Seeing the report coming quickly, Wang Shouren frowned at the news.
One hundred thousand troops headed straight for Nanjing City, and Wang Shouren's heart palpitated. Nanjing City is the political center of Jiangnan, especially the companion capital of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that as long as King Ning captures Nanjing City, most of Jiangnan will definitely follow.
Banging his fist on the table, Wang Shouren shouted in a deep voice: "We must not let Prince Ning occupy Nanjing City, otherwise most of the land south of the Yangtze River will not be owned by the imperial court!"
Chen Tai, Mao Yuan and others also looked quite ugly. At least these officials still had their hearts set on the imperial court. Naturally, they were all shocked when they saw the news.
They are not too worried about the fall of Jiangxi, but if the city of Nanjing falls, the meaning will be very different. Jiangnan will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes by then.
It can be said that the impact caused by the fall of a province in Jiangxi is not as terrible as the impact caused by the fall of a city in Nanjing.
With a wry smile, Chen Tai looked at Wang Shouren and said, "But what can we do? The imperial reinforcements have not yet arrived. Even if we take advantage of these few days to search for soldiers and horses, we can barely gather 20,000 soldiers and horses.
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Although the imperial reinforcements did not arrive, Fujian and Hunan provinces adjacent to Jiangxi have already responded and dispatched troops into Jiangxi to quell the rebellion.
When these soldiers and horses entered Jiangxi, Wang Shouren naturally took over the military power with the emperor's secret decree. After some reorganization, he selected 20,000 soldiers and horses from tens of thousands of reinforcements.
Twenty thousand soldiers and horses are not considered elite, at least they are not a mob, especially after some screening, there are soldiers and horses from various places, it can be said to be a mess. Even with Wang Shouren's ability, he wants to be in a hurry.
It would be a delusion to turn it into a powerful army all of a sudden.
Fortunately, after Wang Shouren neatly killed two guerrilla generals who were uncooperative and disobedient to military orders, the remaining generals were all suppressed by Wang Shouren's decisive killing.
Therefore, Wang Shouren now has about 20,000 fighting soldiers in his hands.
Mao Yuan looked at Wang Shouren and said: "Master Wang, as the saying goes, water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near. Even if we want to rescue Nanjing City, I am afraid that Nanjing City may have been breached before we arrive!"
Regarding Nanjing City's defensive capabilities, to be honest, everyone present really didn't have any confidence at all.
Jiangnan has been at peace for hundreds of years, not to mention the city of Nanjing. It can be said that the entire Jiangnan Guardsmen have long lost any combat effectiveness, which is just a little better than ordinary people.
It would be strange to say that the soldiers and horses in Nanjing City could stop Prince Ning's rebels.
None of the people present have been involved in Jiangnan official circles for many years. They are very clear about the situation in Jiangnan. The military strength is eroded. I am afraid that if the elite troops from the northern border towns invade Jiangnan, there will be no need for more than 10,000 elite troops.
The army is large enough to sweep across the entire south of the Yangtze River.
Wang Shouren took a deep breath and said slowly: "We are indeed too late to rush to Nanjing, but we can go to Nanchang!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and looked at Wang Shouren in astonishment.
Nanchang was King Ning's home base. To be honest, they really didn't think about attacking Nanchang. They were more thinking about how to deal with King Ning.
Now Wang Shouren suddenly mentioned that he would attack Nanchang City, and many people's eyes flashed brightly.
All I could hear was Wang Shouren saying: "Everyone, if we attack Nanchang City, we will definitely throw King Ning into chaos. If we can induce King Ning to return to rescue Nanchang City, then the siege of Nanjing will definitely be solved!"
Stroking his beard, Chen Tai looked at Wang Shouren with emotion and said, "But what if King Ning doesn't return to the army?"
Wang Shouren said resolutely: "Then we will break through Nanchang City and occupy Prince Ning's lair. By then, Prince Ning's army will inevitably be in morale chaos. The imperial counter-rebellion army that arrived at that time can easily defeat Prince Ning's army!"
It has to be said that Wang Shouren's proposal is well-founded, and even everyone present can't think of a better way.
After taking a look at everyone, Wang Shouren said decisively: "Everyone, it's decided, this time I will personally lead the army!"
Chen Tai nodded slowly and said: "In that case, I will sit in Ji'an County and take care of the logistics for Mr. Wang."
Wang Shouren stood up and saluted Chen Tai: "I'll leave everything to the boss!"
If Nanchang is the hometown of King Ning, then Ji'an County is Wang Shouren's stronghold in Jiangxi. If Ji'an County is lost, then they will have no place to stay in Jiangxi.
If the tens of thousands of troops were without logistical supplies, they would probably collapse without waiting for the rebels to attack. Therefore, logistically important areas like Ji'an County must have someone in charge. In addition to Chen Tai, the governor of Jiangxi, to be honest,
Wang Shouren is really worried about other people.
Chen Tai helped Wang Shouren up, patted Wang Shouren on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as I am here, Ji'an County will be as stable as Mount Tai!"
The 20,000-strong army broke out of camp and headed straight for Nanchang City, while Ji'an County was guarded by nearly 20,000 selected old, weak, sick and disabled people.
Although he is old, weak, sick and disabled, he may not be very good at killing the enemy in battle, but with the help of city walls for defense, without an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people, it is really impossible to break the city.
While Wang Shouren was rushing towards Nanchang City, Longxiang General Zheng Qizheng, sent by King Ning, led tens of thousands of troops under his command and rushed towards Ji'an County.
Compared to Zhou Boling, Zheng Qi was from a family of generals, so it was naturally impossible for him to lead his men like bandits like Zhou Boling.
Therefore, Zheng Qi's march was quite a formidable sight. Just looking at the division of his army into three armies, the front, middle and rear, we can see that Zheng Qi was quite capable.
As the leader of an army, Zheng Qi is in charge of the central army and fulfills his duties as the commander-in-chief of an army.
At this moment, the sky was dark, and the army was encamped against a hill. As the commander-in-chief, Zheng Qi led his soldiers to personally inspect the camp and made sure that there was nothing wrong with the camp before returning to the camp.
At this moment, in front of the camp, a sentry leader was waiting for Zheng Qi's return.
In the big tent, Zheng Qi looked at the leader of the sentinel and said: "How is the information gathering going? How is Ji'an County's defense now? Is there anything unusual?"
With the precedent of Zhou Boling, if Zheng Qi had no precautions, then he could only be said to be incompetent.
Obviously Zheng Qi was not a mediocre person, so before the army set off, he sent out hundreds of sentinels and sent people to inquire about the news about Ji'an County.
Although Zheng Qi's march was not fast, it was very steady. Even if Wang Shouren ambushed him again, I am afraid it would not be as easy as dealing with Zhou Boling.
I only heard the sentry say: "Reporting to the general, my subordinates went to Ji'an County to investigate and found that many imperial soldiers and horses have arrived in Ji'an County and joined the Ji'an County defenders. There are at least tens of thousands of imperial soldiers and horses in Ji'an County now!"
"What!"
Zheng Qi couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this, with a look of horror on his face.
He obviously did not expect reinforcements from the imperial court to arrive, which was different from his previous expectations.
You must know that he only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which is not comparable to the tens of thousands of troops in Ji'an County.
Not only Zheng Qi, in addition to Zheng Qi, there are more than a dozen generals in this big tent. These people were summoned by Zheng Qi to discuss the military situation. In addition, there is another person sitting there as steady as a mountain beside Zheng Qi.
, it is none other than the leader of the Songshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan.
At this time, everyone reacted like Zheng Qi when they heard this, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"How can this be……"
"Could it be that the imperial reinforcements have wings?"
Even Zuo Lengchan, who was as stable as a mountain, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Zheng Qi suddenly shook his head and said: "No, the capital is at least a thousand miles away from Jiangxi. Even if the imperial court sends reinforcements, it will take at least half a month to arrive. It is absolutely impossible to appear in such a short time."
As he spoke, Zheng Qi stared at the sentinel, his eyes shining brightly.
The sentry was slightly startled and said: "General, I dare to guarantee with my life that there are indeed tens of thousands of imperial troops in Ji'an County, and at this moment, some of them are heading straight for Nanchang City, led by Jiangxi Inspector Wang Shouren.
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Looking at the sentry, Zheng Qi did not doubt that the sentry was lying, because the sentry was a son of his family. He shared the prosperity and loss of the Zheng family. He could be said to be his confidant in controlling the army.
If he couldn't trust this person, then he really didn't know who to trust.
Frowning, Zheng Qi suddenly thought: "I understand, these soldiers and horses are definitely not imperial reinforcements from the capital. If nothing else, they must be soldiers and horses from other places."
After thinking about this, Zheng Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
Since they were not an elite counter-insurgency force sent by the imperial court, he had nothing to fear.
To be honest, Zheng Qi is not optimistic about the reinforcements in places like Fujian and Anhui, just like Wang Shouren is not optimistic about these soldiers and horses.
It is true that the local soldiers and horses are terrible, but anyone who knows the military can see that these local guardsmen are already terrible. It is really hard to say how much combat effectiveness they have.
After listening to Zheng Qi's words, more than a dozen generals in the big tent also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they are not the elite troops of the imperial court, as for the local reinforcements, they really are not worried.
Zheng Qi frowned and pondered. After a while, Zheng Qi raised his head and glanced at the crowd and said, "Everyone, everyone is aware of the current situation. We originally planned to go straight to Ji'an County.
But now the situation has changed, Wang Shouren actually wants to attack Nanchang City."
A general said: "General, Nanchang City is the rear area of the prince. If there are changes in Nanchang City, the morale of the soldiers on the front line will definitely be shaken. Therefore, we must not sit back and watch Wang Shouren attack Nanchang City!"
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