Chapter Eighty-Five: Zhangshu Town

After Qin Meng received the order, he quickly rode all the way south without much stop, and there were only four or five hundred horsemen accompanying him.

These four or five hundred rides. They are all Qin Meng's cronies. After all, after so many years, Qin Meng still has some cronies. It can also be regarded as Zhang Xuan's care for Qin Meng.

In just a few days, Qin Meng left Huguang and entered the Jiangxi territory.

The group soon came to the vicinity of Zhangshu Town.

Zhangshu Town is one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi, on a par with Jingdezhen, Hekou Town, Futian Town, Zhangshu Town is named after Zhangshu tree, it is said that Zhangshu Town has just been people. There is a large camphor forest here, hence the name.

Even now in Zhangshu Town, there are still eight ancient camphor trees.

The reason why Zhangshu Town is so important. One is the camphor tree, which now produces camphor, so a lot of medicinal herbs are produced here. The second is the geographical location of Zhangshu Town, which is the key place of Nanchang City, according to the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, and also the southern foot of the Poyang Lake Plain, which is the key place of transportation.

Zhang Kuang and Zhang Yingyuan confronted each other around Zhangshu Town. Together with each other, there were 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the walls were high and the walls were deep. Stalemate. Scouts come and go very intensively.

When he arrived here, Qin Meng cautiously spilled all the people at hand, specifically probing the situation of the Ming army. He only brought more than 100 people and waited for news.

Soon after, Qin Meng got the news.

"There are changes on the side of the Ming army and General Zhang, and it seems that there is a decisive battle on both sides?" Qin Meng asked.

"Yes."

Qin Meng became nervous for a while.

He never expected that the situation would become like this, but he thought about it carefully. It also makes sense. For no other reason, confrontation is the most stable and unstable state. The confrontation can turn into a decisive battle. And the confrontation is also prone to change due to changes in external circumstances.

In the western battlefield, that is, the next battle in Changsha City, the situation has completely changed. It's also normal to have an impact here.

However, Qin Meng was also very worried.

There are winners and losers in a war, and if Zhang Yingyuan wins, there is naturally no need to mention it. But if Zhang Yingyuan is defeated, this newly victorious division of the Ming army will be thrown into Changsha City, and the situation will not be good, not to mention whether Zhang Xuan can cope with it. It was Qin Meng's task alone, and something went wrong.

"Let's go." Qin Meng said: "Go and meet An Qinggong." ”

"Yes." The group agreed in unison.

Qin Meng immediately met Zhang Yingyuan.

Enter Zhang Yingyuan's camp as Zhang Xuan's messenger. Zhang Yingyuan soon invited them over.

When Qin Meng saw Zhang Yingyuan, he was slightly shocked in his heart.

People will change with the change of the environment, Zhang Yingyuan has been in Nanchang for about a year, to be honest, after Zhang Yingyuan followed Luo Rucai to raise troops, he rarely lived in peace for so long, plus the governor Nanchang, it can be said that there are several prefectures near Nanchang, although there is Jiangxi Governor Zhang Su in some places can contain him. But Zhang Yingyuan is still under one person and above ten thousand. In a word. Sought after by 10,000 people.

Naturally, all the glory and wealth came.

Even though the treasury of Great Xia is tight, it may not be nervous when it falls on Zhang Yingyuan, and the glory and wealth, and the drunken woman have also changed Zhang Yingyuan's image.

Zhang Yingyuan's whole person was fat. In his big tent, there is a nouveau riche atmosphere, which can be described as splendid, a big Xuande furnace is lit, burning with an aroma that Qin Meng can't smell, and the purple-red table case looks like a rosewood tree with a texture.

There are also layers of gauze tents around him, this gauze tent is layered on top of each other, but it is as fine as smoke, and there are two maids standing behind Zhang Yingyuan, and these two maids just stand there, there is a smell of books. Qin Meng hurriedly put away his gaze, not daring to look more.

Zhang Yingyuan did not wear armor and was dressed in a brocade robe. It looks like a dignitary. My stomach swelled up, and with a slight movement, my belly swam like water. When Qin Meng saw Zhang Yingyuan, a thought suddenly arose in his heart, and he said secretly: "I don't know, can he ride a horse to battle." ”

However, Qin Meng didn't dare to let his thoughts stay in his brain for longer, and immediately said, "The last general will see Grandpa." ”

At this moment, Zhang Yingyuan spoke. Zhang Yingyuan said: "What did Zheng Guogong send you over?" ”

Qin Meng didn't dare to slack off, and told the situation under Changsha City in 1510, and finally said: "The general sent the last general over to think about the situation here." I hope that the grandfather will drag the Ming army, and they will not be allowed to return to Changsha City no matter what. ”

Zhang Yingyuan smiled lightly and said: "If before, I really had no choice, but now, Nanjing has sent military expenses, which is enough for me to fight, you are really good to come, just let you see the majesty of our army, and let the general rest assured." ”

Qin Meng always felt that the three words "general" that Zhang Yingyuan said seemed to have a different meaning, but he didn't dare to think about it.

Zhang Xuan himself carried it very clearly, he understood very well that although he had the name of the governor of the seven provinces and the name of the general, it stands to reason that he was Zhang Yingyuan's boss, but first, the sky is high and the road is far away, and secondly, Zhang Yingyuan is also an old minister of the Luo family, and Zhang Xuan cannot compare his qualifications with him at all.

So he never thought that he could make Zhang Yingyuan obey as soon as he gave an order, so Qin Meng came over, and his tone was also a little polite.

However, what Zhang Yingyuan said is not bad.

The reason why Zhang Yingyuan has some opinions about Zhang Xuan is because of Zhang Yingyuan's treatment during this period of time.

Zhang Xuan originally asked for battle, and Luo Rucai replaced Zhang Xuan's department with Zhang Yingyuan's department and attacked Nanchang.

After entering Nanchang, Zhang Yingyuan's department has always been raised by his stepmother on top of logistics supplies.

Not to mention the war before, even if there is a break in the war, in Nanjing's consideration, the north is more important than the south, which means that Luo Yulong would rather strengthen the defense of the north than do anything to Nanchang. So much so that since Zhang Yingyuan sat in Nanchang, he has been very peace-loving.

Except for a few small battles, there was not a single big war.

It was Zhang Yingyuan who wasted his ambition and didn't want to make meritorious contributions. Wrong, all resources were not called to Nanchang, and even in an emergency, Nanchang also allocated materials to the direction of Wuchang, and there was not enough material support.

All he could do was calm down.

That is, Nanjing allocated one million taels of silver, although a large part of this million taels had to be given to Hunan, but Zhang Yingyuan wrote to Nanjing to cry poor, and Nanjing finally agreed to allocate some materials, plus Zhang Yingyuan was accumulating family funds in this section. Enough for this battle.

Qin Meng was worried that Zhang Yingyuan would be defeated, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Zhang Yingyuan. Zhang Yingyuan didn't notice what a little Qin Meng was thinking, this battle was something he had been thinking about for a long time, Qin Meng came, this battle was to be fought, Qin Meng didn't come, this battle was also to be fought.

Therefore, Qin Meng's arrival is just a small episode for Zhang Yingyuan, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

However, no matter what Qin Meng said, he was also Zhang Xuan's messenger, and he didn't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha. Zhang Yingyuan unfolded all the information to Qin Meng, and there was nothing to hide from Qin Meng.

The more Qin Meng knew, the more relieved he became. He said secretly in his heart: "It seems that An Qinggong has been planning for today's battle for a long time, not for a while. All kinds of preparations are perfect, and there are no flaws in the plan. This Anqing Gong, this year, he is just wide in heart and fat, and he is still so old and spicy in the use of soldiers. ”

Although Qin Meng's position is not high, he has a lot of knowledge, so he naturally follows Zhang Xuan's side, and Zhang Xuan has not hidden all the big war plans from the people around him. On the one hand, Zhang Xuan wanted to check and fill in the gaps with public opinion, and on the other hand, Zhang Xuan also cultivated them. Qin Meng, who has been cultivated in this way, does not say anything else, but he does have vision.

He can see that Zhang Yingyuan's plan may not be able to win, but it will never be defeated, which shows that Zhang Yingyuan still has a good psychology.

It was only soon that a piece of news came, which surprised Qin Meng.

"What? There are signs of active retreat of the Ming army? Qin Meng was taken aback and said, "This is true. ”

"General, it has spread all over the camp, and we dare not deceive the general."

When Qin Meng heard the news, his first thought was that He Tengjiao wanted to go west to Changsha. He didn't say a word, and immediately prepared to meet Zhang Yingyuan for verification, but was rejected by Zhang Yingyuan. This confirmed that the news was true, because at this critical juncture, Zhang Yingyuan really didn't have time to pay attention to a small messenger.