Everyone sweated for Wu Wending, but Wu Wending said very calmly: "My lord, the defenders of Anqing City have been fighting for more than a month, and it is already a fluke to be able to hold Anqing City, but they are really unable to send reinforcements!" Moreover, Anqing is an important city on the way for King Ning to attack Nanjing City, and the lower officials must ensure that Anqing City cannot be lost! ”

Peng Ze's eyes immediately narrowed, he didn't expect that a small prefect would not be afraid at all in the face of him, a senior member of the court, and his expression was very calm! I didn't care at all about his questioning, and I refuted it with reason!

It seems that this Wu Wending, who has been sticking to Anqing for more than a month, is not a person who is easy to handle! Peng Ze said with a gloomy face: "The defeat of the imperial army, the loss of troops and generals is all because you Anqing City failed to reinforce in time, and this official will join you in front of the emperor!" ”

"The defeat of the army was because it was in a hurry to fall into the ambush of King Ning's army, what does it have to do with whether Anqing City sent reinforcements?" Wu Wending hadn't spoken yet, and a loud voice had already shouted.

This loud voice is none other than Chu Tianba! This guy has an upright temperament, although he is a good hand in fighting, but when it comes to being an official, it is far worse!

This throat suddenly hit Peng Ze's sore spot, Peng Ze's face changed greatly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say?" What do you know as a mere sesame officer? Is there a place for you to interject? ”

Chu Tianba immediately refused to accept it, what's wrong with your official university? Is it justified to lose the battle? At the beginning, he and thousands of brothers blocked King Ning's army for so long, and you led an army of 50,000 to be beaten by King Ning, how can it be unreasonable!

Wu Wending knew the temperament of this Chu Tianba, for fear that he would make a mistake, although Peng Ze led the army and suffered a defeat, but who knows what the emperor will do with him? Moreover, he is now a member of the imperial court, and he is one of the ministers of the Qin faction who quelled the rebellion.

Before Chu Tianba could speak, Wu Wending had already said lightly: "What is the truth, the lower officials believe that the emperor will make a clear decision!" It's good that our people in Anqing City have a clear conscience! ”

In all conscience? What a clear conscience! Peng Ze smiled angrily, he also understood in his heart that the reason why Wu Wending was so tough was because Wu Wending had great merit!

Wu Wending stuck to Anqing City and dragged King Ning's army in Anqing City for more than a month, buying enough time for the imperial court, and defending Nanjing City to avoid causing greater political impact and wider war! Therefore, Wu Wending must have made great contributions!

And he, Peng Ze, suffered a defeat under Anqing City, and led an army of 50,000 but suffered a defeat, which completely became a stark contrast to Wu Wending! Therefore, he Peng Ze didn't dare to do anything to Wu Wending, at least now he didn't dare to do anything to Wu Wending!

Therefore, although his heart was blocked uncomfortably, Peng Ze still took a breath and endured it, he has been an official for many years, and the city still has this point, so he can endure it for the time being, he will have a time when you cry!

Because Peng Ze has more important things, he wants to take the defenders of Anqing City to pursue King Ning's army together! Only by defeating King Ning's army can he be cleared of his guilt!

"Good! Good! Good! This matter has the emperor's own clear judgment, and don't talk about it! Now King Ning's army has gone against the west, and the emperor himself led an army of 50,000 to attack Nanchang. Peng Ze said in a deep voice.

In fact, Wu Wending is a simple character, he can guess Peng Ze's thoughts clearly! If you simply want to increase the troops in Jiangxi and share the emperor's worries, although Peng Ze has lost his troops, he still has 20,000 troops in his hands, and he can go west to reinforce the emperor!

But Peng Ze just wanted to pull the men and horses of Anqing City, obviously not simply wanting to increase troops in Jiangxi! He was thinking of fighting with King Ning's army again, so as to clear himself of the guilt of the last defeat.

But will Wu Wending agree to Peng Ze's request? Obviously not, these soldiers defending the city have followed him to fight bloodily for a month, how can he take them to death?

Yes, Wu Wending thought that following Peng Ze to pursue King Ning's army was to send him to death! So Wu Wending frowned and said: "My lord, Xia Guan once received a letter from the imperial court, and the prefectures along the way were fortified in the city!" However, Xia Guan has never received an order to lead troops to reinforce Jiangxi, so he does not dare to lead troops to leave Anqing City without permission! ”

Peng Ze's chest was stuffy for a while, but he didn't expect Wu Wending to refuse so neatly, which made his expectations all shattered! If he can't defeat King Ning's army, then not only will he not be able to get away with it, but he will also carry this stain for the rest of his life!

"Petropolitan! How can you be so pedantic as a man and an official? King Ning's army has already gone west to fight the emperor's army! Shouldn't we, as courtiers, go west for reinforcements? Do you still have loyalty to the emperor in your heart? Are you going to be an unfaithful and unrighteous man? Peng Ze said in a fierce voice.

"My lord, Admiral Zhang and Lord Wang are both famous generals who have been in battle for a long time, with these two adults around the emperor, how can the army of the imperial court lose? If reinforcements are needed, the emperor will issue an order, and without the emperor's will, the lower officials should guard Anqing and block King Ning's way east! Wu Wending explained very calmly, looking unmoved!

Peng Ze stared at Wu Wending with a ruthless look, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Okay!" Very good! I hope the emperor will believe what you say! ”

After Peng Ze said it, he snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves away! Peng Ze's trip into the city ended unhappily. Wu Wending watched Peng Ze leave in silence.

"Phew! What kind of officials are these? Chu Tianba said with some dissatisfaction.

Only Chu Tian was overbearing, and the rest of the officials were a little worried: "My lord, why bother? If he goes to the emperor to sue the adult, what will he do? ”

Hmph, I'm afraid it's hard to protect himself, Wu Wending snorted coldly in his heart, and said lightly: "Close the city gate!" ”

After Peng Ze returned to the camp, although he was very angry, after thinking about it deeply, he felt that since he had not fooled the soldiers and horses in Anqing City, it was not appropriate to pursue King Ning with his own remnants of the defeated army!

Now that he has lost the battle, it is not easy to wash away the stain! If you directly lead the army to reinforce now, you will simply throw yourself into the net! Unless, the emperor's army lost in Jiangxi, so that his defeat would be nothing, and at that time, he would lead the army to reinforce, which would be a charcoal in the snow!

As for the emperor asking why he didn't lead the army to the west to reinforce at the beginning, it was because he wanted to hold Anqing and cut off King Ning's way to the east!

In this way, Peng Ze was stationed under the city of Anqing, anxiously waiting for the news of the Jiangxi battlefield! However, the situation in Jiangxi did not go as he wished!

(End of chapter)