The imperial army was pressing down on the country, but King Ning did not want to sit still and wait for death. He ordered his subordinates to write a powerful proclamation, denounced the treacherous ministers in the court, and decided to raise troops in Nanchang to kill Donglin. On the side of the Qing emperor, King Ning Zhu Changhui proclaimed himself the marshal of the world's rebel forces.
, a number of civil servants and generals under his command each had their own awards. Zuo Mengeng also officially received the seal of General Zhenbei, and was given the title of Jade Qilin, the twelve Taibao of Prince Ning's Mansion. He was even rewarded with a mount, which was a so-called "unparalleled horse".
"Horned Qilin Beast".
The proclamation was posted all over the city of Nanchang, and the "common people" were all excited and rushed to tell each other. King Ning's 100,000-strong army was inspired, and even God seemed to be excited. The sky, which had been raining for several days, finally cleared up, and the clouds cleared.
The day seems to herald the success of King Ning's great cause of Jingnan.
King Ning mobilized 50,000 troops near Nanchang, claiming to be 150,000, and marched westward to resist Liu Ziguang. Zhu Changhui wore his signature armor and had eight back-protecting flags inserted behind his back, just like an opera costume, and he rode him swaggeringly.
The golden-eyed beast that shines at night is walking at the forefront of the team. A three-foot-high banner is embroidered with the words "General Marshal of the World's Rebellion Soldiers and Horses", and it is not shy about using the bright yellow color that can only be used by the emperor.
Behind King Ning are his twelve high-spirited and heroic young men. Each of them has different armor, clothing and even weapons and horses. Some wear bronze helmets with wild goose wings, some wear purple gold crowns with hair tied, and some wear trousers.
Some imitate Tang Mingguang's armor, some are covered with Western Region style chainmail, and the weapons are even more diverse: gilded phoenix-winged drills, eight-sided plum blossom bright silver hammers, five-hook divine flying bright silver spears, and tiger-headed gold-plated maces.
, point steel Zhang Ba Snake Spear Spear, these twelve people are the adopted sons of King Ning, and are called the Twelve Taibao. Zuo Mengeng is the newly recruited Twelfth Taibao. He rides a miscellaneous horse on his crotch.
The war horse, with a pair of hollow copper hammers hung on the victory hook, reluctantly followed the eleven brothers and kept waving to the onlookers. In fact, I felt very awkward. Although I was also a young commander in Huguang, but
It's not as embarrassing as it is now, just like the big horse monkey raised by the Caotai team.
Prince Ning didn't think so. He felt quite good about himself at the moment. He kept stretching out his hand holding the riding crop from under his scarlet cloak to greet the people. These people were all driven out of their homes by the land guards beating gongs to see the army.
Those who were setting off, and who had been taught their lines in advance, when they saw the prince's big banner coming, they just knelt down and kowtowed, and the mountains shouted for thousands of years. King Ning felt very pleased to see the people's hearts so united, and he looked at the red sun on the horizon with complacency, and seemed to see himself
On the day he ascended the throne and sat in the palace, he burst into laughter. The eunuchs were used to their godfather's startled and flabbergasted behavior. No one found it strange. Instead, they all laughed with them. Zuo Mengeng had no choice but to follow suit.
He laughed twice.
The army left Nanchang, spent the night at dawn, and headed west. The scouts and horses were sent out for thirty miles to conduct reconnaissance. The left and right wings protected the central army. The grain, grass and baggage were advancing slowly ten miles behind. It seemed that the march was very organized.
It’s no wonder that King Ning is good at martial arts and likes to take his men and horses out for hunting exercises when he has nothing to do. He is very familiar with every plant and tree in this place. The army only walked fifty miles in one day and then set up camp. Although King Ning is a paranoia, but
I still have some real skills. The hard drive is very fastidious. It is backed by a hillside and close to a water source. The wall is surrounded by vehicles. There are many sharpened bamboo sticks inserted outside. The three camps look after each other and look at each other.
With this, Zuo Mengeng's heart was a little relieved. But what happened next made his heart rise again. Prince Ning actually brought a few actors to the camp, and after dinner, he
The stage started singing babblingly, and King Ning even put on his own clothes and made a guest appearance on stage to play Farewell My Concubine. The generals gathered around the stage and cheered. Zuo Mengeng couldn't laugh or cry. This is not a march, it's just a camping outing.
Coming.
At this time, Liu Ziguang's army had already advanced to Wumei Mountain east of Wuning, seizing the commanding heights and waiting for King Ning's army. This mountain stretches for twenty miles and has an altitude of 300 feet. It is an excellent natural barrier. King Ning sighed.
Although the headquarters was familiar with this area, it failed to seize the commanding heights due to the slow march.
The vanguard of King Ning's army was ambushed when it tried to pass through Wumei Mountain. The three thousand-man army was beaten to pieces by the condescending artillery.
The army was so ferocious that they could use iron tubes as thick as tree trunks to cast fire to kill people. Although they fought tooth and nail and killed more than 10,000 enemies, they were still defeated. King Ning ordered the central army to stop advancing, move the left and right wings closer to the center, and send out scouts.
Scout the enemy.
The scout saw the imperial flag at the foot of Wumei Mountain from a distance, so he flew back to report. King Ning was very excited when he heard that the enemy had been engaged, and ordered a camp to be set up on the spot to prepare for battle.
After dinner, Zuo Mengeng was just about to lie down and rest. Suddenly, the flag officer of the Chinese army came to give an order to the left troops to set up an ambush in the woods on the left side of the camp, saying that the enemy would come to steal the camp tonight. Zuo Mengeng quickly put on his armor.
Following the prince's clever plan, he led his troops to the grove to ambush him. When he entered the forest, he saw that troops from other battalions had also arrived. Everyone praised Ning Wang for his superior skills. They had already calculated that Liu Ziguang would rob the camp in the middle of the night and fight tonight.
There will definitely be a great victory.
On Wumei Mountain, Liu Ziguang was observing the movements of King Ning's army with a pair of high-power binoculars. When he saw them coming out in groups and running into the nearby woods, he said strangely: "What are these guys doing?"
Vice General Zhong also raised his telescope to observe, and after looking for a long time, he said: "Perhaps King Ning thought we were going to rob the camp, and he started ambush the troops so early."
Liu Ziguang sneered and said: "I think he has watched too much Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so I sent scouts to monitor them. Let's have a good rest tonight and wait for work, and give him some color tomorrow."
In the early morning of the next day, when the sun rose from the east, King Ning's army who was ambushing in the woods finally came out dejectedly. After a night of ambush, they got nothing but mosquito bites all over their body. Zuo Mengeng couldn't laugh or cry, and yawned back.
When they arrived at the barracks, the Huotou army had just begun to bury pots and cook, when the enemy troops on the mountain rushed down. King Ning ordered 10,000 horses to go out of the camp and form an array. The rest of the troops had a good meal and waited for military orders. Unfortunately, Zuo Menggeng said
Due to their relatively strong combat effectiveness, the troops were also included in the ranks of combat troops.
Zuo Mengeng, with a heavy head and face, an empty stomach, holding a hollow copper hammer that he didn't know how to play with, and the same group of complaining subordinates followed King Ning's brigade out of the camp and set up in the open space.
The inexplicable eight-door golden lock formation is waiting for the challenge from the opposite imperial army.
Liu Ziguang brought out 3,000 men and horses, and left more than 2,000 others as reserves. His soldiers were few, and they were simply arranged in a long and narrow square. The two armies were about 200 steps apart. You could see the group on the opposite side without a telescope.
Generals in various attires.
Liu Ziguang's troops have a neat appearance. The soldiers of the red shirt regiment wear red shirts, Spanish breastplates and shrimp tail helmets. The strong men wear military uniforms sewn with black Songjiang cloth. Key parts are protected by iron armor. The uniforms of officers and soldiers are complete.
The same thing, except that the iron helmet has a striking red helmet and the rank mark of the sun, moon and star on the chest. On the other hand, King Ning's army has four or five colors of ten thousand horses. Needless to say, Zuo Mengeng's army,
Prince Ning's own direct lineage has five colors of uniforms: red, blue, white, black and yellow, and the armors are even more diverse, making them look like the Allied Forces of the Five Nations.
Under Prince Ning's banner, a group of generals stood majestically on their horses. From time to time, they reservedly raised their telescopes to take a look at the opposite side. In addition to the Twelve Taibao, there were also some seasoned Taoists dressed in weird ways.
, a monk, an old woman, a dwarf and other strange people, all of them looked very arrogant and arrogant. They seemed to be the outsiders hired by King Ning with a high salary.
Prince Ning was a very particular person. Although he had twice as many troops as his opponent, he did not kill him immediately because that would be too boring. According to the rules, both sides should send generals to challenge each other. After the mutual victory, Liu Ziguang personally went out to challenge Prince Ning.
To be singled out and then captured alive by King Ning was the most perfect battle in King Ning's mind.
After the three drums were played, King Ning sent a general to ride out into the battle, recited the slogan of rebellion, and advised the opponent to put down their weapons and surrender to the light. Of course, the opponent rebuked them loudly. After this scene was completed, King Ning signaled his chief eunuchs to go out into the battle.
This is a young general, holding a phoenix-winged gilded boring machine, riding a white horse nicknamed the Little White Dragon of the West, rushing out of King Ning's formation, and reining in the war horse in front of the two armies in a dashing way.
He raised his front hooves high, looked up to the sky and neighed. The young general pointed at Liu Ziguang with a gilded phoenix-winged boring machine in one hand and shouted: "Hey! Who has the guts to fight your young master?"
Liu Ziguang said: "Bah, what kind of virtue? Who will deal with him?"
Lieutenant General Zhong said: "I'll go and pick up his head." After saying that, he opened the hammer of the musket under his arm, stuffed it back into the holster, raised his sword and rushed out.
The two armies started beating drums to cheer for the general at the same time. Amidst the deafening sound of killing, Zhong Shouyong quickly approached the young general. Seeing that the armor worn by the man on the other side was similar to that of an ordinary soldier, the young general suddenly felt underestimating the enemy and said proudly: "Come on.
By giving names, I, the Taibao, will kill the ghosts of the immortal and nameless."
Zhong Shouyong sneered: "You will die." He pulled out the gun and pulled the trigger at him, but it actually misfired. Fortunately, the four-shot firegun was a revolving gun, and if he pressed it again, he could fire the next bullet.
, but the Taibao is not a fool. When he saw him taking out a strange hidden weapon, he naturally became wary. He picked up the round shield at hand and blocked it. The bullet hit the shield and made a dent, but it did not penetrate the shield. Then
The Taibao had already caught up with the horse's belly, picked up the gilt boring machine with one hand and smashed it down.
The distance was too close, and Zhong Shouyong had no time to be careful. Seeing the heavy gilt boring machine coming at him, he had to abandon the short blunderbuss and hold the broadsword with both hands to resist. The gilt boring machine hit the pure iron shank, which made his wrist numb. See
Come here, there are still some characters who can fight under King Ning.