Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 12
He heard the signal for Mingjin to withdraw from the rear.

The Jurchens soldiers quickly retreated out of the range of their bows and arrows like flowing water, consciously organized a defensive formation, and slowly withdrew back to the camp.

Huang Jitai was in a good mood. Looking at the moat that had been filled in the distance, he nodded with satisfaction. Today, the purpose of filling was completed at a very small cost.

But the other generals didn't understand. The impatient Hu Yanhan couldn't help asking when he just returned to the camp;
"Khan, why did you withdraw? The main section of the moat has been filled, and we can attack the city on a large scale in the afternoon. Why did you come back?"

Huang Jitai said unhurriedly;
"Let me ask you, when the commander-in-chief of the Dawu reinforcements came to arrest me, we ambushed them. Did they break through our northern blockade and return to Pingyang County after they broke through?"

"Back to the big sweat, absolutely not. These warriors are really shameful. I thought they would break through to the north and return to Pingyang City! Who knew that they would run south so cowardly. According to the chasing soldiers, they ran back to the pass in one breath .”

"Then think about it again, who can command an army of 20 in this city now?"

"That's right, who is in command of this Pingyang County city? The previous guard Zhang, no, I heard that the old general surnamed Zhang was shot and wounded by our eagle shooting warriors. I heard that the golden sore burst and died later?"

"You, you finally got the key point. I was a little impatient before. I thought that if the Dawu reinforcements lost their commander, they would be leaderless and lose their combat effectiveness. If we raid again and try to win Pingyang County at the lowest price, then our dominance will become !"

Huang Jitai's face was full of longing, and he continued;

"But on the contrary, after these two days of fighting, the general defending the city is a powerful figure. I think he should have all the military power, so we are facing 20 defenders, so we can't be in a hurry, fight for it Give the soldiers the best condition, and win once, if it becomes a war of attrition, we will lose half of this battle, and the Yuezhi people are still watching us, so we still have to make a quick decision and make a time difference."

"Understood, Big Khan, attack directly tomorrow morning, without giving the enemy a break."

Hu Yanhan knew what Da Khan meant, and it would be better to take down Pingyang County in one day tomorrow, so as not to cause trouble.

"Well, very good! Let the warriors take a good rest today, and see the outcome tomorrow! Tell the logistics department to adjust the siege weapons as soon as possible, and use them all tomorrow."

"Yes, sweat!"

In the city of Pingyang County,
Zhang Jinyu brought Ning Bian back to the General's Mansion, and the two of them were puzzled on the way!
Why did the Jurchens retreat?
Could it be that people have three urgencies, that Huang Jitai can't do it?

No matter what Zhang Jinyu thinks, it's weird, or there may be some conspiracy, but it's broad daylight, and the sky is bright.

"My lord, will you sneak attack at night?"

Ning Bian conjectured and expressed his opinion, if they didn't fight during the day, they must have fought at night.

"It makes sense, let the people from Jiawu withdraw to rest, and the people from Jiawen take turns to watch the night, and leave 2000 people on duty on each of the other three walls, and the rest will also take turns to rest. Let the 1 cavalry of Zhang Yuanpeng's [-]th Battalion go out of the city to take turns Go and harass the Jurchens guarding the river section, don’t love to fight, just run away.”

"My lord, why are you still withdrawing so many people? Instead, send cavalry, aren't you afraid of a sneak attack?"

"Ningbian, my intention is very simple. Sending cavalry to counterattack and harass the Jurchens can not only serve as a warning, but also disturb the enemy. The Jurchens must firmly guard the buried river section, and besides, they are all in the eyes of both sides. Can it still be considered a sneak attack?"

"It's me who got the picture, the general has a fortune!"

Ning Bian flattered and said at his side, I really didn't expect this, the key is that I have been thinking about the sneak attack all the time.

"You and Ningbian will also flatter. Let's not gossip. Tomorrow will be a bloody battle. Unless Huang Jitai is stupid and fights with me, but Huang Jitai is not a fool, so tell the generals of the Zhang family that tomorrow will start from Zhang Wenqing's third battalion. One guards the east city, Zhang Xiaolin's sixth battalion is the reserve team, followed by Zhang Mingzhe's seventh battalion, plus the eighth battalion's [-] infantry, the last is Jiawen and Jiawu, I hope it's not like this!"

Ning Bian also had a dignified face, knowing that tomorrow is the key, and the Jurchen's attack power may exceed imagination.

"Follow the general!"

"One more thing, why do you call me Sir at home, but General here?"

Zhang Jinyu has been wanting to ask this question for a long time, why does this name keep changing.

"Reply, my lord, this is the name of the military officer. At home, he is the master, and he is called the lord. On the battlefield, he is the general. Of course, when he is above the earl, he is honored as uncle and marquis."

"Understood! If I become an uncle, Lord Hou, people in your house will not change their words in the future, and it will seem troublesome."

"Of course, my lord will belong to Uncle, Lord Hou, it's just a matter of time!"

"You still listen to what you say! Go!"

"Yes, my lord, the last general is going."

Watching Ning Bian leave Zhang's mansion to deliver orders,
Only then did Zhang Jinyu realize that she hadn't gone to her mother's place to pay her respects for many days, which was not filial in the feudal society.
think of this,
Zhang Jinyu called the guards, and with the help of the guards, he took off his armor, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the inner courtyard of the mansion.

Because my mother was from Jinling, a well-known talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River, she liked the unique garden rockery in the south of the Yangtze River, so my father built a separate courtyard in the mansion for my mother to enjoy when he was alive, and now he lives in it directly.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, it was not so much a courtyard as a palace, covering a very large area. In addition to flowers and trees, there was also a large forest, and there was a large artificial lake in the center of the courtyard.

Walking straight inside, I can feel a fresh fragrance that enters the nostrils, elegant and rich.

This is the smell of cinnamon, Zhang Jinyu's favorite smell, no matter where it is, it smells so pure and good!
Continue to go inside, pavilions, towers, rockery and flowing water, it is really beautiful and the cost is extraordinary,
It's just too extravagant, too corrupt, too feudal, but I like it.

On the high ground on the north side of the artificial lake in the center of the courtyard, a very large and antique five-story attic was built. This is also very rare in Dawu, and the cost of such a high building must be high.

This is the tallest building in Pingyang County, the famous Dongyun Building. Standing on the top of the building, you can see the Luoyun Lake outside the city and the rising sun in the morning, especially the purple air coming from the east in the early morning, which is absolutely beautiful.

My mother lived on the first floor downstairs, and the maids were busy going in and out, it really was depraved.

Zhang Jinyu strode towards the attic without looking carefully.

When the maid saw her, she knelt on the ground;
"I've seen adults!"

Zhang Jinyu is still very unaccustomed to the custom of kneeling down when she sees the host,

"Get up, go about your business and leave me alone."

"Thank you, my lord,"

Zhang Jinyu ignored them and went straight into the house,
At the first sight, I saw a big bronze cauldron with incense that I don't know what it was called, and it was still airtight everywhere.

Seeing this, Zhang Jinyu suspected that breathing pm2.5 for a long time would be good, and she didn't know what to think.

"Come here, put out the incense, open the window to let in the air, let the air flow in every day from now on, don't light the incense anymore."

Zhang Jinyu said to the maids outside the door,

"This? It's my lord."

The maids came in and began to open the windows for ventilation and put out the incense.

The people in the back room heard the movement,

The mistress of the Zhang family, and also Zhang Jinyu's mother, Wang Shihan, really didn't want to move these days. Hearing such a big commotion outside, he knew it was his precious son.

"Lan Yue'er, why don't you go outside to see what's going on?"

"Yes, old lady,"

Lan Yueer just wanted to get up,
I saw Zhang Jinyu coming in carelessly,
"Don't go, I'm coming in,"

Zhang Jinyu saw a middle-aged beautiful woman, dressed luxuriously and gracefully, looking at her with kind eyes, she looked 8% similar to herself.

No need to ask, this is my own mother, my heart suddenly turned, after all, I have made up for my mother's love all my life.

"The son visited the mother, and the mother was shocked!"

He kowtowed three times respectfully.

"Get up, be polite to me, come over and have a look, you've lost weight."

"No way, how is mother?"

"It's okay, I've been fine these few days, I just want to sleep, I'm lazy!"

"Go out for a walk if you have nothing to do, and the house is often ventilated during the day, and you must never burn incense when you sleep at night, it is not good for your health."

Zhang Jinyu unknowingly started talking too much,

Wang Shihan couldn't stop nodding in agreement.

(End of this chapter)