Of course, Zhao Zhongmou knew what Chen Qisheng meant. A smile appeared on his face, and he nodded gently, and then said: "My lord is right. I believe that after this incident, my lord will be able to be promoted."

Hearing Zhao Zhongmou's words, Chen Qisheng also had a smile on his face.

Just when Chen Qisheng and Chen Qisheng were breathing a sigh of relief, someone came from below.

The visitor walked directly in front of Chen Qisheng and said respectfully: "Sir, the Black Dragon Guards below have said that they will not enter the city. Their people told Beizhi to tell the two adults that as long as the two adults do their own things well.

That’s all, you two adults don’t need to take care of the Black Dragon Guard’s affairs.”

Both Chen Qisheng and Chen Qisheng were stunned, what they said was quite rude.

But they had no choice but to look at each other and smile bitterly.

What is the Black Dragon Army?

Both of them knew that it was the intimate army of His Highness the Crown Prince, which could be said to be led by His Highness himself. They were also arrogant and fierce generals who had never lost a battle and could be said to be invincible in every attack.

It is not surprising that the Ming Dynasty's strongest army has such arrogance. Although Chen Qisheng was unhappy in his heart, he really had no choice because there was no place to impeach him.

Chen Qisheng could only smile and said: "It's best to do it naturally. Can you go down and ask them if they need some food, fodder and water?"

"Yes, sir." The man agreed, turned around and walked downstairs.

Zhao Zhongmou glanced at Chen Qisheng, and said with a bit of weirdness in his tone: "Your Excellency, you are really good-tempered. If I encounter such a thing, I will definitely not have such thoughts."

Sighing, Chen Qisheng said helplessly: "Isn't that what happens in the officialdom? I have been an official in the officialdom for so many years, who haven't seen anyone? It's normal for them to have such mental strength. If you compete with others, in a

There is no end to the officialdom. As officials, we just need to do our own thing well. Remembering our own duties, that's enough."

"Your Excellency is both wise and brave," Zhao Zhongmou said with a smile.

"We are in the same boat, so there's no need to talk about flattery. This time, the court will definitely reward me. As a civil servant, the court will promote me. And General, you managed to keep Jiujiang City under heavy siege, which is also a great achievement.

For one thing, both the imperial court and His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely reuse the general. Our days of working together may be numbered, so I am here to wish the general a successful career and a prosperous career in the future."

After listening to Chen Qisheng's words, Zhao Zhongmou's depressed mood just disappeared and he laughed and said: "Then I will also give these words to you. I wish you will make great achievements in the officialdom and be able to join the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the future!"

The two people looked at each other and smiled, feeling comfortable.

In King Ning’s camp.

Prince Ning sat on the chair, his face very pale. He looked at Liu Yangzheng in front of him and said with a wry smile: "It's still a step too late. The prince is here after all. I'm afraid it will be difficult this time."

Liu Yangzheng's face didn't look very good either.

At this time, things are indeed difficult to handle. Now that the prince has arrived, and the Black Dragon Guard is dispatched in full force, both himself and the prince are in the same mood. How will the generals below feel?

I'm afraid that morale has been completely lost and people's hearts are floating. The pressure from the Black Dragon Army and the Crown Prince is really too great, and there is nothing we can do after all.

"Your Majesty, we must make preparations in advance no matter what!" Liu Yangzheng said with a serious face: "The prince's army should arrive tomorrow. Should we attack by force? At least destroy his 5,000 black dragon army. That's it.

It can boost morale and appease the morale of the military."

Hearing this, Prince Ning nodded and said: "You are right, now that things have happened, we are indeed unable to retreat. Then this is all we can do! Send people to keep an eye on it, and when we find the opportunity, we

Just kill him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Yangzheng agreed, turned around and walked out.

But as soon as Liu Yangzheng walked to the door, he met a person who came in a hurry to report the news.

Looking at the look on the other person's face, Liu Yangzheng knew something was wrong, and it was definitely not a good thing, so he reached out and grabbed the other person.

"What happened?" Liu Yangzheng asked with a serious face.

The visitor's body was trembling a little. After seeing Liu Yangzheng, he seemed to have a backbone, and then gradually calmed down. He quickly said: "Sir, something happened!"

"What happened?" Liu Yangzheng asked loudly again.

"Sir, someone just came to report that Nanchang has been lost! Li Renyuan, the governor of southern Jiangxi, is willing to raise his troops to serve the king, gather soldiers from all over the country, and capture Nanchang while the army is attacking Jiujiang."

After hearing these words, Liu Yangzheng's body shook and he almost fainted.

No one expected that things would happen in their own rear area. This Li Renyuan is really abominable!

Now that we are surrounded by enemies from both sides, we have no choice. If we cannot capture Jiujiang, we will face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Moreover, Jiujiang must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be lost.

Under such circumstances, things have become even worse. I concentrated so many troops to attack Jiujiang but failed to defeat it. Now that the Crown Prince has come, it is basically impossible to capture Jiujiang in a short time.

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After calming down his emotions, Liu Yang walked into the tent expressionlessly.

Prince Ning did not expect that Liu Yangzheng, who had just walked out, would come back again.

Prince Ning seemed to realize what it was. He raised his head and looked at Liu Yangzheng, and asked with a stern face: "Did something happen?"

After hearing what Prince Ning said, Liu Yangzheng pondered for a long time, and then said helplessly: "Your Majesty, something happened."

After hearing these words, Prince Ning stood up, then shook for a while and almost fainted.

Liu Yangzheng hurriedly stepped forward to help Prince Ning.

Prince Ning turned to look at Liu Yangzheng and asked with a bitter look on his face: "What happened?"

"Back to your lord, Nanchang has been captured." Liu Yangzheng said through gritted teeth: "It was Li Renyuan, the governor of southern Jiangxi, who did it. He took advantage of our attack on Jiujiang and led his troops to capture Nanchang."

After hearing these words, Prince Ning rolled his eyes and fainted.

Liu Yangzheng did not dare to neglect, and quickly shouted to the back: "Come here, come quickly!"

There was a panic outside, and all the soldiers and doctors ran in.

After a period of treatment, Prince Ning finally came to his senses slowly. He raised his head and looked at Liu Yangzheng, and said with a look of sadness on his face: "God can't help me!"

Liu Yangzheng said nothing because he really didn't know what to say.

In his opinion, this matter has nothing to do with God. He has done it too hastily from beginning to end, starting from the Wang family and his son. The matter was not ready in the first place. He could have endured it for a few more years. The only way was to secretly accumulate strength.

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Even if the prince came to the south of the Yangtze River, Prince Ning could get through the difficulties by abandoning some of his previous arrangements. However, the Wang family and his son were forced back, forcing the prince to send troops.

The most important thing is that they coerced and persecuted the prince. One of their father and son died, and the other was still alive, but they caused harm to the prince.

Now that things have happened, the prince is really at an end.

Now Nanchang has been lost, supplies from the rear cannot be sent, and the army's food and grass cannot last long. Now the prince's army is in a dilemma. If it continues to attack Jiujiang, then this Li Renyuan will definitely lead his troops. Li Renyuan

We have already captured Nanchang, so we will definitely not miss this opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

If the prince continues to attack Jiujiang, his retreat will be cut off and there will be no hope. But if he turns back to Nanchang now, Jiujiang's soldiers and horses will definitely catch up behind him. Then it will be a flanking attack from both sides. It is also difficult to handle. It is a dilemma.

It turned out to be even worse.

Prince Ning looked at Liu Yangzheng, reached out to hold his hand, and said slowly: "Gather the troops and retreat immediately. Before the prince comes, let's go back to Nanchang first. As long as we can take back Nanchang, then we still have

Opportunity; as long as we repel the prince's troops attacking Nanchang, we can start all over again."

When Prince Ning said this, the expression on his face was a bit ferocious, with teeth gritted.

Liu Yangzheng didn't know whether Ning Wangxiang believed what he said, but there was indeed no good choice now, and this was indeed the best way out now.

Liu Yangzheng nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements right away."

Looking at Liu Yangzheng's back as he walked out, Prince Ning slowly closed his eyes.

In fact, he himself didn't believe what he just said. Now he doesn't have much hope of going back to fight in Nanchang, but after operating in Nanchang for so many years, he should still have a group of die-hard loyalists.

As long as I can go back and cooperate with them inside and outside, there may be a glimmer of hope. This is already the best choice among all options, so I can't wait any longer.

Prince Ning opened his eyes suddenly and stood up.

I can't fall down now. If I fall down, it will really be over.

In Zhu Houzhao's camp, the bonfire was burning at this time.

Liu Jin was waiting beside Zhu Houzhao. A sheep was roasting on the fire. From time to time, he would instruct people to turn it over and bring the roasted meat slices from the sheep to Zhu Houzhao.

"Okay, stop working." Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and said: "It's hard enough for you to follow me all the way, and you have to wait for me even though you are tired of traveling and traveling. Just sit down and eat meat today. Those things make you tired.

Just let them do it.”

"It is my blessing to be able to serve His Highness the Crown Prince. I am not tired." Liu Jin said quickly.

However, he also knew the temper of His Highness the Crown Prince, so he did not continue to refuse. Instead, he sat down not far away and started eating mutton.

I don’t know why today’s mutton is so delicious.

At this time, Zhang He strode in from outside, came straight to Zhu Houzhao, and said expressionlessly: "Your Highness, the people in front of us sent back the message. After Ning Prince's people saw our people,

, gave up the attack on Jiujiang, and now they have all retreated into the camp."

After hearing these words, Zhu Houzhao sneered and said with disdain in his tone: "You have so much courage, how dare you rebel? I really don't know what to say."

At this moment, another person hurriedly ran in from outside. It was none other than Yang Lian.

He came to Zhu Houzhao and said with a joyful face: "Your Highness, good news! Li Renyuan, the governor of southern Jiangxi, took advantage of King Ning's attack on Jiujiang and led his troops to join the king. They directly captured Nanchang. This is what was just reported

News coming."

After hearing this sentence, everyone present was stunned.
To be continued...