Between Jiangxi and Jiujiang, there is actually a Nankang Mansion, and the closest distance between the two provinces is still a waterway, that is, Poyang Lake. However, on the edge of Poyang Lake, there is an official road. King Ning and the others were already frightened of taking the boat, and would rather take the official road on the side than resolutely refuse to go into the water.

"Xu Xufeng, are you sure that King Ning will go this way? We've been waiting for a long time, don't play with everyone. "In the southwest corner of the official road, bordering Nanchang Mansion, is a desolate low mountain. The mountains are rocky and grassy, only a few tenacious trees grow between the crevices.

Because this place is full of stones, coupled with the fact that the sun is drying people, the temperature on the ground is high and scary, many soldiers are drenched in sweat, Wu Wending's body is weak, and he can't stand it early.

Fang Hong smiled, "There is still half an hour to go, and Master Wu is a little too anxious." If you don't even have this patience, you can't achieve great things. ”

"Hmph, then wait another half an hour to see what you have to say. Wu Wending is also in his forties, and he was reprimanded by such a junior, and his face was a little indelible.

"Report, twenty miles ahead, a large army was found, the number of which cannot be checked for the time being, and it is suspected that it is King Ning's army. As soon as he finished saying this, a horse galloped in the distance, and immediately the scout waved his flag and said loudly.

"Okay, give the order to the whole army, hide behind the mountain, and prepare to defend against the enemy!" Wang Shouren, who was sitting on the side and closed his eyes to recuperate, heard this voice, immediately opened his eyes, and said loudly.

All the soldiers immediately stood up, although the sun was so hot that they did not want to move, but the military order was like a mountain, no one dared to disobey, and it took half an hour to complete the formation.

After the soldiers were stationed, they formed thousands of people, under the leadership of each thousand households, to find a hidden place to hide. After a moment's effort, everyone hid, leaving only an empty official road.

It was only after less than an hour that I saw a group of men and horses slowly approaching from a distance. Because the weather was too hot, the morale of this army seemed to be very low, and even the troops were a little scattered.

"Lord Changshi, let's go and drink saliva, this is Poyang Lake nearby, and it won't take much time to drink some water. A commander wiped the sweat from his head and begged Zhu Zhengyang.

Zhu Zhengyang was about to refuse directly, but looking at the weak appearance of the soldiers, he sighed in his heart. "Alright, I'll give you half an hour, and you'll be quick to come back when you've finished drinking your water. Remember, don't make too much of a fuss. ”

"Lord Xie Changshi. The conductor said with a hint of relief on his face, and thanks. Along the way, his pressure was too great, and the morale of the soldiers under his command was low, and if he didn't think about it, the entire army would collapse.

Zhu Zhengyang ordered everyone to find a shade to rest, and if they wanted to drink water, they could go to Poyang Lake to get water by themselves. Hearing his words, many soldiers immediately cheered, the weather was so hot that even the iron man couldn't stand it.

After finishing the order, Zhu Zhengyang himself sat on the side of the road to rest. As long as you cross this road, there is Nanchang in front, and it is estimated that by this evening, you will be able to walk to Nanchang Mansion. At that point, you will be able to catch your breath for the time being.

"Lord Changshi, you drink saliva. He had just sat down when one of the guards brought him a bowl of tea. Zhu Zhengyang nodded, opened the tea bowl and took a sip, the water was warm, and mint leaves should be put in it, which was very relieving of the heat.

Zhu Zhengyang was also thirsty, and drank all the tea in one go, and after drinking, he breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that the fire on his body had disappeared a lot, and even his head was clear.

He was about to hand the tea bowl to the guard, when suddenly his eyes inadvertently glanced over the official road, and saw a little horse manure on the official road. This official road is full of people coming and going, and it is normal for horse manure to appear.

However, the distance between these horse manure is very long, and the distribution is very scattered, and it does not appear in a linear pattern. What does this mean? It shows that there was once a large number of horses here.

You know, this is Poyang Lake nearby, if there is really a caravan of this scale, it should take the waterway. Who chooses to go by land, it's not idle and nothing to do.

Zhu Zhengyang's eyelids twitched a few times, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart. His eyes were looking in all directions, hoping to find more clues.

"Kill!" Before he could find any more traces, he heard a loud cheer from behind the low hill on one side. Immediately after, dense soldiers rushed out from there.

This burst like a thunderbolt exploded in Zhu Zhengyang's heart. A cool air instantly burst out of his back, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.

"Not good!"

Zhu Zhengyang understood this time, the horse manure on this road, where was left by the caravan, it was clearly the traces left by the army. Wang Shouren's gang came so quickly that they were ambushed here early.

"Protect the prince, retreat, retreat quickly!" Zhu Zhengyang shouted, and hurried to Zhu Haochen's sedan chair. The surrounding scene became extremely chaotic, all the soldiers were in a mess, and some simply surrendered on their knees.

These soldiers were already demoralized, and some of them even went to the lake to fetch water, so where were the opponents of Wang Shouren's troops.

"Queue, attack!" The five thousand guards under Fang Hong quickly formed a phalanx in the chaotic crowd, and slaughtered among King Ning's soldiers in units of hundreds of households.

On the battlefield, the power of any individual is insignificant. Only when thousands of people unite as one and exert their strength in one place can they exert their greatest strength.

Within half a year, Fang Hong raised these 5,000 people as strong as bears, and his strength was endless. In the queue, it turned into an iron wall, rampage all the way, and any enemy standing in front of him will be crushed.

"Let's go, let's go!" Seeing the group of soldiers rushing over, Zhu Zhengyang desperately pushed away the crowd and ran to the side of the sedan chair. At this time, several sedan chair bearers who were originally carrying the sedan chair were all King Ning's guards, and they were all carefully guarding the side of the sedan chair at this time.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Zhengyang quickly lifted the sedan curtain. At this time, King Ning had not yet recovered, his face was pale, and he looked very haggard.

"Lord, quick, change your coat, let's go!" Zhu Zhengyang took off his robe and handed it to Zhu Haochen. King Ning has always been wearing a crown robe, which is too conspicuous here.

Zhu Haochen nodded and draped his robe outside, while Zhu Zhengyang took a leather armor from the corpse on the side, and did not dislike the smell of blood on it, and directly put it on his body.