"It's so hard to walk!" Yu Zhigao touched the sweat on his head and sighed with emotion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, this road is not pressed, and the cannon will rot as soon as it passes." Qin Liangyu glanced at the wheels trapped in the mud, his face full of helplessness.

It was now the end of May, and it was the season of plenty of rain, and their luck was obviously not good enough, and after setting off, it rained, and then it became like this, step by step, six pounds of cannon and heavy, weighing a ton, and it was almost impassable here.

"Otherwise, let's drop all the cannons." Qin Bangping said hesitantly, although the power of the cannon is large enough, it is too difficult to carry, especially in the south where the roads are muddy, it is almost impossible to move an inch. It was precisely because of the delay of these cannons that they missed the opportunity to attack Songjiang Mansion and annihilate the rebellious leaders.

Starting from Ningbo, they have been walking for ten days, and they have not yet arrived in Hangzhou, all because of the drag of artillery, if they had dropped these heavy weapons and marched lightly, they would have arrived in Hangzhou long ago.

"No, without these cannons, how can we break through the city of Nanjing!" Yu Zhigao flatly refused, he had deeply seen the power of these weapons, without these cannons, why did they run over with thousands of people? Delivery?

"If it weren't for these cannons, we would have been in Songjiang a long time ago......" Qin Bangping still wanted to argue.

"Bang Ping retreats, don't be rude." Qin Liangyu shouted loudly, Yu Zhigao is the chief general in the army, and the decision he made naturally has his reasons, and his subordinates are absolutely not allowed to question it.

"Yes." Qin Bang bowed in parallel and retreated unwillingly, but looking at his puffed up, he was obviously not convinced.

"Okay, General Qin, it's no wonder that they, these cannons have indeed become a burden now, but it can't be done without them, you don't know much about Nan Zhili." Yu Zhigao said with a wry smile.

"Those guards are indeed rotten, but the huge guards still have three catties of nails, these people are usually scattered in the guards, inconspicuous, but once they are gathered, it is still quite terrifying. Moreover, there are a large number of nobles in Nanjing City, and their family generals are also numerous, and they cannot be underestimated when they are gathered together, and the other party is rich, and there are many cavalry, and there are no cannons, so these people alone can't beat them. Yu Zhigao explained.

"General Qin, don't blame the old man for being polite, although the white pole soldiers have a fierce temperament, they have little training and fight in formation, I'm afraid they are not the opponents of Nanjing."

"It's okay, what the adults say is the truth." Qin Liangyu smiled bitterly, obviously she had enough of this hardship, the combat effectiveness of the Tusi wolf soldiers was very good, but it was really difficult to control, and it took a lot of effort for them to become an army.

"Let's go, there's still a long way to go." Yu Zhigao looked up at the muddy road in front of him, his face full of helplessness.

Just when Yu Zhigao was still struggling between the ridges and heading towards Hangzhou, the rebel coalition army led by Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, had already crossed the Yangtze River, gathered all the horses, and marched north.

"Extinguish this eclipse today." Looking at the mighty and long-lasting army, all the clans involved breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, they also took a big risk by raising troops, and if they were not careful, they would lose everything, and the family would be completely lost.

However, when they saw so many troops now, their confidence could not help but rise, and they heard that the little emperor had only sent 10,000 people, and we had almost 100,000 people here, and one person could drown them with a mouthful of spit. At this moment, seeing such a military appearance, all the people involved were relieved and had time to think about something else.

There are a total of more than a dozen state capitals in Nanzhili, and those who can raise troops are all local leading families, with huge farms and mansions, and it is easy to raise many tenant farmers in the local area, and it is easy to gather 100,000 people. At this time, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the guard was already decaying, and in the entire southern country, except for the garrison of Nanjing, there were almost no soldiers and horses in other states and counties, so that they could easily move things.

The entire Nanzhili territory, except for the Fengyang Mansion with the governor's Fubiao guarding the imperial mausoleum, is a bit of a soldier and horse in Nanjing, but now when the Duke of Wei provokes a rebellion, Nanjing's soldiers and horses are not only not an obstacle, but a help.

The Duke of Wei, who has guarded the southern kingdom for generations, has been reversed, or is it because of the edict of the first emperor, don't we keep up? This is the real reason why Nanzhili is now all in reverse.

The marching speed of the army is very slow, especially in this era, the roads are endless, and they are all dirt roads, trampled on horses, which are very easy to break, not to mention that Li Tao also carried a large number of artillery, which seriously slowed down their marching speed, and when they crossed Shandong and entered the boundary of Huai'an Prefecture, I am afraid that it will be half a month later, and if they want to meet the enemy, it is estimated that it will take a month.

And the same is true for the Rebel Alliance, they walk very slowly, and sometimes they even stop to repair and do not leave for a few days. They are not short of grain and grass, not to mention millions of loads of grain, just the big clans that do things, and some of them are enough for the consumption of the army. And in order to succeed, they are not stingy at this time, and the supply of grain, grass and armaments is open.

The coalition army walked slowly, they were not in a hurry, and if they walked slowly, they could integrate their troops and horses and conduct training. Although the leaders are all scholars, they are not stupid, how can the tenant farmers who have just been recruited be able to fight, this is also the reason why they brought Wei Guogong, his subordinates are all elite in the army, and they can still get training or something.

Xu Hongji is also happy to do this, and inserts his own people, even if the top is your people, but the middle and grassroots are all my people, and it may not be clear who will control who at that time.

In this way, a large group of rabble slowly trained, slowly integrated, and gradually went north.

Shaanxi rice fat.

"Uncle, uncle!" A shout resounded through the withered grassland.

"What's the matter, pass." A young man who was grabbing a pole and swinging a spear quickly stood up, looked at his sweaty eldest nephew who ran over, and asked with a smile.

"Uncle, conscription...... There was a conscription announcement in the county seat, saying that the emperor had sent someone to recruit soldiers. Li Guo supported his knees with his hands and gasped.

"Conscription? Or did the emperor send people to conscript? Li Hongji's eyes lit up and asked loudly.

"Yes, yes, I heard that as long as you go, you will give two taels of silver for the settlement fee! Uncle, if you can be recruited, then you will have the money to treat your aunt. Li Guo also said with sparkling eyes, obviously two taels of silver are also very attractive to him.

"Uncle, you have been dancing with knives and guns since you were a child, and you are strong in martial arts, so you will definitely be able to recruit ........" Without waiting for Li Guo to finish speaking, Li Hongji retreated and ran away.

"Uncle, wait for me, I'll go too, I'm literate, they said that as long as the literate person wants it directly, wait for me together!" The little boy shouted, but his uncle didn't seem to hear it at all, and didn't mean to stop at all, but got better and faster, and soon the person disappeared.

Soon, Li Hongji ran all the way to the gate of Mizhi County, where a large number of people had gathered at this time, surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside.

Li Hongji looked at it, didn't say a word, squeezed hard inside, and when he boarded, a burst of shouts shouted.

"Which melon baby stepped on Lao Tzu."

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze."

Li Hongji buried his head in the front, regardless of it, and soon reached the innermost, but when he got inside, there was nothing, only a notice, on which a lot of things were written, but Li Hongji couldn't understand any of these words.

"What's written on this?" Two taels of silver made Li Zicheng completely lose his mind, he had to apply, he had to rely on two taels of silver to treat the old lady. Regardless of it, he directly grabbed the arm of a tall man next to him and asked in a rough voice.

"Little brother let go first, I don't know how to read, I don't know what is written." The tall man turned his head, looked at the excited Li Hongji, and broke his hand hard.

"I'm sorry, I'm out of shape, little brother Li Hongji, I don't know my eldest brother's surname." Li Hongji finally calmed down at this time, there is no way if he is not calm, he is illiterate.

"I can understand the mentality of my little brother, and when I first heard about it, I was very excited. My name is Gao Yingshen, and this time I was passing by here and saw this announcement, so I stayed. Gao Yingxiang said with a smile.

"Oh, Brother Gao, why are so many people gathered here?" Li Hongji asked curiously, no one is here to announce the New Year, why are there so many people gathered here.

"That's right, just now there was a young man who seemed to be literate, and after recognizing the content on it, he shouted a sentence and ran away with two taels of silver after applying, and these people were attracted by these two taels of silver." Gao Yingxiang smiled bitterly, he never regretted that he didn't read well before.

"Uncle, uncle!" Li Guo hurriedly ran over, relying on the small number of people, and drilled in.

"Ah Guo, aren't you literate, read what is written on it!" Seeing Li coming, Li Hongji's eyes lit up, and he pulled him hard and pulled him to the poster.

However, Li Guo didn't care about complaining about his uncle's rudeness, because a pair of eyes were already looking at him, and his bright eyes were full of expectation.

"Uh...... The proclamation said that tomorrow if the army is recruited here, the settling-in fee will be two taels, and there will be no money in the first year after enlistment, and the monthly salary will be one tael in the second year, two taels in the third year, and one tael in the next year. Li Guo obviously knew what they were concerned about, glanced at the notice, and said it directly and loudly.

"The settling-in fee is two taels!"

After hearing what was written on it, the onlookers were suddenly amazed, this condition is too generous.

"In the future, the salary will rise by one tael a year, and if I will be a ...... for twenty or thirty years," someone calculated with star-studded eyes, but before he could calculate it, some people inside scoffed.

"Ma Pole, just like you, you will definitely not be able to recruit, such a generous condition, there will definitely be screening, just if you are thin like this, how can you be selected."

"You ......" sneered and made the tall thin man nicknamed Ma Zhu angry, but there were too many people here and he couldn't see who it was.