In a dense forest less than 100 miles away from Sichuan, Zhang Zhongming was kneeling with a smile on his face to listen to the holy decree from Nanjing.

In order to show his trust in Zhang Zhongming, Emperor Chongzhen not only agreed to the expansion of the new army in Ganning and met Zhang Zhongming's food and salary requirements, but also specially crowned Zhang Zhongming as the crown prince and the secretary of the military department.

Just when Zhang Zhongming accepted the compliments of his subordinates with a smile on his face,

A horse team carrying horses and camels, under the protection of a thousand court officials and soldiers, entered the barracks and appeared in front of Zhang Zhongming.

After hundreds of mules and horses carrying various supplies all entered the barracks, the garrison general, who commanded a thousand imperial court officers and troops, walked directly towards Zhang Zhongming......

After sending a list to Zhang Zhongming, he reported loudly: "The last will participate in the adult...... The last general was ordered to escort these materials to your lordship, and asked the governor to check them......"

took the list of materials, and a series of numbers appeared in front of Zhang Zhongming......

"100,000 taels of silver, 10,000 grenades......"

"How can there be so little, why is there no food...... If there is no food, the imperial court will give the official more silver, and the official will not be able to let the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command survive in the two provinces of Gansu and Ning......"

Facing the anger that suddenly appeared on Zhang Zhongming's face. A few relatives from Nanjing, although very dissatisfied. However, they did not dare to show this anger.

Because, Zhang Zhongming in front of him is not sleepy, whether it is from the point of view of his official position, or from the point of view of Chongzhen's support and trust in her, it is not something that these people can offend.

So. Zhang Zhongming's dissatisfaction has just been spoken. An official from Nanjing replied, "Your Excellency...... This was only the first batch of food and equipment sent by the imperial court...... Because there are too many supplies that need to be sent this time. In addition, there was no way to take a cart along the way, so the imperial court could only send these supplies to the new army of Ganning little by little through guò mules and horses......"

Zhang Zhongming is still very satisfied with this answer.

After glancing at the wooden boxes filled with silver that had been removed from the mules and horses, he decisively ordered: "General Huang, now you are the chief soldier of the second rank officially sealed by the imperial court...... Now, this official has officially promoted you to the deputy general of the Ganning New Army. Assist the officer in commanding the Ganning New Army...... The officer promised all the soldiers participating in the battle before the station, and after winning the Haw Par Army, each of them would be rewarded with 10 taels of silver......"

"Now that the money has arrived, it's time for the official to fulfill his promise...... Now, the official will give you all the 100,000 bright silver, and reward the soldiers with this silver in the name of the court and the official......"

Huang Yongzhong's face directly showed an expression of admiration for Zhang Zhongming.

His eyes lit up, and he replied loudly: "The last general will bring all the soldiers of the whole army, and Lord Xie will reward ......."

Tens of thousands of Ganning new troops. When you take the silver and bask in joy. Commander of the 10th Division. With a solemn face, he was thinking about the way out of the two musket regiments under his command...... How to rely on the strength of two regiments to solve the dilemma faced by the Tiger and Par Army in Ningxia.

However, under the condition that the Ganning New Army has the strength to eliminate a musket regiment under its command, the division of troops is to give the Ganning New Army a chance to break through and destroy itself.

If the troops are not divided, then the 4,000 soldiers under his command will be like headless flies, crashing everywhere in Ningxia, and they can't even see the shadow of the new army in Ganning, let alone defeat them......

Just when the division commander frowned, thinking that a day's thinking would lead to nothing.

A "report ......" directly interrupted the division commander's contemplation.

Subsequently, a staff officer from the military headquarters stood in front of the division commander.

"Division Commander Zhou, the latest order of the army commander ......" After speaking, he sent a secret letter to the division commander......

Because the situation in Ningxia is getting worse and worse, the division commander has not eaten well for several days. It was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw in despair, quickly took the secret letter and began to read it.

Soon, a hint of sudden realization appeared on the face of the division commander.

A pair of eyes, after carefully searching the map, exclaimed excitedly: "How come I didn't think of such a simple question...... It must be so, the new army of Ganning must be hidden in this dense forest...... Otherwise, half a month ago, they would never have retreated so quickly and in time...... In less than an hour, they disappeared into the battlefield, and they couldn't even catch their tails......"

"The army commander has pointed out the way to us, if we can't break the situation, there is no need for me, the division commander, to continue to be in power......"

"Order, the commanders of the three regiments and the commanders of the cavalry reconnaissance companies of the three regiments, report to me immediately, the sooner the better......"

In less than an hour, the remaining 200 or so cavalry reconnaissance company officers and men of the 10th Division spread an impenetrable net in Ningxia and pounced on the hiding place of tens of thousands of Ganning New Army......

At the same time, a platoon of cavalry, all the way to the Ningxia to Sichuan, rushed to the road......

In less than two days, a heavily guarded fortress completely occupied by the imperial court appeared in front of dozens of tiger and leopard troops.

Dozens of tiger and leopard troops, without the slightest stop on the official road, hid directly in a big mountain opposite the fortress, holding monoculars, motionless to observe every move of the fortress......

Hard work pays off......

After a night of perseverance, the gates of the fortress, which had been tightly closed, were suddenly opened......

Subsequently, a group of elite officers and soldiers poured out of the fortress, put them on alert, and stood guard at the gate of the city......

"There is a situation......" The soldiers of the Haw Par Army, who were observing the movements of the fortress, subconsciously exclaimed.

As soon as the words fell, several squad leaders were like hungry wolves smelling blood, and they all came over......

Raising the monoculars, he stared motionlessly at the open city gate......

The officers and soldiers in the fortress didn't let them wait too long, and a mule and horse with 300 catties of grain walked out of the city gate and entered everyone's field of vision......

As soon as the first mule and horse walked out of the city gate, the second and even the third mule and horse followed closely out of the city gate......

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred mules and horses walked out of the fortress...... On the back of each mule and horse, there were three sacks full of grain, and there was no intention of stopping......

Soon, half an hour passed. However, the endless horse team still has no intention of stopping......

At this moment, several soldiers of the Haw Par Army holding binoculars in their hands showed a stunned and shocked expression.

For, in this half an hour, more than a thousand mules and horses had come out of the fortress, and the total amount of grain transported exceeded an astonishing three thousand quintals......"

Seeing this, the face of the company commander who led the team had been replaced by the scorching heat.

While continuing to pay attention to the fortress, he couldn't help but exclaim: "What the division commander said is indeed right, the imperial court has been providing food and salary for the new army of Ganning. Otherwise, there is simply no one in the two provinces of Gansu and Ningbo who can consume so much grain at one time......"

"Since this grain is for the Ganning New Army, then as long as we follow them, we can find the garrison of the Ganning New Army...... That's right, that's it......" (To be continued......)