Bright Spring

First retreat to the north bank of the Yuanjiang River to reduce the loss of grain and grass transfer, and wait for a period of time in Yuanjiang, waiting for enough grain and grass to be transported from the Jiaozhi Chief Envoy.Then with the army to carry one month's military rations, give up the food road to replenish the military supplies, and advance directly to Kunming; then get supplies from Guizhou.

However, there is a problem with this strategy. Civil servants and eunuchs in the army and even spies will definitely send news back to Beijing.

If the news is embellished, the court may have misunderstood it... It is said that the king of Han has already traveled around Sichuan, and you Zhang Fucai went to Mengzi County, and then retreated back to the border of Yunnan, where you stood still!You have so much military power, but you can't even get any food in Yunnan, is it intentional?

"If I were General Ping Han, with full power to control the military affairs of the Southwest, why would I be molested by those in Ping An?" Zhang Fu couldn't help sighing.

Huang Zhong immediately agreed: "Brothers all want to be General Ping Han! How can the messy strategy of the court compare with the insight of General Zhang?"

Zhang Fu glanced at him, suddenly remembered a sentence, and blurted out: "Only when they see a huge failure and are unable to bear it, will they really know that they are wrong."

Huang Zhong hurriedly said solemnly: "The commander-in-chief is really a wise man!"

Zhang Fudao: "I am paraphrasing someone else's words."

After he finished speaking, he sat down on the horse and bowed his head in thought, with a rather bad expression on his face.Zhang Fu never expressed his dissatisfaction, but he had already scolded him thousands of times in his heart: when he was trying to win me over, he spoke better than he sang;

Although Huang Zhong is a bit vulgar, what he said is right!Damn it, Zhang Fu is quite unhappy being stuck in this wilderness far away in the sky.

"Anyway, the strategy of the Ministry of War doesn't put us in an important position. Don't worry, Commander. You can blame us for lack of food? Wait and see what they can do!" Huang Zhong said indignantly.

"If I only have this kind of heart, am I still Zhang Fu?" Zhang Fu said coldly, "One person who leads the army can affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of brothers. What is there to overcome? No matter what the reason is, you must not dereliction of duty! "

He raised the reins, turned the horse's head, and said decisively: "Withdraw back to Yuanjiang immediately! Urge the transshipment officials in Jiaozhi and Guangxi provinces to send the grain and grass to Yuanjiang within a month, or wash it clean and wait for death! Don't blame me, Zhang Fu, beheading first and playing later." !"

"Marshal!" Huang Zhong showed respect on the one hand, but also worried on the other.

Zhang Fudao: "The imperial court's strategy is not unreasonable. If we can use Guizhou City to lead the main force of the King of Han to the city, then this battle will be very promising. We should do our best to cooperate with the general strategy of the Ministry of War and rush to Kunming as soon as possible."

He thought for a while and said, "You ask the civil servants in the army to write a letter immediately, and report to Changde Mansion in Huguang urgently within [-] li, and ask the Minister of the Ministry of War, Jin Zhong, to find a way to get me enough rations."

"The last general has orders!" Huang Zhongzhi said politely.

Chapter 4: Surrounding Wei and Rescuing Zhao

The setting sun gradually falls towards the west mountain, and the light and darkness of Kunming City alternate, and the thick light shrouds the quaint city towers.Large swaths of smoke are still in the air, and the sound of cannons is still sporadic, but the besieging army has gradually withdrawn to the distance and returned to the back of the siege fortifications.

Today, the defense of Kunming City is no longer in danger, and Sheng Yong left the city wall.He walked outside the Duanli Gate of King Han's Mansion, slapped the dust on his body a few times, took off the helmet and hugged it in his arms, and walked into the gatehouse.

The huge Hanwang Mansion seemed empty.The Hanwang family members and palace people inside have already evacuated, and it may be time to go to Dali City at this time.

According to the original strategic deployment, once the enemy army captures the Qujing military and civilian mansion, Hanwang Mansion, Mu Mansion and the families of the generals will retreat to Dali Mansion... In the future, if Kunming City is in danger and the activities are outside the Yunnan Mansion City, Ping An will Escort the family members, women and children, continue to Lingguan Road, and go north to Sichuan Chief Commissioner.

As soon as Sheng Yong entered the gate, he heard the sound of reading from the government office next to him. It was the voice of "Iron Mask Left Hand" Qi Tai.

Qi Tai is in a different situation from Sheng Yong, Pingan, and Qu Neng. Qi Tai has been convicted by the imperial court. He is the sinner written in the "Battle of Jingnan"; All the old generals of the Jianwen Dynasty can make public appearances, but Qi Tai cannot.

Many civil and military officials called Qi Tai "Mr. Li" in person, but secretly nicknamed him "Iron Faced Left Hand".Because Mr. Li has been wearing an iron mask and writes with his left hand, he claims to be left-handed.

"The way of a gentleman is light but not tiresome, simple but elegant, gentle and reasonable. Knowing the nearness of the far, knowing the nature of the wind, and knowing the manifestation of the subtle, can be compared with entering virtue..."

When Sheng Yong walked to the door, Mr. Li's reading sound became clearer, but his voice was a little strange, as if he was choking.

This great talent who was No. 1 in the provincial examination and was a Jinshi in the next year's general examination, probably has already memorized the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, but at this time his voice is always stuttering, which sounds strange.

Sheng Yong walked in, took a look at Mr. Li, and saluted with fists cupped.

Mr. Li didn't respond right away, but he turned his head away as if wiping away tears.Sheng Yong felt even more strange. How can such a boring scripture make people cry after reading it?

"Today's fighting has ceased for the time being." Sheng Yong clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Li is so excited!"

Mr. Li straightened his head, put down the book in his hand, and said: "Before I went to take the examination, the book I often read was "The Doctrine of the Mean". Whenever I was upset, I loved to read this book. Years, always."

"I see." Sheng Yong nodded, and casually sat down on the chair next to Mr. Li.The few of them lived together in Wushan for a few years, hardly seeing outsiders, and they had a good personal relationship with each other.

Mr. Li said casually in a very indifferent tone: "I remember that I lived in an inn in a dilapidated alley in the capital at that time. The advantage is that it is very convenient for food, clothing and accommodation, not too noisy, and the price is low."

Sheng Yong exhaled, nodded and listened.After a busy day amidst the sound of gunfire, he finally relaxed a little.

There was a forced smile in Mr. Li's eyes, "Then there is a woman who sells singing in the inn, she is not bad."

"Sell | body?" Sheng Yong said with a casual smile.

Mr. Li said: "If someone gives enough money, she should be willing."

Mr. Li didn't continue talking, and the two were silent for a while.

After a while, Sheng Yong said: "Mr. Li is a good writer. The article written by Mr. is not only useful for the Yi people, who rise up to attack Zhang Fujun, but also for us. Today I asked people to read it in the four cities. Come out and order the soldiers to protect their homes and the people, guard their hometown in Yunnan, and the morale of the soldiers is also boosted, and they all defend the city with their lives."

Sheng Yong paused for a moment, and praised: "This article is concise and generous, and it comes from the heart. People in the world do have a feeling for the country, and they are awe-inspiring."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Li said calmly: "Of course my writing is not from the heart. If I want to describe my true temperament, I have to write about hating my hometown."

Sheng Yong froze for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Mr. Li glanced at him and said: "Although you and I have been together for several years in Wushan, there are some things I have never said... I lost my father when I was young, and I didn't fit in well when I was a child. I was very popular with some neighbors and schoolmates. Bullying."

Sheng Yong was a little embarrassed, but Mr. Li opened his mouth and continued: "I went well in the examination back then, but my life was rough. There are many things that I still can't let go of. But the scriptures of sages can indeed educate people. I am an official. After that, I no longer care about those hatreds and dislikes..."

Mr. Li said with a complicated expression: "At that time, I thought that the political views of the rulers would be contrary to the teachings of the saints if they made people miserable.

Therefore, when Lord Jianwen cut down the vassals, I strongly opposed the persecution of King Yan and tried to avoid a big war in the court, so that the world would stop thinking about it for a while, and then said: "Whether Zhang Fu can arrive at the city of Kunming in time is also a variable. The old man pondered For many days, the imperial court's strategy has at least [-] to [-]% chance of winning."

Veteran Gu Cheng said that the chance of winning is [-] to [-]%, but he was not talking nonsense, on the contrary he was a little cautious.From the perspective of military strength, the officer army of this war was two to three times that of the King of Han's army!

The imperial court reported that more than 30 troops were mobilized for this campaign!Although it is not a claim, it is indeed not the case. The official army is severely constrained by the actual situation, and it is impossible to invest so many people... The number of officers and soldiers who can participate in this battle is about [-] to [-] The only variable is whether Zhang Fujun can join the battle in time.

Including Zhang Fujun, Gu Chengjun, and Wu Gaojun, the main force of the three routes, all have a strength of around 10.There are still several 10 people in Huguang, and it is impossible to go to the battlefield in a month or so; due to road and military supply constraints, the Huguang Army is expected to have a total strength of 50, but it has not been able to gather quickly. Only Wu Gaojun's 10 people were dispatched.

On the side of the King of Han's army, Gu Cheng estimates that there may be only a hundred thousand people, and it will be a bit troublesome to transfer more to Guizhou.Moreover, the guard troops in Sichuan and Yunnan combined have a large number of troops, and the King of Han must defend Sichuan.

However, although the strength of the official army was at least twice that of the rebel army, many of the Han people in Kunming City were young and strong, and the chieftains in Yunnan were barbarians, and many of them joined the rebel army to fight against the official army.Gu Cheng could not ignore these forces, so he cautiously estimated that the odds of winning were only [-] to [-]%.

He continued to look at the Kunming City Tower, and said: "From tomorrow, we will be surrounded on all sides and continue to attack! If there is no clever plan, it is an effective way to consume the defenders as soon as possible."

Chapter 221

In the 27th year of Hongwu, the Bozhou Xuanwei Division, which belonged to the capital of Guizhou, was changed to the Sichuan Chief Envoy Division.

Now after Zhu Gaoxu occupied Sichuan, he ordered the chief political envoy to send a decree to the Bozhou Xuanweisi, but it didn't work for a while; it wasn't until Zhu Gaoxu's army of more than [-] arrived that the Bozhou Xuanweisi's administration was taken by the forward. military occupation.

Today is the last day of the fifth year of Yongle, and it is New Year's Eve, but all the troops of the King of Han are still marching.Zhu Gaoxu's Chinese military horse will set up camp after arriving at a small station in the south in the afternoon.

The mountains on both sides of the avenue are very large. Zhu Gaoxu estimated that it would take at least a whole day to walk from the east mountain to the west mountain top!

Although Banzhou is in the south of Sichuan, the weather is colder.There was a freezing rain here the day before yesterday, but luckily it stopped soon.The rain was mixed with ice particles, which Zhu Gaoxu rarely encountered in such weather.

Zhu Gaoxu was riding on the horse, looking at the mountains on the left and right all the time, his head was raised for too long, and his neck began to ache.