Ping An Biography

() When the gate of the West City opened, Zhang Ning promised that he had never heard such beautiful music, even if it was just the rough sound of wood rubbing against the uneven brick floor, and the opened gate hit the city wall with a "bang" It is like the golden hammer of history striking a final conclusion.レ♠Thinking♥Road♣Guestレ

This door seemed familiar to him, like the door of life and death that he saw in a dream, with a seductive brilliance emitting from one end of the door.That's just a door, it's not an end, it's just a beginning.

The gate of the city was opened, and the soldiers of the Suzaku Army of the brigade penetrated into the city.Facing the attack of ten times more enemy forces, Yao Erlang had extremely complicated expressions on his face. Some of the crowd were cheering and some were crying.

Seeing that a large number of reinforcements arrived, the infantry of the official army began to collapse before reaching the enemy.Someone among them shouted: "We are defeated outside the city, run!" Morale is the most elusive thing. The same army that was able to attack the city not long ago suddenly lost its combat effectiveness like an avalanche. , People and horses rushed to escape.The city was in chaos for a while, many people ran out from the North City and East City, some were killed in the defeat, and some knelt down and surrendered on the spot.

The victory came so suddenly that the officials and generals in the city were silent for a while.Zhang Ning stood up from the chair. It was the first time he had left this position since the start of the war. He patted the dust on his body twice. Most of it was the soot and dust that had settled after the artillery was fired.Looking back to the left and right, it was still a small city with the fragrance of birds and flowers in the morning, but now it is full of ruins, corpses are scattered everywhere, the fire is full of smoke, and the whole city is groaning in pain like a wounded soldier.

After a long time, Zhang Ning walked down the wall and saw Wei Bin, Yao Erlang and others who had come.Soldiers on the streets were escorting captives who had surrendered, and some were looking for the living wounded among the corpses.

"It's over." Someone said something.People didn't cheer happily, they just said that the battle was over, because the Suzaku army suffered heavy casualties, and it is impossible to count how many troops were lost in the battle.

The fire has not been extinguished, the wounded soldiers are still calling for help everywhere, and the scattered enemy soldiers are still fleeing.But Zhang Ning felt that he should say something at this moment, and immediately said to the nearby soldiers: "This battle will definitely be remembered in history. I am honored to participate in this great battle to overthrow the unjust tyranny with all brothers..."

At this time, the cries of soldiers came from a certain corner in the distance, and Zhang Ning was not interested in continuing. He turned to Wei Bin and said: "Since we have defeated Zhu Yong's main force, we need to take advantage of the situation to expand the results. Mr. Wei Qian, Immediately gather the soldiers and horses that can still fight, go out of the city to chase the rout, seize and destroy Zhu Yong's camp five miles away; all the soldiers and horses in the barracks are at your disposal. I know brothers can be tired, but we can't stop there , should fully seize the victory.”

Wei Bin raised his hand and saluted with a facial expression: "The general will obey."

Zhang Ning turned to Wang Yu and the others and said, "Take some people, together with the officials and servants in Gaodu County, to call the people out of their homes, organize people to fight the fire, and take in the wounded soldiers."

As soon as he walked forward, he found a wounded soldier with incomplete armor kneeling and crying in front of a dead body. Seeing the soldier crying sadly, he couldn't help but stop.I saw that the man on the ground was already dead. His whole body was covered with half-condensed blood. I don’t know how many knives and guns had greeted him. Aged veterans.

The crying sergeant looked young, so Zhang Ning asked, "Your father and son are fighting together, is it your father who died in the battle?"

The young sergeant raised his head, and he recognized at a glance that it was His Highness the Third Highness, Commander of the Suzaku Army, because Zhang Ning was often in the barracks.The sergeant wiped his blood and tears, shook his head and choked with sobs, and said, "He is an old man, not my father... But I am more sad than my dead father. In the morning, I was still alive, patting my shoulder in the battle, but now..." He Turning his head to look, he started to cry again, the corpse on the ground was simply a mass of flesh and blood, already shapeless.

After a while, the sergeant suddenly raised his head boldly and said: "Lao Han has no children, I am not his family member and cannot receive pension money, but I want to ask His Highness one thing, to give Lao Han the money for his life. I, I can buy him a good coffin."

After hearing this, Zhang Ning was moved, and he quickly comforted him: "Old man died fighting for me, and died with dignity. I promise that the warrior who died in battle will be buried with the etiquette of a national soldier, and he will be buried in a glorious state. You don't have to worry about it."

Zhang Ning did not break his promise. The first thing he did after the war was to arrange for the burial of the soldiers who died in the war.The whole army killed 380 and six people, including three hundred officials and more than a dozen of the general flag team.The Suzaku army suffered heavy losses in this battle, with more than half of the casualties; although the official army left more than 1000 corpses in Gaodu City and its vicinity, most of them were killed after they collapsed.

The Senate was in charge of organizing this matter. They "requisitioned" coffins from all the coffin shops in Gaodu and nearby towns, and rushed to make another batch. They also designated a mountain on the north bank of the Yuanshui River as a cemetery to bury those who died. Soldiers.

If one day the Suzaku army is forced to give up its rule over Gaodu County and other places, it is impossible to guess whether the government will dig up the corpses in those cemeteries to desecrate|desecrate.The living have no home, let alone the dead.But at least the scene of the burial was comforting.

The soldiers of the whole army were required to bathe and fast, put on clean military uniforms, and line up in front of the cemetery.The corpse was also cleaned by Ding Fu, who was conscripted, and put on the uniform of the Suzaku Army and put it in the coffin, which was covered with a yellow satin Suzaku flag.

The master of ceremonies read in public a lengthy list of the dead and eulogized the dead for their valor.The firearms team fired more than 200 shots into the sky, and the sound of the guns echoed in the valley for a long time.

At this time, the musicians played military music, and the purge soldiers carried the coffin to bury their brothers with their own hands.The military music composed by Yao Ji did not expect to be very harmonious in the sad scene. The first part was originally a sad tone, and the later part was full of intense singing.Many soldiers cried at the funeral.But people should be relieved. Everyone may die in battle. It is indeed much better to be treated with such solemnity after death than to dig a big pit and bury them hastily.

After the funeral, the Gaodu County Government organized people to build the wall, and planned to erect a large stone tablet on the cemetery, engraving the list of the deceased, the tragic process of the Battle of Gaodu, and the heroic deeds of the deceased.

... When the Suzaku Army's Senate and several important generals sat together to discuss matters, everyone was very optimistic about the current short-term situation.Although Zhu Yong was not caught, and not all of his troops were killed or injured, it was no longer possible to organize a combat-capable force in nearby counties and counties; Soldiers, it will take time.

However, from a long-term perspective, the number of Zhu Yong's troops in this battle is [-] in official documents, and an army of [-] people was wiped out by the rebels, which will definitely shake the government and the public.The imperial court will send more troops to come.

"Perhaps we will transfer troops from Changsha. Wuchang and Jingzhou in the north also have heavy troops. It is not impossible to attack on two fronts... Wuchang is close to Nanjing. To defend against the King of Han, Jingzhou troops should be able to be mobilized." Zhou Mengxiong said bluntly.

Obviously, everyone is not very optimistic about the further prospects.

Zhang Ning said calmly: "Since we took down Shimen County with more than 100 people, we were doomed to be unable to stop. There is only one day to stop... we took down the capital."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and laughed for a while.What Zhang Ning said is really too far, but everyone knows that he is not joking. Since Qin Shihuang, China has been dominated by unification. There is no No. 2 in the struggle for territory. In the end, there will only be one winner, and the others will be defeated. Eliminate; if you don't want to take down Beijing, you can only be completely eliminated on the way, there is no third ending.

Chen Gai, an officer of one hundred households, stroked the hair on his round head, and said, "Didn't the clever Zhuge Liang in the play say that the world will be divided into three parts, and he wants Uncle Liu to occupy Sichuan, and then go to Jingzhou to fight for the world. Why are we in the place of the Four Wars? Why not go west to Sichuan! Sichuan is not too far from here, but the road is not easy to walk..."

The people in the room immediately laughed at Chen Gai kindly, and they didn't care as much as he did.Just relying on the people of the Suzaku Army, relying on the activities in the northern part of Wuling Mountain, tossing into the Lake West Plain for several months, their heels are still unstable, and they still have to go to places they have never set foot in and are unfamiliar with?

At this time, Zhang Ning pointed to a black circle on the map with his scabbard and said: "Chenzhou, we must occupy a big city as soon as possible, and we can expand our strength only when we have a bigger territory. The only big cities in the near left area are Changde and Chenzhou." , Changde is not easy to win, but there is still hope for Chenzhou! Although the Miao rebels failed to capture Chenzhou, they destroyed all the strongholds and ruling system in the mansion, and the government could not recover in a short time , is almost an isolated city. Take Chenzhou! You can rule many counties on the left and right."

"But now we only have more than [-] people left. Except for a few disabled people (the medical conditions are poor, and the seriously injured usually die quickly, so it is difficult for the seriously injured and disabled to survive), there are still a large number of people whose injuries have not recovered well. , unable to participate in the war. With the current situation, it may be very difficult to carry out another battle in a short period of time." Wei Bin said.

Zhang Ning said: "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. I ordered that as long as those who participated in the siege, after taking Chenzhou, each person will be rewarded with property worth 50 taels, and the land and houses will be divided. After we enter the city, we will organize looting for military expenses. Some guard sergeants with captives can also be recruited in. Although those people are not very useful, they have seen bloody battles, and it is better than pulling refugees. We must take Chenzhou as soon as possible, occupy this place, There are mountain roads in the north that lead to the branch altars of the evil cult, and more mountain people and congregants can be called to join the Suzaku army; the hearts of these people are towards us, as long as they are organized, they can quickly expand their strength. Wait until the imperial court transfers troops from important towns Only then will we have the strength to deal with it again."