Bring the whole war back to Nanming

Chapter 49 The Dark Clouds in the North

After lunch, Shi Kefa and his party left early, but Fang Xiaobai did not go to see him off. There is no need to befriend a dying person.

Three days later, from the refugees fleeing in the north, Fang Xiaobai learned that the Tartars had completely defeated the Dashun regime, occupied the entire Shanxi Province, and shifted their military focus to the south. Shandong and Henan went south to start the battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

Xuzhou's bloody battle and Suizhou's sacrificing of the city caused panic among the Nanming court. Emperor Hongguang handed over the power to Shi Kefa and ordered him to take full charge of the Jiangbei war.

Altdorf, Fang Xiaobai Castle, all the senior officials, whether they had something to do or not, from far and near, all gathered in the living room, the atmosphere was heavy.

Sitting in the first place, Fang Xiaobai was holding a quill pen in his hand, and high-quality paper was placed in front of him, with some simplified sentences written scattered on it.

"Lei Ze, you are in charge of recruiting soldiers. Tell me how many young men have joined the militia now."

Tapping his fingers on the table, Fang Xiaobai asked about his readiness for war.

Lei Ze stood up and picked up the prepared report on the table: "After a month of recruitment, the militia in the city has expanded to 5000 people. Due to the lack of weapons and equipment, most of the soldiers in the militia are still using pitchforks, hoes, sledges, etc. Farm tool training, the effect is not good, plus the city lord's 3000 veterans who have seen blood, the militia has a total of 8000 people, and the overall combat effectiveness has not formed, and at least two months of training are needed."

Fang Xiaobai nodded to Lei Ze, motioning him to sit down.Lou Zhangyou, who was sitting next to Lei Ze, got up after him in order, wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses, looking at the small print on the paper, and said word by word: "In order to perform the duties of Xinglin, the old man and his like-minded friends should welcome Lei Ze." General Ze called to set up the Altdorf clinic and stretcher team in the city to prepare for the upcoming war, and the old man has finished his report."

Taking off his reading glasses, Lou Zhangyou bowed slightly to Fang Xiaobai, leaned on the handle of the chair, and sat down tremblingly.

The rest of the people spoke one by one, and most of them were almost ready to go to war at any time.

The topic turned back to Fang Xiaobai, he had already drank half a cup of tea, and seeing everyone looking at him, he cleared his throat.

"Let me say a few words. The enemy we are facing this time is different from Nanming, who has low combat power. The enemy's mobility, strength, and combat effectiveness are comparable to our army. Let me tell you the truth. There are five thousand imperial swordsmen in the regular army. Three thousand imperial pikemen, six hundred Avalon sisters, let me tell you clearly, in a short period of time, I can triple this number!"

The people in the living room gasped, tripled, plus the original [-] people, the number was [-]!

In the audience, only the Eternal Queen Alarielle was very calm, and everyone else was whispering and discussing.

Fang Xiaobai smiled complacently. This situation reminded him of watching an episode of the domestic anti-Japanese masterpiece "Bright Sword" when he was a child: After the fall of Ping'an County, Kong Jie and Ding Wei asked Li Yunlong for debts, and asked Li Yunlong how much money he had. When fighting soldiers and horses, Li Yunlong aggressively replied eight thousand!Stop Kong Jie and Ding Wei on the spot.

"Everyone, don't be too busy discussing. I haven't finished my words yet. According to my inference, there are [-] Tatars going south this time. There are many soldiers and a large number of soldiers. They are equipped with a certain amount of artillery. They pose a great threat to us and we should not be taken lightly. "

As soon as the word "artillery" came out, the whole place was in an uproar. Although Altdorf's current military strength was good, it was in abnormal development: close combat soldiers accounted for three-quarters of the total number, and long-range combat effectiveness was low. Even with the elf lady supporting the scene, But it's a drop in the bucket.

"I decided to draw some militiamen with good archery skills from the militia regiment to supplement the regular army and strengthen the long-range output capability. You, Lei Ze, are responsible for this matter."

"No problem, Fang!"

After taking a sip of tea, Fang Xiaobai paused, and continued: "In terms of logistics, old man Lin and Xue Rou, I will leave it to you two. Don't worry about weapons and equipment. The dwarf rune blacksmith Sam and hundreds of craftsmen are already on the way." The blacksmith workshop is open, and hundreds of armor weapons are freshly baked every day, and in less than a month, every soldier will have excellent dwarf armor."

"You are right, friend of the dwarves, and it would be nice to have some wine by the boiler."

Sam is short, with half of his head sticking out on the table, a bushy beard well groomed, and a greedy gleam in his eyes.

Fang Xiaobai raised his forehead, the dwarf is good at everything, generous, enthusiastic, and reasonable. The few shortcomings are his love of good wine and greed for money, whether it is the fruit wine in Fang Xiaobai's room or the bad buckwheat wine in the tavern in the city, Sam He tasted everything with his good friend the dwarf patriarch.

He tried to persuade him, but Sam pushed him back: If there was no wine in the world, what would be the meaning of life?

There is no way, the road of life is one's own, let him go, just make the armor well.

After chatting with everyone about the details for a while, Fang Xiaobai announced the end of the meeting.Lei Ze, Alaryli, Lou Zhangyou and others returned to their residences respectively. Fang Xiaobai was left in the living room of the castle, with his right hand propping his cheek, his eyes squinting at the ceiling, thoughtful.

Suddenly, Boris went back and forth, with a hurried look on his face. As soon as he entered the living room, Xiaobai shouted: "My lord, Shi Kefa has sent someone for help!"

what happened?Fang Xiaobai recovered from his contemplation, and looked at Boris suspiciously: "What did you say?"

"My lord, Shi Kefa sent someone for help!"

"Oh, I see, what! Shi Kefa asked for help? You heard it right!"

Hearing what Boris said clearly, Fang Xiaobai didn't quite believe it.

"My lord, it's absolutely true. The messenger is outside the door. Do you want to let him in?"

"No, I'll go out and see for myself."

Under the leadership of Boris, Fang Xiaobai walked out of the living room and came to the courtyard of the castle. A middle-aged man dressed as a Ming Dynasty sergeant stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at the surrounding environment.

"You are the envoy sent by Mr. Shi." Fang Xiaobai asked.

"Exactly, now Suizhou in the north of the Yangtze River has surrendered to the enemy, Xuzhou has fallen, and the Tartar soldiers are pointing directly at Yangzhou Prefecture. I am entrusted by the Shige Department to come here and implore the General to support Yangzhou!"

The situation did not change as Fang Xiaobai expected, Shi Kefa did not listen to his one-sided words, Jiangbei was still occupied, and Yangzhou became the last barrier of the Hongguang court against the Tartars.

"I don't know how Master Shi is preparing for the battle?" Fang Xiaobai didn't agree immediately, he had to be responsible to himself and his brothers.

The envoy was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Fang Xiaobai to ask such a question, don't general generals first ask about military pay, rewards and food supplies?

Fortunately, he reacted in time, and replied respectfully: "My lord, this subordinate can't answer this question, and I will know as soon as my lord goes."

It’s a good one to know as soon as you go, won’t you be caught in a trick, detain me there, and then command my army to fight the Tartars to death?
Fang Xiaobai lifted the messenger's collar, pulled it towards him, and said viciously: "Do you think I'm an idiot or a fool? You'll know as soon as you go, look at my face! Do I look like a fool?"

Boris and the guards around him heard Fang Xiaobai's roar, drew their weapons, and surrounded him.

"My lord! If there is a mistake in Yangzhou, Gaoyou will not be spared! Don't you understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?"

　Guess if the protagonist will go to Yangzhou?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)