Chapter 111: Fighting Jinhua II Again

Xu Du regarded this incident as a small episode. Let people pull Guo Zhiqi down without mentioning it.

Anyway, Guo Zhiqi was also sent by Zhang Xuan, and Xu Du gave a dismissal. It's still possible. I really wanted to do something, but I didn't dare.

Guo Zhiqi was naturally hateful.

In the Ming Dynasty, it has always been a martial art. Even if the military generals later became domineering and jumped above the civilian officials, the rules did not change much. I just never thought of it. Although Guo Zhiqi is under Zhang Xuan, the concept in his heart cannot be changed for a while.

It's just that he only has three or five followers around him, and he has no fists and no bravery. And what can it be. had to live in the army, but Xu didn't take Guo Zhiqi in his eyes, but the generals below didn't dare not put Guo Zhiqi in his eyes, no matter what, they were all officials.

arranged Guo Zhiqi in the baggage camp, and when it was time to march, he could sit on the grain cart. It's just that the Xia army is located in the south, and there is a shortage of horses, even if they are used to pull carts, the number is not too much, so many of these grain carts are pulled by people.

It is estimated that Guo Zhiqi will be embarrassed to stay on it all the time.

Xu Du uses soldiers, and if he doesn't move, he will move like thunder.

On the second day of Guo Zhiqi's entry into the army, before dawn, he heard the rumbling drums. Then the trumpets rang into the sky. Sonic boom universe.

Guo Zhiqi is not used to such a scene, but he can't lie down anymore. When I came out of the tent, I saw countless cooking smokes, connected together, and I don't know how many for a while, it seemed to be silk hanging down from the sky.

The sun had not yet appeared, but the sky had turned white, and as far as the eye could see, there was a hazy morning mist between the world, which could not be seen really, but it could be seen, and as soon as countless soldiers came out of the camp, they were lined up horizontally. Under the command of the officer, there was a whole queue, holding the cutlery in hand.

These cutlery are all made of wood, just a bamboo tube. Before these soldiers came to the stove, they immediately had a group of soldiers, and they made a bamboo tube of soup, and then each took two rice balls. It's made from rice, and it looks like a Japanese rice ball. There are some dishes sandwiched in the middle, and in Guo Zhiqi's opinion, it seems to be plum vegetables. But I don't know if it's right or not.

In fact, Japanese rice balls were originally brought from China, but they were just a rush for the march. I don't eat it on weekdays, but I don't want Japanese people to eat it anymore.

Guo Zhiqi was given preferential treatment. The so-called preferential treatment means that someone brings food and does not have to queue up to receive it.

For Guo Zhiqi, such a matter is just rough. The rice in the rice balls doesn't seem to be clean, and when I eat it, there are some knocks. And I don't know what kind of soup it is, there are too many vegetable leaves, only some fishy smell, and there are two or three pieces of meat, which can be stuffed between the teeth.

It's not that Xu Du doesn't want to let the following eat better, but supply tens of thousands of troops with meat, to Guangxin

It's an impossible task. Since the quantity is scarce, it is natural not to suffer from a few, but to suffer from injustice, it is naturally evenly divided. That's all there is to every soldier.

Before Guo Zhiqi finished eating, the army moved.

The first to leave the camp were the infantry soldiers, who lined up in a neat line, carrying bags and weapons one by one. Most of them were spears and muskets. At first glance, it looks like a moving forest.

Neat and solemn.

When Guo Zhiqi saw it, he was slightly shocked in his heart, and he even forgot to drink the broth in his hand.

Xia Jun's military appearance is not the first time to see it, every time he sees it, Guo Zhiqi is amazed, especially after seeing too many beggars in the Ming army, this contrast is especially strong.

Guo Zhiqi sighed slightly in his heart, and he didn't know what he was sighing about.

"My lord, it's time for us to go." An old man said cautiously.

Guo Zhiqi pulled his mind out of his thoughts and said, "Let's go." ”

Guo Zhiqi sat on a grain truck, mixed with a large number of grain trucks, and headed east. If you look down from the sky, you will see several armies marching side by side, mighty and mighty, and the army array is several miles long, with foot soldiers in front and baggage in the back, and there is some distance between them.

It looks a little chaotic, but it's not chaotic, and there are rangers giving orders back and forth, as if they were the blood of a large army.

If it was just at the beginning, Guo Zhiqi was still curious about military operations, but as time went by, only numbness remained. The march marched, the march continuously, and it did not stop at noon. Even when he sat in the car, leaning on the grain bag, he felt a little unbearable.

It seems that sitting on this bumpy grain cart is more uncomfortable than walking.

marched all the way like this, and Guo Zhiqi no longer had the heart to pay attention to others.

Xu Du has long forgotten about Guo Zhiqi. He had already thrown off his baggage, went down to Jiangshan County first, and then came to Quzhou City.

This time in Quzhou City, no one must do it anymore.

Because after the last time the city was recaptured by Li Chengdong, a very cruel purge was carried out in Quzhou City. It is not known how many people died in Quzhou City. Naturally, no one dared to think differently this time.

Quzhou City is close to the Qujiang River in the north, and not far to the east, there is Dingyang Creek flowing in. Therefore, Quzhou City is located on flat land surrounded by water on almost three sides.

Xu Du first built a pontoon bridge, and after crossing the Qujiang River, the army lined up in the southwest of Quzhou City.

It was a little late, and the sun was setting in the west, stretching the figure very long.

The general who defended the city was Hao Shangjiu under Li Chengdong.

Hao Shangjiu is a native of Henan, and under Li Chengdong, he is not much used, and his corporal is only thousands. No

After that, Li Chengdong didn't have much expectations for Hao Shangjiu, Li Chengdong had cleaned up the city of Quzhou, and only hoped that Hao Shangjiu could defend the city.

And agreed with Hao Shangjiu that as long as he got the news, within ten days, a large army would definitely come to help.

With a strong city to rely on, it is not too difficult to hold on for ten days. Hao Shangjiu looked at the sky and said secretly in his heart: "This first day is over. ”

At this time, it is not too suitable for siege. Hao Shangjiu thought about it, Xu Du's next order was to camp on the spot and wait for the next day to attack the city, but he didn't want him to extrapolate that other people with this logic, it was okay, and it was not possible to infer Xu Du.

Xu Du rode out of the ranks, and swept past before the army.

The light of the setting sun made a somewhat dreamy boundary on Xu Du's body. The wind blew Xu Du's cloak and kept swaggering.

"Sons." Xu Du said: "Since the beginning of spring this year, the battle of Jinhua has been fought for several months. What's going on in Jinhua City now? I do not know? Is the family okay? Parents and brothers, are they still there? Have the pastoral houses been burned down? ”

"I don't know any of that."

"For a long time, many people have come to me and said that they want to send troops and want to send troops, but they have been suppressed by me, because military affairs are never something that can be thought about. I also think that my brother is still in Jinhua City, but if he wants to win the battle, he must be prepared at all. ”

"Now, I'm ready for everything. Jinhua City is three hundred miles to the east. I've got everything ready, the rest is up to you, today is less than an hour before the sunset, but I want to enter Quzhou City before the sunset today. ”

"Because I want to go home, the sooner the better."

"Tell me, can you do it. Do you want to go home? ”

Xu Du's voice spread far away, and for a while, the battlefield was silent, and I don't know who whispered: "Go home." ”

This phrase, as if it would be contagious, was repeated by all who heard it.

"Go home. Go home, go home. ”

This shout, one after the other, gradually became like a landslide and tsunami, hoarse, with tears in his eyes, shouting: "Go home." ”

No one can stop this torrent.

Xu Du pressed his hand down and said, "If you want to go home, conquer this city." Then he waved his flag, and a platoon of artillery was pushed up. A platoon of artillerymen began to frantically push the artillery forward.

These cannons are not Hongyi cannons, so the range is limited, only three or four hundred paces, and if you want to shoot more accurately, you can only get closer. But the artillery placed at the head of the city naturally had a longer range than the artillery under the city.

At this moment, they were within range of the city's artillery, but they still had no intention of stopping.