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Chapter 463 Let them jump out by themselves
After hearing Yang Rui's words, Zhang Wenjin looked at the rebel army camp outside in the night and the rebel soldiers who disappeared in the night, even though his heart was full of doubts and puzzles, Zhang Wenjin never thought about asking Yang Rui to send out The idea of ​​the army leaving the city.

As Yang Rui said, their most important task right now is to defend Anqing City. As for what the rebels do outside the city, as long as it is not related to the safety of Anqing City, they can completely ignore it.

After all, as long as Anqing City is well guarded, they have already made an indelible contribution.

With such a thought flashing through his mind, Zhang Wenjin nodded slightly at Yang Rui and said, "If that's the case, then everything will be as the general said, and I'll just wait to defend Anqing City."

While speaking, Zhang Wenjin stroked his beard and said with a wise look in his eyes: "Anqing is the gateway to Nanjing City. As long as Anqing City is well guarded, the rebels of King Ning will not dare to go deep into Nanzhili. This is the reason why we exist." meaning."

Here, Zhang Wenjin, Yang Rui and the others didn't know that King Ning's rebels had sent some soldiers and horses to bypass Anqing City and head towards Nanzhili.

But this is no wonder Zhang Wenjin, Yang Rui and the others. After all, in the perception of ordinary people, soldiers and horses go first before the food and grass are mobilized. Never dare to trespass into Nanzhili.

It's just who made the rebels of King Ning unable to deal with it with common sense. The rebels of King Ning went deep into Nanzhili, with the support of a group of local tyrants and gentry, and they really didn't worry about the issue of food and fodder.

Xijiangkou

The prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River was still there. Even the news of King Ning's rebellion spread to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River within half a month. However, the reaction of the south of the Yangtze River to the rebel army of King Ning was quite strange.

Under normal circumstances, officials, gentry, and tyrants in any place hold a disgusting attitude towards the rebels.

Not to mention other things, just the harm caused to the place where the rebels passed by is enough to make people respect the rebels at a distance.

However, from top to bottom in Nanzhili, no matter whether they were officials or local gentry or tyrants, most of them did not have any thoughts of worry or fear, and many people even had some vague expectations.

Xijiangkou is only tens of miles away from Nanjing, and it is a pass outside Nanjing. Originally, there was a guard stationed here.

It's a pity that Jiangnan has been in peace for hundreds of years, and has not experienced any military disasters at all in the past hundred years. It is conceivable that the guards in this place have long since decayed.

The guards and soldiers of the Qianhusuo stationed in Xijiangkou have long been reduced to the tenants of the officials of the Qianhusuo. If we really want to pull a team from the guards, I am afraid that even the size of a hundred people may not be able to get together.

On this day, a mighty army appeared at the mouth of the Xijiang River. It was so dark that it could not be seen at a glance. There were at least tens of thousands of people.

Needless to say, such a large army was part of King Ning's rebel army who had bypassed Anqing City not long ago and rushed straight to Nanjing City.

King Ning accepted Wang Jia's suggestion and directly divided his troops into two groups, one of which was led by his general Yang Qing to lead [-] troops to besiege Anqing City, while King Ning personally led another group of troops under his command to attack Nanjing. from the city.

It has to be said that King Ning's move was really beyond the expectations of many people. He crossed the Anqing Mansion, and wherever he passed, the local government officials could say that when they saw King Ning's rebels and killed them so abruptly , everyone was shocked.

After all, many officials knew that with the Anqing Mansion standing in front of them, as long as King Ning's rebels could not break through Anqing City, they would not be able to reach Southern Zhili.

Therefore, among the government officials, those who were loyal to the imperial court did not think about taking any precautions at all. They only needed to keep an eye on the battle in Anqing City.

But who would have thought that King Ning would play his cards so unreasonably. He ignored his own back and directly bypassed Anqing City and went down the river, even crossing several prefectures in a very short period of time.

In addition, many local officials, tyrants, and gentry colluded with King Ning, and when the rebels suddenly appeared under the city, they opened the city to welcome the rebels into the city.

Along the way, King Ning's rebels did not encounter any strong resistance, and they appeared at the Xijiangkou all the way smoothly.

When you arrive at Xijiangkou, you can say that you are already close to Nanjing City, and it is only less than a day's journey from Nanjing City.

Seeing that Xijiangkou was occupied by the army under his command, the army began to set up camp, and King Ning began to receive those officials, powerful men, and gentry who had heard the news and came to join him in the camp as always.

Wang Jia led the way with a thousand needles, and Ning Wang's all the way was like a broken bamboo, and he killed near Nanjing in a very short period of time, which made many people see the success of the dynasty change.

Many tyrants and gentry originally wanted to sit and watch the battle between the court and King Ning. After all, in the eyes of most people, although King Ning's rebellion looked huge, it was impossible to really fight against the court. Likely.

After all, the strength of the imperial court is there, but if the imperial army is killed, if King Ning is still unable to attack Nanzhili, then there is only a dead end waiting for King Ning.

Knowing that the possibility of King Ning's success is unlikely, one can imagine that those gentry and powerful would not choose to bet on King Ning, and even if they did, it was only a very small number of people.

But when King Ning's army appeared at Xijiangkou, as soon as the news came out, it can be said that many tyrants and gentry near Nanjing were all shocked by it.

Naturally, these people are not fools to be able to occupy the place and control the right to speak in the place. How can they not know what it means for King Ning's army to appear near Nanjing City.

If it is said that the previous investment in King Ning has a great possibility of failure or even being implicated, so that most of them choose to sit and watch the changes, but when King Ning's army appeared near Nanjing City, these people could not sit still. Living.

It was really that King Ning's killing near Nanjing City gave them hope, and too many people jumped out at once.

In the big tent, King Ning received wave after wave of local tyrants and gentry who came to express their favor to him with a smile on his face. Zhong Zizi joined him, or offered gold, silver, jewelry and other property, with the sole purpose of boarding his big ship that was about to ascend to heaven.

One can imagine how comfortable King Ning was in this situation.

At this time, in King Ning's camp, King Ning was looking at the person in front of him with a solemn expression.

Uncle Xining, Zhao Tong, although Zhao Tong, the uncle of Xining, was very inconspicuous among the many nobles of the Ming Dynasty, King Ning did not dare to underestimate him.

In fact, Bo Xining came to visit secretly this time because he was not one of the representatives.

In this big tent, apart from Uncle Xining, there are only King Ning, Wang Jia, Liu Yangzheng, and Li Shishi, which shows how much King Ning values ​​Uncle Xining.

At this time, Uncle Xining looked at King Ning and said, "My lord, there is only one thing to do here."

King Ning looked at Uncle Xining and took a deep breath and said, "Uncle Xining is as good as he is."

At this time, King Ning had already guessed Uncle Xining's intention to come, and it was precisely because of this that King Ning looked at Uncle Xining with joy and anticipation in his heart.

Zhao Tong opened his mouth slowly, and said with a serious face: "Is the prince sure to attack Nanjing this time?"

King Ning pondered for a while and said: "The city of Nanjing is very high and strong, and there is a large army in the city. Under normal circumstances, it will take a lot of effort for this king to attack the city of Nanjing, and it may even be blocked by the enemy. Outside Nanjing."

Seeing that King Ning was not so arrogant that he said bluntly that he could break through the city of Nanjing, Zhao Tong couldn't help but secretly nodded. If King Ning was really that arrogant, Zhao Tong really had to think carefully about whether he should choose the King Ning cooperated.

With a light cough, Zhao Tong looked at King Ning and said, "If I'm willing to help you break through Nanjing City and welcome him into Beijing, I don't know you..."

Finally, when Zhao Tong said this, King Ning couldn't help laughing and said: "If it is true, this king will definitely live up to you."

Speaking of King Ning's promise, Zhao Tong listened to King Ning's promise with a bit of satisfaction on his face.

Compared with those nobles in the capital, these nobles in Nanjing City actually have no sense of existence.

Those nobles in the capital can be regarded as trustworthy by the emperor, but those nobles who are thousands of miles away can only look at the capital from the city of Nanjing. I am afraid that the emperor may not know them.

Now that King Ning has raised his troops to fight outside the city of Nanjing, this is a great opportunity for these frustrated nobles to change their situation and destiny.

If we can grasp this almost, it may not be impossible to skyrocket and make a further step on their current basis.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Tong bowed to King Ning and said, "I hope the prince will not forget what he said today."

King Ning was overjoyed when he heard the words, he immediately pulled out the sword from his waist, slashed at a corner of the coffee table beside him, and cut off the corner in an instant: "If the lonely king violates today's words, it should be the case."

Watching Zhao Tong leave, King Ning finally couldn't bear the joy in his heart anymore, got up and paced in the big tent, and said to Wang Jia, Li Shishi, and Liu Yangzheng in great surprise: "Hahaha, everyone saw Well, this is the fate of the lonely king, even the nobles in Nanjing have chosen to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and support this king."

Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi both said to King Ning: "Congratulations, my lord, congratulations to my lord."

King Ning's eyes fell on Wang Jia who was at the side and said: "Old Wang Ge, this king said that if he can enter Nanjing City, Elder Ge will be the first to do it."

Wang Jia stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "My lord is absurdly praised, how can this old man be capable, how dare he be."

King Ning laughed loudly and said, "If it wasn't for the elder Ge's advice, I'm afraid I'm still struggling to attack Anqing City, how could I have the opportunity to come to Nanjing City, and even win Nanjing City."

There was a bit of a smile on the corner of Wang Jia's mouth, but he looked at King Ning and said, "My lord, we must not slack off for a day before the city of Nanjing falls."

The smooth journey along the way, coupled with the support of most of the nobles in the city brought by Xining Bo Zhao Tong, made King Ning feel a sense of ecstasy.

At this time, after listening to Wang Jia's remonstrance, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth and he said: "What the old man said is very true, the lonely king will definitely remember it in his heart."

Nanjing City

As the meaning of the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing City can be said to be another core of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Nanjing City has another complete set of six parts. It can be said that only a legitimate emperor is missing, which is a real imperial court.

Not long ago, as King Ning invaded Nanzhili all the way, and approached Nanjing City a little bit, Nanjing City fell into a strange atmosphere up and down.

Officials in Nanjing, including the six yamen and left-behind eunuchs, responded in different ways.

Officials loyal to the imperial court ran up and down, calling on Nanjing to stay behind and rectify the soldiers and horses to close the city gate and strictly guard against the rebels.

Similarly, some officials began to connect with each other in private, and the intentions of these people can be imagined.

Nanjing Jinyiwei Yamen

As an institution for the imperial court to monitor the world, no matter when, the imperial court has never relaxed its supervision of Nanjing City.

After all, the city of Nanjing is too extraordinary. If there are really ambitious people who occupy the city of Nanjing, it will be able to shake the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming system can be said to be perfect, and under normal circumstances, the situation where Nanjing City is occupied and ruled across the river will not happen.

But no matter what, with King Ning's rebellion, Jin Yiwei naturally stepped up his supervision of Nanjing City.

In the Jinyiwei yamen, in a hall, Xu Fang, who was the commander of the Jinyiwei, was solemnly looking at the few colleagues in front of him.

Chen Ke also looked at Xu Fang, the commander in chief of Nanjing Jinyiwei, who was in front of him.

When it comes to rank, Chen Ke is also the commander of Jin Yiwei, comparable to Xu Fang.

Xu Fang slowly opened his mouth and looked at Chen Kedao: "Brother Chen is here, could it be that the Commander has any orders?"

Although Xu Fang is said to be Li Huan's confidant, but if you really want to say it, he is still not as good as Chen Kelai, but being able to be sent by Li Huan to sit in the important place of Nanjing City also shows that Xu Fang is extraordinary. .

If it were someone else, they would have already stepped forward to compliment Chen Ke, Li Huan's confidant.

Chen Ke focused his eyes, then took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Xu Fangdao: "This is a letter written by your lord, Brother Xu just read it."

Xu Fang hurriedly took the letter from Chen Ke, but he didn't shy away from Chen Ke slowly opening the letter. After he read the contents of the letter, Xu Fang's face was a little solemn.

While letting out a sigh of relief, Xu Fang handed the letter to Chen Ke and said, "Brother Chen might as well take a look."

To be honest, Chen Ke was really not very clear about the specific content of the letter, but he could guess some of it. Looking at the letter, Chen Ke nodded at Xu Fang and reached out to take it.

(End of this chapter)