Ping An Biography

The siege of the city refers to the army level. Jiujiang was not really besieged. There are several ways to get out of the city, such as going out at night from the Yangtze River in the north. -" It's just that the government army has controlled the outlying areas, and this kind of traffic route has become extremely unstable and safe.A letter from Zhang Ning's family was sent back to Wuchang from Jiujiang, but the letter did not mention that he had received a letter from Wuchang. The letter was probably intercepted by the officers and soldiers on the way.

People always leave a lot of clues in words. If Zhang Ning's family letter can be kept for a long time and reappears hundreds of years later, people may question him as a time traveler.The "allusion" of the Battle of Waterloo was mentioned at the beginning of the letter. Obviously, the Battle of Waterloo was far from happening at this time, and there was a significant time difference.

"In the far west, the Duke of Wellington almost wiped out the French army in the Battle of Waterloo and won a complete victory over the French emperor Napoleon. But Wellington said a word, there is no winner in war. In my heart, The military talent of the victor Wellington is far inferior to that of Napoleon, but he undoubtedly surpassed the latter in terms of humanistic thought, and this sentence can only be said with compassion for human suffering..."

Yao Ji chewed on the unique grammar in the private letter, trying to understand Zhang Ning's change of mind.She could guess that when Zhang Ning wrote the letter, he might think that his mood had improved, but Yao Ji could only admit that he was indeed facing an extremely difficult situation and a tragic battle, and once again exposed his vulnerable side, but he Never know it.People who have really reached the realm of "heroes" and "sages" will not talk like this.

Zhang Ning's mood should have been extremely bad.He recalled what he did in the past, and admitted that he was superficial and immature. What he did at the beginning was only with the instinct of resistance and personal desire, as well as vague ideals that could be realized as if he was destined by fate. Many considerations... ...But the reality is undoubtedly cruel. He has seen with his own eyes the countless deaths brought about by the war, as well as the invisible disasters and casualties, and it is difficult to achieve his goal.Is it not worth the loss if such a disaster is caused just because of selfishness?Some selfish desires can be satisfied through other means, and the reward may be less, but the price will be less.

In the letter, he showed his contradictory and entangled side.Now that there is no way out, we can only swallow the bitter pill.Because he can't bear the consequences of catastrophe for those he cares about and "loves"; if a person reaches the point where people share and pay for it, he is undoubtedly the saddest existence, no matter how much he has or how much he gets, it will become meaningless.

...Yao Ji saw Zhang Ning's weakness, and she wanted him to be stronger so that he could win and control the situation.But in the end, she was still more willing to accept the real Zhang Ning at this time, because of his fragility, he was the one who was willing to share everything with her and could be firmly grasped by her in her heart.

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Because it was a personal letter, the outside world did not know the content, but important people including Zhou Mengxiong all heard that Jiujiang had sent the letter back to the palace.Zhou Mengxiong finally agreed to send troops, a compromise made under the pressure of all parties.The Wuchang law bears the consequences of the loss of the King of Hunan and the elite of the Suzaku army; Zhou Mengxiong has not yet reached the point where he thinks he can defeat the Guanjun Beilu with confidence.The two sides made concessions to each other, and Zhou Mengxiong couldn't wait for the opportunity he wanted. If he didn't compromise like this, he might see worse results, such as being deprived of military power and handed over to someone he thought was even less competent. [

At Zhou Mengxiong's request, the new army was reorganized into three battalions, named "Hu Ben", "Zhongwu" and "Pingyuan", each with about 2 people, and six armies under the battalion.The organizational system of the army is similar to that of the Suzaku Army's other camps. Each army has about 3000 soldiers and is divided into four posts;

Liu Mazi, the leader of the Huben camp, was replaced by Zhou Mengxiong himself; Li Wenda, the leader of the Zhongwu camp, was a relative of Zhou Mengxiong's wife's family transferred back from other places; only the leader of the Pingyuan camp was Liu Heju, who did not seem like a member of the Zhou family.Yao Ji in the palace and the cabinet have to rely on Zhou Mengxiong to win this battle, so they can only admit this series of military power arrangements; especially Mrs. Yao did not interfere at all, which somewhat surprised Zhou Mengxiong.

Zhou Mengxiong replaced with someone he was comfortable with, and guessed Yao Ji's thoughts.Perhaps besides being forced to do so, she also has reasons that she thinks are within the controllable range.Zhou Mengxiong is now in charge of the military, so he must do his best to fight decisively with the army, otherwise the entire Huguang regime will disappear, no matter how high his status is.If Zhou Mengxiong is defeated and the whole situation collapses, it will be a so-called power struggle; if he wins, Zhang Ning can easily regain his military power and rebalance after he gets out of trouble, because the new army is not owned by Zhou Mengxiong.Not only is the source of troops recruited by the imperial court’s Ministry of War, but all military expenditures also come from the household department and civil officials at all levels. Zhou Mengxiong’s only military power is difficult to penetrate|infiltrate into these yamen; , and the Suzaku Army also has other armies.

The total strength of the third battalion of the New Army was about 10, and there was a total of servitude to serve it. The entire army mobilized more than [-] people; the Suzaku Army as a whole was actually recruited, and the military expenditure was quite huge.Only the prefectures and counties in Huguang Province on the south bank of the Yangtze River bear the military expenses. The exploitation has reached the limit, and the conflicts in various places have intensified rapidly in just a few months, and there is almost only a straw left to crush the ruling foundation.

In order to make a final struggle for survival, the Six Departments of Wuchang and its affiliated yamen must afford the military expenditure and plunder wealth and materials from top to bottom. There are three main methods.First, selling officials and fame, directly asking rich families to pay for officials and titles at a clearly stated price.Second, over-issuance of salt quotations and silver certificates. Due to the monopoly of official salt, salt merchants were originally a very profitable industry. Not only can you go to the government treasury to exchange materials and gold, silver and copper coins, but the treasury has no money at all, and even the materials are lacking.Third, the increase of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes further exploits the common people, because the people at the bottom have no money and mainly receive in kind.

But these methods can no longer last, especially the official position and fame. Those big households are waiting to see who can rule Huguang. If the Suzaku army is defeated, the people from the capital court will take over the site. Will the official position and fame they bought be recognized?

In just a few months, Huguang's economy was on the verge of collapse.Some counties suffered floods in summer and failed harvests in autumn. This kind of small-scale natural disaster was normal in the peaceful and prosperous age. However, due to the local warehouses being emptied and the state capital providing relief, coupled with local administrative chaos, it was heard that starvation had already occurred. People's affairs, and there are riots among the people.From the big landlords to the poor, there is a tendency to unbearable "tyranny", and social contradictions are intensifying day by day.At this time, once the Huguang army is defeated, the situation will definitely be cleaned up. The chief assistant Yang Shiqi has publicly asserted that if the situation changes, the imperial court will definitely not be able to support a second large-scale battle.

Zhou Mengxiong led the army under such circumstances. Most of them had never fought or killed anyone, and the soldiers were mainly farmers.

There was no official army navy near Wuchang in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but Zhou Mengxiong still did not dare to walk along the river.At present, the largest naval division of the Suzaku Army is in Yuezhou, with several thousand people; there are also a small number of naval forces in Lizhou and Wuchang, but they have not yet reached a large scale.The weak naval military law guarantees the navigation of the Yangtze River, and there is always concern that the officers and sailors will patrol the river and seize food and supplies.Zhou Mengxiong can only go by land, and grain roads and luggage are also transported along the land.

Huben camp is the front army, Zhongwu is in the middle, and Pingyuan is in the rear.There are more than 72 soldiers in the whole army, taking each sentry as a marching unit, forming [-] troops and horses, and marching slowly to the south bank of Huangzhou.The people and horses stretched for more than ten miles, and there were tens of thousands of people transporting food behind them.In addition to pulling carts with mules, horses and cattle, people also have single-handed unicycles, and the motorcade along the way is very spectacular.

Zhou Mengxiong had previously sent someone to buy off a middle-level general and several low-level generals in the Jiangbei army through his connections, so as to obtain a general situation of the army.The army of the North Road is currently deployed in the south of Huangzhou. Although they have all crossed the Yangtze River, they are not in a hurry to continue southward. Instead, they set up several large camps on the south bank of the Yangtze River to intercept the reinforcements.

The men and horses on this road are mainly the Beijing camp and the local guards, known as 5000, but the information Zhou Mengxiong got is: the three groups of soldiers and horses in the Shenji Camp, that is, the number of soldiers from the left and right of the Chinese Army, is about 1; The total number of soldiers in the fifth battalion should be less than 6; there are also more than [-] guards in Henan provinces, Huguang Huangzhou De'an and other places.There are less than [-] people at full strength, but with the imaginary number of officers and soldiers eating empty salaries and some temporary recruitment of handymen without weapons, it is not a boast to claim [-].

The Shenji Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion are soldiers from the Beijing Battalion, and some of them participated in the training of the Northern Expedition to Mongolia during the reign of Emperor Yongle, and because most of the soldiers are hereditary, the new recruits have also had better military training; the middle-level military officers Most of them come from the Ministry of War. In addition to the examination of bow, horse, riding, shooting swords, guns and sticks, they also need to test the theory of military art. Generals who pass the military examination are of higher quality, which is of course not as good as that of reckless farmers.The Beijing camp is a strong army for Zhou Mengxiong's new army, so it cannot be taken lightly.

But the remaining [-] soldiers of the guards did not fall into Zhou Mengxiong's eyes. The guards in the interior have not used troops for many years, and the system has accelerated corruption. The capital only organizes training twice a year. The mob is stronger.

North Road officers and troops stationed troops in Huangzhou, located between Wuchang and Jiujiang.Zhou Mengxiong gave up the strategy of clever use of strategy, and prepared to march steadily into Huangzhou, and talk about rescuing Jiujiang after a decisive battle with the North Route Army... The world is big, and there are many roads; the siege of Jiujiang is also imminent .But the Suzaku army did not have the right to control water, and the long land supply line was very fragile. Zhou Mengxiong could not ignore the threat of the Huangzhou government army. [

From Wuchang to Huangzhou, the land route is the shortest, only two hundred miles away.Zhou Mengxiong's new army was almost entirely infantry, and they only walked thirty or forty miles a day, and entered the battlefield area in only a few days. &%

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