The Chu Palace was lively in early August, and it was when Emperor Jianwen invited all officials to practice for Zhang Ning.
Then the place returned to its quietness again, even more quiet than usual; there was a war ahead, and the singing, dancing and banquet in the palace stopped, and even the horse racing activities that Yao Ji had just been fond of for a short time also stopped.
In the foreground of Fengyi Building, several women were sitting at Yao Ji's lower head, listening to Xu Wenjun reading a letter and the letter written by Zhang Ning.
Among them are Zhou Erniang, Zhang Xiaomei, Gu Chunhan, Taohua Fairy and others. Whether they have the status of concubines or relatives, these people have been in this big family for a long time, and they are almost the same as their family members.
There is also Bai Fengjiao. She has not yet agreed to accept the title of Jianwen court as the second concubine of the prince. However, since she has not left Wuchang, Yao Ji did not particularly consider her an outsider. It is mainly because Bai Fengjiao was wearing a Hanfu, rather than the ethnic costumes she had when she first came, such details seem to have already suggested her thoughts.
The table was visited with dried tea and fruits and vegetables in August, all of which were decorated in delicate and delicate porcelain, mainly in blue and white.
This is a complete set of porcelain tools, which were specially tributed from Jingdezhen last month, just like the new one.
But everyone sat down and listened to Xu Wenjun's chanting. No one was eating while listening, and the food was completely decorated.
Zhang Ning's letter was written in spoken vernacular. After several months of preparation and dispatch, the government army suddenly took action quickly.In less than half a month, the South Road official army from Huizhou had crossed the entire Raozhou Prefecture, and there were almost no resistance in seven or eight prefectures and counties. All this was expected... The South Road official army deviated north to the eastern part of Nankang Prefecture, and Duchang fell, which meant that the east bank of Poyang Lake was all over the hands of the government army; we were the only one left on the east bank, and we did not dare to give up this place to guard Dongting Lake.If you guard the Hukou, the official navy transferred from the Yangtze River will not be able to enter Dongting Lake...
But the current situation is not very good. Yu Qian took over the navy of the King of Han surrendered the army and recruited and expanded some warship sailors.But Xu Zixin, who came to Jiangxi with me, said that our navy army could not defeat the government naval forces. He said that in the areas near Neihu, the wind and waves were not too big to rely on sails; and the wheel boats of the government army obviously had a mobile advantage in Neihu.But my mother doesn’t have to worry too much. Our army’s marine weapons are very well-equipped and can make up for the shortcomings in the water.When the war ahead has made new progress, my son will write a letter back; the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and now I only hope to win as soon as possible and go home to reunite with my mother and others...
Zhang Ning's letter mainly talks about military affairs, but this is also the thing that women's family are most concerned about.
Women don’t know much about military affairs, including the most capable Yao Ji, who is not very clear about marching and fighting, nor is there much interest in it; but this kind of thing is exactly related to the fate and vital interests of everyone, and it is inevitable to pay close attention to the results.
Women with a slight status in the Ming Dynasty were obviously vassals of men. They could not work, and even the women in the people were inferior to those in the people. Women could weave cloth and livestock at home to do housework. Everything they had placed on the career of their men, and they all had prospered and lost.
Gu Chunhan, who has always been uninvolved in the Wuchang power field, also said quietly at this time: I really hope he can win this battle.
Everyone agreed, and for a moment, the women gathered together rarely.
Just like Gu Chunhan, although she is beautiful and good at singing and dancing, she should be a person who should not worry about food and clothing everywhere; but who except Zhang Ning can treat her as a family member and never care about her background and past experiences?
This is even more true for other people. Although they have different status here, they are relatives and masters, and their destiny cannot be handled casually.
……
In Jiangxi, the first real confrontation came faster than guessed.The location of the showdown is very clear, it is Hukou.
The news from the official army was roughly that the Jiangbei Camp was ready to move but there was no obvious mobilization; the southern army was in Duchang, and the threat was very close, but it would take some time to join the Battle of Hukou in time; what really forced into Hukou was the army advancing from the Yangtze River along the water and land of the Yangtze River, and the camp had already rushed to a place that could be seen on the walls of Hukou County.
The deployment of the Zhuque Army did not give up Hukou County, and strengthened its defense a while ago.
Zhang Ning transferred a 750-strong thrust to the city of Hukou County and joined 5,000 Han Wangjun on the east bank; more than 8,000 naval soldiers, more than 200 ships of all sizes, all gathered near the entrance of Poyang Lake, and the water villages stood on the west bank and on the island of Poyang Lake.
Outside Hukou County, there is another fortification in the area near the water. The purpose is to support the county's defense, and the other is to set up artillery arrays to support water operations.
On the other side of Jiujiang, there is also a Zhuque Military Fortification near the entrance to the lake, and heavy artillery is also set up to face the narrow entrance to the lake of Poyang Lake.
The water surface of the Hukou is not narrow, and the water surface spans at least seven or eight miles; the effective range of the long-barrel heavy artillery and projectile mortar cannon of the Vermilion Bird Army is only two miles away. Regardless of the vast water area, the water area three or four miles wide in the middle cannot be attacked from the shore.
However, setting up a battalion on the shore can restrict the enemy navy from spreading on the water, and its function cannot be underestimated.
On the beach on the west bank of Hukou, there was a group of people standing there.
The person standing in front of the middle was Zhang Ning. He was surrounded by Yu Qian and Wei Bin and other senior officials, as well as a young official Xu Zixin and several of his staff and clerks.
Xu Zixin used to be an official in Yuezhou Prefecture, in charge of shipbuilding docks, was familiar with ships and water conditions, and also had an aide who knew water war. This time, he became Zhang Ning's military advisor.
Everyone looked around the water and saw boats everywhere on the lake and the Yangtze River.
The ships on the river were all from the government navy. The Huguang Army's navy only wanted to protect Poyang Lake and did not expect to compete with the government army on the river. The ships on Hukou were all kinds of warships of the Huguang Army, mainly from the navy of the King of Han surrendered Army. Another part was the navy that Yu Qian prepared to expand after becoming the governor of Jiangxi.
Zhang Ning lowered his head and stamped the gray and black soil on the ground with his feet. It was very hard and had cracked.
The color of this ground is completely different from the soil on the shore. It looks like it is silt in the lake, and the waterline is exposed and dried after it falls.
The weather has been particularly good this time. It has been sunny for a long time. The autumn sun is not strong and warm. Coupled with the wet and cool breeze blowing from the water, I feel very comfortable in my body.
Zhang Ning did not ask in public whether the weather was good or not.
He knew nothing about the battles in the world.
The Vermilion Bird Army has only been established for a few years, and it has always been a land war. Land warfare in the mainland is indeed the key to determining the outcome; but when it comes to such a pass, the role of water warfare suddenly becomes important. Their development time is too short, and the Vermilion Bird Army's naval army is not good, which is actually a weakness.
However, Zhang Ning is a self-aware person. He knows that he is not good at this, so Xu Zixin is inseparable from him and has to ask the military advisor around him for everything.
After watching for a long time, Wei Bin suddenly said: Hukou County on the other side cannot be defended, and it is useless to send so many soldiers to transfer so much food to go there. Once the water is cut off, it will be an isolated city.
Yu Qian said calmly: I guard Hukou County to prevent the water from being cut off, otherwise all the land on the east bank will be lost. What’s the benefit of guarding a county town?I asserted that the official army would not attack Hukou County in the first battle, and the navy would directly attack from the river.
Zhang Ning said silently, but fortunately the two of them argued for a few words.He is in a very unhappy mood now because he has little confidence in not repaying the battle in Hukou.
He kept clearing the logical relationship of this series of deployments in his mind: as long as the navy can still control the lake surface to resist the official army's river ships entering Poyang Lake, his army can reinforce Hukou City from the water and provide supply to military supplies. Hukou City is not an isolated city; as long as the Hukou City and fortification camps on the other side still exist, they can support water defense...
The main force of the Suzaku Army will never dare to go to the other side. If you are surrounded and have no place to run, the main force will still be in Jiujiang City.
But if Poyang Lake changes hands, the water shoreline of hundreds of miles south of Jiujiang Lake will not be able to stop the official army from crossing the water and directly reaching Jiujiang.
Jiujiang City, a strategic important place, has lost its meaning as a key place; if you stay here, you may be attacked by the government troops coming from Jiangbei and be trapped in a situation of being surrounded...
At that point, it is better not to defend Jiujiang.
If you don’t defend Jiujiang City, it means that the entire Jiangxi will be lost; the strategic depth will be further compressed to Huguang, and the enemy will be trapped on all sides will become more and more tight.
To this point, the key to the entire battle is equal to the battle of Hukou; however, the battle of Hukou is exactly the weakness of the Zhuque Army, and it is also the link that Zhang Ning has the least confidence.He had to be very depressed.
At this moment, Zhang Ning ordered: Immediately send someone to understand the entire Navy army. The officers and soldiers of the Jiujiang Army (Surrendered Army of Han Wang) will receive equal treatment from the court, and the military pay will be the same as Yongding Camp, and the rewards for meritorious service and casualties will be given as well.
After hearing this, Wei Bin and other generals muttered a few words, as if they were a little dissatisfied.Zhang Ning's decision at this time was also very hasty, but he ignored the generals of Yongdingying Camp.
Yu Qian was the governor of Jiangxi before. In order to maintain Jiujiang City, he had to give up the eastern line of Poyang Lake; but now he dared not say that he gave up Poyang Lake, and still agreed to increase the troops in Hukou City...
But is this really useful?
When Zhang Ning turned to look at Yu Qian, he happened to be looking at him, and the two of them looked at each other in an instant.
I saw Yu Qian with a serious face, almost no expression, and no sign of anything.
But Zhang Ning suddenly had a intuition. He seemed to have something to say, so Zhang Ning asked casually: What are Tingyi’s considerations?
Yu Qian said: I think the prince’s decision just now is very good, and the water war is of great importance. Most of the navy is subordinate to the Jiujiang Army. The prince’s surrender will surely boost morale.
Zhang Ning nodded and said nothing.
But he wondered in his heart: Does Yu Qian also feel that he might as well give up Jiangxi?
This place is really important, the problem is that it is difficult to keep. No one has any reliable methods for so long...
He dared not suggest, perhaps because this place is indeed of great importance?
Then the place returned to its quietness again, even more quiet than usual; there was a war ahead, and the singing, dancing and banquet in the palace stopped, and even the horse racing activities that Yao Ji had just been fond of for a short time also stopped.
In the foreground of Fengyi Building, several women were sitting at Yao Ji's lower head, listening to Xu Wenjun reading a letter and the letter written by Zhang Ning.
Among them are Zhou Erniang, Zhang Xiaomei, Gu Chunhan, Taohua Fairy and others. Whether they have the status of concubines or relatives, these people have been in this big family for a long time, and they are almost the same as their family members.
There is also Bai Fengjiao. She has not yet agreed to accept the title of Jianwen court as the second concubine of the prince. However, since she has not left Wuchang, Yao Ji did not particularly consider her an outsider. It is mainly because Bai Fengjiao was wearing a Hanfu, rather than the ethnic costumes she had when she first came, such details seem to have already suggested her thoughts.
The table was visited with dried tea and fruits and vegetables in August, all of which were decorated in delicate and delicate porcelain, mainly in blue and white.
This is a complete set of porcelain tools, which were specially tributed from Jingdezhen last month, just like the new one.
But everyone sat down and listened to Xu Wenjun's chanting. No one was eating while listening, and the food was completely decorated.
Zhang Ning's letter was written in spoken vernacular. After several months of preparation and dispatch, the government army suddenly took action quickly.In less than half a month, the South Road official army from Huizhou had crossed the entire Raozhou Prefecture, and there were almost no resistance in seven or eight prefectures and counties. All this was expected... The South Road official army deviated north to the eastern part of Nankang Prefecture, and Duchang fell, which meant that the east bank of Poyang Lake was all over the hands of the government army; we were the only one left on the east bank, and we did not dare to give up this place to guard Dongting Lake.If you guard the Hukou, the official navy transferred from the Yangtze River will not be able to enter Dongting Lake...
But the current situation is not very good. Yu Qian took over the navy of the King of Han surrendered the army and recruited and expanded some warship sailors.But Xu Zixin, who came to Jiangxi with me, said that our navy army could not defeat the government naval forces. He said that in the areas near Neihu, the wind and waves were not too big to rely on sails; and the wheel boats of the government army obviously had a mobile advantage in Neihu.But my mother doesn’t have to worry too much. Our army’s marine weapons are very well-equipped and can make up for the shortcomings in the water.When the war ahead has made new progress, my son will write a letter back; the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and now I only hope to win as soon as possible and go home to reunite with my mother and others...
Zhang Ning's letter mainly talks about military affairs, but this is also the thing that women's family are most concerned about.
Women don’t know much about military affairs, including the most capable Yao Ji, who is not very clear about marching and fighting, nor is there much interest in it; but this kind of thing is exactly related to the fate and vital interests of everyone, and it is inevitable to pay close attention to the results.
Women with a slight status in the Ming Dynasty were obviously vassals of men. They could not work, and even the women in the people were inferior to those in the people. Women could weave cloth and livestock at home to do housework. Everything they had placed on the career of their men, and they all had prospered and lost.
Gu Chunhan, who has always been uninvolved in the Wuchang power field, also said quietly at this time: I really hope he can win this battle.
Everyone agreed, and for a moment, the women gathered together rarely.
Just like Gu Chunhan, although she is beautiful and good at singing and dancing, she should be a person who should not worry about food and clothing everywhere; but who except Zhang Ning can treat her as a family member and never care about her background and past experiences?
This is even more true for other people. Although they have different status here, they are relatives and masters, and their destiny cannot be handled casually.
……
In Jiangxi, the first real confrontation came faster than guessed.The location of the showdown is very clear, it is Hukou.
The news from the official army was roughly that the Jiangbei Camp was ready to move but there was no obvious mobilization; the southern army was in Duchang, and the threat was very close, but it would take some time to join the Battle of Hukou in time; what really forced into Hukou was the army advancing from the Yangtze River along the water and land of the Yangtze River, and the camp had already rushed to a place that could be seen on the walls of Hukou County.
The deployment of the Zhuque Army did not give up Hukou County, and strengthened its defense a while ago.
Zhang Ning transferred a 750-strong thrust to the city of Hukou County and joined 5,000 Han Wangjun on the east bank; more than 8,000 naval soldiers, more than 200 ships of all sizes, all gathered near the entrance of Poyang Lake, and the water villages stood on the west bank and on the island of Poyang Lake.
Outside Hukou County, there is another fortification in the area near the water. The purpose is to support the county's defense, and the other is to set up artillery arrays to support water operations.
On the other side of Jiujiang, there is also a Zhuque Military Fortification near the entrance to the lake, and heavy artillery is also set up to face the narrow entrance to the lake of Poyang Lake.
The water surface of the Hukou is not narrow, and the water surface spans at least seven or eight miles; the effective range of the long-barrel heavy artillery and projectile mortar cannon of the Vermilion Bird Army is only two miles away. Regardless of the vast water area, the water area three or four miles wide in the middle cannot be attacked from the shore.
However, setting up a battalion on the shore can restrict the enemy navy from spreading on the water, and its function cannot be underestimated.
On the beach on the west bank of Hukou, there was a group of people standing there.
The person standing in front of the middle was Zhang Ning. He was surrounded by Yu Qian and Wei Bin and other senior officials, as well as a young official Xu Zixin and several of his staff and clerks.
Xu Zixin used to be an official in Yuezhou Prefecture, in charge of shipbuilding docks, was familiar with ships and water conditions, and also had an aide who knew water war. This time, he became Zhang Ning's military advisor.
Everyone looked around the water and saw boats everywhere on the lake and the Yangtze River.
The ships on the river were all from the government navy. The Huguang Army's navy only wanted to protect Poyang Lake and did not expect to compete with the government army on the river. The ships on Hukou were all kinds of warships of the Huguang Army, mainly from the navy of the King of Han surrendered Army. Another part was the navy that Yu Qian prepared to expand after becoming the governor of Jiangxi.
Zhang Ning lowered his head and stamped the gray and black soil on the ground with his feet. It was very hard and had cracked.
The color of this ground is completely different from the soil on the shore. It looks like it is silt in the lake, and the waterline is exposed and dried after it falls.
The weather has been particularly good this time. It has been sunny for a long time. The autumn sun is not strong and warm. Coupled with the wet and cool breeze blowing from the water, I feel very comfortable in my body.
Zhang Ning did not ask in public whether the weather was good or not.
He knew nothing about the battles in the world.
The Vermilion Bird Army has only been established for a few years, and it has always been a land war. Land warfare in the mainland is indeed the key to determining the outcome; but when it comes to such a pass, the role of water warfare suddenly becomes important. Their development time is too short, and the Vermilion Bird Army's naval army is not good, which is actually a weakness.
However, Zhang Ning is a self-aware person. He knows that he is not good at this, so Xu Zixin is inseparable from him and has to ask the military advisor around him for everything.
After watching for a long time, Wei Bin suddenly said: Hukou County on the other side cannot be defended, and it is useless to send so many soldiers to transfer so much food to go there. Once the water is cut off, it will be an isolated city.
Yu Qian said calmly: I guard Hukou County to prevent the water from being cut off, otherwise all the land on the east bank will be lost. What’s the benefit of guarding a county town?I asserted that the official army would not attack Hukou County in the first battle, and the navy would directly attack from the river.
Zhang Ning said silently, but fortunately the two of them argued for a few words.He is in a very unhappy mood now because he has little confidence in not repaying the battle in Hukou.
He kept clearing the logical relationship of this series of deployments in his mind: as long as the navy can still control the lake surface to resist the official army's river ships entering Poyang Lake, his army can reinforce Hukou City from the water and provide supply to military supplies. Hukou City is not an isolated city; as long as the Hukou City and fortification camps on the other side still exist, they can support water defense...
The main force of the Suzaku Army will never dare to go to the other side. If you are surrounded and have no place to run, the main force will still be in Jiujiang City.
But if Poyang Lake changes hands, the water shoreline of hundreds of miles south of Jiujiang Lake will not be able to stop the official army from crossing the water and directly reaching Jiujiang.
Jiujiang City, a strategic important place, has lost its meaning as a key place; if you stay here, you may be attacked by the government troops coming from Jiangbei and be trapped in a situation of being surrounded...
At that point, it is better not to defend Jiujiang.
If you don’t defend Jiujiang City, it means that the entire Jiangxi will be lost; the strategic depth will be further compressed to Huguang, and the enemy will be trapped on all sides will become more and more tight.
To this point, the key to the entire battle is equal to the battle of Hukou; however, the battle of Hukou is exactly the weakness of the Zhuque Army, and it is also the link that Zhang Ning has the least confidence.He had to be very depressed.
At this moment, Zhang Ning ordered: Immediately send someone to understand the entire Navy army. The officers and soldiers of the Jiujiang Army (Surrendered Army of Han Wang) will receive equal treatment from the court, and the military pay will be the same as Yongding Camp, and the rewards for meritorious service and casualties will be given as well.
After hearing this, Wei Bin and other generals muttered a few words, as if they were a little dissatisfied.Zhang Ning's decision at this time was also very hasty, but he ignored the generals of Yongdingying Camp.
Yu Qian was the governor of Jiangxi before. In order to maintain Jiujiang City, he had to give up the eastern line of Poyang Lake; but now he dared not say that he gave up Poyang Lake, and still agreed to increase the troops in Hukou City...
But is this really useful?
When Zhang Ning turned to look at Yu Qian, he happened to be looking at him, and the two of them looked at each other in an instant.
I saw Yu Qian with a serious face, almost no expression, and no sign of anything.
But Zhang Ning suddenly had a intuition. He seemed to have something to say, so Zhang Ning asked casually: What are Tingyi’s considerations?
Yu Qian said: I think the prince’s decision just now is very good, and the water war is of great importance. Most of the navy is subordinate to the Jiujiang Army. The prince’s surrender will surely boost morale.
Zhang Ning nodded and said nothing.
But he wondered in his heart: Does Yu Qian also feel that he might as well give up Jiangxi?
This place is really important, the problem is that it is difficult to keep. No one has any reliable methods for so long...
He dared not suggest, perhaps because this place is indeed of great importance?
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