When Jin Zhijun entered Wolong City with his nephew from Chengguofu who received him, he discovered that the so-called Wolong City and Phoenix City were actually connected into one.

These two castles are actually two parts of a multi-story castle. Wolong City was rebuilt on the basis of the original forbidden wall castle. It is a "polygonal castle" (bastion). To the north, there is

The two tall "composite city walls" are covered with sandbags on the outside and supported by brick walls on the inside. They are enough to connect Wolong City with the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain.

The trees that originally covered the slopes at the southern foot of Phoenix Mountain have all been cut down, and there are construction sites everywhere on the slopes. Countless civil servants are busy up and down, either leveling the ground or digging foundations.

, or they are using thick timber to drive piles, or building walls.

Jin Zhijun, who was dressed as a businessman and wore a hat to cover his braids, passed between these construction sites. He observed carefully and found that the green bricks used by the craftsmen to build the walls were ridiculously large.

I know that the "old bricks" were obtained from demolishing the towers and city walls of Fengyang Old City and Fengyang High Wall. They are very strong.

The buildings built with these "old bricks" look like either a government office or an official's residence.

Although most of these buildings have not been completed, they can all be seen as strong and easy to defend. Each building can be regarded as a fortress!

The horse path going up the mountain is also paved with "old bricks" from Fengyang City. It is very wide and can be used for horse racing, but there is no unnecessary decoration.

In addition to being sturdy and durable, there is only one point of coldness.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Jin Zhijun's legs and feet were so painful that he arrived at the gate of a mountain city. Panting, he looked up and saw a city gate building built with a slope.

It stood impressively. The thick wooden city gate was open, and ten soldiers wearing armor spliced ​​together with iron sheets were divided on both sides, all carrying bird blunderbuss with thorns on their shoulders, and they didn't look away.

The nephew of Cheng Guofu turned around and smiled at Jin Zhijun: "Shopkeeper Jin, please wait a moment."

Jin Zhijun was a secret envoy who drove dozens of Mongolian horses into the country as a businessman. It was because of these horses that he came into contact with Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo.

Today's trip to Fengyang was made possible thanks to Zhu Chunchen's arrangement.

I just don't know how long he will have to wait to see Zhu Cihong, the prince of Fujun in the Ming Dynasty, as a second minister or Jiang Gan.

Prince Zhu did not let this inconvenient "working Jiang Gan" wait too long, so he asked the newly appointed Fengyang guard eunuch Tian Shuchen to go to Fenghuang Gate in person to take "Boss Jin" to the Longfeng Pavilion where he lived.

It is an ancient building that was built during the Hongwu period. It was originally a residence for the princes who were stationed in Fengyang. However, because it had not been inhabited for many years, by the time Zhu Chunchen was stationed in Fengyang and was ordered to build the Fengyang Fortress, it had already been abandoned.

It has been in disrepair and is in disrepair.

Zhu Chunchen took a fancy to the site occupied by Longfeng Pavilion at a glance, and based on it, he began to build Phoenix City. Now Phoenix City has not been completed, but Longfeng Pavilion has been renovated, so Zhu Cihong became the garrison in Fengyang.

's palace.

After the completion of Longfeng Pavilion, Zhu Cixiang moved the dilapidated Fengtian Palace in "Wolong City" at the foot of the mountain to Longfeng Pavilion on the mountain. He also brought Wu Sanmei and Zheng Chagu from Nanjing to Fengyang City for reunion.

Wu Sanmei also asked Wu Sanmei to bring her daughter Fengjiao, who was working hard to learn to crawl, to Fengyang. The family of four had a great time.

At the same time, Zhu Cixi also asked Emperor Chongzhen, who was "camping personally" in the Jiangbei camp, to return to the Imperial City of Nanjing to "beat to death" the Qing Dynasty's great Qiubele Lord Hauge, thus shattering the Qing army's conspiracy to excavate the Fengyang Emperor's tomb (

The Qing army was wronged!) After that, Zhu Cihong was no longer afraid of any changes to seize the door.

Who thinks that he is more powerful than Hauge and the 20,000 Eight Banner Heavenly Soldiers under Hauge, even though he can come and take it!

As for him, he continued to garrison Fengyang Mansion. On one hand, he was holding high the banner of the Northern Expedition to aid Confucius; on the other hand, he was supervising the construction of Fengyang Fortress and the deployment of defenses in Huaibei and Xuhai. Of course, these two things are not inconsistent.

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If we don't manage the headquarters of the Confucian Guard in the Southeast, how can we safely save the tomb of Saint Confucius? Even if the construction of Fengyang Fortress and the deployment of defenses in Huaibei and Xu Hai delay the great cause of saving the tomb of Saint Confucius.

You must know that over in the West, Christians waged wars one after another in order to liberate the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem!

So it doesn’t matter if the “Holy Tomb” of Confucius is lost. As long as Kong Yinzhi, the Duke of Yansheng, is “famous”, we can encourage scholars who go to the southeast to join the army and save the “Holy Tomb” together.

Besides, the situation in Qufu is pretty good now. Duduo still doesn't have the strength to siege the city, but just built a Yishui camp near Qufu. Shi Kefa sent out troops to fight several times, but he was beaten to death every time, and he didn't seem to be able to do it.

This Qing army camp was captured.

However, because Qufu City was not besieged, some supplies could still be obtained and some old, weak, women and children could be evacuated, so the situation could still be maintained.

For Zhu Cixiang, there is nothing wrong with this situation. He took the risk of sending troops to attack the Yishui camp. He might have taken Dorgon's route and sent troops from Xuzhou. He would have to walk more than 300 miles north to Qufu. According to the normal march of infantry,

The speed required was five or six days. If we consider the harassment and lag caused by the Qing light cavalry, it would be normal to take ten days.

With these ten days, Dorgon can mobilize heavy troops from all sides and fight a decisive battle around Qufu. He can also temporarily abandon the Yishui camp and retreat to Yanzhou or even Jining and Dongping, and fight with Zhu Cixiang to fight against the enemy's advance and our retreat.

protracted war.

And how long can Zhu Cixi stay in Shandong? There are still many things waiting for him to take care of in the south!

Just when Jin Zhijun was trembling and being brought by Tian Shuchen, Zhu Cixiang was frowning and reading the memorial sent by Zhu Chunjie, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Zuo Liangyu was critically ill and might have died! In short, he had not seen anything for many days.

Appeared. It is very likely that Zuo Menggeng died, but Zuo Menggeng did not announce his death secretly and concealed the news of his death.

"Master Qiansui," Tian Shuchen's voice interrupted Zhu Cixiang's thoughts, "I have brought shopkeeper Jin here!"

Then came Jin Zhijun's voice: "Jin Zhijun, a grassroots citizen, respectfully invites His Royal Highness the Ming Dynasty Prince Jin An!"

Zhu Cihong reported to the direction and glanced at the kneeling Jin Zhijun, "Are you the regent's secret envoy?"

"The grassroots were sent by the regent of the Qing Dynasty."

"Oh." Zhu Cixi nodded, "How is he? He must be very happy, right?"

"This" Jin Zhijun hesitated, "the common people, the common people heard that the regent's eyes were swollen from crying."

Zhu Cixi sneered: "You can pretend it's pretty good! Tell me, how is he going to thank me?"

Thank you Jin Zhijun. When I heard this, I felt it was wrong, and when I thought about it, it became even more wrong!

"The regent has promised to marry Gege to Master Qiantose." Cold sweat dripped from Jin Zhijun's forehead!

There seems to be an inside story about this matter. Will he be silenced when he returns?

"Marry?" Zhu Cixiang looked at Jin Zhijun, "Did you hear what he said clearly? Marriage? Not a gift?"

"Is this what you mean?" Jin Zhijun wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out an envelope, and handed it to Tian Shuchen with both hands, "Master Qiantose, this is a letter written by the Prince Regent."

There is no name on the envelope or paper of the autographed letter, only the words "well-known but not known".

Zhu Cihong opened the letter and read it. He was smiling at first, but his face gradually darkened halfway through. At the end, he actually slapped the table, which frightened Jin Zhijun below. But he didn't dare to ask.

What, just shaking down there.

After an unknown amount of time, I heard Zhu Cihong say: "Go back and tell Dorgon that if you wait until Dong'e Gege reaches the age of thirteen, I will send someone to Beijing to pick her up. From now on, Dong'e will never suffer hardship here in my house."

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Chapter completed!