The civil and military officials present were not fools. In fact, they all knew what Yang Tinghe said, but they just couldn't accept it for a moment. After all, it directly involved their own families and they would rather deceive themselves.
Li Shishi sighed softly and saluted King Ning: "Your Majesty, retaking Nanchang City will not bring back many civil and military records in the court, so the first thing your Majesty needs to do now is to stabilize the morale of the army and stabilize the overall situation."
Prince Ning nodded slowly and said, "Please sir, please teach me how to stabilize the morale of the army."
Li Shishi narrowed his eyes and said: "Your Majesty should reward all the generals with gold, silver, beautiful women, and give them official positions. In this way, even if the news of the fall of Nanchang City spreads, the morale of the army will not be in chaos. As long as the army remains in chaos, our new army will not be in chaos."
There will be no chaos in the court."
Liu Yangzheng stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Li said is true. The top priority for the current plan is to stabilize the morale of the army!"
The other civil and military officials, regardless of what they were thinking, saw that Yang Tinghe, Li Shishi, and Liu Yangzheng were all King Quan Ning who focused on the overall situation, and they all also advised King Ning.
King Ning sighed softly: "It's all because of the ignorance of the stranger. If King Yichun hadn't been careless, Nanchang City would not have fallen..."
Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself. As long as your Majesty can defeat Chu Yi, and then personally lead the army to the north, break through the city of Beijing, and seize the world, you can bear even some sacrifices during this period."
Many people couldn't help but glare at Yang Tinghe when they heard this.
Yang Tinghe was alone, but he had no family members left in Nanchang City, but they were different.
In order to make King Ning feel more at ease with them, they took the initiative to leave their family members in Nanchang City as hostages. It can be said that they had a tacit understanding with King Ning.
But now that Nanchang City has fallen, and all their relatives have fallen into the hands of the imperial court, how can they accept it for a while.
Now Yang Tinghe actually said that it is not impossible even if he pays some price. Doesn't this mean that he has directly abandoned their relatives?
It's just that no matter how angry they are, they can't express it directly. They can be angry, but once they say it, they will definitely be seen by King Ning. Then King Ning will definitely have a grudge in his heart, and that's the loss.
Madam has lost her troops again.
Prince Ning saw everyone's reaction in his eyes and said slowly: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I will send people to discuss with Zhengde Xiao'er. No matter what the cost, we will definitely save everyone's relatives."
Although he said there was no hope, but King Ning said so, it was at least a glimmer of hope. What if Zhu Houzhao was stupid and really returned his family to them!
The depressed Prince Ning was about to go back to the harem to rest. Before he had time to ask everyone to disperse, he saw a chamberlain walking into the hall with a bit of panic and said: "Your Majesty, General Zu wants to see you!"
King Ning couldn't help but change his expression when he heard this. Zu Jiang was the naval admiral he appointed, responsible for the defense on the river, which can be said to be the outer barrier of Nanjing City.
At this moment, Zu Jiang came to ask for a visit, something must have happened.
"pass!"
Soon, Zu Jiang was seen entering the main hall in a state of embarrassment. He prostrated himself in front of the hall with a thud and said: "Your Majesty, Zu Jiang, pays homage to you!"
Looking at Zu Jiang's embarrassed appearance, Prince Ning had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He looked at Zu Jiang and said, "General Zu, get up quickly!"
Zu Jiang still knelt on the ground and said: "I am guilty, please punish me!"
When King Ning heard this, his heart suddenly thumped, and he stood up suddenly and looked at Zu Jiang and said: "General Zu, what happened, please tell me quickly!"
So Zu Jiang sent him to lead the navy to patrol the river. As a result, they encountered the imperial reinforcements led by Chu Yi. After a big battle, the news came out that the navy was almost completely wiped out.
Prince Ning said with a look of surprise: "What, Chu Yi has arrived near Nanjing, he...hasn't he been staying in Huai'an City and keeping his troops stationary?"
Although Chu Yi's sudden appearance outside Nanjing was very shocking, fortunately King Ning was only slightly shocked. After all, he had already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. As Zhu Houzhao's number one confidant, Chu Yi, no matter how many
The reason must also come to quell the rebellion.
The confrontation with Chu Yi was nothing more than a day earlier and a day later. Now that Chu Yi had arrived near Nanjing City, Prince Ning's heart dropped.
Since he has to face Chu Yi sooner or later, it would be better to face him as early as possible. The only thing that made King Ning a little sad was that the navy he had finally gathered together was destroyed in one battle.
Looking at Zu Jiang who was kneeling on the ground, Prince Ning said: "I will pardon your innocence. General Zu, please get up!"
A look of relief appeared on Zu Jiang's face, and he stood up slowly after thanking King Ning.
Looking at Zu Jiang, King Ning said in a deep voice: "General Zu, since you have fought against Chu Yi, in your opinion, what is the strength of the imperial troops and horses? With our strength, can we stop the imperial troops and horses?"
Zu Jiang pondered for a while and said: "The imperial soldiers and horses are elite, but our army is not bad at all. Chu Yi only brought a mere 20,000 soldiers and horses. Does your Majesty think that Chu Yi wants to rely on just 20,000 soldiers and horses?"
Do you want to attack Nanjing City?"
Hearing what Zu Jiang said, King Ning was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. He said while laughing, "What Aiqing said is true. I want to see how Chu Yi can deal with me with an army of 20,000 people."
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It has to be said that the hundreds of thousands of troops under King Ning's command were the source of King Ning's confidence.
Originally, King Ning had nearly 100,000 troops. After conquering Nanjing City, the tens of thousands of imperial soldiers and horses in the city naturally surrendered to King Ning. Now, King Ning has nearly 150,000 troops under his command, and the momentum is huge.
One has 20,000 people and the other has 150,000 people. The difference in numbers is several times. King Ning is really not afraid of Chu Yi.
General Li Zhen narrowed his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead the troops to meet the eunuch for a while!"
Upon hearing this, King Ning looked at Li Zhen, pondered and smiled: "Okay, I promise you an army of 50,000 to kill Chu Yi for me!"
Li Zhen was overjoyed, 50,000 to 20,000, this was clearly the credit for coming to the door. If he could kill Chu Yi, then this great credit would belong to him.
Li Zhen couldn't help but feel happy when she thought that if she killed Chu Yi, her name would go down in history and be sung throughout the world.
However, Li Zhen did not forget one thing. She looked at King Ning and said: "Your Majesty, the eunuch's skills are unpredictable. The general asked himself whether he could destroy Chu Yi's army, but he was not sure that he could kill Chu Yi's eunuch.
So please, Your Majesty..."
Prince Ning narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry, General Li. I will send people to assist General Li. When the time comes, someone will entangle Chu Yi."
Hearing what King Ning said, Li Zhen cheered up and said: "In the end, I will definitely live up to your majesty's expectations. I will cut off Chu Yi's head and offer it to your majesty."
Outside Nanjing City, in the previous battle, the navy under King Ning was almost completely destroyed. Even if they escaped and several large ships were hiding in the harbor now, how could they dare to risk their lives?
Therefore, under this situation, Chu Yi's 20,000 troops successfully landed and set up camp.
Chu Yi looked at the capital city with dragons and tigers in front of him from a distance and couldn't help but sigh.
The Nanjing City of the Ming Dynasty is indeed the largest city in the world. With the current scale of Nanjing City, even the city of Beijing is slightly inferior.
You must know that when Taizu of the Ming Dynasty made Nanjing the capital, he expanded the city outwards a lot.
The city of Nanjing is divided from the outside to the inside, including the outer city, the capital, the imperial city, and the palace city. Not to mention the capital, the outer city alone is more than fifty kilometers long, including Zhongshan, Xuanwu Lake, Mufu Mountain, etc.
A large area is enclosed within the outer city.
You can imagine how huge the complete city of Nanjing is.
At this moment, Chu Yi's army was stationed a few miles outside Qilin Gate at the southernmost end of Waiguo, close to the river.
The entire outer wall is dozens of miles long, and most of it is made of loess. Although it is not comparable to a masonry city wall, looking at the city wall made of high loess piles, from a high position, I want to break through the city wall and attack the city.
One side is naturally at a disadvantage.
Just when Chu Yi was looking at the city near Qilin Gate, General Li Zhen, who had received the order from King Ning, personally led 50,000 troops and horses through Shangyuan Gate, Xianhe Gate, etc., and exited Qilin Gate.
Tens of thousands of troops formed a formation in the open space outside Qilin Gate.
Backed by Qilin Gate, there is a continuous city wall, and in front is an open land, facing the military camp of Chu Yi's army in the distance.
Looking at Chu Yi's 20,000 troops, and then looking at the 50,000 troops behind him, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel confident, and said to the generals beside him: "Everyone, please follow me to meet this powerful man.
The greatest eunuch in the world!"
Several generals couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
Although they have always heard about Chu Yi's reputation, they have never met Chu Yi. They only know that although Chu Yi is young, he is favored by the emperor and his hands are stained with blood, so they are naturally very curious about Chu Yi.
, now I am very interested after hearing this.
Li Zhen drove his horse forward and stopped about two miles away from where Chu Yi's army was encamped. He saw a messenger driving his horse forward and said in front of the camp: "Chu Yi, listen, my general has something to say.
I told you not to come out quickly!"
Chu Yi, who had just returned to the camp not long ago, looked at Qi Hu and the others, with a smile on his lips and said: "Oh, you said that a group of people came out of Nanjing City, and its leader is going to meet the governor?"
Qi Hu frowned and said: "Lord Governor, if you don't let your subordinates go and kill that man, we will save the noise here! He didn't even think about his identity, and how could he see the Governor whenever he wanted?
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Chu Yi put down the book in his hand, smiled slightly and said: "I would like to see who has such courage!"
While speaking, Chu Yi slowly stood up. Two young eunuchs quickly came forward to serve Chu Yi, put on his python suit, tied up his hair, put on a black cloak, and walked out of the tent. He got on his horse and rushed straight to the crowd surrounded by people.
Leave through the camp gate.
[Well, it’s the third update of 10,000 words. Big guys, the monthly tickets have been doubled. It’s the end of the month. Check to see if you still have the monthly tickets. Smash them. Fleas will squeal...]
