Bright Spring

Among the rolling mountains and forests in the east, in a relatively gentle place, the road was full of people and horses at this time.The turbulent army is like an iron dragon, and countless swaying iron helmets with wide brims are like glowing dragon scales.

Ping'an is taking [-] infantry and thousands of cavalry to detour eastward.The army is going to go east first, and then march north, marching along the area between the eastern foot of the mountain range and Zishui.

As long as the safe people march for more than ten miles, and then occupy the lower hillside highlands over there, they can detour to the back of the officers and soldiers!

However, Zhang Fu was obviously prepared and was deploying troops to his side and rear.Therefore, Ping An was ordered to attack in a roundabout way with an army of infantry and cavalry, otherwise it would be difficult for cavalry alone to break through the infantry defensive phalanx.

... Around noon, the 10,000+ army led by Sheng Yong and others had already started the second large-scale attack on the official defense line.

On the front about three miles wide, Sheng Yong made a deployment. "

After a while, a civil official and two generals rode up the hillside.Sheng Yong asked, "Is there any news about Ping'an reporting to the Chinese army?"

The civil official said: "Not long ago, the news came. The enemy army mobilized heavy troops in the rear, and deployed defenses along the banks of the Zishui River and hillsides in the east. The depth is very deep; the infantry of the Ping'an army is progressing slowly!"

Sheng Yong looked to the left at the westward sun, and remained silent.

Behind him, countless cavalry marched in formation.And in front of the army of the King of Han, there is another line of defense, and simple fortifications have been formed!

At this time, another group of horsemen from the south came running towards the handsome flag on the hill.The cavalry reined in their horses at the bottom of the slope, and after a few conversations with people, a general rode up straight up.

The general got off his horse, cupped his fists and bowed, "Commander, our scouts are about twenty or thirty miles to the north, and we found countless enemy cavalry, and they are marching south!"

"How many people?" Sheng Yong asked calmly.

The general said: "I'm not sure, I'm afraid there are at least [-] to [-] horses! The secret agent reported that there are horseshoes in a long distance!"

"Ben will know." Sheng Yong said.

Sheng Yong turned his gaze forward again, and fell silent again.

Sheng Yong knew all the people behind the army, their positions a few days ago, and their recent movements; the source of the news was the two spies around He Fu.

There is nothing strange about the combination of the two news, and the source is relatively reliable.Therefore, Sheng Yong judged that it is almost impossible for the main force of the enemy's reinforcements to arrive here within two days... The officer's horse army in the north should be the cavalry mobilized by Zhang Fu from various ministries.After all, the cavalry marches on horseback, and the speed can be very fast in a short period of time!

Not long after, Qu Neng also came to this side.

After seeing the ceremony, Sheng Yong said: "I just got the news that the enemy army has a large number of cavalry reinforcements coming, and they are twenty or thirty miles away to the north. I haven't heard of this group of troops before. I guess a few days ago, Zhang Fu temporarily mobilized An army of horses has risen."

Qu Neng nodded with a serious face, and then looked at the enemy soldiers repairing the ditch wall to the north.

After a while, Sheng Yong said in a deep voice: "I think Zhang Fuzhong's reinforcements of more than 4 people will arrive the day after tomorrow; other enemy troops will also arrive soon..."

With vertical lines between his eyebrows, Qu Neng replied: "The North Route Army just arrived from Xinhua County, and I don't know much about the situation of the enemy's various units."

Sheng Yong pondered: "If Ping'an still has no hope of breaking through the northeast side before dark today, can we prepare to retreat? The 20 troops still have to cross Zishui to the south. The sooner we go south, the less danger we will have."

A general next to him said carefully: "Even if the enemy army has more than 4 reinforcements in the day after tomorrow, we are still stronger than them..."

Sheng Yong said expressionlessly: "The North Route Army has 4 people, and they still need to repair and replenish arrows and ammunition; the troops led by the prince have not come to meet up, and it is not the time for a decisive battle. We must ensure that we can take those prisoners away. It is estimated that there are at least [-] to [-] people, which can weaken a lot of enemy troops."

Qu Neng cupped his fists and bowed: "Sheng Dudu is the commander in chief of this battle, please make a decision!"

Chapter 521 A Stable Mind

Waiting is the most exhausting.Zhu Gaoxu was waiting for the result in the rear, but he was more anxious than going into battle in person; what's more, Chen Dachui brought back news that the situation had changed, and the battle became foggy, which made Zhu Gaoxu difficult to rest assured.

On the Fuyi water, a group of trackers were yelling and pulling the boat vigorously. The leader sang "Yoho..." in a long voice, and the group of people exhaled and exerted their strength in unison "Hey".

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the bank of the river, watching the sand boat on the river, moving slowly in the nearby shallow water.After a while he raised his eyes and looked at the northern sky again.

However, it was impossible to see what was going on at the front here; only the cold north wind in winter was blowing on his face, and he felt his cheeks were numb.

...As early as late September, Zhu Gaoxu led [-] surrendered troops and [-] to [-] cavalry from the Han King Army, and set out from the east to the north.However, in the first ten days of October, when the battle on Zishui was about to begin, he dispatched troops to march westward and came to the Fuyi River Basin.

During this period of time, Zhu Gaoxu did some things other than combat.The first was to push the supply line north.

The property and military supplies mobilized from the four provinces were first transported to Guilin Fucheng for distribution; the grain and fodder mobilized from all over Guangxi were also transported to Guilin Mansion first.Then ship from Lijiang River, Lingqu River, Xiangjiang River to Yongzhou Prefecture.

The Han Wangjun built several warehouse transfer points along the road.

Originally, Yongzhou Fucheng was the largest distribution center for military supplies in the north; but because the navy of the government army continued to harass the fleet from the Xiangjiang River, Zhu Gaoxu changed and re-deployed the grain road in September.

He ordered the expansion of warehouses on the west of Yongzhou Fucheng and the bank of Dayangchuan River (Zishui River) in the south of Dong'an County, and the establishment of Dayangchuan Water strongholds; the distribution center in the north was moved westward to reduce losses caused by the raids of the government and navy.

The military supplies were transported to the Fuyishui warehouse in Beilu, and then transferred from the Fuyishui to the north by ships and transferred to the various military camps.

In addition to Qu Neng's army, the King of Han's army has deployed more than 20 troops in Huguang!Because most of the transportation of military supplies is by water, Hanwangfu barely maintained the situation; but if it takes a long time, this transportation line will also become fragile.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also rectified Wu Gaojun's surrender.

He invited Wu Gao out, showed up in the army from time to time, and treated Wu Gao with courtesy, so as to appease the army.Then, the 8 generals at all levels were adjusted one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu's most important generals are not generals such as Commander Wei, but hundreds of generals!He believed that the hundred households were the basic unit of the army in the war, and the loyalty and ability of its commander would greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army in invisible places.

He appointed more than 300 generals from hundreds of households.First, all the more than 500 guard cavalry who followed him were appointed as one hundred households among the surrendered troops; then four to five hundred were selected from the low-level generals with military registration in Sichuan and Yunnan.

The most reliable generals in the King of Han's army were from Yunnan and Sichuan, because these people had fought with Zhu Gaoxu a few years ago.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu also ordered civil officials such as Hou Hai and Pei Youzhen to register the hometown of the surrendered army.More than half of them are not from Guangxi military, but are mobilized from the Beijing camp and various guards; except for the troops of the Beijing camp, these people will be mixed into the Hanwang army.

The military households from Guangxi will maintain the basic system of a hundred households and appoint some Guangxi generals as deputy...

At this point, everything was almost arranged.

But in the past two days, Zhu Gaoxu has been thinking too much, and his mood is not stable.

When thinking of Qu Nengjun, Zhu Gaoxu felt a little scared.The North Route Army went south from Chenxi County in the place where the officers and soldiers were looking around; they were able to escape from death, except for Qu Neng's ability, it must have been some luck!

Zhu Gaoxu warned himself before that not to gamble is to win; but in the world, it is often difficult not to gamble.

After Chen Dachui rushed to Zhu Gaoxu's army, Zhu Gaoxu became a little more worried, feeling that he would never be able to land.

...But Zhu Gaoxu guessed that Zhang Fu's mentality might be even worse!

As early as in the Battle of Conquering the Southern Kingdom, Zhu Gaoxu discovered that Zhang Fu was a bit greedy for merit; perhaps it was because of this weakness that Zhang Fu's mentality was unstable at a critical moment, which affected his calmness.

He Fu's deployment made Zhang Fu see hope; at that moment, Zhang Fu must not be calm enough, and his decision-making was a little impulsive... Otherwise, if Zhang Fu was calm enough at that time, he should be able to realize that He Fu's deployment has a greater risk .

Later, Zhang Fu realized later and seemed to understand the joint; that's why Zhang Fu changed the military order and Chen Dachui fled back!

However, if the army fails to reverse the defeat in this campaign, it will be difficult for Zhang Fu to correct his mentality and return to normal.

As an older brother who has been in a state of bad gambling for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu has rich experience in this mentality.At that time, Zhang Fu was like a millionaire who suddenly lost 20 yuan. The mentality of most gamblers was: they must get back their capital and profits!

There are too many people like this, including Zhu Gaoxu who was not spared before; he has never seen a gambler who can simply let go of the "20" lost overnight.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu's confidence in the Huguang battle has increased a bit: because Zhang Fu may go further and further on the road of losing his calm... The key is for Zhang Fu to lose "20", that is, He Fujun's 10 horses !