Chapter 41 Maintaining the Situation
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On August 16, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to Zhengzhou with the King of Yan. Zhengzhou was empty and officials opened the door to surrender, so most of the Yan army stationed inside and outside Zhengzhou.
The King of Yan promoted to the hall in the lobby of the prefecture government office, and ordered the generals to settle the camp, so he went to the lobby to discuss matters.
Zhu Gaoxu's left guard team circled a piece of land on Fuqian Street and set up a camp. Wang Bin and others chose a house, and more than 200 people accompanied Zhu Gaoxu to live in it. When Zhu Gaoxu came in, the yard was full of people. He didn't know where the original owner of the house had gone, and he should have been driven away by the soldiers.
He asked Wang Bin the Southern Army general whom he captured last night, and soon Wang Bin took the man to the downcast room.
"If you want to kill, kill!" The man with his hands tied behind him hummed again when he came in.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have received your loyalty and courageous ethics, so there is no need to repeat it."
The man was stunned for a moment, but didn't know how to respond.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at him and said that the man's face had been wiped, which was no longer as dirty as last night. He didn't look like a very fierce person. In the words of a priest, the man had a "female appearance", with unclear edges and angular faces, round faces and big eyes. Just looking at his appearance, he was gentle, but he was indeed a general, and he had a very orderly arrangement of troops last night.
Zhu Gaoxu walked forward, his tone calm, just like a chat, "The person who captured you is called Wang Bin. Wang Bin may have told you that I am the second son of King Yan, Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of Gaoyang County. What is your name and what official position?"
Even the prince introduced himself first. The man hesitated for a moment and said, "I am a Baihu, Liu Ying."
"Hundred households?" Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised, "You set up a formation last night, and there were more than one hundred people."
Liu Ying said: "The camp is too chaotic. General Qian and Deputy General Qian are not sure where to go. I will gather my subordinates first and then call other people to form a formation."
"The talent of Liu Baihu is more than a hundred households." Zhu Gaoxu praised, and went up with his own hands to untie Liu Ying's rope.
Liu Ying moved his arms and stood there a little confused. Because Zhu Gaoxu was treated politely, he felt embarrassed to curse, but he was embarrassed to surrender immediately, with a very embarrassed expression.
Zhu Gaoxu advised: "The military officers in the court are all hereditary, and there are thousands of officers in the hundred households. You are only one hundred households, and you are still a hundred households. Who remembers you died or alive? Besides, you were defeated and captured last night. Even if you can go back now, the military law is probably waiting for Liu Baihu. We are all from the Ming Dynasty, and I am still the grandson of Taizu. Why should Liu Baihu choose a sideline for his life?"
Zhu Gaoxu paused, his tone increased a little, "Even if the civil and military officials in the court have to choose a team, will they be at your turn to Liu Baihu?"
Wang Bin said behind, "Liu Baihu, the person in front of you is the prince. Don't miss the opportunity, look back and pat your thighs!"
Liu Ying frowned and stood for a while, then suddenly knelt on one knee, clasped her fists and said, "The general of the sin has heard of the name of King Gaoyang in the capital, and the general of the sin is willing to serve the work of a dog and a horse!"
Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his big palm and patted Liu Ying on the shoulder, "It's great, I have to go to see the King of Yan first."
As soon as he walked out of the room, he heard Wang Bin's voice behind him, "Shake the round card, did you hold the shield last night? I see that your face looks like a round shield, haha..."
Zhu Gaoxu went to the lobby of the yamen and saw that the King of Yan was sitting on the seat under the plaque "The mirror was hanging high".
The King of Yan first heard the Southern Army General Zhang Bao, who surrendered last night, and exaggerated the battle situation last night in the lobby. The Southern Army was defeated and had no resistance. He also said in public: "The Southern Army is vulnerable. We will go south immediately and defeat Geng Bingwen in one fell swoop!"
Then, the King of Yan ordered Zhang Bao to be sent back! Zhang Bao was worried and a little reluctant, but left.
After seeing off the surrendered generals, the King of Yan immediately reviewed the generals and said, "I just told Zhang Bao to hear me. When he went back, he shouted that the Yan army would attack Zhending... I'll wait a day first. When Geng Bingwen moved to the north bank of the Hutuo River, the military formation was in turmoil, and our cavalry took advantage of the situation to attack him!"
When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he seemed to understand it, but he didn't seem to understand it, and he was a little confused.
The ancients had a strange way of thinking. Why did Geng Bingwen move to the north shore when he heard the news? Or was the Southern Army's vanguard defeated, and Geng Bingwen wanted to cross the river and fight to regain his morale; or was he considered that there were official troops in Hejian Prefecture in the northeast, who wanted to attack the invading Yan Army?
These inferences and considerations have certain reasons and certain possibilities. What Zhu Gaoxu didn’t understand is why King Yan was sure?
Zhu Gaoxu didn't think he was stupider than the ancients, so he thought that King Yan and Geng Bingwen's way of thinking were very strange. In Zhu Gaoxu's view, every link was full of uncertainties after this set of strategies.
No matter what, Zhu Gaoxu was still self-aware and didn't say anything after hearing it. He just waited for the King of Yan to finish speaking, and stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Father, I caught a hundred households in the Southern Army last night. Please deal with it yourself."
It seems that it is not in accordance with the rules if the captives are not reported. What's more, Zhu Gaoxu will report first when the left guards are staring at them.
King Yan turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu, and as he stood up, he said casually, "Okay."
After the Central Army ordered a rest for one day, Zhu Gaoxu took people to the shop to "requisition" a batch of cotton cloth and summoned soldiers to cut it into a pennant. The plan included a hundred red flags, a hundred green flags, and a hundred green flags. Zhu Gaoxu ordered the word "tiger" to be written on it and tied it to the small flagpole.
At night, he summoned his subordinates to the mansion to discuss matters.
After thousands of households and six deputy thousand households arrived, Zhu Gaoxu asked people to send them the pennant flags of green and green colors, and said, "We are cavalrymen, and the conflicts are fast and the people will run around in the future. We cannot find each other. You can take the flag back and tie them to your back when you choose one hundred people to go into battle. I also ask my personal soldiers to plant the red flag. You can tell them at a glance."
Qianhu Zhang Wu's face immediately became very ugly. He might have heard the clues from his words... The words criticized by Zhu Gaoxu may have been heard.
Zhang Wu frowned and said, "King Gaoyang is also a person with many battle formations. How can we need such things? We can recognize these flags and enemy soldiers, aren't we provoking enemy soldiers to attack King Gaoyang's central army?"
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said, "My personal soldiers have chosen the most elite soldiers, are they still afraid that the enemy soldiers will attack?"
Zhang Wu was about to refute him again, and Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: "Zhang Qianhu, do you want to disobey?"
"The last general... dare not!" Zhang Wu looked dark and sighed after saying that.
The generals remained silent, although they did not object, but seemed not very satisfied with this matter.
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "It's gone."
Several generals held military salutes one after another: "The last general and the others left."
The troops rested in Zhengzhou City for a night, and after breakfast the next day, they successively set off the camp. Zhu Gaoxu was ordered to lead the army to follow the main force of the King of Yan to go south.
Halfway through, Zhu Gaoxu re-deployed his command and transferred a total of 800 cavalry of the two-storm power to the central army, and he was directly commanded. Zhang Wu and two thousand households, each commanding the two-storm cavalry of 800 cavalry.
Zhu Gaoxu also ordered Weida to take charge of the military positions of thousands of households and command the brave team. After this adjustment, Zhu Gaoxu reported to the King of Yan after the army was re-camped.
The generals complained about this, and their private complaints also reached Zhu Gaoxu's ears one after another. However, Zhu Gaoxu planned to go all the way... It would be better than when everyone could not find each other that night and rushed forward to mess around?
The army marched forward in a mighty manner on the plains, with flags as spectacular as clouds. At this time, the weather was clear and cool, which was a good time for the horse to take the battlefield. But Zhu Gaoxu was depressed along the way.
He felt that he had commanded more than 2,000 cavalry at once, which was a bit beyond his ability. The generals under his command were also dissatisfied, and only because of his status as a prince, he could barely maintain the situation.
Two days later, the army camped on the spot.
The King of Yan summoned all the generals to the Central Army to discuss matters. At this time, the army was approaching the Hutuo River. Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse all the way to the Central Army, and then guessed that he would fight again!
Zhu Gaoxu was worried and thought: This time he was fighting against Geng Bingwen, a veteran of the battlefield left by Taizu, probably a tough battle. If he performed poorly and cheated his father at the critical moment, what should he do?
He grew muscles, but at this moment he felt that he was not suitable to be a general at all, and he also didn't like to do this job.
As expected, when he arrived at the Central Army camp, the King of Yan immediately began to deploy a battle!
The King of Yan pointed to the south with his big hand and said, "Most of Geng Bingwen's members have crossed the Hutuo River, and the people who have crossed the river have formed a large formation on the north bank... "
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu immediately worshiped his father very much, and he was really calculated!?
The King of Yan said again: "Our Yan army will not attack the formation. But with the vanguard cavalry, I will suddenly cross the Hutuo River from the floating bridge tomorrow morning. The officials on the south bank will be bound to form a formation. My vanguard cavalry will surround its back and attack its side along the city, and will inevitably break the formation! When the official army on the north bank returns to help, the camp will shake, I personally lead the army to take the opportunity to attack and defeat Geng Bingwen in one battle!"
The generals worshiped: "The King of Yan is wise and divinely powerful!"
The King of Yan turned to see Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Gao Xu, you and Zhang Yu are the bravest. I have arranged for someone to build a bridge overnight. Tomorrow morning, Gao Xu and Zhang Yu will cross the river together as a pioneer cavalry."
Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth and held a military salute with Zhang Yu and said, "My son (the last general) got the order!"
The King of Yan said again: "After Gao Xu and Zhang Yu arrive at Zhending, go around his back. Gao Xu attacks the west side and Zhang Yu attacks the east side. Be sure to shake the formation and force the north bank to come to support!"
"Get orders!"
Zhu Gaoxu received the military order. After returning to the left escort camp, he waited until the evening to summon military generals of the deputy 1,000 households to convey the military orders to prevent the military aircraft from leaking the secrets, otherwise he would be the one who was unlucky to attack the vanguard.
After the generals left, Zhu Gaoxu found Liu Ying, who was captured, and talked with him at night. He asked Liu Ying how the official army formed a formation and what were its characteristics. After asking various questions, Zhu Gaoxu also took a pen to take notes.
For a moment, he seemed to have returned to the exam in his previous life. Because he was not serious and knew nothing, he could only cram and stay up late to read books and take notes.
Chapter completed!