At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 156: The Ming army’s food route does not need to be cut off, their own people will come.

July passed by suddenly, and on the seventh day of August, the beginning of autumn has arrived.

"Your Majesty, the Qing army of the Dorni tribe has entered Changde and is preparing to enter Guizhou after the autumn tiger passes."

"According to news from Yunnan, Li Dingguo has already sent out troops under the false banner of Jieyue, and an army of 20 is heading for Guizhou."

Zhang Hu respectfully handed over the information.

After hearing this, Sun Kewang took the information and sighed.

Li Dingguo is now sending troops to Guizhou. The constant autumn rain will seriously affect the speed of the troops.

The Ming army will not arrive at Annanwei in the Beipanjiang area until September, which is the place where Sun Guozhu passed by when he moved in last year.

Then...then there is nothing more, just wait for the collapse of Beipanjiang.

"Even if the chieftains are in chaos, Li Dingguo will still be unable to defend the Beipanjiang defense line with the help of those evil spirits in the Yongli court?" Sun Kewang murmured to himself.

In the Battle of Beipanjiang, both the northern and southern Ming armies were defeated by the chieftain.

Bai Wenxuan on the North Road and Li Chengjue on the South Road were not weaker than Wu Sangui and Zhao Butai.

Bai Wenxuan had more than 4 people, and they received reinforcements during the war.

Li Chengjue on the southern front, thanks to his success in capturing Zhang Sheng, was promoted and had more than 1 troops.

It's just that the Ming army's combat power has declined seriously and their morale is low. They are no match for the Qing armies in the north and south.

Of course, if there is no chieftain to lead the way, and the northern and southern Ming armies defend Qixingguan and Beipanjiang, the Qing army will still be unable to do anything to them in the short term.

But in the most critical center, more than [-] Qing troops including Doni, Luo Keduo, Hong Chengchou, and Luo Tuo faced off against the main force of the Nanming side.

The main force of the Southern Ming Dynasty fortified itself layer by layer along Xiangshui Bridge, Jigongbei and Guanling.

Then at this critical moment, the Yongli court allowed the main force of the Ming army to run out of food and collapse on their own.

Li Dingguo became the second Sun Chuanting. He was hungry at the doorstep after leaving the base area.

Lord Sun really has no idea about this issue.

These people have food but don't even know how to transport it. Li Dingguo insists on using them. Who can do anything about it?
Originally, when Liu Wenxiu was in Guizhou, he took over the Sixth Administrative Department of Sun Guozhu and straightened out the affairs of Guizhou.

But now, Liu Wenxiu is dead, and the Sixth Administrative Department followed Sun Guozhu to Nanning.

There are no people of sufficient weight who can help Li Dingguo preside over major rear affairs.

"Master, are you worried that Li Dingguo will not be able to hold the Beipanjiang defense line and Yunnan will fall?" Zhang Hu asked confused.

"Exactly."

Zhang Hu said suspiciously: "My lord, Li Dingguo has a lot of troops. Even if he cannot recapture Guizhou, relying on natural dangers such as Qixingguan, Guanling, Beipanjiang and other natural dangers, a 20-strong army can still be enough to defend Yunnan!"

Sun Kewang said slowly: "It seems incredible now. You don't think so, Li Dingguo doesn't think so, Yongli doesn't think so, and even the Tatars don't think so, but I feel more and more that the Beipanjiang Defense Line It is very possible to lose it.”

Historically, the Qing army did not actually have much confidence in conquering Yunnan. When the news of the collapse of the Beipanjiang River reached Kunming, the entire Yongli court was immediately confused.

But for Sun Kewang, who knew the reason for the collapse of the Ming army, Li Dingguo's problem lay at the root, and the root problem had not been solved. Even if Sun Kewang helped him solve the problem of chieftain leading the way, the chance that he could hold on to the Beipanjiang battle was still slim.

"I wonder what your Majesty has to say?" Zhang Hu listened attentively.

"Zhang Hu, do you know about the Battle of Shiyuan?"

"My lord, is this the Battle of Shiyuan between Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng?"

"Exactly!" Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, when King Chuang's soldiers surrounded Kaifeng, Chongzhen had no one to use, so we had to take Sun Chuanting out of the imperial prison and let him lead the troops to destroy King Chuang."

"Under the pressure of Chongzhen, Sun Keting had to lead the Shaanxi-Gansu Qin army to march eastward. However, as soon as he left Tongguan, there was a problem with his food route. The soldiers had to loot everywhere, and in the end they ate persimmons and soil to satisfy their hunger."

"Now 15 years have passed, I think Li Dingguo is just the second Sun Chuanting."

"With the imperial court's organizational capabilities, even if there is food in Yunnan, they will not be able to transport it to Guizhou!"

With the organizational capabilities of the Ming Dynasty, if we concentrated a large army and carried out long-term large-scale battles, there would never be a problem with the food supply!
The world only knows that when Sun Chuanting left Tongguan for the second time, he was defeated by Li Zicheng who cut off the grain road.

But what I didn't know was that when Li Zicheng cut off his food route, Sun Chuanting's rear had not been supplied with food for a long time, and the Ming army had been without food for many days.

Hong Chengchou in Songjin also suffered a loss here. Although Bijia Mountain was lost, there was not much food in Bijia Mountain at all.

In the Ming army's camp, there was only a few days' worth of food and grass.

If it weren't for this, Song Jin wouldn't be so confused.

During the five large-scale sieges of Li Zicheng by the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming army ran out of food four times.

The only major siege that did not run out of food was because Wang Qiaonian practiced Feng Shui and was extremely confident. He did not bring infantry and artillery, but directly sent cavalry. In just two or three days, the Ming army had not finished all the food and grass they carried. , before the force from the rear could be exerted, he immediately burped.

Whenever the Ming army engages in long-distance, large-corps operations, their food routes do not need to be cut off by the enemy. Under the tradition of tightening the front and keeping the rear tight, the Ming army can cut off its own food routes on its own.

Therefore, the war in Beipanjiang can be imagined. With the organizational capabilities of the Yongli court and the logistics work of the 20-strong army, problems will inevitably arise over time.

"My Lord, my subordinates believe that this is not the case." Zhang Hu said in surprise: "With Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi in Yunnan, grain and grass should not be transported to Guizhou! After all, Beipanjiang is not far from Kunming?"

"It is indeed not that far for the Guhe Tatars, but for the Yongli court." Sun Kewang sneered.

"It's even harder!"

Beipanjiang is hundreds of miles away from Kunming, and its distance is no closer than Tongguan to Jiaxian or Ningyuan to Jinzhou.

This distance was nothing to the Qing court and Sun Kewang who were able to organize an army expedition of thousands of miles and counterattack with the grain of Yunnan in three directions.

You know, six years ago, grain from Yunnan had to be transported to the Beipanjiang area before entering Guiyang.

Then they are sent to Sichuan, Guangxi, and Hunan thousands of miles away.

The three thousand-mile grain road, which is mainly land route, is real.

The journey from Kunming to Beipanjiang is just the beginning of Xiying's logistics.

It's just that the organizational strength of the Yongli court cannot be compared with that of the Qing court and the six administrative ministries.

This grain road of several hundred miles was enough to kill the Yongli court.

"Master of the country..." Zhang Hu was still a little in disbelief.

"Zhang Hu, if Liu Wenxiu was behind the scenes to coordinate affairs, maybe the situation would not be like this. It's just that Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi alone cannot suppress the demons and monsters in the court."

Sun Kewang said slowly: "Don't think that it is easy to have no shortage of clothes, plenty of pay, and continuous food. If the court could do this, even if King Chuang and the late kings rebelled, they would have been wiped out long ago, and the Tatars would not It may be rampant in Liaodong and then enter the customs."

"It's already August, and the autumn harvest is about to begin. If we want to expel the Tatars, the key lies not in Kunming but in Nanning. Our 20 soldiers and horses in the Western Camp seem to be strong, but in fact they no longer pose a threat to the Tatars."

"And the 10,000+ army that is about to be successfully organized in Guangdong and Guangxi is the foundation for restoring the world!" "The king said that if you want to expel the Tartars, it depends on us." Zhang Hu nodded.

"The autumn harvest will be next month, let's just watch." Sun Kewang spoke slowly.

In August, after more than half a month of marching, the Ming army braved the rainy weather along the road and finally arrived at the former battlefield - Qujing.

Qujing, Jiaoshui.

Bai Wenxuan looked at the gray sky with a heavy heart.

"It's been raining for days, but the weather is not bright!"

A long sigh sounded, at this most critical moment, since the troops were sent out in July.

It rains constantly and the roads are muddy.

The 20 Ming army had to march twenty to thirty miles a day. Even now, they have just arrived in Qujing and have not yet left Yunnan.

There is still a long distance from Qujing to Guiyang. At the current speed, Bai Wenxuan doesn't know how long it will take.

"Commander, our army's food reserves have been exhausted a long time ago, and the food and grass delivered from Kunming were often delayed. Now we have arrived in Qujing, the first batch of military food has finally arrived, and the soldiers can finally have enough to eat."

"It's just..." Bai Wenxuan's trusted general Zhang Guoyong hesitated to speak.

"Just what?" Bai Wenxuan frowned.

"Commander, the army has already been like this before it leaves Yunnan. If it leaves Yunnan, wouldn't the transportation of grain and grass be even worse?" Zhang Guoyong said worriedly.

Bai Wenxuan clenched his fists.

"What do the civil and military officials of the imperial court do for food? At such a critical moment, there are such problems with the transportation of military rations!"

"Commander, it's not just that. The military rations transported from the rear are more or less mixed with lime and sand. The soldiers are very dissatisfied after eating them. If they don't improve, the morale of the soldiers will be unstable!" Zhao Desheng also said.

Bai Wenxuan's eyes widened when he heard this.

"It really is!"

"Commander, this is the military rations that were shipped yesterday. Look at the condition."

Zhao Desheng waved his hand, and a soldier carried the cut rations and placed them in front of Bai Wenxuan.

Bai Wenxuan grabbed a handful and looked at it carefully.

But of the handful of grain in his hand, only about [-]% was grain, and the remaining [-]% was made up of chaff, lime, and sand.

"Can this food be eaten?" Bai Wenxuan was furious and threw the food in his hand.

How did Bai Wenxuan know that our Ming Dynasty only mixed [-]% of sand and lime, which was unprecedented.

During the Songjin War, the Ming army's grain and grass captured by the Qing army were all rancid and unsmelling, and the Qing army could not eat them at all.

Even in later generations, during the Huaihai War, even the food transported by air was mixed with sand and soil in strict accordance with the rules. There was no difference or fraud.

If only Bai Wenxuan had seen the scene when Huang Baitao, Huang Wei, and Du Luming looked at the plane eagerly, then held the sand in their hands, watched the plane leave with grief and anger, looked up to the sky, screamed, and cursed.

He would definitely feel better.

"Commander, this matter must be reported to the King of Jin and dealt with as soon as possible. Otherwise, during the war with the Tatars, if the soldiers are allowed to eat this kind of food, something big will happen!"

"Get ready, I'm going to see King Jin right now!"

Bai Wenxuan didn't hesitate at all and immediately went to see Li Dingguo.

"I handed over all the affairs of the government to the Dukes of Kunming. Now my army is marching to the front line, preparing to kill the enemy. The Dukes of Kunming actually did such a thing in Kunming!" Li Dingguo was furious.

"I want to report to the emperor in person to investigate this matter thoroughly. We must not let some scoundrels harm the country's plans!"

"Prince Jin, it's not just about food and grass. There are problems with the army's ordnance, tents, and clothing. Now the items used by the soldiers are defective. Even the most important horses and mules have lost a lot of weight." Qi Sansheng said solemnly.

"What!" Li Dingguo was stunned.

The Ming army had been inactive in Yunnan for several months, and Li Dingguo had not personally handled military affairs for several months. He had thought that as soon as the army started moving, all kinds of problems would be exposed.

"The enemy is at present. The front line is under pressure, but the rear is under pressure! Send a message to Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi. They are the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household. If there is another problem with the materials shipped from the rear, I will report to the emperor and punish him. They are nine tribes!”

"Yes!" The generals bowed their hands.

Li Dingguo was breathing heavily and was so angry that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Prince Jin, although Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi occupy the positions of Sikong and Situ, they are still alone and unable to coordinate the government affairs if they want to straighten it out." Bai Wenxuan said.

Hearing this, Li Dingguo stirred up trouble in his heart. Last year, Liu Wenxiu and his Shu vassal came to help him.

In addition, Li Liu only had [-] to [-] troops, so when Sun Kewang set out to attack, the army's logistics were not flawless.

But now, Li Dingguo has great power, but there are no other brothers who can help him.

Now that the state of affairs is like this, Li Dingguo can't help but secretly regret it.

If Liu Wenxiu is still there, use his ability to assist him.

How could such a thing happen to a large army?
"Wenxuan, if you have any ideas, just tell me."

"Prince Jin." Bai Wenxuan raised his hand and said, "There are many treacherous ministers in the imperial court. The general requested to lead three thousand elite soldiers back to Kunming to supervise the provision of food and fodder for the army."

"Whoever dares to line his own pockets, pass off inferior goods, and delay national affairs, I will kill him with my sword!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Prince Jin, what a great idea! With the status and ability of Prince Gongchang, he will surely be able to intimidate Chao Xiaoxiao from causing trouble in the rear!" Gao Wengui said.

Li Dinggu's eyes lit up when he heard this. He also knew the character and abilities of Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi.

Wang Yinglong was an old man in the Great Western Army, and Gong Yi was a civil servant whom Sun Kewang valued.

Sun Kewang left the two of them in Yunnan originally to maintain Yunnan's government affairs.

It's just that now there is one emperor and one courtier. Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi have not changed, but the whole environment has changed.

When the leader above me and the subordinates under me have changed.

There are many things, what can Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi do?
But having said that, if Bai Wen can choose this prince and return to Kunming with three thousand elite soldiers to support Wang Yinglong and Gong Yi, then many things will inevitably go wrong.

Just asking Bai Wenxuan to leave the army and take charge of the government affairs in the rear made Li Dingguo feel very uneasy.

(End of this chapter)