Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 174 Arriving at a Sensation (2)

July 1592, 7, morning.

"My lord, the frontier is the boundary of Lingzhou, and in two days, we can reach the town of Ningxia."

Exploring the horse returns.

"Very well, it's finally here."

Huang Laifu breathed a sigh of relief, the army set out from Wuzhai Fort, and it has been eleven days since today.From Ningzhou to Ningxia town, there are still more than 200 miles to go. It seems that after two days of marching, I can reach my destination.

Huang Laifu passed down an order: "Here's an order, the army hastened its pace and rested at Lingzhou city."

Immediately, the order was heard everywhere, and the army quickened its pace, and the flow of people moved forward.

Near noon, the Wuzhaibao army had arrived at Lingzhou city.

Lingzhou City, later known as Lingwu City in Ningxia, is located on the east bank of the Yellow River, at the junction of the Yinchuan Plain and the Ordos Platform. Because of the benefits of irrigation from the Yellow River, it is known as "the south of the Yangtze River".

When Ningxia was in turmoil, someone from Qibai once sent people across the Yellow River to attack Lingzhou City, but they were unable to attack. The current Lingzhou City is a different scene.In the town of Ningxia not far from here, there are tens of thousands of anti-rebel troops from the Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are also counter-insurgency troops from all over the country. The food and grass that these troops need is astronomical. Therefore, it has become an important logistics base for the Ningxia quelling chaos.

In order to better manage the army's food and grass, the head of the household department in Ningxia has moved to work here.With the joint efforts of various places, countless supplies of food, grass, and military supplies from various provinces and states are all gathered here, and there are also ant-like peasants who are also busy inside and outside the city.The tense atmosphere and the smell of war can already be smelled here.

At this time, Lin Daohe, the head of grain management in Ningxia, Ministry of Households, was busy with many small officials, counting grain and grass, dispatching grain and salaries, shouting and drinking, and kept busy.

But despite his busy schedule, Lin Daohe was still in a happy mood. The grain and grass were in his own hands, no matter who it was, he had to act according to his face.Even though the petty officials under him, although they are all low-ranking petty officials, even the generals in Ningxia Town and military officers with guerrilla ranks, they are all polite when they see them.Otherwise, if Lin Daohe and the others make things difficult for them casually, these generals will be overwhelmed.

This is still the treatment of the local military generals in Ningxia Town. As for the guest soldiers from other places, not to mention Lin Daohe, even if they are indifferent, even the small officials in charge of food, relying on his momentum, did not show good looks to these warriors. .But on the bright side, who would dare not to smile with these guest soldiers?

At this time in Lingzhou City, the defending general Liu Youde was leading his servants and patrolling the city wall back and forth. Since Lingzhou City is an important logistics area, he couldn't help being careless.At this time, he received a report from a fast-riding passenger horse, saying that the Wuzhaibao army from Shanxi Town would soon come to Lingzhou City, and informed the defenders and generals.

After letting the Wuzhai Fort under the city ride quickly into the city, Liu Youde read the documents, and then looked at his waist badge. He was a flag commander, and then looked at him with admiration. He is really a good soldier, tall Burly, with a shiny face and well-nourished muscles, his whole body is full of explosive strength.

The equipment is also very good. In addition to the waist knife and the large bow and arrow pouch on the back, there are several pistols on the waist.The war horse beside him is also alive and kicking, very strong, and equipped with two horses.Such a person, if placed by his side, would be like a general. Unexpectedly, in the Wuzhaibao army, he was just a scout.

However, Liu Youde told the Wuzhai Fort scouts that there was no longer enough troops to station in Lingzhou City, and their team could only camp outside the city just like the guest troops who came to Lingzhou City, but General Liu Can tell The household department in the city was in charge of the grain master and supplemented them with some grain and grass.

The Wuzhai Fort inspector returned the salute politely, and only said lightly that his soldiers and horses had their own food and did not need to bother the general and the principal.After speaking, he got on his horse and left the city, leaving General Liu Youde in a daze.Foreign guest troops prepare their own food and pay?Haven't heard the word for a long time.

Lin Daohe, the head of Ningxia's grain management department of the household department, also took some entourages up the city wall at this time, and saw the Wuzhaibao scouting horse walking away from him. After saluting, he couldn't help but frowned, and he came to Liu Youde and said, "Where did the soldier come from, so rude, has another guest army come to Lingzhou City?"

Facing Lin Daohe, Liu Youde quickly put on an affectionate expression, and said with a smile: "No, an army from Wuzhaibao, Shanxi Town, led by a deputy commander, leading 2000 soldiers, will soon arrive at Ling It's the city."

Lin Daohe didn't express anything when he heard the military position of "Deputy Chief Soldier". they are small.

He just snorted and said, "A few thousand more mouths have come to eat. How can I get so much food and grass for them? And judging from the appearance of the Wuzhaibao soldier just now, it seems that another group of people is here. A rough and illiterate warrior."

He is a man who holds grudges, the Wuzhai Fort scouts were rude to him just now, he thought to himself that when the army comes to rest, he must make things difficult for them.According to his experience, when any guest army arrived at the city of Lingzhou, they would all run out of food and grass and needed to beg him for allocation.

With a smile on his face, Liu Youde said, "Perhaps Mr. Lin doesn't need to have a headache, because the Wuzhaibao sergeant said just now that they provide their own food and don't need it from Ningxia Town."

"Prepare your own food and salary?" Lin Daohe couldn't help being stunned for a while, "Shanxi Town is far away from here, how do they transport food?"

Liu Youde smiled and said, "I don't know about this."

Looking at Liu Youde's smiling face, there seemed to be a hint of ridicule, and Lin Daohe felt extremely uncomfortable. After all this time in Ningxia Pingran, who wouldn't want to be respectful to him?However, his battle-tested tactics didn't seem to work on the Wuzhaibao army, which made Lin Daohe upset.

He thought to himself: "I'd like to see what kind of army this army from Wuzhaibao in Shanxi Town is. Prepare their own food? Hmph, I don't know if it's real or fake."

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The two stood on the city wall and looked to the south. Soon, they saw billowing smoke and dust, and there were countless flags looming in the distance. Then they heard the sound of thunderous hooves, as if the ground was about to shake. The momentum was astonishing. Liu Youde and Lin Dao He gasped, could this be the Wuzhaibao army from Shanxi Town?How powerful is it?

The two could see clearly that the hundreds of cavalry in front of the army, at least from men to horses, were all covered with iron armor, like monsters.About two thousand riders came up behind. Although the horses were not covered with iron armor, the riders on the horses were all wearing iron armor. They were really elite.And there is another important question, where did this army get so many war horses?
Not to mention Liu Youde and Lin Daohe sucking in the cold air, even the local defenders in Lingzhou City, seeing the power of the Wuzhaibao army, everyone changed color, and everyone pointed at the city.

Soon, the army came to the south gate of Lingzhou City, and a big yellow flag fluttered in the wind.Even though he was still, the silent power still oppressed the people in the city so that they couldn't breathe freely.

Looking at the big banner, Lin Daohe suddenly remembered that he had read Di Bao, Wuzhai Fort...Could it be that this is the army under that person?For a moment, the rumors he heard flashed in Lin Daohe's mind, the god of food, the god of wealth, perhaps, only this rich man can afford such good equipment for his subordinates.

After confirming that another army of quelling chaos came, General Liu Youde opened the south gate and brought some relatives and family members out of the city to meet him. With a dark face, he still stood on the city wall and could not come down.Huang Laifu also forgot about his existence, and didn't see his face at all, which made Lin Daohe's face even more gloomy.

General Liu Youde looked at Huang Laifu, an overly young deputy commander, and then at his mighty army horses, secretly sighing with envy.Naturally, he is a man of the city, and the etiquette of meeting him is impeccable. He also told Huang Laifu about the situation in the city, and hoped that Vice General Huang would understand his difficulties.However, he has ordered his staff to prepare a banquet, thinking that Huang Junmen will take the wind and wash away the dust.

Huang Laifu understood his difficulties, and would camp outside the city to rest, and declined his kindness to take the wind and wash away the dust.

Liu Youde asked tentatively again, can Lingzhou City provide today's food?

Huang Laifu shook his head flatly again. Although the caravan following from Wuzhai Fort was a few days behind, the supplies at the trade points along the way still allowed the current Wuzhai Fort army to have at least a few days to eat. After a few days, those Wuzhaibao caravans who fell behind will catch up one after another.

The Wuzhai Fort army is now encamping, and Wuzhai Fort's early expeditions have already reported to Huang Laifu in detail the places where they can set up camp near Lingzhou City.On the east side not far from Lingzhou City, there is a Qin Canal with a convenient water source, so it is a good place to camp.

Immediately, the Wuzhaibao army started fighting together, and soon, a barracks appeared in front of everyone.

It was almost noon, except for ordinary soldiers resting, the cooks in the army were busy going to Lingzhou City to purchase fresh vegetables and other fresh vegetables.The might of the Wuzhai Fort army just now had already spread into the city. At this time, when these Wuzhai Fort army cooks entered the city, they attracted many people from Lingzhou City and outsiders to watch wherever they went.

In the eyes of the people of Lingzhou City, these Wuzhaibao sergeants are tall and strong, well-dressed, polite, and heroic. Just took it out without frowning, and everyone couldn't help but amazed.

People say poor soldiers are poor soldiers, why are these Wuzhaibao soldiers so rich?If the army of the Ming Dynasty were all rich and powerful, what kind of common people would everyone be? Everyone would be a soldier.This bizarre army has also attracted the attention of local merchants. Such a rich army is a potential big customer.

The cooks of the Wuzhaibao army moved quickly, and soon they finished their purchases and returned to the barracks.Soon, in the Wuzhaibao military camp, bursts of tempting food aromas could be heard, and it could be said that the fragrance wafted for miles, attracting many local children to watch outside the military camp.

This army is also friendly. Seeing many children holding on to the fence and looking inside helplessly, many tall military masters came out and brought a few large buckets of pointed rice, and a lot of oily vegetables. Vegetable soup, come out and share with the children.When the news got out, it even attracted hordes of children in Lingzhou city to scramble to the Wuzhaibao barracks.

After the adults heard the news, although they were jealous, it was not easy to compete with the children for food, and they just talked more vigorously.

Only Lin Daohe, who was in charge of grain, heard this, and his face became even more gloomy. It seemed that the so-called self-sufficiency of the army was true, and the methods he was good at seemed to be of little use to them.

And just now he also sent a small official to spy on the camp under the pretext of whether the Wuzhaibao army would allocate food and grass. According to the small official, they eat well, even ordinary soldiers have four dishes A soup, not to mention vegetables and eggs, but also piled with sharp pieces of meat, after he smelled the aroma, he still swallowed when thinking about it.It's a pity that I have to rush back to my life, so I can't stay there for lunch.

He ignored the drooling little officials beside him, and just sighed: "Look at what they eat, and then look at what we eat, damn it, are they still the army of Ming Dynasty?"

During the calamity year, the landowners of the Ming Dynasty had no surplus food. Not to mention Lin Daohe, although these petty officials could eat enough at ordinary times, it was impossible for them to eat meat frequently.They didn't expect that the poor army who usually couldn't even get enough to eat in their eyes could actually eat sharp pieces of meat, which made them extremely unbalanced in their hearts.

Lin Daohe finally snorted angrily: "A group of warriors are flying and domineering!"

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The next day, amidst the crowds of people in Lingzhou City, the angry eyes of Lin Daohe and others, and the envious eyes of the officers and soldiers of Lingzhou City, the Wuzhaibao army left Lingzhou City and continued to Ningxia Town. away from the city.

Not long after, they passed Xiajiabao, passed Hengcheng Castle, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived at the town of Ningxia.

On July 1592, 7, Huang Laifu led the army from Wuzhai Fort. After a 16-day trek, they traveled thousands of miles and arrived at the destination of Ningxia Town on the afternoon of July 13. Huge sensation.

(End of this chapter)