The convoy of Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has arrived in Tengxian overnight under the escort of 800 cavalry garrisoned in Xuzhou, which is the grain and grass hoarding place of the northern front, and the grain and grass transported by rail and waterway in the southern provinces are piled up, and tens of thousands of strong men from Anhui and Henan are also recruiting local people to strengthen the city wall, in case the Qing army raids Tengzhou and burns the hundreds of thousands of stone army grain, horses and grass, then this battle will be lost.

In addition, Tengzhou also stationed 20,000 Zhejiang guest troops, and the leading Zhejiang Bingbei Road is Cui Chengxiu's protégé Miao Kejian, whose task is to escort the transportation of military personnel along the way and protect grain and grass. Because he is a descendant of Cui Shangshu, he is well-equipped and his soldiers are young and strong, and he is a strange soldier to deal with Yuan Chonghuan. So Choi Seung-so had to stop in Tengzhou and arrange matters.

In the back hall of Tengxian County, after the soldiers held two cups of hot tea, they were waved away by Miao Kejian, and only Miao Kejian and Cui Chengxiu were left in the room.

"The house is simple, coarse tea and light food, it's really a snub to adults." Miao Kejian said apologetically. This house was originally the residence of the Tartar county officials, the back hall according to the Manchu living habits of the earthen kang, the branch of the big iron pot, the wall hanging animal skin antlers, very exotic.

The room is placed with a full set of Nanmu furniture transported from Zhejiang, Cui Chengxiu is sitting on the Taishi chair and also spread a colorful tiger skin, the table is also a special product from Zhejiang Anji white tea, the color is emerald green, the fragrance is like flowers, Cui Shangshu picked up the tea bowl and sniffed it, and praised: "Good tea, Master Miao is still so good at tea ceremony." This room is quite distinctively furnished, Han and Manchu blend, good. ”

"I don't dare to be a lowly position, my lord Miao praised, my lord traveled thousands of miles by boat, all for the country's social work, since I came to the lowly position, I should try my best to entertain him." Miao Kejian said politely.

"How's that going on?" Cui Chengxiu took a sip of tea and asked indifferently.

Miao Kejian hurriedly put on a serious expression and said: "According to the secret order of the adults, all the old grains that are transported to Yanzhou are old grains, and the amount is also very limited, so they can barely be satisfied; The military salary was not given a penny of silver, I heard that the Xuzhou army had already begun to complain, and the humble position let people let out the words, saying that the silver was corrupted by Yuan Chonghuan and others, Yanzhou made several small-scale mutinies, and the surname Yuan killed a few troublemakers to suppress it, but the soldiers dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and there were more people who secretly hated him. ”

"It's done very well, but the money and food in the rear are still being transported up, and what kind of system is piled up? Won't the soldiers at the front doubt you? Choi Seung-so asked.

"My lord Mingjian, we have plenty of rice in the south of the Ming Dynasty, but the Qing State was in a great drought last year, and their military rations could not be helped, Dolgon sent people to contact the lowly office, and was willing to buy military grain and forage at a price three times higher than the market price. Miao Kejian said cautiously, for fear that Cui Shangshu would blame.

Cui Chengxiu pondered for a moment, "Yes, this move won my heart." He said yes. The enemy of the enemy is our friend, and Dolgon is now our ally, support them with some food, let him help us deal with Yuan Chonghuan, and it is not too late to stop the supply when Yuan Chonghuan is defeated. By the way, the money from the sale of grain and grass must be handed over to the national treasury, and there have been a lot of front-line generals who have been involved in your poor logistics, and in order to cover and dredge for you, this official will have to spend a lot of human courtesy. ”

"Naturally, a large amount of cash has been shipped with the ship, and I'm afraid this will have already arrived at the adult's mansion." Miao Kejian's mustache was cocked, the money earned on this errand was enough, the price of grain and grass bought by the Qing army was five times the market price, he only reported three times, and the rest became his private, and he made a fortune in a muffled voice.

"The loss of food is said to be a relief for the victims of the disaster in Shandong, and this official will round the field for you." Cui Chengxiu was also very happy when he knew that there was a large amount of silver coming into the account.

"Or the adult is thoughtful, humble and stupid, I didn't expect this method of hiding from the world, the adult is really the first Confucian general of the Ming Dynasty who strategizes and decides thousands of miles, if it is an adult who leads the army, I am afraid that the Qing army would have been defeated and retreated to Beijing." Miao Kejian said flatteringly.

Cui Chengxiu, who was a sycophant, was very comfortable, he stood up proudly and walked a few steps behind his back and said: "This official has this intention, this time I came to take over the Xuzhou army, and when I behead Yuan Chonghuan and take over the army, you will pay the military salary for a month, and the food will be slightly better, and the loss in front will be pushed to Yuan Chonghuan, anyway, the person is already dead, you can say whatever you want." At that time, they could no longer sell grain to the Qing army, they had no grain and grass, and they were naturally defeated, and the official led the army to attack, and the recovery of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains was just around the corner. ”

"I've thanked my lord first, but I just want to kill Yuan Chonghuan before the battle....." Although the Yuan family is not a fierce general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but his subordinates Man Gui, Zu Dashou, Niu Yong, He Kegang, these fierce generals will not let others kill their main generals, even if it is the secretary of the military department.

"Don't worry too much, this official has his own arrangements, your 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers are of great use, in addition, this official also has a battalion of Beijing troops and some martial arts masters to help, as for Yuan Chonghuan's fierce generals, I don't believe that the title of a Shandong general soldier can't be exchanged for the defection of one of them." Choi Seung-so is full of confidence. Fengguan made a wish, silver bullet attack, there will always be a general of the Xuzhou forbidden army who will take refuge in him, and when the time comes, *** will not be a monolith....

"My lord's clever plan is to calm the world, and I really admire my humble position!" Miao Kejian raised both thumbs up and admired Cui Chengxiu's perfect arrangement. "The 20,000 Zhejiang troops who are humble are also considered to be elite soldiers, and everything is under the command of the adults."

The soldiers knocked lightly on the door, "Master Miao, the banquet is ready." ”

"My lord, I hastily arranged a table of Lu cuisine, which is far less exquisite than the dishes in Beijing, and I hope that Haihan is still in charge." Miao Kejian made a gesture of please.

"In times of war, there are many exquisitenesses, Master Miao, please." Choi Seung-so said politely.

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Ebilong is a commander of the white banner, and his subordinates are in charge of 1,500 elite cavalry, and the capital is originally called Jiala Ezhen, and he has jurisdiction over five Niulu, each of which has 300 people. The leader is called Niu Lu Ezhen, and now he is called the leader. Since the first emperor led everyone into Shanhaiguan and occupied the city of Beijing, these Manchu official titles have also been changed to names with a Han flavor.

After so many years in the world of Han people's flowers, many of the banner brothers' bows and horses have been abandoned, but their white flag Baylor banner owner is the famous Prince Rui Dolgon, who governs the army strictly and never slackens, even in the days when the prince was under house arrest by the little emperor, the brothers did not waste their martial arts, but practiced more hard, because they believed that sooner or later one day Prince Rui would come out of the mountain again, lead them to drink the Yangtze River, and ravage the beautiful rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River of the Han people. When he returned to the capital, he fell ill, and the prince was released by the queen mother, and immediately reorganized the military horses, led the old brothers to block the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty army, and advanced from Tai'an to Yanzhou, pressing step by step, seeing that Yanzhou was about to be taken.

Last year, there was a great drought in the north, the harvest was very bad, and the military rations that were finally pieced together were burned under the city of Liguo, so the grain and grass brought by Prince Rui on this expedition was very insufficient, and the food was already exhausted, and the brothers could only drink two meals of porridge a day that could see the shadow of a person, but Prince Rui was Prince Rui, and he quietly got a large amount of grain, and it was full of new rice, and the taste was much stronger than the sorghum corn rice in the north, and the brothers could pick up several bowls of each meal. The rice bag is also printed with the characters of the Southern Dynasty, and I heard the brothers who know the words say that it is printed with "Wuhu Special Supply, Ming Dynasty Victory" is really fucking funny, and the military rations of the Ming Dynasty actually ate into the stomachs of our Qing Dynasty soldiers.

When his stomach was full, he began to think about other people's stomachs, and the guys in Yanzhou City on the other side shot and killed a lot of Han Baqi brothers who were besieging the city these days, and we couldn't let them eat enough to deal with the besieging brothers, so we sent these small troops to go deep behind the enemy lines to intercept and kill the Ming Dynasty's grain transport teams and messengers.

After the grain of the Ming Dynasty was transported from Jiangnan and Anhui to Xuzhou, it was transported to Tengxian County by land in batches. Ebilong took advantage of the first few attacks, attacked three small grain convoys, killed hundreds of coachmen and soldiers, and slaughtered the mules and horses pulling the carts for meat, and took away as much grain as possible, and burned those that could not be taken away.

Having tasted the sweetness, Ebilong identified a place, which was a small stream on the road that the convoy had to pass, the stream was clear, just drinking water from the horses to wash their faces, making a fire to cook, and resting for a while, surrounded by an open field, suitable for cavalry to run, and further away were small hills and dense woods, which were convenient for hiding soldiers.

The cavalrymen hid in the grove to rest, the scouts had been dispatched, and a few brothers with good eyesight climbed the trees on the hill to observe, as long as they found the enemy's convoy, they would know it immediately, and when the enemy dismounted and unsaddled and unloaded his armor, and rested by the stream, he took the opportunity to kill and make sure that not a single fish slipped through the net.

Seeing that it was almost noon, his stomach began to rumble again, and he was about to take out the horse jerky to take a bite, when the scout on the hill gave a signal, five bird calls, indicating that at least five hundred enemy troops had arrived.

Epilon put the jerky back in his pocket and ordered his cavalry to prepare for battle.

After a while, a few horses ran on the opposite road, and the knights on the horses looked around and turned their horses back, and then after a while, more than a hundred carts rushed over, the ruts were very deep, and it was estimated that they were loaded with a lot of good goods, and they really stopped by the stream, and the vehicles formed a circle, and the soldiers on the roof climbed down and threw off their helmets, unloaded their heavy armor, untied the mules and horses from the wheels, and took them to the stream to drink water, and some of the firehead soldiers were busy washing rice and making fires, and burying pots for cooking.

It's just right, you can eat fragrant rice in a while, Ebi Long thought. He was waiting for the opportunity, more enemy soldiers got off the horses and carts, spears and bows were put aside, and groups of three or five gathered together, drinking water, chatting and peeing.

When the time came, Ebilong made a gesture, and 1,500 famous cavalrymen quietly got on their horses, bows and arrows in hand, and when they were about to kill from the woods, they galloped and released arrows, ran to the front and slashed with long knives, such a fierce offensive that no Ming army could resist.

But the careless Ebilong did not find out that this unit did not have a banner with the words Ming Army.