At the end of September, Qu Neng's army had occupied Yongningwei (Xueyong County).
The King of Han guarded the Northern Division of the Mansion, doing erratic spies to do errands; at this time, the King of Han passed the Yongning Guard, and the Northern Division wanted to send more people into the hinterland of Sichuan, which became easier.
Li Rang, the commander of Chengdu guards, returned home after the time limit, and the servant quietly told him that a man who claimed to be his cousin had been waiting for half an hour.
Li Rang entered the mansion and went to a room at the back door, asking someone to bring his cousin in.
During the Hongwu period, Qu Neng served as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. Li Rang followed Qu Neng to pacify the Yuelu Tiemur rebellion in Jianchang, because Qu Neng asked Gong and Li Rang to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the commander-in-chief.
But during the Yongle period, Li Rang was rejected from the Sichuan Dusi and became a commander, which was due to his many ways to move around Chengdu.
During the Yongle period, Li Rang followed the King of Han to fight in Annan again. With the help of his conquest of Annan, he had the opportunity to return to Dusi.But a few months later, the King of Han rebelled!
Li Rang could only quietly not mention Annan's contributions.
Fortunately, no one has involved the rebellion of the Han King with him for the time being; the Han King's army on the west road that conquered Annan, had 70,000 soldiers from Sichuan, and it was impossible to settle the matter.
The visitor from the mansion called himself Zhang Sheng. He was indeed a cousin, but he was the cousin of Wang Yu, a hundred households of the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Sheng took out the note sewn into the underwear. The paper was relatively small, with the handwriting of King Han and Qu Neng on it, and the characters written were also very short. The handwriting of King Han wrote: "It is better to vote for me than to be a marquis."
The paper also has a golden seal of the King of Han, but the red seal and the handwriting overlap, because the paper is too small.
Zhang Sheng whispered: The King of Han and General Qu are both former friends of General Li. The King of Han wishes General Li to surrender to his command, so he will be rewarded without hesitation.
Li Rang immediately replied: The soldiers under my command are gathering, and soon they will follow the Marquis of Wuhou Xue of Xinfengyang to head south.All the generals and civil servants have been ordered to follow me, and the families of the generals and soldiers are in Chengdu Prefecture, and I am afraid that they will not follow me.I am so fond of the King of Han, how can I do it?
Zhang Sheng hurriedly said: The King of Han said that General Li was once under the command of General Qu and also followed the King of Han in Annan.Although you have nothing to do at the moment, you must not ignore the long-term.Moreover, General Li is a nostalgic person, so why not think about it carefully?
Li Rang sighed: Do you know that there are people from the Jinyiwei in our mansion and in the army?When I saw you, I took great risks. I would not report you today and let you go. It is because of the relationship between King Han and General Qu.
The intention of the King of Han must be to make me seek opportunities to surrender; but this matter is not something I can do alone.There are military laws and rules in the army. Unless I and the civil servants discuss with each other first and fight together, how can everyone listen to me if they turn against each other?
Li Rang thought for a while and said in a deep voice: Unless...
Zhang Sheng hurriedly asked: How?
Li Rangdao: Unless the King of Han can capture Chengdu... This is a bit too much to say, but at least he must defeat Xue Lu's main army!At that time, it would be much easier for me to ask the soldiers to surrender with me.But by then I was also a prisoner under the King of Han, and the King of Han might not be able to tolerate me.
Zhang Sheng pondered for a moment and said: The King of Han said that when General Li came to surrender, it was all his own people. However, if the Han King decided to seize Sichuan, General Li would definitely have a big difference in his contributions.
Li Rang smiled bitterly and said: What else can you talk about now? As long as you have a way out, it will be good.
After he said that, he took a look at the letter with only a few words, tore it apart repeatedly, put it in his palm and rub it hard, as if he could pinch juice from a ball of broken paper.
...Chongqing Guard Commander Xu Hua, Qu Neng's former subordinate.He once followed Lan Yuquneng to quell the Sanmaodong barbarian rebellion at the junction of Sichuan and Huguang.
The Northern Department of the King of Han Dynasty still sent someone to contact Xu Hua and wrote a earnest letter written by Qu Neng. He finally met Xu Hua.
Commander Xu is a man with a long face and a high forehead and hairline. He is not tall but gives people a rough feeling.
Xu Hua also showed mercy and did not immediately arrest Xiaoshu, but his reply was straightforward.
Commander Qu Du?These are people from many years ago!From Chaoli to Sichuan, people have changed a few times.There is a saying that Taoist is cold when he leaves. After so many years, how many people under my command will still listen to him?!
King of Han?
I know that there are also people in Chongqing Guards who came back from Annan Kingdom not long ago. I heard that they are good at treating soldiers and can fight well... I heard that the vanguard of Yangwuhou was about to arrive in Luzhou, and I am afraid that he has arrived at this moment.
When the two armies meet, if the Han King can defeat the Yangwuhou army, the brothers will be able to speak.
The two brothers of the emperor family competed for the country, and there were a lot of news and the brothers in the local area were also confused. How could most people not listen to the imperial edict now?
……
In mid-October, Quneng's marching route roughly followed the Yongning River and arrived in Xuzhou (Xuyong County) to Naxi County, Luzhou; Zhu Gaoxu led his army to pass through Xuzhou.
The two armies marched forward and back for more than a month, and the Luzhou Road in Usada was not easy to walk. However, since the Yuan Dynasty, the post stations and roads have been repaired frequently, which is indeed much easier to walk than the Wuqi Road.
Zhu Gaoxu and others did not encounter any decent resistance.
The guards of several acropolis and county towns saw a large number of troops that were also regular Ming army, and obviously could not expect the imperial army to come to rescue them in the mountainous areas, and most of them surrendered more happily.
The soldiers at the post station had no choice. The few people at the post station faced tens of thousands of fully armed troops, and resisted them to massacre themselves.
The two armies collected surrendered troops and sent surrendered generals.
Quneng's number of soldiers increased to 22,000, and Zhu Gaoxu's number of soldiers increased to 45,000.
But at this time, Qu Nengjun stopped advancing in Naxi County, and the river (Yangtze River) stood in front.
Not only did Qu Nengjun not only had warships, but he could not find any ships nearby...
When night fell, Zhu Gaoxu was reading Qu Neng's letter in the central army's tent.
The Third Office of Sichuan and the General Officer issued martial law orders to the prefectures and counties in the river basin in Sichuan. All ships in all prefectures and counties along the river were transferred from the river surface or burned on the spot, and the walls were strengthened and the rebels of the Han Dynasty were not allowed to cross the river.
At the same time, the Sichuan general officer, Sichuan commander, and Yangwu Hou Xue Lu mobilized a large army one after another, with the expected total strength of about 100,000 infantry and cavalry.
The vanguard of the official army is on the north bank of the river in Naxi County, and the central army is in Fushun County (Zigong). It can advance along the Tuojiang River and arrive at the river in a land area...
The North Department of the Hanwangfu Northern Department sent some traitors to the hinterland of Sichuan, and some of them were caught, and some of them came back.Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he read such a report.
Scouts and meticulous works were also returned from Guizhou Dusi.Most of Zhu Gaoxu met in person and asked in detail.
At this time, there was a soldier from the Northern Division in front of Zhu Gaoxu.The soldiers arrived in the army in the morning. Zhu Gaoxu had only read the Beishi report before; now he summoned the people and asked in person.
The soldier said: Gu Cheng's army is coming to Bijiewei!There are a lot of people and horses, and the post road is full of officers and soldiers.
Zhu Gaoxu asked: How many people are there?
The military officer said: At least 100,000!
Zhu Gaoxu immediately glanced at the sergeant and saw that the sergeant looked very excited all day long. He knew that this person must have exaggerated the military situation... Generally, this situation is not a lie about military situation.
First, if you go to peek into the military situation, you feel uneasy and may not be able to see clearly; second, as long as there are large troops on the post road, the formation will be very scary, and if you are afraid, you may have affected your actual judgment.
Previously, Zhu Gaoxu was in Annan Kingdom, and a scout reported the military information, saying that Annan army had two million!
How to believe this kind of news?
The population territory of the Ming Dynasty was more than ten times that of Annan, and it was completely impossible to mobilize two million soldiers and civilians.
Sergeant, please rest in the tent, be calm.Zhu Gaoxu said to him, without reprimanding him.
A small retreat.The sergeant clasped his fists.
Zhu Gaoxu stood up and lowered his head to ponder.The few generals around him and Miao Jin, who had their heads tightly wrapped around him, did not make any sound.
The general who stayed behind Bijiewei yesterday also delivered a report.
The report said that the scout found a large number of troops in Guizhou and marched towards Bijiewei. There were very few people left in Bijiewei and it was difficult to defend the city. The general was ready to give up Bijiewei and rushed north to the Han Wangzhong Army.
News from two different sources both show that the Guizhou army is entering Bijie, which Zhu Gaoxu believes is relatively reliable.There is doubt in terms of the number of people...
Most of the Guizhou garrisons are on the post road, and it should be possible to mobilize a large army with considerable troops in about a month.But the main force is coming to Bijie?
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but lay down his head and looked carefully at a map of the Luzhou Road and Guizhou Branch of Usada. Although the map is sketchy, there is nothing wrong with the general direction and the main road.
Bijiewei is located on the Luzhou Road in Wusada, in the northwest of Dusi (Guiyang) in Guizhou... If Gu Cheng wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack Yunnan, the main force would definitely not go to Bijie. He should go to the southwest to Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion; going to Bijie was completely different and unreasonable.
The roads in the southwest region were not easy to walk, so Gu Cheng was so full that he went from Bijie to Yunnan.
So, Gu Cheng wanted to follow the main force of the Han Wang Army to head north?Then the Guizhou Army and the Sichuan Dusi attacked each other from north to south, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Han Wang Army?
Zhu Gaoxu walked for three or four steps and felt that it might not be big.
Because although this idea is good, the operation is too difficult.
The transportation in the mountains in the southwest is inconvenient, and the main post roads entering Sichuan in Guizhou are under the control of the Han Wangjun. What should Gu Cheng and Xue Lu do to launch a decisive battle together accurately?
It is definitely useless to agree on the time in advance. There are too many factors on the battlefield and military situations are changing rapidly.A rain of mud can cause an accident in their itinerary.
If Gu Cheng comes north, unless he is confident that he will defeat nearly 70,000 main forces of Zhu Gaoxu and Qu Neng alone, this strategy will be of no use.
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly looked back and said: Gu Cheng would not have too many people, he wanted to cut off my retreat and food route!
However, even if Zhu Gaoxu guessed correctly, the situation now does not seem to be very good.
The King of Han guarded the Northern Division of the Mansion, doing erratic spies to do errands; at this time, the King of Han passed the Yongning Guard, and the Northern Division wanted to send more people into the hinterland of Sichuan, which became easier.
Li Rang, the commander of Chengdu guards, returned home after the time limit, and the servant quietly told him that a man who claimed to be his cousin had been waiting for half an hour.
Li Rang entered the mansion and went to a room at the back door, asking someone to bring his cousin in.
During the Hongwu period, Qu Neng served as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. Li Rang followed Qu Neng to pacify the Yuelu Tiemur rebellion in Jianchang, because Qu Neng asked Gong and Li Rang to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the commander-in-chief.
But during the Yongle period, Li Rang was rejected from the Sichuan Dusi and became a commander, which was due to his many ways to move around Chengdu.
During the Yongle period, Li Rang followed the King of Han to fight in Annan again. With the help of his conquest of Annan, he had the opportunity to return to Dusi.But a few months later, the King of Han rebelled!
Li Rang could only quietly not mention Annan's contributions.
Fortunately, no one has involved the rebellion of the Han King with him for the time being; the Han King's army on the west road that conquered Annan, had 70,000 soldiers from Sichuan, and it was impossible to settle the matter.
The visitor from the mansion called himself Zhang Sheng. He was indeed a cousin, but he was the cousin of Wang Yu, a hundred households of the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Sheng took out the note sewn into the underwear. The paper was relatively small, with the handwriting of King Han and Qu Neng on it, and the characters written were also very short. The handwriting of King Han wrote: "It is better to vote for me than to be a marquis."
The paper also has a golden seal of the King of Han, but the red seal and the handwriting overlap, because the paper is too small.
Zhang Sheng whispered: The King of Han and General Qu are both former friends of General Li. The King of Han wishes General Li to surrender to his command, so he will be rewarded without hesitation.
Li Rang immediately replied: The soldiers under my command are gathering, and soon they will follow the Marquis of Wuhou Xue of Xinfengyang to head south.All the generals and civil servants have been ordered to follow me, and the families of the generals and soldiers are in Chengdu Prefecture, and I am afraid that they will not follow me.I am so fond of the King of Han, how can I do it?
Zhang Sheng hurriedly said: The King of Han said that General Li was once under the command of General Qu and also followed the King of Han in Annan.Although you have nothing to do at the moment, you must not ignore the long-term.Moreover, General Li is a nostalgic person, so why not think about it carefully?
Li Rang sighed: Do you know that there are people from the Jinyiwei in our mansion and in the army?When I saw you, I took great risks. I would not report you today and let you go. It is because of the relationship between King Han and General Qu.
The intention of the King of Han must be to make me seek opportunities to surrender; but this matter is not something I can do alone.There are military laws and rules in the army. Unless I and the civil servants discuss with each other first and fight together, how can everyone listen to me if they turn against each other?
Li Rang thought for a while and said in a deep voice: Unless...
Zhang Sheng hurriedly asked: How?
Li Rangdao: Unless the King of Han can capture Chengdu... This is a bit too much to say, but at least he must defeat Xue Lu's main army!At that time, it would be much easier for me to ask the soldiers to surrender with me.But by then I was also a prisoner under the King of Han, and the King of Han might not be able to tolerate me.
Zhang Sheng pondered for a moment and said: The King of Han said that when General Li came to surrender, it was all his own people. However, if the Han King decided to seize Sichuan, General Li would definitely have a big difference in his contributions.
Li Rang smiled bitterly and said: What else can you talk about now? As long as you have a way out, it will be good.
After he said that, he took a look at the letter with only a few words, tore it apart repeatedly, put it in his palm and rub it hard, as if he could pinch juice from a ball of broken paper.
...Chongqing Guard Commander Xu Hua, Qu Neng's former subordinate.He once followed Lan Yuquneng to quell the Sanmaodong barbarian rebellion at the junction of Sichuan and Huguang.
The Northern Department of the King of Han Dynasty still sent someone to contact Xu Hua and wrote a earnest letter written by Qu Neng. He finally met Xu Hua.
Commander Xu is a man with a long face and a high forehead and hairline. He is not tall but gives people a rough feeling.
Xu Hua also showed mercy and did not immediately arrest Xiaoshu, but his reply was straightforward.
Commander Qu Du?These are people from many years ago!From Chaoli to Sichuan, people have changed a few times.There is a saying that Taoist is cold when he leaves. After so many years, how many people under my command will still listen to him?!
King of Han?
I know that there are also people in Chongqing Guards who came back from Annan Kingdom not long ago. I heard that they are good at treating soldiers and can fight well... I heard that the vanguard of Yangwuhou was about to arrive in Luzhou, and I am afraid that he has arrived at this moment.
When the two armies meet, if the Han King can defeat the Yangwuhou army, the brothers will be able to speak.
The two brothers of the emperor family competed for the country, and there were a lot of news and the brothers in the local area were also confused. How could most people not listen to the imperial edict now?
……
In mid-October, Quneng's marching route roughly followed the Yongning River and arrived in Xuzhou (Xuyong County) to Naxi County, Luzhou; Zhu Gaoxu led his army to pass through Xuzhou.
The two armies marched forward and back for more than a month, and the Luzhou Road in Usada was not easy to walk. However, since the Yuan Dynasty, the post stations and roads have been repaired frequently, which is indeed much easier to walk than the Wuqi Road.
Zhu Gaoxu and others did not encounter any decent resistance.
The guards of several acropolis and county towns saw a large number of troops that were also regular Ming army, and obviously could not expect the imperial army to come to rescue them in the mountainous areas, and most of them surrendered more happily.
The soldiers at the post station had no choice. The few people at the post station faced tens of thousands of fully armed troops, and resisted them to massacre themselves.
The two armies collected surrendered troops and sent surrendered generals.
Quneng's number of soldiers increased to 22,000, and Zhu Gaoxu's number of soldiers increased to 45,000.
But at this time, Qu Nengjun stopped advancing in Naxi County, and the river (Yangtze River) stood in front.
Not only did Qu Nengjun not only had warships, but he could not find any ships nearby...
When night fell, Zhu Gaoxu was reading Qu Neng's letter in the central army's tent.
The Third Office of Sichuan and the General Officer issued martial law orders to the prefectures and counties in the river basin in Sichuan. All ships in all prefectures and counties along the river were transferred from the river surface or burned on the spot, and the walls were strengthened and the rebels of the Han Dynasty were not allowed to cross the river.
At the same time, the Sichuan general officer, Sichuan commander, and Yangwu Hou Xue Lu mobilized a large army one after another, with the expected total strength of about 100,000 infantry and cavalry.
The vanguard of the official army is on the north bank of the river in Naxi County, and the central army is in Fushun County (Zigong). It can advance along the Tuojiang River and arrive at the river in a land area...
The North Department of the Hanwangfu Northern Department sent some traitors to the hinterland of Sichuan, and some of them were caught, and some of them came back.Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he read such a report.
Scouts and meticulous works were also returned from Guizhou Dusi.Most of Zhu Gaoxu met in person and asked in detail.
At this time, there was a soldier from the Northern Division in front of Zhu Gaoxu.The soldiers arrived in the army in the morning. Zhu Gaoxu had only read the Beishi report before; now he summoned the people and asked in person.
The soldier said: Gu Cheng's army is coming to Bijiewei!There are a lot of people and horses, and the post road is full of officers and soldiers.
Zhu Gaoxu asked: How many people are there?
The military officer said: At least 100,000!
Zhu Gaoxu immediately glanced at the sergeant and saw that the sergeant looked very excited all day long. He knew that this person must have exaggerated the military situation... Generally, this situation is not a lie about military situation.
First, if you go to peek into the military situation, you feel uneasy and may not be able to see clearly; second, as long as there are large troops on the post road, the formation will be very scary, and if you are afraid, you may have affected your actual judgment.
Previously, Zhu Gaoxu was in Annan Kingdom, and a scout reported the military information, saying that Annan army had two million!
How to believe this kind of news?
The population territory of the Ming Dynasty was more than ten times that of Annan, and it was completely impossible to mobilize two million soldiers and civilians.
Sergeant, please rest in the tent, be calm.Zhu Gaoxu said to him, without reprimanding him.
A small retreat.The sergeant clasped his fists.
Zhu Gaoxu stood up and lowered his head to ponder.The few generals around him and Miao Jin, who had their heads tightly wrapped around him, did not make any sound.
The general who stayed behind Bijiewei yesterday also delivered a report.
The report said that the scout found a large number of troops in Guizhou and marched towards Bijiewei. There were very few people left in Bijiewei and it was difficult to defend the city. The general was ready to give up Bijiewei and rushed north to the Han Wangzhong Army.
News from two different sources both show that the Guizhou army is entering Bijie, which Zhu Gaoxu believes is relatively reliable.There is doubt in terms of the number of people...
Most of the Guizhou garrisons are on the post road, and it should be possible to mobilize a large army with considerable troops in about a month.But the main force is coming to Bijie?
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but lay down his head and looked carefully at a map of the Luzhou Road and Guizhou Branch of Usada. Although the map is sketchy, there is nothing wrong with the general direction and the main road.
Bijiewei is located on the Luzhou Road in Wusada, in the northwest of Dusi (Guiyang) in Guizhou... If Gu Cheng wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack Yunnan, the main force would definitely not go to Bijie. He should go to the southwest to Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion; going to Bijie was completely different and unreasonable.
The roads in the southwest region were not easy to walk, so Gu Cheng was so full that he went from Bijie to Yunnan.
So, Gu Cheng wanted to follow the main force of the Han Wang Army to head north?Then the Guizhou Army and the Sichuan Dusi attacked each other from north to south, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Han Wang Army?
Zhu Gaoxu walked for three or four steps and felt that it might not be big.
Because although this idea is good, the operation is too difficult.
The transportation in the mountains in the southwest is inconvenient, and the main post roads entering Sichuan in Guizhou are under the control of the Han Wangjun. What should Gu Cheng and Xue Lu do to launch a decisive battle together accurately?
It is definitely useless to agree on the time in advance. There are too many factors on the battlefield and military situations are changing rapidly.A rain of mud can cause an accident in their itinerary.
If Gu Cheng comes north, unless he is confident that he will defeat nearly 70,000 main forces of Zhu Gaoxu and Qu Neng alone, this strategy will be of no use.
Zhu Gaoxu suddenly looked back and said: Gu Cheng would not have too many people, he wanted to cut off my retreat and food route!
However, even if Zhu Gaoxu guessed correctly, the situation now does not seem to be very good.
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