Bright Spring

"The white one is Jingba, small and long-haired, obedient and clingy." Zhu Gaoxu thought, and said casually, "The yellow one is a domestic dog that looks after the house. From now on, it will be big and loyal to its master."

Zhan He said without hesitation: "My son wants a local dog!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu looked back and said, "My son likes loyal animals."

"Hahaha..." Everyone roared with laughter, and Guo Wei beside him couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Gaoxu said to Zhanhe: "The earth dog has returned to Zhanhe, from now on you have to feed him."

Guo Wei reminded: "What did He'er forget?"

Zhan He hurriedly bowed, "My son, thank you, Father."

Zhu Gaoxu looked back to the left and right and said: "It's time for my son to learn something, and I need to find some people to be his teachers. Mr. Li and Hou Changshi can teach Zhanhe how to read. When Qian Xun comes back, let him teach. Whoever is free will do so." Go to Wenlou to teach Zhanhe. Sheng Yong, Pingan, Qu Neng, Wang Bin, Wei Da, and Liu Ying will teach Zhanhe how to ride horses and shoot arrows."

After hearing this, everyone held their salutes one after another and said, "Your Majesty, I will wait to thank you, my lord!"

So Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhanhe to pay homage to the civil and military personnel present one by one.After all, Zhan He is a child, although he learned the etiquette, but curiosity overcame the etiquette, when he walked up to Mr. Li, he directly asked, "Why are you wearing something on your face?"

Mr. Li let out a chuckle, and said kindly: "When I was young, I was naughty and disobedient. I accidentally hurt my face and disfigured me. I didn't wear a mask to fear that I would scare people."

There was another burst of laughter in the room, Zhan He's eyes widened but he didn't know what everyone was laughing at.

Children under the age of four cannot remember everything, but once they do, the impression is very deep.Zhu Gaoxu also grew up from a few years old, so of course he has experience; especially his childhood feelings may be clearer than the matter itself.Zhu Gaoxu still clearly remembers the place where he was born, and the plants and trees there, even though they have completely changed their appearance later, they are still the same in his heart.

It's just that I don't know which events of today can be remembered by Zhan He.

...In the afternoon, the previous laughter quickly faded away, Zhu Gaoxu was busy reading a few important reports, then changed his clothes and rode out.

He came to the school ground near Hanwang's mansion to inspect the soldiers who were practicing.Dust is flying on the earth dam, and the wind blows waves of dust and soil to move on the ground, just like flying sand and stones.Shouts, footsteps, and hooves of horses came through the misty air, giving him the illusion of being on a battlefield.

Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes and rode on the horse, when he suddenly heard Sheng Yong's voice: "The enemy cavalry raided, form a circle on the spot!"

Following the sound, Zhu Gaoxu patted his horse over, but he didn't see Sheng Yong in the dust.

I saw a large group of soldiers standing in a mess on the muddy ground here, with no flags and no one riding a horse. Even Zhu Gaoxu couldn't tell which were generals and which were sergeants for a moment.Instead, a large group of cavalry rushed towards the chaotic soldiers shouting!

The messy soldiers miraculously quickly started to group themselves together at random. They formed circles of different sizes, and the scattered soldiers gathered around one after another and formed another circle outside the circle.Gradually, the chaotic soldiers gradually formed a three-layer circle.

At this time, he finally saw Sheng Yong riding a horse in the dust.Sheng Yong ran between the circles with a whip in his hand, and shouted: "The cavalry will rush up immediately, each formation changes positions, those with long weapons stand in the first two rows, and the bow|crossbow fire gunners stand in the innermost! Come on, come on again!" quick!"

Moments later, the cavalry shouted and rushed through the circle, and amidst the "rumbling" hoofbeats, the smoke and dust grew even louder.

The circular array is like a big hedgehog, surrounded by gun shields and spears.

Under the command of the general in the formation, the soldiers in the front row squatted sideways on the ground, stepped on the tail of the long soldiers, and held the guns with both hands; looking outside.The last row held bows, crossbows, and blunderbusses, and the sound of strings was "bang bang bang...", of course there were no arrows, it was just for show.With another order, the soldiers in the second row stood up.People rise and fall from time to time, and the formation is changing.

Sheng Yong also saw Zhu Gaoxu on the sidelines of the school grounds, so he talked to the generals around him, and came over to this side.

"The last general pays his respects to the lord!" Sheng Yong got off his horse and cupped his fists.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "General Sheng only needs to drill | train the soldiers, there is no need to be polite."

After Sheng Yong thanked him, he got on his horse again and accompanied Zhu Gaoxu to patrol around very respectfully.Just now Sheng Yong's voice was loud on the school field, but now he followed Zhu Gaoxu on horseback, but he didn't talk much, and his performance was very calm.

There are also some cavalry on the school field, but most of them are infantry training.Zhu Gaoxu knew that Sheng Yong was good at using infantry. As early as in the battle of Zhending, Zhu Gaoxu's entire cavalry was almost surrounded by Geng Bingwen and Sheng Yong's infantry|annihilated. At that time, he saw Sheng Yong's ability.

A group of people walked along the edge of the school field and came to the other side.Zhu Gaoxu saw that the troops practicing over there were also infantry phalanxes.Among the shouts of the soldiers, the shouts and shouts of the generals were mixed in it.

Zhu Gaoxu looked around and said: "If you want to be a general, you must have a good voice."

The serious generals smiled and agreed.

Zhu Gaoxu reined in his horse and carefully watched the scene not far away.He quickly understood that those horizontal formations were repeatedly training a formation, repeating it over and over again, like a single song looping.

The soldiers stood there in a crisscross pattern, and a large cloud of dust was trampled all over the sky.The soldiers holding the mountain blunderbuss raised the blunderbuss from time to time, and when the mechanism was pulled, there was a reed sound of "chachacha".The archer also pulled the bowstring, making a vibrating sound of "bang bang bang".

Zhu Gaoxu looked thoughtful, and stopped to watch for a long time.

Sheng Yong said: "On the battle formation, there may be less than a few hundred people fighting alone. The leading generals can use this formation with cameras. If it is a large formation of more than a thousand people, the enemy army is also tens of thousands of horses. More people are needed, and the spear and shield phalanx must be thicker, so this formation is not suitable."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, then turned around and said, "I think our brothers' morale is very high."

Sheng Yong said calmly: "The regular soldiers are fed every day and receive military pay every month. It is very easy for them to practice hard."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled wryly and said: "The army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. Sure enough, there must be sufficient money and food."

"My lord's words are very true." Sheng Yong clasped his fists and bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered endlessly, as if talking to himself, he said: "Our troops, are you ready for a big battle..."

Sheng Yong said: "My lord is invincible in Sichuan and Guizhou. The brothers have rested for several months, and they are all looking forward to making contributions in the battlefield!"

Ping An clasped his fists and said, "The last general, please be the forward!"

The governor Wang Bin next to him also looked anxious, and hurriedly said: "My lord is going out this time, I will invite you to go with me at the end, and I would like to be the pioneer."

"Hmm..." Zhu Gaoxu made an unintelligible voice, and then said, "Let's go to another place to have a look."

At this time, a group of infantry walked by in a column not far away, with uniform footsteps and a very majestic posture.The general on horseback shouted: "Salute!" All the troops raised their spears, guns, blunderbuss and other weapons together, and saluted Zhu Gaoxu with clasped fists.

Immediately, Zhu Gaoxu and the others bowed their hands to return the salute, and then continued to move forward on horseback.

He was walking slowly on horseback, his right hand clenched into a fist, and he punched his left hand in the heart from time to time, doing some meaningless and trivial movements.Sometimes Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the smoky scene in the distance, sometimes he looked at the road in thought, and became reticent along the way.

Zhu Gaoxu was pondering in his mind that it had been more than half a year and almost a year since he started the army; the imperial court had enough time to deploy troops.In the east, the Huguang Political Commissioner and the Jiangxi Chief Political Commissioner were both fertile lands of the Ming Dynasty. The densely populated areas were rich and prosperous, and they were also frontal sites to resist the three southwestern provinces. The imperial court must have gathered heavy troops.Zhu Gaoxu is unable to know the specific news and how many people gathered in Huguang.

40, 50?Or Gao Chi transferred all the Beijing camps, and the guards from all over the country reached more than [-] troops? !

If Zhu Gaoxu wanted to take a big gamble, he would go east out of Huguang!As long as he wins this battle, all the difficulties he is facing now can be easily resolved, and the situation will be completely different from the present.

If you lose, of course it will be completely over!If the King of Han's army loses its main force, it will be difficult to regain its combat effectiveness by relying on the southwestern frontier.The emotion of defeat will spread like a plague throughout the army and everywhere.Zhu Gaoxu could completely imagine that among the depressed and disappointed officers, officers and civilians, many people must have suddenly thought: the capital is the Ming court!

This battle can almost directly determine victory or defeat!

It has been many days since Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Yunnan Fucheng, and he has not yet made a final decision on the strategy. This is the reason.The consequences of this campaign are too serious to fail to ponder over.

Chapter 452 Huguang Strategy

In late May, Mr. Li and Sheng Yong and Ping'an wrote a strategy together.Zhu Gaoxu took a general look and found it quite reasonable, so he immediately summoned his confidants, civil and military, to discuss.

The time was inappropriate, and it was almost You o'clock when Mr. Li delivered the file; when everyone came to the study room in the front hall, the sun had just set.But this is the quietest time of the day.

The vegetation in Yunnan is lush in summer, and the most special thing is that there are many bugs and birds.During the day, all kinds of birds compete to sing, and at night, insects come out to join in the fun. Even in the Hanwang Mansion, you can hear frogs from time to time.

Only during the short period between the sun setting and the night falling, the chirping of birds and insects was miraculously silenced, and the world was extremely peaceful.

When Zhu Gaoxu walked outside the study room in the front hall, he saw his surroundings.