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Chapter 459 The Battle of Jiujiang (3)

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At night in Jiujiang City, if your vision is limited to a small area, you must think it is a very peaceful and peaceful place that may seem a bit boring.It was very quiet and you could hear the chirping of sparrows outside the door.

This room is a suite, located in the inner courtyard of the Governor's Headquarters, where Zhang Ning has lived for several months.

The door is usually open, and you can see the view outside while sitting next to the desk. The same picture day after day, he is already very familiar with it.

From near to far, there are two broad-leaved trees in the yard, with no fruits in winter. Even Zhang Ning has seen it thousands of times but has not paid special attention to what kind of tree it is. The trees on the south bank of the Yangtze River also have green leaves in winter, but their shortcomings are full of vitality and lifelessness. When spring begins, they should be able to emit new vitality. There are some withered weeds on the ground, and you can see the corridor under the eaves opposite a little farther away, old pillars with deteriorated paint and discolored floor tiles...

This picture is so uncharacteristic, but it may have existed in Zhang Ning's mind for many years because I have watched it too many times.

The light next to the night has gradually dimmed, but the night has not yet arrived, making the scenery covered with a layer of dark gray, hazy as fog and a layer of light ink.

Zhang Ning went around to observe all day during the day, and then returned to his residence later.

He was writing and drawing, and from time to time he looked up at the outside habitually for a while. Perhaps there were still things from his previous student days in his subconscious. A teacher said that after class, he could see the scenery to give his eyes a rest, so looking at the outdoor scenery was equated with low-cost rest.

However, he also noticed Xin Wei sitting next to him. When he lifted the pen again, he said without raising his head: You have nothing to do while sitting, and I can't talk to you, don't you think it's boring?

Zhang Ning felt that she was shaking her head, so he stopped asking.

It took a long time to hear her speak, and she spoke very slowly and quietly: I remembered the days I was in my hometown many years ago. Sometimes I weaved cloth on the loom, sometimes I cooked rice, or fed chickens. I still remember my soft mind when I was drying the quilt because the things were very broken... Would I talk too much?

It's okay, you say it.Zhang Ning said casually.He was slightly distracted, and the scene of ancient farmhouses appeared in his mind, but Xin Wei's tone was very good, which made people feel peaceful.

At that time, the whole family had something to do, and when they woke up in the morning, they had endless miscellaneous work. Most of them were their own and rarely spoke.

Xin Wei spoke in an equally gentle voice, and the more he spoke, the more he spoke, it was almost inaudible. If there were... you... I was just thinking about it, I wouldn't feel that life was hard to waste.

It’s a little quieter. As long as you can be by your side, it feels good. Even if you don’t have any luxury and food, you’re even imprisoned in a room like a prisoner, as long as you can see you...

Zhang Ning shook his pen and made a ball of ink on the paper. No matter how stupid he was, he could understand that this was a special confession of ancient women.

He looked up at Xin Wei and said nothing for a moment. Her forehead was flat and her eyes were big. Her lowered eyes highlighted the shape of her eyelashes, which made her less regular and more graceful.

Xin Wei said again: I can feel that the prince will win soon, and I can also think of the situation after winning this battle, but for some reason I feel a little disappointed.When you return to the luxurious palace, how can I be as good as the beautiful wife and concubines in the Chu Palace, and I am not qualified to compete with others. I can no longer be with the prince alone like now...

Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment, and his heart was moved, but after thinking about it, he agreed with her statement.

This made me feel a little guilty, not only because I thought of everything Xin Wei did for her in the most difficult days, but also because I felt that the thought she expressed was rare...

Although it is difficult to determine whether it is out of a woman's scheming, it really touched Zhang Ning in an instant.

Maybe it wasn't someone's scheming, but he himself changed, becoming so numb and secular, as if everyone was trying to get a piece of the interests of his group.

One sentence I won’t treat you badly. Zhang Ning can’t say it until his throat is blocked, and even he feels it’s a blasphemy.

Now we can't be proud and think it's too early to win.He said quietly.

...The danger and suffering have been through such a long time until now. Zhang Ning had a thought in his mind that he must not make mistakes in the last step, so he seemed extra cautious.

However, the situation is really good. Zhou Mengxiong had successfully passed the news into the city.

Through the deployment of the government troops visited by Jiujiang City, Zhou Mengxiong seized the fighter plane and quickly broke through Shilihe. He boldly interspersed his junction while the government troops were unprepared and deployed the army between Bali Lake and Gantang Lake without a fierce battle.

The current situation has made Zhang Fu's official army very unfavorable.

Judging from the official defense between Bali Lake and the Yangtze River, it can be guessed that Zhang Fu's previous strategic intention was to form a northern defense line in the land corridor between the rivers and lakes (Bali Lake in the Yangtze River); relying on the Shili River in Bali Hunan as the southern defense line, the two lines block the reinforcements to rescue the siege.

However, Zhou Mengxiong boldly and quickly coincidentally interspersed between Bali Lake and Gantang Lake. The current situation has completely destroyed the strategic deployment of Zhang Fu's official army; unless Zhang Fu gathered the main forces of the two armies and forcibly overthrew Zhou Mengxiong's main position fortifications, there would be only a contraction of defense lines to form a second smaller encirclement...

The narrow land corridor between Gantang Lake, close to the west of Jiujiang City and the Yangtze River blocked the northwest; the Baishui Lake Yangtze River Corridor in the east was not threatened by the wrong direction; the focus was on gathering heavy troops in the southern defense line in the open area in the south of the city, and the siege circle was already very small and had no depth.

The government troops on the eastern and southern fronts were trained together; only the government troops on the northwest defense line had been divided.

The government army located in the narrow land corridor between Gantang Lake and the Yangtze River was originally weak due to its narrow terrain and long force, and was even divided at this time...

They were the Yangtze River to the north, Jiujiang City to the east, and Gantang Lake to the south; from the west, the way out to the south, the left bank of Gantang Lake to Bali Lake was blocked by Zhou Mengxiong's army, and the only way out was to go west along the Yangtze River, but Ruichang County to the west had been captured by Zhou Mengxiong's army, and it can be said that there was no way out.

Although the Yangtze River's water control power is in the hands of the official army, there is no situation of being surrounded and killed, it has almost become an isolated army.

The above are all the contexts that Zhang Ning unilaterally analyzed through the chaotic and intertwined battlefield, but he believed that as long as the things done by people have their own ideas and rules, a normal person with a clear mind will not be confused about important things and have no thoughts at all. After discussing with Yu Qian and others, the people around him also agreed with Zhang Ning's guess.

Now Zhang Ning’s tactic is to take the initiative to attack the fortifications of the siege of the government army in the northwest. The temptation of this idea is very obvious: not only can we break through and meet Zhou Mengxiong’s army and jump out of the dangerous situation, but we can also completely eat the isolated part of the Northwest Front official army, further severely hurt and weaken the strength in Zhang Fu’s hands.

The risks are also obvious. The enemy defends and attacks us. Zhou Mengxiong's new army has very weak attack power. Once Zhang Ning's army fails on the attack, at the least, it will be useless to exhaust the ammunition left; at the worst, it will be taken advantage of by the official army in other directions to seize Jiujiang City, and it will be in an embarrassing situation where it cannot advance in front and behind, like a lonely ghost, and there will be danger of annihilation of the entire army.

Then Zhang Ning's efforts that have persisted until now have been wasted all of a sudden, and he will lose all the money in one battle.

Often, major things are only in a person's thoughts, full of chance.People often face such a choice. There are few things in the world that take up all the benefits, and there must be a trade-off between letting go and grasping.

I once read a certain article about a family saying that during the Three Kingdoms, Wei Yan suggested taking the surprise troops to go to Ziwu Valley and directly taking Chang'an. If Shu adopted this tactic, it might be possible to establish the Central Plains.But Zhuge Liang rejected it so much that the feasibility of this path could not be confirmed.It cannot be verified, but we can sigh that being cautious is often not all the benefits and will miss opportunities.

Zhang Ning is usually a cautious and obedient person, but this is his appearance; a kind of rebellion is deeply embedded in his bones, and this is the essence.

Many years ago, when he was young, he dared to run away from home with his friends and hang out at the railway station. He walked almost all the way to the dark. Although he suddenly realized, he just surrendered to reality...

From then on, something in his blood was destined to lurk.

If he had not been destined to be restless, he would not have thought about rebelling after suddenly learning that he was Taizu's bloodline. At that time, his ambition and desire in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

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The next morning, after repeated consideration and deduction all night, he decided to adopt the risky tactics of proactive attack.

He even refused everyone's dissuasion, and seemed a little stubborn and prepared to go all the way.

No one in the army could balance his dictatorship, and civil officials Yu Qian and military officials Wei Bin were not on the same level as his reputation and authority in the army.

Considering the suddenness of the attack, Zhang Ning ordered the ban on the spread of decision-making news in the Governor's Office, and only made secret preparations on the same day, and would mobilize and launch a raid tomorrow morning.

He left everything behind and fell asleep early, but woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall asleep. His heart was disturbed by anxiety and excitement.

If you fail, you may have to stamp your chest. The consequences are terrible...

Zhang Ning decided not to imagine.

Now that things have come to this point, it is useless to worry about gains and losses, so it is better to think about success.

It’s like a gambling person who fantasizes about how to spend money after winning before the market opens. It’s precisely because of this that he can devote great enthusiasm to participating in gambling.

His behavior gradually became strange, and he tossed and turned on the bed and showed an ambition-filled smile, and then sat cross-legged by the bed.

Before dawn, he called Li Zhen, who was on duty in the outside of the warmer pavilion, and asked him to find someone to burn hot water to take a shower and change his clothes.

Early in the morning, Zhang Ning soaked comfortably in the bathtub for a long time, and kept heating the water during the period. After sleeping for a while, his bones almost became soft.