Chongzhen Undergraduates

Now that Wu Sangui has new news, the Ming army must of course make new adjustments.

Li Dingguo turned around and went back to clean up his situation. His mission in Luoyang was over, and his next step was to go south to fight Wu Sangui's army face to face.

Chapter 555: The layout determines success or failure in the details

Zhu Cihong was wearing a coarse cloth blouse, with a dark face and somewhat rough and dry skin, whoever looked at him looked like a farm boy, at most he had studied in a private school for a few days with a slightly refined appearance.

Along with a group of young adults, he pushed a cart full of hay, yelling, and busily piled it into huge haystacks.

Zhu Cihong brought a group of ordinary people friends he made in Xinyang, and he spoke fluent Henan dialect, so naturally he did not arouse others' suspicion.

There is a salt storehouse in the horse farm, and some coarse salt is stored in the salt storehouse all year round, which is specially prepared for horses.Since the Ming Dynasty put the salt industry under state control, the common people ate more refined salt. After several years of continuous improvement, coarse salt has completely withdrawn from the common people's table.

But in previous years, some coarse salt was left over. This stuff can neither be eaten by humans nor used in chemical factories, and it can only be fed to livestock.

Zhu Cilang opened the salt bin, and in front of him were rows of coarse salt in sacks.

Pulling out the knife and separating the sack, Zhu Cihong carefully tasted it with the tip of his tongue, the taste was slightly bitter.He took out two small paper packets from his pocket, mixed the two identical powders together, and stuck a little bit with his little finger, which was more bitter than the coarse salt in the sack.

"Li Erniu, it's not good to mix two kinds of refined salt, the taste is too bitter and the color is too white." Zhu Cihong said in a low voice.

"Then just mix it with coarse salt." A stout and dark boy said.

"You are a stupid cow. Coarse salt itself is bitter, so if you add bitter salt, why don't you eat it?" Another middle-aged man who looked a bit capable scolded.

"What if the entire racecourse only has coarse salt but no refined salt?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"It's unreasonable. Everyone has been used to eating refined salt in the past few years. I'm afraid they are not used to coarse salt." Li Erniu said.

"It's nothing inappropriate. Wu Sangui's army doesn't know the specific situation of the racecourse, so we said that the racecourse has always been supplied with coarse salt. I don't believe they will not eat it at that time." Zhu Cihong said: "Mix coarse salt and bitter salt together. , mix it well and put it back into the sack.”

"Leave a few bags for us to eat, I don't want to have to..." Li Erniu blushed a little while talking, and everyone secretly laughed at him.

"Don't laugh at me, you will know the power of coarse salt when you eat it." Li Erniu stared as if he was covering up a very embarrassing scandal.

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Ma Bao's road exploration went smoothly, and he didn't meet many people along the way.But the strange thing is that the fields along the way are full of green grass, which doesn't look like a deserted place at all.

Ma Bao didn't hide this matter at all, and sent someone to report to Wu Sangui truthfully.Wu Sangui, who followed closely behind, saw everything in his eyes. Hearing that Ma Bao's report was detailed and consistent with what he saw, Wu Sangui's doubts about Ma Bao's final intention finally disappeared.

"Did the main force of the Ming army find us?" Wu Sangui asked Liu Guozhu who was accompanying the army.

"It should have been discovered. Our army reported back. Huguang's army stopped in Ruyang, as if waiting for new orders; the two armies of Jianghuai just passed Kaifeng. These two armies are far away from us. It will take at least five to eight days to come here," Fang Guangzhang said.

"Well, I got it. The soldiers have been exhausted for the past few days. I want to spend a day in Qinyang to reward the soldiers." Wu Sangui sang loudly while speaking.In fact, he doubted Fang Guangzhang's words, so he wanted to stop in Qinyang for a day, and he didn't dare to go to Xinyang rashly.

Staying in Qinyang, Zhou Jun will definitely face a food and grass crisis.From the beginning of Wuguan, Zhou Jun can carry limited food and grass.Even if it can still be supported at this time, Wu Sangui definitely doesn't want to touch these reserves.

Wu Sangui's method of verifying Fang Guangzhang was also very strange, he just wanted to grab food in Qinyang.

I am afraid that this method is not easy for ordinary people who set up a situation to think of.Wu Sangui guessed that if the Ming army wanted to use infantry to defeat his iron cavalry, the only way was to cut off food and grass.

And the difficulty of besieging a pure cavalry army on the Great Plains is really unimaginable.

Wu Sangui believes that if Fang Guangzhang is a traitor, then the Queshan Racecourse must be a scam, and there must be no food and grass there.So he simply replenished the grain and grass in Qinyang. This was Wu Sangui's smartest and safest strategy.

"Wang Fuchen, how about sending you to the surrounding villages to collect military rations?" Wu Sangui showed a smile that was not a smile.

Wang Fuchen's heart froze, this was a suspicious plan, if Wang Fuchen had any behavior of the opposite sex, he would definitely not work hard to collect food in Qinyang.

Such methods are very common in the emperor's mind. The higher the position, the harder it is to do things.Wu Sangui was very open-minded to all his subordinates or generals before he proclaimed himself emperor, at least he looked like a gentleman on face.

But ever since Wu Sangui proclaimed himself emperor, it seemed that everyone was spying on his throne.After everyone gets used to it, they will naturally learn a set of ways of doing things for officials.

Without saying a word, Wang Fuchen took his two thousand elite soldiers and galloped out of the camp on horseback.

The so-called Zhou Jun's food collection is complete nonsense.Zhou Jun himself is emphasizing how he can treat some small villages in Daming Fudi kindly if he only feeds on his younger brother.

"General, let the brothers have a good time and have a good time?" A soldier captain saw a village crowded with people from a distance, which seemed to arouse the animal nature in him even more.

"The grain and refined salt are left behind, and I just pretend I didn't see the rest." Wang Fuchen didn't even blink his eyes. The task Wu Sangui gave was grain and grass, and he didn't mention anything else.

"Thank you, General, for your kindness." The captain of the personal army smiled obscenely.

From the first village, the screams have never stopped.Wang Fuchen's subordinates were not good people at all, and Wang Fuchen himself had a deep understanding of Wu Sangui's intentions.

Countless people fell in a pool of blood, and countless women were raped and killed.This kind of tragedy, which has not been seen in several years, once again revived on the land of the Central Plains.

"God, if only we didn't come out of the mountains." An old man in his 70s and [-]s was still complaining about the emperor Zhu Youjian at the last moment when he closed his eyes. Originally, he just wanted to escape the persecution of the war.

"General Qi, a lot of grain was robbed, but very little salt. I asked the locals carefully, and they said that after the Ming Dynasty's official salt salt camp, the quality was good and the price was fair, and no one in the folks stockpiled grain privately." Wang Fuchen's relatives The squad leader had loose hair and his clothes were torn to pieces. It was obvious that some of his "movements" were too violent.

This did not affect his mission, because his tattered clothes were covered with bright red blood, and this guy must have killed the woman after he raped her.

"Find a few people to report to the emperor truthfully, and don't hide a single word." Wang Fuchen felt that his task had been completed, and he didn't have to worry about the matter of salt.

After receiving the news, Wu Sangui dispelled his doubts about Wang Fuchen, and he had already replenished the food.Wu Sangui thought in his heart, even if the Ming army was a trick or a trap in Queshan, he is not afraid now.

Chapter 556: Magnesium Sulfate Poison Overwhelms Zhou Jun

"Report to the emperor, the forward Ma Zongbing has come to report: He has seized the Queshan horse farm, and has obtained [-] horses, and countless grain and grass."

Just when Wu Sangui was determined to enter Xinyang, another great news hit him on the head.

"Okay! God help me. This is God's will. More than 1 war horses will definitely boost our army's combat power. My [-] heavenly army has no worries about the logistics."

Wu Sangui was overjoyed. If his 1 cavalry had [-] more animal power to solve the logistics, he was fully confident that the war would go all the way to the city of Nanjing.

Just imagine if after the Zhou army captured Nanjing, what strength would Zhu Youjian, who had just recovered the mess in the north, use to compete with Wu Sangui?

Wu Sangui had already dreamed in his dream that he really completely controlled the world and was shouted long live by the people.

"But Zongbing Ma said that there is no refined salt in the racecourse, only crude salt for feeding the horses." The return of the horse inspection did not arouse anyone's suspicion.

There is a difference between refined salt and coarse salt for rich people, but not so much for those who are in the army.War itself is a matter of life and death, who would care about the quality of salt, it is good to have something to eat.

The reason why Wu Sangui also had doubts about Wang Fuchen's failure to recruit salt was that he put the way of salt on the Queshan Racecourse.As for the rough salt problem reported by the racecourse, Wu Sangui thought it was a normal situation.How can the salt fed to livestock be the same as the salt eaten by humans?

At this moment, most of Wu Sangui's doubts about Fang Guangzhang disappeared, and only a trace of doubts about Wang Fuchen remained.On the contrary, Wu Sangui regards Ma Bao as a confidant and loves him and is ready to reuse him.

Since Zhou Jun had received a large amount of horse supplies, he would naturally not continue to stay in Qinyang, so Wu Sangui ordered the whole army to bypass Xinyang and go straight to Queshan.With one or two days of repairs at the Queshan Racecourse, we can break through the Dabie Mountains with all our strength, and Wuchang is just around the corner.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Wu Sangui's guard of honor from a distance, the luxury far surpassed Zhu Youjian's ostentation, if a vain person saw it, he would definitely think that Wu Sangui was more like an emperor.

"Don't look at it for too long, it will attract attention." Zhu Cihong pulled Li Erniu past him. After all, this country guy had never seen the world, and he was actually frightened by Wu Sangui's battle.

"They won't really arrest us and kill us, will they?" A young man asked tremblingly, a little timidly.