Ping An Biography

Soon after, the main force of the [-] official troops in Luxi Township withdrew northward in early February.This move puzzled all the forces in Huguang.It's like a person's enemy, who has sharpened his knife on a whetstone not far away for a long time, and they can't stand each other. It is obvious that the enemy is here to kill people after sharpening the knife, but he turns around and walks away when he rushes halfway... No matter what Surprising.

Zhu Yongxin's deployment is: Let the officials and troops of Longtousi Temple take over Chenzhou to defend the city; the main force of [-] troops marches towards Yongdingwei, threatening the retreat of the "rebellious party"; the Yuezhou army marches from Dongting Hubei to attack Lizhou.Why did they suddenly withdraw from the Miao people?That day in the big tent of the Chinese army, I saw some eunuchs who had met Cheng Guogong's generals, and they were talking about it in private, maybe it was the intention of the court.

... Cili County was raining lightly. It was only a few days ago that it felt like the season of warm spring and flowers blooming. After it rained, the temperature dropped, and it seemed that it was back to the time when the cold spring was expected.

In the cold spring, Zhang Ning couldn't help but think of the little yellow flowers that welcome the spring, and Fang Ling (Gu Chunhan).His gaze moved away from the ink black circle representing Yongdingwei on the drawing, and moved westward, but the west of Yongdingwei on the drawing was already a blank piece of paper, with nothing drawn on it.

Now is not the time to think about those spring flowers and snow moons, he raised his head and said to the busy officials in the signing room: "Send someone to the Weapons Bureau to urge Ma Dapeng to write the latest progress of cannon-making in a document." [

At this moment, Wei Bin came in hurriedly, walked up to Zhang Ning and bowed down to worship. Seeing his strange expression, Zhang Ning hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Leaving Luxi."

When Zhang Ning heard this, he immediately felt ominous. He hurriedly asked Wen Jun to take out a detailed map with mountains and rivers marked on it, and tried to maintain his composure and asked, "Where is the marching direction?"

"North." Wei Bin simply said one word.

"Their target is Yongdingwei? Could it be that the news that we are going to attack Yongdingwei again has leaked?" Zhang Ning blurted out, looking around, the people in the signing room of the Senate are unlikely to leak the military aircraft, even the guards at the door It was an early soldier who came out of Fengxia Mountain.He thought for a while and then said, "Perhaps our purpose of building the cannon has been exposed. There are many people in the weapon workshop, and a large amount of raw materials need to be transported. The test cannon is even louder. It is indeed impossible to keep it secret."

Lao Xu, Hou Mao, Wang Yu and others all looked sideways, realizing that something important was going on with Zhang Ning.

Zhang Ning said again: "Mr. Wei Qian, immediately go and tell the scouts to keep an eye on Zhu Yong's department and try to find out exactly where they are going."

Wei Bin said: "The last general will do it."

Chen Maocai, who had returned from his mission, had been assigned by Zhang Ning to the Senate Department. At this moment, he stood up and asked Zhang Ning what happened. Zhang Ning briefly explained the movements of Zhu Yong's Department.Chen Maocai immediately said: "Zhu Yong occupied Luxi. The situation is very good for him. Why give up the good situation and go north? Not to mention that it is possible to defeat more than 1 Miao rebels, but it is better to solve the siege of Chenzhou than to reinforce Yongdingwei." Much more important, the population of Chenzhou, the population of Yongdingwei is no more than the population of an acropolis? Zhu Yong should not be willing to do this... He first went to Luxi, and then traveled north to Yongding. With such a long distance, he still Do you want to use the same old tricks to cut off our retreat? When he comes, we will go back to the mountains."

"It's not far from Luxi to Yongdingwei, but it's more than 200 miles. Although the road is not easy to walk, the normal march of the army will not exceed ten days." Zhang Ning frowned.

Chen Maocai said: "Ten days is enough for us to leave leisurely."

Zhang Ning remained silent.He is neither willing to give up the territory he has already occupied, nor is he optimistic about the prospect of returning to Yongshun Mountain.

If he goes back, given the size of the population and economy in the mountainous area, he can't raise enough food at all, and the military salary will also be a problem if it takes longer.The second question is why Zhu Yong suddenly withdrew his troops from Luxi. Was it a change in tactics, or was there another reason?

A face gradually emerged in Zhang Ning's mind...Zhu Zhanji.He imagined that Zhu Zhanji planned to go to Le'an to quell the rebellion of the King of Han. Zhu Zhanji seemed to be saying: With an overwhelming force, Le'an will be quelled in one fell swoop!The newly enthroned new emperor is definitely not a benevolent person. Zhang Ning's impression is that he likes to use the big to bully the small, and the strong to attack the weak; so he will not wait until the day when the weak become strong before taking action.

If Zhu Yong withdraws and changes direction, it is Zhu Zhanji's will, and Zhang Ning is very pessimistic about the prospects after withdrawing into the mountains.After Zhu Zhanji paid attention to this matter, he will most likely order Zhu Yong to control the soldiers and horses in various places, and clean up the eastern mountainous area of ​​​​Yongshun Division, killing them all and eradicating the roots!

In the evening, Peach Blossom Fairy was sent to Cili by Mrs. Yao as a messenger, bringing news that Zhang Ning did not want to face.

The news comes from the people on the side of Emperor Jianwen. They knew about it through the secret work among the eunuchs, and Zhang Ning guessed that the role of the secret work was Wang Gou'er. Also cultivated undercover agents.The content of the news is that Zhu Zhanji sent people to urge Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong to target Jianwen's "rebellious party" as the main target, and must deal with the Miao people urgently.Zheng Qia brought the news to Mrs. Yao in order to warn Zhang Ning in advance that Zhu Yong might use heavy troops to attack Cili Shimen and other places.

Before that, Zhang Ning had already inquired about Zhu Yong's movements through scouts, but the news brought by Yao Ji was still of great significance.This is because Zhang Ning can confirm that Zhu Yong's actions were inspired by Zhu Zhanji...

After receiving Peach Blossom Fairy, until late at night, the candles in the signing room were always on.The officials had already gone back to their residences, only Zhang Ning was left here, and Wenjun was also doing some trivial things. Seeing that Zhang Ning's face was gray, Peach Blossom Fairy didn't go to rest.

He wasn't busy with anything, in fact he wasn't doing anything.Zhu Yong was heading north, and the journey took less than ten days, but Zhang Ning couldn't find an exit to solve the problem.Perhaps what was in front of him was a dead end. [

There are only two roads before us: first, retreat. If it takes longer, the army can only be abolished, and a maximum of 300 people can be retained, and then wait for the officers and troops to block and suppress them from all sides, or hope for a small possibility. The army will give up entering the mountains and continue to deal with the Miao rebellion instead.The second is to fight to the death with the government and army in the three counties. If you win, you can keep the occupied territory and expand it. However, the disparity in the number of troops in this battle will be [-] to [-] or even [-] to [-], and the possibility of victory is extremely low.

There is no third way. Of course Zhang Ning remembers that there is something called guerrilla tactics of mobilizing the masses, but obviously this way is not feasible at this time, and there is no environmental soil.If you copy it, you can only become a rogue, and it is easier to be eliminated at this time.The method of the land revolution is even more nonsense in this era. First, the land annexation in the early days of Xuande was not considered serious, and what the people lacked was not land; secondly, the so-called poor and lower-middle peasants believed in the gentry and village elders who were full of patriarchal benevolence and righteousness. It is impossible to support the bandits, and the public opinion to distinguish between good and bad is in the hands of scholars.

Zhang Ning has always believed that a person's fate is largely determined by his personality. In fact, he already has a choice in his heart: he is not a person who is willing to sit and wait for death, but is more willing to take a gamble.

The most urgent thing to do now is to persuade some important generals. Although the military power and decision-making power are in Zhang Ning's hands, if the people below do not support the decision above, this battle cannot be fought.It can be expected that most of Zhang Ning's subordinates now want to retreat, and what Chen Maocai said today is very telling; after all, Zhu Yong is a famous general, with 6000 men approaching, and the size of more than 2000 people in Yuezhou is also a threat, and they may participate in this battle . 1000 people and 6000 people are not equal forces at all, it is crazy to want to work hard like this.

People are forced out. Zhang Ning believes that when a large number of officers and chieftains enter the mountains from all sides to clear | massacre | slaughter, the soldiers will be willing to fight to the death... But the weakness of human beings is that the coffin cannot be dropped Tears, you have to wait until the day you enter the mountain to try your best, where is the strength?There is a shortage of food and grass resources, not even sulfur for gunpowder, and iron is also in short supply. Could it be that you have sharpened bamboo poles, ate grass roots and bark, and fought against the army?

"Mo Mo." Zhang Ning shouted, the voice echoed in the empty house, it seemed that there was no one here, and everyone had abandoned themselves.

He told himself: This is just an illusion, aren't Xu Wenjun and Peach Blossom Fairy still there?Others just went back to rest and sleep, and they were not abandoned.

Xu Wenjun came out from inside, put down the feather duster in his hand, and obediently went to get the inkstone.Seeing that Zhang Ning's eyes were staring with bloodshot eyes, she couldn't help but glanced at him in surprise.

Naturally, the literary technique of citing scriptures and sayings of sages to express opinions cannot be used. Zhang Ning tried his best to use the most straightforward and simple language to analyze the inevitable reasons for giving up the territory and returning to the mountains.This way of expression, even if it is read to an illiterate person, as long as he has a normal mind, he should be able to understand it.He wanted people to understand that if they didn't fight the officers and soldiers at this time, they would only die.

In the signing room, there are Guqin, pens, ink, paper, and piles of files. This is a place full of literati atmosphere.But Zhang Ning felt like he was a desperado... A criminal is not a criminal who stabbed someone with a knife. Desperation is just a situation and psychology.In this way, the more difficult thing is how to make many people crazy together, otherwise it is impossible to die with only one person.

Zhang Ning, in his past and present life, never thought that he would become like this. He always tried his best to adapt to the society and abide by the rules. family.

In a trance, he was thinking, if he hadn't taken this path at the beginning, avoided revealing his identity, and lived a happy and prosperous life as an official, maybe it would be very different?

There is always a price to be paid for unwillingness to obey the rules.He thought he had figured this out years ago.

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