When Wang Yuan arrived in Wuchang, Wei Ying was collecting warships.

King Ning could grab merchant ships casually, but Wei Ying had to take it easy. Fortunately, there is a counterinsurgency and the king's righteousness, otherwise it is really difficult to start, after all, the merchants have something to do with the gentry.

Wang Yuan continued to sail, passing through Huangzhou and reaching Qizhou.

Wei Yingtun's troops are here, and there are 30,000 troops under his command, and only 40% of the guards are soldiers, and the rest are recruited from the countryside.

"General Wei, how is the battle situation ahead?" Wang Yuan asked.

Wei Ying said: "Ning Fan is attacking Anqing, but he has a water division under his command, plundering everywhere across the Yangtze River, and the water bandits in Leichi (Longgan Lake) have rebelled. Although I have gathered 30,000 troops, I don't have many warships in my hands, and it is difficult for me to go east because of the pressure of the rebel sailors. However, I have sent Marquis An Yuan (Liu Wen, the chief soldier of Huguang) to rush to Anqing by land with 5,000 elite soldiers, and it should be almost there at this time. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Anqing has 5,000 reinforcements. ”

Wei Ying said: "I think so too. Five thousand elite soldiers rushed to Anqing, and Nanjing had Shixiu (Li Chongsi) in charge, and Ningbo would definitely return in vain. The army under my command only needs to sit back and wait for the change, and attack Ning Fan when he returns in embarrassment. ”

With Wang Yuan's advance arrangement, even if Wang Yangming didn't stab him in Nanchang, King Ning would definitely be cleaned up by Wei Ying.

"Then wait slowly." Wang Yuan was not in a hurry.

A few days later, Wang Yuan and Wei Ying crossed the river in Guangji, planning to attack Jiujiang by land.

At this moment, the good news came, and Wang Yangming only took half a day to capture Nanchang, King Ning's old nest.

Wei Ying was overjoyed: "Bo'an (Wang Yangming) uses soldiers like a god, Nanchang is lost, and Ning Fan must return to the division in a panic." We attacked Jiujiang at this time, but we could go down in a fight. Ning Fan was cut off from retreat, and could only float on the Yangtze River and become the rootless Ping. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "You can't cut off Ning Fan's back road." ”

"Why?" Wei Ying was puzzled.

Wang Yuan analyzed: "If Ning Fan loses the Jiujiang River, he will float on the river and will not be able to advance or retreat. His naval division is relatively strong, and it is difficult for officers and men to exterminate it in a short period of time. Once the rebels are depleted of food and grass, I am afraid that they will turn into rogues, take boats to rob grain everywhere in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and even collapse into countless bandits as a scourge. ”

Wei Ying nodded and said, "Wang Shilang is very worried, and it is very likely that this is the case. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "So let's hold our troops and put Ning Fan back to Jiujiang, let him go south to fight with Yang Minggong, and then we will raid and take Jiujiang." In this way, King Ning was blocked in Jiangxi, which can be said to be a closed door and a dog. ”

"Hahahaha," Wei Ying was amused and asked, "Can Bo'an and Ning Fan's main forces fight?" The officers and soldiers in Jiangxi are worse than those in Huguang, and Bo'an claims to have an army of 300,000 Qinwang, but I am afraid that there are only a few thousand who can really fight. ”

Wang Yuan was quite confident: "With Mr.'s means, a few thousand soldiers are enough, and the bandits under Ning Fan's command are not to worry." ”

The biggest problem of King Ning's rebels is not that they are not trained enough, but that they are difficult to gather and have different orders.

Water bandits, bandits, gangsters, robbers, people, guards, guards, guards, ...... The rebel elements are probably these, they don't like each other, no one obeys anyone, and even the internal generals have a deep hatred.

Take the garrison troops in Nanchang as an example, it is the guards around Nanchang who set up camps outside the city to assist in the defense. Garrisoned in the city were the guards of King Ning and the bandits of the rivers and lakes.

Those guards were thrown outside the city to assist in the defense, and the new students were already dissatisfied. They fled into the city in a hurry, and the defenders in the city actually wanted to close the door, so they directly turned from comrades to mortal enemies, and fought each other on the spot.

And the defenders in the city, King Ning's guards wanted to continue to defend against the enemy, but the bandits ran away. was rushed by the rout at the gate of the city, and instantly turned into a big rout, at that time Wang Yangming had just led the troops to the city, and it can be said that the soldiers took Nanchang without blood.

……

"What, Nanchang is lost?" King Ning was shocked.

Li Shishi asked the person who reported the news: "Nanchang City is high and deep, and there are more than 20,000 elites stationed there, how did Wang Shouren capture it?" ”

The messenger replied: "According to the plan of Wang Shangshu (Wang Lun, the secretary of the military department), the division general (formerly the commander of the Ming Dynasty) led his troops to camp outside the city, and the defenders in the city were at a whim. Wang Shouren shot a letter of surrender to enter the city, saying that he would bring 300,000 troops, and the people in the city were suddenly unstable, and some generals were about to abandon the city almost immediately. Wang Shangshu came forward to suppress and pacify, and finally stabilized the army's heart, and the general's headquarters outside the city were defeated again. The rout fled into the city, and there was a mutiny at the gate of the city, and Wang Shouren led the troops to chase and capture Nanchang. Only...... It only took half a day. ”

"So you were beaten down?" Li Shishi couldn't believe it, thinking that he was listening to someone tell a joke.

That's 20,000 people stationed in the fortified city, that's 20,000 pigs, and you can't kill them in half a day! What's more, Wang Yangming has a fart army of 300,000, and there are at most a few thousand soldiers who can fight in southern Gansu.

King Ning's face was like ashes, and he almost collapsed, so he calmed down and said: "Hurry back to Jiangxi and snatch Nanchang back!" ”

"No!"

Liu Yangzheng persuaded: "Your Majesty, there is no advance or retreat in the matter of rebellion. Since Nanchang has been lost, it is even more necessary to attack Nanjing, and only by laying down Nanjing can there be a chance to turn around! ”

"Nonsense," King Ning was furious, "you and my family, as well as the soldiers' families, are all in Nanchang at this time." If you don't recapture Nanchang, how can the soldiers have the will to fight? I'm afraid that I will mutiny before I get to Nanjing! ”

Li Shishi gritted his teeth and said: "Strictly guard against mutiny, and whoever dares to disobey orders will be dealt with by military law." Your Majesty, what the right prime minister said is extremely true, the rebellion really has no advance or retreat. What about retaking Nanchang? The imperial court has plenty of time to mobilize an army, and we won't be able to come out again as soon as we return to Jiangxi! As for the family, how can you take care of your family now? ”

Liu Yangzheng directly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please immediately send troops to attack Nanjing!" ”

"Don't persuade me again, I've made up my mind," King Ning ordered, "Come, take the two prime ministers to the cabin to rest, and immediately return to Nanchang!" ”

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty think twice! ”

Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng were dragged away by the guards, crying and shouting all the way, making King Ning even more upset.

……

King Ning's main force returned to Jiujiang quickly, and he didn't even have the heart to enter Jiujiang City, so he directly entered Poyang Lake by boat, and immediately went to Nanchang after landing.

Wang Yuan and Wei Ying got the news and hurriedly organized their troops to attack Jiujiang.

"Don't bring so many soldiers, 3,000 elites are enough, if there are too many soldiers, you will go slowly." Wang Yuan suggested.

Wei Ying asked, "Can three thousand soldiers capture Jiujiang?" ”

"That's enough," Wang Yuan was very confident, "I will take a boat down the river, and I will lead three thousand men to attack the city." General Wei led the water division, and he must block the mouth of Poyang Lake, and he can't let the Ning Fan water division come out! ”

Wei Ying still had concerns: "Isn't it too risky?" It may be difficult for 3,000 troops to capture Jiujiang, and the Huguang Water Division cannot defeat the Ningbo Water Division. ”

"It's not dangerous, it's not dangerous, it's very reliable, let's go quickly." Wang Yuan urged.

So, the two went down by boat and arrived at Jiujiang on the same day.

Wang Yuan took Song Ling'er and three thousand elites to land at the Jiujiang Water Station Wharf, and Wei Ying took the sailor to intercept the mouth of Poyang Lake.

The Jiujiang City of the Ming Dynasty was bordered by the river in the north, the lake in the southwest, and the wide moat dug by semi-artificial excavation in the east and southeast. Only the northwest is land, and there is also a moat dug by hand. Only a few thousand people were needed to defend the city, and without the help of heavy firearms, it would be difficult for tens of thousands of troops to conquer it for a year and a half.

Wang Yuan led his troops out of the water post wharf, came directly to the moat in the northwest of the city, and ordered the people to shout: "The imperial army has arrived, and those who are rebellious will be exempted from the death penalty if they surrender the city." If you can go out with me to make meritorious service, you can redeem your merit for sin; If you can capture the Ningbo traitor, you can be rewarded for your merits! ”

The Jiujiang guard is called Wei Ba, whose real name is unknown, and he is a hero in Jiangxi.

The so-called heroes are thieves who are rich, land, and famous.

These "heroes" are not bandits, they buy land to build houses, buy manors, and are no different from ordinary landlords. But he went up to the official mansion, handed over to bandits, secretly killed people and oversold goods, and occasionally built bridges and paved roads to accumulate yin virtue. Everyone knows that they are cowards, but the government does not arrest them, and heroes from all walks of life come to vote.

When Wei Ba heard that an official army was coming, he immediately put on his armor and came to the city tower, but when he saw that Wang Yuan was only with three thousand foot soldiers, he was immediately amused: "Wu Na Bird Official, whoever has the surname, report quickly!" ”

"Raise the flag!" Wang Yuan ordered.

The banner has three sides, one side is called "Zuo Shilang of the Military Department", one side is called "Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs and Counterinsurgency of the Provinces", and the other side is called "Wang".

Wei Ba is actually literate, and he has a clairvoyant mirror, which was given to him by King Ning.

This guy observed with a clairvoyant mirror, and only recognized the "Left Squire of the Military Department", and he was stunned to understand what kind of bird officer the "commander-in-chief of military affairs and counterinsurgency in various provinces" was.

Don't say it's him, King Ning's left prime minister Li Shishi came, and he was probably a little confused, because this official name was given by Zhu Houzhao casually.

Wei Ba ordered someone to bring a Xiucai up and asked, "What kind of bird official is that?" ”

Xiucai's surname is Zheng, he is quite famous, and he is not willing to be a thief, but his family was detained. He looked at it fixedly, and was immediately shocked: "General, surrender the city quickly, this is the left servant of the military department, Wang Ruoxu!" ”

Wei Ba said in a daze: "Who is Wang Ruoxu?" ”

Zheng Xiucai explained: "It's Wang Yuan Wang Erlang!" ”

"Kill Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, capture the king of Turpan alive, and behead Wang Erlang, the little prince of Mongolia?" Wei Ba was a little panicked.

Zheng Xiucai said: "Who else can there be besides him?" ”

Wei Ba panicked: "Why is he in Jiujiang?" ”

Zheng Xiucai said: "Wang Ruoxu is the left squire of the military department, he has come to Jiujiang, I am afraid that the imperial army will come in an instant." General, are you better than Liu Liu and Liu Qi? Or are you more powerful than the king of Turpan and the little prince of Mongolia? ”

Wei Ba became more and more weak-hearted, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Is it Wang Erlang? ”

Wang Yuan laughed: "If you don't change your name, if you don't change your surname, it's me Wang Yuan!" Hurry up and open the city to welcome the king, I will guarantee that you will not die, if you can make meritorious service, there will be a reward! ”

Zheng Xiucai hurriedly asked: "If you are forced to be a thief in your later life, may you keep your reputation?" ”

Wang Yuan replied, "If you have not done evil, you will be honored." As for this rebel general, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and only by making great contributions can the merits be compensated! ”

Wei Ba was furious: "The death penalty can be avoided, and it is impossible to escape the crime, that Lao Tzu still surrenders a fart!" ”

Zheng Xiucai persuaded: "General, think about it. Wang Erlang must have the imperial army behind him, so he dared to speak so hard, otherwise he would fool us casually and deceive the city gate and kill us directly. He said that the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, first, he did not deceive us, and second, he was not afraid that we would not sacrifice the city if there was a large army to rely on. If he says he won't be held accountable, can you believe it? ”

"Of course I don't believe it, how can the crime of rebellion be forgiven." Wei Ba said.

Zheng Xiucai said: "That's it, Wang Erlang didn't lie and deceive people. ”

Wang Yuan shouted again: "Listen to the thieves in the city, the 300,000 troops of the imperial court have recovered Nanchang City and arrested Ning Fan's rebellious wife and children." He has no wife and children, what kind of fake emperor is he going to be? Nanjing's 100,000 elites are coming by boat, and the 100,000 troops in Huguang are also blocking the mouth of Poyang Lake. After today, there will be no chance to surrender and make meritorious contributions! ”

Zheng Xiucai was so frightened that he trembled: "General, come down." Nanchang has been lost, you know, we have been surrounded on three sides! ”

As a hero in Ganzhong, Wei Ba always wants to save face. Unwilling to surrender immediately, he opened the gates and had a small sampan brought in. shouted: "I heard that Wang Erlang is brave, do you dare to cross the river in a small boat and come to the city alone?" ”

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Yuan laughed: "Why don't you dare? ”

Wang Yuan immediately took a small boat and was about to cross the river, when Song Ling'er said, "I'll go too!" ”

"Let's go together." Wang Yuan did not stop it.

The husband and wife, in the same boat, crossed the moat, and soon came to the city of Jiujiang. The defenders of the city can shoot them into a sieve by firing arrows, and whether they survive or not depends on luck.

Wang Yuan raised his head and asked, "This is my wife, can we cross the river together?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Wei Ba praised repeatedly, "I don't want Wang Erlang to be so heroic, even my wife is so brave, I, Wei Ba, am convinced." He turned to his subordinates and said, "Brothers, I am not descending to the imperial court, but to Wang Erlang's spirit. If you don't want to descend, leave the city quickly. ”

Several lieutenants looked at each other, but they were still scared after all, and they all said: "Brother, we also serve Wang Erlang, and it is not a shame to demote him." ”

Suddenly, another general came to the city tower, saw Wang Yuan and Song Ling'er standing under the city, and immediately ordered: "Quickly shoot them with arrows!" ”

"Boom!"

Wei Ba pulled out his sword and hacked the thief to death with one sword, and spat on the corpse and said: "A cuckold Wang Ba, he still dares to give orders to us green forest heroes, I don't think King Ning looks like he can be an emperor." ”

The thief general who was killed was the main general of Jiujiang City, who originally belonged to the Lingren Legong of Ning Wangfu.

In addition, there is a eunuch supervising the army, and I don't know where to be at the moment.

Wang Yuan seemed to be impatient, drew his sword and shouted: "If you want to surrender, you will surrender, if you want to fight, you will fight, you will be verbose!" ”

"Hurry up and open the city!"

Wei Ba took all the thieves and generals out of the city to greet Wang Yuan, knelt down and bowed: "Wei Ba to meet the second master of the king, to meet the second grandmother of the king!" ”

The rest of the thieves also chanted, and the scene was like a birthday banquet.

"Hahahaha!"

Song Linger was amused and laughed, she had fought a lot of battles in Guizhou, and she had never seen such a funny situation.

"Get up," Wang Yuan said, "Quickly reorganize the army, go with me, and join forces with the 300,000 imperial army to attack Ningbo's rebellion!" ”