It's a tricky thing!

Military rations!

The military rations of the army led by Li Yan in the rear!

Previously, Dolgon attacked the capital and did not rate troops to go east and south, Chang Yu poured soldiers and horses into the capital to pursue, in order to fight with all his strength, he did not carry heavy baggage and light equipment quickly, and the grain and grass were provided by his own rear, after all, Chang Yu drew a circle in Jingdong, and he planned to cripple Dolgon in that circle, and this circle is not far from the capital, and the logistics supply will not delay at all.

But after Dolgon jumped out of the encirclement, the battle line was stretched too long and the supply became very difficult, and even Chang Yu left the infantry in Tianjin because of this factor.

The day before yesterday, the infantry was left in Tianjin for intensive training, and the five cavalry armies of Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji, Li Yan, Teng Xiangwei, and Jin Wuwei under Chang Yu were ordered to continue the pursuit, and all the military rations of the infantry were taken away at that time.

But that little bit of military ration is only enough for three days, what about the rest?

Borrow?

From Tianjin to the south are all small cities, not to mention whether to borrow or not, whether there is a return is a statement, and the pursuit of the enemy can not deviate from the Qing army's marching route, but behind them are all ruins, not to mention borrowing, you can't find a place to rob and no one can find you to rob.

In the past, Chang Yu thought that Dolgon was going in the direction of Jinan, and the high walls of Jinan City were thick, and he did not carry his baggage this time, most of them did not attack the city, but plundered the surrounding areas, and he could enter the city to borrow food to settle the soldiers and horses, but Dolgon's sword went straight to the southeast Qingzhou Mansion, and he was in a hurry to arrive first and lead his own soldiers to cross the line of fire but forgot about the grain and grass.

It is estimated that Li Yan should be in a state of anxiety at this time, according to the normal speed, he can resist Qingzhou in three or four days, and there may be a way to relieve him, but he is now behind the main force of the Qing army, and the main force of the Qing army is slower to grab feet while walking, so it is strange that he is not hungry.

On the way to the palace, Chang Yu told Li Shiyuan that Li Shiyuan was also anxious, how can this be good, if the main force of the Ming army outside is hungry, who will relieve them of the siege, can they really bear it by relying only on the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city?

I'm afraid not, if it can be supported independently, this little eunuch will definitely not be so anxious, and he can completely let the soldiers and horses outside find a place to eat and eat.

"I'm afraid I'm going to go out of the city!" Chang Yu got out of the city and went straight to the palace, Li Shiyuan didn't react for a long time: "The city is not guarded?" ”

Chang Yu sighed secretly, this person's brain is far worse than Li Yan and Li Muxian.

Li Shiyuan knew that he might lose his words when he saw that Chang Yu didn't speak, and hurriedly said: "Humble and stupid, please ask the factory supervisor for guidance."

"Before the soldiers and horses moved the grain and grass, how to kill the enemy if the soldiers were hungry, and how to relieve the siege of Qingzhou, we must help Li Yan solve the grain and grass matter before he came" Chang Yu said and sighed: "The governor has not yet thought of where to get grain and grass, but he can't nest in this city, so he has to go out first and make plans early."

While speaking, he had arrived at the east gate of the palace, and his own family led the two to see King Heng, and Chang Yu asked the family to inform the guards to gather and go to find Jia Waixiong and others to return to the palace.

King Heng had just come over from Qian Lianghan's side, and when he learned that Chang Yu had come back, he hurriedly trotted over from the back house, and saw that the little eunuch's face was anxious and he was about to ask what was going on.

"Quickly raise five thousand taels of silver, some grain and grass, our family wants to go out of the city" Chang Yu came up and said this sentence that made King Heng look confused and frightened: "Father-in-law Chang, don't scare this king, what is going on, what are you doing to get silver out of the city at this critical juncture, you can't leave this king alone......" He thought that Chang Yu was going to slip away.

Chang Yu had to patiently briefly explain the ins and outs of the matter, and King Heng was a little relieved, it turned out that the soldiers and horses outside had run out of food and grass.

"But when you get to Qingzhou, you can go bankrupt..."When King Heng was generous, he was coldly interrupted by Chang Yu: "At that time, the Tartar army besieged the city, and how to transport the food of the palace no matter how much it was?" ”

"Then what is Chang Gonggong going to do, go out of the city to buy food? Where to buy? How much can you buy for 5,000 taels? If you give too much, you won't be able to pull it, I'm afraid that you will be robbed by the Tartars as soon as you get out of the city...... Father-in-law Chang, don't worry, there will always be a way to think about everything slowly......" It can be seen that King Heng still doesn't want Chang Yu to leave, after all, this person is a backbone, who knows if he deliberately used this as an excuse to take the money and slip away, although it doesn't look like it, but he just doesn't want him to go.

Chang Yu smiled bitterly, what King Heng said was right, he couldn't pull it if he gave more, a hundred taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty was about eight catties, and ten thousand taels were eight hundred catties, but it was necessary to load two or three cars, and it was really inconvenient to transport this point.

Fortunately, he didn't need to bring so much, and the five thousand taels of silver didn't plan to buy much grain, as a deposit, he had to go to Linzi County next door to raise grain and grass to raise money and buy supplements.

Linzi is also known as Linzi District of Zibo City (Zibo City was still an undeveloped mine in the Ming Dynasty, and another Zichuan District belonged to Jinan Prefecture at this time) belonged to Qingzhou Prefecture, a small county on the edge of the mountain range forty or fifty miles northeast.

Chang Yu's plan to go to Linzi to raise grain was denied by Li Shiyuan: "Linzi is just a small city, too close to Qingzhou, and even the Tartars have to pass through Linzi when they go south to Qingzhou."

"This is one of the reasons why the governor insists on going, Linzi is too small and has no oil and water, and the Tartars are disdainful, and there is a fat head of Qingzhou Mansion next to it, and they have no time to take care of it, at most, scare it, if the soldiers and civilians in the city insist on not opening the door and surrendering, the Tartars may not be strong." Chang Yu's meaning is very clear, with the bait of Heng Wangfu, the Qing army can't look down on the rest at all, even if you don't dislike ant legs are meat, you have to wait until you pick the watermelon first and then pick up sesame seeds.

However, Li Shiyuan and King Heng both felt that it was too risky, and of course they thought that the little eunuch was gone.

"There is a proposal from the lowly level, instead of going to Linzi to ask for food, it is better to transfer grain from the palace" Li Shiyuan pondered for a while: "While the Tartars are not yet in the city, transfer the grain and grass from the palace and hide it in the mountains in the west......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chang Yu: "How to transport it out hidden in the mountains?" Outside the city and outside the mountains, there are layers of tartars, do you send food to the horse thieves in the mountains? ”

Li Shiyuan's face turned red, and he hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Humble means to hide the grain somewhere in the mountains, and then transport it from the northwest to the direction of Linzi with manpower, or let General Li's soldiers and horses enter the mountain from the northeast mountain pass......" As he spoke, he lost his voice, and even he felt that it was not only infeasible, but simply ridiculous.

The deep mountains in the west are reckless and don't know how deep they are, and it is better to go directly to Linzi to raise grain than to wait until the soldiers are starving to death, and Li Yan led the soldiers and horses are all cavalry, and the cavalry is over the mountains and mountains, you are joking, and when you get to the place where you hide the grain, I am afraid that Qingzhou City will be broken by the Tartars.

"Grain and grass are related to the success or failure of this battle, if there is no foreign aid, Qingzhou City will be broken", Chang Yu knew that the time was urgent, if the vanguard of the Qing army went outside the city, he would not be so easy to go to Linzi, and he would have to cross the line of fire again.

Seeing that Chang Yu's expression was so terrifying, King Heng and Li Shiyuan had no other good plan, so they had to respond, but they were a little unwilling: "Chang Gonggong's subordinates are capable of producing many people, do you have to handle the grain and grass matters personally?" ”

Chang Yu nodded: "Not only will our family go out of the city, but Li Shoubei will also go with us."

Yes! King Heng and Li Shiyuan were shocked, especially King Heng trembled and almost fell, what are you kidding, the little eunuch is gone, he seems to have lost his soul, and now you have to take away the patron saint of Qingzhou, so who will defend the city.

Chang Yu had to explain again that fighting outside the city was the key to success or failure, and the army was not familiar with the terrain of Qingzhou, so it was necessary to have a guide who was familiar with the surrounding environment, and Li Shiyuan was the best candidate, of course, this was only one of the reasons, perhaps because he was not very worried about Li Shiyuan.

As for defending the city, it will be handed over to the two battalions of black wolves and black tigers under his command!

Hearing this, King Heng was a little relieved, although he was not familiar with Jia Waixiong Lao Jiu, but he knew that he had followed the little eunuch to the south and the north to fight the corpse mountain and the sea of blood several times, and he killed Li Shiyuan's command in terms of combat power, and he could not be compared with the experience, and the only regret was that there were too few people.

Without further ado, since the decision had been made, everyone hurried to work, King Heng immediately asked the housekeeper to prepare silver, mules, horses and other things, Li Shiyuan went to find his subordinates to explain the matter, Chang Yu took a map of the surrounding provided by the palace and stared carefully, and his subordinate Chen Suole and other personal soldiers were ready to go outside the palace.

It didn't take long for Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu to be found, and the two of them who were in Gentle Township knew that something must have happened, so they hurriedly handed over the goods and returned to the palace to see Chang Yu.