Bright Spring

Gu Cheng was stunned for a while, and said seriously: "As long as Marshal Zhang speaks about such things, how can I refuse this old man? Come, help this old man up quickly!"

Zhang Fu immediately showed a grateful expression, and saluted again.

The guards came in and helped Gu Cheng out of the bed, walked out with difficulty, and got him into a donkey cart.So Zhang Fu took Gu Cheng's donkey cart with his personal guards to the barracks of the Guizhou Army.

Gu Cheng said to the generals who greeted him and the sergeants watching in the camp: "We are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the country for the Holy One, and we must not forget the word loyalty and bravery for a day!"

He took a breath, and gasped again, "I'm sick, and I have entrusted Marshal Zhang to temporarily take over the military power of the Guizhou army. The military order is like a mountain, and you must obey it. The brothers in Guizhou have gone to Guangxi, so they can repair it for the time being; wait for the king After the master put down the rebellion of the king of Han, you can go back to the capital of Guizhou, and you can also marry a wife and have children in Guangxi...cough cough cough..."

At this time a small group of cavalry came to the gate of the camp, Zhang Fu turned his horse's head and walked over, and asked the leading general in a deep voice, "Where are the rebels of the King of Han?"

The general clasped his fists and said: "The scout who came back today reported that the rebel vanguard has reached the left side of Dongshan in Yuezhou."

Zhang Fu gradually breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and heard the general in front of him say: "The last general will leave!"

Yuezhou Dongshan is still on the side of Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion, hundreds of miles away from Zhang Fu!The striker of the rebels had only just arrived in Yuezhou, so it was very difficult to catch up with Zhang Fu; even if he did catch up, Zhang Fu himself still had an army of [-], so he was not afraid of him as a striker!

But when the Guizhou Army arrives in Guangxi, there may only be about half of the troops left... Zhang Fu lost tens of thousands of officers and troops without fighting a battle, and he felt really aggrieved.Fortunately, it is better than all the Guizhou Army turning to the rebels!

... At this time, some veterans in the army were worried about Zhang Fu's future, but Zhang Fu didn't take it seriously.The princes in the court can talk nonsense, but the facts on the battlefield can be seen by all!Facts cannot be easily changed.

After thinking about it, Zhang Fu thought about Wu Gao's question carefully. He had gradually calmed down from the initial anger.

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Chapter 436

"Report to the prince! Wu Gao's army has retreated to Maoyunba, and the enemy troops are continuing to move eastward."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting in the lobby of the capital of Guizhou, moved his eyes away from the letter paper in his hand.It took him a while to shift his thoughts from Yunnan in the letter to Maoyunba in Guizhou in the report.Two words flashed through his mind: two hundred miles, fortification.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the civil and military affairs on the left and right, and said: "The Guizhou army is on the way to Guangxi, and there are a lot of fugitives. I will take some troops back to Yunnan, so that I can gather the soldiers of the Guizhou army and let them return to their hometowns to reunite with their families. But here It must be garrisoned and operated."

He looked at Liu Ying who was standing on the right side: "Liu Dudu, you are acting as the commander of Guizhou Zuodu for the time being. Call the remaining strong men from all the guards to garrison the fields."

Liu Ying took two steps forward, cupped his fists and said, "The general will focus on the defense of Guizhou!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly looked at Gu Yong, who had a finger cut off by him, "General Gu, would you like to be the commander of the right capital?"

All the generals looked sideways at Gu Yong in surprise, and Gu Yong also looked surprised.He buried his head in meditation for a while, and bowed: "The defeated general is honored by the king of Han, but his family education is very strict, especially the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety. The defeated general dare not disobey his father and go against his instructing, so he can only decline the kindness of the king of Han."

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment, and he didn't say anything to ridicule Zhenyuanhou. He nodded solemnly and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions. It is inconvenient for me to force you. Then you and I will go to Yunnan."

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After all, the King of Han army did not pursue Wu Gao.Zhu Gaoxu asked the Guizhou capital to order that civil and military officials and chieftains from all over Guizhou maintain their original duties.Then he led tens of thousands of horses to leave Guizhou City, and arrived at Qujing Military and Civil Mansion in early March.

When the army arrived in Qujing, the guards in the army divided up and went south to collect the Guizhou army soldiers who had fled in various places.Zhu Gaoxu took a group of cavalry and went straight to Kunming City.

It has only been a few months since I left Kunming City before.

When he returned to Kunming, he seemed to have a feeling of vicissitudes.It may be because the scene outside Kunming has really changed a lot.

The city wall is full of mottled damage, and the rammed earth in the wall bricks is exposed to the sun; the east tower has also collapsed, and some craftsmen and handymen are repairing the tower and the broken wall stacks on the city wall.

But the bloodstains, broken flags, and corpses have long since disappeared, and the outside of Kunming has returned to calm, except for the unhurried "jingling" knocking sounds of the craftsmen at work.But just by looking at those traces, Zhu Gaoxu can imagine the fierce battle here not long ago.

The weeds under the corner of the city wall and on the side of the post road have sprouted new leaves, wild flowers are dotted among the white flowers on the treetops, and there is a rich fragrance of flowers in the air.Zhu Gaoxu seemed to feel that this land was slowly healing its wounds like a life.

The civil and military personnel in Kunming City greeted them out of the city gate, and a large group of people came.After they got the news, they seemed to want to go out of the city several miles to meet them; but Zhu Gaoxu ran quickly with the cavalry, and by this time he was already outside the city gate.

"My lord." Mr. Li, wearing an iron mask, bowed.Zhu Gaoxu easily found Mr. Li in the middle of the crowd, and Sheng Yong and Ping An who were standing beside Mr. Li to salute together.

Zhu Gaoxu turned over and jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the groom beside him, and strode over.

His expression suddenly became agitated, the sweat on his forehead glistened in the sun, and he didn't speak for a while.Maybe there are too many things I want to say, and I suddenly don’t know where to start.

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to hold Mr. Li's arm and lifted it up, then put it on Sheng Yong's fist next to him, grabbed Ping'an with the other hand, stared at them back and forth, and nodded vigorously.

The four put their hands together and stared at each other, but no one spoke for a while.The surrounding Wenwu led the horses and watched them silently.

Sheng Yong first said: "My lord, to be honest, the general has not received a military order before. At that time, Zhang Fujun's [-] troops will soon arrive at Yunnan Mansion. The general is preparing to break through and abandon Kunming City!" He said, He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, "I only received it the day before the breakout."

Zhu Gaoxu took it over and looked at it, and there was a word of peace written on it: The prince ordered to guard Kunming City to the death and wait for help.

There was only a short line of words on the note, and Zhu Gaoxu could see it clearly at a glance.After a while, he raised his head and saw that Sheng Yong's expression was a bit complicated.Sheng Yong said that he was going to break through, which must have been a mistake in hindsight.However, Sheng Yong told the matter outright, and it was impossible to hide it.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a moment, but he soon realized that Sheng Yong could not be blamed for this matter.

Before issuing this military order, Zhu Gaoxu sent a letter to Ping An.But something went wrong for some reason, or it was intercepted by the enemy... When the communication was not smooth, it was not wrong for Sheng Yong to decide to break out of the encirclement. He probably went through many hesitation and wandering.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu patted his palm lightly on Sheng Yong's shoulder, and didn't want to mention the unpredictable changes on the battlefield, so he just said: "Fortunately."

Then Zhu Gaoxu said loudly: "In any case, our crusade army has won a complete victory in this battle! The crusade army first destroyed the puppet emperor's Yangwu Hou Xuelu, and captured the entire territory of Sichuan's chief envoy. After the battle, the three places of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan obeyed the decree of the Han Dynasty, and the subjects thousands of miles to the southwest were all For a child!"

All civil servants immediately bowed happily to congratulate, "Congratulations to the King of Han for his successive victories!"

The soldiers above and below the city tower also celebrated. People raised their swords and guns to the sky, cheering for a long time, "Hanwang, Hanwang!" The shouts rose and fell under the blue sky and white clouds.

Zhu Gaoxu got on his horse again, rushed into Yunnan Fucheng, and went straight back to Hanwangfu.

The family members of the Han Palace, as well as most of the court ladies and eunuchs have gone to Dali, and have not yet returned to Kunming City. There are only some rough jobs and old slaves left in the palace.As a result, the huge palaces and palaces seemed even more empty.

Zhu Gaoxu met Wang Gui, the eunuch, Aunt Wang, the former servant of the royal palace of Gaoyang County, and others.With their help, he took off his armor and asked Wang Gui to clean it and oil it.

He changed into a prince's regular clothes, a black gauze hat and a dragon robe, and sat down in the study in the front hall, casually flipping through Mr. Li's official documents during Sheng Yong's defense of the city, drinking tea and taking a break.

After a while, a sergeant came in to report and handed over a gift list, saying that Shen Xu, a wealthy businessman from Yunnan, had come to congratulate him.While looking at the gift list, Zhu Gaoxu said to Wang Gui, "You go to meet Mrs. Shen."

Wang Gui took Fuchen in his arms and walked out of the study.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that when he first arrived in Yunnan, he met Shen Xu, and they had known each other for several years.But Shen Xu took the initiative to come to Han Wangfu to meet, this is the second time.

The first time was because Zhu Gaoxu met Duan Xuehen who wanted to commit murder in Shen Xushi's troupe, Shen Xushi was very nervous, so he came to explain.Of course, Zhu Gaoxu chose to forgive her in the end, and did something disgraceful to her in this study.

But even with physical contact, Shen Xu still keeps a distance from him.

Later, Zhu Gaoxu gradually figured out the reason why she was so indifferent.If she threw herself into Zhu Gaoxu, she wouldn't get much practical benefit; the only benefit might be getting a name.Besides this, as the prince's wife and concubine, she can't come and go in and out of the harem at will, and she will definitely not be able to control the huge family business of the Shen and Xu families anymore; moreover, as a merchant widow, she has no advantage in the prince's mansion of the Ming Dynasty, so it is difficult to compete. Win other women.

Once Shen Xu lamented that "a husband who treats others with sex, if his sex fades, he will love him, and if he loves him, he will be gracious." Zhu Gaoxu probably understood her thoughts.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't blame her. In his previous life, he thought that when a beauty gets close to a man, it's mostly for some kind of benefit.He used to be annoyed by such things, probably because he had so little and had nothing to give those beauties.Now that Zhu Gaoxu met some women in the Ming Dynasty, his thinking began to change, and his mentality became calmer...

Zhu Gaoxu closed the gift list, put it on the table, got up and walked out of the front hall study.

After a while, he saw three people approaching from a distance on the wide brick floor.Zhu Gaoxu stood casually under the eaves, waiting for them to approach.