Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 478
On such a special occasion, the welcome ceremony is naturally simple.

After entering Nanjing City, Zhu Houzhao stayed in the palace again, which was a familiar place for him.

After entering the palace, Zhu Houzhao summoned Liu Jian immediately.

This is a respect for this cabinet scholar, and it is also the best way for Zhu Houzhao to understand things in Nanjing.Since Liu Jian arrived in Nanjing, he has the final say on most of the things here.

"My lord, see Your Highness the Crown Prince." When seeing Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jian saluted respectfully.

Zhu Houzhao quickly said: "Liu Aiqing is free. Let Liu Aiqing come to Nanjing, it is really hard for you. There is nothing going on in Nanjing these days, right?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, everything is safe in Nanjing." Liu Jian said quickly: "Everyone is worried about His Royal Highness who is far away in Hangzhou. Now that His Royal Highness has returned safely, Nanjing can be regarded as having a backbone."

"I could have come back early, but I don't feel at ease if I don't take care of things in Hangzhou." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Now there is only the road of King Ning. After I have dealt with the matter here, Jiangnan That's the end of the matter.

Liu Jian nodded and said: "King Ning Tang is overconfident when he is a car, but he is just a clown. His Royal Highness does not need to worry too much. It is just that King Ning is playing the banner of King Qin, and it is really difficult to handle. If they are all classified as rebellious If so, many people may feel unconvinced.”

This is what Liu Jian has been holding back in his heart, and he waited for Zhu Houzhao's arrival before saying it.He was afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince would directly designate King Ning as a rebel, after all, he hadn't played the banner of rebellion yet.

The key issue lies in the formal style of His Royal Highness in front of him.Liu Jian also read the letter His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent to the capital, and it was clearly written on it.

In fact, Liu Jian also believed that King Ning really wanted to rebel, and that King Qin was the very reason he found.But since people shouted it out like this, you can't say that they are rebellious.

"My palace has already sent people to spread the news." Zhu Houzhao said: "Just say that the rebellion in Hangzhou has been quelled, let King Ning take people back. I believe that with King Ning's means, he should understand what this means and will do it." It’s not a choice. We’ll just wait and see how it gets better.”

Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief after hearing these words.

This is the best way to deal with it.If King Ning hadn't rebelled, he would have gone back to Jiangxi by himself, but this possibility is very small.Because everyone knew that King Ning was a rebel, so he would not choose that way.

Then there is only one way left before King Ning, and that is to continue to rebel, and to play the banner of rebellion.Under such circumstances, it would be much easier for the imperial court to suppress King Ning again.

After receiving Zhu Houzhao's reply, Liu Jian had nothing to say, so he stood up and said, "In this way, I will feel relieved. Your Royal Highness is exhausted all the way, so you still have to pay attention to your body. I will leave first." .”

In fact, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jian have nothing to say. The relationship between him and the old father's courtiers is not very good, and the relationship is not very good, so they have not been very close.

This time Liu Jian's coming was considered a routine matter, and after the matter was finished, there was nothing else to say.

"Liu Jin sent Liu Aiqing off for me." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

After Liu Jian left, Zhu Houzhao didn't bother with other things.He really needs to take a break. Although there is no great risk these days, it can be regarded as hard work.

Outside Jiujiang City, in King Ning's camp.

King Ning sat on the chair, his face was terribly dark.He raised his head and glanced at the middle-aged man standing in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Is the news confirmed?"

"Going back to the prince, it's confirmed." Liu Yangzheng said with a bow.

Liu Yangzheng is a middle-aged man in his 40s.

If anyone is said to be King Ning's confidant minister, he is Liu Yangzheng.As for Wang Gan, he was not considered King Ning's confidant from the beginning to the end, after all, both sides had different thoughts.

"The prince has already returned to Nanjing, and Hangzhou has completely failed. The prince and his party did not hide their identities. It is said that Wang Huai has been arrested by His Royal Highness, so the news is true. My lord, what should we do now?"

King Ning glanced at Liu Yangzheng, and said with a smile: "Do we have any way out now? Are there other options?"

When he said this, King Ning's face was full of bitterness.

Then he said helplessly: "At first, I thought Wang Huai had some abilities, at least he could buy us some time. But who would have thought that he would be so unusable?"

Liu Yangzheng didn't answer, he really couldn't talk about it.He recognized the abilities of the Wang family and his son; but sometimes, not having the ability means that there is no problem. After all, there are many things that just being able is useless.

For example, the prince of his own family, he doesn't trust the father and son of the Wang family.

Originally according to the original plan, the army should go straight to Hangzhou, and when they get there, they should cooperate with Wang Huaili, kill Zhu Houzhao directly, take Hangzhou City, and then go north to take Nanjing.

But his prince didn't do that.

Liu Yangzheng knew exactly what his prince was up to. The prince didn't trust the Wang family father and son, so he didn't want to go to Hangzhou, and wanted the prince and Wang family father and son to consume each other.He took advantage of this opportunity to directly take down Nanjing.

The prince's thoughts and calculations are naturally good, but who would have thought that after so many troops left Jiangxi, they would not even be able to take down a single Jiujiang?

The 20 troops have been holding back in this small Jiujiang, which can be said to be a blow to the prince!
Now that Hangzhou is finished, and His Royal Highness returns to Nanjing, what retreat is there for the prince?

Under such circumstances, there is no choice, and the situation is also very unfavorable to the prince.With the cooperation of Hangzhou, my own side was not able to win Jiujiang; now that there is no cooperation from Hangzhou, how can this battle be fought?
There is only one way left, and that is head-to-head.

However, where does the confidence come from head-to-head with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?

"The order will go on, and the city will be attacked tomorrow, and Jiujiang must be captured." King Ning said with a gloomy face.

Now that he has no way out, he can only move forward, otherwise he will die.

At this time, a soldier suddenly ran in outside, bowed and said to King Ning: "My lord, there is news from Jiujiang City, saying that His Royal Highness has quelled the rebellion, and asked the lord to take people back to Nanchang."

After hearing this, King Ning was taken aback for a moment, and then a sneer appeared on his face, "It's really a good idea. If I go back like this, I don't know how I died."

Looking up at Liu Yangzheng, King Ning said, "According to the plan, continue to attack Jiujiang tomorrow."

"Yes, my lord, I will arrange it right away." Liu Yangzheng nodded and said.

Now that King Ning has no way out, he naturally has no way out.Under such circumstances, there is nothing left for him to think about, only to fight to the death
When Liu Yangzheng turned to go out, King Ning stopped him and said with a gloomy face, "You take a few people to kill Wang Gan. Now his son has been arrested, so there is no need to keep him."

Liu Yangzheng felt a chill in his heart.

Although the father and son of the Wang family are at odds with the prince, they are serving the prince after all.Is it inappropriate to kill people at this time?
Liu Yangzheng said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, should you wait a little longer? The war is urgent. If Wang Gan is killed now, I am afraid that people's hearts will fluctuate and the morale of the army will be shaken, which will not be good for the next major event."

Liu Yangzheng was really worried that doing this would chill the hearts of others.

"Do you think I don't know?" King Ning looked up at Liu Yangzheng, and said with a dark face, "But what else can I do now? Do you know what Wang Gan can do to save his son?" What happened? What if he wants to exchange this king for his son? Do you know how many people will betray this king if he instigates it?"

"I can't take this risk, so he's going to die. You take a few people to kill him quietly, don't send it for a while, and don't let others know that he is dead. After the event, even if you know, you can't never mind."

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yangzheng nodded, then turned his head and walked out.

In fact, he felt that what King Ning said was reasonable. After all, the Wang family father and son had no loyalty to their prince. Under such circumstances, keeping Wang Gan was indeed an unstable factor.

Or killing him will have some adverse effects; but not killing him, the impact will not be much better.Once he has any thoughts that he shouldn't have, people like himself will be in danger.

So Liu Yangzheng didn't say anything more, he took people to do it.

In fact, since the dispatch of troops, Wang Gan has been under house arrest.When Liu Yangzheng brought people to Wang Gan's tent, Wang Gan was drinking.

Seeing Liu Yangzheng approaching, Wang Gan looked up at him, and said with a smile: "Is he here to kill me? Our prince is good everywhere, but not at all. He is too anxious to do things, and at the same time he has no heart. "

Liu Yangzheng didn't speak. He was not surprised that Wang Qian could guess his purpose.In terms of ability, Liu Jian still admires Wang Gan very much, and even feels that he is not as good as him.

Liu Jian raised his head to look at Wang Gan, and said, "If I knew this earlier, why bother?"

"It's the same with you." Wang Gan smiled and said casually.

Anyway, he was going to die, so he didn't have any scruples when he spoke.

Wang Gan looked up at Liu Yangzheng, smiled and said, "Do you think our prince can succeed?"

Liu Yangzheng didn't speak, he was silent.

"It seems that you can see it too." Wang Qian said with a smile: "If I took people to Hangzhou, maybe there was still a glimmer of life. But now there is no life. If the army goes well, it can be taken smoothly. Going down to Anqing in Jiujiang, and then going straight to Beijing from Bingfeng, there may be a glimmer of hope. But now that the crown prince has returned to Nanjing, the prince is hopeless. You should also be able to see that the prince has no famous generals under his command."

Liu Yangzheng could see this naturally, he hadn't felt it before, but he could see it this time when he attacked Jiujiang.So many people have nothing to do with Jiujiang, which is enough to explain the problem.

Seeing that Liu Yangzheng did not open his mouth, Wang Gan said with a smile: "Now that things have happened, don't you think of finding a way out for yourself? Do you really want to die with the prince? You must know that this is a rebellion. If the court really pursues Come to think of it, all of them are going to ransack their families and exterminate their clans, why bother?"

Hearing Wang Gan's words, Liu Yangzheng smiled.

Wang Gan continued to say without hesitation: "You should also understand that even if the prince is really lucky one day, the fate of us people may not be much better, so don't take chances."

Looking at Wang Qian, Liu Yangzheng said with a smile: "I have to say, you are a very capable person. Even now, you are still not reconciled, and you still want to confuse me. Do you want to say that we will fight together? Bring your men to capture King Ning, and then use him as a condition to surrender to the court?"

His own thoughts were exposed, but Wang Gan's face did not change at all, and he said slowly: "Talking to a smart person is a peace of mind. In this way, we have changed from rebels to heroes of counter-rebellion. The reason is actually very good. Simple, we followed King Ning to Qin King, who would have thought that he would rebel? When we learned that King Ning was going to rebel, we put things right."

Liu Yangzheng looked at Wang Gan, and said with a sullen face: "Who do you think you can fool with such a statement? Besides, your son has been captured alive by His Highness the Crown Prince. Do you really think you can get away with it?"

"What's the matter?" Wang Qian said indifferently: "At that time, we will be heroes in countering the rebellion, and the court will not kill us, otherwise we will lose the hearts of the people."

"As for my son, although he is the most successful, I have 7 sons, and there is no problem in inheriting the family business. At that time, it will be said that he and King Ning colluded with each other, and I, the father, don't know about it. In Insight After discovering their conspiracy, I resolutely killed my relatives, after all, I was loyal to Daming."

Liu Yangzheng couldn't say a word that was said, he could only look at Wang Gan, and then showed a wry smile.

"I used to always feel that I am not as good as you. It is because my strategy is not as good as you. Your father and son of the Wang family are all dragons and phoenixes. But now I know that I am not only inferior to you in strategy." Liu Yangzheng said with a smile: "I am not as good as you You have a thick face and a dark heart, I didn't expect you to even abandon your own son."

"Non-toxic and not a husband. Besides, doing this kind of thing is ready to die. Now it's just a son, it's no big deal." Wang Gan said with a smile.

"Although what you said is very good, I don't believe it." The smile on Liu Yangzheng's face subsided instantly, and then he said, "It's not that I don't believe what you said, but I don't believe that the court and the crown prince will let us go."

"Besides, I'm different from you. The lord has shown me the kindness of knowing you. I want to repay the lord with death. So put away your tricks. If you don't have any last words, then I will send you on your way." .”

"Okay." Wang Gan stood up with a smile, and it seemed that he was not surprised, and he felt a little neither happy nor angry.

He looked at Liu Yangzheng, and said slowly: "On the road to Huangquan, I will wait for the prince and you."

(End of this chapter)