The army is opened, the mighty and mighty, the flag covers the sky and the sun, 80,000 soldiers are divided into five paths and marches straight to Luzhou, the vanguard of the front army of 5,000 people is led by the veteran general Zhao Zhishang, after Cao Dingjiao's Dingyuan camp is pressed, Zhao Zhishang's Dingjun camp is divided into two, and the two wings of the escort army and the Chinese army under the personal command of Wang Lanping march hand in hand.

The Chinese army is composed of 5,000 forest guards and 10,000 soldiers from all over the country, these soldiers are also small after nearly a month of reorganization, not only equipment, but also morale has been greatly improved, and the whole army has a joke: follow the king of Han to have meat to eat.

Walking behind the army is a logistics team composed of eight thousand people, the baggage of the whole army is transported by them, the wages and the salary of the soldiers are treated equally, these people are also happy to do these errands, without going to the battlefield and can receive the same money as the soldiers, what else is there to say, two taels of silver a month are almost up to the income of the county lord.

Zheng Sen also returned to Huizhou at this time, he had to ensure the supply of grain and grass, and it was really difficult for him, fortunately, it was now autumn, and it was about to come to the autumn harvest season, as long as he used some heart, the food should not be a problem, the only thing was that the money was not enough, the battle of Changle Pass, just the reward was scattered by the Han King 500,000 taels, not a family does not know the price of firewood and rice, but it is bitter for this logistics dispatcher Zheng Sen, one hand to raise money, the other hand to raise grain.

The household department also temporarily pressed down the money that was not tight, fully supported the western battlefield, and on the other hand, it also called on the gentry to donate, so far everything is quite peaceful, but everyone knows that the time to really spend money has not yet begun, the Western Army has not yet arrived in Sichuan, and the silver has spent three million taels, it seems that in the first year of Hongguang, except for the Western Expedition, the imperial court does not have to do anything.

The army passed through the state, and there were constantly local officials coming out to greet them along the way, or the old rules, corrupt officials were killed, and capable officials were promoted, anyway, Wang Lanping had a blank appointment document in his hand, and those officials could take office by filling in their names, and soon the official appointment documents of the Ministry of Officials would come to Nanjing, thanks to Song Dali's timely rush back to Nanjing, with his temper, no one dared to look at him in front of him and the palace, and even the private banquet never happened, and the entire palace was like a great enemy every day. No matter who went in or out, they had to pull it out and check it out, so that even Fang Ling never entered the palace again.

Zhu Yousong, who had just recovered from madness, lived like a year, as long as he was a little dishonest, he would be beaten by Song Dali, anyway, he didn't see it, Song Dali liked to do it when he beat the emperor, Song Xian almost persuaded him, saying that the emperor couldn't fight, Song Dali listened to him, I did my own thing, I opened my mouth that Lao Tzu only listened to the king of Han, and the emperor of the Zhu family was not as good as a eunuch in his eyes, and it was easier to pinch him to death than to pinch an ant to death.

Song Dali did this for his reason, only when Zhu Ming's imperial power was trampled to worthless, the new strong man could replace him more logically, he didn't think about whether it was right to do this, he thought so.

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When Wang Lanping's army left Chenzhou, he also ordered the front line of Kuizhou to stand still, and it was not allowed to clash head-on with the Qing army.

When the autumn wind rose and the yellow leaves fell, the army had rushed to Guiyang Mansion, Wang Lanping's injury was almost healed, replaced the comfortable carriage, he rode a high-headed horse into Guiyang City, this place is only five days away from Luzhou, all the way to the boat, so that the soldiers have to rest for a few days, but also to find out the latest enemy situation in Luzhou.

This place is close to Sichuan, and it is up to Ma Xianglin to investigate the enemy's situation, and he is familiar with this place.

The people of Guiyang Mansion, who had been suffering from thieves for a long time, heard that the official army had come to suppress the thieves, and the whole city was boiling, and the scene was really lively, and both sides of the team entering the city were full of delicious wine and food.

It's just that although nearly 20,000 people have entered the city, but there is nothing missing on both sides of the road, no one dares to disobey the military order, and those who dare to take a thing from the people without permission will be beheaded regardless of whether they are high or low, and the military order can not be said to be strict.

Guiyang Mansion is temporarily under military control, except for the 20,000 people who entered the city, the rest of the army is all stationed outside the city, camped on the spot, the weather is getting cooler, in this Guiyang City can still prepare the military uniforms for autumn and winter before the war, it is estimated that it will wait for ten days and half a month.

Guiyang City is a big city, because the west thieves often operate in the surrounding area, this city has been repaired several times, and it is also quite large-scale, and the moat half a mile wide has long been filled with water, but now it is full of soldiers with bare butts bathing in it, all the way to come, and only at this time can be washed clean, the king of Han said, if you want to survive the injury, you have to wash your body and clothes cleanly, a day later, the usually clear moat becomes turbid, and there are a lot of fish floating up along the coast, just right, to the army to beat the tooth sacrifice.

The temporary Han King Xingyuan was selected in the city to prepare the Yamen, accompanied by officials at all levels, and the Han King was in the limelight at this time, who dared not to stammer.

The soldiers dressed up for many days, Xianglan and Xiangling sisters finally had the opportunity to change back into women's clothes, and there can be no women in the army is military discipline, but Wang Lanping is reluctant to leave them in Chenzhou, and after thinking about it, they can only let them pretend to be the guards of the Han King, and most of the time when they travel with the army are in the carriage, even if there are a few senior generals who know, no one will say anything, and it stands to reason that the attendants who accompany Wang Jia on the expedition can have female dependents.

After inspecting the city defense of Guiyang, the city guards will also introduce the Ming army strongholds in various places around the city, the Ming army in the frontline position of the confrontation between Guiyang Mansion and Luzhou is less than 10,000 people in total, and the garrison is based on Bijiewei, there are originally more than 40,000 soldiers here, but they were transferred away by Zhao Zhiyan, the former governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and King Gui, and now the remaining 10,000 people feel that they are not enough to protect themselves, and the war in Wang Lanping will not play any role.

A few days later, the horses from all over the country came back one after another, and the military situation of the Western Army in Lushui and its surroundings also got a rough idea.

The defender stationed in Lushui will be Zhang Hualong, the rear military governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies of the Great West, with more than 50,000 defenders, since the beginning of Wang Lanping's western expedition, Zhang Hualong built three water villages and two fortresses around Luzhou according to the order to defend Luzhou.

Luzhou city is surrounded by water on three sides, the east is connected to the land, like a huge arm stretches out in the Yangtze River (similar to the small Korean Peninsula), then it is named Shenjian Mountain, the whole city is built on the cliff that is more than three zhang high from the river surface, along the cliff the whole city is surrounded by a city wall of nearly seven miles, the endless rolling Yangtze River has become the natural super moat of Luzhou City, since ancient times, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack the place, when Mongolia destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, the whole territory of Sichuan fell, only this Luzhou city stood in the south of Sichuan did not fall under the iron hooves of Mongolia.

Luzhou city chokes the throat of southern Sichuan, is the place where the army must pass through Lushui, after Luzhou is Jiazhou (now Leshan City), Chengdu, the army only needs to follow the Lushui (also known as the Jinsha River, Tongtian River, Zhuge Liang 'May crosses Lu, deep into the hairy 'is this river) can arrive at the city of Chengdu in a few days, but since ancient times have not heard of being able to break through the city of Luzhou from the waterway, the Mongols of that year only could not take an important reason here is that they do not practice water warfare, so they have to surround but not fight, and all the soldiers and civilians in Luzhou City have starved to death before they were captured.

There are five forts along the city wall of Luzhou, blocking the river, three water villages are distributed on the river surface around the Shenjian Mountain, there are more than 200 large and small warships, the strength of the western army of the entire Luzhou defense line can reach 70,000 people, how long the grain in the city can support is known, the Mongolian siege was not attacked, and it took 11 months to get it, so long, Wang Lanping must not wait.

I don't know the layout of the city, so I can't get close to it at all.

The first military meeting of the Luzhou War began on the third day after Wang Lanping entered Luzhou City, Zhao Zhishang was originally here to command the troops, he was quite familiar with the deployment of the Western Army and the local terrain, after he made a military explanation, the lobby of the Yamen of the Military Garrison Road was silent, no one had fought this kind of battle, there was no way to say it, the most important thing was how to cross the river, there was no water army, then you could only look at Luzhou City and stare dryly.

It is no wonder that Zhang Xianzhong showed an indifferent attitude towards such important towns, and he didn't need to pay much attention, the river seven or eight miles wide could not swim through, and there were also sailors of the Western Army cruising on the river from time to time.

Wang Lanping also frowned again and again, the military report out of Beijing did not show that there was a sailor here, and only found that the defenders of Luzhou were only twenty or thirty thousand people, this action was really fast enough, and it was only blamed that he stayed in Chenzhou for nearly a month, giving the Western Army time to calmly arrange, and waiting for work, and the 80,000 army could only look at Jiang Xing and sigh.

The military meeting lasted from morning to evening, and the noisy and noisy did not come out of the noise, and some people simply suggested giving up entering Sichuan from this city, going north to meet with the waterway army, and entering Sichuan from Yangping Pass, although the road was far away, it was relatively easy, and there were tens of thousands of white pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu as an internal response.

Some people also suggested that the waterway army should be transferred over, and learn from the Mongols who besieged the city back then, although the method was stupid, the loss was minimal, but it was just a matter of spending more time and consuming more military food, which was better than more dead people, maybe it could also attract Zhang Xianzhong's army to help, it would be great, the siege of the city has always been the best introduction to the decisive battle, and it is definitely no problem to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong in the field with the strength of the Han army.

Wang Lanping did not immediately oppose these two suggestions, it is too far to take Yangping Pass, which is equivalent to going around in a big circle, even if it does not count the time, then Yangping Pass is stationed in Yangping Pass is the Western Army general Bai Wenxuan, leading 100,000 troops, stationed in Yangping Pass, Dingjun Mountain and Tiandang Mountain, relying on each other, not at all easier than Luzhou to fight, Wang Lanping will be the waterway army according to the troops in Kuizhou Another purpose is to prevent the soldiers and horses of the Western Army in Yangping Pass and Shunqing when he fights Luzhou.

Siege reinforcements can be a try, but it depends on who the target is, only the reinforcements from Chengdu, Bai Wenxuan of Yangping Pass or Ai Nengqi of Shunqing can not come, as soon as they leave, the door of eastern Sichuan is wide open, it will be cheap The Qing army stationed in Shunqing Azig Department, if you only besiege the city, God knows how long it will besiege, the Mongols have besieged this for a year, and Xiangyang has been besieged for five years, whether it is a year or five years, he can't afford to wait.

The first military meeting ended in silence, and Wang Lanping returned to his residence with a heavy heart.

There is a quiet courtyard in the yamen of Guiyang Bingbei Road, only with the stay of the King of Han here is noisy, and the pro-soldier guards composed of hundreds of years of disabled soldiers also live around the small courtyard, don't look at the inconvenience of these people's hands and feet, but they are all outlaws who have played with their lives on the battlefield and dare to play with their lives, and they are not inferior to small-scale melee combat.

The small courtyard is divided into the front hall and the back bed, the place is not big, but it is complete, it is also clean, through the front yard is a round arch, there is a cluster of emerald green bamboos around the round arch, Guiyang Mansion is full of this kind of big green bamboo.

After the arch, inside is the back bed, composed of a circle of houses, a bit like a courtyard, in the middle of the yard there is a leafy tree, Wang Lanping does not know what kind of tree it is, how thick a person is, the branches spread out around the whole yard are hidden in the shade of the tree, look up, I don't know how many bird nests there are between the branches.

The place is really a good place, if there is no war, find such a house, and then find ten or eight beautiful wives and concubines, nothing to appreciate books, fight fists and feet, and then let the wife dance, taste wine about ancient and modern It is also a great pleasure in life, alas, these can only be thought about, in the position of the king of Han, there is such a comfortable life.

Wang Lanping walked into the back bedroom courtyard with a sullen head, and several personal soldiers consciously did not go in when they walked here, but only stood guard outside the round arch.

When I came to the courtyard, I just sat with my back to myself in the shade of Xianglan and Xiangling, looking like they were embroidering, and there were bursts of beautiful songs humming from the mouths of the two.

At this time, I only heard Na Xianglan say to her sister while walking the needle: "Sister, do you say that the King of Han will take us back to Nanjing in the future?" I heard that the Han Palace's mansion is much bigger than here."

Xiangling was immersed in the work in her hands, and said casually: "Our sisters are just slaves, don't think about that, even if we go, we are still serving people's lives, my sister hopes to stay here like this and not leave, you see how good it is here, and how similar it is to our yard that was burned by land bandits"

It can be heard that the sisters had a good family background before, but no matter how good their family background is, they can't afford to toss the bandits, if they weren't at home at the time, how could they still have the life to talk here.

Xianglan stopped her work, raised her head and looked at the sparrows on the eaves jumping around, with a look of longing, "Sister, do you think King Han will stay here?" ”

Xiangling frowned at her distracted appearance, covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "You really dare to think, why are you staying here?" Who do you think you are, there are a bunch of beauties in the Han Palace, he will take a fancy to you"

Xianglan's mouth puffed, twisted her slender waist and said: "Sister, why do you say that about me, King Han likes me, he, he was ...... last night"

"How's that?" Xiangling was interested, in her opinion, it must be a good thing for her sister to be favored by King Han, in this chaotic day, it is difficult for a woman to survive without finding a backer, and either of the two sisters can be favored.

Xianglan's face was slightly red, embarrassed, and muttered: "He, he hugged me last night, and he also bit someone's chest, you see, this, there are still tooth marks."

Wang Lanping shook his head when he heard it in the back, but his mood was much better, and he was not disturbed by the unsolvable battle situation, and it was not bad to listen to them chatting with some whispers.

Xiangling opened her mouth in shock, with a happy face, her mouth was bigger than her sister's, her lips were thick, very sexy, and when she smiled, she could see two rows of white teeth and two small tiger teeth that were not too obvious.

"And then?"

Xianglan took a deep breath, her waist immediately straightened up and softened, and her voice became muttering, "Then he fell asleep, nothing happened"

When Xiangling heard it, he also had a look of grievance, why is the King of Han so calm, and it turns out that the book says that it is really true, is it because the sisters' posture is not interested in him, no, but it is not that the women in the Han Wang's Mansion are all fairies in the sky.

At this time, Xianglan suddenly snickered, her face turned red, and from Wang Lanping's direction, she saw that her ears were red.

I saw her whispering in Xiangling's ear.

Immediately, I saw Xiangling surprised again, her eyes widened, and she lost her voice: "You, you really touched it?" You're not ashamed."

Xianglan immediately hugged her fragrant shoulders and shook it, and said coquettishly: "Sister, I knew you were going to laugh at me, don't tell King Han, or I will have to die of shame."

Wang Lanping really couldn't listen to it, the more he talked, the more fragrant he became, and if he continued to talk about it, he would have to be tortured again, abstinence for a year, and he couldn't be counted.

"Cough," Wang Lan clenched her fists and coughed lightly.

The two sisters lost color when they heard the flowers, and hurriedly knelt down together, Xiangling said: "I don't know that the king of Han is back, and the slave is guilty."

Wang Lanping said: "Don't keep kneeling, there are no outsiders here, didn't you talk very casually just now?" ”

Xianglan hurriedly raised her head and blushed and said, "You, you heard everything"

Wang Lanping spread his hands, shook his head and said, "I heard it, but don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."

Xianglan was so ashamed that she buried her head in her sister's back.

"Show me, what do you embroider?" Wang Lanping asked casually, attacking Lushui is really a long-term plan, and there must be a long-term plan.

Xiangling took out the round frame embroidery hidden behind him slowly, most of the embroidery has been finished, at first glance it seems to be a small boat traveling on the water, the water surface is very calm, a man on the boat stands on the bow of the boat, and behind it stand two women wearing a red and a green Luo shirt.

"Do you have anything to say about this embroidery?" Wang Lanping looked back and forth, and asked casually.

Xiangling's face was flushed, and a row of white tooth marks were left on her thick lips, and it took a long time to murmur: "No, it's not interesting, the slave is embroidering and playing."

But at this moment, Wang Lanping's face changed greatly, laughed, and was so excited that he slapped the embroidered face several times in a row, and said: "Yes, you should use this trick to break the water, Xiangling, you are really my lucky general."

On a whim, Wang Lanping picked up Xiangling, and he didn't know how much saliva was left on her face in an instant, and before Xiangling could react, he had happily taken her unembroidered embroidery and left.

"Sister, what did King Han say about you?"

Xiangling was still immersed in the excitement just now, blinked, stroked her hot cheeks and muttered, "No, I didn't hear clearly" (to be continued.) )