Chapter 136: Overnight

Under Luo Rucai's order, the army divided into several roads and advanced towards Xiangyang.

In the city of Xiangyang, Yang Chengzu's troops, plus the rest of the camp, add up to about 100,000, and the troops distributed south of Xiangyang also have more than 200,000.

On the Xia Dynasty alone, more than 300,000 troops were gathered.

That's why it's worth it.

The 300,000 army gathered together, and it took dozens of miles to camp, and even the environment in many places could not support it. So the soldiers are divided into three ways. One route went north to Suizhou, then westward, and set up camp in the east of Xiangyang. This road should have been Zhang Xuan's responsibility, after all, Zhang Xuan took this road when he attacked Xiangyang before.

But I don't know what's wrong, Luo Rucai transferred Zhang Xuan into the Chinese army, and did not let Zhang Xuan be in charge of this way, but Li Rugui was in charge of this way.

The middle road is the main force led by Luo Rucai, who went north along the Han River from Hanyang, and there were more than 100,000 people on this road. The other way is to be biased, this way is only one or two hundred thousand people, Luo Ru let He Hutou be responsible. Zhang Xuan estimated that this was Luo Rucai's compensation to He Hutou.

Luo Rucai is not ignorant of He Hutou's emotions.

And the tasks of these three roads are not the same. Yang Chengzu's way was to assume the east of Xiangyang and the flank defense.

And the main force is naturally responsible for the most important support.

And the other way, that is, He Hutou's people, took the farthest detour, did the least, and participated in the battle of Xiangyang at all, he was mainly in the area west of Xiangyang, pacifying people from all walks of life, and not letting him get involved in this big war.

The situation in many places west of Xiangyang is very complicated.

For example, Yunyang is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. In the mountains south of Yunyang, there are not many mountain people, most of whom are somewhat involved with the rebels, Zhang Xuan thought about staying in the mountains of Yunyang, and in the south of Yunyang, many places are deep in the mountains and old forests and Tusi.

The situation is complicated.

After all, He Hutou is the son of He Yilong, and he has friendships with some leaders in the Yunyang Mountains. It's fitting that he should be asked to do these things.

It seems that Luo Rucai wants to train Zhang Xuan, so he handed over more tasks to Zhang Xuan to do, Zhang Xuan was so busy that he was busy with military affairs wholeheartedly, and now he was finally done, and he also started the war in Xiangyang.

He flipped through the military newspapers that crossed the front line one by one.

The war between the two sides began on the fourth day of the first month of March, and the time was calculated, that is, after Li Shixing returned to Azig's side, it began.

However, the battle on the front line was still limited to Xinye, and the two warring sides were not the main force of Cao Ying and the Eight Banners, but the battle between the former Ming army and Yuan Zongdi.

The two sides are only slightly

Contact only, the real war has not yet begun.

Zhang Xuan estimated that when the army arrived at Xiangyang City, the battle would begin.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but count the supplies again.

Food or something, don't think about it, anyway, it can be solved on the spot, Huguang's grain may be more than Jiangnan's, and the most important thing is gunpowder, as well as firearms supplements.

Zhang Xuan took out a piece of paper, took some gunpowder and poured it, and then lit it, only to hear a sound, a ball of fire rose with gunsmoke, and the gunpowder burned out in an instant.

It should be determined that the quality of this batch of gunpowder should be good.

This method of testing gunpowder is not Zhang Xuan's original idea, but the original method of the Ming army, only the gunpowder ignited on paper, and the gunpowder that does not burn on paper can be regarded as qualified.

Immediately turned out the number of firearms, one or two hundred thousand firearms, the number is not much, most of them are used to supplement the number of firearms damaged, but seeing the number of cannons, Zhang Xuan nodded slightly, and the tiger squat cannon is 1,500 guns. 100 kilograms of Franc machine, 100 doors of 500 pound Franc machine, 300 kilograms of Franc machine 300 doors, and so on.

With Zhang Zhen's efforts, the Nanjing Firearms Factory has entered the right track, especially using the iron mold casting cannon method that Zhang Xuan made and improving it, and there is still a lack in casting such a giant cannon as the Hongyi cannon. But the artillery of several hundred catties, the size of a thousand catties, is already very numerous.

Zhang Zhen even wrote that it is not the craftsmen themselves who are limiting the output of the artillery factory, but the raw materials.

Such a large number of cast cannons have made Jiangnan iron prices soar. Never let the price of each cannon roll up. As a result, the number of guns had to be reduced because there was not enough silver.

"There are so many cannons." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "It is not difficult to seek a big victory, but to seek undefeated." ”

Just when Zhang Xuan's mind calmed down a little, he heard Zheng Lian come over and say, "Guogong, princess, please come over." ”

Zhang Xuan heard people call himself Guogong, and he couldn't react for a while, and then he thought that he was now Zheng Guogong of Great Xia, and said, "I'll be there later." ”

"It's so late. What does Yujiao want me to do? Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart. immediately took dozens of attendants to find Luo Yujiao.

Luo Yujiao has been by Luo Rucai's side for a while, and Zhang Xuan naturally wants to go to Luo Rucai's residence to meet Luo Yujiao.

As soon as Zhang Xuan saw Luo Yujiao, he suddenly saw that although Luo Yujiao was in good spirits, her eyes were slightly red, obviously crying, Zhang Xuan immediately frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Luo Yujiao didn't speak, grabbed Zhang Xuan's hand and walked in.

The night was already deep, and although there were torches shining brightly around, there was no figure around, and countless light sources shone on Zhang Xuan's body

, there are many figures left on the ground, and countless figures are intertwined, as if they are ghosts.

This made Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly, and he said secretly: "Things are unusual. ”

But what's the matter? Zhang Xuan suddenly thought of something in his heart, and his face sank suddenly. I don't talk much.

A moment before coming to a brightly lit attic, Zhang Xuan saw Hei Yunxiang at a glance.

Hei Yunxiang is Luo Rucai's diehard, but at this moment, he was standing guard in front of the attic, saw Luo Yujiao and Zhang Xuan, and gently let Luo Yujiao and Zhang Xuan walk in.

As soon as he walked in, Zhang Xuan squinted slightly, and saw that on the shelves on the wall, it was like counting bookshelves, and rows of candles were lit on them, illuminating the whole room as if it were daylight. At this moment, Zhang Xuan saw an acquaintance at a glance, and this acquaintance was none other than Li Zhengfang.

Li Zhengfang looked a lot haggard, the whole person did not have the demeanor of a miracle doctor at all, his beard and hair were a little messy, and his eyes were looking at one place with a bright eye, holding a silver needle in his hand, and a dazzling brilliance was reflected on the silver needle.

Drops of crystal sweat slipped down Li Zhengfang's head, and the licorice and eucommia were two, one for Li Zhengfang's needles and the other for Li Zhengfang's sweat, the master and apprentice were all engrossed and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Zhang Xuan looked down, who was Luo Rucai lying on the bed?

He had a premonition, but at this moment, he really saw Luo Rucai lying on the bed, his eyes closed, unconscious, shirtless, and the scars on his body were circling. There is an abnormal skin color on the skin, and it seems to be much darker than normal.

His heart sank and he said, "What's going on? Wasn't it okay yesterday? ”

Luo Yujiao said in a low voice: "Actually, my father's body has had a problem very early, and there was a problem before the Battle of Hukou. It's just that the big war is imminent, and he doesn't dare to leak it out at all. I survived until today, and it was this evening, when I suddenly fainted, and that's it. ”

Zhang Xuan thought about it carefully and said secretly: "I should have known a long time ago." ”

Many things happen without warning. Luo Rucai vigorously promoted Zhang Xuan, that is, when Luo Rucai found that his body could not support it. During the Chinese New Year, Luo Rucai had the idea of returning to Nanjing, but the situation changed, so he had to stay.

The difference in power between Luo Rucai and Luo Yulong in Nanjing made Luo Rucai a little unhappy, why did he still want to go back.

It's just that I'm worried that my body won't be able to support it.

Even Luo Yujiao is obviously obsessed with Zhang Xuan, and she has been staying by Luo Rucai's side for a period of time, which is also one of the examples.

The more you worry about something, the more you come?

Zhang Xuan was afraid of disturbing Li Zhengfang's needle, so he asked Luo Yujiao in a low voice, "How is Dad's condition?" ”

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