According to the confessions of people who were also captured, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not only fake queens and crown princesses. Since the rebel king occupied Ganzhou, he has been the rebel king's lover. This matter was already known to everyone in the original Yuzhang County Prince's Palace, except for Emperor Hongwu. As for the prince who wanted to become an immortal, he knew about it, but as long as he didn't disturb his cultivation, he wouldn't care.
Not to mention that his wife was dating someone else, even if something ridiculous happened, he wouldn't care at all. People's pursuits are noble and pure human avenues. As for the love between men and women in the world, for him, it is just a demonic obstacle that hinders him from cultivating immortality. As for marrying a wife, you just have to give an explanation to your father, but you don't have that leisure to have children.
It would be a great thing if someone could do it for him instead of him doing it himself. Anyway, I have many sons, some are recognized by the palace, some are raised outside and are not recognized, there are a lot of sons and daughters, and he is not missing an heir. For this Lord, nothing is as important as cultivating immortality and becoming a Taoist. That was his only serious business. Everything else is not worth mentioning.
However, the reason why these two women were able to escape from Ganzhou and follow them all the way to Nan'an. It was precisely because he rebelled against the king that after occupying the two of them, he always doted on them, so Caini didn't forget to take them with him when he ran away. Otherwise, when Ganzhou was attacked, she would have been abandoned long ago, just like the other women in the Yuzhang County Prince's Mansion, and even the other children of the Yuzhang County Prince.
Zhang Tiande was worried that the two women were too coquettish and would cause trouble if they stayed in Nan'an City. He sent people to paint the two women's faces black and escort them to Ganzhou. Together with other people who were captured, as well as other rebellious officials from Nan'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture, they were waiting for the imperial decree to be issued before dealing with them. They have no right to deal with these people, so they can still do it if they are left alone.
He himself seized the time to repair the city wall, mobilized the people in the city and captured prisoners, and dredged the moat in order to face the enemy troops returning south. As for the lack of food and grass in Nan'an City, he didn't have to worry about it. The grain and grass seized in Ganzhou were piled up like mountains last time, and a lot of them were transported to Nan'an this time. It is enough to store food for these five thousand troops and horses for a month. It was even distributed to many people in Nan'an Prefecture.
In fact, Guan Sheng did not agree with Zhang Tiande's idea of preparing to fight in Nan'an. He thought that Nan'an City was too small, the city walls were so dilapidated, and the moat was so dry that there was not even 30% water flow. More importantly, less than a hundred miles to the south was Meiguan where the rebels stationed five thousand troops and horses. Once the main force of the rebels moves south and the enemies of Meiguan move north, Nan'an City will be attacked from both sides.
The most important thing is that there is really not much time left for yourself to prepare for war. Rather than clinging to the small and dilapidated Nan'an Prefecture, it would be better to give up on Nan'an Prefecture, which actually does not have much value in holding on. The entire army withdrew to Ganzhou Prefecture, which had a tall and strong city and abundant food and grass. Together with Ganzhou's 1,500 troops and horses, this also avoids the risk of being defeated by the main force of the rebels.
Even if they don't retreat to Ganzhou, they can retreat to Nankang Prefecture and stand at odds with Ganzhou City, which is much stronger than staying in Nan'an Mansion, which is surrounded by enemies on three sides. Guan Sheng didn't know that Zhang Tiande had the same idea at the beginning. After taking Nan'an Mansion, he planned to withdraw to Ganzhou more than anyone else. Although his position is not too high, after all, he has been practicing in the military for many years, so he has this vision.
But when the city was broken, the people of Nan'an Mansion were ruined by the rebels and the whole city was crying and miserable, which made him unable to let go for a long time. When those women were helped out of the tower, they couldn't even walk. Even a veteran like him was frightened by the miserable situation. Of course, the miserable situation of the people was only the reason why he finally chose to stay. What finally made him choose to stick to Nan'an was the battlefield.
He is a military attache, and all considerations must be based on fighting. As a mid-level military attache with a pure martial arts background who had fought all the way on the battlefield, Zhang Tiande had a higher vision than Guan Sheng. Although Guan Sheng was born in Xijing, he was the former secretary of the left-behind palace in Xijing, and the commander of the horse and infantry army was with the old Lord Ouyang. It stands to reason that a famous teacher should give birth to a good disciple. Guan Sheng participated in this battle south, and his performance was indeed eye-catching.
But the problem is that Lord Ouyang was basically by his side when he was alive. All the tactics of war were learned on the training ground, and he spent more time talking about war on paper. itself, and has almost no practical experience. The last time Ouyang Shan followed Huang Qiong to suppress the rebellion, due to the old master Ouyang's health, he, as a close disciple of the old master, stayed with the old master to serve him and did not participate in the war.
Although he is smart and capable, his lack of actual combat experience is also his biggest sticking point. On some issues, especially the overall situation, he is still worse than Zhang Tiande. Retreating to Ganzhou Mansion, which has a strong city and sufficient food and grass, is indeed the best situation for these five thousand troops and horses. But it's not a good idea for the overall situation. In terms of the overall situation, Ganzhou is indeed much more important than Nan'an Prefecture.
But in today's battlefield on Jiangxi South Road, Nan'an Prefecture is more important than Ganzhou Prefecture. Nan'an Mansion is located at the southwest end of Jiangnan West Road. To the south is Meiguan, which is located at the junction of Jiangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road. To the west is Guiyang on Huguang South Road. Since ancient times, it has been the gateway and throat of the southwest area of Jiangnan West Road. And in the northeast direction, upstream along Zhangshui River is Ganzhou.
Compared with Nankang Prefecture, Nan'an Prefecture is truly the gateway to Ganzhou today. As long as Nan'an Mansion is defended, the connection between the rebels and Guangnan East Road on the Jiangnan West Road battlefield will be completely cut off. It also blocked the Huguang rebels and outflanked the Jiangxi battlefield. At the same time, no matter how the battle situation in the north changes, the rebels on Guangnan East Road will not be able to reinforce, and if Zhangshui is cut off, they will not be able to replenish food and grass.
Zhang Tiande believed that the most important thing he should do now was to put himself and the five thousand troops to death. Hold on to Nan'an City, hold back the rebels on Guangnan East Road here, and reinforce the battlefield on Jiangnan West Road. At the same time, they cut off the source of the rebels' main supplies, which is also hanging alone in Jiujiang. Without supplements, what use would their sharp cannons have?
The dilapidated state of Nan'an Mansion today is due to the successive prefects, Bingbeidao, and Jiangnan West Road Jiedu Envoys. It is not that the location of Nan'an Mansion is really unimportant. Therefore, in Zhang Tiande's view, it is more meaningful to defend Nan'an Mansion. Only by guarding Nan'an Mansion can we ensure that the main force will have no worries in the decisive battle that may take place at any time. Therefore, on the one hand, he strengthened the city wall and dredged the moat.
On the one hand, he urged the Ganzhou Prefecture to transport as much of the captured rebel grain and crossbows as possible stored in Ganzhou Prefecture to Nan'an Prefecture through Zhangshui. And all the cannons outside the city were transported to the city. They also gathered as many youths in Nan'an Prefecture as possible, distributed captured ordnance, and conducted appropriate training. The older middle-aged people were mobilized by him to go up the mountain to mine stones, cut down trees and bamboo forests, and transport them back to the city. Recruit hunters from inside and outside the city and set up a large number of traps around the city.
Nan'an Prefecture is located on Jiangnan West Road, originally a famous tung oil production place. Zhang Tiande raised a large amount of tung oil and transported it to the city. As for the women who could not go to the city to join the battle, nor could they go up the mountain to break stones or cut down trees, Zhang Tiande organized them to weave straw bags. In a word, weave as much as you can. Zhang Tiande's series of operations confused military attachés at all levels.
However, the people in the city did not need to be mobilized. After experiencing the humiliation of their wives and daughters, the people in the city hated the rebels and were worried that they would suffer another disaster when they returned. Therefore, they all organized themselves spontaneously and did whatever Zhang Tiande ordered. Within a few days, the city was filled with stones beaten from the mountains, felled wood and collected tung oil.
For Zhang Tiande, the danger to the north is not great. In addition to the army led by Cao Rui, there were also 12,000 troops led by Ouyang Shan along the way from Jiujiang Prefecture to Nan'an Prefecture. Although the main force of the rebels in Jiujiang Prefecture has nearly 100,000 troops, it is unlikely that they will be killed directly. For him, the most dangerous thing is the rebels who are close to him and are now on Guangnan East Road.
Although there are only tens of thousands of Guangnan East Road rebels and their combat effectiveness is not strong, they are too close to Nan'an Mansion. He drove the Guilin County Prince like a rat crossing the street and almost captured him alive. This person has always been in a high position and is famous, but now he is in such a mess. It would be strange not to take revenge. There has been no movement these days. They are probably mobilizing troops and horses everywhere to prepare for revenge.
Now that he, the instigator, is far away from the large army and is almost alone in Nan'an Mansion, he has become his best target for revenge. What's more, the rebels were losing consecutive battles on the Jiangnan West Road battlefield and were in urgent need of a victory to boost their morale. As a lone soldier, and the lone soldier closest to their home base, he became their best target for revenge, and he had to be prepared.
Zhang Tiande's worries are definitely not groundless. The king of Guilin, who fled all the way back to Meiguan, was almost furious to death. He painstakingly recruited so many Jianghu people as his personal bodyguards, but this time he lost almost 70% of them. All the counselors brought to Ganzhou were also wiped out this time, and not one of them escaped. It was like breaking one of his arms.
What worries him most is that he still has a hundred thousand troops on Jiangnan West Road. If Ganzhou and Nan'an are not recaptured, it will be impossible for these 100,000 troops to withdraw. When I think about my journey, I was like a rat crossing the street. Not only was I driven from Ganzhou to Nan'an, but I was almost completely trapped in Nan'an Mansion. Relying on his own good Tianzhu horse, the guards fought desperately and finally escaped to Meiguan in embarrassment.
What made him even more embarrassed was that he fled all the way to Meiguan. Because I was worried that the government troops would take advantage of the situation to attack Meiguan, I was really worried. Then they retreated all the way from Meiguan to Nanxiong Mansion, and then they completely stopped running. As a result, after arriving at Nanxiong Mansion, a large number of personnel were sent to conduct reconnaissance and were discovered. All the officers and soldiers who have besieged Nan'an Mansion in the past few days, if you add them all together, actually have a total of 5,000 troops and horses.
As for the troops and horses when the official army attacked Ganzhou, they only stayed outside Nan'an Mansion for two days and then evacuated to unknown places under the cover of night. So far, the whereabouts of the evacuated officers and soldiers are still unknown. Moreover, the number of officers and soldiers in Ganzhou Prefecture is not too large now, with only more than a thousand troops and horses. The two combined amounted to only more than 7,000 men and horses, of which the number of cavalry was less than 1,000.
After learning that he was being chased around by a total of only five thousand officers and soldiers, like chasing dogs, the Lord almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood. If he had known that his opponent only had 5,000 troops, he would have fought hard no matter what. The Prince of Guilin, who was so angry that he went crazy, immediately ordered all the troops and horses that could be mobilized within the Guangnan East Road area, and even mobilized 10,000 troops and horses from his home base on Guangnan West Road.
Eager for revenge and even a little carried away, he ordered the Huguang rebels to change their plans and not go to Jiujiang Prefecture. Withdraw half of the troops and go south directly, via Nanchang Prefecture, Yuanzhou Prefecture, and Ji'an Prefecture, and directly cooperate with yourself to counterattack Nan'an Prefecture.
