Liu Yangzheng's words also made Li Shishi, Wang Lun and others vigilant, it was their idea to return to Nanchang, but at this time and at that time, the situation at this moment is really difficult to decide, if it is really besieged by officers and soldiers in a corner of Jiangxi, it will be a matter of time before it will be destroyed, this is by no means sensational.

In addition to the fact that the imperial army has not yet been launched, there is also their personal little abacus, Nanchang Mansion has their wives and children, and they have their fields and mansions, and they can't watch the back road being copied, and their wives and children fall into the hands of Wang Shouren; Now it seems that since you have embarked on this path, those things may have to be abandoned.

"Your Majesty." Wang Lun said in a deep voice: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, the imperial army is coming, and it is naturally easy to return to Nanchang at this moment to repel Wang Shouren, but in terms of time, it is to give the imperial army a chance to trap us." If there is enough time, it is feasible to defeat Wang Shouren and then turn back to attack Nanjing, but since the imperial army has already crossed Shandong, I am afraid that it will rush to the north of the Yangtze River on the other side of the Jiujiang River within three to five days. If you stick to the gains and losses of Nanchang Mansion, you may be a great evil and indulge in hatred. ”

Zhu Chenhao's eyes straightened and said, "Did I give up Nanchang like this?" What about the army's money and food, the royal family, and your wives and children? ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not impossible, the emperor can immediately send an order to the King of Yichun and the Dragon and Tiger General Wan Rui who stayed in Nanchang, and let them lead all the soldiers and horses left behind, carry grain, grass and property to protect the royal family and related people to break out of the city." There are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses left behind, and Wang Shouren's soldiers and horses besieging the city are only more than 20,000. We will send another 10,000 soldiers and horses to respond, and 300 warships are on standby at the mouth of Poyang Lake, as long as the supplies and personnel are on board, they can catch up with the army downstream. At that time, the onslaught on Nanjing will not be broken, and there will be no worries. ”

Zhu Chenhao nodded slightly, and asked the others, "Do you think this will be successful?" ”

Li Shishi said: "The minister thinks that what the military advisor said is sincere, and this is also the best of both worlds, but he allocated 300 warships to meet here and divided 10,000 troops." There were only 400 warships left in our army, and the troops to attack Nanjing in the south were slightly insufficient. ”

Wang Lun said: "The matter is urgent, and it can only be like this, all the large and small ships near the left are requisitioned, and there are no usable ships, and there are 400 ships that can carry 50,000 troops to the south, and there is no problem in capturing Nanjing." ”

Liu Yangzheng said: "Don't think about these now, Nanjing must be captured no matter what, and if you conquer Nanjing City, you will be born, and if you don't overcome it, you will be defeated, and there is no way out." The emperor and all the lords must understand this and make up their minds to ignore it. ”

Zhu Chenhao finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and ordered in a deep voice: "Spread the decree, the rear army will be in front of the army, turn the bow of the ship and go out of Poyang Lake overnight to attack Nanjing City, and order people to quickly infiltrate Nanjing City and contact the three thousand households of Jin Wuwei's personal guards, and ask them to report the situation in Nanjing City with military pigeons, especially the battle arrangements of the imperial court soldiers and horses, and when our army is outside Nanjing, they should be in the city and take Nanjing City in one fell swoop, there must be no mistake." ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and for a while, the sentinel ships came out, the military pigeons broke through the air, and the general's order was quickly conveyed. The huge fleet of ships, which stretched for more than 20 miles, immediately turned around, lowered their sails and rocked their oars towards the mouth of the Yangtze River. After arriving at the shore, more than 10,000 rebels waded ashore and rushed to Nanchang Mansion overnight to meet the remaining soldiers and horses who were about to break through.

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The reeds on the side of Nanji Island are still spreading, and a large number of withered yellow reeds are burning fiercely with the help of the wind, which is exactly the kind of situation that Wang Shouren expected, in this case, the river leading to Nanchang Mansion is impassable, but at the same time, the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who were in ambush also had to withdraw to the shore and guard both sides of the river bank according to Wang Shouren's orders.

Wang Shouren's intention was that if Zhu Chenhao's rebels did not give up and still had to pass through the river, then another round of sniping would be launched on the high ground on both sides of the river, and the rebels should be stopped from returning to help step by step, and at the same time, they would be given a blow, and at the same time, they would also be given time to arrive and arrange the 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Mian, who attacked Nanchang City.

However, when the reed fire on the river gradually spread to both sides, and the reed bush fire in front of the river was extinguished, and only sporadic sparks flew away, the shadow of the rebels was not seen at all; From a distance, the lights on the starry warships on Poyang Lake seemed to be fading away until they disappeared.

Wang Shouren immediately sent a small boat to spy on the lake, and got the news that the main force of the rebels turned around and went north, apparently at Poyang Lake. Wang Shouren frowned and pondered for a moment, he didn't understand why Zhu Chenhao knew that he had limited manpower, but he cowardly retreated; Wang Shouren is a practical person, he doesn't think that Zhu Chenhao is afraid of his ambush, it can only be for other reasons.

"The rebels may not want to entangle with us, so they should land from other places and rush back to Nanchang by land." The generals guessed.

"This is definitely not the case, there is a one-day difference between land and water, Zhu Chenhao has hundreds of warships, how can he be willing to seek far? Our resistance can only be delayed for a while, and everyone knows that. It is impossible for Zhu Chenhao and his advisers not to know this, as long as they go all out and send a force to go ashore to entangle with us, they can ensure that the main fleet can quickly sail to Nanchang through the mouth of the Guò River, and the time will save a day. ”

"So what's going on? Is it because you don't care about Nanchang City? Didn't the rebels return from Anqing Mansion to annihilate us and keep Nanchang Mansion? Could it be that Zhu Chenhao changed his mind? ”

"There is always a reason, maybe they really gave up Nanchang Mansion, or maybe there are other reasons to guide them to turn back, in short, what we should do has been done, it is impossible for me to seek to fight the main force of the rebels with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Since they don't care about Nanchang Mansion, then we naturally have to accept this big gift, and immediately order, march into Nanchang City overnight, and order the crown to complete the siege deployment tomorrow evening. ”

More than 10,000 soldiers and horses quickly assembled, and in the night, Wang Shouren stood on the high hill, standing tall in the wind, his beard flying with the wind, his eyes were blazing, and his eyes were resolute.

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Outside Nanchang City, Wang Mian led 20,000 soldiers and horses to the city, and those who stayed in Nanchang City were Zhu Gongzhang, the king of Yichun, who was attached to Zhu Chenhao to make trouble, and Wan Rui, who was recently named the general of the Dragon and Tiger, after taking Anqing, Zhu Chenhao was worried about the safety of the rear, and transferred Wan Rui back to Nanchang City to take charge of defending the city.

After the royal crown's soldiers and horses came to the city, there was an atmosphere of panic in the city, Zhu Gongzhuo, the king of Yichun, was the son of Zhu Chenhao's younger brother Zhu Chenhu, and his father Zhu Chenhun Hongzhi died in the thirteenth year, originally Zhu Chenhun was a son-in-law, Zhu Chenhao was a prostitute, and the throne of King Ning was Zhu Chenhu. It's a pity that he died early, and Zhu Chenhao was cheaper. Now that his uncle is rebelling, he can only follow the nephew, but as soon as he heard the arrival of Wang Shouren's army, Zhu Gongjiao was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, and hurriedly summoned Wan Rui to discuss countermeasures.

Wan Rui didn't care, 20,000 against 20,000, one defense and one attack, naturally the defender occupied the geographical advantage. In addition, there were thirty artillery pieces placed at the head of Nanchang City, all of which were Zhu Chenhao's guys at the bottom of the box, in order to defend the city, Zhu Chenhao allowed Wan Rui to use these artillery, and the army in front only carried sixty such artillery, and the army was reluctant to use these artillery pieces when attacking Jiujiang Anqing and other mansions, but allowed himself to use them at will in order to defend the city, which shows the emperor's importance to Nanchang City.

The materials are not worried at all, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain are stored in the huge granary on the west side of the palace, as long as you hold the city, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and you don't have to worry about the troops, there are more than 100,000 people in the city, and the troops are lost and the people are pulled to fill the army at will, which is what Zhu Chenhao can do when he leaves. At this moment, in the face of King Yichun's timid look, Wan Rui was extremely disdainful, since following Zhu Chenhao's rebellion, Wan Rui understood what princes and nobles and what bloodlines, and responded to that sentence: What kind of prince and prince will Xiangning? As long as he can do it, the prince can become the emperor, why can't he become the prince?

"Don't worry about the prince of the county, the only thing to defend the city is to take on the humble duty, the prince only needs to feast and drink songs and dances at home, Wang Shouren don't want to step into Nanchang City half a step, they will be beaten at the end of the crying father and mother, the prince of the county is still relieved, if you panic, teach your soldiers and civilians how to feel at ease?" Wan Rui said these words coldly, seemingly respectful and comforting, but in fact very disdainful.

King Yichun breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't hear the contempt in Wan Rui's tone, since Wan Rui was full of confidence, he had nothing to worry about, the spring flowers in the back garden hit the bones, and he had to go to water it himself in the afternoon, the yellow warbler in the golden wire cage in the study had been listless for the past few days, and he would have to see if the food was not refined or there was something wrong with it, these are all to worry about himself; As for the matter of defending the city, let Wan Rui worry about it.

Wang Shouren's soldiers and horses came to the city, and the reaction of the people in the city was very strange, although Zhu Chenhao declared to the outside world that his rebellion was supported by the people, and Zhu Chenhao, who was supported by the people, did not understand the thoughts of the people of Nanchang at all. For so many years, Zhu Chenhao has been powerful in Nanchang, occupying a large area of fertile land and monopolizing a large number of money-making businesses, which has no benefit to the people at all.

Although Zhu Chenhao also gave a fake soup kitchen, the people who lost their land because of his ingenious seizure had already seen his true face. Now that this bad thing has rebelled, and the people who are tossed by Raff can't live in peace, and they also pay all kinds of taxes in the name of serving the army, and the people don't curse a dozen times a day behind their backs, it's good, so what is the thing that is supported by all the people.

Outside the city is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the hearts of the people in the city are a little impatient, on the surface this is a silent city, and the people are powerless to resist the order issued by Wan Rui to participate in defending the city, and bear it silently, but the storm brewing in the heart is growing in the intersection of everyone's eyes.

Soon after, a jaw-dropping and ridiculous incident made this siege battle quite comic, and later people laughed when they talked about it, and even the person concerned, Wang Shouren, could not be treated strictly, and his old face smiled like a cracked jujube pit.