The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 495 Defeat like a mountain

"Your Majesty, this servant is from a lowly background, and death is not a pity. It's just that this servant is really wronged. If this servant dies so inexplicably, I really feel unwilling. Moreover, this servant is also worried about Your Majesty. Those bastards are all messy. If His Majesty is unhappy, this servant will be heartbroken even under the Nine Springs."

Li Fang was afraid that Zhu Chenhao might misunderstand, so she quickly explained earnestly.

But King Ning obviously couldn't listen to Li Fang's explanation, and continued to slash at Li Fang with his sword.

Now Li Fang understood that King Ning was really crazy.People seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, no matter how loyal Li Fang is to King Ning, it is impossible for Li Fang to kill him immediately.Ants are greedy for life, let alone humans?

Taking advantage of King Ning's unsteady steps, he ran away with his head in his arms.

Qian Ning's departure was undoubtedly the last straw that overwhelmed King Ning Zhu Chenhao.

Zhu Chenhao, who was arrogant and domineering, had a sense of sadness as if the tree fell and the monkeys scattered.

Just when he was hesitating, the camp was suddenly attacked.

A cavalry team of nearly [-] people rushed into the camp and killed everyone they saw. King Ning's troops fled with their heads in their arms, showing no intention of resisting at all.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this cavalry has been professionally trained, and it is absolutely impossible to be the guard army of Anqing Mansion.Then there is only one explanation-the army reinforced by the imperial court has arrived.

Zhu Chenhao was puzzled, his navy had blocked the entire river, how did the imperial court's reinforcements arrive in Anqing?
Is it by land?But in this way, they will have to walk a lot more, which is too late in terms of time.

No matter how confused Zhu Chenhao was, it was a done deal and could not be changed.

Zhu Chenhao thought about countless possibilities, but he never thought that the imperial army would dare to attack his camp.

What about the sneak attack on Hongni Bay?He deployed heavy troops in Hongniwan, but the imperial army didn't come again?
"Your Majesty, withdraw quickly. If you don't withdraw, you will not be able to withstand it."

This cavalry can be said to be the master of tigers and wolves, how could the army that Zhu Chenhao assembled improvised be its opponent.

Zhu Chenhao was furious: "Useless things, just know how to run. The soldiers in the camp are several times their size, so they can't win?"

Although he said so, he also knew that he really couldn't win.

The cavalry rushed into the camp, and once they started to speed up, they were unstoppable.Minimizing losses as much as possible is the best policy.

It's a pity that Hongni Bay is still some distance away from the camp, but now it is blocked by this cavalry who suddenly rushed out.

If Zhu Chenhao wanted to lead the army to Hongniwan by boat, it would be absolutely impossible.The only option right now is to retreat from the south by land.

Zhu Chenhao's teeth itched with hatred, but there was nothing he could do.

The situation won't get any better if you continue to stay, it's better to go first.
"Withdraw!"

Zhu Chenhao painfully made a decision: "Send someone to notify the garrison at Hongniwan, tell them to act cheaply and return to Jiujiang as soon as possible."

With the scale of the navy docked at Hongniwan, as long as there is no accident, it will not be difficult to break through the blockade of the imperial army and return to Jiujiang.Therefore, Zhu Chenhao felt relieved to take the first step, and then asked the navy to follow.

A soldier led his horse and rode away.The rest of the people followed Zhu Chenhao and got on their horses in panic and headed south.

These included Wang Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Li Shishi, Prime Minister of the Left, and Liu Yangzheng, Prime Minister of the Right.

Without mentioning gossip, it is said that Zhu Chenhao and his party retreated to Jiujiang, but the navy failed to retreat unscathed.

Xie Shenzao deployed heavy troops in Hongniwan, as soon as Zhu Chenhao retreated, the ambush soldiers there jumped out and captured the rebels.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the rebels in Hongniwan have the capital to fight the imperial army.But after learning that King Ning left them and fled alone, the generals who led the army were shocked and angry, and completely lost the will to fight for King Ning.

Just kidding, Junshang is such a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, abandons his subordinates, and still expects his subordinates to work for him?

There is no such reason in the world.

Therefore, Xie Shen won the elite navy under King Ning without any effort, which can be described as a complete victory.

But Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao retreated to Jiujiang in panic, although he was safe for the time being, he was not happy at all.

That navy was his biggest reliance in rebellion. Now that he has lost this trump card, what great cause is there to talk about?
Alas, is it true that the sky is going to kill him?

Just when Zhu Chenhao was hesitating, suddenly a sergeant came from Nanchang on horseback.

After Zhu Chenhao summoned him and heard the report, he was immediately stunned.

Nanchang was breached?

He has already deployed heavy troops around Poyang Lake. As long as there is an army going, he will be ambushed. There will be no surprises.

Zhu Chenhao was puzzled, but suddenly remembered that it was Qian Ning's idea to deploy troops at Poyang Lake.

No wonder, no wonder.
Qian Ning's escape from the camp has already explained everything, he must be the informant that Zhengde placed beside Zhu Chenhao.

No wonder he insisted on deploying heavy troops on Poyang Lake. It turned out that he was trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

The imperial army must have detoured from another direction and went straight to Nanchang City.

Although Zhu Chenhao was angry at Anqing Mansion's disastrous defeat, he was able to calm down after being angry.Because this is at most an unsuccessful attack, as long as they return to Jiangxi, they will have a chance to regroup.

But if Nanchang City is conquered, it will really mean that the sky is falling apart.

Nanchang is Zhu Chenhao's lair. He has been in business for many years and every decoration is painstaking.

Now that it was taken down by the imperial court, where else could Zhu Chenhao go?
Although Jiujiang and Nankang are strategically important places, they have no buffer space.

The imperial court can easily oppress Jiujiang and Nankang cities by moving south from Anqing.

Zhu Chenhao didn't have the courage to "guard the gate of the country", and he didn't think that the defense line of Jiujiang and Nankang could last long.

But the city of Nanchang has been destroyed, where else can he go if he is not stationed in Jiujiang and Nankang?

Liu Yangzheng, the prime minister of the right, offered a strategy to attack Nanchang and pull out the nail buried behind him.

From a normal logic point of view, this is indeed Zhu Chenhao's only choice.

If Zhu Chenhao wants to turn defeat into victory, he must win Nanchang again.

But Zhu Chenhao had already been scared out of his wits, and he had no intention of asking for a fight, so he immediately rejected Liu Yangzheng's suggestion.

Liu Yangzheng almost fainted from anger, and left angrily, shaking all over.

As for Wang Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he is completely flattering.

Seeing that Zhu Chenhao didn't want to attack Nanchang, he suggested retreating to Ji'an Mansion.

This suggestion was exactly what Zhu Chenhao wanted.

In his opinion, although Ji'an has no natural dangers to defend, it is the second largest city in Jiangxi after Nanchang.

As long as he retreats to Ji'an and recruits again, he will soon recover.

And the whole of Jiangxi is in his hands, and the encirclement of Nanchang will definitely be able to regain it.

In this way, it returned to the original battle situation, nothing more than Anqing Mansion was not defeated, it was not considered a collapse of the world.

I have to say that the saying that character determines destiny is really true.

Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao is suspicious by nature, indecisive, mean and unkind, no matter how you look at it, he is not a hero who can win the world.

If such a person can take over the world and sit in the Dragon Court, how unbearable the opponent will be.

However, Zhu Chenhao obviously did not have such an awareness. He was still immersed in the dream of being an emperor and could not extricate himself, thinking that as long as he regained his strength, he could still pose a threat to Zhu Houzhao's throne.Little did he know that he had only one chance, and that was to take down Yingtian Mansion with lightning speed.Only in this way can he be qualified to rule the river with Zhu Houzhao and fight in court.

But the reality is that Zhu Chenhao loses again and again, not only can't defeat Anqing, he even loses his hometown Nanchang.It's really useless to get home.

However, after Zhu Chenhao led the remnants of the defeated generals back to Ji'an Mansion, it didn't take long for Jiujiang and Nankang to be attacked by Xie Shen.This is nothing more than normal.If Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao guarded Jiujiang and Nankang, he might be able to withstand the offensive.But once he leaves, which of the soldiers below will work for him?

As soon as the imperial court's counter-insurgency army arrived, they threw away their helmets and armor one after another, and opened the city to welcome them.

In this way, the gate of Jiangxi is wide open, and there is no danger to defend.In addition, Nanchang returned to the imperial court, and Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao's defeat showed that there was absolutely no chance of winning.

But King Ning obviously wouldn't just arrest him without a fight, and kill him immediately.He changed into a monk's clothes, and wanted to flee to the deep mountains to become a monk to avoid the limelight, but he got out, and was captured by his subordinates in a temple outside the city and taken to Nanchang.

Faced with the betrayal of his subordinates, King Ning Zhu Chenhao was furious and greeted the other eighteen generations of female relatives along the way.

But this will not affect the determination of his subordinates to take credit for him in the slightest, and no one will stand up to speak for him.Zhu Chenhao's betrayal of relatives can be seen.

At this time, Xie Shen had led his army to Nanchang and joined Wang Shouren.

In Prince Ning's Mansion in Nanchang, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Brother Shou, you have become famous this time. If you hadn't captured Nanchang City by surprise, King Ning would not have been defeated so quickly."

Wang Shouren waved his hands in embarrassment and said, "Si Ming is absurdly praised. Brother Yu just did what he can do. If it is the first contribution to suppressing the rebellion, it should be Siming."

It's not that Wang Shouren intends to cater to Xie Shen and flatter him, but he really feels that Xie Shen has strategized and won thousands of miles.

King Ning led an army to besiege Anqing Mansion for several days, and the defenders were helpless.Xie Shen led his army to defeat King Ning less than ten days after arriving, making him defeated.

Xie Shen defeated King Ning's main force on the frontal battlefield and established the victory. Compared with that, Wang Shouren's can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, the last inch of his achievements.

"Haha, Brother Shou, let's not boast about each other here, right? It's disgusting. Everything should be reported to His Majesty truthfully, and His Majesty will judge."

"As it should be."

Wang Shouren also stroked his beard and smiled.

"Siming, there is one thing that Brother Yu has never understood. Then why did Qian Ning betray King Ning? Could it be that he is really an eyeliner sent by the court to plant beside King Ning?"

If it was really as Wang Shouren guessed, then the imperial court's move was wonderful.

Xie Shen smiled wryly and said: "Where is it so mysterious, it is clearly that King Ning's servant was suspicious, which led to Qian Ning's defection."

Although Qian Ning is not a good thing, but out of interests, he will not easily betray King Ning.

Even he defected, which is enough to show how unpopular King Ning is.

Just when the two were talking happily, Lu Zhongtian walked into the hall of the palace and clasped his fists and said, "General Qi, the traitor Zhu Chenhao has been escorted to Nanchang."

Xie Shen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "The speed is really fast."

It was Gaoli, a fierce general under his command, who escorted Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao to Nanchang.

Seeing that King Ning's defeat was decided, this person didn't want to be buried with King Ning, so he gathered his men and prepared to take King Ning and present it to the court.In this way, if they don't claim meritorious service, at least they can avoid the crime of rebellion and save the lives of their wives and children.

When Gao Li led his troops to capture King Ning, he found that he had packed up his clothes and fled.

Gao Li was shocked, and quickly sent troops to chase after him, and finally caught up with King Ning at an earth temple dozens of miles away from Ji'an Fucheng.

At this time, Zhu Chenhao was sleeping soundly on a simple grass bed made of piled up handfuls of weeds. After being picked up by Gaoli's people, he thought that these were his followers.Unexpectedly, those soldiers could not help but tie him up.

Zhu Chenhao was furious, and greeted the female relatives of these soldiers.

These soldiers usually dare not speak out against King Ning, but now that King Ning is a down and out prince, he still dares to boss them around, how can they not be angry.

Under the instigation of a hundred households, several soldiers simply threw King Ning to the ground, stripped his clothes and pants, and beat the board to vent their anger.

The majestic king of the Ming Dynasty, Tianhuang nobleman was held down and spanked by a few big soldiers, and if he said it, it would make people stare.

It can only be said that King Ning can't live because of his own crimes, and there is nothing to rebel about.

Those soldiers hated him deeply, if they hadn't thought about dedicating King Ning to the court to claim credit, they would have killed this evil animal with a black cane.

Even so, King Ning's buttocks and legs were still bruised and black from the beating, even though there was no bleeding, it was already very terrifying.

The soldiers lifted the trousers for King Ning, then threw him on his horse and escorted him back to Ji'an.

Gao Li couldn't laugh or cry when he saw King Ning's embarrassment, he just wanted to make fun of him, but King Ning spit on Gao Li's face.

Gao Li was furious, wiped off the phlegm on his face, stepped forward and slapped King Ning two big mouths.

Seeing that King Ning was still cursing, Gao Li took off the sock and stuffed it into King Ning's mouth with an idea.

Now King Ning could only make a purring sound like a cat meowing, laughing so much that Gao Li leaned forward and back together and shouted happily.

From Ji'an to Nanchang, in addition to eating and drinking, King Ning was stuffed with the torn socks in his mouth, which made him smoked to the point of exhaustion.

Xie Shen sneered and said, "Bring him in!"

Lu Zhongtian took the order with his fists in his hands, and after a while, King Ning, who was tied up like a meat dumpling, was taken into the palace.

It stands to reason that Prince Ning's Mansion is Zhu Chenhao's territory, and he was furious when he saw Xie Shenduan sitting on the head smiling and staring at him.

But he couldn't speak with a sock stuffed in his mouth, so he had to stamp his feet desperately in protest.

Xie Shen suddenly got up and walked to his side, said lightly: "You must want to know who this official is, then you should remember that this official is Xie Shen, a scholar of the cabinet at the time. Remember it well, if you want to reincarnate in the next life Don’t admit the wrong person for revenge.”

A trace of panic flashed in King Ning's eyes, he clearly understood that he was defeated by Xie Shen.

"You must also want to know whether Qian Ning is an informant installed by the court."

Zhu Chenhao nodded desperately, if he didn't know the truth of this matter, he would die without resting his eyes.

Xie Shen smiled, spread his arms and said, "Actually, Qian Ning has nothing to do with the imperial court. He probably really wanted to be loyal to you, but unfortunately you drove him away."

(End of this chapter)