"What you say is not unreasonable, the cavalry of Manchuria is indeed a little capable. However, in my eyes, dealing with them is a matter of extra effort, and I have full confidence in my soldiers. Zhang Rui replied as if he didn't care.

"And if I'm not here, where will those Manchu guys be determined to fight us to the death? Only by defeating their cavalry can we attack Xuzhou City with peace of mind. ”

"What the King of Han said is that it is the incompetence of the courtiers that allows the King of Han to take such a dangerous situation, and the ministers deserve death." Hearing this, Wang Kaiyuan knelt down and confessed. Even several other officials in the tent knelt down and confessed.

"Get up! How can I blame you for this? Although we have a little advantage now, we are just starting out after all, and everything can't stand the toss. And although the battlefield is dangerous, I will feel at ease with you. Zhang Rui said comfortingly.

"The ministers thank the king of Han for his trust, and they will die to repay the king's kindness." The kneeling ministers replied in unison.

"All right, get up, I believe you." Zhang Rui nodded in response, and quickly stepped forward to help Wang Kaiyuan and the others who were getting up.

For the officials below who love to kneel and kowtow at every turn, Zhang Rui is actually very helpless. After entering Nanjing, Zhang Rui repeatedly stressed that all officials should not kowtow at every turn and accuse themselves. However, the order was given several times, but to no avail.

No matter how much Zhang Rui emphasized, he still can't stop the power of the times.

It seems that if Zhang Rui doesn't let them kneel, they will feel uneasy. Only when they kneeled and worshipped did they feel that they were part of the bandit army, even Wang Kaiyuan, who had been with Zhang Rui for a long time.

In this regard, Zhang Rui had no choice but to let it go, in order to slowly change again. After all, it is difficult for a person's habits to change all at once, let alone a social atmosphere?

"Colonel Zhang, how are the grain and grass reserves?" Zhang Rui turned his head to look at Zhang Shide, who was already a colonel of the logistics department at this time, and asked.

"Back to the Han King, our army's current military rations are sufficient, according to the latest statistics, the army's current army has food for at least a month." Zhang Shide, who was named, hurriedly replied.

"And our army's current grain routes are blocked, and no crisis has been found. Under the condition that grain is transported normally, our army's current grain and grass can be said to be completely worry-free. ”

"Well, well done. However, the army's food and grass is by no means a trivial matter, and the logistics department must pay more attention to it, and it is necessary to deal with any situation in a timely manner, and it is absolutely not to be taken lightly. Zhang Rui admonished.

"King Han rest assured, the minister will never dare to have any slackness." Zhang Shide replied.

"Okay, for Aiqing's ability to do things, this king trusts him very much." Zhang Rui nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Wechen thank Jun En." Hearing this, Zhang Shide actually knelt down and cried gratefully.

Since the incident, the issue of grain and grass for the bandit army has always been the thing that Zhang Rui is most concerned about. As the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. When you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart.

Throughout the end of the Ming Dynasty, how many Ming armies were not defeated by the enemy but also lost to the lack of food?

As the saying goes: People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. People who have not actually experienced hunger may find it difficult to understand the true meaning of these words.

No matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, once the army is short of food, it can only become weak and powerless for people to bully.

Before hybrid rice was cultivated, grain has always been a heavy sword hanging over the head of the Chinese Dynasty.

Since ancient times, the vast majority of the turmoil in China has been related to food shortages. It is precisely because of this that the Chinese dynasties all advocated heavy agriculture, and its important purpose was to ensure the grain in the mouths of the people, so as to ensure their stability.

If the bandit army wants to be a rogue, then it will naturally be easier for the military rations, after all, it is not polite for the bandits to plunder the grain and grass in the mouths of the people. However, if the army becomes like this, Zhang Rui feels that it will be meaningless to rise against the Qing Dynasty.

Military rations should have been collected by the government from the local people. However, because the bandit army captured the city so quickly after the uprising, many areas did not even have the officials in place, let alone the collection of food.

Moreover, because of the outbreak of the war, the Manchu Qing court had shamelessly levied two or even three years of grain taxes on the areas occupied by the bandits, and many people only had a mouthful of food left in their homes. If the bandit army requisitions grain, it will be easy to cause chaos and it will be difficult to clean up.

Grain, since you can't grab it, you can only buy it.

The war went smoothly, so that the bandit army scraped a lot of money on the Manchu side. Coupled with the liquidation of those big households who followed the Manchu Qing all the way to the end, the money and silver in the hands of the bandit army were quite optimistic. What's more, the bandit army also controlled the maritime trade at this time. Therefore, there is no shortage of money and silver in the hands of the bandit army.

Buying grain is nothing more than buying from the people or buying from overseas.

At this time, the people under the rule of the bandit army did not have much food in their hands. Although the bandit army will also pay to buy some from them, they do not dare to buy large quantities from them.

Otherwise, the price of grain will rise sharply, and the bandit army will not only spend extra money, but will also cause difficulties in the lives of the people under its rule.

In this way, the lack of military rations for the bandit army could only be obtained through sea trade.

Maritime trade has always been a sharp weapon in China. You must know that at that time, foreign maritime merchants had been looking down on the Chinese market. It's just that the Manchus have always shown no desire for sea trade, so they are helpless. Now that they have met such a wealthy master of the bandit army, they are very happy.

Compared with the silk porcelain and tea that the Manchus could only exchange for real money and silver, no matter what the maritime merchants brought over was grain, wood, copper, iron, steel, cotton and wool, even if it was just a boatload of sulfur ore, the bandit army also unceremoniously accepted all the orders.

It is also the large number of purchases made by the bandit army, so the territory controlled by the bandit army shows a particularly prosperous maritime trade scene.

Nowadays, there is a saying among Japanese maritime merchants.

Rice that is not salable in Japan is a shipload of silver once it reaches China.

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Outer suburbs of Xuzhou

Manchu Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan bandit camp.

In the hall meeting.

At this time, Fu Heng next to the desk was looking at the simple map in the hall with a deep face.

Suddenly, I saw Fu Heng turn around and ask the generals sitting down in confusion.

"This morning, I visited the Malay newspaper and found that the anti-thief West Route Army and the South Route Army had entered the territory of Xiangcheng (Huaibei City) respectively, and the East Route Army had also broken through Pizhou. Now the anti-thieves have formed a two-way army to form an offensive against our army. I wonder what you think about the current situation in our army? ”

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