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Chapter 476 The intention to withdraw

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Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, had the idea of ​​retreating to Guilin Mansion.He sent people to Pinglefu City and ordered the prefect Chen Yongsheng to mobilize ships to build a floating bridge on the Lechuan water in the north of the city.

Guilin Prefecture is located in the north and west of this place. If you want to march towards Guilin, you must cross the Lechuan River, which flows roughly north-south.

But before noon, Wu Gao received a reply from Chen Yongsheng.Chen Yongsheng said in the letter that Pingyue Mansion had sufficient food and supplies, so he asked the Marquis of Jiangyin to station in the city.But he did not mention the construction of the boat bridge.

After reading the letter, Wu Gao suddenly felt anger in his heart and blurted out: Even a prefect wants to bargain with me?This Chen Yongsheng is too bold!

Before the army arrived in Pingyuefu, Wu Gao made some promises to Chen Yongsheng in order not to be blocked on the south bank of the Li River.

He claimed that he had an army of more than 100,000, and would defeat the rebels in Pingyuefu and ensure the safety of the city; he would require the prefect and other officials to organize the boat bridge immediately and not be able to miss the fighter.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, Wu Gao wants the prefect to build a boat bridge in the Lechuan River, as if it is going to leave Pingyuefu.But Wu Gao did not expect that the prefect Chen Yongsheng would actually mean to disobey military orders!

A general from Guangxi military service said in a deep voice: Chen Yongsheng used to be the Pingyuefu in Guangxi. In the 34th year of Hongwu (the Jianwen period), the imperial court sent people to Guangxi to dispatch troops. Chen Yongsheng thought that the barbarian rebellion could not be quelled, so he tried his best to persuade the Three Departments of Guangxi to take into account the harm of the barbarian rebellion.When Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, Chen Yongsheng was "good at pacifying the barbarians" and was immediately promoted to the prefect of Pingyue Prefecture.

After hearing this, Wu Gao nodded, pondered for a moment and said: Write a letter again immediately, using my general seal.Tell Chen Yongsheng that this general would not leave Pingyuefu, but it was related to a rough round attack strategy and inconvenient to leak military aircraft. He told Chen Yongsheng not to ask too much, just follow the military orders!

Get order!

After Wu Gao left Pingyue Mansion, it is not certain whether he will return to this place in his life. He asked the prefect to help the army first.

Regardless of whether Chen Yongsheng is angry or not, is this the reason why he betrayed the court and could frame Wu Gao?

The ferry in the north of the city is naturally convenient for erecting boat bridges. There are several islands in the middle of the river, which divides the river surface into several narrow sections. The narrower the water surface, the simpler it is to build a boat bridge.

If the floating bridge could be built before dark today, Wu Gaojun could retreat slowly and orderly to the east bank of Lechuan River in the afternoon, and then cross the river overnight to retreat.

...Zhu Gaoxu stood on the high ground, his vision widened, and he could see a large part of the deployment of the government troops below.

The enemy's closest place is more than one mile away from the foot of the mountain.

So after the enemy stopped advancing, the two armies confronted each other for nearly half an hour without a single cannon.

Both sides have been marching and chasing, and it seems that not only Zhu Gaoxu is short of ammunition, but Wu Gaojun is obviously not well-off.

The sun in the east was rising very high, and countless people were burning in the sun.

The infantry soldiers around Zhu Gaoxu stood on the hillside with their legs, inserted their long weapons into the soil, holding the weapons and looking at the enemy formation below.

Fortunately, it has been blowing all the time today. Under the cool autumn wind, people don’t feel very hot when basking in the sun.

All the flags were floating in the same direction in the wind, crackling.

The wind blows from the northwest and the flags flutter to the southeast.

Countless people were looking at each other in the wilderness. As time went by, Zhu Gaoxu had a vague intuition and prediction: Wu Gao might not attack.

This is after several experiences after fighting with Jiangyin Hou, Zhu Gaoxu felt that Wu Gao was inclined to be conservative in his use of troops.

At this moment, three people climbed up on the hillside to the west with horses.

The guards were coming forward to ask, but after a while, the personal guards came over and said, "The barbarian guide asked to see the prince and report anything."

Zhu Gaoxu stared at the scene in the distance without looking back and said, letting them come over and speak.

Soon, the three men approached Zhu Gaoxu, one of them was the generals of the Han Wang Army, and the other two were barbarians.

Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at them and remembered that one of the Miao people was the man who wanted to prepare a dowry for his daughter; the other seemed to be the Hu Barbarians (Yao people).

The two of them talked in a murmur, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand a single word as usual.

After a while, the local official came over and said: The north wind is coming today, and the weather will turn from hot to cool.In Guangxi, it often rains in that case.It's probably going to rain these two days.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at the sky in the northwest. It seemed that there were really dark clouds in the sky.He said to the local officials: Tell them, I know, thank them.

The local official bowed his fists and turned around and gestured to talk to the two local people.After a while, the two barbarians bent down and retreated.

The barbarians had just left and someone asked for a meeting again.When Zhu Gaoxu heard that it was a person sent from Pinglefucheng, he immediately asked someone to bring him.

The people who came wore square scarves and cotton robes, dressed like scholars, and their clothes were clean and their skin was not like those in the army who had been sleeping in the open for a long time.

He only said that his surname was Chen, and he did not say his name or reported his official position. He said that he was a good friend of the prefect.

Zhu Gaoxu called him Mr. Chen for now and greeted each other.

The enemy troops at the foot of the mountain were still not moving at all, and Zhu Gaoxu was patient and talked calmly with the literati.

Mr. Chen finally talked about the main business. Two days ago, His Highness the King of Han sent an envoy to the government office. At that time, outsiders were present. Due to the situation, our prefect Chen had to send the envoy to the official army camp.The prefect Chen specially sent him to apologize to the prince.

When Zhu Gaoxu mentioned that matter, he immediately became a little angry.

Everyone has their own aspirations, so it’s fine if the local officials are unwilling to surrender. They are still so excessive and directly took Zhu Gaoxu’s people to Wu Gaoying and died!

Zhu Gaoxu seemed to hear the crackling sound of slapping on his face, and he was inevitably moved.

Several generals under Zhu Gaoxu were also very angry and even wanted to razed Yuefu City to take revenge.

But the attitude of the prefect of Pingyuefu turned sharply, and it changed a lot within two days.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately became curious and calmed down for the time being, without any intention of calculating. He said quietly: There are neither letters nor seals. I can see you, so I can give you enough face.But how do you make me believe that you are the magistrate Chen?

Mr. Chen wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the personal soldiers beside Zhu Gaoxu.

After Zhu Gaoxu signaled, Mr. Chen took a few steps forward and clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: To be honest, the army of Jiangyin Hou may not stay here.At that time, the city of Pingyuefu was broken, and the prince could still see him to distinguish his identity.

Although there was no evidence, Zhu Gaoxu immediately believed Mr. Chen, because Zhu Gaoxu also judged that Wu Gao might have to run away!

Zhu Gaoxu said expressionlessly: Prefect Chen betrayed my envoy first, and he has made a mistake.Now it is not enough to just apologize.You must make up for your mistakes, and this is all done.

What His Highness the King of Han said seriously?Mr. Chen asked.

Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: I guess that your prefect was teased by Wu Gao.This king is definitely not Wu Gao. I am a very credible person. You can inquire about it everywhere.If you tell me more military information, I can write a book that you can take back to ensure the heart of the prefect Chen.

Mr. Chen pondered for a while, then bowed and said: The Marquis of Jiangyin ordered the prefect Chen to set up a boat bridge where His Highness the King of Han crossed the river yesterday, and prepare 3,000 s of rice, and transport it to the west bank of Lechuan River by sacks and boats by tomorrow morning.However, the Marquis of Jiangyin said that this is a roundabout attack strategy for the army and the military opportunity must not be disclosed!

Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: Wu Gao is going to escape to Guilin Mansion!Does he have time for a large-scale round-trip attack?

There is no evidence for this news, but Zhu Gaoxu believed it at least five points, which is reasonable after all.

He did not lie to Mr. Chen, he was indeed a person of credibility. His credit had gone bankrupt before, and he did not believe in him. Perhaps because of this, he could realize the hidden value of credit.

If there is no need or huge interests to lure Zhu Gaoxu usually keeps his word.

He then found the civil servant Hou Hai and asked him to write a letter and use the seal of the Changshi Mansion.

He asked Mr. Chen to take it back as a proof. If Pingle City surrenders, the Han Palace will not blame the past for the past, and the soldiers will ensure that they will not be injustice to the officials and people at all levels of Pingle Prefecture.

Zhu Gaoxu also proposed to ask for the batch of 3,000 stone rice from the prefect Chen.Mr. Chen said he could not make decisions now, so he had to go back and report to the prefect first.

...If we can get the food provided by the Fucheng, the Han King army will save a lot of time in raising grain.

After the Han Wangjun entered the Guilin Prefecture area, the military rations were not transported by the granary of Libo County, but mainly relying on local raising of grain, which was relatively time-consuming.

The people responsible for raising grain do not rely on robbery, but forcefully buy.

This season, the autumn harvest has just happened in every village, and the market price is cheap during this period. The Han Wangjun exchanged gold, silver, copper coins, silk and other goods at the market price.

The soldiers preparing for military rations were holding weapons.The people have no option to not sell, and they are not allowed to bargain.In addition, for the people who have sold grain, the Han King Changshi Mansion will also issue a receipt.

The receipt was made of anti-counterfeiting methods for the impeachment documents of government officials in various Ming Dynasty. They were encoded in numbers and cut the seal from the middle; and paper with unique materials was generally difficult to fake.

This method has long been widely used in important official documents in the government; but it is the first time to be used as a receipt for preparing military rations.

The official name is "The Land Tax Credit", which says: "The land tax is exempted for one to five years for the first to five years after the punishment of crimes and punishments."

This method of raising military rations was formulated by Mr. Li and it worked very well.

Military rations can usually be raised in places with populations.

Receipts are also used for expropriation of houses and various military supplies.

The wooden boards used by the Han Wangjun to build boat bridges were requisitioned from various villages. Many door panels were still borrowed at extremely low prices and then issued a certificate.

Whether this credential is valuable depends on whether the Han Wangjun can win, or it will be a blank check.