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Looking at Wang Lun covered in blood, King Ning couldn't help but take a deep breath, with a gentle smile on his face, he said, "General Wang, I don't know what's going on in the battle ahead?"

In the past, King Ning would definitely call Wang Lun directly to express his closeness to him, but now King Ning calls Wang Lun as a general, obviously to express his dissatisfaction.

After all, anyone who is not blind can see that the battle ahead is not good. King Ning is almost directly expressing his dissatisfaction with Wang Lun.

Wang Lun was not flustered, he knew that King Ning was dissatisfied with the inconvenient command of the army to attack the city when King Ning passed him and directly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Wang Lun showed a bit of solemnity on his face, and saluted King Ning: "Go back to your lord, the general can guarantee that within ten days, Anqing City will be captured!"

King Ning couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Wang Lun with a bit of astonishment on his face.

King Ning was not an idiot either, he could see the strength of Anqing City, such a tall city, if there were soldiers standing firm in the city, it would definitely not be able to break through in a short time.

You must know that just now he has witnessed the strength displayed by the guards in Anqing City. No matter how arrogant King Ning is, he does not think that Wang Lun can break through Anqing City in a short time.

Wang Lun also seemed to know the impact his words had on King Ning, so at this moment, Wang Lun looked up at King Ning, and the two Shanxi merchants were full of determination and said: "If the prince doesn't believe it, he will eventually be willing to issue a military order. .”

King Ning took a deep breath and looked at Wang Lun, as if he wanted to see through Wang Lun.

Soon King Ning showed a smile on his face, and even took a step forward, stretched out his hand to help Wang Lun up and said: "Zhongyuan get up quickly, what is the military order, since the lonely king entrusted you to command the army, it is natural to treat Zhongyuan Have confidence in your ability."

Speaking of which, King Ning laughed and said: "Gu Wang believes that Zhong Yuan, you will not let Gu Wang down."

Wang Lun, who took advantage of the opportunity, stood up and saluted King Ning respectfully, "The final general will never let the prince down."

Watching Wang Lun leave, King Ning turned around and walked towards the tent. At the same time, Liu Yangzheng, Li Shishi and others followed King Ning into the tent.

In the camp, after King Ning took his seat, Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng also took their seats under King Ning's signal.

After the maid served tea and left, Li Shishi looked at King Ning and said, "My lord, Anqing City is probably not easy to break through. General Wang..."

Not only Li Shishi, but other people can say that few people are optimistic about Wang Lun. After all, they have seen a large number of soldiers die under the city wall before, but they have not been able to shake Anqing City's defense at all.

Anyway, they didn't believe that Wang Lun could break through Anqing City in just ten days.

King Ning smiled and said: "It's okay, everyone should have confidence in Zhongyuan."

Speaking of Wang Lun's ability to gain King Ning's trust, no matter what his real ability is, in King Ning's heart, he definitely regards King Ning as his number one general.

King Ning's trust in Wang Lun is by no means comparable to that of ordinary people, so after Wang Lun said that he could take Anqing City within ten days, King Ning didn't say anything more, but handed over the command of the army to Wang Lun. Lun.

Everyone saw that King Ning seemed to have confidence in Wang Lun, but they were sensible and didn't say anything more. Instead, they secretly guessed what kind of means Wang Lun had so sure that he could break through Anqing City.

At this moment, King Ning's eyes fell on Liu Yangzheng and said: "Mr. Liu, I wonder if there is any news from the imperial court?"

It has been more than half a month since King Ning raised his troops. In this half a month, even if Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, the news of his raising troops may have already reached the capital.

One of King Ning's greatest concerns was when his men would be able to capture the city of Nanjing, and the other was how the capital would react to his revolt.

Liu Yangzheng is in charge of his subordinates' intelligence work, so King Ning is now asking Liu Yangzheng for news about the capital.

Liu Yangzheng straightened his expression when he heard the words, and bowed to King Ning under the eyes of everyone: "Go back to the lord, there was news not long ago that the minister is about to report to the lord."

King Ning couldn't help but his eyes lit up, looking at Liu Yangzheng.

Under the watchful eyes of King Ning, Liu Yangzheng said slowly, "A letter from the middle of the capital, that foolish lord has already worshiped the traitor Li Huan as a Weiyuan general, commanding an army of [-], and went south to the south of the Yangtze River, intending to pacify us."

After hearing Liu Yangzheng's words, King Ning and the others couldn't help showing some surprise on their faces.

It was expected that the imperial court would send troops to suppress them. Even if a foolish emperor faced a local rebellion, his first reaction would be to suppress them.

So when they heard the news that the imperial court sent people to suppress it, no one was too surprised, but the only thing that made them puzzled was that the imperial court sent Li Huan, but only commanded an army of [-].

You must know that it has only been half a month since they raised their troops, and they have already gathered a hundred thousand troops. If they are given a period of time, as long as they occupy more places and get the support of more local tyrants and gentry, Then it is not impossible to pull out an army of hundreds of thousands at that time.

Even they can receive support from some tyrants and gentry every day, either food and grass, or young men who can be transformed into soldiers at any time.

It can be said that the reason why King Ning was able to expand the number of troops under his command from 3 at the beginning of the army to 10 today is that on the one hand, King Ning sent people to capture many young men, and on the other On the one hand, it is also because of the support of a large number of gentry and tyrants.

They originally thought that the imperial court would send at least [-] troops to confront them, but now, as the chief general, Li Huan only brought [-] troops.

With a bit of surprise in his eyes, King Ning couldn't help looking at Liu Yangzheng and said: "Then Li Huan really only brought fifty thousand soldiers and horses?"

Liu Yangzheng nodded and said, "Unless the news is wrong, it can be confirmed that Li Huan really only brought 5 people here."

Li Shishi at the side stroked his beard and couldn't help laughing. He saw Li Shishi laughing and said to King Ning: "My congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord."

The rest of the people also reacted at this moment, and Qi Qi congratulated King Ning endlessly.

King Ning looked at the crowd congratulating him, and restrained the joy in his heart, he said: "Everyone, I don't know why there is such joy!"

A scribe smiled and said, "If the imperial court dispatched an army of [-] troops before the prince had time to strengthen himself, it might still be possible to suppress us, but Li Huan was obviously too It’s too arrogant to bring only [-] soldiers and horses, this is not God’s help, what is it.”

Another person seemed to want to show his face in front of King Ning, and he opened his mouth and said, "I expect that by the time Li Huan and his men arrive, the prince will already have more than 20 troops under his command. Forget it. As long as the prince passes through the initial stage of weakness and occupies Nanzhili, he will have the qualifications and strength to confront the imperial court from north to south."

King Ning's face was full of joy that couldn't be concealed. In fact, these people said everything to his heart. King Ning sat there, listening to the analysis and flattery of the crowd, as if he saw himself attacking Nanjing The city, ascending to the throne, is like the scene where the imperial court confronts the north and the south.

But at this moment, a sound of footsteps was heard from outside, which attracted everyone's attention.

King Ning frowned and looked towards the entrance of the tent.

Seeing a messenger walk into the tent, he bowed to King Ning and said, "My lord, someone outside is begging to see my lord."

King Ning frowned, looking at the name card held by the messenger, an attendant quickly stepped forward to take the name card and handed it to King Ning respectfully.

King Ning took a look at the name card, his complexion changed slightly, he got up instantly and said, "Mr. Shouxi has arrived, everyone, follow the lonely prince to meet him."

Some people were stunned when they saw King Ning's reaction, and looked at King Ning who suddenly stood up and prepared to go out of the tent to meet him with some doubts.

"Mr. Shouxi?"

Some people muttered softly, their faces were full of doubts, obviously they had never heard of Mr. Shouxi, and who was the other party, but it was just a famous post that could make King Ning have such a reaction.

Some people don't know who Mr. Shouxi is, but that doesn't mean everyone doesn't know.

The first to bear the brunt was Liu Yangzheng. As one of King Ning's confidantes, Liu Yangzheng naturally knew who Mr. Shouxi was.

Seeing Liu Yangzheng standing up suddenly, he said with King Ning: "Mr. Shouxi has come unexpectedly. It seems that Mr. Shouxi is going to come out to help the prince again this time. If Mr. Shouxi helps, the prince can achieve great things."

"Mr. Shouxi's disciples and old officials are all over the world, and he has a good reputation in the world. Coming to help the prince this time will definitely win the hearts of a large number of scholars."

Li Shishi also congratulated King Ning with a look of joy from the side.

But everyone who knew the identity of Mr. Shouxi had joyful faces like King Ning.

Seeing the reactions of these people, even if they didn't know who Mr. Shouxi was, they all got up and followed King Ning out of the tent at this moment.

Outside the camp, a figure was standing in front of a low-key but somewhat luxurious carriage, and a servant stood beside him, who looked very ordinary.

Wang Jia's hair was gray, and he looked at the camp of King Ning's army with burning eyes. A look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he shook his head slightly while stroking his beard.

When Wang Jia was looking at the camp of King Ning's army, he suddenly saw a group of people coming in a hurry from a distance. The leader was dressed in a python suit, and he looked like a distinguished person.

Wang Jia has never met King Ning, but the identity of King Ning can be determined just by the clothes of King Ning.

While Wang Jia was looking at King Ning, why wasn't King Ning looking at Wang Jia.

The name of Wang Jia is absolutely famous all over the world. After all, as a former cabinet minister, Wang Jia was dismissed from his official position because he opposed the emperor's support of Li Huan's new policy. When he was cut and bloodletted by the imperial court, he couldn't forget the old man who dared to oppose the emperor's implementation of the New Deal in the imperial court.

In the eyes of those gentry and tyrants, Wang Jia is a good official who really considers the country and the people, unlike today's emperor, who is a generation of foolish kings.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Jia's reputation and influence have not been weakened by the influence of him returning to his hometown after retiring from office, but have become more and more loud with the implementation of the New Deal.

Up to now, Wang Jia's name can definitely be said to be famous all over the world. I don't know how many people respect him, and he is regarded as the last conscience of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

King Ning stepped forward quickly, and when he came close to Wang Jia, he bowed to Wang Jia without hesitation and said: "I have seen you, sir, you are here, and the lonely king is far away to welcome you. Please forgive me, sir."

It is conceivable that King Ning can be treated so courteously, even with such a low posture, which is enough to show Wang Jia's current influence.

Seeing this, Wang Jia hurriedly turned sideways slightly, as if he did not dare to accept King Ning's great gift, and then he cupped his hands and returned the gift: "Your Highness, you are being polite, Wang is just a countryman, and he cannot be treated so favorably by His Highness."

King Ning looked at Wang Jia, looked at Wang Jia earnestly and expectantly, and said, "Could it be that Mr. is here to help the lonely king, Qing Jun, and get rid of treacherous people?"

Wang Jia stroked his beard and didn't answer, just looked at King Ning.

Seeing this, King Ning took a deep breath, bowed down to Wang Jia again, and said, "I implore you, sir, to help the lonely king win the world. I swear that I will live up to Mr.

At this moment, all the people who followed King Ning also saw Wang Jia. At this time, everyone knew Wang Jia's identity, and everyone knew Wang Jia's name.

Some people looked at Wang Jia eagerly, while others looked at Wang Jia with a bit of fear in their eyes.

Wang Jia's reputation is too great. If he really votes under King Ning, they have to worry about whether it will have any bad influence on them.

After all, they chose to support King Ning, and what they were planning was the future of King Ning. Now that Wang Jia suddenly appeared, who knows if it will have any impact on them.

But no matter what, everyone who knew Wang Jia's identity was secretly surprised. No matter what they thought in their hearts, there was one thing that was undeniable, that is, if they could really get Wang Jia's help, then rather The strength of the king will inevitably increase because of this.

One after another's eyes could not help but turned to Wang Jia.

Under everyone's gaze, Wang Jia looked calm, as if he hadn't heard King Ning's promise, he just looked at King Ning like that, just when King Ning felt a little uneasy when Wang Jia looked at him, Wang Jia finally spoke .

"I don't know what the lord thinks about the new policies implemented today?"

King Ning couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, obviously he didn't expect that Wang Jia would ask such a question when he opened his mouth.

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