Chapter 287: Sending troops to the Northern Expedition

A military newspaper reporter who interviewed with the army was a girl from Wenzhou, who once sparked a spark with Zhao Tianyou, but unfortunately before it could be ignited, it was ordered to be broken up and had nothing to do with it.

At this time, Wenzhou Port, in addition to being relatively easy on the side of Haigang, is quite safe within dozens of miles outside the city, and it is equal to the front line at a distance of a little farther. Because Jiaxing and Ningbo are still under the control of the Yuan army, the garrisons are not very many, but the total number of cavalry is also several thousand, combined with their mobile and flexible movements, it is really possible to come over and attack at any time.

However, since the destruction of Zhu Qing's naval army, the largest water force of the Yuan army belongs to Zhang Jie, but the more than 1,000 ships under his command have been mainly medium-sized cargo ships, and the main purpose is to transport grain to the north, and the real combat ability is not high.

For Wenzhou to dare to take the lead in killing the garrison generals when the current situation is not very clear, and to pull up the banner belonging to the North Sea Fleet on Hong Kong Island, Zhao Tianyou cannot but express that he must give a rich reward.

After the solemn ceremony, in front of the main officials and generals of Wenzhou, as well as the local family gentry, Da Fat took out a gift list and read aloud the support materials brought by Hong Kong Island to the military and civilians in Wenzhou.

"Five thousand new swords;

5,000 new spears;

200,000 armor-piercing arrows;

5,000 new longbows;

3,000 iron thunderbolts;

Thinking of this, the big fat glanced at the Wenzhou generals who had opened their eyes wide, and finally read out the name they had been looking forward to in their hearts.

36 medium-caliber urban defense Hongyi cannons;

A thousand flowering shells were included. ”

"Boom!" Hundreds of people in the audience cheered, and the excited Wenzhou soldiers hugged each other and laughed, happy to be a group of dolls who won awards.

"There are cannons in Wenzhou City! There are cannons in Wenzhou City! ”

"Ah, we have artillery, and we are no longer afraid of the Yuan army attacking the city!"

"We went to Shaoxing, recovered Ningbo, and recovered Lin'an...... Kill the light yuan dog, kill the light tartar. ”

Wenzhou's treatment Zhao Tianyou did a little bit to make other cities red-eyed, Wenzhou City is the first, the local soldiers are free to control the Hongyi cannon, other places need artillery garrison, all of them are Hong Kong Island to coordinate the military strength of the firearms battalion, even people with cannons stationed together, never handed over the control of artillery and ammunition.

Give Wenzhou super high treatment, Zhao Tianyou just wants the Song people who are still in the area controlled by the Yuan army to see, as long as you dare to resist, I am willing to be your backing, and there will be more generous rewards for good performance.

The local officials in Wenzhou led by Zhu Zekang almost soaked the people of the South China Sea Fleet with fine wine that night, and the excitement was beyond words, and Zhao Tianyou was also infected by it, and let go of the amount of alcohol for the first time and got drunk in Wenzhou.

The South China Sea Fleet anchored in Wenzhou for a few days, then sailed back along the coastline and returned to Hong Kong Island, completing its first long-distance cruise across the South China Sea and the East China Sea, and at the same time demonstrating to the world the powerful force of the South China Sea Fleet at sea.

Sangou and Da Fat both returned to Hong Kong Island with them, while Zhao Tianyou rode a big black horse and carried two bags full of supplies, and on the eve of the return of the South China Sea Fleet, he took advantage of the night to gallop out of the city in the direction of Wuhan.

At this time, the front of the Yuan army, after the anti-Yuan movements set off one after another in various places, the Yuan troops stationed in most of the inland cities were either wiped out by the Song people, or gathered together to move closer to the big cities in order to protect themselves.

The 10,000 soldiers of the firearms battalion led by Du Hu, surrounded by 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry in Guangzhou, set out from Guangzhou through Qingyuan, Binzhou, and Hengyang and marched towards Changsha, where the Yuan army was stationed. At the same time, Jizhou and Ezhou, which had recovered a certain number of troops, also sent reinforcements of troops and horses to Changsha from two other directions.

This time he sent troops to the Northern Expedition, Zhao Tianyou also held the purpose of training troops, appeased the anti-Yuan forces in various places, and was able to pull out the Central Plains cities and the cities where the Yuan soldiers were stationed one by one before the heavy snow in the north cooled down.

First Changsha, then continue to the north to Changde, Yueyang, Jingzhou, and then clean up the Yuan army forces in the Hanyang area of Ezhou, and wait until the spring of the next year, and then go to Xiangyang, which has a heavy Yuan army.

This plan was a battle plan discussed by Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Zhensun, and Du Hu, as the commander of the firearms battalion, had the highest command decision. But the daily command of the cavalry infantry of the Song army was still handed over to Chen Longfu, a former general under Wen Tianxiang, who happened to be an old acquaintance with Du Hu, and with the two of them working together, it should not be a problem to take Changsha.

Because of the problem of infantry occupying the main force, the mobility of the Song army was still not flexible enough, and after several defeats of the Yuan army, it left the Song army with more than 100,000 horses. Coupled with the tens of thousands of horses that Jiang Hanchen bought from Pu Shougeng, the total number of mounts of the Song army's cavalry reached 200,000, but there was a serious shortage of excellent riders at this time.

The Song army had no choice but to open a few training grounds outside the field in Guangzhou, specializing in the training of riders, but the progress was relatively slow, and the time was tight and the troops were in a hurry to send troops to the north, so thousands of copper-axle carriages were built for the transportation of troops.

The water of the Xiangjiang River nurtured several rich cities in the surrounding areas, and the Han people in Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, south of Changsha, quietly went to the south to buy armaments, and the children of local families mainly launched the anti-Yuan struggle. After several desperate battles, the cavalry of the Yuan army stationed in the two places was cleared, and they were all driven to Changsha, and together with the Song army supported by Hanyang, they formed a pincer attack on Changsha.

After all, they only fought with enthusiasm, and when they dealt with a small number of Yuan soldiers and horses in the early stage, plus they could win a few battles by surprise, and after receiving 10,000 horses from Hanyang to Changsha for support, their confidence was even more bursting. Without waiting for the arrival of the Guangzhou army, he launched a surprise attack on Changsha in advance, but the scouts sent by the Yuan army discovered in advance that they were ambushed by the Changsha Yuan army who went out of the city, and retreated to Zhuzhou with heavy casualties.

The big black horse travels 800 miles a day is absolutely not a problem, but it is really boring to rush like that, in front of the uncarved scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, the wind is speeding by, I am really sorry for this natural beauty.

Therefore, Zhao Tianyou was busy and busy, and when he encountered a densely populated area, he urged the big dark horse to speed through, and when a section of natural scenery appeared, he stopped to rest. In the grass in the woods, pheasants, hares, roe deer foxes, and countless natural game, there is no need for Zhao Tianyou to do it himself, and this guy is a very good hunter.

The big dark horse who has eaten the banquet in the world has long lost interest in the raw meat of Ru Mao drinking blood, if it is not only the horse's hooves can not cut vegetables for cooking, there is nothing else that will not be done, if it can make its own fire and cut vegetables, it is estimated that every day is a stack of skewers barbecue plus old white dry.

In order to eat the pheasant and duck roasted by Zhao Tianyou, the obedient one lost the ancestral dignity of the divine beast that it didn't know, and was like a pug, staring at the oily game in the bonfire, and drooling greedily.

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