King Ning's main force is currently stationed in Qiaoshe Town.
Qiaoshe Town, like Wucheng Town, is a water station on the Gan River. The difference is that Wucheng Town is closer to Poyang Lake, while Qiaoshe Town is closer to Nanchang.
"What?"
Prince Ning suddenly jumped up and rushed over to grab the spies by the collar: "You said that Ling Shiyi's 20,000 forwards were defeated by Wang Shouren, and only one or two thousand people escaped?"
The spy's legs trembled: "It's also possible that two or three thousand people escaped. It's so messy that it's hard to see clearly."
"waste!"
Prince Ning pushed the spies away with all his strength and walked back and forth in the account, restless and completely losing his mind.
Li Shishi, the Prime Minister of the Left, said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, our army still has 60,000 troops. We should immediately send people to meet General Ling, reorganize the army and fight to the death with Wang Shouren."
"Yes, reorganize the army, reorganize the army," King Ning quickly ordered, "quickly go and pick up the remnants of Ling Shiyi."
Right Prime Minister Liu Yangzheng said: "There are still nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses in Jiujiang and Nankang. We should mobilize our troops immediately to make up for our army's shortage of troops."
In the panic, King Ning seemed to become wiser and immediately sent people from Shanru to Jiujiang and Nankang to move reinforcements.
In the evening of the same day, the forward general Ling Shiyi finally escaped, leaving only about 1,600 of his more than 20,000 troops - many more broke up and disappeared during the escape. He was scolded by King Ning, and in order to cover up his fault, he said that the enemy
The Fang soldiers were overwhelming, and there were countless warships, with a strength of at least 100,000.
The rebel officers and generals were immediately frightened, and many of them were already thinking of running away. Especially the Leichi water bandits who rebelled midway. The leader of the water bandits left in a boat that night, and they could not stop them at all.
These escaped water bandits rowed for most of the night and finally arrived at Wucheng at dawn.
Wucheng was bustling with commerce and had no city walls for defense. Although it had been robbed by King Ning long ago, the water bandits still wanted to make a profit before leaving.
They landed in the dark, and more than a thousand people headed straight for the town.
Just as they started killing people and setting fires, they suddenly heard loud shouts of killing from the west, and countless torches swarmed toward the town.
"Officers and soldiers?" The Leichi water bandits were a little confused.
"The wind is blowing hard!"
After being stunned for a moment, the water bandits didn’t even want the belongings. They threw away the things they grabbed and ran away.
However, after Wang Yuan crossed the river, it was almost evening, so he could only camp on the west side of Wucheng Town and wait for the next day to continue on the road, when he happened to encounter this group of water bandits who were deserters and looted the town.
Wang Yuan divided his troops into two, one went to the town to suppress the bandits, and the other quickly occupied the Shuiyi Wharf.
More than a thousand water bandits had no fighting spirit. Seeing that they had no time to board the ship, they immediately chose to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Wang Yuan asked someone to arrest the leader, but he didn't even bother to ask his name, so he went straight to the topic and said, "Did Prince Ning lose?"
A water bandit leader said: "The 20,000 forwards were defeated. Seeing that things were not going well, we escaped from King Ning's camp overnight."
Continuing to ask, these bandit leaders were confused and couldn't ask for any detailed military information at all. They only said that King Ning still had 60,000 troops, but their troops were disorganized and their morale was very low. There were not a few who sneaked away at night.
Wang Yuan ordered: "Separately interrogate and torture in detail, kill all those who have committed many evil deeds, and leave alive those who can handle boats and are not bandit leaders."
This battle was a hell of a battle. Even before they reached the battlefield, more than 40 warships were captured inexplicably. Although they were all small and medium-sized ships, and most of them were converted river merchant ships, they just alleviated Wang Yuan's dilemma of having no ships available.
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Wang Yuan was happy, but King Ning couldn't even cry.
King Ning couldn't sleep at all that night, and was awakened by the noise again in the middle of the night. He thought Wang Yangming was coming to kill him, so he went out of the tent in panic to ask for news, only to find that there were water bandits escaping in a boat.
The prime ministers came to see you urgently.
Li Shishi said: "Your Majesty, please disperse all the treasures and reward the three armies, otherwise our army will collapse without a fight."
Liu Yangzheng said: "There are more and more deserters, and it is difficult to prevent them. Even one of the military law team has escaped!"
Perhaps the only merit of King Ning was his generosity. He immediately mobilized his troops in the middle of the night and rewarded nearly half of the army's treasures. He also said that after the battle was won, the remaining treasures would be used to reward the meritorious soldiers.
With Qian Ke's help, the morale of the rebels was finally stabilized. At least there would be no more nonsense about the military law team taking the lead in escaping.
But before the reward money was paid out, he ran to carry the letter to rescue the soldiers, and fled back in a panic.
"Your Majesty, Wucheng has been occupied by the enemy!" the messenger said anxiously.
King Ning was shocked: "How can there be enemy troops in Wucheng?"
"Really," the messenger said, "I arrived at Wucheng by boat. It was almost dark. I saw the enemy troops outside the town densely packed, so I immediately returned to the same route to report the message. On the way, I encountered dozens of ships (escaping ships).
Water bandits), because it was dark at night and it was unclear whether we were the enemy or not, they hid on the shore for a while and then came back."
"Li Qing, what should we do?" Prince Ning asked hurriedly.
But Li Shishi's brain was a little exhausted, and he muttered to himself: "How can there be enemy troops in Wucheng? How can there be enemy troops in Wucheng?"
Liu Yangzheng also turned pale: "If Wucheng is occupied by the enemy, then Jiujiang and Nankang will definitely be gone. We...we will be blocked in the Ganjiang River!"
The situation at this time is very simple. The main force of King Ning is about sixty miles away from Wang Yangming, and about eighty miles away from Wang Yuan. The three parties are all located at important nodes in the Ganjiang River. King Ning is surrounded by enemies from both sides, and he can't even figure out who Wang Yuan and Wang Yangming are leading.
How many soldiers.
Liu Yangzheng calmed down for a while, regained his consciousness a little, and said: "Your Majesty, there are only three options available now."
"Liu Qing, tell me quickly!" Prince Ning said urgently.
Liu Yangzheng said: "Our army is blocked from the front and back. We cannot sit still and wait for death. If we are attacked by two enemy forces, we will lose! Therefore, we must start tomorrow. There are three routes. First, lead the army straight to Nanchang. Only by defeating Wang Shouren can we regain the Nanchang city.
and defend; second, return to Wucheng and destroy the unknown enemies behind you first; third, immediately abandon the ship and escape eastward into Poyang Lake."
Although King Ning was blocked in the Ganjiang River, the Ganjiang River branched out into a branch at Qiaoshe Town, which was called the "Middle Branch of the Ganjiang River".
The "Middle Branch of the Ganjiang River" gathers from time to time, forming a complex river network that flows into Poyang Lake. Due to the perennial sedimentation of silt, it is difficult for large ships to navigate this section of the tributary, and there are even Jiangxin Islands exposed above the water everywhere.
King Ning shook his head and said: "Don't abandon the big ship, otherwise even if you escape into Poyang Lake, there will be no chance of turning around."
Liu Yangzheng bowed and said: "Which should we attack Nanchang or Wucheng? Your Majesty, please decide!"
King Ning had difficulty making a decision, so he could only ask Prime Minister Zuo: "Where does Li Qing think we should attack?"
Li Shishi said: "Fight back at Wucheng. We led the army and rushed back. At that time, Jiujiang and Nankang were all there, and there were no enemy troops in Poyang Lake. It had only been a few days, and it was impossible for a large group of enemy troops to pursue us.
The enemy can only hold tens of thousands to death. We should destroy this force quickly, and then send out troops to fight Wang Shouren decisively."
King Ning was indecisive again. He asked Li Shishi to give his opinion, but the opinion did not suit his taste. He immediately shook his head and said: "Our army's family members are all in Nanchang. If we delay for one more day, the morale of the army will be even more unstable."
Li Shishi said: "Then attack Nanchang!"
King Ning shook his head again: "But Wang Shouren is very clever in using his troops. It may be difficult for our army to win in the short term. Then we will be attacked from both front and rear."
Li Shishi was speechless. This won't work, and that won't work either. You're making a fool of yourself!
Liu Yangzheng was so anxious that he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, no matter which path you choose, please make a decision as soon as possible!"
King Ning had a splitting headache and said to the guards: "Two immortal Li gods are here to see you."
This is asking a sorcerer for divination, which is similar to rolling a dice. Whichever side you roll will be which way.
The guard took the order and left for a while, then came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the two Li Shenxian are missing. I'm afraid... I'm afraid they have already collected the rewards and fled the camp."
The two charlatans were so abominable that they didn't even bother running away, but they actually took the reward money and then ran away.
Prince Ning stood speechless, stunned for at least a quarter of an hour, and said angrily: "What kind of gods? They are liars! When I bring peace to the world, I will capture these two people and cut them into pieces!"
Liu Yangzheng urged: "Your Majesty, make a decision."
Prince Ning clenched his fists: "Early tomorrow morning, the whole army will march to Nanchang!"
(I have something to do today, so I will update tomorrow.)