When Fang Yuan swept all the way to Guangxi and advanced to Yunnan, Huguang's advance encountered big trouble.

The three troops of Gan Hui, Xu Cheng, and Gao Yuanjue entered Guizhou in three ways, and along the way, in accordance with Fang Yuan's instructions, they began to clear out the Tusi who echoed Mu Tianbo's alliance plan of the six provinces.

The work of purging the toast is very smooth, whether it is the diehards or the leading party is a minority after all, most of the toasts are waiting and seeing. The imperial court wanted to hand over the proton, so it honestly handed over the proton and did not participate in the rebellion.

In a month and a half, Gan Hui's troops advanced to Pu'an Prefecture, which borders Yunnan, Xu Cheng also arrived in Annanwei, and Gao Yuanjue was stationed in Guiyang Mansion to transport grain and grass.

Gan Hui's road was like a bamboo, and it was even faster than Fang Yuan's advance all the way. Mu Tianbo set up 50,000 heavy troops in Baishijiang Tianwei in Qujing Prefecture, Yunnan Province, to defend against Gan Hui's rapid offensive.

Baishijiang is the last barrier to enter Yunnan Mansion, and it is also the last military fortress, as long as Baishijiang is lost, Yunnan Mansion has no danger to defend, Mu Tianbo will be captured.

Gan Hui immediately summoned Xu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army, to discuss how to cross the Baishi River in Qujing Mansion, Yunnan, and directly attack the military and political center of Yunnan, Yunnan Mansion, where Muwangfu is located.

The two personally went to Baishijiang to explore the terrain, and in the face of such a heavily guarded fortress, all the opportunistic tricks were to no avail, and the only word was to do it!

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

As long as the Baishi River is crossed, the great achievement of pacifying the southwest is in front of you!

When Gan Hui and Xu Cheng were preparing to cross the river to fight, Gao Yuanjue, who was supervising the transportation of grain and grass in Guiyang Mansion, suddenly sent an urgent military situation.

The 20,000-strong grain convoy was defeated, and only 8,000 people fled back to Guiyang, and all the 50,000 stone grain and grass transported were burned.

Gan Hui went to Yunnan this time, bringing a total of 80,000 stone of military rations, and the previous march had consumed 20,000 stones, and these 50,000 stones were related to the success or failure of this battle.

Gan Hui was furious at Gao Yuanjue's dereliction of duty, and immediately ordered Gao Yuanjue to escort the only remaining 10,000 stones of grain and grass to Pu'an Prefecture and explain the crime of dereliction of duty.

Gao Yuanjue's army had a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, of which more than 10,000 were annihilated, and more than 30,000.

This 10,000 stone of grain was the last military ration for this expedition, and he did not dare to have the slightest negligence, and personally led 25,000 people to escort the grain to Pu'an Prefecture, leaving only 5,000 soldiers to guard Guiyang Mansion.

When Gao Yuanjue led the army to Pu'an Prefecture, there was another report of defeat, Guiyang Mansion fell, and the remaining 5,000 soldiers were all wiped out!

Originally, the fighter plane that captured Yunnan was in front of us, but there was such a major defeat in the rear, not to mention the loss of grain and grass, and even the retreat route was cut off.

Gan Hui was annoyed and angry, and scolded Gao Yuanjue, the general of the defeated army, angrily, "Who is sneaking up on our army's grain and grass?? Say! ”

Gao Yuanjue has never fought head-on with the enemy, how do you know who this enemy army is?! He shook his head and said, "I don't know! The enemy was elusive and nowhere to be seen. According to the report of the defeated sergeants, these men were dressed in toast clothes. ”

Gan Hui sneered, "Most of the five most powerful toasts in Guizhou have handed over the protons, and the only ones who have not handed over the protons have also been destroyed by our army." How many soldiers and horses can the rest of those little toasts muster and crush my army of 10,000 or 20,000? ”

Gao Yuanjue was confused even about how to fail, and said in a trembling voice, "I, I, I don't know, please, please, the boss will punish you!" ”

Before Gan Hui set out on the expedition, Fang Yuan rejected his suggestion to arrange for Bai Guangen, an experienced battlefield veteran, to participate in the battle with the army, and transferred Bai Guangen to be stationed on the front line of Yiling, guarding against Liu Zongmin, who did not know if he would go out of Sichuan to sneak attack.

Fang Yuan only sent two lieutenants to Gan Hui, one was Xu Cheng and the other was Gao Yuanjue.

These two were all young men under twenty years of age, and their hair had not grown together; are all second-generation officers who don't have much battlefield experience; is all Fang Yuan's righteous son, and the upper position does not rely on military merits, but on nepotism in the harem. One is Chen Yuanyuan's brother-in-law, and the other is Xing's son.

In Gan Hui's opinion, Fang Yuan transferred Bai Guangen away and arranged for these two people to come, just to rub off on military merits, and wait for reuse and promotion. He was disgruntled, and he had already held his breath.

Xu Cheng, as the vanguard commander, took the lead in the expedition to Guizhou and performed well, and Gan Hui could barely bear it. And this Gao Yuanjue, who relied on his mother to tie up Fang Yuanyuan's ascendancy, had no battlefield experience at all, and was not of great use at all, so he arranged for Gao Yuanjue to escort grain and grass and did not participate in the battle.

However, Gao Yuanjue even smashed the matter of escorting grain and grass, and he didn't even know who the enemy was. The death of a few Gao family army sergeants, Gan Hui did not regret it at all, but regretted the 50,000 stone grain that was burned!

Gan Hui said angrily, "Someone! Arrest Gao Yuanjue and put him in prison, and wait for the report to the regent, and then the trial! The generals of Gao Yuanjue's department temporarily recorded the crime of defeat, if they can redeem their merits in this battle, they will offset the merits, otherwise they will be punished for both crimes! ”

Gao Yuanjue, who shouted that he was wronged, was escorted down, and Gan Hui asked again, "General Xu, Guiyang Mansion has been captured, and the Guizhou Tusi who has already surrendered will inevitably make waves again, and we must annihilate this elusive invading enemy as soon as possible." ”

Gan Hui's concerns are very reasonable, if this enemy army is not destroyed as soon as possible, the back road of the expeditionary army will be cut off, the grain and grass will be burned, let alone capture Yunnan, and it is unknown whether he can even return to Huguang safely.

Xu Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, but we must first find out the identity of the enemy army before we can prescribe the right medicine." The last general suggested that we should not send troops rashly, and that we should first hold our troops in Pu'an Prefecture. Ordered all the seized toast protons to send letters to the toasts in various places, a total of two tasks. ”

"First, immediately inquire about the ins and outs of this enemy army and report it to the imperial court; Second, the Tusi in various places must gather troops and horses to encircle and suppress the enemy troops entering Guizhou with the army of the imperial court. ”

Gan Hui had to admit that although Xu Cheng was only in his twenties, he was already calm and moderate.

The origin of the enemy army is unknown, the number of troops is unknown, and it can quickly defeat Gao Yuanjue's department, and its combat power is not weak. If you hastily lead the army to attack, it is very unwise, and the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other can win all battles.

Moreover, in the territory of Guizhou, whether it is the imperial army or the enemy army that sneaks up, they are all fighting away, and their own army does not have the slightest terrain advantage. In case he was taken around in circles by the enemy army in the mountains of Guizhou, he would lose seventy percent of this battle without fighting.

According to Xu Cheng's idea, mobilizing the forces of Guizhou to surrender to Tusi will inevitably be able to quickly find out the origin of this army, and it can also mobilize Tusi's army to encircle and pursue the invading enemy army, and the chances of victory are much greater than fighting with the enemy army alone.

Gan Hui nodded with satisfaction, Fang Yuan assigned him the second generation of officials, and it was not all waste, at least Xu Cheng's performance was quite good, and it was more practical than Bai Guangen, who only knew how to fight.

Gan Hui's subordinates were stationed in Pu'an Prefecture and sent people to spread the word to the Tusi in various places.

As Xu Cheng expected, a month later, the replies of the toasts from all over the country came back one after another.

The identity and number of this sneak attack on the enemy have all been verified.

The enemy army was sent by Zhang Xianzhong to support Mu Tianbo's reinforcements; The number of troops is around fifty thousand; The commander of the army is Zhang Xianzhong's most trusted son, Li Dingguo, who is known as the first fierce general of Daxi!