Ping An Biography

Chapter 442 1 Autumn Rain

It was another early morning, and the cold was overwhelming.When Zhang Ning woke up, he heard the sound of "rustling" rain on the tiles on the roof. It turned out that it was raining outside, and the temperature was about to drop after a shower this autumn. No wonder it felt colder this morning.

The old injury in the leg began to ache again, which was like a weather forecast.Under Xin Wei's service, he got dressed and sat on the chair for a while.After sorting out all the conceivable things in his mind, he wrote a military order: order the three fortifications to leave some people on duty in the central bunker, and the rest temporarily abandon the trench wall position and retreat to the city to rest until the rain stops.

There were no cement roads in the Ming Dynasty, and if it rained for a while, the outside would definitely become muddy.Not only is it impossible to use long-range weapons in this weather, it is also very difficult for large groups of people to walk.He did not believe that Zhang Fu would attack and fight in this weather.

One more thing, I was going to inspect the granaries last night.But now he really doesn't want to walk, and his left calf is very inconvenient.With the rain falling like this, even if there is a hidden danger, the weather will not be able to burn, so he simply canceled the scheduled trip.It's like in the busy season of farming, when it rains suddenly, people can only sneak in although they are flustered.Zhang Ning felt this way at this moment.

He bent down and rubbed his calf lightly. The pain was very uncomfortable, as if seeping from the bone marrow, it was unpredictable and frightening.As soon as he was distracted, Zhang Xiaomei's innocent face seemed to appear in front of his eyes, as well as the words he once said, "Eternal memory, I can think of you as soon as I have an attack."In a daze, he read it lightly.Not to mention that after staying out alone for a long time, it is easy to think of the people close to me... If I finish playing, will Zhang Xiaomei be robbed by someone, and then what will happen?He couldn't help but think of Gu Chunhan who was sent to "Fu Le Yuan" when he was a few years old.This made him emotionally unstable and his heart became chaotic.

Xin Wei, who was about to put down the basin in his hand and want to "rub" his legs, heard him talking, and couldn't help standing where he was and looking up.Most people don't know what happened to Zhang Ning's leg injury. She used to be a white-clothed guard and couldn't be more clear about it.Seeing Zhang Ning's absent-minded face, she couldn't help feeling inexplicably sad and jealous.

Xin Wei didn't know Zhang Xiaomei, that girl didn't compete with others much, and she wasn't annoying.But Xin Wei still couldn't suppress a feeling of injustice: some people in this world live in a wealthy city from birth, and then do nothing, and some people treat her as a treasure and break their legs because of her. And there is no complaint; while some people are hungry and cold when they open their eyes, and they are sold as a commodity, and then they are tools.

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Something happened later, and Xin Wei was called out for a while.Then she went into the house and reported: "Last night, the Ministry of Internal Affairs found a secret cave outside the northern city, and someone got out of the cave. They told me what happened and asked me to report to the prince." [

"Did you catch anyone?" Zhang Ning asked hurriedly.

Xin Wei said: "No. At that time, the "spies" had already got into the moat, even if it was too late to chase them out."

Zhang Ning stood up immediately, moved a few steps while supporting the table, lowered his head and reached out to touch his chin.Xin Wei calmly said: "The prince can entrust this matter to me, and I will handle it."

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Ning asked.

Xin Weidao: "Our people haven't startled the snake yet. I plan to send people to go in through the hole by the moat tonight, first find out the location of the exit in the city; Through this burrow, a group of people can be caught, and then the conspiracy of these spies can be found out by following the vines."

Zhang Ning pondered for a while: "If the person is caught and cannot be interrogated, or he is accidentally killed during the arrest, how will the vine continue? There are traitors in the city, what do they want... "

Xin Wei had nothing to say, so he stood there without saying a word.She has a lot of experience in the evil cult, and she has done this kind of thing more than once before; Zhang Ning is a person with a background in education and fame, but I don't know what he thinks.

"This is how to do it." Zhang Ning said, "You gather all the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jiujiang City. First, find out the exit in the city, and send people to guard it. You must choose a good place so that no one will find it. Someone sneaked "When you touch the city, you will definitely contact people, so you will divide your troops and keep an eye on the people you have contact with. If you divide the sentry in this way, when the time comes, we will catch them all. I will transfer Li Zhen's guards to you. Make sure to arrest more people." With more people, we can always find something useful.”

Xin Wei lowered his voice and said: "As far as I know, a large part of the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs here are "inserted" by Yu Qian's side."

Zhang Ning pondered for a moment: "A lieutenant general can't do this kind of work...all the spies who went to catch Zhang Fu were withdrawn, it's useless to stare at Yu Qian now."

Xin Wei asked again: "What if the spies go out of the city?" Zhang Ning said: "Stand still."

Xin Wei repeated what he had to do, and then walked out of the room in a low voice.

Zhang Ning's mind was full of thoughts due to poor spirits these days, and he had a lot of wild thoughts.In fact, there were also many spies in ancient wars. Since the pre-Qin period, there have been incidents of opening city gates, so preventing spies is only a routine matter.But Zhang Ning couldn't get rid of the news this time, and he kept it in his heart all day long.

The British public Zhang Fu would like to use "low-handed" means to resolve this war?Soldiers never tire of cheating, and I'm afraid there is nothing that can't be done.What kind of orders will the spies in the city get?Opening the city gate... This is not possible for the time being. It will only be useful if the two armies are attacking and defending inside and outside the city. Zhang Fu should at least solve the fortifications on the flanks before he can attack the city.Fornicating the generals of the Jiujiang Army to make them rebel?It's possible.

Zhang Ning thought about it, and then thought that today he was going to inspect the granary.I couldn't help but "click" in my heart, if the spies burned the granary, that would be the real disaster.A lonely city, if there is no food, what else is there to defend? [

He finally couldn't sit still, and wanted to go to see what was going on in the granary after lunch.But if the "spies" really want to burn the granary, it seems that they are suspected of scaring the snake by making a sudden inspection with great fanfare.Zhang Ning thought of Yu Qian. Jiujiang's defense preparations were all arranged by Yu Qian. As long as he is allowed to follow, he can understand everything clearly.

Zhang Ning sat in the signing room of the second hall for a long time, and wanted to call the guards at the door to pass Yu Qian to meet him, but a subtle thought came to his mind: he only ordered the removal of Yu Qian's eyeliner in the morning, would this matter? Will there be some kind of coincidence?

It was still raining outside, Zhang Ning stepped across the threshold slowly, and the guards at the door bowed and saluted very respectfully.He observed for a long time that the water gathered between the tiles flowed into water lines and fell into the gutter to meet.

Can Zhang Fu's layout be so deep?Could it be that I was thinking too much.Zhang Ning also felt that his suspicions were getting heavier and heavier. He was not such a person before... I remember that when he first appeared in Daming, he could even trust Gu Chunhan, a "prostitute" | Enough sincerity; but now, for a gentleman like Yu Qian, he is repeatedly questioning.

And where are the spies in the city hiding?I walked through the city a few times, and there were hardly any people. Most of the people in the market fled to the countryside to avoid the war; if you want to do things like burning food and grass, there are places heavily guarded by soldiers, and it will be impossible to do it if there are few people. ...

Zhang Ning didn't do anything all day, and he took a deep breath.In the early morning of the next day, Xin Wei, who was half wet, came back.

"The opening outside the city is very secret, most of it is under the water, and there are aquatic plants growing by the river, unless someone is sent to "touch" by the river, it is really hard to find. I sent someone in through the opening, and the hole is full of water, and the gap is only The head sticks out, probably because of the rain today, a section of water has risen. Follow the hole, and the exit in the city is a house not far from the city wall; a dry well is found next to the exit, but the well It is almost filled with soil. It is guessed that it is the soil from digging a hole. This hole was dug out not long ago. I have followed the prince's wishes and sent people to watch all sides of the house. The place within a stone's throw away from the house is ours. Where people gather, there are a total of 32 people."

After hearing this, Zhang Ning said, "It turns out that the people around Yu Qian will be sent back two or three."

Xin Weiwei was a little surprised, but his expression was fleeting, and he just replied quietly: "Yes."

"Go now." Zhang Ning said coldly.

Xin Wei cupped his fists and saluted like a man, then turned around and left.When she reached the door, she suddenly turned around and said, "I just ordered a guard at the back door to bring in a stove later, so that the prince can warm up and maybe his legs won't hurt."

Zhang Ning was slightly taken aback, and said, "Got it...you should change your clothes as soon as possible, the wind and cold can kill you now."

Xin Wei pursed his lips and smiled, then turned and left.

It was another sleepless night, Zhang Ning inexplicably felt restless.It was already early in the morning, he first undressed and went to bed tossed and turned for a while, then got out of bed again, read all the official files he could find at hand, and walked slowly and carefully in the house after a while.The rain outside was not heavy, nor was it a drizzle, so the moderate "rustle" sound did not stop, but this autumn rain, I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

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