The heralds of Ganzhou were running around, and the garrisons of Guangdong, Fujian, and other places bordering southern Ganzhou received an assembly order issued by Wang Shouren in the name of the deputy governor of the army and horses to suppress thieves and horses within two days. Although the net is wide and wide, but the harvest is very little, the number of soldiers and horses in these places is really small and pitiful, the southern regions are vast and sparsely populated, and the large state capitals often only have one or two guards of soldiers and horses, under the premise that the rebels of King Ning are huge, these state capitals are also impossible to pour out of the nest, and only allocate a part of the soldiers and horses to meet the situation; In the past two days, only about 16,000 men and horses have been obtained. With the addition of the two local guards and horses in Ganzhou, the total number was 38,000 people, and no soldiers and horses arrived after that.

Wang Shouren knew that this was all the soldiers and horses he could muster, and in the past two days, the news of the fall of Anqing Mansion came, and the rebels were about to attack Nanjing down the river overnight, and he had no time to gather troops in a good time.

So Wang Shouren decided to immediately lead all his troops and horses to start a counterattack; In order to threaten Nanchang as much as possible, he gave up the two prefectures of Nan'an and Ji'an, which were at his fingertips, and went directly north to approach the Fuzhou Mansion. To the north of the long and narrow Fuzhou Mansion is Nanchang Prefecture, and the attack on Fuzhou by a large army can directly convey the intention of attacking Nanchang to the rebels.

At the same time, Wang Shouren also did one thing, he sent people to spread false news, saying that he had gathered an army of 300,000, and contacted Huguang, Wuchang, Hanyang, Erfu, Liuwei, and Xingguowei to attack the rear of the rebels from the west down the river. In addition, more than a dozen guards and horses from several large state capitals such as Jianning Prefecture, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Quanzhou Prefecture, and Yanping Prefecture in Fujian Province were also assembled to attack the eastern state capital of Jiangxi from the east.

What's more, Wang Shouren also spread rumors about King Ning's life story widely, saying that the biological mother of King Ning Zhu Chenhao was a prostitute in the mansion of the previous generation of King Zhu of Ningkang. Female, even the status of a maidservant is not as good as a child, whether it is the birth of King Ningkang is unknown. And said that the prostitute. The woman gave birth to Zhu Chenhao in August when she entered the Ning Palace, and the month was wrong, implying that Zhu Chenhao was not the orthodox bloodline of the Zhu family.

It was also investigated that the reason why Zhu Chenhao was allowed to inherit the title of prince after the death of King Hongzhi of Ningkang for ten years, and the court Hongzhi was allowed to inherit the title of prince in the twelfth year, was because Zhu Chenhao's bloodline was in doubt.

For a while, news was flying all over the sky, and all kinds of fake news were circulating in Jiangxi and even the surrounding state capitals, and there was a lot of rumors.

Such news naturally quickly reached the ears of Zhu Chenhao, who had just taken Anqing Mansion, and originally took down the last barrier to Anqing Mansion that hindered him from going to Nanjing in one fell swoop, Zhu Chenhao was so happy that he didn't know why, when these news reached the barracks, Zhu Chenhao was like being poured a scoop of cold water on his head, angry, shocked and annoyed.

He immediately summoned his so-called ministers to discuss countermeasures in the Anqing Mansion that was regarded as a temporary minister, and the topic of the meeting was of course not to discuss his own life experience, although he knew that this rumor would make many people dispel the idea of clinging to him, but Zhu Chenhao was not worried about these at present, but the news that many soldiers and horses attacked Jiangxi.

"Tell me, where do we go now, do we immediately turn around and rescue Nanchang, or go down the river to attack Nanjing?" Zhu Chenhao puffed out his eyes and sat on the simple dragon chair that was specially made just a few days ago, although the shape of this dragon chair is similar, but its workmanship materials are hastily, but Zhu Chenhao can't care about it much.

"Your Majesty." Wang Lun, the newly sealed secretary of the military department, got up and said, from the day of the incident, everyone consciously changed their titles, although they have not yet ascended the throne, but the emperor has been called very smooth.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Wang Shouren's so-called 300,000 troops are pure nonsense, where did he get the 300,000 soldiers and horses? All the soldiers and horses in Fujian and Guangdong add up to less than 300,000, and it seems to the minister that he has less than 30,000 horses in his hands. His 30,000 soldiers and horses attacked Nanchang, and we also had 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses left behind, plus many township militias, and weapons and firearms and materials were very sufficient, so he had no return. The minister believed that there was no need to deal with him, and the urgent task for now was to wave the army to take Nanjing in one fell swoop, collect the local soldiers and horses in Nanjing, recruit troops to stabilize the south, divide the river and rule, and then try to advance north. ”

"Your Majesty, what Lord Wang said makes sense, and the minister also sees it this way, Wang Shouren is a scheming person, although he is a literati, but he is an alternative among my literati, and he likes to engage in some crooked theories, these are his tricks, the purpose is to make us look at each other and hesitate, and the minister thinks that there is no need to deal with him." Liu Yangzheng, the right prime minister and military advisor, also said angrily.

Zhu Chenhao hesitated a little, thought for a while, and said, "What about the news that all the soldiers and horses from Huguang and Fujian are coming to attack?" If the news that all the soldiers and horses from Wuchang, Hanyang and other prefectures in Hubei, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Yanping and other places have come to attack is true, won't my Nanchang be lost? ”

Wang Lun said: "Those are all rumors, the emperor has been doing things for more than ten days, and the people who responded to it have gathered, and everywhere he went, he was devastated, and the state capitals in Huguang, Fujian and other places could not protect themselves, and they did not send troops for more than ten days, why are they gathering troops and horses to attack now?" Apparently there was fraud in it. ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "On the whole, this is a suspicious plan, if we go back to the army to rescue, it is to be dragged hands and feet, at this moment should be coerced by the power of our army's great victory to capture Nanjing and ascend the throne as the emperor, if you are stumped by these things, once the imperial army arrives, or Nanjing is armed, it is really difficult." The only way to seize Nanjing and control the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River is to hold the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River, even if the imperial army arrives, they can only look at us across the river and sigh. ”

Zhu Chenhao sighed, looked at Li Shishi, the prime minister of the left who was frowning without saying a word, and said, "Master Li, what do you think?" Why don't you talk about it? ”

Li Shishi coughed and got up and said, "Your Majesty, what the two adults said is quite reasonable, but ...... The old minister thought differently. ”

Zhu Chenhao's eyes widened to listen, and in his heart he attached great importance to Li Shishi's opinion, after all, this person was a senior official who had served as a waiter in the criminal department in the imperial court, and he had more experience and experience than his subordinates Wang Lun, Liu Yangzheng and others, especially Liu Yangzheng, who was only born in a person, and had never done a decent official position, although he had some strategies and skills, but after all, he had little experience, and it was difficult to believe.

"Lao Chen believes that Nanchang Mansion is the foundation of the emperor's foothold, and for so many years, operating in Nanchang and Jiangxi, no matter from what point of view, where is our rear. Regardless of whether these news are true or not, one thing is certain, Wang Shouren is leading tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Fuzhou Mansion, which can be confirmed from the battle report sent by Fuzhou. What Lao Chen is worried about, if Nanchang is lost, what should we do? ”

Liu Yangzheng frowned and said, "Boss, after taking Nanjing, what is Nanchang?" ”

Li Shishi shook his head and said: "No, Nanjing is not at your fingertips, Nanjing's left-behind Si Jin Wuwei Ying Tianfu Wei also has tens of thousands of horses stationed, once the war is unfavorable, it will fall into a stalemate." And the food and material equipment of our army are all in Nanchang Mansion, if the war in front is unfavorable, and the rear is cut off from food and salary, then it is called the two ends can not fall, and the catastrophe is coming. Without the replenishment of food and materials, what will we take to take Nanjing? If you can't take Nanjing, and Nanchang loses it, will you let the emperor ascend the throne and become the emperor on the river cities of Jiujiang and Nankang Anqing? ”

Liu Yangzheng shouted: "How is that possible? If our army goes down, Nanjing will be conquered overnight, and there will be no difficulty at all. The three soldiers and horses of Nanjing Jin Wuwei are the emperor's people, and they have already come to inform them of the internal response, which is not a problem at all. ”

Li Shishi waved his hand and said: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, who dares to pack tickets?" ”

Liu Yangzheng straightened his chest and said: "I dare, I believe that I can take Nanjing in one fell swoop." ”

Li Shishi squinted at him and said, "You? What can you guarantee? Can you take care of the emperor's safety? What qualifications do you have? What kind of official have you been? What battles have you fought? What feats have you made? But if you listen to the old man, can you make the emperor in danger with your words? ”

Liu Yangzheng was angry, blushing and said, "What are these words?" Am I still thinking about the emperor? After taking Nanjing, half of the big thing will be done......"

Zhu Chenhao waved his hand to interrupt him and said: "If you can't take Nanjing, all the major events will fail, and this risk cannot be taken." What Mr. Li said is right, Nanchang Mansion is my big rear, can I save the fire in the backyard? When I wave my army to come back to help, and stabilize the rear of Wang Shouren's corpse in ten thousand pieces, it is not too late to attack Nanjing downstream, and I will not see it for more than ten days, and by then the soldiers and horses of the imperial court may have just arrived on the north shore, and they will not have time. ”

Liu Yangzheng shouted: "The emperor thinks twice, it was Song Nan who came with the troops, don't you often say that this person is cunning and difficult?" He is coming with a great army, and you should not be careful? ”

Zhu Chenhao waved his hand and said: "Don't be angry with others to destroy your own prestige." Although Song Nan is a character, but in my opinion, he is not Erer, I played him in the palm of my hand, if it wasn't for the Tartars who came out to make trouble, he would have been in the countryside to retire. I know what he did in secret, but I know what he did, but he doesn't know what I did. It's just that he has ruined my big business, if not, why would I need to raise an army to do this? I hope that he will come, and I will prove to the world that he Song Nan is actually not worth mentioning. ”

Liu Yangzheng didn't dare to say anything more, and sighed silently.