Chapter 210 Million Siege        Occasional and Defensive Battle (I)

As the chief of staff, Gu Xin wanted to ask the specific time of using these props, and then he could determine what Marshal Zhang wanted to do. He didn't raise his head and stared at the record book and asked: "Mr. Da. The preparation time for these things is not short. You have to give me a deadline. This way my orders are easier to write."

Zhang Ping'an lay down and closed his eyes again: "Let them do their best, from at least ten days and half a month, and from at most twenty days. Just give Pang Guang the order according to the minimum number of days!"

Gu Xin shook his head and sang a counter-tune with Zhang Ping'an: "Master, you don't have enough time to give Pang Guang! It's impossible for you to finish so many things in twenty days. I don't expect that it will be possible to finish these things within three months."

Zhang Ping'an didn't want to bother with these things too much: "Let Pang Guang and the others do as much as possible. If it really doesn't work, we will think of other ways."

After saying that, Zhang Ping'an closed his eyes and entered a false sleep. Three moments later, Zhang Ping'an suddenly opened his eyes and half-sitted to look at the ceiling: "Issue an order to Zhang Li's inspector team: Look at my flag-speaking orders and ignite the bottom of the lake*. We still have two large pieces of * that are useless, so we can't waste it."

Gu Xin nodded and began to fill in the gaps for Zhang Ping'an's order, and suggested: "Master, the No. 1 auxiliary position of Baishan Command Post, is responsible for igniting the waters between Baishan and Zhennucheng. There must be no mistakes here. I suggest that when the Tartars attack, Zhang Tong's troops will immediately go out to protect the flanks of the No. 1 position."

Zhang Ping'an nodded and agreed to Gu Xin's suggestion. Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, he waved his hand to let Gu Xin and the others leave. Just as Gu Xin and the others arrived at the entrance of the study, Zhang Ping'an suddenly called Gu Xin and said, "Wait! Come back!"

When Gu Xin came back with a puzzled look, he saw Massac Zhang slap himself loudly: "Transfer to Chen Pang and Lu Xiangsheng, the Jurchen Tatars attacked the city when they attacked Lin Dankhan of Mongolia. Remember not to be careless. Tell them that before I defeat the Jurchen Tatars, don't expect Liu Chong's troops to support them. Well... Pang Guang's troops can be used. Don't use the reserve troops unless they have to! Remember! Remember!"

After saying that, Zhang Ping'an grabbed a leather jacket and covered her body, closed her eyes again, and soon there was a small snoring sound. Seeing this, Gu Xin smiled bitterly and tiptoed away with three female staff officers...

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The winter cold wind in Ponu City is still bitter, and small snowflakes are sparsely drifting in the sky. The city after the curfew is still busy, and there are Ponu Army inspectors guarding each intersection of Ponu City. The project to strengthen the reserve defense line of Ponu City is in full swing.

Lu Xiangsheng designed a backup plan and raised three city walls. In order to use the raised city wall as the foundation point, when the city wall on the north side of Ponucheng was broken, the street defense line of Ponucheng extended by the elevated city wall was carried out to carry out the final street battle preparations. Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Zheng both recognized Zhang Dashui's instructions on the key points of the defense of Ponucheng.

After the Mongolian army arrived at Ponu City, they focused their attack on the north side of Ponu City without conducting much inspection. What was different from Zhang Ping'an's original expectation was that the number of people stationed here by the Mongolian army was more than everyone else's surprise. The Mongolian coalition forces stationed nearly 300,000 people in this small place.

Mongolia obviously knew that the commander of the Slave Army was a vengeful person. Their preparation projects on the front line basically did not allow Ming slaves to participate. In addition to the miscellaneous items such as garrisoning and camping, the work that was tied up and siege ladders, which was related to their own safety was carried out by Mongolian soldiers. From these points of view, Zhang Damashu executed prisoners on a large scale in the war with Kundu Khan, which left a deep impression on the Mongols.

After dark, the general's mansion was warm and spring. Although thick sandbags were built around the general's mansion, seven people holding the hilt of the knife in one hand at the door were staring at the personal soldiers on the road in front of the general's mansion with a serious expression, staring at everyone passing by the general's mansion. Their serious expressions indicate the tense battle in Ponu City at the moment.

However, two women whispered in the warm bedroom of the Shuai Mansion. Lu Ruge and Zhou Wei were lying on the bed, wrapped in quilts, each worried about the safety of the men on the front line. Zhou Wei sighed in a short sigh: "Oh! Sister Ruge, do you think the eldest brother can win this battle?"

"Well! I'm worried about this. Don't look at Brother Ping'an always full of confidence in front of everyone, I guess that at most I can get a draw. As long as Pou Nucheng will not be defeated by the Mongolian Tartars, with Brother Ping'an's ability, the Jurchen Tartars may not be able to conquer Baishan. Sister, you are too impulsive! Otherwise, you and Deyin can meet frequently. It's not like now, you are talking about Deyin every day." Ruge criticized Zhou Wei tactfully. If you weren't too impatient, the Baishan Command Post wouldn't have had such a big deal.

Zhou Wei was a little dissatisfied with Ruge's complaints: "Sister, I just can't stand the vixen, and seduce the elder brother all day long. Humph! The Baishan command post is full of flattery, especially after the vixen successfully seduces the elder brother. Those female staff officers who think they are a little pretty have all started to think about being attracted to by the elder brother."

"My sister is gentle. Sister Athena Chu really likes Brother Ping'an. She used her life to block a fatal blow for Brother Ping'an. We can only thank her from the bottom of our hearts. Sister Athena Chu did good things for me and the young and old in Ponucheng. Moreover, she is my benefactor. Without Brother Ping'an, what's the point of living? So you must not complain about Sister Athena Chu. Besides, if Brother Ping'an knows this, with his means, you can have good fruits to eat? When Brother Ping'an was at home, he accidentally revealed that as long as they wait until the Mongolian and Jurchen troops had no food, it would be the time for them to withdraw."

Ruge is warning Zhou Wei that Athena Chu is also Zhang Ping'an's woman, and his life-saving benefactor. If Zhang Ping'an knows that Zhou Wei is still dissatisfied with Athena Chu, it will definitely make despicable measures and embarrass Zhou Wei very much. What's more, death is the most important thing. Athena Chu is dead, what else do you care about?

Perhaps Ruge felt that her words were a little heavy, she did not hear Zhou Wei's response, and then added: "Sister, we cannot compare with those innocent women in some places. In the eyes of the officials and the people of Ponu City, Zhang Dashuai and Deyin's official wife should have a clean life experience. My current status is also the result of Brother Ping'an taking self-decision regardless of the advice of those literati. If we don't cherish it..."

Ruge is warning Zhou Wei that we are all women who have been harmed by the Tartars. We are not perfect. If we annoy Zhang Ping'an because of this, there will be a lot of people who will give women to Zhang Ping'an or Lu Deyin.

"Sister..., this is my province. Are the women who have been harmed by the Tartars no longer human beings?"

Seeing that Zhou Wei knew the truth, but she was not convinced, Ruge was a little anxious: "Brother Ping An is not old, but his mind is beyond ordinary people. As long as I follow his temper, he will decide our affairs and generally will not change. Although De Yin is older than Hei An, what do you think De Yin's mind is? If Brother Ping An doesn't like you, he will definitely get to De Yin to marry other women. I would say how he can cure people? If you are rude again, jealousy will be one of the seven. How can I help you at that time?"

"Sister, don't put gilds on your man's face. What he says may not count! I read history books recently, and he...ah, his behavior is like Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, who was not the emperor, and he was so ignorant!"

Zhou Wei didn't finish her words, but she understood the meaning. Before Liu Bang became the emperor, he was a gangster in the underworld. He was cruel to outsiders and was particularly good to his brothers.

If Zhou Wei's words were obtained in the Ming Dynasty and the Jinyiwei knew about it, it would be necessary to kill the nine clans. But even if Zhang Ping'an wanted to be an emperor in the mountains of Ponu City, as long as he had enough strength, it would not be impossible. Ruge, who had read this history book, certainly understood what Zhou Wei was referring to. She also guessed that Zhou Wei was testing Zhang Ping'an's ambitions, so Ruge, who could not answer this question, just chose to default on this.

"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore! Go to bed earlier. We will go to Jinlang Camp tomorrow. Brother Ping'an said that we will show up frequently. Stabilizing the family is also a great achievement."

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In order to welcome the upcoming battle, Zhang Ping, the general of the Po Nu Army, fought at night. He and Zhang Tong and Liu Chong, who arrived at the Baishan command post, carefully studied every detail of the battle the next day.

He stood behind the desk in the study, poured milk tea for Liu Chong and Zhang Tong and asked Liu Chong: "How is it? When your team came over, there was no big noise!"

While taking off your helmet and gloves, Liu Chong took the milk tea handed over by the commander and took a sip to dispel the chill on his body. He answered confidently: "Master, don't worry, our army is a veteran, and a new soldier. After receiving your order, none of them fell behind and all went into the attack camp secretly. He squeezed with Deyin's troops. When I set off, I released five scouts. I didn't encounter any enemy situation, and only our army scouts. Our army entered the camp after dark, and there was no torch. The scouts of the Jurchen Taurus could not be detected."

After hearing this, Zhang Ping'an nodded, bowed forward slightly, and pointed to the gap between the Baishan command post of the map and the Dingnu City of Zhang Li's troops: "According to the statistical information of the staff Luo Tian, ​​I guess that the Jurchen Tartars ambushed an army in the north of Dingnu City. The number of people is roughly between 7,000 and 8,000. Due to the complex terrain restrictions there, this ambush cannot carry large siege weapons, and even weapons such as shields and chariots are impossible. I think they are just cannon fodder troops used by old slaves to harass the defenders of Dingnu City and test our army's tactics.

Your main force is equivalent to this unit, and it is as powerful as our army, and it cannot defeat this cannon fodder. Just wash the toilet for me! Remember me, attack on the large inclined surface. Be sure to open a gap on their flanks. You are familiar with this tactic, don’t embarrass me!”

After hearing this, Liu Chong smiled slightly and drew an attacking line with his fingers: "Master, I will attack the south of the enemy. As long as I open the gap, I will penetrate the enemy directly behind me and drive this cannon fodder to the attack camp. In this way, I will cover all the enemies. No one of them will go back!"

Although Liu Chong's tactics are very suitable for Zhang Ping'an's appetite, he was still a little worried: "Are you not afraid of the Tartars attacking from the east and hitting you from your flank?"

"The Grand Marshal is really hilarious. Here in the east of me, within the range of the crossbows of Dingnu City and Baishan Command Post. Even if the Tartars attacked my flank, how many could they rush out of the crossbows? The Tartars in this regard did not pose much threat to my flanks, let alone I have the ability to protect our flanks and not break through. Please rest assured about this, and you have to come and see you if you have any mistakes!"

When Zhang Ping'an saw Liu Chong's military order, he nodded with satisfaction. Liu Chong's battle plan was basically the same as him. So he waved his hand and asked Liu Chong to go back to prepare for tomorrow's war.
Chapter completed!