In the face of this artillery attack, the defeat of the rebels was decided, and King Ning, under the cover of the left and right, avoided the artillery attack and safely evacuated the battlefield.

However, this prince, whose heart was higher than the sky, was not willing to fail, and after seeing the remnants of the defeated army, he issued an order for the soldiers to assemble all the ships and retreat to the woodcutter on the shore of Poyang Lake.

The night wind was raging, and the water was stormy, and many soldiers had not yet recovered from the previous battle, thinking that it was another enemy attack, and they shouted in fright, and suddenly cried and wailed.

King Ning stood on the deck, looked back at the battlefield that was surging into the sky, a wave came over, the hull of the ship shook violently, if it wasn't for the personal guards to support him, he almost plunged into the water.

Between the hull of the ship swaying violently, King Ning ordered all the warships to be connected with iron chains, Li Shishi was still in a coma, Liu Yangzheng's heart was like ashes, as if he had fallen into evil, and Wu Zi muttered to himself in the cabin, so King Ning's order, neither of them knew.

On the 26th, dawn quietly retreated, the sky broke, and a red sun rose on the horizontal plane, and suddenly the sun was shining.

Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, stood on the deck of the flagship, and after a rest in the second half of the night, the army that was originally in chaos finally regained discipline. King Ning asked people to tie up a few vanguard generals who took the lead in escaping from the front formation, and just as he was about to issue an order to behead these people, the sound of explosions suddenly came like thunder.

It turned out that after resting, Wang Shouren redeployed his forces and sent a fleet to attack. In this active attack, Dai Deru led the left flank, Xu Lian led the right flank, Hu Yaoyuan pressed, and Wu Wending, the right-hand man, was responsible for preparing firewood and straw boats.

"Aim at their main fleet and open fire!" King Ning shouted.

The general said helplessly: "Your Highness, in the battle last night, our army's artillery has been destroyed by the enemy, and now there is no artillery." ”

After hearing this, King Ning looked back at the general, and suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, and before he could slash at the general, Dai Deru's artillery had already hit.

At the same time, Xu Lian and Hu Yaoyuan also attacked, and the grass boat that lit the fire collided with King Ning's fleet by taking advantage of the wind, and King Ning's fleet was connected together, and it suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

"Mistaken me!" King Ning was so angry that his whole body trembled, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground. The rebels suddenly lost their backbone, some abandoned ships and fled, some surrendered on their knees, and some even resisted stubbornly.

The battle that appeared in the morning was not as fierce as the bloody battle in the middle of the night, showing a one-sided situation, the rebels were burned to ashes by the fire, on the one hand, they were busy fighting the fire, and on the other hand, they had to deal with the arrows that came to them, and they had no intention of fighting and surrendered one after another.

In the end, Ning Wang's army was surrounded by Wang Shouren's army, Ning Wang was captured alive, and Li Shishi, who was in a coma, and Liu Yangzheng, who was demented, were also tied up and escorted to Wang Shouren's military tent.

King Ning looked at Wang Shouren, with murderous intent in his eyes, and said angrily: "This king is the king of the domain, you as a governor dare to commit an offense, are you not afraid of the nine clans?"

"The prince supports the army and respects himself, and the officials eat the king's luck, so he has to worry about the king. ”

"This is my family matter, why bother to do this, Lord Wang trapped me in injustice, what is his intention?"

"Right and wrong, there is the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial. ”

King Ning finally panicked, he understood his situation, no matter how much he pretended, it was difficult to intimidate Wang Shouren in front of him, he asked in a sad tone: "Mr. Wang, I am willing to cut off all the guards and be a common man, can I?"

"There is the law of the country, and I dare not show favoritism!"

King Ning smiled bitterly and was escorted to prison by the soldiers, leaving Wang Shouren with a lonely back. Wang Shouren looked at the vassal king who was cocooned and self-bound, and said to himself: "For the ambition of the wolf, let the lives be miserable, and now the army is defeated and captured, and it is too late to regret it." ”

Although the capital had already learned the news of King Ning's rebellion, he did not expect that the rebels had been defeated by Wang Shouren, and even the culprit Zhu Chenhao had been captured alive.

Many officials in the capital said that they were sick at home, and some even went home for various reasons, they were afraid that King Ning would wave the Northern Expedition and attack the capital in one fell swoop, after all, the performance of the emperor today was too disappointing, and the capital was shrouded in a panic and uneasiness.

Wang Qiong, the secretary of the military department, scoffed at the behavior of those rats, and said to his colleagues who went to the court together: "As long as Bo'an is here, King Ning's ambition will not succeed." ”

Faced with the doubts of many colleagues, Wang Qiong secretly said that she had lent the flag to Wang Shouren and believed in Wang Shouren's talent. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the officials who were accustomed to the Taiping Day did not embarrass Wang Qiong in person, but only showed a meaningful wry smile, which made Wang Qiong particularly embarrassed.

After receiving the minister's recital, Emperor Zhu Houzhao laughed at the moment, and before the ministers could react, he said: "Prepare the soldiers and horses, I want to drive the expedition in person!"

The ministers turned pale and wrote to stop them, but there was no joke, and Zhu Houzhao turned a deaf ear to the ministers' letters. Some of the ministers with strong temperaments had to risk death and knock blood on the floor with their heads, and Zhu Houzhao just ordered someone to take the injured ministers down to the court, so that the imperial doctor could diagnose and treat them, and still did not change his mind about pro-conquest.

The ministers had no choice but to push out the cabinet elder Yang Tinghe, hoping that he would come forward to persuade the emperor and not let Wanjin's body be in danger.

Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly, he has been in charge of the cabinet for so many years, he is really the first assistant to be in vain, he accepted bribes from King Ning, where would the current emperor not know? He is very clear about the emperor's intention to turn a blind eye, and the monarch and the ministers have tacit understanding, where is what these officials can understand.

In addition to the dragon guard, the emperor also has a wider news network, Jinyi Wei is all over the world, and the news of King Ning's rebellion is already under control, but the emperor chose not to send it, and he has endured it for so long, the city is so deep, these bachelors standing on the temple really don't know anything.

In February this year, the emperor issued an edict to go south to Shandong and Jiangnan, but he was discouraged by his advice, saying that the southeast is the land where the state's wealth comes from, and that in recent years the great floods have caused disasters, and there are many forced laborers, and the taxes are serious, and the people are unbearable, and if the military passes by, how can the people survive? He also said that the waterway is narrow and not suitable for large ships to pass through, and it will interfere with the transportation of water, so that the emperor will give up his southern tour.

After he went up, the ministers, the ministers of the temple, and the department and the province also seconded the proposal, and continued to go up and stop the southern tour, didn't the emperor be angry and didn't adopt it?

And in March, the officials of the science and the province went up one after another to admonish them, and there were also people who admonished each other with death, wasn't Your Majesty Long Yan furious? Wasn't it the court staff to repair Shu Fen and other 107 people at the noon gate, and many of them were killed?

This matter was troubled until April, and the emperor gave up the southern tour, and now, if he wants to give up his personal expedition, how can he Yang Tinghe do such a stupid thing?

This time, His Majesty the Emperor is determined to go to Jiangnan, who dares to dissuade him, he is afraid that the loss of his official position is small, and it is possible to behead all the doors. Yang Ting and Huan Hai have been up and down for decades, and they don't even have the ability to guess people's hearts, how can they have today's glory?

The scheming Shoufu naturally has his own intelligence network, His Majesty the Emperor is bent on going to Jiangnan, where is it as simple as touring the mountains and rivers, according to reliable information, His Majesty the Emperor seems to be going for a person.

Out of Zhengyangmen, Yang Tinghe looked at the emperor wearing armor and heroic hair, a complicated smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life, and he said earnestly: "Your Majesty is personally recruiting this time, I hope to take care of the dragon's body, and everything is based on the community." ”

"I know, Yang Qing's family doesn't have to worry too much, I will go back after catching the thieves alive. ”

After speaking, His Majesty the Emperor, under the escort of his favorite minister Jiang Bin, left the Forbidden City and headed for Jiangnan.

The emperor glanced back at the prosperity of the imperial capital, and secretly sighed in his heart: I don't know if I can come back alive when I leave Beijing this time?

He wants to lure the snake out of the hole, and he must risk his own life, and for the future of the entire empire, he must find someone worthy of trust.