wall, the rebels on duty were all wearing thin clothes, without any armor, and the weapons in their hands were all kinds of. There were quite a few Folan cannons. They should have been sent to the city in the past two days. They looked very new.<

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Arriving at the tower, there were two rebels on duty, one old and one young, sleeping soundly next to each other, snoring loudly.

The guard soldier gently opened the door, and a pungent stench hit his face. Looking around, he saw several big men lying on the ground, holding wine jars in their arms and talking nonsense.

Upon seeing this, the guard soldier was overjoyed, so he tiptoed to the second floor and hung the lantern in his hand on the railing of the observation deck.

After waiting for a moment, I saw a faint light shining on the dark waterway in the distance.

After the task was completed, the guard soldier hurriedly picked up the lantern and returned the same way.

"Boss, here we come."

"Brothers, let's all be smart, use money to do things, don't work with your life."

As soon as Niu San finished speaking, he heard heart-rending wails coming from the distance, mixed with the faint sound of a whip breaking through the air.

Looking around following the sound, he saw that it was coming from the Fang camp defenders' camp, and he couldn't help but sneer on his face.

At the end of Haishi, a carriage sped towards Fengshan Gate.

Niu San, the flag officer, stopped him and was about to check when he saw the person getting out of the car wearing a scarlet robe. By the candlelight, Niu San could see clearly that the patch on the person's chest was embroidered with a pair of golden pheasants.

Knowing that this was a high official, he hurriedly shouted to everyone to pay homage.

Zhu Dadian looked at the little flag officer in front of him and said: "Zhu Dadian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, please get up."

"I wonder if you have the royal palace token?" Niu San asked carefully.

Zhu Dadian waved his hand, followed by a guard who came forward and showed the Prince Lu's Mansion token to everyone.

Niu San hurriedly handed over his hands, stepped aside, and stopped talking. He just looked at the guard holding the token. His face was fair and his hands were young, and he did not look like a soldier.

"I'm here to see how the water gate is being repaired."

"Sir, it will be completed before dawn!"

Niu San replied respectfully that he didn't understand why these high-ranking officials were so concerned about Fengshan Water Gate tonight. The first place where the Qing people went south should bear the brunt of Genshan Gate in the North City, and the southern city gate should be a safer area.

"Well, I'll take a look around, you can go and do your work." Zhu Dadian waved his hand as if nothing had happened.

Niu San glanced at the guard behind Zhu Dadian, then turned and walked away.

Zhu Dadian pretended to walk to the Zhonghe River and looked at Minzhuang, which was under construction. He pondered for a while and nodded, as if he was looking at it very seriously.

After a while, the defenders shouted at the top of the city: "Stop the ship quickly and reveal your identity!"

Niu San heard the sound and looked at his subordinates.
Chapter completed!