Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Such a huge herd of mules and horses ensured the marching speed of the Fushan Army. Under the premise that the horses were fully supplemented with fine materials and cared for carefully, the convoy composed of war horses and draft horses could carry military supplies to the greatest extent and ensure the marching efficiency of the army.

At the time of departure, there were [-] carts accompanying them, a small half were vehicles from the Che Pao Battalion, carrying limited food, and more than half were carriages from the Auxiliary Brigade, carrying a large amount of food.

Because it is necessary to ensure that the food base is stable at more than [-] shi, the armor of the soldiers this time can only be carried by a part of the horses and horses.

Under the condition of consuming [-] shi of grain and a large amount of meat every day, the entire supply battalion helped the soldiers carry supplies for about [-] days with the battalion. This achievement was considered a miracle at the time.

Come along the way, consume a little and replenish a little. After doing intelligence work in advance, food work has become the most urgent task at a higher level than combat planning. [

During the two years from the 12th to 13th years of Chongzhen, there were severe droughts all over the country, and even Suzhou Prefecture had locust plagues, which shows how severe the drought was at that time.

In Henan, especially Nanyang and other prefectures, it has reached the stage of digging grass roots and eating tree bark.

The less grain there is, the more grain merchants hoard it, and the rich also store grain and dare not sell it.When we arrived near Kaifeng, the price of one stone of grain had reached ten taels of silver, twenty times that of Laizhou.

"Please come in, both of you, please go to the big tent to talk."

Zhang Shouren was very polite to these two people, after all, their names and abilities were there.

No single force can dominate the world, and any force will constantly absorb talents from other forces in the process of its rise. This is Zhang Shouren's plan, to constantly absorb talents.

This is true even for a notorious person like Huang Shu in later generations. He is indeed not a purely good person, but Zhang Shouren believes that the more such a person is, the easier it is to use. People like Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, although pure in character, are Confucian scholars and good people in the traditional sense, but can such people be used by him?

I'm afraid it will be difficult.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it really proved the saying that what kind of superiors have what kind of subordinates. The famous Jinyiwei envoy Luo Yangxing was an out-and-out treacherous minister under the hands of Chongzhen. He did all kinds of evil. During the Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty Working in Tianjin, comforting the environment and calming the people, daring to speak out to the superiors, just like a follower.

Of course, it's still too early to talk about wooing, Zhang Shouren is at the same level as the two, while Chen Yongfu and Huang Shu, in order to show respect, are two positions behind.

What they saw along the way made the people who came out of Kaifeng Fucheng even more astonished.

There are a lot of large vehicles in the battalion, they are arranged according to the position, and the layers are clear. Once there are police, the vehicle formation will be like a fortified city, which can help the defenders to resist.

The arrangement of the tents is also well-organized, with a wide road in the middle to facilitate the mobilization of parts.

The place to eat is to use a large cart as a pot. Chen Yongfu understood it at a glance. This saves the trouble of digging the stove. The fire is raised under the car body, facing the pot. Once the fire is not used, the pot can be carried And oil, salt, firewood, etc., you can cook when you stop, which is very convenient and quick.

The pot seemed to be boiling broth, and the soldiers in line could be seen laughing and chatting casually while waiting for the soup to be made.The soup was oily, and there were large slices of meat in it. The aroma of the meat wafted from his nostrils. Chen Yongfu could hear the soldiers around him swallowing hard. Even if they deliberately kept their eyes open, they couldn't be fooled by their greedy appearance.

There has been a severe drought in Henan for more than a year, and the life of the rich is as usual, while the middle class and the common people are miserable. Of course, Chen Yongfu's pro-army cannot be hungry, but it is also impossible to eat meat often, and the food is ten taels a load No, it's not the dignitaries and rich gentry, who can eat meat!

But these Fushan soldiers in front of them don't take the meat seriously, they are laughing and holding lunch boxes with handles, sitting together in groups, serving soup in one hand, and two steamed buns in the other, and some are still with green onions, just like that. Eat it like a big one.

All of Chen Yongfu's relatives were angry when they saw it. When the Ming army went out to fight, they ate rice dumplings that were boiled and then dried. , Barely satisfying hunger, poor food is nothing, and intermittent things often happen, so it is very difficult.

The soldiers in front of them have given the soldiers of Henan Town the illusion that they are the emperor's pro-army, otherwise, how could they be treated so well! [

"This time, Zhenglu is going south to Xiangyang, passing through Kaifeng?"

After taking his seat, Huang Shu couldn't wait to ask.

"Yes," Zhang Shouren nodded with a smile, and replied, "Just passing by, camping here for a day, please ask the governor to provide food and grass along the way, the more the better."

This way, the prefectures and counties in Henan were too difficult, and the supply was very limited, so the food gap was already several thousand shi, and the surplus food was not enough to feed the whole camp for [-] days. This amount of supplies was a bit dangerous. The memory of the army is still fresh, and it means that Kaifeng has sufficient food, so they would rather make a detour than stop here to replenish supplies.

"The officer knows!"

Next, Huang Shu began to ask for some details, in case he went back to Huicheng to report to his superiors.

In such an occasion, Chen Yongfu had nothing to do, he simply sidled with General Fushan and inquired about Fushan's equipment and marching details.

When he found out that the Fushan Camp had only been mobilized for one month, and had crossed the Huitong River, the Yellow River and other major rivers from Shandong, and arrived in Kaifeng all the way, this very traditional Ming general stared wide-eyed, with his hands on his knees, showing a Unbelievable appearance came out.

After sitting for about half an hour, the two civilian and military generals of Kaifeng City got up to say goodbye, and saluted again. Chen Yongfu wanted to bow on his knees again. Let's give a military salute, besides, General Chen and I are both vice commanders, so why bother to be so polite!"

His modesty made Chen Yongfu feel very comfortable, even if he was a military general, he certainly didn't want to be dressed in armor, bow down to others at every turn, and act like a clown.

"The request for conscripting captives was also written in Henan by the supervisor and assistant minister Yang Gebu. I don't think it's a big problem. Once the officials go back, I will ask the governor to make a decision."

Huang Shu bowed his bow to say goodbye, and his demeanor was more respectful than when he entered the camp.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shouren was somewhat wary.

Scholars like Wu Changshi and Zhang Pu were nothing to worry about, and their delusion to use scholars to interfere with the military was actually too self-confident and nothing to worry about.But members of the Donglin Party like Huang Shu are worthy of vigilance. Interacting with such people is like playing with a snake in the palm of your hand, and you need to be more careful.

"My lord, let's go to Kaifeng for a walk."

"Yes, I heard that Kaifeng is much more prosperous than Jinan in Shandong. Let's go and broaden our horizons."

"Anyway, if you stay in the camp for a day, you just need to keep people on duty. Give us a day off."

"Sun Liangdong, are you seducing wine bugs?" Zhang Shouren scolded first, and seeing that the generals were honest, he smiled and said, "Kaifeng will not offend Yang Sichang. Before tonight, we will wait here to replenish food and grass. After a while The echo has come, I will take you into the city."

"Yes!" All the generals lined up to the left and right, majestic and majestic!

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"Master Huidu, our Denglai Town Army entered Henan on September [-]th, and the estimated time of arrival in Kaifeng is early October, around the second or fourth day, and the error should not exceed one day." [

Not long after Zhang Shouren led his army to station in Kaifeng, his messenger, the small cavalry school from last time, also arrived in Xiangyang at about the same time, and saw Yang Sichang again.

"So... so fast..."

Yang Sichang was still very proud of his speed. He left Beijing on the fourth day of September and arrived in Xiangyang at the end of September. Within a day, gather civil and military forces, first not to arrange a strategy, but to meet with the generals to establish prestige.

He came here at such a rapid speed, with sufficient food and salary, and his status was as high as the assistant minister of the temple, so it was natural that orders and prohibitions were enforced, and everything went smoothly.

But before the assembled generals and the governors of Xunyang and Huguang arrived, it was Zhang Shouren's Fushan military envoy who came again.

Hearing that Zhang Shouren had arrived in Kaifeng, and counting the time of his departure, Yang Sichang had already fallen into a state of slight petrification.

"Our army has sufficient food and salaries, and there is no difficulty in supplying along the way. Therefore, the marching speed is extremely fast, with an average of more than 04 miles per day. Every ten miles of marching, take off the packs on your body and sit on the ground, rest for a quarter of an hour. It takes half an hour for lunch and rest every day. At one hour, starting at the quarter of a hour in the morning, which is 30:06 o'clock in Taixi, setting up camp at 30:07 in the evening, having dinner on time at 30:[-], and resting in the camp before [-]:[-]."

"How is your food?"

"There is a kitchen cart, and steamed buns, pancakes, noodles, and rice are served in rotation every day, and there is meat every meal, but they eat bacon or bacon, bacon, not fresh meat."

"……No wonder!"

"So how did you sleep?"

"Eleven people, that is, a Shichang sleeps in a tent, and the Shichang sleeps at the door. Every person is sent out to take part in the duty post. After the camp is established, the Shichang leads people to cook and arranges people to receive hot water. The rule is that feet must be scalded before going to bed. Otherwise, I am afraid of corns and blisters, which will affect the march."

"Is anyone left behind?"

"Returning to the Governor, so far, only a dozen people have caught a cold and have a fever, and one has an intestinal carbuncle. The few who are seriously ill will be resettled in place after treatment, and will be led back to Fushan slowly after they recover."

"Uh, uh!" Yang Sichang stared wide-eyed, brushing his beard and was speechless for a while, the rest of the staff who were listening on the side also opened their mouths wide, saliva dripping down non-stop.

If it wasn't for Zhang Shouren's great reputation, if it wasn't for the obvious marching speed, these staff members would have yelled and told someone to beat this audacious bastard who went to the Supervisor Baihu Hall to talk about cross talk with a random stick.