Chapter 105: The Soldier Station

Although Yu Xiaotian's words scolded those who secretly colluded with the rebels, but his eyes made people feel very uncomfortable, after listening to his words, many gentry felt a chill in their hearts, although most of them did not collude with the rebels, but faintly, it seemed that Yu Xiaotian was threatening them.

Of course, there are indeed a few gentry among them, afraid that the rebels will attack Jiaozhou, their family property is here, afraid that the rebels will come, they will be beaten, so they sent people to contact the rebels in advance, to show their goodwill, once the rebels come, they will express their willingness to submit to the rebels, and send some money and food over, planning to hand over the rebels first, when the situation here changes greatly, they can seize a little opportunity, if they don't get it, they can get on the line with the rebels, good relations, and take the opportunity to make a windfall.

And these people, after listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, undoubtedly suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning, although they didn't know how Yu Xiaotian learned these news, but faintly, they felt that Yu Xiaotian's words were meaningful, so these people immediately began to panic.

Although they think that they have done these things secretly enough, and the people they sent are also their cronies and slaves, but this kind of thing is really not visible, in case they are caught by this surnamed Yu in the future, then they are afraid that they will be unlucky.

However, Yu Xiaotian didn't say anything more about this matter at this time, just casually brought it up, reminded the Lord Zhizhou here, and then discussed with him the problem of follow-up supplies, and he wanted to choose a place to build a small military station in the north of Jiaozhou City to protect his grain route.

The problem of the military station, Yu Xiaotian is very important, he set off from Jiaozhou Bay this time, to Laizhou City, after the siege of Laizhou is relieved in the future, he will lead the army to Dengzhou City, attack Dengzhou.

There were two hundred miles along the way, and the rebel cavalry was more numerous, more elite, and very mobile, as long as the rebel general was clever enough, he would think that he could cut off his food route through guò, so as to force him to retreat, and maybe even defeat him.

Although he carried a batch of rations with the army's baggage battalion, the quantity was limited, only enough to meet the needs of their army for about ten days, and they still had to rely on follow-up food supplies to make them have the ability to continue fighting.

It stands to reason that fighting on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he now has a proper Ming general, and this logistics supply problem should be handed over to the local government, but Yu Xiaotian has never trusted the ability of these local officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the Denglai area itself is relatively barren and has relatively little grain storage, relying on them to maintain the food supply of the army, Yu Xiaotian can't let go of his mind no matter what.

In addition, the battle of the army will definitely produce casualties, the dead are easy to say, they can be incinerated on the spot to take away the ashes, or buried on the spot, but the wounded are still very important to him, he will never abandon the wounded generals, the wounded before the battle, must not be carried out with the army, the wounded must be transported, and sent back to the rear of the Fushan camp for treatment and recuperation.

Transporting the wounded along the way was also a problem, he didn't trust the local officials to treat his wounded soldiers well, so he had to do these things himself.

Therefore, after he set out from Jiaozhou Bay this time, he decided to set up military stations along the way, as a logistics supply line for him to protect the grain route and maintain his army, once the rebels sent a small number of cavalry to try to attack his supply team, the convoy could enter the nearest military station to avoid the attack of the rebel cavalry.

The wounded who were transported later can also get a safe rest in the station, including the messengers who deliver the news, and they can also change horses or rest in the nearest station, eat something to replenish water.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian took the problem of the military station very seriously, and asked for a distance of 30 miles along the way, to build a military station, this distance is just the transport team, the travel distance of one day, the baggage team that transports supplies every day, can start from one military station in the morning, arrive at another military station in the afternoon, enter the military station to rest overnight, and continue to move forward the next day.

In this way, let the baggage team that transports supplies avoid sleeping in the field at night, so that it is very easy to be attacked by the enemy at night, after having a military station, they become much safer, once they encounter a small group of rebel attacks, the military stations on both sides can also send troops to rescue, as long as they support the attack of the rebels, the reinforcements can rush to the accident site to rescue the baggage team in a relatively short time.

On the way here, Yu Xiaotian has already set up a military station, which happens to be on the Jiaozhou side, and a second military station needs to be set up.

The best way to choose the location of the military station and build it is to temporarily use a fort with relatively complete facilities, so as to avoid the time required for on-site construction.

When Yu Xiaotian proposed to find a fort with better conditions in the north of Jiaozhou City and set up a military station, Jiaozhou Zhizhou seemed a little embarrassed.

Yu Xiaotian's request is actually not excessive, the reason is also sufficient, and it is also good for Jiaozhou City, which Yu Xiaotian is obviously different from other generals, and he does not want to deal too much with the locality, nor does he plan to use Jiaozhou City as his transit station, but to build a military station on his own, so that the personnel of their army to and from supply and transportation do not have to enter Jiaozhou City again and again.

And the local city is most afraid of these guest troops entering the city, most of the guest army military discipline is not good, once they enter the city, they will be chaotic, making the local miasma, you can't fight, you can't kill, and it will be difficult for local officials to do it at that time.

But on the other hand, Yu Xiaotian asked to find a village fort to serve as his military station, and this matter was not easy to do, who was willing to give up their village fort to these guest troops as a military station?

These forts are all private property, who will let them out, and they will be willing? And these Fujian soldiers and horses, although it seems that the military discipline is strict, but once they disperse and stay in Zhuangbao, can they still be so obedient? No one can guarantee that.

But since Yu Xiaotian put forward this request, then he must find a way to solve it, this Denglai rebellion, the emperor was furious, and ordered the family of Wang Xiangchun who caused a big disaster, and also ordered to arrest the son of Wang Xiangchun, who caused trouble.

In addition, Zhu Dadian, the new governor of Shandong, also sent a special edict, ordering them to fully cooperate with the Fujian soldiers and horses, cooperate with Yu Xiaotian's actions, and try to provide convenience for him.

So he had no choice but to turn his head and scan the crowd, find a few squires in the villages in the north of the city, who owned a lot of land and real estate, and let them see who was willing to temporarily give up their fort to Yu Xiaotian as a military station.

But these squires, when they heard Yu Xiaotian's request, and then saw the eyes of Lord Zhizhou looking at them, one or two of them immediately came to a turtle and shrunk their necks, Quan Dang didn't see it, they didn't take this stubble at all, whoever likes to take it will take it, anyway, they will definitely not dare to do such a stupid thing.

What are you kidding, isn't it just a bunch of Qiuba? I actually want to borrow Lao Tzu's Zhuang Fort to use as your military station, if Lao Tzu's Zhuang Fort is lent to you, God knows how you will toss, and you will not be demolished! What's more, in their Zhuangzi, there is a lot of money and grain hidden in the cellar or buried in the ground, if they are found by these Qiu Ba, it is not equivalent to feeding the wolves? So I resolutely don't do this kind of thing, and I can't say anything.

Yu Xiaotian also followed Zhizhou's gaze, looked at the guys who were actively grinned and revealed by other squires, and saw that they were pretending to be stupid one by one, and their faces suddenly became gloomy.

"This is a national disaster, Yu just wants to borrow a fort and use it for a period of time, after the chaos is quelled, it will be returned as it is, not to mention that Yu is extremely strict, and will never let his soldiers become a disaster, let alone destroy your property at will, is it just such a small request, are you not willing to meet it?" Yu Xiaotian asked the guys in a cold voice.

But his words didn't seem to have any effect, and a few guys still lowered their heads and didn't hear it, and they all pretended to be stupid, completely ignoring you.

Zhizhou also felt that his face was not good-looking, and said to Xiaotian with a smile: "This matter is indeed a bit embarrassing for them, otherwise it is better to do this, Yu Dashuai can choose a place outside the city as your military station, and this official will immediately recruit some people to help your ministry build a fortress, and it will not take many days, it will definitely be handed over to your ministry for use, I don't know what to do with Yu Dashuai?" ”

Yu Xiaotian shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate! Even if you find a place to build a new one now, I'm afraid it will take ten days and half a month of work at the shortest, and now that the rebels are besieging Laizhou City, how can Ben Shuai sit and wait for the fort to be completed before setting off?

You must know that this is a matter of great importance, and the military station is the foundation for the soldiers to ensure the safety of the grain route.

If that's the case, I'm afraid Lord Zhizhou can't afford it! Delaying the fighter is a big crime, and this soldier can't afford it! ”

After hearing this, the governor of Jiaozhou also felt a little angry, and felt that Yu Xiaotian was really too much of a chicken feather as an arrow now, isn't it that the construction of the military station will be delayed for some days, is there no military station, don't you lead the troops to set off? Do you want to lead your troops in this Jiaozhou City and wait for the military station to be built?

So he was waiting to argue with reason, anyway, what kind of bullshit military station did you ask to build, why didn't the other soldiers and horses make such a request? What is a military station?

(I'm dizzy!) When I saw it today, I was taken aback again, and the desert laughed at the West Wind brothers, and actually gave a reward of more than 5,000 vertical and horizontal coins! I can't thank you enough! I can't repay it for such love, I can only say thank you! In addition, of course, I would like to thank the brothers such as shrimp, shrimp, perverts, etc. for their tips! Come on, even if I fight hard, I can't break it! )