Chapter 363 is the most important thing

What made Liu Xulei's brain hurt even more was that at this time, Feng Suqin, who was stationed in Jiujiang, was eager to fight, and urged ammunition, grain and grass again and again.

You must know that the reason why Liu Xulei left the main force to stay in Nanchang is precisely because of the captain's life-saving benefactor, the little goblin Feng Suqin.

At the beginning, the captain asked him to bring the baggage battalion and the machine gun company, and cooperate with Feng Suqin's Dayao Mountain Independent Battalion to try to launch an eastward expedition, attack and advance down the river, and strive to recover the first riverside town downstream - Anqing Fucheng.

However, the problem is that the grain captured by Feng Suqin and her in Jiujiang is simply not enough to support the next battle.

More than a month ago, due to the battle of Nanchang, Chen Tai's tens of thousands of defenders were quickly annihilated, and they also set up a whole Han Eight Banner of Gushan Ezhen Jinli, so that the thousands of Qing troops who stayed in Jiujiang had already been frightened.

However, these Tartars are not fuel-efficient lamps, before abandoning the city and fleeing, they set a fire and burned a large number of military rations and materials that Jin Li had hoarded in Jiujiang.

In this way, the unlucky Feng Suqin took over an empty city, which was equivalent to eating a hollow rice ball, but also had to relieve a large number of hungry people.

Originally, he seized a lot of money in Nanchang, and he instigated Liu Qilin to use both grace and power to force out a lot of grain from those gentry and big households, and Liu Xulei had quite a lot of money on hand.

But now, in the blink of an eye, there are more than 50,000 mouths that only eat and do not farm, not only Feng Suqin can no longer get the support of Nanchang, but even Nanchang itself will also sit on the empty mountain and will soon fall into a food crisis.

And if he wants to transport grain from distant Qinzhou, he no longer has enough manpower.

You must know that his baggage battalion has already been opened to Jiujiang, and he originally planned to go east together, but at present, he only has two independent battalions of more than 1,000 people, and they are still distributed in the Ganjiang River valley, organizing migrant workers to transport grain and ammunition back and forth.

The problem is that because the road is so long, the food transported from Qinzhou is extremely consumed, and even the food transported to Qinzhou cannot catch up with the amount eaten by the migrant workers along the way.

Faced with the dilemma, Feng Suqin didn't care about biting her silver teeth, and took the initiative to ask Ying to travel lightly:

"No matter how much, just take care of it, there is always a way to get to Anqing!"

However, Liu Xulei, who is cautious by nature, dared to agree easily.

Feng Suqin's newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, but he knows very well that the south bank of the Yangtze River from Jiujiang to Anqing is full of mountains, while the north bank is mostly swampy, except for a large lake connected to the other, there is almost no decent arable land, so it is difficult to collect grain along the way.

And it is even more unrealistic to expect Yu Anqing, not to mention that it may not be able to be taken quickly, what if it is like Jiujiang, only an empty city can be obtained?

At that time, not only will they not be able to get food and grass, but they will have to feed many people who are waiting to be fed out of thin air.

Therefore, Liu Xulei pondered and meditated, and until now he did not agree to Feng Suqin's troops.

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Liu Xulei had nothing to do, so he had to honestly ask Lin Xiao.

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After Lin Xiao heard this, his first thought was to order the baggage troops in Qinzhou to send the grain quickly.

However, after calming down a little, he found that this would not only be difficult to quench the thirst from afar, but also could not solve the real problem at all, because Qinzhou's food reserves were also very limited.

Over the past six months, as the territory has become larger and larger, and the number of people in need of relief has also increased, and the five million stone military rations hoarded in Qinzhou have also been exhausted, and they will not be able to support it for long......

As a matter of fact, taking into account the difficulties encountered in various localities, Lin Xiao found that if the troops could not raise food locally, they would never be able to open up the situation.

Because, not only Liu Xulei's second regiment encountered this dilemma, but Ding Shuai's first regiment faced a more serious food problem.

Listening to Ding Shuai's tone, even if his first regiment can survive the spring famine, the grain and grass that can be raised is only enough to survive, how can there be any chance to recruit troops and expand the army and continue the Northern Expedition.

It stands to reason that Sichuan is a country of abundance, so it shouldn't be a problem to raise some military rations, right?

However, in fact, after more than 20 years of turmoil, under the wanton slaughter of warlords from all walks of life, the originally quite prosperous Sichuan Basin, the loss of population and property is too great, and there is not one in ten people who are lucky not to be killed, especially in the northern Sichuan area, there are really no villages for thousands of miles, and there are no people for hundreds of miles.

When the Qing army entered Sichuan, not to mention the people, even Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army didn't have much to eat at all, otherwise, Zhang Xianzhong, who had millions of soldiers, would not have been defeated so badly.

You must know that Wu Sangui and others led the Qing army into Sichuan to clear and suppress the Great Western Army, but they came directly from Hanzhong with a large amount of military rations.

At present, Ding Shuai's regiment does not have an independent battalion, and the number of people is only about 3,000, but there are quite a few people under Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu who have entered Sichuan, and the total number has reached more than 50,000.

As far as Ding Shuai is concerned, his two main battalions are guarding the front line of the Sword Pavilion in the mountains and mountains of northern Sichuan, strictly guarding against Wu Sangui's counterattack, and playing the role of goalkeepers.

And his baggage battalion, and even the troops directly under the regiment headquarters, had to all serve as transport teams, constantly transporting grain from Chengdu to the north to solve the urgent needs of the front.

Rao is like this, the soldiers in the deep mountains of the northern front, the daily rations are still seriously insufficient, far from getting the necessary nutrition, according to Ding Shuai, the soldiers are all ready.

As the battle line became longer and longer, it was even more difficult to transport grain from Qinzhou to Sichuan.

You must know that the mountains in northern Qianbei are high and rapid, and the difficulty of the road is famous all over the world, and the dozens of catties of grain carried by a migrant worker have already been left when they are sent to Chengdu after hardships, and the people's strength is only in vain.

Because of this, in a hurry, Ding Shuai had to ask Zhu Yujia, who occupied Huguang, for help.

Among Lin Xiao's several troops, Zhu Yujia, who was backed by Dongting Lake, was in the best situation, and he did give selfless assistance to Ding Shuai and Liu Xulei.

However, although Huguang is close to Sichuan, it is separated by continuous mountains, and there is almost no road by land.

And several waterways into the river are very turbulent, against the current under the danger of the boat, in some steep places, the use of many slender men can not pull the boat, but also often stage the tragedy of the boat capsized and died.

Therefore, after paying a huge price, Ding Shuai still got more support than nothing, and Ding Shuai was worried that if this continued, the troops would lose their combat effectiveness.

And Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, who are outnumbered, are in an even more embarrassing situation.

Although Li Dingguo did his best to disperse most of his troops in various state capitals centered on Chongqing and Chengdu, and let them forage for food on the spot, the soldiers still lived like a year, and there were many complaints.

According to this state, at least in the first half of the year, it would be very good for them to be able to hold Sichuan, and they were not able to organize the Northern Expedition at all.

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In order to solve the dilemma of the various departments, after half a day of contemplation, Lin Xiao made a decision and quickly made several decisions!

First of all, the most important thing is that the battle for the liberation must start immediately!

Lin Xiao knew that the Dutch entrenched on the treasure island at this time were actually not many in number, but they ruled over more than 100,000 peasants, and almost all of them were concentrated in the western part of the island.

Among them, the vast majority of them are Han people who have gone from the mainland to Baodao for various reasons for hundreds of years to cultivate wasteland.

However, the local indigenous people are very few and uncivilized, and almost all of them hide in the mountains in the form of tribes, dare to go down the mountains to farm, and only a very few people know how to farm.

As a result, the present Daguan was a completely agrarian society, and the Dutch had been smuggling grain into Macao, suggesting that they must have hoarded a large amount of grain and rice on the island.

Because, according to the Francophile of Macau, the Dutch East India Company, headquartered in Batavia (present-day Jakarta), transported grain from Sumatra and Java to Dayuan all year round in exchange for luxury goods such as tea, silk, and ceramics.

In addition, they exchanged lacquerware and copper from the Japanese, because the silver content of red copper produced in Japan was relatively high, and the Dutch considered it profitable.

There's nothing to say, judging from the current situation, Lin Xiao needs this batch of food too much!

Of course, if you are lucky, you can still beat rabbits with grass and seize a little red copper, it will be even better, and when the time comes, Lao Zhou will definitely be happy......

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