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13. Quick-fix period

It turned out that in the cauldron, there were soup bubbles as big as fish eyes, and the floating on them were all frogs holding small taros and bamboo shoots...

Cantonese people eat whatever they have, especially when they love seafood, crabs, fish, clams, and turtles, and frogs cannot escape their claws.

The so-called "selling wicks" means boiling water in a large pot, then putting small taro or bamboo shoots, then sprinkling perilla, throwing the frog in for a while, covering it with the cover, and uncovering it, all the frogs were ripe, holding taro and bamboo shoots, staring at them, so they were nicknamed "selling wicks".

But when Gao Yue saw the appearance of this dish, he couldn't help feeling extremely nauseous and said that he had discomfort in his stomach and could no longer eat it.

Du You said: "I'm afraid that Duke Wei was suffering from the cold air when he ate the red crab. The perilla and frog can best dissipate the middle air, and they can eat while it is hot, so they can be harmonious with the two."

"No, no," Gao Yue refused, saying that it would be better to just drink.

After the meal, Gao Yue saw that Ming Huaiyi was full, he took out two balls from his sleeve, one snow-white and the other red, stuffed them into his mouth, and ate them happily, so he scolded him and said, "Chi'er, you have eaten enough, why do you still have to take sugar pills? Don't you know that this sugar is the most likely to make people obese?"

Ming Huaiyi patted his chest and said to Gao Yue, "Dad. Since taking these sugar pills, I feel like I have two stomachs. One eats more than enough food, but the other one can still get these sugar pills."

Gao Yue could only shake his head in response to this, and let Ming Huaiyi go.

Then facing Gao Yue, Du You was a little nervous and asked: The court gave me a two-year deadline...

Gao Yue immediately comforted Du You and said that Du Gong’s strengths are in governing politics and academics (not fighting wars). I came this time to tell the world that Lingnan’s experience still works. In dealing with Huang Shaoqing’s rebellion, Lingnan intercepted evil and seizures and sea salt, and I, Huaiyang, intercepted salt profits, and military expenditure was abundant.

Du You understood and took the manuscript from the desk and showed it to Gao Yue.

When Gao Yue saw that the title was "The World Can Be Again in Feudalism", he hurriedly suppressed Du You's wrist and persuaded that the book must not be leaked.

"Wei Gong Anxin, the letter of the book was immediately sent to Chang'an Street Market for the name of the person."

Gao Yue nodded and said to Du You that this is just a test. If the words of opposition are too strong, you cannot go against public opinion.

"So it's just a test?" Du You thought it was a natural thing.

As long as my book can be recognized and supported by the government and the public, then by the way, Lingnan and... also become feudal. Of course, we will still support loyalty to the Daming Palace in Chang'an.

Regarding this, Gao Yue's idea was: "There is no delay in innovation now. We must have the courage to test it. Don't be afraid of whether it is right or wrong. If it is right, you must persist. If it is wrong, correct it in time. Du Gong's feudal theory is the same. If it can be supported, it can be implemented. If it is not available... don't let yourself be the target of public criticism." Then Gao Yue changed his tone, "As long as Pingman succeeds this time, everything is easy to discuss."

Du You's thoughts turned to military affairs.

In the main hall, Du You asked the military officers to hang a huge brocade picture to invite Yi Gao Yue to make military deployment.

In front of Gao Yue, the prefectures and counties on Lingnan West Road were distributed in a huge cross shape.

Guiguan Jingluofu (Guilin) ​​is on the north side of the cross-shaped;

Yongguan Jingluofu (Nanning) is in the center of the cross shape;

Rongguan Jingluofu (now Rongxian County, Guangxi) is on the east side of the cross;

The Traffic Management and Legal Office, also known as the Annan Protectorate (now northern Vietnam), is located in the south of the cross;

As for the Xiyuanzhou where Huangdong Barbarians were entrenched and in chaos, it was naturally on the west side of the cross (now Baise).

Rongguan is exactly the boundary between the west road and the Lingnan Guangzhou, so most of Du You's army is stationed here, namely Rongguan, Tengzhou and Wuzhou. According to Du You, Huangdong barbarian rebels, with sharp troops, have successively captured Gui, and Yong's two ten states, and are now occupying Yulinzhou. In addition, Huang Shaodu's rebels advanced north along the Guiguan River and approached Hunan.

"There are mountains on Qianzhong Road, and mountains on the north and south of the ridges. This Gui pipe is sandwiched between them, just a corridor, and there are waterways. Since the Gui pipe has been lost, the three states of Shao, Yong and Dao under the Hunan Observation Commander are the top priority. If these three states are lost again, the thieves can set up rafts along the Xiang River north, cross Hengshan, and reach Tanzhou directly. If Tanzhou is lost, they can enter Dongting, Eyue, Jiangling, and Xiangyang."

In fact, what Gao Yue said was the marching route of this plane after Huang Chao entered Guangzhou in the late Tang Dynasty and then entered the Central Plains - but Huang Chao did not conquer Xiangyang, so he went east to the Jianghuai area. Finally, using the Jianghuai as a springboard, he defeated Luoyang in turn and captured Chang'an. Emperor Xizong of Tang fled to Western Shu in panic.

"So my strategy is to first stop Huangdongman from taking advantage of this road to attack the north in Shao, Yong and Dao; then Duke Du continued to defend the Rongguan line and prevented Huang Shaoqing and Huang Shaogong from advancing east; while I personally led Wuyi Army, Zhenhai Army and Baishui Army, and unexpectedly walked to Lianzhou and Qinzhou."

Du You looked at the brocade picture.

These Lianzhou and Qinzhou are just across Leizhou and Yazhou (now Hainan), and are located between Rong, Yong and Annan.

"Annan, Xiyuan's Lili and his colleagues cooperated with each other and supported each other. I can land on the sea by sea. I can only use Hepu (now Beibu Gulf), and can go straight to Annan Prefecture or Yongguan Jingliu Prefecture to cut off the rear route of the Huangdong Manheng Gathering Place in Yulinzhou and cut off their backs. This initiative is in our hands. This is a stroke of divine origin."

Gao Yue was very proud.

This move was a replica of the "Incheon Landing" at the end of the 8th century AD.

Gao Yue also believed that it would take no time to go on a boat in Guangzhou at most ten days later, cross the cliff and land on the strait between thunder.

Because the entire Lingnan region, from Chaozhou to Xiyuan on the east road, is located two thousand miles away, and is full of miasma raging areas. Gao Yue knew that the miasma that makes people feel scared is actually not poisonous fog, but malaria caused by mosquito bites.

If you want to deal with malaria, there is a long-term solution, which is to log wood, burn grass, clean waterways, choose cool sea breezes, and build cities. There are currently several large prefectures and counties in Lingnan, and this is the overall idea;

In addition, there are also temporary solutions, such as carrying herbs such as Bupleurum, Huangcen, Codonopsis, etc., and then camping in high mountains to avoid mosquitoes, which can cure the symptoms but not the root cause.

After all the calculations, the most appropriate way is to take advantage of the season to fight quickly and attack the thief's nest.

From late autumn to winter, the miasma in Lingnan was calmed down because mosquitoes were dead at this moment.

From March to summer to summer, it is commonly known as "mias rise", which means that when the weather is hot, mosquitoes are everywhere in the mountains. At that time, the army is prone to malaria and turbulence, and the waters are not suitable for the land. At least four or five of the dead are likely to go away.

Before, Du You and Huang Dongman faced a head-on battle, but they won many battles, but in the summer, the soldiers suffered a lot of epidemics, their combat effectiveness was sharply reduced, and their losses were heavy. Now they can only stick to the escort.

Gao Yue was determined to seize it. Now it is the precious period of four or five months in the spring of the next year, "quick battle and quick decision"!
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