Chapter 388 Dog bites dog with a mouthful of hair [1 more]
Xiang Ping nodded slightly and said, "What Mr. Liu said is true. Now is our last chance. No matter what, as long as General Manager Chu can be accommodating, we can protect our family's wealth."
As he spoke, Xiang Ping showed a smile to everyone and said: "Actually, there is no need for everyone to worry so much. It is true that Chu Yi defeated Nanjing City, but Nanjing City must be managed by someone after all. No matter what he does, there is no way he can
Let’s kill everyone, so this is our chance. As long as we can surrender first, we will definitely win the attention of the general manager, and maybe it won’t be impossible for everyone to be promoted equally by then.”
Many people were initially uneasy, but after Jing Xiangping, Liu Zhu and others said this, they felt a lot more at ease.
An official's eyes flashed brightly and said: "Everyone, we can go to greet General Manager Chu, but if we can go with credit, will we be more valued by General Manager Chu?"
Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and others couldn't help but look at this official. This man was a guerrilla general from Nanjing. Previously, Nanjing city was captured by King Ning. Under the general trend, Jiang Ning, as a guerrilla general, chose to follow the general trend and surrender.
King Ning, and retained his original position in King Ning's army, still a guerrilla general.
Several people looked at Jiang Ning and heard Xiang Ping say: "I don't know what Mr. Jiang has to say? You might as well just say it!"
Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes, glanced at everyone and said slowly: "Everyone, do you think that if we capture Prince Ning and present it to the Chief Manager of Chu, will the Chief Manager look at us differently?"
When an official heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and said: "Wonderful, if we have Prince Ning as a meeting gift, I believe that the General Manager of Chu will definitely accept us."
Prince Ning is definitely the perfect stepping stone. Even if Chu Yi is dissatisfied with them, as long as they can capture Prince Ning and offer it to Chu Yi, they can guarantee that Chu Yi will definitely look at them differently.
Liu Zhu, Xiang Ping and even other officials also showed signs of excitement.
Stroking his beard, Xiang Ping frowned slightly and said, "That's what I said, but Prince Ning may have escaped from Nanjing City by now. Even if we have the intention, we are powerless!"
Jiang Ning shook his head and said: "Impossible. I judge that even if Prince Ning wants to escape, it is absolutely impossible for him to escape from Nanjing City in time. Otherwise, the General Manager of Chu will also enter the city at this time."
Among all the officials present, Jiang Ning was the only general. Now that Jiang Ning was so sure, Liu Zhu, Xiang Ping and others couldn't help but look at each other with excitement in their eyes.
If King Ning is defeated, then he himself becomes the object of countless people's prying eyes. It can be said that apart from his confidants, there are probably not a few people who are interested in King Ning at this time.
It's just that it's not that easy to win over Prince Ning as a qualification for promotion. Prince Ning has a group of confidants around him, so it's naturally not easy to capture Prince Ning.
Of course, if Prince Ning is taken down so easily, I'm afraid it won't be their turn to take advantage of Prince Ning.
Xiang Ping slapped the table, a gleam flashed in his eyes and said: "Everyone, it's settled, let's unite and find a way to take down Prince Ning and present it to the Chief Manager of Chu. Let's have a try in the future!"
These people are all dignitaries and gentry in Nanjing City. It can be said that they are deeply rooted in Nanjing City and have a dense network of connections. When these people unite, it is really not difficult to find out the news about Prince Ning.
Soon there was news about Prince Ning.
I saw a servant panting and saying to the crowd: "Masters, Prince Ning is coming out of the palace at this moment. Under the escort of the imperial guards, he and a group of civil and military personnel are heading towards the south gate. It will take at least half an hour.
Then we can leave Nanjing City."
The journey from the imperial palace to the south gate of Nanjing City is at least several miles. If Prince Ning is traveling lightly with only a dozen people, then he can ride out of the city in just a few tea hours on a fast horse.
But King Ning obviously didn't have the courage to give up everything, and he couldn't give up everything. At least he had to bring along some of his trusted officials who were attached to him, plus some property, and thousands of guards, making the whole group a mighty one.
There were at least thousands of people hanging out.
When there are more people, there are more things to do, and naturally the speed cannot be increased. Therefore, it will take at least half an hour for Prince Ning to leave the city. This also gives Liu Zhu, Jiang Ning and others time to take action.
Liu Zhu narrowed his eyes, looked at Jiang Ning and said: "Master Jiang, I wonder if you have any way to capture your Prince Ning?"
Jiang Ning's lips showed a bit of a sneer and said: "Prince Ning was defeated. Who do you think Prince Ning and others are most afraid of at this moment?"
An official smiled and said without thinking: "That's needless to say. What Prince Ning and others are most afraid of right now is naturally Chu Yi and the imperial troops."
Jiang Ning nodded and said: "Yes, Prince Ning and others must be in panic at this moment. Once they see the imperial soldiers and horses, they are afraid that they will collapse on the spot. Even the imperial guards will not be able to give Ning any more help."
The king sacrificed his life."
Xiang Ping was stunned for a moment. He seemed to understand Jiang Ning's intention. He looked at Jiang Ning with a look of surprise on his face and said, "You...you don't want us to pretend to be the imperial army!"
Jiang Ning chuckled and said: "We are not pretending. We are originally soldiers of the imperial court. We just pretended to surrender due to the fierce power of King Ning. Now that the heavenly troops of the imperial court are coming, we naturally want to put things right and return to the army."
The imperial camp.”
Everyone looked at Jiang Ning with a serious face and an impassioned look. They didn't know whether they were hypnotized by Jiang Ning or hypnotized themselves. They all said excitedly as if they had been injected with chicken blood: "Say
Well, we are in Cao's camp and our hearts are with Han, now it's time to bring order to the chaos and return to the imperial camp."
Originally, a large number of people had gathered. Now, under the leadership of Jiang Ning and others, they raised the banner of the imperial court and pursued King Ning surrounded by thousands of soldiers and horses.
Prince Ning was sitting in the carriage, listening to the noise around him, his face was very pale and panicked.
To King Ning, all this seemed like a dream. When he first raised his army, he was so unstoppable that even the cities of Anqing and Nanjing came down. At that time, King Ning believed that he was truly destined by fate.
Returning is the emperor's order.
Therefore, after conquering the city of Nanjing, he did not hesitate and directly ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. However, after he proclaimed himself emperor, it seemed that all his good luck suddenly ran out, and what followed was a continuous stream of bad news.
Whether it was Nanchang City being captured, Jiujiang and Anqing being captured by Wang Shouren, or Chu Yi leading an army to destroy Li Zhen's tens of thousands of troops in one battle.
Anyway, everything has changed since he ascended the throne, as if God had simply abandoned him.
I originally thought that I could sit in Nanjing City, unify the south of the Yangtze River, lead the army north, attack the capital, and truly become the master of the world.
As a result, in just over half a month, the world was turned upside down. Even the city of Nanjing was captured by the imperial court, and he suddenly changed from a high-ranking emperor to a fugitive emperor on the run.
Smashing his fist on the coffee table next to him, Prince Ning gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Chu Yi, Chu Yi, I wish I could tear you into pieces!"
Wan Rui, who was sitting aside, lowered his head and sighed in his heart.
As the most trusted servant of King Ning, he naturally held a high position in the new dynasty established by King Ning. Even if he lost Nanchang City, he was just scolded by King Ning, and then handed over the imperial palace.
Let him take charge.
He hadn't experienced this kind of superiority for a long time, and finally he had to escape with Prince Ning. The gap naturally made Wan Rui very uncomfortable.
The city was in chaos, and many of the defeated troops started burning, killing, and looting in the city. After all, the rebels were the most terrifying thing. Especially in the case of a huge defeat, the demons suppressed in the hearts of many soldiers were released.
Originally, when King Ning entered the city, some wealthy gentry and powerful families were attacked by rebels. It had only been half a month. These people had just breathed a sigh of relief, but another wave happened.
Even with the previous lessons, many dignitaries and gentry houses have strengthened their defenses. But in the final analysis, there are really not many gentry houses with a large number of servants who can withstand a large number of rebels.
In the huge city of Nanjing, the rebellious army continued to cause chaos, and countless families suffered disasters.
Prince Ning even saw with his own eyes a group of rebels rushing into a large house through the window of the carriage. Soon, there was a burst of screams and fighting sounds in the big house.
It's a pity that even if he saw this situation, King Ning was powerless to do anything to those rebels. Even King Ning himself did not dare to gather these rebels at this time.
King Ning did not forget that Chu Yi had previously placed a bounty on his head in front of many armies. That was Uncle Feng's temptation. Even his cronies could not believe it, let alone those rebels.
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People's hearts are apart. If he gathers a group of rebels, and the rebels are incited to chop him down and then offer him to Chu Yi as a reward for his promotion, then wouldn't he die unjustly?
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Therefore, when King Ning saw the evil-doing scene of the rebels, he had no intention of sending anyone to restrain the rebels. Instead, he urged the imperial guards to speed up.
Seeing the city gate in front of us, which was only a hundred feet away, a shout suddenly came from behind: "Your Majesty, stay here, Your Majesty, stay here!"
The shouting made Prince Ning slightly startled, and he looked at Wan Rui doubtfully.
Wan Rui quickly got off the carriage, but in the blink of an eye, Wan Rui said to Prince Ning: "Your Majesty, it's Mr. Xiang, Mr. Liu and others, they are calling for your Majesty!"
There was a look of confusion on King Ning's face, but all his close men were rushing with the team at the moment, and the Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and others that Wan Rui mentioned were not his confidants, so King Ning wanted to
I don’t understand what these people are calling for.
But Prince Ning said to Wan Rui: "Send someone to ask them what they want to do!"
Naturally, the team that originally left the city stopped, and Wan Rui sent someone to ask Xiang Pingren what he wanted to do.
When Xiang Ping, Jiang Ning and others saw King Ning's team stop, their eyes suddenly showed a bit of joy. Just when they were still more than ten feet away from King Ning's team, Jiang Ning suddenly shouted:
: "All officers and men, follow me to capture the rebel King Ning. The general manager has an order. Anyone who captures King Ning will be defeated by the rebel uncle!"
Immediately, thousands of troops raised the imperial flags one by one, and then rushed towards Prince Ning's motorcade with shouts.
Prince Ning was in the carriage, but he clearly heard the shouts outside the carriage. Prince Ning almost fainted from anger.
He never expected that Liu Zhu would change so quickly to Xiang Pingren. You must know that when he entered the city, these people were acting as internal agents to support him when he entered the city. Otherwise, he would not have been promoted to Liu Zhu and Xiang Ping.
An official position for equals.
As a result, these people actually led their troops to arrest him. Needless to say, these people wanted to use him as a tool for advancement.
"Damn it, damn it! These villains are so repetitive. I am really blind. Why didn't I slaughter them in the first place?"
However, while King Ning was scolding, he did not forget to order his forbidden troops to resist. Li Zhenshan personally led a part of the forbidden troops to meet him.
It's a pity that these forbidden troops were already in a state of panic. When they saw Jiang Ning and others raising the imperial flag, they just thought that the imperial army had arrived.
The sky-shattering thunder left a deep impression on them. Although these imperial guards had not collapsed yet, in fact, the morale of the soldiers was already in chaos, just like the frightened birds.
Li Zhenshan shouted, but most of the imperial troops did not follow Li Zhenshan to meet Jiang Ning and others, but turned around and ran away.
"Oops, the imperial army is coming to kill you. Everyone, run away!"
This is how the army collapses. Once it collapses, even a famous general like Bai Qi cannot restore the decline.
King Ning, who had just stepped out of the carriage, looked extremely neat and tidy. The Imperial Guards whom he had relied on as his last support suddenly collapsed. King Ning was dumbfounded.
Of the three thousand Imperial Guards, excluding those who were killed on the city wall, there were still more than two thousand people. However, they suddenly collapsed, and only a few hundred people were left following Li Zhenshan.
These hundreds of people are absolute loyalists to King Ning. Even if they surrender, they will not be forgiven. For them, surrender is death, and fighting is death, so they have no choice but to die.
I want to fight with King Ning.
Seeing the collapse of King Ning's Imperial Guard, Jiang Ning and others could not help but show excitement in their eyes.
Sure enough, their bet was right. The guards under King Ning were really like frightened birds. As long as they could capture King Ning within a few miles, then the rest of their lives would be settled.
Jiang Ning hit the sword with a wave of his hand and shouted excitedly: "Soldiers, follow me to capture the rebel king!"
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