Sun Kewang was in Siam, and after defeating Donghu, he did not take advantage of the situation to enter Donghu, but chose to return to his division to rescue Nanming.

This is related to the fact that the destruction of the Southern Ming by the Wei State will directly threaten Annam, but also because the bureaucratic system of the Great Zhou State is not enough to control the wider area.

Therefore, after the Zhou army was subjugated by the Ayutthaya dynasty, they hurriedly returned to Thang Long, rested for a while, and drove directly into Guangdong to reinforce the Ming army.

In the south of Shaoguan, the Ming army camp spread, white tents, covered with wilderness, Sun Kewang came to the Ming army camp under the escort of hundreds of cavalry, Huang Degong, Wang Yan and other Ming ministers came to greet him.

"Welcome to the Great Zhou Emperor!" When everyone saw Sun Kewang coming, they bowed down and saluted.

Sun Kewang glanced at it, Zhu Cihong didn't come, but it was okay like this, lest he put on a stand for the Ming Emperor.

At this time, Sun Kewang glanced up, the Shaoguan in the distance was very dilapidated, and there were obvious collapses in many places, obviously experiencing a vicious battle, so he asked, "Where is Gao Yihuan?" ”

"The Wei thief retreated to the camp under Yangguling, and he is still talking about it!" Wang Yan turned sideways and made a gesture of peace and please.

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

When Sun Kewang saw Zhu Cihong, he immediately stepped forward quickly, grabbed Zhu Cihong's hand, and laughed: "The two alliances, I am older, so let's be brothers!" ”

Zhu Cihong's face turned red, Sun Kewang was a grassy coward, and now he actually wanted to be his eldest brother, which made him feel ashamed in his heart, but he really needed Sun Kewang's help, so he could only hold back the anger in his heart.

Wang Yan saw that Zhu Cihong's face was not good-looking, so he hurriedly relieved the siege and said, "Your Majesty, let's introduce the situation to Zhou Jun!" ”

Zhu Cihong took the opportunity to withdraw his hand, bowed his head 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 thieves came to Shaoguan, they attacked Yueyu and were blocked by the Ming soldiers. Now the Wei thieves saw that the Ming reinforcements were coming, and they suffered heavy losses in the attack, and they knew that they could not break the pass, so they retreated to the village. ”

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, and walked over to see the location of the Wei army's camp, which was about fifty miles away from Guancheng, and the camp was built along the mountain, which seemed to be a hard village.

"What does Gao Yihuan mean?" Sun Kewang couldn't help but ask: "The Wei army has hundreds of thousands of horses, attacking and not attacking, retreating and not retreating, what does it mean to waste grain and grass here?" ”

The strategic goal of the Wei army was to capture Guangdong, and there were only two ways to advance and retreat, and it was impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to stay in the Nanling Mountains to dry up.

Zhu Cihong actually realized that something was wrong, the Wei army came from afar, and the army's food was transported through the Nanling Mountains, which was no less difficult than Zhuge Liang's north out of Qishan.

Now that the Wei army has stopped attacking and is not withdrawing, it is too abnormal to defend itself, as if it is waiting for the coalition army to attack.

The coalition army is completely okay, retreat and not go out, strengthen the defensive line, and wait for the Wei army to retreat when the food is exhausted.

Zhu Cihong had a calm face, "The thief's behavior is indeed abnormal, he must have other plans, but now the news is unknown, and I can't judge it yet." ”

Sun Kewang nodded slightly, "Gao Yihuan has always been cunning, he retreated and set up camp, he must hold something, and he needs to send scouts to find out the intentions of the Wei army as soon as possible." Saying that, Sun Kewang suddenly looked at Zhu Cihong and said in a deep voice: "The current situation can be said to be cold. Although this was a crisis for the Ming Kingdom, if the Ming army was defeated, the Great Zhou would also be exposed to the Wei army, so I focused on the overall situation and led 200,000 troops to reinforce. ”

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

Sun Kewang glanced at him and continued: "Now Gao Yihuan's 300,000 army is outside Shaoguan, and although the coalition army also has 300,000, after all, the two families will inevitably remain unchanged when fighting. ”

Zhu Cihong groaned: "What does Emperor Zhou mean? ”

Sun Kewang said: "What I mean is that this battle is very important, and it must be commanded in a unified manner during the battle, and I hope that the army of the Ming Dynasty can listen to my deployment and order a door to defeat the Wei army." ”

"Absolutely not!" Zhu Cihong endured it for a long time, and finally broke out, how could the army of the Ming Dynasty be handed over to Sun Kewang to command.

Zhu Cihong immediately vetoed it, making the tent silent for a while, and Sun Kewang's face sank, "The most taboo on the battlefield is that the command is unknown." Do you want 200,000 Great Zhou soldiers to accept your command? ”

In the big tent, the atmosphere became tense, and Wang Yan hurriedly said: "This matter can be discussed again, the enemy is current, and the two families can't hurt the harmony." ”

Sun Kewang brushed his sleeves and said: "The matter of command, I can't be sure, how to fight with Gao Yihuan." ”

After speaking, he took the general of Da Zhou and went out of the tent, leaving Zhu Cihong's face pale.

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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 has a lot of troops, and Nan Ming has asked him for help and will not give an inch, Zhu Cihong is worried that Sun Kewang will take the opportunity to annex the Ming army, and at the same time, he can't get over his face and refuses to give in.

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

"The military situation is urgent, and it must be reported to Your Majesty immediately." The cavalry rolled over and dismounted, shouting loudly.

The camp gate was opened, and the cavalry held the military newspaper and trotted all the way to the big tent.

In the tent, Zhu Cihong was discussing with his subordinates, and the soldier knelt on one knee, "Your Majesty, Guangzhou is urgent." ”

"Guangzhou?" Zhu Cihong's heart froze, Wang Yan hurriedly took the military report and submitted it, he opened it and looked at it a few times, and his face suddenly looked ugly.

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

Zhu Cihong sighed and walked to the sand table, "As expected, the high thief really has another means, the thief Zhao Daxian stormed Zhangquan, the Wei thief seized Quanzhou, and the soldiers threatened Guangdong. ”

The officials of the Ming Dynasty in the tent all showed panic, the Wei thieves came from Fujian, and the troops in Guangzhou were empty, and I was afraid that there would be a danger of being outflanked by the Wei thieves.

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

Wang Yan's face also sank, "The imperial army gathered in Shaoguan, if you don't come back, Zhao Daxian will definitely capture Guangzhou all the way, and then the army will be attacked by the enemy, and there will be a danger of annihilation." If it is to come back to help, the 300,000 thieves will definitely take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the army will also fail. ”

Zhu Cihong paced back and forth, and suddenly stood in the middle of the big tent, his face hideous, "Since this is the case, then the only one to go out of the customs and fight to the death with the high thief." ”

"Will Sun Kewang agree to fight?" Wang Yan said melancholy.

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

Wang Yan bowed slightly, and said, "Then the minister will go to see Sun Kewang." ”

(End of chapter)