A large number of naval warships gathered on the river banks of Changsha Prefecture and Tanzhou Prefecture.At a glance from the shore, it seemed as if a floating city was built out of thin air on the water.
Xue Lujun, Tan Zhongjun and Chen Maojun had a total of 200,000 infantry and cavalry, and they were about to arrive near Changsha and Tanzhou soon; these warships were preparing to transport soldiers from various departments to the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.
At this time, Zhang Fu received the report from the civil servant of the Central Army Headquarters. After reading it, he said: King Min is coming to Changsha Prefecture with more than 6,000 people.
Immediately, a general muttered and complained: "Why is King Min coming at this time delaying the army crossing the river?"
Zhang Fu was not happy, but he didn't say it, but said: Arrange some ships to transport a group of soldiers to the West Bank, and then send King Min's men over.
The former vassal state of King Min was in Yunnan. When Yongle was first occupied by the King of Han, King Min was ordered to vassal Wugang Prefecture, Huguang Province.
Wugang Prefecture happens to be southwest of Baoqing Prefecture.
King Min is also quite knowledgeable and must have seen that a big battle is going to happen in Baoqing Mansion; that is why King Min abandoned his palace and fled to Changsha at this time.
Since the Han King Zhu Gaoxu started his army, he treated his relatives with his vassal kings well in order to avoid making more enemies.King Min and King Han have no grudges, so there is no need to run away without authorization, but King Min and Hou Musheng of Xiping!
Mu Sheng made great contributions at the beginning of the Han Dynasty's rebellion, and must be a person with status in the Han Dynasty's Mansion.That's why King Min was unwilling to fall into the hands of the Han Wang Army, and it was the Mu family who was afraid of.
However, it was not a coincidence that when King Min came, it was when Zhang Fu made large-scale mobilization and deployment...
At this time, Zhang Fu had formulated a strategy to fight in the Baoqing Prefecture area.
His central army had more than 40,000 people as vanguards, and the ten thousand cavalrymen drawn from various units to reinforce them, and they took the lead in marching towards Xinhua County (northwest of Baoqing Prefecture); Xue Lujun, Tan Zhongjun and Chen Mao's army had 200,000 people, and then they would cross the Xiangjiang River and mobilize the Baoqing Prefecture area in the southwest; After Liu Sheng's army reached Yiyang County, they changed their route and marched southward and advanced to the west of Xinhua County.
He also transferred 100,000 troops from the left deputy general He Fu to move westward and move closer to Baoqing Prefecture City.
Zhang Fu made such a deployment based on his speculation and judgment on the rebel Qu Neng's troops, believing that Qu Neng would take the path of Xinhua County!
Zhang Fu was gathering superior forces to intercept and siege the Quneng rebels between Xinhua County and Zishui near Baoqing Prefecture City.Intent to destroy Qu Neng in the early stages of the Huguang Battle.
Then the army spread across the east and west, marching from north to south to near Baoqing Prefecture; He Fu's army advanced westward from Hengzhou Prefecture, joined with the main force of the official army, and became the left wing of the army.
Each unit was scattered in a single line toward Yongzhou to fight against the main force of the rebels...
A few days later, on the third day of October, King Min and his Yiwei Department took the lead in crossing the Xiangjiang River and arrived at Changsha Prefecture City.
Zhang Fu had no choice but to go to pay homage. According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu, Zhang Fu performed a bowing ceremony outside the door and reported his official position to his name; then he was allowed to pay homage to the place where King Min stayed.
The King Min on the seat was wearing a red dragon suit and was very polite to Zhang Fu. His voice was very kind: The British Duke is exempted from gifts, please sit down.
The last general, His Highness Xie Min.Zhang Fu bowed and sat down on a stool on the side.
King Min immediately sighed: I have submitted a complaint to the court many times, Mu Sheng wants to rebel!But now it's not true.
Zhang Fuxin said: Then Mu Sheng was forced to rebel by the King of Han. How could he rebel just by Mu's mansion?
But Zhang Fu did not want to argue with King Min, so he casually agreed.
Zhang Fu has been very busy these days and just wanted to leave quickly after fulfilling his etiquette.
At this moment, a eunuch entered and bent down to King Min and said, "Your Majesty, there is a military general outside the door. He said he had something urgent to come in to see the British Duke."
After hearing this, Zhang Fu stood up.King Min waved his hand and said: Military affairs are important, let him come in.
The eunuch said, "I obey the order."
After a while, a general walked in quickly, knelt on one knee to King Min, saluted to Zhang Fu, bowed his head and said in a low voice: Xinhua County came to report, scouted Tangkou Township, northwest of the county town, and found a large number of rebels!
Zhang Fu's face turned slightly red due to his emotional fluctuations. He held his fists and bowed to King Min: The last general is full of military affairs, and he is disrespectful.
King Min said: The British Duke should put major events first, and there will be a date later.
So Zhang Fu bid farewell to King Min and walked out of the door.He immediately said to the general around him: You go back to the headquarters of the Central Army first and ask someone to write the military order, and I will arrive later!
The military order said that the rebels crossed mountains and ridges, and their troops were exhausted. They ordered the central infantry and cavalry of Xinhua County to immediately cross the west and try their best to block the rebels from going south. The cavalry brigade should be able to arrive in the near future.
The last one will get orders!
Zhang Fu rode his horse and rushed back to the central army headquarters with his entourage. Although the wind in Huguang was a little cold, his face was still hot.
The movements of the rebel Qu Neng's troops appeared in Xinhua County as expected; this war began unknowingly!
The rebels' route was determined purely by speculation. Zhang Fu felt that the start was very good and his confidence increased a little... However, the rebels arrived in Xinhua County too quickly. The official troops such as Liu Sheng and Xue Lu had not yet reached the designated position, which made this matter not so perfect.
In a decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, it is impossible to reach a battlefield at once. It will always gradually advance the process of the war from such local competitions.
Zhang Fu felt that Qu Neng was just a defeated general in the Battle of Jingnan, and he fell into the trap from the beginning!
When Zhang Fu arrived at the headquarters of the Central Army, he saw that the sun had already set off to the west, so he signed a military order and told the messenger: Go on a fastest speed day and night, and deliver it to Xinhua County as soon as possible!
He then issued several military orders in succession.
The Liusheng troops, located south of Yiyang County, were ordered to transfer cavalry vanguards to head for the first time and rushed to Xinhua County for reinforcements; the various armies that had already arrived on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River were ordered to draw cavalry to dispatch to Xinhua County.
Zhang Fu believes that with more than 40,000 central troops in Xinhua County and various cavalry brigades that have been reinforced one after another, they can directly destroy the tired Qu Neng troops!
He also ordered his personal soldiers to guard the cavalry and set off tomorrow morning!Zhang Fu was preparing to rush to Xinhua County to supervise the battle himself.
...The three routes of troops, composed of about 70,000 infantry and cavalry in Quneng's army, all walked out of the mountains in early October and gathered in a nearby place called Tangkou Township.
He sent people to inquire about the enemy forces in Xinhua County several times and determined that the enemy had only 40,000 to 50,000 people, so he waited in Tangkou Township for two more days.
First, let the soldiers who crossed mountains and ridges take a break, second, the road before was difficult, and some people were left behind. Waiting for two days, the losses caused by the difficulties in marching can be reduced.
On the afternoon of the fourth day of October, Qu Neng led his army to cross a tributary of Zishui and arrived at the west side of Zishui in Xinhua County.
The scout reported that the enemy had crossed Zishui and camped on the south bank of a small river that had not been found, and was building fortifications.
Qu Neng took a group of cavalry and headed straight south to the north bank of the river.
He looked east and saw no trace of a large number of enemy troops for a moment.
The scout general said: "Master, the enemy is about seven or eight miles away to the east, located on the south bank of this river."
You two, cross the river from here!Qu Neng pointed with a horse whip and ordered.
The river in front of me is relatively narrow, and the water in winter looks almost exhausted.The two riders rushed into the river, and the water splashed and the river soon became turbid, and the horse's hooves stepped straight into the mud at the bottom of the river.
After a while, the two cavalry crossed the river and then pulled their horses and ran back.
Qu Neng said: Order the vanguard to the northwest of the enemy camp and find a place that can camp several miles away.
A personal soldier took the military order flag written by Qu Neng himself, and clasped his fists and said: Get the order!
Qu Neng led the crowd back and found the army. He immediately ordered the generals of various troops to march towards the direction of the official army stationed!
After a while, several generals came here and someone asked: General, are we going to attack the enemy troops in Xinhua County?
Qu Neng shook his head and said: There are many puppet dynasty troops in Huguang, and there must be a cavalry and army behind him to help.We don’t have artillery, we carry very little arrows and ammunition, and we can’t hold military rations for a long time. Now we don’t have time to deal with the enemy troops in Xinhua County.But we have a lot of people, so we can scare the enemy.
As soon as he finished speaking, a shout of a report came from the road ahead.
After a while, the scout came over and the general came over with him.
The soldier dismounted and knelt on one knee and said: General, brothers, on the east side of Xinhua County this afternoon, they saw many enemy cavalry, all of them horse soldiers!There are not ten thousand five, and there are ten thousand riders!
The generals around him asked: Did the general change the military order?
Qu Neng thought for a while, looked up at the sun close to the top of the mountain to the west, and shook his head and refused.
When Qu Neng was in Chenxi County, he decided to take the Xinhua County route. He estimated the positions of various armies of the government army in advance and felt that there was a certain opportunity. However, the news was difficult to be accurate, and the entire march itself was taking risks, and he was very brave at this moment.
The army marched for several miles and could see the vanguard army and the baggage battalion in front of them. The baggage battalion was working and helping to build the camp.So the generals of each ministries found the selected place and ordered camping and resting.
The Qu Neng Army and the puppet dynasty's official army were only about six or seven miles apart.When it was dark, there was no sign of mobilization of the enemy's camp; however, because it was too close, the scout had reported casualties.
At this time, Qu Neng summoned the generals above the commander-in-chief and went to the temporary headquarters to discuss matters.As everyone arrived one after another, Qu Neng said straight to the point: At this time, there must be a large number of enemy infantry and cavalry, which will arrive in areas near Xinhua County one after another; there will also be enemy troops intercepting Baoqing Prefecture south of Xinhua County.Therefore, our troops cannot delay at all, and should get rid of the enemy troops in Xinhua County as soon as possible.
Tonight, you will set out your camp overnight and march towards the mountains to the south.The road here is relatively flat and spacious, about thirty miles away, and it was dawn.After the army entered the mountain, it was not conducive to the development of the cavalry, and the enemy's horse chasing troops could not do anything to us.
All the generals agreed.
Seeing this, Qu Neng immediately began to arrange the most elite guard as the defender.
Xue Lujun, Tan Zhongjun and Chen Maojun had a total of 200,000 infantry and cavalry, and they were about to arrive near Changsha and Tanzhou soon; these warships were preparing to transport soldiers from various departments to the west bank of the Xiangjiang River.
At this time, Zhang Fu received the report from the civil servant of the Central Army Headquarters. After reading it, he said: King Min is coming to Changsha Prefecture with more than 6,000 people.
Immediately, a general muttered and complained: "Why is King Min coming at this time delaying the army crossing the river?"
Zhang Fu was not happy, but he didn't say it, but said: Arrange some ships to transport a group of soldiers to the West Bank, and then send King Min's men over.
The former vassal state of King Min was in Yunnan. When Yongle was first occupied by the King of Han, King Min was ordered to vassal Wugang Prefecture, Huguang Province.
Wugang Prefecture happens to be southwest of Baoqing Prefecture.
King Min is also quite knowledgeable and must have seen that a big battle is going to happen in Baoqing Mansion; that is why King Min abandoned his palace and fled to Changsha at this time.
Since the Han King Zhu Gaoxu started his army, he treated his relatives with his vassal kings well in order to avoid making more enemies.King Min and King Han have no grudges, so there is no need to run away without authorization, but King Min and Hou Musheng of Xiping!
Mu Sheng made great contributions at the beginning of the Han Dynasty's rebellion, and must be a person with status in the Han Dynasty's Mansion.That's why King Min was unwilling to fall into the hands of the Han Wang Army, and it was the Mu family who was afraid of.
However, it was not a coincidence that when King Min came, it was when Zhang Fu made large-scale mobilization and deployment...
At this time, Zhang Fu had formulated a strategy to fight in the Baoqing Prefecture area.
His central army had more than 40,000 people as vanguards, and the ten thousand cavalrymen drawn from various units to reinforce them, and they took the lead in marching towards Xinhua County (northwest of Baoqing Prefecture); Xue Lujun, Tan Zhongjun and Chen Mao's army had 200,000 people, and then they would cross the Xiangjiang River and mobilize the Baoqing Prefecture area in the southwest; After Liu Sheng's army reached Yiyang County, they changed their route and marched southward and advanced to the west of Xinhua County.
He also transferred 100,000 troops from the left deputy general He Fu to move westward and move closer to Baoqing Prefecture City.
Zhang Fu made such a deployment based on his speculation and judgment on the rebel Qu Neng's troops, believing that Qu Neng would take the path of Xinhua County!
Zhang Fu was gathering superior forces to intercept and siege the Quneng rebels between Xinhua County and Zishui near Baoqing Prefecture City.Intent to destroy Qu Neng in the early stages of the Huguang Battle.
Then the army spread across the east and west, marching from north to south to near Baoqing Prefecture; He Fu's army advanced westward from Hengzhou Prefecture, joined with the main force of the official army, and became the left wing of the army.
Each unit was scattered in a single line toward Yongzhou to fight against the main force of the rebels...
A few days later, on the third day of October, King Min and his Yiwei Department took the lead in crossing the Xiangjiang River and arrived at Changsha Prefecture City.
Zhang Fu had no choice but to go to pay homage. According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu, Zhang Fu performed a bowing ceremony outside the door and reported his official position to his name; then he was allowed to pay homage to the place where King Min stayed.
The King Min on the seat was wearing a red dragon suit and was very polite to Zhang Fu. His voice was very kind: The British Duke is exempted from gifts, please sit down.
The last general, His Highness Xie Min.Zhang Fu bowed and sat down on a stool on the side.
King Min immediately sighed: I have submitted a complaint to the court many times, Mu Sheng wants to rebel!But now it's not true.
Zhang Fuxin said: Then Mu Sheng was forced to rebel by the King of Han. How could he rebel just by Mu's mansion?
But Zhang Fu did not want to argue with King Min, so he casually agreed.
Zhang Fu has been very busy these days and just wanted to leave quickly after fulfilling his etiquette.
At this moment, a eunuch entered and bent down to King Min and said, "Your Majesty, there is a military general outside the door. He said he had something urgent to come in to see the British Duke."
After hearing this, Zhang Fu stood up.King Min waved his hand and said: Military affairs are important, let him come in.
The eunuch said, "I obey the order."
After a while, a general walked in quickly, knelt on one knee to King Min, saluted to Zhang Fu, bowed his head and said in a low voice: Xinhua County came to report, scouted Tangkou Township, northwest of the county town, and found a large number of rebels!
Zhang Fu's face turned slightly red due to his emotional fluctuations. He held his fists and bowed to King Min: The last general is full of military affairs, and he is disrespectful.
King Min said: The British Duke should put major events first, and there will be a date later.
So Zhang Fu bid farewell to King Min and walked out of the door.He immediately said to the general around him: You go back to the headquarters of the Central Army first and ask someone to write the military order, and I will arrive later!
The military order said that the rebels crossed mountains and ridges, and their troops were exhausted. They ordered the central infantry and cavalry of Xinhua County to immediately cross the west and try their best to block the rebels from going south. The cavalry brigade should be able to arrive in the near future.
The last one will get orders!
Zhang Fu rode his horse and rushed back to the central army headquarters with his entourage. Although the wind in Huguang was a little cold, his face was still hot.
The movements of the rebel Qu Neng's troops appeared in Xinhua County as expected; this war began unknowingly!
The rebels' route was determined purely by speculation. Zhang Fu felt that the start was very good and his confidence increased a little... However, the rebels arrived in Xinhua County too quickly. The official troops such as Liu Sheng and Xue Lu had not yet reached the designated position, which made this matter not so perfect.
In a decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, it is impossible to reach a battlefield at once. It will always gradually advance the process of the war from such local competitions.
Zhang Fu felt that Qu Neng was just a defeated general in the Battle of Jingnan, and he fell into the trap from the beginning!
When Zhang Fu arrived at the headquarters of the Central Army, he saw that the sun had already set off to the west, so he signed a military order and told the messenger: Go on a fastest speed day and night, and deliver it to Xinhua County as soon as possible!
He then issued several military orders in succession.
The Liusheng troops, located south of Yiyang County, were ordered to transfer cavalry vanguards to head for the first time and rushed to Xinhua County for reinforcements; the various armies that had already arrived on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River were ordered to draw cavalry to dispatch to Xinhua County.
Zhang Fu believes that with more than 40,000 central troops in Xinhua County and various cavalry brigades that have been reinforced one after another, they can directly destroy the tired Qu Neng troops!
He also ordered his personal soldiers to guard the cavalry and set off tomorrow morning!Zhang Fu was preparing to rush to Xinhua County to supervise the battle himself.
...The three routes of troops, composed of about 70,000 infantry and cavalry in Quneng's army, all walked out of the mountains in early October and gathered in a nearby place called Tangkou Township.
He sent people to inquire about the enemy forces in Xinhua County several times and determined that the enemy had only 40,000 to 50,000 people, so he waited in Tangkou Township for two more days.
First, let the soldiers who crossed mountains and ridges take a break, second, the road before was difficult, and some people were left behind. Waiting for two days, the losses caused by the difficulties in marching can be reduced.
On the afternoon of the fourth day of October, Qu Neng led his army to cross a tributary of Zishui and arrived at the west side of Zishui in Xinhua County.
The scout reported that the enemy had crossed Zishui and camped on the south bank of a small river that had not been found, and was building fortifications.
Qu Neng took a group of cavalry and headed straight south to the north bank of the river.
He looked east and saw no trace of a large number of enemy troops for a moment.
The scout general said: "Master, the enemy is about seven or eight miles away to the east, located on the south bank of this river."
You two, cross the river from here!Qu Neng pointed with a horse whip and ordered.
The river in front of me is relatively narrow, and the water in winter looks almost exhausted.The two riders rushed into the river, and the water splashed and the river soon became turbid, and the horse's hooves stepped straight into the mud at the bottom of the river.
After a while, the two cavalry crossed the river and then pulled their horses and ran back.
Qu Neng said: Order the vanguard to the northwest of the enemy camp and find a place that can camp several miles away.
A personal soldier took the military order flag written by Qu Neng himself, and clasped his fists and said: Get the order!
Qu Neng led the crowd back and found the army. He immediately ordered the generals of various troops to march towards the direction of the official army stationed!
After a while, several generals came here and someone asked: General, are we going to attack the enemy troops in Xinhua County?
Qu Neng shook his head and said: There are many puppet dynasty troops in Huguang, and there must be a cavalry and army behind him to help.We don’t have artillery, we carry very little arrows and ammunition, and we can’t hold military rations for a long time. Now we don’t have time to deal with the enemy troops in Xinhua County.But we have a lot of people, so we can scare the enemy.
As soon as he finished speaking, a shout of a report came from the road ahead.
After a while, the scout came over and the general came over with him.
The soldier dismounted and knelt on one knee and said: General, brothers, on the east side of Xinhua County this afternoon, they saw many enemy cavalry, all of them horse soldiers!There are not ten thousand five, and there are ten thousand riders!
The generals around him asked: Did the general change the military order?
Qu Neng thought for a while, looked up at the sun close to the top of the mountain to the west, and shook his head and refused.
When Qu Neng was in Chenxi County, he decided to take the Xinhua County route. He estimated the positions of various armies of the government army in advance and felt that there was a certain opportunity. However, the news was difficult to be accurate, and the entire march itself was taking risks, and he was very brave at this moment.
The army marched for several miles and could see the vanguard army and the baggage battalion in front of them. The baggage battalion was working and helping to build the camp.So the generals of each ministries found the selected place and ordered camping and resting.
The Qu Neng Army and the puppet dynasty's official army were only about six or seven miles apart.When it was dark, there was no sign of mobilization of the enemy's camp; however, because it was too close, the scout had reported casualties.
At this time, Qu Neng summoned the generals above the commander-in-chief and went to the temporary headquarters to discuss matters.As everyone arrived one after another, Qu Neng said straight to the point: At this time, there must be a large number of enemy infantry and cavalry, which will arrive in areas near Xinhua County one after another; there will also be enemy troops intercepting Baoqing Prefecture south of Xinhua County.Therefore, our troops cannot delay at all, and should get rid of the enemy troops in Xinhua County as soon as possible.
Tonight, you will set out your camp overnight and march towards the mountains to the south.The road here is relatively flat and spacious, about thirty miles away, and it was dawn.After the army entered the mountain, it was not conducive to the development of the cavalry, and the enemy's horse chasing troops could not do anything to us.
All the generals agreed.
Seeing this, Qu Neng immediately began to arrange the most elite guard as the defender.
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