Nanchang City is a mess there.

Zhou Shangwen's ministry is different, the 30,000 army he led is neat, because it is not a training, but a serious counterinsurgency battle, except for him. The two lieutenant generals under him, the six commanders, and the thousands and hundreds of households were all in a fierce mood.

This is the power of the aura of a famous general.

Since you are a soldier, you naturally want to be rewarded for your meritorious service, and following famous generals often conquers everything, and the fighting spirit is naturally surging.

They are all thinking that after this battle, the general will be made by the marquis, and they may be able to give birth to a few counts.

Otherwise, you won't be able to get out of the old lady.

At night, the army camped in the wilderness.

In the military tent, Zhou Shangwen is a group of young generals on the left and right, and the identity of the military academy was still very competitive in the early years, but with more and more such people, it is not easy to emerge one by one.

But if he can really get mixed up with the account of the Marquis of Jinglu and get past his tiger eyes, not to mention personal force, the matter of the war book and battle formation must be very skilled.

Zhou Shangwen said to the generals: "Ning rebelled and rebelled, which angered the Son of Heaven. The emperor has led the elite of Tengxiang Siwei to leave Beijing, and he wants to personally recruit this traitor, and now the army has passed Baoding Mansion. ”

"The emperor wants to recruit in person?"

"The emperor is here?"

……

When the people in the tent heard this, they all showed surprise, the itinerary of the Son of Heaven was originally top secret, but the incident had happened for many days, so there was no need to hide it.

And these generals are not as pedantic and stubborn as Wenchen.

The emperor came in person, that is, he attached importance to this counterinsurgency battle.

The corners of Zhou Shangwen's mouth hooked, "We can't let the emperor receive a defeated military report after arriving in Nanjing." Yes and no? ”

That's of course.

The general's emotions surged, "General, you can give the order, there is nothing to be afraid of in our battalion!" ”

"Yes, it's best to make a beautiful one, when the emperor arrives, he will definitely be happy, and we can also follow the general to get a little light."

Soldiers ignore politics, and of course Zhu Houzhao has instilled such ideas.

The Holy Decree ordered them to put down the rebellion, that is, to put down the rebellion, and they did not want to take care of other things.

Cleaning up King Ning is a credit, it's as simple as that.

"I know you all want to fight, but you also need to understand the situation on the enemy's side."

This point did not bother them for too long, the imperial court should have been keeping an eye on Ning Fan for a long time, so the commander and deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guard were all active in this area.

After he led the army into Jiangxi, intelligence support came.

On December 9, he received the news, so he raised the account again, he pointed to the map, "Nanchang is above the Gan River, at present, the rebels are trying their best to collect warships, the front troops have entered Poyang Lake, and laid down the two cities of Nankang and Jiujiang on both sides, since then the rebels can reach the Yangtze River." ”

Jiangxi's topography is like this, and waterways are everywhere.

In this way, the fierce and dangerous difficulties of the Anqing soldiers are just a matter of these few days. If we want to solve the predicament of Anqing, we can attack Jiujiang and force the rebels to not easily leave the Yangtze River. ”

The topography here in Jiangxi is roughly like this: the soldiers of Nanchang can take a boat into the Ganjiang River in the city, and the Ganjiang River connects to Poyang Lake. Nanchang is in the south of Poyang Lake, so you have to sail north on Poyang Lake, and then enter the Yangtze River in Jiujiang Mansion. Descending from Jiujiang, it takes a few days to reach Anqing, and then Nanjing.

Therefore, if Jiujiang Mansion is not in the hands of King Ning, the rebels on the Yangtze River will easily become a lone army.

Zhou Shangwen was confident that if he was asked to coerce Jiujiang, he could do it, but the will he received was to Chen Bing Nanchang as soon as possible.

"If you want to go to Nanchang, how can you go through Jiujiang? The general can divide his troops all the way to contain the rebels. Otherwise, if they are allowed to swim on the Yangtze River, the scourge of rebellion will easily spill over. The last general thought that it was better to control the impact of the rebellion as much as possible. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Shangwen nodded, "Ben will continue to lead the army to Raozhou Mansion, and he will ...... Let's go to Jiujiang all the way, and try how strong the rebel army is. ”

Nor is that a disobedience to the Divine Decree. It is also reasonable in terms of military strategy, after all, they cannot watch the rebels pass by in front of them, and it is not easy to explain afterwards.

But on the second day, a visitor suddenly came to visit and claimed to be the governor of Jiangxi.

Zhou Shangwen didn't dare to ignore it directly, he finally saw it, even if it was fake, he would cut it on the spot.

In fact, it is not false at all, Zheng Yu, the governor of Jiangxi, knew that King Ning had the intention of rebellion, and the help he had in his heart was also the closest Jingyu Marquis Zhou Shangwen.

After the Nanchang City Change, he was originally ambushed, but fortunately, he expected it first, arranged for the left and right guards and horses to escort him, and finally killed him. However, the soldiers and horses in his hands were newly defeated and he was unable to rebel, so he kept inquiring about the news of the Jingyu Marquis.

I think that as long as the imperial court hears about the shocking changes, it will definitely make this transfer.

The real situation was as he expected, and after a few days of inquiry, he rushed to come.

As soon as they met.

Zheng Yu, the old man, was excited to cry, "When I see the Marquis of Jingyu here, I know that the rebellion in Jiangxi will be pacified!" Okay, good! ”

Zhou Shangwen put down the token and also made a salute, "Zheng Zhongcheng has a good reputation, please take a seat." ”

At the moment of the big event, there is no need to say too much chatter, Zheng Yu immediately asked after sitting down: "When the Marquis of Jingyu enters Jiangxi, he must follow the order, Your Majesty already knows?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Shangwen affirmed: "The emperor not only knows, but has already personally led an army of 30,000, which will arrive soon." ”

"The emperor's personal conquest?"

As a minister, Zheng Yu knew that this matter must have set off some turmoil in Beijing, maybe there would be something big, he was complicated in his heart, and said with deep guilt: "As the governor of Jiangxi, I failed to investigate the chaos in time, so that the people suffered from the war, this is a negative emperor's grace, a negative people, and when His Majesty arrives in Jiangxi, I will ask the emperor for guilt!" ”

Zhou Shangwen raised his arm weakly, "Eh, Zheng Zhongcheng doesn't have to be like this." Ning Shun has harbored evil intentions for a long time, and this thing is inevitable. As the governor of Jiangxi, you would rather die than obey the thief, and do your best to kill the enemy, this is a meritorious reward, how can the emperor punish you? ”

"But after all, I have the responsibility to lose the land." After Zheng Yu finished speaking, his eyes gradually became resolute, "Marquis Jingyu, although I was defeated this time, I still did not give up, since I was defeated out of Nanchang City, I used the governor to order all the guards in the province, and collected more than 6,000 defeated soldiers along the way. Since they are all the emperor's soldiers of the thief, you and I should work together to suppress the rebellion. Moreover, the talent of Jingyu Hou to command the army is unparalleled in the world, you can say, where do we fight back! ”

Zhou Shangwen thought to himself, this is just the right time.

"Don't hide it from Zheng Zhongcheng, this time I went straight to Nanchang and cut off its roots! However, I also received a battle report that Ning Shun is organizing a naval army, so we plan to attack Jiujiang! If Zhongcheng thinks it's okay, he can fight side by side with me! ”

"Good! Side by side with the Marquis of Jingyu, it should be a happy thing in life! Even if you die, you have no regrets! Zheng Yu agreed quickly, but immediately felt a little embarrassed, "There is one more thing, my grain and grass ......"

"It's okay, it's all right to help each other, and it's all for the court."

Zhou Shangwen is not worried about grain and grass, the emperor is here, are you still afraid that you will not be able to transfer grain?

Zheng Yu was overjoyed, "Jingyu Hou Gaoyi!" ”

In this way, he also has confidence, he now admits that he is guilty, of course, he has to wear the guilt to make meritorious deeds, in order to ask the emperor for forgiveness, and he hates King Ning deeply.

This group escaped, it was his family who escaped, and many relatives, friends, and former colleagues all died tragically under the knife of the traitor! Some of it happened in front of him, and his nephew fought to death to protect him.

This is a national hatred and a family hatred!

As long as you still bring a handle, this revenge can't go unavenged!

On December 11, Zhou Shangwen and Zheng Yu said goodbye, and he assigned a Yulin left guard to Zheng Yu, and the remnants of the soldiers he originally brought were combined together, and a total of more than 10,000 troops went straight to Jiujiang Mansion!

And Zhou Shangwen himself led 25,000 men and horses to continue to march to Nanchang!

The officers and rebels are all competing for time.

After all the preparations in the early stage, by mid-December, the two sides began to encounter each other gradually.

The Great War is already on the verge of breaking out!

Zheng Yu is an official with a brain, his righteousness as the governor of Jiangxi is there, and it is very useful, not many people want to follow King Ning desperately, and turn his head and sell him to receive a share of the credit, how fucking comfortable?

Zheng Yu took tens of thousands of horses with him, and as long as he passed through a county seat along the way, he asked the other party to open the city immediately in this capacity.

Originally, he was like a defeated soldier and a beggar, and some people may not believe it.

But there is a Yulin left guard with a façade, and he knows that he is an official army when he looks at the military makeup, so in three or five days, he went straight to Jiujiang City.

Here are the real rebels.

The commander of Yulin Zuowei, named Yang Wei, a young general in his twenties, pointed to the city wall and said to Zheng Yu: "Zheng Zhongcheng, if the rebels don't surrender, they should attack the city directly, right?" ”

"As far as I know, many of the rebels are coerced, and they are not really attached to Ning Rebellion. Commander Yang first let me go to the city and shout for a while, and then attack the city. ”

Yang Wei's eyelids jumped, "Zhongcheng, this is dangerous." Moreover, you can find someone to do this for you. ”

"No, I've been to Jiujiang Mansion before, and some of them are afraid that they still know me. Once you recognize me as the governor of Jiangxi, and you have tens of thousands of imperial troops, how can the rebels not be chaotic? When the time comes, General Yang will lead his elite troops to attack the city, and he will definitely be able to fight down. ”

As soon as Yang Wei stretched out his hand, two soldiers stepped forward behind him, "Take good care of Lord Zhongcheng." ”

"Yes!"

In fact, there is no need for Zheng Yu to shout, just the dense army under the city, there is already some commotion in Jiujiang City.

The people who were ordered to attack and garrison here were all the people from all over the country that Zhu Chenhao had collected, and all of them had names, including Chen Min, the thief of Poyang Lake.

"It's unusual for the imperial army to come so quickly. There seems to be some kind of trap in this. ”

"Bird trap, those old soldiers are not worth mentioning, you prepare wine and meat, wait for me to go out and kill him for a while, and come back to enjoy it with you!"

"Out of town?"

The big man with a big waist and a round waist laughed, "Look at you gang of cowards, the rebellion was originally aimed at the killing of the officers and soldiers, and when you meet the officers and soldiers like you, you only know how to hide, then you will also make a bird rebellion, wipe your neck as soon as possible, and you can be reincarnated earlier!" Big brother, Zheng Yu, the bird official I know, was just killed by us and fled. This time, I dared to send it to the door, and we can't do without the credit in hand! ”

"Good!"

These Poyang Lake thieves, they are outlaws, they act more boldly, and they have never put the officials and soldiers in their eyes, so it is impossible to admit before fighting.

Yang Wei outside the city was originally waiting for the news from the front.

As a result, as soon as he sat down, he heard the news reported by his subordinates, and his eyes widened in disbelief, "The rebels are out of the city?" ”

"Yes, the last general has seen it with his own eyes, and it is true!"

"Just in time!" Yang Wei suddenly got up, "Take my knife!" ”

(End of chapter)