Zhang Ning, who was sitting in a wheelchair, finished reading the book and suddenly stood up from the chair. His right calf was slightly fractured and was splinted. It was not that he was completely incapable of mobility, but he should try his best to follow the doctor's advice.
Only by avoiding activities can the leg heal completely, so he has been resting in the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
His wife, Tuesday Niang, and Xu Wenjun, who was doing chores around the house, were both attracted to their attention, and both turned to look at him in surprise. Recently, the relationship between Tuesday Niang and Xu Wenjun seemed to be getting better and better. When she came to accompany Zhang Ning to relieve her boredom,
She called Xu Wenjun to serve her. Although Xu Wenjun had to do some work here, her mother would help her from time to time. Obviously, she did not treat Wenjun as a slave.
The second mother couldn't help but ask: "Husband, what happened? The imperial doctor said you should try not to move your legs. It's important to heal the injury."
Zhang Ning's face looked a little ugly, and she looked at Zhu Heng's letter on the table. Seeing this, Erniang asked if she could read it. After receiving permission, she picked it up and read it.
Helplessly, Zhu Heng described the defeat in the letter at length, analyzing the weapons, combat effectiveness of the soldiers, tactics and other details. The military stuff was almost incomprehensible to Zhou Niang; it read like an ordinary person who was a complete layman.
A professional architectural design master was talking about how to use materials, why they should be used in this way, etc. He seemed to understand a little but was completely confused. But Tuesday’s mother finally understood the main meaning, which was that Zhu Heng had a meal in Jiujiang Mansion.
If you lose the battle, you may not be able to defeat the imperial army, and the consequences will be serious...
"It seems that I can't continue to live here. I have to leave for the front line immediately." Zhang Ning thought for a while and said.
"Immediately...today?" Tuesday's mother looked back at the sun outside.
Zhang Ning nodded in agreement. He had already considered that suddenly seizing Zhu Heng's military power now would hurt Zhu Heng's self-esteem and prestige, and other issues. However, it seemed that he couldn't care less about these small shows. He must win this battle.
, drove the officers and troops back to the north bank of the Yangtze River; the Shenji Battalion's troops crossing the river should only be about 20,000, and the total number of infantry, cavalry and artillery troops transferred by the Yongding Battalion to the eastern front was more than 10,000. If we still fight on the battlefield like this,
If he doesn't win, he will have to face hundreds of thousands of troops. This battle will be impossible to win, and it will be impossible to maintain the separatist regime against the imperial court. In his view, any strategy and tactics are based on the ability to compete on the battlefield.
Basically, otherwise, no matter how good the idea is, it will just look like a picture cake for your own entertainment and will be of no use at all.
After thinking about it, he said: "Madam, go call someone and order Li Zhen, the captain of the guard, to prepare a strong carriage... It's best to get some cotton and let him think of a way for me to ride in the carriage." He explained that, in fact, it was better to get some cotton.
He has no confidence in the ancient medical technology, but he doesn't want to become disabled because of a slight fracture. "Send one more person to report to my mother and concubine. Before I leave, I want to say a few words in front of her."
Then he lowered his head and looked at his clothes. He found a floral satin robe. Although the satin was soft and comfortable, he looked like a rich man. So he asked Xu Wenjun to find for him a full set of military uniforms and accessories that he wore daily.
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After a while, Tuesday's mother came back, but Xu Wenjun didn't return for a long time. Zhang Ning remembered that there was no military uniform for him in the yard here, and he had to go to another house to get it.
In fact, living in the Chu Palace is very comfortable. There are mountains, water, pavilions, and lotus leaves in the lake. The scenery is superb. There are also beautiful wives and concubines waiting on you. You are well fed and well clothed. It is not boring and relaxing. While marching
War is completely different. Even if you are a prince or general, you will not be comfortable in the military camp. Traveling is not tourism, and sleeping in the open air is unavoidable. At most, you can live in a tent. Sometimes it is too humid or there are mosquitoes and you can't sleep.
Bathing is also normal; under the conditions of ancient times, it was "hard to go out even if you are at home the day before." I am honest. However, in Zhang Ning's mind, running around and enduring hardships is originally a man's job, and as an adult, you should work hard for various things.
Can a man who is fat and white be called a man? Relaxing things are mostly a woman's life. Women like these can stay at home all day long without having to work.
Xu Wenjun finally returned, so he took off all his clothes, leaving no underwear left, and then asked Wenjun to put him into another set of clean clothes. The two people in the room were his wives and concubines, so he was okay
Taboo. But the sun was high outside in broad daylight, and the two women's faces instantly turned red.
It's nothing. Zhang Ning had just passed on his trousers and had not yet put on his shirt. Yao Ji came in with a sword attendant in white clothes. The door was not closed and she was knocked into him. When Zhang Ning saw this, he hurriedly said rude.
Ask Xu Wenjun to bring the lining of his shirt and put it on. It didn't matter that the man was shirtless, so Yao Ji didn't shy away. She looked at Zhang Ning's body consciously or unconsciously while asking questions.
The body of a man in his early twenties has matured. Although Zhang Ning doesn't have much time to exercise. He only sometimes gets up in the morning and does sit-ups and the like. However, he has no tendency to gain weight due to long-term running. His body is a bit thin.
, but the mature bones and muscle lines have long been formed, and the arms, chest and abdominal muscles reveal a unique male sense of strength. In the eyes of the feminine Yao Ji, it is even more beautiful, which makes her face heat up and her expression also changes.
So it feels a little unnatural.
Zhang Ning also seemed a bit narcissistic. When he saw a dressing table in the room, he walked to the bronze mirror with his crutches and looked in the mirror... He just wanted to see the military uniform on his body, the gray coat and the white lining.
It gave him an inexplicable feeling. As expected, he still wore this outfit, and he didn't like the rich satin at all.
Tuesday's mother came over with her belt and sword, and couldn't help but ask: "Zhu Heng said in the letter that Jiujiang Prefecture is a dangerous place. Can your husband defeat the Beijing camp?"
Yao Ji had just read the memorial, and after listening to it, she also cast her eyes over, maybe she also wanted to know this question.
Zhang Ning puffed up his chest in front of the mirror and said, "Don't worry, I will drive the army down the Yangtze River." Yao Ji said, "Ning'er must pay attention to her safety."
Zhang Ning turned around and said calmly: "It is said that people who practice martial arts have a certain rhythm when it comes to one-on-one duels. If one party is more proficient in martial arts and makes the other party fall into his own rhythm, half the battle will be won. The same is true in battle.
In this way, the logic is the same... The volley warfare mode of guns and artillery was the first weapon created by me in the Ming Dynasty, and the tactics were also the first designed by me based on the weapons; while others could follow behind to imitate the firearms and explore tactics.
We are also a big step behind and can only follow behind me. This is a brand new war. No matter how the officers and soldiers can fight, they will still fight at our pace. I don’t believe that the Jingying Camp has just entered the hot weapon war period.
We are wise."
After hearing this, Yao Ji encouraged him and said: "Then we will wait for your success and wait for your victory."
Zhang Ning buttoned the gold button on his belt, straightened the hem of his shirt, and hung a delicate dagger on the side. He used to wear a long sword, but later he felt that the long sword would affect his activities, so he changed it to another one.
The short ones are just decoration anyway, and have the same meaning as long as they are weapons.
Then he explained some things. The Council now has to let Wang Yu take charge of daily affairs, and the old general Chen Gai is responsible for defense; because monks Zhu Hengyao and other people with higher prestige are not in Wuchang, and even the older Liang Yan is also on the Eastern Front.
On the battlefield, others such as the former leader of the evil-fighting sect, Hou Mao, and others are loyal and reliable, but their ability to handle complex affairs is obviously insufficient, and no one is available anymore. On the contrary, although Wang Yu is young, he is from a county magistrate, and his ability to do things is still good; plus
After the "defeat of Changde" last year, Wang Yu, who was trapped in the enemy camp, refused the government's solicitation and walked hundreds of miles back to Chenzhou, putting on a good show like Guan Gong's journey to find his old master.
He gained Zhang Ning's trust even more.
However, Zhang Ning obviously trusted Yao Ji the most, so he left a handwritten letter to the civil and military officials of Wuchang City, asking them to report to the "noble concubine" if they encountered major issues that they could not resolve.
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Ning hurriedly set off from Wuchang City and headed east that day. When leaving the Chu Palace, Zhang Xiaomei heard the news and hurriedly came to say goodbye, no longer hiding behind the window and deliberately disappearing.
After leaving the Prince of Chu's Mansion, Zhang Ning wrote a written transfer order and asked Li Zhen, the chief of guard, to send it to the Council of Ministers. The Fourth Army of the Yongding Camp was dispatched as soon as possible to reinforce Jiujiang Mansion, and accompanied the army to escort a batch of matchlock guns and ammunition to provide sufficient frontline military supplies.
At the same time, it can also serve as a follow-up support for the main force of the Yongding camp.
The Yongding Battalion has five armies, but only the First, Second, and Third Armies. Most of the more than 7,000 soldiers are from the previous army. The Fourth and Fifth Armies, except for officers at all levels and a small number of veterans, mainly consist of two or three
The newly expanded military households were recruited and reorganized from various places a few months ago. Before that, they stayed in Wuchang City to garrison. In addition, there is also a temporary establishment of the "Yongding Camp Lower Camp", which is a training camp that has just been established and is beginning to train soldiers.
, many people have not even learned the steps of using a matchlock gun; obviously Zhang Ning would rather mobilize the Fourth Army than move the nearly 10,000 new troops directly to the battlefield.
After issuing this transfer order, Zhang Ning wrote another order. He asked the Council of Ministers to order Monk Yao and his son in Yuezhou Prefecture to use navy ships to transport the main force of the Changde Battalion that had been transferred to the west bank of Dongting Lake back to Wuchang.
March into the city to reinforce Wuchang City's military equipment.
There was a lot of cotton wrapped in cloth on the carriage. This was what Li Zhen thought of... It was really not very creative. But Zhang Ning put his right leg on the thick cotton, which could at least absorb the shock, otherwise the fracture would not be healed, so
I really don’t know what it will be like after traveling for hundreds of miles.
Li Zhen was a criminal who was fished out of the prison in Cili County two years ago. He had a long, green face that was frighteningly unpredictable. It was bloodless for some unknown reason. At that time, the wings of the Suzaku Army had not yet developed.
Facing a serious shortage of soldiers in Cili County, a group of prisoners were selected from the county government cells and sent to the army. Li Zhen was one of them. This person was also among the group of people who had followed Zhang Ning for a long time, fighting in both the south and the north.
After coming down, he gained Zhang Ning's trust. After the former guard captain Wang Xian was killed, Li Zhen became the current guard captain.
Li Zhen led a group of guards on horseback to guard Zhang Ning's carriage, and the group hurried out of the city.