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  Chapter 244 242【Wang Zhiliang】

  Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, can definitely be called "knowing military affairs".

When he received the appointment, he said to Chongzhen in this way: "Zhao thief, sitting on the bandits, confuses the hearts of the common people by dividing the land. The longer the time, the more powerful it becomes. And the soldiers of Huguang all go north to conquer There are no soldiers in southern Hunan for bandits. Even if the squires are ordered to organize and train regiments of bravery, it will take a year to become a battle-ready army. By then, Zhao bandits will have swallowed the mansion and merged the county. Only by training a firearms battalion can an army be formed in a short period of time. , Your Majesty, please bestow firecrackers, artillery, and gunpowder!"

   Chongzhen was very generous this time, and immediately ordered to allocate firearms to Wang Zhiliang.

  Then, Wang Zhiliang lost his temper.

  The cannons are all old objects, and I don’t know which generation of ancestors they belong to. They can be put into museums with their patina.

   Fire guns were given 3,000 pieces, including three-eyed guns from the early Ming Dynasty. There are also relatively new types of bird guns, but if one out of ten is usable, it is considered a good fortune for the ancestors.

   As for gunpowder, it's not in powder form, nor in granule form, but in **** lumps!

  Is this to let the firecrackers smash the lumps of gunpowder first, and then use them to refill and launch?

  Before Wang Zhiliang left Beijing, he went to see Chongzhen again, and explained to the emperor the status of the arms he had received.

   Chongzhen was also very angry, and he was immediately investigated.

   It is still being investigated, but there is no need to investigate, because the gunpowder factory has been blown up.

   It was really not a trick of "fire dragon burning the warehouse", but improper storage of gunpowder, which caused a big explosion.

  Historically known as the "Anminchang Disaster": within more than ten miles of the capital, the axis of the earth was shaken... The city wall was destroyed by the earthquake, and there was no end to the city in a radius of more than ten miles, and the trees were all dead and standing. Residents and pedestrians, each other's pillows, death is scorched... According to investigations, more than 10,000 residents were killed and injured. The factory **** Wang Fu and bureau official Zhang Zhixiu all died.

  The walls of the city collapsed, and there were no intact houses in a radius of more than ten miles. The nearby weapon and equipment warehouses were completely destroyed.

   Poor Chongzhen, who was short of money, had to take out five thousand taels of silver to comfort the dead and injured.

  Wang Zhiliang went to his post empty-handed, and called officials from the Huguang Third Division to arrange for the squires to organize and practice group bravery.

  Huguang Third Division is also helpless. They have been paying taxes to the court for several years, while raising food and grass for the governor. Huguang is one of the main theaters for the encirclement and suppression of rogue bandits, so there is no time to fight against the rebels in southern Hunan. How can we have the financial resources, material resources and manpower to deal with Zhao Han now?

  Officials of the third division directly pretended to be dead.

  Wang Zhiliang had no choice but to go out in person. At least he persuaded the gentry from Yuezhou and Changde to cobble together more than 6,000 regiments of brave men.

   At this moment, the news that Zhao thief sent troops to Huguang came.

  Wang Zhiliang immediately led his troops to Changsha.

  Changsha must be defended, otherwise the entire Dongting Lake Plain will be exposed to Zhao's soldiers!

   "Mr. Yu Qing, you are finally here!" Wang Qisheng, the prefect of Changsha, was so moved that he almost knelt down on the spot.

  Wang Qisheng is also considered a capable minister, but his skill points are all in construction. His political achievements all the way to promotion are all building dams, cities, and canals. Fighting bandits is really not his forte.

  After Wang Zhiliang inspected the city defense, he was very satisfied with the newly built urn city, and praised: "This can keep Changsha safe." He asked, "I brought over 6,000 regiments here. How many troops does Changsha have?"

   "More than eight thousand regiments are brave." Wang Qisheng replied.

   County magistrate Yang Guanji suddenly asked: "The late student has also read military books, should we divide the troops to garrison the high mountains outside the city, and form a corner with the defenders inside the city?"

Wang Zhiliang replied: "If there are elite soldiers, it should be so. But you and I have only a short period of time to train our soldiers, so how can we divide them out of the city? Weak soldiers should not fight against a strong army in the wild, and we should not divide our troops at will. All of them must be used. Yu Shoucheng. Since there is no shortage of soldiers in Changsha, I will send 3000 regiments back to guard Xiangyin bravely to prevent Zhao bandits from bypassing Changsha and advancing northward!"

  Under Wang Zhiliang's arrangement, Changsha had 11,000 defenders, and Xiangyin had more than 3,000 defenders. They used two cities to prevent Zhao Han from advancing into the Dongting Lake Plain.

  Dongting Lake Plain is the core quintessence of Huguang. If it falls there, most of Huguang will be lost.

  The four Tao brothers led more than 4,000 troops and were also stationed in the city.

   "How did the governor come so quickly?" Tao Yunfeng, the third brother, said, "Now there are more than 10,000 guards in the city, and we, more than 4,000 people, can really dedicate the city at a critical moment?"

  Second brother Tao Suizhi was also apprehensive: "That Governor Wang seems to be really good at fighting. Once the governor came, the city defenses were properly arranged, much better than us."

  The four brothers are all scholars. Recently, they have been crazily reading military books. Talking about military affairs on paper can already bluff people, but they don't even know the most basic military knowledge.

Eldest brother Tao Aizhi said: "Don't panic, as long as we have internal support, Changsha will definitely win. The more than 4,000 soldiers my Tao family recruited are all mobs. But look at the other regiments in the city. What is the difference between the mob? Once there is chaos, the whole army will be defeated!"

   After a few days.

   "Report! Tens of thousands of bandit troops have come along the Liuyang River, and they are already thirty miles away!"

   "Revisit!"

  Wang Zhiliang went up to the city tower and looked at the houses outside the city, feeling a bit confused at the moment.

He studied under "Guanxi Master" Feng Congwu, and majored in "Guan Xue". "That one.

  When Feng Congwu came to Feng Congwu, based on Guan Xue, he combined Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Yangming Xinxue to create a brand new Guan Xue in the late Ming Dynasty.

  This is true of all schools in the late Ming Dynasty, showing a trend of academic integration.

  For example, Zhang Bingwen, who studied Neo Confucianism, which combines psychology and leans towards practical learning. It's a pity that the Manchu Qing broke the backbone, and although it developed into the "Tongcheng School", it lost its core philosophy, leaving only empty shells like textual research and prose.

  The predecessor of the Tongcheng School advocated practical learning, and Feng Congwu's Guan Xue also advocated practical learning.

  As long as it is a school of change at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it all advocates practical learning, advocates applying what you have learned, and advocating avoiding emptiness and practicing it!

  Although Wang Zhiliang is from Shaanxi, he also belongs to the Donglin Party, and his mentor Feng Congwu is the Northwest leader of the Donglin Party.

  Learning, doing, doubting, thinking, and persevering, this is the five-character mantra of the new school of Guan Xue.

  Wang Zhiliang now only has "doubt" left, he doesn't know how to "act" or how to "think". Before coming to Shonan, Wang Zhiliang studied Zhao Han carefully, and then his three views were destroyed.

  Wang Zhiliang discovered that Jiangxi thief Zhao was practicing the "Four Sentences of Hengqu", just like a wild disciple of Guan Xue.

   Great Harmony in the world means establishing a heart for heaven and earth.

  Equalizing the land and dividing the land is to ensure the livelihood of the people.

  Restore the missing chapters of "Mencius", and advocate academic freedom in Bailuzhou Academy, which is to inherit the unique learning from the sages.

   Rectify the administration of officials, stabilize Jiangxi, and seem to have the ambition to help the world, that is, to bring peace to all generations.

   This is not a traitor, if this person seizes the world, he will be the Holy Lord of a generation!

  Wang Zhiliang didn't want to fight with such a person, and even had an urge to bow down and serve.

  However, there is no choice about eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king.

  Wang Zhiliang sighed, and went to inspect the city defense again.

  Although there are eleven thousand defenders in the city, they are all brave recruits, and the leaders of the troops are also squires. These country gentry don't know how to fight at all, even how to defend the city, they have to be taught by Wang Zhiliang.

   Really **** tired!

  Fortunately, the **** of the supervising army was afraid of death, so he stayed in Yuezhou Mansion and did not come, otherwise Wang Zhiliang would have been distracted to deal with the eunuch.

   In the afternoon, Li Zheng led the army to come, a few miles away from Changsha City, and set up a camp with mountains and rivers behind.

  Wang Zhiliang and Li Zheng both sent spies to check the situation.

   Moreover, the spies from both sides were driving small boats and looking at each other in the narrow Liuyang River.

"kill!"

  The spies of the Datong army, driving more than ten small boats, rushed towards the spies of the officers and soldiers.

  The officers and soldiers retreated immediately, unable to catch up at all. After chasing one mile outside the city, Datong army spies went ashore to observe, one of them was carrying a binoculars.

   Immediately, they searched around again, looking for local people to inquire about the situation.

   "Report!"

   "Changsha City is heavily defended. A few days ago, some high-ranking officials arrived with reinforcements. Some said thousands of people came, and some said tens of thousands of people came."

   Li Zheng was a little annoyed at this time, he shouldn't have waited for Huang Yao's military order. If after Liuyang County was captured, they would lead troops straight to Changsha City, and the Tao family might be able to take it.

  Sometimes, Zhao Han would hire someone to explain the art of war to the officers, and Li Zheng finally realized what it means to "soldiers are precious and fast".

  What else can I do?

  Based on Li Zheng's force to storm Changsha, even if everything goes well, it will take at least three to five months!

   After calling Xiao Zongxian, Chen Fugui, Hu Dinggui and other officers, Li Zheng explained the situation and asked, "Let's discuss together, how should we fight next?"

  Wan Sitong, who has the same name as the historian of the Qing Dynasty, suggested: "Why don't you just bypass Changsha and go to Xiangyin in front?"

Li Zheng shook his head and said: "Changsha City is stuck in the river, and the army food cannot be transported. If we transport food by land, we will be easily attacked. Moreover, if we cannot attack Xiangyin for a long time, our army may be cut off. If you are hungry, you will also be in danger of being attacked from front and back."

   "I mean," Wan Sitong explained, "send an elite team to attack Xiangyin by day and night. As long as Xiangyin is occupied, Changsha will become an isolated city."

  Xiao Zongxian said: "You can send some spies to Xiangyin to inquire about the situation. If there are many soldiers in Xiangyin, ignore it; if there are few soldiers in Xiangyin, send elite soldiers to surprise them."

  Hu Dinggui said: "No matter how many he has, first divide the fields in the villages and towns around Changsha!"

  Li Zheng said with a smile: "The fields in Liuyang haven't been distributed yet, how can there be so many people who come to Changsha to preside over the distribution of the fields?"

"Then divide the troops to the south," Hu Dinggui said, "and we have to divide the troops in a big way, and send a team to help Huang Bingyuan attack Xiangtan. After defeating Xiangtan, Huang Bingyuan can lead the main force northward and attack Changsha together with us. At the same time Well, the defenders of Changsha City, seeing our division of troops, will probably take the initiative to leave the city, and beat his mother outside the city then!"

   "That's a good idea." Xiao Zongxian expressed his support.

  Li Zheng glanced at everyone, nodded and said: "Since there is no objection, then divide the troops and pass through the city to see if the officers and soldiers in the city are fooled. It is best to be fooled. If you are not fooled, you will really divide your troops and go south!"

  Wang Zhiliang sat on the top of the city, watching the Datong army split up and go south, and only sent an order: "Don't worry about him, just defend Changsha City."

  Xiangtan can be lost, but Changsha cannot.

  (end of this chapter)