At first, Ma Wensheng and others were unwilling to let Zhu Houzhao send the First Division of the Guards out of the city, but Zhu Houzhao said that the Guards now conduct field training at the beginning, and it is more appropriate to go out of the city to fight in field. The army guarding the city in Nanjing was enough. In the end, Ma Wensheng and others had no more opinions.

When Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng arrived at Nanjing City with more than 8,000 officers and soldiers, Zhu Houzhao and a group of civil and military officials also happened to be on the wall of the main gate of Nanjing.

However, when Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng arrived in Nanjing, he was also stunned because he did not expect that there would be so many officers and soldiers outside Nanjing. Especially when he saw Qiu Yue bringing 10,000 guards outside the moat, he could guess that the army was extremely powerful, so he couldn't help but ask Gu Xinlei:

"Young Master Gu, didn't you say that Nanjing City is not strictly guarded and its troops are less than 5,000? This is more than 5,000, but this is no less than 10,000! And they are all well-trained elite soldiers!"

Gu Xinlei was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer. He just thought about mobilizing a soldier to rebel and avenge his father. He didn't think so much, and said, "That's a mess. I don't know how many soldiers in Nanjing are. I'm just speculating. There are really ten thousand of them?"

Gu Xinlei may not be very good at math and doesn’t know how to calculate it, but he has to admit that there are indeed a lot of officers and soldiers in front of him now, but he still has to say:

"General Tian, ​​now that things have come to this point, no matter how many enemies are, let your people rush in, you don't have to be afraid, there will definitely be gentry in the city to help us, but I'm afraid there will be gentry who will bring troops to help!"

Tian Zheng felt a little relieved when he heard this, and he knew that he had to fire an arrow on the string, so he hurriedly began to order to rush into Nanjing City, but at this time, the soldier with good eyes shouted:

"That's the Emperor! That's the Emperor! The Emperor is in the city, sir, why do we kill the Emperor!"

When the other officers and soldiers heard this, they were also surprised and asked, "Didn't they say they are here to kill corrupt officials? Why are they here to kill the emperor? We are not going to rebel!"

Suddenly, before Tian Zheng's officers and soldiers rushed, their morale was dispersed. When they saw a well-trained elite soldier in front, the remaining half of the morale was dispersed.

Tian Zheng was anxious and angry, and ordered his officer to say, "Why are you standing there? Go!"

"Sir, the emperor is above, do you really want to rush?" the officer asked timidly.

"If you don't have any useless things, those who violate the order will die! Listen to them, and rush in and grant the city to massacre for three days! Those who kill one person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! Kill!"

Tian Zheng yelled, and hundreds of soldiers under his command rushed over, and more than a thousand soldiers were left, but what was hilarious was that hundreds of soldiers were running back.

At this time, the First Division of the Guards also began to attack, and the rhythm of the attack was very stable and orderly. The sword and shield soldiers were in front, the spearmen followed closely behind, the musketeers and archers were in the middle, the short cannons and archers were at the end, and the two wings of the cavalry were also close to both sides of the main force, and gradually pressed towards the rebels step by step with an encirclement.

Many officers and soldiers in the First Division of the Guards were veterans. They had experienced actual combat with the border army. Even if they had not experienced actual combat, they were excited by the shouts of the members of Zhongjun Society and shouted one by one: "Fight for Your Majesty! Fight for the Ming Dynasty! Cleansing the world! Opening up borders and opening up territory!"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

A volley of artillery fired first to disperse the rebels and soldiers who rushed towards them, and then there were a series of sounds of muskets and bullets and arrows breaking through the air. Hundreds of rebels and soldiers who rushed towards them were wiped out without a single encounter. The remaining about a thousand rebels ran back directly, and even if Tian Zheng waved his knife behind him, it would be useless.

At this time, countless shouts came from everywhere. When Tian Zheng looked back, he saw that countless gentry came with the militia. He began to feel confident and said with a smile: "Young Master Gu, it seems that what you expected is right. The gentry finally came to help me. No wonder you asked me to propose the slogan of gentry exemption from food, which was indeed very popular with the people!"

"Now the court is unjust and tramples on the dignity of the gentry in Jiangnan! All the scholars and people in the world hate it! As long as someone raises an army, they will respond. The heroes will rise up and the world will be in chaos. General Tian will also become a hero in troubled times until he can quell the turbulent times and become emperor and ascend the throne!" Gu Xinlei said with a smile, fooling Tian Zheng very much.

But after a while, Tian Zheng heard these gentry shouting "Support the King and save the emperor!" and couldn't help but be shocked, "What's going on? Are they here to deal with us?"

At this time, Cheng Jian also rushed to Zhu Houzhao and cursed on the city wall: "Tian Bid! You are unfaithful and unfilial! You are entitled to the court's salary! You are kind to the king! But you dare to rebel, which is absolutely unforgivable! You also slander Ma Gong as a treacherous minister, but you have a bad intention! You are inverting black and white! You frame Ma Gong in this way and intend to rebel, I wish I could not eat his flesh and sleep with his skin!"

Cheng Jian scolded him very ruthlessly, so cruel that Ma Wensheng felt a little over. He thought that he was not so angry. After all, there were many people calling him a treacherous minister, but why was Cheng Jian even more angry than him?

Zhu Houzhao was also surprised and looked at Cheng Jian, thinking that it was Ma Wensheng or Cheng Jian who was called a treacherous minister. Why was Cheng Jian who was very angry? Shouldn’t he be himself and Ma Wensheng and others excited now? Why were Cheng Jian and others excited?

Not only Cheng Jian was scolding Tian Zheng and other rebellious officers and soldiers, but other Jiangnan gentry who came to serve the king were also scolding him.

"Tian Thief! You, a man who has no king or father in your eyes, should be cut into pieces!"

"Tian Bid Go to die! Dare to rebel is tantamount to betraying the world!"

"Your evil is comparable to Yu Culture, and your crime should be punished by the nine clans!"

These gentry in Jiangnan cursed extremely cruelly, and Zhu Houzhao was very confused about this. He didn't understand why these gentry in Jiangnan suddenly hated the rebellious Tian Zheng and others even more hated than him, and seemed to be very loyal. Moreover, as far as he knew, the slogans of the treacherous beatings were slogans that allowed the gentry to be exempted from food. It was obvious that the rebels were supported by the gentry.

Zhu Houzhao had to admit that these gentry were too shameless. Since he knew that the possibility of rebellion was unlikely and chose not to rebel, there was no need to treat your own allies like this. After all, they were against you, so at least they should sympathize with them.

Tian Zheng didn't expect things to turn out like this. He looked at Gu Xinlei who started to motivate him, and Gu Xinlei pointed at Tian Zheng and cursed: "Rebel! It was you who encouraged me! It was you who forced me to be your military advisor, and you forced me to rebel with you!"

Click!

Tian Zheng killed Gu Xinlei with one knife!

At the same time, Tian Zheng looked at the gentry behind him who scolded him, the gentry behind him who scolded him on the city wall, as well as the guards and the army of the kings who were crowded with people. He felt extremely angry and desperate. He resolutely drew his sword and wiped his neck, and cursed before placing his neck and hanging himself: "Sure enough, only the literati in the world are the most shameless!"

Tian Zheng is dead!

The rebel officers and soldiers whose morale has long been disintegrated are even more leaderless!

Therefore, at this time, the gentry of Jiangnan who were serving the king also seized the opportunity to rush over with the militia, slashed and killed wildly, and were defeated to the point where the rebels and soldiers who were defeated and ran away were killed on the spot. Even Tian Zheng himself was chopped into meat paste by random knives!

Then, these gentry from Jiangnan cheered.

"The rebels have been settled!"

"The rebels have been settled!"

"The rebels have been settled!"

Then, these gentry from Jiangnan shouted to Zhu Houzhao Mountain, and they were all extremely excited.
Chapter completed!