King Ning's headquarters is in Nanchang, and it has been operating for nearly a hundred years and has penetrated into all aspects.
On the day of the birthday party, under coercion and inducement, the Jiangxi chief envoys, political envoys, councilors, chief and deputy inspectors, commanders and other officials could only kneel down and shout long live.
Not only did the officials of the three divisions rebel, but the military attachés such as the commander, Qianshi, Qianhu, etc. who were invited by King Ning to celebrate his birthday also all rebelled with King Ning. They couldn't do it without rebelling. Those who objected were hacked to death on the spot, and those who did not speak were thrown away.
Going to jail is a dead end anyway.
Wang Yangming, the governor of Jiangxi, was mainly responsible for suppressing bandits in southern Jiangxi, because bandits were the most rampant there.
There was also a governor of Jiangxi named Sun Sui, who began to patrol Jiangxi in the tenth year of Zhengde. He discovered that King Ning wanted to rebel, and wrote many letters to the court. These letters of complaint were either withheld by officials or sent by King Ning on the way.
intercepted.
Because of this, Sun Sui was ignored by Jiangxi officials. Feeling that his life was in danger, he sent his wife and children away, leaving only two followers behind. He repeatedly warned King Ning to return when he lost his way, but as a result, he was surrounded by King Ning's people.
. He also contacted Xu Kui, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard, and asked Xu Kui to guard Jiujiang with heavy troops in the name of defending against thieves, so as to prevent King Ning from planning his rebellion out of Jiangxi.
As a result, both Sun Sui and Xu Kui were invited by King Ning to celebrate their birthdays this time.
They didn't know when King Ning would rebel, so they had no choice but to go to the banquet. When King Ning announced the rebellion, Sun Sui and Xu Kui shouted angrily and were beheaded by King Ning on the spot.
Jiujiang's defense was arranged by Xu Kui. After Xu Kui's death, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and Jiujiang was easily captured by King Ning.
There were many warships on the river, and business travel was cut off.
Those merchant ships were seized by King Ning, all of them were converted into troop transport ships, and the largest navy in the Yangtze River Basin was formed!
Ning Wang, commander of the navy, is called Ling Shiyi.
There were also two navy generals, named Wu Shisan and Min Twenty-four.
The three were all Poyang Lake water bandits and had been plundering merchant ships for many years. Prince Ning was responsible for selling stolen goods to them and providing them with information on officers and soldiers, but most of the looted goods must be given to Prince Ning.
After King Ning occupied Jiujiang, the three water bandits became extremely prosperous and owned hundreds of warships, thousands of troop carriers, and countless small sampans.
Looking at the warships covering the river, King Ning stood on the deck and asked: "Li Qing, is my navy powerful?"
"Comparable to the navy of Taizu," Zuo Prime Minister Li Shishi said flatteringly, "Your Majesty should go east as soon as possible and capture the important towns of Anqing and Chizhou on the Yangtze River with lightning speed!"
Prince Ning nodded and asked the two sorcerers behind him: "Are the hexagrams auspicious?"
Li Ziran said: "Good luck!"
Li Rifang said flatteringly: "It's time tomorrow, Italy will go to war!"
Li Ziran and Li Rifang were both sorcerers. They followed King Ning very early and once said that there was the Qi of the Emperor in the southeast of Nanchang City. King Ning immediately founded Yangchun Academy, occupied the place where the Qi of the Emperor was, and buried their mother in Xishan, because the magicians said that there was
There is a dragon's cave.
Not only that, King Ning also built a manor in Dingjiashan, and the manor was full of heroes and thieves. They turned to King Ning to rob homes and houses, and once slaughtered hundreds of people in the house, even the children.
At this moment, King Ning listened to the words of the two sorcerers and immediately made a decision: "Tomorrow is the time, send the troops on time!"
"Report!"
A spy came in a boat holding a token.
When the other party came to the side of the big ship, King Ning smiled and asked, "What's the news?"
The spy was more sober than Prince Ning and replied: "It is important military information and it is not appropriate to tell it in public."
Prince Ning could only let the spies board the ship and personally received the secret message from Nanchang. He only read half of it and was shocked.
Right Prime Minister Liu Yangzheng asked: "Your Majesty, is there something going on in Nanchang?"
King Ning immediately backed away and said in a panic: "Wang Shouren sent a message to Huizhou County in southern Jiangxi, saying that the emperor... well, he said that the puppet emperor had known that I was going to raise an army, and had sent an army of 160,000 to Nanchang from all directions. He also asked all states and counties in Jiangxi to
Prepare the food and fodder for the army. What should we do? Otherwise, we immediately lead the troops back to Nanchang and defeat all the enemy forces. Nanchang is the place where my dragon thrives, so we must not lose anything."
Although Liu Yangzheng was just a civil servant, he was familiar with military books and advised: "Your Majesty, the way to use military force is to use virtuality but reality. Wang Shouren's behavior must be a bluff. If the imperial court really had a large army, how could they let us know in advance? Directly launch a surprise attack.
Isn’t Nanchang more effective?”
"But what if we really have a large army?" King Ning said worriedly, "Your family and mine are all in Nanchang. If Nanchang is captured, the morale of the army will be in chaos!"
Prime Minister Zuo Li Shishi felt a headache and could only patiently advise: "Your Majesty, Nanchang City is high and deep, and our army is heavily guarded. There are really 160,000 enemy troops coming to attack. How can we defeat it in a short time? The top priority is
, is to rely on the strength of the navy to capture the two important towns of Anqing and Chizhou in one fell swoop. By then, our army can advance or retreat, and can completely occupy the initiative on the battlefield."
Liu Yangzheng also said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo is making remarks for the sake of the country. Please think again."
King Ning thought about it and gritted his teeth and said: "We will divide five thousand troops and return to Nanchang. We must ensure that our hometown is not lost, so that the soldiers can fight with peace of mind!"
Li Shishi and Liu Yang looked at each other, both feeling extremely tired.
King Ning claimed to have an army of one hundred thousand, and the number of civilians was indeed enough, but how many of them could fight?
The counselors wanted to attack Nanjing directly, but they thought they didn't have enough troops, but King Ning actually wanted to divide his troops back to defend his home base!
The next day, King Ning sent 5,000 soldiers and horses back to Nanchang, and he personally led an army of 100,000 to Anqing. The small riverside counties along the way were all in despair. Such a smooth march gave King Ning the ambition to look down on the world.
When he arrived at Anqing City and saw that the city was heavily fortified, King Ning immediately sent someone to persuade him to surrender.
Wang Yuan had long recommended Li Chongsi to governor Nanzhili. After Li Chongsi arrived in Nanjing, he discussed countermeasures with Qiao Yu, the Minister of War in Nanjing.
Although there are many garrison posts in South Zhili, Zhu Di stopped fighting after he ascended the throne. Those soldiers have long been completely useless. If you look at them, they are all empty soldiers. At the time of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion, there were only two or three thousand soldiers.
The remnants of the soldiers fled to Southern Zhili and were able to control various states and counties. This shows how bad the situation here is.
Li Chongsi struggled for a while and finally gathered some troops.
Qiao Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, commanded the Nanjing Military and Horse Division (police force) and summoned local warriors to garrison Nanjing. Li Chongsi led 10,000 "elite soldiers" and moved them to Caishiji to assist in defense, and asked the capital commander Yang Rui to lead the troops.
Stationed in Anqing.
Yang Rui was lying on the city wall at this moment, saying the lines he had memorized long ago: "Ningbo traitor, His Majesty has long known about your wolf ambitions, and ordered me to wait here for you, a thief, to die. Do you know that the Mongolian army can defeat Mongolia?
The prince's 100,000 frontier troops have arrived from the capital and will arrive in Anqing soon. Ningbo rebels, just wait to die!"
One hundred thousand border troops are coming?
King Ning was shocked and doubtful, and immediately ordered an attack on the city.
But the improvised army of 100,000 people, including countless bandits and civilians, was helpless against the city of Anqing, which was built along the river.
After several days of continuous attack, King Ning became more and more anxious as the spies intercepted more information.
As for the whole drama, Yang Rui also sent orders to various states and counties, asking local officials to prepare provisions for a hundred thousand frontier troops. It seemed as if a hundred thousand troops would arrive in a blink of an eye.
Immediately afterwards, news came from the upper reaches that the Shiwanhu army was moving down the river.
This was Wang Yuan's recommendation to Wei Ying to governor Huguang, but Huguang was also empty of troops. The reason was not that the peace lasted for a long time, but that they had been fighting against the rebels for several years, and the local guards suffered heavy casualties.
Wei Ying finally gathered 20,000 troops and blocked them in Qizhou to prevent King Ning from moving up the river. When he heard that King Ning was running to attack Anqing, he immediately sent his troops eastward, brazenly claiming that he had led 100,000 Huguang troops to attack.
There are 100,000 frontier troops coming from the east, 100,000 Huguang troops coming from the west, and 160,000 official troops coming from Nanchang, my hometown... Being attacked from both sides, King Ning suddenly panicked.
"Your Majesty, two secret letters have been intercepted!" Another spy came to report.
When Prince Ning opened the letter, he was immediately horrified. It was written by Wang Yangming to his left and right prime ministers.
Wang Yangming said in the letter that he had received the letters from Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng a few days ago, and was very happy that the two of them could find their way back. He also ordered the two of them to trick King Ning into attacking Nanjing, where there was an ambush waiting for King Ning.
Die.
Have your right and left prime ministers surrendered to the enemy?
King Ning was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly called Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng to test: "Li Qing, Liu Qing, Anqing has been unable to be captured for a long time, what should we do?"
Li Shishi said: "Since Anqing has been prepared for a long time, let's attack Nanjing directly by boat! I have been an official in the puppet court for many years, and I know very well that the military strength in South Zhili is lacking. Since Anqing has heavy troops, Nanjing must have a shortage of troops. Don't look at it.
The city of Nanjing is taller and is actually easier to capture than Anqing. Once you capture Nanjing, you will own half of the country, and there will definitely be countless gentry followers, and our army can also take the opportunity to expand our army and conquer those who don't!"
Liu Yangzheng said: "Prime Minister Zuo's words are very good. I also suggest to bypass Anqing and go directly down the river to attack Nanjing!"
The suggestions made by the two men at this time were exactly the same as the content of Wang Yangming's letter. King Ning almost killed the left and right ministers on the spot.
Prince Ning closed his eyes and said, "Allow me to think about it some more. My dear friends, please step aside."