Glancing at Wang Gan's body lying on the ground, Liu Yangzheng's expression was a little complicated.

He wasn't too happy, and he didn't feel too happy after completing the task, but he felt heavy. Wang Gan's words still echoed in his ears, who knows if the present of their father and son will be their own tomorrow?

"Pack up and bury yourself." Liu Yangzheng said lightly, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

I can still clean up for Wang Qian today, and when it's my turn, I don't know who will collect his body?

Breathing a sigh of relief and cleaning up his mood, Liu Yangzheng returned to the big tent.

"It's all done?" King Ning sat on the chair and raised his head to look at Liu Yangzheng. His eyes narrowed, revealing a glow of resentment.

At this moment, he realized that he was on a path of no return. I thought it would be a brilliant road to success, but who would have thought that it would become a dead end?

Liu Yangzheng nodded and said respectfully: "Yes, Lord Wang, everything is dealt with." ”

"Then let's go and rest early, we will continue to attack the city early tomorrow morning, and strive to take Jiujiang as soon as possible. Things can't go wrong again, or we're really dead. After saying this, King Ning stood up, turned around and walked inside.

Looking at King Ning's back, Liu Yangzheng didn't speak for a long time, then turned around and walked out.

Nanjing City, inside the Imperial Palace.

Zhu Fu walked in eagerly from outside, came to Zhu Houzhao's side, bowed down and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is an urgent report that Jiujiang just sent. King Ning raised his banner and rebelled, and at the same time launched an attack on Jiujiang. This time it was a fatal attack, King Ning was desperate, and now Jiujiang is in a hurry. This is a distress letter sent by a civil and military official in Jiujiang. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Fu held the letter above his head with both hands.

Zhu Houzhao's face did not change at all, and he glanced at Liu Jin.

Liu Jin hurriedly walked down the steps, walked quickly in front of Zhu Fu, stretched out his hand to take the letter, and then quickly walked in front of Zhu Houzhao, and respectfully presented the letter to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the distress letter that was held high, reached out and took it from Liu Jin's hand, and then tore open the seal and browsed it quickly.

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao handed the letter to Liu Jin.

"Looks like a dog jumped over the wall." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao said this very softly, with disdain in his tone, as if he didn't pay attention to King Ning at all, and contained strong self-confidence.

This made the originally slightly tense atmosphere in the hall eased in an instant.

"Shouldn't there be a text for rebellion?" Zhu Hou looked at Zhu Fu and said with a smile: "He can't be so unprofessional, right?" ”

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao was still in the mood to ask this, Zhu Fu didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the evidence of King Ning's rebellion is conclusive, but don't read his writings, right?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded and said with a smile: "After all, there are no good words." However, Bengong can guess that what King Ning needs to fight for now is the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, so it is impossible to attack his father who is far away in the capital, and it is estimated that all of them are crusading against Bengong. What brutality, what tyranny, what murder, you won't compare this palace to Emperor Yang of Sui, right? ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao say this, Zhu Fu was a little embarrassed and didn't speak.

Seeing Zhu Fu's expression, Zhu Houzhao knew what was going on, so he said with a smile: "You really said it?" There is no level at all. Okay, then let's go to Jiujiang to have a look. King Ning had already set up a position over there, and if the palace didn't go, it seemed that the palace was afraid of him. ”

"In addition, I also went to see the battle array, speaking of which, the palace has not been to the battle array for a few years, so it's good to feel it. By the way, take a look at the elite soldiers that King Ning has prepared for so many years, and see what kind of army he has taught, I hope that the combat effectiveness will be better, otherwise it will not be interesting. ”

Zhu Fu listened to the strong confidence in Zhu Houzhao's words, and he really didn't know what to say.

Now the officials up and down Nanjing are very worried, after all, King Ning claims to have 200,000 horses. Even if it's not as much as 200,000, it won't go anywhere.

Now King Ning is attacking Jiujiang, as long as Jiujiang is taken down, he will attack Anqing, and then he will go to Nanjing.

In such a situation. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still in such a mood, which has to be admired.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has this capital, and he went to the northwest to fight at a young age, personally led the army to attack the grassland, and was invincible on the grassland.

It can be said that since his debut, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not been defeated.

The most important thing is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is fighting strongmen, the fire sieve in the northwest, Dayan Khan in the north, and the Duoyan Sanwei in Liaodong, which can only be regarded as beating rabbits with grass.

In the Ming Dynasty, only the crown prince dared to say such a thing.

Zhu Fu hurriedly said respectfully: "The minister will go and prepare immediately." ”

"You prepare slowly, and then you take someone to follow. Hongu took the Black Dragon Army over first. Zhu Houzhao said expressionlessly.

This time, Liu Jian's arrival brought another 20,000 black dragon troops to Zhu Houzhao. Now that he has 30,000 Black Dragon Army under his command, as well as Black Dragon Guard, Zhu Houzhao feels that it is enough.

You must know that Zhu Houzhao's 30,000 Black Dragon Army is a real 30,000 soldiers, and the auxiliary soldiers are not counted. Not to mention the number of people claimed by King Ning, this is a real 30,000 people.

Regarding his 30,000 combat effectiveness, Zhu Houzhao is looking forward to it in his heart.

Speaking of which, the combat effectiveness of the Black Dragon Army has been improving in the past few years, but it has not been found to find anyone to try.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there is some danger here, right?" Zhu Fu hurriedly took a step forward and said, "The minister will go back to prepare immediately, and the preparation must be completed as soon as possible." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still acting with a large group of people, right? ”

Zhu Fu's face was full of worry, and he said with some eagerness: "The minister promises to complete it immediately." ”

In fact, Zhu Fu was really worried in his heart. He didn't doubt the combat effectiveness of Zhu Houzhao's subordinates, the Black Dragon Army under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the strongest army in the world, this rumor has always existed, and it was considered a fact by many people.

But Zhu Fu is still very worried, after all, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, who knows if it will hurt the prince?

As the so-called son of a daughter can't sit down, what is the identity of His Royal Highness the Prince?

His Majesty's only son, if something happens, no one can afford it. Even if he was just injured, the whole Jiangnan couldn't eat and walk.

Zhu Fu didn't want Zhu Houzhao to take risks at all, so he said such things.

"Alright, let's go back and clean up your people." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "The palace will leave early tomorrow morning, but you had better hurry up, otherwise you may not be able to keep up with the pace of the palace." ”

Zhu Fu wanted to say something more, but when he saw Zhu Houzhao waving his hand, he could only turn around and walk outside.

At the same time, Zhu Fu had already made up his mind in his heart, he must go back and prepare well, prepare overnight tonight, and it is best to set off with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow.

Of course, he also knew that this was unlikely, after all, he had more people, and Nanjing had to arrange it well.

Unlike the last time he went to Zhejiang, this time he is afraid that he will have to bring more people, and it may be unlikely that he wants to set off at any time. But even then, the speed must be raised. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't make any mistakes.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to care about Zhu Fu, what he needed to do was very simple, that is, to go to Jiujiang and beat King Ning.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao set off with Heilongwei, and the army rushed directly to Jiujiang.

In Jiujiang City, Jiujiang Prefect Chen Qisheng's face was full of anxious looks.

The shouting outside has not stopped since morning, and he can be said to have been worried all the time.

At this time, someone hurriedly walked in, and Chen Qisheng hurriedly greeted him.

The person who came was not an outsider, but Zhao Zhongmou, the commander of Jiujiang.

At this time, Zhao Zhongmou had blood marks on his face, and there were a lot of blood stains on his body, although his appearance was still very heroic, but he could see the tiredness on his face.

After seeing Chen Qisheng, Zhao Zhongmou frowned and said, "Lord Prefect, is there no news from Nanjing?" ”

"Still not." Chen Qisheng shook his head, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said helplessly: "It stands to reason that the news should have been sent, but I don't know why, there has been no news." ”

Zhao Zhongmou sat on the chair, stretched out his hand to pick up the teapot on the side, and was not polite, he directly poured water into his mouth, then looked at Chen Qisheng and said: "If it continues like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for a few days." King Ning's people are all playing with their lives, we don't have much left of bows and arrows and things to defend the city, once these are exhausted, we may not be able to resist King Ning's attack. I don't know what's going on in Nanjing, is it so difficult to send some reinforcements? ”

"Be careful, be careful." Chen said helplessly: "What we can do is to do our duty as ministers, and the affairs of Nanjing are not in our hands." What's more, you have to believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already arrived in Nanjing, and I believe that reinforcements will arrive soon. ”

Zhao Zhongmou sighed helplessly.

He also knew that it was useless for him to complain like this, and he couldn't hear anything from Nanjing.

But he was really anxious in his heart! Now that King Ning's men and horses are attacking more and more, there is really no way.

So Zhao Zhongmou could only raise his head, looked at Chen Qisheng with a serious face and said: "Our life and death are trivial matters, even if all my subordinates die in battle, it is a trivial matter." You also know that this place in Jiujiang, the north is the Yangtze River, the terrain is dangerous, once this place is occupied by King Ning, it will be a big trouble. At that time, if the imperial court wants to take it back, I am afraid it will not be so easy. ”

Zhao Zhongmou knew this very well in his heart, if it weren't for the dangerous terrain of Jiujiang, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold it for a long time; I can hold it now, all because of the location.

It was said that Jiujiang was important before, but how important it is already exists in a long memory.

But after this battle, Zhao Zhongmou really realized how important Jiujiang was. As long as he didn't take Jiujiang, King Ning would not dare to lead his troops to Anqing. Because once it passes, it is likely to face the risk of being caught between two sides.

Once the war ahead is unfavorable and he blocks the waterway in Jiujiang, King Ning can't come back even if he wants to.

"What's the use of you telling me this?"

Hearing Zhao Zhongmou's complaint, Chen Qisheng's face was also angry, he stood up and said sharply: "We are in Jiujiang now, I have already written a letter for help and went to Nanjing, what else?" Do you want me to fly to Nanjing to move people for you? ”

At this time, a guard suddenly ran in outside, his face was all happy, and he shouted loudly:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is down, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is down!"

His voice was very loud and his tone was agitated.

Before they ran in, Chen Qisheng and Zhao Zhongmou had already heard his shout, and the two of them stood up suddenly, and then glanced at each other, and they all saw the joy in each other's eyes.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!" Zhao Zhongmou said excitedly.

Although Chen Qisheng did not speak, he also had a smile on his face, and the color of joy was overflowing.

That person had already rushed to the house at this time, bowed down and saluted Chen Qisheng and Zhao Zhongmou, "Lord Prefect, Lord Commander, the attack on the city has been withdrawn, and our reinforcements are coming." ”

Zhao Zhongmou hurriedly took a step forward and asked eagerly, "Where are our reinforcements?" ”

"Black dragon guards appeared outside the city, they were holding black dragon flags, all of them were cavalry, and there were a lot of them. The small one nodded at the head of the city, there were at least five thousand, and it should be the vanguard of the Black Dragon Guard. ”

The Black Dragon Guard has now been dispatched, and it must be His Royal Highness the Prince.

After confirming the news, Zhao Zhongmou almost didn't jump up, and hurriedly said excitedly: "Let's go, go up to the city tower and have a look, I want to take a look at the famous Black Dragon Guard." ”

Chen Qisheng on the side grabbed him, and then said, "Let's go, take me with you." ”

The two men, surrounded by the crowd, all ran to the top of the city.

At this time, King Ning's people had already retreated, and the meaning was very obvious, and they were ready to wait and see. To put it bluntly, he was scared back by the Black Dragon Guard, and everyone didn't feel strange.

After all, His Royal Highness the Prince's Black Dragon Guard is too famous, with brilliant military achievements, and the strongest army in the world.

After the two of them landed on the top of the city, the black dragon guards under the city did not retreat, but surrounded the city and rode their horses.

The black armor glistened in the sunlight, and the sound of neat horses' hooves rumbled, shaking the whole land. The horse chopping knife of all colors is dazzling to the eyes.

After seeing this scene, Zhao Zhongmou and Chen Qisheng became even more excited.

Chen Qisheng hurriedly said: "Send someone out immediately to contact and see if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has any orders, and we can prepare early." ”

Zhao Zhongmou also nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "We have finally waited for this day!" ”

I don't know if my head was twitched, Zhao Zhongmou suddenly said, "King Ning won't be scared to retreat to Poyang Lake, right?" ”

Chen Qisheng glanced at Zhao Zhongmou and said with a smile: "This has nothing to do with us." We have the credit this time, and we don't have to worry about the rest of the things. ”