The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 232 The Big Iron Ball Greeted
At sunset that afternoon, Zhang Zhou had finished teaching Zhu Houzhao, and was about to leave the palace under the guidance of the eunuch.

That morning, he joined the lecture class in the East Palace, and in the afternoon he was alone, so it was more convenient when he went out, and he carried his own teaching plan... Zhang Zhou felt that he had returned to his previous life, and he mainly taught people every day, although There are no weekends and winter and summer vacations, but you don't have to come every day. When you go back from work, you don't watch live broadcasts, drink and brag, but go back to your wife and children to warm up the kang, and you can also practice gymnastics.

Although the Internet is missing, Zhang Zhou feels that his life is quite nourishing.

"Master Zhang."

Before Zhang Zhou could take two steps, he saw Liu Jinxue quickly catching up.

Yang Peng, the eunuch leading the way, glanced at Liu Jin, very wary.

Zhang Zhou said: "Oh, is Eunuch Liu sending me out of the palace today?"

"No, it's not." Liu Jin said hastily, "The little one is just giving you a ride."

"It's as if you're going to give me a funeral. Eunuch Liu, you have something to say!"

Zhang Zhou knew that Liu Jin was respectful to him now, but it might not be so if he could. The person who was favored in front of the prince, when Liu Jin became famous, would he still be respectful and obedient to him as he is now?

Liu Jin said with a smile on her face: "Master Zhang is like this. The young one has no great ability. He has served in front of the prince. He has not done much in the past two years, but he just wants to find something for the prince."

"Going around in circles is boring, do you think I have more time?" Zhang Zhou was impatient.

You can't give someone like Liu Jin a good face.

Liu Jindao: "Look at that Eunuch Zhang Yongzhang. I heard that he made great contributions when he was in the pass. The little one also thinks... the little one is definitely not doing it for himself, but for the prince. The prince also hopes to have capable people around him." People who know how to fight will help, can you make some arrangements for..."

"Oh?"

Zhang Zhou didn't feel that Liu Jin was fighting for his job.

Even if an eunuch knows how to fight, how far can he know?At most, they were just people sent by the emperor to supervise the army.

Commanding the war still depends on the censors at all levels, that is, the commander-in-chief or the governor, or the commander-in-chief. The eunuchs only pay credit and don't care about it. Give it to the eunuch who came here and can do something.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Eunuch Liu, you really have...high ambitions."

"Where is it, the little one just wants to do more for the prince, and also for you, Master Zhang." Liu Jin looked very humble.

Zhang Zhou looked over with a look of "you old boy can finally live up to my cultivation", and said with a smile: "Very good, then next time I have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, I will recommend you to His Majesty, and you will do well."

"Definitely, definitely." Liu Jin was ecstatic, as if she was about to get rich, and bounced back towards the Wenhua Palace.

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"Sir, are you really going to help him? This kind of person is not a serious person at first sight."

Yang Peng heard Liu Jin's request before, and after Liu Jin left, he used a hostile tone, as if to provoke Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou squinted at Yang Peng.

Said that Liu Jin is not serious?It seems that your Yang Peng stuff is not too pure, right?

Besides, you, Yang Peng, are from Dongchang, and you have done more bad things, and the outside world has a worse reputation for you. The Mancanger case and the like are all related to you, and you have the nerve to talk about others?

"He's just serving the prince in the East Palace. I'm a lecturer in the East Palace. I can't see you up and down. If he really wants to go to the Northwest to practice...Yang Gonggong, you don't really think that the military achievements in the Northwest are easy to get? Wang Weining often has And wars are rare..."

Zhang Zhou almost didn't tell Yang Peng that without my plan, it would be useless for anyone to go to the Northwest or Liaodong.

Yang Peng swallowed, obviously he had the same thought as Liu Jin: "Sir, if you think there is anything that needs these people's help, you can just tell me. These people also want to follow you and do their part for Daming."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Zhang Zhou agreed with his mouth, but whether he would take it to heart is another matter.

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Liaodong, Ningyuan City.

29 Early in the morning, Ren Liang and the others were still preparing to reorganize the army, but they learned that the commander Zhu Feng hadn't come down from the city overnight.

"Hey, I'm still a fool who takes the lead, let's go to the top of the city to have a look."

Ren Liang led the capital commander Qian Ying and other generals, and hurried to the top of the gate of Ying'en Gate, the west gate of the outer city.

At this time on the top of the city, Wang Qiong was still planning for Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng also discovered that Wang Qiong was very capable, and he could not only be a food supervisor. He also seemed to understand that the emperor and Zhang Zhou asked Wang Qiong to come to Ningyuan with him just to help him make suggestions, and there were many things he didn't understand. As long as Wang Qiong dials a little bit, he will be able to understand the matter thoroughly, and then he can make proper arrangements.

This is also the reason why the local snake has been very picky about Zhu Feng these days when he entered the city, and did not push him away.

In addition to Zhu Feng's strong background, it is also because Zhu Feng has a good military advisor by his side.

"It's close, it's already four or five miles away." Wang Qiong looked through the binoculars, and explained the situation to Zhu Feng based on the sentry cavalry's information.

Zhu Feng became excited and asked, "Can you get closer? Four or five miles...it's still a bit far away."

Wang Qiong thought about it, but did not give a plan easily.

At this time, Ren Liang, Qian Ying and others went up to the top of the city, and Zhang Yanling and Chen Rui, two deputy commanders, came up with them.

Wang Qiong frowned and said, "Why do you all come here? The rest of the places are not guarded anymore?"

It means that all the people in the city who are almost qualified to dispatch troops come to this place, not afraid that a stone will fall from the sky, and we will be crushed to death together, and then Di Yi will take advantage of the chaos in the city to prevent chaos?
Ren Liang sneered and said, "Mr. Wang, are you worrying too much? Where are Wu Liangha's people? Show me!"

Recently, Wang Qiong has been helping Zhu Feng with advice. He is vaguely the leader of the civil servants in the city. Ren Liang's power is the one that has been emptied. Of course, Ren Liang is unhappy with Wang Qiong. This time it is Wang Qiong who took the initiative to "provoke trouble". live.

Immediately, a general reminded: "Eunuch Ren, Wuliangha's troops are less than five miles away from the city."

Chen Rui said: "If you rush out with cavalry, you can get there within a breath, and take advantage of the unsteady footing..."

Halfway through the conversation, Chen Rui stopped talking when he found that everyone was looking at him with weird eyes.

He suddenly realized that as a "famous general" who used to be the only one in Northwest China, he is now like a clown in the eyes of others, and people will believe what he says?

Qian Ying was still polite and reminded: "Uncle Ping Jiang, the terrain of Liaodong is not as good as three sides. There is almost no place to garrison here. If the troops are not dispatched smoothly, it will not be so easy to withdraw the cavalry to the city. This You have also seen the city gate, it is a bit difficult to accommodate two cavalry at a time."

"Cough cough."

Chen Rui was choked back by a military commander, so he was naturally very upset, so he could only cover up his embarrassment by coughing.

Zhu Feng ignored Qian Ying's advice and asked, "If you want to let the people from Duoyan's tribe go closer to the city, what can you do? For example...can you reach a distance of two or three miles?"

Ren Liang was surprised and said, "What is Uncle An Bian going to do? Keep the Hulu away from the fortress, and both sides will be safe, isn't it good?"

Now Ren Liang feels that Zhu Feng is a bit of a murderer. If he doesn't come, you still want him to come closer?
Zhu Feng was also an open-minded person, and immediately said: "Look, everyone, we have set up the cannons. If they approach, we will fire them out...The range of these cannons is two or three miles away. ,When……"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Ren Liang couldn't help laughing, this time he was really laughing.

Wang Qiong said: "Eunuch Ren, what does this mean?"

Ren Liang waved his hands and smiled, "It's very easy to let the Hulu get close to the fortress. As long as the cavalry is sent out, the Hulu will definitely kill them, forcing the cavalry to retreat into the city. But Uncle An Bian, I want to remind you , no matter how far you can shoot this artillery, what can you do with an iron ball? Do you expect to hit the enemy line just right? People won’t hide?”

"If you really do this, then the city gate will cause trouble, and even cause the gate to be closed in time, leading to the defeat of the army... Haha, you can figure it out..."

The group of snake generals next to Ren Liang were also laughing.

Even Qian Ying could tell that his "adopted father" was giving Zhu Feng a bad idea. If he had to come up with some tricks for things that could be solved by staying in the city, then no matter how strong Zhu Feng's background was, he would not be able to solve the problem. to suffer.

Zhu Feng didn't even think about it: "Then send the cavalry out to form a formation!"

"what?"

All present, including the "insiders" brought by Zhu Feng, looked at Zhu Feng with "Are you crazy?" eyes.

Ren Liang put away his contemptuous smile, and said seriously: "Uncle An Bian, you are playing with fire and setting yourself on fire! The rules of the Ming frontier army, no matter in Liaodong, Yansui, Ningxia, or Datong, are waiting for the Tatars to return. Chase after retreating, it has been like this for decades, you won't really go through a battle of partial pass, and treat yourself as Wang Weining, right?"

With Ren Liang's tough attitude, he felt that if you, Zhu Zhijie, tormented us to defend the city, we couldn't do anything to you, and we would even cooperate.

But if you want us to go out with you to your death, don't expect these people to cooperate with you.

Zhu Feng also saw the lack of cooperation of these local snakes, he glared at Chen Rui and said, "Old Chen, I leave the formation to you!"

"what?"

Chen Rui was taken aback, thinking of me now, he regarded me as "Old Chen" and usually called me "Old Chen", right?
Ren Liang said in a sarcastic tone: "Uncle Ping Jiang, don't you most want to go out and fight against Wu Liangha's people? Now that the commander-in-chief has given the order, you obey it!"

Chen Rui wanted to cry but had no tears.

When I think of my feelings at this time, I want to take the initiative, right?

Wang Qiong saw that the scene was a bit out of control, and said sharply: "Uncle An Bian ordered to send cavalry out of the city to form an array. Do you have any objections? If you don't abide by the military order and don't use others, I will play the impeachment... ...Eunuch Ren, don't forget about Yizhou!"

"you……"

Ren Liang glared at Wang Qiong.

Although Yizhou falsely reported military exploits, this matter has not yet fully fermented, but Ren Liang feels that relying on his trust relationship, he has been able to get out of the matter.

But today, if Wang Qiong came to impeach Ren Liang in the name of the food supervisor sent by the imperial court, Ren Liang knew that even if he had Wei Bin and Chen Kuan as two powerful backers, he might not be able to hold on.

At this time, Qian Ying and the others had already put their hands on the hilt of the knife, as if they were dissatisfied with Ren Liang being taught a lesson, and there were signs of mutiny in the army at any time...Of course they were just showing off to outsiders Look, I want to frighten Wang Qiong, know the price of his wrong words, and show that I support Ren Liang, just wait for Ren Liang to give an order...

Of course, Ren Liang would not give such an order.

Unless Ren Liang really lived enough.

And even if Ren Liang really issued a military order to kill Wang Qiong, the people below might not dare to obey it.

It's just tacit understanding.

Wang Qiong said: "Uncle An Bian, give the order."

Zhu Feng looked at Wang Qiong with grateful eyes. He never thought that at the critical moment, only Wang Qiong would stand firmly on his side. Even he himself felt that it would be a bit risky to send cavalry to line up. No wonder The generals in Liaodong do not agree.

It seems that only Wang Qiong can understand his tactics, or Wang Qiong can understand Zhang Zhou's strategic intentions.

Zhu Feng thought to himself: "Brother Zhang, why did you ask me to lead the army? He asked Mr. Wang to come, wouldn't it be better for me to listen to him?"

"How many cavalry are there in the city?" Zhu Feng asked.

"Humph!"

Ren Liang snorted heavily, deliberately expressing his disdain in front of others.

You, a general officer, have been in the city for so many days, and you don't even know how many cavalry are in the city?Just like this, how dare you command and dispatch troops?
Wang Qiong said: "The commander-in-chief asked a question, and Commander Qian still didn't answer?"

This is really not because Zhu Feng is inexperienced, it is because the local snake did not fully cooperate with Zhu Feng in dispatching troops, but only provided support in Anmin, and Ren Liang deliberately made the cavalry in the city disobey orders to prevent Zhu Feng Feng sent troops out to fight with Duoyan Sanwei's men.

In fact, Ren Liang also has his own unique ideas in doing so.

You take our soldiers out to fight Duoyan Sanwei, you will take credit for winning, and our people will die for losing, and we may have to bear the blame.

Who wants to fight with you?

But now that Wang Qiong threatened him with the false report of military exploits in Yizhou, he was a little scared.

Seeing that Ren Liang didn't say anything, Qian Ying came out and said, "There are three thousand cavalry in the city... Uncle An Bian, Di Yi is outside the city, there are at least four to five thousand cavalry, and Wu Liangha's cavalry is here The grasslands are all ranked first, but because Liaodong’s terrain is long and narrow, it’s not suitable for cavalry, so Liaodong has been living in peace with Wuliangha, don’t you want to…”

"Enough!" Wang Qiong interrupted Qian Ying, "As many as you have, send as many as you want!"

Ren Liang said angrily: "The barbarians are attacking, what should we do if we can't withdraw?"

Wang Qiong said: "Uncle An Bian has already said that there are artillery, and the Hulu will not be allowed to kill the city. When the time comes, we can rectify the troops and horses and directly pursue them!"

"Wang Langzhong, do you have experience in leading troops? Do you dare to command casually here? But after the defeat of the army, you will bear all the faults?" Ren Liang couldn't help it this time, and challenged Wang Qiong face to face.

Wang Qiong looked angry, but she looked very majestic and said: "Regardless of merits and demerits, we will bear it together! Who can get away from other things?"

This time, even Ren Liang didn't expect it.

Zhu Feng looks like a face melon, but I didn't expect Zhu Feng to be a ruthless character with a food supervisor by his side? !
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The cavalry in Ningyuan City completed their assembly in the outer city.

After the city gate was opened, there was not even a moat outside the city, so people were sent out of the city to line up, because the city gate was set up to guard against Di Yi's attack, and the Ying'en Gate on the west side was less than two meters wide. As a result, it may take less than half an hour for the [-] cavalry in the city to go out to form an array.

"Allow some troops to leave the city from the north city and the south city together!" Wang Qiong said after seeing the situation.

Ren Liang said: "How can the court use you incompetent people?"

"Father..."

"Shut up! Act according to military orders! Do you want this Wang Liang officer to impeach you for disobedience?"

Ren Liang felt that he was full of anger and didn't know where to vent it.

"Eunuch Ren, Hu Lu has made moves!"

Immediately there is a messenger with news.

Ren Liang looked at Zhu Feng angrily and said, "Uncle An Bian is here, what are you reporting to our family? Our family is not blind!"

Meaning, I can see it myself.

And I am very clear-eyed, if the three guards of Duoyan know that Daming's cavalry is forming, they will either run away or pretend to attack... There is no third way to choose, and before Daming has finished forming the cavalry, No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Duoyan Sanwei to escape at this time.

There is nothing to grab outside the city, so if you don't take the opportunity to kill them, if you can destroy Ningyuan City...

"Gunner ready!"

Zhu Feng issued a military order.

Ordered by him himself.

There are only twelve guns in total, and they are arranged within a range of about 100 meters, which can be said to be very concentrated.

Ren Liang shook his head, and ordered to Qian Ying: "If there are any guns in the city that can be used, move them here."

Qian Yingdao: "Eunuch Ren, you can't hit that far. Besides, it's too late to transfer the cannons here temporarily. Now there are less than a hundred guns that can be used in the west of the city..."

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty did not do nothing in casting artillery.

In Ningyuan City alone, there are more than [-] cannons. Of course, the quality of these cannons is hard to describe.

But if Di Yi really came to kill the city, the deterrent effect of these artillery is still very strong.

Ren Liang walked over and questioned Zhu Feng again: "Uncle An Bian, you can think clearly, Wuliangha people also have strong crossbows, they don't need to go to the city to be within the range of our guns, people use strong crossbows and bows, just Let the cavalry go out to form a dilemma, unless you want to rush to fight the elite Mongolian cavalry, then give up the strong fortress of Ningyuan."

Zhu Feng said: "Didn't I say everything? Our cannons have a longer range."

"Just relying on these cannons? What's the use of being far away?" Ren Liang was furious, "Are you out of your mind, or do you want to die? Then don't implicate the soldiers and civilians in the city! You don't really think that you are as close as Wang Weining God, just treat yourself as Wang Weining's second? Wang Weining is a lunatic, he has the ability to be crazy, what do you Zhu have?!"

Seeing Ren Liang's gaffe, Wang Qiong was also afraid of forcing the eunuch too hard, so she walked over and explained, "These cannons are flowering cannons!"

"Break your mother's flowers! Go out with a big iron ball, and you will be a fool if you are a tartar? Waiting for you to smash it? No wonder the Ming Dynasty's frontier army is weak! The imperial court raised you bastards, and I want to boil you Already! Try to see if your meat is sour!"

(End of this chapter)