The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 408 In Baishan County
In fact, from the moment Fang Sheng and the others set off, they have been under the surveillance of the Ming army.

The sky is high and the land is wide, it is too easy to hide a few people. These spies closely monitor Fang Sheng and his party.

The horse was galloping, and half an hour later, the first scout who brought back the information rode his horse into Baishan County.

Soldiers on horseback can be seen everywhere in the county, and Zhu Jinzhang has stored all his main forces here.

He has nearly [-] troops under his command, of which [-] cavalry were gathered by him in Baishan County.

Of the remaining [-] cavalry, some were responsible for escorting food and grass, and the other part were stationed in the city, and had to maintain law and order along the way.

Especially the second one is the most headache for Zhu Jinzhang.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the most important thing for the common people is to fill their stomachs.

However, the Liaoping Mansion was short of food. Except for the soldiers who could barely eat enough, the ordinary people were almost hungry.

No matter how close Zhu Jinzhang is to the people, no matter how hard he exaggerates the suffering of the Yongwang Mansion in the south, no matter how big a cake he paints for the people...it is still difficult to solve the fact that the people are hungry.

So things like theft and robbery happened from time to time in the city, forcing Zhu Jinzhang to severely suppress them every time.

And this is on the condition that he did not search and rescue the people on a large scale, otherwise the population under his rule would be larger, and the problems exposed would be even greater.

In fact, if there were no threats from the south, this year would be Zhu Jinzhang's respite. Through careful organization of spring plowing, he could gradually improve the food shortage situation.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yanxun didn't give him a chance.

To be honest, Zhu Jinzhang has achieved the pinnacle of a mortal, but it is a pity that he met Zhao Yanxun who was cheating.

In the Baishan County Government Office, Zhu Jinzhang and Zhang Ziming were discussing countermeasures.

A battle of this level is naturally led by Zhu Jinzhang himself.

"Yong's army is stationed around Tianma Castle, blocking the road leading to Yuanyang, Ziming... what you said to take the initiative to attack will not work at all!" Zhu Jinzhang said with worry.

Zhang Ziming's expression was serious, and he couldn't think of any good solution at the moment.

Not only did Zhang Ziming have nothing to do, but Wu Pingxuan, who was regarded as a think tank, also remained silent at the moment.

At this moment, the outside reported that Ma Lai reported.

"Bring him in!" Zhu Jinzhang said immediately.

After a while, the scout who reported the message was brought into the lobby.

There was no time for etiquette, so Zhu Jinzhang immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"My lord, the Yong army from the south is coming to the county!"

"Did they come all the way, or did they come all three ways?"

"The little one saw only one road, the 700 people at the front!"

"How do you know that he is going to Baishan? If they are going to Xingyuan, it is not impossible!"

"My lord, they are taking the official road to Baishan!"

"Are they going fast?" Zhu Jinzhang asked again.

"Maybe at noon, we can reach Zhangjiapo..." The scout expressed his guess.

The so-called Zhangjiapo is a village about twenty miles away from Baishan County.

"Continue to investigate..."

"Yes!"

After the scout retreated, the hall fell into silence again.

Finally, it was Zhang Ziming who broke the silence and said: "Your Highness, we can't just wait, the Yong army will besiege the city any longer!"

"Baishan County is such a big city, can he surround it?" Wu Pingxuan asked back.

"As long as the city gate is blocked, we won't be able to get out!"

"Besieging the city is not the same as besieging the city. There is not much food in the city, and they can easily trap us to death!"

Zhu Jinzhang nodded, and then asked, "What about after leaving the city?"

"Harassment... We are cavalry, we must use our strengths!"

"If they want to attack the city, we will keep harassing them. Even if we can't fight, we can escape outside the city!" Zhang Ziming said solemnly.

"My lord, I will report back to you when you visit the horse..."

"Bring him in!"

Ever since, Zhu Jinzhang received the news that Wang Cheng and Gao Zheng'an were going north.

"All the army of Prince Yong's Mansion was dispatched, and they all rushed to the county seat. Which Prince Yong is quite courageous!" Wu Pingxuan couldn't help but speak.

But Zhu Jinzhang said: "It's normal to be brave if you have soldiers and food!"

If he has this condition, he is more courageous than Zhao Yanxun, after all, he is the one who dares to raise the flag to rebel without opening the door.

"Your Highness, we can't delay any longer... We must leave the city as soon as possible!"

Zhang Ziming just finished speaking, only to hear Wu Pingxuan add: "If you really want to go out of the city, the army should bring more food, eat and sleep on horseback, this city doesn't matter!"

Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, internal competition is unavoidable, and only when the most critical time is swept away, can the two sides abandon their previous suspicions.

"The city is still needed. There are still two hundred people transporting food in the city. Let them guard the city and set up more flags to confuse the enemy!"

The main force left and handed over the city to two hundred ordinary people. In Zhang Ziming's view, it was the choice to maximize the benefits.

There is no doubt that those who stay to defend the city will undoubtedly die.

This also corresponds to the old saying, kindness does not command soldiers.

Naturally, Zhu Jinzhang also had such tolerance, and after thinking about it for a while, he heard him say, "Just do it like this!"

I only heard Zhang Ziming continue to say: "Your Highness, after leaving the city, we will divide into two groups, one can support each other, and the other can confuse the enemy!"

Zhu Jinzhang didn't rush to answer, after he thought carefully, he said: "Just do as you said, the whole army is divided into two teams, and the king and Zhu Xiao'an will be in charge respectively!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ziming felt disappointed, but he didn't show it on face.

Zhu Xiao'an is a member of Zhu Jinzhang's clan, and it is undoubtedly a blow to Zhang Ziming to assign the soldiers to him at this time.

In King Ming's faction, he has made a lot of contributions in the past half a year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one general, but now he does not even have the opportunity to lead troops.

It seems that Zhu Jinzhang also felt that what he did was too meaningless, so he went on to say: "After all, Xiaoyong is young, Ziming, you are experienced, if you want...you can help him!"

These words, on the one hand, are to arrange things for Zhang Ziming, so that his talent will not be wasted.

On the other hand, it is to test, from Zhang Ziming's next reaction, to test whether he is dissatisfied.

Zhang Ziming understood these principles in his heart.

But he still opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, I would rather lead a group of people to attack Yongjun's grain road by detour!"

Although Zhang Ziming's answer disappointed Zhu Jinzhang, he still asked, "How to make a detour?"

"Detour from Tiejiangshan...surprise attack on Tianma Castle!"

Iron River Mountain is not a single mountain, but a large mountain on the west side of Tianma Castle, which has become the boundary mountain separating Liaoping and Tianjin Mansion.

Marching in the mountains, the road is rough and difficult, not to mention there are wandering zombies in the mountains.

"We are all cavalry, should we change to infantry to climb the mountain?" Zhu Jinzhang asked.

Zhang Ziming replied: "You can ride a horse to the foot of the mountain first, and then walk across the mountain!"

"Your Highness, even if there is a narrow chance of death, as long as there is a slight chance of success, it is worth a try!"

"Once their food and grass are destroyed, the Yong army will be defeated by itself, and at least it will give us a delay of one or two months!"

Zhang Ziming said the last sentence very conservatively.

He knew very well that burning food and grass would not damage Yongwangfu, at most it would only delay the opponent's attack.

Zhu Jinzhang was caught in the balance, and finally he asked: "How many people do you want?"

"Since it's a surprise attack, don't have too many people, a hundred is enough!"

Zhu Jinzhang can still approve the 100-man force.

So he solemnly said: "Okay, I will give you 100 people!"

(End of this chapter)