"I can't stay here until the big thing is accomplished." Yu Qian said seriously, "When I judge the merits and demerits in the future, if I am guilty today, I am willing to die to apologize."
At this time, the rebels had just approached Yuelu Mountain, and a few high-level officials had time to escape; but once the rebels blocked several important roads, they would have no choice but to wait for death here. Yu Qian's words obviously meant that he wanted to escape.
The army was in a dead end, and the chief officer wanted to run away, but he could speak so righteously. The generals such as General Meng Guang had no choice but to surrender when they saw this.
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The generals felt that Yu Qian was sincere based only on his gǎnjiào; but they did not really understand this minister from Beijing, and no one knew how true or false his words were. If they were false, this man must be very shameless. Realm, or does it mean that being an official requires such powerful cultivation?
Meng Guang, the chief military officer of the South Road, felt uncomfortable, but he was not ready to have a complete stalemate with Shangguan, so he said casually: "Futai is going north quickly to coordinate the overall situation, and there will be a general who will die in the battle here." Serve the country!”
However, Yu Qian did not appreciate his kind words and said coldly: "I have said something ugly ahead of me. The officers and soldiers on the south route under General Meng must guard here for ten days. Twenty thousand people will occupy favorable high ground to defend against the attack of more than ten thousand rebels. As long as If you can't hold on for ten days, I will find a way to make you suffer the consequences!"
Meng Guang and the commanders of the guards looked at each other in silence for a while.
They could take Yu Qian's words with a grain of salt before, but everyone has to believe this. Yu Qian's background is not a shime secret. Yang Shaobao, the core minister of the imperial court, is the proud disciple of Yang Shiqi. There are few words that are not accepted. If Yu Qian is annoyed by the generals and really wants to deal with them, the consequences for the generals will be very serious.
After a while, Yu Qian said again: "But if the ruguo generals fought hard and defended Yuelu Mountain for ten days, I will ensure that you will be promoted to high positions. Even if someone dies in battle, I will find a way to make a posthumous reputation for you. Not only will your parents and wives be safe, but you will also be favored by Meng Feng. Yu will do what he says, and I will leave a note today as proof."
This sentence is not only a promise of benefits, but also another kind of wēixié. "Keep your parents and wives safe" is a sentence that all military attaches who serve as commanders of the Guards understand.
The skin on Meng Guang's face was stiff. He realized that this usually pleasant-looking civil servant was not a good person, but actually a ruthless character. Damn it, he used other people's family members to rape him, he was even more unethical than Jiang Hu Lu Lin. .
But do you guys have any idea? If you eat the royal food, your arms can’t twist your thighs, and someone else is in the middle of the court, and it’s his thighs. Who among the difāng military attachés present can fight with him?
"I...the last general...the last general will fight to the end with my life and blood." Meng Guang bowed with a gloomy face.
Yu Qian nodded and said with a stern face: "Today's words have been spoken to the bright side. I hope Meng Jiangjun will take care of himself... Yuelu Mountain and other difāng are steeper. Large groups of people cannot spread out and it is difficult to climb. Only the northeast corner has the worst terrain."
Slow down, General Meng should build fortifications in the northeast in advance and focus on defense."
"I will obey your orders," Meng Guang said.
At this moment, Wang Jian beside Yu Qian said politely: "Teacher, please allow the student to stay here."
Yu Qian frowned and looked at him very puzzled. Although Wang Jian was his confidant, Wang Jian had no prestige at all when he was in crisis in the army. He could only rely on Meng Guang and others. Wang Jian was just a scholar.
If he passed the exam and was elected, what's the point of asking him to stay? Is he dying in vain?
Wang Jian said: "The student has followed his teacher for many years and firmly believes in its righteousness. Today, he sacrifices his life to prove it."
After hearing this, Yu Qian was slightly moved, but stopped trying to persuade him. He just said: "Now that twenty thousand of our soldiers have shed their blood and sacrificed here, is my life more important than mine? I know that my responsibility is heavy, and I will never live in vain."
But compared with the hundreds of millions of people of our Ming Dynasty, who is more important than the 20,000 soldiers?"
Wang Jian bowed deeply and said: "Students are taught by their mentors to put the world's common people first, and they will always value righteousness over life. The great path of Confucius and Mencius has been passed down for thousands of years. It is not a pity that a man who is a scholar will die for his righteousness. Although I am just a scholar.
Go happily."
The generals heard what the governor's teachers and students said. Although they had little education, they were born in the Confucian value system. They were moved and believed Qian's words a little more.
Yu Qian looked back at the zuoyou generals and said sternly: "I had no intention of putting our soldiers and brothers in danger, but the rebels' fighting power is obvious to all. The ambush cannot stop them at all, and they have lost the way to cross eastward. This is the only strategy.
Only then can the situation be stabilized. I have already ordered the North Route cavalry to temporarily break away from the army and attack Changde Mansion. They will arrive in the near future. If the rebels want to try to annihilate the South Route Army, as long as you hold back the shijiān, I will go to the North Route to supervise the battle.
Capture the thieves' nest and march south to help; the rebels want to save Changde Mansion, and the siege of the South Route Army has been resolved. The lives of thousands of soldiers are heavily responsible. If Huguang cannot be pacified, on a certain day, they will kneel outside the Meridian Gate and beg the emperor.
Lingchi was executed in order to repay the spirit of the warrior in heaven! If all of you here today cannot fight with all your strength, the entire battle will be in vain, and those brothers who died in the battle will have lost their lives in vain. How will you face your own conscience? "
"This battle is of great concern to the world. Once defeated, there will be no more soldiers left in Huguang and near the left. The disaster of rebellion cannot be eliminated overnight. The rebels will definitely capture Wuchang, echoing the rebels of the Han Dynasty in Nanjing, and all the great rivers and natural moats will be lost..."
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Zhang Ning was also in a dilemma at this time. He took out a wooden compass and measured the approximate distance on the map and ruler. The post road from Lizhou to Changde was nearly two hundred miles; when the emergency report came out, the official cavalry was in Lizhou.
Fifty miles to the north, we are now estimated to be in Lizhou. At the normal marching speed of the Ming army's entire cavalry unit in the interior, and with good road conditions and no delays, the troops could reach the city in at most three days.
Changde Mansion is relatively far away from Chenzhou Mansion, more than 400 miles away. Yesterday's order to transport field artillery to Chenzhou could not be carried out under the cavalry force. A long-barreled cannon weighing six to seven hundred kilograms had to be left.
More than 400 miles away, it was very risky when the army and cavalry moved south; with Lao Xu staying behind in the Senate, he should have such an adaptable mind. However, Zhang Ning sent out another team first.
Hurry up and deliver the order to cancel yesterday's military order.
Zhu Butang's face looked obviously haggard. The white hair on his temples was more obvious because he hadn't washed his hair for several days. Zhu Heng didn't say anything, but Zhang Ning could tell that he was under a lot of pressure.
Zhang Ning didn't blame Zhu Heng in his heart. He tried his best. Although Zhu Heng admired Zhang Ning very much, he was probably no match for Yu Qian. You can't blame a person with limited strength for not being able to carry a three hundred kilogram weight.
The strategy proposed by the Council headed by Zhu Heng in this battle is not perfect. Its weakness is that the error tolerance rate is too low. The success of the entire plan is only based on the completion of most of the steps as scheduled. Once in the middle
The emergence of major obstacles will affect the success of the entire strategy; just like the current accident, the southern route cannot be quickly annihilated, and the northern route cavalry suddenly drives south alone.
It's just that the Council of Ministers failed to come up with a better solution... and now the situation has become even worse.
"The official army and cavalry are driving south. They must lack siege equipment. This is not conducive to siege. However, our troops are too small. I am afraid that Changde is very critical." Zhang Ning mused.
Zhou Mengxiong said from the side: "As long as we surround it on all sides, build flying ladders and attack everywhere to disperse the defenders for defense, and use cavalry to attack the city, for a big city like Changde, if there are not enough defenders, it will not be able to hold it back for long."
At this time, Zhu Heng opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "The officers and soldiers on Yuelu Mountain have no way to go and must fight to the death. Our army cannot easily win. If we withdraw now and return to defense as soon as possible, we should be able to arrive before the city falls."
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After hearing this, Zhou Mengxiong said: "Even if we withdraw now, it is too late. This place is more than 300 miles back to Changde City, which is longer than the distance of the official army's cavalry on the north road. Moreover, the cavalry on the south road fled north. If they are ordered to turn around and harass them along the way,
When can we get back to Changde City?"
Zhang Ning suddenly had an idea: Zhu Heng had been worried that he would be dissatisfied if he snatched Lao Xu's position as Senate President, but the one who was really dissatisfied with Zhu Heng was not Lao Xu, but Zhou Mengxiong.
The situation no longer allowed Zhang Ning to have too many distracting thoughts, and he tried hard to clear his mind: To rescue Changde Mansion at this time, the only way was to have the army ride back, either by cavalry or by having the infantry ride on the horses of the Cavalry Corps.
But there is a problem: the Suzaku Army has not been established for a long time, and each department has its own training content, so how many generals are there? Most of the cavalry cannot operate matchlocks and artillery, and they cannot learn it in a short time.
The prescribed ten steps, as well as coordinated orders, obviously did not take three to five days. The defense of the Suzaku Army mainly relied on firearms, and cavalry was difficult to use to defend the city; most of the infantry could use firearms, and many could not ride horses.
Most of the young and middle-aged people lived and grew up in southern Huguang. Horses are rarely used in the south, and horses are not something that ordinary families have. Although riding a horse is easier for a rongyi to learn, the army moves in a camp, and it is easy for novices to form a cavalry.
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"Let Feng Youxian's cavalry regiment rush to Changde City quickly." Zhang Ning said in a commanding tone.
The atmosphere in the small circle suddenly calmed down a bit. Everyone realized that the cavalry was not in a good position to defend the city. The cavalry regiment had less than two thousand soldiers, and it was impossible to defeat the official cavalry outside the city. Zhang Ning gave the order without hesitation... He wanted to qingchu
After considering the pros and cons, there is simply no other way.
Someone asked: "Should we continue to arrange an attack on the Yuelu Mountain officers and soldiers?"
Everyone looked at Zhang Ning, waiting for his decision. But he thought about this for a while, and then said: "The South Route Army Yijing can't escape. How can we lose the opportunity to weaken the strength of the official army now? I
The main force of the infantry will continue to attack Yuelu Mountain until it is annihilated or forced to surrender. What do you think?"