Chapter 817 Encircle Wei and Save Zhao

The messengers from Ganzhou ran around, and the garrison in Guangdong, Fujian and other places on the border with southern Jiangxi received assembly orders from Wang Shouren in the name of the deputy governor of the army and horses to suppress the thief. Although there are large nets, the harvest is rare. The number of soldiers and horses in these places is really small. The southern regions are vast and sparse, and there are often only one or two guards of soldiers and horses in the big state capital. Under the premise of the great power of the rebels of King Ning, it is impossible for these state governments to pour out and only allocate part of the soldiers and horses to respond to the scene; the soldiers obtained in the past two days There are only about 16,000 horses. In addition to the two local guards and horses in Ganzhou, a total of 38,000, and no soldiers and horses have come since then.

Wang Shouren knew that this was all the soldiers he could summon. In the past two days, the news of the fall of Anqing Mansion came, and the rebels were going down the river to attack Nanjing. He had no time to gather his troops.

So Wang Shouren decided to immediately lead all the soldiers and horses to start a counterattack; in order to threaten Nanchang as soon as possible, he gave up the Nan'an and Ji'an mansions around him and went straight north to approach Fuzhou Prefecture. To the north of the narrow Fuzhou Prefecture is Nanchang Prefecture. The army's attack on Fuzhou can directly convey the intention of attacking Nanchang to the rebels.

At the same time, Wang Shouren also did one thing. He sent four people to spread false news, saying that he had gathered a large army of 300,000, and contacted the six guards of Hanyang in Huguang Wuchang and the two guards of Xing Guowei to attack the rebel rear from the west along the river. In addition, more than a dozen guards from several large prefectures such as Fujian Jianning Prefecture, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture also gathered to attack the eastern state capital of Jiangxi Province from the east.

What's more, Wang Shouren also spread rumors about the life of King Ning, saying that the biological mother of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, was one of the prostitutes of the previous generation of Zhu Jin, the king of Ningkang. The woman is not even as good as a maidservant to give birth to a child. It is unknown whether she is the biological son of King Ningkang. He also said that prostitute. The woman entered the Ning Palace and gave birth to Zhu Chenhao in August, which was wrong in the month, allying that Zhu Chenhao was not the orthodox blood of the Zhu family.

It also investigated and spread the reason why the imperial court only allowed Zhu Chenhao to inherit the title of prince 12 years after the death of King Hongzhi, because Zhu Chenhao's bloodline has doubts.

For a while, news flew all over the sky, and all kinds of false news spread in Jiangxi and even the surrounding state capitals, with the sound of wind and cranes.

Such news naturally quickly reached the ears of Zhu Chenhao, who had just taken Anqing Mansion. Originally, he took the last barrier that prevented him from going to Nanjing. Zhu Chenhao was so happy that he didn't know why. When these news spread to the barracks, Zhu Chenhao seemed to be poured a ladle of cold water on his head, and Angry and annoyed.

He immediately summoned his so-called ministers to discuss countermeasures in the Anqing government office, which was regarded as a temporary trip. Of course, the topic of the meeting was not to discuss his own life. Although he knew that this rumor would make many people give up the idea of clinging to himself, Zhu Chenhao is not worried about these at present, but many soldiers and horses attacking Jiang. News from West.

"Thus, where are we going now? Should we immediately turn around to rescue Nanchang, or attack Nanjing along the river?" Zhu Chenhao sat on the simple dragon chair specially made a few days ago. Although the shape of the dragon chair is similar, its workmanship materials are sloofty, but Zhu Chenhao can't care about this much.

"Your Majesty." Wang Lun, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of War, got up and said that since the day of the uprising, everyone has consciously changed their name. Although he has not yet ascended the throne, the emperor's words have been called very smooth.

"Your Majesty, I think that Wang Shouren's so-called 300,000 troops is pure nonsense. Where did he get 300,000 soldiers and horses? The total number of soldiers and horses in the two places in Guangdong, Fujian is less than 300,000. In my opinion, there are less than 30,000 horses in his hand. His 30,000 soldiers and horses attacked Nanchang, and our left-behind soldiers and horses also have 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses. In addition, there are many rural people's groups, and there are plenty of weapons, firearms and supplies. He has no return. I think that there is no need to pay attention to him. For today's urgent business, I will take Nanjing with one stroke, recruit local soldiers and horses in Nanjing, recruit troops to stabilize the south, row the river, and then move north.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Wang said is reasonable, and I also think so. Wang Shouren is a man of tricks. Although he is a literati, he is an alternative among my literati. He likes to do some crooked ghosts. These are his tricks. The purpose is to make us hesitate to look at each other, and I don't think we need to pay attention to him." Liu Yangzheng, the right prime minister and military division, also sighed.

Zhu Chenhao hesitated and thought for a moment, "What about the news that Huguang and Fujian's soldiers and horses came to attack? If the news that soldiers and horses from Hubei Wuchang Hanyang and other prefectures, Zhangzhou Quanzhou Yanpingfu and other places come to attack is true, won't my Nanchang be lost?

Wang Lun said, "Those are all rumors. The emperor has gathered a lot of people who have been here for more than ten days. Wherever he goes, he has swept away everything. Huguang, Fujian and other prefectures have not been able to protect themselves. They have not seen them send troops for more than ten days. Why are they gathered to attack now? Obviously, there is fraud in it.

Liu Yangzheng said: "Overview, this is a suspicious plan. If we return to the army to rescue, we will be held back. At this moment, we should seize the power of our army to seize Nanjing and ascend the throne as emperor. If we are hindered by these things, once the imperial army arrives or Nanjing's defense is completed, it will be really difficult. Only by capturing Nanjing and controlling the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River, even if the imperial army arrives, they can only look at us across the river and sigh.

Zhu Chenhao sighed and looked at Prime Minister Li Shishi, who did not frown and said, "Mr. Li, what do you think? Why don't you talk about it?"

Li Shishi coughed and got up and said, "Your Majesty, what the two adults said is quite reasonable, but... the old minister's thoughts are different."

Zhu Chenhao's eyes widened and listened. In his heart, he attached great importance to Li Shishi's opinions. After all, this person was a senior official who had been a servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the court, and had more experience than his subordinates Wang Lun, Liu Yangzheng and others, especially Liu Yangzheng, who was born as a man and had never had a decent official position, although there were some Strategy and skills, but after all, they have little experience and are hard to believe.

"The old minister believes that Nanchang Mansion is the foundation of the emperor. For so many years, operating in Nanchang and Jiangxi, no matter from what perspective, it is our big rear. Nowadays, whether these news are true or not, it is certain that Wang Shouren is leading tens of thousands of troops to attack Fuzhou Prefecture, which can be confirmed by the war report sent by Fuzhou. What the old minister is worried about is that if Nanchang loses it, what should we do?

Liu Yangzheng frowned and said, "My lord, after taking Nanjing, what is Nanchang?"

Li Shishi shook his head and said, "No, Nanjing is not readily available. Nanjing's left-behind Sijin Wuwei Yingtianfuwei also has tens of thousands of horses stationed. Once the war is unfavorable, it will fall into a stalemate. And the grain, salary, supplies and troops of our army are all in Nanchang Prefecture. If the war ahead is unfavorable and the rear is cut off, then the two sides will not be able to fall, and the disaster will come. Without the supplement of food and supplies, what can we take Nanjing? If you can't take Nanjing and Nanchang will lose it again, will you let the emperor ascend the throne in the river cities of Jiujiang and Nankang Anqing?

Liu Yangzheng shouted, "How is that possible? When our army swings down, Nanjing will be achieved overnight, and there is no difficulty at all. The three soldiers and horses of Nanjing Jinwuwei are the emperor's people. They have secretly sent a secret letter to inform the internal response, which is not a problem at all.

Li Shishi waved his hand and said, "If you are not afraid of 10,000, who dares to guarantee it?"

Liu Yangzheng raised his chest and said, "I dare, I believe I can take Nanjing in one fell swoop."

Li Shishi looked at him sideways and said, "You? What's your guarantee? Can you bear the safety of the emperor? What qualifications do you have? What kind of official have you been? What battle did you fight? What merit have you made? Instead, if you listen to me, can you put the emperor in danger with your words?

Liu Yangzheng was angry and blushed and said, "What is this? Don't I think about it for the emperor? After taking Nanjing, the big event has become half..."

Zhu Chenhao waved his hand and interrupted him, "If you can't take Nanjing, all the big things will fail. You can't take this risk. Lord Li is right. Nanchang Mansion is my big rear. How can it not be saved if there is a fire in the backyard? It's not too late for me to wave my army back, smash Wang Shouren's body and stabilize the rear, and then go down the river to attack Nanjing. I don't think it will take more than ten days. At that time, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court may have just arrived on the north bank, and they will be too late.

Liu Yangzheng shouted, "Your Majesty, think twice. Song Nan came here with the army. Don't you often say that this person is cunning and difficult to deal with? He came with a large army. Don't you want to be more careful?

Zhu Chenhao waved his hand and said, "Don't have the ambition to destroy his own prestige. Although Song Nan is a character, in my opinion, I am not good. At the beginning, I played with him on the palm of my hand. If the Tharto had not come out to make trouble, he would have retired in the countryside. I know what he did secretly, but I know what he did, but he doesn't know what I did. It's just that he ruined my big deal. If not, why should I raise an army? I hope he will come. I want to prove to the world that Song Nan is actually not worth mentioning.

Liu Yangzheng did not dare to say anything more and sighed silently.