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Chapter 457 The Lonely King Has a Destiny

After all, Jingying was able to change the situation of the past, which was entirely the result of his support from the emperor.

It can be said that if he, the emperor, did not support Li Huan, then the Jingying would not have the current situation. Because of this, in Zhu Houzhao's view, the Jingying can have the current situation, although it is Li Huan's credit. , but this also has the credit of his emperor.

It can be imagined that when seeing Baiguan's unbelievable appearance, Zhu Houzhao's sense of satisfaction naturally arises spontaneously.

At this time, Li Huan, who was in armor, was surrounded by more than a dozen generals and strode towards the emperor and the officials.

The generals who followed Li Huan looked at the emperor Luanjia and all the officials in front of them, all of them showed excitement in their eyes.

Since ancient times, there are very few generals who can be seen off by the emperor in person when they go out to war, but this time they go out with Li Huan, but they can be seen off by the emperor in person, even if the emperor is seeing off Li Huan, but these generals It is also a matter of honor.

Li Huan approached, bowed to the emperor and said: "My minister, Li Huan, pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao looked serious, waved to Li Huan and the others and said, "Your family, hurry up and save yourself from courtesy."

When Li Huan and the others got up, they heard Zhu Houjian slowly say to Li Huan and other generals: "All the Qing families are going out to suppress the rebellion for the country, and I am waiting for the good news from the Qing families in the capital. "

After the emperor's words fell, all the people bowed to the emperor in unison: "I will definitely live up to your majesty!"

The army set off, and waited until the army gradually disappeared, and the figure of the tens of thousands of troops could not be seen. The emperor, who had stood on the official road for almost an hour, sent an order to return to Beijing.

Not to mention that the imperial court worshiped Li Huan as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and commanded the army to put down the rebellion of King Ning, but said that in the south of the Yangtze River, King Ning raised the banner, gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and directly occupied Nanchang City.

It has to be said that King Ning's army is quite powerful, especially that King Ning has gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Regardless of whether these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are mobs or not, if tens of thousands of people gather together, it is enough to fight The power of place.

The most important thing is that after King Ning's rebels occupied Nanchang City, only three days later, King Ning left his son Zhu Gongxi to sit in Nanchang Mansion. Under the advice of Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi, Wang Lun and others, he Go out in person and lead the army to Nanjing City.

The huge Nanzhili can be said to be the core of the land south of the Yangtze River. The essence of the southern land of the Ming Dynasty lies in Nanzhili, and the core of Nanzhili is Nanjing City, the former capital of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that King Ning chose to go straight to Nanjing City. This step is indeed not a problem. After all, if King Ning chooses to go straight to the capital, he will go all the way from Nanchang Mansion to the capital. The barriers on the road are enough to grind him to death.

Therefore, if King Ning chooses to go straight to the capital, his fate is almost predictable.

However, King Ning obviously got the advice of an expert, and he chose to rush to Nanjing City without hesitation not long after occupying Nanchang Mansion.

As the former capital of the Ming Dynasty and the core of the Jiangnan region, the importance of Nanjing City to the Ming Dynasty is only lower than that of the capital. If King Ning cannot conquer Nanjing City, then he is at most in the Jiangnan region It's all for a while, and sooner or later it will be wiped out by the court.

But if King Ning can really break through Nanjing City and successfully occupy Nanjing City, then it's hard to say what the world will look like tomorrow.

You must know that at this time, because the emperor supported Li Huan's tax reform, the court lost the support of a considerable number of local tyrants, gentry and even officials to a certain extent.

It's not that these gentry, tycoons, and officials will jump out one by one to rebel against Ming Dynasty, but that these people have a second heart for the emperor who sits on the throne.

They may not jump out to rebel, but for the emperor, the support for the court will no longer exist.

If it is said that King Ning can really occupy Nanjing City at this time, then King Ning will definitely be regarded as a man with destiny by these gentry and tyrants who have lost hope in the court and in today's world.

Then when the time comes, these people will definitely choose to bet on King Ning with their pissing nature.

If King Ning only got the help of some ambitious people, then King Ning must have no hope of competing with the Son of Heaven who has a righteous name.

However, if King Ning occupies the city of Nanjing and can get the support of a large number of tyrants, gentry and even officials in the south of the Yangtze River, he really has some hopes of competing with the emperor for the world.

From Nanchang Mansion to Nanjing City, there are naturally many large and small cities along the way, but very few of them can really play a role in resisting the rebels.

Especially on this road, King Ning swept many young men into the rebel army, so that the number of rebel soldiers under his command skyrocketed at an alarming rate.

In just half a month, King Ning's initial [-] rebels doubled to [-].

Another point is that, where King Ning's army passed along this road, except for a few small towns that closed their gates under the leadership of the county magistrate, and did not open the city to surrender and choose to surrender to King Ning, most of the cities were in When King Ning's army arrived, they all chose to surrender.

It is precisely because of this that King Ning's army has not experienced any battles at all along the way, and what they have passed can be said to be as powerful as a broken bamboo.

It can be imagined that under such circumstances, King Ning's original cautious thoughts became more and more inflated. Now, King Ning is full of confidence in whether he can occupy Nanjing City and compete with the emperor for the world.

From King Ning's point of view, wherever he went, he was greeted by powerful local gentry. Isn't this just a manifestation of the aspiration of the people?

He, King Ning, is more popular than the Son of Heaven, and it is said that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. King Ning feels that this is his destiny, and that the high emperor position is destined to be his own.

The mighty army is coming towards Anqing, the gateway to Nanjing City, like a torrent.

As the gateway city of Nanjing City, Anqing City, the importance of Anqing City can be imagined.

If the rebels were able to break through Anqing, they would be able to go all the way to the city of Nanjing without any problems, directly threatening the safety of the city of Nanjing.

So the importance of Anqing can be imagined.

The news of King Ning's rebellion had spread to Anqing as early as half a month ago. When he heard the shocking news of King Ning's rebellion, Zhang Wenjin, the magistrate of Anqing, reacted almost immediately.

To say that Zhang Wenjin, the magistrate of Anqing, is really not an ordinary person, he is one of Wang Yangming's disciples, although he is not a person with amazing talent, but his ability is extremely valued by Wang Yangming.

Li Huan had been on guard against King Ning for a long time, and once King Ning rebelled, before the court had time to mobilize troops and horses to put down the rebellion, it can be imagined that this period of time was definitely a period of time when King Ning was in the limelight.

As long as King Ning is not stupid, he will definitely take Nanjing City, the core of Southern Zhili, as his primary goal, so the importance of Anqing, which is the gateway to Nanjing City, can be imagined.

Li Huan may not be able to take down King Ning first, but that doesn't mean Li Huan can't take some precautions in advance and make some targeted arrangements.

Therefore, under the recommendation of Wang Yangming, Zhang Wenjin, who was the best choice in terms of ability and temperament, was appointed as the magistrate of Anqing, in charge of civil affairs in Anqing.

After all, Zhang Wenjin was just a civic official. Although there was an important city in Anqing, once King Ning attacked Anqing City, there must be generals in charge to ensure the safety of Anqing City.

For this reason, Li Huan specially dispatched Du to command Yang Rui to take charge of the soldiers and horses of Anqing Mansion, and Li Huan even secretly signaled Yang Rui to strengthen the training of the soldiers and horses under his command.

It has to be said that these arrangements made by Li Huan worked immediately after King Ning raised his troops.

Zhang Wenjin and Yang Rui, as the core figures in Anqing government's civil affairs and military affairs, responded immediately.

With the mutual cooperation of the two, the entire Anqing City completed defense preparations in less than three days, and the speed was far beyond imagination.

So when King Ning spent more than half a month leading an army of [-] troops to Anqing City, what he was facing was still Anqing City that was ready for defense.

Above Anqing City, Yang Rui in armor was standing on the city wall under the guard of his own soldiers, and Zhang Wenjin, the prefect in the same official uniform, looked down at the black rebel army outside the city.

Standing on the top of the city, you can clearly see the densely packed human heads outside the city. It has to be said that the [-] troops gathered under the city, the sense of oppression is quite sufficient.

After all, compared to the [-] soldiers and horses and [-] strong men who barely gathered in Anqing City, there were only more than [-] people defending the city, but there were [-] rebels outside the city.

However, both Zhang Wenjin and Yang Rui looked at the rebels under the city, but there was no tension or fear on their faces. Instead, they pointed at the rebels outside the city. Those rebels out there don't exist the same.

And the relaxed expressions of Zhang Wenjin and Yang Rui were naturally seen in the eyes of all the city guards. When the guards saw that their adults did not have the slightest expression of tension or fear, they originally saw so many rebels outside the city. The worries and fears that I had were suddenly reduced a lot.

However, outside the city, King Ning's carriage slowly stopped, and King Ning's figure slowly walked out of the carriage. Li Shishi, Wang Lun, Yang Qing and other civil and military generals who were following King Ning They also followed King Ning and looked towards Anqing City, which blocked their way ahead.

But anyone who has a little understanding of Anqing's geographical location will know what Anqing means to Nanjing City. It can be said that as long as Anqing is not lost, then Nanjing does not have to worry about being breached.

Because King Ning didn't dare to attack Nanjing City with all his troops before taking Anqing. If he really did that, King Ning might be cut off from the road, and his life and death would be unpredictable.

Therefore, Anqing City had to be taken by King Ning's rebels. Only when Anqing was taken, could they hope to break through Nanjing City.

At this time, a group of high-level rebels headed by King Ning looked at the tall and strong Anqing City in front of them, and everyone couldn't help frowning.

King Ning's complexion was also a bit ugly. After all, the size and strength of Anqing City had a great impact on King Ning, making him realize that if he stormed Anqing City, he didn't know how much he would have to pay.

The most important thing is that King Ning knows very well that he must break through the city of Nanjing before the court reacts, and he has enough confidence to compete with the court.

Otherwise, if he has not breached the city of Nanjing before the imperial court's anti-insurgency army arrives, then his dream of competing for the world may be shattered.

Taking a deep breath, King Ning glanced at Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng and others beside him and said, "Do you have any good strategies to help me take Anqing City?"

Under King Ning's gaze, Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng couldn't help but glance at each other. As King Ning set off a huge momentum, the two, as King Ning's confidants, fought more and more fiercely.

It can be said that the two hated each other, and they didn't even hide the fact that they hated each other in front of King Ning. The meaning of stopping, but secretly fueling the flames.

Although it is said that the two are his confidantes, but if the confidantes are incomparably harmonious and even very close, then as a superior, I am afraid that they cannot feel at ease.

At this time, King Ning smiled as if he didn't see the expressions of Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng: "You two gentlemen, I wonder if there is a good plan to break this fortified city?"

Li Shishi stroked his beard and said triumphantly: "My lord, I have a plan to help you take Anqing City."

Liu Yangzheng at the side glanced at Li Shishi with disdain.

However, King Ning looked at Li Shishi with some expectations and said, "Oh, I don't know what good strategy Mister has, come quickly! If you really can take Anqing City smoothly, the lonely king will definitely give you a reward."

Li Shishi said with a confident look: "Your Highness has a destiny. Wherever you go along the way, there are many officials who have dedicated themselves to your Highness. Your Highness can send envoys to Anqing City to spread the reputation of your Highness. It is expected that the prefect of Anqing will know your Highness." In the name, Anqing must be dedicated to the prince."

King Ning couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words. Li Shishi's words really made sense, especially when King Ning thought of the officials who had gone out of the city for several miles to greet him on this road before he arrived. King Ning looked at Anqing City in front of him, and the corners of his mouth gradually Show a little smile.

Then King Ning said loudly: "My lords, I wonder if someone is willing to go to Anqing City on behalf of me. If I can speak for me about surrendering Anqing City, the lonely king will definitely reward me a lot."

After King Ning finished speaking, he saw an official salute to King Ning with a flattering expression on his face: "My lord, I am willing to go through a life for my lord."

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