Chapter 348 Intelligence
The four gates of Ruichang County, Jiangxi governor, were closed and martial law was already on the verge of martial law. A few days later, Zhu Heng led his men out of the city to welcome an important figure. Only then did people arrive Zhang Ning. In order to prevent the detailed work, Zhu Heng did not make any public news about the King of Hunan. After the carriage entered the city from the west gate and followed the main road to the temporary camp office in Yongding Camp, the rest of the army heard the news.
Most of the soldiers from each army and the post were stationed near the camp. Some soldiers who were not on duty in the city defense went out to the camp to watch. Later, the generals simply took their soldiers to the gate of the central army to see what was going on. "Please search Piaotianwen, novel Better updates and faster! .
Of course, the news was fake. Two guards opened the door behind the carriage. Zhang Ning, dressed in military uniform, bent down slowly from the carriage. A guard of honor rushed forward to support him. The military appearance raised his arms neatly to salute; Zhang Ning pushed away the guards who were supporting him, and also held the unique military salute of the Suzaku Army. Seeing that there were many soldiers behind him, he waved his hands to Zhouwéi a few times. Seeing this, the army was depressed after the defeat, and seemed to have suddenly ignited hope, and they shouted "King Xiang, King Xiang..." and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.
Zhu Heng and others of pángbiān were very mingbái when they saw this situation. Zhang Ning's prestige in the army was incomparable to his senator. Even the commander-in-chief Wei Bin and other military generals were not as good as those of the commander-in-chief.
Zhang Ning and Gu Xiziji's injured leg could not walk like this, so they had to sit in the wheelchair prepared for him again and the guard pushed it towards the gate.
At this moment, a big man with bare arms tied behind his back walked towards him. Zhang Ning turned around and saw that it was Zhang Chengzong, the current commander of the Third Army of Yongding Camp, and the one who reported the defeat was Zhang Chengzong's troops. Zhang Chengzong was really a veteran who followed Zhang Ning's rebellion. At that time, more than 100 people attacked the county town of Huguang, and Zhang Chengzong was one of the military generals.
Seeing that he was tied up with ziji, Zhang Ning was already mingbái, as if he was carrying a thorn to apologize. As expected, after Zhang Chengzong came over, he knelt down on the hard brick floor, and his voice was like a loud bell: "Zhang Chengzong, the defeated general, has poor command. This caused countless soldiers of the Third Army to be killed and injured, and asked the prince to execute him to apologize!”
Zhang Ning was calm and knew Zhang Chengzong's merits and demerits in his heart. In the battle of Xinkaikouji, his command was not very clever, but from the report, he seemed to be a low-level mistake of dereliction of duty... I don't want to kill him. A veteran like this who has followed him from the beginning, unless he sits in the wrong but makes a betrayal mistake, Zhang Ning will definitely leave him a way out.
pángbiān stood there with several other generals of Yongding Camp. In addition to commander Wei Bin, there were also commanders of Wu Liangxiang, and commanders of the Second Army, He Gong, who were not very familiar with people. These people used to be able to manage dozens of people. Later, because the military rules were rapidly expanded, the low-level officer had to promote some people with reliable backgrounds... I am afraid that only one of the strengths was reliable, and military talents were probably not very good.
Not to mention the invisible talent, even if you look, you can't compare with Zhang Chengzong. The man named He Gong is very thin; the other one, Wu Liangxiang, has a dissymmetrical face, and is not good-looking, but has a burly figure, but his belly is stubborn. The strong image is just piled up with meat. Looking back at the shirtless Zhang Chengzong kneeling in front of him, his strong chest muscles without clothes are yellow and the lines of several abdominal muscles on his abdomen are clear. This is a great man.
Zhang Ning pondered for a moment, saying things like "win and defeated the military" could not be said. He even doubted how the generals who said this sentence were self-satisfied. After being defeated, many people were aborted and bloody, and could easily
Leaving this sentence? He thought for a while and said, "It is ominous to kill the general in the last battle. Besides, the war is important now. Méiyou is time to interrogate you right and wrong. Let's put it aside first, and you will continue to command the remaining troops of the Third Army for the time being, and wait for us
After returning to Wuchang, the Senate will be interrogated and convicted."
Zhang Chengzong knelt on the ground and didn't get up for a long time, looking ashamed. Zhang Ning no longer cared about him and asked the guards to push the wheelchair and enter the gate with Zhu Heng and Weibin.
Zhu Heng roughly talked about the war again. A few days ago, because a part of the Shenji Camp was protruding on the left wing, he wanted to send troops to confront him and test it, but he didn't expect to ruin most of the entire Third Army.
"In the current situation, after the Shenji Camp won the first battle, our army retreated to Ruichang County, but the government army and méiyou forced into the city, and there was no sign of preparation for siege. The government army is now stationed here..." Zhu Heng pointed at the finger.
The picture is probably wèizhi.
Zhang Ning nodded: "If the official army wants to take the initiative to attack the city, it will not be delayed until now."
Zhu Heng said: "Their strategic goal should be to occupy a stronghold on the south bank of the Yangtze River to find a foothold for the subsequent main forces of the Beijing camp. Judging from the calmness of this official army today, the Beijing camp is really not to be missed. We had a bit of it before.
The suspicion of underestimating the enemy. Based on this, I speculate that the court's intentions, the vanguard Shenji Camp seized the weak opportunity of Jiujiang Prefecture, and rushed into Jiangnan with light troops to stabilize the position without greed for merit; and then won time for the arrival of the subsequent army."
"The latest investigation, where is the main force of the Beijing camp?" Zhang Ning asked.
"There are no signs of Jingying near Hutou Pass and Pinghu Pass. Jingying should have not crossed the Dabie Mountains yet...ruguo Their march route is still going south from Henan." Zhu Heng pondered, "In addition to this road, from Jianghuai,"
Going westward requires crossing mountains and ridges, which is not conducive to the large army's walking, so I believe that the Jingying has not yet crossed the mountains."
Zhang Ning asked again: "How many people are there in this Shenji Camp who are monitoring our army outside Ruichang City?"
Zhu Heng replied: "There are supplies for garrisons in the north of the Yangtze River. We found that the number of people in the Shenji camp on the south bank of the Yangtze River was about 20,000; however, the reinforcements of the Han Wang army retreated to the mouth of the lake in Poyang Lake after being defeated outside Jiujiang City. The navy méiyou picked them up.
, and was forced to stay west of Poyang Lake. This army is large in number and threatens the size of Jiujiang City. Shenji Camp must have left-behind troops in Jiujiang City... Inferred by this, the official army in the camp that threatens our camp should be 15,000
About a thousand, no more than twenty thousand at most.”
A lot of information is inferred by sporadic intelligence, and the intelligence is precise. Now even the names and origins of several people in power in the enemy are completely inquiring about. Zhang Ning felt that ancient people really did not pay enough attention to intelligence agencies.
After a while, Zhang Chengzong also came in. Zhang Ning asked him in person about the weapons and equipment and tactical details of the Shenji Camp.
Zhang Chengzong said: "The government army is well-trained and skilled in using firearms. The muskets they use are larger than ours and need to be supported by brackets, but the range is also longer. The two armies advance, and within a hundred steps, the government army begins.
Volley. When we entered the first round of effective range firing, Yijing was attacked by two rounds of firearms, which was very passive and unfavorable... Prince, ask about artillery? In terms of heavy artillery and long-range bombing, the official army's artillery is much worse than ours.
They used a newly-made heavy artillery called the "tiger squat cannon", with a range of more than one mile and a live ammunition that was shot upwards, but the accuracy and kill range were not very good..."
"...But the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp are not afraid of death and are brave in fighting. They are definitely the strongest opponents our Suzaku Army has encountered so far. The third army has fought to the death and suffered heavy casualties. If they still have such defeat, they are definitely not greedy for soldiers.
Because of fear of death."
After hearing the descriptions of the crowd, Zhang Ning said seriously: "Where has the main force of the Beijing Camp been? The situation is only 'kěnéng' has not passed Dabie Mountain. The situation is already extremely dangerous. We cannot allow the Shenji Camp to gain a foothold like a nail.
Jiangnan must be annihilated and removed as soon as possible. Now order the troops to rest for a while and prepare to go out to fight the Shenji Camp to the death."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and Zhu Heng couldn't help but say, "If there is a little mistake in Yongding Camp, half of the prefectures in Wuchang and Yuezhou, Huguang will be powerless to resist, and the prince must observe it."
Zhang Ning pretended to be calm and said, "Zhu Butang is still afraid that he will not win. Ruguo really cannot win, and there is nothing to say... We are determined to 'overthrow the tyranny|political', so we will win the military, ruguo battlefield
There is no way to take the imperial army, so there is nothing I can do. That's why I want to fight this game, and there is no choice whether I can win or not."
After hearing this, Wei Bin couldn't help but nodded slightly, and some people agreed with Zhang Ning's idea.
Zhu Heng asked again: "The prince is confident, isn't he already having a good plan for victory?"
"It's a good idea to kill the enemy and survive. What else can you do?" Zhang Ning blurted out. After hearing this, the generals couldn't help but smile, and even Zhang Chengzong couldn't help laughing.
Zhang Ning reached out and patted Zhu Heng's arm, "Don't worry, you should also mingbái. Who created the war with guns and cannons as main combat weapons? The superiors of the court learned to make a coercion very modestly, but
We should give them another lesson. Tonight we call the sentry to command all the above generals to the battalion office. Let’s arrange some tactics for the battle of the Shenji Battalion.”
The morale of the Yongding Camp was depressed after its defeat, but the confidence that Zhang Ning deliberately showed after his arrival undoubtedly greatly inspired people. The Suzaku Army was established by Zhang Ning from scratch. He was very influential in the army.
Therefore, a person's behavior is often extremely great.
Two or three consecutive days, the generals gathered together for several times to discuss the matter, and everyone once again established their confidence in defeating their opponents. A remark soon spread in the army that the King of Hunan had never been defeated in a war, and the precedent of winning with fewer and more.
It is vivid in my mind, and this time is no exception.
However, Zhang Ningziji thought that there were many people involved in the war and the factors were complicated. It was difficult to be a victorious general, and no one could guarantee the result. If he could not bear the consequences of defeat this time, which war could he bear the failure in the past?
The fear could not be eliminated at any time, but at this time, Zhang Ning felt more calm, for some reason.
Chapter completed!