The flow of the Yangtze River in Wuchang Prefecture is roughly southwest to northeast, and the city of Huguang District is located on the bank of the river.
The Vermilion Bird Army came from the west along the river, and because its direction could only approach its south gate.
A little over ten miles south of the city, the Senate Department took a fancy to a place where there was a place on the water that was barely suitable for a port and pier, so it was chosen as Daying.
The fleet set up a water village wharf here, and the baggage can be unloaded from the ship, and the main army will then use the wood and other materials on the ship to dock to build a camp.
No one in the military understands water warfare, so he can only adopt conservative passive defense ideas on the water. He temporarily discussed the method of blocking the water outlet with a large ship to form a city wall and opening several sides of the water gate; then build artillery positions on both sides of the shore to be considered as a water firepower network.
The source of this method is ridiculous. It was proposed by the military general Liu Heju, and Liu Heju's ideas came from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he had read.
Liu Heju used to be the commander of the official army's guard station and served as an official in Yongding Guard; the Yongding Guard was next to the Wuling Mountains, and there was no naval army in the mountains, and he had no experience in water war.
Liu Heju's greatest contribution was that he recommended Feng Youxian to Zhang Ning. Only with Feng Youxian's cavalry can he form combat power, otherwise it would be nonsense to form cavalry without any experts.
In addition, Liu Heju performed mediocrely.
Now Liu He made great efforts to establish a water camp because he never reads books but only likes "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and thinks that he is divine and military books. He can't help but propose Cai Mao's water camp strategy in the book. Even Zhou Yu praised him for his deep understanding of the water camp, which must be amazing.
Unfortunately, the focus of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the story, not the military book, so the specific technical details are not very reliable. Besides, isn’t it a big deal to use a novel as a military book in war?
But the problem is that no one has a way, only Liu Heju can speak well; in addition, Zhang Ning and everyone in the Senate believe that Wuchang City is in panic all day long and is unlikely to take the initiative to attack.
Then he adopted Liu Heju's suggestion and set up a water camp on the wharf as a water defense.
The camp must rely on the river, so as to save the unloaded baggage on the ship and also require time-consuming transportation by manpower.
According to the usual habit, Zhang Ning wanted to go to the battlefield to take a look before the war, and this time was no exception.
So he led a team of cavalry to the north, and Feng Youxian led a team of cavalry to move in the rear just in case.
There were many official scouts and eyeliners near the city. Zhang Ning did not dare to get too close, nor could he stay for too long, so he could only take a few glances from a distance.
The tall city tower stands like a towering tower in the sky, as if it is at the same height as the clouds, but it is just an illusion; the sky is very clear, and I vaguely remember the cities in the plains in my later years. None of the cities seen on the train are not gray smoke and dust covering the sky.
There is no danger around it, but the city tower seems to be very high.Zhang Ning turned around and said to Zhu Heng casually: The walls of Wuchang City seem to be built high and thick.
Zhu Heng replied: As far as I know, the city defenses here can be comparable to those of important towns such as Nanjing and Changsha.The Ming Dynasty court always attached great importance to the management of this city because its location has the word "tong". It is located in the middle and is connected to the east, west, south and north, so it shows its importance. However, the city is not strong and not high, so people have to guard it. Now the situation of Wuchang City cannot be defended by the city wall.
Zhang Ning nodded and said that the situation they know now is mainly based on the information collected by multiple parties before, and cannot be seen with a pair of eyes.
After the battle of Yuanshui, Wuchang City and the near left areas were already empty. After learning that they were in danger, they hurriedly dispatched troops from all over the country.
The sixteen Huguang Prefectures are here. The court is very nervous. Losing this place means losing the entire Huguang ruling organization. The third department of Huguang is also in Wuchang. The governor, the censor, the commander, and several second-rank officials of the court. They have great power in the local area, but they dare not throw away the capital and run away, so they hurriedly ordered reinforcements everywhere...
There is a ridiculous thing among them. Yuezhou actually intercepted the official documents from the Wuchangdu Commander Office, and Yuezhou had already fallen into trouble before. It can be seen how panicked the three departments of Huguang are now, and such low-level mistakes can happen.
In addition to urgently ordering troops to send troops to reinforce the garrisons in Huguang, the largest source of troops in Wuchang were the garrisons in De'an Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei.
After the Suzaku Army occupied Yuezhou, many troops had crossed the Yangtze River and transferred to Wuchang Gufang.
It is estimated that the Wuchang Prefecture has at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops, perhaps more, because it is impossible to calculate, and even the government itself may not be able to figure it out...
These people were hasty in their troops, the establishment was chaotic, and the source was chaotic.
The news that the Zhuque Army, who had sneaked into Wuchang City a while ago, reported that the city was in chaos.
After many troops were transferred to Wuchang, they could not find the yamen responsible for replenishing their food, grass, and military pay. Some of the soldiers in Hanyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture were pieced together. After crossing the river in batches, the stations were separated, and countless small groups of people were mixed.
What can they do if they have no place to collect food? Of course they are plundering soldiers...
There is a saying that there is no difference between soldiers and bandits from other places. This is the experience gained by the people in life. It is true.
After many battles, Zhang Ning felt that the number of troops was indeed a great advantage, but there was probably no benefit in the number of people like Wuchang now.
Not to mention that there are probably 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, even if there are 100,000 mobs, it will be of no use.
No official army camps were found near the city?Zhang Ning asked another question.
Others replied: I hid in the morning and went out to investigate everywhere at night, but I didn't find any large number of officials stationed.
Zhu Heng smiled and said: The three departments of Huguang also know the current dilemma. They cannot set up a battle in the wild. The only barrier is the high wall of Wuchang City, with all the soldiers inside.
The city wall has become a life-saving straw on the water.Zhang Ning also echoed.
Zhu Hengdao: The Senate Department has sent envoys to the city to deliver a letter of persuasion, but it was rejected, but the envoy sent one back to bring a letter on the grounds that "the two armies were fighting and did not kill each other." In addition, the two were also detained for the time being without any hindrance.I think that the hope of the three departments of Huguang is to rely on the strong city walls to defend themselves, waiting for reinforcements, and mainly waiting for the Shenji Camp in the Beijing Camp. I heard that the court had already dispatched a unit of the Shenji Camp from Yangzhou to reinforce Wuchang, but unfortunately they were too far away, so it was impossible for us to rush before our army...
Zhu Heng said calmly again: But the current layout of the Three Departments of Huguang is to give up all the places in Wuchang Prefecture and trap the lonely city. Even if the Shenji Camp arrived before the city was broken, it would be difficult for the Shenji Camp to cross the river. At that time, I am afraid that we can only watch over the river from Hanyang Prefecture to siege Wuchang City. The only way is to restrain our siege and monitor the river defense.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning slapped the horse on the buttocks, rode his horse's head and wanted to go back to the camp.
Before leaving, I looked back at the situation in Wuchang City and said: There are so many houses outside the city wall, so I must be the people next to the important town.When I was in Yangzhou, I also saw similar situations. Most of the poor people lived outside the city walls. This time, a large number of houses were destroyed and destroyed, which would undoubtedly make the poor's only property worse...
When the people around heard this, they knew that the prince was already full of confidence in seizing Wuchang City.
If you are facing a difficult battle with unpredictable outcomes and still feel uneasy, who else can still care about the poor?
Only when you are confident and everything is under control will you pay attention to these details?
……
Zhang Ning returned to the camp that was still under construction, asked about official duties in the temporary central army tent, and found something that needed to be dealt with immediately.
It is reported that Changde Mansion sent someone to check the seal and was a person who warded off the cult.
It must be Yao Ji's reply, because Zhang Ning's previous letter mentioned the matters related to contact Emperor Jianwen, perhaps Yao Ji had already made a reply.
He decided to meet the person who came soon, and of course he was also anxious to see Yao Ji's news.
After waiting for a while, I saw that Chunmei was wearing a long robe and wearing a sage scarf, dressing up as a man. It seemed that in ancient times, any young woman with some background liked to dress up as a woman when she went out.
Chunmei is the confidant promoted by Yao Ji herself, and she is also a powerful role in the vanquishing cult. Now she comes to deliver the letter in person, which is definitely important; Zhang Ning then held her back and talked to her.
Chunmei smiled when she saw Zhang Ning, without any nervousness. She first bowed her fists and took out a letter from her arms: Master... The Empress has appointed me as the Inner Attendant, one of the four Inner Attendant.This time I sent me to see the prince. There are two things. First, I will send a letter. Look, it is done intact; the second is to take the Peach Blossom Fairy back.
Chunmei often plays without being very steady, but she is still very quick in doing things, so Zhang Ning likes to get straight to the point.He asked: Why did you make a special trip to ask the Peach Blossom Fairy to go back?
Chunmei said: The prince will read the empress’s letter first, the letter should have written the whole story.
Zhang Ning opened the envelope and browsed it quickly.Sure enough, Yao Ji didn't have any words like a love affair in the letter, but mainly talked about serious matters.
Emperor Jianwen and Yao Ji's relationship was a bit distant, and even had misunderstandings and estrangements, but Zhang Ning's idea of joining Jianwen was not impossible.
Yao Ji said she had a solution, but she did not explain in detail what the solution was. She only mentioned that Jianwen's close minister Zheng Qia was the best breakthrough, and Zheng Qia also cooperated with people on Yao Ji's side for many times.
Zheng Qia was a Jinshi in the Gengchen examination in the second year of Jianwen. Among the people who were in the palace examination at the same time as him, Wang Jingzhi, the second-level candidate.
Who is Wang Jingzhi?
He is the biological father of Taohua Fairy.
The Peach Blossom Fairy was originally named Wang, but Wang Jingzhi had already committed suicide after being captured more than 20 years ago after Nanjing was captured.
Therefore, the Peach Blossom Fairy has been wandering without a father or a mother since she was a child, and she has lived a miserable life.
She is obviously not a lady, but Yao Ji mentioned in front of Zhang Ning that you should treat them well, not without consideration...
Zheng Qiao followed Jianwen and escaped, while his friend Wang Jingzhi committed suicide. The two families were in trouble, and he had a very good relationship with Taohua Fairy.
After reading the letter, Zhang Ning immediately understood why he had to take the Peach Blossom Fairy back to Changde.
The Vermilion Bird Army came from the west along the river, and because its direction could only approach its south gate.
A little over ten miles south of the city, the Senate Department took a fancy to a place where there was a place on the water that was barely suitable for a port and pier, so it was chosen as Daying.
The fleet set up a water village wharf here, and the baggage can be unloaded from the ship, and the main army will then use the wood and other materials on the ship to dock to build a camp.
No one in the military understands water warfare, so he can only adopt conservative passive defense ideas on the water. He temporarily discussed the method of blocking the water outlet with a large ship to form a city wall and opening several sides of the water gate; then build artillery positions on both sides of the shore to be considered as a water firepower network.
The source of this method is ridiculous. It was proposed by the military general Liu Heju, and Liu Heju's ideas came from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he had read.
Liu Heju used to be the commander of the official army's guard station and served as an official in Yongding Guard; the Yongding Guard was next to the Wuling Mountains, and there was no naval army in the mountains, and he had no experience in water war.
Liu Heju's greatest contribution was that he recommended Feng Youxian to Zhang Ning. Only with Feng Youxian's cavalry can he form combat power, otherwise it would be nonsense to form cavalry without any experts.
In addition, Liu Heju performed mediocrely.
Now Liu He made great efforts to establish a water camp because he never reads books but only likes "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and thinks that he is divine and military books. He can't help but propose Cai Mao's water camp strategy in the book. Even Zhou Yu praised him for his deep understanding of the water camp, which must be amazing.
Unfortunately, the focus of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the story, not the military book, so the specific technical details are not very reliable. Besides, isn’t it a big deal to use a novel as a military book in war?
But the problem is that no one has a way, only Liu Heju can speak well; in addition, Zhang Ning and everyone in the Senate believe that Wuchang City is in panic all day long and is unlikely to take the initiative to attack.
Then he adopted Liu Heju's suggestion and set up a water camp on the wharf as a water defense.
The camp must rely on the river, so as to save the unloaded baggage on the ship and also require time-consuming transportation by manpower.
According to the usual habit, Zhang Ning wanted to go to the battlefield to take a look before the war, and this time was no exception.
So he led a team of cavalry to the north, and Feng Youxian led a team of cavalry to move in the rear just in case.
There were many official scouts and eyeliners near the city. Zhang Ning did not dare to get too close, nor could he stay for too long, so he could only take a few glances from a distance.
The tall city tower stands like a towering tower in the sky, as if it is at the same height as the clouds, but it is just an illusion; the sky is very clear, and I vaguely remember the cities in the plains in my later years. None of the cities seen on the train are not gray smoke and dust covering the sky.
There is no danger around it, but the city tower seems to be very high.Zhang Ning turned around and said to Zhu Heng casually: The walls of Wuchang City seem to be built high and thick.
Zhu Heng replied: As far as I know, the city defenses here can be comparable to those of important towns such as Nanjing and Changsha.The Ming Dynasty court always attached great importance to the management of this city because its location has the word "tong". It is located in the middle and is connected to the east, west, south and north, so it shows its importance. However, the city is not strong and not high, so people have to guard it. Now the situation of Wuchang City cannot be defended by the city wall.
Zhang Ning nodded and said that the situation they know now is mainly based on the information collected by multiple parties before, and cannot be seen with a pair of eyes.
After the battle of Yuanshui, Wuchang City and the near left areas were already empty. After learning that they were in danger, they hurriedly dispatched troops from all over the country.
The sixteen Huguang Prefectures are here. The court is very nervous. Losing this place means losing the entire Huguang ruling organization. The third department of Huguang is also in Wuchang. The governor, the censor, the commander, and several second-rank officials of the court. They have great power in the local area, but they dare not throw away the capital and run away, so they hurriedly ordered reinforcements everywhere...
There is a ridiculous thing among them. Yuezhou actually intercepted the official documents from the Wuchangdu Commander Office, and Yuezhou had already fallen into trouble before. It can be seen how panicked the three departments of Huguang are now, and such low-level mistakes can happen.
In addition to urgently ordering troops to send troops to reinforce the garrisons in Huguang, the largest source of troops in Wuchang were the garrisons in De'an Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei.
After the Suzaku Army occupied Yuezhou, many troops had crossed the Yangtze River and transferred to Wuchang Gufang.
It is estimated that the Wuchang Prefecture has at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops, perhaps more, because it is impossible to calculate, and even the government itself may not be able to figure it out...
These people were hasty in their troops, the establishment was chaotic, and the source was chaotic.
The news that the Zhuque Army, who had sneaked into Wuchang City a while ago, reported that the city was in chaos.
After many troops were transferred to Wuchang, they could not find the yamen responsible for replenishing their food, grass, and military pay. Some of the soldiers in Hanyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture were pieced together. After crossing the river in batches, the stations were separated, and countless small groups of people were mixed.
What can they do if they have no place to collect food? Of course they are plundering soldiers...
There is a saying that there is no difference between soldiers and bandits from other places. This is the experience gained by the people in life. It is true.
After many battles, Zhang Ning felt that the number of troops was indeed a great advantage, but there was probably no benefit in the number of people like Wuchang now.
Not to mention that there are probably 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, even if there are 100,000 mobs, it will be of no use.
No official army camps were found near the city?Zhang Ning asked another question.
Others replied: I hid in the morning and went out to investigate everywhere at night, but I didn't find any large number of officials stationed.
Zhu Heng smiled and said: The three departments of Huguang also know the current dilemma. They cannot set up a battle in the wild. The only barrier is the high wall of Wuchang City, with all the soldiers inside.
The city wall has become a life-saving straw on the water.Zhang Ning also echoed.
Zhu Hengdao: The Senate Department has sent envoys to the city to deliver a letter of persuasion, but it was rejected, but the envoy sent one back to bring a letter on the grounds that "the two armies were fighting and did not kill each other." In addition, the two were also detained for the time being without any hindrance.I think that the hope of the three departments of Huguang is to rely on the strong city walls to defend themselves, waiting for reinforcements, and mainly waiting for the Shenji Camp in the Beijing Camp. I heard that the court had already dispatched a unit of the Shenji Camp from Yangzhou to reinforce Wuchang, but unfortunately they were too far away, so it was impossible for us to rush before our army...
Zhu Heng said calmly again: But the current layout of the Three Departments of Huguang is to give up all the places in Wuchang Prefecture and trap the lonely city. Even if the Shenji Camp arrived before the city was broken, it would be difficult for the Shenji Camp to cross the river. At that time, I am afraid that we can only watch over the river from Hanyang Prefecture to siege Wuchang City. The only way is to restrain our siege and monitor the river defense.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning slapped the horse on the buttocks, rode his horse's head and wanted to go back to the camp.
Before leaving, I looked back at the situation in Wuchang City and said: There are so many houses outside the city wall, so I must be the people next to the important town.When I was in Yangzhou, I also saw similar situations. Most of the poor people lived outside the city walls. This time, a large number of houses were destroyed and destroyed, which would undoubtedly make the poor's only property worse...
When the people around heard this, they knew that the prince was already full of confidence in seizing Wuchang City.
If you are facing a difficult battle with unpredictable outcomes and still feel uneasy, who else can still care about the poor?
Only when you are confident and everything is under control will you pay attention to these details?
……
Zhang Ning returned to the camp that was still under construction, asked about official duties in the temporary central army tent, and found something that needed to be dealt with immediately.
It is reported that Changde Mansion sent someone to check the seal and was a person who warded off the cult.
It must be Yao Ji's reply, because Zhang Ning's previous letter mentioned the matters related to contact Emperor Jianwen, perhaps Yao Ji had already made a reply.
He decided to meet the person who came soon, and of course he was also anxious to see Yao Ji's news.
After waiting for a while, I saw that Chunmei was wearing a long robe and wearing a sage scarf, dressing up as a man. It seemed that in ancient times, any young woman with some background liked to dress up as a woman when she went out.
Chunmei is the confidant promoted by Yao Ji herself, and she is also a powerful role in the vanquishing cult. Now she comes to deliver the letter in person, which is definitely important; Zhang Ning then held her back and talked to her.
Chunmei smiled when she saw Zhang Ning, without any nervousness. She first bowed her fists and took out a letter from her arms: Master... The Empress has appointed me as the Inner Attendant, one of the four Inner Attendant.This time I sent me to see the prince. There are two things. First, I will send a letter. Look, it is done intact; the second is to take the Peach Blossom Fairy back.
Chunmei often plays without being very steady, but she is still very quick in doing things, so Zhang Ning likes to get straight to the point.He asked: Why did you make a special trip to ask the Peach Blossom Fairy to go back?
Chunmei said: The prince will read the empress’s letter first, the letter should have written the whole story.
Zhang Ning opened the envelope and browsed it quickly.Sure enough, Yao Ji didn't have any words like a love affair in the letter, but mainly talked about serious matters.
Emperor Jianwen and Yao Ji's relationship was a bit distant, and even had misunderstandings and estrangements, but Zhang Ning's idea of joining Jianwen was not impossible.
Yao Ji said she had a solution, but she did not explain in detail what the solution was. She only mentioned that Jianwen's close minister Zheng Qia was the best breakthrough, and Zheng Qia also cooperated with people on Yao Ji's side for many times.
Zheng Qia was a Jinshi in the Gengchen examination in the second year of Jianwen. Among the people who were in the palace examination at the same time as him, Wang Jingzhi, the second-level candidate.
Who is Wang Jingzhi?
He is the biological father of Taohua Fairy.
The Peach Blossom Fairy was originally named Wang, but Wang Jingzhi had already committed suicide after being captured more than 20 years ago after Nanjing was captured.
Therefore, the Peach Blossom Fairy has been wandering without a father or a mother since she was a child, and she has lived a miserable life.
She is obviously not a lady, but Yao Ji mentioned in front of Zhang Ning that you should treat them well, not without consideration...
Zheng Qiao followed Jianwen and escaped, while his friend Wang Jingzhi committed suicide. The two families were in trouble, and he had a very good relationship with Taohua Fairy.
After reading the letter, Zhang Ning immediately understood why he had to take the Peach Blossom Fairy back to Changde.
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