King Gui, who was dressed in a dragon python robe, wandered anxiously in the big tent, he was like all the royal princes, he had never participated in any court politics and military affairs, at best, he was a rich and noble super-rich man, and today he was also with the smoke of the Changdong Pass was not what he wanted, Zhu Youlang's greatest wish was to live this rich life peacefully.

It's a pity that current affairs make people, the Ming Empire has fallen apart in just over ten years, the country is not like a country, the home is not like a home, there are anti-thieves everywhere, and every anti-thief is aimed at the Zhu Ming royal family, Luoyang Fu King was eaten by Li Zicheng, the old Jin King of Shanxi even surrendered and died, the Xiao Jin King was killed by Song Dali in Nanjing, and what is more terrible is that all the princes and county kings who fled south to Jiangnan a few months ago died almost overnight, and then dozens of Ming nobles in Nanjing were collectively given death edicts, All of this makes Zhu Youlang, who is far away in Guilin, not feel at all the freedom of the Emperor of the Mountain High, and always feels that this kind of misfortune will come to him sooner or later, if nothing else, just because his surname is Zhu, he is not guilty, and he is guilty.

It was during that period of time that Zhao Zhishang, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was transferred by the imperial court, and Zhao Governor was not angry.

Zhu Yousong did not withstand Zhao Zhishang's rhetoric, and got on the thief ship in a daze, and since then the original muddy King Gui has turned into a rebel banner in the entire Yunnan-Guizhou region, and generals at all levels are vying to take refuge, Nanjing's original Fu Wang and now Hongguang Emperor is not the orthodox heir to the throne of the Chongzhen Dynasty, since he can sit in the Dragon Court, why can't King Gui sit down, taking advantage of the current Ming Dynasty's unstable people's hearts, a big opening, and a big wealth and nobility in the future will not be honorable to the ancestors.

Taking advantage of Zhang Xianzhong's lack of time to harass Yungui, Zhao Zhishang gathered a large army in Guilin City with the power of the governor, and sent people to contact Li An, the governor of Liangguang, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo in the town of Yunnan (Nanjing named him as the king of Mu), and made an appointment to start an incident, and everyone respected King Gui as an order, and when the time was ripe, he could establish himself as the emperor and succeed the Ming Emperor.

In this way, King Gui, who has no opinion and does not want to die, followed Zhao Zhishang towards Nanjing, along the way successively recruited talents and incorporated deserters and bandits, these years the whole country is fighting wars, there are standing army of nearly two million Ming army in just ten years left only 600,000 establishment, where are the soldiers, except for a part of the war killed or surrendered, most of them have deserted, or looking for mountains and rivers to become bandits, or become rich people's private soldiers, the worst is to live in a foreign land, there is no family dare to return, become beggars, scattered throughout the country, In recent years, due to the war on Yungui and Liangguang is not much devastating, all the more deserters have been displaced here, no home, no money, lack of clothes and less clothing, when they have no way to go to heaven and no door, I heard that King Gui is in Guilin Xingyi Division, to enter Beijing Qin Wang Kuang Fu Sheji, these deserters are worried that they can't find a place to eat, and they come to vote one after another.

In the blink of an eye, the soldiers and horses under the command of King Gui became stronger and stronger, and the soldiers were changing like a snowball, from 50,000 when they first left Guilin, and when they arrived in Huguang, they were almost 100,000.

It is no wonder that Wang Lanping's crazy attack in Changle Pass can't be stopped, so many soldiers are gathered in a radius of only six or seven miles, it is an iron wall, and no one can defeat them in a short time.

In the big tent, King Gui's soul was not guarded, he was so anxious that he ran around the tent, and after a while, he hurriedly ran to the door and opened the curtain to look at the smoke-filled place in the distance, and he was anxious, but Zhao Zhishang sat calmly and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Suddenly, a soldier entered the tent, knelt down and said: "King Binggui, Zhao Du, the enemy's fifth sneak attack was repelled by our army, and the camp is still impregnable."

Zhao Zhishang didn't open his eyes, but waved his hand casually to let him retreat.

King Gui didn't even have the heart to take the crown, and when he heard that he was winning for a while, he was a little calm, and he took this opportunity to hurriedly say, "Governor Zhao, who do you say this will be?"

Until now, King Gui has not figured out who the enemy who attacked the camp is, and he has never asked the army, not that he doesn't want to ask, but he really doesn't understand, when the battle just started, he was entangled with a few concubines in the military tent, he doesn't care whether there can be a woman in the army, the prince who has been soaked in the fat powder pile since he was a child, is uncomfortable when he is not close to a woman, he looks more than fifty years old, and almost all his energy is spent on women.

Zhao Zhishang listened to King Gui's question, so he stood up, arched his hand, and said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, the prince is expected to be called by Wang Lanping, who has brought disaster to the country and the people."

As soon as King Gui heard that it was him, his heart suddenly became excited, and many people were rumoring that the death of so many princes was peaceful with this Wang Lan, and there were also rumors that this person was under house arrest in Nanjing.

King Gui's face turned pale, and he muttered to himself in a daze, "He, it's him, didn't he say that he was still in Nan'an yesterday, why did he get here so quickly, Zhao Du, you say, can we stop him?" ”

Zhao Zhishang is fifty years old, but he is in good spirits, the beard on his chin is shaking, and he laughed and said: "King Gui is not in a hurry, although this place is not dangerous, but Wang Lanping wants to eat us with his little people, isn't it a fool's dream, Nan'an City is about a hundred miles away from here, it is reported that they were still in Nan'an yesterday, and they have arrived here today, the march is fast, more than ten hours of rapid march for hundreds of miles, he is not afraid of his soldiers dying of exhaustion?" King Gui really doesn't know, the minister is waiting for this moment in the garrison, here I have already stepped down the net, just waiting for him Wang Lanping to take the bait, according to my estimates, he came so fast, he must have come lightly, heavy ordnance and grain and grass have not kept up, we just need to hold on for a day, and when others are sleepy and tired, come to a full line counterattack, how can he be undefeated, haha, come, prince, let the minister pour you a glass of wine, suppress the shock, and wait for the good news"

Zhu Youlang heard him so confident, and he was comforted a lot in his heart, and suddenly said: "Zhao Du has a good plan, this king can't reach it, and when the big thing is done in the future, you will be the head of the ministers of this king's dynasty."

Zhao Zhishang is not humble, what is the head of the ministers, you kid is still dreaming of the emperor, Lao Tzu is just borrowing your name as King Gui, and when the world is settled in the future, Lao Tzu will trample you to death with one foot, and he has also passed the emperor's addiction, even the mud-legged Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others dare to usurp the throne and claim the emperor, why can't I Zhao Zhishang.

Although I thought so in my heart, but it was not yet time, I said respectfully, "Thank you for not giving up, the minister only wants to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, and on the day of success, the old minister just wants to return to the countryside and be a leisurely idler, come, pay tribute to the prince with a cup."

As he spoke, he respectfully handed the freshly filled wine glass to Zhu Youlang, and the two of them looked on their backs and laughed in unison.

After the strong wine was down, Zhu Yousong had a little courage and asked: "Why did Zhao Du let Nan'an City fall into the hands of Wang Lanping, and Li An died, this king is really ashamed in his heart."

Zhao Zhishang snorted when he heard this: "He is seeking his own death, I have long persuaded him to give up Nan'an City and move closer to my army, but he just doesn't listen, he has to wait for death in Nan'an, I don't want to save him, it's just that Nan'an City is not a long-term city at all, the city is small and the people are outnumbered, once more than 100,000 people enter the city, then Wang Lanping doesn't have to fight, and none of us can survive for ten days and half a month."

Zhu Youlang nodded without knowing how to pretend to understand, and said: "Oh, Zhao Du has foresight, it's a pity that those tens of thousands of horses and horses have been returned to him for nothing Wang Lanping, this king is really unwilling."

But Zhao Zhishang smiled again, "The soldiers are not many but fine, the war is planning but not brave, the minister is a general for more than ten years, and he has experienced dozens of wars of all sizes, this time he will be guaranteed to let him come and go."

The two soldiers outside the tent heard the sound and entered, and arched their hands and said: "Commander"

Zhao Zhishang looked firm, "shaking the red flag"

Zhao Zhishang has been on the campaign for more than ten years, and more than 100,000 horses are stationed in the open field, how can he not arrange ambushes around, this red flag is the order flag for ambush soldiers to attack.

"Yes!"

**

The army of the king of Han was suppressed on the mountain, and several attacks were fought back, only Wang Lanping and the Dingyuan camp had a backlog of more than 20,000 people in the valley, under the scorching sun, there was no wind in the valley, and it was as hot as a big furnace.

However, despite this, Cao Dingjiao still did not give up the attack, one pulled out people and sent them out, and then pulled out less than half of them and retreated.

Wang Lan calmly watched all this from a high place, looking at it from a high place, the camp of King Gui was white, there was no end in sight, surrounded by mountains, and the camp could see the Gui soldiers and horses coming and going, not panicking at all, there were dozens of ravines criss-crossed by the population in the middle of the camp, which had been wrapping King Gui's Chinese army in it, even if it was his own people rushing in, I was afraid that these ravines could swallow the lives of many soldiers.

Time flies, it's almost noon in a blink of an eye, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, so it's not a way to be trapped in the mountains, withdraw the troops? No, this time, King Gui's prestige will inevitably be greatly boosted, and it will be a fatal blow to himself, but the strong attack does not seem to be able to take advantage, and he looks far away, the trees are heavy, and he can't see how far, and I don't know if Song Dali rushed back.

At this time, the shouting and killing of another group of men and horses in the mountains also became sparse, Wang Lanping knew that this was because Annan's surrender offensive was weak, they had just surrendered, and the people's hearts were unstable, and it was commendable to hold on to it until now without a rout.

Underestimating the enemy and conceit are both taboos for soldiers, but these two Wang Lanping committed all of them in this battle, putting all of his tens of thousands of people in danger, what should he do?

At this time, Cao Dingjiao ran over with a few pro-soldiers with a disgraced face.

"King Han, this battle can't be fought like this, there are too many casualties, and you can't attack it at all, why don't you retreat to Nan'an first and then find countermeasures?"

Cao Dingjiao is the only general in this group who can discuss military affairs with Wang Lanping, so there are some things that only he dares to say.

Wang Lanping gritted his teeth, broke off a branch beside him and said: "No, as soon as we retreat, King Gui will be killed immediately, and the casualties will be greater at that time, you see, Lao Tzu has been fighting for so long, but there is no chaos in his camp at all, we really bit a hard bone this time, and it will take some effort"

Wang Lanping tried his best to speak more relaxedly, the battle was like this, it was really not that the soldiers did not work hard, they all blamed themselves for underestimating the enemy.

Cao Dingjiao looked at random, he didn't need to look to know it, he could feel it just by these few charges, this was not a war at all, but to hit the wall with his head, and he couldn't see the slightest chance of winning, and there was no other way than to risk withdrawing his troops.

"King Han, march hundreds of miles in a night, this will continue to attack for several hours, the soldiers are too tired, withdraw to repair, I will definitely dedicate the head of Zhao Zhishang to the King of Han in the coming day, King Han, withdraw the troops, you can't fight anymore"

Wang Lanping's face sank, and he suddenly tied the tassel under the helmet tighter, grabbed Cao Dingjiao's shoulder casually, and said in a deep voice: "If you say goodbye, quit the army, behead"

At this moment, a touch of red color waved in the white camp of the Gui army at the bottom of the mountain, and Wang Lanping didn't have time to see it clearly, when he heard a sudden burst of earth-shattering shouts and killings from both sides.

Cao Dingjiao exclaimed: "King Han, there are ambush soldiers, we have a plan"

Wang Lanping let go of Cao Dingjiao and looked around, but unfortunately, the mountains were deep and dense, and he could not see his person when he heard his voice, but just by listening to the voice, he knew that the enemy was close at hand, and he would kill him at any time.

Cao Dingjiao's face was red, and he was anxious, "King Han, make a decision quickly, it's too late to be late."

As soon as the ambush came out, the military situation changed rapidly, and there was no time to think about it, so I could only fight, if this person was too anxious, his heart would be calmer.

Wang Lanping looked at Cao Dingjiao and said very casually: "Wealth and danger are seeking, General Cao, let's gamble"

As soon as he saw him like this, Cao Dingjiao understood, the King of Han was going to play with his life again, he was this expression when he was in Yangzhou, what he didn't say, give up his life to accompany the gentleman, if the King of Han is not guaranteed, he is afraid that his official fortune will come to an end, and he will die together.

"King Han, say, what do you want?"

Wang Lanping looked at the camp in the distance, looked around at the mountain, and said: "I'll leave it to you here, I expect that those surrendered troops won't last long and will break up, you take half of the Dingyuan battalion to block the ambush here, and all the rest of the people are pressed on me, I don't believe it, he Zhao Zhishang is so calm."

Cao Dingjiao thought for a while and hurriedly said, "What about you, King Han?" ”

Wang Lanping took the steel spear that had not been used for more than half a year from the hand of his entourage, plunged it into the ground, and said awe-inspiringly: "Only if I appear in those surrendered soldiers, they will not collapse, I brought them into the ghost gate, and I will accompany them to fight together, I will personally lead them to attack and give Song Dali a chance."

Cao Dingjiao was shocked, "King Han, how can this work, you are the commander of the three armies, if there is a mistake, all your hard work will be in vain."

Wang Lanping smiled, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, remember, if I die in battle, you must immediately let the waterway west expeditionary army return to Nanjing, and Li Shun in the north to resist the Manchu Qing, you must keep Li Shun, and then Xu Tu progress"

Cao Dingjiao burst into tears when he heard this, and knelt on the ground with a brush, Cao Dingjiao grabbed his steel gun and said: "King Han, let me go, it's not a pity for me to die, I'll take them to attack"

Wang Lanping shook his head, "Don't fight, just do what you order."

Wang Lanping's prestige in the army is irreplaceable, and he is the only one who wants to inspire the fighting spirit of that group of surrendered soldiers.

Cao Dingjiao persuaded him several times, but Wang Lanping led 200 soldiers down the mountain without looking back, and ran towards the battlefield where there was no offensive.

Cao Dingjiao couldn't, so he had to wipe away his tears and shouted: "Form a formation to meet the enemy and beat the drum for the King of Han"

Suddenly, the drums in the valley were beating, and even the mountains were trembling.

**

In several mountain passes on the other side of the Gui army, all the 5,000 men and horses of Yu Linwei were ambushed here, and Song Dali kept cutting at a dry stump with the war knife in his hand, absent-minded.

At this time, a soldier ran over from the hillside with a rolling belt, and Song Dali hurriedly grabbed him by the collar and asked, "Say, have those bastards been transferred?" ”

"No, it is estimated that there must be four or five thousand people guarding this side."

Song Dali gritted his teeth and scolded: "Auntie's"

The method said on the side: "General, something is wrong when you hear this, this drum seems to be the movement of the whole army's attack, or let's go on, it's really urgent to die here."

How could Song Dali not hear the sound of this war drum, but he was rough but careful, and rushed up at this time, that is, he fought a melee with no chance of winning with the defenders, and since the king of Han let his ambush soldiers used to cut off the enemy's retreat also join the battle, it means that the battle in Changle Pass is unfavorable, and his five thousand cavalry must be used just right.

Song Dali's face sank, and the big knife slashed into the stump, and shouted: "Wait, calm the wind, and then explore and report"

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )