Wang Hao, Li Shishi and others who were standing aside couldn't help but glance at each other, and saw Li Shishi step forward and softly say to the furious King Ning: "Your Majesty, calm down your anger, Your Majesty, please calm down, and listen to what General Yang has to say!"
After speaking, Li Shishi said to Yang Dai: "General Yang, please explain to the prince quickly, is Nanjing City really that difficult to break?"
Yang Dai didn't know that Li Shishi was speaking for him in disguise. He first glanced at Li Shishi gratefully, then took a deep breath and said to King Ning: "Your Majesty, it's not because the general refuses, but Nanjing is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
, it seems that such fortified cities have rarely been conquered since ancient times."
When Prince Ning heard this, his face became more and more gloomy. He just stared at Yang Dai and said, "I am not here to listen to you telling me that I cannot break Nanjing City. I want you to tell me how long it will take to break Nanjing City!"
Yang Dai gritted his teeth and looked at Prince Ning and said, "If we don't care about the cost, it will take at least a month..."
"What, one month, you actually told me that it takes one month, and you still don't care about the cost..."
King Ning almost roared at Yang Dai. Under King Ning's roar, Yang Dai could only stand there with his head lowered and silently endure the scolding from King Ning.
After a long time, King Ning finally vented his anger. At this moment, Wang Hao and Li Shishi spoke.
I heard Wang Hao say to Prince Ning: "Your Majesty, the city of Nanjing is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since ancient times, there have been few records of being breached. Now there is still Wei Guogong in the city. What General Yang said is true. Your Majesty must
You have to be patient.”
Exhaling a breath, Prince Ning looked at Wang Hao with a wry smile and said, "Sir, you should know that the imperial court's counter-rebellion army has appeared dozens of miles away, and by now they may have interacted with Wang Lun, Yang Qing and the others.
Now that we have started, I really don’t know how long Wang Lun, Yang Qing and the others can hold on, if..."
Although King Ning did not say it out loud, Wang Hao could still hear the underlying meaning in King Ning's words.
It’s no wonder that King Ning was so excited. After all, no matter how stupid King Ning was, he knew that the elites sent by the imperial court were not easy to deal with. Wang Lun, Yang Qing, and the others brought indeed a large number of troops, but these troops were
Prince Ning still had some idea of the quality.
King Ning did not expect Yang Qing, Wang Lun and others to defeat the imperial army. He only hoped that the two of them could block the imperial army.
Now Yang Dai is not sure when it will be possible to break through Nanjing City. How can this not make King Ning anxious?
Although Wang Hao was an elder in the imperial court, he did not have much insight into military affairs. At this time, King Tingning was so pessimistic about Wang Lun and Yang Qing's troops. He couldn't help but change his face slightly and said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, is he?
Isn't it a bit unfounded? No matter what, the two generals Wang Lun and Yang Qing took away an army of 100,000, and the imperial army only had 50,000 soldiers and horses. In this case, even if the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court were elite,
With the ability of the two generals and an army of 100,000 in hand, it shouldn't be difficult to stop the imperial army."
Prince Ning did not speak, but looked at Yang Dai who was standing in front of him and said, "Yang Dai, tell me, can Wang Lun, Yang Qing and the others stop the imperial army?"
Yang Dai couldn't help but look at Prince Ning in surprise. He was obviously a little surprised as to why Prince Ning, who had previously been full of confidence in Wang Lun and Yang Qing's troops, would change his attitude in such a short period of time.
Others don't know, but Yang Dai, who has some insights and abilities, naturally knows that the elite divisions who are well-trained and have seen bloodshed on the battlefield are compared with a group of rabble who have just put down their hoes.
How big is the difference?
From Yang Dai's point of view, the number of soldiers and horses under King Ning's command seemed to be astonishing, but in fact they were just a ragtag army with no numbers. In addition to being scary in terms of numbers, such a large army's actual combat effectiveness was really very low.
This can be seen from the attack on Nanjing City not long ago. Forty thousand soldiers and horses attacked the city continuously, but not even a single person was able to climb to the top of the city. We can see the true strength of these soldiers and horses.
Putting aside the surprise in his heart, Yang Dai did not think about why King Ning suddenly seemed to become much wiser. Under the gaze of King Ning, he slowly said: "General Wang, General Yang and the others will do their best to stop the imperial court.
From the army..."
Wang Hao was not a fool. He could guess Yang Dai's thoughts just by hearing that Yang Dai was evading the important and did not dare to answer Prince Ning directly. It was obvious that Yang Dai was not optimistic about Wang Lun and that Yang Qing and the others could stop the imperial army.
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"How is this possible? That's an army of 100,000 people!"
Yang Dai couldn't help but glance at Wang Hao, and sighed in his heart that even though Wang Hao was once the elder of the pavilion, he obviously knew nothing about military affairs. His understanding of the strength of the army was limited to the comparison of the number of men and horses on both sides.
King Ning seemed to have not heard Wang Hao's words. He just looked at Yang Dai and said: "Since General Yang knows the situation of Wang Lun and Yang Qing, I will not say anything more. I only hope that General Yang will
You can help me capture the city of Nanjing in the shortest possible time."
Yang Dai nodded heavily towards Prince Ning and said, "The last general will take your orders."
Watching Yang Dai leave, Prince Ning couldn't help but sigh, and the worry on his face became more intense.
On the other hand, Wang Hao looked at Prince Ning's worried look. Compared with the confident and high-spirited person before, he seemed to be a different person. This made Wang Hao very curious as to what happened.
What happened? Why did Prince Ning undergo such a big change in such a short period of time?
With a slight cough, Wang Hao looked at Prince Ning and said, "Your Majesty, what are you..."
When Prince Ning heard this, he glanced at Wang Hao. He seemed to have guessed what Wang Hao wanted to ask. A wry smile appeared on his lips. He reached out and took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Hao. He said, "Sir, please read this secret letter first."
."
Looking at the letter handed over by King Ning, Wang Hao was just slightly stunned, and then he realized that it was obvious that the change in King Ning's attitude had a lot to do with this letter. It was even this letter that made King Ning change from the previous one.
My confidence turned into worry now.
Thinking of this, Wang Hao became more and more curious as to what the content of this letter could actually bring about such a big change in Prince Ning.
Reaching out to take the letter, Wang Hao saw the content of the letter. At a glance, his whole expression changed, and soon Wang Hao's expression became solemn.
After a while, Wang Hao exhaled a breath, raised his head and looked at Prince Ning and said, "If it is true as stated in the letter, I am afraid that our current situation will be very dangerous..."
After reading the content of the letter, Wang Hao finally understood why Prince Ning had undergone such a big change, not to mention Prince Ning. After reading the letter, he realized how dangerous their current situation was.
Of course, a letter can change their attitude, which shows that this letter is extraordinary, or that the identity of the person who wrote this letter is very extraordinary.
Although Wang Hao was quite surprised that the other party would secretly have contact with Prince Ning, considering the identity and situation of the other party, it was reasonable to have private contact with Prince Ning.
"Your Majesty, now the arrow is on the string and must be fired. Instead of worrying here, we should send people to supervise General Wang. General Yang and the others must block the imperial reinforcements and buy General Yang enough time."
King Ning nodded slightly when he heard the words and said: "This is the only plan for now. Now the lonely king only hopes that Wang Lun and Yang Qing will not let the lonely king down. As long as they can hold back the imperial army, we can hope to break through Nanjing.
city."
As he spoke, King Ning ordered the guards beside him: "Send people quickly to see Wang Lun, Yang Qing and the others..."
Just at this moment, there was a sudden noise, which immediately attracted the attention of Prince Ning, Wang Hao and others.
"Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty..."
The noise is getting closer and closer. The key is that when Prince Ning and others heard the sound, their expressions became quite strange. The sound was really too familiar.
"What's going on? How come he appears here!"
Wang Hao subconsciously showed a look of surprise and confusion.
Even King Ning looked at the figures coming in a hurry with a confused look on his face. Especially when he saw the leader, King Ning couldn't help but open his eyes wide and said in shock: "Wang Lun, you...you are like this."
yes……"
If it weren’t for the voice he heard just now, and if King Ning was familiar enough with Wang Lun, to be honest, when King Ning saw Wang Lun for the first time, he couldn’t believe that the person in front of him was actually his henchman.
General Wang Lun.
At this time, Wang Lun and the others were all in extremely embarrassed state, their hair was disheveled, and their bodies were covered in blood. Even on their armors, one could see eye-catching marks of being slashed by weapons. It looked like they had experienced something.
A fierce battle ensued.
Needless to say, these people are Wang Lun, Yang Qing and others.
At this time, Prince Ning looked past Wang Lun and landed on the generals of Yang Qing beside him. The surprise in his eyes was even more intense, and he subconsciously said: "Yang Qing, Feng Ji, you..."
Suddenly, Prince Ning seemed to have thought of something. His entire face suddenly turned pale, and his bloodless figure was shaken so much that he almost fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty..."
Upon seeing this, Li Shishi quickly supported King Ning, his eyes fell on Wang Lun, Yang Qing and others, and said with a bit of anxiety: "General Wang, General Yang, aren't you leading an army to resist the imperial army?"
Well, if you don’t lead the troops on the battlefield, why do you suddenly appear here? Could it be that..."
For a moment, Li Shishi didn't even dare to express the ominous premonition in his heart.
All eyes fell on Yang Qing, Wang Lun and the others.
It's really hard to stop thinking about how embarrassed these people are, and some people's expressions have become very ugly.
With a pop, Wang Lun's legs went weak and Yang Qing and others knelt down in front of King Ning, kowtowed and cried: "We have lost, the army has been defeated. The army of 100,000 has been completely defeated. The generals and others are incompetent and let us down."
If you kill the prince, you will be punished by death, so please ask the prince to punish you..."
Although I had some guesses in my mind when I saw the embarrassed looks of several people, guesses are guesses, and I still have a little bit of fantasy. As a result, after hearing what Wang Lun said, Prince Ning's whole body
Suddenly he fainted.
This news is really too exciting. Let alone Prince Ning, no matter who is in Prince Ning's position, he suddenly hears that the army he had high hopes for has been completely defeated in such a short period of time.
, I am afraid that he will be stunned to death like Prince Ning.
Not only did King Ning faint, Wang Hao, Liu Yangzheng and others also clearly heard Wang Lun, Yang Qing and others' words, and each one of them felt as if they had been struck by lightning, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, wake up!"
Fortunately, the personal guards who followed King Ning were loyal enough. After King Ning passed out, they reacted almost immediately. While supporting King Ning, they quickly shook the body of King Ning and tried to wake him up.
King Ning.
The shouts of these personal guards made Wang Hao, Li Shishi, Liu Yangzheng and others come to their senses and their eyes fell on Prince Ning.
Seeing that Prince Ning's face was frighteningly pale, several people suppressed their inner turmoil and hurriedly stepped forward to try and wake up Prince Ning.
After squeezing and squeezing, and shaking his body, finally after spending a lot of effort, Prince Ning, who had fainted, woke up and turned around.
Prince Ning's eyes were somewhat hollow. When his eyes fell on Yang Qing and Wang Lun who were kneeling aside, he suddenly burst out with a look and said: "Wang Lun, Yang Qing, you must be
You are joking with me, the news is false, right..."
Under King Ning's almost pleading eyes, Wang Lun, Yang Qing and other generals lowered their heads in shame, not daring to meet King Ning's eyes.
"My lord, please take care of yourself!"
Li Shishi supported Prince Ning with concern and said tremblingly.
King Ning stood up tremblingly, broke away from Li Shishi, and with the support of Liu Yangzheng and others, he slowly walked to Wang Lun and Yang Qing who were kneeling on the ground and said slowly: "A hundred thousand troops, that's a hundred thousand
Army, I don’t expect you to be able to defeat the imperial army, I just hope that you can withstand it for a while. This is only the first day. In less than a day, you actually told me that an army of 100,000 people was defeated like this.
"
Prince Ning's voice was extremely low, containing endless anger and murderous intent. How could Yang Qing, Wang Lun and others who were kneeling on the ground not feel the anger and murderous intent from Prince Ning? They wanted to beg for mercy, but when they thought of them
He killed an army of 100,000 people in one day, but he didn’t know how to explain it.
"Even if there are 100,000 pigs, they should be able to hold on for a day or two. Tell me, an army of 100,000 people can't hold on for even a day. How did you do it?"
Prince Ning roared angrily, and suddenly pulled out a long knife from the waist of the bodyguard beside him. The gleaming long knife pointed at Wang Lun, Yang Qing and others who were trembling and almost fell to the ground.