nanming man

Chapter 1027 Fighting for Command

After Sun Kewang defeated Toungoo in Siam, he did not take advantage of the momentum to enter Toungoo, but chose to return to rescue Nanming.

This is related to the fact that Wei State's destruction of Nanming will directly threaten Annan, and it is also because the bureaucratic system of the Great Zhou State is not enough to control a wider area.

Therefore, after the Zhou army won the surrender of the Siamese Ayutthaya Dynasty, they hurried back to Thang Long, took a short rest, and then went directly to Guangdong to reinforce the Ming army.

To the south of Shaoguan, the Ming army camp spread out, and white tents covered the wilderness. Sun Kewang, escorted by hundreds of cavalry, came outside the Ming army camp. Huang Degong, Wang Yan and other Ming court ministers came to greet him.

"Welcome to the Emperor of Great Zhou!" Seeing Sun Kewang's arrival, a group of people bowed and saluted one after another.

Sun Kewang took a look, Zhu Cihong didn't come, but that's good, lest he put on airs of the Ming emperor.

At this time, Sun Kewang looked up and saw that Shaoguan in the distance was very dilapidated, many places were obviously collapsed, obviously experienced fierce battles, so he asked, "Where is Gao Yihuan?"

"Wei bandit withdrew to camp at Yangguling, let's talk about it!" Wang Yan turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.

At that moment, Sun Kewang and his party dismounted from their horses, followed Wang Yan into the big tent, and Zhu Cihong, who was wearing a yellow robe, greeted him outside the tent.

Seeing Zhu Cihong, Sun Kewang immediately stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Cihong's hand, and laughed loudly: "The two alliances, I am older, let's be brothers!"

Zhu Cihong's face turned red. Sun Kewang is a grassroots bandit, and now he wants to be his big brother, which makes him feel ashamed and angry, but he really needs Sun Kewang's help, so he can only suppress the anger in his heart.

Wang Yan saw that Zhu Cihong's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly made a rescue and said, "Your Majesty, please introduce the situation to Zhou Jun!"

Zhu Cihong took the opportunity to withdraw his hand, nodded with a gloomy face, walked to the edge of the sand table, picked up the wooden stick, and pointed to the sand table, "After the Wei bandits arrived at Shaoguan, they attacked fiercely for more than a month, and were blocked by the Ming soldiers. Now the Wei bandits see Daming Reinforcements came, but they suffered heavy losses during the attack, knowing that they could not break through, so they retreated to the village."

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, walked over and saw the place where Wei Jun camped, about [-] miles away from Guancheng, the camp was built along the mountain, it seemed to be a fortified stronghold.

"What does Gao Yihuan mean?" Sun Kewang couldn't help asking: "The Wei army has tens of thousands of horses, and they attack and don't attack, and they don't retreat. What's the meaning of wasting food and grass here?"

Wei Jun's strategic goal is to capture Guangdong, and there are only two ways to advance and retreat. It is impossible for tens of thousands of people to stay in the Nanling Mountains to dry up.

In fact, Zhu Cihong also realized that something was wrong. The Wei army came from afar, and the food for the army was transported by crossing the Nanling Mountains. The difficulty was no less than that of Zhuge Liang going north to Qishan.

Now that the Wei army stopped attacking and did not withdraw, but instead stood firm and defended themselves, it seemed that they were waiting for the coalition forces to attack, which was too abnormal.

The coalition forces are absolutely fine, they can't retreat, strengthen the defense line, and retreat when the Wei army runs out of supplies.

Zhu Cihong said with a sullen face, "The high thief's behavior is really abnormal, he must have other plans, but now the news is unknown, so I can't make a judgment yet."

Sun Kewang nodded slightly, "Gao Yihuan has always been cunning. He retreated and set up camp. He must have something to hold. He needs to send scouts to find out Wei Jun's intentions as soon as possible." After speaking, Sun Kewang suddenly looked at Zhu Cihong, and said in a deep voice: "The current situation can be said to be The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Although this is a crisis for the Ming country, if the Ming army is defeated, the Great Zhou will also be exposed to the Wei army, so I put the overall situation first and lead an army of 20 to reinforce."

Sun Kewang's condescending tone made Zhu Cihong very unhappy, but the situation was stronger than others, so he could only nod with a sullen face.

Sun Kewang cast a glance at him, and continued: "Gao Yihuan's 30 army is just outside Shaoguan. Although the coalition army also has 30, but after all, the two families will inevitably remain unchanged in battle."

Zhu Cilang pondered: "What does Emperor Zhou mean?"

Sun Kewang said: "What I mean is that this battle is of great importance, and the command must be unified during the battle. I hope that the Ming army can listen to my deployment and order a team to defeat the Wei army."

"Absolutely not!" Zhu Cihong endured for a long time, and finally burst out, how could Daming's army be entrusted to Sun Kewang to command.

Zhu Cihong immediately vetoed it, silenced the tent for a moment, and Sun Kewang's face darkened, "The most taboo on the battlefield is not knowing the command. Could it be that 20 Zhou soldiers are allowed to accept your command?"

Inside the big tent, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, Wang Yan hurriedly said: "This matter can be discussed again, the enemy is now present, the two families can't hurt their peace."

Sun Kewang flicked his sleeves and said: "I can't be sure about the command, how to fight Gao Yihuan."

After finishing speaking, he led General Zhou to leave the tent one by one, leaving Zhu Cihong with a livid face.

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In the next few days, the Wei army still did not attack, and the coalition forces did not move, and they were still arguing about who would command the battle.

Sun Kewang had a large number of troops, and Nanming had requests from him, so he refused to give up an inch. Zhu Cihong was worried that Sun Kewang would take the opportunity to annex the Ming army, and at the same time, he would not give in because of his embarrassment.

Just as the two families were arguing over the command, a group of soldiers of the Ming army galloped to the gate of the camp with small flags on their backs.

"It's an urgent military situation, and it must be reported to His Majesty immediately." The cavalry dismounted and shouted loudly.

The gate of the camp was opened, and the cavalry held up the military newspaper and trotted all the way to send the information into the big tent.

In the tent, Zhu Cihong was discussing with his subordinates, and the soldiers knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty, urgent report from Guangzhou."

"Guangzhou?" Zhu Cihong's heart trembled, and Wang Yan hurriedly took the military report and submitted it. He opened it and glanced at it, his face immediately turned ugly.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Wang Yan asked in a low voice.

Zhu Cilang sighed, and walked to the sand table, "As expected, the bandit Gao really had other means. The bandit general Zhao Daxian stormed Zhangquan, the bandit Wei took Quanzhou, and threatened Guangdong."

The officials of the Ming Dynasty in the tent all showed panic. The Wei thieves came from Fujian, and Guangzhou was empty of troops.

If the Wei thieves occupy Guangzhou and cut off the retreat of the army, the possibility of the Ming army retreating to the sea will be cut off.

Wang Yan's face also sank, "The imperial army gathered in Shaoguan. If Zhao Daxian does not return to aid, Zhao Daxian will surely take Guangzhou all the way. At that time, the army will be attacked by the enemy, and the whole army will be in danger of being wiped out. If they return to aid, there will be 30 high-ranking bandits. Cover up the killing, and the army will also fail."

Zhu Cihong paced back and forth, and suddenly stood in the middle of the big tent, with a ferocious expression on his face, "In that case, the only way out is to go out and fight to the death with the high-ranking thief."

"Will Sun Kewang agree to fight?" Wang Yan asked sadly.

Zhu Cihong had a sullen face, "I can promise him that he will take over the command, but if he wants to mobilize the army, the military order must pass through me first, and then I will forward it."

Wang Yan nodded slightly, bowed his head and said, "Then I'm going to meet Sun Kewang now."

(End of this chapter)