Wu Gao's caution allowed him to withdraw his troops in advance, and when he passed the Changchun Station on the way to the withdrawal, he saw that the Changchun Station was heavily guarded, and he became aware of it later.
"I should have thought that the King of Bohai County sent this new soldier who has not joined the army for a year to cultivate and cultivate here just to confuse us."
"Are you going to attack the city and get back the food?"
Geng Wei asked on horseback, but Wu Gao shook his head: "We can't delay. We must return to Thirty Thousand Guards as soon as possible to prevent changes in Thirty Thousand Guards."
"In addition, you send someone to send a message to Liu Zhen, asking him to leave two thousand troops to prepare Jiulian City and select two thousand troops to go to Jinzhou in southern Liaoning."
"If Liaobei is lost, as long as we still have Jinzhou, we can rely on Shandong Shipping to continue to deal with him."
Wu Gao's vision is indeed outstanding. Although he thought of retreating to Liaonan before the fight, it would boost others' ambitions, but what he wanted was not ambition, but to defend Liaodong.
After taking one last look at Changchun Station, he turned his horse's head and headed south.
Soon, this team of more than 70,000 soldiers and civilians began to march in a hurry, and this scene was also seen by Chu Zhao, the official of the Thousand Households in Changchun City at the top of the city.
"Pity……"
Chu Zhao sighed. He originally thought that Wu Gao would attack the Changchun Institute, so that he could keep him for a few days to create time for Liu Zhao, who had just passed the Changchun Institute this morning and headed south.
Now it seems that it is natural for His Highness to say that Wu Gao is cautious and difficult to deal with.
"When they evacuate, I will immediately send a message to His Highness, saying that Wu Gao will withdraw his troops, and Liu Zhao will be at most one day away."
Chu Zhao turned back to look at the soldiers with frightened expressions, and the Baihu officer who accepted his order also swallowed hard: "Qianhu, are we really rebelling?"
"It's not that we rebelled, but that the imperial court forced us to rebel." Chu Zhao shook his head, corrected his statement, and continued:
"The imperial court will depose His Highness as a commoner, imprison Nanjing and subject him to the humiliation of slaves, and will abolish the equalization of land in the Bohai Sea. If you think it is acceptable, you can leave the city and go south. I will not stop you."
Chu Zhao's words made everyone look at each other. They really didn't want to rebel, but they didn't want to return to the south and become refugees.
They were the ones who took over the land last winter solstice and had to hand over more than 30 acres of land. It would be better to rebel.
"Nianle! What a rebel!"
"Yes! No one can take away my field!"
"Don't leave! We are rebelling!"
"No! The imperial court forced us to rebel!"
"Yep……"
When it came to reclaiming equal land, the military households who were hesitant before immediately became determined.
It is easy to equalize land but difficult to recover it. The reason Zhu Gaoxu dared to rebel was that more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the entire Bohai Sea were tied to his own interests.
Even if Zhu Yunwen doesn't want the more than one million acres of farmland in the Bohai Sea, there will still be people who want to take it back. This is doomed.
Even if Zhu Yunwen promised not to reclaim the land, the people of the Bohai Sea would not believe his lies, because they only believed in Zhu Gaoxu.
"Convert the food in the granary into military rations. His Highness will lead the army out of the customs soon and lead us south!"
Seeing that the military households became determined, Chu Zhao immediately began to command them.
Not long after, the entire Changchun office began to operate in an orderly manner.
Like them, there were soldiers and horses from the four cities of Bohai Sea who had received orders early to move south.
The tenth day of May was the day when Zhu Yuanzhang died last year, and on this day this year, people outside Jixi Pass in Jilin City were bustling with people.
The eight Jurchen guards who had been training for a whole winter finally got Bohai's armor. They happily put on the armor and showed off their power to each other.
Of course, they would look across from the Eight Guards Camp from time to time.
Opposite them, the Udiha savages who had been looked down upon by them were also wearing bright Bohai armor and holding weapons they had never seen before.
They said the gun was too short and the stick was too long. They didn't know what it was. Perhaps only Meng Zhang, who commanded the three battalions of soldiers and horses, and Xu Sheng, who participated in the training of these soldiers and horses, knew how powerful these soldiers and horses were. fear.
In addition to the Eighth Guards, Twenty-Fourth Division and the Shenji Third Battalion, in the hilly fortress outside Jixi Pass, there are also Bohai's old team, organized into the Four Guards of Han soldiers.
"The twelve guards and four battalions combined total 53,000 people. There are 10,000 people left in the four cities. Cui Jun took away 5,000 people. The number that can be gathered here is 38,000 people."
Walking in the camp and looking at the bustling Bohai Navy troops around him, Zhu Gaoxu experienced the feeling of Lao Li before the Battle of Pinangler.
The team was released for a few years, but when he came back, he actually had more soldiers and horses under his command than Liaodong Dusi.
At present, in the entire Ming Dynasty, perhaps only Yunnan Dusi, who has gathered a large number of troops, can compare with him.
"To be honest, I have never led such a large army before, and I don't know if I can lead it well."
In front of Wang Yi, Meng Zhang, Xu Sheng and Chen Chang, Zhu Gaoxu did not hide anything, but bluntly stated what he was worried about.
Calculated carefully, he only commanded more than a thousand people when he attacked Xiyang Ha, and he commanded more than 4,000 people in the battle of Jixiguan, half of whom were civilians.
The remaining soldiers, whether they were marching to Haragu in the north or joining Zhu Di, did not have more than 5,000 troops under their command.
Now he was suddenly given command of an army of nearly 40,000 people, and this army had never been in harmony and spoke a variety of languages.
Putting these various factors together, it is normal for Zhu Gaoxu to be a little worried.
But then he thought about it, he had so many brothers helping him manage the army, so what else did he need to worry about?
After laughing, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Tell me about the arrangements of the garrison in various places."
"Yes!" Wang Yi nodded, and then said to Zhu Gaoxu: "Three thousand troops are left in Zhaozhou, one thousand each in Anton, Jilin City, and Jixi Pass, three thousand in Heishui City, and one thousand in three games. That's about it."
"Except for the messenger horses used by Tangqi, all the other horses have been brought here. There are 39,000 riding horses, 13,000 draft horses, and more than 6,400 war horses."
"If there are not enough draft horses, they can be transferred from Jilin City. Jilin City still has more than 50,000 draft horses and mules."
After several years of development and two victories against Uliangha, Jilin City had sufficient animal power, and there was no need to worry about riding and drafting horses.
"Where's the food?" Zhu Gaoxu asked about the key point. The generals looked at each other in confusion after hearing this. Obviously, lack of food was the main problem faced by all armies.
Wang Yi also said with difficulty: "Yi Zhangyin has taken care of everything, but what was delivered was only 3,000 pieces of dried stone fish, 70,000 measures of army rations, 5,000 measures of dried vegetables, and 3,000 measures of bean ingredients."
Wang Yi did not use stones to calculate military rations, but used buckets.
One dou of military rations is normally enough to feed a soldier for half a month. Seventy thousand dou of military rations is enough to feed the entire army of 38,000 people for less than a month at most.
"The general has seen that whether it is grain or beans, it is only enough for the entire army for twenty-four days."
Wang Yi's words made everyone feel a layer of gloom in their hearts even before they sent out troops.
"Twenty-four days is enough!" Zhu Gaoxu stood up to cheer everyone up.
"Now that we have enough food, grass and baggage, get ready to go south!"
The Bohai Navy did not use civilian men because they had enough animal power, so they could increase their speed and speed up their time.
With his encouragement, the morale of the generals was ignited, and they immediately began to return to their camps.
Zhu Gaoxu also took the opportunity to find a hundred soldiers in the army who knew Haixi Jurchen, Beishan Jurchen, and Mandarin to act as messengers.
After finishing everything, Zhu Gaoxu returned to the palace and met Guo Yan who was packing his clothes.
Perhaps he knew that Zhu Gaoxu was probably wearing military uniforms all the way south, so he prepared ten sets of mandarin duck jackets for Zhu Gaoxu, and only prepared two sets of casual clothes for meeting guests.
"Tomorrow I will break camp and go south. Jilin City may be lost, so you don't have to worry."
Zhu Gaoxu watched Guo Yan explain. After hearing this, Guo Yan also put down the mandarin duck jacket she was packing. She stepped forward worriedly: "Are you sure?"
Although she was asking, she also knew how big the gap in strength between Bohai and the imperial court was.
"Just wait until I come back."
Zhu Gaoxu did not answer directly, but his answer was enough to reassure Guo Yan.
After a sleepless night, Zhu Gaoxu led his army southward the next day. The team stretched for seven or eight miles, but except for horse hooves, he saw nothing dirty along the way.
All horses were wrapped in manure bags and filled every twenty miles.
In contrast, although Wu Gao's team was well prepared, they could still see some scattered and unburied feces on the roadside from time to time along the way.
However, Wu Gao did not scold him for this, because their traces had been exposed under the eyes of Changchun Station, and everyone knew that they were heading south.
The only thing Wu Gao cared about was whether Zhu Gaoxu sent troops to raid the 30,000 guards.
He didn't see any feces along the way, and it was difficult to tell whether the horseshoe and wheel marks on the road were their own or those of others.
It took Wu Gao three days to travel 200 miles south from Changchun. Unfortunately, when he arrived here, the banners of the 30,000-guard city had already been changed...
"Let's attack the city. There is still food we have saved here. We cannot let Zhu Gaoxu's army take it."
Outside the Thirty Thousand Acropolis, Wu Gao looked silently at the Thirty Thousand Acropolis, which had already hung the Bohai Zhuque flag. Geng Feng on the side also suggested attacking the city.
Not only Geng Gu, but all the generals in Liaodong were looking at Wu Gao, because they all knew that there were more than 100,000 shi of grain reserves in the 30,000 guards. Once Zhu Gaoxu obtained it, it could support his army for at least half a year.
"No, let's take a detour south and go to Tieling Guard to garrison!"
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Wu Gao did not choose to stop the siege, but went to Tielingwei to garrison.
He also gave his own explanation for this: "Before going north, I had half of the food from the 30,000 guards transported to Tieling Guard, in order to worry that if the vassal reduction failed, Zhu Gaoxu would take the opportunity to raid here."
"Although his speed is faster than I expected, the current 30,000 soldiers' food supply should only be used for 50,000 or 60,000."
"If he wants to take care of the people of Bohai and the 30,000 guard households, the food will only be enough for a month at most."
"Withdrawing to Tieling, it only takes a month of garrisoning to kill him."
Wu Gao's caution paid off, and the generals breathed a sigh of relief.
Instead of storming the 30,000 guards, they withdrew to Tieling, a hundred miles away in the south.
This scene was seen by Liu Zhao at the top of the city, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Withdrawn..."
Liu Zhao turned around to report the victory to his brothers from the Thirty Thousand Guards and Jilin Guards. Everyone saw the scene just now and breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Zhao's ability to successfully capture the 30,000 guards was also due to Zhu Gaoxu and Zhou Ding. Although Zhou Ding was transferred to Jinzhou, the 30,000 guards were not replaced. In addition, many soldiers in the battle of Jixiguan were promoted to small flag officers and chief flag officers. There were even hundreds or thousands of officials, so Liu Zhao easily captured the 30,000 guards with 2,000 defenders.
The only thing he regretted was that the grain dispatching officer of the Thirty Thousand Guards transferred half of the grain to Tieling. Now there is less than 80,000 shi of grain in the Thirty Thousand Guards reserve warehouse.
But no matter what, the first game between Zhu Gaoxu and Wu Gao was still won by Zhu Gaoxu in one step.
Wu Gao led his troops to withdraw to Tieling and spread the news of the Bohai rebellion to the south. However, according to the time, even if it was expedited for 800 miles, it would take at least six days to reach the capital.
He began to build fortifications in Tieling, and many merchants who learned of the Bohai rebellion were also preparing to flee south with their goods. However, the goods were confiscated by Wu Gao, who asked them to go to the Shandong Chief Envoy's Office to ask for money from the Yamen.
This move made the merchants complain, but in order to survive, they could only hand over the goods and escape south with their servants.
Time passed day by day, and after eight hundred miles of urgent news delivery, the whole of Liaodong was the first to learn about the Bohai rebellion, followed by Daning.
"Sure enough, there was a rebellion..."
In Daning City, Bu Wan, Chen Heng, and Prince Ning from the Dusi Yamen were gathering to discuss matters, and news of the Bohai Rebellion had already spread.
Almost immediately, Bu Wan looked at Zhu Quan, and Zhu Quan murmured these words.
Knowing Zhu Gaoxu's character, he naturally knew that Zhu Gaoxu was not the kind of person who waited for death. If Zhu Yunwen wanted to cut down the vassal, Zhu Gaoxu would definitely raise an army.
It's just that he doesn't have the energy to worry about Zhu Gaoxu now, because Bu Wan has spoken.
"Prince Ning, in accordance with His Majesty's decree, please hand over the three guards."
As soon as Bu Wan spoke, Zhu Quan stood up, but he did not resist. Instead, he asked Bu Wan, who was his subordinate just a moment ago: "Are the basic guards of the palace also required?"
"No need..." Bu Wan shook his head. He only wanted the three guards of Yingzhou in Zhu Quan's hands.
"In this case, Daning will leave it to you two."
Zhu Quan turned around and left, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Seeing him leaving, Bu Wan also turned his eyes to Chen Heng who was aside.
"I can't believe that I actually dare to rebel..."
Chen Heng sighed, then raised his head and looked at Bu Wan: "Are we going to send troops to help the Marquis of Jiangyin?"
"There is no order from the imperial court. Let's guard Daning first." Bu Wan saw that Chen Heng made no move, so he immediately ordered, then turned around to receive the three guards of Yingzhou.
Seeing him leaving, Chen Heng's face gradually turned ugly, and he looked worriedly at the sky outside the Yamen.
"King Yan..."
"Since Bohai rebels, King Yan must take it!"
When Chen Heng muttered "King of Yan", Peiping had already received news of the Bohai rebellion.
In the Chief Secretary's Yamen, the Chief Envoy Zhang Bing and the Capital Commanders Xie Gui and Zhang Xin gathered together.
Xie Gui is the 40th generation grandson of Xie An in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and one of the veterans who rebelled against Zhu Yuanzhang. He is now sixty-four but still full of confidence.
When he learned of Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, he immediately demanded that Zhu Di be captured.
In his eyes, Zhang Bing and Zhang Xin, who were in their forties, the former was a scholar, while the latter was a general who led troops well and made many military exploits in the southwest.
Seeing Xie Gui like this, the two of them did not choose to refuse.
"Let's take action tonight. While the three guards of Prince Yan's Mansion are outside Beiping City, we can mobilize the defenders to capture Prince Yan!"
There are not many defenders in Beiping City, but since Zhu Di went crazy, Xie Gui has mobilized many soldiers and horses from the surrounding guards. There are currently 5,000 people at their disposal.
As long as Zhu Di is captured at night, the three guards outside the city will have nothing to fear.
"Take action!"
After Xie Gui finished explaining, he immediately stood up and left the Yamen. Zhang Bing and Zhang Xin also bowed and left.
But not long after they left, Zhang Xin, who returned to his house, immediately found his mother Zhan.
When Mrs. Zhan saw that he was anxious, she knew what he was anxious about, so she pulled him into the study and asked, "How's it going?"
"If they want to take action in advance, they will do it at midnight tonight." Zhang Xin and Zhan seemed to have been plotting for a long time.
Just hearing the news of taking action in advance, Zhan was still confused: "How could we take action in advance? The three guards are still outside the city and have not been transferred. It will not be good for them if the action fails now."
"I can't wait anymore. The King of Bohai County has taken the lead in raising troops." Zhang Xin told the truth, and Zhan family suddenly realized it.
"That's not surprising." Zhan nodded, and then asked Zhang Xin: "What do you want to do?"
"I would like to ask my mother to ask Mrs. Zhang and Liu to send a sedan. I will take the opportunity to ride in the sedan to Prince Yan's Mansion and tell the news to Prince Yan so that he can take action early."
"This..." As soon as she heard that her son was planning to rebel, Zhan immediately stopped him and said, "If you do this, your father's reputation will be ruined."
"My father said when he was still alive that King Yan was more suitable to be the crown prince. Now my son is just helping his father fulfill his last wish. Please mother fulfill it!"
Zhang Xin knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. Seeing this, Mrs. Zhan felt sorry for her son, so she could only support him and nodded to accept the job.
Under the joint control of mother and son, Zhang Xin soon rode a woman's sedan to Prince Yan's Mansion.
Since Zhang Xin himself had never interacted with Zhu Di, he had already made enough preparations that Zhu Di would not see him.
When the sedan arrived at the side door of the palace, Zhang Xin immediately asked someone to pass the news. The guard stepped forward vigilantly. Zhang Xin also whispered through the curtain: "I have something important to tell the princess, a matter of life and death."
"Let him go!" Hearing that it was a matter of life and death, the guard immediately let him go and let the sedan enter the palace.
However, the sedan was stopped before it went deep, and Zhang Xin also heard a familiar voice.
"May I ask what Commander Zhang Du is here for?"
Zhang Xin opened the curtain and saw Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu, two generals who had been temporarily dismissed from their posts.
"There are a lot of people talking here, and I hope to meet His Highness."
Zhang Xin spoke bluntly, but Zhu Neng shook his head: "His Royal Highness is ill and cannot see guests."
"Is it related to the life or death of the Prince of Bohai County?" Zhang Xin asked back. Zhu Neng was stopped by his question. When he was about to refute, he was stopped by Zhang Yu.
"Let's go..." Zhang Yu glanced at Zhang Xin's sedan and body, and after making sure he didn't bring any murder weapon, he took him to a small courtyard behind the Prince's Mansion.
Unknowingly, Zhu Di had moved from Cunxin Hall to live here, and he was obviously prepared.
When the courtyard door opened, Zhang Xin saw Zhu Di sitting in the courtyard. Zhu Di was also surprised by Zhang Xin's arrival and looked at Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng warily.
"Your Highness, Commander Zhang has said that it is a matter of life and death for His Highness, so I will have no choice but to bring him to see you."
Zhang Yu's move was a bit abrupt, but he also knew that Zhu Gaoxu was a firework about to explode, and any news should be confirmed.
What's more, Zhang Xin's whereabouts were so sneaky, it was obviously not like he was deliberately deceiving.
"Your Highness, on the seventh day of the fifth lunar month, the inspection censor Zheng Gongzhi, escorted by the Marquis of Jiangyin, went to Jilin City to cut off the vassalage. Zheng Gongzhi was killed. His Highness the Second Highness raised troops to suppress the enemy and captured 30,000 guards. At present, the Marquis of Jiangyin has withdrawn to Tieling, and the news has been sent to Capital City.”
"Zhang Bing and Xie Gui summoned me to discuss matters today. They have decided to take action against you, Your Highness. The time is set at midnight tonight!"
Zhang Xin explained what he knew, and Zhu Di also stood up after hearing that Zhu Gaoxu was the first to rebel.
In history, Zhu Di did not trust Zhang Xin easily because he had no external information, but this time it was different. He knew very early that Zhu Gaoxu was preparing to rebel, so he pretended to be ill in advance and brought Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui back to Peking in advance.
In addition, what Zhang Xin said was very consistent with Zhu Di's impression of Zhu Gaoxu, so he did not think Zhang Xin was lying to him.
"You want to take refuge in me?"
Zhu Di's self-promotion ruined the atmosphere, but Zhang Xin did not hesitate, but nodded and said: "There are five thousand defenders in the city, and five hundred of them are my own brothers."
"As long as His Highness nods, His Highness can leave the city first. At the end of the night, the general will ask them to open the Qihua Gate, and His Highness can lead the three guards into the city!"
The Qihua Gate mentioned by Zhang Xin was also the city gate where the Ming army captured Dadu.
Due to the sparse residents and empty terrain in the north of the old city of Yuan Dynasty, the soldiers on the city had no support when defending. Therefore, Xu Da built an additional earth wall in the north of the city shortly after the siege, turning the city wall into a "sun"-shaped layout. , so that the northern section of the city wall is close to the densely populated area, so the soldiers guarding the city can calmly plan their food and clothing during wartime.
In the fourth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned the Yuan Dadu City Wall north of this new section of city wall, and also included Anzhen Gate and Jiande Gate on the original north wall, as well as Guangxi Gate and Suqing Gate on the east and west walls. It was abandoned and newly built Desheng Gate and Anding Gate.
Of the nine gates in Peiping, Zhang Xin can only control Qihua Gate, so this means that Zhu Di only has one chance to trust Zhang Xin.
Once the three guards fail to enter Qihua Gate, he will be labeled as a rebel.
Zhang Xin also knew, so he was willing to escort Zhu Di out of the city and let Zhu Di personally lead three guards into Peiping City.
"Why do I need to go? Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng can just go."
Zhu Di saw Zhang Xin's thoughts, stepped forward to help him up, and patted his shoulder: "If this happens, I will remember your credit."
"Your Highness..." Zhang Yu couldn't help calling Zhu Di, as if hoping that he would not miss such a good opportunity.
But Zhu Di shook his head at him and said, "If Zhang Xin wants to harm me, there is no need to let me leave the city."
"Besides, even if he really wants to harm me, how can I feel relieved even if I leave the city and there are still bosses, laosan and Xu Meizi in the city?"
"There are eight hundred guards in this palace. Please don't make any noise then. Wait until Zhang Bing and Xie Gui surround the palace. Then you can enter the city and defeat them."
"I want the world to know that I am not rebelling, but that little bastard Zhu Yunwen forced me to do so!"
Zhu Di gritted his teeth and spoke, hating his former nephew so much.
Zhang Xin also bowed when he saw this: "Your Highness, please pass down the secret code."
"Secret code..." After listening to Zhang Xin's words, Zhu Di murmured to himself, and then slowly and firmly fixed his gaze.
"There is a saying in the "Ancestral Instructions" sent to me by my father: If there are no honest ministers in the court and there are evil spirits, the prince will train the troops and be on standby. The emperor will give secret orders to the kings to lead the troops to bring peace. After peace is achieved, the troops will be gathered in the camp. The emperor of the dynasty will return. If the king does not arrive and sends his generals to seek peace, his generals will also withdraw their troops in the camp."
"Although I don't have an edict from the emperor today, it's totally unreasonable for me to watch Yun Wen murder his uncles, nephews and brothers under the bewitchment of traitorous ministers. Therefore, the secret code tonight is only six words..."
Zhu Di's eyes were calm, as if something had changed, and he spoke slowly: "Qingjun side..."
"Jingguo is in trouble!"
"Records of Taizong of the Ming Dynasty": "In the summer and June of the first year of Jianwen, Bing and Gui planned to cut down the vassal, and wrote a secret report. The above mentioned "Ancestor's Instructions" "There are no honest ministers in the court, and there are evil spirits in the court, then the prince will train the troops and be on standby, and the emperor will give secret orders to the kings. Lead the troops to bring peace."
(End of chapter)
