It's strange to say, since the arrival of Qionghai's soldiers and horses, reinforcements from Guangxi states have arrived, more than a few thousand, less than hundreds, no matter what, a command of the force can still be sent, no forbidden army even if it is a village soldier, it is better than a temporary recruitment, this is the most direct feeling of everyone seeing the exaggerated army outside Yongzhou City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the tower of Yongzhou City, a group of people looked at the military camp in the distance, which looked no different from other places. The camp is dense, the fighting is strict, the sentry posts at the walled gate are readily available, even the drainage canals and outer moats are dug meticulously, and the sound of practice in the camp is even more clear and audible, except for one point, there is not even a single flag fluttering, to say that this Jiang Zhaofu is really a strange person.

"I can't imagine that just one Qiongzhou has such courage, how many people are there? Did Jiang Zhaofu ever tell me? The question was a middle-aged man who looked like a civil official, wearing a scarlet robe, which was particularly eye-catching among the armored generals.

"So that Qiu Taishou knows that there are more than 20,000 people in the camp below, and when they first arrived, the city had sent them food once, so they knew the number." As the host, Ma Chengwang naturally won't speak easily, and the job of answering falls on his son, Ma Yinglin is not young, of course he knows what to say.

Unlike most of the state capitals that are sent by military attaches such as commanders to lead troops, the reinforcements who arrived from Qingyuan Mansion across a state were actually led by Qiu Zizhen himself of Qingyuan Mansion, which is somewhat similar to Yongzhou, and the territory under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan Mansion is also full of confined states, and there are more than 20 large and small tribes on the small territory, so most of his troops and horses are Song people, and there are also a large number of Dong people.

And all this is not as shocking as when I saw the big camp in the distance, the Yi people in it actually accounted for about thirty percent of the whole army, and what is even more strange is that they did not form an army alone, but went in and out with the Song people, practicing and patrolling the camp, if it were not for the obvious clothing on their bodies, they would not have seen any difference at all.

In this way, this Jiang Zhaofu has raised 7,000 people, so he is not afraid of chaos? Compared with such worries, the contemptuous words of the generals behind him did not put it in his heart, it is not easy for anyone to be willing to serve the Great Song Dynasty in these years, and it is not equivalent to saying that the court has no money?

"Ma Zhaofu, there are so many soldiers and horses in the city, can you supply food and grass?"

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Zizhen faintly regarded himself as his head, but he couldn't blame him for being arrogant, originally Wenchen was more noble, Ma Chengwang heard it even though he was a little displeased, but the question itself was very important, not only the other party cared, but even the generals behind him stretched out their ears and waited for his answer, so he showed a wry smile.

"Taishou knows that even if there is some production in this state, where can there be enough for these many people, if it is just your soldiers and horses, this official will give up his face to borrow, and he will definitely not let your brothers go hungry for a meal and a half, but now there are really some difficulties, and I hope that you will send a letter to the governor of the same state, so as to support one or two, and this official will be grateful."

Although Ma Chengwang didn't say it explicitly, who wouldn't understand the implication, there were 20,000 people in the big camp under the city, which was almost as much as the local soldiers and horses in Yongzhou plus reinforcements from other places.

"Isn't it that Qiongzhou is short of food, so he came here to eat?"

"How, I heard that Qiongzhou is recruiting people to work, and it is all settled by grain and rice, how many people in the state want to go there, fortunately, the fields have been harvested now, otherwise I am afraid that this year's taxes will not be paid."

"Then why do you send some people over, it doesn't look like a box army, and they are still practicing the formation, do they really want to fight with the Yuan people with sticks?"

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No matter how you look at it, in front of so many people, your mouth will not be too rude, Qiu Zizhen glanced at the back, these people can come, most of them are still for the new Lu Chen, if there is no leader who serves the people, no matter how many people gather under this city, the final result is predictable.

"Is there any news from the soldiers and horses of Jingjiang Mansion?"

Ma Chengwang shook his head wordlessly, the entire Guangxi road to say that it can be beaten, maybe only the Ma who dared to openly confront the Luchen is in charge, what makes people fall through the glasses is that when this kind of thing happens, the court will actually move the Luchen instead of the general, what does this mean? Now it is not the early years, the pressure in the north is increasing, and no matter how well the article is written, it is no match for a steel knife, especially at the moment when the enemy soldiers are approaching the city.

This point, Qiu Zizhen is no different from him, if there is a recognized general in charge, even if the new Luchen does not come in the end, this battle can at least be fought, otherwise let alone break the siege, the soldiers and horses of the whole road are lost under the city of Yongzhou, and the Yuan people do not need to enter the army again, and the rest of the state capitals can be decided, I am afraid that they will not progress quickly, and this is the idea of fighting.

"Grain and grass, you still need to be appeased and try your best to raise, the shortcomings, since everyone is gathered here, they all help to share the burden, the neighboring state capital, send someone to send a letter, no matter how much, it is better than nothing, look at this frame Yuan people will not be able to come for a while and a half, the sergeants always have to eat, otherwise where will the fighting spirit come from."

"Too gracious, Ma is grateful."

Ma Chengwang's regiment is a group, Yongzhou is not a populous state, if it is not for this year's bumper year, the filial piety of the various states came early, it is really up to him to supply so many soldiers and horses, it will definitely not be possible, but people come all the way to help, it is impossible to bring weapons and food, to have today's results, Ma Chengwang's happiness is not fake.

For the discussion that is close at hand, Jiang Cai in the camp can't hear it and doesn't want to listen to it, but the problem of food is urgent, after all, there are so many people, it is unrealistic to rely entirely on local supply, before leaving, Liu Yu once told him that after crossing the sea and land, he will be responsible for solving this matter, but if there is no grain truck for a day, no matter how his heart will not collapse.

"How many more days?" At his feet was a makeshift platform, which had been leveled on a small slope and then put on a plank, and he asked a question as if unintentionally as he watched the soldiers below practice.

"Ah, it's still today, why don't you let someone go to the city to urge?" Zhao Mengsong has almost become his follower now, there is no way, he is the secretary who went to the camp and people don't buy it, now training is the first priority, there are not many things he can do, these few jobs are in Jiang Cai's mouth, who will he follow if he doesn't follow him?

Jiang Cai was silent, if there is one today, it will be tomorrow, it's not that he can't pull down his face to ask for someone, in this case, the difficulties of others are not small, he doesn't believe that someone will deliberately deduct it, that kind of approach is similar to looking for death. Liu Yu deliberately asked him to do this, maybe he had such a plan, but now after all, it is the current enemy, it is better not to be able to afford internal strife, Jiang Cai subconsciously looked in the direction of Qinzhou, could it be that the grain was transported from Qiongzhou?

Seeing that the chief officer did not answer, Zhao Mengsong also stopped thinking about suggesting, and was half-coerced to come to this kind of place, and he was about to face a big war, he didn't know whether he should run away or not, since he arrived in Yongzhou City, his care was almost gone, but now he couldn't even give birth to the idea of escaping, not to mention how far Guangxi was from Beijing, even if someone sent someone to send him on the road, so he ran down, and he had to think about whether he could go back alive, rather than this, it was better to follow the army together, even if he was defeated in the future, There is also a companion when running.

The only thing that made him a little strange was that there were only a group of recruits left in the big camp who didn't even have armor and weapons, and those cavalry who were wandering around all of a sudden seemed to disappear out of thin air, of course he didn't dare to inquire about anything, but the muttering in his heart was inevitable.

More than 20,000 people were divided into many blocks and began to practice in formation, this kind of practice is somewhat like the kicking step of later generations, but it is not so strict, but the most basic requirement is that the order is forbidden, and it is not easy to let a group of people who are not divided between the left and right understand the signal and understand the slogan.

There is no shortcut, Jiang Cai can only use local methods, use endless repetition to strengthen their memory, until this memory becomes an instinct, and then use strict military methods to strengthen this instinct, of course, there is no need to kill, the terrible scream under the stick may not be much worse than the effect of a human head, in Liu Yu's words, he is racing at the same time.

"Practice as usual at night, distribute all the food in the camp, let the brothers have a full meal after the practice, and tomorrow, the official will come to think of it."

So, at night, looking down from the head of Yongzhou City, the camp where the Qionghai reinforcements are located turned out to be a piece of light, whistles, slogans all night long, until the end of the fourth watch gradually disappeared, the people in the city did not know what happened, and thought that the Yuan people called, finally fell asleep, and when the sky was bright, there was a bigger sound outside the city, troubles are troubles, and who dares to reason with the sergeants?

Jiang Cai almost didn't close his eyes all night, no matter how he tried it, it was hard to think of a way, it seemed that there was only one way to enter the city, but before he could make up his mind, a pro-soldier rushed in with a shout, making him confused.

"What's wrong?" The Yuan people have invaded, it shouldn't be, Shi Zhong and they are far away, and any news can be sent back in time.

"Food...... The food arrived. Jiang Cai was overjoyed when he heard this, and grabbed the arm of his own soldier.

"Who sent it?"

"It's Fu Shuai, Fu Shuai personally sent it, and ......" The soldier gasped and watched him rush out around him, the problem is, he hasn't finished speaking.