Bright Spring

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Two hundred miles east of Guizhou City, Maoyunba's official army camp.Early in the morning before dawn, Wu Gao was woken up.He got up suddenly, and heard a sound of "clang" from the armor. He only felt pain in his waist and back.

"At dawn, the rebels withdrew!" said a voice.

Wu Gao rubbed his temples and asked, "Which places have the troops withdrawn?"

"All!" said the voice in the dark light.After a while, the torch was ignited, lighting up the candles on the table.

Wu Gao said: "Don't act rashly, call General Liu to send scouts immediately, and investigate first."

Wu Gao had repeatedly deliberated on the battle situation of this battle.

His men are to save Guizhou City.If the main force of the rebel army is contained on the eastern front, it can also achieve its goal; on the contrary, if his troops are defeated by the rebel army, Guizhou City will become an isolated city!At that time, to protect the city of Guizhou, the battlefield in Yunnan will also be contained.

So Wu Gao is not in a hurry to start the "Battle of Maoyunba". He is waiting for a mature fighter to defeat the main force of the rebel army in one fell swoop and make his first contribution to suppressing the rebellion!

After he was woken up, he got up and started his day's military affairs.After daybreak, a travel-worn sergeant from the Chinese Army came and presented a letter from a hundred households in Guizhou, telling Wu Gao: Guizhou City has been breached!

Wu Gao could not determine the authenticity of this messenger (it is not impossible for the rebels of the Han Dynasty to capture a person from a hundred households in Guizhou), but he thought something was wrong when he thought of the report in the early morning of this morning, so he asked: "If the city of Guizhou It can be breached, why didn't anyone come to help beforehand?"

The messenger said anxiously: "We are hiding in the mountains outside the city. Baihu sent people here, and they came twice to ask General Wu for help!"

Wu Gao couldn't remember this happening at all, maybe he never received the news at all.

The official road to the west was controlled by the rebels, and it was not easy to deliver the letter from Guizhou City. The messenger had to detour through the dense forest trails in the mountains.Therefore, it is very likely that the urgent news was not delivered to Wu Gao.

At noon, Liu Sheng came to report: the barracks of the rebel army were in a mess, no one was left, and there was no one in the mountains and forests on both sides!

Wu Gao stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Why did the rebels withdraw?If Wu Gao's troops followed the city of Guizhou, and the [-] troops echoed the defenders inside and outside, would the rebels still be able to break through the city of Guizhou?In such a situation, whether the rebels dare to surround the city of Guizhou is not yet certain!

Wu Gao suddenly came to a conclusion: Guizhou City was really breached!Moreover, Mao Yunba's rebel army is not the main force of the King of Han at all!

"Immediately send an order, Chen Mao will be the vanguard, Liu Sheng will follow, and each will lead his own troops to pursue the rebels!" Wu Gao said tremblingly.

The general clasped his fists and said, "Decree!"

Wu Gao looked at the iron helmet on the table and sat there without moving.The expression on his face was very rich for a moment, being played|played, humiliated by being deceived!From time to time, I felt that my own judgment was wrong, and I felt strong self-blame.

Some shame, some remorse, and some loss... Wu Gao finally got the military power, and he could have performed better in this battle.

Then a faint worry also rushed into Wu Gao's heart.His [-] troops had almost no losses, not to mention a defeat, but the court strategy was to let him protect Guizhou!Will the imperial court settle|account for his failure?Will it affect the future of all veterans?

Wu Gao stood up and paced back and forth in the house built by military households in Tuntian, Maoyunba.

All kinds of complicated emotions were gradually left behind by him, because those things were the aftermath effects, and now I can't make up for it and regret it... The key is, what can I do now, to make up for the unfavorable situation and rewrite the situation? The result of the battle!

Rebels occupy Guizhou?

If Wu Gao's army advances to the city of Guizhou; Zhang Fu and Gu Chengjun in Yunnan mobilize troops from the west...the rebels will be caught in a situation where they are caught between the east and west, and there is still a lot to do in this battle!As long as the performance of the east and west officials is not too bad, at least they can force the rebels to abandon Guizhou and regain the city!

If the rebel army advances towards Yunnan, Wu Gao can also leave some troops to monitor Guizhou City and follow the Hanwang rebel army with the main force; and then echo with the official army in Yunnan!On the territory of Yunnan's chief envoy, the officers and soldiers can re-establish their advantage in battle!

Thinking of this, Wu Gao gradually calmed down.

He turned around and saw a general waiting at the door, and said casually: "In a big battle, the process can be rewritten until the last moment!"

Chapter 433 Dirty Business

At the end of the first lunar month, after the main force of Zhang Fu's army arrived at the city of Kunming, it began to rain lightly.

Zhang Fu immediately rode to the official army's warehouse by the Panlong River.The fortifications built in this place where the largest stockpile of military supplies is like a small town.In the rain, the embers inside were still not completely extinguished, and the small town was filled with smoke.

On the Daying Gate where grain was stored, Zhang Fu reined in his horse and looked at the large characters on it, which read: The one who burns grain, Grandpa Ping.

Seeing this, the general Huang Zhong next to him immediately cursed: "It must be safe, it is indeed the tone of that guy!"

Zhang Fu didn't say a word, and stared at those words for a long time, as if he wanted to erase them with his eyes!He didn't enter the city right away, but turned around and raced around the big warehouse, watching the terrain and defense here.

This large warehouse is surrounded by water on one side and mountains on two sides.Zhang Fu raised his head, and he could still see the military camp built by the officers and soldiers on the top of the mountain.

Zhang Fu was very puzzled, there were only a few cavalry in Ping An, how did he break through the defense line of the army, ran to the army camp, and burned a large amount of rations?Shouldn't all places where the army hoards military rations be strictly guarded against?For a veteran like Gu Cheng, Zhang Fu doesn't think he is very good, but he is definitely very experienced. Why did he make such a ridiculous mistake? !

Zhang Fu led the cavalry and inspected with his own eyes.He saw that more than one granary for the officers and soldiers had been burned, and more than half of Gu Chengjun's rations had been burned. He was even more suspicious and surprised.

"Our food and grass can only last for a few days, and now the Marquis of Zhenyuan is also short of military food, what should we do?" Huang Zhong asked.

Zhang Fu still didn't say a word, and rode straight to Gu Cheng's Chinese army camp.

The Kunming city in the distance was surrounded by rain, very quiet. The siege battle had stopped, and even the cannons were not fired when it rained.Along the way, Zhang Fu felt a terrible silence!

Zhang Fu finally met Gu Cheng in a house in a dirt village.The two doctors just left the bed with the medicine box.Gu Cheng's complexion was very bad, his face was haggard, he was sweating, and his white hair was disheveled. He looked like an ordinary old man who was exhausted.

Gu Cheng's first words were: "I'm getting old."

Zhang Fu didn't even say a word of greeting, and stood in front of the bed very impolitely, frowning.

"Guizhou City was breached by the rebels?" Zhang Fu asked.

Gu Cheng nodded weakly, his eyes suddenly showed anger: "That boy Wu Gao, with a [-] army, lingered on the road for more than half a month! He was watching from a place two hundred miles away from Guizhou City... "

Wu Gao is also in his sixties, but Gu Cheng is indeed qualified to call him a boy.

Zhang Fu said coldly: "The imperial court actually used Wu Gao. This is something I did not expect. I am afraid there are many dirty transactions in it."

Gu Cheng didn't answer, he closed his eyes and sighed and groaned weakly.

"Is General Gu's family in Guizhou City?" Zhang Fu asked again.

Gu Cheng opened his eyes and said: "There are too many scumbags inside and outside the imperial court. I can only rest assured if I hand over the city of Guizhou to Gu Yong and a few others. Gu Yong will never surrender! The whole family of this old man has been deeply favored by the sage, and has already made up his mind. Serve the Holy Majesty, after death!"

"I'm not talking about Gu Yong's surrender. The city of Guizhou is on the slopes. How useful is it if General Gu Yong surrenders or not?" Zhang Fu said calmly.

Gu Cheng stared and said: "Zhang Fu, what do you mean? You speak clearly, why do you insinuate when a man speaks! Don't talk about 'dirty business' and talk about 'the use of surrender'! When the old man learned that the army rations were raided and burned, he also I was so angry that I vomited blood...cough cough cough..."

Zhang Fuyou let Gu Cheng speak there, but he remained silent.

Gu Cheng continued to say shamefully and angrily: "This old man is guilty. I will write a letter to plead guilty. If I want to kill him, I will kill him with a word! But I will never bow to the traitor for my own self-interest, let alone General Zhang. water!"

"Old Hou, please calm down." Zhang Fu finally said, "You are recuperating from your illness, so I am leaving."

"General Zhang stay." Gu Cheng said suddenly.Then he called out and asked his subordinates to take out the big seal, stretched out his wrinkled hands and said, "The old man is getting old and sometimes faint. Now he is seriously ill and can't get out of bed, so he can no longer lead the brothers in the Guizhou army... In the past, the old man refused to obey. I am old, and now I have to admit that time is wasted. Please General Zhang accept the seal, take over the military power of the Guizhou Army, and take full charge of the military affairs of the Guizhou Army."

Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to pick it up, clasped his fists and said, "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders, farewell!"

He left Gu Cheng's camp, rode his horse and braved the rain back to the camp of the Jiaozhi army.Soon he summoned the guard commanders and generals of the two armies to come to the barracks to discuss matters.