The afterglow of the sunset fell on the ups and downs of the Yuan River, and the scales shone.At this time, Qu Neng's army had about 70,000 camped everywhere.According to the military order two days ago, generals from various departments came to the headquarters of the Central Army to discuss matters.
The generals of the scout camp who were standing on the side of the case do not understand the changes in military situation just now.He was telling the terrain ahead to the generals around him.
The general pointed to the picture on the table and described: From Chenxi County to the east to Xupu County, this section of the road is not difficult to travel; as long as our army advances east along the Yuan River, we can reach Xupu County in three days.But if you continue to walk east, you will enter the mountainous area of the northern foot of Meishan Mountain. There is no official road to walk, so you can only walk the small path between the valleys.
The army divided into three groups, and the soldiers of the scout camp had already discovered the way and would send people as guides of generals from various ways.The army marched roughly along the valley road south of the canal. After crossing the mountains on the northern foot of Meishan, it gathered again near Xinhua County...
Qu Neng didn't say anything, and he was even a little distracted.He didn't pay much attention to what everyone said later.
The movements of the enemy in Changde belong to the news found by the King of Han Shouyu Prefecture Beishi; the report received only at dusk today has not been made public.He didn't decide what to make a decision at this moment.
The discussion was not long, and when the generals saw that Qu Neng had nothing to say, they all surrendered.
After a while, Qu Liangcai came over personally and respectfully raised the tea with both hands.
Qu Neng looked at his only relative, and his expression was rarely so serious. He said gently: You don’t have to wait here, just go to the army to see it.
Qu Liangcai clasped his fists and said: Yes, father.
It wasn't dark outside the door.Qu Neng watched his son's strong back disappear at the door, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings for a moment.
The heads of his mother, wife, children, grandson, and many relatives were hung on the Chengdu city tower, and that situation suddenly appeared in Qu Neng's heart.
He felt a pain in his heart, and endless sorrow and guilt suddenly surged up.
Then when he thought of the culprit Xue Lu, Qu Neng clenched his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and punched the table with a bang.Seeing this, the civil and military officials and guards around them looked at each other.
Qu Neng's face turned pale and he didn't say a word.Everyone didn't dare to ask, and they became more and more cautious.
In silence, Qu Neng's chest rolled!
In addition to the hatred of the whole family, there are also past shames; thinking about the 500,000 and 600,000 troops of the Jianwen Dynasty's official army fought in the northern expedition and suffered a series of defeats, it was simply a great shame in Qu Neng's military career, and he still cannot be content.
Now Zhang Yu's son and enemy Xue Lu are all among the enemy troops in Huguang, and Qu Neng will never admit defeat in front of these people...
Qu Neng walked out of the headquarters of the Central Army and looked at the shadow of the mountain in the distance.The vision gradually calmed himself down and began to think about the situation at this moment.
As a general who has held the military power alone for many times, Qu Nengneng understood the deployment of King Han in this battle.
Previously, the King of Han divided the main force into three routes and deployed Quneng’s northern route to walk on the road. In addition to many practical considerations, there is another very important reason: to attract Zhang Fu to the western Hunan region as much as possible to fight the decisive battle.
The main gap in the situation between the two sides is not military strength, but food and salary; when the confrontation between Huguang, Zhang Fu still has the benefits of water transportation.
Therefore, Zhang Fu could choose the strategy of confronting each other without fighting and spending time. The first thing he couldn't stand was the Han Wangjun.
The strategy of the Han Wang Army was to use Quneng all the way to threaten the western Hunan region; then attract official troops to clean up and recover, and both sides continued to reinforce, in order to evolve into a battle between the two armies...
When Quneng arrived in Chenxi County, the situation began to change.Qu Neng discovered that it was more dangerous to continue to march towards Baoqing Mansion.
Of course he could not go to Changde Mansion at this time.
The Changde Prefecture area is surrounded by mountains in the west and south, and is surrounded by water on the north, east and south. It is under the control of the enemy's heavy troops and the navy. Tens of thousands of people were divided into the north, without heavy weapons, nor can they receive main reinforcements and reliable ammunition and food supplies. It has no effect in occupying Changde Prefecture and is easily annihilated.
At this time, the safest way for Qu Neng Army was to return to Guizhou, go south to Guangxi, find the main force of the Han Wang Army to join, and then advance north with the main force of the Han Wang Army.
But this road is less than two thousand miles away, which will not only exhaust the Northern Army's troops, but also consume a lot of time. The result is that the danger of Sichuan Provincial Administration and the maintenance of the food and salary of the Han Palace will further deteriorate!
In this way, Qu Neng was safe all the way, but he passed the risks to the overall situation of the entire Han Wangjun.
Various scenes flashed through Qu Neng's mind.That night in Peking, the face of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han suddenly appeared in the dark, and he only said one sentence: General Qu believes in me?
Qu Neng stood at the gate of the road and turned his gaze again between the shadows of the mountain in the east.
...On September 29, near the pier east of Yongzhou Prefecture City, smoke and cannons roared.
Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse to the riverside and saw more than a dozen enemy warships near the dock, only more than a hundred steps away from the Han Wang army's ration ship docked on the dock!
Guns and cannons were fired on enemy warships, and various rockets, divine fire crows and other firearms were flying north in the air.
The two grain ships had already ignited a fire, and the shouts on the ship were shaking the sky, and the soldiers were using water trucks to transport water to put out the fire.
The Han Wang Army infantry camp on the shore was also attacking with various artillery. With the roar of cannons, the fallen artillery shells splashed with white water.
From time to time, a cannon hits the enemy ship, but it does not repel it.
At this time, several heavy boats appeared on the west side of the river, looking full of gunpowder and firewood, and rowed downstream towards the enemy ship!
The boats between the enemy warships rose sails and approached the boats in the north wind.
A firearm was fired at the heart of Jiangxin, and the adjacent ships threw burning tincture tanks between each other.
Not long after, the fireboat in the river ignited a raging fire and floated towards the south bank with a huge explosion.
More than a dozen large ships of the Han Wang army in the west finally arrived and formed a fleet into three columns to move straight towards the enemy ships.
The water wheels on each of the enemy warships were rustling. In the white waves rolled up by the water wheel, they turned around and left the dock and sailed towards the middle of the river, slowly forming a mutually supporting battle formation.
After a long time, more than 30 large ships of the two armies fought fiercely on the Xiangjiang River.
Both sides fired at each other with firearms. The rockets such as the Divine Fire Crow were not accurate and flew around in the air. From time to time, they could hit a warship of the Han King's Army, and gunpowder loaded in the flying crow caught fire on the ship.
The two armies quickly joined the sidelines, and the soldiers fought on the boat with wooden boards, and the sound of killing on the Xiangjiang River was shaking.
At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came, and a huge fire ignited on the side of an enemy ship, and black smoke rolled straight into the sky.
But several large ships of the Han King's army had been captured, and many soldiers were driven into the water. The heads of people were running straight on the water. The soldiers wearing armor sank to the bottom of the water in a short while.
The remaining large ships of the Han Wang Army set fire to the west while retreating.The enemy warships did not chase after them, and then gradually drove eastward while saving people.
Zhu Gaoxu watched the case for nearly an hour and found that the naval army temporarily formed by the Han Wang Army was still far from the combat effectiveness of the official naval division.
He said to the general around him: It seems that we will not be able to obtain the right to control the Xiangjiang River for a while.We can only rely on land strongholds and small fire ships to attack enemy ships at night near Yongzhou Prefecture; transport them to the north to protect the military supplies and grains from the waterway.
The generals clasped their fists and said: The last generals obeyed the order.
Zhu Gaoxu opened the map and looked for a while, turned around and waved to Zhao Ping to approach, pointing to a stronghold marked with cinnabar on the map. In the southwest of Yongzhou Prefecture, this "Dayangchuanshui" warehouse (Zishui River) was sent to build more warehouses.The military supplies from the water route are transported here and stored in the warehouse; then transported and transferred from land to reduce the losses caused by enemy ships.
Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said: I got the order!
After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he patted his horse and went back to the city.
On the road south of the city, a large number of soldiers were heading towards the city.The flags on the earth are like clouds and the sound of drums can be seen everywhere.The main force of the Han Wang Army is arriving in Yongzhou one after another, with a total force of more than 200,000!
There were 140,000 infantry and cavalry in the middle and southern armies, as well as about 80,000 surrendered soldiers.
After Wu Gao's army was defeated and surrendered, the Han Palace selected most of the soldiers in Guilin, carried out reorganization training, and distributed military pay.
Some soldiers and many generals of the Beijing camp were temporarily unreliable and failed to join the Han Wang army.
When they arrived at the headquarters of the Central Army, Sheng Yong, Ping'an, Hou Hai and others also came up.
Sheng Yong finished his rituals and said directly: As soon as the last general got the news, the official army of Changde Prefecture had advanced south; a large number of enemy troops marched from Changsha Prefecture, Tanzhou Prefecture and other places towards Baoqing Prefecture.The movements of the Northern Route Army were probably discovered by the enemy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded quietly and turned to Hou Hai: Is there no Qu Neng’s report yet?
Hou Hai bowed and said: Go back to the prince, but you haven’t received it yet.
Zhu Gaoxu walked into the lobby, walked straight to the court, pressed his hands on the chopping board, and looked down at the large picture spread on it.
There are always some habits in the army, because Zhu Gaoxu often spreads maps on the table, and the guards gradually set up the central army lobby in this way.
Sheng Yong's voice calmly said: If the Northern Army continues to march towards Baoqing Prefecture, it is likely to be surrounded by the enemy's superior forces and fall into danger.But if Qu can't come from the north, we will be at a great disadvantage in the face of the Huguang enemy within at least two months. The Han Wang army will have less than half of the enemy's troops and will not be able to control the Xiangjiang River.
Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time and turned to ask Sheng Yong: If Governor Sheng was in Qu Neng’s position, what would you do?
Sheng Yong said without hesitation: He would still come to meet from the north, but the last emperor would not go to Baoqing Prefecture again, but approach the mountainous hills east of Meishan, trying to get rid of the enemy's siege. Although this method is very critical, it is worth taking risks for the three armies at this time.
Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: Qu Neng will do this too!I still believe in his knowledge.
He turned to look at Ping'an and said: Governor Ping gathered cavalry and was ready to go north to reinforce Qu Neng.
Ping An clasped his fists and said: I will obey the order!
The generals of the scout camp who were standing on the side of the case do not understand the changes in military situation just now.He was telling the terrain ahead to the generals around him.
The general pointed to the picture on the table and described: From Chenxi County to the east to Xupu County, this section of the road is not difficult to travel; as long as our army advances east along the Yuan River, we can reach Xupu County in three days.But if you continue to walk east, you will enter the mountainous area of the northern foot of Meishan Mountain. There is no official road to walk, so you can only walk the small path between the valleys.
The army divided into three groups, and the soldiers of the scout camp had already discovered the way and would send people as guides of generals from various ways.The army marched roughly along the valley road south of the canal. After crossing the mountains on the northern foot of Meishan, it gathered again near Xinhua County...
Qu Neng didn't say anything, and he was even a little distracted.He didn't pay much attention to what everyone said later.
The movements of the enemy in Changde belong to the news found by the King of Han Shouyu Prefecture Beishi; the report received only at dusk today has not been made public.He didn't decide what to make a decision at this moment.
The discussion was not long, and when the generals saw that Qu Neng had nothing to say, they all surrendered.
After a while, Qu Liangcai came over personally and respectfully raised the tea with both hands.
Qu Neng looked at his only relative, and his expression was rarely so serious. He said gently: You don’t have to wait here, just go to the army to see it.
Qu Liangcai clasped his fists and said: Yes, father.
It wasn't dark outside the door.Qu Neng watched his son's strong back disappear at the door, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings for a moment.
The heads of his mother, wife, children, grandson, and many relatives were hung on the Chengdu city tower, and that situation suddenly appeared in Qu Neng's heart.
He felt a pain in his heart, and endless sorrow and guilt suddenly surged up.
Then when he thought of the culprit Xue Lu, Qu Neng clenched his teeth, clenched his hands into fists, and punched the table with a bang.Seeing this, the civil and military officials and guards around them looked at each other.
Qu Neng's face turned pale and he didn't say a word.Everyone didn't dare to ask, and they became more and more cautious.
In silence, Qu Neng's chest rolled!
In addition to the hatred of the whole family, there are also past shames; thinking about the 500,000 and 600,000 troops of the Jianwen Dynasty's official army fought in the northern expedition and suffered a series of defeats, it was simply a great shame in Qu Neng's military career, and he still cannot be content.
Now Zhang Yu's son and enemy Xue Lu are all among the enemy troops in Huguang, and Qu Neng will never admit defeat in front of these people...
Qu Neng walked out of the headquarters of the Central Army and looked at the shadow of the mountain in the distance.The vision gradually calmed himself down and began to think about the situation at this moment.
As a general who has held the military power alone for many times, Qu Nengneng understood the deployment of King Han in this battle.
Previously, the King of Han divided the main force into three routes and deployed Quneng’s northern route to walk on the road. In addition to many practical considerations, there is another very important reason: to attract Zhang Fu to the western Hunan region as much as possible to fight the decisive battle.
The main gap in the situation between the two sides is not military strength, but food and salary; when the confrontation between Huguang, Zhang Fu still has the benefits of water transportation.
Therefore, Zhang Fu could choose the strategy of confronting each other without fighting and spending time. The first thing he couldn't stand was the Han Wangjun.
The strategy of the Han Wang Army was to use Quneng all the way to threaten the western Hunan region; then attract official troops to clean up and recover, and both sides continued to reinforce, in order to evolve into a battle between the two armies...
When Quneng arrived in Chenxi County, the situation began to change.Qu Neng discovered that it was more dangerous to continue to march towards Baoqing Mansion.
Of course he could not go to Changde Mansion at this time.
The Changde Prefecture area is surrounded by mountains in the west and south, and is surrounded by water on the north, east and south. It is under the control of the enemy's heavy troops and the navy. Tens of thousands of people were divided into the north, without heavy weapons, nor can they receive main reinforcements and reliable ammunition and food supplies. It has no effect in occupying Changde Prefecture and is easily annihilated.
At this time, the safest way for Qu Neng Army was to return to Guizhou, go south to Guangxi, find the main force of the Han Wang Army to join, and then advance north with the main force of the Han Wang Army.
But this road is less than two thousand miles away, which will not only exhaust the Northern Army's troops, but also consume a lot of time. The result is that the danger of Sichuan Provincial Administration and the maintenance of the food and salary of the Han Palace will further deteriorate!
In this way, Qu Neng was safe all the way, but he passed the risks to the overall situation of the entire Han Wangjun.
Various scenes flashed through Qu Neng's mind.That night in Peking, the face of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han suddenly appeared in the dark, and he only said one sentence: General Qu believes in me?
Qu Neng stood at the gate of the road and turned his gaze again between the shadows of the mountain in the east.
...On September 29, near the pier east of Yongzhou Prefecture City, smoke and cannons roared.
Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse to the riverside and saw more than a dozen enemy warships near the dock, only more than a hundred steps away from the Han Wang army's ration ship docked on the dock!
Guns and cannons were fired on enemy warships, and various rockets, divine fire crows and other firearms were flying north in the air.
The two grain ships had already ignited a fire, and the shouts on the ship were shaking the sky, and the soldiers were using water trucks to transport water to put out the fire.
The Han Wang Army infantry camp on the shore was also attacking with various artillery. With the roar of cannons, the fallen artillery shells splashed with white water.
From time to time, a cannon hits the enemy ship, but it does not repel it.
At this time, several heavy boats appeared on the west side of the river, looking full of gunpowder and firewood, and rowed downstream towards the enemy ship!
The boats between the enemy warships rose sails and approached the boats in the north wind.
A firearm was fired at the heart of Jiangxin, and the adjacent ships threw burning tincture tanks between each other.
Not long after, the fireboat in the river ignited a raging fire and floated towards the south bank with a huge explosion.
More than a dozen large ships of the Han Wang army in the west finally arrived and formed a fleet into three columns to move straight towards the enemy ships.
The water wheels on each of the enemy warships were rustling. In the white waves rolled up by the water wheel, they turned around and left the dock and sailed towards the middle of the river, slowly forming a mutually supporting battle formation.
After a long time, more than 30 large ships of the two armies fought fiercely on the Xiangjiang River.
Both sides fired at each other with firearms. The rockets such as the Divine Fire Crow were not accurate and flew around in the air. From time to time, they could hit a warship of the Han King's Army, and gunpowder loaded in the flying crow caught fire on the ship.
The two armies quickly joined the sidelines, and the soldiers fought on the boat with wooden boards, and the sound of killing on the Xiangjiang River was shaking.
At this moment, a loud bang suddenly came, and a huge fire ignited on the side of an enemy ship, and black smoke rolled straight into the sky.
But several large ships of the Han King's army had been captured, and many soldiers were driven into the water. The heads of people were running straight on the water. The soldiers wearing armor sank to the bottom of the water in a short while.
The remaining large ships of the Han Wang Army set fire to the west while retreating.The enemy warships did not chase after them, and then gradually drove eastward while saving people.
Zhu Gaoxu watched the case for nearly an hour and found that the naval army temporarily formed by the Han Wang Army was still far from the combat effectiveness of the official naval division.
He said to the general around him: It seems that we will not be able to obtain the right to control the Xiangjiang River for a while.We can only rely on land strongholds and small fire ships to attack enemy ships at night near Yongzhou Prefecture; transport them to the north to protect the military supplies and grains from the waterway.
The generals clasped their fists and said: The last generals obeyed the order.
Zhu Gaoxu opened the map and looked for a while, turned around and waved to Zhao Ping to approach, pointing to a stronghold marked with cinnabar on the map. In the southwest of Yongzhou Prefecture, this "Dayangchuanshui" warehouse (Zishui River) was sent to build more warehouses.The military supplies from the water route are transported here and stored in the warehouse; then transported and transferred from land to reduce the losses caused by enemy ships.
Zhao Ping clasped his fists and said: I got the order!
After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he patted his horse and went back to the city.
On the road south of the city, a large number of soldiers were heading towards the city.The flags on the earth are like clouds and the sound of drums can be seen everywhere.The main force of the Han Wang Army is arriving in Yongzhou one after another, with a total force of more than 200,000!
There were 140,000 infantry and cavalry in the middle and southern armies, as well as about 80,000 surrendered soldiers.
After Wu Gao's army was defeated and surrendered, the Han Palace selected most of the soldiers in Guilin, carried out reorganization training, and distributed military pay.
Some soldiers and many generals of the Beijing camp were temporarily unreliable and failed to join the Han Wang army.
When they arrived at the headquarters of the Central Army, Sheng Yong, Ping'an, Hou Hai and others also came up.
Sheng Yong finished his rituals and said directly: As soon as the last general got the news, the official army of Changde Prefecture had advanced south; a large number of enemy troops marched from Changsha Prefecture, Tanzhou Prefecture and other places towards Baoqing Prefecture.The movements of the Northern Route Army were probably discovered by the enemy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded quietly and turned to Hou Hai: Is there no Qu Neng’s report yet?
Hou Hai bowed and said: Go back to the prince, but you haven’t received it yet.
Zhu Gaoxu walked into the lobby, walked straight to the court, pressed his hands on the chopping board, and looked down at the large picture spread on it.
There are always some habits in the army, because Zhu Gaoxu often spreads maps on the table, and the guards gradually set up the central army lobby in this way.
Sheng Yong's voice calmly said: If the Northern Army continues to march towards Baoqing Prefecture, it is likely to be surrounded by the enemy's superior forces and fall into danger.But if Qu can't come from the north, we will be at a great disadvantage in the face of the Huguang enemy within at least two months. The Han Wang army will have less than half of the enemy's troops and will not be able to control the Xiangjiang River.
Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time and turned to ask Sheng Yong: If Governor Sheng was in Qu Neng’s position, what would you do?
Sheng Yong said without hesitation: He would still come to meet from the north, but the last emperor would not go to Baoqing Prefecture again, but approach the mountainous hills east of Meishan, trying to get rid of the enemy's siege. Although this method is very critical, it is worth taking risks for the three armies at this time.
Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: Qu Neng will do this too!I still believe in his knowledge.
He turned to look at Ping'an and said: Governor Ping gathered cavalry and was ready to go north to reinforce Qu Neng.
Ping An clasped his fists and said: I will obey the order!
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