Chen Ji bowed his head and agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty." Can you do it now? ”

"Prepare it, wait until you reach the destination after you prepare it, and let the local post station send the holy decree to the capital for archiving and Hainan Mansion for distribution." Yun Xi felt that if he didn't plan to do it now, he would probably forget about it, so he said.

Chen Ji agreed again, and seeing that Yunxi had no other orders, he turned around and left the cabin and went to the next order.

After instructing this, Yun Xi stretched his waist, put all the things in Hainan Province behind, took out a huge map of Beibu Gulf and the surrounding coast, and a huge map of Annan on the table, and looked at it. There is no urgency in developing the economy, and the most urgent thing now is the war against Annam. Although he does not personally command operations, nor does he interfere with the commander-in-chief's command beyond the ranks, he must also have a grasp of the current situation.

"According to the battle report four days ago, Marshal Lan Zhen led the front army to capture Polei Pass (now Zhennan Pass), and the troops were approaching Jiling Pass, and Mu Sheng led the right army to break through Fuling Pass." Yun Xi was talking to himself as he looked at the map of Annan and found the two geographical locations.

"It seems that the Annanites will soon withdraw their troops from Jiling Pass. Mu Sheng's army passed the Fuling Pass is the north bank of the Fuliang River, and the Fuliang River is connected with the Taojiang River, and the Taojiang River is behind the Jiling Pass. ”

"After capturing Jiling Pass, the army led by Lan Zhen can enter the north bank of the Tao River," Yun Xi's finger slid along the map: "Baihe is located at the confluence of the Fuliang River and the Tao River, and according to the news sent back by the Jinyi Wei sent to Annan, there are also a lot of ferries, and Lan Zhen is estimated to meet Mu Sheng at Baihe." ”

"I can't guess what I'll do after that. The fact that the white crane is at the confluence of the two rivers and the many ferries is not only known by the Ming Dynasty, but also by the people of Annam, so the people of Annam built a multi-state city on the south bank of the Liangjiang River, and nailed wooden stakes on the surface of the two rivers to make it impossible for ships to come and go, which seems to be a protracted war. ”

"After all, there were not many people on the north bank of the two rivers, and the land was not very fertile, so it was not possible to rely on the food provided here, and it had to be transferred from the Ming Dynasty. From Guangxi to Baihe, there is no river, which is difficult to transport grain and grass; There is a river from Yunnan to Baihe, but Yunnan itself does not have much food, and the rations for the 150,000 army led by Mu Sheng are already stretched, and it is not enough to supply enough food for the 260,000 troops of the front, middle, and rear armies. ”

"I wonder if Lan Zhen will set up a camp with Baihe and Mu Sheng, wait for the Chinese army and the rear army to come, or not wait for them to immediately lead the soldiers to attack Duobang City?"

"The former is more secure, but it is delayed; The latter may be fast, but if the progress is not smooth, Lan Zhen and Mu Sheng will have to bear the responsibility for the unfavorable progress. ”

Yun Xi was thinking, or guessing how Lan Zhen and Mu Sheng would decide, when suddenly there was a sound of "scratching" and pulling the door frame, and then a sweet woman's voice sounded: "Husband." ”

"Sha'er, why are you here?" Yun Xi looked up a little confused. Li Sha'er has always been very discerning, as soon as she got on the ship, she walked into the cabin set up to handle official business, and it was clear that there was a political matter to deal with, how could she come over?

"Husband, look out the window, it's already the beginning of the day, and the concubine has been waiting for you to come out for dinner for nearly half an hour, but you haven't come out yet, the concubine can only come in and talk to the husband." Li Sha'er said with a hint of complaint.

"It's so late?" Yun Xi looked back at the small glass window behind him, and sure enough, it was already pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

"I felt that I just asked Chen Ji to come over and say a few words, and then looked at the map for a while, and an hour had passed? Time flies so fast. Yun Xi sighed with emotion, noticed the feeling of hunger coming from his stomach, put down the pen and paper in his hand and smiled at Li Sha'er: "If you hadn't come to remind me, I wouldn't have felt hungry." ”

He then went to dinner with Li Sha'er. However, on the way to the cabin where the meal was served, he still thought: "Presumably, the front army led by Lan Zhen has already joined the right army led by Mu Sheng, and I don't know what they will say after they meet." ’

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On the north bank of the Tao River, at this time, a large group of men and horses were marching southwest along the river bank against the direction of the river; Although it was now completely dark, many soldiers still had torches in their hands to dispel the boundless darkness, and walked with unpleasant but orderly steps.

A tall man in chain mail, with a clear eyebrows and a hint of murderous air, rode on a horse, held a huge torch in his hand, and kept running from the end of the line to the front of the line, and from the front to the back of the line, loudly encouraging the soldiers.

"Soldiers, you are soldiers from the left guard of the upper guard Yulin and the right guard of the government army, and you are the soldiers with the highest salary and the best treatment in the entire Ming army, and you can't live up to the expectations ......of Your Majesty and the deputy marshal on you," this man said.

"It is true that the military salary is the highest and the treatment is the best, but there is no such thing as marching in the middle of the night! If 100,000 were in a hurry, it was already known that the right army had reached Baihe, and it was even marching at night. One of the right guards of the government army complained in a low voice.

"Stop complaining." A person beside him said: "Look ahead, our Lord Xu Qianhu is not riding a horse, follow along, what else do you have to complain about." Besides, if we don't rest halfway tonight and rush to the camp set up by the right army, won't we have to set up our own camp? It's also a hassle-free. ”

"If Xu Qianhu hadn't walked with us, I wouldn't have left a long time ago." The man who spoke before said: "It's because I saw that Xu Qianhu, a person with such a tall background, actually marched on two legs like our little soldiers, that I was willing to continue walking, otherwise you would think I would obediently obey orders." ”

As they muttered, the man in chain mail rode past them, and the two of them stopped talking.

After walking for a while, the two soldiers of the guard saw the light coming from not far away, and their spirits lifted up, and they quickened their pace; After a while, they saw the enclosure of the camp by the light from the front.

The general, dressed in chain mail, ordered the whole army to stop and ran towards the camp with his guards. When he was still dozens of feet away from the camp, he heard a voice from the camp: "Who is coming!" At the same time, you can faintly see soldiers walking around the camp.

The military general and the guards reined in their horses' heads and shouted loudly: "I am Zhang Fu, the general under the account of Liang Guogong, the former army of the Ming Annan Expeditionary Army, and I led the two guards of the former army to Baihe, please report to the Marquis of Xiping!" ”