At the end of the first lunar month, after the main force of Zhang Fu's army arrived at Kunming City, it soon started drizzling in the sky.

Zhang Fu immediately rode a horse to the official army warehouse on the bank of Panlong River. This place where the most military rations were stored, the fortifications built were like a small town. In the rain, the embers inside had not yet been completely extinguished, and the smoke was heavy above the small town.

At the gate of the Daying where the grain was stored, Zhang Fule lived on the horse and watched the big words on it, saying: The one who burned the grain was Grandpa Ping.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong, the general next to him, immediately cursed: "It must be Ping An, it is indeed the tone of that guy's speech!"

Zhang Fu didn't say a word, staring at the words for a long time, as if he wanted to wipe them away with his eyes! Instead of entering the city immediately, he turned around and ran around Okura, watching the terrain and defense here.

This Okuang is surrounded by water on one side and mountain on both sides. Zhang Fu raised his head and could see the military camp built by the official army on the top of the mountain.

Zhang Fu was very puzzled. Ping'an only had a small number of cavalry. How did he break through the defense line of the government army and run to the official army camp and burn a large amount of military rations? Shouldn't the places where the army stockpiled military rations strictly be taken? Zhang Fu, a veteran like Gu Cheng, doesn't think he is so powerful, but he is definitely very experienced. Why did he make such a ridiculous mistake?!

Zhang Fu led the cavalry and inspected with his own eyes. He saw that more than one granary was burned by the government army, and more than half of Gu Chengjun's military rations were burned down, and he was even more suspicious and surprised.

"Our food and grass can only be supported for a few days. Now Zhenyuan Hou is short of military rations. What should we do?" Huang Zhong asked.

Zhang Fu still said nothing and rode straight towards Gu Cheng's central army camp.

The Kunming City in the distance was very quiet in the rain. The battle for siege had stopped. After it rained, even the cannons were not set off. Zhang Fu felt a terrible silence along the way!

Zhang Fu finally saw Gu Cheng in a house in a village. Two doctors just left the bed with medicine boxes. Gu Cheng's face was very bad, his face was haggard, sweaty, and his white hair was messy, looking like an ordinary old man with oil and dry lights.

Gu Cheng's first sentence was: "I am old."

Zhang Fu didn't even say a word of greeting, and stood in front of the bed very rudely, frowning.

"Is Guizhou City captured by rebels?" Zhang Fu asked.

Gu Cheng nodded weakly, and his eyes suddenly showed anger: "Wu Gao, who was carrying an army of 100,000, has been on the road for more than half a month! He was watching two hundred miles away from Guizhou City..."

Wu Gao is also in his sixties, but Gu Cheng is indeed qualified to call him a boy.

Zhang Fu said coldly: "The court actually used Wu Gao, which was something I had not expected. I am afraid there were many dirty deals in it."

Gu Cheng did not answer, closed his eyes and sighed weakly, moaning.

"General Gu's family is in Guizhou City?" Zhang Fu asked again.

Gu Cheng opened his eyes and said, "There are too many fence-bearing men inside and outside the court. I can only feel at ease if I hand over Guizhou City to Gu Yong and others. Gu Yong will never surrender! My family has been deeply grateful to the emperor and has long decided to serve the emperor. I will die after death!"

"I'm not saying that Gu Yong surrenders. Guizhou City Slope, how useful is General Gu Yong's surrender or not?" Zhang Fu said calmly.

Gu Cheng said at a glance: "Zhang Fu, what do you mean? Tell me clearly. Why should a real man speak insincerely? Don't 'dirty business' on the left, and 'the use of surrender' on the right! I was so angry that I vomited blood when I learned that the military rations were burned by surprise... Cough cough cough cough..."

Zhang Fu said there with Gu Cheng, but he remained silent.

Gu Cheng continued to say in shame and anger: "I am guilty and will write a letter to apologize. I will kill and cut the emperor into a decision! But I will never bow my head to the traitor for my own selfish interests. Moreover, General Zhang will not throw dirty water on me!"

"Old Marquis calmed down." Zhang Fu finally said, "You are in good health and have good health."

"General Zhang stayed." Gu Cheng suddenly said. Then he called out, asked his subordinates to take out the seal and stretch out his wrinkled hands, "I am old and sometimes stupid. Now I am seriously ill and cannot get up. I can no longer lead the brothers of the Guizhou Army... I used to be unwilling to submit to my old age, but now I have to waste time. Please ask General Zhang to accept the seal, take over the military power of the Guizhou Army, and be fully responsible for the military affairs of the Guizhou Army."

Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, then reached out and picked it up, clasped his fists and said, "It's better to obey your orders than respect, say goodbye!"

He left Gu Cheng's headquarters and rode his horse back to the camp of the Jiaozhi army in the rain. Soon he summoned the generals above the guard commander of the two armies and came to the camp to discuss matters.

After waiting for more than an hour, the generals from all over the place finally arrived one after another. Zhang Fu picked up Gu Cheng's seal and slapped the table with a "bang", and the generals looked at each other. Zhang Fu said, "Marquis Zhenyuan is sick and has handed over the military power of the Guizhou army to my general."

No one questioned everyone. After all, Gu Cheng is not dead yet, so you can confirm this by just sending someone to ask a question.

"The night before yesterday, the rebel Ping An attacked the heavy grain yard of Guizhou military camp and burned a large amount of military camp. You should know about this." Zhang Fu said coldly, then turned around and asked, "Where is still food yard nearby?"

A strange general from Guizhou Army said: "Reported to the Duke of England, the chief general of the Kunming defender was Sheng Yong. Before the arrival of the official army, this person implemented a strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. The rebels transported the military rations from all over the city of Kunming, and if they could not be transported all of them, they would burn them on the spot! In addition to the only remaining military rations in the army, there is also a granary of the Qujing Military and Civilian Mansion. But now the 200,000 troops are consumed, so they may not be able to last for a long time; unless the city of Kunming is captured, there is food inside!"

As soon as this statement came out, the big tent immediately became noisy and the generals were talking. Some people were worried that even if they captured Kunming City, they might burn Kunming's military rations with Sheng Yong's method! Some people thought that Guizhou City was destroyed and the main force of the rebels might march into Yunnan; although the official army had an army of 200,000, they might not be able to break through this city before the main force of the rebels arrived in Kunming City.

Zhang Fu finally couldn't help but speak, "How about marching towards Guangxi?"

Everyone's discussion stopped again, and the atmosphere in the tent was very strange.

Zhang Fu remained silent and looked at the faces of the Guizhou generals one by one. They seemed to be quietly observing Zhang Fu, thinking about Zhang Fu's true intentions. The tent became quieter and quieter.

The soldiers of the Guizhou Army were not familiar with Zhang Fu. Although Zhang Fu had military power, he had just taken over and it was difficult to fully control this army. Even Zhang Fu had no idea about the names of most Guizhou Army generals.

...Before this battle, Zhang Fu was worried and therefore calm. Now that he was watching the situation deteriorate, his loss was hard to avoid.

However, as a commander general, he has already reached a certain field and has to face the reality!

The main force of the three lines of the government army has not suffered much losses so far; but the situation in front of him is very unbearable! Zhang Fu's army was extremely short of food. Guizhou was not only short of food, but also might turn against him at the last minute (all the soldiers and their families were in Guizhou). Wu Gaojun was slacking off the fight, and Zhang Fu didn't believe him at all.

In such an unfavorable situation in the battle situation, Zhang Fu believes that the wisest way is: not to fight and wait for new fighters to appear.

Otherwise, if the war with the rebels in Yunnan was started, Zhang Fu had to foresee all kinds of worse outcomes: first, the Wu Gao army was unable to reach the battlefield for a long time. Second, the Guizhou army was depressed and was very easy to surrender. Third, although the Shengyong Ping'an army in Yunnan had few troops, it still played a certain role.

Originally, Zhang Fu's army was at a disadvantage against the main force of the Han Wang Army alone; once the Guizhou army surrendered, Zhang Fu was not only at a disadvantage, but it was still difficult to determine whether the Guizhou army would attack him in reverse!

The general who leads troops cannot ignore the danger! Zhang Fu even worried that he will not even retreat...

The main force of the King of Han rebels, if he went south along the important road between Guizhou and Guangxi, it would be very likely that Guangxi would cut off the grain road to reinforce Zhang Fu and intercept Zhang Fu's army! The important road to Guangxi in Guizhou extends from the southeast of Guizhou City. According to principles, Wu Gao's army can threaten the flanks of the rebels and prevent the rebels from moving south. But is Wu Gao that reliable?

What is more serious is that if the Guizhou army soldiers were mobilized to abandon their families and children to Guangxi, will the Guizhou army change?

But no matter what, Zhang Fu felt that he had to find a way to transfer the Guizhou army! Otherwise, Guizhou would become the second Sichuan, and the entire Dushi Guard would rebel, becoming a soldier of the Han King's rebel army! In the next battle, Zhang Fu would face a rebel with stronger troops!

At this time, Zhang Fu finally spoke: "Our army lacks food and cannot last long in Yunnan. We have to go to Guangxi immediately to eat. After replenishing military rations, our 200,000 troops will go north along the important road, join forces with Wu Gao's army to attack the rebels and recapture Guizhou!"

The generals of Zhang Fu's army agreed one after another. Some of the generals of the Guizhou army remained silent, and some questioned their strategies because there were many mountains in Guizhou Guangxi, which was not conducive to the mobilization of the army.

The concerns of the Guizhou military generals are not without reason, but Zhang Fu would not admit it at all. He would first transfer the Guizhou military to avoid the enemy from rising and falling!

Without saying a word, he said decisively: "Start the camp tomorrow! Go to Guangxi immediately. The general will contact the Marquis of Jiangyin to make an appointment with him to attack the rebels!"

So the generals clasped their fists and said, "The last general is waiting for orders!"

Everyone left the Central Army tent one after another. Zhang Fu sent the generals outside the tent and looked at the misty rain curtain in the sky. In the depths of the rain curtain, the Kunming City, which was so close to him, seemed out of reach. He felt very melancholy.

He couldn't help but feel a little bit emotional in secret. Things in the world are really unpredictable and unpredictable.

At the beginning of the Han King's rebellion, Zhang Fu believed that the Han King had no chance at all and his strength was too small. However, half a year has passed and the situation has been beyond recognition.

"Master." said a voice.

Zhang Fu turned his head and saw that it was Huang Zhong. He said, "You are from Guangxi. Immediately find a few reliable brothers, go to Guangxi first, and then go north to Guizhou. Send a letter to Guangxi Dusi and Wu Gao!"

Huang Zhong bowed and said, "I will go and do it immediately."
Chapter completed!