On the eve of the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu led nearly 100,000 people to the northern part of Zhujiang.The scouts reported that the Annan Army was building a fortification city day and night at the confluence of Zhujiang and its tributary Zhuzijiang.
So Zhu Gaoxu ordered the army to set up camp in the upper reaches of Zhujiang, preparing to let the soldiers celebrate the New Year first.
The terrain here is flat, the river water is green, and the rice fields on the river bank are green.
Zhu Gaoxu stood on the ridge of the fields, feeling the moist breeze without any chill on his face, and watching this pastoral scenery, which was really different from the usual New Year's Eve atmosphere.
In Zhu Gaoxu's mind, New Year's Eve means white snow, fireworks, and various red lantern decorations.
In recent years, I always think of a deep well. The scene is like a knot in my heart. At this time of year, he will definitely feel helpless.
Today, the several large military camps were lively and festive.
Although on the battlefield, as long as there is no war, the soldiers are very interested.
The soldiers conscripted many pigs and sheep from villages far and near, and then brought wine from the captured towns, and had a picnic in the military camp to make New Year's Eve dinner.
I don’t know who made a red lantern and hung it on the arrow tower at the entrance of the military camp.
From time to time, there were crackling sounds of muskets, and everyone directly used firearms to replace firecrackers.
At this time, Wang Bin on the horse's back next to him raised his hand and pointed at the river in front of him and said: Prince, let's just follow this Zhujiang east and break through the Annan Army's village, and you will soon reach the north of Qinghua City.
Well... Zhu Gaoxu made a sound habitually.
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the rice fields in the distance thoughtfully. The rice seemed to have been harvested once, and now it has sprouted again.
Wang Bin was a little confused and said casually: It seems to be.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said, "Rice can grow after being cut, but can human heads grow even after being cut?"
Wang Bin was stunned for a moment and hurriedly bowed with fists.
Zhu Gaoxu looked back and pondered: No matter whether you defeat the attack, many people will definitely die, unless you encounter a guard like Mumaru Shu.Otherwise, if you think about Duobangcheng, Zhang Fu is also a good general who can fight, but the dead and injured brothers are like blood.
After he said that, his expression became more and more firm, and Hu was doomed to be finished.Now we can only try to die as little as possible for brothers.In the Battle of Zhujiang, I don’t think there is a need to attack the city and the village. It’s better to wait for the Annan army to take the initiative to attack!
A general asked: We have 100,000 elite troops, is the Annan army willing to attack?
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: Hu lost most of his territory, and now he is trapped in Xidu, which makes people feel depressed. The father and son now have no land and no money. They are guarding the small land of Xidu. What can they achieve if they can defend? If you delay, there will be more people from Hu who will judge the situation and surrender. Therefore, he had no choice but to do so.
After saying that, he glanced at the general who was asking about it. He felt familiar, but he forgot his name, so he asked, What's your name?
The general clasped his fists and said: The last general was the commander of Wan Quan, the right guard of the Shu Palace.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: You asked well and thoughtfully.
Wan Quan hurriedly said: Thank you, the prince.
At this moment, Wang Bin said: The last general asked to go to the downstream to choose a place to arrange ambush troops.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: Commander Wang can first investigate the terrain, don’t rush to deploy troops for the time being.
The last one will get orders!
Zhu Gaoxu took out a picture from the package on the horse's back and glanced at it.
I was thinking about a question: if Zhang Fu detoured from the east, the Annan army at Zhuzi's Jiangkou would not have been dispatched to attack, and the enemy would have dispatched troops to guard against Zhang Fu's troops.
And Zhang Fu really might have done that, he seems to be very anxious now.Because the imperial court issued an edict that the Ming army in Annan area must completely end the war before February.Now there are only two months left.
Order Zhang Fu to hold his troops still?Zhu Gaoxu is the main general and does have the right to do so.But he has not made a decision for a long time.
...After Zhu Gaoxu returned to the headquarters of the Central Army, he wrote a letter and sent someone to send a fast horse to Zhang Fu's camp.
The letter reads: Marquis of Xincheng, please be at ease and camp on the spot.After our troops destroyed the enemy in Zhu Zijiang, the Xincheng Hou led his army to attack Qinghua.
After Zhu Gaoxu sent someone to send the letter away, he finally felt relieved.
Qinghua was the capital of the pseudo-dynasty Hu family in Annan Kingdom, and it was also the place where he made his fortune; he had great military achievements in capturing this place.
What's more, those who come to Qinghua first may also capture the thief Hu family and others... So Zhang Fu's deal is very cost-effective, and he has no reason to be unhappy.
Wang Bin knew about this and sighed in the tiled house of the tile in the headquarters: The prince is thinking about the soldiers, but the soldiers may not appreciate them. Why are you doing?
Zhu Gaoxu disagreed and said: Commander Wang, don’t think that many soldiers are ignorant of their eyes, so it’s easy to fool them.Everyone knows how we did it.
At this time, a military general came outside the door and saluted: Prince, an Annan man came to surrender with a boat of people, claiming to be Chen Shixian, the Secretary of the Annan Kingdom, and brought Princess Tianjia, the Chen clan!
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the general Wang Bin sitting next to him: I was right?
Wang Bin admired him.
I asked Ruan Zhi, a native of Annan, to come over and go with me to welcome Princess Annan.Zhu Gaoxu ordered.
The group then came to the gate of the fishing village... At the entrance of the fishing village, there was a archway engraved with Chinese characters at the intersection.
At this time, there was indeed a group of Annan people there, and they had already arrived at the archway.
In front of the crowd, an old man in an official uniform stood; next to him was a woman in a silk robe with a veil on her head, not tall and very well-proportioned.
Zhu Gaoxu approached and said: I am the King of Han in the Ming Dynasty. When Princess Tianjia and the Secretary of the Annan Kingdom arrived, I will come to welcome you immediately.
The old man hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The lower official Chen Shixian, who was previously implicated by Hu, has now heard that the Ming Dynasty's army has marched here, and urgently escorted Princess Tianjia to surrender, hoping that His Highness the King of Han will protect the royal family!"
The woman lifted up the curtain and said slowly: Princess Tianjia of Annan Kingdom has met His Highness the King of Han.
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw her face and was stunned for a moment.
Because Princess Tianjia in front of her is indeed very beautiful, her facial features are very beautiful and symmetrical, and her skin is very white. Even though Chen's country has fallen, the princess obviously has not suffered from her body and has a fine skin and tender flesh.
I heard that there were many beautiful women who were married to the royal family and the royal family in Annan Kingdom.
Princess Tianjia looked up and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a different look.Only then did he realize that he was a little disobedient and immediately said: Please ask Annan Zhongshu Ling and Princess Tianjia to go to the lobby to talk.
Zhu Gaoxu and others welcomed the guests to the lobby of the Central Army Headquarters and a tiled house in a fishing village with a square facing direction.
As for other Annan people, Zhu Gaoxu ignored it. There were many civil servants, generals and eunuchs in the central army, and they would settle them.
These people come to vote now, and they must think that Hu is over and surrender as soon as possible.But Zhu Gaoxu did not say it out loud, but still treated it as a guest and invited them to take their seats.
Princess Tianjia said with a sad expression: Hu's tyranny, forcing us to move from the Eastern Capital to the Western Capital. In desperation, we had to surrender. We were not willing to leave our hometown and were unacceptable. I almost died on the road... After she said that, she used a handkerchief to gently dip her tears in the corner of her eyes.
But Zhu Gaoxu had good eyesight and clearly didn't shed a single tear when she saw her.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Princess, don’t be sad, the King of Japan in Ming Dynasty will send someone to escort you to the Dragon of Resurrection.The queen is also in Shenglong City, and she will take care of you.
Is the mother safe?Princess Tianjia asked hurriedly.
It turns out that Queen Chen is her mother, but her age should be her stepmother.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Don’t worry, princess, everything is fine.
Then Chen Shixian submitted a seal from Annan Zhongshu Ling and worshiped: His Highness, the King of Han, the father and son of the pseudo-government, the father and son of the King Hu, all went to Zhuzi Jiangkou military camp, and there were also the left prime minister Hu Yuancheng, and the generals Hu She, Hu Du and others were all here.There were 70,000 people gathered, and the army was 300,000, and they moved all their might to resist the king's army.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: It’s okay, Hu’s family is already in the evening, and our Ming Dynasty’s official army can defeat the enemy.The father and son of Hu were unkind and unrighteous, killed the throne, and harmed loyal ministers of the royal family. Many innocent people were implicated. Our army was temporarily stationed, and those who did not want to follow Hu had the opportunity to surrender to avoid killing innocent people by chance.
Chen Shixian hurriedly praised: The king of Han is kind and the whole country is moved by Annan.
Zhu Gaoxu said again: The Secretariat Order can write a letter back and advise those loyal ministers of the Chen clan to come and avoid disasters quickly.
So Zhu Gaoxu treated the Annan people who surrendered voluntarily and asked someone to arrange a house for them, and all the food was preferential.
Chen Shixian and others' treatment was used as role models to make more Annan people willing to come and vote.
At the evening, Zhu Gaoxu and the generals drank wine and meat in the lobby to celebrate the festival together.
During the day, the guard commander of the Shu Prince's Mansion, Wan Quan, had a glass of alcohol. He seemed to have bad alcohol tolerance and soon got drunk.
When he toasted, he said: King Han treats people well!Mo Jiang asked stupid things during the day, but the King of Han said that Mo Jiang wanted to find it, and he asked well...
Zhu Gaoxu immediately interrupted him and said with a smile: Commander Wan must drink two less drinks. We should not be too humble in leading the troops, otherwise the brothers under us will work hard?
After hearing this, the generals burst into laughter.
After a while, Wan Quan got drunk and sighed and felt very inappropriate.The general next to him advised him to be happier during the New Year, and he said he missed his wife and children at home.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said kindly: The battle will be over soon. After the New Year, everyone will go home to reunite soon!
Wan Quan said: We are the guards of the vassal prince’s mansion. If we can go back, why should we be transferred to Annan?
Everyone fell silent immediately, and Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: Commander Wan was drunk and talked nonsense. Zhao Ping, help Commander Wan back to the camp to rest.
Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said: The last one will obey the order!
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the wine glass and looked back and said: May the Ming Dynasty have a prosperous and prosperous country, and long live long life for my father and mother.
The generals agreed and congratulated each other in a mess.
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So Zhu Gaoxu ordered the army to set up camp in the upper reaches of Zhujiang, preparing to let the soldiers celebrate the New Year first.
The terrain here is flat, the river water is green, and the rice fields on the river bank are green.
Zhu Gaoxu stood on the ridge of the fields, feeling the moist breeze without any chill on his face, and watching this pastoral scenery, which was really different from the usual New Year's Eve atmosphere.
In Zhu Gaoxu's mind, New Year's Eve means white snow, fireworks, and various red lantern decorations.
In recent years, I always think of a deep well. The scene is like a knot in my heart. At this time of year, he will definitely feel helpless.
Today, the several large military camps were lively and festive.
Although on the battlefield, as long as there is no war, the soldiers are very interested.
The soldiers conscripted many pigs and sheep from villages far and near, and then brought wine from the captured towns, and had a picnic in the military camp to make New Year's Eve dinner.
I don’t know who made a red lantern and hung it on the arrow tower at the entrance of the military camp.
From time to time, there were crackling sounds of muskets, and everyone directly used firearms to replace firecrackers.
At this time, Wang Bin on the horse's back next to him raised his hand and pointed at the river in front of him and said: Prince, let's just follow this Zhujiang east and break through the Annan Army's village, and you will soon reach the north of Qinghua City.
Well... Zhu Gaoxu made a sound habitually.
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the rice fields in the distance thoughtfully. The rice seemed to have been harvested once, and now it has sprouted again.
Wang Bin was a little confused and said casually: It seems to be.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said, "Rice can grow after being cut, but can human heads grow even after being cut?"
Wang Bin was stunned for a moment and hurriedly bowed with fists.
Zhu Gaoxu looked back and pondered: No matter whether you defeat the attack, many people will definitely die, unless you encounter a guard like Mumaru Shu.Otherwise, if you think about Duobangcheng, Zhang Fu is also a good general who can fight, but the dead and injured brothers are like blood.
After he said that, his expression became more and more firm, and Hu was doomed to be finished.Now we can only try to die as little as possible for brothers.In the Battle of Zhujiang, I don’t think there is a need to attack the city and the village. It’s better to wait for the Annan army to take the initiative to attack!
A general asked: We have 100,000 elite troops, is the Annan army willing to attack?
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: Hu lost most of his territory, and now he is trapped in Xidu, which makes people feel depressed. The father and son now have no land and no money. They are guarding the small land of Xidu. What can they achieve if they can defend? If you delay, there will be more people from Hu who will judge the situation and surrender. Therefore, he had no choice but to do so.
After saying that, he glanced at the general who was asking about it. He felt familiar, but he forgot his name, so he asked, What's your name?
The general clasped his fists and said: The last general was the commander of Wan Quan, the right guard of the Shu Palace.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: You asked well and thoughtfully.
Wan Quan hurriedly said: Thank you, the prince.
At this moment, Wang Bin said: The last general asked to go to the downstream to choose a place to arrange ambush troops.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: Commander Wang can first investigate the terrain, don’t rush to deploy troops for the time being.
The last one will get orders!
Zhu Gaoxu took out a picture from the package on the horse's back and glanced at it.
I was thinking about a question: if Zhang Fu detoured from the east, the Annan army at Zhuzi's Jiangkou would not have been dispatched to attack, and the enemy would have dispatched troops to guard against Zhang Fu's troops.
And Zhang Fu really might have done that, he seems to be very anxious now.Because the imperial court issued an edict that the Ming army in Annan area must completely end the war before February.Now there are only two months left.
Order Zhang Fu to hold his troops still?Zhu Gaoxu is the main general and does have the right to do so.But he has not made a decision for a long time.
...After Zhu Gaoxu returned to the headquarters of the Central Army, he wrote a letter and sent someone to send a fast horse to Zhang Fu's camp.
The letter reads: Marquis of Xincheng, please be at ease and camp on the spot.After our troops destroyed the enemy in Zhu Zijiang, the Xincheng Hou led his army to attack Qinghua.
After Zhu Gaoxu sent someone to send the letter away, he finally felt relieved.
Qinghua was the capital of the pseudo-dynasty Hu family in Annan Kingdom, and it was also the place where he made his fortune; he had great military achievements in capturing this place.
What's more, those who come to Qinghua first may also capture the thief Hu family and others... So Zhang Fu's deal is very cost-effective, and he has no reason to be unhappy.
Wang Bin knew about this and sighed in the tiled house of the tile in the headquarters: The prince is thinking about the soldiers, but the soldiers may not appreciate them. Why are you doing?
Zhu Gaoxu disagreed and said: Commander Wang, don’t think that many soldiers are ignorant of their eyes, so it’s easy to fool them.Everyone knows how we did it.
At this time, a military general came outside the door and saluted: Prince, an Annan man came to surrender with a boat of people, claiming to be Chen Shixian, the Secretary of the Annan Kingdom, and brought Princess Tianjia, the Chen clan!
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the general Wang Bin sitting next to him: I was right?
Wang Bin admired him.
I asked Ruan Zhi, a native of Annan, to come over and go with me to welcome Princess Annan.Zhu Gaoxu ordered.
The group then came to the gate of the fishing village... At the entrance of the fishing village, there was a archway engraved with Chinese characters at the intersection.
At this time, there was indeed a group of Annan people there, and they had already arrived at the archway.
In front of the crowd, an old man in an official uniform stood; next to him was a woman in a silk robe with a veil on her head, not tall and very well-proportioned.
Zhu Gaoxu approached and said: I am the King of Han in the Ming Dynasty. When Princess Tianjia and the Secretary of the Annan Kingdom arrived, I will come to welcome you immediately.
The old man hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The lower official Chen Shixian, who was previously implicated by Hu, has now heard that the Ming Dynasty's army has marched here, and urgently escorted Princess Tianjia to surrender, hoping that His Highness the King of Han will protect the royal family!"
The woman lifted up the curtain and said slowly: Princess Tianjia of Annan Kingdom has met His Highness the King of Han.
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw her face and was stunned for a moment.
Because Princess Tianjia in front of her is indeed very beautiful, her facial features are very beautiful and symmetrical, and her skin is very white. Even though Chen's country has fallen, the princess obviously has not suffered from her body and has a fine skin and tender flesh.
I heard that there were many beautiful women who were married to the royal family and the royal family in Annan Kingdom.
Princess Tianjia looked up and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a different look.Only then did he realize that he was a little disobedient and immediately said: Please ask Annan Zhongshu Ling and Princess Tianjia to go to the lobby to talk.
Zhu Gaoxu and others welcomed the guests to the lobby of the Central Army Headquarters and a tiled house in a fishing village with a square facing direction.
As for other Annan people, Zhu Gaoxu ignored it. There were many civil servants, generals and eunuchs in the central army, and they would settle them.
These people come to vote now, and they must think that Hu is over and surrender as soon as possible.But Zhu Gaoxu did not say it out loud, but still treated it as a guest and invited them to take their seats.
Princess Tianjia said with a sad expression: Hu's tyranny, forcing us to move from the Eastern Capital to the Western Capital. In desperation, we had to surrender. We were not willing to leave our hometown and were unacceptable. I almost died on the road... After she said that, she used a handkerchief to gently dip her tears in the corner of her eyes.
But Zhu Gaoxu had good eyesight and clearly didn't shed a single tear when she saw her.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Princess, don’t be sad, the King of Japan in Ming Dynasty will send someone to escort you to the Dragon of Resurrection.The queen is also in Shenglong City, and she will take care of you.
Is the mother safe?Princess Tianjia asked hurriedly.
It turns out that Queen Chen is her mother, but her age should be her stepmother.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Don’t worry, princess, everything is fine.
Then Chen Shixian submitted a seal from Annan Zhongshu Ling and worshiped: His Highness, the King of Han, the father and son of the pseudo-government, the father and son of the King Hu, all went to Zhuzi Jiangkou military camp, and there were also the left prime minister Hu Yuancheng, and the generals Hu She, Hu Du and others were all here.There were 70,000 people gathered, and the army was 300,000, and they moved all their might to resist the king's army.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: It’s okay, Hu’s family is already in the evening, and our Ming Dynasty’s official army can defeat the enemy.The father and son of Hu were unkind and unrighteous, killed the throne, and harmed loyal ministers of the royal family. Many innocent people were implicated. Our army was temporarily stationed, and those who did not want to follow Hu had the opportunity to surrender to avoid killing innocent people by chance.
Chen Shixian hurriedly praised: The king of Han is kind and the whole country is moved by Annan.
Zhu Gaoxu said again: The Secretariat Order can write a letter back and advise those loyal ministers of the Chen clan to come and avoid disasters quickly.
So Zhu Gaoxu treated the Annan people who surrendered voluntarily and asked someone to arrange a house for them, and all the food was preferential.
Chen Shixian and others' treatment was used as role models to make more Annan people willing to come and vote.
At the evening, Zhu Gaoxu and the generals drank wine and meat in the lobby to celebrate the festival together.
During the day, the guard commander of the Shu Prince's Mansion, Wan Quan, had a glass of alcohol. He seemed to have bad alcohol tolerance and soon got drunk.
When he toasted, he said: King Han treats people well!Mo Jiang asked stupid things during the day, but the King of Han said that Mo Jiang wanted to find it, and he asked well...
Zhu Gaoxu immediately interrupted him and said with a smile: Commander Wan must drink two less drinks. We should not be too humble in leading the troops, otherwise the brothers under us will work hard?
After hearing this, the generals burst into laughter.
After a while, Wan Quan got drunk and sighed and felt very inappropriate.The general next to him advised him to be happier during the New Year, and he said he missed his wife and children at home.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and said kindly: The battle will be over soon. After the New Year, everyone will go home to reunite soon!
Wan Quan said: We are the guards of the vassal prince’s mansion. If we can go back, why should we be transferred to Annan?
Everyone fell silent immediately, and Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: Commander Wan was drunk and talked nonsense. Zhao Ping, help Commander Wan back to the camp to rest.
Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said: The last one will obey the order!
Zhu Gaoxu picked up the wine glass and looked back and said: May the Ming Dynasty have a prosperous and prosperous country, and long live long life for my father and mother.
The generals agreed and congratulated each other in a mess.
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