Bright Spring

Wang Bin cupped his fists and said, "Decree!"

Several people came to the signing room, and there were some maps of Liu Ying on the wooden table.Liu Ying came up and pointed to a place on the map and said, "The general received an order from Mr. Li before and prepared some food and fodder for the army. This is Libo County, which belongs to Si Qingyuan, the chief envoy of Guangxi. It is under the jurisdiction of the Mansion (near Hechi City), but there is no garrison. The last general sent a general to occupy this place, and arranged warehouses in Libo County, and dispatched and prepared [-] troops for two months. "

"Liu Dudu has done a good job!" Zhu Gaoxu praised.

However, such actions will inevitably make the enemy guess that the King of Han army will march from Guizhou to Guangxi.This is impossible. A large-scale military operation involving 20 people is impossible without showing any signs.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Wang Bin, then looked around and said, "This time the Central Route Army has a total strength of nearly 7 troops. The first place to go is Qingyuan Mansion. The marching route is along the official road to Guangxi. Wang Bin's former army 1 More than 5 riders set off the day after tomorrow, and the remaining [-] main force will be divided into four groups: the central army, the left sentry, the right sentry, and the rear army. In order, they will be dispatched all the way the next day."

Several generals clasped their fists together and said, "The last general obeys!"

Zhu Gaoxu buried his head in looking at the map in front of him for a while, because all the drawings are hand-painted and the sizes are different, so the drawing methods are different.

However, there must be main post roads between provinces. The thick line on the picture is the post road from Guizhou to Guangxi.

Libo County is on a post road, located in the southeast of Guizhou City. The length of the post road from Guizhou City is about six Wu Gao. It is not up to him to decide where to go, unless he dares to defy military orders; From Fu's point of view, Nanning Mansion is obviously not of much value in this battle. "

Wang Bin said with a smile: "Earlier Wu Gao couldn't even deal with Liu Dudu, but when he meets our prince, he will definitely not finish this battle!"

In the previous battles, Wang Bin was ordered to stay in Kunming City, and later escorted the family members of the Hanwang Mansion to Dali Mansion; now he finally got the chance to fight and served as the forward of the Central Army, so he is very happy for a while.The battle is imminent, and the person in the best mood is probably Wang Bin.

"Wu Gao's army is currently in Nanning Mansion, so let's march according to the strategy first. There will inevitably be changes on the battlefield, and we can only adapt accordingly." Zhu Gaoxu continued, "The departure time of our North Route Army has not yet been determined. And Wu Gao's troops left The main force of the Huguang enemy army is too far away, no matter what he does, we can deal with it calmly. It just takes time."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he glanced at the window and said, "It's getting late, let's discuss it tomorrow."

Liu Ying clasped her fists and said: "The last general asked someone to prepare some simple food and wine, and then sent them to the dining room to clean up the dust for the prince."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "Liu Dudu has been stationed in Guizhou for several months, so he considers himself a landlord! Since this is the case, I have to appreciate it. Let's go to dinner together."

Everyone agreed.

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, holding a vermilion pen in his hand, and vigorously drew a thick vertical line on the map.From the vicinity of Chenzhou Mansion in Huguang, all the way down to Liuzhou Mansion in Guangxi, it stopped.

This line is the time when the army crossed the difficult Xuefeng Mountains.The mountains run from north to south, blocking Guizhou to the east; Huguang and northern Guangxi are shielded to the east.

When Mr. Li and others formulated the strategy for the Eastern Expedition, the terrain was probably centered on the Xuefeng Mountains.The two armies went to Guangxi and detoured to the south of Xuefeng Mountain; the army of the first line took the "Huguang Road" and turned eastward at Chenxi, which was at the northern foot of Xuefeng Mountain.

...The next morning, before the sun had risen, the peaks in the east had just turned white, and Wang Bin's vanguard army left the city one after another from the south city.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the tower of Nancheng and bid farewell to Wang Bin.

The sergeant came up with a wooden plate, and Zhu Gaoxu picked up a bowl and handed it to Wang Bin, saying, "With this fine wine from Maotai Village in Zunyi Prefecture, I wish the Commander Wang a smooth journey."

Wang Bin took it with both hands, held up the wine bowl and said: "The last general will definitely live up to the heavy responsibility of the prince!" After saying that, he raised his head and drank it down.

Zhu Gaoxu also drank it down, and the taste seemed to be different from the later Moutai.He put the wine bowl on the wooden plate and said: "The king's governor will go first, and the king will lead the army to come later."

Wang Bin bowed: "There will be a period later. My lord, I am leaving!"

He finished and walked down the tower.After a while, Wang Bin rode out of the city gate on horseback. He turned his head and looked up from the horseback, and saluted with fists again.Zhu Gaoxu silently waved to him on the tower.

Where Guizhou City is located, the terrain is fairly flat in comparison, and the official road after leaving the city is also very spacious.There were six parallel infantry columns on the road, four rows of cavalry leading horses on foot, various donkey carts, and wheelbarrows.

But Zhu Gaoxu knew that after walking on such a spacious road for at most two days, they would enter the mountainous area, and the army could only march in the formation of a long dragon.

There are many mountain shadows in the sky. I don't know when the King of Han army will walk out of the mountains in the southwest and enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Gaoxu tried his best and had an internal support like He Fu in the army, he was still prepared for a fierce battle.Wu Gaojun, who was closest to the army, was only a part of the army, and its strength was much smaller than that of Zhu Gaoxu's two main forces. This battle was undoubtedly very dangerous.

But no matter how difficult the road ahead is, Zhu Gaoxu has made up his mind to go out.Otherwise, trapped in this borderland with thin population and lack of money and food, sooner or later there will be a dead end.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the tower for a long time, his vision was blocked by the mountains in the distance.He really doesn't like being in the mountains. .

Chapter 464 It's All About You

The city of Wuchang is bright and refreshing in autumn.Under today's clear sky thousands of miles away, the north wind blows around, and the water surface of the great river is misty.

Zhang Fu, an Englishman in his thirties, is riding along the banks of the Ma River.At this moment, he couldn't help raising his head to face the wind, looking at the huge fleet on the river.The main fleet of the Daming Navy, transferred from the upper reaches of the river, sailed southward from Wuchang Prefecture; the bulging sails were like white clouds.

The sound of drums and military music came from the water, mixed with the sound of "squeaking" water from the wheels, and the momentum was very majestic.

On the south bank of the great river, on the wide plain between the river and the lake, queues of cavalry marched southward in several parallel routes.Seen from a distance, several armies are like long dragons on the earth.

Looking back at Wuchang City, Zhang Fu could still see that there were still troops marching eastward outside the city gate; they were people who were transferred to Jiujiang Mansion and traveled southward to Nanchang Mansion after joining up with the reinforcements from the direction of the capital.

"The Holy Majesty gave Marshal Zhang a million-strong army, and the Marshal will conquer Huguang, and wipe out the rebel army with a snap of his fingers!" the general flattered.

Zhang Fu made a sound to indicate that he heard it, but he did not speak, still watching the situation of the land and water armies.However, he didn't blame his subordinates for sycophancy, maybe he himself was so relaxed just now that he didn't pay attention to showing the expression on his face.

A million soldiers is a bit exaggerated, but it's not too bad!

After Zhang Fu arrived at Wuchang Mansion, the governorate of Huguang Province, it took him a while to get a general idea of ​​where and how many soldiers he controlled.Counting the South Route troops led by Wu Gao, the Ming Army stationed in Cochin Province, and the main fleet of the Daming Navy, Zhang Fu's total land and water force is about 70 people!

In any case, Zhang Fu finally got his wish and got the military power of General Pinghan.Most of the soldiers and horses that the Ming Dynasty can mobilize to Huguang and other places are in his hands.As long as he wins this battle, he will be the number one military official in the current imperial court, and there is no second one who can match him!

And his opponent is Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the younger brother of the Holy One.Before Zhang Fu took office as the counter-insurgency coach, Zhu Gaoxu had swept across the three southwestern provinces with 30 troops.

A very familiar opponent.Those were his own people who fought side by side with Zhang Fu in the "Battle of Jingnan" and "Battle of Annan"... used to be his own people.It is also clear at a glance how many troops the King of Han has; the number of military households in various parts of the Ming Dynasty is available in books, and it can be known clearly after calculation and deduction.If the king of Han goes eastward, he can mobilize at most more than [-] people.

At this time, the Ming army, whether it is the Beijing camp or the main army of the guard, is equipped with considerable combat power. It can enter the mountains and forests in the south to fight the barbarian rebellion, and it can attack the Mongolian cavalry in the north. It is by no means comparable to the corrupt army at the end of the dynasties. .At least it is not a force that can be countered by temporarily recruiting refugees and people.

Therefore, Zhang Fu concluded that the strength of the officer army in this battle will be two to three times that of the King of Han!Zhang Fu thought in his heart that the King of Han was good at fighting, but the difference in strength between the two sides was more than double, so he felt that his chances of winning were very high.

After Zhang Fu arrived in Wuchang Mansion and gradually figured out the specific deployment of the army, he began to arrange according to his own ideas.

The officers and soldiers in Huguang and other places had been intervened several times before that. After the early mobilization and the two dispatches of the Ministry of War, it was obvious that they could not fully meet Zhang Fu's ideas.He quickly made new deployments within a few days.

Zhang Fu deployed all the land and water armies into five land armies and two naval armies, a total of seven armies; he divided the battlefield into four areas.

For a while, he is reorganizing the army of up to 70 people, so that all the troops can reach the previously designated positions, which are four rough areas; and form a seven-way navy army that can be easily transferred.

The main force of the official army is gathering in the area south of Dongting Lake, where most of the troops of the Ping-Han army will be deployed.The main force of the navy is counted, deployed on the water surface of Dongting Lake and the nearby Dajiang and Xiangjiang Rivers; Changde Prefecture Liu Shengjun has 10 troops; the left deputy general He Fujun who will arrive in Changsha Prefecture and Tanzhou Prefecture one after another is 10; they are gathering in Yuezhou The right deputy general Xue Lu has 30 people.The total force of land and water is more than [-]!

The second site is in Jingzhou, with 10 land divisions and [-] navy division.The third place is in Nanchang Prefecture, with a total of [-] people from Chen Mao and Tan Zhongjun.The fourth is located in Nanning Prefecture and Jiaozhi Province, with Wu Gao's army of more than [-] and Huangzhong's Jiaozhi army of more than [-].

The deployment of these troops is only the preliminary preparation.Before the battle, Zhang Fu could proceed to the next step of combat deployment, which was the rough "joint army decisive battle" agreed by the Holy Majesty and the imperial court!

Zhang Fu can control a total force of nearly 70 troops, but he also knows that some of them are useless.For example, Huang Zhongjun in Cochin Province, Huang Zhong was a man who Zhang Fu personally fished out from the imperial prison to cultivate and promote him. The general is fine; After the change and separation, there were only 5 people left, with low morale and poor loyalty... As long as they didn't join the enemy, Zhang Fu would be thankful, and he didn't even think about them helping.

Zhang Fu has ordered the Fujian Liangguang Navy to move to the west of Qiongzhou Prefecture (Hainan Island) to be responsible for the water defense of the Jiaozhi River.He also sent someone to order Huang Zhong to issue a military order to the Jiaozhi Army. Anyone who found a defector would be rewarded if he appealed to the enemy or captured the head of the traitor; |Anti-death, tell brothers not to be fooled and sacrifice their lives in vain...

At this moment, Zhang Fu heard a rush of horseshoes coming from the north.He and the generals turned their heads to look at the same time, and saw several cavalry soldiers galloping towards this side.

After the previous rider charged close, he reined in his horse. The man got off his horse and shouted: "The little ones are here to deliver the report by the order of the Marquis of Jiangyin. First, we arrived at the Si Yamen of Huguangdu. I heard that the commander-in-chief has just left the city." , and asked someone to lead the way to catch up."

"Bring it up." Zhang Fu said.

The visitor stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee, and presented the lacquered letter to the side of the mount with both hands.