"Such a good opportunity, of course, we must take advantage of the situation to attack, force the rebels up the mountain, and cut off their water supply, and then I will see how their army of more than 100,000 will live?"

"There is spring water in the mountains, and it can be held on for a few days." Xu Zhong said in a deep voice: "Let's attack again, and we are going to attack the mountain?" ”

It is certainly inconvenient for the attacker to fight in the mountains.

"When attacking a city, don't you have to attack on your back?" Zhu Neng asked rhetorically: "What's the problem?" ”

“。。” Xu Zhong.

"I have made up my mind, Yongkang Hou doesn't need to say much, and act according to orders." Zhu Neng finally said.

Xu Zhong had no choice but to obey.

The big drum of the officers and soldiers became more and more urgent, this was the signal of the whole army to attack and pursue, the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly increased, and there were shouts of killing and killing everywhere.

In less than two quarters of an hour, the outermost soldiers and horses of the rebel army had retreated to within a mile of Taihe Mountain.

The officers and troops soon entered the vicinity of the rebel army's main camp, and the scene was full of barracks and tents, but most of these tents had been destroyed, and they were scattered everywhere, and it looked like the camp had been abandoned in a crushing defeat.

The rebel army retreated all the way into the camp, and then blocked the fence at the gate of the camp.

At this time, it was already close to about three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhu Neng chose a high place, stood on a small hill, and looked ahead.

But there are too many soldiers and horses in front, and there are soldiers and horses on both sides in the boundless, and the overall situation still cannot be observed.

He had to rely on the sentinels in front to deliver information, and from time to time cavalry came back from the front.

"Report, the rebels retreated to the camp."

"Report, the rebels are fencing off the camp."

"Report, our army has attacked the rebel camp, and the rebels are retreating to the mountain."

"Report, the forward of our army has gone up the mountain."

Zhu Neng only heard the news, it was a great victory for the official army, and the rebels were defeated and retreated, and they had retreated to the mountains.

After a while, the rebel camp in front had been captured by the official army, and the official army flooded the rebel barracks like a tide.

The situation is very good, and the good is a bit unexpected.

You must know that just two hours ago, the rebels still could not hold on to the official army, and even had a slight upper hand.

A general like Xu Zhong already sensed that something was wrong, but Zhu Neng didn't take it to heart at all.

Because Zhu Neng believes that under absolute power, any conspiracy and trickery are useless.

The rebels are now only 20,000 cavalry still roaming outside, which does not play any role in the whole, and the main force has been surrounded in Taihe Mountain, and now they only need to cut off their water source.

"Come, attack the east and cut off the rebels' water supply." Zhu Neng immediately gave the order.

Soon, a large group of officers and troops in the east, with the support of artillery, roared up, tens of thousands of cavalry camps, horses' hooves rumbled, and the sound of artillery was endless, attacking the east of Taihe Mountain like a tide.

There is a gap here that is connected to the Taihe River, and the rebel army originally arranged heavy troops here, but now most of the rebel army retreated to the mountain, and the officers and troops rushed over like a tide, and the two sides immediately covered up and killed together.

In less than half an hour, the rebel army was repulsed and also retreated to the mountain.

At this point, the foot of Taihe Mountain has been almost completely occupied by the official army, and the official water is like an ant, inside and outside, surrounding the rebel army on Taihe Mountain.

Zhu Neng immediately made a decision and ordered to dig a gap and fill the waterway to completely cut off the water source on Taihe Mountain.

Before dark, the officers and soldiers who were attacking the mountain temporarily retreated, and the officers and soldiers were stationed in the camp of the rebel army at the foot of the mountain, and a large number of officers and troops also came forward.

On the first day of the Battle of Taihe Mountain, the official army won a complete victory and surrounded the main rebel army.

The victory came a little suddenly, and when Xu Zhong was summoned by Zhu Neng, he still looked depressed.

Because he had fought with Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, he knew that Zhu Gaochu was very routine and more insidious, but he never expected that he would fight like this in one day today.

"Hahaha, Yongkang Hou, it seems that the other side is not Zhu Gaoxu." Zhu Neng was in a good mood when he saw Xu Zhong, and Lang Sheng laughed.

Xu Zhong disturbed his head: "I feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it." ”

Indeed, if it was said that the rebels had any conspiracy before, but now they are surrounded by more than 300,000 soldiers and horses of the official army, what other tricks can there be?

Now even the water source has been cut off, and the mountain spring water on the ether and the mountain will lose the water source in three or five days at most to support these hundreds of thousands of rebels.

Victory is at hand.

"The rebels still have 20,000 cavalry outside, constantly changing positions, and they have to be guarded." Li Jun said at this time.

Zhu Neng disagreed: "Those 20,000 cavalry are not enough, if he dares to come up, we will attack him." ”

He didn't take the 20,000 cavalry in his eyes at all, in fact, the average 20,000 cavalry would not dare to easily attack the large array of more than 300,000 officers and soldiers.

Moreover, Zhu Neng also prepared tens of thousands of cavalry waiting for them.

"It's strange, I don't know who the other party's master is?" Xu Zhong has been wondering, because there are more rebels in Guangxi, there are more than 100,000, and it stands to reason that Zhu Gaoxu should personally lead the troops.

Under the inexplicable advantage of the day, he suddenly retreated to the mountain and cocooned himself?

"Let the troops move forward tomorrow, and they must be surrounded by water, and the rebels must not be allowed to break through." Zhu Neng said at this time.

The army of more than 300,000 officers and horses stretched for more than ten miles, and some soldiers and horses were still resting in the distance today, and Zhu Neng's meaning was to try to block the soldiers and horses down the mountain to prevent the rebels from breaking through.

"Let's build the barracks and dig some trenches, and the rebels will not be able to fly." Li Jun said.

"Yes, tomorrow I will order some trenches to be dug." Zhu Nengjue's reasonableness.

Xu Zhong was noncommittal.

Early the next morning, the officers and troops in the rear began to move forward, and a large number of officers and troops entered within five miles of Taihe Mountain.

The officers and soldiers were densely stationed at the foot of Taihe Mountain, and the on-site company camps were more than ten miles, and the officers and soldiers were barracks blocking the water around Taihe Mountain.

If Xu Zhong still suspected that the rebels were doing some tricks on the first day, now Xu Zhong has no hope that the rebels still have any hope of turning the tables.

More than 300,000 officers and soldiers were surrounded by companies and camps, and now it is impossible for the rebels to break through.

Xu Zhong suddenly felt that the rebel commander on the opposite side had in his brain, and he had fought well, but suddenly retreated to the mountain and took the initiative to be surrounded.

Is it counting on reinforcements from the direction of Guizhou?

But Zhu Neng was also very careful, sending a large number of sentinels in all directions, in addition to tracking the 20,000 cavalry guarding the rebels, he was also careful of reinforcements from Guizhou and Guangdong.

Judging by the information available now, no reinforcements have come at all.

The rebels are over, and Xu Zhong also feels that the rebels are finished at this time.

Fifteenth.

Zhu Gaoxu came to Huaiyuan with 20,000 cavalry.

Huaiyuan was already far away from the battlefield of Taihe Mountain, and Huaiyuan was in the northwest corner of Guilin, but the distance was so far that Zhu Gaoxu could faintly hear the sound of artillery in the distance.

General Zhou Hu had a puzzled expression for the first time.

Hundreds of thousands of troops of the official army and the rebel army fought fiercely in Taihe Mountain, and at a critical time, Zhu Gaoxu took 20,000 cavalry to a place dozens of miles away from the battlefield.

"King, over there in Taihe Mountain, don't you need our support?" Zhou Hu asked cautiously.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Times have changed, and it won't be long before the previous way of fighting wars will be gradually eliminated?" ”

Zhou Hu still didn't understand: "The cavalry will be useless in the future?" ”

"Pretty much." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

Zhou Hu looked skeptical.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how to explain, so he could only say: "After Zhu Neng's fiasco, most of the infantry can't escape, so they can't use us." ”

"After his cavalry ran to Huangyuanshui, he still had to cross the river, if Song Meng could burn the boat in the river, the cavalry would not be able to bring so many horses on the boat when they crossed the river, either they would take a long detour or lose their horses, and they would also suffer heavy losses."

"So it doesn't matter if we have 20,000 cavalry."

Zhou Hu will understand, but he still doesn't understand, Taihe Mountain is surrounded by water, why did Zhu Neng fail miserably?

"Let's go." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand at this time, and led 20,000 cavalry from Huaiyuan County into the Guni Pass, and then crossed the Guni Pass and officially entered Huguang.

After entering Huguang, Zhu Gaoxu drove straight in, followed the official road to the north, and arrived in Wugang Prefecture the next day.

It is said that there is a strange person here in Wugang Prefecture.

This strange person is Zhu Yang, the king of Min.

Zhu Yang was in Yunnan in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, but one mountain does not allow two tigers, and soon had a discord with Mu Sheng, Mu Sheng played his lawlessness in the Jianwen period, and Emperor Jianwen had a good relationship with Mu Sheng, and immediately exiled the clan to Zhangzhou.

After Zhu Di's success in appeasement, he restored the title of King Min, and originally wanted to send him back to Yunnan, but Zhu Gaoxu wanted to go to Yunnan, so Zhu Di arranged King Min to Wugang as in the original history.

Zhu Gaoxu stayed in Yunnan for three years, and Zhu Yang also spent three years in Wugang.

The original history was in Yongle for six years, and Zhu Di cut his three guards.

This time, because he was arranged to Wugang in advance, Wugang was not considered a side hammer, so Zhu Di directly cut his three guards.

Zhu Yang has no three guards, and he is relatively low-key in Wugang, not as arrogant as in history.

Zhu Yang is not very old, he is one year older than Zhu Gaoxu, but he is Zhu Gaoxu's uncle.

Zhu Gaoxu raised troops in Yunnan, and when Zhu Yang heard the news, he was also shocked, but for some reason, he was faintly envious in his heart, and at the same time a little admired.

Zhu Yang believes that if he were in Yunnan, he would probably not dare to do the same thing as Zhu Gaoxu.

But admiration is admiration, Zhu Yang believes that in half a year at most, Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion will end in a hurry, and in the face of the eloquent Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, the eldest nephew, has no chance at all.

On this day, Zhu Yang was eating watermelon in the house, and suddenly a cronie from outside came in and said that Yao Bin, a hundred households of the Ministry of Honor and Guard, asked to see him.

Yao Bin was originally one of the hundred households of the three guards of King Min, and after the three guards were cut, he entered the Department of Honor and continued to follow King Min.

King Min was willing to take him, not because of how powerful Yao Bin was, but because Yao Bin's sister-in-law was one of his many concubines.

"Let him in." Zhu Yang took a bite of the watermelon, and his mouth was full of water stains.

After a short time, Yao Bin strode in, first met Zhu Nan, and then stood on the side without making a sound.

Seeing this, Zhu Yang waved his hand.

The eunuchs, palace maids and Changshi around him left one after another.

In the blink of an eye, there were only two of them left in the room.

"What's the matter with Yao Baihu?" Zhu Yang said strangely.

(End of chapter)