King Ning's base camp is in Nanchang, which has been operating for nearly 100 years and has already infiltrated all aspects.

On the day of the birthday banquet, under the coercion and temptation, Jiangxi's left and right political envoys, left and right political envoys, left and right senators, chief and deputy envoys, and commanders and other officials could only kneel down and shout long live.

Not only did the officials of the three divisions rebel, but the commanders, commanders, and military attaches who were invited by King Ning to celebrate his birthday also rebelled with King Ning. They can't rebel if they don't rebel, those who oppose it are hacked to death on the spot, those who don't speak are thrown into prison, and in the end they are all dead anyway.

Wang Yangming, the governor of Jiangxi, was mainly responsible for suppressing bandits in southern Jiangxi, because bandits were the most rampant there.

There is also a governor of Jiangxi named Sun Sui, who began to patrol Jiangxi in the tenth year of Zhengde. He found that King Ning wanted to rebel, and wrote letters to the court many times, but these reports were either withheld by officials or intercepted by King Ning on the way.

Because of this, Sun Sui was set aside by Jiangxi officials, and he felt that his life could not be guaranteed, so he sent his wife and children away, leaving only two of his entourage. He admonished King Ning many times to get lost and return, but as a result, he was surrounded by people who were planted with King Ning. He also contacted Xu Kui, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Inspection, and in the name of defending against thieves, he asked Xu Kui to guard Jiujiang with heavy troops and strangle the necessary place for King Ning to rebel out of Jiangxi.

As a result, Sun Sui and Xu Kui were both invited by King Ning to celebrate their birthdays this time.

They didn't know when King Ning would rebel, so they could only go to the banquet with their heads. When King Ning announced the rebellion, Sun Sui and Xu Kui shouted angrily and were beheaded by King Ning on the spot.

The defense of Jiujiang was arranged by Xu Kui, and as soon as Xu Kui died, the soldiers had no heart to fight, and Jiujiang was easily taken by King Ning.

The warships on the river are weaving, and the business travel is cut off.

Those merchant ships were all seized by King Ning, all of them were converted into troop carriers, and the largest naval division in the Yangtze River basin was formed!

Ning Wang was the commander of the water division, called Ling Shiyi.

There are also two naval generals, called Wu 13 and Min 24.

All three were bandits from Poyang Lake who had been plundering merchant ships for many years. King Ning is responsible for selling the stolen goods to them and providing them with information on officers and soldiers, but most of the looted goods must be distributed to King Ning.

After King Ning occupied Jiujiang, the three water bandits had unlimited scenery, with hundreds of warships, thousands of troop carriers, and countless small sampans.

Looking at the warships covering the river, King Ning stood on the deck and asked, "Li Qing, is my sailor mighty?" ”

"It's comparable to Taizu's water master," Li Shishi, the prime minister of Zuo, flattered and immediately said, "Your Majesty should go east as soon as possible and take Anqing and Chizhou, the important towns of the Yangtze River, with lightning speed!" ”

King Ning nodded, and asked the two Jianghu warlocks behind him: "Is the hexagram auspicious?" ”

Li naturally said: "Daji! ”

Li Rifang flattered: "Tomorrow, Dali will go on the expedition!" ”

Li Tiantian and Li Rifang were both warlocks, and they followed King Ning very early, and once said that there was a son of heaven in the southeast of Nanchang City. King Ning immediately founded Yangchun Academy, occupied the place where there was a son of heaven, and buried his mother in Xishan, because the warlock said that there was a dragon's lair there.

Not only that, King Ning also built a manor in Dingjiashan, which was full of heroes and thieves. They turned to King Ning to rob the house, and once slaughtered hundreds of people, even children.

At this moment, King Ning listened to the words of the two warlocks, and immediately clapped his hands and said, "Tomorrow, send troops on time!" ”

"Report!"

A spy came in a small boat with a token.

When the other party came to the side of the big ship, King Ning smiled and asked, "What's the news?" ”

The spy was more sober than King Ning, and replied: "Important military information, it is inconvenient to say it in public. ”

King Ning could only let the spies get on the ship, and personally took the secret letter from Nanchang, and was shocked after only half reading it.

Liu Yangzheng, the right prime minister, asked: "Your Majesty, is there something wrong in Nanchang?" ”

King Ning immediately retreated left and right, and said in a panic: "Wang Shouren is in southern Jiangnan and said that the emperor ...... Well, it is said that the puppet emperor knew that I was going to raise troops, and he had sent 160,000 troops to Nanchang from all directions, and also asked the prefectures and counties of Jiangxi to prepare food and grass for the army. How is this good? Or, let's immediately take our troops back to Nanchang and break the enemy forces from all sides? Nanchang is the place where the dragon is prosperous, and there must be no loss. ”

Although Liu Yangzheng is only a man, he is also familiar with military books and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the way to use soldiers is virtual and real. Wang Shouren's behavior is definitely a bluff. If there really is a large army in the imperial court, how can it let us know in advance? Wouldn't it be more effective to raid Nanchang directly? ”

"But what if there is a real army?" King Ning said worriedly, "You and my family are all in Nanchang, in case Nanchang is captured, the army's morale will be in chaos!" ”

Zuo Prime Minister Li Shishi had a pain in his brain for a while, so he could only persuade patiently: "Your Majesty, Nanchang City is high and deep, and our army is heavily guarded, so there are really 160,000 enemy troops to attack, how can it be defeated for a while?" The top priority at the moment is to rely on the advantages of the sailors to capture the two important towns of Anqing and Chizhou in one fell swoop. At that time, our army will be able to advance or retreat, and will be able to completely occupy the initiative on the battlefield. ”

Liu Yangzheng also said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo is seeking the country's words, please think twice." ”

King Ning thought about it, gritted his teeth and said: "If you divide 5,000 troops and return to Nanchang, you must ensure that your hometown is not lost, so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind!" ”

Li Shishi and Liu Yang looked at each other head-on, and they both felt extremely tired.

King Ning claims to have 100,000 soldiers, plus the number of people is indeed enough, but how many can fight?

The strategists wanted to go straight to Nanjing, but they thought that the troops were insufficient, and King Ning actually had to divide his troops to go back to guard the lair!

The next day, King Ning sent 5,000 soldiers and horses back to Nanchang, and he personally led an army of 100,000 to Anqing. The small counties along the riverside are all looking at the wind and descending, so smoothly marching into the army, so that King Ning has the ambition to look at the world.

When he came to the city of Anqing, he saw that the city was heavily guarded, and King Ning immediately sent people to persuade him to surrender.

Wang Yuan had already recommended Li Chongsi to supervise Nan Zhili, and after Li Chongsi came to Nanjing, he discussed countermeasures with Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

Don't look at the many guards in Nanzhili, but after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he stopped fighting, and those soldiers had long been completely abolished. At the beginning of the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, only two or three thousand remnants fled to Nanzhili, and they were able to crisscross various states and counties, which shows how bad the situation here is.

Li Chongsi tossed for a while, and finally gathered some troops.

Qiao Yu, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, commanded the Nanjing Soldiers and Horses Division (police force), and summoned Xiangyong to garrison Nanjing. Li Chongsi led 10,000 "elite soldiers" by himself, moved to Quarry Rock to assist in the defense, and asked Yang Rui to lead troops to garrison Anqing.

Yang Rui was lying on the head of the city at this moment, and said the lines that he had memorized for a long time: "Ning Fan rebel, Your Majesty has long known your wolf ambitions, and specially ordered me to wait here for you, a dog thief, to die." Do you know that the 100,000 border troops that broke the little Mongolian prince have come from Beijing and can reach Anqing in the evening. Ning Fan rebel, you just wait to die! ”

100,000 border troops are coming?

King Ning was shocked and immediately ordered to attack the city.

The 100,000 troops that can be put together temporarily, which are also mixed with countless bandits and people, have no way to face the Anqing City built near the river.

After several days of continuous attack, King Ning became more and more anxious because the spies intercepted more information.

Yang Rui is also sending orders to various states and counties to ask the magistrates to prepare food and grass for 100,000 border troops, as if there are really 100,000 troops arriving in a blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, news came from the upper reaches that the vast army of 100,000 lakes was heading down the river.

This was Wang Yuan's recommendation of Huguang, the governor of Wei Ying, but Huguang was also empty of troops, not because of the long period of peace, but because he had been fighting against the thieves for many years, and the soldiers of the local guard station suffered extremely heavy casualties.

Wei Ying finally gathered 20,000 troops and blocked Qizhou to prevent King Ning from going up the river. Hearing that King Ning ran to fight Anqing, he immediately waved his army eastward, and proudly claimed that he had led 100,000 Huguang soldiers and horses to kill.

There are 100,000 border troops coming in the east, 100,000 Huguang troops coming in the west, and 160,000 officers and troops coming to Nanchang...... Suffering from the enemy on his belly and back, King Ning suddenly panicked.

"Your Majesty, two secret letters have been intercepted!" Another spy came to report.

When King Ning opened the letter, he was immediately horrified, this was written by Wang Yangming to his prime minister.

Wang Yangming said in the letter that he had already received the letter from Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng a few days ago, and he was very happy that the two were able to find their way back. He also ordered the two to trick King Ning into attacking Nanjing, where a large army set up an ambush and waited for King Ning to die.

Is your left and right prime minister defective?

King Ning was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly called Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng to tempt: "Li Qing, Liu Qing, this An Qing can't be attacked for a long time, what should I do?" ”

Li Shishi said: "Since Anqing has been prepared for a long time, then directly take a ship to attack Nanjing!" The minister has been an official in the puppet court for many years, and knows that Nanzhili has an empty army, and since Anqing has a heavy army, there must be a shortage of soldiers in Nanjing. Don't look at the taller city of Nanjing, it is actually better to capture than Anqing. Once Nanjing is occupied, it is equivalent to owning half of the country, and there will inevitably be countless gentry and subordinates, and our army can also take the opportunity to expand the army and conquer it! ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "Prime Minister Zuo's words are very good, and the minister also suggested bypassing Anqing and attacking Nanjing directly along the river!" ”

The suggestions of the two at this time happened to be exactly the same as the content of Wang Yangming's letter, and King Ning almost killed him on the spot.

King Ning closed his eyes and said, "Rong Zhen will think about it again, and the two Aiqing will step aside." ”