One hundred and sixtieth: the eve of the decisive battle
The date of the wedding is approaching, and the streets of Haidu City are gradually getting lights and decorative. The court, which has always been arguing with each other, gradually quieted down. The officials showed a gratitude, and the criticism of Dibao also restrained a lot, and began to write lyrics with a large amount of space.
On this day, the battle report from Dingbei Province was transmitted to the inn by Feige. The inn did not dare to be negligent and immediately sent to the cabinet. The cabinet suddenly exploded. It was really unpredictable to encounter the war at this time. After the discussion, taking advantage of the morning court, the Chief Minister Mu Tianbo reported the matter to Zhu Jun.
"It's just right!" Zhu Jun's palm hit the imperial case, his face flushed and red: "Now my Ming Dynasty's soldiers are full of food. It's time to kill the rebel Wu Sangui. Before my king's army moved, the thief actually came to the door and was trying to destroy himself."
Although Wu Sangui is a traitor, he is also a famous general. He wanted to chase them, the group of deadly officials, who fled into Myanmar in a panic and fled to the wreckage dogs. Now that Wu Sangui is leading his army to attack, he must be well prepared. It would be strange if the ministers were not panic.
Zhu Jun's confident words made the originally panicked ministers determined, yes, the sky cannot fall, isn't there any emperor? Since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, our emperor has overcome Ava with only a few thousand people, captured Myanmar, and led his army to the east to destroy Siam, and went south to capture Java. Which time did not attack the crowd with few people and defeat the strong with weak? The emperor is not afraid, so what are we worried about?
Next, the ministers began to discuss whether to go to war first or get married first. The wedding date was a good auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites. It had been promulgated by the world. The main officials of each province had sent gifts, and the seasons of various countries also arrived in Haidu one after another. If it was postponed, it would be untrustworthy to the world. However, the war in northern Myanmar was also a top priority, and it was related to the country of Ming Dynasty and could not be delayed.
This time there is no need to argue. The ministers have already asked the emperor to put state affairs first, and first stabilize the country and then consider the wedding.
The court discussion had just ended. Zhu Jun wrote a secret decree to send people to Dingbei, and the government offices began to show signs of carriages everywhere. The Haidu City had already spread the story of Wu Sangui's invasion. At first, everyone was a little uneasy, but when they heard that the emperor wanted to command the emperor's military achievements in the past, they recalled the temperament shown by the Ming army stationed in the city during training, so they felt more at ease.
The rise of the divine newspaper also indirectly awakened the nationalist and nationalist consciousness of the Haidu people. After the uneasiness, the Haidu people not only did not fear, but instead demanded the punishment of the traitor Wu Sangui and the northern expedition to Yunnan to save the people from water and fire.
Yunnan is a major southern province with a mixture of ethnic groups. Among them, there are not only Han people, but also Burmese people living in the country, and the people of Siam. The people of Yunnan live in dire straits. (Report from various residences.) His Majesty the New First Emperor is the common emperor of all ethnic groups in Han, Miao, Yao, Gui, Wen, Kelun, and Shan. He should follow the destiny and launch a northern expedition.
This is a common view of the people in Haidu. When we learned that the imperial court recruited carriages, the heads and vice presidents of various chambers of commerce immediately expressed their acceptance. After offering a hundred carriages, other merchants followed closely, followed by small squire vendors. In the end, even the grooms who were usually soliciting passengers in Haidu were not willing to fall behind. Within one day, two thousand carriages were placed on the road outside the Arc de Triomphe like a long dragon.
Due to the lack of good horses in the South China Sea, most of the horses in the Haidu city were transported by merchants from Arab countries and other countries. Therefore, the carts were all tall and majestic Arab horses. Amid the sound of horses neighing, 15,000 Ming army soldiers stationed in the Haidu city boarded the carriage. Zhu Jun was firmly in the middle. With the order of countless pairs of scorching eyes, thousands of horses galloped away.
Wu Sangui's central army continued to retreat in Karen City. The army of 10,000 under his confidant general Yuan Rangdi began to change from the back to the front team and began to sweep near Karen City. In addition, Wu Sangui's dismay, the army of Li Dingguo still had not been found. Most of the scouts sent out did not come back.
The fourth day of entering Myanmar has entered the state of advancing and retreating. He neither dared to advance lightly nor could he withdraw his troops. Seeing his morale getting weaker and weaker, rumors between the soldiers continued. Wu Sangui could only look forward to news from the front line Yuanrang Pioneer Army.
Whether Li Dingguo can be eliminated depends entirely on time. Wu Sangui estimated that the reinforcements in Haidu will be at least ten days before they can arrive. That is, within these ten days, he must find the main force of Li Dingguo to go down. Otherwise, the more the battle will be delayed, not only will the Ming army have time to breathe and reinforce, but the morale of his own will also plummet. There is only one way to withdraw troops.
Nowadays, various rumors have begun to spread in the local military camps. Especially the last local bombing incident made the soldiers feel uneasy. Many people secretly rumored that evil ghosts were in chaos. That is, commonly known as the possession of the local ghosts, which led to the soldiers in the bombing camps being nervous and falling into killing. Dingbei is an unknown place. There are many demons and monsters. Some say that the local local people used witchcraft to control the soldiers. Some say that the gods were unwilling to enter the Wu army to fight in Myanmar. So the disaster was caused. The versions were different. However, every circulating version was a favorable weapon to shake the morale of the army.
At this moment, a spy covered in blood rode a fast horse along the galloping road and quickly entered the city. After a stick of incense, he had already entered the yatang to report military information to Wu Sangui.
"Prince, Admiral Yuan encountered the main force of the Dingbei bandit army forty miles southeast of Karen City. The enemy had 20,000 enemies. Suddenly, he lined up in the valley to launch an attack on our vanguard army. General Yuan personally supervised the battle. However, the bandit soldiers were numerous and had a good position. Now they were divided and besieged by the bandit army. General Yuan asked Xiaode to come back and ask the prince to send troops to rescue him. If it was delayed, the vanguard army would be wiped out."
"Okay, Li Dingguo, you can't hold it anymore." Wu Sangui laughed instead of anger, and his old face flushed with excitement, saying, "Click the army and horses from both sides and are ready to go out of the city to rescue."
It is easy to deal with the news of Li Dingguo. The front army led by Yuan Rang was just Wu Sangui's bait. It was originally used to catch Li Dingguo and took the bait. Now Li Dingguo suddenly attacked Yuan Rang. As long as Yuan Rang could resist for one more day, Wu Sangui could lead the central army to fight Li Dingguo to the death. Most of the reinforcements in Haidu City were infantry, and it would take as fast as seven or eight days to reinforce on both legs. As long as Li Dingguo was willing to fight head-on, Wu Sangui would definitely believe that the Dingbei Army would be gone within three days.
Chapter completed!