When King Ning started his army, he claimed to have more than 100,000 soldiers. n, and later acquired many cities.
Not only did the arsenals of these cities provide enough armor, swords and guns, but they also implemented the system of sweeping away soldiers in the acquired lands.
Most of the adult men in the area controlled by King Ning were taken into the army and given swords and spears to serve as soldiers.
Through this method, King Ning's troops expanded rapidly, and the external propaganda has been changed to millions of troops, sweeping the southeast.
Although the current battle with the imperial court is unfavorable and the Shunde army has begun to decline, judging from the figures released by King Ning, its military strength has continued to increase, and it already has 1.5 million strong soldiers.
For such a huge number, these 50,000 horses can only be regarded as a partial force and cannot cause King Ning to suffer.
However, for the imperial court, they cannot take it lightly.
King Ning's military operation was, on the one hand, to plunder Huguang to accumulate millet for the army, and on the other hand, it was also to involve the imperial troops so that they could no longer concentrate their main force on Jiangxi.
Huguang is an important source of military food for the southeastern army.
Once it is lost or destroyed, there will be problems with the military food supply for the entire army, and the outcome of victory or defeat is still unknown.
Most of Huguang's original mobile troops were mobilized to participate in the frontline battle against the Shunde rebels.
The local garrison strength was already stretched thin.
Considering the size of the largest province in the Ming Dynasty, the number of troops that could be mobilized was no more than 30,000.
Moreover, these troops are scattered all over the place, guarding the city gates and fortresses.
It is really difficult to support them against an army of 50,000 people.
Moreover, there are dozens of chieftain agencies such as the Chief Officials Division, the Xuanfu Division, and the Xuanwei Division in Huguang.
The native chiefs usually do their own thing, just like a country within a country.
At this time, it is even more important to prevent them from taking the opportunity to make changes and respond to Ning Fan.
For a while, the officialdom in Huguang was full of chaos and soldiers.
But for Anlu, this feeling of an impending war has not yet been fed back to ordinary people, and as for Wensheng Junxiu, he is even less impressed.
After all, there is Wuchang in front of them.
No matter how brave the rebels are, they would not dare to go around Wuchang to capture Anlu.
Isn't that to sacrifice the good and chase the weak?
At present, it is obvious that the only way to protect the face of Anlu's talents is to defeat the palace guards who do not know the heights of the sky.
Righteousness, nothing else matters, this poetry meeting cannot stop.
When Yang Chengzu received the invitation, he and Tao Zhongwen were thinking about writing a large storybook called Fengshen Yanyi.
Xu Zhonglin was not born in this era, so there was no such thing as his daughter getting married without a dowry, so no one knew about this book.
Yang Chengzu's memory is not so good that he can write the book silently, but at least he knows the general plot and is always capable of perfunctoryly following the main points.
Tao Zhongwen, as an expert in the field, was consulted by him as a consultant.
He was responsible for explaining people and things in the Taoist sect, and even some classics.
There are quite a lot of stories currently circulating to promote the Taoist sect.
For example, the story of Lu Dongbin's killing of a dragon has already been circulated.
But the problem is that Fengshen Yanyi is a very large volume.
According to Yang Chengzu, it may not be able to write hundreds of thousands of words, which is very rare.
The Taoist sect's own classics are not suitable to be explained to ordinary people, or in other words, they may not be interested in listening if you explain them.
Tao Zhongwen was naturally very happy to use this form of storybook to promote Taoist sect, and he was very enthusiastic about this matter.
The relationship between the two is also in a semi-underground state.
After all, one is brave and the other is a god that the palace must refer to when encountering major events.
If everyone knew that the two of them had an irreversible friendship, then it would be difficult for both of them to gain trust.
Fortunately, Tao Zhongwen was used to running around in the world and had great experience in keeping secrets, so no one caught him.
When he saw the invitation, Tao Zhongwen shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Yang, I'm afraid you're going to be in trouble.
Literary people look down on each other, and I'm afraid this talented man from Anlu is going to cause trouble for you.
How about it, do you want it?
First ask the women at home to write some poems for you, so as not to make a fool of yourself later."
He had a solid foundation in Yang Chengzu's knowledge and knew that he would be a loser in this kind of cultural gathering.
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It's just that he is very strange.
With his level of talent and knowledge, how can he write so many story books?
Of course, there is no way to ask this kind of question, you can only find another way to remind him.
After all, the two of them are in the same camp now.
Yang Chengzu has gained a reputation.
If he is defeated at the poetry meeting and all his previous achievements are wasted, what good will he gain?
There is no way to refuse this kind of invitation.
Since you have written a story and consider yourself a scholar, there are certain invitations and entertainment that you cannot refuse or avoid.
Even the princess will only support this matter and will not have any objection.
He did know that one of Yang Chengzu's family members was a Qinglou oiran, and presumably he could write poetry.
Furthermore, the incident between him and Miss Sun has not spread in Anlu.
Sun Xueniang is known as a talented woman, so it should be okay to write a few poems for him.
"No, it's not interesting.
To be honest, this kind of party is boring."
Yang Chengzu obviously didn't take this matter seriously.
He glanced at the invitation for a few times and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Look, the autumn harvest has just passed.
The storage of grain, the payment of autumn grain, and the war on the front line are all much more important than the literary society.
But these talented people still only focus on who is more famous and whose talent is better.
Does it make sense?"
"You can't say that.
After all, for literati, the competition for talent and fame is the most important thing.
For them, this is their battlefield, but the outcome of the real battlefield has little impact on them.
Neither Prince Ning nor the imperial court can do without scholars. .
The Shunde Puppet Dynasty also wanted scholars to serve as officials, and they also needed to make good friends with the gentry.
Therefore, the gentry and scholars may not really care about the direction of this war.
It would be the Prince Ning who would go to Huguang. , these vassal kings in Huguang are of no benefit to anyone."
Tao Zhongwen knew the people's hearts and analyzed the matter very thoroughly.
He finally suggested: "How about asking the Sun family for help?
Sun Weng is a leading figure in the literary world.
He can come out and say something, which is very effective.
I guarantee you can do it."
Pass this level.”
"Taoist Master, you are looking down on me too much.
Without the Sun family, I wouldn't be able to pass this level.
Isn't it just poetry?
When the time comes, I will have my own way.
I don't really want to owe the Sun family's favor.
If the Sun family If your family asks you to match your horoscope, remember to tell them that Miss Sun and I have conflicting horoscopes.
Once we get married, both of us will suffer a bloody disaster. " When I got home, the family was quarreling again about who should accompany me to the poetry meeting.
Sun Xueniang will not marry for the time being, which has led to the collapse of the originally loose inner house alliance.
The Yang family's inner house has once again fallen into a multi-polar confrontation and a state of tension.
However, there is really no one more suitable for this occasion than the former courtesan Ruxian.
She has participated in countless such poetry gatherings in Huaxian County.
In other words, if there are no names and records in this kind of poetry gathering, it will be like a dish without salt, which is meaningless.
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Ruxian smiled and said: "This literary meeting is actually a place where men show off their talents and knowledge in front of girls.
They hope to touch women's hearts through a poem and leave a good story.
After every literary meeting like this, There will always be someone who becomes someone else.
It's such an elegant thing to be a guest.
Chengzu had a purpose in going there this time.
I heard that some of the girls he was going to go to were Qinghuan.
It was a pity that Xue Miaomiao died.
Otherwise, it would be interesting to take her away from Wan Jiashu
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