Ping An Biography

"Hu Ying, who just took office, is not a problem." Zhang Ning was talking to Zhu Heng by the river, "I have had a lot of contacts with this person, and I know him a little bit. If I was in the same dynasty as him As an official, you should really pay attention to it. He is very particular about the way of being an official. But now that each is his own master and confronts each other face to face, he is completely inferior to Yu Qian; and there are some reasons, compared to Yu Qian Hu Ying There are many deficiencies in the field, and he does not understand the situation on the ground when he first arrives; he does not have Yu Qian's military talent."

Zhu Heng nodded in agreement: "In this way, we don't have to be tricked and calculated everywhere. We still have a lot to do. Except for Hu Ying, Xue Lu is in power. I have heard about Xue Lu when he was in the Han Palace, so we can't talk about it." What a brilliant person... At the beginning, there was a fabricated joke in the world, saying that the King of Han raised troops in Le'an. He laughed when he heard that the court sent Xue Lu to suppress the rebellion, saying that this person must not be an opponent; Duke Ying, the King of Han is in a hurry. Ha, the old minister used to go in and out of the King of Han’s mansion, but I really haven’t seen this. The world’s fabrication of this paragraph is also a judgment on Xue Lu’s talent.”

After Zhu Heng finished speaking, he looked up at the logs floating on the river, facing the cool breeze after the rain, he couldn't help saying casually: "But will Xue Lu really be fooled?"

"Because Zhu Butang said that joke, I have a little more confidence in him." Zhang Ning said calmly, "Xue Lu is different from Hu Ying. Hu Ying was originally a close minister of the emperor. Now he has been neglected and excluded many times. He He has been disheartened and no longer has much ambition. Although Xue Lu is not as good as the Duke of England, he has always been trusted by the emperor. He needs greater credit and honor. How can he endure the humiliation of being ridiculed? There will be no aggressiveness.”

Zhu Heng's expression turned serious, "However, the Marquis of Wuyang is not a man who has earned his fame. Although I have studied and entered an official position, I am good at the art of war, and I also like to learn about famous generals in the world. This Xue Lu has many advantages. He is very good at his subordinates. The military discipline is very strict, and he is good at comforting the soldiers. He leads the army and often shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He has the morale of the soldiers, and the army is very good at fighting. I am afraid that this battle will not be easy for us.”[

Zhang Ning sighed: "What Zhu Butang said is very true. No matter how to plan, you always have to fight to win. If you can't win in the battlefield, then no matter how much you plan, it will be in vain."

He sighed that the central court was indeed full of talents, and Xue Lu was indeed excellent as a general, at least better than most of Zhang Ning's generals.He lamented the so-called thirst for talent, and he really experienced it when he wanted to use it.

... and as expected yyng, the movement of the officers and soldiers soon showed their aggressiveness.The main force of the North Route Army has been dispatched from Changde Mansion, and it is reported that most of its luggage comes from waterways. Thousands of sails compete on the Yuanshui River, and the river is covered by boats and boats.And other news came one after another, it seems that the rest of the Southern Route Army near Changsha also showed signs of moving south after resting.

Zhang Ning adopted the suggestion of the Senate Department and prepared to go out of the city and pretend to move southeast to lure the enemy.

Because after the Suzaku army obtained the early strategy of the official army, they believed that they must have carefully studied the terrain along the Yuanshui River; if the Suzaku army went north to fight, the official army would most likely adopt the method of occupying high ground and fighting attrition in the early strategy.Once in a stalemate, the Suzaku army's logistics cannot be undertaken, and it will be over if it takes a little longer. There is no need for the enemy to use any tricks to cut off food, and they will have no food at all.

Zhang Ning's ideal design is to lure the main force of the army to pursue to the open ground near Chenzhou City, and then turn around and fight with it.It's a quick game, if you win, you can fight, if you can't win, you can finish the game early so as not to fall into the predicament of running out of food, very happy.

The things that the Suzaku Army prepared to go out were very bulky, and they had no intention of running away with light soldiers from the beginning.The army carried heavy equipment including various types of artillery, the heaviest of which was the newly built small-caliber long-barreled gun.The so-called small cannons are only compared to the field cannons made in Changde Mansion, but they are actually heavier too. The cannon body weighs about [-] catties. Compared with the previously manufactured mortars with thin barrels and large muzzles, as well as Frang machine guns, this long-barreled gun is also cumbersome.

In addition, Zhang Ning also asked Yao Ji, his wife and concubines to pack up and prepare to go with the army, because Chenzhou will inevitably be accidentally occupied by the army after it is empty, and it will be very uncomfortable for the family members to be taken away by then.There is also Yu Qian who was captured. People from the Demon Repelling Sect asked whether he should be executed, but Zhang Ning also planned to take him with him.Yu Qian is a civil servant, and Zhang Ning plans to ask Wenjun to take two people to take care of him.

He went to meet Yu Qian in person and told him about his going out of the city.

For some reason, the people Zhang Ning wants to talk to the most in private are people like Yu Qian and Zhu Heng other than beauties. He always feels good to be able to talk; although Yu Qian has "hurt" him many times, he feels a little disgusted in his emotions.

But this time Yu Qian seemed to be a little indifferent, Zhang Ning sat in front of him, guessing in his heart that he might be very displeased with his way of making things out of women.

Zhang Ning said a lot to himself, and Yu Qian finally said: "I am already a useful person to you, so you are not afraid that there will be a war in the army, and I will run away?"

"I have experienced many of Yu Tingyi's abilities, but I have doubts about the ability of the Chinese army who is on guard against the army to run away." Zhang Ning said lightly, "Of course if the Chinese army is in chaos, you can take advantage of it." It’s okay to run away indiscriminately. Because once the Chinese army is in chaos, I may be defeated. Even if you don’t run away, I will let you go.”

"Oh?" Yu Qian's indifferent attitude changed immediately, and he looked at Zhang Ning very curiously, "Will you let me go?"

Zhang Ning's expression was indifferent, but he didn't mean to be joking: "You have to doubt my words, I don't need to lie to you. I told Yu Shilang a long time ago that you and I have no personal grudges. I have reached the point of defeat, and I still hurt you. What good? Furthermore, my purpose of raising troops is not to retaliate against the society, but to make the world restless. If I am defeated, the world will definitely return to the rule of Emperor Xuande, and it will be a matter of time before the chaos of the King of Han is settled. Yu Shilang's return to officialdom is beneficial to the people of the world; I remember Luo Yaoniang once said that the reason why the world still suffers from starvation and injustice is that there is a lack of talented and virtuous officials to govern various places. I have doubts about this view. But I still think it makes some sense. I believe that it is always a good thing for Yu Shilang to be an official."

After hearing this, Yu Qian was slightly moved. After all, others were praising him, and it seemed to be sincere. Even a person as calm as Yu Qian would like to hear such praise.

He opened his mouth, perhaps wanting to casually say something kind, but after a short pause, he said: "So, I really look forward to the early defeat of Ping An."

Zhang Ning was not angry either, and said with a smile, "Didn't Ting Yi always look forward to this?"