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Chapter 457 The Battle of Jiujiang (1)

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As soon as the genius was dawn, Zhang Ning woke up from the nightmare.

I still remember the situation in my dream for a moment when I woke up. After a while, my mind gradually became clear and I almost forgot the dream completely. It was a very strange experience.

In the end, he only remembered very few pieces of things, as if a kitchen knife was cut into his abdomen. He either had a knife or a wide and short kitchen knife. It felt like it was real. Now he still felt tight when he remembered it.

He got up and put on his grey and wrinkled top, and squatted beside a basin of charcoal fire in the middle of the room to cook the fire.

The cold morning wind poured into the dilapidated window paper made him a little greedy for the little warmth brought by this pot of embers; hesitated whether to go out to inspect the defenses in various parts of the city for a while.

In the hopeless depression, not only can one not stimulate one's potential, but it becomes depressed and lazy.

I don’t know what to do next, maybe I should hold back the cold air and go out; or if I think the temperature difference between the inside and outside is too large and I really don’t want to go out, so what should I do?

He did nothing, but just squatted beside the charcoal fire and delayed, as if he could drag for a while.

Yao Ji must be very worried about herself now, and she will be full of worry and pressure on the future; but she can also stabilize the situation inside and outside the palace, and even awe-inspiring smile can appear in the corner of her mouth...

That's why Zhang Ning often relies on her psychologically.

Zhang Ning imagined her appearance, and she still wore luxurious clothes every day, and she sorted them out from her hair to her nails very delicately. The round feeling made people feel at ease.

But Zhang Xiaomei is probably not so calm. What will happen to her? She hides in the room and is unwilling to talk to others?Well, it is very likely that this is the case. The same was true for her behavior when the Zhang family was killed before.

At this moment, the old gray and black wooden door rang out three knocks, and then Xin Wei walked in.

Looking back at the room, she stopped at Zhang Ning, walked over quickly, and said with a little excited voice: Just now, General Zhou's new army defeated the North Road of the Guanjun in Ewangcheng and annihilated most of its main forces...

What?Zhang Ning stood up, rubbed his hands and asked, "Is the news true?"

Xin Wei turned to the door and said: Come in and report the matter.

yes.

A young man in green bowed into the room. Facing Zhang Ning who was dressed in disheveled clothes, he looked a little nervous and hurriedly took out a thin stack of paper from his arms and handed it on. Bei Zhi met the brothers of the Provincial Eunuch in the Huguang area. This was a detailed file they gave.

Zhang Ning hurriedly took it over and found a drawing marked with lines. While looking closely, he heard the young man beside him say that General Zhou's men were preparing in advance in the water network area west of Ewang City, and luring the enemy deeper, successfully luring the main force of the official army's northern route to the ambush area; then tens of thousands of people from the central and rear troops suddenly penetrated from the Yangtze River, blocking the retreat of the official army and surrounding the ambush circle.The official army was divided into two, with no food inside and no soldiers outside...

Zhang Ning also saw the tactics described in the file, using the ditch wall camp to build positions and use the strengths of firearms to avoid close combat.

At this time, he gradually realized that when he saw that the quality of the soldiers was completely inferior to that of the new army in the Beijing camp, he could understand that he could defeat the official army.

Looking at the time of the battle, I calculated with my fingers that it was less than ten days before Zhou Mengxiong vowed to go to war...

This king did not choose the wrong person, hum!

Zhang Ning was excitedly walking back and forth in the room, and in this way, Zhang Fu's troops were only middle and south.There is no accurate number of people, but from all aspects, it is speculated that the total force will not exceed 100,000; when Zhou Mengxiong's new army goes south, there will be 60,000 people, and with the Yongding Camp and Jiujiang army in Jiujiang City, the total number of troops in our army can reach more than 80,000.Now we can't suffer any losses in terms of the number of people.

Xin Wei hurriedly asked: Then are we going to win?

Zhang Ning casually said: There is hope.

His mind became flexible again, and he shook his clothes on his body. The person came, took this thing to Yu Qian and told all the civil and military generals... Why is my clothes so wrinkled? Xin Wei, you should iron them immediately, you should wear them when you go out, and my short sword decoration... The service of the pen and ink, I want to write a letter to Zhou Mengxiong, Xin Wei, you will find one or two reliable people to come over, come to see me at night... It is said that Li Zhen will come to see me!

After a while, Yu Qian went straight to the wing where Zhang Ning lived and spoke. There were still several generals outside waiting to meet. When the guard commander Li Zhen was called, he could only talk about the big things first, so he had to wait on the eaves.

Zhang Ning spread out the map on the table and took a ruler to measure several places of interest. Ying Qian said that the first thing he did now should be to contact Zhou Mengxiong. Unfortunately, Jiujiang was surrounded on all sides, and the risk of letters coming and going is high, so it is easy to fall into the hands of the official army.

Yu Qian said calmly that he could send someone to inform General Zhou and let him take the lead in occupying Ruichang City; Ruichang is also a relatively important city on the riverside, and there are pigeons for conveying emergency military information. As long as the pigeons in Ruichang and the pigeons in Jiujiang City are exchanged, the prince can use the flying pigeon to convey the military plan with General Zhou, so that the inside and outside can cooperate with each other.Even if the pigeons are intercepted by the official army when transporting them, the secret will not be disclosed. And we can try to transport the pigeons many times. We can confirm the authenticity through letters.

This method is good, I will do it tonight.Zhang Ning said simply.

Yu Qian said again: Once General Zhou’s army reinforces to Jiangxi, our first goal should be to break through from Jiujiang City in order to obtain ammunition, food and supplies, and repair and damage firearms.

Tingyi and my heroes have similar views.Zhang Ning tapped the map with a ruler, and I was thinking about where to break through.

Yu Qian said: Based on speculation alone, I think Zhang Fu would gather heavy troops in the south of the city, because only on this side of the vast terrain will be conducive to Zhou Mengxiong's tens of thousands of troops to deploy; we can do the opposite and attack from the land corridor in the northwest of the city to avoid heavy troops.Just choose the direction of breakthrough based on guessing. If the offensive consequences are unimaginable, it is very likely that the official army will be counterattacked and the city defense will fall into a dangerous place without a standing cone.

Xin Wei, who was next to him, looked up at Zhang Ning from time to time. She was in the room with an iron to iron her clothes. This kind of thing seemed a little awkward at this time, so she silently said nothing, but just listened to Zhang Ning and others discussing major events with great attention.

Women are rarely interested in wars and fights unless they are related to their vital interests. Obviously, Xin Wei is very much looking forward to Zhang Ning winning in this fight.

After months of companionship, Xin Wei was the only woman around Zhang Ning in this lonely city. She not only helped him around, but also occasionally served him. It can be said that she fulfilled her responsibilities as a partner. She believed that Zhang Ning was a person with obvious grievances and merits, and she was qualified to share his achievements in the future...

The premise is to win on the battlefield.

Zhang Ning said: The giant balloon we tried to build to observe the deployment of the enemy artillery array before, and now we will complete it as soon as possible, which may help our army to find out Zhang Fu's deployment of troops.

After hearing this, Yu Qian frowned slightly: Can the prince really make people fly to the sky?

This is indeed a bit challenging Yu Qian's perception. Yu Qian usually thinks that Zhang Ning is still a trustworthy person, but occasionally he always puts forward some wonderful ideas, which makes people feel mysterious like a child's play.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ning said seriously: It is feasible in theory, and it is naturally time to give it a try.

While he said that, he picked up his pen and quickly wrote an equation on paper. He heated water vapor and carbon to generate carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and calculated the average amount of the mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen; then used the average amount of the atmosphere and the planned balloon volume to calculate the buoyancy.

Unfortunately, a bunch of symbols is completely equivalent to ghost painting talismans for others, and it is no different from being mysterious. Coupled with his serious expression, he looks a bit funny at this time.

Anyway, there was no loss if it failed. Zhang Ning immediately asked Li Zhen to come in and ordered him to sew and complete the silk cotton tung oil and other materials he had prepared a while ago.