Ping An Biography

All the officers and men on the building's boat were as white as paper, looking at Wu Zhongxun above him, waving his sword and screaming like crazy. "On the battlefield, those who seek the dead live, and those who seek the living die! These idiots are willing to be useless, can they escape?"

Admiral Yang Chengxiao helplessly watched his warships turn around and flee, and saw that all the warships of the army came out of the gunpowder smoke. not drop.He himself couldn't run away, and he couldn't escape from the guards on this ship.

Desperation suddenly enveloped his heart, and all the previous anger quickly turned into frustration.

Different from Wu Zhongxun's crazy performance, Yang Chengxiao felt like his throat was blocked at this time, and he couldn't speak half a word.In this mood, the coldness spread from head to toe, every pore of the body was full of frustration and helplessness... a kind of extreme disappointment of being abandoned.What could be worse than being in this situation?The soldiers who called themselves brothers and sisters last night, who were full of respect for themselves, left in a blink of an eye to find their own way out and scattered like birds and beasts.

At the last step, Yang Chengxiao felt that his whole life was a failure.He could only stand there like a chicken, speechless and helpless.

Yang Chengxiao froze in a very funny posture and ended his career as a soldier. He raised his hand to face a group of fleeing ships, as if his hand wanted to grab them and beg them not to leave.He was numb all over, maybe he didn't know he was losing his composure.

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As night fell, Dehua County, located in the east of Jiujiang, seemed as if nothing had happened. There was only an occasional barking of dogs during the curfew in the city.Perhaps tomorrow morning some remnants of the defeated soldiers who escaped from the water to the shore can be seen here, but at least there is nothing wrong tonight.

Zhang Ning was sitting on the public seat in the lobby of the county yamen, which was the chair used by the magistrate to hear the case. There were not many people in the spacious lobby, and everyone present was silent.

People are the most difficult to control, especially many people.From the beginning, Zhang Ning didn't expect much from the Jiujiang Army Navy, but he didn't expect them to be defeated so simply, it was almost a collapse.The Jiujiang Army Navy is a little behind in terms of ships. As Xu Zixin said in advance, the official army's wheels are very advantageous in inland water warfare, but other weapons are more advanced than the official army.When the army and navy were still equipped with a large number of old firearms such as Huomen guns and bowl-mouth guns; the Jiujiang army obtained batches of matchlock guns, and the artillery on board was also a Francophone gun with a firing rate far exceeding that of the bowl-mouth guns.The famous sayings of the great men of the later generations are really not just talking about it, wars are still fought by people after all.

At this moment, a bodyguard from the Guards walked in quickly, bent down and said: "My lord, a messenger came from Hukou County. I have checked the seal and it is true. Zhang Ning said casually: "Bring it in and ask talk. "

After a while, I saw a young man who was soaked all over came in, dripping water all the way. On the night of late August, he was so wet that his lips were cold and blue.When the young man saw Zhang Ning, he walked a few steps quickly, and fell to the ground with a "plop", his back twitched, and he started to cry.

Zhang Ning bowed his body, and asked in astonishment: "What's the matter? Tell me first."

The younger generation said: "Little man...living alone, how can I go back and tell the folks, brothers..." Then tremblingly, he took out a booklet from the cloth bag, held it on top of his head with both hands, and did not speak.The strange thing is that he is covered in water, but this booklet is so dry that there is not a drop of water on it.

After the guard stepped forward to pick up the booklet, the young man choked up and said, "This is the military register entrusted to the villain by Commander Wu, with 750 and eight lives, so the villain must hand it over to the prince himself. Master Wu said that everyone's corpses will not be buried in the ground." I hope that the old clothes at home in Wuchang can be covered with the Suzaku flag and buried in a beautiful way..."

Zhang Ning knew that there was no fighting on the opposite shore during the day, so he quickly asked, "What is he going to do?"

The younger generation was a little slurred, and answered the wrong question, "Master Wu said that the King of Han's surrender is not reliable!"

It happened that one of the people present was a general of the Jiujiang Army. He had a dull face after the water battle today, but it was even more embarrassing to be said such a thing in person.But the defeat was right around the corner, and he was speechless to refute.

The younger generation went on to say: "It was just dark, and more than half of the five thousand nine river troops stationed inside and outside Hukou County have run away, and the rest can't be counted on to help. This group of people was quite well-behaved before, but after the water battle today Rumors spread, saying that Hukou County is an isolated city, and then they tried to escape.”

"The navy of the Northern Army occupied Poyang Lake, and Hukou County is indeed an isolated city." Zhang Ning said with a cold face, "Why did Commander Wu order the dismissal of the soldiers to save their lives? I remember that it was clearly stated in the official documents of the Chinese Army before the war. Once Poyang If the lake is lost, the defenders of Hukou County can blow up their firearms and disband without making unnecessary sacrifices.”

The messenger said: "The county town and camp are blocked by enemy soldiers and there is no place to go. Most of the family members of the Jiujiang Army are not in Jiangxi or Huguang. They are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. They want to surrender to the officers and soldiers. But Lord Wu is unwilling to surrender ( There is no good end to surrender), and the brothers are not willing to surrender, everyone said that instead of washing their necks and being killed as livestock, it is better to pull a few backs... Tomorrow morning, Master Wu will lead all sentry soldiers to open the city gate, and The officers and soldiers fought to the death. Seven hundred and five faced tens of thousands of enemies, and the old man knew that he had no way out, so he tried to ask the villain to send back the roster...My lord, are all the soldiers killed in battle?"

Zhang Ning stood up from his chair and said solemnly, "Of course he died in battle!"

After hearing this, the messenger knocked his head three times on the brick floor, then suddenly took out a short blade, pressed it hard on his chest, and let out a muffled cry.Everyone present was taken aback, and two people stood up from their chairs.On the contrary, Yu Qian sat without moving, and his expression remained the same, as if he knew that this person would die a long time ago.

Zhang Ning watched the blood gradually flow out from the young man's body. There was a big puddle of blood, and he knew it was hopeless.He stood there, stunned for a while, and then waved his hand: "Carry it down, get a coffin tomorrow morning, and send it back to Jiujiang City."

The two guards at the door stepped forward, lifted their heads and feet and went out. The corpse was still limp, and the ground was covered with blood.

This made Zhang Ning even more confused. He even felt that hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Suzaku Army in Hukou County were killed entirely because of the wrong decision-making by the higher authorities.Those who stay in this room have heard that the fate of hundreds of people is just a number, and even the tens of thousands of troops on the battlefield are nothing compared to it; but more than 700 living people are just a number, counting to seven hundred Five is also a long time.

From the very beginning, it can be expected that the Poyang Lake water battle will be difficult to win, so why must a sentry force be placed on the opposite bank?