The Changde City government found that Yu Qian was missing that night, but no one was found.
The next day, someone reported the case and found several bodies in the villa beside the Yuanshui River. The official army sent someone to confirm that it was Yu Qian's entourage.
Now that everyone found something big, they immediately summoned people to search for Yu Qian's whereabouts, and wanted to see people alive and die.
The local government and the Jinyiwei sent people to investigate the case urgently, and the owner of the woods and bamboo building was immediately arrested.
The right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the province, disappeared without understanding. Of course, the possibility of the rebels' actions in detail is not ruled out, but it may not be able to clear the guilt of local civil servants and generals; if it is not clear, what is the prestige and power of the court?
The official from Beijing disappeared for no reason after he came down. Is there no explanation?
The troops have been transferred out of the city in batches to pursue them.
At this time, a small misunderstanding occurred. Wang Yu and his master Liang Yan were not taken into custody because they were treated as courtesy. They just came out of the city the first genius and prepared to go west to surrender to the old master.
Unexpectedly, I saw several teams of officers and soldiers looking for someone on the road, but they were scared and thought they were here to arrest them.
Wang Yu said: Yu Futai and Wang Yangde treated me courteously. I slandered them and said a lot of things to deceive them, but now I run away. Have you annoyed them and wanted to arrest us and die?
Liang Yan said incrediblely: We are not very important people, so why should we mobilize many people to deal with us?If you just annoy it, those bureaucrats are not willing to act irritated... But I am not sure if it is coming to us. Maybe you are a big deal.
Wang Yu said in surprise: What's the point of me?
Liang Yan said: In this connection, the lords, marquis, generals, heroes, nobles and civil officials in the court could not even pee in a pot. Although there were some kindness between them, they did not fight too clearly for the time being, but they were not alone.The boss is a scholar who is famous for his students and has suffered great grievances from the powerful and powerful, which is unbearable to the civil officials in the world!If a civil servant swallows his anger so much, how can he speak in the court?So as Yu Futai said that day, many court ministers impeached Cheng Duke for this matter.
Yu Futai was born as a Jinshi, and he was obviously a civil servant. His mentor Yang Shaobao was also a civil servant. Can Yu Futai still betray his own people and help those who are the heroes and nobles?There is a process in between. If they can make peace for the boss, it will be to regain their face. If they want to come to the boss to affect the imperial court, wouldn’t they be an important person?
The more the two of them talked, the more they felt that the officers and soldiers came for them, so they did not dare to walk on the main road and did not dare to ride the horse.
He lost his horse and pretended to be a hungry beggar, and ran to Chenzhou after several twists and turns, which made him feel embarrassed.
When I arrived in Chenzhou, I couldn't enter the city.
I saw that there were hungry people outside the city and they all wanted to go to the city to beg for food. The Vermilion Bird Army no longer allowed refugees to enter the city, but only built some porridge sheds outside the city to provide relief.
Wang Yu and Liang Yan wanted to go in several times, but were blocked. A soldier stuffed it with a broken bowl. He pointed to the porridge shed outside and said: Go and eat and lose your life first. It may be fine if you are beaten for a while.
Wang Yu's emotions gradually became excited. I walked more than 400 miles and ran back, not even allowing the city to enter!
Fortunately, Liang Yan was sharp-eyed and found that a general on the city tower looked very familiar. He remembered that he was a team leader named He in the army.
Once, Liang Yan happened to be responsible for paying money. He had met several times with Team He, but I don’t know if Team He remembered it.
Liang Yan immediately started yelling: Guest-zheng, I am Master Liang Ah, do you remember me?
The generals in the city heard someone calling him, but looked down and saw two ragged beggars, who were just weird.
However, he was on duty today, and the errands guarding the city gate were the most boring. Chenzhou has no military status at the moment, so he basically had nothing to do all day long. When he thought about it, the beggar could call out his surname and position, maybe he really knew someone.
He immediately ordered a soldier to bring the caller to question him.
As long as they can speak well, Wang Yu and others will have a way to prove their identity. They have served as officials in the Senate and know not only one or two military generals.
Team He correctly confirmed their identities, so he immediately went to the official office to report and sent someone to send Wang Yu and Liang Yan into the city.
Zhang Ning was working in the office of the government office. When he heard the news, he came out in person. He saw that Wang Yu and Liang Yan were in a mess and couldn't help but be surprised.
At this time, more than 400 miles were considered a long journey, but he was in trouble halfway through and did not look like Wang Yu.
Wang Yu walked up and choked up and said: Prince, Lord Xu has committed suicide and died for his country. All of them have been taken away.I felt so eager to return home, and escaped. After walking for many days, I finally saw the prince again.
Zhang Ning sighed and hurriedly helped them up: Please get up quickly, please get up, Qingmo, you miss the old master, this is a friendship.It’s been hard, thank you for your hard work, temporary difficulties will always pass.Everyone, let’s take a look, our Suzaku Army is together and helping each other.
The officials hurriedly said: The prince is kind and kind, and I am willing to follow him and help you together.
...Recently, Gu Chunhan and others have returned one after another. Even two officials after Changde's fall have returned and Yu Qian was arrested, and good things have continued; however, Zhang Ning's situation is still not very good.
The hungry people outside the city can see it by themselves. In the current situation in Chenzhou, the Senate Department is not easy to formulate taxes. Many people at the bottom can't even eat, so how can they collect taxes?
Only the idea of whether to squeeze some oil and water from the big farmers is a drop in the bucket. More than 10,000 people want to eat, and there are also war horses from the cavalry regiment. Horses in the mainland are not just about eating grass, they need to eat food.
If it hadn't for the Changde Mansion that had occupied Changde Mansion for several months and the Changde Mansion was very rich, a batch of food was transferred to Chenzhou in advance as war preparation supplies; now the Suzaku Army would have to chew the bark.
In the hall of the Senate, everyone is often talking about countermeasures.Many people have already proposed a strategy of abandoning Chenzhou and marching towards Baoqing Prefecture.
Chenzhou suffered a war and famine, and there was no trouble, and it was useless to occupy it.We have swords and guns, wouldn’t it be nice to change the territory?
Chen Gai said it directly, without any concealment.
However, Ma Dapeng of the Weapons Bureau opposed giving up Chenzhou: The soldiers' weapons and armor were all made and supplemented by the Weapons Bureau workshops, especially firearms. If the Chenzhou workshop had not been repaired in time, more than half of the firearms that the army returned from the Battle of Changsha would not be used.After our troops have expanded to more than 10,000, it is not as easy as before to repair one or two hundred muskets. It requires large-scale workshops and tools. If these things are completely out of nothing, it will be very troublesome.Chenzhou's workshop was left behind before, but it can be used to sort it out now. If you go to a strange territory, so many muskets are broken and the war is urgent, how can I find a way to repair it?How to build additional weapons?
When everyone saw that Zhang Ning didn't say anything, they were used to it. He would always ask everyone to talk about their thoughts first and then express their opinions.So everyone turned their attention to Senate Minister Zhu Heng.
Zhu Heng had no choice but to say: If it were not forbidden to attack Baoqing Prefecture, it would be better to defeat the Northern Army, regain Changde Prefecture, and enter Wuchang to compete for the world.Today's general trend is that there is no time to hide your strength and keep a low profile. Once you miss the opportunity to make progress, you will no longer have the opportunity and will die sooner or later.
His idea coincided with Zhang Ning, and Zhang Ning planned to retake Changde Mansion from the beginning.
Zhu Heng said again: I seem to be a bit far away. Just look at it, we have just had some foundation and cannot easily start roaming again; otherwise, what is the difference between us and bandits?Think about it, since the Battle of Gaodu, if the Zhuque Army did not occupy Chenzhou for a long time, but instead occupied Changde, but had no foundation, how could the military strength be expanded from more than one thousand to tens of thousands?
At this moment, Zhang Ning finally spoke: If you want to fight, you have to fight quickly.If we drag on the edge, we will starve ourselves to death for no more than two months at most.However, there are 50,000 people from the Northern Army, and there are some people in the remaining troops of the Southern Army who can still fight after receiving supplies, especially the horse soldiers did not suffer severe damage.They are all moving near Changde. We can't just attack the city with less than one-fifth of the enemy's troops, right?
Zhu Hengdao: The official army has an absolute advantage in the military force, and the assembly of tens of thousands of troops is huge. We should take the initiative to attack, so we should look for fighter opportunities in it and defeat its main force in field battles.
What strategy will the government army use and are there any opportunities to take advantage of?Zhang Ning couldn't help but ask for a knot in his heart for many days.
But no one present could answer this question.
Zhang Ning believed that before Yu Qian was captured, he stayed in Changde for a long time and had already developed a general strategy.
A man like Yu Qian is determined to pacify Huguang, and he cannot come up with any strategy of self-destruction advantages; he can guess with great accuracy without thinking about it.
When Yu Qian was captured and unable to pose a threat to him, even if Zhang Ning had many bad emotions, he was actually unwilling to harm him.
Zhang Ning still admires this person who was regarded as a hero in later generations in many ways, and thinks that meaningless persecution is a sin.
But even so, Zhang Ning has now had the idea of torture and forced confession.
Is this rough method also the most effective method of this era?Survival and death are at stake, and you can lose any moral integrity.
At this moment, Zhang Ning suddenly had some inspiration.
He remembered that Yao Ji once mentioned that his wife, too Yu Qian, came to Changde Mansion. Now that Yu Qian's life and death are unknown, she must be very worried!
Yu Qian's wife is surnamed Dong. I think Zhang Ning has seen her. When she was in the capital, everyone got along very politely and harmoniously. You should know that in this era, introducing female relatives to friends is a considerable friendship.
Who would have thought that it would become like this now?
Perhaps through Dong's influence, can Yu Qian be shaken?Zhang Ning was also unsure, but he could give it a try, there was no loss anyway.
He did what he thought of and immediately entrusted the matter to Jiang Youde, a leader of the cult ward off the cult, and let him sneak into Changde Mansion and try to contact Dong.
Jiang Youde brought a letter from Zhang Ning and a jade pendant from Yu Qian's personal belongings as a credential.
Jiang Youde took his life and rode a fast horse to Changde City to handle the job.
As long as it is properly disguised, it is basically no difficulty to get into the city; Changde Mansion is a huge city with a large population and requires the transportation of vegetables, firewood, grain, goods and other materials from outside for a long time. If it is not seriously threatened, it is time to not be strictly imposed, and martial law is not completely prohibited after martial law.
Of course, Jiang Youde was going to do his best to do Zhang Ning's job, but he didn't want to die in vain.So he knocked out half of the jade pendant he was carrying, and took a note to send it to the mansion to the house before talking.
When Dong saw Yu Qian's jade pendant, he naturally recognized it, and the note read: Don't see Yu Futai if you report to the official. If you have sincerity, you will make an appointment with him next day.
As expected, Dong did not report to the official, so Jiang Youde asked her to a nearby restaurant.
In places with a large population, one seems to have no malice, and the other is that it is convenient to run away if there is something wrong.
This time, Jiang Youdecai delivered Zhang Ning's letter to her, but she did not agree immediately, but said that she would think about it first and then make a decision.
Zhang Ning's words in the letter were very polite, calling her sister-in-law's wife. When she mentioned that she was in the capital, she thanked her for serving the food and food in the house.He also said that he had no selfish grudges with Yu Qian, and arresting him was just a forced one.
Dong thought that Yu Qian was a third-rank official and was captured by the rebels in the city occupied by the army. He must have been caught by the rebels when he went to see Gu Chunhan privately. Gu Chunhan was originally the one who voted for Zhang Ning, and Yu Qian was still thinking about it.
She went back to her room and took out a memorial from Yu Qian's bookshelf. It was a memorial brought back from Zhang Ning's previous study about the booking of Hai Trade a few years ago. It was written by Zhang Ning.
She carefully compared the handwriting of the letters and memorials. It was indeed Zhang Ning's handwriting and there was no mistake.
And with Yu Qian's personal belongings, Dong could basically believe that his husband was caught by Zhang Ning.
Will Zhang Ning kill him?
Dong was very worried that she would become a widow at a young age and would not even rely on her for the rest of her life. She was born in a scholarly family and her husband is now a minister of the court, so it is always bad to remarry; if it were an ordinary citizen, she could barely choose.
She really wanted to see if Yu Qian was alive, but she was a little scared when she was going to the enemy territory. What if the sheep were dirty and innocent?
It was just a dilemma, but she also understood in her heart that she could not be at ease without confirming her husband's safety.
She remembered Zhang Ning's appearance and his character. In fact, he was not that kind of vicious bad guy. He had a good impression when he met before. He was not only elegant and polite, but also very clean and handsome, with a very good character.
My husband is actually not a mediocre person, and he always has choices when making friends.
There are good words on the letter in my hand.
She thought to herself: Zhang Ning is indeed a moral scholar.
Only one day later, Dong accepted Zhang Ning's invitation with a nervous mood and took a few slaves to the road to Chenzhou with the people sent by Zhang Ning.
When he arrived in Chenzhou, Zhang Ning had to treat him with courtesy. He first sent someone to arrange Qingya's residence and then invited her to meet in the living room.
When Zhang Ning walked into the living room, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw Dong. Although he had seen him before, he had been a little too long and had a blurred impression.
Now seeing each other, he only feels that Mrs. Yu is really a beauty. She is not too thin, but she is naturally soft and weak, which is pity for people. She has fair skin and dignified facial features and good manners. She is really a good match.
There is such a wife, and Yu Qian is not a lustful person, why did he provoke Gu Chunhan?
Zhang Ning learned about it, Yu Qian was trapped because of Gu Chunhan.
Although they are old acquaintances, the relationship between the two sides is already tense. Did Gu Chunhan use the beauty trick to seduce him?
Thinking of this, Zhang Ning felt unhappy as if he was cuckolded. Although Gu Chunhan was not his wife and had been in a brothel, Zhang Ning had been sincere to her and really couldn't let go of her.
Is my husband still alive?When Dong saw Zhang Ning, he didn't even have time to greet him, so he asked directly.
Zhang Ning said kindly: Of course it is unscathed.I and Shilang Yu were old friends and had no selfless grudges. I got the land of this day because each of them was his master (Zhang Ning's nominal master was Emperor Jianwen).Since I caught Shilang Yu, I was no longer an enemy and naturally treated me with good health.
Dong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he bent his knees and made a blessing: I was so rude that I would make you laugh at King Xiang.If you have some government affairs, I will apologize for your husband.
Suddenly, Zhang Ning changed his mind and sighed: It’s a pity that Mr. Yu is sometimes too pedantic, and now he is determined to die. I am worried that one day he won’t watch it, so he seeks a shortcoming...
How could this happen?Dong just now raised his breath again, his worrying expressions beyond words, and he was even more charming.
Zhang Ning said: Madam must persuade him.
Dong choked up and said: Can the prince be kind to me and let me see him?How should I persuade him?
Zhang Ning took out his handkerchief and handed it over. Dong didn't pay attention and took it and wiped his tears. After a while, he came back to his senses and handed it back. He blushed and said, "I'm rude."
Zhang Ning put the handkerchief in his sleeve bag again, saying that it was okay, and then he advised with kind words: You have to advise him, don't force anything.If you don’t care about the world’s affairs, you will first take care of the people you love the closest to and love the most.As long as you do your best for his emperor, you don’t have to be so stubborn even if you fail.
He could just listen to me.Dong said, he must come up with some great principles in the world.
Zhang Ning was stunned: When even his own women cannot be protected, what will happen to the world and what will happen to him?
I like to listen to the truth about King Xiang.But your reason is probably not understandable to your husband.Dong said.
Zhang Ning had no choice but to sigh: But Madam should try to persuade him as much as possible. If the persuasion is really clear, as long as he tells the combat strategy of the Northern Army, I will guarantee that he will live a life of luxury and food without any danger. Madam can also stay with him, and your family will live a peaceful life.When the general situation stabilizes, I will give fertile land, gold and jade to the minister, and I will never bear to harm me.
Be this true?Dong has the only glimmer of hope.
Zhang Ning said: How could I go back on my word?Yu Shilang was also a person I respect.
Dong said: Then I'll give it a try.
Zhang Ning seemed even more anxious than Mrs. Yu, so she was going to take her to see Yu Qian at the moment, and didn't even mention that she would take a break.
Mrs. Yu is also eager, so naturally she will not refuse.
They went to a house near the Dongcheng Mansion, which was specially collected by Yao Ji's people to take care of the criminals, and now they are only locked up in Yu Qian.
Yu Qian spent a few days in Chenzhou and was indeed not abused, and he was treated with delicious food and drinks.
Now I have changed into clean clothes and have been idle for a few days and look pretty good.
He was not locked in a small house, and he could move in one of the courtyards. There were flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard, and there was even a study room.
When Zhang Ning took Dong in, he saw Yu Qian sitting in the yard reading a book.
Yu Qian heard the footsteps and looked back, the expression on his face immediately froze, then frowned: Why are you here in Chenzhou!
Don’t blame Mr. Yu. It’s true that I sent someone to send a letter to invite my wife. The wife is worried about your safety, so let’s take a look.When Zhang Ning saw Yu Qian’s in a mess, he suddenly felt very good.
Yu Qian was stunned for a moment with the book in his hand, and there was nothing to say.He instantly realized that nothing is useful to say now. Since Zhang Ning succeeded, he could still put it back. Maybe he would use Dong to threaten him.
Can I say a few words to my wife?
Yu Qian said.
With Zhang Ning's consent, he called Dong to come over and lowered his head and whispered: You can find an opportunity to stop it and avoid being humiliated.Otherwise, where will you tell me and your Dong family face besides? You won’t be ridiculed in the future?
The next day, someone reported the case and found several bodies in the villa beside the Yuanshui River. The official army sent someone to confirm that it was Yu Qian's entourage.
Now that everyone found something big, they immediately summoned people to search for Yu Qian's whereabouts, and wanted to see people alive and die.
The local government and the Jinyiwei sent people to investigate the case urgently, and the owner of the woods and bamboo building was immediately arrested.
The right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the province, disappeared without understanding. Of course, the possibility of the rebels' actions in detail is not ruled out, but it may not be able to clear the guilt of local civil servants and generals; if it is not clear, what is the prestige and power of the court?
The official from Beijing disappeared for no reason after he came down. Is there no explanation?
The troops have been transferred out of the city in batches to pursue them.
At this time, a small misunderstanding occurred. Wang Yu and his master Liang Yan were not taken into custody because they were treated as courtesy. They just came out of the city the first genius and prepared to go west to surrender to the old master.
Unexpectedly, I saw several teams of officers and soldiers looking for someone on the road, but they were scared and thought they were here to arrest them.
Wang Yu said: Yu Futai and Wang Yangde treated me courteously. I slandered them and said a lot of things to deceive them, but now I run away. Have you annoyed them and wanted to arrest us and die?
Liang Yan said incrediblely: We are not very important people, so why should we mobilize many people to deal with us?If you just annoy it, those bureaucrats are not willing to act irritated... But I am not sure if it is coming to us. Maybe you are a big deal.
Wang Yu said in surprise: What's the point of me?
Liang Yan said: In this connection, the lords, marquis, generals, heroes, nobles and civil officials in the court could not even pee in a pot. Although there were some kindness between them, they did not fight too clearly for the time being, but they were not alone.The boss is a scholar who is famous for his students and has suffered great grievances from the powerful and powerful, which is unbearable to the civil officials in the world!If a civil servant swallows his anger so much, how can he speak in the court?So as Yu Futai said that day, many court ministers impeached Cheng Duke for this matter.
Yu Futai was born as a Jinshi, and he was obviously a civil servant. His mentor Yang Shaobao was also a civil servant. Can Yu Futai still betray his own people and help those who are the heroes and nobles?There is a process in between. If they can make peace for the boss, it will be to regain their face. If they want to come to the boss to affect the imperial court, wouldn’t they be an important person?
The more the two of them talked, the more they felt that the officers and soldiers came for them, so they did not dare to walk on the main road and did not dare to ride the horse.
He lost his horse and pretended to be a hungry beggar, and ran to Chenzhou after several twists and turns, which made him feel embarrassed.
When I arrived in Chenzhou, I couldn't enter the city.
I saw that there were hungry people outside the city and they all wanted to go to the city to beg for food. The Vermilion Bird Army no longer allowed refugees to enter the city, but only built some porridge sheds outside the city to provide relief.
Wang Yu and Liang Yan wanted to go in several times, but were blocked. A soldier stuffed it with a broken bowl. He pointed to the porridge shed outside and said: Go and eat and lose your life first. It may be fine if you are beaten for a while.
Wang Yu's emotions gradually became excited. I walked more than 400 miles and ran back, not even allowing the city to enter!
Fortunately, Liang Yan was sharp-eyed and found that a general on the city tower looked very familiar. He remembered that he was a team leader named He in the army.
Once, Liang Yan happened to be responsible for paying money. He had met several times with Team He, but I don’t know if Team He remembered it.
Liang Yan immediately started yelling: Guest-zheng, I am Master Liang Ah, do you remember me?
The generals in the city heard someone calling him, but looked down and saw two ragged beggars, who were just weird.
However, he was on duty today, and the errands guarding the city gate were the most boring. Chenzhou has no military status at the moment, so he basically had nothing to do all day long. When he thought about it, the beggar could call out his surname and position, maybe he really knew someone.
He immediately ordered a soldier to bring the caller to question him.
As long as they can speak well, Wang Yu and others will have a way to prove their identity. They have served as officials in the Senate and know not only one or two military generals.
Team He correctly confirmed their identities, so he immediately went to the official office to report and sent someone to send Wang Yu and Liang Yan into the city.
Zhang Ning was working in the office of the government office. When he heard the news, he came out in person. He saw that Wang Yu and Liang Yan were in a mess and couldn't help but be surprised.
At this time, more than 400 miles were considered a long journey, but he was in trouble halfway through and did not look like Wang Yu.
Wang Yu walked up and choked up and said: Prince, Lord Xu has committed suicide and died for his country. All of them have been taken away.I felt so eager to return home, and escaped. After walking for many days, I finally saw the prince again.
Zhang Ning sighed and hurriedly helped them up: Please get up quickly, please get up, Qingmo, you miss the old master, this is a friendship.It’s been hard, thank you for your hard work, temporary difficulties will always pass.Everyone, let’s take a look, our Suzaku Army is together and helping each other.
The officials hurriedly said: The prince is kind and kind, and I am willing to follow him and help you together.
...Recently, Gu Chunhan and others have returned one after another. Even two officials after Changde's fall have returned and Yu Qian was arrested, and good things have continued; however, Zhang Ning's situation is still not very good.
The hungry people outside the city can see it by themselves. In the current situation in Chenzhou, the Senate Department is not easy to formulate taxes. Many people at the bottom can't even eat, so how can they collect taxes?
Only the idea of whether to squeeze some oil and water from the big farmers is a drop in the bucket. More than 10,000 people want to eat, and there are also war horses from the cavalry regiment. Horses in the mainland are not just about eating grass, they need to eat food.
If it hadn't for the Changde Mansion that had occupied Changde Mansion for several months and the Changde Mansion was very rich, a batch of food was transferred to Chenzhou in advance as war preparation supplies; now the Suzaku Army would have to chew the bark.
In the hall of the Senate, everyone is often talking about countermeasures.Many people have already proposed a strategy of abandoning Chenzhou and marching towards Baoqing Prefecture.
Chenzhou suffered a war and famine, and there was no trouble, and it was useless to occupy it.We have swords and guns, wouldn’t it be nice to change the territory?
Chen Gai said it directly, without any concealment.
However, Ma Dapeng of the Weapons Bureau opposed giving up Chenzhou: The soldiers' weapons and armor were all made and supplemented by the Weapons Bureau workshops, especially firearms. If the Chenzhou workshop had not been repaired in time, more than half of the firearms that the army returned from the Battle of Changsha would not be used.After our troops have expanded to more than 10,000, it is not as easy as before to repair one or two hundred muskets. It requires large-scale workshops and tools. If these things are completely out of nothing, it will be very troublesome.Chenzhou's workshop was left behind before, but it can be used to sort it out now. If you go to a strange territory, so many muskets are broken and the war is urgent, how can I find a way to repair it?How to build additional weapons?
When everyone saw that Zhang Ning didn't say anything, they were used to it. He would always ask everyone to talk about their thoughts first and then express their opinions.So everyone turned their attention to Senate Minister Zhu Heng.
Zhu Heng had no choice but to say: If it were not forbidden to attack Baoqing Prefecture, it would be better to defeat the Northern Army, regain Changde Prefecture, and enter Wuchang to compete for the world.Today's general trend is that there is no time to hide your strength and keep a low profile. Once you miss the opportunity to make progress, you will no longer have the opportunity and will die sooner or later.
His idea coincided with Zhang Ning, and Zhang Ning planned to retake Changde Mansion from the beginning.
Zhu Heng said again: I seem to be a bit far away. Just look at it, we have just had some foundation and cannot easily start roaming again; otherwise, what is the difference between us and bandits?Think about it, since the Battle of Gaodu, if the Zhuque Army did not occupy Chenzhou for a long time, but instead occupied Changde, but had no foundation, how could the military strength be expanded from more than one thousand to tens of thousands?
At this moment, Zhang Ning finally spoke: If you want to fight, you have to fight quickly.If we drag on the edge, we will starve ourselves to death for no more than two months at most.However, there are 50,000 people from the Northern Army, and there are some people in the remaining troops of the Southern Army who can still fight after receiving supplies, especially the horse soldiers did not suffer severe damage.They are all moving near Changde. We can't just attack the city with less than one-fifth of the enemy's troops, right?
Zhu Hengdao: The official army has an absolute advantage in the military force, and the assembly of tens of thousands of troops is huge. We should take the initiative to attack, so we should look for fighter opportunities in it and defeat its main force in field battles.
What strategy will the government army use and are there any opportunities to take advantage of?Zhang Ning couldn't help but ask for a knot in his heart for many days.
But no one present could answer this question.
Zhang Ning believed that before Yu Qian was captured, he stayed in Changde for a long time and had already developed a general strategy.
A man like Yu Qian is determined to pacify Huguang, and he cannot come up with any strategy of self-destruction advantages; he can guess with great accuracy without thinking about it.
When Yu Qian was captured and unable to pose a threat to him, even if Zhang Ning had many bad emotions, he was actually unwilling to harm him.
Zhang Ning still admires this person who was regarded as a hero in later generations in many ways, and thinks that meaningless persecution is a sin.
But even so, Zhang Ning has now had the idea of torture and forced confession.
Is this rough method also the most effective method of this era?Survival and death are at stake, and you can lose any moral integrity.
At this moment, Zhang Ning suddenly had some inspiration.
He remembered that Yao Ji once mentioned that his wife, too Yu Qian, came to Changde Mansion. Now that Yu Qian's life and death are unknown, she must be very worried!
Yu Qian's wife is surnamed Dong. I think Zhang Ning has seen her. When she was in the capital, everyone got along very politely and harmoniously. You should know that in this era, introducing female relatives to friends is a considerable friendship.
Who would have thought that it would become like this now?
Perhaps through Dong's influence, can Yu Qian be shaken?Zhang Ning was also unsure, but he could give it a try, there was no loss anyway.
He did what he thought of and immediately entrusted the matter to Jiang Youde, a leader of the cult ward off the cult, and let him sneak into Changde Mansion and try to contact Dong.
Jiang Youde brought a letter from Zhang Ning and a jade pendant from Yu Qian's personal belongings as a credential.
Jiang Youde took his life and rode a fast horse to Changde City to handle the job.
As long as it is properly disguised, it is basically no difficulty to get into the city; Changde Mansion is a huge city with a large population and requires the transportation of vegetables, firewood, grain, goods and other materials from outside for a long time. If it is not seriously threatened, it is time to not be strictly imposed, and martial law is not completely prohibited after martial law.
Of course, Jiang Youde was going to do his best to do Zhang Ning's job, but he didn't want to die in vain.So he knocked out half of the jade pendant he was carrying, and took a note to send it to the mansion to the house before talking.
When Dong saw Yu Qian's jade pendant, he naturally recognized it, and the note read: Don't see Yu Futai if you report to the official. If you have sincerity, you will make an appointment with him next day.
As expected, Dong did not report to the official, so Jiang Youde asked her to a nearby restaurant.
In places with a large population, one seems to have no malice, and the other is that it is convenient to run away if there is something wrong.
This time, Jiang Youdecai delivered Zhang Ning's letter to her, but she did not agree immediately, but said that she would think about it first and then make a decision.
Zhang Ning's words in the letter were very polite, calling her sister-in-law's wife. When she mentioned that she was in the capital, she thanked her for serving the food and food in the house.He also said that he had no selfish grudges with Yu Qian, and arresting him was just a forced one.
Dong thought that Yu Qian was a third-rank official and was captured by the rebels in the city occupied by the army. He must have been caught by the rebels when he went to see Gu Chunhan privately. Gu Chunhan was originally the one who voted for Zhang Ning, and Yu Qian was still thinking about it.
She went back to her room and took out a memorial from Yu Qian's bookshelf. It was a memorial brought back from Zhang Ning's previous study about the booking of Hai Trade a few years ago. It was written by Zhang Ning.
She carefully compared the handwriting of the letters and memorials. It was indeed Zhang Ning's handwriting and there was no mistake.
And with Yu Qian's personal belongings, Dong could basically believe that his husband was caught by Zhang Ning.
Will Zhang Ning kill him?
Dong was very worried that she would become a widow at a young age and would not even rely on her for the rest of her life. She was born in a scholarly family and her husband is now a minister of the court, so it is always bad to remarry; if it were an ordinary citizen, she could barely choose.
She really wanted to see if Yu Qian was alive, but she was a little scared when she was going to the enemy territory. What if the sheep were dirty and innocent?
It was just a dilemma, but she also understood in her heart that she could not be at ease without confirming her husband's safety.
She remembered Zhang Ning's appearance and his character. In fact, he was not that kind of vicious bad guy. He had a good impression when he met before. He was not only elegant and polite, but also very clean and handsome, with a very good character.
My husband is actually not a mediocre person, and he always has choices when making friends.
There are good words on the letter in my hand.
She thought to herself: Zhang Ning is indeed a moral scholar.
Only one day later, Dong accepted Zhang Ning's invitation with a nervous mood and took a few slaves to the road to Chenzhou with the people sent by Zhang Ning.
When he arrived in Chenzhou, Zhang Ning had to treat him with courtesy. He first sent someone to arrange Qingya's residence and then invited her to meet in the living room.
When Zhang Ning walked into the living room, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw Dong. Although he had seen him before, he had been a little too long and had a blurred impression.
Now seeing each other, he only feels that Mrs. Yu is really a beauty. She is not too thin, but she is naturally soft and weak, which is pity for people. She has fair skin and dignified facial features and good manners. She is really a good match.
There is such a wife, and Yu Qian is not a lustful person, why did he provoke Gu Chunhan?
Zhang Ning learned about it, Yu Qian was trapped because of Gu Chunhan.
Although they are old acquaintances, the relationship between the two sides is already tense. Did Gu Chunhan use the beauty trick to seduce him?
Thinking of this, Zhang Ning felt unhappy as if he was cuckolded. Although Gu Chunhan was not his wife and had been in a brothel, Zhang Ning had been sincere to her and really couldn't let go of her.
Is my husband still alive?When Dong saw Zhang Ning, he didn't even have time to greet him, so he asked directly.
Zhang Ning said kindly: Of course it is unscathed.I and Shilang Yu were old friends and had no selfless grudges. I got the land of this day because each of them was his master (Zhang Ning's nominal master was Emperor Jianwen).Since I caught Shilang Yu, I was no longer an enemy and naturally treated me with good health.
Dong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he bent his knees and made a blessing: I was so rude that I would make you laugh at King Xiang.If you have some government affairs, I will apologize for your husband.
Suddenly, Zhang Ning changed his mind and sighed: It’s a pity that Mr. Yu is sometimes too pedantic, and now he is determined to die. I am worried that one day he won’t watch it, so he seeks a shortcoming...
How could this happen?Dong just now raised his breath again, his worrying expressions beyond words, and he was even more charming.
Zhang Ning said: Madam must persuade him.
Dong choked up and said: Can the prince be kind to me and let me see him?How should I persuade him?
Zhang Ning took out his handkerchief and handed it over. Dong didn't pay attention and took it and wiped his tears. After a while, he came back to his senses and handed it back. He blushed and said, "I'm rude."
Zhang Ning put the handkerchief in his sleeve bag again, saying that it was okay, and then he advised with kind words: You have to advise him, don't force anything.If you don’t care about the world’s affairs, you will first take care of the people you love the closest to and love the most.As long as you do your best for his emperor, you don’t have to be so stubborn even if you fail.
He could just listen to me.Dong said, he must come up with some great principles in the world.
Zhang Ning was stunned: When even his own women cannot be protected, what will happen to the world and what will happen to him?
I like to listen to the truth about King Xiang.But your reason is probably not understandable to your husband.Dong said.
Zhang Ning had no choice but to sigh: But Madam should try to persuade him as much as possible. If the persuasion is really clear, as long as he tells the combat strategy of the Northern Army, I will guarantee that he will live a life of luxury and food without any danger. Madam can also stay with him, and your family will live a peaceful life.When the general situation stabilizes, I will give fertile land, gold and jade to the minister, and I will never bear to harm me.
Be this true?Dong has the only glimmer of hope.
Zhang Ning said: How could I go back on my word?Yu Shilang was also a person I respect.
Dong said: Then I'll give it a try.
Zhang Ning seemed even more anxious than Mrs. Yu, so she was going to take her to see Yu Qian at the moment, and didn't even mention that she would take a break.
Mrs. Yu is also eager, so naturally she will not refuse.
They went to a house near the Dongcheng Mansion, which was specially collected by Yao Ji's people to take care of the criminals, and now they are only locked up in Yu Qian.
Yu Qian spent a few days in Chenzhou and was indeed not abused, and he was treated with delicious food and drinks.
Now I have changed into clean clothes and have been idle for a few days and look pretty good.
He was not locked in a small house, and he could move in one of the courtyards. There were flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard, and there was even a study room.
When Zhang Ning took Dong in, he saw Yu Qian sitting in the yard reading a book.
Yu Qian heard the footsteps and looked back, the expression on his face immediately froze, then frowned: Why are you here in Chenzhou!
Don’t blame Mr. Yu. It’s true that I sent someone to send a letter to invite my wife. The wife is worried about your safety, so let’s take a look.When Zhang Ning saw Yu Qian’s in a mess, he suddenly felt very good.
Yu Qian was stunned for a moment with the book in his hand, and there was nothing to say.He instantly realized that nothing is useful to say now. Since Zhang Ning succeeded, he could still put it back. Maybe he would use Dong to threaten him.
Can I say a few words to my wife?
Yu Qian said.
With Zhang Ning's consent, he called Dong to come over and lowered his head and whispered: You can find an opportunity to stop it and avoid being humiliated.Otherwise, where will you tell me and your Dong family face besides? You won’t be ridiculed in the future?
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