Whenever Zhu Gaoxu felt nervous, the whole person seemed to return to the nature of heaven and earth, and naturally possessed the food and color instinct that living creatures and animals also have.

But tonight he didn't get his wish. There is only one meat dish on the table, which is said to be a local local dish, called smoked bamboo shoot stew. Hard bamboo shoots are smoked and dried with plants and trees, then preserved, soaked in water when eaten, and then stewed with bacon...... The taste is not easy to describe, it is very strange, like a mixture of all kinds of stinky things, which is not at all in line with Zhu Gaoxu's taste.

Night had just fallen, listening to the crackling sound of the bamboo poles knocking outside, the explosion of firearms, and the noise of the soldiers, Zhu Gaoxu watched Miaojin's graceful figure and plump and mellow streamlines dangling in the lights.

A very urgent and evil scene came to his mind. And on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in my memory, in the flash of fireworks, beautiful pictures like slides appeared in front of me from time to time. His breathing was a little struggling.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's heart seemed to have a hideous beast, he couldn't calm down, if he didn't do something that was not allowed by secular common sense, he couldn't vent that mood at all. It was a strange feeling, but he couldn't control himself.

"Whew!" Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair and exhaled a long breath, not daring to look at Miaojin again. She definitely can't accept his secret preferences, and Zhu Gaoxu is not willing to destroy his good feelings in her heart. She may have always thought that Zhu Gaoxu was a stylish aristocrat.

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the ruler on the table and measured the length on the map. But he soon realized that there was no scale at all in this kind of diagram, and that the distances on the diagram were meaningless.

Where did Wu Gao go? The only way is to send someone to investigate.

Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts were a little confused, and he gradually muttered out the things he was trying to think about. By chance, he came back to his senses and saw Miaojin looking at himself. Her eyes glowed brightly in the light, adding to the illusion of affection.

"I'm going to sleep, and King Han is resting early." Miao Jin said softly.

Zhu Gaoxu sat still, took a deep breath and nodded.

Although this place is in the area where Tusi is active, this small post station was built by the Han people, and the doors, windows and furnishings are old and simple, full of classical style. There was only one oil lamp in the signing room, and there were guards on duty around him, but Zhu Gaoxu was the only one in the room.

Many things gradually regained order in his heart, and a thought came to his mind: If the commander of the Huguang Army is Xue Lu, I will definitely leave a few soldiers and horses to monitor Guizhou City, and the main force will seek enemy reinforcements for a decisive battle!

However, the Northern Division of the Imperial Mansion has received accurate news from the Beijing Division, and this time the official army will be Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin.

Wu Gao, Zhu Gaoxu fought with him once. During the "Battle of Jingyan", Zhu Gaoxu guarded Yongping City, with only a few thousand people in his hands; At that time, the situation could not give Zhu Gaoxu too many soldiers and horses, the main force of the Jingnan army went to Daning City, and Beiping was still empty, not to mention Yongping City on the periphery.

At that time, Wu Gao led the main force of the Liaodong Army, and the strength of the army may be more than ten times that of Zhu Gaoxu! Wu Gaojun's army is the size of a large army, and it is the northern route army in the strategy of the imperial court, which belongs to the strategic army...... But unexpectedly, Wu Gao did not immediately launch a strong attack on Yongping City, but first methodically built siege fortifications, and steadily and slowly launched a siege battle against Yongping City.

Through the experience of Wu Gao's style, Zhu Gaoxu seriously doubted: If he looks for Wu Gaozhu this time

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The decisive battle, can it really be so happy?

Zhu Gaoxu has a lot of ancient military books in his stomach, but his combat methods mainly come from the experience of many actual battles. One of the lessons that has never been an exception is that tactically, the defending side will always have a big advantage.

In the last battle of Chengdu Taipingchang, Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of this and turned the offensive strategy into defense during the battle.

Wu Gao will definitely build fortifications and choose favorable terrain, and he will not easily take the initiative to find Zhu Gaoxu for a decisive battle! And Zhu Gaoxu's troops left a part of the defense against the threat of Guizhou City, and there was no numerical advantage over Wu Gao......

However, Zhu Gaoxu also summed up an experience: destroying the enemy's army is more useful than capturing the territory of the city.

In the "Battle of Jingyan", the Jingnan army and the official army fought two general battles of more than 500,000 troops, and almost did not get rid of the situation of being trapped in the Beiping near left area, but the results of the victory were slowly and irreversibly manifested later.

If this experience is followed, Zhu Gaoxu should keep an eye on Wu Gaogan. In any case, it would certainly be easier to destroy Wu Gao's army in the field than to deal with the defenders guarding the city of Guizhou.

The generals of the enemy army must also think so. Sun Tzu's Art of War said, the first army is to attack and plan, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city; If it is not necessary, everyone is reluctant to storm the city.

The question is: Destroy Wu Gao first, and then attack Guizhou City, how long can Sheng Yong of Kunming City defend?

Ping An led the cavalry to move around the city, and he should be able to escape. Once Kunming City is lost, Sheng Yong Qitai and more than 20,000 Han Wangjun brothers are surrounded inside, and it is estimated that they will die!

…… The next morning, it was the first day of the new year. The area controlled by the Han Wangjun refused to follow the edict of Emperor Hongxi, and still used the Yongle year name, that is, the sixth year of Yongle; The Jingshi court was the first year of Hongxi.

It rained in the Banshu area, and then it was mixed with ice particles. The main force of the Han Dynasty army had a total of seven armies, namely the front, middle, and rear armies, and the left outpost, right outpost, left sentry, and right sentry, all of which did not set off in various camps.

Zhu Gaoxu approved the suggestions of the various armies and summoned the generals above the commander of Wei to the Chinese army to discuss matters.

In the lobby of Yicheng, a symbolic ink map was hung, and Zhu Gaoxu sat on the public seat on it. The generals who arrived one after another put their weapons on the board outside and walked in. Everyone was allowed to sit on chairs and stools.

From time to time, all the generals looked at Miao Jin, who was standing beside Zhu Gaoxu, although she was wearing a hat, it was easy to see that she was a woman. A general once reminded Zhu Gaoxu to pay attention to whether the woman was credible. However, of course Zhu Gaoxu trusts Miaojin, if she is a spy and does not let the little eunuch ventilate the news in the palace, Zhu Gaoxu will be finished, and the whole war will not be fought.

"Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, set out from Huguang to reinforce Guizhou. The strength of the army is unknown, but it is estimated to be comparable to ours. Zhu Gaoxu said directly, "Now we are still three hundred miles away from Guizhou City, if the weather is fine, the whole army will be able to come to the city in six to seven days; It should be possible to go first to Wu Gaojun and reach Guizhou City. ”

Governor Liu Ying immediately clenched his fists and said: "The last general, please be the main general of the former army, and attack Wu Gaojun first!" ”

The generals seconded the proposal one after another, threatening to transfer the army first to teach Wu Gao to be a man.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hands and let everyone

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Calm down and say, "This is just one of the options. From the distance of the road, we still have two roads, one is to attack Guizhou City; The second is to bypass Guizhou City and march to the southwest, trying to cut off the road from Guizhou and Guangxi to Yunnan, and looking for the battle of Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu. ”

The small lobby suddenly became noisy again, and everyone couldn't help but weigh the prospects.

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and said: "On the contrary, this king thinks that it is not the best policy to attack Wu Gao first. ”

After hearing this, all the generals looked over and listened to Zhu Gaoxu's words.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back and said: "Wu Gao's use of troops is calm and dull, we don't have a multiple advantage, and if we want to defeat him, I'm afraid it is not something that can be done overnight." In case it can't be attacked for a long time, the fighter plane is neglected, and the city of Kunming is lost first; Gu Cheng and Zhang's auxiliary army flanked our army in Guizhou, and we could only retreat to Sichuan.

After this battle, we can't get anything, and we only have Sichuan left.

The latter option is that our troops will march from Guizhou to Yunnan, and the main grain route will be cut off by the defenders of Wugao and Guizhou; Zhang Fu and Gu Cheng's men and horses are also facing this situation. None of us can hold on for a long time, and it is very likely that both sides have the intention of fighting a decisive battle as soon as possible at the same time.

But in this way, Wu Gaojun will be able to reach Guizhou and continue to advance, opening up the road between Guizhou and Yunnan; If you are a little careless in the calculation of time, so that the three armies of the official army can be thrown into one battlefield one after another, this battle will not be fought.

Even if the war drags on, the side with more people will always be in a better position if it can control more places and have the spare energy to do more. ”

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu said this, there was only one choice left. Some generals couldn't help asking: "If we besiege Guizhou City, what should we do with Wu Gaojun?" ”

"Send a team of men and horses to block the confrontation, and buy time for the besiegers to take Guizhou City first." Zhu Gaoxu said, "So this battle is called 'Chestnut in the Fire'!" ”

The general asked again: "What if Wu Gao uses superior soldiers and horses to attack the soldiers and horses I contain?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: Fighting a war is originally a gamble. The influence of the weather and terrain, and the fact that hundreds of thousands of people have all kinds of conditions, it is strange that the Lord can calculate everything by one person!

In many cases, the victory or defeat of a war is only known when it is fought.

However, he said: "I am not someone else, I am looking for the commander of the enemy army." Wu Gao is almost sixty years old, the older he gets, the more stubborn he becomes, he is that kind of character, how can it be so easy to change? ”

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a while, and then said: "Our department dispatched this time, the original target was Guizhou, and now Guizhou City is in front of us. If there is no reason to resist, this king believes that the original goal cannot be easily abandoned! ”

He paused for a moment, looked up at the door, and muttered, "I hope Sheng Yong can trust this king and will definitely try to save him." I also hope that this king can trust Sheng Yong, he can defend longer than the defenders of Guizhou! ”

The generals did not argue vigorously, after all, after a few months, Zhu Gaoxu's decision-making finally won the bet. Everyone was just a little confused, but they did not lose their trust in Zhu Gaoxu.

…… Therefore, some experiences are not necessarily the truth. It is certainly more effective to destroy the enemy's army, but this kind of war for power and profit, perhaps the victory itself is more valuable and inspiring.

As long as you can win and win another battle, the outcome is a secondary consideration.

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