Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan, can definitely be called a "governor of the army".

When he received the appointment, he said to Chongzhen: "Zhao thief, sitting on Kouye, confusing the hearts of the small people by dividing the land, the longer the time, the more prosperous it becomes." And the soldiers of Huguang all went north to conquer the thieves, and there were no soldiers available in southern Hunan. Even if the squire is trained to be brave, it will take a year to become a combatable army, and the Zhao thief will have already annexed the prefecture and the county. Only by training the firearms battalion can the army be formed in a short time, please give your majesty firearms, artillery, and gunpowder! ”

Chongzhen was very generous this time, and immediately ordered to allocate firearms to Wang Zhiliang.

Then, Wang Zhiliang was made to lose his temper.

The artillery is all old objects, and I don't know which generation of ancestors it belongs to, and the spotted patina can be put into the museum.

Three thousand fire guns were given, and the three-eyed guns in the early Ming Dynasty had them. There are also relatively new-style bird guns, but if one of the ten can be used, it is already regarded as the ancestors who have accumulated virtue and burned high incense.

As for gunpowder, it's not in powder form, it's not granular, it's in fucking blocks!

Is this to let the musketeers first break up the block of gunpowder and then use it to be loaded and fired?

Before Wang Zhiliang left Beijing, he went to see Chongzhen again, and explained all the arms he had received to the emperor.

Chongzhen was also very angry, and immediately asked people to investigate strictly.

It's still being investigated, but there's no need to check it, because the gunpowder factory has been blown up.

It was really not a trick of "fire dragon burning warehouse", but the improper storage of gunpowder, which caused a big explosion.

The history is known as the "Anmin Factory Disaster": within more than ten miles of the capital, the axis of the earth is shaken...... The city walls were destroyed, and there was no end in a radius of more than ten miles, and the trees were all erected. People and pedestrians, pillow each other, and death is scorched...... According to the investigation, more than 10,000 residents were killed and injured, Wang Fu, the eunuch of the pasting factory, and Zhang Zhixiu, the bureau official, were killed, the arsenal was almost empty, and 5,000 gold relief shirts were issued.

The city walls collapsed, and within a radius of more than ten miles, no intact houses could be found, and the nearby weapons and equipment warehouses were completely destroyed.

Poor Chongzhen was already short of money, and he had to take out 5,000 taels of silver to compensate the dead and wounded.

Wang Zhiliang went to his post empty-handed, and called the officials of the Third Division of Huguang to arrange for the squires to train the regimental bravery.

The three divisions of Huguang are also helpless, they have been paying taxes to the imperial court for several years, and raising grain and grass for the governor at the same time. Huguang is one of the main war areas for encircling and suppressing the Liukou, which has led to the rampant anti-thieves in southern Hunan and has no time to extinguish it, how can there be financial, material and human resources to deal with Zhao Han now?

The officials of the three divisions directly pretended to be dead.

Wang Zhiliang could only go out in person, and finally persuaded the gentry of Yuezhou and Changde to put together more than 6,000 regiments of brave and righteous soldiers.

At this moment, the news that Zhao Thief sent troops to Huguang came.

Wang Zhiliang immediately led his troops and hurried to Changsha.

Changsha must be defended, otherwise the entire Dongting Lake Plain will be exposed to the Zhao thief's troops!

"Yu Qinggong, you're finally here!" Wang Qisheng, the prefect of Changsha, was so moved that he almost knelt down on the spot.

Wang Qisheng is also a capable minister, but his skill points are all in construction. All the way up to the top of the ranks, all the achievements are to build dikes, build cities, build canals, and fighting thieves is really not his forte.

After Wang Zhiliang inspected the city defense, he was particularly satisfied with the newly repaired urn city and praised: "This can ensure that Changsha is not lost." He asked again, "I brought more than 6,000 regiments to come over, how many troops are there in Changsha?" ”

"More than 8,000 regiments." Wang Qisheng replied.

Yang Guanji, the magistrate of the county, suddenly asked: "I also read the book of soldiers in my later life, should I divide my troops to garrison the high mountains outside the city and form a corner with the defenders in the city?" ”

Wang Zhiliang replied: "If there are elite soldiers, they should be like this." But you and my soldiers, the training time is still short, how can we divide the troops out of the city? Weak soldiers against strong troops, no field battles, no arbitrary division of troops, must be used to defend the city. Since there is no shortage of troops in Changsha, I will transfer 3,000 regiments to bravely go back to Xiangyin to prevent Zhao thieves from bypassing Changsha and advancing north! ”

Under Wang Zhiliang's arrangement, the Changsha garrison had 11,000 people and the Xiangyin garrison had more than 3,000 troops, and two cities were used to block Zhao Han's march into the Dongting Lake Plain.

The Dongting Lake Plain is the core essence of Huguang, and if it falls, most of Huguang will be lost.

The four Tao brothers, with more than 4,000 troops, were also arranged to be stationed in the city.

"How did the governor come so quickly?" The third brother, Tao Yunfeng, said, "Now that there are more than 10,000 defenders in the city, can we, more than 4,000 people, really be able to sacrifice the city at a critical time?" ”

The second brother Tao Weizhi was also worried: "That Governor Wang, it seems that he is really good at fighting." As soon as the governor came, the city defense was properly arranged, much more powerful than our people. ”

The four brothers are all scholars, and they have been reading military books frantically for some time now, and they can already bluff people by talking about soldiers on paper, but they don't even know the most basic military knowledge.

The eldest brother Tao Aizhi said: "Don't panic, as long as we do the internal response, Changsha will definitely fight." The more than 4,000 soldiers recruited by my Tao family are all rabble. But what is the difference between the other Tuan Yong in the city and the rabble of the Tao family? Once there is chaos, the whole army will inevitably be defeated! ”

A few days later.

"Report! Tens of thousands of thieves came along the Liuyang River, and they were already thirty miles away! ”

"Probe!"

Wang Zhiliang walked up to the city tower and looked at the houses outside the city, feeling confused at this moment.

He studied under Feng Congwu, the "Master of Guanxi", majoring in "Guanxue", and the founder of Guanxue was Zhang Zai, that is, he shouted "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations".

When he came to Feng Congwu, based on Guanxue, he integrated Cheng Zhu Lixue and Yangming Xinxue to create a new kind of Guanxue at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

This was the case for all schools in the late Ming Dynasty, showing a trend of academic integration.

For example, Zhang Bingwen studied science that integrates the study of mind and is biased towards practical learning. It's a pity that the backbone was broken by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and although it developed into the "Tongcheng School", it lost its core concept, leaving only the empty shell of evidence and prose.

The predecessor of the Tongcheng School advocated practical learning, and Feng Congwu's Guan Xue also advocated practical learning.

As long as it is a school of change at the end of the Ming Dynasty, all advocate practical learning, advocate the application of learning, and advocate avoiding fiction and being real!

Although Wang Zhiliang is a native of Shaanxi, he also belongs to the Donglin Party, and his mentor Feng Congwu is the leader of the Donglin Party in the northwest.

Learning, doing, doubting, thinking, and perseverance are the five-character mantras of the new school of guanxue.

Wang Zhiliang is now only "suspicious", and he doesn't know how to "act" or "think". Before coming to Xiangnan, Wang Zhiliang carefully studied Zhao Han, and then his three views were destroyed.

Wang Zhiliang found that the Jiangxi Zhao thief was practicing the "Four Sentences of Hengqu", just like a wild Guan Xue disciple.

The world is the same, that is, the heart of heaven and earth.

Divide the land equally, that is, establish a life for the people.

Reinstate the missing passages of Mencius and promote academic freedom in the Bailuzhou Academy, that is, to continue learning from the saints.

Rectify the rule of officials, Jiangxi is stable, and it seems that there is an ambition to help the world, that is, to open peace for all generations.

This is not some thief, if this person takes over the world, he will be a generation of holy masters!

Wang Zhiliang didn't want to fight with such a person, and even had an urge to stoop to serve.

However, there is no choice between the food and the loyalty of the king.

Wang Zhiliang sighed and went to inspect the city defense again.

Don't look at the 11,000 defenders in the city, but all of them are regimental brave recruits, and the people who command the troops are also squires. These squires don't know how to fight at all, and even how to defend the city must be taught by Wang Zhiliang.

It's really tiring!

Fortunately, the eunuch of the prison army was afraid of death and stayed in Yuezhou Mansion and did not come, otherwise Wang Zhiliang would have been distracted to deal with the eunuch.

In the afternoon, Li Zheng led a large army to come, a few miles away from Changsha City, and set up a large camp with the mountains and rivers behind his back.

Wang Zhiliang and Li Zheng both sent spies to check the situation.

Moreover, the spies on both sides drove small boats and looked at each other in the narrow Liuyang River.

"Kill!"

The scouts of the Datong Army, driving more than ten small boats, rushed towards the officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers immediately retreated, and they could not catch up at all. Chased to a mile outside the city, the Datong Army spies went ashore to observe, and one of them also carried a clairvoyant mirror.

Immediately, they went around to inquire about the situation of the local people.

"Report!"

"Changsha City is heavily defended, and a few days ago, a senior official arrived with reinforcements. Some say that thousands of people came, and some say that tens of thousands came. ”

Li Zheng was a little annoyed at this time, he shouldn't have waited for Huang Qi's military order. If you capture Liuyang County, you will immediately lead your troops to Changsha City, and you may be able to take it if you have the Tao family to do it.

Sometimes, Zhao Han would hire someone to teach the officers about the art of war, and Li Zheng finally realized what it meant to be "a soldier is noble and fast".

What else can I do?

With Li Zheng's troops, even if everything goes well, it will take at least three or five months to fight!

After calling Xiao Zongxian, Chen Fugui, Hu Dinggui and other officers, Li Zheng explained the situation and asked: "Let's discuss together, how should we fight next?" ”

Wan Sitong, who has the same name as the Qing Dynasty historian, suggested: "Why don't you go around Changsha directly and go to Xiangyin in front?" ”

Li Zheng shook his head and said: "Changsha City is stuck in the river, and the military grain cannot be transported, and it is easy to be attacked if the grain is transported by land. Moreover, if we attack Xiangyin for a long time, our army may be cut off from the grain route, and the whole army will be hungry at that time, and it will also suffer from the danger of being flanked from front to back. ”

"I mean," Vance explained, "send an elite army, day and night, to attack Xiangyin. As long as Xiangyin is occupied, Changsha will become an isolated city. ”

Xiao Zongxian said: "You can send some spies to Xiangyin to inquire about the situation." If there are many soldiers in Xiangyin, don't care about it; If there are few soldiers in Xiangyin, they will send elite soldiers to attack them. ”

Hu Dinggui said: "No matter how much he has, first divide the fields in the villages and towns around Changsha!" ”

Li Zheng said with a smile: "The fields in Liuyang have not been divided yet, where are so many people who come to Changsha to preside over the division of fields?" ”

"Then divide the troops to the south," Hu Dinggui said, "and divide the troops with a swagger, and divide a team to help the Yellow Army Yuan fight Xiangtan." If Xiangtan is defeated, the Yellow Army will be able to lead the main force north and attack Changsha with us. At the same time, the defenders of Changsha City, seeing our division of troops, are likely to take the initiative to go out of the city, and when the time comes, they will fight his mother outside the city! ”

"That's a good idea." Xiao Zongxian expressed his support.

Li Zheng glanced at everyone, nodded and said, "Since they don't object, then divide the troops and pass under the city to see if the officers and soldiers in the city are not fooled." It's best to be fooled, and if you don't be fooled, you will really divide your troops to the south! ”

Wang Zhiliang sat at the head of the city, watched the Datong army divide his troops to the south, and only ordered: "Don't worry about him, just hold Changsha City." ”

Xiangtan can be lost, but Changsha cannot be lost.