A consensus was quickly reached within the Suzaku Army and marched south into Gaodu County.
At this time, Zhu Yong's main army occupied Yongding Acropolis in the upper reaches of the west; Yuezhou Prefecture's official army advanced from the west, and Lizhou and Shimen would definitely not be able to defend it after a while, because the main forces of the Zhuque Army were all in Cili.
Now no one wants to stay in these three counties.
Although the mountainous areas in the north can avoid the forefront of the official army, to the north there are Shizhouwei and other places, which have neither foundation nor a way out; all civil officials and generals agree to advance south, and the Miao envoys sent people to discuss the alliance twice, and everyone thought that they could rely on the Miao people to fight against the official army.
The main resistance to the journey southward is not the garrison of Gaodu County, but more than 2,000 people stationed in Longtou Temple on the west side.
This movie alone has more people than Zhang Ning, but in comparison, everyone is more willing to deal with the people in Longtou Temple than to directly fight Zhu Yong.
Zhang Ning considered that the soldiers of Longtou Temple might receive Zhu Yong's orders to enter Gaodu County eastward.
If the city cannot be solved for the time being and is haunted by it, the situation will be very unfavorable; the fact that the Yongding Acropolis was unable to capture the city was vivid in my mind, so he decided to carry the eleven mortars that had been made with the army.
A team of people rushed to tear down the houses around the Weapon Bureau workshop in the west of the city, and then set fire to the Weapon Bureau. The smoke rose in the west of the city as if a fire broke out.
At the same time, all files and tools that cannot be taken away were burned.
A mortar cannon weighs about 400 kilograms, which is very light compared to a long-barrel cannon, but transportation is still not easy and it has to be pulled by a carriage, so the baggage cannon cannon can only go on the main road.
The rural roads in Huguang are well-connected, but there are only one or two roads that can take the army.
Moreover, various troops gathered from all over the city, and the main road in the city passed with great fanfare; and the fire on the other side of the Weapon Bureau.
The movements of the Zhuque Army cannot be covered up. Within one or two days, Zhu Yong may know their movements from the investigation.
Zhang Ning asked the followers to pack up their things, change their clothes and come out from the county dynasty to join the army with the generals, and accompanied them with civil servants such as Wang Yu and Liang Yan.
The remaining local officials were lucky enough to surrender to the rebels and were unwilling to follow them, and Zhang Ning did not force them.
Several civil servants and Zhang Ning all changed into pastoral gray clothes, tops and underwear, soap boots. Perhaps Wang Yu and others held their own literati status and were not willing to dress similar to martial artists. However, since Zhang Ning dressed like this, they followed suit. In fact, this loose style of clothes and trousers was more flexible in riding horses.
The Miao envoy and his group had more than ten people, and they followed the Central Army. Zhang Ning did not avoid these strangely dressed in costumes. Everyone knew that it was Miao envoy at a glance, and felt that it was not a bad thing to fight alone, rather than to fight alone.
More than 1,200 people gathered on the cross street without delaying it. They immediately beat drums and set off towards the south of the city.
The army was divided into three armies in front, middle and back. The front army was mainly scouts, the central army was the main force of the infantry, and the rear army was the baggage artillery and guards.
Many people in the city were watching along the road, and some people were stretching their heads to look at the streets in the windows of the house. This was a good thing. The Vermilion Bird Army repeatedly ordered the people to be banned from disturbing the people. After staying in Cili County for a long time, their image always changed, and at least the people were not afraid of them anymore.
Those people were watching the team on the street, and Zhang Ning, who was riding on the horse, were also watching. Suddenly, he felt that the houses and streets of this place were also very familiar. Before he knew it, he had been in Cili County for two months.
But no matter how familiar the place is, it will be a passerby in the end.
The journey begins again.
The marching route chose the most conventional and simple road, take the avenue close to the Yuanshui tributary, and then walk the main road that is smooth.
Although there is no shortage of water in the south, it is always not a bad thing to march to the river's water source.
Going south along the tributary of the Yuan River, it is not far from the high, and this road is less than a hundred miles.
Originally, Zhang Ning's territory was only Cili, Shimen and Lizhou, but now he has given up. After going south for dozens of miles, it will be the enemy's territory.
Looking around, there are cities controlled by the government army. To the east are several important towns such as Changde Prefecture, to the south are Gaodu County, and to the northwest are Yongding Acropolis.
This situation naturally made Zhang Ning and others feel insecure, and a stream of people and horses were like rootless duckweed in a pond.
Fortunately, the marching days were peaceful and there was no harassment or resistance. The people from the checkpoint inspection department of the government had already run away, and these people could not fight against the army.
The journey from Cili County to Gaodu is over 100 miles in total, but the Suzaku Army still walked for three or four days, mainly because the artillery and supplies affected the speed. Although it was walking on the main road, the heavy carriage would still encounter various troubles halfway.
On the morning of the first day of March, looking south from the road, the city tower of Gaodu County was already faintly looking in the faint mist.
This city is built on the north bank of the Yuanshui River, and like many cities, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
The Central Army sent people to select locations and quickly ordered the construction of a simple camp, mainly using trenches and wooden stakes as fortifications.
The Central Military Camp was first built, so officials and generals were easy to discuss matters. The outside of the tent was busy and noisy like a construction site. Zhang Ning was already used to this situation.
The scout team's general quickly discovered the situation ahead and reported it.
Sure enough, more than 2,000 official troops in Longtou Temple have been re-adjusted because the number of defenders in Gaodu County has increased significantly; there have been troops stationed at all ferries in the Yuanshui River, and signs of official troops are found on the south bank.
The sudden increase in the official army near Gaodu County could only come from Longtou Temple.
Their reaction speed was not surprising, because it took only one day for the messenger to go back and forth from Gaodu County to Yongdingwei; and Zhang Ning's men had been walking on the road for three or four days.
The officials and deputy of the scout brigade reported various situations in detail, and the officials and generals in the account were summarizing the news to make judgments.
At this time, the military consultant Zhou Mengxiong, who followed along the way, expressed his opinions responsibly: The general situation is clear, but there are two plans for Zhu Yong's arrangements or the chief general of Gaodu County: one is to defend the fortifications with the city on the north bank, and the other is to deploy troops on the south bank to prevent our army from crossing the river.Its purpose is also easy to guess, and it is to stop us from crossing the river and heading towards Longtou Temple and Chenzhou Prefecture. Perhaps Zhu Yong has already noticed that we have formed an alliance with the Miao people.
Then Wei Bin also spoke: We must try to break through the river defense as soon as possible and cross the Yuanshui River.Otherwise, Zhu Yongjun would come from the north, and we would have no danger to defend here and be blocked from the way, which would be a bad thing.
At this time, Zhang Ning spoke: If we don’t take the city first, we will inevitably be attacked by the soldiers in the city when we cross the river to fight.Therefore, the combat method should first take Gaodu, control the north bank of the Yuan River, and then try to cross the river and defeat the river defense force.What do you think?
His way of speaking was still fast and steady, without any pretentiousness.
The generals discussed for a while, and most of them agreed to try to capture Gaodu first because there were artillery in the army. According to Ma Dapeng of the Weapon Bureau, he had already cultivated his shortcomings and could be used.
The brief discussion ended soon. After everyone agreed to set up the camp, they would attack Gaodu County on the same day after taking a break.
By noon, the curved trench piles around the camp had been built, and the soldiers of various departments were busy setting up tents. Just like usual training, this kind of routine work is no different from training, and everything is in order.
The troops were raising fire to make rice, and lunch was too early because they were busy logging, digging and building camps in the morning, and most of them only ate some dry food. Now everyone has a hot meal and it’s time to take a rest to nourish their energy.
Zhang Ning rode a horse to patrol the camp and was quite satisfied with the state of the army, at least there was an organization and orderly military discipline.
The characteristic of making this group of people an army is not that he holds weapons and a unified armored flag. He thinks order is the key.
The morning mist has dissipated, the sun is in the east as scheduled, and the spring sun shines on people warmly.
Although Zhang Ning was still under great pressure, the bright outdoor scenery made him feel a little happy for a moment.
But I always feel that there seems to be something short of the military camp...
He thought for a while, and finally remembered that he had not hung the flag yet.
At least a flagpole must be placed in front of the tent of the Central Army to be decent.
Zhang Ning was about to ask someone to raise the Vermillion Bird Flag in front of the tent, but he had a sudden idea. Why not have a simple flag-raising ceremony?
Various rituals are not something that can be done without any trouble, they should have a certain effect. Not to mention that there were many rituals in ancient times, many rituals were maintained in modern times.
The siege battle is close to you, and you can try to boost morale.
Zhang Ning immediately decided to do this.
He turned his head and looked at the dozen guard soldiers on duty in front of the central army tent. These people were brought by Jiang Youde last time. They practiced the queue under Wei Bin's command for a period of time. They are now the central guard of the Zhuque Army.
The team is called Wang Xian. He is tall and big, with long and flat face and cheeks that are as sharp as a knife. He is indeed a bit majestic.
He immediately called Wang Xian and others to come over and asked: How have you practiced in your queue?After receiving the affirmative answer, Zhang Ning told them to make some preparations first and then be responsible for the flag-raising ceremony.
The original flagpole needs to be slightly modified, and a wooden pulley is installed at the top, and the square flag is tied with a rope first. It is basically a simple operation.
Then the command troops went to each post to pass the command: At the beginning of today and the moon, the military flag must be raised. However, soldiers in the army must not play when raising the flag, but must stand in sternly.
After lunch, Wang Xian and more than a dozen guards had changed into clean and tidy military uniforms. Several musicians arranged gongs, drums, zithers and flutes on the side. A team of twelve people in the firearm team also lined up to load medicine. There was no need to load lead bullets, just set gunpowder and listen to the sound.
After a temporary arrangement, the whole scene seemed decent.
Just like during combat, the flag bearer of the firearms team laid the triangular flag flat, and the team pulled out their swords and raised them. A team of soldiers then slowly lifted the musket and pointed it at the sky.
Then bang bang... A gunshot made people in the military camp attract their attention.
Even Miao Zhi Bai Fengjiao and others walked out of the tent and looked at the scene here from a distance.
The musicians beat the skin drum, and the guards divided into two rows of Vermilion Bird Banners that protected Wang Guzheng, and walked neatly from one end of the military camp toward the Central Army's tent.
When he reached the flagpole, the musician stopped beating the drums and was quiet for a while. Wang Xian silently tied the Vermilion Bird flag under the eyes of the crowd.
An old man in the music worker nodded to his son and apprentices around him. His son put the flute in front of his mouth. A melodious sound of flute sounded. Wang Xian, as the flag bearer, immediately raised his hand, and the fluttering yellow-bottomed black-picture vermilion flag rippled in the air like the sound of a flute.
The slightly sad sound of the piano begins with a slow rhythm. The song composed by Yao Ji is very contagious, and everyone present has a serious expression for a moment.
salute!Wang Xian shouted, and more than a dozen soldiers from the guard raised their left arms together and looked at the slowly rising Suzaku flag.Other soldiers nearby were also moved by it, and many of them spontaneously performed special etiquette towards the flag.
It was originally just a small matter of the Central Army taking over the command of the flag, but suddenly it seemed to have given some meaning.
I don’t know if the song is too infectious or the human beings are too fragile, but the scene really touched many people at this time. Zhang Ning’s emotions were complicated and his heart was so sad. Inadvertently, tears flashed out of his eyes. He hurriedly held back and pretended to be expressionless.
But this detail was discovered by Bai Fengjiao, who was following him, and she looked at it in surprise.
The Vermilion Bird Flag was raised to the top, but the music was not synchronized and it took a while to finish the performance.
Zhang Ning walked under the flagpole and looked back and said loudly: I believe there is something in the dark that makes us become brothers under this flag, and is one. When several times the enemy wants to kill us, and when the entire court regards us as sinners, we can only fight for our glory and survival with the firm belief in justice in our hearts and baptism of iron and blood.
At this time, Zhu Yong's main army occupied Yongding Acropolis in the upper reaches of the west; Yuezhou Prefecture's official army advanced from the west, and Lizhou and Shimen would definitely not be able to defend it after a while, because the main forces of the Zhuque Army were all in Cili.
Now no one wants to stay in these three counties.
Although the mountainous areas in the north can avoid the forefront of the official army, to the north there are Shizhouwei and other places, which have neither foundation nor a way out; all civil officials and generals agree to advance south, and the Miao envoys sent people to discuss the alliance twice, and everyone thought that they could rely on the Miao people to fight against the official army.
The main resistance to the journey southward is not the garrison of Gaodu County, but more than 2,000 people stationed in Longtou Temple on the west side.
This movie alone has more people than Zhang Ning, but in comparison, everyone is more willing to deal with the people in Longtou Temple than to directly fight Zhu Yong.
Zhang Ning considered that the soldiers of Longtou Temple might receive Zhu Yong's orders to enter Gaodu County eastward.
If the city cannot be solved for the time being and is haunted by it, the situation will be very unfavorable; the fact that the Yongding Acropolis was unable to capture the city was vivid in my mind, so he decided to carry the eleven mortars that had been made with the army.
A team of people rushed to tear down the houses around the Weapon Bureau workshop in the west of the city, and then set fire to the Weapon Bureau. The smoke rose in the west of the city as if a fire broke out.
At the same time, all files and tools that cannot be taken away were burned.
A mortar cannon weighs about 400 kilograms, which is very light compared to a long-barrel cannon, but transportation is still not easy and it has to be pulled by a carriage, so the baggage cannon cannon can only go on the main road.
The rural roads in Huguang are well-connected, but there are only one or two roads that can take the army.
Moreover, various troops gathered from all over the city, and the main road in the city passed with great fanfare; and the fire on the other side of the Weapon Bureau.
The movements of the Zhuque Army cannot be covered up. Within one or two days, Zhu Yong may know their movements from the investigation.
Zhang Ning asked the followers to pack up their things, change their clothes and come out from the county dynasty to join the army with the generals, and accompanied them with civil servants such as Wang Yu and Liang Yan.
The remaining local officials were lucky enough to surrender to the rebels and were unwilling to follow them, and Zhang Ning did not force them.
Several civil servants and Zhang Ning all changed into pastoral gray clothes, tops and underwear, soap boots. Perhaps Wang Yu and others held their own literati status and were not willing to dress similar to martial artists. However, since Zhang Ning dressed like this, they followed suit. In fact, this loose style of clothes and trousers was more flexible in riding horses.
The Miao envoy and his group had more than ten people, and they followed the Central Army. Zhang Ning did not avoid these strangely dressed in costumes. Everyone knew that it was Miao envoy at a glance, and felt that it was not a bad thing to fight alone, rather than to fight alone.
More than 1,200 people gathered on the cross street without delaying it. They immediately beat drums and set off towards the south of the city.
The army was divided into three armies in front, middle and back. The front army was mainly scouts, the central army was the main force of the infantry, and the rear army was the baggage artillery and guards.
Many people in the city were watching along the road, and some people were stretching their heads to look at the streets in the windows of the house. This was a good thing. The Vermilion Bird Army repeatedly ordered the people to be banned from disturbing the people. After staying in Cili County for a long time, their image always changed, and at least the people were not afraid of them anymore.
Those people were watching the team on the street, and Zhang Ning, who was riding on the horse, were also watching. Suddenly, he felt that the houses and streets of this place were also very familiar. Before he knew it, he had been in Cili County for two months.
But no matter how familiar the place is, it will be a passerby in the end.
The journey begins again.
The marching route chose the most conventional and simple road, take the avenue close to the Yuanshui tributary, and then walk the main road that is smooth.
Although there is no shortage of water in the south, it is always not a bad thing to march to the river's water source.
Going south along the tributary of the Yuan River, it is not far from the high, and this road is less than a hundred miles.
Originally, Zhang Ning's territory was only Cili, Shimen and Lizhou, but now he has given up. After going south for dozens of miles, it will be the enemy's territory.
Looking around, there are cities controlled by the government army. To the east are several important towns such as Changde Prefecture, to the south are Gaodu County, and to the northwest are Yongding Acropolis.
This situation naturally made Zhang Ning and others feel insecure, and a stream of people and horses were like rootless duckweed in a pond.
Fortunately, the marching days were peaceful and there was no harassment or resistance. The people from the checkpoint inspection department of the government had already run away, and these people could not fight against the army.
The journey from Cili County to Gaodu is over 100 miles in total, but the Suzaku Army still walked for three or four days, mainly because the artillery and supplies affected the speed. Although it was walking on the main road, the heavy carriage would still encounter various troubles halfway.
On the morning of the first day of March, looking south from the road, the city tower of Gaodu County was already faintly looking in the faint mist.
This city is built on the north bank of the Yuanshui River, and like many cities, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
The Central Army sent people to select locations and quickly ordered the construction of a simple camp, mainly using trenches and wooden stakes as fortifications.
The Central Military Camp was first built, so officials and generals were easy to discuss matters. The outside of the tent was busy and noisy like a construction site. Zhang Ning was already used to this situation.
The scout team's general quickly discovered the situation ahead and reported it.
Sure enough, more than 2,000 official troops in Longtou Temple have been re-adjusted because the number of defenders in Gaodu County has increased significantly; there have been troops stationed at all ferries in the Yuanshui River, and signs of official troops are found on the south bank.
The sudden increase in the official army near Gaodu County could only come from Longtou Temple.
Their reaction speed was not surprising, because it took only one day for the messenger to go back and forth from Gaodu County to Yongdingwei; and Zhang Ning's men had been walking on the road for three or four days.
The officials and deputy of the scout brigade reported various situations in detail, and the officials and generals in the account were summarizing the news to make judgments.
At this time, the military consultant Zhou Mengxiong, who followed along the way, expressed his opinions responsibly: The general situation is clear, but there are two plans for Zhu Yong's arrangements or the chief general of Gaodu County: one is to defend the fortifications with the city on the north bank, and the other is to deploy troops on the south bank to prevent our army from crossing the river.Its purpose is also easy to guess, and it is to stop us from crossing the river and heading towards Longtou Temple and Chenzhou Prefecture. Perhaps Zhu Yong has already noticed that we have formed an alliance with the Miao people.
Then Wei Bin also spoke: We must try to break through the river defense as soon as possible and cross the Yuanshui River.Otherwise, Zhu Yongjun would come from the north, and we would have no danger to defend here and be blocked from the way, which would be a bad thing.
At this time, Zhang Ning spoke: If we don’t take the city first, we will inevitably be attacked by the soldiers in the city when we cross the river to fight.Therefore, the combat method should first take Gaodu, control the north bank of the Yuan River, and then try to cross the river and defeat the river defense force.What do you think?
His way of speaking was still fast and steady, without any pretentiousness.
The generals discussed for a while, and most of them agreed to try to capture Gaodu first because there were artillery in the army. According to Ma Dapeng of the Weapon Bureau, he had already cultivated his shortcomings and could be used.
The brief discussion ended soon. After everyone agreed to set up the camp, they would attack Gaodu County on the same day after taking a break.
By noon, the curved trench piles around the camp had been built, and the soldiers of various departments were busy setting up tents. Just like usual training, this kind of routine work is no different from training, and everything is in order.
The troops were raising fire to make rice, and lunch was too early because they were busy logging, digging and building camps in the morning, and most of them only ate some dry food. Now everyone has a hot meal and it’s time to take a rest to nourish their energy.
Zhang Ning rode a horse to patrol the camp and was quite satisfied with the state of the army, at least there was an organization and orderly military discipline.
The characteristic of making this group of people an army is not that he holds weapons and a unified armored flag. He thinks order is the key.
The morning mist has dissipated, the sun is in the east as scheduled, and the spring sun shines on people warmly.
Although Zhang Ning was still under great pressure, the bright outdoor scenery made him feel a little happy for a moment.
But I always feel that there seems to be something short of the military camp...
He thought for a while, and finally remembered that he had not hung the flag yet.
At least a flagpole must be placed in front of the tent of the Central Army to be decent.
Zhang Ning was about to ask someone to raise the Vermillion Bird Flag in front of the tent, but he had a sudden idea. Why not have a simple flag-raising ceremony?
Various rituals are not something that can be done without any trouble, they should have a certain effect. Not to mention that there were many rituals in ancient times, many rituals were maintained in modern times.
The siege battle is close to you, and you can try to boost morale.
Zhang Ning immediately decided to do this.
He turned his head and looked at the dozen guard soldiers on duty in front of the central army tent. These people were brought by Jiang Youde last time. They practiced the queue under Wei Bin's command for a period of time. They are now the central guard of the Zhuque Army.
The team is called Wang Xian. He is tall and big, with long and flat face and cheeks that are as sharp as a knife. He is indeed a bit majestic.
He immediately called Wang Xian and others to come over and asked: How have you practiced in your queue?After receiving the affirmative answer, Zhang Ning told them to make some preparations first and then be responsible for the flag-raising ceremony.
The original flagpole needs to be slightly modified, and a wooden pulley is installed at the top, and the square flag is tied with a rope first. It is basically a simple operation.
Then the command troops went to each post to pass the command: At the beginning of today and the moon, the military flag must be raised. However, soldiers in the army must not play when raising the flag, but must stand in sternly.
After lunch, Wang Xian and more than a dozen guards had changed into clean and tidy military uniforms. Several musicians arranged gongs, drums, zithers and flutes on the side. A team of twelve people in the firearm team also lined up to load medicine. There was no need to load lead bullets, just set gunpowder and listen to the sound.
After a temporary arrangement, the whole scene seemed decent.
Just like during combat, the flag bearer of the firearms team laid the triangular flag flat, and the team pulled out their swords and raised them. A team of soldiers then slowly lifted the musket and pointed it at the sky.
Then bang bang... A gunshot made people in the military camp attract their attention.
Even Miao Zhi Bai Fengjiao and others walked out of the tent and looked at the scene here from a distance.
The musicians beat the skin drum, and the guards divided into two rows of Vermilion Bird Banners that protected Wang Guzheng, and walked neatly from one end of the military camp toward the Central Army's tent.
When he reached the flagpole, the musician stopped beating the drums and was quiet for a while. Wang Xian silently tied the Vermilion Bird flag under the eyes of the crowd.
An old man in the music worker nodded to his son and apprentices around him. His son put the flute in front of his mouth. A melodious sound of flute sounded. Wang Xian, as the flag bearer, immediately raised his hand, and the fluttering yellow-bottomed black-picture vermilion flag rippled in the air like the sound of a flute.
The slightly sad sound of the piano begins with a slow rhythm. The song composed by Yao Ji is very contagious, and everyone present has a serious expression for a moment.
salute!Wang Xian shouted, and more than a dozen soldiers from the guard raised their left arms together and looked at the slowly rising Suzaku flag.Other soldiers nearby were also moved by it, and many of them spontaneously performed special etiquette towards the flag.
It was originally just a small matter of the Central Army taking over the command of the flag, but suddenly it seemed to have given some meaning.
I don’t know if the song is too infectious or the human beings are too fragile, but the scene really touched many people at this time. Zhang Ning’s emotions were complicated and his heart was so sad. Inadvertently, tears flashed out of his eyes. He hurriedly held back and pretended to be expressionless.
But this detail was discovered by Bai Fengjiao, who was following him, and she looked at it in surprise.
The Vermilion Bird Flag was raised to the top, but the music was not synchronized and it took a while to finish the performance.
Zhang Ning walked under the flagpole and looked back and said loudly: I believe there is something in the dark that makes us become brothers under this flag, and is one. When several times the enemy wants to kill us, and when the entire court regards us as sinners, we can only fight for our glory and survival with the firm belief in justice in our hearts and baptism of iron and blood.
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