Ming politicians

After receiving Yan Yingyuan's report, Su Tiancheng felt a little sudden. He believed that Sun Tai and Ma Shiying would eventually surrender, but the time may be uncertain, maybe half a month or even a month, if the time is too long, even if they will After causing great losses, Su Tiancheng had to make up his mind to attack Nanjing City.As for Zhu Shenxuan, who said that he had not had time to leave and was dealing with matters in Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Guangde, Ningguo and Huizhou, etc., he was even more surprised. He did not expect news in such a short period of time. .

In the eyes of Zhu Shenxuan and others, taking Nanzhili and Nanjing City is of great significance, so that Su Tiancheng can officially proclaim himself emperor and establish a new dynasty. They, the civil and military ministers who followed Su Tiancheng to do things, With a formal title, it is justifiable to do things.

The soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion quickly began to make preparations. Su Tiancheng personally wrote a letter, asking Hong Chengchou to lead the army to occupy Yangzhou Mansion, temporarily abandon Huai'an Mansion, directly enter Fengyang Mansion, take over Fengyang Mansion in an all-round way, and then occupy Huai'an Mansion and other places , In fact, this is to ask Hong Chengchou to speed up the march, and there is no decent resistance in Yangzhou and Huai'an.

There are still many things that Su Tiancheng needs to prepare, especially the matter of proclaiming himself emperor. There are many people who are concerned about this matter, and the first to bear the brunt are Zhu Shenxun, Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen and others. Regarding the matter of the country's title, Su Tiancheng has something to say. Consider, since he calls himself King De, then the title of this dynasty can be called De, that is, De Dynasty. The matter of the era is much simpler. The era is based on the AD, and there is no need to add any other titles.

The most important thing at present is to meet Sun Tai and Ma Shiying's plan to surrender, and occupy Nanjing City without bloodshed.This is something that requires detailed planning.There can be no negligence in the slightest, let alone wasting time. Of course, Su Tiancheng also needs to pay attention to the suggestions of Qu Qingze and others. Who knows if this is the strategy of Sun Tai and others, thinking that they can defeat Jiang Ningying, Su Tiancheng has sufficient self-confidence, relying on the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion, as long as they enter Nanjing City.Even in the face of the attack of tens of thousands of Ming troops, it is completely possible to win.

This is the power of self-confidence, which is the embodiment of strength.

Sun Tai began to deploy. There were a total of 12 Ming troops stationed inside and outside Nanjing.Among them, the 5 sergeants of the Nanjing Jingying Camp were mainly stationed at the southeast, northwest, and north gates of Nanjing City.More than [-] sergeants under the original Zuo Liangyu's command.They are mainly stationed in the Jingying barracks five miles away from Nanjing City. In addition, there are nearly [-] sergeants in the guard station. The Ming army will enter the city of Nanjing.Responsible for sticking.

This deployment was jointly determined by Zhu Yousong and Sun Tai. Sun Tai was basically familiar with many officers of the 12 army.However, he was not sure that he would be able to mobilize all 12 troops to surrender. What he was sure of was the [-] sergeants in the Nanjing Jingying.

Speaking of the sergeants of Nanjing Jingying, they still have some intersections with Su Tiancheng. When Su Tiancheng was the county magistrate in Jiangning County, he had a lot of contact with Jingying. Renting the land, life is still good. Later, Su Tiancheng integrated the Shibo Department, and the life of the Nanjing Jingying was even better. These things, the officers and sergeants of the Jingying will not forget, and at the same time Su Tiancheng is suppressing the rogues At the time, the sergeants of the Nanjing Jingying camp were also used. Part of the backbone of the Jiangning battalion came out of the Nanjing Jingying camp.

With such a foundation, Nanjing Jingying is the object of Sun Tai's focus.

Time was urgent, Ma Shiying had already returned to Fengyang Mansion, and the day when the two discussed the incident was September [-]st, and it seemed that there were only three days left.

Soon, Su Tiancheng's autographed letter was also delivered to Sun Tai. After seeing Su Tiancheng's autographed letter, Sun Tai finally felt relieved. As long as the Jiangning battalion army entered Nanjing City, everything would be fine.

Sun Tai had not been in Nanzhili for a long time, and there were not many officials who could be absolutely trusted. Fortunately, after Liu Jingting learned that he had clarified his intention of submitting, he recommended an important person, Zheng Keyou, the Prime Minister of Yingtianfu.

Zheng Keyou used to be the governor of Yingtian Mansion, and was able to be promoted to Mansion Chancellor thanks to Su Tiancheng's help. Fortunately, he never entered the capital, so he did not attract special attention from the court. It will not be deliberately paid attention to.

Zheng Keyou has a lot of contact with the Nanjing Jingying. When he was the governor, he was mainly responsible for the communication between the upper and lower levels. He made friends with many officers in the Jingying. While waiting for the place, Zheng Keyou thought he could go to Dengzhou, but Su Tiancheng persuaded him to stay in Nanjing.

It should be said that when Zheng Keyou was in Nanjing, he did a lot of things secretly. Su Tiancheng was able to know many things in Nanjing in time, and Qu Qingze and others were able to receive accurate information. Zheng Keyou had a lot of credit for this.Zheng Keyou is responsible for the safety of Liu Jingting, Yan Yingyuan and others in Nanjing.

After Zheng Keyou saw Sun Tai, he took out a list from his arms, which was densely filled with the names of more than 50 people. Sun Tai took the list and glanced at it in a hurry. He was very surprised. Many important military officers are on this list, and there are even several generals and lieutenants, most of whom are guerrilla generals and guards.

Sun Tai gasped. He thought that even if he resisted desperately, he might persist for a long time, but if all the officers on this list surrendered, the sergeants of the Nanjing Jingying Camp would be severely punished. Loss.

Zheng Keyou's meaning is very clear, these people can be absolutely trusted, and can also be entrusted with big things.

For the candidate recommended by Liu Jingting, Sun Tai believed it, and there was nothing he could do if he didn't believe it. His foundation in Nanjing was not deep, and he was far inferior to Zheng Keyou in front of him. Therefore, Sun Tai quickly expressed his arrangement, then That is to first detain Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun, and then require the sergeants stationed in Nanjing to accept the reorganization of Jiangning Battalion, and finally to ensure that there will be no riots in Nanjing and that it must be stabilized.

Zheng Keyou made a suggestion. The official station where Qian Qianyi is stationed is heavily guarded, and the possibility of doing something is very unlikely. As for the palace where Cao Huachun is stationed, it is even more impossible to do anything. If you want to detain the two, it is best The best place is the Yamen of Yingtianfu, and the Yin Hotel in Yingtianfu is the best place. Besides, when Qian Qianyi first came to Nanjing, he planned to live in the Yin Hotel in Yingtianfu. It will alert Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun.

Sun Tai fully agrees with Zheng Keyou's suggestion. You must know that Zheng Keyou is the prime minister of Yingtianfu, who is in charge of many specific affairs of the yamen. The yamen of Yingtianfu can be regarded as Zheng Keyou's world. Guards won't do much.

Of course, in order to ensure the success of the operation, the guards of the Beijing camp must be placed. Once Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun and others are detained, the soldiers of the Beijing camp will be responsible for controlling the Jinyi guards and guards guarding Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun, including Controlling the eunuchs and many officials in the palace, once this step is achieved, the operation is basically successful.

The action plan is getting more and more complete, and the rest is to start the specific implementation.

Sun Tai’s hands were shaking when he was writing the order by hand. Once he wrote this order, he would have no room to turn back. This is an order for more than 5 sergeants stationed in the Beijing camp, which means September [-]st and [-]nd. , The sergeants stationed in the Beijing camp can rest for two days. Except for the necessary sergeants to be on duty, the rest of the sergeants can rest and enter and leave the barracks freely.

The purpose of this order was to empty the Beijing camp. When Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning camp army to Nanjing, they would not encounter resistance and could enter the city of Nanjing as quickly as possible.

You must know that for such a long time, all the sergeants have been tense, and there is no time to rest and take a bath. Everyone knows that the war is coming, and they are about to face the brave Jiangning battalion. There was a problem at the top. At this critical moment, Sun Tai issued such an order. The sergeant was absolutely happy. It was foreseeable that a large number of sergeants would enter Nanjing City, so they could at least relax.

To say that Sun Tai issued this order was actually exceeding his authority. After Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun came to Nanjing, all the military deployment power should belong to Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun, but the importance of Qian Qianyi and Cao Huachun He didn't seem to focus on how to deploy the defense, so Sun Tai was still able to issue orders in the name of the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

The sergeants of the Beijing camp stationed at the gates of the southeast and northwest of Nanjing also received an order, that is, the sergeants stationed in the Beijing camp can rest for two days.

Another most important arrangement is to arrange for the more than [-] officers provided by Zheng Keyou to be responsible for guarding the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and north on September [-] and [-], especially the south gate. The soldiers of the battalion will directly enter the city of Nanjing from the south gate.

After the order was issued, Sun Tai sat down sweating profusely, as if he had collapsed.

In a person's life, it is only a few steps that determine one's destiny. Sun Tai finally took the most important step. As for whether it is good or bad, it is still uncertain at the moment, but now that he has taken this step and made a choice, there will be no For anything worth regretting, he has to bear all the consequences. He will never forget every scene he has experienced from this moment, and will always remember it in his heart. (To be continued..)