Pingyuefu City is surrounded by water on several sides and mountains on one side.Only the hilly terrain in the northeast direction is relatively wide.
Just as many cities are built where rivers converge, Pingle City is at the intersection of the Li River and the Lechuan River (Chach River), and has the advantage of water transportation.
The Lechuan water surrounds the city from the north and flows into the Li River in the east; the Li River water surrounds the south of the city.
To the southeast outside the city, there is also a mountain range that runs across the east and west, and the ridge blocks the southeast corner of Pingle City.
On the afternoon of the tenth day of August, the main force of the Han Wang Army arrived in the north of Pinglefu and near a ferry on the west bank of the Lechuan River.There are several islands in the middle of the river, which facilitates the establishment of floating bridges.
But the army was unable to cross the river immediately, and the floating bridge was not completed at this time.
Because the vanguards were unable to find enough ships on the Lechuan waters; the civilian ships they found from the Li River were to pass through Pinglefu City, but were intercepted by the official ships from Pinglefu, and have not been able to row to the Lechuan waters so far.
The vanguard army once sent envoys to the city to persuade the surrender, but unfortunately the government saw that the 100,000 Wu Gao's army had arrived in the south bank of the Li River. Not only did they refuse to surrender, they also sent the envoys of the Han King's Army to Wu Gao's camp!
Zhu Gaoxu was furious when he heard the news and blurted out in public: I don’t know how to show off!Then the prefect thought that Wu Gaojun would protect them?
The generals showed indignation, and some people said: When Wu Gao is destroyed, we will also razed the Pingyue Mansion!
Zhu Gaoxu then gradually stopped his anger and said quietly: It has nothing to do with our people in the Ming Dynasty.It would be quite terrible if these warriors did not restrain them.
drive!Zhu Gaochi slapped his horse and ran towards the riverside, and the generals followed one after another.
He strangled the brown horses by the river and looked at the lush island in the middle of the river.
On the clear river water, soldiers were busy building a pontoon bridge.
After a while, Wang Yu, the military general of the former army, came up and dismounted his horse and held his fists and saluted.
Zhu Gaoxu asked directly: When can we build a floating bridge?
Wang Yu said: Finally, the brothers who are on the Lechuan River will row their boats back overnight, and the boat bridge should be able to pass through the army tomorrow night.
Set up before noon tomorrow!Zhu Gaoxu ordered without saying a word.
Wang Yu gritted his teeth and clasped his fists and said: I'll get the order!
Zhu Gaoxu waited and went back to the headquarters of the Central Army located on the west bank of Lechuanshui.
After the right chief Hou Hai and the generals greeted each other, they continued to discuss something.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't even listen to a word, but was still thinking about his own affairs.
If you think too much, especially if you still want things before going to sleep, your brain is too active and you will easily suffer from insomnia.Zhu Gaoxu has suffered from insomnia again without exception in the past two days, and his spirits are not very good at this time.
The river situation near Pingle City falls on the map like a crooked herringbone; the city is on the right side of the character "Han", and there is a mountain range to the southeast.
The current Wu Gaojun is just below the human shape; he may have to come to the right of the human, because there is no road in the south and the terrain is not convenient for the army to walk.
According to the news of the horse exploration, Wu Gaojun will not reach the south bank of the Li River at the earliest at noon tomorrow.
If Zhu Gaoxu's army had not crossed the Lechuan water late, he should have arrived at the north bank of the Li River before Wu Gao!
In that case, the Han Wang army confronted the river and defended the riverside, and could delay Wu Gao for a while with the mountains and rivers.
But now it seems that Zhu Gaoxu feels that when his main force arrives in the northern bank of the Li River, Wu Gao has already crossed the Li River...
Although the Han Wangjun maintained an active offensive attitude, Zhu Gaoxu's current troops were less than 60,000; if they were to set up a decisive battle with Wu Gao, the chances of victory were not great.
Once defeated, Zhu Gaoxu's attack will become a situation where he is defeated by each.
Therefore, the time for the Wu Gao army to delay the battle, and when the Sheng Yong army appeared in the southern part of Wu Gao, then the time for the decisive battle was the time!
Just then, a shout came from outside the door: Report!Lu Liangwei commander Chen Zhen and governor Sheng Yong’s military newspaper!
Zhu Gaoxu immediately raised his head and said: Come in quickly.
Since Zhu Gaoxu left Libo County, Qingyuan Prefecture, this is the first direct contact between the army on the middle and south.
Zhu Gaoxu took two military newspapers from the guards, and when he took them apart, he naturally read Sheng Yong's letters first.
Judging from the content of the letter, Sheng Yong had sent a letter before this; but Zhu Gaoxu did not receive it, and he did not know that something was wrong on the way.
This time, Sheng Yong sent people to the east of Laibin County and walked by the mountain road.
The messenger found Chen Zhen's troops in the east of Luorong County.
Chen Zhen sent someone to escort him. The team passed the roads in Guilin Prefecture and Yangshuo County, bypassed the scout activity area of Wu Gaojun, and finally sent it to Zhu Gaoxu's central army headquarters.
Zhu Gaoxu carefully read Sheng Yong's date and location of his marching, and then calculated according to the map.
He estimated that Sheng Yong's army is about four days away from Wuzhou Prefecture; and the size of more than 70,000 troops will take at least seven days to march from Wuzhou Prefecture to He County!
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu came to the judgment: If there would be no continuous rainy days within the next eleven days, Sheng Yong's main force would arrive in He County around August 21st...
Zhu Gaoxu guessed a few days ago that Wu Gao must want to go to He County.
So after he occupied some post stations, he sent someone to search the documents from the official office of the postmaster to find out the distance between post roads in Hexian and other places; he also sent scouts to explore horses to estimate the distances of each nearby road, and compare the information recorded on paper.
So he now remembers that the length of the post road from Pingyuefu to He County and the booklets of the government were 230 miles.
If you sit and watch Wu Gao's army march normally, Wu Gao will arrive in He County five days later, around the Mid-Autumn Festival!
The main force of Sheng Yong's army could not catch up anyway, which may be the reason why Wu Gao decided to leave He County first.
Once Wu Gao arrived in He County, he could go south to Guangzhou Prefecture of the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the
Before the war started, Zhu Gaoxu had already set the strategic goal of this battle, and tried his best to annihilate Wu Gao's army. At least he should drive Wu Gao's army to the direction of the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the General Office!
Otherwise, whether the battle in Huguang should be fought will have to be reconsidered.
Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while and still passed Sheng Yong's military order to the generals present.He then read Chen Zhen's report.
After Chen Zhen replaced Wang Bin's military power, he was nearly a hundred miles away from Wu Gao's army and followed the army; he also left the wounded soldiers in a village, leaving a hundred-house team to protect the wounded soldiers, and led the main force of the vanguard to continue to march eastward.
After Wu Gao's army left the vicinity of Leping City, the vanguard army could meet with Zhu Gaoxu's main force in the middle army.
...On the afternoon of August 11, the troops under Zhu Gaoxu crossed the Lechuan River from the floating bridge one after another.
The troops of the vanguard Wang Yu's army failed to build the pontoon bridge before noon, but it was much earlier than what he said at the beginning that the army would be able to pass through at night.
As expected, the Wu Gao army had not crossed the Li River at this time, but most of the troops had reached the north bank of the Li River.
At this time, the distance between the two armies was very close!The troops of both sides are located to the east of Pinglefu City, separated by a long mountain range; the west end of the mountain range reaches the banks of the Lijiang River.
Scouts came back one after another and came to the Central Army to report military information.
Zhu Gaoxu soon learned that Wu Gaojun and his army had taken the lead in occupying a mountainous highland near the other side of the city.
He went to the front army to pass on the orders of Wang Yu and immediately entered the eastern mountain range of Chameng.Choose a place to set up a camp to build fortifications to the east of the enemy's vanguard!Zhu Gaoxu made a quick decision.
Get order!The personal soldiers holding the flag responded and rushed out of the Central Army.
At this time, the sun was already west, and Zhu Gaoxu ordered the army to choose places to camp; the troops would probably camp in the hilly areas on the east bank of the Lechuan River and in the area close to the Forward Army camp tonight.
Zhu Gaoxu asked the generals on duty that night about the deployment of open and secret whistles and horse probing.
The two armies are probably only about ten miles apart, and the situation is already quite tense.
However, there shouldn't be a big war today, and Wu Gao could not order a 100,000 army to attack at night; otherwise, the enemy might not be able to reach the place, and the formation would be in chaos.
Tonight, the Han Wang army only prepared firefighters to attack the camp.
Zhu Gaoxu arranged for a while, and then took his personal cavalry and rode his horse to Wang Yu's vanguard camp.
They climbed the long hillside road and came to the ridge that stretched east and west.The sun was about to set, and Wang Yu's five thousand men were still busy digging trenches and repairing soil walls.
Zhu Gaoxu first looked west along the ridge.The vanguard of the government army was also on this mountain range, just far away to the west; however, the mountain was uneven and the enemy could not be seen here.
His eyes moved, looking south.To the south of the mountain range at the foot of the mountain is a long and flat land, and the main road is also there.
On the south side of the official road, the terrain began to undulate, and a large number of abrupt mountains stood on the ground... These abrupt mountains are very distinctive, as if they were composed of limestone; Zhu Gaoxu saw similar mountain shapes when he led his army through the southern part of Guilin Prefecture.
A long mountain range blocks the landforms on the north and south sides are completely different.
Meet the prince!Wang Yu rushed over and saluted.
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said: You should build a camp as soon as possible so that the soldiers can rest.
Wang Yu clasped his fists and said: The last general obeys the order.
Zhu Gaoxu said again: What you are doing here is to send people to keep an eye on the trends of the main force of Wu Gaojun.If the enemy's superior forces come to attack, General Wang can wait for an opportunity to evacuate from the mountain and move closer to the main force of the army.
Wang Yu nodded and said: I understand.
... Only ten miles southwest of the Han King's Army, Wu Gao's army set up camp in a swagger. Obviously, he showed no sign of avoiding the decisive battle this time.
After the main force of Zhu Gaoxu's army walked out of the mountainous areas in Rongxian, the terrain became relatively flat and the army was unable to hide its tracks.
What's more, the two armies have been chasing for many days. At this time, Wu Gao must have figured out how many troops Zhu Gaoxu has.
Wu Gao was cautious in using troops and was not adventurous, but as an experienced veteran, he had nearly multiple advantages, and there was no reason to be afraid of such a battle.
Wu Gao should be willing and happy to show off a duel with Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu certainly doesn't want to do it anymore.
Just as many cities are built where rivers converge, Pingle City is at the intersection of the Li River and the Lechuan River (Chach River), and has the advantage of water transportation.
The Lechuan water surrounds the city from the north and flows into the Li River in the east; the Li River water surrounds the south of the city.
To the southeast outside the city, there is also a mountain range that runs across the east and west, and the ridge blocks the southeast corner of Pingle City.
On the afternoon of the tenth day of August, the main force of the Han Wang Army arrived in the north of Pinglefu and near a ferry on the west bank of the Lechuan River.There are several islands in the middle of the river, which facilitates the establishment of floating bridges.
But the army was unable to cross the river immediately, and the floating bridge was not completed at this time.
Because the vanguards were unable to find enough ships on the Lechuan waters; the civilian ships they found from the Li River were to pass through Pinglefu City, but were intercepted by the official ships from Pinglefu, and have not been able to row to the Lechuan waters so far.
The vanguard army once sent envoys to the city to persuade the surrender, but unfortunately the government saw that the 100,000 Wu Gao's army had arrived in the south bank of the Li River. Not only did they refuse to surrender, they also sent the envoys of the Han King's Army to Wu Gao's camp!
Zhu Gaoxu was furious when he heard the news and blurted out in public: I don’t know how to show off!Then the prefect thought that Wu Gaojun would protect them?
The generals showed indignation, and some people said: When Wu Gao is destroyed, we will also razed the Pingyue Mansion!
Zhu Gaoxu then gradually stopped his anger and said quietly: It has nothing to do with our people in the Ming Dynasty.It would be quite terrible if these warriors did not restrain them.
drive!Zhu Gaochi slapped his horse and ran towards the riverside, and the generals followed one after another.
He strangled the brown horses by the river and looked at the lush island in the middle of the river.
On the clear river water, soldiers were busy building a pontoon bridge.
After a while, Wang Yu, the military general of the former army, came up and dismounted his horse and held his fists and saluted.
Zhu Gaoxu asked directly: When can we build a floating bridge?
Wang Yu said: Finally, the brothers who are on the Lechuan River will row their boats back overnight, and the boat bridge should be able to pass through the army tomorrow night.
Set up before noon tomorrow!Zhu Gaoxu ordered without saying a word.
Wang Yu gritted his teeth and clasped his fists and said: I'll get the order!
Zhu Gaoxu waited and went back to the headquarters of the Central Army located on the west bank of Lechuanshui.
After the right chief Hou Hai and the generals greeted each other, they continued to discuss something.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't even listen to a word, but was still thinking about his own affairs.
If you think too much, especially if you still want things before going to sleep, your brain is too active and you will easily suffer from insomnia.Zhu Gaoxu has suffered from insomnia again without exception in the past two days, and his spirits are not very good at this time.
The river situation near Pingle City falls on the map like a crooked herringbone; the city is on the right side of the character "Han", and there is a mountain range to the southeast.
The current Wu Gaojun is just below the human shape; he may have to come to the right of the human, because there is no road in the south and the terrain is not convenient for the army to walk.
According to the news of the horse exploration, Wu Gaojun will not reach the south bank of the Li River at the earliest at noon tomorrow.
If Zhu Gaoxu's army had not crossed the Lechuan water late, he should have arrived at the north bank of the Li River before Wu Gao!
In that case, the Han Wang army confronted the river and defended the riverside, and could delay Wu Gao for a while with the mountains and rivers.
But now it seems that Zhu Gaoxu feels that when his main force arrives in the northern bank of the Li River, Wu Gao has already crossed the Li River...
Although the Han Wangjun maintained an active offensive attitude, Zhu Gaoxu's current troops were less than 60,000; if they were to set up a decisive battle with Wu Gao, the chances of victory were not great.
Once defeated, Zhu Gaoxu's attack will become a situation where he is defeated by each.
Therefore, the time for the Wu Gao army to delay the battle, and when the Sheng Yong army appeared in the southern part of Wu Gao, then the time for the decisive battle was the time!
Just then, a shout came from outside the door: Report!Lu Liangwei commander Chen Zhen and governor Sheng Yong’s military newspaper!
Zhu Gaoxu immediately raised his head and said: Come in quickly.
Since Zhu Gaoxu left Libo County, Qingyuan Prefecture, this is the first direct contact between the army on the middle and south.
Zhu Gaoxu took two military newspapers from the guards, and when he took them apart, he naturally read Sheng Yong's letters first.
Judging from the content of the letter, Sheng Yong had sent a letter before this; but Zhu Gaoxu did not receive it, and he did not know that something was wrong on the way.
This time, Sheng Yong sent people to the east of Laibin County and walked by the mountain road.
The messenger found Chen Zhen's troops in the east of Luorong County.
Chen Zhen sent someone to escort him. The team passed the roads in Guilin Prefecture and Yangshuo County, bypassed the scout activity area of Wu Gaojun, and finally sent it to Zhu Gaoxu's central army headquarters.
Zhu Gaoxu carefully read Sheng Yong's date and location of his marching, and then calculated according to the map.
He estimated that Sheng Yong's army is about four days away from Wuzhou Prefecture; and the size of more than 70,000 troops will take at least seven days to march from Wuzhou Prefecture to He County!
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu came to the judgment: If there would be no continuous rainy days within the next eleven days, Sheng Yong's main force would arrive in He County around August 21st...
Zhu Gaoxu guessed a few days ago that Wu Gao must want to go to He County.
So after he occupied some post stations, he sent someone to search the documents from the official office of the postmaster to find out the distance between post roads in Hexian and other places; he also sent scouts to explore horses to estimate the distances of each nearby road, and compare the information recorded on paper.
So he now remembers that the length of the post road from Pingyuefu to He County and the booklets of the government were 230 miles.
If you sit and watch Wu Gao's army march normally, Wu Gao will arrive in He County five days later, around the Mid-Autumn Festival!
The main force of Sheng Yong's army could not catch up anyway, which may be the reason why Wu Gao decided to leave He County first.
Once Wu Gao arrived in He County, he could go south to Guangzhou Prefecture of the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and the
Before the war started, Zhu Gaoxu had already set the strategic goal of this battle, and tried his best to annihilate Wu Gao's army. At least he should drive Wu Gao's army to the direction of the Guangdong Provincial Administration and the General Office!
Otherwise, whether the battle in Huguang should be fought will have to be reconsidered.
Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while and still passed Sheng Yong's military order to the generals present.He then read Chen Zhen's report.
After Chen Zhen replaced Wang Bin's military power, he was nearly a hundred miles away from Wu Gao's army and followed the army; he also left the wounded soldiers in a village, leaving a hundred-house team to protect the wounded soldiers, and led the main force of the vanguard to continue to march eastward.
After Wu Gao's army left the vicinity of Leping City, the vanguard army could meet with Zhu Gaoxu's main force in the middle army.
...On the afternoon of August 11, the troops under Zhu Gaoxu crossed the Lechuan River from the floating bridge one after another.
The troops of the vanguard Wang Yu's army failed to build the pontoon bridge before noon, but it was much earlier than what he said at the beginning that the army would be able to pass through at night.
As expected, the Wu Gao army had not crossed the Li River at this time, but most of the troops had reached the north bank of the Li River.
At this time, the distance between the two armies was very close!The troops of both sides are located to the east of Pinglefu City, separated by a long mountain range; the west end of the mountain range reaches the banks of the Lijiang River.
Scouts came back one after another and came to the Central Army to report military information.
Zhu Gaoxu soon learned that Wu Gaojun and his army had taken the lead in occupying a mountainous highland near the other side of the city.
He went to the front army to pass on the orders of Wang Yu and immediately entered the eastern mountain range of Chameng.Choose a place to set up a camp to build fortifications to the east of the enemy's vanguard!Zhu Gaoxu made a quick decision.
Get order!The personal soldiers holding the flag responded and rushed out of the Central Army.
At this time, the sun was already west, and Zhu Gaoxu ordered the army to choose places to camp; the troops would probably camp in the hilly areas on the east bank of the Lechuan River and in the area close to the Forward Army camp tonight.
Zhu Gaoxu asked the generals on duty that night about the deployment of open and secret whistles and horse probing.
The two armies are probably only about ten miles apart, and the situation is already quite tense.
However, there shouldn't be a big war today, and Wu Gao could not order a 100,000 army to attack at night; otherwise, the enemy might not be able to reach the place, and the formation would be in chaos.
Tonight, the Han Wang army only prepared firefighters to attack the camp.
Zhu Gaoxu arranged for a while, and then took his personal cavalry and rode his horse to Wang Yu's vanguard camp.
They climbed the long hillside road and came to the ridge that stretched east and west.The sun was about to set, and Wang Yu's five thousand men were still busy digging trenches and repairing soil walls.
Zhu Gaoxu first looked west along the ridge.The vanguard of the government army was also on this mountain range, just far away to the west; however, the mountain was uneven and the enemy could not be seen here.
His eyes moved, looking south.To the south of the mountain range at the foot of the mountain is a long and flat land, and the main road is also there.
On the south side of the official road, the terrain began to undulate, and a large number of abrupt mountains stood on the ground... These abrupt mountains are very distinctive, as if they were composed of limestone; Zhu Gaoxu saw similar mountain shapes when he led his army through the southern part of Guilin Prefecture.
A long mountain range blocks the landforms on the north and south sides are completely different.
Meet the prince!Wang Yu rushed over and saluted.
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said: You should build a camp as soon as possible so that the soldiers can rest.
Wang Yu clasped his fists and said: The last general obeys the order.
Zhu Gaoxu said again: What you are doing here is to send people to keep an eye on the trends of the main force of Wu Gaojun.If the enemy's superior forces come to attack, General Wang can wait for an opportunity to evacuate from the mountain and move closer to the main force of the army.
Wang Yu nodded and said: I understand.
... Only ten miles southwest of the Han King's Army, Wu Gao's army set up camp in a swagger. Obviously, he showed no sign of avoiding the decisive battle this time.
After the main force of Zhu Gaoxu's army walked out of the mountainous areas in Rongxian, the terrain became relatively flat and the army was unable to hide its tracks.
What's more, the two armies have been chasing for many days. At this time, Wu Gao must have figured out how many troops Zhu Gaoxu has.
Wu Gao was cautious in using troops and was not adventurous, but as an experienced veteran, he had nearly multiple advantages, and there was no reason to be afraid of such a battle.
Wu Gao should be willing and happy to show off a duel with Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu certainly doesn't want to do it anymore.
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