Chapter 3112: Lost
The man cried and said, "Sir, those people and horses rushed out from Zichen Palace."
"What?!"
Zhu Chengjin could hardly believe his ears. He stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes. After a long moment, he repeated stiffly, "Zi-Chen-Gong?"
It was the palace that Zhu Feng set on fire when he launched the Jingnan Campaign and attacked the city of Jinling. It was also with the help of the fire in the Zichen Palace that he left the Jinling Imperial Palace through the secret passage that had been prepared long ago under the palace, and then sneaked out of the city of Jinling and escaped with his life.
He said in disbelief: "How is it possible?"
Although he has been to many places over the years and later settled down in Xingluo Lake, he always dreams of the time when he was in Jinling City, and what he thinks about most is the Zichen Palace that was buried in the fire.
Of course, he knew that his uncle Zhu Feng, who had seized Jinling and also seized his throne, later rebuilt the Zichen Palace. Naturally, the secret passage under the palace would definitely be discovered by him.
But when he found out, everything was already irreversible.
And with Zhu Feng's character, he would definitely block that secret passage.
In fact, after returning to Jinling City, he also sent people to investigate the exit of the secret passage leading to the outside of the palace. Only after he found out that it had been blocked did he feel completely relieved.
So, he closed the Zichen Palace.
He didn't want to see that place again, nor did he want to go back. If he really had to enter the Zichen Palace again, he always thought in his heart that he must find Zhu Feng's body. Even if there was only a piece of rotten meat or a pool of corpse water left, he would bring his uncle back to the Zichen Palace and let him see that he was back and had taken back everything he had taken away.
But--
The troops that attacked the Jinling Imperial Palace actually came out from the Zichen Palace!
How is it possible!?
Zhu Chengjin couldn't believe it at all. How could anyone come out of the Zichen Palace when they were clearly blocked? His face turned pale, and he kept grabbing the man's collar with more force, gritting his teeth and saying, "You lied to me!"
The messenger said with a sad face, "Sir, I absolutely dare not do that."
“…”
"Right now, all the troops we left in the Jinling Palace have been dispersed, and troops are constantly pouring out of the Zichen Palace. They have already taken control of the palace, and are now on the verge of taking over several gates of the inner city from the inside out."
"What?!"
Not only Zhu Chengjin was shocked, but everyone around him was also panicked.
You know, it is because they have Jinling City as their stronghold that they can show their prowess in the south, and are even preparing to point their swords at Yangzhou.
But they never expected that something like this would happen tonight.
Now, regardless of how those people broke out of the Zichen Palace, the problem at hand is that if the inner city of Jinling City has been controlled, then with their speed, they will probably rush to the outer city very soon. By then, the entire Jinling City will be lost!
What should they do now?
If they send out troops now, they may not be able to capture Yangzhou, and Nanjing, as their backyard, has caught fire again. They will most likely be at a loss as to where to go, or even end up with nothing.
At this moment, everyone was a little panicked, and Lu Guangwei, Guo Mi and others immediately stepped forward.
"Sir, what should we do?"
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