Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1386: Great War Revelation Five

"Nanxiang county magistrate, Zhuang Yan, lead the officials of the Nanxiang county government to meet the king!" The Nanxiang county magistrate is a very young man. He has been in office for less than two years. He led the county government officials to welcome Mu Jing at the gate of the city.

It was only after Mu Jing arrived in Nanxiang that he received the news.

came in a hurry.

"We pay homage to the king!"

Behind Zhuang Yan, there were more than [-] people, including officials and officials, who knelt down to greet him.

"This is war time, you don't need to be polite!" Mu Jing dismounted, handed the reins to the guards, walked straight forward, smiled slightly, and personally helped Zhuang Yan up.

"It's a helpless move to enter the city alone!"

Mu Jing patted Zhuang Yan's shoulder, and said softly: "Why do you come here alone this time, you should be clear in your heart, you don't need to make trouble, everyone knows it, keep a low profile as much as possible!"

Under normal circumstances, the Ming army is not allowed to enter the city. Even if they make excuses, they must report it in advance. This is the military regulation, and disturbing the people is the most severe punishment in the military regulation.

Mu Jing came here in pieces. It was too time-consuming to build a tent outside the city, so he had to go to the city to rest.

"promise!"

Zhuang Yan nodded, he summoned a person, the magistrate, and gave a few low-pitched instructions, the people behind him quickly dispersed, and then the people from the six gates began to maintain order in the city.

Zhuang Yan personally introduced Mujing to the former Minghou Mansion.

In Nanxiang County Yamen, there is a Minghou Mansion. This Minghou Mansion has not been moved. Since the move, it has been kept and will not be demolished.

This is a kind of historical research that belongs to the establishment of Ming Dynasty. In many people's minds, this place belongs to the land of dragon aura of King Mujing of Ming Dynasty. It has dragon aura, so naturally they dare not wantonly destroy it.

Marching for two consecutive days before crossing the Dongshan Plank Road was exhausting for Mu Jing. After resting, he quickly began to catch up on sleep.

Even though he keeps practicing martial arts, he hasn't marched or fought for several years. Such a high-intensity march in the rain still hurts his health. Most people can't bear it, even warriors.

After a few hours of cultivation, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it was already night.

After dinner, he asked, "The light in the front hall is on, who is there?"

"Nanxiang order!"

Ma Chao never left Mujing, even when he was sleeping, he would hold his spear and rest his eyes closed outside Mujing's house. Entering Nanzhou was equivalent to entering the battlefield, and he did not dare to relax.

Although Mu Jing had to go to the battlefield in person in this battle, he must not take risks. This was a military order issued by Ma Chao in front of the courtiers in Zhaoming Pavilion. If any accident happened to Mu Jing, he would be the first to die.

"Didn't you let him go back?" Mu Jing frowned.

"He was afraid that the king would call him at any time, so he just waited in the front hall. However, this person is still a bit diligent, and he also handles the county government affairs in the front hall. He is not very old, and he is a bit old!"

Ma Chao said in a low voice.

"Let him in!"

Mu Jing thought for a while and said.

He had heard of Zhuang Yan once. Now under the Ming Dynasty, there are more than ten prefectures and more than a hundred counties. He can remember the governors of the prefectures clearly, but not everyone can remember the county magistrates clearly.

After all, he is in command of the states, and the counties belong to the officials of the state capitals. It is the governors of the states who remember them.

Yan Yan, the governor of Nanzhou.

He was a military commander.

Back then, in order to suppress the Yizhou system, Mujing kicked Yan Yan out of a military general and let him be a civil servant. Although Yan Yan was a military general, he did a good job in managing local affairs.

Originally, Mu Jing just wanted to make a transition, to weaken the influence of Yizhou surrendered generals in the army, and when he stabilized in the future, he would pull Yan Yan out. After all, he is a rare general.

But later, Mu Jing changed his mind on this aspect.

Yan Yan is a person who can manage a party well.

The reform of the New Deal has set off storms everywhere. Yan Yan is not particularly famous in supporting the New Deal, and he is not even a member of the New Deal party. In Nanzhou, the New Deal policy is more dominated by Zhuge Xuan, but if Zhuge Xuan didn't have the iron-blooded wrist of Yan Yan who was born as a general behind him, and the Nanzhou New Deal would not be so easy to implement.

At least half of Zhuge Xuan's contribution to the New Deal is due to Yan Yan.

It's just that Yan Yan's methods are more sophisticated. He not only pushes Zhuge Xuan out, but he is more manipulative behind the scenes, and he at least supports the New Deal. If he is against it, it is impossible for Nanzhou to implement the New Deal policy.

And Zhuang Yan is not only Yan Yan's disciple trained from Hanzhong, but also Yan Yan's son-in-law.

It can be regarded as the half descendant of Yan Yan.

In addition, he is quite capable in terms of new policies. At least the implementation of new policies in Nanxiang County is also among the best in Nanzhou.

"Zhuang Yan, meet your majesty!" Zhuang Yan walked in and bowed his hands here.

"sit!"

Mu Jing gestured.

"Yes!" Zhuang Yan sat down in the seat on the left column with some restraint, his face obviously tense.

"Relax, Gu will not eat people!"

Mu Jing smiled, and said: "Yonghong, this is the name your teacher gave you, so let me call you like this, Yonghong, you have done a good job in Nanxiang. I've seen your name many times!"

"I just did my job well, and I dare not say credit!" Zhuang Yan said hastily.

"well said!"

Mu Jing nodded: "If every county magistrate is like you and does his own job well, he will not have much trouble. If he is an official but not for the people, it is better to be a tenant. You can do it. Doing your job well and being worthy of the county magistrate's responsibility is already very good!"

"Thank you King for your praise. In the future, I will do my best to build Nanxiang better!" Zhuang Yan was a little excited.

"I don't care about the local affairs. I have to go and inspect them in person in the future. If you have meritorious service, the court will not treat you badly. My country of Ming is a place where meritorious deeds are rewarded and demerits are punished!"

Mu Jing comforted him for a while, and then asked: "I came here this time for the purpose of fighting. Do you know how the battle in Nanzhou is going?"

"The minister doesn't know much, it's just hearsay!"

"Then tell me!"

"I heard that Wancheng is in danger. In the past two days, Wancheng has twitched six gates from various places and went to Wancheng and our Nanxiang. More than [-] twitched arresters went there. At present, the power to maintain order in the city is slightly insufficient. As for There is no more news about the specific situation in Wancheng!"

The military system of the Ming Dynasty is different from the princes of the world. Apart from the regular army, the Ming Dynasty has no local army. The only one that maintains the locality is the six gates. Now the six gates have established government offices in various places to supplement manpower, but it is still slightly inferior.

Nanxiang has a total of less than [-] arrests, and they are deployed in the area. There is simply not enough manpower to maintain order. Now that so many people have been transferred, the order in Nanxiang has obviously become a little chaotic in the past few days. Many local gangsters Zizi is usually overwhelmed, but now he is a little crazy.

"The situation has reached such a point?"

Mu Jing's eyes were a little gloomy.

Although he has arrived as soon as possible, it is obvious that Wei Jun is faster and has begun to advance to the point where he can threaten Wancheng.

Wancheng cannot be lost.

This is not only the capital of Nanzhou, but also the dividing line representing a battle line. If Wancheng is lost, then for the Ming army, the next battle will not be based on the north of Nanzhou, but on the entire south. The state is a battlefield, so the damage to Nanzhou is too great. After a few years of peace, once Nanzhou is reduced to a bloody battlefield, the people's hearts accumulated over the years will directly collapse.

If you say a thousand things and ten thousand things, if you can't protect your own people, the people will naturally not agree with the court. This is the most fundamental and realistic point.

"Meng Qi!"

"Your Majesty!" Ma Chao folded his hands and stood by.

"Soldiers from all walks of life, do you have any news?"

"Except for the main force of the other two battalions of the Divine Guard, we have been contacted. We can gather in Nanxiang tonight. There is no news about the rest of the troops. It is unclear where they marched!"

The Dongshan plank road is narrow, and it takes too long for the army to cross the border.

So we can only divide our troops.

With the division of troops, it is equivalent to crossing the border at the same time, crossing the border from Hanzhou to Nanzhou. The roads taken are different, and the troubles encountered are also different, and the speed is naturally different.

Under the personal escort of the Shenwei Battalion, Mu Jing went into battle lightly and entered Nanzhou at the fastest speed.

But other soldiers and horses must not be so fast.

Although they are all elite, relatively speaking, the Divine Guard is even more elite. As the army of Mujing Suwei, the Divine Guard is not only very strict in training, but also has a strict elimination system. Among them, supplementary elites came in to maintain the peak combat effectiveness.

So don't look at the fact that the Divine Guard rarely fights on the battlefield, but in terms of elites, it surpasses all armies.

"Leave them alone!"

Mu Jing paced back and forth, pondered for a while, thought for a while, and then gave the order: "Immediately order the third battalion of Shenwei. Before dawn, we must gather. Once dawn, we will march towards Wancheng!"

"Your Majesty, don't you wait for the generals to gather?" Ma Chao frowned.

Wancheng is now about to become a battlefield, and going to Wancheng now is somewhat risky.

"Although Zhang Ren led [-] elite troops to reinforce, once the left and right lines of defense are breached, the entire line of defense will lose its defensive effect and collapse directly. In the end, only the offensive and defensive battle of Wancheng will be left!"

Mu Jing said in a low voice: "We can't afford to gamble!"

"But..." Ma Chao gritted his teeth: "Wancheng is a little dangerous at this time. Your Majesty can't be in danger. It's better to wait for the generals to gather their main force and go to meet them!"

"No!"

Mu Jing shook his head: "It's still safe at this time, but people's hearts are bound to be turbulent, and I need to go to stabilize people's hearts and buy more time. When our main force arrives, otherwise, the front of Wancheng will be broken ahead of time, and we will be defeated." Lost the advantage of this battle!"

Mu Jing sighed, looking at the sky outside, there was no starlight at all. Although the rain had stopped, the sky was obviously still dark, and he said quietly: "Wei army has at least 30 main forces, and our army can't add up. It is less than 15, this battle is so dangerous that we cannot tolerate half a point of failure!"

When the main force of the Wei army is assembled, 30 is more than enough, but it is hard to say how many main forces Cao Cao will mobilize.

As for the Ming army, the number of soldiers capable of fighting is only [-] to [-].

Jingping's Fourth Army, Divine Guard Army, and Violent Bear's two armies.

Seven armies.

10,000+ main force, but we have to exclude civil servants and generals, and we must also stabilize the logistics and transportation insurance. The main force that can be dispatched is [-].

Although the Ming army is very strong, even in one battle and two, there is a chance.

But on the battlefield, this is not how combat power is counted.

Too many ants can kill people. For example, if you can compete with [-] soldiers with [-] soldiers, it is not impossible. There is a good chance that you can win more with less. very difficult.

Even if you have stronger fighting power, in this kind of war, as long as you break a battle formation, you will be considered chaotic. In a chaotic battle, you will need to fight desperately. When the time comes, it is not impossible to lose the army under the injury.

So in this battle, Mujing's odds of winning are actually not high, especially when Cao Cao is about to fight his way out, his chances of winning are even lower.

But up to now, it is impossible not to fight.

"Your Majesty..." Ma Chao wanted to persuade him, but Mu Jing was already impatient.

"This is a military order, follow it immediately!"

Mu Jing gave a cold snort.

"promise!"

Ma Chao had no choice but to take the order and go by Mujing’s side, not for a day or two, but for a while. He somewhat understood the temperament of the great king Mujing, and he became stubborn, and no one could persuade him. He, so I can only be more careful, once in danger, I will be desperate to snatch Mujing out first.

"Yonghong!" Mu Jing patted Zhuang Yan's shoulder at this time, and said: "In the next period of time, Nanxiang will be a link, a place where the main force of our army will gather. You must be prepared to deal with the army , although the military and the government are separated, but now it is a battle of life and death, and the matter is urgent, if necessary, you will do your best to help the Nanxiang county government!"

Marching will definitely encounter all kinds of troubles.

Many times it will not bother the place.

But now, every minute will lead to changes on the battlefield, so it is normal to need the support of the local government. Mu Jing told Zhuang Yan in advance, and he did not want Zhuang Yan to be confused at this time.

In the final analysis, he was the one who delegated the power of the local government to the local government. Even if Zhuang Yan ignored him, there was nothing he could do about it. Rules are rules, and the New Deal policies he established cannot be regarded as farting.

That's why he lowered his posture and asked Zhuang Yan to help with a negotiating attitude.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know the importance. During the war, in order to protect the stability of the place, you should do your best to support the son of the army!"

Zhuang Yan nodded heavily and bowed his hands to accept the order.

At this time, war is the only theme. Whoever dares to stand in the way will be the enemy of the court. Zhuang Yan is not stupid. If he follows the rules at this time, what awaits him will be the queen of autumn.

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While Mujing was rushing towards Wancheng, the Battle of Bowang had come to an end.

Under Lu Bu's ferocity, the Ming army could not stop it.

The Ming army has been defeated.

The Violent Bear's first army was injured by more than a quarter, the morale of the army collapsed, and two city walls were lost.

Zhou Cang couldn't hold back, so he had to abandon Bowang County and withdraw the main force to Xi'e.

He is also considered smart.

Instead of withdrawing from Wancheng, they retreated to Xi'e, keeping the last line of defense, and at least had a chance to counterattack.

If Wancheng is withdrawn at this time, then relatively

(End of this chapter)