Chongzhen Undergraduates

The good horses of the ancient dudes are the same as the good cars of the rich people in later generations.

A group of strong horses, carrying Fei Duoduo, walked panting in the middle of the team.Duduo had to change the sweaty horses in his crotch every two miles to avoid overdrawing the horsepower.Fortunately, Hou Jin had enough horses, and Guang Duoduo was equipped with five horses alone.

And they are also the five most luxurious war horses.

Chapter 175: Huainan City Labor Force

When Duoduo led the team from Haozhou to Fengyang, Zhu Youjian followed the former army and had already advanced to Huainan.

Although it is said that Hezhou is relatively close to Fengyang, it is still more than 200 miles away.The troops of Ming Dynasty all marched with their feet. An army of 20 people only traveled about fifty miles a day, and then they had to set up camp.

A team of 500 people can easily run one hundred miles a day; a team of 5000 people can march seventy miles, or even eighty or ninety miles a day; a team of more than 10 people can march fifty miles a day at most.

The larger the number of troops, the slower the marching speed.Many troops of the Ming Dynasty marched at a speed of thirty to forty miles a day.

"Report! The Duoduo tribe departed from Haozhou at this hour, and the destination is Fengyang."

At noon, Zhu Youjian was resting in a small village south of Huainan, and the messenger was reporting the latest military situation.

This year's first cicada had already stopped on the treetop and made harsh calls. Zhu Youjian took the battle report, frowning and thinking.

"You're right, Duoduo really came to Fengyang." After reading the battle report and handing it to Zuo Maodi, Zhu Youjian started to have a headache.

"It's too late! From Haozhou to Fengyang, along the Wohe River, there is almost no city that can stop it. The whole journey is [-] miles, and they can march [-] miles a day, and they can reach it in three days at most.

It will take two days for the front army of our army to feel Fengyang, and the rear army has just set off from Hezhou today. How can we catch up? "

Zuo Maodi also shook his head, very anxious, walking back and forth behind Zhu Youjian.

"What I'm worried about now is whether we can fight. Duoduo brought more than [-] people!

There were 5 Tartar soldiers, [-] Mongolian soldiers, and the rest were Han troops.Among them, Kong Youde's Tianyou Army is the main force, with [-] people.This is not counting the troops who surrendered along the way, at least [-].

Although our army is said to have 25 troops, there are actually only [-] main troops. The defenders in Fengyang are supply troops, and the other [-] are young and strong civilians who have just surrendered.

The number of soldiers is basically the same. Houjin is still full of elite soldiers and veterans, while our army is full of recruits and ruffian soldiers who have not yet been reformed;

How to fight this battle? "

Zuo Maodi lost his temper. Under such conditions, he, the chief of the general staff, could not think of a way to solve it.

"If you can't fight, you have to fight. If the line of Fengyang falls, from Fengyang to Chuzhou, there will be wind and rain along the way. At that time, Houjin's soldiers will go straight to the city of Nanjing. We can only consume Duoduo here. Bite him hard and make Duoduo unable to attack Nanjing. Even if he wipes out the Hezhou Army, he will not hesitate."

This battle cannot be avoided at all.Houjin can attack Shandong first, and then go south step by step; it can also attack Xuzhou from the middle, attack Yangzhou along Huai'an, and then occupy the canal, so that it can go straight to the south of the Yangtze River;

"Report! Master Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War, has brought people to Fengyang. This is a report from the Ministry of War." Another messenger ran from the opposite side.

Zhu Youjian came to see the results and laughed loudly: "Shi Kefa really deserves to be the firefighting captain! We have hope this time."

Zuo Maodi was suspicious, even if Shi Kefa was awesome, he could still conjure up heavenly soldiers and generals.He didn't believe it, so he walked up to Zhu Youjian and took a look.

"It's just that you brought supplies from the craftsman camp, and it's not that you brought a hundred thousand soldiers. Why is the emperor so happy?"

"Secret! Hey, you'll know when you get to Fengyang. Order the whole army to speed up, even if you run to your death, you have to reach Fengyang before Duoduo. Oral Wang Xingjian, the magistrate of Huainan, (ps: Wang Xingjian served in Chongqing in the 17th year of Chongzhen Prefect, martyrdom. In order to reduce fictional characters, this book uses the real historical names of the time as much as possible.) Along the way, the whole city people are organized to go out of the city to work on the official road. If a soldier is starved, I will remove all officials in Huainan."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he quickly flew on the horse, lashed the horse's butt with a whip, and flew out like an arrow.

Zuo Maodi looked back and saw that all the soldiers on the official road had started to run, the bugle had already sounded, and a yellow dust belt rose into the air along the official road.

On the official road along the road, multiple signal soldiers kept relaying orders backwards, and the bugles sounded continuously backwards from the beginning, and the troops slowly accelerated.

In addition, Wang Xingjian, the magistrate of Huainan, only knew that the soldiers passing by were led by the emperor himself after receiving the oral order.He didn't dare to delay, he quickly summoned all the people in the government office, and quickly went to the street to organize the people.

"Your Majesty, the passing army didn't come to Huainan, why did we suddenly ask us to pay for the army?" Huainan's garrison commander Zhao Xi (ps: this person is also the leader of the army who followed Wang Xingjian to defend against the enemy Zhang Xianzhong in Chongqing.) asked. .

"Do you know who gave the order from above? Let me tell you, it was from the emperor. It was an imperial decree. The emperor gave a strict order to labor. How many heads do you have to chop off? Hurry up."

Chances are, Wang Xingjian urged Zhao Xi with a roar, and ran out while yelling. When Zhao Xi finished listening to the order, Wang Xingjian had already run more than ten steps away.

It was almost dark, and a fire dragon, led by Wang Xingjian, rushed up the official road outside the city, and there were all kinds of ox carts and small carts in an endless stream.

From a long distance, Wang Xingjian saw a scene he had never seen in his life.

An even bigger fire dragon seemed to be running from a distant horizon to another horizon, and a huge bend in the middle showed the width of the fire dragon, which fully covered the entire official road.

On the ground is the huge fire dragon, the sky is full of stars, the bright moon hangs in the sky, and bursts of green smoke slowly rush to the sky.

"Who's here? Stop quickly." Before Wang Xingjian approached, he was blocked a mile away.

"Wang Xingjian, the magistrate of Huainan, may I ask if the emperor's Beijing camp is passing by?" Wang Xingjian was completely frightened by the battle. With so many soldiers, he secretly calculated in his mind that the silver taels he had brought were probably not enough.

"What Beijing camp? It's the Hezhou Army passing by."

"This is a wish from the people of Huainan. Please accept it, General. I invite you, General Huang, to come out. I have brought some grain and meat. I have come here specially to work in the army." As he spoke, Wang Xingjian handed over a piece of silver to the other party. superior.

"It turned out that they came to work in the army. You take back the money, and the military order has been issued: no one will be charged a penny for anyone who comes to work in the army. However, you are responsible for the meals of the passing soldiers. From now until the army is over, heat up." Water and hot rice can’t be stopped. Did Mr. Wang understand it?”

Wang Xingjian was startled, what does this mean?Do you think there is too little money?But given the size of the team in front of them, they couldn't afford to dig Huainan City by three feet.

"General, if you are more accommodating, please meet with General Huang before discussing it!"

In the past, when the troops of the Ming Dynasty crossed the border, they always picked up the local skins. Wang Xingjian did not see this kind of thing uncommonly.If they are not given, many leading generals will directly send troops to rob, so that as long as there is an army passing by, the city gates will be closed tightly and they dare not open it easily.

"What about General Huang? I'm Ji Biao, the emperor's personal bodyguard. I'm following the emperor's order to contact you here. The order has been clearly stated. Master Wang, hurry up and take care of it."

"Ah! The emperor's personal bodyguard?" Wang Xingjian couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear in surprise. How could he expect that today would be full of surprises. A small magistrate would not only receive the emperor's oral order directly, but also meet the emperor's bodyguard.

"What a god, hurry up and organize people to set up pots and cook food." Ji Biao urged Wang Xingjian, and seeing that he finally understood, he rode to Fengyang.

To think that they don't need money and only need food, this completely overturned Wang Xingjian's cognition.

Of course, he didn't dare to neglect, and quickly organized people to set up stoves on both sides of the official road.

"Hurry up! Go back to the city quickly and let all the squires bring out all the grain at home." Wang Xingjian grabbed Zhao Xi and ordered quickly.

"My lord, this is not easy to handle. Will those stingy riches be willing?"

"Go back and tell them, if someone doesn't get the food this time, don't blame me and turn against him when I go back tonight. I got the emperor's order today, and the holy family is strong. If you still want to stay in Huainan, let him go." Evacuate the granary at home."

Wang Xingjian didn't care about anything, and said viciously in front of a large group of gentry behind him.

The squires are not stupid, they have already listened to what the magistrate said to the little general just now.

This time the prefect lost his temper again, who would dare to feel uncomfortable in the face of it.One by one hurried back to the city.

Before midnight, the whole of Huainan became an empty city. All the active people went to both sides of the official road, and the entire ten miles were full of stoves, a busy and lively scene.

Chapter 176: Declaring War on Backward Gold