Chapter 382 The smell of parting

After the tenth day of September, it is mid-month.The army in Yunnan has not been fully assembled, but Zhu Gaoxu's headquarters has prepared 34,000 people.He can lead this army first.

Mu Sheng's army was mainly the garrison troops near Dali Prefecture. They will complete the rectification in Dali Prefecture City. After Mu Sheng arrived in Dali, he could head north from the West Road.

The remaining troops were rushing to Kunming City one after another, plus the left-behind royal palace guards, with the total infantry and cavalry force of about 22,000.

Sheng Yong will lead the main force of this army, plus Ping'an's more than 1,000 cavalry, to guard Kunming City and even the entire Yunnan Provincial Administrator.

The weather in Kunming City is clear and the sun is very bright.

Zhu Gaoxu rarely accompanied Guo Wei and the other three to take a walk in the garden behind the front palace.

He felt that his affairs in Kunming had probably been done, so he was waiting to set off.

When I think about it, I still have many trivial matters not done, such as saying goodbye to Mu Zhen and Chen Xu, which is definitely a small matter compared to military and national affairs.

I can only write a goodbye letter, which saves time.If we meet, Zhu Gaoxu will have to leave the mansion after all, and the etiquette and greetings will be gone in a short time.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu finally admired the palace he had built for several years, with its antique and gorgeous buildings and garden scenery decorated with mountains, rivers, plants and trees.

He felt the glory, wealth, comfort and tenderness in it, and even carefully watched the corners, just as he would carefully appreciate and caress the corners of the women around him.

While walking, several people said some good words to remind each other of blessings.

Even if Zhu Gaoxu and each of them are very close, they should pay attention to their appearance, words and deeds when they are together, and many words are inconvenient to say.

At this moment, the sun gradually disappeared, and raindrops suddenly sprinkled in the sky.Zhu Gaoxu looked up and said: This season, there are few rains.

Everyone hurried to a pavilion by the pond to hide from the rain.

There is a brick and stone road outside the pavilion, which was hot just now in the sun.Suddenly, the raindrops poured onto the bricks and stones. Zhu Gaoxu smelled a very special smell. He turned his head and said: Did you smell it?

Guo Wei and others nodded one after another.

After obtaining confirmation from others, Zhu Gaoxu confirmed that there was really a smell and he did not sniff it wrong.

Very familiar, he returned to the distant summer in a trance. The millet sunken on the stone dam encountered heavy rain and people were busy collecting food. It was this smell!

Nothing wrong at all.

He subconsciously sighed: The memory of smell is so deep...

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu saw the tendons on Guo Wei's hand stretched out and pinching her own wrist.He was slightly surprised and bent down to look at her face. Seeing that her eyes were red, tears were already spinning in his eyes.

Yao Ji and Du Qianrui next to them also showed sadness and remained silent.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, but unexpectedly, he made them cry with just a casual word.Perhaps Guo Wei and others misunderstood what he meant and thought that this was the smell of parting.

Sure enough, Guo Wei's voice choked and said: When will the prince set off?

Zhu Gaoxu said: The faster the better. Now we have decided to make the morning after tomorrow.He walked forward, patted Guo Wei on the shoulder gently, and said kindly, "Okay, okay, we will meet again soon."

Guo Wei didn't say anything, her chest was undulating, and she sucked her breath long, as if she was very angry and forced to endure the anger.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her wrist and was injured by her, revealing several fingerprints.

He could not accurately understand why women treated themselves like this.Even if it is a couple or someone who is very close to you, how can you fully understand each other?

This scene reminded Zhu Gaoxu of Duan Xueheng last night.

She didn't come today because there was bruising on her face.

At some point, Duan Xuehen asked Zhu Gaoxu to slap her hard and tie her neck with a belt.

Zhu Gaoxu was very confused about this requirement. He also knew that there were some strange games in later generations, but he never found Duan Xueheng had such a hobby before.

How did she become like this?

In any case, Zhu Gaoxu felt a lot of sadness in private during this expedition.Maybe it’s because of late autumn?As the poem says: Since ancient times, many emotions have hurt each other's separation, and it is even more ungrateful to the Qing Autumn Festival.

However, Zhu Gaoxu did not say anything this time, so as not to make Guo Wei and others feel even more upset.

The rain did not hit hard, and the surface of the small pool was rough, becoming like frosted glass.Zhu Gaoxu bent down, picked up a flat stone among the small stones on the ground.

He turned sideways and threw the small stone horizontally towards the water surface, which jumped out of the water surface.

He seemed to be measuring the width of the pool.

This kind of game made him very familiar with it. He had worked it many times as a child.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu is a person who loves life very much. He is not a war maniac at all. He is not his wish to start a war.

...The morning after the rain is very fresh.The drums sounded in the Duanli Gate Tower, and the sound of horse hooves and drums rumbled together, beating the entire world.

The Han princess and other family members, wearing thick burlap, stood beside the gatehouse and bowed to the streets in the palace, with tears on their faces.

Zhu Gaoxu, wearing heavy armor, rode on the war horse, looked sideways, and his eyes showed a hint of reluctance.

But he immediately made an angry expression and shouted: Revenge for you, and to fight against crimes and rebellion!

The soldiers shouted in unison, as if the momentum spread throughout the city.

The white flags and the white cloth tied on countless helmets seemed to be snowing, and the crowd was filled with a bleak atmosphere.Armor, swords, swords, and filial cloth floated and rushed out of the palace.

Zhu Gaoxu led nearly 400 personal guards to rush out of the East City along the streets in the city.

Mr. Li from the Governor's Office led all the officials, Sheng Yongping'an and other military generals to bid farewell outside the city gate.

After Zhu Gaoxu said goodbye to his colleagues, he looked up and found Mu Zhen and Chen Xu were on the city tower, looking at him silently.

Mu Zhen is from Mu Mansion, and it is very convenient to be in Kunming City.

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists to the city tower and signaled, and patted the horse and took the soldiers to the main road.

A large group of cavalry traveled east along the official road and ran for a long time before catching up with the large army that had set out earlier.

The road to Kunming City is relatively spacious. There is a wooden and stone archway on the main road. Four rows of infantry are passing by under the archway.

The army in front is like a long dragon, far from its head.

More than 30,000 people marched together, and the formation was also very large.

Crack... Footsteps at different rhythms at different paces resounded across the road, and everyone walked slowly; but it was not easy to keep such a speed for two or three hours every day.

Sometimes there will be a burst of military music in the distance, but most of the time there are only footsteps and drums, and even drums.

From today on, such a boring sound and such a scene will be the most familiar situation for Zhu Gaoxu.The territory of the Ming Dynasty was vast, and most of the content of the war was just marching and walking.

From Kunming City to Qujing Military and Civilian Mansions, the post stations along the road have been ordered by the Han Palace and can provide grain supplies; and they are marching within the territory, setting up camps and camps can be simple, and the daily walking time can be extended.

In addition, the Han Wang Army only carried firearms such as bowl guns and no heavy weapons such as Hongwu cannons, so such marches could travel about fifty miles a day.

In the past decade, Zhu Gaoxu gradually discovered that the two miles at this time were about a little further than one kilometer, so the speed of marching in Yunnan was more than 25 kilometers.

If you encounter a big city in the future, you will certainly not be able to temporarily cast heavy artillery. The Han Governor's Office has found some people who can make Hui artillery. At that time, the siege can only return to the level of the Yuan Dynasty...

Once the army arrives at the territory of Dusi in Guizhou, the terrain and military situation will be relatively complicated, and it is necessary to carry a large amount of supply and supplies.According to experience, Zhu Gaoxu's men can only walk about forty miles a day.

Zhu Gaoxu was preparing to attack Sichuan Dusi. He had to walk at least 1,400 miles of Luzhou Road in Usada and reach Luzhou before he could reach the main battlefield.

If the road is particularly smooth, it will not be possible to arrive at at least mid-October.

Forward Qu Neng will send messages back from time to time, sometimes every day, and sometimes only one letter in ten days.When Qu Neng wrote the last letter, he had already occupied Usawei.

Wusave probably belongs to the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, but before that, the Sichuan Metropolitan Division and Guizhou Metropolitan Division were in charge, and Zhu Gaoxu did not touch them when he first started his rebellion.

After Qu Neng arrived at the place, he surrounded the Acropolis and found out the benefits and disadvantages when he persuaded surrender... If Usawei resisted the Han Wang Army, he could indeed delay time and cause trouble for the Han Wang Army, but there was no suspense to be broken.

The troops are huge, and the acropolis in this mountainous area are not well built and their ability to defend against sieges is very limited. It is definitely not comparable to big cities like Kunming and Guiyang.

Although Usawei received an illegal cross-border military order from Gu Cheng, Guizhou, asking them to defend and resist; they surrendered the next day after the Quneng army surrounded him.

Qu Neng obtained more than 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and left the soldiers to take care of the barracks and waited for Zhu Gaoxu to take over; while the generals of Wusauwei were escorting back to Kunming City.

Zhu Gaoxu fully adopted the experience of the Jingnan Battle. The surrendered generals were sent back to their nests first, and the soldiers would be dismantled and reorganized if they could be used.

Zhu Gaoxu had nearly 400 personal soldiers under his command. They studied in Wenlou, the Wenlou of the Hanwangfu for several years. Qian Xun taught, and Wang Bin and others taught to arrange troops. They not only knew how to read, but also often followed Zhu Gaoxu to fight and train in the queue.

At this time, the personal guards can be directly appointed as officers of the hundred households.

The quality of these personal soldiers is not necessarily worse than that of generals and officers in ordinary garrisons.

Zhu Gaoxu knew the situation that the officers of the garrison were hereditary systems, and many descendants had never fought wars and were not even practicing martial arts in normal times. If Taizu had not been to the mid- and late reforms and required officers to undergo assessment before hereditary activities, the situation would have been even worse.

Zhu Gaoxu's personal guards were at least skilled in bowing, horse riding and shooting, and they also saw many worlds.

...But there was a sign that caught Zhu Gaoxu's attention.

The daily deployment of the Southwest Regional Warriors is to have seven-point military farms and three-point military guards; but after receiving Gu Cheng's military order, all the soldiers of the Usa Guard were mobilized.

It can be seen that Gu Cheng has begun to deploy troops and is ready to deal with Zhu Gaoxu.