Waiting is the most harsh. Zhu Gaoxu was waiting for the result in the rear, but he was even more anxious than going on the battle in person. In addition, Chen Dachui brought back news that the situation had changed, and the battle became foggy, which made Zhu Gaoxu unable to rest assured.

On the Fuyi Water, a team of boatmen were shouting and pulling the boat hard. The leader sang "Yoho..." in a long voice, and the group of people exhaled in unison with "Hey" and exhaled vigorously.

Zhu Gaoxu stood on the river bank, watching the sand boats on the river surface, moving slowly in the shallow water nearby. After a while, he raised his sight and looked at the sky in the north again.

However, it is impossible to see the situation on the front line here; only the cold north wind in winter blew on his face, and he felt his cheeks numb.

...As early as late September, Zhu Gaoxu brought 80,000 surrendered troops and 70,800 cavalry of the Han Wang Army from the north. However, in early October, when the war on Zishui was about to begin, he mobilized his troops to march westward and arrived at the Fuyi River Basin.

During this period, Zhu Gaoxu did something other than combat. The first was to push the supply line northward.

The property and military supplies mobilized from the four provinces were first transported to Guilin Prefecture City for distribution; the grain and fodder recruited from various parts of Guangxi were also transported to Guilin Prefecture first. Then shipped from the Li River, Lingqu, Xiangjiang River to Yongzhou Prefecture area.

The Han Wangjun built several warehouse transfer points along the road.

Originally, Yongzhou Fucheng was the largest military supplies and food distribution center in the north; but because the navy of the official army continued to harass the fleet from the Xiangjiang River, Zhu Gaoxu changed and redeployed the food route in September.

He ordered the expansion of warehouses on the banks of Dayang River (Zishui River) on the west side of Yongzhou Prefecture City and the south side of Dong'an County, and set up the Dayang River Water Stronghold; and moved the distribution center to the north west to reduce the losses caused by the harassment of the official navy.

Military supplies were transported to the north and land to the Fuyi River warehouse, and then transported from the Fuyi River to the north by ship and transferred to the military camps.

In addition to Qu Neng's army, the Han Wang army had deployed more than 200,000 troops in Huguang! Because most of the journey of military supplies was water transportation, the Han Wang Mansion barely maintained the situation; but if it was consumed for a long time, this transportation line would also become fragile.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also rectified the surrendered troops of Wu Gao's army.

He invited Wu Gao out, showed up in the army from time to time, and treated Wu Gao with courtesy to calm the morale of the army. Then he adjusted the 80,000 military generals at all levels one after another.

The military generals Zhu Gaoxu attached the most were not generals such as the commander of the guards, but the generals of the hundred households! He believed that the hundred households were the basic unit of the army in the war, and the loyalty and ability of its commanders would greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army in invisible places.

He appointed more than 800 generals from a hundred households. First, he appointed all the more than 300 guards and cavalrymen who followed him to the surrendered soldiers as hundred households; and then selected four or five hundred from the lower-level generals of Sichuan and Yunnan military.

The most reliable generals in the Han Wang army were from Yunnan and Sichuan, because these people had fought with Zhu Gaoxu a few years ago.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu also ordered civil officials such as Hou Hai, Pei Youzhen to register the descendants of the surrendered army. More than half of them were not from Guangxi military personnel, but from the Jingying camp and local garrisons. Except for the people from the Jingying camp, these people will be mixed into the Han Wang army.

Military households from Guangxi will maintain the basic 100-household team system and appoint some Guangxi military generals as deputy...

At this time, everything has been arranged almost immediately.

But in the past two days, Zhu Gaoxu has been thinking too much and his mood is not very stable.

When Zhu Gaoxu thought of Qu Nengjun, he felt a little scared. The Northern Army was crossing the south from Chenxi County where the government army was looking around. In addition to Qu Neng's ability, they must have some luck!

Zhu Gaoxu used to warn himself that it would be better to win if he didn't bet; but things in the world are often difficult not to bet.

After Chen Dachui arrived at Zhu Gaoxu's army, Zhu Gaoxu became a little more worried and felt that he could never land.

...However, Zhu Gaoxu speculated that Zhang Fu's mentality might be even worse!

As early as the Battle of Annan Kingdom, Zhu Gaoxu discovered that Zhang Fu was a little greedy for merit; perhaps this weakness caused Zhang Fu to be unstable at a critical moment, which affected his calmness.

He Fu's deployment gave Zhang Fu hope; at that moment, Zhang Fu must have been not calm enough and had a little impulse to make a decision... Otherwise, if Zhang Fu was calm enough at that time, he would have realized that He Fu's deployment had a greater risk.

Later, Zhang Fu realized it later and seemed to have figured out the joints. That's why Zhang Fu changed his military order and Chen Dachui fled back!

But if the official army fails to reverse the defeat in this battle, it will be difficult for Zhang Fu to adjust his mindset and restore his normal mind.

As a brother who has been in a state of bad gambling for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu has rich experience in this mentality. At that time, Zhang Fu was like a millionaire and suddenly lost 200,000. The mentality of most gamblers was: they must make money back with the capital and the benefits!

There are too many such people, including Zhu Gaoxu, who was not spared before; he had never seen any gambler who could simply put down the "two hundred thousand" he lost that night.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu's confidence in the battle in Huguang increased a little more: because Zhang Fu may go further and further on the road of losing calmness... The key is that Zhang Fu will lose "200,000", which is He Fujun's 100,000 troops!

Zhu Gaoxu was waiting in panic, looking forward to the moment when the dice was revealed...

That afternoon, a horse ran to the river on the other side of Fuyishui. He seemed to see Zhu Gaoxu's big banner and was shouting anxiously. After a while, a grain boat leaned towards the other side.

The knight took a boat to cross the Fuyi River, came to the east bank, and ran straight towards the central army.

Zhu Gaoxu also slapped his horse and approached the man. Soon after, he heard the knight shouting: "Prince, Governor Sheng's report!"

"Come on." Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

He held the war horse, got the letter of paint seal, tore it open the envelope, and took out the paper to read it.

Sheng Yong had ordered the entire army to withdraw. The main force of the Han Wang Army had a total of 200,000 people, and had already begun to cross the south to Zishui this morning. Before this battle, Zhang Fu was suspected to have arrived at He Fu's army in time and completely changed He Fu's combat arrangements; Sheng Yong failed to completely defeat the enemy.

The latter page roughly describes the results of the battle. More than 30,000 enemy troops were captured, and He Fu's casualties, the enemy's losses were about 40,000.

After watching it, Zhu Gaoxu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Gaoxu was not happy about not being able to achieve the expected results in this battle, but after hearing the confirmed news, his heart finally let go.

He handed Sheng Yong's report to the general around him, and snorted, "The result is not bad."

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Chapter completed!