Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

The two of them fell on the dragon chariot while laughing and joking.

When the imperial carriage was loaded onto the dragon chariot, it was specially covered with a thick layer of soft cushions. It was soft and comfortable to lie on, and was not affected by the bumps of the fire ox carriage at all.

The two of them fell onto the dragon chariot.

The one who was knocked down was Zhu Youxiao.

Liu Yue threw herself on him with a smile on her face and quickly pulled up the outer curtain of the dragon chariot.

When Wei Zhongxian and You Tong saw this scene, they understood instantly. They turned their backs tactfully and walked to the corner of the carriage farthest from the dragon chariot, lowered their heads and remained silent.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt something was wrong and touched his old waist.

"Yue'er, you can't be in such broad daylight... We just last night..."

When Liu Yue heard him say this, she felt aggrieved.

"I just want to serve Your Majesty more."

"Your Majesty, do you dislike me?"

Zhu Youxiao quickly replied: "No, I like Yue'er very much, but now... it's not appropriate, right?"

When Liu Yue heard this, tears started falling down.

She choked up and said, "I hate this fire bull. It runs too fast and never rests! We may reach the imperial city in less than a day."

"There is a dignified and elegant queen in the palace, and there are so many noble and beautiful ladies."

"I am of humble origins. Your Majesty will soon forget me and will not come to see me again."

As she spoke she began to sob.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he realized that this was what the girl was thinking about.

woman!

But what could he do? He hated to see his beloved woman cry.

He quickly hugged her in his arms.

"Silly boy, stop imagining nonsense. How could I forget Yue'er?"

"I can't wait to love you."

"I love you."

Soon, the car continued to move forward.

The dragon chariot and the car sway together...

Chapter 447 Prince Lu's Mansion

Henan, Weihui Prefecture.

The capital was Ji County, the fief of Prince Lu.

At this time, there were seven groups of troops who had just met on the West Mountain (later changed to Tanggong Mountain) west of the city.

It was Li Zicheng's Seventh Battalion of the Qin Army.

After sweeping through Huaiqing Prefecture and the northern part of Kaifeng Prefecture, they also swept through most of the eleven counties in Weihui Prefecture, including Huojia, Huixian, and Xinxiang.

Now the troops have finally gathered in Ji County, where Prince Lu's mansion is located.

The West Mountain is high and steep, twenty miles away from Ji County, and the area in the middle is flat and open.

Li Zicheng led his generals to watch from the top of the mountain, and had a clear view of the Jixian County town in the distance.

"Hey! There seems to be a tall building in Ji County!"

Gao Yigong was the first one to see it and shouted.

Yuan Zongde put his hand on his forehead and looked at it, frowning slightly.

"It's so far away, but I can still see that building. It must be very tall!"

"If our army attacks the city, the defenders in the city on that building will be able to see all our actions clearly."

"There is a wide moat outside the city. It's not good to have this building here!"

Chonglou was quite unhappy to hear him say this.

"It's not good! A small city with a thousand soldiers is good enough. If my 30,000-man army arrives, won't they be scared to death? How can they have the guts to resist!"

Niu Jinxing agreed, "Brother Chonglou is right."

"If there are really tough defenders in this city, we can just capture it. My Qin army has swept across Shanxi and Henan, and they don't even care about a mere prefecture city."

When Yuan Zongde heard the two people say this, he immediately remained silent.

In fact, he just wanted everyone to be more considerate and to reduce the casualties of the Qin army.

Li Zicheng immediately made the decision: "Just do as Brother Lou and Lao Niu said! Just do it!"

"I heard that Prince Lu's wealth is not much less than Prince Fu's."

"It's still early now, so there's no need to cook. Let's go straight to Ji County. We'll have lunch and extra dishes at Prince Lu's mansion today!"

"Set off!!!"

All the generals responded in unison, leading the troops from each camp and heading towards Ji County in a cloud of dust.

Shi Yituo, the governor of Ji County, was drinking with his concubine in his mansion.

Ever since the rebel army broke into Henan, attacked Luoyang and killed King Fu, the garrisons in various places have been in a panic.

As the defender of Ji County, he was worried day and night. He originally wanted to ask Prince Lu to raise some military funds, expand the armaments, and recruit more soldiers to defend the city.

Who would have thought that even Prince Lu, the most powerful man in Ji County, would flee with his belongings. How could this city be defended?

Therefore, he had to live a life of drunkenness and dreams all day long to numb himself, living one day at a time, hoping that the enemy army would not come to Ji County.

Just as he was drinking and touching himself, a panicked cry interrupted his interest.

"Sir, it's not good! It's not good!"

His soldiers broke the door open and rushed in in panic.

It's just that the scene is a bit awkward. The general's two concubines are dressed a little coolly, and there are red spots on their exposed white skin.

The soldier was stunned and didn't know what to do.

"Asshole! What are you yelling about?"

The soldier came to his senses and said, "Sir, the enemy army is attacking the city!"

"What? The enemy troops are coming!"

Shi Yitao shuddered with fear, and the wine glass fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"How many are here?"

"I don't know about the small ones, but there are a lot of them anyway!"

"They are everywhere in the mountains! They can't stand on the ground, so they stand in the water, and some even stand on the trees!"

The soldiers were so frightened that they spoke without thinking and just blurted out words.

"You're talking nonsense, you're scaring me!"

Shi Yitao thought he was exaggerating so much that he slapped him in the face.

"I'll go and see for myself!"

As he said this, he rushed out and climbed to the top of the city wall.

It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at it, but when he did, he was so frightened that he paralyzed.

Outside the city, I saw a huge crowd of bandits.

Gao Yigong was the first to ride out on his horse with a spear in hand, pointing directly at the top of the city wall.

"You idiots on the city wall, if you know what's best for you, open the city gate for me. Otherwise, I'll kill everyone in my way!"

Before Shi Yitao could answer, the city gate downstairs creaked open.

This made him so angry that he jumped up and down.

He had originally planned to reply that he was willing to surrender to the Qin army and take the credit for surrendering the city, but he didn't expect that the credit would be taken away by someone else.

He immediately stood up and shouted: "I am the defender, I surrender! I surrender!"

Unfortunately, his shouts had long been drowned out by the waves of welcomes at the city gate.

"Open the city gates to welcome the rebel king! If the rebel king comes, we won't pay taxes!"

......

The deeds of the Qin army had already spread throughout Henan, and some of the people who had been allocated land in other places ran back to tell their relatives in Ji County.

The soldiers and civilians secretly hoped that King Chuang would come.

Seeing that the Qin army was so powerful, he opened the city gate without hesitation.

Chonglou and Niu Jinxing couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw this.

Li Zicheng pointed his sword and said, "Enter the city!"

He led the generals and rode directly to Prince Lu's palace, while the others followed the old practice of raiding wealthy households, checking the treasury, and opening the warehouses to release grain.

Along the way, the people in the city lined the streets to welcome them, and many even took the initiative to run and show the way. It was very lively and jubilant.

When everyone arrived at Prince Lu's Mansion, they found the door closed.

One of the common people stepped forward and said, "Report to Prince Chuang, Prince Lu left with his family and all his belongings a month ago!"

Li Guo felt incredible. This was the first time he saw a vassal prince running away. "Did Prince Lu really take all his people and property away?"

Chonglou looked at the gate and said to Li Zicheng, "This door is not locked from the outside. I'll go open it!"

After he said that, he jumped off his horse and kicked the gate. The gate just shook slightly but did not open.

"It turns out that there is a big problem inside."

He immediately took two quick steps and stepped on the stone lion in front of the door. Then he leaped onto the roof of the door, jumped inside and opened the door.

When the onlookers saw him like this, they all exclaimed in amazement.

Li Zicheng and others rode their horses directly into the palace.

The Prince Lu's Mansion was very spacious, occupying almost one-third of the entire county.

"Search! Turn it over inside and out!"

At Li Zicheng's command, the soldiers began to search Prince Lu's Mansion one by one.

Li Guo and other generals followed Li Zicheng to the most conspicuous place in the Prince Lu's Mansion, the Wangjing Tower.

"I've been to so many places, but I've never seen such a tall building. It must be about ten feet high!"

Li Zicheng looked up at the two-story Wangjing Tower and couldn't help but sigh.

Chonglou had sharp eyes and suddenly saw a figure flashing above. He couldn't help but shout, "Chuang Wang, be careful! There's someone up there!"

After he said that, he rushed up to Wangjing Tower first.

Soon, eight people were escorted downstairs.

After some questioning, it turned out that after Prince Lu moved away, he was worried that the people would come in to steal things and cause damage, so he stayed behind to guard the house.

Soon, the troops who had been sent out to search various places in the palace reported back.

"Reporting to King Chuang, there is nothing gained in the front hall!"

"The central hall and the rear hall are also empty!"

......

The returns were all nothing.

Li Zicheng couldn't help but get furious.

"Isn't Prince Lu's Mansion as good as Prince Fu's Mansion? How come we can't find even a single cent?"

"This damn trip to Ji County is really in vain!"