The Empress was dumbfounded when she heard Zhu Ci's words.
"Your Majesty, where did these horses come from?”
"Of course, we raised them ourselves. Look at our people, they are raising horses on the horse farm!”
Although the Empress was puzzled, she was not so suspicious when she saw that there were indeed many farmers raising ponies at the horse farm.
Zhu Ci Xin looked at the five thousand Ferghana Horses, then looked at the barracks where they had to recruit soldiers with food.
At present, the food had been used up. The remaining food was used by the farmers and soldiers every day and could not be used.
Zhu Ci Xin was prepared to wait for ten days, when the food reached twenty million units, he would immediately send out the cavalry.
At this moment, on the other side of Qiongzhou Island, in Leizhou Prefecture.
The commoners of the Leizhou Prefecture were in a state of panic.
The news of Slave Jian attacking Fuzhou had already reached Leizhou Prefecture.
The commoners of Leizhou Prefecture, especially the big landowners, had already prepared money to welcome Slave Jian.
The poor commoners who had some ability began to move their entire families.
Some went out to sea, while others moved south.
The governor of Leizhou Prefecture was panicking.
Governor Lu Si was on the Gui King's side.
The King of Gui ascended the throne in Hengzhou with the support of many ministers and governors.
In Fuzhou, the Tang King ascended the throne with the support of Zheng Zhilong.
For a moment, a conflict broke out between the Tang and Gui princes.
Lu Si of the Leizhou Prefecture felt helpless. He could already feel the end of the Ming Empire.
Secretary Lu's aide, Zhai Ying, had a heavy heart.
"Governor, we can't get involved in the affairs of the Gui and Tang princes! The whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen's Crown Prince were unknown! We should stand firmly on the side of Crown Prince Chongzhen!”
"But I'm afraid that the Crown Prince of Chongzhen has long been eliminated by the Jian Nu and the intruders in the north!”，Governor Lu Si spread his hands and wailed.
He wasn't crying for himself, but for the suffering people of the Ming Empire, the suffering people.
"Why did Emperor Chongzhen hang himself on a crooked tree? None of these princes had the ability. At a time like this, they were still having internal strife!”
"Reporting, Embroidered Uniform Guards, a team of Embroidered Uniform Guards requests an audience!”
Looking at the messenger who was rolling and crawling, Governor Lu Si was dumbfounded.
"What happened? Hadn't the Jinyiwei been abolished by Emperor Chongzhen long ago?”
At this moment, a group of Embroidered Uniform Guards swaggered in.
"His Majesty's decree!"
Governor Lu was stunned and immediately knelt on the ground.
"Milord, may I ask which Emperor is it?”
"Great Ming can only have one Emperor, and that is the Crown Prince of Emperor Chongzhen. He has already proclaimed himself Emperor and changed the year title to Xingming!”
Governor Lu Si stared at the advisor in confusion.
"Why didn't I know that the Crown Prince had become the Emperor? Hasn't the Crown Prince gone missing?"
The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guards handed the imperial edict to Lu Si.
"Our Ming Emperor is currently on Qiongzhou Island. In a few months, he will lead his army ashore.”
Lui Si was a little dumbfounded. He had no idea what to do next.
"Zhai Ying, what should we do now?"
"Governor, let's take it one step at a time!”
Lui Si nodded.
"Men, escort the Embroidered Uniform Guards to the relay station!”
Seeing the Embroidered Uniform Guards leave, Lu Si sized up the imperial edict.
"This jade seal is indeed the missing Imperial Jade Seal!”
Zhai Ying stood up.
"I'm willing to make a trip to Qiongzhou Island to see the true emperor of our Ming Dynasty!”
Lu Si patted Zhai Ying's shoulder.
"Alright, go! Remember, if it really is the Crown Prince, tell him directly that I, the governor of Leizhou Prefecture, swear to follow His Majesty to the death and share life and death with him!”
Zhai Ying spent two days crossing the straits and arrived at Qiongzhou Island.
Looking at the densely packed houses and warships on Qiongzhou Island, he gasped.
"My mother! When did Qiongzhou Island develop so well?”
As soon as they got off the dock, a team of flintlock soldiers escorted Zhai Ying to Zhu Cishi's temporary palace.
"Your Highness, it's really you!" Zhai Ying immediately knelt on the ground.
The Empress at the side reminded him,"Your Excellency, the Crown Prince has already proclaimed himself Emperor and become the new Emperor of the Ming Empire!"”
"Long live Your Majesty!"
"Stand up and grant me a seat!"
After Zhai Ying sat down on the chair, Zhu Ci asked curiously,""What's the situation on land?"
"Not optimistic, very pessimistic! Slave Jian had occupied Nanjing Prefecture and was marching toward Fuzhou! The Tang King proclaimed himself emperor, the Gui King proclaimed himself emperor, and now they're still fighting. What do you think this is?”
Zhu Ci Xin was so angry that his entire body was trembling. He had never thought that these fellows would still be fighting among themselves at this time.
"I want to stop all of this!"
"Your Majesty, the Tang Emperor has the support of Zheng Zhilong, and the Gui Emperor has hired 400 Portugal musketeers! They are all very powerful!"
"Slave Jian from the north has already taken down Nanjing. He can march south at any time! As for the west, Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army was also confronting Slave Jian in Ba Shu! As for Roaming King, he had fled in a sorry state and had his head chopped off in the Huguang First Generation! Zuo Liangyu died of illness, and his son led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to surrender to Slave Jian!”
Zhu Ci Xin frowned. He didn't expect Slave Jian to be so fast.
"Don't tell me Great Ming's army isn't going to resist? Even if there were hundreds of thousands of pigs, they would be able to stop Slave Jian for half a year, right?”
Zhai Ying lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, you don't know this, but when Slave Jian went south, the rich and the landowners all surrendered. The rich and powerful joined forces with Slave Jian to form the Green Army and brutally exterminated the rebellious civilians! Many places were afraid of being killed by Slave Jian!”
Zhu Ci's head was lowered, and his eyes were filled with killing intent.
"So, the majority of the landowners, tycoons, and evil gentry have surrendered?”
"Yes, and many generals. As soon as Slave Jian arrived, he immediately opened the city gates and surrendered. Instead, it was the civilians and some scholars who rose up to resist Slave Jian, but how could they be a match for the surrendered generals and Green Army soldiers?”
Zhu Ci Nao was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Many generals were weak in combat. After surrendering, they became Green Army soldiers, and their combat strength soared.
It was as if they were born to be Slave Jian's slaves.
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