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Chapter 507 The Emperor's grace is so great

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The capital was far from finding out the truth about King Zhao's rebellion; but the Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan proposed a speculation on false accusation.

Emperor Zhu Gaochi immediately seized this statement and sent the cabinet chief Hu Guang to appease Gao Sui.

Zhu Gaochi didn't dare to care too much at the moment, and he couldn't make a large-scale liquidation of various forces; at this decisive battle that was at stake in the country, Zhu Gaochi only wanted to maintain the expediency of all parties, in order to put the power of the court into this battle as much as possible!

The emperor not only sent envoys to appease King Zhao, but also instructed Duke Xu Huizu of Wei and wrote a letter to He Fu. He wanted He Fu to put the overall situation first and as long as he made contributions on the battlefield, he would treat him fairly after the war.

At the same time, the court sent eunuchs to Changsha Prefecture to commend Zhang Fu's loyalty and issued an order to grant Zhang Fu the right to take action first and then report on the battlefield; of course, the court would never mention it, and Zhang Fu wanted to frame Wu Gao...

After the eunuch announced the eunuch, he went to the lobby of the military headquarters of Changsha Prefecture to take his seat.

The eunuch said to Zhang Fu: The emperor said that the rebels of the King of Han swept across the southwest in a raging way.If the British Duke could quell the rebellion for the court, he would have made great contributions to the Ming court.The British Duke was extremely famous all over the world and must be the emperor's humble!The emperor trusted the British Duke very much and entrusted him with important responsibilities. He hoped that the British Duke would put the overall situation first and live up to the emperor's earnest heart.

Zhang Fu hurriedly stood up and bowed to the Northeast, choked up with gratitude and said: The emperor is worried and tired, all the crimes of his ministers!I will never slack off when I receive the kindness of the emperor. I will definitely try to quell the rebels to repay the great emperor’s kindness!

But within two days, Zhang Fu learned that the Jinyiwei sent to Hengzhou had stopped inquiring about He Fu... The soldiers of the Jinyiwei were mainly obedient, and the commander of the Jinyiwei and the commander of the Beizhenfu Department.

So Zhang Fu understood that he could no longer seize the military power of the left deputy general He Fuzhi.Zhang Fu still didn't trust He Fu very much, so he could only make a secret plan to avoid putting He Fu in a vital position when deploying military affairs.

It was late September, and in late autumn and early winter, the wind in Huguang became colder.

A military general hurriedly walked in outside the lobby gate, took a report and said directly: General Liu (Liu Sheng Changde) sent a quick horse to report, and the rebel Guizhou division was heading east and approaching Chenxi County, Chenzhou Prefecture!

After hearing this, the civil and military officials looked at each other side. After reading the report, Zhang Fu looked at the map without saying a word.He silently picked up the paper and waved it, signaling the guards to pass it down to the generals around him.

The most important official road from Guizhou Dusi to Huguang Province is Entering Huguang Road, which enters Huguang from Guizhou City to the northeast.Chenxi County is an important station on Huguang Road.

To the east of Chenxi County is the northern foot of Meishan (Xuefeng Mountain); that area is surrounded by mountains and roads are difficult to walk on. Only the main road leading to Changde Prefecture is convenient for the army to walk on.

Because of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the two dynasties opened up and repaired the Huguang Road many times.

After a long time, Zhang Fu suddenly looked up and said: Immediately write a military order and transfer the main force of Liu Sheng’s troops to march towards Changsha Prefecture!

Everyone quickly became arguing, and soon a general held his fist and persuaded: The rebel Guizhou army is heading towards the "Enk Huguang Road". This road leads to Changde Prefecture. Why did the general transfer the Changde army at this time?In this way, we can only sit still and watch the rebels occupy Changde Mansion!

Several generals around him were the first to agree.

Zhang Fu looked back and said: What I just said was a military order.

When the generals in the lobby heard this, they all stopped.The civil servant followed the army and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: The subordinate official obeyed the order and submitted a military order later, asking the general to sign the prison!

The civil servant stood up and walked towards the hall behind him.

At this time, Zhang Fucai said to everyone: More than 100,000 rebels from King Han, plus Wu Gao's surrendered soldiers, are all in the direction of Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi to the south; what will the rebels in Guizhou go to Changde Prefecture?

No one can answer any of the generals.

Zhang Fudao: I know better than you when the King of Han uses his troops.At this time, he was mobilizing his troops to approach Huguang, and he must have gathered troops and intend to engage in a major battle!The King of Han has always been like this when fighting, and he looked down on the decentralized defense of the bandits and the Annan rebels the most. He must focus on the main battle.

Therefore, the Guizhou rebels would not go to Changde Mansion far away from Guangxi. They would take a mountain road from Chenxi County and then turn to Xinhua County and Baoqing Mansion; in order to move closer to the main force of the Han King's rebel army.

Zhang Fu's tone might have been a little heavy before, and the lobby was silent.

At this time, Zhang Fu began to explain, and finally a general stood up and said: The last general is stupid, but he still can't figure it out.The road from Chenxi County to Xinhua County to the east is full of mountains and forests, and there is almost no way to go!How can we lead the army?How did the rebels go to Xinhua County?

Zhang Fu asked: Is there anyone in the mountains?

The general thought for a while and said: This... there should be a village and a trace of people.

Zhang Fu said coldly: If there is no way to go, how did those locals get in?

The general could not answer such a rhetorical question, but his expression still looked incredible.

After all, when the Ming army was in war, it carried a lot of baggage. It was too difficult to walk and could only abandon almost all heavy weapons. There would be great risks in replenishing military rations.

Zhang Fu, however, disagrees with everyone and said: Don’t worry, you can wait, my judgment is absolutely correct!The 50,000 Jingzhou troops have already captured Kuizhou, which has a great deterrence against the Sichuan Provincial Administration Commission. If the rebels do not reinforce Sichuan, they will definitely attack Huguang nearby in order to fight to the decisive battle.I had expected this before, so I divided my troops to attack Sichuan and forced the rebels of the King of Han to come and fight!

After hearing this, the generals stopped admonishing Zhang Fu.

In the past two days, Zhang Fu has once again mobilized and deployed his army.

He ordered the two armies of Nanchang Prefecture, which were advancing westward, to mobilize to Changsha Prefecture and Tanzhou Prefecture respectively; they were a total of 100,000 troops of Chen Mao's army and Tan Zhong's army.

Zhang Fu also transferred 100,000 Yuezhou troops from the right deputy general Xue Lu to march towards Changsha Prefecture; the garrisons from Changsha and Tanzhou successively crossed the Xiangjiang River westward.

Liu Sheng's troops from Changde Army also received a military order to move southeastward...

Just as the deployment of the rebels of the Han King was gathering the main force in the west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Huguang, Zhang Fu was also trying his best to gather all the troops to the expected battlefield.

In this battle, Zhang Fu's main force can gather up to more than 400,000 troops!

There are 100,000 troops of the left deputy general He Fu, 100,000 troops of the right deputy general Xue Lu, 50,000 troops of Chen Mao, 50,000 troops of Tan Zhong, 100,000 troops of Liu Sheng, and Zhang Fu's central army guards more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry.

The total army's troops are about 450,000.

Zhang Fu originally led the military power of 700,000 land and land, but more than 100,000 Wu Gao's army had been destroyed, and the Annan army was too far away and its morale was unbearable.

Therefore, Zhang Fu was able to gather more than 400,000 troops in Huguang, and it was already at its limit.

Not only did he not avoid the main battle strategy of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han, but he wanted to use this strategy to the extreme, that is, he would try to gather the main force and carry out an unprecedented battle in the Battle of Pang Han!

Most of the ships of the Ming Navy were used to transport grain and ammunition, but Zhang Fu still mobilized some naval warships and went south to Yongzhou to harass the rebels' official ships.

... Looking back at the Yicheng Wall of Chenxi County, there are mountains and ridges everywhere.

Qu Neng, commander of the North Road of the Han Wangjun, pressed his left hand on the hilt of the waist knife and looked into the distance.

His shoulder scarf and cloak were floating in the wind, and his face was darker and thinner than before.

Originally, Qu Neng's facial bones were relatively thick, and the outline seemed more prominent at this time.

Although the road from Guizhou to Chenxi County is also mountainous, there are stations and warehouses along the way, so there are no need to worry about grain.And the next journey will be full of dangers and unknowns.

Qu Neng said nothing, his eyes stayed between the shadows of the mountains in the east for a long time.

That is the direction the Northern Route Army is about to march!

After the various troops arrived in Chenxi County one after another, everyone would change their route and cross the mountainous area to the east, and march towards Xinhua County, Baoqing Prefecture.

This section of the road is very difficult to walk, and it tests the patience of the soldiers.Qu Neng planned to divide the army into several routes, scattered along the mountain roads, and then gathered in the army after arriving in Xinhua County.

On the road outside Yicheng, teams of soldiers were moving in an orderly manner.

Between the sound of drums and music blowing, people's shouts came from time to time.

However, the vast majority of the soldiers in the army did not know that Kuizhou had fallen!

Many people may not be very clear about what it means to lose Kuizhou.

Qu Nengye strictly ordered the generals of the ministries to keep the news confidential; and promised that the generals' families would be responsible for the responsibility of the Xiping Hou Musheng, and would be moved to Chengdu Prefecture if necessary, and the Mu Prefecture would be responsible for the protection.

Because the Northern Route Army has many Sichuan military soldiers, if they know that their hometown is about to be lost, it will be difficult not to shake their morale...

Previously, the Han Palace issued an order to advance according to the original strategy.

Qu Neng knew very well that King Han was considering that he used attack instead of defense and gave up reinforcements to Sichuan; he intended to use the victory of the Battle of Huguang to restore the dangerous situation at this time!

The King of Han seemed to realize that there would be various dangers when Qu Neng's troops took this path.

Therefore, in the military orders that Qu Neng obtained, in addition to the orders for the strategy of advancing the strategy written by the Chief Secretary’s Office, there is also a line of words added by the King of Han: Acting at the camera.

The meaning of the four words is to allow Qu Neng to change his route if he really cannot complete the established strategy; after all, if he cannot complete the plan, it would be better to give up if the Northern Route Army went to die.

At this moment, the two riders rushed towards the gate of Yicheng.

After a while, a strange general quickly climbed up the city wall.

After the general was checked, he walked to Qu Neng. He knelt on one knee and submitted a letter: Grandmaster, this is the news that the brothers guarding the Northern Division of the Imperial Palace had just sent to the Chenxi stronghold!

Qu Neng took it, glanced at the lacquer seal, tore open the envelope, and read the words in the letter: Liu Shengjun from Changde Prefecture had already come out and drove towards the southeast official road.

After reading this news, Qu Neng's expression became more solemn; his face had always been serious, and his expression suddenly became very terrifying!

...The Changde official army gave up the city and marched south.This movement shows that the enemy general had guessed Qu Neng's intention in advance and judged that Qu Neng's army would not go to Changde Mansion.