Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The soldier's ideological problem was finally solved, but the soldier's stomach problem reappeared.For Wu Shigong's expedition this time, the governor of Guide Mansion prepared food for Wu Shigong's army for four days, and Wu Shigong himself brought some food from the fortress of Qianhusuo. It should be said that it can last for six or seven days.

However, the [-] soldiers drawn from other thousand households could hardly eat enough now, so they ate like hungry ghosts reincarnated.And the amount of food given by the Fu Zun for four days is not very sufficient.In addition, Wu Shigong has never had the habit of starving his soldiers, and always provides supplies freely.Therefore, the consumption of food is very large.

Soon, the army only had one day's food left.At this time, Wu Shigong was a little anxious: Why hasn't the person who went to Guide's mansion to urge food come back yet?

At this time, Wu Shigong really understood the truth of a sentence.That is: food in hand, no panic in heart.The long-awaited person who urged the food finally came back.He also came back with some carts carrying grain and grass.But the food and grass can only supply Wu Shigong's army for three days at most.

Wu Shigong got a little annoyed, he scolded the person who urged the food: "How do you do things? Such a big Guide Mansion, you send us such a little food and grass? Then how can we have enough to eat?"

The food urging person, seeing Wu Shigong getting angry, quickly knelt down and defended: "My lord, it's not that I didn't do my job wholeheartedly. The lord of the mansion has confessed that only this little food can be sent to the Guide mansion. However, His Excellency has already issued an official document asking the counties along the Guide Mansion to supply him with food and grass."

Wu Shigong waved his hand to make the kneeling people stand up.Wu Shigong knew it and couldn't blame him, maybe the person who urged the food came to the Guide Mansion, and after he couldn't get the food and grass, he barked his teeth and claws at the mansion lord.

Wu Shigong had also been in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty for a while, and he knew in his heart that there must be something tricky about the fact that the governor of Guide Mansion only sent such a small amount of food and grass.But if there is something tricky, the current Wu Shigong will not care about it.

Otherwise, Wu Shigong might not be returning to Defu City right now, to fight in the arena with the Fuzun of Guide Mansion.That kind of wrangling lawsuit will not know that it will be dragged into the Year of the Monkey.

But now if he just marched with four days of food and grass, it would be no problem to reach the next county, which is on the land of Guide Mansion. Because of the official document of the mansion, Wu Shigong believed that there would be no problem with the supply of food and grass.

However, if he left the area of ​​Guide Mansion and encountered Jining Prefecture where he refused to supply food and grass to his army, at that time, Wu Shigong would still have to catch him blind?

Wu Shigong thought about it, and asked the food urging person to leave.Then he shouted loudly: "Shu Mo!"

Shumo, who was waiting outside the big tent to serve Wu Shigong, ran into the big tent after he answered.

Wu Shigong confessed to Shumo: "Take some people and leave immediately, hurry back to the Qianhu Office, let them prepare a month's supply of food, and help me come back as quickly as possible. Do you understand?"

Shumo quickly agreed: "Master, I understand."

After Shumo left, Wu Shigong made some calculations.Shumo came back and forth, and the speed of the cart was slow.I will still be short of food here for a day or two.There is no other way, so collect food on the spot.

The next day, Wu Shigong asked Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe to send some spies to investigate around. After identifying a big village, Wu Shigong took hundreds of soldiers and drove a cart to that village to collect military rations.

Seeing people like Wu Shigong approaching aggressively, that Zhuangzi quickly closed the door.Wu Shigong didn't talk nonsense, and sent a soldier with a loud voice to shout.

But when he heard that Wu Shigong was here to collect military rations, that Zhuangzi refused to open the door.Wu Shigong became angry, and he asked the soldier to shout again. If the gate of Zhuangzi did not open again, Wu Shigong would go back and mobilize artillery to bombard him.

In the end, Zhuangzi's door was finally opened under the threat of Wu Shigong's soldiers.Wu Shigong entered Zhuangzi proudly under the guard of soldiers.

But as soon as he entered Zhuangzi, he found that the face of the manager of Zhuangzi seemed to be familiar.Wu Shigong recalled it carefully, and asked the steward with some doubts: "Who is your master?"

"It's Master Hou's house."

The flood rushed to the Dragon King Temple.Wu Shigong doesn't have any protective umbrella in the upper echelon at all, so he has some reliance on Hou Xun who has already recovered in the capital.At least the current Wu Shigong doesn't want to offend Hou Xun.

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately saluted and apologized to the steward.The steward saw how powerful his master's prestige was, and he was a little proud.However, those who can manage things will definitely not be wrong on the surface.The steward was also very polite to Wu Shigong.So the two sides flattered each other.

But the collection of rations still had to be done.The Zhuangzi of the Hou family must be impossible, so Wu Shigong then asked the spies to inquire around and find a Zhuangzi with a relatively small background to collect military rations.

In this way, at the end Wu Shigong found a total of two Zhuangzi to collect military rations.Wu Shigong didn't do everything right, and generally only collected half of the grain stored in Zhuangzi.Moreover, Wu Shigong gave those Zhuangzi a white note with his official seal on it.

Of course, the people in these Zhuangzi did not offer food willingly.Even with these IOUs, it is not known whether the government will honor them or not.But Wu Shigong was very straightforward, and those who dared to raise objections were tied up by Wu Shigong.All objections evaporated under the threat of the soldiers' weapons.

As for whether those IOUs can be honored, that is a matter for the Lord Guide Mansion.By doing such a procedure, Wu Shigong just explained that he was not robbing.

Needless to say, Wu Shigong's harvest is quite good, if all the empty carts were not filled, Wu Shigong's harvest would be more than that.After Shumo delivered the food and grass for Qianhusuo's fortress, Wu Shigong finally started to set off.

As for the previous incidents, Wu Shigong was delayed for seven or eight days.It was late October by now.For the next journey, Wu Shigong's marching speed was not fast.He just arranged for soldiers to walk for a whole morning every day.

Throughout the afternoon, Wu Shigong's army spent training and camping.As the days of the march passed, the soldiers drawn by other thousand households finally looked like an army.

On this road, Wu Shigong collected military rations all the way, so that the carts he loaded with rations were almost always fully loaded.The white stripes are flying all over the sky.In the end, Wu Shigong himself didn't know how many IOUs he had issued.

However, the itinerary along the way went very smoothly, and the states and counties along the way also supplied Wu Shigong with food and grass.It seems that the official documents of Guide Mansion's official documents are still very effective in Henan Province.

After entering November, Wu Shigong was finally going to cross the Yellow River.Unexpectedly, it took Wu Shigong two full days to cross the Yellow River.

The Yellow River is now completely frozen.Walking across the frozen river, the army could not spend two hours.However, Wu Shigong still had those two heavy three-pound cannons.No one can guarantee that if the two cannons are dragged into the river, the ice on the river can bear the weight of the two cannons.

In order to ensure that the ancestors of the two guns could cross the river safely, Wu Shigong had to gather his hands and build a pontoon bridge.Floating bridges can be built on frozen rivers, and no one has any experience.In addition, none of the soldiers under Wu Shigong had received training in erecting floating bridges, so it took two days to delay.In the end, the two cannons were finally dragged across the Yellow River.

And now, Wu Shigong and the others finally left Henan and arrived in Beizhili.