Ping An Biography

The people who Lao Xu went to call came to the back hall one after another. Zhang Ning was using a wool brush to paint the paste on the wall, and then pasted a piece of white rice paper on the wall. www . 8 9 read . 8 9 Reading.com and other hundreds of household officials Wei Bin and others came in, and he asked whether the soldiers looted without authorization.By this time the sun had set, and the night outside was gradually opening.

Wei Bin of Hundred Households obeyed his order to restrain the soldiers. He and the chief banner officers were reluctant to obey, just because of the repeated obedience in the military law, Zhang Ning's status as a prince, and the relationship between Monk Yao.But they didn't understand in their hearts that Wei Bin had always practiced martial arts. From the perspective of military common sense, Shimen County would have to give up sooner or later after it was defeated.But now whether Zhang Ning wants to rob or not is really nothing more than understanding.

But the conversation between Zhang Ning and Hou Tanzhu soon made Wei Bin feel something.

Zhang Ning asked altar master Hou to return to Dashengzhai, gather the old part of the altar and the disciples to move to Shimen County, and select young and strong to form a team of recruits.He temporarily revised the army's establishment, combining the existing Fengxia Mountain Brigade and the brigade to be formed into one post, named "Yongding Camp Zuo Shou", and the Fengxia Mountain Hundred Household Brigade was renamed the First Brigade of Zuo Shou, which will be formed soon. The brigade is the second brigade on the left post.

According to the regular establishment of the Ming army, there are at least several thousand soldiers in a battalion.Now he only has more than 100 people in his hands, so he has arranged the establishment of the first battalion.

Wei Bin didn't think this matter was absurd, he had already understood the ambition of the young prince in the room.

"May you all encourage each other." Zhang Ning looked around, his eyes lingering on Wei Bin's face for a moment.

After capturing the county seat, everyone was excited for a while, but behind the cheers, no one actually knew what to do in the future.Altar Lord Hou was rescued, but the powerful government will definitely counterattack, and more sub-altars will be encircled and suppressed in the future, and everyone does not know what to do.

Wei Bin and others have limited language skills and cannot express their inner fear and confusion about the unknown, but they can feel it at this moment: everyone needs someone like that who can lead them to see hope, just like a guide allows people to have hope. one direction.

At this moment, Wei Bin seemed to have understood why Zhang Ning ordered the soldiers to be restrained in an instant.

Candles were lit on the lampstands in the piano hall, but the light at night was still dim, and people seemed to be shrouded in darkness, like the breath of death.In fact, death is not terrible. If you die with hope or die accidentally, it is just a very normal thing; what is terrible is despair.

Zhang Ning turned his head to look at the candle flame on the lamp stand. Its faint light seemed to indicate the rising sun that would appear in a few hours.

"Your Highness, my subordinates have something to present." Wei Bin suddenly remembered, and took out a bamboo tube from his arms, "This is the mansion newspaper from Yuezhou Prefecture. What happened, came from Lizhou, met the scout we sent out on the way, and was caught. This thing was found from him."

Zhang Ning took it and took out a piece of paper, browsed it, and handed it to Hou Mao next to him, saying: "There was a big rebellion in Songfan, Sichuan. Tens of thousands of people captured the Acropolis of Songfan. The imperial court asked Sichuan to send troops to suppress it." It's good news. Although Songfan is far away, it belongs to the southwest region, so it can play a role in restraint. I called everyone here today, and I want to discuss future plans with you. Let me know what you think."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Hou Tanzhu saw that everyone was silent and embarrassed, so he said: "When I go to Dashengzhai to recruit people back, let's go to the main altar together."

Someone started, and Yao Erlang also echoed, "Although we captured Shimen County, this place is an enclave. When the officers and soldiers react, it is absolutely impossible to defend the siege by deploying troops everywhere. We have to retreat first. Our troops are strong and strong. Before the officers and soldiers mobilize their troops, the officials along the way in Liangna dare not stop them easily."

"What about after going back?" Zhang Ning asked.

Those present fell silent again.Zhang Ning picked up the writing brush on the case, and the brush was dry, so he put it on his tongue and licked it twice, walked to the white paper that had already been pasted, first drew a long line, and then drew on the thick line Draw a few circles.Looking back, he explained: "The orientation is north, south, left, west, right, and east. This Lishui River is located in Shimen County. Lizhou is located in the east along the river, and Cili County is located in the west. These are not the key points... the following is Changde Mansion, There is a guard and horse garrison; there are Jiuxi Guard and two Thousand Households above it; Cili County is along the west of the Lishui River and Yongding Guard. You are right, this place is not only an enclave, but also has heavy troops on all sides."

Everyone started discussing immediately, but Zhang Ning said calmly, "But don't panic. When I was patrolling Huguang, I saw these guards. To attack us from all directions, we need to coordinate the ministries, at least through the capital, and most of the time, we should appoint the chief general through the Ministry of War before we can send troops from all directions. So we don't have to worry about the danger of being besieged for the time being."

He looked around, took a few steps and said calmly: "I won't talk about things that are too long-term. I have a goal right now..." He drew a big circle at Yongdingwei's position, then turned around and said, "Here , will be our goal, and we can win it no matter what!"

Everyone raised their heads to look at his face, Wei Bin couldn't help but said: "Yongdingwei should be an acropolis, with five or six thousand soldiers? Even if there are not so many, two or three thousand people may be enough, and besides, there are many places near the left. Maybe we need reinforcements, this..."

"The place of life and death, if you can't hold it, everyone will die!" Zhang Ning's tone suddenly became cold, his eye sockets were deep, and his eyes looked extremely firm for a moment. "It's easy to capture Shimen County. We also have ways to squeeze the resources of the entire county, money, food, labor, and raw materials, but we can't expand our troops. Because from the top to the officials, the gentry, and the civilians, they are not the same as us in the final analysis. They may In order to save their lives and endure tax exploitation, they are definitely not willing to work hard for us...Whether the members of the Hexism Sect will be massacred or surrounded has nothing to do with the people; even if I say that I am the legitimate son of Emperor Jianwen, they don’t bother to question it. Because it has nothing to do with them."

None of the people present objected. Although the officials and the common people were obedient, after thinking about it, it was indeed as Zhang Ning said, that there was no need for people to participate in the rebellion.In fact, as long as the Han people had something to eat and a way out, most of them were unwilling to participate in the conspiracy.

"Now we only have more than 100 soldiers. No matter how elite or good our weapons are, we cannot grow stronger without reliable reinforcements." Zhang Ning took a deep breath and said, "For the present plan, there is only one way, from Jianwen Yuchen and The forces of the evil sect will be expanded. We are the people of the road. Whether we want to resist or not, the imperial court will not give us a way out. We will definitely find a way to kill them all to avoid future troubles. People have nowhere to go, what will happen? ? To take up arms, resist, desperate!"

Everyone stood in awe.

Zhang Ning turned his head and pointed to the white paper with lines and circles on it and said: "As far as I know, the places where the most altars of the evil spirit are distributed are in Yongshunsi, Changde Mansion, Chenzhou Mansion, etc., at the junctions of various places and in mountainous areas. Most. Probably in this location...the western part of Huguang, this place is like a dead land. To the west is the eastern part of Sichuan, where there are a large number of Tusi Xuanweisi. , There are no resources, but there are a large number of minorities under the control of the court; the place where the congregation and the rest of the party are active also lacks resources, and cannot afford the logistics of a large army of troops, and we cannot raise troops locally."

"In short, the situation we are facing now is that where there are people, there is no money, and where there is money, there is no one. The only way is to connect the two situations and open the path to expand from the west to the center of Huguang, the land of fish and rice in Huguang, The output of each state and county can fully support a larger force, which will be the capital of our uprising."

"Yongdingwei is a nail that must be pulled out! Everyone now understands why we want to capture this place? No matter the cost or any means, we must take this city." Zhang Ning took a breath, and finally said lightly, "The people present People are our core personnel. This is a strategic secret, and you must not leak it. Tonight, we will arrange the next step. After Hou Tanzhu returns to Dashengzhai, he will gather the congregation and come to Shimen County as soon as possible; I will order the county government officials Responsible for building a batch of cold weapons, and wait for the arrival of Hou Tanzhu's troops to launch weapon training and assist in city defense; when the time comes, Wei Baihu will lead the first brigade of the left sentry to go south along the Lishui River, capture Cili County, and occupy the north of Yongdingwei stronghold, and at the same time get more money and food. Do you have any objections?"

Hou Mao patted his chest and said, "My life was saved by His Highness, so you can do whatever you want."

Wei Bin clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate has orders."

Zhang Ning let out a sigh of relief, "Wei Baihu can make arrangements for the soldiers to rest and change their defenses. Let's rest early tonight." He waved his hand lightly, then turned to look at the white paper on the wall.

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In Lizhou City on the lower reaches of the Lishui River, there is a "relative" of Zhang Ning who still can't sleep peacefully. His name is Zhu Yueyao; the king of Huayang County, the second son of King Shu Xian.How could the son of the King of Shu be on the border of Huguang?

In Yongle, the eldest son of the heir to the King of Shu died, and his grandson was young, so Zhu Yueyao plotted to seize the heir.Unfortunately, the king of Shu found out, and the king of Shu just picked some other reason and beat up his second son Zhu Yueyao, and wanted to send him to the capital for punishment, but the grandson begged for mercy before he was spared.Later, the king of Shu died, and Zhu Yueyao wanted to be the king of Shu, so he continued his "grand plan to win the heir", framing the grandchildren for chaos, insulting the emperor and other crimes.Emperor Yong Le summoned him to the capital for questioning, unfortunately, Emperor Yong Le himself died before the question came out.Renzong came to the throne and continued to take care of this shit, and soon understood Zhu Yueyao's trick, so he scolded him and sent him to Wugang, and later let him go to Lizhou.

Zhu Yueyao felt that he was very unlucky, it was just that he was not taken here as the king of Shu, but he didn't live long enough to find out that Shimen County was broken, and it was right next to his house, so he would call him at any time, so he couldn't sleep or eat.