As soon as the genius dawned, Zhang Ning woke up from the nightmare. The first moment he woke up, he still remembered the scene in the dream. After a while, when his mind gradually cleared up, he almost forgot all about the dream. It was a very strange experience. He finally
I only remember a few bits and pieces, as if a kitchen knife had been slashed into my abdomen. It was either another knife or a wide and short kitchen knife. It felt like it was real. Now that I think about it, I still feel tight.
He stood up and put on a gray wrinkled coat and squatted next to a pot of charcoal fire in the middle of the room to warm himself up. The cold morning wind filtered in through the worn window paper, making him a little greedy for the slight warmth brought by the pot of embers; he hesitated.
I wonder if I should go out to inspect the defenses in various parts of the city in a while. In the hopeless depression, not only cannot a person's potential be stimulated, but he becomes depressed and lazy.
He didn't know what to do next, maybe he should endure the cold air and go out; or he felt that the temperature difference between inside and outside was too big and really didn't want to go out, so what should he do? He did nothing, just squatted next to the charcoal fire and delayed, as if
It can be delayed for a while.
Yao Ji must be very worried about herself now, and will be full of worries and pressure about the future; but she can also stabilize the situation inside and outside the palace, and can even still have an awe-inspiring smile on her lips in front of others... That's why Zhang Ning is mentally capable
He could always rely on her. Zhang Ning imagined how she would look like, still wearing luxurious clothes every day, with her hair and nails neatly arranged, and her rounded look was reassuring.
But Zhang Xiaomei may not be so calm anymore. What will happen to her, hiding in her room and unwilling to talk to others? Well, that's probably the case. Her behavior was also the same when the Zhang family was murdered in the past.
At this moment, there were three knocks on the old gray-black wooden door, and then Xin Wei walked in.
She looked back at the room and her eyes rested on Zhang Ning. She walked over quickly and said in a somewhat excited voice: "I just got the news that General Zhou's new army defeated the official army's North Road in King E City and annihilated most of its main force..."
"What?" Zhang Ning stood up, rubbed his hands and asked again, "Is the news true?"
Xin Wei turned to the door and said, "Come in and report something."
"Yes." A young man in Tsing Yi bowed into the room. Facing the disheveled Zhang Ning, he looked a little nervous and hurriedly took out a stack of thin paper from his arms and handed it over, "I met the chamberlain at the border of Huguang.
Brothers from the province, this is the detailed file they gave me."
Zhang Ning hurriedly took it and flipped through it to find a drawing marked with line text. As he looked at it carefully, he listened to the young man next to him saying, "General Zhou's troops are preparing in advance in the water network area to the west of King E City to lure the enemy."
We went deep and successfully lured the main force of the North Route of the officers and soldiers to the ambush area; then tens of thousands of troops from the central and rear troops suddenly crossed from the bank of the Yangtze River, blocking the retreat of the officers and soldiers, and surrounded and killed these troops in the ambush circle.
The army was divided into two, the one inside had no food, the one outside had no soldiers..."
Zhang Ning also saw the tactics described in the file, building positions with ditches and walls, and using firearms to avoid close combat. At this time, he gradually realized that the quality of the soldiers was not as good as that of the new army in the Beijing camp. It was hard to imagine that they could defeat the official army.
Got it. Looking at the time when the battle took place, I calculated with my fingers that it was less than ten days before Zhou Mengxiong took the oath to fight...
"I have indeed chosen the right person, huh!" Zhang Ning hurried back and forth in the room excitedly, "As a result, Zhang Fu's troops are only left in the middle and south roads. There is no accurate estimate of how many people there are, but from each side
It is speculated that the total strength will not exceed 100,000; when Zhou Mengxiong's new army goes south, there will be 60,000 people, plus the Yongding Camp in Jiujiang City and the Jiujiang Army's more than 20,000 troops, the total strength of our army will reach more than 80,000. This
Now, at least in terms of numbers, we won’t suffer any loss.”
Xin Wei hurriedly asked: "Then are we going to win?"
Zhang Ning said casually: "It's very promising." His mind became clear again, and he shook out his clothes, "Someone, take this thing to Yu Qian and tell all the civil and military officers... My clothes
Why are they so wrinkled? Xin Wei, you can iron them for me right away. I need to wear them when I go out. I also have my dagger to decorate... Pen and Ink Waiter, I want to write a letter to Zhou Mengxiong. Xin Wei, please find one or two more reliable people.
Come here and see me next night... send word that Li Zhen is here to see me!"
After a while, Yu Qian went straight to the wing where Zhang Ning lived to talk. There were several generals waiting outside to meet. When the captain of the guard Li Zhen was called, he could only talk to Qian and others about important matters first, so he had to
Waiting on the eaves.
Zhang Ning spread out the map on the desk, took a ruler to measure several places of interest, and said to Qian, "The first thing to do now should be to get in touch with Zhou Mengxiong. Unfortunately, Jiujiang is surrounded on all sides, and correspondence is risky.
, it can easily fall into the hands of the army."
Yu Qian said calmly, "You can send someone to notify General Zhou and let him take the lead in occupying Ruichang City. Ruichang is also a more important city on the riverside. It has carrier pigeons for conveying emergency military information. As long as Ruichang's carrier pigeons and Jiujiang City's carrier pigeons are
By exchanging carrier pigeons, the prince can use flying pigeons to send letters to General Zhou to convey the military plan, so as to cooperate with each other internally and externally. Even if the officers and soldiers intercept the carrier pigeons while transporting them, the secret will not be revealed, and we can try to transport the carrier pigeons multiple times. We can write letters through letters
form to confirm authenticity.”
"This is a good idea. We'll do it tonight." Zhang Ning said simply.
Yu Qian added: "Once General Zhou's army reaches Jiangxi with reinforcements, our first goal should be to break out of Jiujiang City in order to obtain supplies of ammunition, food and grass, and repair damaged firearms."
"Ting Yi and my hero have the same view." Zhang Ning tapped the map lightly with a ruler, "I was just thinking about where to break out."
Yu Qian said: "Based on speculation, I think Zhang Fu will gather heavy troops in the south of the city, because only the vast terrain on this side is conducive to the deployment of Zhou Mengxiong's tens of thousands of troops; we can do the opposite and start from the land corridor northwest of the city.
Attack and avoid heavy fortifications. Just choose the direction of the breakout based on guesswork. If the attack goes unfavorable, the consequences will be disastrous. It is very likely that the army will counterattack and break through the city defenses and fall into the danger of being trapped in an uninhabited area, and the success will be ruined. "
Xin Wei next to her looked up at Zhang Ning from time to time. She was filling the iron with boiling water to iron clothes in the room. This kind of thing seemed a bit embarrassing at this time, so she didn't say a word in silence, but listened to Zhang Ning with great concern.
Discuss important matters.
Women are rarely interested in fighting in wars, unless there is a vital interest involved. Obviously Xin Wei very much hopes that Zhang Ning will win in this fight. After several months of companionship, Xin Wei is the only one beside Zhang Ning in this isolated city.
The woman not only helps him by her side, but also occasionally sleeps with him. It can be said that she fulfills the responsibility of a partner; she believes that Zhang Ning is a person who knows his merits and grievances clearly, and she is qualified to share his achievements in the future... Prerequisite
It's about winning on the battlefield.
Zhang Ning said: "The giant balloon we tried to build before to observe the enemy's artillery array deployment is now being completed as soon as possible. It may help our army detect Zhang Fu's troop deployment."
After hearing this, Yu Qian frowned slightly: "The prince can really make people fly to the sky?" This does challenge Yu Qian's cognition. Usually Yu Qian thinks that Zhang Ning is still a trustworthy person, but occasionally he will always come up with some "strange things"
"Thinking of wonderful ideas" makes people feel like it's child's play.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ning said seriously: "Theoretically, it is feasible. Now that things have happened, it's natural to give it a try."
As he spoke, he picked up his pen and quickly wrote an equation on the paper. Water vapor and carbon are heated to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and he calculated the average formula of the mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Then he used the atmospheric average formula and the planned balloon volume to calculate
Buoyancy. Unfortunately, for others, a bunch of symbols are completely equivalent to ghost drawings, which are no different from being mystical. Coupled with his serious expression, it looks a bit funny at this time.
Anyway, there was nothing to lose if it failed. Zhang Ning immediately called Li Zhen in and ordered him to sew the silk, cotton, tung oil and other materials he had prepared a while ago as completely as possible.