Li Huan saw the reactions of everyone in his eyes, and there was a bit of a smile on his lips, but his expression was correct and he said: "It's too early to say this now. You must know that Prince Ning and all his confidants have not been arrested. If
If you let Prince Ning and others escape, it may not cause any more trouble."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Xu and others also looked stern. They naturally knew that what Li Huan said was not unreasonable. The biggest threat to King Ning's rebels was King Ning. It can be said that there are people with ulterior motives and ulterior motives.
In his eyes, Prince Ning is a big flag. As long as Prince Ning is still there, he can use Prince Ning to attack the imperial court.
Therefore, as long as Prince Ning and his subordinates are not captured alive, Prince Ning's rebellion will not be completely quelled. Xu took a deep breath and slowly said: "Not long ago, I sent people to capture Prince Ning.
I hope everything goes well."
Before capturing Prince Ning, even Xu Yan did not dare to say that he would be able to capture Prince Ning alive. After all, no one could guarantee whether there would be any accidents during the process.
Let's say that King Ning, surrounded by Yang Dai and a group of confidants, took advantage of the chaos and left the camp with some elites. He chose a direction and ran all the way.
The carriage creaked and creaked. On top of the carriage, Prince Ning had a gloomy expression and kept cursing in his mouth.
"God damn Li Huan, if it hadn't been for this dog thief, I might have broken the city of Nanjing and crossed the river with that faint king to conquer it!"
Obviously, in King Ning's view, the reason why he ended up in the situation he was in now was entirely because of Li Huan.
After all, since he started the army, it can be said that everything has been going so smoothly. He needs soldiers and food. In just a few months, he has received the support of a large number of people and built a group of twenty or thirty people.
A team of ten thousand people came.
He even fought all the way to Nanjing City. Seeing Nanjing City in sight, the original good luck seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and was replaced by a series of misfortunes. It can be said that with the appearance of Li Huan, everything about him has changed.
Things started to go wrong. First, a night attack on Nanjing City was discovered by the Jin Yiwei. Then, an army of 200,000 to 300,000 people was vulnerable to a single blow and was completely defeated by Li Huan.
The grand hegemony that had originally seen hope was so far gone. It can be said that Prince Ning wished he could eat Li Huan alive. Wang Hao, Liu Yangzheng, and Li Shishi who were sitting in the carriage were all silent.
At this time, even a fool can see that Prince Ning is angry. No matter who tries to persuade him, he will probably be targeted by Prince Ning to vent his anger.
Finally, when King Ning got tired from scolding Li Huan, the carriage became slightly quiet.
Wang Hao, who was stroking his beard, glanced at Prince Ning and said with a bit of solemnity in his eyes: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do next? Do you have any plans?"
After this defeat, Prince Ning's momentum can be said to have been greatly reduced, and it can even be described as embarrassed.
Originally, hundreds of thousands of troops were in hand, and their prestige shook the vast Jiangnan area, and even the entire Ming Dynasty turned their attention to it. However, so many soldiers and horses were lost in one battle. It is conceivable that if the news spreads, who knows what will happen
How many people's jaws dropped.
At this time, King Ning must consider where to go next to make a comeback. If there is no clear goal, I am afraid that those who are still following King Ning will disperse one by one.
So what King Ning has to do at this time is to stabilize people's hearts. Although the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops in the First World War brought King Ning back to before liberation, as long as those who follow King Ning and represent all forces are still willing to follow
King Ning, then King Ning will have a chance to make a comeback.
This is also the reason why Wang Hao suddenly asked Prince Ning about his future plans at this time.
It was obvious that Prince Ning had not yet reacted to the shadow of the great defeat. After listening to Wang Hao's words, a look of confusion appeared on his face, and he did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all.
Not only King Ning, but also Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng, who have always been regarded by King Ning as having done something wrong, are still not on the stage in terms of overall view, and are much worse than Wang Haolai.
After all, if the two of them really have any overall view, it is impossible
He will commit himself to King Ning, a local vassal king.
It can be said that if we look at the Ming Dynasty, how many of the truly talented literati would be willing to defect to the local vassal kings?
Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng looked at Wang Hao in confusion.
Wang Hao saw the expressions and reactions of several people and couldn't help but sighed secretly, and immediately explained it to Prince Ning.
Prince Ning couldn't help but change his expression after hearing Wang Hao's words. It was related to whether he still had hope to make a comeback in the future, or it was directly related to his life and death. Naturally, Prince Ning did not dare to ignore it.
Then he saw Prince Ning holding Wang Hao's hand, looking at Wang Hao with a pleading look on his face and saying, "Please ask Mr. Wang Ge to teach me a lesson! I hope Mr. Ge can show me a bright way. If he conquers the world in the future, King Ge will help me."
I will definitely live up to Mr. Ge."
Until this time, King Ning was still thinking about fighting for the world. It can only be said that the thief will not die.
When Wang Hao heard this, he actually showed a bit of relief. If Prince Ning was discouraged, it would be a big problem. After all, these people are equivalent to boarding Prince Ning's pirate ship. No matter what, they have boarded Prince Ning's pirate ship.
From the moment he got off the boat, he was tied to Prince Ning, and both prospered and suffered.
Perhaps those local powerful people still had the opportunity to quietly disembark and make a clear relationship with King Ning because they were not conspicuous enough. However, for some local powerful people, such as Wang Hao, squires and even officials, they never looked back.
If there is no chance, we can only go to the dark side with Prince Ning.
These people can also be said to be the most loyal to King Ning at this time, or it can be said that they have no choice but to continue to support King Ning.
Wang Hao analyzed the situation he was facing little by little for Prince Ning, and Prince Ning's eyes gradually became brighter.
I have to say that Wang Hao's words gave King Ning a little more confidence. You must know that the reason why King Ning cursed Li Huan so crazily since the defeat was to suppress the fear in his heart.
He knew very well that after his defeat, he would fall into the hands of the imperial court if he was not careful, and then there would be only death waiting for him.
Moreover, Prince Ning did not understand the thoughts of those who were following him now. He did not know what the thoughts of those who were following him now were and whether they were trustworthy.
At this time, if someone suddenly jumped out and chose to capture him and hand him over to the court in exchange for the court's pardon, King Ning would not be surprised at all.
Now listening to Wang Hao's analysis, Prince Ning found that although his situation was very bad, it had not reached the point of betrayal and separation as he had feared.
After exhaling a long breath, Prince Ning looked at Wang Hao with a grateful face and said, "Sir, your words made me enlightened. I, Sir, am as comfortable as a fish in water..."
Wang Hao coughed lightly and looked at Ning Wang and said: "As the saying goes, if you can keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about having firewood. As long as the prince can escape this time, there will definitely be a chance to make a comeback in the future, but he must make up his mind now.
, determine where we want to go next.”
If he is running around like a headless fly without any purpose, he may not be able to escape the imperial court's arrest in the end. Moreover, if he does not have a clear goal, then the defeated troops following King Ning may disperse within a day.
Most of it.
Prince Ning frowned and glanced at Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi subconsciously.
It's a pity that Liu Yangzheng and Li Shishi didn't have any good suggestions at this time. In the end, Prince Ning looked at Wang Hao and said, "I wonder how you can teach me, sir?"
As he spoke, Prince Ning said subconsciously: "How about we return to Nanchang Mansion..."
"No!"
Wang Hao spoke almost instinctively.
Prince Ning looked at Wang Hao with some confusion, as if he didn't quite understand why Wang Hao prevented him from returning to Nanchang Mansion.
After all, in Prince Ning's view, Nanchang Mansion was his home base. After this defeat, only by returning to Nanchang Mansion could he regain his strength and make a comeback in the shortest possible time.
However, Wang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty knows the importance of Nanchang Mansion to him, doesn't it mean that the imperial court doesn't know that? Li Huannu is extremely deceitful. If I am right, he must have been heading to Nanchang."
of the government
An ambush has been set up on the road, just waiting for us to fall into a trap."
Prince Ning's expression changed slightly, with a look of panic on his face as he said, "Ah, what should we do?"
Suddenly, there was a noise outside, and someone could vaguely hear someone shouting loudly: "Oh no, the court's pursuers are catching up. Everyone, run away!"
I don’t know how many times this happened, but even so, when he heard the movement outside, Prince Ning couldn’t help but look fearful and said to the outside: "General Yang, what happened to the court’s pursuers?"
Every time the court's pursuers came up, Yang Dai would mobilize some of the rebels to stop them and buy time for them to escape. It could be said that King Ning had placed his hopes on Yang Dai time and time again, and he had a lot of trust in Yang Dai.
Yang Dai's slightly hoarse voice came from outside: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the end will be around, and I will definitely keep Your Majesty safe and sound."
After hearing what Yang Dai said, King Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm so lucky to have a general to protect me!"
Outside, Yang Dai was not as relaxed as he appeared. Looking at the cavalry team behind him with smoke billowing in pursuit, Yang Dai's face was full of solemnity.
There were almost thousands of elites who originally escaped from the camp with them. It is not an exaggeration to say that these thousands of people are elites. After all, among these thousands of people, except for some of them, they were carefully selected to protect Prince Ning.
Except for Wei, the rest of the people are the confidants of each family.
However, some people who were lucky enough to escape along the way quietly left halfway, and some people didn't know whether they were alive or dead because they stayed to fend off the pursuers.
Up to now, the number of soldiers and horses still with them is less than 2,000.
Although the number of men and horses of less than 2,000 may seem large at first glance, they all belong to different groups. At least half of the men and horses obeyed Yang Dai's orders. In this case, you can only imagine how many men and horses Yang Dai can really mobilize.
And know it.
Yang Dai looked at the dark mass of cavalry chasing them, and for the first time his face showed a solemn look.
In the previous waves of pursuers, Yang Dai only left some of his men and horses to stop them, but this time Yang Dai lost the confidence he had before.
In fact, at first glance, these cavalrymen are not comparable to those waves of pursuing soldiers.
The previous waves of pursuers were actually the nobles from Nanjing City, their families' generals, and some of their troops. These people were trying to capture King Ning, but it was obviously unrealistic to ask them to fight tooth and nail.
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Besides, there is no problem with the soldiers and horses in Nanjing defending the city, but they are not elite. Once they encounter the rebels fighting for their lives, their true colors will be revealed.
What caught up this time was more than a thousand cavalry led by Chen Ang. Li Huan naturally understood the principle of capturing the king first. When Li Huan led the army to attack the rebel camp of King Ning, Li Huan had already arranged for Chen Ang to
Ang and Xu Ying each led a part of their troops to search for King Ning among the rebellious army in order to capture King Ning alive.
However, Prince Ning was very decisive in escaping, so by the time Chen Ang found clues and caught up, Prince Ning and his party had already taken advantage of the chaos and escaped.
However, Chen Ang pursued all the way, and finally his efforts paid off and he caught up with Prince Ning and his party.
Looking at the chaotic scene ahead, Chen Ang's eyes flashed. He looked back at his men who had been chasing for most of the night and looked a little tired. He immediately shouted loudly: "Soldiers, in front of you is Prince Ning.
Waiting for a group of rebels, would you like to follow my general to capture them alive and present them to the court?" All the soldiers suddenly felt as if they had been beaten to death.
All fools know that if they can capture Prince Ning alive, it will be a great achievement. When the time comes, people like them dare not say that they will be promoted to three levels one by one, and they will definitely be rewarded for it.
It can be said that the greatest achievement of this battle was to capture King Ning alive. Now that the opportunity is right in front of them, it would be strange for them not to be tempted.
"The general is mighty, the general is mighty!"
The crowd's morale soared, shouting loudly, and at the same time, following Chen Ang, they rushed towards the rebels in front.
At this time, Yang Dai was yelling at his slightly panicked men. As always, Yang Dai separated hundreds of men and horses to stay and stop them.
However this time
Yang Dai was disappointed. The troops he left behind to block the attack were no match for the elite cavalry led by Chen Ang. They were overwhelmed by the torrent of cavalry without even blocking a single charge.
Yang Dai, who was about to protect King Ning and continue on his way, heard a shrill scream from behind him, and then saw the soldiers who had been cut off from the rear and were overwhelmed by the cavalry.
Yang Dai was obviously stunned by this scene. He never thought that Chen Ang's cavalry would be so terrifying. With just one impact, hundreds of soldiers who were determined to die and retreated without even a trace of waves.
There was movement.
"Hiss, this...could this not be the elite troops of the imperial court? Could it be that the champion prince personally led his army to catch up?"
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