Chapter 432 Jade Broken

The rebels of King Ning blew the bridge and fled for a while. Just as they were about to stop and take a breath, the officers and soldiers from the rear rushed up again. What was even more terrifying was that the officers and soldiers rushed away, and only one soldier rushed forward and dared to kill them with big guns.

Ning Wangjun was shocked and surprised. He neither expected the officers and soldiers to cross the river so quickly, nor did he expect that the officers and soldiers would become so fierce and fearless... No, to be precise, they wanted to rush up and die. Ning Wangjun, who was chased without face, was about to surround him and kill this "madman", but more "madman" chased him one after another.

As the saying goes, the arrogant one is afraid of being stunned, and the stupid one is afraid of being desperate. Ning Wangjun was originally a defeated army. Before the morale of the army was collected, he had no courage to stop and fight with others. He had to cheer up and continue the marathon. Ning Wangjun was defeated all the way, and the officials and soldiers of the court chased each other. Ning Wangjun had no intention of resisting and sent countless corpses along the way.

Fortunately, Ning Wangjun had rested for a while after crossing the river, and his strength had recovered, but the officers and soldiers caught up in one breath, so although Ning Wangjun was chasing him, they gradually distanced each other.

When Ning Wang's army fled to the Tiger Concao, they finally escaped from the pursuit of the officers and soldiers. They stopped to a little less than the number of people. In this hasty battle, countless casualties escaped, and even lost 20,000 troops. What's even worse is that the two forwards appointed by Ning Wang as the throne were commanding Ling Tai, and Wu Ersi was all killed in battle.

Ling Tai was killed by artillery, but Wu Ersi was hit by a steel ball flying needle shot from a grenade explosion. He was so painful that he performed "pulling onions on dry land". Commander Wu was jumping up and down, and was shot into a sieve by the officers and soldiers.

Seeing such a tragic situation, King Ning couldn't help but feel sad, and burst into tears. Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi, Li Nan and others were helping him to persuade him. The masters of the Hongying Society, Wang Sengyu, Li Zuotong, Yang Qing and others remained silent, and they were dejected.

Liu Yangzheng deserves to be the courage of King Ning. Ning Wang’s army was defeated so miserably, and he still maintained a strong optimist revolutionary spirit. At present, he quoted classics and talked about the various ups and downs experienced by those who have achieved great achievements throughout the ages, and encouraged them with words such as “If God wants to give great responsibilities to this man, he must first suffer his will.”

As Liu Yang was talking, he moved himself to tears. The wonderful mouth that was as brilliant as a lotus flower, and the King of Ning gradually stopped his voice and cheered up again.

King Ning looked at the team with a low morale and climbed a huge rock under the help of Liu Yangzheng. He was about to mobilize the defeat to rekindle the morale of the entire army. He didn't expect that he had not opened his mouth yet. The imperial cavalry who came to the detour again stabbed the generals in the diagonal attack.

The terrain of the south of the Yangtze River is not suitable for the movement of cavalrymen. The movement of gullies, lakes, mountains and swamps is difficult. In addition, the tiger concave terrain is narrow, and the cavalry cannot charge, so their combat effectiveness is actually limited. However, they suddenly appeared, and the psychological shock made the king and the horses of Ning.

"Zhuge Yangzheng" had no idea when he saw this scene. The only word he could think of was to escape! King Ning, who had just climbed up the stone, quickly climbed down again, stepped on a horse and left. The Ning Wang army was united and ran away in the competition, and was defeated like the Yellow River breaking the mouth.

But the officials and soldiers of the court were cavalry after all, and they were hard to walk on the road, and they were always faster than people. After leaving countless dead bodies, King Ning had no choice but to order the third division of Hongying to join Yang Qing to lead all the troops to block the enemy. In order to fear that Yang Qing would be unfavorable in the battle, he left his eldest daughter Yibin. A scholar in Nanchang, a master of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, to fight against the enemy together, and led the enemy to continue to flee south.

The Ningwang army was as anxious as a dog that was strayed. When they ran to Anqing, Wu Hanchao, who had personally led people to track and investigate the movements from behind, had already rushed back to the city and led 3,000 militia troops to set up an ambush in Niutou Mountain and Tongshan. When the Ningwang army arrived, huge stones rolled down the mountain and killed thousands of Ningwang army.

King Ning was furious. Seeing that there were not many officers and soldiers on the mountain, he immediately drew his sword and ordered people to attack the mountain. Li Shishi hugged him and advised him: "Emperor, Anqing City is worried that the emperor will attack, so he will not dare to send heavy troops. There will not be too many officers and soldiers on the mountain. They are harassing here, in order to obstruct the emperor's itinerary and cooperate with the actions of the imperial army. We should not be entangled in the battle now. If the imperial army chases us, the general situation will be gone. Don't pay attention to them. Let's move forward and escape back to Jiangxi before we can have a fight!"

When King Ning heard this, he suddenly realized that he ignored Wu Hanchao's provocation and disturbance on the mountain and just moved forward. Wu Hanchao's soldiers were young, and when he saw that he refused to be deceived, he could only watch him escape.

The King Ning was killed in a terrible and frightened state. The army no longer distinguished between the south and north. They walked along the way. When the night fell, they fled to a lake. At this time, there were only more than 30,000 people left. In addition to the places where the loss of people and horses were killed and captured on the battlefield, many people also saw that the situation was not good. They went to the grass and crawled into the woods on the way, and then fled.

Seeing that there was a lake ahead, next to it was a reed, the moonlight was like gauze, and the lake was covered with light fog. It was a good place to stay, and the army was extremely tired and it was really difficult to move forward. He said, "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, let's take a rest here for a night first. The soldiers and horses of the court were also flesh and blood, and they did not have the ability to chase the land without sleeping.

Since we broke through their encirclement, and now even Anqing is left behind, it will be safe for the time being. The emperor does not need to be discouraged. Victory and defeat are common among military strategists. We are in Jiujiang and Nankang. We are concentrated and fight again. If we can win a big victory, hegemony may not be expected."

King Ning looked around sadly and sighed: "Jiujiang and Nankang are not dangerous places that can be defended, and it is difficult to use self-protection. Only now, can only start Jiujiang. Nankang's troops come to reinforce. Zhang Lun immediately sent someone to dispatch troops to bring the princess, prince and all his family. I am not at ease to stay in that empty city."

Zhang Lun, former governor of Jiangxi of the Ming Dynasty and currently the Minister of War of the Ning Wang Shunde Dynasty, said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the night is confused here and it is difficult to tell the things. I don't know where I went. How to send a messenger, also called Jiujiang, where will the Nankang soldiers come to meet?"

Liu Yangzheng also said: "Master, let the soldiers set up camp and build a pot to make rice first. In addition, we can send people to find out where we are, and then send people to Jiujiang to deliver letters."

Ning Wang Chong pointed at the head and sighed: "I am confused and I really have no idea. Let's go and deal with it by myself."

Liu Yangzheng and Zhang Lun bowed down and ordered the soldiers to set up camps and cook on the spot. The soldiers fetched water from the lake, and then broke reeds for firewood. The bonfires were burned everywhere, and the red light made the team, which was originally depressed and like a wandering soul, look a little angry.

Ning Wangqiang cheered up and looked calm and composed. With Wang Sengyu, Li Zuo and others accompanied him to patrol the camp and check the sentry and comforted the officers and soldiers. When he walked along the lake to the west end, he was about to turn back, a guard's eyes were sharp-eyed and saw several boat shadows coming quietly on the foggy lake surface. He couldn't help but shouted in horror: "There is an ambush! There is an ambush! Escape! Escape!"

A disciple of Wang Sengyu's new land had become a frightened bird. He was originally a bandit and a thief. He shouted out all the slander in his fright, and immediately raised his arms and shouted: "The water is coming, and I'll pull it to life side by side!"

"Tug your head!" Wang Sengyu swung his hand and said with a big mouth. Although Master Wang's history of success was a charlatan, this did not prevent him from understanding the basic principles of marching: Ning Wang's army was originally a mob that he had pieced together. After a series of defeats, especially the opponent was the True Dragon Emperor personally led the troops, which had already caused a serious psychological deterrence to the soldiers.

If it was daytime, it might be okay to escape now, but now it is night. As long as you order the escape, the soldiers will not be able to find the commander there. It would be nice to have three thousand people left by your side when it was dawn. Now you must not escape anymore, you can only fight to the death.

Wang Sengyu held a single sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "The night is confused, and it is difficult for officers and soldiers to use firearms. Come on. Follow me and rush up, concentrate all the archers on the ground, and don't let them get ashore!"

The Hongying Society was still quite loyal to the disciples. When he heard the call from the master, he immediately picked up the sword and gun and rushed towards the shore. The disciples of the Hongying Society who were rushing in front were muttering, took out the Redying Society's incision curse and shouted loudly: "The world is complete. I respectfully invite the ancestor to come to me! Iron eyebrows, iron eyes, iron shoulders, and chest, and no angular slightest circumcision..."

Someone on the boat on the lake surface was shouting: "Brothers, Liang Qingzi, sweep the sticks, bite the movies, and take advantage of the darkness to make it wide!"

Wang Sengyu couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this incision: "Can they be the officers and soldiers of the court?"

He hurriedly shouted, "Don't shoot arrows, no arrows are allowed!"

Ning Wangjun didn't have many archers, so he laid a few arrows sparsely. As soon as Wang Sengyu shouted, the archer stopped. Wang Sengyu shouted to the lake: "Who is the opposite person? Quickly report your name and don't mislead yourself!"

As soon as he finished shouting, a surprise voice from the other side shouted: "Is it Brother Wang Sengyu?"

Wang Sengyu said in surprise: "It's Wang, who are you?"

"I'm a big dog!"

The two sides shouted to each other and confirmed each other's identities. Torches also lit up on the boat. First, a boat slowly rowed over, and a few people jumped off the boat on the shore. First, one's face was clearly reflected by the flames. It was Dagouzi, deputy governor of Ning Wang Shuijun. Wang Sengyu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and rushed over a few steps, holding two powerful hands tightly together.

The Ning Wang infantrymen and the Ning Wang Shuijun met successfully by this unknown lake. The two of them asked each other in surprise. The big dogzi rushed to pull the men over and hurried to see Ning Wang.

King Ning retreated far away under the escort of his personal soldiers. He didn't know how many ambushes the imperial court set up here, and he was frightened. Wang Sengyu shouted: "Emperor, Master, you are so happy. It's the deputy governor of the Big Dogzi and our troops!"

When King Ning heard that he had lost contact, the navy troops came over, he was overjoyed and hurried to the lakeside. The two sides were in a mess again. It turned out that after the defeat of Dagouzi, the ships on the river were crisscrossing and the navy attacked by the court, it took too much effort to confiscate them, which hindered their marching speed. Dagouzi took the opportunity to lead the ships in the rear formation to escape and fled all the way here.

They led the ship from the river to the lake and stopped on the other side. As soon as the army was stationed, they found fires everywhere on the other side in the fog. They thought that the officers and soldiers were stationed here. The big dog was worried that they would sleep all night. When dawn, the exit of the lake was blocked by the officers and soldiers, so they personally brought people to investigate and find out.

After asking around, Dagouzi had more than 400 boats and more than 20,000 troops. Two soldiers and horses joined forces, with 50,000 officers and soldiers. King Ning was very calm and asked Dagouzi where he was. Unfortunately, Dagouzi also took advantage of the night to secretly wander here, and had not had time to check his location.

At this moment, several spies sent out to find out the news hurriedly and said, "Emperor, Master, Deputy Master, found a wooden house in front of us. We caught two locals."

The soldiers rushed to the lake with the old and the young. King Ning looked up and down and saw a short man in his thirties holding the hand of a child who was only eleven or twelve years old. He looked like a father and son. The father and son were inexplicably captured by the "official soldiers" and looked extremely panicked and frightened.

King Ning changed into a smile and said with a kind look: "Don't be afraid, I am the Emperor Shunde of the Ming Dynasty. I led the troops to attack Bei Ni Road and passed here. The night was so confused and the fog was covered with, and I couldn't tell the things for a while. I'm here to ask you, where is this place?"

The people replied tremblingly: "This... this place is called Huangshiji."

When King Ning heard this, he was furious and pulled his sword out of the sheath with a "choke". He then slashed the sword. The people were as timid as thin chickens. He knew that the sharp sword was coming, and they were extremely frightened. However, they did not know how to dodge and were immediately cut on the ground by this sword.

King Ning was shocked and said anxiously: "What is the intention of the emperor?"

King Ning was not angry yet, and he cursed: "Such a commoner dares to ridicule me. Wang misses his opportunity? Do you understand that it is my sword that is not good?"

When the child saw his father being killed, he rushed forward and was held down by the big dog. The big dog's head was bigger than his head. How could he move if he pressed it down? The child opened his mouth and bit it. The big dog felt pain. When he let go, he was about to slash him. The child jumped and had already penetrated into the lake with a "thump". He disappeared like a swimming fish.

Zhang Lun said, "When this little people said this, I remembered that this place was called Huangshiji. It was not because the king missed the opportunity. Most of the accents of the southern people were ‘Huang’, and the ‘king’ were not distinguished, so this was a mistake."

Only then did King Ning realize that, but the man had already been killed, how could he admit his mistake? He brushed his sleeves and said, "No matter what, it is too unlucky to say this in this ignorant villain, hum! Now that we know the geography, it will be easy to deal with. The generals will follow me back to the camp, and let's discuss in detail."

The civil and military officials remained silent and followed the angry King Xing of Ning to the Central Army camp.

Li Natural took a few steps, stopped quietly, and looked at the foggy lake surface and was ecstatic: "King Ning, you are a dowry! Just a little folk can be so afraid. If it weren't for the panic in his heart, how could he have reached the point where the plants and trees were all soldiers? Alas! It's a pity that my father endured for half a lifetime and worked hard to manage it, and he could not help but embark on the road of quick success and instant benefits, and fell into Yang Ling's treacherous plan.

If it weren't for this, my father calmly raised his troops in the north, joined forces with the White Army to contain the border troops and the Beijing camp, then the south of the Yangtze River was empty, and although King Ning was useless, he would definitely be able to control half of the wall and compete with Beijing.

Now that the north is pacified, the court can concentrate all its efforts to fight the rebellion south. However, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao had the ambition of Zhu Di, but not Zhu Di's talent. His soldiers and generals were purely a group of mobs, and they could not compare to the iron-armored elites tempered by the King of Yan and the Northern Yuan Dynasty's wars. Once the Zhengde army arrived, it would collapse. Can this flag still be used?"

Li Natural was very worried. He had already determined that King Ning would not be able to accomplish this great thing. Staying with King Ning was just to die. But he held hope in his heart and couldn't bear to leave now. Moreover, the roots of the Maitreya Cult are in the north and have now been wiped out by the court. Where can he go if he leaves King Ning?

His eyes gradually turned to the extreme north: there was a melee outside the Great Wall. If it were normal for a Han man to break into the Mongols, but now..., heroes come from troubled times, and these barbarians take Han men as prime ministers and are used as think tanks since ancient times. If the Maitreya Cult wants to make a comeback, can they use the Mongols' power?

Li Natural thought as he walked, and his heart gradually became clear: King Ning, if you can help him for a long time, you can protect him, but if you can't, you will abandon him and go out of seclusion. The vast world outside the border, and the situation where all the heroes compete for hegemony. Like me, a man of both civil and military affairs is naturally like a fish in water. Are you still worried that you can't show your ambitions?"

Ning Wang's army continued to retreat at dawn, and the army of land and land retreated to Poyang Lake to join forces with Jiujiang reinforcements. It was a prosperous momentum. Ning Wang boarded a ship carrying more than a hundred concubines and beauties, and spoke generously to the solemn soldiers of the three armies: "Emperor Taizu Gao's imperial ethics said: 'If you don't know, if you are a little bitch, the vassal kings must raise their troops to enter the Qing dynasty'."

"Now, Emperor Hongzhi is unknown to the emperor. In order to seek a prince to safeguard the country, he was deceived by a scoundrel and adopted a son of a young man. He died of a sudden illness and could not disclose the truth, so that the country's handle was stolen by outsiders. I was secretly ordered by the Queen Mother to raise an army to clear the royal family, and acted according to the teachings of the ancestors, and became famous for his troops!"

"You are all soldiers who work for the king and protect the country. Once you eliminate the treacherous slander, you will be meritorious ministers, and you will never enjoy the glory and wealth. Don't look at our army's hasty response yesterday, and it will lose the opportunity and be taken advantage of by Zhengde. However, our army's troops are sufficient and food is sufficient, and it will not hurt the fundamentals. On the contrary, what about Zhengde? This thief has no way to govern the country and only knows how to be powerful and dominate the army. As a result, domestic and foreign wars continue, and the national treasury is empty and almost collapsed. Although it is strong for a while, it will never last long!"

He took three steps forward, held the ship and proclaimed loudly: "This is Poyang Lake. Emperor Taizu Gao was here, and he fought with Chen Youliang for 36 days. He won a great victory, thus confirming the belonging of the world. Now, we will also fight the Zhengde thief army to the death. If we win this battle, we will take the capital and pacify the world!"

He waved his hand, and the guards of the Ning Palace carried the box and walked to the deck on the first floor of the building. He lifted the box cover and poured it onto the deck. A ingot of gold ingots, silver ingots, pearls and gems emitted thousands of auspicious air in the sun. The soldiers in front of the lake were fascinated for a moment, and everyone showed great coveting.

King Ning said proudly: "I want to fight to the death with Zhengde here. On the day of the decisive battle, you must kill the enemy with all your might and strive for the first place. Those who take the lead in charge will reward a thousand gold! Anyone who is injured will reward a hundred gold! As soon as the war is over, I will immediately reward the soldiers of the three armies as they say. Can the soldiers of the three armies have the confidence to fight?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The bandits, bandits, water thieves, and charlatans were excited, and the cannon fodders cheered happily. The thunderous "yes" sound was mixed with a lot of "yes". Both of them were eager and firmly staring at the gold, silver and jewelry piled up on the deck. Zhu Chenhao couldn't help laughing loudly.

When he turned around, his face immediately became gloomy and his hands were trembling slightly. He did not feel sorry for the wealth accumulated by the Ning Prince's Mansion in a century, but because the princess and others came from Jiujiang, they also brought bad news. Li Sen sent troops from Huguang, divided into three groups, and rushed over from Xiushui, Shangli, and Lianhua. The Guangdong-Guangzhou and Fujian Army had already broken through their southern defense line and captured Nan'an, Ganzhou, and Zhejiang soldiers captured Guangxin, and the encirclement was gradually shrinking.

Zhengde personally led the elites of the north and south capitals, with great momentum and aggressiveness. How can the battle in Poyang Lake be compared with the battle between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang? Whoever loses in that battle will lose his country, and now he loses his life if he loses, but Zhengde loses? Just retreat to Nanjing City and wait for the army to cover up and kill him.

This is a desperate gamble. What he bet is not the kingdom, but the craziest revenge of a gambler who knows he will lose: killing a thousand people and losing eight hundred of himself. I, Zhu Chenhao, is over, you can't think of it!

The imperial army finally arrived. Not only were the elite troops of the two capitals led by Zhengde himself, but Wu Wending and his son, together with the Anqing defenders, also killed them all the way.

The Ning Wangjun stood on the back of the lake, put all the cannons on warships, and used iron chains to form a wall of ships. The land army dug soil into trenches and built stones into walls to resist the Ming army's firearms. It seemed that artillery attacks were needed, while the infantry focused on defense, and then waited for an opportunity to find a decisive opportunity.

However, what surprised them was that several large armies of the Ming army arrived by the lake, but they seemed to be relied on their way. King Ning stood at the bow of the ship and saw the Ming army's actions in the distance, and couldn't help but wonder.

Ning Wangqi said: "What does Zhengde mean? Could it be that he wants to trap our army to death here?"

Everyone around him also felt strange. Li Natural's face suddenly changed and he said in surprise: "No, the Ming army's navy!"

Li Natural reminded everyone that the Ming army's infantry and soldiers rely on sharp firearms to attack without any damage. They were too much hit by the Ming army. When they remembered the Ming army's extremely fierce attack when the two sides fought, they were still scared. They only focused on guarding against the Ming army's powerful infantry and soldiers, but forgot that the advantages of the Ming army's naval division were better than the army compared to them.

How could they place such a powerful fleet without using the army to defeat the enemy? Ning Wang changed his color and said, "Hurry! Unlock the iron chain immediately, and the fleet sets up a defensive formation to prevent the Ming army from attacking suddenly!"

It was too late. The Ming army's warships went south simultaneously with the army. Now they have sailed from the Yangtze River into Poyang Lake. In addition to Peng Shark's warships, all the fleets that Zhengde set out from the capital and escorted along the way came and went straight into Poyang Lake. Ning Wang's fleet crossed the lake shore with iron chains. It was even more stupid than Cao Cao's "serial plan" back then. Peng Shark's fleet only had to sail one by one without changing its formation, and the cannon rain poured on the Ning Wang Navy's warship without wasting any waste.

Emperor Zhengde was afraid that King Ning would use rogue tricks. In order to take the lead in morality, the warship also prepared several ancestors uploaded by Zhu Yuanzhang's genealogy, Zhu Zhongba, Zhu Bailiu, Zhu Sijiu, Zhu Chuyi, and Zhu Wusi. A series of digital ancestor land spirit cards were placed in the cabin for spare use. Even the spiritual position of Zhu Xi, a Dali scholar of the Song Dynasty, was because in order to gain a famous ancestor, Zhu Yuanzhang once believed that Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty was one of his ancestors. The genealogy was lost because of its age. It could not be fully verified.

However, all his preparations were useless. The defeated Shui Shi Ning was so sad that he only fled in panic that he was fleeing. How could he have the intention to compete with him for whom the ancestors have a higher seniority?

The Ming army's artillery was fired at once. The Ning Wang Navy, who had no time to unlock the enemy, was unable to respond effectively. Many warships were shot and caught fire. The fire took advantage of the wind. The "beep" became more and more intense. The big boat on the ground where Zhu Chenhao was riding also caught fire by the cannon, and the thieves were in an uproar.

At this moment, the war drums were like thunder and the trumpet sounded. The Ming army launched a general attack on the land, and thousands of troops came over, fighting fiercely on the water and on the ground.

Among the Ming army, Zhengde and Yang Ling sat in the car wearing thick clothes with their hands in their sleeves, with two large stoves in front of them, and there were a row of small eunuchs standing next to them, each holding a stack of handkerchiefs. Zhengde lazily leaned on the brocade mat with a blanket on his knee. He took a handkerchief and blew his nose, and then handed it to the eunuch to get another one. He said, "Today's battle is like a mountain of Tai, and I think King Ning will definitely be defeated."

"Yes, my husband, but the cannon of Peng Shark is too inaccurate. Why did he also fight King Ning's warship? The emperor promised military pay, but he was all looking for King Ning. If the ship sinks or is stolen by the military soldiers in the chaos, the emperor will have to break the trust of the army," Yang Ling said with a weak look.

Emperor Zhengde smiled with a snorted: "It's okay, if the ruling army is wiped out, I will go to Jiangxi in person. The Ning Prince's Mansion must withdraw the vassal state. After the disposal of the imperial village, the fields, servants, palaces, etc., it will be a considerable wealth. As well as the officials who are abducted, all the houses will be confiscated. I will never treat these soldiers unfairly."

He looked at Yang Ling and said strangely: "Yang Qing, your snot is almost flowing into your mouth, why don't you wipe it?"

Yang Ling said with a bitter face: "Emperor, my nose has not yet swelled yet. It hurts so much as soon as I wipe it. I have to be gentler. My bones are sore now. What about the emperor's dragon body?"
To be continued...