Hunan is a very magical place, 40 years ago, Wu Sangui sent troops to Changde, Changsha, Lizhou and Yuezhou in Hunan, while the Qing army gathered in Jingzhou, Wuchang and Yichang, but did not dare to cross the river.

At that time, Wu Sangui could be said to be full of ambition, it was April of the fifteenth year of Kangxi, the war continued to expand, Sun Yanling rebelled in Guangxi, Geng Jingzhong rebelled in Fujian, and Sichuan had Rosen, Zheng Jiaolin, and Wu Zhimao's rebellion. Of course, Taiwan's Zheng Jing also took the opportunity to cross the sea to march into Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong, and even Wang Fuchen, the governor of Shaanxi, also rebelled against Ningqiang and killed Shaanxi Jingluo Moluo, and the Qing court at that time could be described as shaky.

But in just two years, the Qing army and the Wu army repeatedly strangled in Hunan, and the situation finally changed, Wang Fuchen was defeated and surrendered to Pingliang, Geng Jingzhong suffered from the enemy, and hastily withdrew his troops to surrender, and later Shang Zhixin also surrendered.

Hunan has also become the place where Wu Sangui's final dream was broken, in the seventeenth year of Kangxi, when Wu Sangui was seventy-four years old, he was called the emperor in Hengzhou, and the country was called Da Zhou. And at this time, Wu Sangui's title to the emperor is more like a compromise of fate, even if it is just to be an emperor for a day?

Ning Yu is now in this position of Wu Sangui at that time, if he can enter, then there will be a wide sea and sky, if he retreats, I am afraid that there will be no place to die.

Heaven is a furnace, and people are ants. Even if he is a high-ranking emperor, he is vulnerable in the face of the general trend.

Therefore, for Ning Yu, what he has to do is to break the momentum created by Kangxi, first seek to level Hunan, and then enter Jiangxi eastward, forcing the Qing army to return to Jiangnan, and at that time, the general trend will be in his own hands. In order to do this, Ning Yu understood that what he needed to face was 20,000 Qing troops.

On May 24, after six days of long travel, the 8,000 men and horses led by Ning Yu finally arrived at the city of Changsha, and after a simple rest, they immediately launched an attack on the city. There were not many Qing troops in Changsha City, and after just a few shells, the people inside opened the city gate and surrendered.

Because Ningyu's soldiers and horses were indeed closer, coupled with the faster marching efficiency and speed of the Fu Han army, they seized the opportunity to capture Changsha. And the 40,000 taels of Guangqing troops only arrived in Zhuzhou, and they could only sit and watch Changsha be occupied.

On May 25, Ning Zhongyi's second division arrived in Ningxiang, which was only a day's distance from Changsha, which made Ningyu extremely excited, because with two main divisions, it was not difficult to fight the 40,000 Qing troops on the opposite side. Because in terms of the strength of artillery fire, there is simply not too much disparity, the two main divisions of the Fu Han Army each have two artillery regiments, with a total of 120 cannons, plus some artillery pieces of each regiment, all the artillery fire adds up to nearly 200 guns.

As for the Qing army on the other side, because it was a green battalion and poorly equipped, in addition to the 6,000 bird spearmen, the sub-mother cannon and the Weiyuan cannon combined were only about 100 guns, and the quality was even more different, completely incomparable. This is also the reason why Ning Yu dared to fight a big battle under Changsha City.

However, before the war, Ning Yu needed to summarize the battle of Yuezhou, the first point was the construction of the intelligence system, strictly speaking, this time Ning Yu was lucky, so he seized the opportunity to set up an ambush, so that this battle was fought more beautifully. However, war cannot be left to chance every time, and professional intelligence agencies for military systems need to be further improved.

At present, the changes in the size of the Qing army and the military situation are all handled by the shadows, so there will be a problem, many intelligence transmission on the battlefield is not timely enough, and there will be many omissions, resulting in a gap in the intelligence work, so Ningyu urgently needs to set up a separate military intelligence department to fill this part of the military intelligence work.

Today's shadow architecture is Ning Yu's imitation of the intelligence department of later generations, mainly single-line, multi-line parallel, so that as long as the person who controls the bus does not have an accident, then the loss of a single line will not affect the life and death of the entire shadow. At present, the general person in charge of the shadow is naturally Ning Yu, and there are some heads of branches below.

Ning Yu directly transferred Ning Qianqiu out of the shadows, and together with a group of capable generals from the original shadows, they began to prepare for the establishment of a new military intelligence department, which will be directly subordinate to the General Staff Office and directly responsible to the General Staff Department. At that time, the Military Intelligence Department will be responsible for battlefield intelligence reconnaissance and collection, and will also coordinate the construction of the entire battlefield intelligence system.

At this point, Ning Yu's adjustment of intelligence work was initially completed, and two intelligence departments were established, namely the shadow and the military intelligence department. The shadow is mainly responsible for the intelligence of internal and external personnel, as well as the placement and distribution of all secret agents, as for the military intelligence department, it is specifically responsible for battlefield intelligence spying and collection, and the new shadow will also be undertaken by Ning Luoyuan, another junior of the Ning family.

After all this was completed, the Qing army also arrived at the foot of Changsha at this time, and Ning Zhongyi's second division was also stationed on Yuelu Mountain at this time, forming a defensive momentum. The war was about to break out, but Ning Yu's heart was peaceful.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Qing army was not ready to attack, Ning Yu quietly came to Yuelu Mountain with the personal guard battalion at night, not only to inspect the position, but also to communicate with Ning Zhongyi about tactics.

At night, the Yuelu Mountain looks very quiet, and the slightly moist river breeze blows on people's faces, as if it is gentle care. Ning Yu wrapped his windbreaker tightly and walked in the mountains with Ning Zhongyi, followed by more than ten guards, flickering under the shroud of the night.

Ning Yu sighed slightly, looked at the fourth uncle, who had always been taciturn, and spit out his heartfelt words, "Since I started the army last year, I haven't talked to a few uncles, I wonder if the uncles have ever blamed their nephews in their hearts?" ”

In the final analysis, since the Ning family started the army, there have been seven or eight children of the Ning family who have sacrificed, although there are collateral children among these people, but there are also direct relatives, and the reason why the current result has occurred is at least half of the reason why Ning Yu has now.

Ning Zhongyi smiled, he looked at his proud nephew with a look of relief, "The Ning family has contributed to this day, as for the blame, it is a child's words, how can this Qing court treat us and other Han people as human beings?" Even if you are this green camp officer, how can you ever be happy? ”

"Now that the Ning family has won many battles, when we finish this battle, the second brother should also be called a king, this is the glory that my Ning family has not had for many years? Even if our ancestors knew, they would not blame us descendants. ”

Ning Yu laughed, swept the gloom on his face, and said with a smile: "If you want to come to the mountain, the Qing army will not be able to build a position by our army, I am afraid that it will launch an attack on the mountain, and the fourth uncle will have a good plan at that time?" ”

Ning Zhongyi narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the Qing army under the mountain, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, obviously a little disdainful. But it's no wonder that after many battles, this brave and slightly less intelligent general has finally become as old and spicy as Ning Zhongyuan.

"If it's a mountain, I'll give them a little color."