Wu Wending took the order and left, his blood was boiling with excitement, and the moment for killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions had finally arrived.

Wang Shouren's next words made the excited prefect almost vomit blood in anger, because Wang Shouren said: "Wait, let the troops stand by and don't attack." ”

The officials looked at each other, Lord Wang is going to make a fuss, Anqing is already in danger, and if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable.

The spies in front came to report, Anqing was still defending to the death, and King Ning couldn't attack for a long time, so he fainted in anger. When Wang Shouren heard the news, he smiled with relief, but his staff members secretly pinched a cold sweat.

Just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, the scheming Wang Shouren suddenly said: "Immediately convene a military meeting, and in view of the current situation of the rebels, we must come up with the best battle plan." ”

The officials were looking forward to Wang Shouren, and since it was the order of the supreme commander, where did they dare to be a little sloppy, they acted quickly, and it didn't take long to be at the table.

"For today's plan, there are two choices in front of us, one is to reinforce Anqing, confront the main force of the Ningwang rebels, and attack the rebels on both sides with the defenders of Anqing City;

Dai Deru stood up first, and said in a sincere tone: "My lord, King Ning has been preparing for this rebellion for many years, and it is deeply rooted in Nanchang, and the defense is like an iron bucket, and our army rashly attacked, it must be impossible to attack for a long time, when Anqing falls, and the rebels will kill again, our army will inevitably suffer from the enemy on its back, fall into a desperate situation, and the army will be discouraged, how can we quell the rebellion?" And the adults also said that the rebels could not attack Anqing for a long time, their morale was low, and they had no heart to fight, if our army rushed to reinforcements and defeated the rebels, Nanchang would not be attacked and destroyed, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

Dai Deru's analysis was the first to say, and immediately an official stood up and said, "The lower official seconded the proposal." ”

For a while, all the officials who seconded Dai Deru stood up, Wang Shouren looked at the staff members who were united in their hearts, shook his head, and said in a firm tone: "Having said that, we must attack Nanchang." ”

Wang Shouren looked at his staff with a surprised look on his face, and explained: "I think about it carefully, Nanchang is in the upper reaches of Anqing, if our army crosses Nanchang and directly attacks Anqing, then the defenders of Nanchang will inevitably attack the rear of our army, cut off our grain routes, and suffer from the enemy on their backs, defeat is inevitable, and the defenders of Anqing can only protect themselves, how to flank the enemy in front and back with our army?"

Wu Wending asked: "Nanchang City is strong, how to capture it for a while?"

"Everyone, please listen to me one by one, this time King Ning led the elite to attack Anqing, the defense of Nanchang is bound to be empty, if you don't attack at this time, when will you wait?

The officials listened to Wang Shouren's words and fell into deep thought, and Wang Shouren did not wait for them to raise objections, and immediately called the herald and asked him to let the troops set off quickly to attack Nanchang.

Wang Shouren glanced back at Anqing's direction, and silently prayed in his heart that Anqing could hold on for a few more days. If King Ning abandoned Nanchang and desperately attacked Anqing, then after the loss of Anqing, Jinling would also be exposed to the iron hooves of the enemy, and Wang Shouren would not dare to imagine this.

He didn't even dare to think about the capture of Nanjing, and King Ning, who already owned half of the country, what strength did he have as a governor to compete with him. He was worried, but he forced himself to calm down, because only by calming down could he command this vital battle.

In July of the 14th year of Zhengde, Wang Shouren's army set out, in the name of a court, issued a military order to the whole territory of Jiangxi, and led the army directly under him to march day and night, and soon arrived at Linjiang Mansion, where he once again met with the "righteous army" from Linjiang, Ganzhou, and Yuanzhou, with a total strength of more than 80,000 people. Wang Shouren did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and marched non-stop, he ordered the army to speed up the march, and finally arrived outside Nanchang on July 17.

The defenders in Nanchang City were already frightened when they saw Wang Shouren's army pressing the border, and Wang Shouren was familiar with the art of war and knew the truth that attacking the city was the bottom and the heart was the top. He sent his subordinates to spread the news everywhere, preaching that he had led an army of 300,000 to rebel, and the defenders of the city were like frightened birds, and their spirits were on the verge of collapse. In addition, the fine work also mixed into the city, posted notices everywhere, so that the people did not get involved in the war, the army of Lord Wang was strictly disciplined, and would never kill innocents indiscriminately, if anyone helped King Ning to go against the grain, it would be connected to the nine clans.

Originally, the people in Nanchang City heard that the army was pressing the border, and they were ready to resist to the death, and when they heard that they would not slaughter the city, they all gave up their hearts of resistance. The most direct consequence of this is that the defenders of Nanchang have been completely isolated and have been embattled.

The night is dark and the wind is high.

It's time to kill.

In the night wind, the selected Lian Jiazi appeared under the city wall of Nanchang City in groups of two and two, carrying the cloud ladder wind, and erected the cloud ladder on the city wall with lightning speed.

The rear team was a daredevil, as light as a swallow, carrying repeating crossbows and sharp sabers, stepping on the ladder to quickly occupy the commanding heights.

Despite all the preparations, the first charge was met with stubborn resistance, and Wang Shouren hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare siege equipment, bombard the city gates, distract the enemy, and cooperate with the vanguard. He said majestically: "The previous feint attack has already played the effect of luring the enemy, and this siege will be supervised by me personally, and I will definitely take it! Under the order of one drum, attach the city! Under the order of the second drum, go to the city! Under the order of the third drum, if you do not enter the city, kill the army! If you do not enter the city under the order of the fourth drum, kill the general!"

The soldiers all knew that the military orders were like a mountain, Lord Wang did what he said, the pioneer generals took the lead, and the soldiers scrambled to be the first, roaring angrily from their mouths, and the sound shook the four fields. This time the attack did not meet any resistance, and the soldiers easily climbed to the top of the city, and the besieging soldiers were even more surprised because they easily broke open the city gates.

"Send a team to check, there may be an ambush. Wang Shouren ordered, and the army followed. But it turned out that the defenders in the city only symbolically resisted, and then they were frightened by the momentum, and they had already fled without a trace.

Many of the temporarily recruited soldiers were reckless and lacked the restraint of military discipline, and after entering the city, they actually started to rob their homes, and King Ning's palace was also burned. Come and arrest those who take the lead and behead them for public display, so as to correct military discipline. ”

After this incident, Wang Shouren received the support of the people, because they saw that Lord Wang did what he said and did not slaughter innocent people, and those soldiers who were evil were also punished on the spot, so when they talked about Lord Wang, they all praised him.

Two days later, the spies reported that King Ning had led the main force to withdraw and was preparing to come to Nanchang for a decisive battle, and would soon arrive. When the news came, all the officials were shocked, they had just occupied Nanchang, their foundation was unstable, and if they fought with the main force of the rebels, the outcome was unpredictable.

Wang Shouren smiled, and the trouble in his heart was relieved. Faced with the worries of his staff, he comforted him and asked his subordinates to set up traps and prepare for King Ning's arrival.

When Liu Yangzheng learned the news of King Ning's withdrawal, there was no blood below, regardless of the guards' obstruction, he rushed to King Ning, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Your Highness, you must not withdraw your troops, if you withdraw your troops, will our hard work these days be in vain." Nanchang has already been lost, and there is no strategic value in long-distance rescue and rescue. ”

King Ning looked at Liu Yangzheng coldly and didn't say a word, and at this time, Li Shishi, who had snow-white hair, also broke in, and begged loudly: "Your Highness should not pay attention to Nanchang, for the sake of today's plan, you can only attack Anqing to the death and take Nanjing directly! ”

King Ning looked at the two military advisors coldly, the trust in them in his heart had dropped to a low point, and the losses in the past few days made him suspect that these two people were secretly colluding with Wang Shouren, but there was no tangible evidence, so he did not take action to get rid of these two people.

On July 23, the 14th year of Zhengde, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, led his army to retreat from Anqing and arrived at Huangjiadu on the west side of Poyang Lake.

Here, Wang Shouren, who had escaped from his hands, had been waiting for a long time. Sun Sui made his will clear with death, Wang Shouren never forgot for a moment, and now he wants to make this careerist pay for his cruelty.

"My lord, there are many enemy troops, and our foothold is not stable, so we should clear the wilderness and wait for work, why do we need to confront them head-on in a momentary piece?"

"Although the enemy army is numerous, but the siege of the city is not good, morale is low, our army has cut off its rear road, and with the righteous army to fight against the unrighteous enemy, the heavens will also help me!

Wang Shouren swore that this big net has been laid, the so-called sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, revenge, and the time has come to hoe traitors for the country!