For a moment, he seemed to be in a thick fog, and suddenly he heard someone begging for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" He followed the voice and looked down, and he was shocked by two familiar and unfamiliar faces.
Surprised. One of them had a fat and white face, that was Wu Yong, and the other, with a skinny face as long as a horse, was Zhan Zhuli. Both of them had their hands tied behind their backs and were kneeling on the ground.
Wu Yong knelt on the ground, unable to move his hands, rubbing his face against his calf like an animal, crying with tears streaming down his face: "I still have a wife, children and old man at home... you can't kill me, I
There is a crime that requires death?!
"After begging for a while, Wu Yong suddenly cursed: "I will drag you to hell even if I die!" Standing in the fog, Zhang Ning was in a daze, feeling scared and angry. He didn't know when he had an extra pill in his hand.
He picked up his sword and started slashing desperately in front of him, and his body was soon covered with blood.
Just when he was tired from slashing, he felt smoke coming from his throat and he was very thirsty. When he looked up, he was somehow in the desert again, and his whole body was still stained with blood. Suddenly, a black flag rose in front of him, and a large number of people and horses appeared.
Run this way
Come. A horse rushed out from the front, and a man wearing a tall hat shouted: "You have been surrounded, why don't you put down your weapons and surrender! It is only right to kill someone to pay for their life. You have sinned so much that there is no one like you in the world."
A place to stay!”
A wave of fear enveloped his heart, and he dropped his sword and turned around to run away. Being dry and thirsty in the desert, he raised his head and gasped for air. Suddenly he heard a "swish" sound behind him. When he looked back, he saw only a few "blood"
The sharp Frisbee spinning like a "drop" was flying towards his neck. His hands and feet suddenly became cold. Seeing the terrifying thing spinning towards him, he couldn't hide. Despair and extreme fear came over him.
Am I going to die, am I going to die like this? But there is no place to go unless I die, and sin cannot be tolerated in this world... He shouted loudly in fear.
He stared at the droplets of blood flying to his throat with his eyes wide open. He stood with his mouth wide open and his whole body tensed, waiting for that moment to come...
Suddenly woke up from the bed, Zhang Ning opened his eyes and sat for a moment, finally realizing that it was just a nightmare.
The candle in the bedroom had only burned out a little, and the window was slightly white. He looked around and saw a neatly folded yellow brocade on the stool beside the bed, with a black gauze winged crown placed on it.
Finally, I can completely confirm that what just happened was a dream and this is reality.
He crawled to the bedside, reached for the black gauze hat, touched it with his fingers and felt the fine fiber texture, and finally felt better. No one can hunt him down, I have soldiers and power! I can do whatever I want,
If you want to kill someone, kill someone!
Memories of reality have completely flooded into my mind. Now even Emperor Jianwen is in the same boat with me. Countless civil servants and generals in the Suzaku Army, as well as local officials who have rebelled after surrendering, no one wants to capsize this boat... If I
If you die, countless people will die, at least it won't be easy for you!
The feeling of power filled his heart, and the guilt and panic gradually faded away. Thinking about it, he hadn't had a nightmare in a long time, and he didn't know what was going on these days.
Only then did Zhang Ning feel unbearably thirsty. His mouth was so dry that there was no saliva left. He wanted to drink water! A direct and strong need occupied all his senses. He hurriedly climbed out of bed without wearing any shoes.
There was a tea cup on the desk, so I ran over and opened the lid, but it was empty inside.
Water! A sweet taste keeps swirling in my mind, and water has become the best thing in the world.
There was a clay stove next to the wall, but it looked pitch black without any sparks at all, and the charcoal fire inside had long been extinguished. However, there was a copper teapot on the low stool next to the stove, and there might be some cold boiling water left in it.
Zhang Ning hurriedly walked over and twisted the teapot. The light weight disappointed him again. He shook it twice, and sure enough, he heard no sound at all.
The door creaked open, and a young man appeared at the door wearing a coat. He was a subordinate responsible for taking care of Zhang Ning's food and daily life. Zhang Ning was seen standing barefoot on the ground, holding a copper teapot in his hand.
The young man understood immediately and hurriedly bent down and said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will go to the kitchen to boil water and make tea for you."
Fuck nun! Zhang Ning cursed secretly and said: "Take the teapot and go to the well in the yard to get me a pot of water, right now!"
The junior student hurriedly advised: "It's so cold, it's not good to drink raw water. The prince is going to lower the interest rate..." "I want you to go right away!" Zhang Ning shouted coldly, which shocked the junior student and hurriedly came over with his head buried.
Get the teapot.
It is true that women are more attentive when it comes to serving people. When Xu Wenjun was around, how could there be no water in the bedroom to drink?
When Zhang Ning poured water into the spout of the teapot without grace in front of the subordinates, an unprecedented sense of satisfaction suddenly filled the emptiness in his body and mind. He swallowed the cold well water and couldn't stop.
Desires can be so simple; only the things you need and desire will appear so precious and impatient, even if it is a pot of worthless cold well water.
Only in the short moment after satisfying his desires can he be happy without any distractions. Power, desires, things that make people want to stop, the goodwill and guilt in his heart also seem less important at this time... Zhang Ning occasionally
I'm thinking that if I hadn't been a well-behaved and kind-hearted ordinary person before, maybe I wouldn't have felt this way.
After drinking a full stomach of cold water, it was not yet completely dark, but Zhang Ning obviously couldn't sleep. He asked someone to prepare breakfast and got up to get dressed and wash himself.
Then he rushed to the government office early. He came too early today, and all the officials were not here. The government office was empty. He first carefully read the recent official documents and the files of the Intelligence and Consultation Department.
After half an hour (one hour), the staff of the Senate Department came to take charge one after another. When they learned that the prince had arrived a long time ago, several people came to apologize. Zhang Ning had no choice but to comfort him and said that they were on time.
He was not late for duty and had no fault. It seems that Zhang Ning came
It is not a good thing to do it too early. In addition to pretending to be diligent, it will cause unnecessary pressure on the people below; if you also ask others to imitate your diligence harshly, it will create a high-pressure atmosphere.
It's obviously counterproductive.
At this time, Zhu Heng came to the study with a group of civil servants. After greeting each other, Zhang Ning continued to look at the things in his hands and said: "The first Shenji Battalion that was originally in Huangzhou left Huangzhou.
Western transfer, there was another urgent report yesterday, the Sichuan army came along the river. Jingzhou will soon
It is unreasonable to gather tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. It is unreasonable for so many soldiers and horses to gather together without fighting and only consume a large amount of military supplies in vain. If the officers and soldiers from the west break through the river defense and occupy a foothold on the south bank,
, which will be very detrimental to the overall strategy. What are your countermeasures?"
An aide said: "I suggest that you immediately order General Zhou to mobilize all the main forces of the Wuchang Camp to the northern border of Lizhou and monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers. If there are signs of crossing the river, lead a large army to block the river bank." "The Wuchang Camp is completed."
The main force of our Suzaku Army is not long, and the number of people is greatly different from that of the official army, so I may not be able to stop it; except for
Based on this strategy, I think we should also order Yao Erlang's army in Yuezhou to ferry the main force to the west bank of Dongting Lake to prepare for timely reinforcement of Wuchang Battalion to fight on the shore. At the same time, the First Battalion of the Navy in Dongting Lake should end its training on the lake.
And when they were transferred to the Yangtze River, they were responsible for cutting off the Yangtze River waterway and transporting military supplies by water, and at the same time conducting training on the river."
At this time, Zhu Heng pondered and said: "To defend the Western Front, the strategy you proposed is certainly good. But as a result, three of the four battalions of our Suzaku Army are on the Western Front; in the east, there is only one man from the Yongding Battalion in Wuchang.
, there is no naval force to assist in the war. In the long run, the imperial court may also transfer large armies from Yangzhou and other places, and Wuchang and other places must also be managed properly."
Zhang Ning patted the file on the table and said: "The sudden appearance of the Sichuan Army on the Western Front caught us off guard. It is necessary to focus on guarding against the immediate danger. The Yongding Battalion can expand its strength or build another battalion. Now the Emperor
By issuing an imperial edict, you can give orders to various places, and the sources of troops will be selected from the military households in each important town."
After listening, everyone expressed their opinions and discussed, and here are some ideas and suggestions. The staff believed that they should first contact some famous bureaucrats and write a letter to support Emperor Jianwen as an example, and then use kindness and power to make as many local officials as possible.
The commander of the guard post publicly complied with Jianwen's emperor's name; only then could he legitimately recruit strong men from military households in various places to expand the army and prepare for war.
Others are repeating the same old tune, expanding the Council and reorganizing the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers to make the central government a more formal government system. First, there will be more places to accept scholars from all over the country. Second, it will increase the emperor's power. And Wei Bin, the commander of Yongding Camp
Then he proposed to slightly change a series of preferential treatment laws for military households in Chenzhou and Changde, and then apply them to Wuchang, Yuezhou, Changsha and other places to win over the military people.
Half a month ago, Zhang Ning felt that it was not the right time to do these things, but now he saw the inextricable relationship between military and government. Not starting from the big picture would only restrict the actual things at hand. He could no longer hesitate and delay, and immediately agreed.
Proposals such as the establishment of six more ministries and the promulgation of preferential treatment laws for military households in Wuchang and other places.
"In order to expand our military strength in the future, we should prepare to reorganize our organizational structure now. I think we can imitate the Beijing Camp and set up several armies in one battalion, and each army will have several divisions (posts). In this way, the number of soldiers in one battalion can be as large as that of the Beijing Camp.
To the tune of tens of thousands.”
Expanding the organizational structure is a good thing that both civil and military officials like to see, and no one is opposed to it at the moment. Zhu Heng also proposed an additional idea, deploying the main battle force battalions in strategic locations to facilitate mobile deployment; for city defense, the local garrison will recruit military households again
It is composed of the major battalions of the Suzaku Army in important areas as a force deterrent, and the surrendered local generals as helpers, which saves the number of troops garrisoned in various places, and can put the strength of the Suzaku Army into the battlefield to a greater extent.