The scenery of the sun is bright after the rain, and the rising sun rises in the east, as if the whole world is shrouded in a brand new stream of light.
But the wonderful scenery is not necessarily a good thing. When the weather is sunny, it means that the marching resistance of the official army is smaller and the speed is faster.
In the Cili County signing room, Zhang Ning's cousin Yao Erlang was patting his chest and making a generous speech: I am willing to follow my cousin to fight in my life. Whether to fight or retreat, Erlang listens to you, and he has no other words.
Although you and I are cousins, they are even closer than brothers.
Zhang Ning said almost unscrupulously that he now needs the generals to support his decision. Yao Erlang was the first to express his opinion, why didn’t he move him?
But his words were not against his will.
If you want to talk about brothers, Crown Prince Wen Kui is one. Both of them dreamed that Zhang Ning died of a bad life. What's the point of getting along with? The second prince had been in Fengyang for more than 20 years and probably had been imprisoned for a long time. He had never met him before and had no feelings for him.
The second one to speak was Zhang Chengzong. The brothers read the consultation article written by His Highness. We didn’t have much ink in our stomachs, so we could recognize the words and couldn’t tell any reason. However, since Your Highness said that, it must be reasonable.
In Zhang Ning's heart, Zhang Chengzong actually has more ideas than other military generals. He is not usually showing off, but he is still very reliable in his work...
The other generals were just thinking about this battle, but Zhang Chengzong might think that this time was time to determine his position.
No matter what, since Zhang Chengzong made his statement, Zhang Ning was still very satisfied.
He then turned his attention to Wei Bin, who was the highest prestige and status in the army; because his identity was not as close to Yao Erlang, Lao Xu and others, Zhang Ning actually didn't want him to have too high military power, but no one can compare with him in terms of qualifications and ability, Lao Xu was too old.
Wei Bin had a national face and two vertical lines between his eyebrows. This made him look very serious, and the soldiers below were a little afraid of him.
Seeing Zhang Ning staring at him, he asked: Your Highness’s intention is to fight against Zhu Yongjun?
Zhang Ning wrote a consultation article specifically internally, which obviously means that.At this time, he didn't say much, and nodded simply and said: I want to give it a try.
Wei Bin said: Your Highness said he wanted to fight, but he was unable to disobey his orders and just obeyed.
Zhang Ning said: I am not giving an order now. If you have anything to say, it’s okay. I’m not guilty.
Everyone looked at each other, and Wei Bin said: Recently, when we saw the officials in Cili County at the entrance of our county government, all of them were frustrated and anxious. The general thought to himself: The officials decided that we would not defend the city, and they did not think that we could block Zhu Yong's six thousand soldiers, for fear that the official army would be punished after the recapture of Cili County, so they became uneasy.Not only that, when the soldiers in the army heard the news, they were ready to pack up and leave, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting.In this situation, I have to say more.
At this moment, Old Xu said coldly: General Wei’s implication is that he does not agree with Your Highness?
Wei Bin said: I didn't mean that...
Zhang Ning immediately said kindly: General Wei is just talking about the facts and put forward the unfavorable factors of this battle. It is unpleasant to speak honestly. Don’t misunderstand him.
After hearing this, Wei Bin was ashamed and said, "The last general will definitely obey Your Highness's military orders."
Zhang Ning looked back and forth, no civil and military officials expressed obvious resistance, and middle-level generals such as Chen Gai also expressed their opinions.
Zhang Ning's strength has grown all the way, and with his special identity, his prestige is still convinced by everyone at this time.
But he understood that if the battle suffered setbacks, it would be hard to say what would happen in the future.
If a group has a complex heart, either a person with enough weight to suppress everyone, or there must be a balance, otherwise it will be chaotic.
Zhang Ning was under a lot of pressure. When he reached this point, he could only win but not lose, otherwise he would lose everything; but he insisted that his decision was correct, and doing so was the only answer.
Senator Wang, you can do something, clean up the prisoners in the prisons in Cili, Shimen and Lizhou, and select a group of prisoners to supplement the soldiers.You have to make a rule: what crimes can be exiled and what crimes cannot be expelled. You must be quick. Select the person within three days, then hand them over to General Wei, and give them weapons to make meritorious service.
Wang Yu clasped his fists and said: I will start handling this matter later.
Zhang Ning frowned and pondered for a while, looked up at everyone present and said: You all go down and prepare, strictly order the army not to flee without any objection to fight and flee without any shaking the morale of the army!
Everyone took the favor and said retreat, and Zhang Ning left Chen Maocai again.
To this day, he has planned to do whatever he wants.
A war with unequal strength and almost impossible to win must be won.
There is not much time to prepare, and even the release of prisoners is a helpless move. A group of untrained prisoners has played a very small role; he believes that the only way to think of at the moment is to try to win foreign aid.
Chen Maocai then Zhang Ning walked into the lounge in the signing room, clasped his fists and said: What are your instructions?
He was still calm and did not interfere with military decisions. Anyway, he was just a literati. No matter what kind of enemy there were, he would not be able to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Even if Zhang Ning's army was defeated, he would have to take risks and be easily escaped by himself.
Zhang Ning was still thinking.The distance water does not save the nearby fire. In Huguang, the only allies that are likely to support themselves are Miao people.
The Miao people and Zhang Ningjun were both rebels of the imperial court, and the distance was only more than 200 miles, but the farthest distance in the world may be only more than 200 miles.
When the Miao people wanted Zhang Ning's troops to attack Longtou Temple to help them, Zhang Ning had not had time to clearly refuse, and he made up his mind to be impossible to pass. This was reasonable. Now Zhu Yong came to him, and he might ask the Miao people to help him...
It is reasonable that they only care about protecting themselves and doing things without regard for their own affairs. There is no chivalrous spirit among the power groups.
Mr. Chen, do you want to be with that Bai... Bai Gun as soon as possible?Zhang Ning said, "You should go back to the Miao people and do your best to convince the Miao king and let him mobilize troops north to attack Zhu Yongjun with us."
Chen Maocai looked embarrassed: This...
This is an impossible task.
Chen Maocai also knew that Zhang Ning was not trying to force others on purpose. For example, last time he was sent to be an envoy, and it was very reasonable to just explain that it was only possible to establish contact with the Miao people; but now Zhang Ning has no choice but to do so.
Zhang Ning said seriously: Zhu Yong gathered a large army in Luxi to cut off the Miao people's retreat, and it was obvious that he had planned to deal with the Miao people.Why did he suddenly give up his long-term arrangements and rush north to rush north recently? Isn’t this very strange?
Didn’t the above find out the news that the court interfered in Zhu Yong’s military affairs and issued an order to let him do this?Chen Maocai said.
Zhang Ning said: No.In the capital, Sezuo secretly assassinated Zhu Yong's favorite concubine and young son in the capital. He was very angry after receiving the news, so he took private revenge and came to us for revenge at all costs.
Chen Maocai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: I understand what you mean.By this statement, we are indeed righteous to the Miao people. Zhu Yong was attracted to retreat from Luxi and saved thousands of Miao people.
That's exactly that.
Zhang Ning said, so it is not too much for us to ask them to send troops to provide assistance now.As long as they stand nearly a hundred miles northeast, occupy Gaodu County, and threaten Zhu Yongjun's food route; if Zhu Yongjun turns to attack Gaodu first and save his food route, we promise to attack from the rear wing of the official army.
Chen Maocai said: But the Miao people probably don’t believe that we killed Zhu Yong’s son, and they don’t believe that Zhu Yong would change his combat deployment because of a son he died.This statement is really...unbelievable.
He originally wanted to say that it was too much of a joke and was afraid of disobeying Zhang Ning, so he changed his words for a moment.
Zhang Ning said seriously: The Miao people had little understanding of the politics of the Ming court, and they didn't understand why the central court ordered local military generals to give up the quelling of large-scale Miao people's rebellion and deal with small-scale rebellion.They may find it difficult to understand Zhu Yong's actions, and the explanation we gave makes sense... Of course, if Mr. Chen can think of a reason that will convince the Miao people, he can also say it.
Your Highness makes sense. If we tell the truth to the Miao people, they might not believe it even more.It would be better to kill Zhu Yong's youngest son.
Chen Maocai said helplessly, however, it may still be very difficult to convince the Miao people to march.
Zhang Ning said: You have to do your best.
The subordinates should only do their best.Chen Maocai hurriedly said.
Without further ado, you can meet Bai Xiang and go to Miaojiang with her.Zhang Ning said.
Chen Mao had just left, and Ma Dapeng came to sign the house again.Zhang Ning sent him a message and saw Ma Dapeng holding a stack of zooba paper in his hand.
When we first came from the Weapon Bureau, we heard that His Highness was going to fight with the official army. Fortunately, our Weapon Bureau created artillery in time.
Ma Dapeng looked like asking for merit. Please check your highness. As long as you make sure, you can test the cannon this afternoon. I guess there will be no problems. There were twelve cannons in the early stage, and the cannon chamber was smoothly polished and there was no sand hole...
Zhang Ning flipped through the things he handed over and suddenly said, "No, these cannons are not used yet, and they are easy to explode."
Why?Where is there any problem?Ma Dapeng said in shock.
Zhang Ning stared at him and said: If I say I can't use it, I can't use it. As for where there is a problem, Director Ma needs to think about it and come up with a reasonable problem, and then let them not be used for ten days. Do you understand?
Ma Dapeng was stunned, nodding first, then shook his head, looking innocent.
This guy is very active when making weapons and can often come up with many ways to solve problems, but he is too slow in this matter.
If it were another Fan Laosi of the Weapons Bureau, he would definitely have understood it.
Zhang Ning couldn't explain to him, and just said: I asked you to build a cannon, you can't ignore it and build a gun, right?
Ma Dapeng nodded quickly and said yes.
Zhang Ning said again: Then I'll tell you that those mortars are useless for the time being, and you can't disobey, and you have to say that they can be used, right?
Yes, since Your Highness gave such an order, I said that those artillery cannot be tested and need to be re-checked.Ma Dapeng's mind finally turned around.
But the wonderful scenery is not necessarily a good thing. When the weather is sunny, it means that the marching resistance of the official army is smaller and the speed is faster.
In the Cili County signing room, Zhang Ning's cousin Yao Erlang was patting his chest and making a generous speech: I am willing to follow my cousin to fight in my life. Whether to fight or retreat, Erlang listens to you, and he has no other words.
Although you and I are cousins, they are even closer than brothers.
Zhang Ning said almost unscrupulously that he now needs the generals to support his decision. Yao Erlang was the first to express his opinion, why didn’t he move him?
But his words were not against his will.
If you want to talk about brothers, Crown Prince Wen Kui is one. Both of them dreamed that Zhang Ning died of a bad life. What's the point of getting along with? The second prince had been in Fengyang for more than 20 years and probably had been imprisoned for a long time. He had never met him before and had no feelings for him.
The second one to speak was Zhang Chengzong. The brothers read the consultation article written by His Highness. We didn’t have much ink in our stomachs, so we could recognize the words and couldn’t tell any reason. However, since Your Highness said that, it must be reasonable.
In Zhang Ning's heart, Zhang Chengzong actually has more ideas than other military generals. He is not usually showing off, but he is still very reliable in his work...
The other generals were just thinking about this battle, but Zhang Chengzong might think that this time was time to determine his position.
No matter what, since Zhang Chengzong made his statement, Zhang Ning was still very satisfied.
He then turned his attention to Wei Bin, who was the highest prestige and status in the army; because his identity was not as close to Yao Erlang, Lao Xu and others, Zhang Ning actually didn't want him to have too high military power, but no one can compare with him in terms of qualifications and ability, Lao Xu was too old.
Wei Bin had a national face and two vertical lines between his eyebrows. This made him look very serious, and the soldiers below were a little afraid of him.
Seeing Zhang Ning staring at him, he asked: Your Highness’s intention is to fight against Zhu Yongjun?
Zhang Ning wrote a consultation article specifically internally, which obviously means that.At this time, he didn't say much, and nodded simply and said: I want to give it a try.
Wei Bin said: Your Highness said he wanted to fight, but he was unable to disobey his orders and just obeyed.
Zhang Ning said: I am not giving an order now. If you have anything to say, it’s okay. I’m not guilty.
Everyone looked at each other, and Wei Bin said: Recently, when we saw the officials in Cili County at the entrance of our county government, all of them were frustrated and anxious. The general thought to himself: The officials decided that we would not defend the city, and they did not think that we could block Zhu Yong's six thousand soldiers, for fear that the official army would be punished after the recapture of Cili County, so they became uneasy.Not only that, when the soldiers in the army heard the news, they were ready to pack up and leave, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting.In this situation, I have to say more.
At this moment, Old Xu said coldly: General Wei’s implication is that he does not agree with Your Highness?
Wei Bin said: I didn't mean that...
Zhang Ning immediately said kindly: General Wei is just talking about the facts and put forward the unfavorable factors of this battle. It is unpleasant to speak honestly. Don’t misunderstand him.
After hearing this, Wei Bin was ashamed and said, "The last general will definitely obey Your Highness's military orders."
Zhang Ning looked back and forth, no civil and military officials expressed obvious resistance, and middle-level generals such as Chen Gai also expressed their opinions.
Zhang Ning's strength has grown all the way, and with his special identity, his prestige is still convinced by everyone at this time.
But he understood that if the battle suffered setbacks, it would be hard to say what would happen in the future.
If a group has a complex heart, either a person with enough weight to suppress everyone, or there must be a balance, otherwise it will be chaotic.
Zhang Ning was under a lot of pressure. When he reached this point, he could only win but not lose, otherwise he would lose everything; but he insisted that his decision was correct, and doing so was the only answer.
Senator Wang, you can do something, clean up the prisoners in the prisons in Cili, Shimen and Lizhou, and select a group of prisoners to supplement the soldiers.You have to make a rule: what crimes can be exiled and what crimes cannot be expelled. You must be quick. Select the person within three days, then hand them over to General Wei, and give them weapons to make meritorious service.
Wang Yu clasped his fists and said: I will start handling this matter later.
Zhang Ning frowned and pondered for a while, looked up at everyone present and said: You all go down and prepare, strictly order the army not to flee without any objection to fight and flee without any shaking the morale of the army!
Everyone took the favor and said retreat, and Zhang Ning left Chen Maocai again.
To this day, he has planned to do whatever he wants.
A war with unequal strength and almost impossible to win must be won.
There is not much time to prepare, and even the release of prisoners is a helpless move. A group of untrained prisoners has played a very small role; he believes that the only way to think of at the moment is to try to win foreign aid.
Chen Maocai then Zhang Ning walked into the lounge in the signing room, clasped his fists and said: What are your instructions?
He was still calm and did not interfere with military decisions. Anyway, he was just a literati. No matter what kind of enemy there were, he would not be able to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Even if Zhang Ning's army was defeated, he would have to take risks and be easily escaped by himself.
Zhang Ning was still thinking.The distance water does not save the nearby fire. In Huguang, the only allies that are likely to support themselves are Miao people.
The Miao people and Zhang Ningjun were both rebels of the imperial court, and the distance was only more than 200 miles, but the farthest distance in the world may be only more than 200 miles.
When the Miao people wanted Zhang Ning's troops to attack Longtou Temple to help them, Zhang Ning had not had time to clearly refuse, and he made up his mind to be impossible to pass. This was reasonable. Now Zhu Yong came to him, and he might ask the Miao people to help him...
It is reasonable that they only care about protecting themselves and doing things without regard for their own affairs. There is no chivalrous spirit among the power groups.
Mr. Chen, do you want to be with that Bai... Bai Gun as soon as possible?Zhang Ning said, "You should go back to the Miao people and do your best to convince the Miao king and let him mobilize troops north to attack Zhu Yongjun with us."
Chen Maocai looked embarrassed: This...
This is an impossible task.
Chen Maocai also knew that Zhang Ning was not trying to force others on purpose. For example, last time he was sent to be an envoy, and it was very reasonable to just explain that it was only possible to establish contact with the Miao people; but now Zhang Ning has no choice but to do so.
Zhang Ning said seriously: Zhu Yong gathered a large army in Luxi to cut off the Miao people's retreat, and it was obvious that he had planned to deal with the Miao people.Why did he suddenly give up his long-term arrangements and rush north to rush north recently? Isn’t this very strange?
Didn’t the above find out the news that the court interfered in Zhu Yong’s military affairs and issued an order to let him do this?Chen Maocai said.
Zhang Ning said: No.In the capital, Sezuo secretly assassinated Zhu Yong's favorite concubine and young son in the capital. He was very angry after receiving the news, so he took private revenge and came to us for revenge at all costs.
Chen Maocai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: I understand what you mean.By this statement, we are indeed righteous to the Miao people. Zhu Yong was attracted to retreat from Luxi and saved thousands of Miao people.
That's exactly that.
Zhang Ning said, so it is not too much for us to ask them to send troops to provide assistance now.As long as they stand nearly a hundred miles northeast, occupy Gaodu County, and threaten Zhu Yongjun's food route; if Zhu Yongjun turns to attack Gaodu first and save his food route, we promise to attack from the rear wing of the official army.
Chen Maocai said: But the Miao people probably don’t believe that we killed Zhu Yong’s son, and they don’t believe that Zhu Yong would change his combat deployment because of a son he died.This statement is really...unbelievable.
He originally wanted to say that it was too much of a joke and was afraid of disobeying Zhang Ning, so he changed his words for a moment.
Zhang Ning said seriously: The Miao people had little understanding of the politics of the Ming court, and they didn't understand why the central court ordered local military generals to give up the quelling of large-scale Miao people's rebellion and deal with small-scale rebellion.They may find it difficult to understand Zhu Yong's actions, and the explanation we gave makes sense... Of course, if Mr. Chen can think of a reason that will convince the Miao people, he can also say it.
Your Highness makes sense. If we tell the truth to the Miao people, they might not believe it even more.It would be better to kill Zhu Yong's youngest son.
Chen Maocai said helplessly, however, it may still be very difficult to convince the Miao people to march.
Zhang Ning said: You have to do your best.
The subordinates should only do their best.Chen Maocai hurriedly said.
Without further ado, you can meet Bai Xiang and go to Miaojiang with her.Zhang Ning said.
Chen Mao had just left, and Ma Dapeng came to sign the house again.Zhang Ning sent him a message and saw Ma Dapeng holding a stack of zooba paper in his hand.
When we first came from the Weapon Bureau, we heard that His Highness was going to fight with the official army. Fortunately, our Weapon Bureau created artillery in time.
Ma Dapeng looked like asking for merit. Please check your highness. As long as you make sure, you can test the cannon this afternoon. I guess there will be no problems. There were twelve cannons in the early stage, and the cannon chamber was smoothly polished and there was no sand hole...
Zhang Ning flipped through the things he handed over and suddenly said, "No, these cannons are not used yet, and they are easy to explode."
Why?Where is there any problem?Ma Dapeng said in shock.
Zhang Ning stared at him and said: If I say I can't use it, I can't use it. As for where there is a problem, Director Ma needs to think about it and come up with a reasonable problem, and then let them not be used for ten days. Do you understand?
Ma Dapeng was stunned, nodding first, then shook his head, looking innocent.
This guy is very active when making weapons and can often come up with many ways to solve problems, but he is too slow in this matter.
If it were another Fan Laosi of the Weapons Bureau, he would definitely have understood it.
Zhang Ning couldn't explain to him, and just said: I asked you to build a cannon, you can't ignore it and build a gun, right?
Ma Dapeng nodded quickly and said yes.
Zhang Ning said again: Then I'll tell you that those mortars are useless for the time being, and you can't disobey, and you have to say that they can be used, right?
Yes, since Your Highness gave such an order, I said that those artillery cannot be tested and need to be re-checked.Ma Dapeng's mind finally turned around.