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Chapter 171: The Prairie Fire (4)

The effort was not long, so Zhou Wei led Xu Yian, Qu Guozheng and Lu Deyin to Zhang Ping'an's study. Zhang Dashuai, who was not in a turbulent face, was concentrating on playing with the two short knives in the desk.

Zhang Ping'an said to Zhou Wei seriously: "Mr. Zhou Qian, you go back first! I will give you an explanation!"

Zhou Wei lowered her head and just went out when she heard Zhang Ping'an shouting to the door: "Military law!"

Zhang Ping'an immediately closed the table and criticized Ru Deyin with a smile: "Brother, I beg you! When is it now? Your wife is still here to cause trouble for me! You go back and educate her well. Before the battle is over, she is not allowed to mix the affairs of the family into the main business! Okay, you can do your business!"

After seeing off Lu Deyin, Zhang Ping'an returned to his seat. He pointed to Gu Xin's teapot and signaled Gu Xin to pour milk tea for everyone.

After drinking a few sips of milk tea, Zhang Ping'an swept his gloomy eyes at Xu Yian and Qu Guozheng. The two of them were already nervous and even more panicked.

"Two, did the show that night look good?"

Zhang Dashuai’s question pointed out the theme of this small meeting. Before the meeting, they guessed that Dashuai was going to ask Lu Zhengwen about what he wanted to ask about Zhou Wei’s eyes.

Qu Guozheng is better, he has nothing to do with this matter. Xu Yian is a little nervous, he has the most ties with this matter. Not to mention that Zhao Hucheng is his person, he has not taken on this job personally, which has already made Mr. Zhang quite unhappy. It seems that Mr. Zhang has a view on him.

So Xu Yian tried to take the initiative, and he replied carefully: "Master, I brought people that night to provide secret protection for Zhao Hucheng, so..."

"Oh, you don't do anything, but the more you say it, the more you speak, the more beautiful you become! Tell me how you protected Zhao Hucheng. How long has the Po Slave Army been established? You all want to be good people, and I will do the bad people alone. Deputy Commander Xu, tell me who turned the secret action into the open action."

Zhang Ping'an's cold tone made Xu Yian even more nervous. He understood that Marshal Zhang was extremely dissatisfied with the public disclosure of this matter. For this reason, he was demoted from the position of commander.

The army of Po Nu was most afraid of Mr. Zhang in this cold tone. Mr. Zhang's signature tone indicates that someone would turn around for this.

"Master! This is my responsibility. Please give me three days. I must investigate this matter clearly and give Lu Ruge an explanation!"

Xu Yian's attitude of not avoiding problems and being brave enough to take responsibility satisfies Zhang Ping'an. He believes that Xu Yian will make up a reason for the past as he said, providing a step for reconciliation between him and Ruge.

"Master, I will definitely cooperate with Commander Xu to complete the inspection!"

Qu Guozheng's statement angered Marshal Zhang. He threw the tea bowl onto the desk: "Everyone checks, have I asked you to cooperate with him?"

The tea bowl rolling on the table immediately made Qu Guozheng understand where he was wrong. Mr. Zhang warned him in front of Xu Yian. His personal military camp intelligence department was not Xu Yian's subordinate, but his subject was Zhang.

"Master, I know my position is wrong!"

Zhang Ping'an nodded, got up and walked towards the window, looking thoughtfully at the blue lake water east of the window.

"There are more than twenty days left, and the * will be placed. According to the plan, I will lead the troops and go out to the east for military exercises. Zhang Li's troops will not leave a single person in the direction of Dingnu City and Baishan Command Post. The inspection team takes over the security here, and Chen Pear is responsible for the arrangement. This is the focus of your responsibilities. You and Gu Xin will sort out the plan again, and you must not make any mistakes. Lu Zhengwen's affairs are nothing! I don't have time to think about these messy things!"

When Zhang Dashen swears, Xu Yian and Qu Guozheng both breathe a sigh of relief. Zhang Dashen told them to arrest the big and let the small, and just let Lu Ruge have an explanation.

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After the autumn, the sky was blue and clouds were clear. On the Forbidden City platform, the ministers held court discussions on the memorials for help sent by Zhang Ping'an, the envoy of the Ponucheng Xuanwei, and Lu Xiangsheng, the assistant of the Ponucheng.

Not surprisingly, Zhang Ping'an's memorial, his tears made the Ming court doubt whether Ponucheng could survive. He completely ignored Lu Xiangsheng's memorial to send troops without any dispute.

Everyone turned their attention to Sun Chengzong, the cabinet master who was in charge of military affairs, but Sun Chengzong didn't say a word at this time. He just waited for the emperor's ruling.

"Against another discussion!" Emperor Tianqi put an end to this matter with a sentence.

When Sun Chengzong returned home, he changed into a loose cloth robe, sat on the free chair given by the little fox, put on glasses, picked up the memorials and copy of Zhang Ping'an and Lu Xiangsheng, and studied them again.

He found a problem from the original memorial of Lu Xiangsheng. Sun Chengzong, who was well versed in calligraphy, could tell at a glance that Lu Xiangsheng's memorial was copied by someone imitating his handwriting. He cut off the head and ended, and there were many key things missing.

You don’t need to guess that bad boy Zhang Ping'an did. Why did he do this? This is also a problem that Sun Chengzong didn’t understand. He recalled the scenes of dealing with Zhang Ping'an again, and gradually he had a glimpse of his eyes.

Sun Chengzong thought about the problem from the perspective of the little fox. Zhang Ping'an impressed him too deeply. This bad boy once said that he never bases his hope on the opponent's vain mistakes.

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng mentioned in his letter earlier that Zhang Ping'an was preparing to grant an imperial edict to be the wife of all the senior executives of Ponu City next year. Although he was still ridiculing Zhang Ping'an's ignorance at the beginning.

Then I guessed that Zhang Ping'an's declaration of confidence in defeating a strong enemy. It seems that the little fox is planning for the future.

Thinking of this, Sun Chengzong felt depressed and he was not as optimistic as Zhang Ping'an. Judging from the spies sent by the Jinyiwei, the Jurchen army that attacked the slave city had been formed. Forty-sixty-one thousand Ming traitors, 130,000 followers, Aha; 230,000 Mongolian cavalry; and 120,000 Jurchen main force.

When the Jurchen attacked the Pou Nucheng, the number of soldiers reached a terrifying number of more than 700,000. Adding to the slaves accompanying the army, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are millions. If we include the left-behind Jurchen troops, the number of people participating in the war is greater than the total population of Pou Nucheng.

In the Mongolian Lindan Khan, the troops were more than those of the Jurchens. The Jinyiwei stationed in the Chijin Mongolian Guards and tortured the captured Mongolians and learned that the Mongolians had its own main force of Lindan Khan.

In addition to the Mongolian tribes in the south of the eight deserts and other Mongolian tribes, the number of war soldiers exceeded 810,000. The more than 500,000 people they plundered from the Ming Dynasty became slaves to transport materials for the Mongolian army. If women, children, elderly and weak, more than 2 million people in the total population of Lin Dankhan of Mongolia could participate in this battle.

All the men of the Pou Nu Army and Pou Nu Army, including the newly joined refugees, will not exceed 500,000. Excluding the old and weak, there are about 300,000 men available.

The number of soldiers in the Pou Nu Army will not be higher than 150,000, or even less. This indicates that a soldier in the Pou Nu Army will face ten to twenty people. Can this battle be won?

Sun Chengzong sighed secretly: Bad boy! Bad boy! No matter how well you are prepared, you will never see the flowers blooming next year!

Then he thought of this year's imperial examination. Song Yingxing, a juren from Jiangxi, mentioned by Zhang Ping'an, had already failed. In order to achieve his last wish, Sun Chengzong was shameless and went to ask the emperor. Unexpectedly, the emperor was grateful to Zhang Ping'an and issued an order. He gave Song Yingxing the last place in the third place and was given the same Jinshi.
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