I slept very well last night, and when Zhu Gaoxu got up, the morning sun had already risen.

At breakfast, the scout came to report: Before dawn, a large number of soldiers and horses of the officers and soldiers left Huayang County and marched straight south! Zhu Gaoxu didn't react at all after hearing this, but just ordered all the departments to continue to rest in the Taiping Field.

After a while, Qu Neng and the other generals came to the tile house to pay a respect. Zhu Gaoxu asked the sergeant to put away the dishes and chopsticks on the square table.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand to excuse the generals, and said: "We set off from Luzhou to Longquanyi, and we walked for nearly half a month, and the soldiers were exhausted. The day before yesterday, most of the soldiers took a breath at Longquanyi, and I am afraid that we can't ease up yet, so we have to take a rest. But we can't rest at Longquanyi, we can only come to the Taiping Field, do you know why? ”

Qu Neng groaned: "Confuse Xue Lu and make him mistakenly think that the prince wants to join forces with Mu Shengjun?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled, pointed at Qu Neng and said, "Those who know me, General Qu is also!" He paused and said, "Of course, there is also the opponent Xue Lu, if he doesn't understand me, how can he be so cooperative?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu felt that his speculation on Xue Luzhi's temperament was getting closer and closer to the truth...... Xue Lu didn't have any other ideas, he just didn't want to be a shrinking turtle, but wanted to find a decisive battle with the Han Wangjun!

Previously, the officers and soldiers cleared the field and transferred the ships on the river. After Zhu Gaoxu crossed the river, he scolded Xue Lu along the road for not having the guts, because he was afraid of the Han Wangjun and his ability to do that kind of thing; When the vanguard of Qu Neng's cavalry wandered around Chengdu Mansion, he also scolded Xue Lu for being afraid of battle.

Now it seems that Xue Lu seems to be very angry, and he is bent on fighting Zhu Gaoxu.

And the turtle with a shrunken head is really not good. The upper echelons of the official army may also be worried that there are traitors in Chengdu. Chengdu is a big city with strong fortifications, but it is inevitable that the crowd is complicated.

In the Ming Dynasty and previous dynasties, there was no concept of street warfare in the offensive and defensive warfare of the city; As soon as the attacking army enters the city, everyone will default to the failure of the defense of the city and the hearts of the people will collapse.

…… At such times, both armies are under the noses of the other; Zhu Gaoxu left Longquanyi and turned south, and the large-scale transfer would definitely not be able to hide Xue Lu's scouts.

Zhu Gaoxu only walked for one day to the Taiping Field, and he had no intention of continuing to go; He just wanted to show a sign, just like giving the people five houses to show their attitude, it doesn't matter how much it is, the key is to tell others what they want to do.

Of course, it doesn't matter what Zhu Gaoxu wants to do, what matters is: what Xue Lu thinks he wants to do.

Xue Lu thought that Zhu Gaoxu wanted to slip away, so he went to the southwest to find Mu Shengjun to meet! In this case, Xue Lu certainly would not sit idly by and watch the strength of the enemy army grow.

Maybe Xue Lu didn't plan to avoid the battle all along, he just wanted to concentrate the superior forces to break them down. At first, he wanted to destroy the relatively weak Mu Shengjun first, but later found that Chengdu was threatened, so he changed his strategy and prepared to destroy Zhu Gaoxu's army first.

Now Zhu Gaoxu suddenly moved to the southwest, which is equivalent to telling Xue Lu: If you don't come again, I'm going to slip away! In a few days, I will join forces with Mu Sheng, and the number of troops will exceed 100,000!

So Xue Lu understood the special language on the battlefield, "thought of it together" with Zhu Gaoxu, and hurriedly set out. This kind of language is like a driver who honks his horn to say thank you when he sees someone else giving way, and only an expert understands it.

Xue Lu wants to intercept Zhu Gaoxu, of course, he will not march to the Taiping Field, because Zhu Gaochu may also be moving; Only predict Zhu Gaoxu's future and march in the direction of the Han Wangjun's front road.

At this time, Qu Neng spoke again: "Xue Lu may go to Huanglongxi first. ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced down at the map in front of him, and immediately nodded: "Makes sense." ”

Huanglongxi is located in the southwest of the current Han Dynasty, more than 70 miles away from here; It is located between the Longquan Mountains and the remaining veins of Qionglai Mountain, on the west bank of the Fuhe River, and can control the main roads on the east and west sides. At the same time, Huanglongxi is only fifty miles away from Huayang County, if nothing else, Xue Lu can reach this place in advance.

However, Zhu Gaoxu plans not to leave now.

He said to the generals: "Before the big war, the best situation for us is to meet with Mu Sheng's army, and repair for a few days, and then fight again." But people can't be too greedy, if they wait for the benefits to be taken up, but Xue Lu is unwilling to fight a decisive battle, time will have to be consumed for a while. Resolving the war in Sichuan as soon as possible is of paramount importance to the entire war situation. ”

When Zhu Gaoxu said this, he was still thinking about Gu Cheng in Guizhou and Zhang Fu's attitude that he only learned yesterday.

All the generals nodded one after another, agreeing with Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, Wei Da said: "At this time, the soldiers are seeking to fight, if they delay for too long, they are afraid that their morale will be lost. ”

"The whole army repaired on the spot and waited for Xue Lu to come in the moral." Zhu Gaoxu said, "Send all the generals to see all the terrain around Taiping Town clearly, even if there is a house or a forest anywhere, you can't be negligent." After the unitary time, he came to the Chinese army to speak. ”

Qu Nengweida and the others hugged their fists and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

Everyone said goodbye and withdrew, and Zhu Gaoxu then paced in the hall for a while, and also walked out of the room. He took his own guards and walked around the market.

By the evening, the scouts had ascertained the movements of the officers and troops. Xue Lu's army really marched in the direction of due south, and the whole army was divided into three units not far away, on the west bank of the Tunbingfu River. The cavalry was in Huanglongxi, one was in Yong'an Field in the north, and the other was located between Huanglongxi and Yong'an Field.

The minds of both sides have closed the beat! Zhu Gaoxu dealt with the generals of the official army, and he was really different from the local leaders; What Luchuan Si and Annan Hu talk about the pros and cons with them, it is like a chicken and a duck, and it is useless.

…… Early the next morning, the official army Xue Lujun crossed the river from the pontoon bridge on the Fu River and began to march in the direction of Taipingchang.

The Han army still stood still, and the soldiers continued to repair. Because of the main force of the officers and troops, it is impossible to cover more than 70 miles in one day.

Zhu Gaoxu rode out early in the morning, and today he did not go to the southwest direction where Xue Lu came, but went to the southeast.

The Taipingchang leaned on the western foot of the Longquan Mountain Range, and Zhu Gaoxu and the others rode horses for a while, and they could see the mountain shape of the Longquan Mountain Range. Zhu Gaoxu, who came from Guizhou, looked at Longquan Mountain again, and really felt that it was not high, but it was located in the plain area, and this mountain range was also quite attention-grabbing.

The group walked out of the Taiping Field to the southeast, and after a while, they saw many small hills, and it seemed that this was the foot of the Longquan Mountains. The terrain is undulating and gradually climbs with a gentle slope.

The wasteland around the long slope was marked by many dead stakes and burnt vegetation, replaced by large loquat trees, peach trees, and apparently plum trees. The fruit trees are not large and are sparsely planted; Walking on horseback is not a problem even if you don't walk on the road and through fruit groves.

"I heard last night that there is a Buddhist temple on it?" Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

Liu Ying, who was traveling with him, said: "Back to the prince, the temple is called Yujin Temple, and there is a big dam on it, called Sajin Dam." ”

"Go up and take a look." Zhu Gaoxu said.

The group continued to climb the previous slope, which was steeper than the previous hill, but only comparatively, and the horses could still run. The sloping soil is relatively dry, and there are still many small trees such as peach trees, but the grass is denser. This place cannot be irrigated by rivers and water conservancy, and there is not even a single rice field and crop field.

After going uphill, I saw an old temple. Because of the "word" in the name, Zhu Gaoxu thought it was a splendid Buddhist temple, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he found that it was not so.

The soldiers gradually came to the outside of the main hall of the Yujin Temple. At this time, an old monk came out, glanced at a group of big men in armor, and bowed and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Amitabha!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu also bowed in return, walked into the main hall, and saw a merit box in front of the Bodhisattva, so he took out a string of copper coins, put them in, and stood in front of the Bodhisattva and bowed a few times.

Seeing this, the old monk seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "The donor accumulates virtue and does good, and he will be blessed by my Buddha." ”

"Borrow the good words of the master." Zhu Gaoxu said, "By the way, why is this temple called the Leftover Golden Temple?" ”

The old monk said: "In the Tang Dynasty, there was a good man in Shu, who found ten catties of gold on the road, so he built a stone temple on Longquan Mountain; The gold was not used up, and then the Changsong Temple and Fuqing Temple were repaired; It was not used up, and the good people built a Buddhist temple with the remaining gold in this place, so it was called 'leftover gold temple'. ”

Zhu Gaoxu listened and said: "I see, this origin is interesting. ”

He only spoke a few words to the monk, and everyone didn't stay in the leftover gold temple for too long, and soon came out and continued to walk and watch the golden dam here. To the south of Yujin Temple, there is a large area of flat land, and there are many vegetables planted nearby, and you can't see the end in the distance. However, in the distance to the west, you can faintly see the mountains and forests.

The topography of this section of Longquan Mountain is very interesting, the terrain is relatively gentle, but very layered; It's like a magnified terraced dam.

Zhu Gaoxu and the others continued to walk south along the edge of the steep slope that came up. After a long time, the dam gradually became a downhill road, which at first glance was still flat, but when you walked, you could feel that it was going downhill. The slope to the south of the dam is very gentle and wide, so slow that it is almost invisible to the naked eye, and the vegetation is dominated by barren grass and shrubs; There is a courtyard on the edge of the dam to the west.

And continue to look south, the mountain in the distance is steep, a big mountain blocking the sky, the green color is very thick, it should be a dense mountain forest.

"Pine Slope." Liu Yingyao said, "The guards of the last general asked the locals and learned the name. ”

And the gentle slope where Zhu Gaoxu is located is like a huge gap between the Sajin Dam and the pine forest slope.

After walking for a while, Zhu Gaoxu spoke: "The old monk just now said that I accumulate good deeds, and if we want to do good deeds, we must do it to the end, so we will simply set up the Chinese army to move to the Yujin Temple, and move the battlefield to the vicinity of Sajin Dam." After all, there are very few people and houses here, and compared with the Taiping Field, it can reduce the loss of more people's houses and accidental injuries in military accidents. ”

The generals mostly looked left and right, observing the surrounding terrain.

Zhu Gaoxu paused slightly, and then said: "Although I don't understand the teachings of Buddhism, I can be sure that the meaning of my Buddha's compassion is not to let the world protect Buddhist temples, but to pity human lives." ”