The people Lao Xu called came to the back hall one after another. Zhang Ning was using a wool brush to apply paste on the wall, and then pasted a piece of white rice paper on the wall. Waiting for Wei Bin, the official of the Hundred Households, and others to come in,
He asked the soldiers whether they were plundering without permission. By this time, the sun had set and the night outside was gradually opening.
Wei Bin of Baihu followed his orders and restrained the soldiers. He and the flag officers were reluctant to obey this way, just because of the military law's repeated emphasis on obedience, Zhang Ning's status as a prince, and the relationship with Monk Yao. But in their hearts
I don't understand. Wei Bin has always practiced martial arts. From the perspective of military common sense, Shimen County will have to be abandoned sooner or later if it is conquered. Its role is nothing more than to rescue the Hou altar leader and plunder the place to make a fortune. But now Zhang Ning really understands whether he wants to plunder.
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However, the conversation between Zhang Ning and Altar Hou soon made Wei Bin feel something.
Zhang Ning asked Master Hou to return to Dasheng Village, gather the old followers and believers of the branch to move to Shimen County, and select young men to form a team of new soldiers. He temporarily modified the organization of the army and added the existing Fengxiashan Brigade and General
The formed brigades were combined into one post, named "Yongdingying Zuo Shao". The Fengxiashan Hundred House Brigade was renamed the Zuo Shao First Brigade, and the brigade to be formed was the Zuo Shao Second Brigade.
According to the regular establishment of the Ming army, a battalion had at least several thousand soldiers. Now he only had more than a hundred people at his disposal, so he had arranged the establishment of a battalion.
Wei Bin didn't think this was ridiculous, he already understood the ambition of the young prince in the room.
"I hope you all can encourage us together." Zhang Ning looked around, his eyes lingering on Wei Bin's face for a moment.
After capturing the county seat, everyone was excited for a while, but behind the cheers, no one actually knew what to do next. Lord Hou was rescued, but the powerful government would definitely counterattack, and more sub-tanks would be captured in the future.
During the encirclement and suppression, everyone did not know where to go.
Wei Bin and others have limited language skills and cannot express their inner fear and confusion about the unknown, but they can feel it at this moment: everyone needs someone like that to lead them to see hope, just like a guide allows people to have hope.
one direction.
At this moment, Wei Bin seemed to have understood why Zhang Ning ordered to restrain the soldiers.
Candles were lit on the lamp stands in the piano hall, but the light at night was still dim. People seemed to be shrouded in darkness throughout their bodies and minds, like the breath of death. In fact, death is not terrible. If you die in battle with hope or die unexpectedly
, it was originally just a very normal thing; what is terrible is despair.
Zhang Ning turned to look at the candle on the lamp stand. Its weak light seemed to indicate the rising sun that would appear in a few hours.
"Your Highness, I have something to present." Wei Bin suddenly remembered and took out a bamboo tube from his arms, "This is a newspaper from Yuezhou Prefecture. The messenger who delivered the newspaper may not have known about Shimen County in advance.
When I came from Lizhou, I met a scout we sent out on the road and was caught. This thing was found on his body."
Zhang Ning took it and pulled out a piece of paper, browsed it once and handed it to Hou Mao next to him, and said: "A major rebellion broke out in Songpan, Sichuan. Tens of thousands of people captured the Songpan Acropolis. The imperial court asked Sichuan to dispatch troops to suppress it.
.The good news is that although Songshan and Pan are far away, they are both in the southwest region, so they can have a restraining effect to some extent. I called everyone here today because I want to discuss future plans with you. Let me know if you have any ideas."
Everyone immediately looked at each other in confusion. Seeing that everyone was silent and embarrassed, Hou Tan said, "When I go to Dasheng Village to recruit people, let's go to the main altar together."
Someone started, and Yao Erlang also echoed: "Although we have captured Shimen County, this place is an enclave. When the officers and soldiers react, they will definitely not be able to defend it by deploying troops to surround them. We have to retreat first. We have strong troops and horses.
, before the officers and soldiers mobilized their troops, the officials along the way did not dare to easily stop it."
"What happens after we go back?" Zhang Ning asked.
Everyone present fell silent again. Zhang Ning picked up the brush on the desk. The brush was already dry, so he put it on his tongue and licked it twice. Then he walked to the white paper that had been pasted and drew a long line.
, and drew a few circles on the thick line. He turned around and explained: "The direction is up, north, down, south, left, west, right, east, this Lishui River, Shimen County is here, along the river is Lizhou to the east and Cili to the west.
County. These are not the key points... Below is Changde Mansion, with a guard and horse garrison; above it is Jiuxi Guard and two thousand households; to the west of Cili County along the Lishui River is Yongding Guard. You are right, this place is not only
It’s an enclave, and there are heavy troops on all sides.”
Everyone immediately started talking, but Zhang Ning said calmly: "But don't panic. When I was patrolling Huguang, I saw these guardsmen. Most of them are unusable, but they are better than more people. Moreover, it is impossible for these guards to spontaneously
We need to coordinate the various ministries, at least through the capital department, and most likely the general should be appointed through the Ministry of War before we can have troops sent out from all sides. So we don’t have to worry about the danger of being besieged for the time being."
He looked around, took a few steps and said calmly: "I won't say much about long-term matters. I have a goal right now..." He drew a big circle at the position of Yongding Guard, and turned around and said, "Here
, will be our goal, we can win it no matter what!"
Everyone looked up at his face, and Wei Bin couldn't help but said: "Yongding Guard should be a guard city, with five or six thousand troops stationed there? Even if it's not that many, two or three thousand people can probably make up for it, and it's close to the left.
Reinforcements may be coming from various places, this..."
"In the land of life and death, everyone will die if we can't take it!" Zhang Ning's tone suddenly turned cold, his eye sockets were deep, and his gaze looked extremely firm for a moment. "It is easy to capture Shimen County, and we also have ways to squeeze out the resources of the entire county.
, money, food, labor, and raw materials, but only the number of troops cannot be expanded. Because from the officials to the gentry down to the common people and refugees, in the final analysis, they are not the same as us. They may endure tax exploitation in order to save their lives, but they are definitely not willing to fight for us...
Whether the anti-evil sect will be massacred or suppressed has nothing to do with the people; even if I say that I am the legitimate son of Emperor Jianwen, they don't bother to question it because it has nothing to do with them."
None of the people present objected. Although the officials and the people were obedient, but if you think about it, as Zhang Ning said, there was no need for people to participate in the rebellion. In fact, as long as the Han people had food to eat and a way to live, most of them were unwilling to participate in the conspiracy.
Inverse.
"Now we only have more than a hundred soldiers. No matter how elite and excellent the weapons are, we cannot develop and grow without reliable reinforcements of soldiers." Zhang Ning took a deep breath and said, "For the current plan, there is only one way, starting from Jianwen, Yuchen and He
Expand the number of troops in the anti-evil sect. We are on the same side. No matter whether we want to resist or not, the court will not give us a way out. We will definitely find a way to kill them all to eliminate future troubles. People have no way out, what will happen?
?You must take up arms, resist, and fight with all your might!”
Everyone stood in awe.
Zhang Ning turned back and pointed at the white paper with lines and circles on it and said: "As far as I know, the places where the various altars of the anti-evil sect are most distributed are in Yongshun Division, Changde Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture and other places, at the junctions of various places and in mountainous areas.
At most. Probably at this location...the western part of Huguang, this place is like a dead place. To the west is eastern Sichuan, where there are a large number of chieftains Xuanweisi. The mountains are high and the forest is dense, the terrain is dangerous and barbarians are densely populated, and there is no food and no people.
, there are no resources, but there are a large number of minority armed forces controlled by the imperial court; the places where the believers and remnants of the party operate also lack resources and cannot afford the logistics of a large number of troops, so we cannot raise troops locally."
"In short, the situation we are facing now is that where there are people there is no money, and where there is money there is no one. The only way is to connect the two situations and open the way for the expansion of the west to the center of Huguang, the land of fish and rice, Huguang,
The output of various states and counties can fully support a larger army, which will be the capital of our uprising."
"Yongding Guard is a nail that must be pulled out! Do you understand now why we want to capture this place? No matter the cost or any means, we must capture this city." Zhang Ning took a breath and finally said calmly, "Everyone present
Everyone is our core staff. This is a strategic secret and you must not leak it. We will arrange the next step tonight. After Hou Altar Master returns to Dasheng Village, he will gather the believers to Shimen County as soon as possible; I will order the county government officials to
Responsible for forging a batch of cold weapons, and waiting for the Altar Master's troops to arrive, they will conduct weapons training and assist in city defense. At that time, Wei Baihu will lead the first brigade of Zuo Sen to go south along the Lishui River, capture Cili County, and occupy the north of Yongding Guard.
Stronghold, and at the same time, you can get more money and food. Do you have any objections?"
Hou Mao patted his chest and said, "His Highness saved my life. I will do whatever you say."
Wei Bin cupped his fists and said, "I have an order."
Zhang Ning breathed out, "Wei Baihu will arrange the rest and defense changes of the soldiers by himself. We will rest early tonight." He waved his hand gently, then turned and looked at the white paper on the wall.
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In Lizhou City, downstream of the Li River, there is a "relative" of Zhang Ning who still cannot sleep peacefully. His name is Zhu Yueyao; the second son of King Huayang and King Xian of Shu. How could the son of King Shu be on the border of Huguang?
During the Yongle period, the eldest son of the successor to the King of Shu died, and his grandson was young, so Zhu Yueyao plotted to seize the legitimate son. Unfortunately, the King of Shu found out, and the King of Shu beat his second son Zhu Yueyao for some other reason and wanted to send him away.
He went to the capital to punish the crime, but Shisun begged for mercy and spared him. Later, the king of Shu died. Zhu Yueyao wanted to be the king of Shu, so he continued his "big plan to seize the direct descendant", falsely accusing Shisun of treason, insulting the emperor and other crimes. Yongle
The emperor summoned him to the capital for further questioning. Unfortunately, Emperor Yongle himself died before the results could be found out. Renzong came to the throne and continued to take care of this mess. He soon understood Zhu Yueyao's treacherous plan and scolded him.
He was sent to Wugang and later to Lizhou.
Zhu Yueyao felt that he was quite unlucky. He didn't think he was the king of Shu and was brought to this place. Not long after he had lived there, he learned that the city of Shimen County was broken.