Prince Ning was stunned when he heard this. He obviously did not expect that Zheng Qi would make such a request.
To be honest, Prince Ning was able to sense Zuo Lengchan's extraordinary ability from the moment Zuo Lengchan brought people to him. However, Prince Ning did not reuse Zuo Lengchan, but instead took him with him as a bodyguard.
Zheng Qi saw the hesitation on Prince Ning's face and couldn't help but look towards Yang Tinghe.
If anyone can persuade Prince Ning, then it is only Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe stroked his beard, glanced at Zuo Lengchan, and said to Prince Ning with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, I had a few encounters with Wang Shouren in the past. I have to say that this Wang Shouren can be said to be a civil and military expert.
He has both, and his martial arts and strategy are far beyond ordinary people. I am not belittling General Long Xiang. Once we fight, General Long Xiang will definitely not be Wang Shouren's opponent based on his personal force alone."
As he spoke, Yang Tinghe looked at Zuo Lengchan, smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Zuo's cultivation is unpredictable. If Mr. Zuo helps General Long Xiang, it will not be difficult to kill Wang Shouren."
Originally, King Ning did not want to release Zuo Lengchan. After all, he always felt that once a heroic figure like Zuo Lengchan was released, he would most likely lose control, so he restrained Zuo Lengchan.
around.
But now, whether it was Zheng Qi's request or Yang Tinghe's advice, King Ning realized that he could not continue to restrain Zuo Lengchan.
With a sigh in his heart, King Ning looked at Zuo Lengchan and said, "Mr. Zuo, I don't know what you want, but I would like to go out with General Long Xiang and kill Wang Shouren, Chen Tai and others for me."
A flash of light flashed in Zuo Lengchan's eyes, and he gave a slight salute to Prince Ning: "Zuo is favored by the prince. He has not made any meritorious deeds since he came to seek refuge with the prince. However, he received a huge reward from the prince. He is really frightened. Zuo
I am willing to kill Wang Shouren for the prince in order to repay the prince's great love."
King Ning laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "With Mr. Zuo taking action, I can rest easy!"
Watching Zheng Qi and Zuo Lengchan leave, King Ning took a deep breath, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we will gather an army to capture Anqing and then Nanjing City. I hope you will join us.
I, the king, work together with one heart and one mind, and when the troops enter Nanjing City, I will not hesitate to give you a reward!"
Everyone realized that once King Ning captured the city of Nanjing, he would definitely establish himself as emperor and compete with Emperor Zhengde. And all of them were ministers of the Dragon. When the time comes, they will be rewarded by King Ning.
It is also the glory and wealth that can be enjoyed endlessly.
Thinking of this, everyone in the hall showed excitement on their faces.
Prince Ning looked at the reaction of the crowd with satisfaction and dismissed them, leaving Yang Tinghe, Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi alone.
Both Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi had completed their respective missions and returned at this time.
Looking at Yang Ting and the three of them, King Ning said with a solemn expression: "Three of you, it has been almost ten days since this king raised his troops. Even if it is slow, the court should have received the news. Do our people have any information about the court?"
The movement is coming."
There is still an intelligence department under Prince Ning. Even if there was not one before, there will definitely be one after the army is launched.
It's just that this intelligence department is not under the control of Yang Tinghe, but is controlled by Liu Yangzheng.
After all, despite Yang Tinghe's great reputation, Prince Ning was usually very polite to Yang Tinghe, but from this we can see that compared to Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi, who had followed him for more than ten years, Prince Ning was not so polite to Yang Tinghe.
of trust.
If you really talk about it, Prince Ning's trust in Yang Tinghe is probably not even ranked among the top ten.
Li Shishi took a deep breath, saluted King Ning and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, after receiving the news of His Highness's revolt, the Emperor Zhu Houzhao convened the important ministers of the court for discussion. As for the specific results, it seems that they were not announced in the court. We
No one has ever found out."
Prince Ning couldn't help frowning when he heard this. If he couldn't even detect the movements of the imperial court, if the imperial army suddenly appeared one day, wouldn't it mean that he would be caught off guard?
Li Shishi coughed lightly and said, "Although we didn't find out how the imperial court responded to us, the imperial court responded immediately to the Tatar Kou Bian."
Prince Ning's eyes lit up and he said with some curiosity: "Oh, tell me quickly, how did the court respond?"
Li Shishi said with a smile on his lips: "Reporting to the prince, Zhu Houzhao dispatched 100,000 troops from the Beijing camp to Xuanfu and Datong, under the command of Yang Yiqing, the governor of the five sides."
King Ning couldn't help but smile and said: "One hundred thousand soldiers from the capital are heading to the border town. Zhu Houzhao is really courageous! But this is good. It shows that my move to unite the Tatars is correct. I hope the Tatars can
If we win a few big battles, it would be best for Zhu Houzhao to send all his troops and horses to deal with the Tatars, so that I can take the opportunity to occupy the land south of the Yangtze River."
To be honest, although Prince Ning said he had the support of many gentry and powerful people in the south of the Yangtze River, he still felt a little unsure. After all, he knew very well that the officers and soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River were corrupt.
Even the official army was corrupted. Although it was said that he captured it effortlessly, it also meant that the south did not have a strong military force at all.
Once the emperor mobilized the elite soldiers and horses from the border towns in the north and went to the south of the Yangtze River, he really didn't have much confidence that he would be able to withstand the elite army from the north.
There is also a nearly 200,000-strong army in the Beijing camp, especially since this 200,000-strong army is still a reorganized army. Even if it takes less than a year to form an army, it is still stronger than the soldiers and horses under his command.
Not too much, just a hundred thousand troops from the capital camp to go to the south of the Yangtze River. King Ning couldn't guarantee that he could stop it.
The imperial court needed time to repel the Tatars, and he also needed time to occupy the south of the Yangtze River and then confront the imperial court across the river.
Now that he heard that Zhu Houzhao had mobilized 100,000 troops from Beijing to go to the north to defend against the Tatars, King Ning was naturally very happy.
The more people who are mobilized to deal with the great lord, it means that the fewer people and horses the imperial court can mobilize to deal with him.
Just when King Ning was recruiting troops and horses to attack Anqing, the gateway to Nanjing, in the capital, large ships were slowly heading south along the Grand Canal.
On the leading ship, several figures stood at the bow. They were none other than Chu Yi who had left the capital.
The purpose of Chu Yi's trip to Beijing this time was to sweep away the entire Jiangnan area, to level it in one fell swoop, and to save him from having to worry about the Jiangnan area in the future.
This time Chu Yi mobilized 30,000 troops from Beijing to accompany him. Hundreds of large ships were densely packed, occupying the entire Grand Canal.
There are 180,000 troops in the Beijing camp, plus the four guards of Tengxiang, and the twelve guards directly under the emperor, including the Jinyi Guards, the Jinwu Guards, and the Yulin Guards, and 50% of the troops and horses of the Army and Horses Division. The entire capital is full of troops.
More than 100,000 troops.
Only this time, a hundred thousand troops went north to Yang Yiqing to resist the Tatars, and Chu Yi mobilized another thirty thousand troops from the capital. This means that there are still about a hundred thousand troops in the capital.
A city with a hundred thousand troops is not a lot at all, but if this city is the imperial capital of a country, then a hundred thousand troops is not much at all, and is even a little less.
Fortunately, after a lot of killings, the restless elements in the capital have been cleared away. Even if there are still some unruly people, these people can't make any waves.
There are still 50,000 soldiers in the capital camp, but at least 30,000 of them are in the hands of the generals installed by Chu Yi. Plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, which means that as long as the emperor gives an order, in the capital,
At least 89% of the army will be used by him.
If anything else could happen to the capital under this situation, it can only be said that Zhu Houzhao was a piece of mud that could not hold up the wall.
Standing next to Chu Yi, Yu Huatian, dressed in fine clothes, glanced at Chu Yi with a strange expression.
This time, it was not Cao Shaoqin who accompanied Chu Yi to the south of the Yangtze River, but Yu Huatian, the governor of Xichang.
In order to avoid accidents, Chu Yi still left Cao Shaoqin to Zhu Houzhao. With Cao Shaoqin and Dongchang as the emperor's eyes and ears, plus Han Kun from the Tengyang Fourth Guard Camp, Chu Yi really had nothing to worry about.
Yu Huatian, on the other hand, although it was not his first time following Chu Yi, he was standing next to Chu Yi with a strange look on his face.
Chu Yi put his hands behind his back and did not look at Yuhuatian at all. Instead, he said calmly: "Yuhuatian, do you have anything to say?"
Yu Huatian looked at Chu Yi, nodded slowly and said: "The governor is aware of this, but this slave is a little curious and doesn't know whether to tell me or not!"
Chu Yi said calmly: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Yuhuatian looked at the slowly moving large ships around him and sighed: "As the saying goes, rescuing people is like putting out fires. Since the governor wants to go to the south of the Yangtze River, why doesn't he speed up instead of deliberately slowing down?"
Yuhuatian was very curious. Normally, as reinforcements, Chu Yi should have urged his men to go as fast as possible. However, they had already left Beijing for a day, and they had only left Beijing for more than a hundred years along the Grand Canal.
inside.
If we were to travel by land, traveling a hundred miles a day would be astonishing. It might even be said that we were risking our lives in the process. But don’t forget that they were traveling on large ships. Even if they were traveling two to three hundred miles a day, they were traveling by land.
Lili, it couldn't be simpler.
Chu Yi chuckled lightly, looked back at Yu Huatian and said, "Can't you guess why the governor is like this?"
Yuhuatian was slightly stunned, feeling Chu Yi's eyes that seemed to be able to see through him, and smiled bitterly in his heart.
I recall that back then, he and Chu Yi were both young eunuchs, but their respective circumstances were different. Chu Yi's circumstances were obviously much luckier than his. He rose rapidly and became the emperor's trusted servant in less than ten years, while he was a step behind.
, falling behind step by step.
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