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Chapter 386: The Decisive Battle of the Kingdom of Heavenly Prefecture (1)

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It was the end of October, and the lunar month, known as the winter month, was waving in front of it.

The Han Wangjun successfully crossed the river from the Jinsha River section.

What impressed Zhu Gaoxu at that time was the situation where he climbed up a high mountain cliff after crossing the river and looked down at the river view. It seemed like an aerial photography in front of him.

Between the green mountains, the gray stones and the brown soil, the light yellow river flows wind and twists, like a vast snake suddenly entrenched inside.

As Qu Neng said, following the river upwards, the difference in height and drops between the terrain becomes larger and larger, and the water flows in many places are turbulent; if the wind direction is wrong, it is almost impossible for the wooden boat to go upstream in such a place.

However, in a winding place like a big snake, the water flows around and turns is much more gentle. In addition, the river surface is slightly narrower in the dry season, even a simple boat can cross the river surface.

Zhu Gaoxu's troops crossed the Jinsha River, continued to trek through the mountain road, and marched eastward from the north of the Yangtze River.Soon they successfully occupied Luzhou and other prefectures and counties.

The vanguard stationed on the other side of Naxi County, Luzhou, was insufficient in strength and retreated straight away.The Han Wangjun advanced from the west to the east of Luzhou City, and the Luzhou City sandwiched between the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River directly opened the city gate.

Zhu Gaoxu had a meal with local civil and military officials in an quaint restaurant called Nanyuan.Zhu Gaoxu was lucky enough to drink Luzhou Laojiao earlier than 1573.

There is also a large and abandoned ship berthed on the banks of the Dajiang River, which is made into a restaurant. It is said to be the most expensive place here, but considering that the official navy may have arrived and sneak attacked, the banquet was not chosen there in the end.

Everyone drank the good wine in the cellar and talked too much. According to an official, the officials in the city were still arguing until the Han Wang army came to the city. But after the army arrived, the city gate was opened by someone, and the political debate on whether to surrender ended.

The official who revealed the truth was drunk by a group of people and soon got drunk.

In the small city of Luzhou, there are surprisingly many wine storages. It is said that shipping and wine must be supplied to many places through the Tuojiang River.

The soldiers dug out batches of wine cans hidden in the crypt and sent them to the army to reward the army; and they also bought many pigs and sheep from nearby market villages.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered the camps to repair for one day, and each camp took turns to drink and eat meat; the next day he drove the camps to advance to Fushun County (Zigong), where Xue Lujun was located.

But that afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu received a report from the scout in front of him in an attic in Nanyuan.

Xue Lu had already set off the camp yesterday and left Fushun County!

Xue Lu's army's camp was very disturbed, not only because he had nearly 100,000 troops, but also recruited a large number of strong people, making it difficult to identify the number of military and civilians.

The scouts of the Han Wang Army were easily seen with various signs. A large number of official military supplies were being moved from the ships on the Tuojiang River and transported from land to the northwest.

Qu Neng quickly arrived in Nanyuan, and at this time Zhu Gaoxu and the generals were setting up various maps.

Xue Lujun is going to Yazhou!Qu Neng didn't care about etiquette, so he said the first sentence.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes moved away from the map on the table. When he raised his head, Qu Neng then clasped his fists and said, "I will pay homage to the King of Han."His face, with a thick contour, looked a little flat because his forehead was not full, but his face was almost expressionless, which was a bit contrary to the tone he spoke just now.

Talk closer.Zhu Gaoxu said.

Qu Neng walked to the table and said: Xue Lu's army relied on the rivers in Sichuan, and carried light troops and all the supplies by ship were transported. This was a very convenient way to march.Why did he abandon ships and transfer supplies instead of vehicles?

Qu Neng glanced at the picture in front of Zhu Gaoxu and pointed to the curved ink line on it accurately. Perhaps he had been in Sichuan for so long and had no need to do anything. At this time, it was just to point it out for Zhu Gaoxu.

Please see, the King of Han, Xue Lu's army moved from Fushun County to the northwest, of course, to Jiadingzhou (Leshan); however, he would not stay in Jiadingzhou.Otherwise, after our troops catch up, there will inevitably be a big battle; since that is the case, what is the difference between the battlefield in Fushun or Jiading?Xue Lu also doesn't have to spend a lot of effort to transfer from Fushun County.

Continuing the march from Jiading Prefecture, Xue Lu is most likely to have two directions, one is Chengdu Prefecture; the other is Yazhou.Only in these two places can Xue Lu realize some strategic attempt.

Some kind of attempt?Zhu Gaoxu did not interrupt Qu Neng's argument, and thought about it in his mind, and then he understood a rough idea for a moment.

Qu Neng continued: But it seems that Xue Lu's movements are not going to Chengdu either.Otherwise, he could go north along the Tuojiang River; pass through Zixian County and Jian County (roughly Neijiang and Ziyang), pass Longquan Mountain, and arrive at Jintang, a subsidiary county of Chengdu Prefecture.In this way, the official army's baggage does not need to be disembarked, and the army can reach Chengdu Prefecture in a very convenient way.

Insightful.Zhu Gaoxu nodded immediately.

Then the remaining options are Yazhou (Ya'an). Zhu Gaoxu pondered, "Have Mu Sheng arrived in Yazhou?"

The Mu Sheng army and the Han Wang army were divided into two routes, with mountains and rivers blocking the middle and no direct traffic road at all. Before the Mu Sheng army arrived in Sichuan, the two sides could only pass the Usada Luzhou Road for more than 1,000 miles, then cross Yunnan Province, and then head north to Lingguan Road to achieve contact.

So far, Zhu Gaoxu has not received any news from Mu Sheng.

Qu Neng said: I'm afraid that's exactly that.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a while.

According to Qu Neng's judgment and Zhu Gaoxu also agreed, Xue Lu's intentions have gradually surfaced... Xue Lu probably wanted to first use absolute superior troops to destroy Mu Sheng all the way, and then return to the army to deal with the main force of the Han Wang Army.

Mu Sheng's army had 17,000 Yunnan soldiers. They might have also collected some surrendered soldiers through the Zero Pass Road. It is unclear how many troops are now; but Mu Sheng's army must be the weakest route of the Han Wang Army and is most easily eaten.

Moreover, once Mu Sheng’s army is destroyed, the families of the soldiers in Yunnan will have no final retreat!

If Sheng Yong safely cannot stop Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu's attack in Yunnan, Zhu Gaoxu, Mu Sheng and even the families of all the soldiers may fall into the hands of the official army.

However, when Zhu Gaoxu was in Kunming, he had already discussed the strategy with the generals, and the two armies met near Yazhou.

Now that the military situation has changed, the main force of Xue Lu's army is heading towards Yazhou, so the battle must be held in Yazhou?

Zhu Gaoxu had a strong intuition that Xue Lu hoped to fight in Yazhou... After all, this is how Xue Lu started to do it. What's there in that place?

Suddenly, Zhu Gaoxu was in a daze and thought of the literary building in the imperial city. Jin Zhong and Guo Zi were eager to go there. What exactly is Wenlou? Zhu Gaoxu has not figured it out yet.

There seems to be no connection between these two things, at least logically Zhu Gaoxu cannot find the connection.But he suddenly thought of it together, without any reason.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time and said: I promised to advance north tomorrow. If it is not necessary, it is best not to change the military order.However, many soldiers have drunk wine today and will set off the camp after sunrise tomorrow.At the fifth update, you come here and I will talk about the direction of the marching.

The generals clasped their fists and said: The last general is waiting for orders!

Everyone said goodbye and left, and Zhu Gaoxu also needed time to think about something. The first thing he thought about was what wonderful connection was between Yazhou and the Palace Wenlou?

He quickly thought of at least one relationship: Guo Zi was in Wenlou and is now in Sichuan.

The sun is gradually setting from the west of the city. This restaurant called Nanyuan is not only expensive to eat and stay, but also has a quiet environment and beautiful architecture.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu and others are eating and living for free now.

Zhu Gaoxu was walking in the comfortable garden, and he could hear the birds cry.Even in the cold winter, there are birds here, probably small birds such as sparrows.

Miaojin walked over from a wooden building.Zhu Gaoxu greeted her as if nothing had happened and said: I have something tonight. Miaojin asked the restaurant people to deliver some food and dinner by himself.

When will the King of Han have nothing to do?Miao Jin's voice said.

Zhu Gaoxu looked up at her, smiled bitterly, and suddenly asked: Miaojin thinks, the decision I made is more right or more wrong?

Miaojin's face was difficult. It seems that this question is a bit difficult to answer. After all, there must be some standards for right or wrong, black and white. From another perspective, the same thing may be completely different.

After a while, she said: Most of the small things done by the King of Han make sense.You are not just a martial artist, you must have read a lot of books and learned a lot of things, otherwise you would not be able to write so beautifully.But I am still young in the end, so many things have confused you.

Am I still young? Zhu Gaoxu blurted out. He thought to himself, why are it just small things? What are small things and big things?

Miao Jin seemed to notice the subtle displeasure in Gao Xu's rhetorical question. After all, most people in this world like to pretend to be sophisticated.She immediately said: I have made a mistake, the King of Han forgives his crime.

It doesn't matter.Zhu Gaoxu also responded quickly, and he asked again, "If I were just a warrior, what kind of person would I be?"

Miao Jin turned his head slightly and pondered: Maybe my statement is wrong, but many soldiers do not read or meditate, and there are many people who are ignorant of them. They are no different from the countless people in the world. I should say that most people in the world.

It is nothing more than following one's own wishes or the wishes of relatives and friends in the world. He dare not question at all and live in such a daze.Young boys are very happy and want to have good land, wives, concubines, and children's family business.If you get these, you will be satisfied.

Shouldn't people do this?Zhu Gaoxu said in confusion.

Miao Jin's beautiful eyes looked at Zhu Gaoxu very brightly: What's the use of these in decades? Is it because people are in the world that they are for the desire for food and sex?

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't answer it. He thought Miaojin was a temporary solution to be a Taoist priest, but she suddenly talked about philosophical questions such as the meaning of life. How could Zhu Gaoxu explain it clearly?

Perhaps life is meaningless, and even all humanity has no meaning.

He thought for a while and said: Maybe in Miaojin's eyes, I am just a slave driven by desire.

Miao Jin shook her head and said: After all, I am still too young, and sometimes I can't control myself... Speaking of this, her face turned slightly red.

Zhu Gaoxu said: It’s not that simple. The Han Palace and all the people close to me are innocent.The country and the country are sometimes full of violence and barbarity.

Miao Jin whispered: Therefore, I only said it once in Taoyuan, Wushan, and then I never dissuaded the Han King from rising up.

...Are you still too young after all? Zhu Gaoxu silently recited this sentence and couldn't help but continue thinking: What kind of bad water is hidden in Guo Zi's old fried dough stick?