Since Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Pou Nu Army, returned to Pou Nu City, he has been worried. Although he has gained a lot of money this time, he cannot hide the embarrassing situation of the Pou Nu Army facing three sides of siege. In his strategic concept, he defeated the Jurchens at one time, which was daydreaming. After all, the Jurchens occupied a large strategic depth in Liaodong and had a great room for maneuver. If his main force of Jurchens could not be eliminated, with the Jurchens' strong survival ability, it would not take long to cause permanent damage to the Han people.

Since Zhang Ping'an focused on the Jurchens as the target of extermination, he had to try his best to pull out the cancer from the root. Therefore, as the commander of the first army, he had to let everyone support his will to war with all his heart. As long as the destroyer army was united, the war on the Jurchens could last to the end. In Zhang Ping'an's mind, the Jurchen nation caused too much damage to the Han nation in history and could not easily let go of their living space. Assimilation of the Jurchen nation took hundreds of years, Zhang Ping'an, who was extremely heartless, felt that he was not so patient.

Originally, the Donglin officials from the Ming Dynasty who were exiled to Ponucheng had a lot of complaints about Ponu Bo's failure to comply with the people's strength and launching wars every year, but Zhang Ping'an said: The Liaodong border army in the Ming Dynasty was incompetent, and the Ponu army attacked the Liaodong Jurchens to defend the country. Such a clear and righteous reason and high-sounding reason made everyone in Ponucheng lose their voices of opposition.

Without any opposition, Zhang Dashuai locked himself in the war room and looked at the map, waiting for news from Wang Hua and the others when he went out of the Jurchen land.

Until a few days ago, when Wang Hua and his friends returned to Ponu City, the first thing Zhang did was to ask the General Staff to integrate the map, and then inquired in detail about the mountains and rivers of the mission's route. So, the important matters such as tribute to the court were handled by Lu Xiangsheng, the Tongzhi of Xuanwei. Therefore, Zhang's memorial to the court was a few days later than Lu Xiangsheng's memorial.

But Marshal Zhang's approach of exposing his strategic intentions in combat was opposed by all the senior officials of the Po Slave Army. Even Gu Xin, the chief of staff of the Po Slave Army who had been following Zhang, could not stand it anymore. He rushed into the room and asked angrily: "Master, why did you submit memorials to report the entire plan of the Po Slave Army? You have also said that the Ming Dynasty court is just a leak. Once the Jurchens have carefully learned about my Po Slave Army's plans, how many brothers will be killed in battle?"

When Gu Xin questioned Zhang Dashen, Lu Xiangsheng and Qu Guoyezheng came to the war room at the same time. They thought in their hearts the same as Gu Xin, and they were both suspicious of Zhang Dashen's approach. Since Gu Xin had questioned, they also wanted to hear Zhang Dashen's explanation. However, after hearing Gu Xin's questioning, Zhang Dashen rolled his eyes at Gu Xin lazily on the free chair. Then he saw Lu Xiangsheng and Qu Guozheng, he lazily raised his hand and pointed to the door open, indicating that the door was closed. Qu Guozheng quickly closed the door, and Hao Yidao was guarding outside the door, so they were not afraid of anyone coming to eavesdrop.

After the door closed, Zhang Ping'an slowly picked up the tea bowl and savored the fragrance of green tea. He replied with a proud tone: "I will ask you a question first. I said I would fight the Jurchens in the Korqin grassland and arrange doubters in the northern part of Guangning. At the beginning of next year, I sent my personal military camp to the Korqin front line, but the heavy troops of the Possess Army were still gathered on the Guangning front line. Where do you think I will fight?"

Zhang Dashuai's assumption also confused the three people who knew his strategic goals. Seeing that the three people in the room were confused, Zhang Ping'an became even more proud. He got up and walked to the desk to open the drawer. Gu Xin and the others thought that Zhang Dashuai would use some confidential manuscripts to explain to them. However, Zhang Ping'an took out a small and exquisite cowhide bag, took out a pair of exquisite small scissors from it, returned to the chair, sat cross-legged again, and trimmed his fingernails carefully.

"You are all confused, why don't the old Jurchen slaves be even more confused? I've been teaching you a long time ago, and I have to consider the other party's position in planning major issues. In the past, my plan to fight against the Jurchen Tatars was the most used strategy to hide the truth and show the false. This time, let's change the idea to show the truth and show the false. Let's wait a few days to see. The Ming Dynasty court will definitely guess that my attack on the Korqin grassland was a fake attack. This time I want the real purpose to be in the clear place, and exhaust those Jurchen Tatars to death!"

At this point, Lu Xiangsheng and the others knew what Zhang Dashen thought. In their opinion, Zhang Dashen is worthy of being a fox wolf on the grassland, and is cunning in wars than ordinary people. Even the senior executives of the Ponu Army who knew the inside story could not see through his true intentions of fighting. Zhang Ping'an's memorial to the Ming Dynasty court would definitely be discovered by the Jurchen Tatars in the capital. Zhang Dashen's superb plan made them full of confidence in the war next year. In Zhang Dashen's plan, the Tianxiong Camp under the command of Lu Xiangsheng was still the main force guarding Ponu City. Although Lu Xiangsheng was a little dissatisfied, Zhang Dashen rescued a large number of Donglin officials and their relatives, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel embarrassed to put forward the conditions for going to the front line.

But it is not enough to station the Ponucheng, just him, Tianxiong Camp, so Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Master! You ask my Tianxiong Camp to defend the Ponucheng. If only my battalion of troops are afraid of insufficient troops!"

"We have to worry about Jian Douxiu. At that time, Zhang Tong, Liu Qingshan, Zuo Erya and other troops will be stationed with you in the Ponucheng area, and Zhenhu Fort will be left to Wang Hua to command. In addition, Pang Guang's troops, the Ponucheng defense is basically no problem. This matter is not urgent. Anyway, my Ponucheng will have to wait until the beginning of autumn next year. I have to think about adding a few more tricks for the old slaves so that they can firmly decide that the Ponucheng's main attack target is Guangning!"

Just as the Ponu Army was preparing for war, the sixth year of the Tianqi period came. Zhang Ping'an, who was not interested in the New Year, not only worshiped the hero's tombs as usual, but also invited the families of heroes. As for the family banquet in Ponu City, it was also spared because of Zhang Dashuai's bad mood.

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Unlike the demi-slave Bo Zhang Ping'an who was upset to celebrate the Spring Festival, Zhu Zhengshan, the head of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, lived a very comfortable life. Since Yuan Yongfu became Zhu Zhengshan's confidant, Zhu Zhengshan always gave Yuan Yongfu a good job to make a fortune. So much so that Yuan Yongfu began to plan to build an old house. Although neighbors and neighbors spread their love for Yuan Yao and Zhu Zhengshan, Yuan Yongfu thought it was a lie compiled out of jealousy by outsiders. As the rumors became more and more serious, Yuan Yongfu was also a little uneasy.

There are detailed terms for affair in the "Da Ming Law", that is, to capture the offender and take the double. The crimes of Zhu Zhengshan and Yuan Yao cannot be determined based on rumors alone. It was not until March of the sixth year of Tianqi that Yuan Yongfu followed Yuan Yao and came to Zhu Zhengshan in the courtyard of the outside house of Shijia Hutong in the Fangnan, Xuannan, and finally discovered the affair between Zhu Zhengshan and Yuan Yao. As Zhu Zhengshan expected, even if Yuan Yongfu discovered his affair with Yuan Yao, Yuan Yongfu, who was weak by nature, did not dare to make the affair public.

Zhu Zhengshan's servant Zhu Jiafu discovered that Yuan Yongfu was following Yuan Yao's family several times, and he only dared to sigh and cry from afar. After Zhu Zhengshan received this news, he went from worrying at the beginning to becoming more and more courageous. Because Zhu Zhengshan often went to Wang Gong Factory to check the number of people, he bought another yard on Yuanhong Temple Street, west of Wang Gong Factory for the convenience of having an affair. By early April of the sixth year of Tianqi, Zhu Zhengshan became even more serious. Every time he had an affair with Yuan Yao, as long as Yuan Yongfu was on duty in the Ministry of War, Zhu Zhengshan would go to Yuanhong Temple Street to have a secret meeting with Yuan Yao.

As the saying goes, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious. Even if Yuan Yongfu is weak, he cannot stand the shame of being a cuckold. When his colleague, who is also a clerk in the Ministry of War, had an argument with Yuan Yongfu over trivial matters, he exposed Yuan Yongfu's heart scar on the spot. The ridicule of his colleagues made Yuan Yongfu lose all his thoughts. No matter how much money Zhu Zhengshan gave him, he could not make up for the shame he suffered. Although Yuan Yongfu looked unhappy when he returned home, Yuan Yao, who was in the whirlpool of lust, did not notice the change in his husband's face at all. Seeing his wife's distracted look, Yuan Yongfu's last thought was shattered. At this time, Yuan Yongfu's biggest wish was to kill the adulterer, and even if he lost his life, he would be willing to sacrifice his life.

On the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Yongfu, who was on duty, came to the yamen and made a mistake in his busy work and broke the document. Zhu Zhengshan scolded him in person. Yuan Yongfu's repressed anger finally erupted for many days. He walked back to the office with a blue face and waited for Zhu Zhengshan to leave. He knew that Zhu Zhengshan was going to Wang Gongchang to check* today, and he was going to die with Zhu Zhengshan and Yuan Yao in Wang Gongchang. Yuan Yongfu, who was a clerk in the Ministry of War, knew the power of the explosion. Today, Yuan Yao started to dress up before he left the house. There was no need to guess that he must have gone to Yuanhong Temple Street to secretly meet her adulterer Zhu Zhengshan.

After Zhu Zhengshan went out to get into the sedan chair, Yuan Yongfu also left the War Department's yamen with shit escape. He first went out to buy a fire break, and then followed Zhu Zhengshan's sedan chair from afar. Unexpectedly, his follow-up action was seen by Zhu Jiafu, who was a little later. Zhu Jiafu knew that his master was going to have sex with Yuan Yao's family today. Zhu Jiafu bypassed another street and ran to chase Zhu Zhengshan. After hearing about Yuan Yongfu's stalking, Zhu Zhengshan had a bad premonition. He hurriedly ordered Zhu Jiafu to inform Yuan Yao's family to go to the outside house of Shijia Hutong in Xuannanfang.

As soon as Zhu Zhengshan arrived at Wang Gongchang, he arranged his sedan to the back door. Yuan Yongfu did not find this abnormality because he was too far apart. But all this happened to be the Investigation Office Office of the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy, and the Investigation Office Operation Team, which rode a horse to carry goods, saw General Zhan Youcai in his eyes. He noticed clues from Zhu Zhengshan's panic expression and the resentment in Yuan Yongfu's eyes a little far away. But today is the day when the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy envoy in Zhangjiazhuang outside Xizhimen. Zhan Youcai could not delay the official business for Zhu Zhengshan's flower affairs. He planned to report all he saw in Zhangjiazhuang to his Shangguan Chu Tianshou.
Chapter completed!