Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 4 Turmoil in all directions is critical

Section 4: War Clouds Gather (1)

With Liu Yunwei's order, the entire Jiliao Governor's Mansion was in rapid operation, and the money, grain, baggage, and military equipment in the treasury of Tongzhou Town and Jizhou Town began to gather in a steady stream towards Shanhaiguan. Seeing this, the people who passed by avoided it one after another, gathered in twos and threes, whispering something, looking excited and timid.

Sun Yuanhua also left Guangning City with a team of personal entourage, rushed all the way south to Tongzhou City, and after a short stay, he personally rushed to the residence of the General Zuosi in Zhangjiawan Village.

Without saying a word, Sun Yuanhua directly shipped all the military equipment stored in the treasury and sent it to Shanhaiguan for hoarding. After that, Sun Yuanhua did not go north to leave, but still stayed in Zhangjiawan Village, and began to build weapons and armor day and night with all the craftsmen of the general, as much as possible to accumulate enough troops for the army.

"Brothers, keep it up! If we build one more blade, the soldiers in front of us will be able to kill one more Tartar! If we build one more piece of armor, we may be able to kill one less soldier in battle! I'll stay here and work with everyone until the great victory in Liaodong and the fall of the Manchu Dynasty! ”

At this time, Zhangjiawan Village was in full swing, and Sun Yuanhua stood among the craftsmen in a short beat, constantly shouting loudly, cheering for thousands of craftsmen. At the same time, Sun Yuanhua also carried a flat basket on his shoulders, and each end of the flat shoulder carried a heavy basket, which was full of brand-new iron materials.

When the many craftsmen and helpers of the general division saw that the dignified governor was actually working with him, a raging fire surged in his heart, and he waved the tools in his hand with extra strength, and the entire general division of tens of thousands of people worked continuously, but not one of them was lazy, no one complained, and everyone was working hard, racing against time to do their own work.

At the same time, Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhai Town, also hurried back to Shanhaiguan. At present, Shanhaiguan has become a huge hoarding place, where countless money, grain, baggage, and military equipment are gathered, and teams of transports have rushed here from all directions; All the things are complicated, and the mountains of baggage and snowflakes are like lists, which makes people feel dizzy and dazzled when they look at it.

However, Zhao Shujiao was like a demon, and he plunged into it without fear, and began to deal with all kinds of important tasks day and night, handling millions of money, food, armaments, and baggage in an orderly manner.

The money, grain, military equipment, and baggage transported from Tongzhou Town and Jizhou Town, as well as the money, grain, military equipment, and baggage raised by Shanhai Town, were all carefully counted and classified by the officials of the General Military Office under the command of Zhao Shujiao, and then all of them were registered and registered, and were handed over to the baggage team sent by Liaodong Town together with the goods, and they were transported north without a little delay and sent to Guangning City.

During this period of time, the baggage teams gathered in Shanhaiguan came and went, but under the command of Zhao Shujiao, they were also in order, which had to be admired.

In fact, Zhao Shujiao's heart is very clear: although he became the chief soldier of Shanhai Town with the help of the supervisor Liu Yunwei, and is as famous as Lu Ying, Wen Poyu, and Wu Xing in the Hanwei army, but whether it is his ability to lead troops to fight, his qualifications or his previous military exploits cannot be compared with those three fierce men, and he cannot even be compared with a garrison in the Hanwei army. The only thing I can do is the ability to handle affairs, and I must put in much more effort than others in order to be worthy of the support of the superintendent Liu Yunwei and the position of the chief military officer of Shanhai Town!

It was this kind of idea that made Zhao Shujiao almost burn himself to the surface, frantically dealing with all kinds of government affairs, so that the baggage gathered by all parties did not stop at Shanhaiguan and went north.

Ningyuan City.

The collection and creation of various war materials is only one aspect before the war, and if the 300,000 Hanwei soldiers want to go out with peace of mind, the garrison of the rear road of the army is also extremely important.

Since Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, Man Gui took over the 10,000 troops under his command and became the commander of Ningyuan City.

Under the premise that Liu Yunwei concentrated all his efforts to fight to the death with the Manchu Qing, Man Gui and Zu Dashou both asked to participate in the war with enthusiasm, but Liu Yunwei refused. After all, the 300,000 Hanwei army poured out, and it was impossible for the rear not to leave elite soldiers and strong generals to garrison, and Man Gui and Zu Dashou were the fierce generals that Liu Yunwei left to guard the back road.

In order to ensure that the back road of the army was not cut off by the Qing army, Liu Yunwei ordered Mangui to lead the army to garrison Ningyuan City, Zu Dashou to lead the army to garrison Guangning City, and Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhai Town, to guard Shanhaiguan.

In the face of Liu Yunwei's arrangement, although Man Gui was very reluctant, he also knew the importance of guarding the back road of the army, and knew that Liu Yunwei valued himself, so he was also very active in preparation.

At this time, the entire Ningyuan City had been built into a solid fortress by Mangui. In addition to transporting a part of the baggage to Quang Ninh City, Mangui hoarded all the money, food, military equipment, and baggage that he could raise in the city for emergencies; Organize the people in the city according to the households, and prepare to organize the people in the city to go to the city to assist in the defense during the war; At the same time, Mangui also vigorously repaired the city defense facilities, heightened and strengthened the city wall, and purchased a lot of city defense equipment.

Man Gui is absolutely confident that as long as the Qing army has the courage to attack Ningyuan City, he will definitely be able to sink into the sand and return to the Qing army!

Outside Quang Ninh City.

300,000 Hanwei troops set up a camp that stretched for more than ten miles outside the city of Guangning, and from the towering city wall, it was almost impossible to see the edge of the Hanwei military camp; The soldiers and horses of each battalion practiced and operated in the camp, and a team of elite iron cavalry shuttled from time to time.

At this time, Zu Dashou stood alone on the city wall and looked at the Hanwei army camp outside the city, and was deeply impressed by the spectacular scene in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but be arrogant. However, when Zu Dashou thought that he could only stay in Guangning City and take care of the rear road of the army in this war, he couldn't help but feel a little lonely in his heart.

"Alas! When will I be able to lead the army to conquer the Tartars and make immortal achievements like the generals of the Hanwei army! ”

After sighing in his heart, Zu Dashou shook his head slightly, and then returned to the general army's mansion and began to deal with the affairs of Liaodong Town, especially the massive amount of money, grain, and military equipment transported from Shanhai Town, which must be counted and registered as soon as possible, so that they can be transported to the front line with the army after the war.

At the same time, Zu Dashou also ordered the 20,000 troops under his command to immediately carry out training, and also strengthened the city defense of Guangning City, repaired all the fortresses around Guangning City to the west bank of the Liao River, and stationed a lot of soldiers and horses, making all preparations for defending the front line of Guangning.

"That's it! Since I can't follow the Inspector in this battle, let's garrison Quang Ninh City with peace of mind! ”

The affairs before the war had been carried out in an orderly manner, and the Jiliao Governor's Mansion began to roar like a huge war machine.

At this time, Liu Yunwei was not very worried about the raising of money, food and materials, and the training of various armies, and the only thing that made Liu Yunwei feel at ease was Zheng Zhilong from Fujian. Liu Yunwei was a little worried that Zheng Zhilong would or could raise three years' worth of money and grain in a short period of time and transport it to Guangning City.

"Although the money and food hoarded by the Governor's Mansion are enough now, but this is a battle for the whole country, God knows how long it will last, if the money and food supplies can't keep up in the middle of the war, it will be a big trouble!"

Liu Yunwei was very worried in his heart, but he had no choice but to wait patiently and wait for the news slowly.

While Liu Yunwei was anxiously waiting, Zhou Tianyi sent Zheng Zhilong's reply.

"Brother respectfully:

After receiving an urgent letter from his brother, the younger brother raised money and food in many ways, hoping to make up the number of three years to transport it north, so as to help his brother go north to attack Hu.

However, now that there has been a sudden incident along the coast of Fujian, Xiyi and the Netherlands have frequently infested various coastal areas, and even landed in Taiwan for a time. The soldiers burned, killed, plundered, and did all kinds of evil in Taiwan and along the coast, and they also kept plundering passing merchant ships with strong guns and guns, which was very hateful!

The younger brother had been preparing for battle before a month, preparing to lead his generals and warships to the sea to meet the Dutch, annihilate the thief in one fell swoop, and stabilize the sea frontier. As soon as the army moved, the money and food needed were like flowing water, so the amount of money needed by the elder brother was really not patchwork.

The younger brother has only collected the number for a year and a half, and now he has sent someone to transport it north, which is already the income of the younger brother who has done his best to raise it, and I hope that the elder brother will not blame him.

When the younger brother returned victorious, he would return to the field as a straggler and continue to raise food and salary for his brother. ”

After reading Zheng Zhilong's reply, Liu Yunwei couldn't help frowning and said, "Dutch? How could it be such a coincidence? This Xiyi will actually jump out at this juncture, Governor Zhou, could this be Zheng Zhilong perfunctory? ”

Zhou Tianyi shook his head and said, "Supervisor, what Zheng Zhilong said in the letter should be true. The subordinates sent by his subordinates came back and said that the coastal areas of Fujian had indeed been attacked by the Dutch, and that many of the people in various places had been displaced, and the number had reached tens of thousands. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong is indeed gathering soldiers and horses and requisitioning warships, and it seems that he is ready to fight with the Dutch. ”

After listening, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "The dynasty has added another difficulty!" In this way, our army's money and food can only last more than four months, and in the short term, there is still a shortage of Zheng Zhilong's money and food to help! ”

Zhou Tianyi also sighed.

"When will God open his eyes and take a look at this devastated China!"

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