In Guiyang City, Xue Lu walked around the city with a little annoyance, looking outside the city from time to time.

Outside the city, soldiers and horses entered the city one after another, and some soldiers and horses would go out of the city from the other side, and it was he and Gu Cheng who were dispatching troops.

The rebels raided Pu'anwei in early May, and Xue Lu reacted quickly, abandoning Yongning Prefecture as soon as possible, running to Guiyang, and then gathering all the guards and horses in Guizhou.

Up to now, it has been nearly a month, and the soldiers and horses in the whole territory of Guizhou have not been fully assembled, because some places are too far away, and it will take a long time for the sentinels to go there.

Xue Lu didn't know how many rebels there were, so he was worried that he wouldn't have enough soldiers.

"Report, general, the five guards have arrived." At this moment, a pro-soldier from the city came to report.

"Okay" Xue Lu was overjoyed, turned around and asked, "How many people came?" ”

"Wukaiwei Jiali Ping Office, Zhongchao Office, Longli Institute, Xinhua Tun Office, a total of 10,086 people."

"Okay, okay, call the commander and lead the troops to temporarily station outside the east gate."

"No."

Xue Lu's face looked a little better at this time, because Wukaiwei was one of the guards farthest away from Guiyang, and after Wukai's team arrived, he already had more than 90,000 people in his hands.

At this time, he looked back at the Guizhou Commander Gu Cheng not far away.

Gu Cheng was also looking at him.

"How many guards haven't arrived?" Xue Lu asked.

Gu Chengdao: "Chishui Wei, Bijiewei, Bronze Drum Guard." ”

These three guards, like the five Kaiwei, are the four guards farthest away from Guiyang.

The copper drum guard is in the north of Wukaiwei, dozens of miles away, and now the five Kaiwei has arrived, but the copper drum guard has not yet arrived?

"Why are the Brass Guards so slow?" Xue Lu said unhappily.

Gu Cheng was stunned, he was in his seventies and came here to be the commander, the official was younger than Xue Lu, when Jing was difficult, Gu Chengcheng was the governor, and Xue Lu was the general banner.

However, Gu Cheng is also a very sleek person, although he is not satisfied, he will not put it on his face, so he can only say well: "The Tonggu Guard has to climb through the Tonggu Mountain and cross the Xinhua River, the road is more difficult to walk, and if you carry a baggage, you will walk more slowly." ”

Xue Lu's face turned red when he heard this, and he stopped talking.

Gu Cheng, as the capital secretary, in the first year of his arrival in Guizhou, at the age of more than seventy, traveled to all the health centers in Guizhou, understood the local situation, and was very conscientious, on the other hand, Xue Lu, after entering Guizhou, has been stationed in Yongning Prefecture, and does not know the mountains and rivers of Guizhou at all.

So Gu Cheng's words, in fact, secretly meant to warn Xue Lu, if you don't understand the situation here in Guizhou, don't talk nonsense.

Xue Lu hesitated, so he had to ask, "What about Chishui Wei and Bi Jiewei?" ”

Gu Cheng said in a deep voice: "I heard that Bijie's Shuixi Luo clan toast has defected to the rebels, if nothing else, the Luo clan will definitely find a way to stop it, Bi Jiewei and Chishui Wei may not have time to come." ”

These two guards are on the territory of Shuixi Luo, and Luo doesn't have to turn his face, as long as he sends people to do something on the road, the two guards won't be able to come in a short time.

Gu Cheng really guessed correctly, Sheng Yong didn't let Luo do anything, but in order to show his loyalty, Luo made his own opinions, destroyed the local bridges, blocked the roads, and some mountain roads were blocked, and they couldn't be cleaned up in a few days, so these two guards and horses couldn't come to Guizhou in a short time.

"If these two guards are not enough, we will have at most 100,000 horses." Xue Lu said.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are gathering in Huguangyuan Prefecture, preparing to enter Guizhou to support, but the waterway can only go to Zhenyuan Mansion in Guizhou, and the back is all land, and there is Guiyang over there, nearly 500 miles, and it will take a long time to come.

At this time, Gu Chengdao: "Ten days ago, the imperial court came to order, and the soldiers and horses had been gathered in Huguang, and the vanguard of 50,000 had arrived in Chenzhou. ”

"They all came by boat along the waterway."

"Generally, it takes about three or four days to get to Yuanfu in Guizhou Town, and it can be counted as five days with baggage."

"From Zhenyuan Mansion to Guiyang, it is about 500 miles, 30 miles a day, and it can be reached in about 15 days."

"A total of twenty days, we have been waiting for ten days, and if we wait for another ten days, there should be 50,000 reinforcements."

Gu Cheng is experienced, and after a little analysis, he calculated the approximate route and time clearly, and his meaning was very clear, defend the city first, don't go out to fight.

Xue Lu has always been the Yan army in Jingjing, on the attacking side, attacking cities and plundering land everywhere.

And he fought like Tan Yuan, he was famous for not wanting to die, after all, he was with Tan Yuan back then.

So when he heard Gu Cheng's words, he couldn't help but turn his head: "What does the Marquis of Zhenyuan mean, is it to defend the city?" ”

Gu Cheng said slowly: "The rebels came from Yunnan, they are tired of traveling and boating, and now they are also resting, we have to wait for them to work, wait for them to attack, there is no need to fight with them in the field?" ”

"The rebels are outnumbered, there may be elephants, and we have artillery in the city, so we can deal with them."

Xue Lu remained silent, originally wanted to say that when he heard that the Marquis of Zhenyuan followed Taizu, he was famous for his bravery, and he would be the vanguard in every battle. ”

When he was young, Gu Cheng used a horse lance to fight, and he was famous for not being fatal, and when he was in the battle of Jingnan, he also led his troops to take the initiative to attack the Yan army, and was finally defeated and arrested.

After Gu Cheng was arrested in the Jing Disaster, his courage was indeed small, and he changed from being good at attacking before to being a strong defender.

But Xue Lu swallowed his words when he came to his mouth, and when he said these words, he was afraid that he would have to turn his face with Gu Cheng.

Zhu Di sent him to Guizhou, and he also knew Xue Lu's ability.

Xue Lu thought about it, the enemy is still not able to coax inside.

"Marquis Zhenyuan's words make sense." He first agreed: "But we don't know how many soldiers and horses the rebels have now, and we can't just think about defending the city." ”

"In case the rebels are just a nameless person, with tens of thousands of Tusi soldiers, deliberately attacking, and we are bent on defending, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guizhou will be dragged in Guiyang City."

"At that time, Zhu Gaoxu will lead the main force, first break through Guangxi, and then enter Huguang, and copy us from the back, our safety is small, what should we do if the arrangement of the court and His Majesty is broken?"

Xue Lu is still a bit level, so what he said makes a lot of sense.

When Gu Cheng heard it, it seemed to be this reason.

Now they don't even know which way the rebels are the main force, let alone who the main general on the opposite side is, and how many soldiers and horses there are.

If it is just a partial army, they can't hold on, which is tantamount to being deceived.

Gu Cheng hurriedly said: "What Yang Wu Hou said is reasonable, Yang Wu Hou is the general of Funan, and the last general will act according to Yang Wu Hou's order." ”

Xue Lu looked at Gu Cheng's softening and was proud: "The top priority is to understand who the main general on the other side is and how many soldiers and horses there are." ”

But he sent so many sentinels, but not many came back, and the people who came back, there are various accounts, some say that there are 100,000 rebels, some say that there are 200,000 people, and some say that the rebels are endless, and they keep coming to Yongning Prefecture from Yunnan.

He knew that his subordinates liked to report to many places, so he had a headache and didn't know how many rebels there were.

At this moment, another sentry came back.

This team of sentry cavalry had just fled back from Yongning Prefecture and reported to Xue Lu that the rebels did not know about the soldiers and horses in the city, and there were about fifty or sixty thousand troops stationed outside the city, and most of them were Tusi soldiers and horses, and they also saw elephants.

In addition, there are many toasts that continue to transport materials from Yunnan to Yongning Prefecture.

It was also reported that a large number of toasts were cutting wood outside, as if to build siege engines.

Gu Cheng said at this time: "Yongning Prefecture is not big, there are at most 40,000 soldiers and horses stationed in it, counting 50,000 or 60,000 outside the city, the rebels should be around 100,000." ”

In fact, Sheng Yong had 20,000 cavalry in the city, and almost all the Tusi soldiers were outside the city, adding up to more than 70,000.

Xue Lu's confidence increased greatly after hearing this, both sides were 100,000 soldiers and horses, half of the rebels were Tusi soldiers, and the imperial court was a stable victory.

"When you fight them in the field, defeat the rebels in front of you as soon as possible, and then support Sichuan or Guangxi." Xue Lu made the final decision and decided to fight with Sheng Yong.

Both Sichuan and Guangxi are in a hurry, and the situation is worse than that of Guizhou.

More than half of Guizhou's good officials and troops were occupied, and more than half of Sichuan and Guangxi were occupied by rebels.

Gu Cheng saw that Xue Lu had made up his mind, so he could only express his support.

"Gather the generals in the afternoon, prepare for the matter, and go out of the city tomorrow to fight the rebels." Xue Lu said angrily.

He was still at a low level in the Jing Martyrdom, and he had never commanded such a big scene, and at this time, he had a kind of excitement that swept the world, and he couldn't wait for tomorrow.

After coming down from the city wall, Gu Cheng returned to the mansion sullenly.

Although what Xue Lu said made sense, Gu Chengjue's could be delayed for another ten days.

Ten days later, the decisive battle was held, and at least 50,000 reinforcements arrived.

When the time comes, 150,000 against 100,000, the odds are greater.

But Xue Lu wanted to make meritorious service first, and he didn't take the Tusi soldiers on the opposite side in his eyes at all, and insisted on going his own way, wanting to break 100,000 with 100,000.

But Gu Cheng thought that Xue Lu actually had more than 90,000 people on his hands, less than 100,000, and at that time, he would inevitably have to leave about 10,000 people to stay in Guiyang, and there would be more than 80,000 people who could really go to the battlefield.

Fortunately, there are more Tusi soldiers on the opposite side, and I hope the officers and soldiers can win.

Just after Gu Cheng returned to the mansion sullenly, after a while, a servant came outside to report, and an old man came to visit.

There were a lot of tricks used by the ancient ancients to visit, and usually there was nothing good for the ancients to visit.

Because real relatives and friends come to the door, the servants will sign up.

When Gu Cheng heard the word old man, he frowned, what is the situation now, there are still old people in Guiyang City?

"Didn't you tell me where your name came from?" Gu Cheng asked.

"No, just the old people."

"Nope." Gu Cheng shook his head.

He is more vigilant, now is a critical time, the two armies will fight soon, and it is better not to see the chaotic people.

That Zhu Gaoxu is more insidious than Zhu Di, just look at his writings, send a letter or something, and then separate him and Xue Lu?

Gu Cheng followed Zhu Di to fight a martyrdom, and he knew Zhu Di's methods too well, so he was even more afraid of Zhu Gaoxu now.

Unexpectedly, the servant said: "These two people have been here in the morning, and they will come twice next time, and the master was not there at that time——"

When Gu Chengyi heard this, he came three or four times a day, and his face changed.

It wouldn't be a good thing if Xue Lu knew.

"Tell someone to drive them out, and say that if you come to the door again, Lao Tzu will arrest them." Gu Cheng gritted his teeth and said.

The servant departed.

Unexpectedly, after a while, a pro-soldier ran in.

"What's wrong again?" Gu Cheng said angrily.

The soldier was helpless and handed over a jade pendant: "He said this is the general's thing." ”

Brush, Gu Cheng's face changed greatly, he snatched the jade pendant, and then hurriedly said: "Let them come in, go around to the backyard, and be careful when you meet others." ”

"No." The soldiers took the order and left.

(End of chapter)