677 The Black Ship on the Heilongjiang River (continued)

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If there are Google Maps, satellites, drones, and helicopters that can be used for aerial photography, viewers with God's Eyes can see that in the wasteland of eastern Liaodong, from the Heilongjiang River Basin, the Songhua River Basin to the Hunhe River Basin, the crowds are slowly moving from north to south.

Like the unrestful refugees in the European countries, the crowd slowly measured the ground under their feet with their feet. The momentum was huge, and hundreds of thousands of pairs of feet and the hooves of livestock lifted the smoke and dust that covered the land of Liaodong in spring.

However, unlike the European white-skinned pigs who shot themselves in the foot, the dragon composed of people and livestock, large and small vehicles that ran through the land of Liaodong did not terrify European governments, but thrilled the officials who held their own small abacus along the way.

"Arrange food and meals for 10,000 people, and feed for 50,000 livestock!"

"This temple can only accommodate two Niu Lu people at most, and there are more than a dozen Jiala behind us, how do you let us live?"

"There are four armor flags inlaid here, where do you let the more than 10,000 people with yellow flags sleep on? Your family?! ”

The soldiers, officers, and generals who were responsible for the front station for the return of the army escorted more than 10,000 Sauron captives and countless mules, horses, and reindeer, and constantly reprimanded and insulted the officials along the way.

"The emperor led us to fight the Sauron barbarians, a great victory! There are still more than 100,000 teams coming over one after another, you are so hasty to deal with the errand, do you plan to let the emperor cut off your head? ”

"How can this little house supply the army?"

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, the officials who originally heard that the Northern Expedition was unfavorable and had some small ideas took care of this group of masters on the three banners. Privately, he sent powerful servants to report to his own sons.

"The two Yellow Banner armies went smoothly in the north, capturing tens of thousands of Sauron Ding Zhuang, and more than 10,000 Ding Zhuang prisoners in the vanguard have passed through the slave ground. According to the observation of the minions, it has been compiled according to my Eight Banners system, and there are about thirty Niu Lu! ”

"It was reported. A few days later, more than ten Jiala's soldiers and horses returned to Shengjing from Heilongjiang to the south, please decide! ”

All kinds of true and false information have been secretly disseminated by people in accordance with the inertia of thinking that seeing is believing as an emergency military situation to increase the quantity without increasing the price.

Huang Taiji did not spend a single soldier, did not lose a single knife or shot, and reversed the thoughts of the Qing officials stationed in various parts of the country along the way, so that they continued to be afraid of the military might of the two Yellow Banner armies and did not dare to make a mistake. Many things that were originally planned in secret have changed from the original intense to quietly quiet.

However, there are also people who have not died down. Instead, it appeared in a rush of gongs and drums.

When the first wave of people and horses who were responsible for escorting the prisoners and booty entered Shengjing, the leader of Jia Lazhangjing was stunned to find that the streets were full of two white flags' clothed minions, who were smiling and holding large and small packages, carrying cloth and satin, carrying iron pots and copper bowls, carrying ham and wine jars, and walking in the streets and alleys of Shengjing.

"Your Excellency. What's going on? Jia Lazhangjing asked Fan Wencheng and the others who came to receive Huang Taiji's will in surprise.

"A few days ago, there was good news from Lord Rui. Wu Sangui's troops were defeated several times in a row, so that he did not dare to take a step out of Ningyuan City. His subordinates had seized a lot, so he ordered his minions to return the seized goods to Shengjing. At the same time, the intention was to transfer the artillery of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion of the Sanshun Wang's headquarters to the south, preparing to break through Ningyuan and clear the way for the army to move south. ”

Didn't you let other troops enter the city? Easy to do. I gave the minions a holiday and let them escort the loot back to Shengjing, what kind of temper do you have? In addition, Dolgon adjusted the red-coated cannon of Kong Youde and others? I'm afraid that it may not be to fight Ning Yuan, the idea of hitting these cannons is true!

If Kong Youde and others have never taken the opportunity to the current momentum. The strength of the soldiers, horses, people, money, and food is not inferior to the three Dolgon brothers of Huang Taiji's father and son, which is also too much to raise the moral level of the three miners in Liaodong.

These three are almost depopulated characters on the ground of Denglai. shouted triumphantly: "Killing Shandong soldiers is like cutting vegetables and cutting melons!" "If it weren't for being besieged by several times the number of officers and soldiers, he would not have fled across the sea with the artillery team and craftsmen that the old commander Sun Yuanhua had spent a lot of money to build, and then he would have thrown himself into the Liao thieves.

What's more, at the same time that Dolgon's document requesting the transfer of the red-coated cannons of the Wuzhen Chao Ha Battalion to Ningyuan to help in the war arrived in Shengjing, someone hinted to Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming that as long as they pulled the artillery team to Ningyuan and Jinzhou to obey the orders of Prince Rui, each of them would be rewarded with tens of thousands of silver, and in addition, the rewards and grain and grass supplies for his subordinates would be added according to what they had now.

With such a large price, what does Prince Rui want to do, Kong Youde and others can also guess seventy or eighty. However, just when the three godsons of Mao Wenlong were thinking about how to bargain with this Rui prince, someone came to report that Fan Wencheng, a scholar from the Third Academy of Internal Sciences, came to visit the mansion.

"Are the three princes worried about the artillery team going south to help the war?" Fan Wencheng was not polite, and went straight to the point and threw the purpose of the palace to Kong Youde and others in the future.

"Exactly! Lord Rui's military situation is like fire, but our Wuzhen Chaoha camp is directly under the emperor, this, the emperor is not in Shengjing at the moment, which makes it difficult for the minions to deal with it! Although Kong Youde was born with a rude and savage appearance, he was not confused at all. Fan Wencheng came to his mansion for what he was for, he knew very well!

"Also, King Gongshun, King Zhishun, King Huaishun, if you have this mind, you are worthy of being the emperor's servants. When the emperor found out, he was bound to be extremely happy. However, I also have something to discuss with the three princes. ”

"What does Mr. Fan have to say to us rough people?"

"There are a lot of elite soldiers and horses under the command of Lord Rui, and the two white flag soldiers are good at firearms, which is well known in my eight banners. I don't understand, why does Lord Rui want to transfer you south to help in the war? ”

The treacherous and cunning Kong Youde, who has been through ups and downs for a long time, immediately interpreted the deep meaning from Fan Wencheng's gentle words.

"You three, the only place where you can have some leverage in Dolgon, where there are many soldiers, is that you are good at firearms combat. But don't forget, Dolgon's men have a team of clad men who are very good at firearms! Without your artillery, he would still be able to play with firearms. And when ye go to his hand, what good fruit do ye eat? ”

"That's what Mr. Fan said. We are also confused about this. We are the emperor's minions, we will fight whatever the emperor wants us to fight, and we will fight wherever the emperor wants us to fight. Everything is the only thing that the emperor is looking forward to. Kong Youde immediately heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning. patted his chest and made a gesture to Fan Wencheng.

"Then, how do the three princes plan to reply to the official document of the prince Rui dispatching artillery to the south?"

"The artillery is heavy, transportation is extremely difficult, and now it's spring, the cattle and horses are weak and tired, and the roads are overturned. It's better to wait for some time, and when the road is a little better, the minions will immediately show the emperor, please go south! ”

Walked out of the palace of Gongshun. Fan Wencheng couldn't help but let out a long breath and pacified the Han artillery unit of King Sanshun, which undoubtedly stabilized Huang Taiji's position in this upcoming turmoil, so that he would not have no cards to play in the face of Dolgon's offensive. Touching the ** that was almost soaked in cold sweat, Fan Wencheng was still a little shocked and moved.

"Alas! Come back quickly, master! Later, I'm afraid that the minions won't be able to control the boulder in this Shengjing City! ”

At present, the soldiers of the two white flags are more than one day in Shengjing City. From time to time, groups of three or five haunt the streets and alleys, but they are all visiting relatives and friends. Let Fan Wencheng and others, Haoge, Dai Shan and others know that there is fraud. But for a while, I couldn't find a reason to stop it.

Faced with such a situation, Prince Haoge, who has always been irritable and irritable, could not hold back the anger in his heart, and clamored to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the two blue flags to exterminate the two white flags and the red flag units together!

"You rude stupid pig! I'm afraid that if you fill in all the blue flags, you will be eaten by the Dorgon brothers, and there will be no bones left! Spare your lost soldiers and end up with an Abatai. When your emperor Lao Tzu came back, facing the questioning of Dolgon's great victory, he had to sing a tearful slashing horse! Dai Shan, who was old and immortal, sneered after learning about Prince Su Haoge's movements.

The ministers of the two yellow flags who stayed in Shengjing were all eagerly looking forward to Huang Taiji's speedy return.

But. Surely it will be good to come back?

With the help of Jiang Feng, the loud shouts of more than a dozen soldiers standing in the shallow water of Jiangbei with their hands folded into a horn were finally heard clearly by the people on the big boat in the center of the river.

"It turns out that you are the soldiers and horses of the two yellow banners directly under His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!"

Someone on the boat yelled at him with a brass horn.

These words almost made Drobtai Ilde and the others so angry that they jumped off their horses! Even if you don't know us, at least, you always know the armor banner, right? But why is it so close to us as an enemy?

"The group that passed just now was also dressed in the same armor as you, but they were quite hostile to us, and you were the same as their colored armor, so you had to guard against it!" A few words floated down unhurriedly on the ship, almost choking Ilde and the others to death!

You yourself lost the battle and accidentally let people take away so many armor and weapons, we naturally can't tell which batch is the Qing Emperor's soldiers and horses, and which batch is the enemy army you are chasing and killing, and it is normal to do some precautions! Who made you wear the same armor and the knives and guns in your hands as the gang just passed, Lao Tzu knows who you are?

"Which of you is leading the team? Is there a Baylor above? Let's talk to our big shopkeeper! The general officer holding the big horn on the bow of the ship continued to have a fox, a tiger, a tiger, and a dog, and Rao was Ilde knew that these people could not be offended, but he also couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

"We're coming fast, our masters are behind, and I'm the highest-ranking in the army right now. Meler Jangkin! Please come out and answer, and please ask the big shopkeeper to help us cross the river and hunt down those Sauron traitors for the sake of friendship with my Qing Dynasty! ”

In the midst of everyone's eagerness or schadenfreude, Chen Tai had no choice but to urge his horse out, walked closer to the river, and shouted to the boat with his hands folded.

"Whew! A small Melle Zhangjing is also embarrassed to ask to see our big shopkeeper, waiting! The messenger sneered twice, and was about to turn back to the cabin, but was stopped in his way.

"Lao Lu, how many times have I told you that when you meet a Manchurian brother, you should be polite, and you should speak kindly." A young man dressed in a brocade robe scolded this matter with some dissatisfaction.

"This Lord Melerjang. In Xia Lin Wenbing, in the long prevailing Xi for a shopkeeper, today happened to lead people along the river trade, passing by here, I don't know what military affairs you have brought the troops here? ”

Knowing that Lin Wenbing was talking nonsense, Chen Tai didn't dare to refute it. can only order Huang Taiji to go north to pursue Bomu Bogol, Ecuador and others. And the matter of sweeping the villages and tribes of the Sauron people along the way was slowly said again.

Listening to Chen Tai say these things that he knew all about again, Lin Wenbing was noncommittal, just ordered someone to raise the flag, and used the copper suona to pass the order, and a small boat in the fleet slowly stepped forward and anchored in the relatively shallow position between Lin Wenbing's flagship and the riverside.

After anchoring and lowering the sails, four or five dinghys were lowered on board, and many things were removed from the cabin and placed on the dinghy. Someone shook his oars and rowed a small boat towards the river.

Four or five small boats shuttled back and forth between the riverside and the big boats, and under the increasingly surprised eyes of thousands of Manchurian soldiers with the Yellow Flag, they unloaded the grain, meat, fish, dried vegetables, oil, salt, pots and stoves, and other things, found a relatively flat and open ground by the riverside, lined up more than a dozen pots and stoves, and began to prepare meals.

"Since you are the soldiers and horses led by the Qing Emperor, then we are a family. Everyone's hard work from afar. Nothing else, a hot meal is always available. ”

One of the deacons at the head said to Chen Tai and the others with a smile on his face.

"What are you doing standing there stupidly?! I want to have a good meal. Hurry up and find some firewood! ”

Baha, Sureda and others were also overjoyed, and ordered their men to find dry firewood and help the friendly troops to make fires and cook.

"Tell the minions that it is our harvest to pack up these horses and reindeer abandoned by Bomu Bogol and others by the river, and to pack up their belongings and baggage. Don't throw it away! Zhuo Butai also ordered his subordinates with a relaxed face, and pointed at the Yangluo scattered all over the Hetao area with a horsewhip.

With a cheer, the two yellow flag generals lying on the grass, a carp jumped up, or went to the riverside to collect the horses and reindeer. Remove the saddle and search the contents of the mattress cover. From time to time, some people let out a low cheer in the green grass, thinking that they had picked up some such as copper wine jugs, kettles with cotton jackets, knives for eating meat, and small purses that they carried with them, which were full of fine salt and spices, which were sprinkled on them when eating meat; Canned food, spirits and other items abound. , even life-saving bags and other unattainable valuable things are also obtained by some people by chance. These things, which do not belong to armor, knives and guns, etc., can be disposed of by the person who picked them up according to custom. When the soldiers of the Eight Banners encounter these valuable things, they often put them into their own pockets.

It is easy to work with many people, and hundreds of people help to collect dry firewood together, which is naturally easy to do. What's more, this is another wooded forest that has just experienced a winter, and there are dead branches everywhere.

Soon, under twenty or thirty cauldrons, flames happily licked the bottom of the pot. The fragrance was blown around by the wind, making the exhausted Manchurian soldiers and horses full of intoxication.

They pursued for thousands of miles, and all the way they were gnawing on sorghum rice dumplings and pickle gnocchi. Even if there are gamers and beasts, there may not be the time for you to cook them properly, at most you will hastily burn them on the fire and swallow the bloody meat.

People who have not experienced such a long-distance pursuit are difficult to understand the strong demand and ** that emerge from the deepest part of the body when faced with a pot of hot food and a pot of delicious hot soup. The rice that kept boiling in the cauldron gradually blossomed with river water, and with the help of the river breeze, a strong aroma was sent into everyone's noses.

"Damn, I never knew, it turned out that just smelling the rice tasted so good!" Zhuo Butai took a deep breath and reveled in the self-mockery of several colleagues around him.

However, Chen Tai and the others didn't care about laughing at him, and just stared at the soup that kept tumbling and jumping in those cauldrons. The contents of the pot are nothing more than fresh anchovy, boiled in water, and some condiments. However, the victory is in a fresh, well-stocked package. In the other dozen or so cauldrons, either dried meat is boiled or vegetable soup is cooked. In addition, there are more than a dozen fires, and brick tea is made in huge teapots.

"Tell the minions to have a good meal. But you can't lose the face of the emperor leading the two yellow flags in front of outsiders! After eating and drinking, let's discuss with this shopkeeper Lin and let his boat cross the river for us! ”

Hurriedly swallowing a mouthful of hot fish soup with the big copper bowl served by the servant, almost scalding off a layer of tongue, Chen Tai didn't care about that much, with a piece of fatty river fish in his mouth, he vaguely instructed his subordinates Niu Lu Zhangjing.

In a burst of cheers, a dense crowd suddenly formed around the dozens of cauldrons on the banks of the south of the Yangtze River.

Amid the cacophony of people, the aroma of food permeated the mouths of the soldiers.

Regardless of the hot soup and hot rice, these people who have spent days on horseback, and have never eaten a decent meal, just gobble up their meals, and the sound of sighing and snoring on the riverside will be heard from afar, and people who do not know will think that they are near the pig farm.

Looking at this scene, no one would have thought that a big change was about to happen.

"Bell, bell!" There was a crisp sound of the horse spoon hitting the edge of the pot, "There is still here, brothers who don't have enough to eat, you can also add them." ”

Hearing what the man in charge of the spoon said, there was suddenly another crowded scene in front of the stove. (To be continued......)