Chapter 279: Persistence
In addition to being caught in the sky, a tiger was killed, and Lao Zhou was also captured, Wang Changfu's progress was very smooth, and the bandits in the big nest ran into the mountains, and even the old nest was gone, and the villages that were entrenched by bandits were cleaned up by Wang Changfu.
The east road is beaten hard, the south road is surrounded, this is also a prior deployment, the east road is close to Xinpingbao and the official road to Zhangjiakou, not hard, the bandits are arrogant and arrogant, there will be a lot of trouble in the future, and Yusheng's dart division has been killed and injured, and if one dies, you have to take ten times the life to return, this kind of thing has to form rules, and finally make the pole bandits all over the border no longer dare to touch Yusheng's convoy...... This is the effect of Zhang Hanyao.
As for the South Road, Zhang Han had his own considerations, so he formed a situation where he was surrounded but not fought.
Of course, this way of playing is also extremely hard, from the year to the present, seeing that the first month is about to come out, nearly a month in the mountains, after the New Year, there is a light snow, the temperature on the mountain is extremely low, Zhang Han estimates that it is about minus 30 degrees to minus 10 degrees, the temperature is slowly rising in the past few days, and it is still below minus 10 degrees.
The temperature is low, the wind is strong in the mountains, there is no fixed place, you can only live in tents, the key is that yesterday there was no food, everyone has been hungry to drink boiled water, not to mention this taste.
Sun Jingting walked in front of the team, the Logistics Bureau and the Engineer Bureau were departments that had just been established at the end of the year, and at the end of last year, more than 300 new people were recruited, and the name of the fight was to suppress bandits, and the loss was not small, so it was necessary to add, it is expected that the full amount of archers will be made up to 1,005 even if it is the top, and it is announced to the outside world that there are only seven or eight hundred people, and the archers of several hundred people are not bad, but this number has reached the top, and there is no way for a patrol department to continue to recruit people.
The people in the logistics bureau are mainly simple mountain people, and the mountain people are also farmers, but they are more hard-working. The mountains of Shanxi are fierce, although not as harsh as those in northern Shaanxi, but the same nine songs and eighteen times, the same natural conditions are harsh, and the groups living in the mountains in such an environment are naturally tough and abnormal.
"Brother Zhizhi, it's hard work."
Zhang Han had a fever a few days ago, and the officers were going to send him down the mountain that day, but fortunately, the fever quickly subsided, Zhang Han himself did not want to go, everyone thought about going down the mountain is also seven turns and eight turns, it is better to stay and recuperate, although the fever has subsided, the cold symptoms are still very serious, Zhang Han is weak, tied to a wooden stick that is sharpened into a cane, and said to Sun Jingting with a smile: "Such a long way, it is really difficult to be a brother." ”
"Why do you get up?"
Sun Jingting frowned and said, "After illness, it is advisable to recuperate and do what you should do when you get up." ”
Zhang Han said with a smile: "It's boring to lie down for a long time, and besides, the results you have made are really amazing, so I should get up to greet you." ”
This time is a big test for the logistics bureau, from Li Zhuang to Lingqiu south of this mountain range, although it is not far apart, but except for a few places there are almost no decent roads, the logistics bureau directly from Li Zhuang supply is simply impossible, and then Sun Jingting and Li Dongxue presided over the two people, along the way with manpower to push wheelbarrows and carry burdens, constantly food and dried meat and other supplies to the villages along the way, the back village to the front village, after processing to ensure the logistics personnel their own supply, so that all the way to the village at the foot of the mountain, Then a constant supply of hundreds of carts and burdens was formed...... Of course, there will be no more crisis of food shortage, and some dry food has been sent up one after another, but this time it can be directly supplemented with hot food.
"Meat steamed buns, braised meat and haggis soup, our Datong's specialty rabbit head, one for each person, and one steamed meat per person!"
The guy is a person from the cooking class, and the taste is still familiar, and after opening the tin cover, it is immediately fragrant.
"There's a lot of food." Zhang Han is also very bitter for a while, even if he is the coach, there is no reason to open a small stove for him alone on the mountain, there is no such possibility, these days like everyone drinks water and eats dry food, people have lost a lot of weight, and they are very happy to see so many delicious food.
Zhang Han ate fragrantly, Sun Jingting was also happy, he smiled and said: "You are here in the New Year, it is really hard, this is a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”
"Nope." Zhang Han shook his head and said, "This matter is over, you have to eat well for three days after going down the mountain, what is this to make up." ”
"It's still the adult's point." Duo'er stuffed the meat bun in her mouth and shouted loudly, and everyone agreed.
Zhang Han took a breath, and felt that it was almost there, so he stood up and looked at the armor hanging platform not far away with Sun Jingting.
The snow on the mountain finally melted almost, in the eyes of the two of them this is a yellow-black scene, the mountains are like the sea, looking at the past is almost all the same scenery, but the mountains are high and low, under a mountain not far away is a winding official road like a dragon, this is the official road from the Pingxing Pass to the Bauhinia Pass, since ancient times here is the place where soldiers must fight, and it is also the main road from Shanxi to Hebei, this time is the off-season for business, there are almost no pedestrians on the official road in the distance, and the bandits have been making trouble recently, People who can not go far choose to stay at home, so it seems that the official road is also very bleak, except for some old trees that have lost their leaves, there is almost no other scenery.
In the sea formed by the mountains, there are some villages surrounded by mountains like small boats, and there are market towns in the nearest place, but they are not visible to the naked eye, and the county town of Lingqiu and the iron field are in the east and southwest respectively.
"It's really like a sea of mountains!"
Zhang Han said with emotion: "Throughout the ages, I don't know how many heroes and heroes have died here!" ”
"I thought you were going to say something," Sun Jingting said with a smile and a smile: "That's actually what you said." ”
"Fight a war, say something that is appropriate to the situation."
Zhang Han smiled, turned to Sun Jingting and said, "Is there any movement over there in Datong?" ”
"Nian said that I heard that Fan Yongdou sent a large sum of silver to Han Qi, of course Han Qi smiled, what does it mean to give a gift, this is obvious."
Yang Qiu had already returned to Lizhuang, and Sun Jingting had brought the latest intelligence from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
"The work of the MIA is still very solid." Zhang Han said: "Yang Qiu did a good job...... What else? ”
"Han Qi issued a constitutional decree in succession, calling all guards, prefectures and counties to collect the money and grain arrears last year."
"This old dog," Zhang Han was a little surprised, he said: "Just after the New Year, the arrears were urged, it must be a white list, such a urging, and the summer tax will be paid again in two months, and the people will really have no way to live like this." ”
"There are still few people who can't survive," Sun Jingting sighed: "But there must be many people who are dissatisfied in their hearts, and there will be many people who choose to fall into the grass." ”
"I have heard a saying that the so-called spark can start a prairie fire." Zhang Han said: "Han Qi does this, and the peaceful days will not last long." ”
A few years later, the Northern Shaanxi Uprising began, and then quickly swept Shanxi, Shaanxi and Jin provinces were the main forces at the beginning of the uprising, and then Henan was added, which was also the most severely affected in the north and the most powerful provinces, Zhang Han understood in his heart, so the words he said were also particularly heavy.
"Well, I hope it doesn't happen."
Sun Jingting didn't feel deeply, the Ming Dynasty at that time was generally peaceful, and Liao affairs were the same as the previous Mongolian Altan Khan in the eyes of many people, which was a big trouble, but after all, it was just trouble.
A small tribe with a total of only tens of thousands of dings, what big waves can they make?
As for the peasant uprising, it has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and there are endless things in the history books, but how many people will really take it to heart?
Even Sun Jingting would not have thought at this time that the huge Daming would be overturned in the hands of a group of mud-legged people in front of him.
"How's it going here?" Sun Jingting said some of the situation outside and asked, "Can you close the net?" ”
"Almost." Zhang Han suddenly showed a wicked smile on his face, he turned his head and ordered: "Send a few big steamed buns over, remember to wrap them in cloth and give them hot food!" ”
"Yes, sir."
Some people in the distance agreed, and some people began to take out a few cages of large meat steamed buns from the food box and walked towards the entrance of the village not far away.
On the opposite side is a dead silence, surrounded for so long, even Yu Shiqian has cut off firewood, there is still some food, can only eat raw, this taste is of course more than death, this time there is no shortage of crazy bandits rushed out to die, after killing it found that the thin skin and bones, the body was full of chilblains, and the death was really miserable.
"Big meat buns, for you to eat."
Dozens of paces away, the archers threw the meat buns in their hands.
The other side didn't move at first, and then suddenly a few people ran out and picked up the package that had been thrown on the ground.
"It's miserable." Sun Jingting looked at a few skinny bandits, shook his head and said: "Although it is not a pity for these people to die, seeing this situation still makes people have a heart to hide." ”
"It can't be helped." Zhang Han said: "Ci is not in charge of the troops, in fact, I also know that these bandits in front of me, except for those who fled back to Liaodong The border army is the core, most of them are not good goods, and the remaining more than seventy percent are strong men among the people who are coerced along the way, and only a few of them are willing to join, but in this situation at the moment, I can't screen it, and those who die can only blame their own lives." ”
"How long will it take?" Sun Jingting asked again.
Zhang Han said with certainty: "Just these two days!" ”
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The bandits who picked up the meat buns opened it on the spot and ate it, and then the leaders came and beat the bandits with their cronies and crawled all over the ground, so that their mouths were also full.
The aroma of meat buns is very strong, and this thing is not often eaten in normal times, let alone at a time like this.
Everyone was almost cut off, there was food, even oil and horse meat, but there was nothing to make a fire.
Even the dead grass soaked in snow by the roadside was pulled out, and every bed, every cupboard, and even the bellows next to the stove were split to start a fire, but the fire was completely gone.
It's not so cold, and at night I squeeze a bunch of people who are covered with a broken quilt and no longer be frozen, but everyone still feels that it is very cold, because there is no way to raise the fire to cook, and can only eat raw, and can not eat more, eat too much and swell the stomach, there are many diarrheas, and they fall down in front of the thatched house and die.
There is no hot water to drink on such a cold day, drink cold well water every day, and drinking water every day is also a great test for people, if you are not afraid of dying of thirst, it is estimated that no one wants to drink a sip of water.