Chen Ji lowered his head and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty. But do you want to draft the decree now?"
"Let's draft it. When we get to the destination, let the local post station send the imperial edict to the capital for archiving and Hainan Prefecture for distribution." Yunxi felt that if he didn't draft the edict now, he would probably forget about it, so
said.
Chen Ji agreed again. Seeing that Yunxi had no other orders, he turned around and left the cabin to prepare the order.
After giving the order, Yunxi stretched and put all the matters in Hainan Palace behind. He took out a huge map of the Beibu Gulf and the surrounding coasts and a huge map of Annan and put them on the table and started reading.
The matter of economic development is not urgent yet. The most urgent thing now is the war against Annan. Although he does not personally direct the battle and will not interfere with the commander's command beyond his level, he still needs to be sure of the current situation.
"Battle report from four days ago, Commander Lan Zhen led the front army to capture Polei Pass (today's Zhennan Pass), the troops approached Jiling Pass, and Mu Sheng led the right army to break through Fuling Pass." Yunxi said to himself.
, while looking at the Annan map, I found these two geographical locations.
"It seems that the Annan people will withdraw their troops from Jiling Pass soon. Mu Sheng's army passed Fuling Pass and was on the north bank of the Fuliang River. The Fuliang River is connected to the Tao River, and the Tao River is behind Jiling Pass. If the Annan people
If we don’t withdraw our troops from Jiling Pass, Mu Sheng will lead his troops to make dumplings from behind.”
"After capturing Jiling Pass, the army led by Lan Zhen can march to the north bank of the Tao River." Yun Xi's finger slid along the map: "The White Crane is located at the intersection of the Fuliang River and the Tao River. According to the Jinyi Guards sent to Annan, it was sent back
There is also a lot of news about the ferry, and Lan Zhen is expected to meet up with Mu Sheng at Baihe."
"As for what will happen next, I can't guess. Baihe is at the intersection of two rivers and there are many ferries. Not only the Ming Dynasty knew it, but the Annan people knew it too. So the Annan people built a multi-state city on the south bank of the two rivers and nailed wooden planks on the two rivers.
The pilings have prevented ships from going back and forth, and it looks like we are going to have a protracted war."
"After all, there were not many people on the north bank of the two rivers, and the land was not very fertile. It was impossible to rely on it to provide food. It had to be transported from the Ming Dynasty. There are no rivers from Guangxi to Baihe, making it difficult to transport food and grass; there are rivers from Yunnan to Baihe.
It is the same, but Yunnan itself does not have much food. It is already stretched to supply the 150,000-strong army led by Mu Sheng, and it is absolutely impossible to supply enough food for the 260,000-strong army of the front, middle and rear armies."
"I wonder if Lan Zhen will set up a camp with Mu Sheng in Baihe and wait for the Chinese and rear troops to come over, or will he immediately lead his troops to attack Duobang City without waiting for them?"
"The former is more secure, but it will only take a long time; the latter may be more military and faster, but if the progress is not smooth, Lan Zhen and Mu Sheng will be responsible for the unfavorable progress."
Yun He was thinking, or guessing, how Lan Zhen and Mu Sheng would decide, when suddenly there was the sound of pulling the door frame, and then a sweet female voice sounded: "Husband."
"Sha'er, why are you here?" Yunxi raised his head in confusion. Li Sha'er has always been very discerning. As soon as he got on the ship, he walked into the cabin where official business was handled, making it clear that there were political matters to deal with.
, why did she come here?
"Husband, look out the window. It's already early in the morning. I've been waiting for you to come out for dinner for nearly half an hour. But since you haven't come out yet, I can only come in and talk to my husband." Li Shaer said slightly.
He said with a trace of complaint.
"It's already so late?" Yunxi turned around and looked at the small glass window behind him. Sure enough, it was completely dark and he couldn't see anything.
"I feel like I just asked Chen Ji to come over and say a few words, and looked at the map for a while, but an hour has passed? Time passed so fast." Yunxi sighed with emotion, feeling that there was something coming from his stomach.
Feeling hungry, I put down the pen and paper in my hand and smiled at Li Shaer: "If you hadn't come over to remind me, I wouldn't have felt that I was already hungry."
He immediately went to have a meal with Li Shaer. However, on the way to the cabin where they were dining, he was still thinking: 'Presumably the front army led by Lan Zhen has already joined the right army led by Mu Sheng, and I don't know if they will meet.
What will be said later.'
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On the north bank of the Tao River, large groups of men and horses were marching southwest along the river bank against the flow of the river. Although it was completely dark at this time, many soldiers still held torches in their hands to disperse the boundless darkness.
Walking at an unhurried but measured pace.
A tall man wearing chainmail, with handsome features but a hint of murderous aura, was riding on a horse, holding a huge torch in his hand, running from the rear to the front, and then from the front.
He ran from the front to the back of the line and loudly encouraged the soldiers.
"Soldiers, you are the soldiers from the Hanzhiwei Yulin left guard and the Fujun right guard. You are the soldiers with the highest pay and the best treatment in the entire Ming Dynasty army. You cannot live up to the expectations of your Majesty and the deputy commander..." the man said.
"It is true that the military pay is the highest and the treatment is the best, but there is no such thing as marching in the middle of the night! If you can only pay back the hundred thousand yuan when it is urgent, now that you know that the right army has arrived at Baihe, you are still marching at night." A person from the right guard team of the government army
He complained in a low voice.
"Stop complaining." A person next to him said: "Look ahead, our Lord Xu Qianhu is not riding a horse. He is walking with us. What else do you have to complain about? Besides, if you don't rest halfway tonight, you can catch up with the right army.
Don’t we need to set up the camp ourselves? It will save trouble."
"If Xu Qianhu hadn't been walking with us, I wouldn't have left a long time ago." The person who spoke before said, "It's just because I saw Xu Qianhu, a man of such a high birth, marching on two legs like us little soldiers.
, I am willing to continue walking, otherwise you think I will obey orders obediently."
While they were muttering, a man in chain mail rode past them, and they both stopped and said nothing.
After walking for a while, the two soldiers of the guard saw a bright light coming from not far away. They were refreshed and quickened their pace. After a while, they saw the fence of the camp through the bright light coming from the front.
.
The general in chainmail ordered the entire army to stop, and he led the guards on horseback and ran toward the camp. When he was still dozens of feet away from the camp, he heard a voice coming from inside the camp: "Come on.
Who is that!" At the same time, he could vaguely see soldiers walking around in the camp.
The military general and the guard reined in the horse's head and shouted loudly: "I am Zhang Fu, the general under Liang Guogong's account of the Annan Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty. I led two guards of the front army to come to Baihe. Please report to the Marquis of Xiping!"
