The main force of King Ning is currently stationed in Qiaoshe Town.

Qiaoshe Town, like Wucheng Town, is a water post wharf on the Gan River. The difference is that Wucheng Town is closer to Poyang Lake, while Qiaoshe Town is closer to Nanchang.

"What?"

King Ning was suddenly startled, rushed over and grabbed the spies' clothes: "You said that Ling Shiyi's 20,000 forwards were defeated by Wang Shouren, and only one or two thousand people fled back?" ”

The spy trembled: "Also...... It is also possible to escape back to two or three thousand, and the mess is really not clear. ”

"Rubbish!"

King Ning pushed the spies away with all his might, and walked around the account by himself, restless and completely lost his mind.

Li Shishi, the prime minister of Zuo, said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, our army still has 60,000 troops. Immediately send someone to meet General Ling, reorganize the army and fight Wang Shouren to the death. ”

"Yes, reorganize the army, reorganize the army," King Ning hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up and pick up the remnants of Ling Eleven." ”

Liu Yangzheng, the right prime minister, said: "There are still nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Jiujiang and Nankang, and we should immediately transfer troops to make up for the dilemma of our army's lack of troops." ”

In a panic, King Ning seemed to have become wise, and immediately sent people from Shanru to Jiujiang and Nankang to move reinforcements.

In the evening of the same day, the forward general Ling Shiyi finally fled back, and there were only more than 1,600 people left in the more than 20,000 troops—many more scattered and missing on the way to escape. He was reprimanded by King Ning, and in order to cover up his mistakes, he said that the enemy soldiers were overwhelming, and there were countless warships, with at least more than 100,000 troops.

The rebel generals were immediately shocked, and many of them were already thinking about slipping away. In particular, the Leichi bandits who rebelled in the middle of the way, and the leader of the bandits left in a boat that night, and the black lights could not stop them at all.

These escaped bandits, rowed through the middle of the night, and finally arrived at Wucheng at dawn.

Wucheng is prosperous in commerce and has no city wall defense, although it has already been robbed by King Ning, but the bandits still want to get a ticket and leave.

They landed in the dark, and more than a thousand people went straight to the town.

At the beginning of killing people and setting fires, I suddenly heard the shouts of killing from the west, and countless torches swarmed towards the town.

"Officers and soldiers?" The thunder pool bandits were a little confused.

"The wind is howling!"

was a little stunned, the bandits didn't even want their goods, they threw down the looted things and ran,

However, after Wang Yuan crossed the river, the time was close to evening, so he could only camp on the west side of Wucheng Town, and continue to march the next day, when he happened to encounter this group of deserters who were deserters and ransacked the town.

Wang Yuan divided his troops into two, one went to the town to suppress the bandits, and the other quickly occupied the Shuiyi Wharf.

More than 1,000 bandits had no fighting spirit, and when they saw that they had no time to board the boat, they immediately chose to kneel and beg for mercy.

Wang Yuan asked people to arrest the leader, but he didn't bother to ask the name, and went straight to the point: "King Ning is defeated?" ”

A water bandit leader said: "The 20,000 strikers were defeated, and we saw that things were not good, so we escaped from King Ning's camp overnight. ”

Continuing to ask, these thieves were upside down, and they couldn't ask for any detailed military information at all. It is only said that King Ning still has 60,000 troops, but the morale of the army is weak, the morale is very low, and there are not a few who sneak away at night.

Wang Yuan ordered: "Separate and detailed torture, kill all the evildoers, and leave the life of those who can control the boat and not the bandit leader." ”

This battle was really hell-fought, and before they even arrived at the battlefield, more than forty warships were captured inexplicably. Although they are all small and medium-sized ships, and most of them are converted from inland merchant ships, they just alleviate Wang Yuan's dilemma of having no ships available.

Wang Yuan was happy, but King Ning couldn't cry.

King Ning couldn't sleep at all, and was awakened by the noise in the middle of the night. He thought that Wang Yangming was coming, so he panicked out of the account to inquire about the news, only to find that there were water bandits driving the boat away.

The prime minister came urgently to see him.

Li Shishi said: "Please Your Majesty scatter all the treasures and reward the three armies, otherwise our army will definitely collapse without a fight." ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "There are more and more deserters, and it is impossible to prevent it, and the military law team has run away!" ”

King Ning's only advantage may be that he is generous. He immediately ordered his troops in the middle of the night and rewarded nearly half of the goods in the army. He also said that after winning the war, he would also take out the remaining goods and reward the meritorious soldiers.

Qian Ke is clear, the morale of the rebels has finally stabilized, at least there will be no more nonsense about the military law team taking the lead in escaping.

But before the reward was finished, he ran to carry the letter of the rescuer, and fled back in a panic.

"Your Majesty, Wucheng has been occupied by enemy troops!" The messenger said anxiously.

King Ning was shocked: "How can there be an enemy army in Wucheng?" ”

"Truly," said the messenger, "when he arrived at the city of Wu by boat, it was almost dark, and when he saw that the town was densely packed with enemy troops, he immediately returned the way he came. On the way, they encountered dozens of boats (fleeing bandits), and because it was dark and they did not know who they were, they hid for a while and then came back. ”

"Li Qing, what should I do?" King Ning hurriedly asked.

But Li Shishi's brain was also a little insufficient, and he muttered to himself: "How can there be an enemy army in Wucheng? How could there be an enemy army in Wucheng? ”

Liu Yangzheng's face was also pale: "If Wucheng is occupied by the enemy, then Jiujiang and Nankang will definitely be gone." We...... We're stuck in the Ganjiang River! ”

The situation at this time was very simple, King Ning's main force was about sixty miles away from Wang Yangming, and about eighty miles away from Wang Yuan. The three parties are all located at important nodes of the Ganjiang River, and King Ning can be said to be attacked on his back, and he can't even figure out how many soldiers Wang Yuan and Wang Yangming have brought.

Liu Yangzheng slowed down for a while, recovered a little, and said, "Your Majesty, there are only three paths to choose from now. ”

"Liu Qing say it quickly!" King Ning said urgently.

Liu Yangzheng said: "Our army has encountered front and rear interceptions, we must not sit idly by, and we will be defeated by two enemy forces!" Therefore tomorrow it must be opened, and there are three routes of travel. First, lead the army straight to Nanchang, only by defeating Wang Shouren, you can recover Nanchang and defend the city; second, return to the division and go to Wucheng to destroy the unknown enemy behind him first; Third, immediately abandon the big ship and flee east into Poyang Lake. ”

Although King Ning was blocked in the Ganjiang River before and after, the Ganjiang River happened to branch out of the branch in Qiaoshe Town, which was the "middle branch of the Ganjiang River".

The "middle branch of the Ganjiang River" gathers from time to time, forming a complex river network that flows into Poyang Lake. Due to the sedimentation of sediment and silt all year round, it is difficult for large boats to travel in this tributary section, and even the Jiangxinzhou exposed to the water can be seen everywhere.

King Ning shook his head and said, "The big ship must not be abandoned, otherwise even if you escape into Poyang Lake, there is absolutely no possibility of turning over." ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "Then whether to fight Nanchang or Wucheng, please make a decision!" ”

It was difficult for King Ning to make a decision, so he could only ask Prime Minister Zuo: "Where does Li Qing think he should fight?" ”

Li Shishi said: "Fight back at Wu Cheng." We rushed back with a large army, when Jiujiang and Nankang were there, and there were no enemy troops at Poyang Lake. It has only been a few days, and it is impossible for a large number of enemy troops to chase after them, and the enemy of Wucheng will be tens of thousands of dead. This army should be destroyed quickly, and then a decisive battle with Wang Shouren should be wielded. ”

King Ning was indecisive again, he asked Li Shishi to give his opinion, but this opinion was not to his liking, and he immediately shook his head and said: "Our army's family members are all in Nanchang, and if we delay for one more day, the army's morale will be even more unstable." ”

Li Shishi said: "Then hit Nanchang!" ”

King Ning shook his head again: "But Wang Shouren is clever in using troops, in the short term, it may be difficult for our army to win, and then it will be attacked from the front and back." ”

Li Shishi was speechless for a moment, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, you make a ghost!

Liu Yangzheng was so anxious that he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, no matter which path you choose, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

King Ning had a splitting headache and said to the guards, "Send two Li Immortals to see you." ”

This is to ask a warlock for divination, which is similar to shaking the dice, and it is which side it is to shake.

The guards were ordered to leave for a while, and came back to report: "Your Majesty, the two Li Immortals are missing, I'm afraid it's ...... I'm afraid I've already received the bounty and fled the camp. ”

The two charlatans are too hateful, even if they run away, they actually run away after receiving the reward.

King Ning stood stupidly and couldn't speak, at least stunned for a quarter of an hour, and said angrily: "What immortal? It's a liar! When I settle the world, I will definitely arrest these two people and break their bodies into pieces! ”

Liu Yangzheng urged: "Your Majesty, make a decision." ”

King Ning clenched his fists: "Early tomorrow morning, the whole army will march to Nanchang!" ”

(If you have something to do today, you will make up for it tomorrow.) ）