Don't look at Li An's fifty miles away, but when he was a person who had been on the battlefield, when he heard the words, he grabbed Zhou Xian's collar and said angrily: "If you bewitch people's hearts, the old man will throw you down from this city wall, why didn't you think of these when you were making money" After saying that, he stepped back and turned to everyone: "Listen, we are not resisting the decree, then Wang Lanping is the real traitor, he is coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven, the emperor has already been hijacked by him, you are all loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is in trouble, and those who are courtiers should be repaid with death, We are here to get rid of thieves for the country, and yesterday news came from Ganzhou, that Wang Lanping relied on the advantage of military power and killed more than ten court officials along the way.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how have such strange things happened, where is his Western Expedition, it is clearly under the guise of the Western Expedition to cultivate power for himself, if we don't stand up, we can only let others slaughter it"

Zhao Bingzhong, the political envoy of Guangxi, nodded helplessly, and arched his hand, "Li Du, if you really want to fight, you will win the battle, force that kid to accept the decree, and let me wait for Yongzhen and Guangzhou."

Li An laughed, "Under the holy decree, I can't take it back, this time it's either him who dies or we sacrifice our lives for the country, if that's the case, it can be regarded as loyal to the emperor."

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt a lot more at ease, as if everyone had changed from a rebel to a righteous division in a blink of an eye.

While everyone was talking, two soldiers ran up the city wall quickly, and arched their hands: "Report, Governor, King Gui and Lord Zhao, the Governor of Yungui, are more than 100 miles away from Nan'an, and they are camped in the village, saying that the grain and grass are not continuous, and they will wait for Governor Li to insist a little."

Li An was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "It's nonsense, they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, counting on the fisherman to profit, a group of people who are not successful enough."

Zhou Xian on the side looked uneasy and said, "Li Du, then, what should we do?"

Ang Lee flicked his sleeves, "Arrows are on the string, and there is no way back"

At this time, another soldier came in a hurry, "Report, Commander, the former army of the Han King has been less than ten miles away from the city."

A trace of uneasiness flashed on Li An's face, and he lost his voice: "It's so fast" Immediately he felt out of shape, and said busily: "Pass on the order of the governor, and order the general soldiers of Wuzhou and Liuzhou to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to line up, everyone, work together to kill the majesty of Wang Lanping, so that he knows that we are not easy to provoke, and if you want to seize our power, you have to weigh it first."

Everyone acted separately, but they also heard it in their hearts, General Li had been in Guangdong for a long time, and he was not very familiar with the general soldiers in Guangxi.

**

The further he goes, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, Wang Lanping has been raised in Nanjing for more than half a year, and finally he has been fat for nothing, and he has just been on the expedition for more than a month, and he is already like the black-faced Bao Gong on the stage.

The marching team is very long, you can't see your head in front and back, the sun hangs high in the sky like a big fireball, and the long marching procession is also the middle army of Yu Linwei can still maintain not too chaotic, the front army Dingyuan Battalion and the rear army of the newly incorporated 10,000 people have been so loose that they can't see the formation at all.

The sunshade objects are also varied, some of the soldiers are shirtless, many of the people in the team are from the Yangtze River Valley, they really can't stand the hot weather in the south, almost everyone is like wearing a piece of clothing that has just been fished out of the water, wet on the body, looking uncomfortable.

Wang Lanping, like everyone else, could not be special when the soldiers walked, but he changed to an ordinary mount, and the white horse was too eye-catching, so as not to be injured by hidden arrows during the march.

The scorching sun was like fire, Wang Lanping grinned and looked up at the ground line in front of him, dizzy, as if a fire was rising on the horizon, and he could sweat all over his body.

The reckless man on the side, Song Dali, just wore an iron helmet on his head, and his shirt had long been peeled off to his waist, revealing his fat and flesh, anyway, there has never been a woman in the army, and there is no taboo.

Behind Wang Lanping, there were two carriages with him, and it was the son of Empress Jin, the ten-year-old prince Zhu Ciqi, who sat inside, but no one knew that he was also in the army, this was a hostage, and with him by his side, Nanjing would be a little more stable.

Song Dali complained all the way, and he was angry, he raised his neck and opened his mouth for a long time, but he didn't see a drop of water fall from the leather bag, he wiped his dry lips, and threw the empty skin bag on the head of the guard next to him, "Go, find some water for Lao Tzu"

Wang Lanping frowned and glanced at him when he heard this, and he didn't want to say anything, this ghost weather march, everyone is upset and angry, let him go, this stunned boy has such a temper.

One person and one rider came head-on, and arched his hand in front of Wang Lanping, "Report, King Han, General Cao (Dingyuan Camp Cao Dingjiao) came to report, the former army has been five miles south of the city, according to the investigation, the traitor Li An has gathered 20,000 troops under the city, General Cao specially asked the King of Han, do you want to go to war"

When Song Dali heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he immediately came to shout, "Fight, why don't you fight, the surname Cao doesn't dare to fight, let Lao Tzu go, the big Nan'an City can still turn the sky, Lao Tzu will serve him even to the pot with a meal."

Wang Lanping ignored him, waved his horsewhip, and said: "Order Cao Dingjiao, press the troops, just occupy a favorable position first, and then make plans when the army arrives."

"Order!"

Song Dali was immediately displeased and complained, "King Han, why don't you fight?" Let's go all the way, I haven't had blood on this big knife, it's too boring."

Wang Lanping pinched the horse's belly, "Although Li An did not obey the order, but the 50,000 military horses were still the soldiers and horses of the imperial court after all, there was no need to kill each other, just force them to surrender."

Song Dali pouted: "That old boy is going to be able to descend early, this is all in a formation waiting for us, according to me, it is better to fight happily, kill the prestige of these people who don't know the times, dare to go against us, there is no other person than death, hehe......"

Wang Lanping nodded, "This is also true, I'm not afraid of them, think about what we are doing here, the Western Expedition, we are going to Zhang Xianzhong, I want to force these people too hard, maybe I can drive them to Zhang Xianzhong's side, the gains outweigh the losses, let's go to the front of the battle first, but you have also seen it, let's go all the way, there are many dangers, this Li An actually shrank in and waited for death without knowing the ambush, hum, it is also about death, give the order, speed up the march"

For a while, the horse's hooves oscillated, dust rose everywhere, and a stream of iron rolled towards Nan'an City.

**

More than a mile outside the city

Outside the city of Nan'an are patches of uneven barren hills, and more than 10,000 people of the Dingyuan camp are standing in seven phalanxes on these hills, waving flags, and the blades of guns reflect ten thousand points of golden light in the sun.

Surrounded by the flags in the middle, Cao Dingjiao, who had a disdainful face, stared at the pile of black and oppressive enemies in front of him, and said to the soldiers beside him with a smile: "A group of rabble, if the King of Han doesn't let me fight, I can rush him across with a charge."

Joining the army also laughed, "20,000 people are crowded together, and this main general is also a straw bale"

Cao Dingjiao shook his head and smiled, stretched out his hand and threw the steel gun in his hand to the soldiers on the side, turned over and dismounted, and said: "Yes, just wait, this ghost weather, my throat is dry, join the army, come down and rest, and wait for the king of Han to come."

Joining the army hurriedly said: "The general is not afraid of that Li An's sudden attack"

Cao Dingjiao said: "I can't ask for it, I'm afraid that Lao Tzu won't dare to come, come, you two come here, remove the armor, look, this armor is hot, you, go and fetch me a bucket of water."

**

Li An on the city tower was impatient, with his battlefield experience, the comers were not good, don't look at the slack and sloppy when those soldiers came, but in a blink of an eye, the battle formations were listed, and the various formations were criss-crossed, cooperating with each other, especially the bursts of glowing cannons in front of the formation, which made people's scalps tingle when they looked at it.

Look at the Guangxi soldiers under the city, how can there be a lineup, 20,000 people are compressed together, this is looking for death, but he can't help it, the Guangxi soldiers have never fought, seeing this mountain full of swords and guns, I have long been scared and don't know what to do, only huddle together, thinking that this is the safest.

Li An was sweating, and he didn't know whether it was hot or nervous, and he looked at it for a long time before saying, "Go, pass the old man's order, let those two straw bales separate the soldiers and horses, and huddle together Do you plan to be shot?"

The heralds ran down the city wall and out of the city gates, but there was a commotion outside the city, and where to go to find the two chief soldiers who led the soldiers, they might have changed the clothes of the soldiers and mixed them in the crowd.

Seeing that there was more and more chaos outside the city, Li An was so anxious that he scolded: "This is a group of pigs"

Dusi Zhou Xian had never seen a battle in his life, and when he saw the formation of the Dingyuan camp outside the city, his legs and stomach were already twitching, and he would listen to Governor Li's roar again, and the seven souls had lost three souls, and he trembled, "Governor, how is this good, or ...... it."

Li An immediately pulled out the sword from his waist, the sword body was glowing, printed with his strong and calm face, and shouted: "Shut up for me, the soldiers are coming to the city, how can there be a chance to retreat, you kid has two hearts, the old man will kill you now" As soon as the words fell, twenty or thirty of his personal soldiers immediately rushed around him.

Zhou Xian's legs were weak, and he waved his hand again and again, "Don't dare, don't dare, obey the commander in all your humble duties"

The two sides were at such a stalemate, and for about half an hour, Li An saw that there was a burst of dust farther away, and he understood that this was the King of Han himself, and for a while, his fingers holding the hilt of the sword moved involuntarily, and it could be seen that he was actually more nervous than anyone else.

Frightened, he looked along the city wall, fortunately, his descendants of the Guangdong battalions are still loyal, still in the city head of the post is not chaos, these really make him feel at ease, but this Nan'an city is too small, not even a fort, only in the corner tower of a few zhang high stands in the corner of the city, which are all musketeers and longbowmen, but how can these people block the other party's artillery, that is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the equipment is incomparable to the local army.

**

Hearing the arrival of the Han Wang's army, Cao Dingjiao also put on the battle armor again, and the Dingyuan camp dodged a way, only to see Wang Lanping coming from the horse, and the five thousand feather forest guards who followed behind him also poured out together, forming a team in front of the formation, Yu Linwei's clothes and armor were all bright yellow, and the leather armor at the hem of the clothes was nailed with steel nails, a spear of all colors in his hand, a long knife hanging from his waist, a three-eyed gun hanging on the left side of the horse's back, a longbow on his back, a suit of armor was extraordinarily dazzling, and even his face was covered with face armor, which looked chilling, It is really armed to the teeth, but it can attack from a distance or in close combat, and the whole army has two horses per person, a walking horse and a war horse, and the roaring hooves of the horses shook the ground and trembled.

Wang Lanping and Song Dali came to Cao Dingjiao's battle flag, Song Dali had already put on his battle armor, he saw Cao Dingjiao from a distance and smiled, "Hey, the surname Cao, don't go to war yet, wait for the cubs."

Cao Dingjiao ignored him, arched his hand to Wang Lanping on the horse, pointed to the pile of soldiers and horses under Nan'an City, and said: "King Han, you see, General Yi Mo doesn't need to fight this battle, it's just a group of pigs."

Wang Lan looked at the canopy with his hand, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The mantis arm is a car, I don't measure my strength, come to someone, call the formation, let the old man go out of the city to answer, touch his bottom"

The two commanders beat their horses and ran to Nan'an City, but Song Dali was impatient: "What do you have to say to him, as soon as the cannon sounds, we will enter the city directly."

Wang Lanping pointed at the city wall with a horsewhip, "The soldiers and horses under the city are not to be afraid, but you see that on the city wall, the army is neat and tidy, not chaotic at all, it is better to be careful, salute first and then soldiers, Cao Dingjiao"

"The Last Will Be"

"Get your artillery and musket corps ready for battle"

"Order"

The commander of the Dingyuan battalion waved his flag, only to see more than a thousand people pouring out together, forming thirty general cannons in a row in front of the formation, and immediately proofreading the trajectory and angle, and the five hundred musketeers of the other phalanx also slowly came out, divided into five rows and stood behind the artillery.

The two commanders rolled their horses' hooves, and in a blink of an eye they came to the front of the group of Guangxi soldiers, and shouted loudly to the chaotic crowd: "The rebel general Wang Youling, please answer before the battle of Li An, the governor of Liangguang, if a pillar of incense does not come out, the king of Han will wave his army to attack the city" The voice was loud and loud.

The two of them are less than five zhang away from the soldiers in Guangxi, and they are only more than 20 zhang away from the city wall, Nan'an City is small, and the moat has long disappeared, and the soldiers in front of them are looking at each other, turning around and looking at the city tower from time to time.

There is a saying among the soldiers, those who flee when they hear the enemy are brave, those who flee when they see the enemy are brave, and those who flee after receiving the enemy are brave, don't look at the 20,000 people who are crowded here and did not escape, but in fact, they have long wanted to slip away, why should they take Guangxi soldiers as people.

The two shouted three times in a row, and without waiting for the other party's answer, they rode away, although on the surface they pretended to be nothing, but in their hearts they were also very afraid, for fear that a few cold arrows would come out of nowhere.

Li An heard the words of the herald, and the people on the city tower also heard it, but he didn't dare to go out, and it was difficult to make a choice for a while.

At this time, the rumbling war drums outside the city sounded, and even when they stopped, Li An knew that the king of Bihan was really about to attack the city, look at the soldiers around him and under the city, and then look at the military formation on the opposite side, his confidence was greatly frustrated, and he knew that it was better to bypass him and go directly to Nanjing to ask for an explanation.

Li An is already difficult to ride a tiger, forget it, whether to fight or not is already up to me, not to mention that I am not a rebellion, I just want to keep my position, if I can really turn the war into a jade silk, of course it is the best.

With this in mind, Li An hurried out of the city and came to the front of the two armies under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers. (To be continued.) )