8-34 King Teng's cabinet recognizes his father

The army has entered the territory of Jiangxi, there is no decent road at all in these years, only the small road that the merchant horse team walked out, and the troops must rely on the guidance of local guides to advance, as the so-called there is no road in this world, and it becomes a road when there are more people, although Liu Ziguang's 5,500 men and horses are not vast, but they can also walk out of a decent road in this field full of wild flowers.

The vanguard of 1,000 people in front of the road, Liu Ziguang's Chinese army of 3,000 people followed up, the rut marks of the artillery carriage are deeply embedded in the ground, there are not too many cannons to do fire support in this operation, it is still ten cannons when pacifying Wuhan, but the shells and gunpowder have been replenished, the artillery carriage is pulled by two mules, and the soldiers have to help push when they encounter mud or uphill, the soldiers carry red tassel guns, hats that shade the sun, and iron helmets are hung on their backs, and they walk listlessly under the scorching sun, and the officers are riding on horses, and they are also dizzy from the sun. It's hard to march and fight in the summer.

The officers wanted to suggest that the army stop and rest for a while, but when they saw the marshal neatly dressed and hated on his horse, standing majestically on the small dirt slope and watching the army advance, they didn't dare to speak, and they didn't dare to speak.

What these officers didn't know was that Liu Ziguang's special body structure was not afraid of scorching heat or cold at all, let alone such a pediatric temperature of 378 degrees, even if he was thrown into space to withstand the temperature difference of several hundred degrees. Liu Ziguang did not deliberately not let the army rest, but he felt that these strong men could not become qualified soldiers without rigorous training, and since there was not enough time to train them, let's train in the march and battle.

Most of the soldiers wear simple armor, the iron helmet is basically equipped by everyone, the iron armor is just to protect the key parts, the equipment is not very in place in a hurry, Liu Ziguang asked for the supplementary cannons and firecrackers have not been delivered, it is no wonder that the output of the Beijing Arsenal is limited, the firing pin firecracker process is complicated, the production of bullets is too cumbersome, only a thousand are produced equipped with the Ouchi guards, Nanchang Fanzi, and some elite soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment after the production is suspended, and now the main production of flint guns, But even the relatively simple flint guns should give priority to equipping the Royal Forest Army, the forbidden army on the Shandong front line and other units, and it will not be the turn of these strong men in Huguang, so Liu Ziguang can only rely on these peasants with big swords and spears to fight King Ning.

To say that King Ning's equipment is not much stronger than Liu Ziguang's strong men, it is still a set of knives, guns, bows and arrows, but people have been trained for several years, and they have seen blood in the conflict between warlords, and they can be regarded as elite soldiers in a hundred battles, that is, regardless of quality or quantity, it is also several times stronger, it is said that King Ning raised more than 100,000 horses, plus more than 20,000 people who took refuge in Zuo Mengeng in the past, there are at least 150,000 people, and thirty people are combined to fight one of them, this battle is not sure.

But Liu Ziguang is still full of confidence, King Ning's territory is under siege, Zhili, Fujian, Guangdong, and Huguang are all provinces of the imperial court or pro-imperial court, and the fact that King Ning has not been moved over the years does not mean that he cannot be moved, and the meal always has to be eaten one bite at a time, this is not the turn of King Ning to solve Zuo Liangyu, Liu Ziguang has already sent an order to the governor of Fujian and the governor of Guangdong, asking them to send troops north to exert pressure, and at the same time let Wu Sangui transfer 10,000 horses to help the war, King Ning faces enemies on all sides, and defeat is a matter of time.

Ning Wang Zhu Changhui does not think so, he feels that now the world is in chaos, the court is weak, is in need of a bold monarch to dominate the world, since childhood Wen Tao Wu is quite talented of their own obligations, have the responsibility to take on this heavy responsibility, after more than ten years of painstaking management, he has gathered a large number of dead soldiers, stored a huge amount of grain and grass weapons, military salaries and salt, and slowly infiltrated the surrounding provinces, his plan is to annex Fujian and Guangdong, use the two cities to enhance economic strength, and then follow the example of the Yan King of the year, Just find a head to wave troops north to the side of the Qing monarch, as for who is in the Qing Dynasty, it depends on the situation at the time, if it was the queen mother who intervened in the government of the Qing Dynasty two years ago, and the nine thousand years old who had no imperial power, now, it is naturally the Donglin Party of the Qing Dynasty.

Back then, the situation faced by King Yan was even more severe than that of King Ning, he was placed under residential surveillance and deprived of military rights, but now Zhu Changhui's situation is much better, the soldiers are strong and the morale is strong, and he has been paying attention to Hu Guangsheng's affairs, and he knows that the imperial court is going to do it.

In less than half a month, the Zuo regime collapsed, 100,000 troops disappeared, Zuo Mengeng with hundreds of warships and 20,000 remnants of the army defeated Hanyang, all the way south, defeated a few more battles in Ezhou Huangshi, and finally cornered, into the arms of King Ning, Jiujiang under the control of King Ning is also an important town on the Yangtze River, from Jiujiang to Nanchang between Poyang Lake, Ganjiang waterway, military order transmission and troop projection are very convenient, Zuo Mengeng in order to show sincerity, left the troops to come to Nanchang to meet King Ning.

The reception was carried out in the Tengwang Pavilion, King Ning is an elegant person, Tengwang Pavilion has been classified by him into his private property, and a banquet is held here all day long, entertaining those guests, Zuo Mengeng is a famous Confucian general in Huguang, and it is very appropriate to entertain him here.

Zuo Mengeng wept bitterly to express his indignation at the imperial court's killing of his father for no reason and the suppression of his own people, and asked King Ning to help.

King Ning is scheming, naturally he will not easily agree, he said high-sounding kind words, expressed strong sympathy and indignation, but did not say a word about helping to take revenge, Zuo Mengeng was resourceful how could he not know King Ning's Xiao Jiujiu, and immediately expressed his willingness to lead the rest of the troops to work under King Ning to serve as a pawn for King Ning's attack on Nanjing.

King Ning suddenly changed color, and said angrily: "General Zuo wants to trap this king in injustice? Today's saints are benevolent and filial, and we vassal kings should be loyal and assisted, how can we raise an army and rebel! ”

Zuo Mengeng grabbed the ground with his head, and said with blood dripping from his eyes, although the Son of Heaven is merciful, but the court has been controlled by traitors, such as Qian Qianyi and Liu Ziguang, who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, suppress dissidents, and disregard people's lives, which is better than the previous nine thousand years old, if they can't be stopped in time, the people of the world will suffer.

Speaking of deep affection, Zuo Mengeng took a few steps on his knees, hugged King Ning's thigh and said, "Lord Wang, if you don't move your hand to Qingjun's side, their claws will be stretched out to you, Lord Wang!" Think twice! ”

King Ning was still unmoved, turned to the vast land outside the window, and called out a sad voice: "Heavens, why do you do this to this king!" Why, exactly! ”

Zuo Mengeng suddenly got up and pulled out the sword of King Ning's guards with lightning speed, and the other guards hurriedly drew their swords to protect the prince, but Zuo Mengeng did not pounce on him to assassinate King Ning, but put the saber on his neck, and said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Wang, Zuo Mengeng pleads with you for the common people in the world!" If you don't make a move, this Ming country will fall into the hands of thieves! Lord Wang, if you don't agree, Meng Geng will die in front of you today! ”

There were other staff members invited by King Ning in the hall, and when they saw Zuo Mengeng's heroic deeds, they couldn't help but be impressed, and they knelt down and pleaded one by one: "Please ask the prince to agree." ”

King Ning wrung his brows in pain, holding on to the railing of King Teng's Pavilion and looking up to the sky and howling, as if expressing his indignation against the traitors in the court, and finally he turned his head and said word by word to Zuo Mengeng and all the staff: "Okay! This king promises you! Take up this responsibility! ”

With a bang, the sword slipped from Zuo Mengeng's hand, and at this moment he burst into tears, not only him, but also the other staff members were excited with tears, and said in unison: "The ministers thank the prince on behalf of the people of the world!" Then kowtow together, and the mountain shouted: "The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

King Ning returned to normal, his face was full of sincere smiles and personally supported everyone, he picked up Zuo Mengeng and said: "Virtuous nephew, this king Yu Lingzun has always been friendly, and it is the same as rebellion, your hatred is my hatred, from today on, you are the king's own nephew!" ”

Zuo Mengengxin said that my father has a good relationship with you, and there has been a lot of friction between Huguang and Jiangxi in recent years, but his mouth is different: "Lord, if you don't give up, I would like to worship you as my father-in-law, please take me in for the sake of my dead father's face!" ”

Zhu Changhui was overjoyed, and his big mouth couldn't help but cracked and laughed: "Virtuous nephew, oh no, from now on you will be the righteous son of this king, this king will make you a loyal and filial marquis, a general of the Northern Expedition, and in the future, you will be pacified by your father, and you will have the title of a duke." ”

Zuo Mengeng is wearing a crown hat, and formally bows to King Ning, saying: "The father is on top, and the child is worshipped." The staff congratulated King Ning on having such a good son, King Ning laughed heartily, and ordered people to set up a banquet in King Teng's Pavilion to celebrate his son, and of course, the main thing was to celebrate that he had finally waited for the day of the incident.

Since they are already a family, Zuo Mengeng's troops can naturally enter the waters of Poyang Lake through Jiujiang Fortress to rest, King Ning sent people to send cattle, sheep, wine and rice to reward them, and replenished weapons and armor to the left army, Zuo Mengeng's strength slowly recovered.

Liu Ziguang's 5,000-strong army advanced to a county town called Wuning in Jiangxi, and there were many mountains between Wuchang and Nanchang, and the road was very inconvenient, so King Ning did not send too many soldiers and horses, and even when the imperial army came to the city, the county order and the local garrison were still confused.

The county commander is the person of King Ning, seeing the banner of the imperial army and hurriedly sent a fast horse to Nanchang to report, who knew that the fast horse was intercepted as soon as he left the city, and the army put on a posture of attacking the city, how dare the county commander resist, and hurriedly opened the door to greet him, Liu Ziguang's 5,500 men and horses drove into Wuning County, and they could finally take a rest.