Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, already had the idea of retreating from Guilin Mansion. He sent people to Pinglefu City and ordered the prefect Chen Yongsheng to mobilize ships and erect a pontoon bridge on the Lechuan water in the north of the city.

Guilin Mansion is located in the north and west of this place, and if you want to march in the direction of Guilin, you must cross the Lechuan River, which flows roughly from north to south.

But before noon, Wu Gao got Chen Yongsheng's reply. Chen Yongsheng said in the letter that Pingle Mansion had enough grain and grass, and asked the Marquis of Jiangyin to enter the city and station. But there is no mention of the construction of the boat bridge.

After reading the letter, Wu Gao suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, and blurted out: "Even a prefect, you have to bargain with Ben Shuai?" This Chen Yongsheng is too bold! ”

Before the army arrived at Pingle Mansion, Wu Gao really made some promises to Chen Yongsheng in order not to be blocked on the south bank of the Li River. claimed that he had an army of more than 100,000 and would defeat the rebels in Pingle Province and ensure the safety of the city; It is necessary for the prefect and other officials to immediately operate the boat bridge and not to delay the fighter plane.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, Wu Gao wants the prefect to build a boat bridge in Lechuan Shui, which seems to be a sign of leaving Pingle Mansion. But Wu Gao didn't expect that the prefect Chen Yongsheng would have the intention of not obeying military orders!

There are generals with Guangxi military nationality, at this time he opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Chen Yongsheng used to be the Pingle Mansion of Guangxi, and in the thirty-fourth year of Hongwu (Jianwen period), the imperial court sent people to Guangxi to transfer troops. When Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, Chen Yongsheng was 'good at appeasing the barbarians' and was immediately promoted to the prefect of Pingle Mansion. ”

Wu Gao nodded after hearing this, and said after a moment of silence: "Write another letter right away, and use the handsome's seal." Tell Chen Yongsheng that Ben Shuai will not leave Pingle Mansion, but it is a matter of a general roundabout attack strategy and it is inconvenient to leak the military aircraft, so tell Chen Yongsheng not to ask too much, just act according to the military order! ”

"Order!"

After Wu Gao left Pingle Mansion, it is not certain that he will not return to this place in this life, so first ask the prefect to assist the army. Regardless of whether he Chen Yongsheng is angry or not in the future, is this the reason for his betrayal of the imperial court and can be framed on Wu Gao's head?

There are several islands in the center of the river, and the river is divided into narrow sections, and the narrower the water surface, the easier it is to erect the boat bridge.

If the pontoon bridge can be erected before dark today, Wu Gaojun can retreat to the east bank of the Lechuan River in a slow and orderly manner in the afternoon, and then cross the river overnight to retreat.

…… Zhu Gaoxu stood on the high ground, his vision was even wider, and he could see the deployment of a large part of the officers and troops below.

The closest place to which the enemy was close was more than a mile from the foot of the mountain. Therefore, after the enemy stopped advancing, the two armies faced each other for nearly half an hour, and there was not a single cannon shot. The two sides have been marching and chasing, and it seems that not only Zhu Gaoxu is short of ammunition and medicine, but Wu Gaojun is obviously not well-off.

The sun rose high in the east, and countless people were basking in the sun. The infantry officers and soldiers around Zhu Gaoxu stood on the hillside with their legs apart, inserting their long weapons into the soil, holding their weapons and watching the enemy battle below.

Fortunately, the wind has been blowing all the time today, and under the cool breeze of autumn, people don't feel very hot when they bask in the sun. All the flags fluttered in the same direction in the wind, "crackling". The wind blows from the northwest, and the flag is unfurled to the southeast.

Countless people and horses looked at each other from afar in the wilderness, and as time passed, Zhu Gaoxu faintly had an intuition and prediction: Wu Gao might not attack.

This is the experience after several battles with the Marquis of Jiangyin, Zhu Gaoxu felt that Wu Gao's use of troops tended to be conservative.

At that moment, three men led their horses up on the western hillside. The guards were stepping forward to inquire, and after a while, the guards came over and saluted, "The barbarian guide asks to see the prince, and he has something to report." ”

Zhu Gaoxu stared at the scene in the distance without looking back, and said, "Let them come over and talk." ”

After a short time, the three people approached Zhu Gaoxu, one of them was a military general of the Han Dynasty, and the other two were barbarians. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at them, remembering that one of the Miao people was the man who wanted to prepare a dowry for his daughter; The other seems to be the barbarians (Yao).

The two talked on the phone, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand a word as usual. After a while, the local official came over, and then relayed the general meaning: "The north wind is blowing today, and the weather is going to turn from hot to cold." Here in Guangxi, it often rains at such times. It's going to rain for the next two days. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the northwest sky, and it seemed that there were really dark clouds on the horizon. He said to the magistrates, "Tell them that the king knows, and thank them." ”

The local official clenched his fists and bowed, turned around and muttered to talk to the two natives. After a while, the two barbarians stooped and retreated.

As soon as the barbarians left, someone asked to see them. When Zhu Gaoxu heard that it was someone sent by Pingle Fucheng, he immediately asked someone to bring it up.

The visitors wore square scarves and cotton robes, dressed like literati, and their clothes and skin were very clean, unlike those in the army who slept in the open for days. He only said that his surname was Chen, but he did not say his name or report his official position, and said that he was a friend of the prefect. Zhu Gaoxu called him Mr. Chen and greeted each other.

The enemy troops under the mountain still did not move at all, and Zhu Gaoxu also had the patience to talk to this literati in a hurry.

Mr. Chen finally got down to business, "Two days ago, His Royal Highness the King of Han sent an envoy to the palace, and there were outsiders present at that time. Governor Chen specially sent him to apologize to the prince. ”

As soon as he mentioned that, Zhu Gaoxu immediately became a little angry. Everyone has their own ambitions, and the magistrate is unwilling to surrender, even if he is not willing to surrender, he is still so excessive, he directly took Zhu Gaoxu's people to Wu Gao's camp to be killed! This kind of practice of not giving any face at all, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to hear the "crackling" sound on his face at that time, and he inevitably felt emotional.

Several generals under Zhu Gaoxu were also angry, and even wanted to raze the city of Yuefu to report revenge.

However, the attitude of the prefect of Pingle Mansion was simply a sharp change, and it changed a lot in two days. Zhu Gaoxu immediately became curious, and for the time being, he calmed down and didn't care, he said quietly: "There is neither a letter nor a sealed letter, and this king can see you, which can be regarded as giving enough face." But how do you convince this king that you are from Governor Chen's mansion? ”

Mr. Chen wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Zhu Gaoxu's personal soldiers. After Zhu Gaoxu signaled, Mr. Chen took a few steps forward, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "I can't hide it, the army of the Marquis of Jiangyin may not stay here." At that time, the city of Pingle Mansion was broken, and the prince could still see him below to identify his identity. ”

Although there was no evidence, Zhu Gaoxu immediately believed Mr. Chen, because Zhu Gaoxu also judged that Wu Gao might have to run!

Zhu Gaoxu said expressionlessly: "Governor Chen betrayed my envoy first, and he has already made a mistake. Now it is not enough to apologize. It has to be done to make up for it, and this matter can be stopped. ”

"Is what His Royal Highness the King of Han said true?" Mr. Chen asked.

Zhu Gaoxu said with a straight face: "This king guesses that your prefect was teased by Wu Gao. This king is by no means Wu Gao, I am a very trustworthy person, you can ask around. If you tell me more about the military, I can write a book for you to take back with you to reassure the prefect. ”

Mr. Chen pondered for a while, and then arched his hand: "The Marquis of Jiangyin ordered the Governor Chen to erect a boat bridge at the place where His Royal Highness the King of Han crossed the river yesterday, and prepare 3,000 stones, which will be transported to the west bank of Lechuan Water by sack and boat before tomorrow morning. However, the Marquis of Jiangyin said that this is a roundabout attack strategy of the army, and the military aircraft must not be leaked! ”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "Wu Gao is going to Guilin Mansion to escape!" Fart's massive roundabout, does he have time? ”

There is no evidence for this news, but Zhu Gaoxu believes it at least five points, after all, it is very reasonable.

He didn't lie to Mr. Chen, he is indeed a person of credibility; His credit had gone bankrupt before, and no one believed in him, perhaps because of this, he was able to realize the hidden value of credit. If there is no need and huge interest lure, Zhu Gaoxu generally counts his words.

He found the civil official Hou Hai and asked him to write a letter and use the seal of the Changshi Mansion. Ask this Mr. Chen to bring it back as a proof, if Pingle City surrenders, then the Han Wangfu will not blame the previous matter, and the soldiers will promise that they will not commit any crimes against the officials and people at all levels of Pingle Mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu also asked for the batch of 3,000 stone rice from Governor Chen's mansion. Mr. Chen said that he could not make the decision now, so he had to go back and report to the prefect first.

…… If they could get the food provided by the city, the army of the Han king would be able to save a lot of time in raising food.

After the Han army entered the Guilin area, the military grain did not rely on the grain warehouse of Libo County to transport, but mainly relied on local grain raising, which was more time-consuming.

The people and horses responsible for raising grain do not rely on robbery, but buy by force. In this season, the autumn harvest has just been carried out in various places, and there is grain in any village, and the market price is cheap during this time; The Han Wangjun exchanged gold, silver, copper, coins, silk and other goods at a market price.

The soldiers who prepared the rations were armed with weapons. The people had no option not to sell, and they were not allowed to bargain. In addition, for the people who have sold grain, the Han Dynasty Changshi Mansion will also issue a "receipt".

The receipt is the anti-counterfeiting method of the official documents of the Ming Dynasty, which is encoded in numbers and in duplicate, and the part covered with the seal is cut from the middle; And with paper made of unique materials, it is generally difficult to counterfeit. This method has long been widely used in the exchange of important official documents of the government; However, this is the first time that the receipts have been used for the preparation of military rations.

The official name is "Exemption from Farmland Grants", and it is written in black and white: Officials and people in various localities are exempted from farmland for one to five years with this evidence.

This method of raising military rations was formulated by Mr. Li, and the results were very good. As long as there is a population, military rations can generally be raised. The receipts were also used for the requisition of houses and various military quarters. The wooden planks used by the Han army to erect the boat bridges were requisitioned from various villages, and many door boards were borrowed at a very low price, and then a voucher was issued.

Whether this credential is valuable or not depends on whether the Han Wangjun can win, otherwise it will be a blank check.

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(The cold hasn't healed yet, and the weather has changed too fast lately.) ）