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Chapter 534: The Temple Calculation of the Prairie Jackal The Battle of Guangning (21)

Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Pool Army, came to the mountain temple and looked at the rolling smoke rising from the mountain temple twenty feet away. The very dark centipede suddenly felt hatred on his face. He bowed to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Shangshu, Lord Sun, the border army of the Ming Dynasty is majestic! This marquis buried the people who died in the battle of Guangning, but was actually humiliated. What is the law of heaven? This is how the Ming Dynasty official army treats the people who were abandoned by you? You are the quotes of the saints, and is Confucius teaching you to insult the people who die in this way?"

"Zhang Ping'an! Don't swear! How dare you, a kid, behave as a kid, behave as a kid? It's obvious that you are the first to be ahead, how dare you use a tomb for the tomb of the people? It's simply a disgrace. This official's heart of respecting teachers and defending the way can be seen!"

"The Master said: Restraining oneself and returning to rituals is benevolence. Since you have verbally claimed to be a disciple of a saint, my marquis was enthroned by the emperor and was the marquis of the Ming Dynasty. You are the fourth-rank soldiers who are prepared for the Tao. When you see this marquis, how can you know the rituals? The humiliation of this marquis is a child of breasts. What kind of defense do you do? Such a shameless villain can still shout in front of Lord Sun, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty. How dare you call yourself a subordinate of Confucius and Mencius!" Swearing is Zhang Ping'an's favorite thing, especially scolding Yuan Chonghuan, Zhang Ping'an's heart is full of joy.

Seeing that the situation became more and more furious, Sun Chengzong used his eyes to stop Yuan Chonghuan from fighting back, and bowed to Zhang Ping'an and said, "When the Liaodong border army was leading the Liaodong army to travel day and night, his body must be extremely tired, and there may be many misunderstandings in the words. You, Ning Yuan, are the current soldiers in Ning Yuan, and are also a well-read poet and book lover. You should treat the Ming Dynasty to the Ponuhou!

Yuan Chonghuan was scolded by Zhang Ping'an just now and had not yet returned the call. Sun Chengzong warned Yuan Chonghuan again, "You are now Ningyuan's current military service, and the position of the court to appoint you as the governor of Liaodong has not been issued. If you are willful this time, Sun Chengzong, as the Minister of War, is likely to oppose Yuan Chonghuan's appointment. Yuan Chonghuan's desire for a career suppressed his preservation face. Although he was extremely jealous of Zhang Ping'an, he had to salute Zhang Ping'an, the Ming Dynasty's slave-defeating marquis.

"Peace! I see this matter as a minor misunderstanding. If you are the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, you should have a magnanimous attitude towards the superiors. Looking at my face, what's going on?"

Sun Chengzong lowered his figure and communicated with Zhang Ping'an, as if he had received a response from Zhang Ping'an. Zhang Ping'an nodded and said calmly: "When the old man said this, Ping'an will give you a face. The beaten people and my auxiliary soldiers of the Slave Army were monetary and medicine. Ning Yuanbing Beidao can tell. How to burn the burned temples, you have to build them for me!"

Sun Chengzong also felt that it was not too much for Zhang Ping'an's compensation claims, but at this moment, Zhang Ping'an spoke again: "Oh, I only worshiped these heroic spirits a few days ago, but I didn't expect to worship again a few days later. After the newly built temple is completed in five days, Ningyuan's army must participate in the worship!"

Before Sun Chengzong could react, Yuan Chonghuan jumped up immediately: "Master Po Nu, don't bully people too much, don't think about letting me kneel down to these grass people! Do you also need to write a plaque on the tomb of the Yimin Tunge?"

Sun Chengzong was sad at this moment. Yuan Chonghuan's battle of wisdom was Zhang Ping'an's opponent. Zhang Ping'an was obviously digging a hole, so Yuan Chonghuan insisted on jumping in.

"Hey, this matter is interesting. I gave Lord Sun a face and didn't mention this. You will frame me! Ha... Hey... Hey! Lord Sun is here, let's take a look at when I wrote the tomb of Yimin. I clearly remember that it was written as the tomb of Yimin."

As soon as Zhang Ping'an's words fell, Sun Chengzong realized how deep the pit of the little fox Zhang Ping'an was dug. At this time, Zhang Ping'an proposed to see the scene. The fire had been burning for so long, and he could still tell a thing! Now you, Yuan Chonghuan, are you, the one who beat the people and the slave army, and the one who smashed the temple was also the Liaodong border army. The one who smashed the temple was the Liaodong border army. Sun Chengzong could guess with his eyes closed that Zhang Ping'an said so confidently that he must have touched the oil in advance on the plaque. Even if he wrote "Yimin Mausoleum", he was burned to ashes by the fire.

Sun Chengzong, who had been fighting with Zhang Ping'an for many years, knew that the little fox was meticulous. Once he set up a mystery, there were very few miscalculations, and the conflict between Yuan Chonghuan and the little fox could not be resolved at all. At this moment, the scheming Sun Chengzong suddenly realized that the little fox's plot was far beyond his imagination. As early as last year, when the little fox Zhang Ping'an fought against Nurhaci in the Hasensumu Grassland, he might have set up the game today. Not only did he plot against the Liaodong official army, but he also plotted against the Ming court, and even Emperor Tianqi had planned together.

The purpose of the little fox Zhang Ping'an doing this is to eliminate the political opponents of the Liaodong border army, especially the Ningyuan army who was extremely inconsistent with Zhang Ping'an, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to get rid of it quickly. Secondly, if the Liaodong border army could not defend Guangning, the importance of the slave army would be more prominent from another side. Thirdly, the Liaodong border army of the Ming Dynasty was directly pushed to the forefront of the war with the Jurchens. If the Ming border army was defeated, the little fox could take advantage of the momentum to force the Ming court to support the slave army. Moreover, Zhang Ping'an had long warned Sun Chengzong from time to time that Yuan Chonghuan was a snob and would use any means to climb to a high position.

In the past, Sun Chengzong scoffed at the warning of the little fox Zhang Ping'an. When the eunuch party gained power in the court, in order to flatter Wei Zhongxian, eunuch parties in the Ming Dynasty launched a major renovation of the sacred temple for Wei Zhongxian. In order to compete for the position of governor of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan took the lead in submitting the emperor to build the Wei Zhongxian temple in Ningyuan, which confirmed the correctness of Zhang Ping'an's prediction. Yuan Chonghuan's practice of losing the integrity of scholars made Sun Chengzong feel pain. Now, the only one who did not sell Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party in the Ming Dynasty was the power of the Possess Army, the external vassal force, and the officials of Donglin were completely suppressed by the eunuch party and had no chance to quit.

What's more, the Xuanwei envoy of the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy stationed in Beijing, under the instruction of Zhang Ping'an, not only used his military merits to force the eunuch party to rehabilitate Zou Yuanbiao, but also used this great victory against the Jurchens to force the court controlled by the eunuch party to release the detained Donglin officials. The Xuanwei envoy of the Ponucheng Xuanwei envoy was a small seventh-rank experience, Song Meixin, and became the hope of rescuing the Donglin party. All the Donglin officials understood that the Ponu army led by Zhang Ping'an, the Marquis of Ponu, was at the bottom of the victory of the Jurchen war, and they would be tortured to death in the Jinyiwei prison.

Sun Chengzong was silent and he was eager to think about countermeasures. The many practices of the little fox Zhang Ping'an made him, an old bureaucrat who had been struggling in the court for many years, unable to understand them. If you say that the little fox is a talented and strategic hero, Zhang Ping'an has a profound plan and can be a hero, but Zhang Ping'an regards wealth as his life and has an extremely cruel side in his personality. Judging from historical books, such people often do not do big things. The little fox not only protects the Donglin Party members, but also has many conflicts with the Yangzhou salt merchants, the biggest supporter of Donglin, which makes people always feel that the little fox Zhang Ping'an is full of evil spirits.

But now facing Zhang Ping'an, a little fox who is both righteous and evil, Sun Chengzong is also full of deep powerlessness. It seems that the little fox has been digging a lot in Guangning, and Sun Chengzong has to consider himself more. It is very likely that the little fox has also plotted against him this time. Sun Chengzong, who was forced to do nothing, could only mix with him. He respectfully bowed to Zhang Ping'an: "The enemy is in front of the great enemy. As the officials of the Ming Dynasty, we should serve the emperor and the court, so why are we entangled in this small matter? The people of Liaodong have been destroyed by the Jurchen Tartar slaves for a long time, and this time they have suffered unrestrained disasters. I will kneel down and bow to him after the rebuilding of the Yimin tomb!"

Sun Chengzong's statement was immediately approved by Zhang Ping'an. This Yiminzhong incident mainly gave Yuan Chonghuan a warning. Anyway, the big pit has been dug, so there is no need to beat him up. Since the old fox has made his statement, Zhang Ping'an replied: "The old man protects his subordinates like this, of course Ping'an has to give you this face! This time, the old man is the imperial envoy. This time, I should fight the final battle of the Guangning Campaign according to the arrangement of the imperial envoy!"

Zhang Ping'an finished his words and left. Gu Xin, the chief of staff of the Po Nu Army, immediately arranged for the Po Nu Army to withdraw from the encirclement of the Ming Dynasty's official army. However, before leaving, Gu Xin still brought the Guangning City to hand over the documents, asking Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan to sign on the spot, and perfected the Guangning handover procedures. Although Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he dared not not sign the document. When Sun Chengzong led the Ming border army into Guangning, he had to sigh at Zhang Ping'an's generousness. In addition to the bombed south wall, Guangning City's houses were basically intact.

Even the southern city walls that the Ponu Army bombed, the Ponu Army had made some repairs. The streets in Guangning were cleaned up by the Ponu Army. If it weren't for the remaining blood on the ground, there would be no bloody battles here. There was such a serious confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Ponu Army today. Of course, there would be no welcome banquets. Yuan Chonghuan would not have added Zhang Ping'an's feet to the Ponu Army camp. He immediately arranged for Guangning's defense. Since Yuan Chonghuan fully defected to the eunuch party, Sun Chengzong did not want to have too many interactions with Yuan Chonghuan. He led his servants to find a quiet courtyard to rest and prepare to urge the Ponu Army to take over Xiping Fort in the southeastern Guangning as soon as possible.

As soon as Zhang Ping'an returned to the tent, his face covered with clouds suddenly flashed with a relaxed and comfortable expression. The scout of the Pou Nu Army had already figured out all the enemy situation in Xiping Fort. The staff officers improved the combat map and the craftsmen of the military made twenty flying bridges, specially used for the attack of "decisive death" chariots. Zhang Ping'an heard that the flying bridge was completed, and came to the Sui Jun craftsmen's workshop. When Zhang Ping'an saw more than 30 flying bridges, his smile became stronger. The scout of the Pou Nu Army had already discovered that the moat of Xiping Fort was only two meters deep. The flying bridge made by the military craftsmen used the chassis of the four-wheeled box truck, and a wooden bridge of two and a half meters wide and five meters long was built on the chassis of the box truck. Thick wooden boards were used on both sides of the wooden bridge to form a one-foot-high guard plate, which could effectively prevent the "decisive death" chariot from sliding out of the bridge. (To be continued)
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