Chapter 2 Don’t panic, stabilize first

Author: Dongchen Yuanxiu

Chapter 2 Don’t panic, stabilize first

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Zhang Jinyu, who was sitting on the bed in a daze, and was so frightened that Zhang Jinyu trembled all over.

"Who?"

Zhang Jinyu took a deep breath and asked pretending to be serious;

"Sir, it's me, Lieutenant General Ningbian, bringing you hot porridge."

"Come in."

"Yes, sir."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Then I saw a young general with a tall build, a Chinese character face, and a neat military uniform walking in.

"Sir, how are you feeling better?"

"Well, I'm feeling much better, but my head hurts a little."

"Come, sir, drink some hot porridge first and warm yourself up. Don't worry, sir. It's an accident today. The best doctor in the city also examined you this afternoon. You just suffered some trauma. You'll be fine after you rest for a while.

"

Lieutenant General Ning Bian slowly placed the porridge on the table in the living room, and took out pickles and steamed buns wrapped in oil paper from his arms and placed them on the table.

"Sir, come here and have something to eat. You haven't eaten anything all day!"

"OK."

When Zhang Jinyu heard this, he thought that this was not possible. It was absolutely impossible not to eat. People are like iron rice and steel. If the time comes and they are so hungry that they have no strength, how can they escape?

Cough! How can I have the strength to fight?

After Zhang Jinyu finished speaking, she dragged her tired body over and sat down at the table. She picked up the porridge and started drinking it. Not to mention that the contamination-free porridge tasted really good. She picked up a steamed bun and rolled it with some pickles and ate it.

It tastes really delicious.

He looked back at the deputy general who was still standing beside him.

"Ningbian, what's going on today? Tell me!"

"Sir, after the reinforcements entered the city this morning, I arranged for them to garrison in the camp. However, the leaders are all deputy generals. The chief generals of each department, including Marshal Zhou Jianan, have not returned yet."

"I know everything about what happened in the morning. It's been a day. Do you think they can come back? I'm talking about what happened in the afternoon. I remember I fell when I went out. What happened next?"

"Then when your Excellency heard the news, he was very excited. He fell down when he went out and accidentally hit his head and fainted. Fortunately, the generals in the Zhang Mansion kept it secret from the people below, and Marshal Zhou ordered your Excellency to give you the order from the General.

There was no trouble!"

"Then the Jurchens didn't attack the city?"

Zhang Jinyu asked doubtfully, "I can't give up such a good opportunity."

"We fought. In the morning, the Jurchens worked hard to fill a path on the moat. In the afternoon, the Jurchens tried to attack for an hour. However, the Jurchens did not prepare siege equipment, so they withdrew."

"Are our losses great?"

"Sir, our original troops have not been lost!"

"Um?"

"I directly took Commander Zhou's order and arranged for reinforcements to defend the city. Our people were all supervising the battle from behind. The ones who died were the reinforcements, and there were about two thousand casualties."

When Zhang Jinyu heard this, he immediately thought to himself, what a talent, this guy has the potential to be a loser.

"No one in the reinforcements objected?"

"Two lieutenants objected. Your cousin Zhang Junying accompanied me. He directly killed the two lieutenants for disrespecting military orders and took over the troops."

Zhang Jinyu roughly understood the current situation by asking about what happened in Ningbian in the afternoon.

"Ningbian, go ahead and call all the generals from the Zhang Mansion. Let's have a meeting together! Tell them that we have something important to discuss. It's about your family and your life."

"Yes, my lord, I will go to my humble position right away."

Ning Yuan accepted the order and left.

Zhang Jinyu thought quickly. Now she needs to control the army and find a way to win and survive, while everyone else retreats. Moreover, cold weapon warfare is the most barbaric and the most test of one's willpower. I hope my subordinates can do better.

After waiting for half an hour,

People arrived at the general's residence one after another.

"Brother, are you feeling better?"

"General, we are all worried,"

"Brother, as long as you're okay, the brothers are still counting on you!"

"Quiet!"

Zhang Jinyu's head was pounding when she heard the noise in the room.

When everyone heard the elder brother's words, everyone consciously closed their mouths in an instant.

"I said, listen, it's time to discuss our future wealth and lives. If we are still arguing here, think about how to deal with the Jurchens outside!"

"Also, this time Huang Jitai is coming with a lot of force. It seems that he is bound to capture Pingyang County. When our reinforcements are wiped out, we have an excellent opportunity. You said that if you were Huang Jitai, you would give up this opportunity.

?”

Zhang Jinyu glanced at everyone with piercing eyes, and then said in a low tone;

"Are there any people from the imperial court around us now? Or are there any city defenders closest to us?"

"Back to the general, there is one, Pingyao City, to the south of us."

The speaker was Zhang Wenyuan, Zhang Jinyu’s family general.

"Who is guarding the city? How many troops are there?"

Zhang Jinyu then asked,

"General, the city guard and the guard general have long since run away. Should you send General Ning Yuan to lead 5,000 of our troops to take over the city defense? Now there is a messenger from over there saying that the remaining people who can fight have been counted.

We only have 20,000 people available, and the rest are empty wages."

"These corrupt officials in Nuliang are greedy for life and afraid of death. Wenyuan, do you mean that we are the only people from the Zhang family left on the Luohe Plain now?"

"Yes, General."

Zhang Jinyu suddenly felt a headache. These are all pig teammates. No, the pigs are better than them. There are no reinforcements in such a big place. It took a lot of effort to get here. The commander-in-chief is only 250. This Dawu court is also amazing.

"Everyone, have you heard the conversation between Wenyuan and I? We are all fighting alone now. We are all grasshoppers on a rope, either alive or dead! As for escaping, the Jurchen cavalry outside are not vegetarians.

"

Zhang Junying was impatient and said before Zhang Jinyu finished speaking;

"Brother, tell me what to do. We brothers will live together and die together. The worst we can do is fight with the Jurchens!"

"General, we will do what you say."

"Yes, listen to you."

"Yes, General, just tell me how to do it!"

Zhang Jinyu was very pleased to see everyone's reaction. When she raised her hand, everyone immediately stopped talking.

"First of all, there are 200,000 reinforcements from the city camp. To be precise, there are 180,000 troops left. Together with our 25,000 troops, there are 200,000 troops in total. The additional 5,000 troops will be led by Yongbyon as my bodyguard.

These soldiers and horses are the foundation for our survival."

Jinyu paused for a moment when he mentioned this picture.

The generals also looked thoughtful and suddenly enlightened.

"So, the first step is to take over these 180,000 troops with my warrant and Commander Zhou Jian'an's warrant. Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed!"

Everyone looked cold.

"The second step is that our Pingyang is the largest storage of weapons and food in the north of the empire. Relying on our city defense and large amounts of weapons, we will wear out Huang Jitai until they retreat. His lair is in the east, and there are their sworn enemies in the north.

The Yuezhi people can't stay away for too long! So we must stay stable. As for defeating them, that is a matter for the future."

Everyone watched the commander Zhang Jinyu analyze the next plan with confidence, and they all let out a long breath, and their tense expressions that had been tense throughout the day were relieved.

Deputy General Ning Yuan interjected from the side;

"General, those materials and weapons are directly under the Ministry of War. We have just mobilized military supplies for about 400,000 people this year. Without the imperial order from the central government, we may use those civilian officials without permission!"

"What you said is also a problem. These civil servants are responsible for their bad deeds, but now our survival is the first priority, and we will take care of the rest. Besides, we won't be able to say anything when the time comes."

"Okay! Now, my order! Zhang Junying leads the first battalion of 20,000 cavalry, Zhang Wenyuan leads the second battalion of 20,000 cavalry, Zhang Wenqing leads the third battalion of 20,000 infantry, Zhang Jiawen leads the fourth battalion of 20,000 infantry, Zhang Jiawu

Lead the 5th Battalion with 20,000 infantry troops, Zhang Xiaolin leads the 6th Battalion with 20,000 infantry troops, Zhang Mingzhe leads the 7th Battalion with 20,000 infantry troops, Zhang Yuanpeng leads the 8th Infantry and Cavalry Mixed Battalion with 20,000 infantry troops, and Ningbian leads our old battalion of 2

Thousands of people.”

"The last general takes command,"

All the generals responded in unison,

"Remember, you have to act fast. We will defend the city tomorrow morning. Huang Jitai won't give us much time. You two brothers, Zhang Jiawen and Zhang Jiawu, will defend the city for the first day tomorrow. We will use the tactics of adding fuel to kill him."

"Yes, General, no, yes, Marshal."

The title of the two of them also changed directly from general to marshal.
Chapter completed!