In the next two days, Yu Wan mainly collected information from all parties and sorted out all the clues he had. Finally, he inferred that the fourth son of the emperor was likely to be hidden in Xinyang.

After everything was ready, Yu Wan and Xu Hu Jianzhuang walked at night, rode a horse away from Hanjing while the night was falling, and headed towards Xinyang, Henan!

Yu Wan felt that he was becoming more and more like a firefighter in the Ming Dynasty. He had just saved the emperor and now he was going to save his son. He was running around and lived a life of licking blood from the blade.

Although he was dissatisfied, he had no regrets. He was born in troubled times. If he did not fight for his life, he would definitely do nothing and be a mermaid forever.

———

As Chongzhen and Hanjing became emperor, the situation in southern China underwent earth-shaking changes. The Southern Ming Dynasty was divided into two, namely the Eastern Ming regime of Zhu Yousong in Nanjing and the Western Ming regime of Zhu Youjian in Hanjing.

Since the Qing army was fighting with Li Zicheng, and Jingzhou Prefecture had a hundred thousand troops stationed, which was enough to resist the Western regime, the largest enemy of the Western Ming regime at present came from the Eastern Ming regime with the same species and roots.

The two sides took Anqing as the border, east of Anqing is the East Ming, and west of Anqing is the West Ming. Because Zuo Liangyu had a good relationship with Zheng Zongwang, the governor of Anqing, Anqing was included in the Hanjing regime.

Because Anqing's strategic location is very important, it is the eastern gate of Hanjing, along with Jingzhou, Suizhou and Changsha, and is the four most important military fortresses in Ximing. Therefore, Zuo Liangyu sent Xie Liang, the second son of the Xie family, one of the five tiger generals under him, to stockpile 60,000 troops here.

In contrast, Anqing is also a thorn in the eyes for Nanjing, which is a sharp sword hanging on its head. Ximing may at any time flow down the river and take Nanjing straight down!

If Anqing is not recovered, Nanjing is like standing naked in front of Hanjing, without any obstacles, and a smooth horse.

In addition, due to the restoration of Chongzhen, the people of the Eastern Ming Dynasty changed their minds and became even more dispersed, which prompted Zhu Yousong and Ma Shiying to speed up their military use against the Western Ming Dynasty.

——Five days after Yu Wan left Hanjing—

The originally quiet and peaceful Chizhou Prefecture is now full of troops, with tall horses, strong ships, sharp cannons, swords and guns, flags covering the sun, and 100,000 soldiers arranged neatly in black, waiting for military orders.

Luzhou General Huang Degong was standing on a giant ship full of golden bodies. He was wearing dark green armor, and the lion-drawn tattoo on his chest made him extremely violent.

After the entire army was ready, Huang Degong raised the Qinglong scimitar and shouted loudly to the west, "All soldiers of the army are pointed directly at Anqing, defeat them in one fell swoop, kill them!"

One hundred thousand brave men let out a roar that shook the earth, and the water and land armies were moving forward in the darkness.

But Anqing was silent, and there was no danger at all.

There are a thousand elite soldiers stationed on Xinzhou Island in Anqing City. They are the frontier positions of Anqing Prefecture City Defense, with many forts, towering towers, and locking the river's throat.

Such a strategic location should have taken turns patrolling day and night, but the officers and soldiers of Xinzhou Island were drinking happily on the training ground in the school.

"Brothers, Mr. Murong is really a charitable man. Not only did he take out a lot of wealth and help Zheng Zongwang, the old bastard, pay the brothers' salary, but he also brought so many good wine and vegetables to comfort the brothers. Come and toast them again!"

A thin, black and delicate middle-aged man hugged the wine jar drunk and shouted in a drunken state.

"Come on, I've all been fucked by brothers!"

Thousands of brave men pushed each other and drank them unconsciously.

Looking at the city defense force gradually falling into a circle, Murong Bowen smiled coldly, picked up the wine can beside him and threw it to the ground.

With a crisp "bang", the originally dark and silent island suddenly burst into flames. Countless Dongming troops raised their machetes and came quietly from the shore. In less than a stick of incense, they assassinated all the more than a thousand defenders on the island!

"How was the arrangement?"

A strong deputy general walked quickly to Murong Bowen and asked nervously.

Murong Bowen smiled charmingly, "General Man, don't worry, my father's side has already prepared. When the hour of the middle age arrives, the east gate will open on time to welcome the king's army!"

"Okay, after these things, General Huang will naturally be rewarded! Where is their water fleet parked?"

"Stopped in the Dadukou area, the defending generals there have been bribed by my father. At this moment, the defense is empty and just right. I am willing to lead the way!"

"Okay, go!"

With the waving of the flag, more than 200 warships quietly started and rushed to the place where the Ximing warships were parked.

At this moment, Anqing City was surrounded by water and land, but the defenders did not find any abnormalities!

Deputy General Man led two hundred warships and tens of thousands of naval troops to Dadukou. When he was almost his son, many soldiers had fallen asleep. What's even more fatal is that there were originally two thousand full-time patrol teams, and the warships of the Ximing Navy were also transferred to it by the guards. The warships of the Ximing Navy were exposed to the Dongming Army in a clear view!

Hundreds of warships were moored on the Dadukou, and one-third of the Ximing naval forces were all located here. All the ships were lined up, like a long dragon on the water.

But it was soon covered by a fire, and all the people and boats burned, which seemed particularly dazzling in the endless dark night!

Just as the warships were burning on Xinzhou Island, the cavalry and infantry led by Huang Degong also launched an offensive. The war drums roared the sky and the horse's hooves moved the ground, and the Dongming army all over the mountains and fields rushed over like a surging river.

Before the east gate defenders could react, the city shouted and killed again, and hundreds of short sword hands quickly killed the soldiers guarding the gate and put down the suspension bridge.

In this way, the already fragile city defense is more like a river bank breaking through the embankment. Tens of thousands of troops of the Eastern Ming army swarmed in from the East Gate, and in less than a cup of tea, all the defenders of the East Gate were killed!

After entering the city, the Eastern Army even entered the sea and was born in heaven. Under the leadership of the Murong family soldiers, they quickly occupied various important places and quickly disintegrated the vitality of the Anqing defenders.

At this moment, General Xie Liangcai of Anqing reacted. After hearing that the Xinzhou Island fleet was destroyed and the east gate of the city was lost, he knew that the situation was over, so he hurriedly retreated from Ximen to Huoshan under the cover of the personal guards.

Except for the more than 10,000 people who followed Xie Liang to retreat, the rest of them either died or surrendered, and the 60,000 troops were destroyed, and Anqing City also fell into the hands of Dongming!

Among the chaos, Du Zhengyan led hundreds of soldiers to escort Zheng Zongwang and his daughter to retreat. As soon as he arrived at the north gate, he was stopped by Murong Bowen and others.

Facing thousands of tiger and wolf troops, these hundreds of families who guarded the house guards could stop them, they were slaughtered after several sprints.

"Murong Bowen, you beast! Collude with foreign enemies and lead the wolf into the house! These dead brothers will not let you go even if they turn into ghosts!"

Looking at the corpses everywhere, Du Zhengyan couldn't help but scream. These were all personal soldiers he brought out, and they were separated by yin and yang in a moment. The root of all this was also clear at a glance. It must be that the Murong family and Dongming colluded with each other, working inside and outside, opening the door to meet the enemy!

Thinking of this, he suddenly drew his sword and killed Murong Bowen!

However, before getting close, he was surrounded and killed by the Eastern Army. Even though Du Zhengyan was extremely brave, he had a sharp sword and blood to the nine heavens, but he was unable to support himself. After killing more than 30 bandits, he was captured alive.

"Take this kid down and serve him well, and don't neglect him."

Huang Degong was a talent-loving person. He was very fond of Du Zhengyan's courage, so he ordered his subordinates to detain him temporarily.

Then, he walked towards Zheng Zongwang with a sharp blade in his hand, while Murong Bowen was cautiously accompanied Huang Degong, not daring to breathe for a moment.

Although Zheng Zongwang was a little greedy and afraid of death on weekdays, he was standing bravely and fearlessly in front of his daughter and said to Murong Bowen righteously, "I treat your Murong family so well on weekdays. Who knew that you were so shameless and disgusting!"

Lord Zheng has always been kind, and this time he said that he was blushing and angry, which shows that he was really angry.

Murong Bowen did smile coldly, "Those who know the times are heroes. Anqing was originally the jurisdiction of my Emperor Hongguang, but you have made a favour to be included in the rebellious regime of Hanjing. You are really selling your owners and asking for honor and guilt!"

Being turned against Murong Bowen made Zheng Zongwang even more angry. He suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Murong Bowen and shouted, "The world knows the restoration of Emperor Chongzhen in Hanjing. If you are my minister of the Ming Dynasty, you should be loyal to the king. How can you do this rebellious thing!"

After pausing for a while, he shouted to the soldiers, "You are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who eat the king's fortune, but they rebelled with Zhu Yousong and attacked Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty! Do you do this in a rebellious manner, are you not afraid of being punished by heaven? Are you not afraid of harming your wife and children?"

Zheng Zongwang's words made these soldiers look at each other and slowly put down their weapons. They were already known to Wuming. Although the authorities strongly denied the news that Emperor Chongzhen had survived, they still couldn't bear the fire in the end, and many people knew the truth.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable and his morale was sluggish, Huang Degong frowned and no longer thought about it. He was unsheathed with a sharp blade and cut off Zheng Zongwang's head alive!

"The fake Ming official deserves to die, so let his blood sacrifice the flag for our army!"

"father!"

Zheng Yixue saw such a bloody and cruel scene for the first time, not to mention that the beheaded was her biological father who had raised her for eighteen years! After a burst of sadness and shock, she felt the darkness in front of her eyes and fainted.
Chapter completed!