It was late at night, and Yuan Jue hadn't fallen asleep yet. He stayed in Xuanzang Temple tonight, but he stood on the pagoda for half the night.

The weather is clear, and the stars in the sky are dazzling. Yuan Hui was looking at the stars while pinching his fingers. When he was a physiognographer, he learned a secret method of observing the heavens. He stood here for half the night, only to feel that the southern general's luck was declining, and he was afraid of disaster!

But as soon as he thought that the commander of Zheng Annan was the king of Han, he planned not to say anything, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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In May in Yunnan, the sunny day is already a little hot. Zhu Gaoxu was covered with a futon, lying in the small courtyard corridor next to the study, sleeping, his forehead was soaked with sweat, his eyes were moving in his eyelids, but he didn't open them, and his face was flushed.

In his dreams, he felt like a child. The surrounding partners are playing a game, that is, there are several children who have made an appointment, and everyone is in a group, and they share the blessings and hardships. After the partnership, there is always some activity, and the activity is to beat up a lonely child together.

Unfortunately, he was the lonely child. He is a little untalkative, but he didn't provoke anyone, and the reason for the beating is not clear, probably only one reason: he is not someone else's "gang".

His heart was full of anger and anger, and he swung his fist to fight back against those children, but he always felt that his fist was too small and not strong enough to beat others, so he was even more annoyed......

"Lord Wang! The prince ......" A voice suddenly fell from the sky.

Zhu Gaoxu turned over and got up, and saw a eunuch with a thin body and white skin standing in front of him, and after a while, he came back to his senses and recognized this person, who was the eunuch Yellow Dog in the palace.

"Sleeping under the futon, it's so hot!" Zhu Gaoxu wiped a handful of sweat with his cuffs. He immediately felt his eyelids jump again, and he always felt that something was wrong with his body.

The yellow dog bent down and stood there, echoed, hugged the dust and said: "The Jingshi has sent the holy decree, and the people have been welcomed to the front hall and are waiting for the prince." ”

Zhu Gaoxu immediately stood up and looked down: "Bring decent clothes." ”

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu put on a red robe and black gauze hat and rushed to the carrier hall.

At this time, in less than ten days, there will be a holy decree coming down, all of which are all things that the emperor told Zhu Gaoxu, from how to buy the hearts of Annan people and how to march and eat food. But the Emperor's letter is a holy decree.

Four months have passed since the drastic changes at Qin Station, but Zhu Gaoxu has not yet set off. Because the two armies agreed to go together, the East Route Army moved troops from Zhejiang and other places as farthest, and it came slowly; More than 200,000 troops from all over the two roads gradually gathered, and it took time...... But it's mostly about the season.

Zhu Gaoxu received the decree in accordance with the etiquette in the carrier hall, and what he received was not an official edict written on silk, but a letter, a letter written by Zhu Di himself. The above state is to order the armies to invade the territory of Annam by July and to end the war by February next year.

Because in hot and humid areas, plagues are prone to occur in spring and summer, and it is better to choose winter for war, not only with less disease, but also with less rain.

…… Since the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Han people have accumulated a lot of experience in the activities of Tusi areas such as Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi. At this time, people are no longer like the ancients in the past, who would talk about the miasma in the south, and everyone has a certain amount of knowledge.

Although miasma is still written in the paper, people have come to realize that the so-called miasma is some disease. The bloodsucking insects in the woods can make people sick, and dysentery and plague may occur during the hot and humid season.

Langzhong drew up recipes such as soaking artemisia grass in water, and also recorded the local methods of local people in various places to treat diseases; Plague was prevented by isolating the sick, boiling water, and paying attention to the layout of latrines.

These methods of dealing with the "miasma" could not completely isolate the plague, but the death rate of the Han people in the south was lower than that of the local natives. Even the emperor in the Imperial City of Jingshi knew how to avoid the plague.

There are also a lot of people in the southwestern Tusi, Annan and other places, if it is a plague that the Han people can't do, the locals will only be even worse!

Zhu Gaoxu believes that the Ming Dynasty did not have the influence of the Han and Tang dynasties for the time being, but the degree of civilization continued to progress in the course of historical development.

Princess Guo Wei knew that Zhu Gaoxu was going to go on an expedition and go to a wild land, and she was often worried. Zhu Gaoxu used these insights to comfort her, so he learned a lot in this regard.

…… After Zhu Gaoxu received the order, he rode out of the palace with the honor guards, and went to various schools in Kunming City to inspect his own people.

This war will be the largest number of troops at Zhu Gaoxu's disposal.

The army of the Western Route will eventually reach 105,000 people! There are 70,000 guards of the Sichuan Metropolitan Division, 5,000 guards of the King of Shu, 20,000 guards of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, and 10,000 guards of the Han King. This is the people under the direct command of Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Nengbu of the Eastern Route Army, there are more than 100,000 people, and this time the expedition to Annan used a lot of troops; In the "Battle of Jingyan" that year, King Yan gathered the northern guards and the Mongols of Duoyan Sanwei, and when the number was the largest, the total number of the main army was more than 200,000.

On the south school field in the capital city of Yunnan, countless soldiers are shouting and practicing in the dust under the bright sun. Surrounded by a group of military generals and wearing a bright red round-necked robe, Zhu Gaoxu rode a horse to patrol among the ten thousand armies, which was particularly conspicuous.

Most of the soldiers on the school field were not very tall, they were wearing armor and sweating profusely, but they were full of energy and high morale. Zhu Gaoxu paid attention to it and felt that this group of men and horses must be capable of fighting!

"Rise up, rise up......" A large number of soldiers in the distance somehow shouted loudly in dialect, and the momentum was very majestic.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded frequently while watching.

A general next to him said: "The soldiers of the Sichuan Dusi are worthy of war, and the three thousand officers and troops can break the tens of thousands of Tusi troops during the Hongwu period." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "In the country of heaven in humane Shu, the people are lazy and don't want the soldiers to be so fierce. ”

The general said with a smile: "Only Chengdu Mansion in western Sichuan, thousands of miles of fertile plains, rich since ancient times, the people are lazy, and Taoism is prosperous. However, the guards are mostly in the Sifang Mountainous Area, the mountains and mountains in the east of Sichuan, the mountains and rivers in the south of Sichuan, the soldiers of the Tun army and the people farming and livelihood on their shoulders, all of them can shed blood and sweat. The people of that place also respect ghosts and martial arts, and are often not afraid of death. His Royal Highness holds the elite soldiers of the Sichuan Metropolitan Division, and he will be able to win! ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded after hearing this: "It makes sense, and I have been taught." ”

The general hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

The group rode to the place where the shouts were heard. A general ushered in with a group of people riding horses, and the man turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general commands Li Rang, meet His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu sat on the horse and hugged his fists in return. At this time, a person next to him whispered: "Before, this person was a military general under Qu Neng, and he followed Qu Neng to conquer Jianchang Yuelu Timur, and also went to Beiping......"

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu made a meaningful voice.

He suddenly remembered that Qu Neng was with Wang Gui in Wushan, but of course the generals around him didn't know these inside information...... In the eyes of outsiders, Qu Neng fought in Beiping and was the enemy of the Yan Dynasty.

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Why are the soldiers shouting?" ”

Li Rang hugged his fists and said: "There are only civilian officials in the army, and they talk in public about the Hu clan of Annan State insulting my Ming envoys and slaughtering the soldiers of the Ming army. The officers and soldiers of the school were all indignant. ”

Another military general beside him said indignantly: "We must save face and not embarrass the Ming court and the Sichuan villagers!" ”

"The son of the turtle insisted on getting it, and called the old man of the Ming Emperor, and Ge Laozi saw that he was so fierce." Another military general.

The surrounding generals looked dazed and didn't understand at all. Zhu Gaoxu understood, he scolded with a smile: "Don't be powerful, don't be cowardly when you go to the battlefield!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter. A military general said loudly: "The King of Han is brave and famous, everyone in the world knows it, we follow the King of Han, and we will win!" ”

There was another shout from the crowd.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hands to calm everyone down a little, and then said, "Soon the army will march south." My father has said again and again that we are the teachers of the righteous kings, and we will hang the people and fight crimes! Therefore, this king wants to warn the generals that the king is marching south, just to punish the Hu rebels and escape back to justice and justice, not to be the enemy of everyone!

Therefore, the generals must restrain the soldiers, and they must not kill innocents indiscriminately, and they must not plunder at will. Those who have attained the Tao will have more help, and there will be no reason to lose this battle. ”

The generals hugged their fists in agreement, and various tones were mixed in.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Li Rang, and after a while, he also found Xu Tao, the chief military officer of Dali City; There is even a military general named Chen Gang next to him, who is a spy on Yao Guangxiao's side.

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "I, the Ming Dynasty, drove out the Tartars and restored the clothes of the Han family, and I am the lord of hundreds of millions of subjects, and the world is in the right direction." Whether you are from the Sichuan Metropolitan Division, or the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, or which side or faction you are from, the past is over. This king only wants you to cooperate sincerely and fight the enemy together! ”

As soon as this statement came out, those who understood it naturally understood. Just like the guard commander Li Rang, with an embarrassed expression, he must have understood in his heart that he had done it with Zhu Gaoxu before. Xu Tao's eyes also flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Zhu Gaoxu, he was Mu Sheng's person; Because for the sake of Mu Sheng's face, Zhu Gaoxu didn't move him, and he led Dali's soldiers well.

However, Chen Gang thought he was clever, and he pretended to echo him, looking as loyal as a dog. Zhu Gaoxu just smiled, his gaze inadvertently swept over Chen Gang's face.

…… It was agreed that the march would start in late June, and by then Zhu Neng's Eastern Route Army should be ready and almost enter the territory of Annan.

Zhu Gaoxu inspected the military camp every day, often moved in the army, and first became familiar with everyone. Then he also worked out a strategy with the people of the Changshi Mansion, and set off as soon as the time came.

That pair of cold-forged armor, he never wanted to really take it off. Therefore, the court asked him to lead the troops to continue the war, and Zhu Gaoxu was not unwilling.

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(Sorry to keep you waiting.) ）