Chapter 170: Prairie Fire (3)
In the direction of the Ponucheng Defense Group, Yu Guangcai's unit was appointed as the deputy commander of Pingrong City, Qi Heng, and Yu Guangcai's unit was expanded to 13,000 people. The unit was equipped with 150 crossbows and 10,000 shells; 6,000 new muskets; 20,000 defense was used.
The defense of Ponu City has already been Chen Po's unit, Lu Xiangsheng's unit, and Wu Tianxing's unit are the main force. Zhu Youqian led the teaching team of one of the personal barracks, 2,600 people to Xu Yi'an, Xu Yi'an's inspectors, and 4,000 young and strong men, plus the newly trained young and strong men; for the reserve team of Ponu City.
Chen Poe, Lu Xiangsheng, and Wu Tianxing each had 6,000 and a half soldiers who were transformed into war, as a supplement for the loss of war soldiers during wartime. According to Chen Poe's plan, he fought and trained.
Zhang Han, the General Staff Officer, cooperated with Chen Peng to allocate the soldiers of the Jinlang Camp during the war. Chen Liang was responsible for the comprehensive civil dispatch of the Pou Nucheng during the war.
At the meeting, Zhang Ping'an made a pleading to write a memorial to the Ming Dynasty court, begging the court to send troops to jointly wipe out the Jurchen Tartars.
Lu Xiangsheng, who attended the meeting, had a slightly changed face when he heard this. He roughly guessed that Marshal Zhang’s plan. Zhang Ping'an obviously knew that the Ming Dynasty would not send troops this time, so he took this opportunity to use the memorial to block the court’s plan to send troops in the future.
Lu Xiangsheng, who fully knew the strategic intentions of the Ponu Army, had a very good understanding of the military preparations of the Ponu Army. As Zhang Ping'an said, the more fully prepared, the more initiative he has on the battlefield.
The Pou Slave Army is now armed to the teeth. It is said that Marshal Zhang also has a secret weapon specifically for dealing with the Jurchen Tartars. Lu Xiangsheng believes that the Pou Slave Army will be able to fight against the Jurchen and Mongolian Tartars.
This winter battle is actually a logistical battle. The food stored by the slave army is not counted as the food in the hands of the people. It has been three million stones, and there is absolutely no problem for two years to persist.
The army of Lindan Khan of Mongolia was the weakest in terms of food. If the Mongolian Tatars could not conquer Ponucheng before the spring of next year, they could only withdraw their troops.
The Jurchen Nurhaci coalition forces will definitely be under great pressure to deal with the Po Slave Army alone. Their food can last until the summer of next year. Without food, the Jurchen army can only withdraw. Lu Xiangsheng vaguely guessed that he could think of these things, and Marshal Zhang could definitely think of them too.
When Lu Xiangsheng thought of this, he decided to give a memorial to explain the powerful relationship. He lamented the strategic short-sightedness of the Ming court.
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Not long after the military meeting was held, Zhang Dashen finished his lecture and announced that the leaders of the various departments would return to the camp. So Zhang Ping'an returned to the highest floor of the White Command Post, his combat room study.
From the conference room downstairs and climbing over the curved stairs, Zhang Ping'an walked through the corridor, pushed open the middle door, and walked into the wartime war room study.
He walked around the huge desk, sat on a wide soft chair, and stroked the smooth tabletop. This was a desk specially designed for him by Li Tie.
Zhang Ping'an easily pushed the movable table with five feet long, five feet wide, three inches thick upwards, and secretly praised Li Tie's skillful hands. This century-old pine table has 40 or 50 kilograms. After Li Tie added the mechanism, his small body was effortless to push. The five-tooth clip can be adjusted at will according to needs.
The nine more exquisitely arranged hand guns under the table gave Zhang Ping'an a sense of security. This was a special hand gun specially made by Wang Ermu for him, a two-foot pine wood gun body, two-foot and a half-sized steel barrel, and he carefully observed the barrel with the help of the sunlight from the window.
The uniform rifle indicates that the pistol has good accuracy. He returned to his desk and opened one of the pistols from the fifty-packed bullet boxes next to the pistol. Twenty rounds of fixed-loaded special pistol bullets came into view.
Zhang Ping'an took out a thick cigar-shaped paper tube, and with a little force on his left thumb, the wax sealing column head clicked, revealing the launch * wrapped in white nitrogen silk. This is the entire bullet connected to the warhead.
He immediately pulled out the open strip on the pistol with his right hand and compacted the bullet without much force. He then pressed open the other side of the paper tube with his left thumb, and gently knocked at the pistol seat, so that it was installed in place.
Zhang Ping'an took another hand gun and inserted it around his waist, grabbed a box of bullets, and shouted at the door: "Notify! I want to try the hand gun!"
After saying that, he walked to the end of the corridor, and the personal soldiers standing guard immediately opened the iron door for him. Zhang Ping'an shot ten consecutively at different distances on the platform. He found that the gun was the highest accuracy within ten feet and had an effective range of about twenty feet.
When he was getting angry with guns, he accidentally saw Ru Deyin and his young wife Zhou Wei, looking at him anxiously. Zhang Ping did not see them and continued to use the bullets to practice guns. He knew that the two of them came to ask for an explanation for Lu Ruge, so he was ready to deal with the matter in a cold manner.
Zhou Wei is worthy of being Lu Ruge's hardcore best friend. She saw Zhang Ping'an clearly saw them, but pretended not to see them. She didn't make a fuss. Zhou Wei twisted Lu Deyin's arm and Lu Deyin's wail made Zhang Ping unable to install it.
Zhang Ping'an's muzzle shot into the sky, and he joked: "You are just a bad boy! How painful will it be if your brother and sister hit you? I said, "You are brother and sister, so are you. You have to flirt with each other and go home and close the door to play. How bad the impact is in public!"
"Brother, why don't you keep your word?" Zhou Wei's questioning made Zhang Ping'an's face suddenly become cold.
"What's wrong! Am I betrayed the Slave Army or oppressed the people! Since you call me elder brother, I'll ask you, why am I not keeping my word?"
Zhang Ping'an's answer actually buried a pit for Zhou Wei. He first stood in the perspective of justice and resolved Zhou Wei's argument for Lu Zhengwen. Lu Zhengwen was a traitor, which was a foregone conclusion. His light words made Zhou Wei blush.
Zhou Wei hated the Tartars, because it was the Tartars who seized her chastity and almost killed her. If Zhang Ping'an, Rudeyin and the Jurchen Tartars hadn't tried hard to save her, she wouldn't have lived to this day.
The clever Zhou Wei immediately understood the meaning of Zhang Ping'an's words. She murmured for a long time before she felt weak and said, "You promised Sister Ruge not to kill her third uncle! Why...?"
"Oh, Lu Zhengwen is dead? What a good thing! Why did he die? You won't drink arsenic again? Isn't he claiming to be poisoned in Ponucheng?" Zhang Ping'an raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Zhou Wei calmly.
"Brother, stop pretending! The Pou Nu City has spread all over the place. Zhao Hucheng held your gold medal and suffocated Ruge's third uncle with mulberry paper. Sister Ruge is crying all day long!"
When Zhang Ping'an heard this, he felt unhappy. He carried out a secret operation and even the details were spread throughout the city. It seems that some people have a weak sense of confidentiality, so it is time to take this opportunity to educate everyone.
So he ordered Zhou Wei: "I'm talking about this matter, my brother and sister are very ill. I'll give you an explanation today! You go and get Yi'an and Guozheng to my study. I'll inform Gu Xin that he was in Ponu City for this period. Anyway, they're all here for a meeting today, and I probably haven't left yet. I'll wait for you in the study!"
After saying that, Zhang Ping'an turned around and left. Now Lu Deyin complained to Zhou Wei a little: "I'll tell you, don't worry about this matter. You don't listen. Look at my elder brother's eyes, he's going to kill someone again!"
Zhou Wei finally reacted and asked anxiously: "Who are you going to kill with your brother? It's not Sister Ruge!"
"It shouldn't be Sister Ruge. You got annoyed Sister Ruge today!"
"What should I do! What should I do! Deyin, you have to think of a solution. Sister Ruge doesn't know what I'm going to help her stand up. Woooooo, what should I do!"
Seeing his wife's crying, Ru Deyin felt soft and quickly comforted: "It's okay, I'm still there! Do it first according to my elder brother's order. If anyone dares to cause trouble for Sister Ruge, I will stabilize them first. Then I will plead with my elder brother!"
Chapter completed!