At sunset that afternoon, Zhang Zhou finished teaching Zhu Houzhao and was about to leave the palace under the guidance of internal officials.
In the morning, he was giving lectures with the lecturers in the East Palace. In the afternoon, he was alone, so it was more convenient to go out. He carried his own lesson plan... Zhang Zhou felt like he had returned to his previous life, and he mainly taught people every day. Although There are no weekend breaks and winter and summer vacations, but you don’t have to come every day. When you go back from get off work, you don’t watch live broadcasts, drink and brag. Instead, you go back to your wife and children to warm up on the kang, and practice gymnastics.
Although the Internet is missing, Zhang Zhou feels that his life is relatively smooth.
"Master Zhang."
Before Zhang Zhou could take two steps out, he saw Liu Jin quickly catching up with him with a stern look on his face.
The eunuch Yang Peng who was leading the way took a look at Liu Jin, and he was very wary.
Zhang Zhou said: "Oh, is Eunuch Liu sending me out of the palace today?"
"No, it's not." Liu Jin said hurriedly, "I'm just giving you a ride."
"You said this as if you were going to bury me. Eunuch Liu, just say what you have to say!"
Zhang Zhou knows that Liu Jin is respectful to him now, but that may not be the case later. Will the person who is favored in front of the prince still be as respectful and obedient to Liu Jin as he is now when Liu Jin becomes famous?
Liu Jin said with a smile: "Master Zhang is like this. He doesn't have much ability as a young man. He has served in front of the prince and has not achieved much in the past two years, but he just wants to do something for the prince."
"It's no fun going around in circles. Do you think I have a lot of time?" Zhang Zhou was impatient.
You can't look good on people like Liu Jin.
Liu Jin said: "Look at Eunuch Zhang Yong. I heard that he made great contributions when he was at Pianguan. I think so... I am definitely not planning for myself, but for the prince. The prince also hopes to have capable people around him." People who know how to fight can help me, do you think you can make some arrangements for...?"
"oh?"
Zhang Zhou didn't think Liu Jin was competing with him for his job.
Even if a eunuch knows how to fight, where can he go? At most, they are just people sent by the emperor to supervise the army.
To direct the war, you still need to rely on the censors at all levels, that is, the chief commander or the governor, or the chief military officer. The eunuchs only take credit for their work and do nothing. Of course, there are also powerful figures such as Wang Zhi who can take the initiative to take over military power. Give it to a eunuch who can do something.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Eunuch Liu, you are really... ambitious."
"No, I just want to do more for the prince, and also for you, Master Zhang." Liu Jin looked very humble.
Zhang Zhou looked at him with a look that said, "This old boy has finally lived up to my training." He smiled and said, "Very good. Next time I have a chance to go to the battlefield, I will recommend you to His Majesty. You will do well."
"Definitely, definitely." Liu Jin was ecstatic, as if she was about to become prosperous, and jumped back towards the Wenhua Palace.
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"Sir, are you really going to help him? This kind of person is not a serious person at first glance."
Yang Peng heard Liu Jin's previous request, and after Liu Jin left, he used a hostile tone, as if he was instigating Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou squinted at Yang Peng.
Are you saying that Liu Jin is not a serious person? It seems that your Yang Peng's goods are not too pure, right?
And you, Yang Peng, are in Dongchang and have done more bad things, and your reputation from the outside world is even worse. Things like the Mancang'er case are all related to you, but you still have the nerve to criticize others?
"He is just an attendant of the prince in the East Palace. I am an official in the East Palace. I will not look up when I look down. If he really wants to go to the northwest to experience... Eunuch Yang, you don't really think that military glory in the northwest is easy to come by, do you? Wang Weining often has And wars don’t happen often…”
Zhang Zhou almost didn't tell Yang Peng that without my plan, anyone who goes to the northwest or Liaodong will be in vain.
Yang Peng swallowed. It was clear that he had the same idea as Liu Jin: "Sir, if you see any need for these people to contribute, just give your orders. These people also want to follow you and do their part for the Ming Dynasty."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Zhang Zhou agreed, but whether he took it seriously is another matter.
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Liaodong, Ningyuan City.
In the early morning of 291, Ren Liang and others were still preparing to organize their troops, but they learned that the coach Zhu Feng had not come down from the city all night.
"Hey, you're still a fool who leads the way. Let's go up to the top of the city and take a look."
Ren Liang took the capital commander Qian Ying and other generals and hurried to the west gate of the outer city to welcome Enmen.
At this time, on the top of the city, Wang Qiong was still helping Zhu Feng plan.
Zhu Feng also discovered that Wang Qiong was very capable. He could not just be a grain supervisor. He also seemed to understand that the emperor and Zhang Zhou asked Wang Qiong to come to Ningyuan with him just to help him make suggestions. There were many things he didn't understand. As long as Wang Qiong nudges the matter a little bit, he will be able to understand it thoroughly and then make appropriate arrangements.
This is also the reason why local snakes have been very picky about Zhu Feng during the days he has been in the city and have not ignored him.
In addition to Zhu Feng's strong background, it is also because Zhu Feng has a good military advisor beside him.
"It's close, it's already four or five miles away." Wang Qiong looked through the binoculars and explained the situation to Zhu Feng based on the information compiled by the sentry.
Zhu Feng became excited and asked, "Can you get closer? Four or five miles... is still a bit far."
Wang Qiong thought for a while and did not give out a plan easily.
At this moment, Ren Liang, Qian Ying and others came up to the top of the city, and with them came two deputy commanders, Zhang Yanling and Chen Rui.
Wang Qiong frowned and said, "Why are you all here? Are there no guards in other places?"
It means that all the people in the city who are nearly qualified to deploy troops and generals come to this place. They are not afraid that a stone will fall from the sky and we will be killed together. Then the city will be prepared for chaos and Di Yi will take advantage of it?
Ren Liang sneered and said: "Mr. Wang, are you worried too much? Where are Wu Liangha's people? You can point them out!"
Recently, Wang Qiong has been helping Zhu Feng to make suggestions, and he is vaguely the civil servant leader in the city. Ren Liang's power is the one who has been emptied out. Of course, Ren Liang is unhappy with Wang Qiong. This time, it is Wang Qiong who takes the initiative to "provoke trouble", and he can't bear it even more. live.
Immediately, a general reminded: "Eunuch Ren, Wu Liangha's troops are less than five miles away from the city."
Chen Rui said: "If we use the cavalry to attack suddenly, we can arrive in a breath, before the foothold is stable..."
Halfway through his words, he noticed that everyone was looking at him strangely, so Chen Rui stopped talking.
He suddenly realized that as a "famous general" who was once the only one in the northwest, he was now like a clown in the eyes of others. Would anyone believe what he said?
Qian Ying was still polite and reminded: "Uncle Ping Jiang, the terrain in Liaodong is not as good as the three sides. The terrain here is narrow and there is almost no place for garrisoning. If the troop deployment does not go well, it will not be that easy to withdraw the cavalry into the city. This You have also seen the city gate, it is a bit difficult to accommodate two riders at a time."
"Ahem."
Chen Rui was choked by a commanding officer. Naturally, he felt very unhappy and could only cough to cover up his embarrassment.
Zhu Feng ignored Qian Ying's advice and asked: "If we want the people of the Duoyan tribe to get closer to the city, what can we do? For example... can they get to a distance of two or three miles?"
Ren Liang was surprised and said: "What is Uncle An Bian doing? Wouldn't it be good for the Hulu to stay away from the city and keep both sides safe?"
Now Ren Liang feels that Zhu Feng is a bit of a suicidal person. If he doesn't come, do you still want him to come?
Zhu Feng was also an open-minded person, and immediately said: "Guys, please look, we have set up all the cannons. If they get close, we will shoot out the cannons... The range of these cannons is two or three miles away." ,When……"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Ren Liang couldn't help but laugh. This time he was really laughing.
Wang Qiong said: "What does this mean, Eunuch Ren?"
Ren Liang waved his hand and said with a smile: "It is very easy to get the Hulu to approach the city fortress. As long as the cavalry is deployed, the Hulu will definitely come and kill them, forcing the cavalry to withdraw into the city. But Uncle Anbian, I want to remind you. , No matter how far your artillery fires, what's the point of sending an iron ball out? Do you expect it to hit the enemy's formation exactly? Do you think they won't be able to hide? "
"If you really do this, the city gate will cause trouble, and it may even involve the city gate not being closed in time, leading to the defeat of the army... Haha, it's up to you..."
The group of local snake generals next to Ren Liang were also laughing.
Even Qian Ying could tell that his "adopted father" was giving Zhu Feng bad ideas. Things that could be solved by just staying in the city had to come up with some tricks. No matter how strong Zhu Feng's background was, he would not be able to solve the problem. Be in trouble.
Zhu Feng said without even thinking: "Then send the cavalry out to form an array!"
"ah?"
Everyone present, including the "own people" brought by Zhu Feng, looked at Zhu Feng with "Are you crazy?"
Ren Liang put away his scornful smile and said seriously: "Uncle Anbian, you are playing with fire and burning yourself! The rules of the Ming Dynasty's border troops, whether in Liaodong, Yansui, Ningxia, Datong and other places, are to wait for the Tatars to return Pursue again when retreating, this has been the case for decades, you wouldn't think that you were Wang Weining just after experiencing a side battle, right?"
With Ren Liang's tough attitude, he felt that if you Zhu Zhijie tormented us to defend the city, we could not do anything to you, and we would even cooperate.
But if you want us to go out with you to die, then don't ask these people to cooperate with you.
Zhu Feng also saw the uncooperation of these local snakes. He glared at Chen Rui and said, "Mr. Chen, I leave the formation to you!"
"What?"
Chen Rui was startled. Now that he thinks of me, he regards me as "Old Chen". He usually calls me "Old Chen", right?
Ren Liang said in a sarcastic tone: "Uncle Ping Jiang, don't you want to go out and fight Wu Liangha's people the most? Now the commander in chief has given the order, and you have obeyed it!"
Chen Rui felt like crying.
Now that I think about my feelings, I want to take the initiative, right?
When Wang Qiong saw the scene, he couldn't control it, and said sternly: "Now Uncle Anbian has given the order to send the cavalry out of the city to form an array. What objections do you have? If you don't obey the military order, without anyone else, I will report it to you... …Eunuch Ren, don’t forget about Yizhou!”
"you……"
Ren Liang glared at Wang Qiong.
Although the matter of Yizhou's false claims of military exploits has not been fully resolved yet, Ren Liang feels that he has been able to stay out of it by virtue of his trust relationship.
But if Wang Qiong goes to the court today to impeach Ren Liang in the name of the grain supervisor sent by the court, Ren Liang knows that even if he has two powerful backers, Wei Bin and Chen Kuan, he may not be able to hold on.
At this time, Qian Ying and others had their hands on the hilt of the sword, seeming to be angry at Ren Liang being taught a lesson. There were signs of a mutiny in the army at any time... Of course, they were just pretending to show it to outsiders. Apparently, they wanted to scare Wang Qiong and know the price of what he said wrongly, but also showed that they supported Ren Liang and just waited for Ren Liang's order...
Of course Ren Liang would not give such an order.
Unless Ren Liang has really had enough.
Moreover, even if Ren Liang really issued a military order to kill Wang Qiong, the people below may not dare to obey it.
It’s just a tacit understanding.
Wang Qiong said: "Uncle Anbian, give the order."
Zhu Feng looked at Wang Qiong with grateful eyes. He did not expect that at the critical moment, only Wang Qiong would stand firmly on his side. Even he himself felt that it would be a bit risky to send the cavalry out to form an array. No wonder The military generals in Liaodong disagreed.
It seems that only Wang Qiong can understand his tactics, or in other words, Wang Qiong can understand Zhang Zhou's strategic intentions.
Zhu Feng thought to himself: "Why does Brother Zhang want me to lead the army? If he asks Wang Langzhong to come, wouldn't it be better if I just listen to him?"
"How many cavalry are there in the city?" Zhu Feng asked.
"snort!"
Ren Liang snorted heavily, deliberately expressing his disdain in front of others.
You, a general military officer, have been in the city for so many days, but you don’t even know how many cavalry are in the city? Do you still have the nerve to command and deploy troops like this?
Wang Qiong said: "The commander-in-chief asked, Commander Qian, still didn't answer?"
This is really not because Zhu Feng has no experience, but because the local snakes did not fully cooperate with Zhu Feng in dispatching troops, but only provided support in reassuring the people. In addition, Ren Liang deliberately made the cavalry in the city disobey orders to prevent Zhu Feng from doing so. Feng sent his troops out to fight against Duoyan Sanwei's men.
In fact, Ren Liang also had his own unique ideas in doing so.
You take our soldiers out to fight against the Three Guards of Duoyan. If you win, the credit will be yours. If you lose, it will be our people who die. We may have to bear the blame.
Who is willing to risk his life with you?
But now that Wang Qiong threatened him with Yizhou's false claims of military exploits, he became a little frightened.
After Qian Ying saw that Ren Liang had no expression, he came out and said: "There are three thousand cavalry in the city... An Bianbo and Di Yi are outside the city. There are at least four to five thousand cavalry, and Wu Liangha's cavalry is there." The grasslands are all assigned to platoons. It is only because the terrain in Liaodong is long and narrow that it is not suitable for the cavalry, so Liaodong has always been at peace with Wu Liangha. Don’t you want to..."
"That's enough!" Wang Qiong interrupted Qian Ying, "Send as many as you have!"
Ren Liang said angrily: "The barbarians are attacking, what should I do if I can't retreat?"
Wang Qiong said: "Bo Anbian said that with the artillery, the Hulu will not be allowed to kill the city. Then we can rectify our troops and pursue them directly!"
"Wang Langzhong, do you have experience in leading troops? Do you dare to command casually here? But after the defeat, will you bear all the blame?" Ren Liang couldn't help it this time and challenged Wang Qiong in person.
Wang Qiong had an angry look on his face, but he looked very majestic and said: "No matter the merits or demerits, we will all bear them together! Who can get away from it?"
This time, even Ren Liang didn't expect it.
Zhu Feng seems to be a nice guy, but I didn't expect that Zhu Feng has a grain supervisor next to him, but he is actually a ruthless character? !
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The cavalry in Ningyuan City completed their assembly in the outer city.
After the city gate was opened, there was not even a moat outside the city, so people were sent out of the city to form an array, because the city gate was set up to guard against Di Yi attacks. The Ying'en Gate on the west side was less than two meters wide. So much so that it might take less than half an hour for the three thousand cavalry in the city to go out and form an array.
"Deploy some troops and leave the city from North City and South City together!" Wang Qiong said after looking at the situation.
Ren Liang said: "How can the imperial court use incompetent people like you?"
"Father..."
"Shut up! Follow military orders! Do you want this Wang Liang officer to accuse you of disobedience?"
Ren Liang felt that he was full of anger and didn't know where to vent his anger.
"Eunuch Ren, Hulu is making some moves!"
Immediately a messenger came to deliver the news.
Ren Liang looked at Zhu Feng angrily and said: "Uncle Anbian is here, what do you want to report to our family? Our family is not blind!"
Meaning, I can see it myself.
And I am very clear-eyed. If the Duoyan Guards know that Ming’s cavalry is forming up, they will either run away or act like they are coming to harass... There is no third way to choose, and before Ming’s cavalry has been formed, No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Duoyan Sanwei to escape at this time.
There is nothing to rob outside the city. If you don't take the opportunity to attack here, if you can destroy Ningyuan City...
"Gunner prepare!"
Zhu Feng issued a military order.
Ordered by him himself.
There are only twelve cannons in total, arranged within a range of about a hundred meters, which can be said to be very concentrated.
Ren Liang shook his head and ordered Qian Ying: "All the cannons in the city that can be used will be brought here."
Qian Yingdao: "Eunuch Ren, we can't hit that far. Besides, it's too late to temporarily mobilize artillery. Now there are not even a hundred guns available in the west of the city..."
The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty were not just free earners when it came to casting artillery.
In Ningyuan City alone, there are more than 300 artillery pieces. Of course, the quality of these artillery pieces... is hard to describe.
But if Di Yi really came to the city, the deterrent effect of these artillery pieces would still be very strong.
Ren Liang walked over and asked Zhu Feng again: "Uncle Anbian, please think clearly. The Wuliangha people also have powerful crossbows. They don't need to run down the city to be within the range of our cannons. They use powerful crossbows and bows and arrows. Let the cavalry out in formation be in a dilemma, unless you want to rush over and fight to the death with the excellent Mongolian cavalry, then give up the strong fortress of Ningyuan."
Zhu Feng said: "Didn't I tell you already? Our cannons have a longer range."
"Just these few cannons? What's the point of being farther away?" Ren Liang was also furious, "Are you mentally disturbed or do you want to die? Then don't harm the soldiers and civilians in the city! You don't really think that you and Wang Weining are in a relationship. Oh my God, do you think you are second to Wang Weining? Wang Weining is a madman, and others are capable of madness. What do you, Mr. Zhu, have?!"
When Wang Qiong saw Ren Liang losing his composure, he was afraid of pushing the eunuch too hard, so he walked over and explained: "These cannons are flower cannons!"
"Fuck you! With a big iron ball out, all the Tatars are fools? Are they waiting for you to smash them? No wonder the Ming Dynasty's frontier army is weak! The imperial court has raised you bastards, I want to fry you." Come on! Taste whether your meat is sour!"
(End of chapter)
