Chapter 215: King Ning's Rebellion IV

Xu Tai had no confidence at all, he was very worried about the footsteps of Anqing and Jiujiang, so the obstacles in the upper reaches of Nanjing would be empty.

And to strengthen Anqing's defense, Xu Tai did not have the forces at hand that could be mobilized immediately.

There are quite a few Beijing camps in Nanjing, and if you just look at the number of people in the health centers in the south, there are hundreds of thousands, but Xu Tai doesn't know how many can be used. However, looking at King Ning's powerful appearance, my uncle could see how the Southern Guard had decayed.

Xu Tai and Zhu Houhuang also fought side by side, and when they fought against Dayan Khan, Zhu Houhuang's musketeers. gave Xu Tai a deep impression. Therefore, Xu Tai can be sure that Zhu Houhuang's subordinates must have combat effectiveness.

At this time, Xu Tai could only put the Yongwang Department in the direction of Anqing.

There's no way around it.

Although Xu Tai brought more than 1,000 elites from the Beijing camp, these people were Xu Tai's henchmen, and he didn't dare or want to throw these people to Anqing. Because he has to prepare for what happens, these people he uses to control Nanjing City, once Anqing is lost, maybe he will have a big battle with King Ning in Nanjing.

If there were no these soldiers, Xu Tai would be a bare-bones commander, even if he had three heads and six arms, he would not be able to play a role.

If he could, Xu Tai also wanted to control Zhu Houhuang's subordinates. Garrison Nanjing together, but unfortunately the civil officials did not agree, so Xu Tai had to retreat.

Facing Xu Tai, Zhu Houhuang's mind was full of thoughts. He did not put his mind on how to pacify the rebellion of King Ning, but on how to figure out Zhengde's mind.

"What should I do to make the royal brother happy?" Zhu Houhuang thought silently in his heart: "The imperial brother has always been happy when he hears war, and he has never hated grinding and chirping. For those who cut first and then play, they are generally not punished, but may be praised. ”

As soon as Zhu Houhuang thought about this, he immediately understood this. He said: "Why do you need tomorrow, saving people is like fighting fire, and you will set off alone tonight, but you can't get through the water situation of the Yangtze River alone, and you need a few veterans to guide you." ”

Xu Tai was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness can go one day earlier, and the lower officials will be at ease." People who are familiar with the water conditions of the Yangtze River will be sent to the boat immediately, and your Majesty will also have the strength of the lower officials to bear it. ”

With Xu Tai's help, the speed of preparation was very fast, but in an hour or two, a few old sailors who were accustomed to running the waterway of the Yangtze River boarded Zhu Houhuang's ship.

Zhu Houhuang immediately set sail.

It's just that sailing against the current, naturally it's not as good as sailing with the current. On the evening of the second day, I saw the head of Anqing City from afar.

Zhu Houhuang got in touch with the people in Anqing City. Only then did I understand the situation, although King Ning conquered Jiujiang, but he had not yet arrived in Anqing, and now he was encamped in Ji'an Town, not far west of Anqing City, with a camp on land and water, dozens of miles, known as 100,000 soldiers.

Wu Wending, the prefect of Anqing, is summoning volunteers and opening the treasury at this moment. Prepare to defend the city.

Zhu Houhuang originally wanted Wu Wending to come to see him, not because of Zhu Houhuang's self-esteem, but because the system of the national dynasty was like this, but after thinking about it, now that the situation is urgent, it is a waste of time to come and go, so he still enters the city to see Wu Wending.

It's just that he never expected that Zhu Houhuang came to Anqing City, but he couldn't get in. But I saw dozens of torches raised high at the head of Anqing City, and one person shouted loudly: "Who is under the city? ”

There was no need for Zhu Houhuang to speak, naturally someone replied loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yong of the Great Ming Dynasty." Don't open the door yet. ”

When Zhu Houhuang saw this posture, he knew that something was wrong, without him, before he was ready to enter the city, he had already let people put the name card into the Anqing Mansion. How can you knowingly ask.

But he saw a person standing in the middle of the torches at the head of the city, and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness King Yong is here, but there is His Majesty's will." ”

Zhu Houhuang really didn't have it in his hand, so he had to say, "No." ”

"Then please ask Your Highness to settle down temporarily outside the city, and the lower officials will naturally send wine and meat." Voices came from the top of the city. Zhu Houhuang narrowed his eyes slightly, but he couldn't see what the person under the torch looked like, and he could only vaguely see the Ming official robe.

"What a Wu Wending." Zhu Houhuang said: "Go back to the boat." ”

What if you don't go back, will you continue to be embarrassed here?

"Fujun, the fleet outside is from Nanjing, and looking at these ships, they are all in the style of sea ships, and they should be His Royal Highness King Yong, who was sealed to Dongyong. Is it really good to keep a prince out like this? ”

"I know that the person outside must be King Yong. But King Ning raised troops, was His Royal Highness King Yong involved? Wu Wending sighed and said: "I am the prefect of Anqing, once Anqing is lost, I will definitely be martyred, and my martyrdom is small, but the poor people in the city are going to be ravaged by Ning thieves, so at this juncture, you need to be very careful, and you can't care about the so-called prince." ”

Wu Wending said this in his mouth, and secretly said in his heart: "And the prince leading the troops is a disaster for the country." When King Ning's rebellion subsides, I will definitely go to this book and ask Your Majesty to remove King Yong's right to lead the troops. ”

However, Wu Wending did not do anything desperately, but after a while, good wine and meat were sent to the ship.

Zhu Houhuang faced the sumptuous banquet in front of him, but he had no appetite at all, although he had been on the boat for more than ten days, and the food on the ship was not good, but Zhu Houhuang was not a person who could not eat without brocade clothes. He asked, "Guys, what now?" ”

Zhu Houhuang represents not only himself, this time, Zhu Houhuang brought all the elite soldiers and strong generals of Dongyong, such as Qi Jingtong. Qi Jingtong fought in the mainland, and he was the only talent around Zhu Houhuang, Wu Fengyi, Wang Zhi, Yu Dayou and so on.

This is already the essence of Yongguo.

"Your Highness, just one Anqing prefect, don't put His Highness in your eyes, let your subordinates attack Anqing Mansion first, and bring Anqing Prefect to His Highness to ask for guilt." Zheng Lu said with a big grin.

Zhu Houhuang smiled bitterly in his heart, this was the most unlikely countermeasure he would choose.

"Your Highness, you must not do this." Qi Jingtong has not been mixed in the officialdom of the mainland, he knows too much about the routines of these civilian officials, he knows too well, and when he marches and fights, he will offend the civilian officials. Not to mention the final reward for meritorious deeds, with a slight movement of the pen, black and white can be reversed. Just say that when you are fighting, you can make you suffer a loss if you do a little trickery, even if it is reasonable, you can't say it.

"Although the prefect of Anqing is rude, what he said does exist, and our army came to Anqing, and there is indeed no order from His Majesty. Why don't you wait for Your Majesty's orders. "Qi Jingtong has no way, there is only one stupid way, which is to wait.

Although Zhu Houhuang was angry in his heart, he also knew that this was not the time to lose his temper, nor was it something that could be solved by losing his temper.

He was about to swallow this breath when someone came in outside and whispered slightly in Wu Fengyi's ear. Wu Fengyi's face changed, he came to Zhu Houhuang's ear, and whispered a few words softly. Zhu Houhuang's face also changed, and he said, "Are people outside?" ”

Wu Fengyi said: "It's outside." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let him come in, and Gu wants to see Gu, the envoy of Uncle Ning Wang." ”

Not long after, a man walked in. With a square scarf on his head, from the perspective of temperament, he is also a reader. He stood in the middle and said, "Lu Kongzhang, the envoy of the King of Xianning, meet His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

This man is a talented person. This is the first feeling that this person gave to Zhu Houhuang.

Whether a person is talented or not can be seen from temperament.

Zhu Houhuang said: "You dare to come to see Gu, aren't you afraid that Gu will give your head to the Anqing Prefect as a gift?" ”

Lu Kongzhang laughed and said, "Why don't Your Highness give my head to Zhengde." And to give it to a prefect, is it because His Royal Highness wants to win the trust of the prefect of Anqing. Your Highness, don't waste your time, even if you send me a head to Wu Wending, Wu Wending will not let you go to Anqing City. Wu Wending is a person who is cautious when he says it is good, and he is as timid as a mouse when he says it is not good. His Highness is only suspicious, and he will definitely not let His Highness enter Anqing City for a single step. And His Royal Highness is noble, but he is subject to a mere prefect, wouldn't he lose the face of his ancestors? ”