To the northwest of Liaoping Prefecture is Yansi County, which has a relatively flat terrain.
Because Yansi County is close to a large river, the water network in its territory is relatively large, and it is a fertile land in Liaoping Prefecture.
Such a place must be captured, and the priority should be very high.
Now the Ming Dynasty King Zhu Jinzhang is just outside Yansi County, and this city has opened its door to him.
Zhu Jinzhang looks to be in his thirties, with a pair of piercing eyes, which adds a bit of majesty to him.
At this moment, Zhu Jinzhang was wearing armor and staring at the people coming out of the south gate of the county seat.
This person is also wearing armor. When Huang Tianyan appears here, he can recognize this person as his sworn brother Zhang Ziming.
Seeing Zhang Ziming come out, a smile appeared on Zhu Jinzhang's face.
After getting closer, Zhang Ziming knelt in front of Zhu Jinzhang and paid homage: "See His Highness King Ming!"
Zhu Jinzhang got off his horse, stepped forward to help Zhang Ziming up in person, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Ziming, we won Yansi County in five days, you did not let me down!"
Zhang Ziming replied: "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life. It's really a fluke!"
Zhu Jinzhang put his hands behind his back and said slowly: "You are good at everything, but you are too humble. If others had taken credit for your achievements, they would have been buzzing in my ears!"
After saying that, Zhu Jinzhang took off his helmet and walked straight to the city. The city welcomed his new owner.
The people lined up in the city could hardly be called serious armies, but the evil spirit on the faces of these people was something that many serious armies did not have.
From a relative perspective, these armies that have experienced life and death many times can definitely be called a tiger and wolf army.
Unfortunately, the opponents they encountered were even tougher.
After stroking his beard, Zhu Jinzhang strode into the city gate. All the soldiers around him knelt down and saluted.
The more troubled the times, the more emphasis must be placed on these etiquettes, so as to strengthen the majesty, engrave the dignity of superiors and inferiors into people's hearts, and effectively establish order.
He, Zhu Jinzhang, relied on his iron skills to make his fortune.
Behind Zhu Jinzhang, in addition to Zhang Ziming who followed, there were other officers who were dressed much better than ordinary soldiers. Zhu Xiaoyong himself was among them.
In order to better control the army, Zhu Jinzhang relied heavily on his own family members, and he did not trust others.
Therefore, even if Zhu Xiaoyong was defeated, Zhu Jinzhang only punished him symbolically, and then gave him a chance to redeem his merits.
For example, when Zhang Ziming led troops to attack Yansi County this time, Zhu Xiaoyong was his deputy. Now that Yansi County has been captured, Zhu Xiaoyong naturally deserves half of the credit.
When everyone entered the city, they saw a dilapidated situation. Fortunately, the zombies had been cleared away.
Slowly walking towards the city wall, Zhu Jinzhang said in a deep voice: "Ziming, now that Yansi has been captured, what should be the next step?"
Zhang Ziming replied without thinking: "Your Highness, we should take Baishan County!"
"Why?"
Zhang Ziming explained: "Baishi Mountain is located at the southernmost point of Liaoping. It guards the main road to Yuanyang in Liaoping and can also connect with Laixuan Mansion. We do not occupy such an important place. If it is occupied by Prince Yong's Mansion... the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us.
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Zhu Jinzhang nodded, but glanced at a scribe behind him, and said: "Wu Qing said, let us suspend the attack and focus on spring plowing... You are all my ministers, but now you can't pee in a pot.
go!"
This "Wu Qing", named Wu Pingxuan, was originally a small official in the Xing'an County government and was one of the first people to serve Zhu Jinzhang.
This man had been in the government office for more than ten years and became Zhu Jinzhang's first aide due to his sharp mind and human skills.
At this moment, Zhu Jinzhang pointed him out. Wu Pingxuan immediately took two steps forward, faced Zhang Ziming and said: "General Zhang, it's spring now. If we don't start spring plowing in time, what will we eat next year? It will take a long time to think about it..."
Before Wu Pingxuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Ziming: "King Yong is so powerful that the crisis is imminent. We don't have much time at all. If we don't capture Baishan as soon as possible... Once Yong's army goes north, we will be in no danger.
If you can defend it, you will definitely be trapped to death!"
Zhang Ziming had a clearer understanding of the strength of Prince Yong's Mansion, so he always advocated taking Baishan County first.
But Yansi County is densely covered with water networks, which is a treasure land for zombie prevention and farming, so in the end Zhu Jinzhang decided to take Yansi first.
Originally, Zhang Ziming thought that after taking Yansi County, Zhu Jinzhang would directly use troops against Baishan, but now it seems that things have not developed as he expected.
Wu Pingxuan sneered and said, "Don't forget, Prince Yong's Mansion is also carrying out spring plowing now, which is as dangerous as you said!"
Zhang Ziming said in a cold tone: "Prince Yong's Mansion is already powerful, so naturally they can plow the land calmly, but we can't!"
"They are powerful, are we just weak persimmons?"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Zhu Jinzhang scolded: "Okay, why are you arguing!"
The two of them stopped fighting, but at this moment, neither one was convinced by the other.
In fact, Zhu Jinzhang was so entangled at the moment that he was unable to make a decision.
It goes without saying how important spring plowing is, but what Zhang Ziming mentioned about Prince Yong's Mansion was indeed a thorn in his side.
So Zhu Jinzhang turned around, faced his subordinates and said, "What do you think?"
No one in the room spoke. Zhang Ziming looked at Zhu Xiaoyong aside, hoping that he would come out and say a few words.
Zhu Xiaoyong was the only one who had fought against Prince Yong's Mansion head-on, so it was perfect for him to explain the power of Yong's army.
Zhu Xiaoyong gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty... Yong's army is powerful. If we don't take Baishan County, Yong's army will put a knife on our necks before we starve to death!"
As a defeated general, Zhu Xiaoyong undoubtedly overcame great pressure to exaggerate the strength of Yong's army at this time.
He didn't starve to death, but Yong Jun put a knife to his neck... This sentence is very convincing.
Zhu Jinzhang's face was uncertain, and finally he glanced at Zhang Ziming and said: "Can two thousand troops and horses take Baishan County in half a month?"
After thinking carefully, Zhang Ziming gritted his teeth and said: "Yes!"
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Zhu Jinzhang walked to the city wall, then turned around and looked at the people behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Gather the soldiers immediately and march to Baishan in three days!"
Two thousand soldiers and horses were all the troops Zhu Jinzhang could mobilize. After all, there were still soldiers and horses left in various places.
Strictly speaking, Zhu Jinzhang had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses. Compared with the 30,000 people under his jurisdiction, the ratio of military to civilians was already very high.
After all, Prince Yong's Mansion has a population of nearly 80,000, and the total number of troops and horses is less than 4,000.
Therefore, not only was Zhu Jinzhang incomparable in terms of military strength, but he also lagged far behind Zhao Yanxun in terms of productivity.
Just listen to Zhu Jinzhang say: "This time, I will conquer it myself!"
Almost all the troops were drawn out to fight, and Zhu Jinzhang had to lead the troops himself to feel relieved. After all, this was related to the survival of his own forces.
"This expedition is of great importance. Everyone must perform their duties and work together to capture Baishan County within fifteen days!"
"Anyone who delays the military flight or is lazy and procrastinating will be severely punished by this king!"
What he said was so murderous that everyone present was awed and bowed in response.
