Bright Spring

But now, homesickness is still in the period of recovery, and it is also the weakest period.

The chieftain, who can cause headaches for the Yuan Dynasty, has survived until now, and he should have some foresight.That's why Zhu Gaoxu made a judgment. At this time, the most correct way to be homesick is to hide your strength and bide your time. You should try your best to agree to some not-too-excessive demands of the Ming Dynasty; gradually expand and gradually accumulate strength.Then wait for the opportunity.

...However, Zhu Gaoxu's self-righteous judgment was obviously slapped in the face by Sijia, and Sixingfa directly bulldozed the mine pit in the Walled City without saying a word!

So Zhu Gaoxu completely changed his mind, re-examined and upgraded his thinking on dealing with this matter.

He has gradually mastered Yunnan's military affairs, facing the most difficult thorn in Yunnan, decided to take advantage of his illness and kill him!Otherwise, when homesickness becomes stronger, it will be even hotter to bother about it.

Since Sixingfa didn't want to do business, Zhu Gaoxu decided to get his face back; by the way, he also solved a difficult problem for the Ming court.After all, his current identity is the grandson of Taizu, and sometimes he has a sense of responsibility subconsciously.

Zhu Gaoxu decided to raid Meng Yangsi first, and if it didn't go well, he also thought of a way out... He wrote to the emperor, continue to deploy troops and food, and fight this battlefield to the end!

From the "Battle of Jingnan", Zhu Gaoxu believed that his father, Zhu Di, was a man with great vision, so he believed that Zhu Di would agree with his views on Meng Yangsi.

... Five thousand elite soldiers were selected from the three guards. Zhu Gaoxu took Wei Da and Liu Ying as generals, and Zhao Ping as the personal guard generals; Wang Bin and Chen Dachui were left behind to lead the guards of the Han Palace.

He first invited Wang Bin and Chen Dachui to meet in his study, and told them quietly that the generals in the guard army Chen Gang and Jun Yu Meiqing were spies, so they knew it well, but they couldn't startle them.

Then Zhu Gaoxu met with Hou Hai alone in the palace of the Han Dynasty, and reminded Hou Hai that Li Mo, the right chief, was a spy.During the expedition, Hou Hai was asked to pay attention to what Li Mo did, especially the personnel actions of the Changshi Mansion.

On the contrary, the eunuch in charge told Zhu Gaoxu to be more at ease. Wang Gui was an old man from the former county palace and Zhu Gaoxu's confidant; Protect it faithfully.Zhu Gaoxu stayed with these two people; he only took Wang Gui's godson Cao Fu on the trip.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu asked Duan Xuehen to stay and stay with Princess Guo Yan.

At the turn of summer and autumn, it is the rainy season in Yunnan Province, and it often rains.The Chinese army chose a sunny day to set off, but the ground was still wet, and several streets in the city were even soaked in water.During the Yuan Dynasty, the government once managed the rivers in Kunming City and dug channels to divert them. However, when the rainfall was too heavy, the city would still flood.

But now it's raining a little, and when it comes to the battlefield, it will be a season with relatively little rain.

Zhu Gaoxu got up early in the morning, said goodbye to Guo Wei, Yao Ji, and Du Qianrui, and left the harem.Then take a group of civil and military personnel to the ancestral temple to worship, and then order the army to move out.There were only more than 5000 people on this trip, and the guards were gathering in Dali Mansion; Zhu Gaoxu led the guards to go to Dali Mansion first, join forces, and then march into Meng Yangsi.

Guo Wei asked about the return date, and Zhu Gaoxu hoped to return to Kunming City before her due date.

... From Kunming City to Dali City, the post road is relatively spacious and easy to walk.The army can reach Dalifu City within half a month.

The two groups joined forces, and the number of sergeants increased to 1.Zhu Gaoxu counted all the strong men and women, and counted some more people, numbering [-], and led his army out of Dali City, heading west along the "Emerald Road".

The next road will be very difficult. According to the original plan, Zhu Gaoxu divided the army into five groups, and marched towards Yongchang Mansion one after another.Travel in batches to avoid road congestion as much as possible.

No wonder the Sijia chieftain was so arrogant that he destroyed the Ming army's fortress without saying a word.Because the Central Plains Dynasty is going to conquer them, the road is too difficult!

However, Zhu Gaoxu still did not regret his decision while walking among the winding mountains.

A large number of sergeants, men and horses and luggage are on the road in the valley, like a long winding snake.Fortunately, the forces of homesickness have already withdrawn from all the areas east of Tengchong Qianhu. The Ming army is still marching in this sparsely populated place, and the danger is not great.

Most of the military households in the guards wear light leather armor, which is not very defensive, but they take it off at any time to dry their clothes.The guards were still wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats, leading pony. They looked like grass bandits, but they were more adaptable to the environment.

The guards of the King of Han’s Mansion carried heavy iron armor. Fortunately, the Chinese army got a lot of bamboo hats and coir raincoats in Yongchang Mansion, and let the soldiers of the guards also cover them, which can not only keep out the rain, but also shade the sun when the sun comes out.

People from all walks of life passed by Tengchong Qianhusuo one after another, which was the farthest stronghold where the regular army of the Ming Dynasty was stationed.If you go any further, you will hardly see any Han Chinese.

But Tengchong is not located in an open area, but in a valley with dangerous terrain.The army continued to walk westward, and soon arrived at the Chieftain's Mansion in Zhenxi. Instead, there was a large open area, which was very suitable for the army to gather and set up camp.

Zhao Ping reported to Zhu Gaoxu that from the west of Zhenxi, continue along the road to the southwest, the terrain is relatively open and flat, but when you come out of the Hengduan Mountains, there is a section of valley road with dense forests on both sides, where wild beasts often appear... Of course the army is not afraid of wild beasts, but Chieftain's ambush.

Zhu Gaoxu decided to send a few scouting teams over there first.

The vanguard scouts were of course sent by the Guards Army, because they had stayed in the southwest for a long time and had more experience. Among them were soldiers from the Tengchong Qianhu Army.

They took small flags as a team and broke them into pieces. They didn't carry gunpowder and iron pellets at all, and even a little dry food for arrows, but they carried big bags of salt and garlic!

It turns out that what the soldiers are most afraid of is blood-sucking insects falling from trees!Not only is that kind of worm burrowing into the flesh terrible, but if the worm is pulled off, the wound will fester | fester, and if it can't be cured, it can only wait for death.

The scouts put on bamboo hats to protect themselves first, and then smeared salt and garlic on their bodies to repel insects.If it is drilled into the meat, it is said that if you rub salt on the wound, the worms will come out by themselves.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered people from all walks of life to camp here, and asked the guard Ma Yi to paint a ladle and use the method of Tengchong Qianhusuo to repel insects.As soon as the camps arrived at night, there was a miasma of smoke everywhere, and everyone burned various herbs to repel mosquitoes.

... As long as the army passes through the remaining veins of Hengduan Mountain, they can contact the Diao family of Luchuan Military and Civilian Propaganda Department.

Before this battle, Zhu Gaoxu had already contacted Mrs. Diao, and agreed to gang up on Sijia together.Once the two sides meet, the coalition forces will march towards Meng Yangsi. Except for the woods, there will be no more obstacles to stop the coalition forces from attacking!

Seven or eight days later, the troops sent out by the Five Small Banners returned to the Zhenxi camp one after another. Nine of them died, one sergeant was bitten to death by a snake, and the other eight were ambushed and stabbed to death by the natives.

Previously, Zhao Ping's men and horses escorted the ore convoy through this road, but the Ming army was never attacked|killed by the chieftain.All the generals and officials agreed that those natives who ambushed the scouts must be soldiers who were homesick!

The Ming soldiers and horses were mighty and mighty, and there was a big battle. Obviously, the Si family had already learned about the movement.But this place belongs to Luchuan Military and Civilian Xuanwei Division's territory, not Mengyang Division's territory.

Zhu Gaoxu and other civil and military deliberations concluded that the Si family did not wait for the decisive battle of the Ming army at Mengyang Xuanweisi, but chose to take the initiative to advance to the area of ​​the chieftain's mansion in the west of Zhenxi, hoping to find an opportunity to defeat the Ming army in the dense jungle and narrow valley!

The valley is narrow, and the road here is not repaired much, and it is rough.Therefore, the cavalry can't play any role. Zhu Gaoxu's elite guards, the iron cavalry is the most fierce, but this battle is useless.

However, in this kind of decisive battle, the Ming army was not afraid of the chieftain.Either fight against the enemy with an infantry formation, and an army formation like the chieftain will undoubtedly lose!Either the chieftain dispatched elephant soldiers to charge, but the Ming army carried a lot of firearms.

The commander-in-chief of Yongchang Mansion suggested that the forward army go first and look for opportunities to fight the main force of the chieftain in the valley.

But Zhu Gaoxu refused the remonstrance. He asked the scouts in detail, and talked with Zhao Ping and others for a long time, and found that the mountainous area in front was not a cliff, but a rolling forest.

Zhu Gaoxu asserted in the big tent of the Chinese army: "The homesick chieftains are jokingly called monkeys, but they are not monkeys. Back then, Duke Qian used a lot of firearms to conquer Sijia, and Zhao Baihu also used firearms to scare off war elephants at the mine. .Sixingfa will definitely not stand in the valley with elephant soldiers and fight us in a decisive battle!"

All the generals agreed after hearing this.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "The mountains and forests on both sides are the place that the Thinking Method is looking for. However, if we want to compete for the terrain on both sides of the road, we can only fight in the mountains and forests, and we will suffer a lot."

There was a lot of discussion in the big tent, and Zhu Gaoxu also looked thoughtful, and didn't speak for a long time.

In any case, the thinking method has the initiative to choose the battlefield.The signs of the first battle have gradually become clear, and the battlefield is in the mountains and valleys southwest of the town.

Chapter 279

Liu Ying, the vanguard of the Ming army, went out of the chieftain's mansion in the west of Zhenxi first. There were both guards and guards under his command, a total of 2000 people, and they marched along the north bank of the Taiping River.Zhu Gaoxu also led his troops to set off afterwards.

When the sun was rising, the soldiers were walking to a river beach where the tributaries of the Taiping River converged to form a wide water area.People all looked up at the wonderful scenery along the river.

In this barren land, the only beauty is probably the natural scenery.Even though it is autumn now, the earth is still a scene of green mountains and green waters.

There are white clouds floating in the blue sky, the golden light of the sun is reflected on the edge of the white clouds, the clear water is sparkling, and white waves are splashed from the river and mountains.There are patches of reeds by the water, white flowers fluttering in the wind.There is a wonderful and magnificent beauty in the world.

But no one is willing to leave the main road to get close to the refreshing river water and green green mountains.There may be leeches in the water, and sometimes crocodiles can be seen.There are all kinds of snakes and insects in the forest, and there are also many mosquitoes at night.

No matter how beautiful things are, sometimes we can only look at them.

As the army moved forward, the mountains on both sides of Taiping became higher and higher.On the third day, the Taiping River and the riverside roads almost turned into valleys, the roads were narrow, and the water flow was obviously turbulent.

The soldiers seemed to be isolated from the world, slowly marching in the lush mountains.Except for the army on the road, there is no human habitation here.

... In the dense mountain forest, a group of soldiers of the Ming army are walking forward cautiously.The man in front held a hatchet in his hand, and while cutting off the branches and leaves blocking the way, he walked lightly.A sergeant at the back pulled out the torch and blew lightly a few times. Seeing that the torch was smoking and glowing, he quickly put the lid back on.

The rainy season is over, and there has been little rain recently, but it still rained a little last night.The soldiers gently pushed aside the branches, and occasionally a burst of water droplets would fall from the treetops, dripping on the bamboo hats with a "squeak" sound.