Chapter 47 The soldiers are under the city

Longqing 5th year, late November.

The weather in Nanjing City suddenly became cold, but the city of Nanjing was full of people, and I saw a team of soldiers receiving cotton clothes for the winter in an orderly manner, which were all made overnight by the Tianfu Yamen who had recently summoned the female dependents in the city.

Today's Nanjing garrison has nearly 130,000, and the inventory of military cotton clothes is not enough at all. Fortunately, he was not dishonored, and finally satisfied the sergeant's order that everyone had a share.

At the same time, Shen Chongming also sat firmly in the enemy situation reports sent back by the Chinese army.

There is a little difference from the previous expectation, the rebels who were originally expected to come to the city in half a month at most have not seen any movement for twenty days, which makes Shen Chongming uneasy, and it is thought that his own prediction is wrong, and the rebels will not attack Nanjing City at all.

However, looking at this information, Shen Chongming's heart was steady. "Hehe, it turns out that the rebels are short of winter clothes, but we forgot to count this stubble in it."

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, this is not a small number, and there are a lot of things implicated in this, but I am afraid that the rebels did not expect that the cotton clothes for the winter will also become a big problem." Yu Jiao on the side laughed. Even the cotton clothes of the hundreds of thousands of horses in the city have worried themselves and the prefect for several days.

Shen Chongming nodded, and then said with a smile: "This winter is good, as soon as the weather is cold, many deadly places hidden in the shadows of the rebels will be exposed one by one, and the imperial court can also adjust the layout at any time to deal with them in response to these new trends." In this way, the tension of the entire battle situation will definitely get better and better. ”

"My lord, if the inactive people realize these things, will they stick to the same place in order to eliminate these hidden dangers before taking action?" Chen Xiao on the side said with some worry.

Now there are troops in various places, just waiting for Lord Shen to give an order, and then send troops to analyze the inaction in various places. But once the main force of Wuwei no longer enters Nanjing City, then this plan will be completely ruined. At that time, there is no possibility of quelling this rebellion in a short time.

Shen Chongming shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, the rebel army is already difficult to ride a tiger, if you can't completely control Jiangnan as soon as possible, the ensuing shortage of military food is enough to make their current hundreds of thousands of horses fall apart." And their only way out at present is to try every means to take all the military points along the Yangtze River, and Nanjing City is the most important one. As long as the city of Nanjing is taken, the rebels will have the advantage of attacking and retreating, and it is not impossible for their sect leader Zhao Wenyi to ascend the throne and become emperor. ”

Although Chen Xiao is strategic, and he is a rare good hand in handling cases, he is not even as good as Xiong Dabiao here compared to military affairs. However, this person has a good brain, and when he heard Shen Chongming say this, he immediately understood. Some cotton clothes have already made the rebels who occupy four places anxious, and the vital military rations are afraid that they are their Achilles' heel.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao hugged his fists and smiled: "My lord, my subordinates have been taught." ”

"Hehe, don't talk about this, it must be a few days before the vanguard of the rebels will appear under the city of Nanjing, the weather is getting colder and colder, presumably they are also in a hurry. Lord Yu, do you think you are first ordering the people to gather in various places to stand by, just waiting for the rebels to assemble near Nanjing? ”

Unexpectedly, Shen Chongming would ask himself this question, Yu Jiao was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly said: "This matter is up to the grandfather alone." Yu Jiao knew in his heart that in front of so many people, Shen Chongming was clearly giving himself a long face.

"I wonder what everyone thinks?" Shen Chongming glanced at the more than ten generals sitting neatly on both sides and asked, People from all walks of life gathered in Nanjing City, these are all the generals who are leading the army.

Where did everyone dare to disagree, they naturally nodded their heads one after another to indicate that everything was in accordance with Shen Chongming's arrangement.

"Since there are no objections, this concludes today's meeting. The generals returned to their headquarters, and who led the soldiers under their command to stand by at any time to prevent the rebels from appearing under the city of Nanjing! Shen Chongming got up and said.

Shen Chongming is too shrewd, and now the situation of the rebels is indeed as he expected, and they have encountered the biggest problem since the start of the army. Although the problem of winter cotton clothes was solved after a lot of work, Zhao Wenyi and his important people who did nothing fell into restlessness.

Now the first issue is military rations. Originally, it was planned to raise 200,000 troops for two months' military rations to carry out a protracted battle against the city of Nanjing, but so far, the military rations on hand are barely enough to support one and a half months. Even if this is counted, it is still counted in the fact that the staff has not been clearly reduced, every time he thinks about it, Cai Wenyuan, who hosted this matter, feels desolate in his heart, when will this tight day be a head.

"Cai Protector, now that there is a shortage of food in various places, do you think our plan to capture Nanjing City has been postponed temporarily? As long as we survive this winter, and wait until the spring of next year begins, the situation will definitely be much better. Zheng Shanchuan said worriedly. The army had no food outside, and the only result was a rout.

Cai Wenyuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zheng, the matter has come to this, and moving forward is our only way out." Now that the land in our hands has gone through war, the people's livelihood has already withered, even if it is spring, it is impossible to grow food in the ground? And the dog court regards me as a beast of inaction, the longer it drags on, the more officers and soldiers they can gather to come and embarrass us, plus the foundation is unstable, at that time, it will be even more difficult to escape! ”

"But if you send troops in such a hasty manner, you must have fewer victories and more defeats, is there no other way?" Zheng Shanchuan asked with a furrowed brow.

Cai Wenyuan shook his head and was silent and stopped talking.

Zhao Wenyi had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, looking at the silence to a little terrifying, and suddenly smiled: "Two Dharma protectors, don't worry about this matter anymore, although there are many difficulties, isn't there still a glimmer of life?" Although the city of Nanjing is firmly defended, as long as I do nothing to teach people to make up my mind immediately, even if Nanjing City is an iron city, it will definitely be able to melt it with fire! ”

"Sect Leader Shengming, as long as I can unite sincerely with the members of the Wuwei Sect, I will take this world like a bag." Cai Wenyuan said loudly. The Sect Master is indeed a saint, and at such a time, the most important thing is self-confidence.

Zhao Wenyi smiled and said, "Originally, it was said that it would be assembled outside Nanjing in half a month, but now it has dragged on for nearly ten days. Strategist, you give the order to go down, so that the men and horses from all over the country will immediately set off for the city of Nanjing as soon as they receive the military order. At the end of this month, the assembly of 200,000 troops will be completed. In addition, it is necessary to inform the remaining detachments that they must find more ways to raise military rations, and take Nanjing City another day. ”

Zhao Wenyi's words made Cai Wenyuan's heart excited, and he replied with his fists in his hands: "My subordinates take the order, I wish me a victory in the banner of Wuwei Sect and take Nanjing City in one fell swoop!" ”

The people from all over the country have already been assembled, and the rebel soldiers are also very excited to go to a big city like Nanjing. After all, most of them are countrymen who have been begging for a living in the fields for generations, and they have never heard of this Nanjing city, so how can they not yearn for it?

According to the latest news, Nanjing City, also known as Jinling, is full of beautiful women, and it is also the accompanying capital of the imperial court, and it is said that even the roads are paved with gold. The general said that as long as the city of Nanjing is defeated, everyone can take as much gold as they want, and women can grab as many as they can!

At this time, the general who led the troops received the military order from Zhenjiang Mansion, and with an order, a group of people and horses rushed towards Nanjing City like a migration team.

For this reason, Shen Chongming synthesized the information sent back from all over the country, and made a detailed map of the battle, and wiped it on one by one, representing that the rebel army was approaching Nanjing City.

"Yes, very good, it seems that Zhao Wenyi has made a big decision. There are 200,000 horses, and nearly seventy percent of the troops are bet on this gamble by him. "Shen Chongming is quite touched, this Zhao Wenyi has the demeanor of a king after a few years.

"Hehe, it's so good, let him sink into the sand under this Nanjing city, and he can't cry!" Xiong Dabiao said viciously, in this battle, he must wipe out the rebels and horses.

"Hehe, in three days at most, these horses can all gather under the city of Nanjing." Shen Chongming straightened his waist as he spoke.

His face changed, and he was instantly full of majesty. Yu Prison obeyed the order and immediately ordered the garrisons at several passes around the city of Nanjing, and once they found traces of the rebels, they immediately withdrew to the city of Nanjing. It is not a last resort, and it is resolute not to engage the rebels. ”

"The last will obey." Despite the doubts in his heart, Yu Jian immediately responded.

"The generals listened to the order, and went back to tell their soldiers that the time had come to enjoy the blessings. As soon as the rebels arrived at the city, every day all the troops rotated to the city to eat, a large piece of meat, a large bowl of cold water, and worked hard to make it! ”

The generals were in an uproar, looking at Shen Chongming stupidly one by one, I don't know what kind of moth this is raising from Grandpa!

"Hehe, aren't the rebels short of food and clothing? Then let's do the opposite, and make them anxious and bent on taking the city! Shen Chongming sneered, but everyone was even more confused.

"My lord, isn't this the beauty of adults, let's help the rebels boost their morale." Brother Erdan is bold enough and thick-skinned enough, and he will never hide his stupidity in front of others, so he asked directly.

"The city of Nanjing is tall, as long as we are well prepared, the more the rebels attack the city, the more heavy their casualties will be. And using this method to boost morale can only do two things. After a long time, the rebel soldiers could only complain more in their hearts, and when the time came, coupled with the heavy casualties, they must have lost their morale. At that time, it will be time for the army to go out of the city and annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop. Shen Chongming was proud, this method was something he thought of after thinking about it for many days.

Hearing his explanation, the generals immediately showed a sincere look of admiration on their faces. Grandpa Guo is Grandpa Guo, no wonder he is called a victorious general, just by virtue of this speculation on human nature, there are few people in this world who are his opponents.

"In addition, Lord Ma, you will now send the military orders written a few days ago to all places, so that they can immediately launch an attack on the four roads occupied by the rebels as soon as they receive the military orders. Let them remember that the initial progress must be slow, otherwise they will copy Zhao Wenyi's nest so quickly, and maybe he will give up the Nanjing City in front of him to return to various places. Shen Chongming said to Brother Erdan.

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