Chapter IX: Rush to Collect

Suizhou and Henan are only separated by a mountain, but the climate is very different, at least Suizhou can still grow grain in the land. This season is also the harvest season, and countless rice trees have their heads down, and it looks like they will be ready to harvest in a little while.

However, the terrain in the north of Suizhou is really dangerous, and it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that the car can not be square, but among the mountain roads, there are many Tucheng checkpoints, which are left in ancient times, but where the north and south compete Suizhou is the place to come in.

Along the way, Zhang Xuan got an order, and everyone rushed to harvest rice.

Since Zhang Xuan offered the bearing, he was more trusted by Luo Rucai in the army, and he was in charge of the baggage in the rear camp and made two battalions. Vaguely under Rodain, the second person's momentum. This order made Zhang Xuan's affairs even more onerous.

There are many mountains in the north of Suizhou, and there is not much food, but when you come to the vicinity of Suizhou, it suddenly opens up, and all the people in the army go to cut rice.

For several days, the camp was full of early-maturing rice.

The army stayed in Suizhou for several days, and then went south like a flood and rushed directly to De'an

The area around De'an is close to Hanyang Province, which is a flat area for rice cultivation, although the weather has been uneven in recent years, and Henan has not harvested grain every year. But this is Huguang, which can already be regarded as the south, and this year De'an Mansion may not be a good year, but the grain in De'an Mansion is enough for a large army for a long time.

As soon as they entered De'an Mansion, the army dispersed and rushed to the prefectures and counties near De'an by several routes, with only one thing to do, that is, to seize the land.

It's the end of July, and it's time for the rice harvest.

Zhang Xuan's craftsman camp has also become busy, because to harvest grain, a large number of tools are needed, not only a large number of farm tools, but also a large number of vehicles, otherwise even if it is harvested, it will not be able to transport it. Therefore, the bearing must also be built hard.

Zhang Xuan also designed a standard carriage, this style of carriage is Zhang Xuan with reference to some of the structure of the car to make out, there is no innovation, the only thing is standardization, the difference between each other, parts can be interchangeable, even if a little worse, can also be temporarily repaired, nailed together. It's just for the convenience of production.

After all, what is needed in the army is not a good car, but thousands of carriages.

"My lord, someone from the Chinese army has come to deliver a message." Luo Dai said: "I said that the palm plate has an order for you." He spoke, with a sense of excitement, he was about to fade out of the bird for a while, and now that he finally came to the task, how could he not be happy.

Zhang Xuan immediately went to greet him, but saw that it was Yang Shan.

Yang Shan has a good relationship with Zhang Xuan, and he also likes the relationship with Zhang Xuan very much, so generally the orders related to Zhang Xuan are conveyed by Yang Shan.

"Brother Yang, what kind of wind blew you over?" Zhang Xuan said politely.

Yang Shan said: "Brother Zhang, this time I came, it's not gossip, the general really has something for you to do." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xuan said: "What is it? ”

Yang Shan said: "There are people making trouble in the south, and we can't transfer the horse team for a while, all the combat troops, just you are still idle, the general's will, let you go and calm the chaos in the south." ”

Someone made trouble, Zhang Xuan was not surprised.

No one has had an easy time this year, the rebels robbed De'an of this season's food, and De'an will definitely starve to death in winter, how can the local people of De'an not resist? This is a natural thing, however, Zhang Xuan is strange. The main force of the rebel army was actually pinned.

All of these things were done by the Rebel Horse Corps before.

After all, these villagers make trouble, and it is very easy for the rebels who are fighting old battles to calm down. It was almost a gesture, Zhang Xuan was in charge of the two battalions of baggage and craftsmen, and Luo Rucai's army had to take things from them, Zhang Xuan inquired a little, and all these situations were known.

"What's going on?" Zhang Xuan frowned and said, "Has the official army arrived?" ”

Unless it was the arrival of the official army brigade, Zhang Xuan couldn't think of any reason why all the tens of thousands of horses of the righteous army could not be withdrawn.

"Exactly, Fu Zonglong has arrived in Jingling and fought with our army around Yingcheng." Yang Shan said.

In Zhang Xuan's brain, he instantly flipped out a map and thought of where Jingling Yingcheng was.

Jingling Chengtianfu, and Yingcheng is in the west of De'an, and the distance between the two sides is only more than 100 miles. At this moment, the two sides have already handed over, and the soldiers and horses of the righteous army are naturally assembled in Yingcheng, as for the matter of grabbing grain, they can't take care of it, but grabbing food is a very important thing, Luo Rucai remembered Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan's department, maybe there is no way to fight the official army, but there should be no problem in fighting those people.

Zhang Xuan asked, "What is the idea of King Chuang?" ”

Yang Shan looked left and right, and seeing that there were no outsiders, he whispered to Zhang Xuan: "King Chuang means that after the grain is harvested this season, he will give up De'an and leave here." However, before that, you need to hold on to Yingcheng for about ten days, so you must be quick and ruthless to calm down the chaos in the south, otherwise the nearby villagers will rebel, and it will be difficult to grab the grain within ten days. ”

"Thank you, Brother Yang, for the mention." Zhang Xuan said: "I know, I will definitely not disappoint the general." ”

Yang Shan walked well, and Zhang Xuan immediately beat the drum.

Zhang Xuan's training was good, but the drum was not over, and everyone came. Zhang Xuan was still a little apprehensive in his heart, no matter how well Zhang Xuan trained before, it was the first time he had performed a military mission. Or the legendary, the discredited food grabbing team.

"In the history books of the future, I will definitely be nailed to the pillar of shame." Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly in his heart. But it's just a wry smile.

Nothing is as important as being alive, if it is for my survival, I have to hurt some people. That's just sorry. Zhang Xuan's face suddenly turned cold, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

However, in an hour or so, Zhang Xuan's troops had made all the preparations, and Zhang Xuan took more than 100 horses as his personal guards, and took more than 1,000 troops to the south. The target is in Xiaogan County.

When the rebels entered De'an Prefecture, they gave up Suizhou, but with Yunmeng County of De'an Prefecture as the center, they occupied Anlu, Yingcheng, and Xiaogan respectively. These three cities are in the three directions of Yunmeng County, and the old camp of the righteous army is in Yunmeng County.

What the rebels are ready to harvest is the grain of these four counties.

However, for the control of the four counties, it is different, Yunmeng is where the old camp is located, and it is naturally built like an iron bucket, and Anlu County, the army enters Yunmeng from Suizhou through Anlu, so Anlu was cleaned again, and there was no chasing soldiers in the rear, and Anlu was also safe.

The army gathered in Yingcheng.

It may not be possible to do this kind of robbery in the city, but no one dares to make a mistake when the army is here.

However, the problem in Xiaogan County is a bit serious.

Without him, Xiaogan is too close to Hanyang. The center of the Ming Dynasty's rule over Huguang is the three towns of Wuhan, Xiaogan in later generations, there are intercity buses with Wuhan, it can be seen that the distance is so close, if you send troops from Hanyang, it is almost a day or two.

There is support from Wuhan.

The courage of the local gentry hardened, and they dared to fight with the people sent by the righteous army to rob the harvest, so Zhang Xuan made this trip.

Zhang Xuan came to Xiaogan County in just one day.

The city gate of Xiaogan County was closed, and he called for a long time before he could open the door. It is no one else who presides over government affairs in Xiaogan. It's Song Xiance. Five short figures, but the eyes are bright, at a glance, it seems to be able to see through people's hearts, it is really not a fortune teller.

Zhang Xuan said: "The students have met Mr. Song. ”

Song Xiance said: "It turned out to be based on it? ”

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard the word "relying on it", and then reacted: "This is my word." Although Zhang Xuan is almost in touch with this era, there are still some things that he is not used to, such as the sudden extra words.

Zhang Xuan said: "My general sent me to pacify the chaos in the south, but I don't know what the situation in Yunmeng County is? ”

Song Xiance sighed and said: "It's me who failed King Chuang, in the north of Yunmeng County, you can still receive food, but in the south of Yunmeng County, no one dares to go out, once you go to grab food, you will definitely be attacked by the villagers." This matter is left to me. ”

"Please rest assured, Mr. Song." Zhang Xuan said: "This matter is on me. ”