Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"It's not from the staff, but from General Zhenglu."

"Him?" Fang Kongzhao's views on Zhang Shouren came from his fellow party members in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, the result is self-evident. Hearing that it was Zhang Shouren's idea, he immediately sneered and said, "Big words are hot, pointing fingers thousands of miles away. What's the benefit?"

Although Yang Sichang was very displeased with Kong Zhao's playing big cards and pretending to be a veteran, but for the sake of the overall situation, he calmly explained to him: "The troops of the conscripts are flying like flying. They have already entered Henan in early October, and they arrived in Kaifeng at the beginning of October. You can arrive in Xunyang a month ago, and Zhenglu himself can go to Xiangyang. Therefore, the headquarters thinks the plan is feasible."

"It's nonsense," Fang Kongzhao said disdainfully: "Kaifeng's speed, it must be his vanguard came along the river by boat, what's the use of advancing lightly? Absolutely unbelievable."

The fact that Zhang Shouren led his troops to travel as fast as the Shenxing Taibao has actually spread all over the world. There have been news of him leading his troops on the road in various newspapers. In Beijing and Jiangnan, including Huguang of course, everyone was amazed. Zhang Shouren's flying speed... This kind of marching speed can indeed scare many people, especially after Wang Shi's marching speed has generally dropped to the level of ten miles a day, the speed of sixty or seventy miles a day is enough to scare many people people. [

Many people may not have a very intuitive impression of the elite division, but at least one thing can be guaranteed. Only an army with strict military discipline, strong support, and abundant physical fitness can march quickly over long distances. Otherwise, this possibility does not exist. of.

Fang Kongzhao did not disbelieve Zhang Shouren at all, but after discussing with his staff, he still felt that an army of nearly [-] people insisted on marching at a speed of more than [-] miles a day for a month. Pure cavalry units are impossible.

Contrary to ordinary people’s imagination, horses are an effective booster in long-distance marches of more than a thousand miles, for example, they can carry objects, pull carts, and be ridden by soldiers, but at the same time, war horses and draft horses are also burdens for long-distance marches. Because during a long-distance march of more than one month, the horse will lose weight severely, then become thin, weak, and eventually fall to death.

Sometimes different climatic conditions may cause a large number of deaths of war horses.

When Napoleon attacked Russia, a large number of war horses owned by the French cavalry died in large numbers due to poor care, and the number of dead horses was more than [-].

Even if the horses of the Ming army are mainly Mongolian horses that can endure hardship and adapt to the environment, it is very difficult to take care of them.

That is to say, Zhang Shouren's troops not only have to march at high speed, but also spend a lot of energy every day to take care of the horses, even if they are accompanied by only a few thousand horses... Below this number, it is impossible to carry too much rations, let alone march quickly.

That's why Fang Kongzhao didn't believe that Zhang Shouren led the army to come at the current speed when he was killed. He would rather believe that it was a forward force with hundreds of family members, at most a thousand family members.

Such a small number of people coming to Huguang will not affect the overall situation. Fang Kongzhao still firmly believes that the war depends on the more than 1 Xunyang soldiers he belongs to, and Zuo Liangyu goes hand in hand. Soldiers block the road to Sichuan. This style of play is relatively safe.

Faced with strong opposition from Governor Xunyang, Yang Sichang was furious. This Fang Kongzhao seemed really hateful to him. He looked like a veteran party member of the Donglin Party. account.

Although the opponent's ability is indeed not bad, Fujing Anmin's job is very good, and he is also good at fighting. He has won many small-scale victories in the past few years, but at this moment, Yang Sichang is determined to take Fang Kongzhao down. up.

"General Ma, what do you think of General Ping Zhai?"

"Return to the supervisor," Ma Bao hurriedly stood up, and said with a smile: "General Pingzei said that the last general can not intervene in this kind of military discussion. It’s just a matter of thinking, when the military order is issued, we will obey everything, as a soldier, it’s right to obey orders.”

Recently, after Yang Sichang arrived in Xiangyang, Zuo Liangyu's supplies of military equipment and food were very smooth. Jiangnan's food governor also moved to the local place under his suggestion, and the food and money were continuously provided, so Zuo Liangyu Now I don't mention the lack of pay and food, but I don't come by myself, so I send a future to play haha.

Now it is said to act according to orders, but Fang Kongzhao has already stepped up here. The Governor of Huguang and other generals either have other plans or are not qualified enough.

In the festival hall, it was very uncomfortable to be left out in the cold. Yang Sichang felt that his prestige was being damaged, and he felt even more resentful.

When he was in the capital, except for being contradicted by a few people, everyone has always flattered and flattered him. Everyone knows that the position of the chief assistant in front of the emperor is far inferior to him. For major matters, the emperor also trusts and relies heavily on him, discussing and haggling over everything.

Now when he arrived at the place, he had just been watching things for more than ten days, and someone challenged his authority, which really made him feel intolerable.

The atmosphere in the hall was so stagnant that all the civil and military officials present were a little scared. In any case, this was the cabinet minister holding the silver seal of the supervisor and assistant minister. Breathing hard, even his back was wet with sweat, only Fang Kongzhao was very conceited, and his expression was calm and composed, not nervous. [

With his Donglin status and his military exploits over the past few years, he believes that even if he has a dispute with Yang Sichang, the emperor will not listen to one side, and his comrades in the Donglin Party will support him, so there is no need to be too afraid and worry.

Just as Yang Sichang was about to announce the end of the meeting, the Chinese military officer outside the door strode in, half-knelt in the hall, and reported: "Master Supervisor, there is a Tangma from Xinye in the hall..."

"When is it..." Yang Sichang was about to scold him, but suddenly his mind became clear, and he asked, "Is it the Tang newspaper sent by Denglai Town?"

"Exactly!" The Chinese army said loudly, "A group of seven people just rushed over from Xinye."

"It's Xinye..."

Yang Sichang felt dizzy for a while, it was something he never expected!

A staff member with the army has the official position of Zanhua, and it is convenient to talk in the hall. At this time, he stood up quickly, waved his sleeves and said, "Don't dare to call people in!"

Xinye is the farthest distance from Xiangyang, and it is the southernmost point of Nanyang Prefecture. After passing Xinye, it is the boundary of Xiangyang.

"Kowtow to Master Supervisor!"

"Get up, get up!"

At a glance, it turned out to be the Fushan Cavalry Army who reported to him several times before. Yang Sichang was very happy when he saw him, and comforted the officer, saying: "Several trips back and forth, from Shandong to Kaifeng, and then to Nanyang, you really It was hard work."

"Don't dare, this is the job of a humble job."

"It's already very rare to be able to do the job."

Yang Sichang's words were thorny, which made Ma Bao and others very uncomfortable, but he quickly changed the subject and asked: "Last time I said it was Kaifeng, I thought it was all the way down from Zhuxian Town, how did I detour to Luoyang? No small disturbance? Originally, the detour was supposed to delay time, but instead of speeding up time."

"Hey, this is a secret of the army. I'm just a deputy sentry officer of the cavalry battalion. I don't want to hear about it."

The battalion sentry officer also had an embarrassed expression on his face. Zhang Shouren planned to go to a rich place while walking to replenish supplies when he left Luoyang. Of course, the deeper idea was to train the team and familiarize himself with the terrain of Henan... It is very likely that he will fight a big battle in Henan in the future. It's not bad to get acquainted with it in advance.

In addition, he planned to go straight to Shangnan and Xunyang, and was going to deal with Li Zicheng.

But the plan is not as fast as the change. The first is that the supply plan has failed, and the detour is not very meaningful. The second is that the intelligence department at this stage has done a good job. Li Zicheng has already left the west line of Shangluo Mountain and turned to the southeast. In the Zhushan mountain range to the west of Junzhou in the south of Yangzhou, it is believed that Zhang Xianzhong has already joined. If this is the case, it does not make much sense to go from Shangluo Mountain.

Even if the whistle knew about the twists and turns, how could it be possible to tell Yang Sichang.

"Zhenglu will arrive in Xiangyang tomorrow, pay homage to the supervisor, and report everything face-to-face."

After ambiguous words, the Dengzhou deputy sentry immediately reported an important situation, that is, Zhang Shouren will be able to arrive in Xiangyang City before noon tomorrow.

"This is really hard work." [

After getting used to the procrastinating style of civil servants and military generals of the Ming Dynasty, although Yang Sichang himself had traveled all the way, he was still very uncomfortable with such an understanding of a military general.

As soon as he arrived in Xinye, he went to Xiangyang the next day, that is to say, he didn't rest at all, and he just rushed on the road with important generals.

This is simply impossible for many high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty. After three or five days without rest, it is impossible to tell them to go back on their way.

"So loyal and diligent, it really makes people feel a lot of emotion, the general who conquered the captives, and the parachutist."

Yang Sichang praised loudly, and seeing the abnormal look of the civil and military general Zuo underneath, he felt more refreshed, and immediately praised him loudly.

Exaggerating Zhang Shouren, he saw the deputy cavalry sentry below, and ordered again loudly: "Come on, reward him with 50 taels of silver, and write down his name, and this supervisor will promote him well."

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"Father, there was a spies from Fangzhou just now, saying that they brought the latest news."

Among a cottage built against a mountain, a banquet was being held in the widest main village, with Zhang Xianzhong in the middle, many people on both sides, a lot of food to accompany the wine, and more singing girls. His adopted son, Zhang Dingguo, wore a silver armor and an iron helmet, strode forward with his sword in his hands, and when he got close, he reported loudly.

Zhang Xianzhong is currently hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests at the junction of Fang, Zhu, and Junzhou. He joins Luo Rucai, Huideng and other eight battalions. Although Huguang was not seriously affected by the disaster and had enough food, there are now 6 to [-] soldiers and horses, which consume a lot of food. The small groups of grain hunting teams have to travel far to get food. Ordinary mountain people have no food. , the stockade is difficult to attack, and the military supplies are insufficient, so they are very worried.