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The opportunity was not long in coming.

After a day, the army set off.

Liu Ge Lao went to Xuanda Governor Jietang to ask for food for the Ningxiang Army, at this time, Chen Xinjia and he had already broken the bullet to impeach each other, and the two sides were already in flames. There was no good face when they met each other, and Governor Chen rarely ignored Liu Ge Lao, and waved his hand to let his subordinates give the Ningxiang army another ten days of military rations.

The impeachment excerpt has been sent, and the next thing is the contest between them and the forces behind them in the court, and Chen Xinjia is too lazy to do too much entanglement with Liu Ge Lao on the matter of military rations.

In view of the tragic experience of the deputy commander-in-chief, the officers in charge of rationing below did not dare to be embarrassed, and distributed food very happily. However, how can Liu Ge's old disciples give up, picking their noses and eyes, either because they think that the grain is too watery, or that the particles are not full enough. In the end, he defrauded the quartermaster of a hundred taels of silver, and asked the Ningxiang army for a hundred sets of good iron armor before he stopped.

Sun Yuan not only got ten days of military rations, but also made a hundred sets of iron armor for nothing, which was really overjoyed. Heart: Villains are like ghosts, the most difficult, you can use this kind of villain, but it is convenient to do things.

After getting the food, the Ningxiang Army, as the battle sequence of Xuanda Town, naturally had to go out.

Now the Jiannu army has been divided into three routes to sweep south, and the Xuanda army has been ordered to rescue Hejian Province.

As far as Sun Yuan knew, Lu Xiangsheng went to Baoding.

As a result, the Ningxiang army deliberately fell to the end of the army.

When the Xuan and Dajun see the Ningxiang Army now, they are like seeing a ghost, and they can't avoid it. It's a good thing that they don't come to find trouble, how dare they come to supervise.

Seeing that the Ningxiang army was walking so slowly, Liu Yuliang was strange, and couldn't help but ask Sun Yuan how he broke away from the main force. In the end, he explained gently: "Of course, I don't understand military affairs, and I won't interfere in your military affairs at the beginning, so I just ask casually." ”

Sun Yuan's heart turned, and he had a reason: "Ge Lao, but any big battle, from the beginning, to the assembly of troops, to the decisive battle and post-war deployment, is not a matter of three or five days. How much distance is between the armies, how to keep echoing each other, and the formation of the army when marching are all exquisite, not so simple. Of course, the last general is walking so slowly, but there is still a little selfishness. ”

"Selfishness?"

Sun Yuan smiled and said nothing: "Elder Ge will know when the time comes." ”

After another day, a small team of people sent a lot of utensils, all of which were daily household items, such as quilts, basins, stoves, sedan chairs, and even a langzhong.

Sun Yuan said that these were all prepared for the old man, who was already old and sick. The wind in the north is strong and cold, and if there is a good one, the last general will not bear it in his heart. The elder is the pillar of the country, and he has to take care of himself in order to serve His Majesty for the people.

Then, he deliberately asked jokingly: "Liu Xiang, you are the chief assistant of the court, and Sun Yuan is just a small general." These objects aren't worth a few taels of silver, so they don't count as bribes, right? ”

This was said sincerely, Liu Yuliang's eyes were a little red, and he wanted to say something, and finally said: "I have a heart at the beginning." ”

To tell the truth, he was completely moved by Sun Yuan.

But I didn't know that Sun Yuan was a businessman in his previous life, and it was a necessary quality to observe words and feelings, and to interact with people. Moreover, because he had to prepare daily utensils for Liu Yuliang, he delayed for a day, and the distance between him and the Xuan army was even farther.

After a day's delay in Changping, the Ningxiang army finally dispatched.

The time has reached the end of October of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the snow is falling, and the climate of the Xiaoice River period is really worthy of the name, and it is very cold.

But the army seemed to be unusually energetic, full of neatly marching soldiers, and long white gas spewed out from the mouths and noses of men and horses.

The team stretched out a long straight line, from the scout cavalry at the front to the baggage battalion that fell to the rear, a total of more than twenty miles long.

In such a long queue, the army marched forward mightily, except for the sound of horses' hooves, rustling footsteps, and the sound of flags fluttering, but no one made a single sound.

The field is snow-white and empty, the black clouds are high in the sky, and the north wind is slaughtering, but it is so magnificent.

Even if he didn't know the art of war, Liu Yuliang, a scholar, still realized that this Ningxiang army was different from any Ming army he had seen before. In his heart, he couldn't help but be infected by the strict discipline of this army, he touched the short beard on his chin, and couldn't help but groan: "Who is the general in the southeast, Taichu is really Yingyang." The majesty is really close, and the secret strategy is to wave yin and yang. Perform the training, and see the details of the scriptures. Friends are virtuous and heroic, and their writing is very good. Xiaoda Sanmenliu, with a lawyer. The dragon and the bird chase the Marquis of Wu, and the Heng axis leads to the Xuan Emperor......"

"Good!" Before he could finish the poem, the attendants all applauded, but interrupted his poetic thoughts.

Sun Yuan was taken aback by the fact that he could understand the verses. Judging from this poem, this Liu Gelao has a very high evaluation of himself. simply compared himself to Zhuge Wuhou: "The last general is embarrassed, and he can't afford to be praised by the elders." ”

Liu Yuliang smiled and said: "What is Wuhou's army like, the old man has never seen it. However, I have seen other border troops and Beijing camps, and who has such strict military discipline as the Ningxiang Army? ”

He was proud in his heart, and secretly thought: The old man is now setting up the Qincha Xingyuan in the Ningxiang army, even if he meets Jiannu. With the strict organization of this army, it will not be defeated with one blow when it encounters Jiannucai, and even if it wants to turn in, it will be much faster, just to be wrapped in the chaotic army and unable to get out.

Also because of curiosity in his heart, Liu Yuliang was interested, so he asked Sun Yuan how he trained such a unit and what tricks he had.

Sun Yuan also did not hide his secrets, although he did not have much affection for the Ming Dynasty. But if you think about it, if your own training methods can be promoted, even if the Ming army learns a little bit of the modern army, it will be enough to dominate Northeast Asia, and the tragedy of the country's ruin and family destruction may not happen in the future.

Liu Yuliang is also an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and he has a lot of prestige in the Shilin government and the opposition, if he can promote it through his hands, it can be regarded as his own contribution to this time and space and to this nation.

He explained his training experience to Liu Yuliang in detail little by little.

Lao Liu didn't put on the old cabinet shelf, he listened very carefully, and it can be said that he silently remembered every word of Sun Yuan in his heart. However, in his heart, he didn't think much of Sun Yuan's practices. For example, the Ningxiang Army has strict regulations on the walking, talking, sleeping, and even the furnishings of daily utensils; For example, you need to queue up when eating; For example, boring tactical breakdown actions, etc...... It seemed to him that these things had nothing to do with war.

didn't know that the combat effectiveness of the Ningxiang Army actually came from these details.

Liu Yuliang simply remembered the establishment of Sun Yuan's troops, as well as what kind of formation should be discharged in wartime, how the artillery was set up, where the musketeers were placed, and where the spearmen were placed.

Speaking of which, he walked into Wang Yuncheng's misunderstanding.

Sun Yuan didn't know this.

In the feudal era, the march of the infantry group was very particular, and the speed was slow, and it was only twenty or thirty miles a day before it had to be encamped. In addition, he deliberately kept a distance from Xuan Dajun, and he walked very slowly.

After walking for another five days, the troops finally left the boundary of Shuntianfu, bypassed the triangle lake, and entered Renqiu County in Hejian.

This area is a swampy area, and Jia is between the Triangle Lake and Baiyangdian Lake, plus the heavy snowfall, and it is impossible to travel twenty miles in one day. And although Chen Xinjia said that he used the grain from the Lu rice warehouse, the quantity was limited after all. With so much food, it is impossible to finish it all at once. Therefore, after three days, the army's food began to be stretched thin again. There is no way, it has to be shipped from the capital again.

The grain route is the lifeline of the army, and military protection needs to be set up along the way.

In this way, the troops stopped and went, like snails.

Unlike the Ming army's wild goose movement, the Qing army's southward offensive was like a torrential rain, and urgent reports flew like snowflakes from all over the country. Liu Yuliang, as the ambassador of the Qincha who supervised the various armies, could get the news of the front line as soon as possible. In less than ten days, Hengshui, Zaoqiang, Jize, Wen'an, Bazhou, Fucheng, Pingxiang and other counties lost one after another; Nanhe, Shahe, Yuanshi, Zanhuang, Lincheng, Xianxian and other places are in an emergency, and it is estimated that they will not survive for a few days.

As for the Qing army's third route into Shandong, there has been no news because the distance is too far, and it is estimated that it is not very optimistic.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Chongzhen Long Yan was furious and urgently ordered all soldiers and horses to chase after him. Even Gao Qiqian was reprimanded by several saints, but there was no way, and Eunuch Gao gathered 20,000 Guan Ning and Ji Zhen troops and rushed over.

It's just that everyone was frightened by Jiannu, how dare they step forward to die. Even if leading civil officials like Chen Xinjia urged again and again, the generals below kept complaining about the weather, morale, and food problems, and found excuses to grind on the road.

In this way, in front is the red-eyed Jiannu who burns and loots, and the Ming army who travels leisurely in the back.

Both sides seem to have a tacit understanding, don't bother me to make a fortune in the grass valley, and I won't go to your bad luck.

Seeing these military reports, Sun Yuan was depressed for a while, but he was completely disappointed with the Ming army, which had lost its morals: The enemy is slaughtering your fathers and fellow villagers, and you are still watching from the wall, are you worthy of the country's annual military expenditure, and worthy of the people of Li who support you?

Everywhere we passed, villages were burned to the ground, and canals and wells were filled with the corpses of ordinary people. When I walked for a day, I couldn't see a living thing.

At first, the soldiers were still singing in high spirits, but later, as more and more corpses were seen along the way. Everyone fell silent and walked silently.

Looking at the sky where lead clouds were accumulating, Sun Yuan clenched his fists: In the Gyeonggi area today, I am afraid that only Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army is still fighting bloodily, and I can't wait to fly over with my wings and fight side by side with my brothers in Tianxiong. Even if this battle may be extremely difficult, even if I have no future in the future, compared with the thousands of creatures who died under the enemy's butcher's knife, what is my personal honor and disgrace?

Big husband, do something, and don't do it.

The whole army listened, turned west, and went from Anzhou to Qingyuan. Be quick! Sun Yuan ordered.

The long line suddenly limped and sped up.

In the end, it was a trot.