Daming Junior Scholar

"Your Majesty, fighting here is different from fighting in Nanchang. Here, the stupid king has He Jiaan's fleet to cover him, so he naturally has no scruples, but when they arrive in Nanchang, they don't have He Jiaan's cover, plus those young soldiers from the Beijing camp. It is our opponent, although the warship is lost, the army has not suffered much loss, and the army left in Nanchang has 20 men and horses, and it is still capable of fighting."

Hearing what Xu Jiuling said, King Ning's sinking confidence somewhat recovered, he hesitated for a moment and finally nodded his head: "Well then, just follow what Xu Aiqing said, and immediately withdraw the troops."

Xu Jiuling went down to clean up the remnants of the army. King Ning looked at the rampant fleet on the river again, but he regretted one thing in his heart. He was too indecisive back then. Since he didn't want to keep Why didn't He Jia'an kill him with a single knife, which resulted in today's disaster? This is entirely his own fault.

"He Jia'an, if I don't kill you in this life, I'm unwilling."

After gritted his teeth and said a harsh word, King Ning immediately turned around and left the mountain, and retreated all the way to Nanchang with his defeated soldiers.

Fighting and fighting, even one intact enemy ship disappeared on the river, and after searching around the pier a few times, He Jiaan was finally able to confirm that all those warships of King Ning had been wiped out by him, but there was still a problem The matter needs to be resolved by oneself, the burning ships on the river are still burning, and the fire that King Ning can't put out, it seems that he doesn't have the ability to do so.

Today's battle was really enjoyable. Seeing one warship after another being blasted into the water in front of him, Tang Xiao immediately felt like a man, and ran over from the gun emplacement excitedly, and arrived at He Jia'an The front urged: "Sir, quickly put out the fire on the pier, otherwise, King Ning should run away."

He Jiaan glanced at him, and asked lightly: "Mie? How? You come and teach me."

"Ah?" Tang Xiao was dumbfounded. Didn't you set the fire? Of course you know how to put it out. If you let me put it out, I don't know how to put it out.

Looking at the fire in front of him, He Jia'an could only sigh, and then smiled wryly: "King Ning deserves to die, but he must not die by my hands."

"Why?" Tang Xiao didn't understand what He Jiaan said.

"Think about it, what is the purpose of the emperor rushing to Nanjing with a large army? Isn't it just to capture King Ning with his own hands and enjoy himself? It seems that he is about to fight with King Ning, but in the end I took this The credit has been taken away, what do you make His Majesty think? Therefore, the opportunity should not be missed, but people have to let him run away. I am afraid that there will be nothing for us in the future. The emperor is here, and the next thing is It's all up to him."

Chapter 1522

Chapter 1522

"Can you say that again."

Zheng De, who was dressed in military uniform, stood up suddenly from the carriage and stared murderously at Xu Pengju in front of him. His good mood was instantly wiped out with his words.

Xu Pengju groaned secretly in his heart, and couldn't help but start to complain about He Jia'an. How many times have I told you that I told you to wait, wait a little longer, but you just didn't listen and insisted on sending troops. You are defeated, but the Long Live Lord will not have to fight.

Bending even deeper, Xu Pengju said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it's actually Mr. He who discovered that the rebels wanted to gather and prepare to cross the river. If they didn't intercept them earlier, if the rebels were allowed to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River, the situation would be helpless." Clean up, so in desperation, we can only attack people first, but rest assured, He Jiaan's focus of these attacks is to burn all the rebel ships, as for King Ning... he has not been caught. "

Didn't catch King Ning?

This is good, this is good.

Zhengde heaved a long sigh of relief, but the anger on his face did not disappear. He didn't care whether King Ning crossed the river or not. Nearly 20 horses were drawn from the capital. If King Ning was caught without firing a cannon, where should I save my face?

Fortunately, He Jiaan still gave himself a chance, but he still had to remind him that he must not continue to fight like this, if he continued to fight like this, he would have nothing to play.

Under the leadership of Xu Pengju, Zhengde's army marched into the city of Nanjing. Zhengde originally wanted to live in the imperial city of Nanjing, but he was disappointed because the imperial city had not been repaired for a long time. In the end, he could only live in Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei. inside the house.

As for the wives and concubines in Duke Wei's family, they naturally moved out of the house early.

After all, Zhengde has a reputation for being lustful, and this time King Ning's rebellion was also a reason for him to plunder his ministers' wives.

After entering Duke Wei's mansion, the first decree issued by Zhengde was to have He Jia'an quickly found, and I have urgent matters to discuss.

And He Jiaan seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Li Fu had just left the house, and He Jiaan was already waiting at the door.

When the two met, Li Fu was more polite, although he was in power now, but compared with He Jiaan, a powerful member of the party, his power was still a bit weaker.

Of course, in my heart, this gap is not very important. After I catch He Jiaan's pigtails, I must sue him in front of Long Live God.

"Lord He, I haven't seen you for a while, and your spirit is getting better and better. Your Majesty has an order to announce that Lord He will meet you."

He Jiaan smiled meaningfully: "I haven't seen you for many years, Eunuch Li is also in good spirits, it seems that people are really refreshed on happy occasions, I am afraid that Eunuch Li will be promoted again?"

"Where is it?" Li Fu showed a smug smile on his face, pretending to be modest and said: "The miscellaneous family is just sharing the worries of His Majesty, how can it compare to Lord He, this time they defeated King Ning's army, this is a great achievement. "

"Where is there any credit, it's not bad if there is no fault." He Jiaan smiled wryly, and stretched out his hand: "Please Eunuch Li to lead the way."

"Master He, please."

Although the two of them wished each other to die in their hearts, they were generally able to get along. Like two friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, they walked towards Duke Wei's mansion together, and Li Fu took He Jiaan straight to the living room.

After a short time, He Jiaan finally saw Zhengde again. In the blink of an eye, almost two years had passed since the last time he saw Zhengde. Naughty children become more mature.

Of course, this kind of maturity is only reflected in his appearance, but his mind is still not much different from before. When he saw He Jiaan, he kept his face sullen until He Jiaan met him. Only then asked displeasedly: "He Aiqing, I'm asking you, I heard Xu Aiqing said that he once advised you not to do it first, but to wait for me to arrive before you can do it, is there such a thing?"

He Jiaan nodded: "Yes."

'boom! '

Zhengde slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Since Xu Aiqing has reminded you, why do you insist on not listening? Attack King Ning's army without authorization?"

Hearing this, He Jiaan frowned slightly, looked at Zhengde without any fear, but asked in doubt: "Your Majesty's words are not understood by the ministers, King Ning is a rebel, so naturally the ministers are waiting for you." Why do you not attack them when there is a good opportunity, but let them go across the Yangtze River before attacking them? You must know that King Ning has thousands of Fran cannons in his hands. It's not going to be easy to get rid of them."

"Furthermore..." He Jia'an continued without waiting for Zhengde to speak, "If you don't attack the enemy when you see the enemy, doesn't it mean that the minister has two minds?"

"This..." When Zhengde heard it, what He Jiaan said was correct. King Ning was an enemy, so he had to fight. If he didn't do it, wouldn't it prove that he, like King Ning, wanted to rebel.

Zhengde, who was still angry just now, was rendered speechless by He Jiaan's few words. How could he say that he was angry because he was not addicted to fighting? He smiled embarrassingly, and sat back on the dragon chair , smiled and waved his hands and said: "What He Aiqing said, I know in my heart, just now I was just joking with Aiqing, Li Fu, move a chair for He Aiqing to sit down, I still have many things to ask him .”

Li Fu quickly moved a chair to He Jiaan's side, and after sitting down, He Jiaan didn't say anything, waiting for Zhengde's questioning.

"Lord He, you have already fought against King Ning. In your opinion, how powerful is King Ning's army?" Zhengde showed a trace of seriousness on his face.

After hesitating for a while, He Jiaan shook his head: "Your Majesty, don't look at King Ning's troops, although most of them are composed of bandits, and they have not undergone formal training at ordinary times. See, as long as King Ning's Fran cannons are all knocked out, then these troops are no match for the imperial army at all."

"Okay." Zhengde was overjoyed immediately. This is the result he wanted, but he accepted the lesson just now, turned his eyes, and smiled at He Jiaan: "He Aiqing is really hard to go all the way. The rest of the battle will be mainly land battles, so don't bother He Aiqing to go out, and after tomorrow you use your boat to cross the Yangtze River, you will continue to patrol the coastal defenses, and don't let the Japanese pirates take the opportunity to make trouble."

Why can't He Jia'an understand the meaning of Zhengde's words? Isn't he afraid that he will send troops to take credit, so he transferred himself away, but his idea is really in line with his own wishes. Do you think I really want to Are you working hard here? You would be a fool not to leave if you have such an opportunity.

Although he was ecstatic in his heart, there was still a worried expression on his face. After asking for a few more battles, Zhengde did not let go. He Jiaan finally reluctantly agreed to Zhengde's request, and after preparing to cover the army across the river, he withdrew from the Yangtze River and returned to the to the sea.

Chapter 1523

Chapter 1523

Seemingly frightened by the flames of He Jiaan, King Ning led 10,000+ remnants of the defeated army back to Nanchang Mansion like the wind. Wang Shouren, who was surrounded outside the city, originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, but seeing King Ning's power , I withdrew wisely, and sent someone to Nanjing immediately to tell He Jiaan the news that King Ning had returned to Nanchang.

In less than two days, the scouts rushed back from Nanjing. After opening the letter He Jiaan gave him, Wang Shouren was dumbfounded. It said clearly that His Majesty's army had already crossed the Yangtze River and would arrive soon. Under the city of Nanchang, all you have to do is cooperate with us.

how could this be?

Wang Shouren looked at the letter in his hand, with a unwilling smile on his face. It is true that the emperor's arrival is a great thing, but it also prevented his chance to make meritorious deeds from another aspect. If he could stop the enemy's reinforcements last time, maybe Now Nanchang Mansion is under his own control.

It's just that there are no ifs in life, and I don't have a chance to do it again. The army of Zhengde is right in front of me, and my last chance to make meritorious service is also lost.

Wang Shouren saw it very clearly, and he knew that when Zhengde's army arrived, the tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops he had hastily organized would be disbanded. Some food, gold and silver were scattered down, disbanding most of the people earlier.

He Jiaan's news was indeed correct. At noon two days later, Zhengde's army finally appeared in Wang Shouren's field of vision, and he hurriedly adjusted his official robes, and stepped forward to greet Zhengde.

When they saw Wang Shouren, the army stopped slowly, and a general in the lead leaped out and asked with a proud face: "Who are you meeting with, please tell me your name quickly."