Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 171 Responses along the march (3)

Soon, an armored cavalry appeared in the eyes of everyone.

When the smoke and dust of this team appeared in the eyes of General Yang of Yansui Town and the officers and soldiers of Yansui Town, they couldn't help but take a breath.

The officers and soldiers of Yansui Town have always considered themselves to be elite soldiers because they have been fighting the Mongols all year round, but compared with the team of Shanxi Town, they are still far behind.This army has a clear banner, and everyone is well-equipped. The soldiers are all wearing iron armor, tall and strong, full of murderous looks, and the horses under them are also wearing vests. It's really far from it.

General Yang thought that these powerful army horses were Huang Laifu's servants, but after asking, he found out that only 300 of them were Huang Laifu's servants, and the rest were ordinary soldiers from Shanxi Town, so he couldn't help being surprised.This made him unable to understand that ordinary soldiers have such equipment and momentum.Even the auxiliary soldiers behind this army are probably no less elite than those under the command of the chief soldier of Yansui Town.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, General Yang Shen led the way, while the remaining generals of Yansui Town stepped aside, looked at the Shanxi Town army with rather awe-inspiring eyes, and whispered, many people were Look at the iron armor on the Shanxi town soldiers, look at the tall horses under them, their rosy faces, and look at the leather armor on their own, with a rather disheveled face, he can't help shaking his head and sighing, it's also the Ming army, How could it be so different?
The soldiers of Wuzhai Fort were used to being looked at with envy and awe by others. They rode steadily on their horses, with their heads almost raised to the sky. They marched neatly, causing a billow of dust and the sound of neat hooves.And the caravans that followed one after another were also very proud, but of course they didn't have the military discipline and dignity of the Wuzhaibao army in front, but they were full of noise.

Soon, all the soldiers and horses arrived outside the south gate of Yansui Town. There were three battalions of soldiers in Yansui Town. Together with the nearby military fort, there were more than 3 garrisons and more than 1 horses. , Yansui Town mobilized more than 1 soldiers and horses, and there are not many remaining soldiers in the town.

Huang Laifu looked at Yansui Town, and his first impression was that the city was built very thick and deep. He heard that the city wall here was 12 meters high, while the city wall of Beijing was only 11 meters at this time. There were many brick crenels on the city wall. Place numerous cannons.It is estimated that the circumference of the city is seven miles.

I have heard that Yansui Town is bustling with business. It is really good. I saw caravans outside the city wearing all kinds of costumes, leading camels, and riding horses. There are also continuous shops and houses outside the city gate. situation.

Seeing an armored cavalry rolling in, looking at the banner, it was not a local army horse in Yansui Town, but the local people and merchants, like a wave, all fled away from a distance. Shops were quickly closed.The soldiers defending the city, although they had heard the news that this was a friendly army passing through the border, they were still nervous when they saw the momentum of the Wuzhai Fort army, and everyone was on guard.

But seeing that there was no movement from the army, the local people came back to their senses, crowded aside to watch from a distance, and the shops reopened.Many people looked at it and marveled, where did this army come from? Look at their men and horses covered in iron armor, they are tall and big, they look like monsters, they are murderous, and they are soldiers from Biyansui Town Still elite?
Some well-informed businessmen suddenly realized, and finally showed off triumphantly, saying that looking at the yellow banner, isn't it the army of the Wuzhai Fort in Shanxi Town?I heard that the leader of the army was Huang Laifu, who made a lot of money in farming. Last year, this army was defeated by the Tartars. More than 1 heads were cut off, and more than 1 Mongolian prisoners were hanged.

Only then did everyone utter an ooh, it turned out to be the army, no wonder.The news that Huang Laifu was good at farming and defeated the invading Mongolian army was easier for everyone to accept.However, he hanged many Mongolian captives afterwards. The news was very sensational at that time, and it spread quickly throughout the Nine Sides, and even spread far to the interior.And the news became more and more outrageous, and finally turned into Huang Laifu beheading [-] people and hanging [-] Mongolians.

The civilians in the military households on the nine borders were all deeply harmed by the Mongols. After hearing this news, everyone was relieved.But it was followed by awe, hanging ten thousand Mongols in one breath, this is not something ordinary people can do, only killing gods and descending to the earth can do it.This made Huang Laifu and his army even more famous, and in the end it was spread like superhuman beings.Huang Laifu's name can stop children from crying at night in some places.

At this time, I heard that this army came. Everyone in Yansui Town had weird expressions. Everyone was in awe. They wanted to take a closer look, but they were afraid. They just huddled together from a distance, pointing and pointing.

General Yang Can and Huang Laifu were walking together. When they came to the town, he said with a smile: "Huang Junmen, your army is really strong and strong, I can't wait... Huang Junmen passes through the border to suppress the bandits, and the last general admires... Inside the town I have prepared food and drinks, and I have cleaned up the dust for Huang Junmen, but can I ask Huang Junmen to restrain his subordinates and set up camp outside the city..."

He hesitated to speak, but Huang Laifu understood what he meant. The military discipline of the Ming Dynasty's transiting guest army was not very good. Before the Qi family army became an army, Qi Jiguang led some guards. Every time he passed through the border, he did not know that the military discipline was strict. General Yang didn't know how many violating soldiers were going to be killed. He didn't know that his Wuzhaibao army was an army of benevolence and righteousness.

Immediately he said: "General Yang, don't worry, our army crossed the border to suppress the rebellion, and only camped outside the city. After a night's rest, we will set off on the road tomorrow afternoon. As for the wind wine, there is no need to drink it. I will have dinner with the soldiers. "

Even if Huang Laifu went to Wuzhaibao merchants to transport grain, but given the current road conditions in Daming, it would be very difficult to transport grain for thousands of miles.So those merchants contacted many merchants from various places along the towns, and set up many food supply points along the way.In Yansui Town, due to the large number of soldiers and horses, a large amount of grain and horses are needed every year, so it has always been a place where grain merchants gather.Here, the merchants of Wuzhaibao had already contacted several large local grain merchants to provide food for Huang Laifu.Huang Laifu is also going to add some food here.

Hearing what Huang Laifu said, General Yang was very happy, and he immediately said: "Then it will be forced on Huang Junmen."

Junmen is what the subordinates called the commander in chief at this time, Huang Laifu was only a deputy commander in chief, not worthy of the title of the army gate, but General Yang Shen called Huang Laifu the army gate in order to flatter Huang Laifu.

The scout soldiers of Wuzhaibao had already reported in detail to Huang Laifu the places near the town where they could camp. To the west, the Mingtangchuan River, a few miles away from the town, was later called the Yuxi River where they could camp.After this river and the Heishui River flowing from the west converge at Yinchuanbao in the south, it becomes the famous Wuding River.

At present, the Wuzhaibao army camped by the Mingtangchuan River, and the auxiliary soldiers were as busy as the soldiers.The caravans who followed behind also gathered in the lower reaches of the barracks, took out their tents and set up camp, and the people by the river neighed.

The Ming army camped in the wild, and the regulations were very mature. The Wuzhaibao army had practiced for a long time, and soon, a perfect camp appeared in the eyes of everyone.

There are temporary wooden walls around the barracks. The wooden walls are divided into two layers, each layer has wooden boards. The upper layer of wooden boards can allow soldiers to patrol and watch, and the lower layer can store defensive weapons and allow soldiers to rest.

In the camp, according to the distribution of hundreds of people in each round, one round is a camp area.The tents are opposite each other, and there are drainage ditches around the tents and between the camps.There is also a public toilet dug in each camp area. The location of the toilet is a certain distance from the water source and the food storage place, but not far from the barracks, which is convenient for officers and soldiers to go to the toilet.After setting up camp, soldiers are strictly prohibited from running around between the camps, and tents are not allowed to run around in the camp.

The barracks began to prepare dinner for the evening, and smoke rose from time to time. Huang Laifu changed into casual clothes and took Jiang Dazhong and a dozen servants to go out to investigate the local situation in Yansui Town. Before Huang Laifu set off at Wuzhai Fort, he had Learned some things along the way.

According to Huang Laifu's later computer data, the current Yansui town area, later called Yuyang District, covers an area of ​​7053 square kilometers, including 140 million mu of cultivated land, 494 million mu of forest land, and 328 million mu of pasture land. Lord, there are more than a hundred rivers and rivers, and there are many land resources available.The conditions can be said to be much better than Wuzhai Fort.

In particular, Yuyang is very rich in mineral resources. There are 300 billion tons of proven raw coal reserves in the area, and it is high-quality and environmentally friendly coal.In addition, there are rare high-quality rock salt deposits at home and abroad, with a proven reserve of 1.3 trillion tons, which can be used for civil or industrial purposes on a large scale.In the Ming Dynasty, this salt was very precious. If the salt mine was opened, it would be sent.

However, in the vicinity of Yansui Town at this time, only military business is the main business. Merchants gather around the town to supply the needs of the army. The development of agriculture, animal husbandry and mining is very shallow, especially at the moment that Yansui Town has been suffering from drought for many years. Most of the fields along the Mingtangchuan River were abandoned.Except for those well-dressed businessmen, most of the civilian households and military households I saw had pale faces and ragged clothes.

This Yansui town area is located between the two Great Walls. It is considered a windy, sandy and grassy beach area. As far as the eye can see, the terrain is flat.Perhaps it is due to years of drought and wind and sandstorms, and the Mingtangchuan River is full of sand and stones. Populus euphratica and red willow trees can be seen from time to time, which is a little different from the greenery of Yuyang in later generations.

"If you come to guard Yansui yourself, how should you develop and build this place?"
Looking at the slowly setting sun, Huang Laifu thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)