Zhu Youzhen also knew that appeasement was not a simple matter, and it was not a matter of issuing a few holy decrees and granting a few official positions to these invading army departments.

Especially in this kind of situation, where Zhu Youzhen needs to immediately use this army to exert his combat effectiveness, what Du Yinxi has to do is almost the task of appeasing and supplying grain, grass and ordnance at the same time.

As for the integration, there is simply no time.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen gave Du Yinxi enough power, let him directly govern Huguang and Guizhou, and transferred He Tengjiao, the only big man who could affect his political execution, and directly gave Du Yinxi the privilege of appointing and dismissing local officials in Huguang.

In order to allow Du Yinxi to have enough effective political operation in Huguang, and make him more convenient and effective in the dispatch of soldiers, horses, money and grain.

As for what kind of self-respecting thing that will lead to excessive power of the local governor, Zhu Youzhen naturally has no way to consider it now, after all, the most important thing in front of him is to fight against the Qing army.

Du Yinxi also knows the reason why His Majesty has given him so much power, and he also knows what the real purpose of appeasing the army is, although he can't have an interview with Zhu Youzhen now, but Zhu Youzhen's holy will, he also knows a ninety points.

Du Yinxi couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself on the fact that he had done a lot of work to accumulate grain in the fields during his tenure as governor of Huguang, so that he could now clearly know which prefecture and county still had enough grain in stock, which prefecture and county were relatively small in the disaster last year, and could collect enough grain and grass, and where there was still a batch of ordnance that could be used.

Early the next morning, while rushing to Wuchang, Du Yinxi began to order people to immediately transport grain, grass and ordnance to Wuchang Mansion, and at the same time asked Jinyiwei to help deliver the news to Beijing, and first transfer a batch of firearms.

The defeat of the Chuang army from Shanhaiguan to Shaanxi all the way is not unrelated to the fact that the weapons of the Chuang army are not superior, especially after the Qing army has Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, Wu Sangui and other Han troops who are proficient in firearms, the Chuang army cannot keep up with the Qing army in terms of equipment, even if the Chuang army also has cavalry, but it cannot stand the combination of artillery and cavalry of the Qing army.

And what Gu Yinxi has to do now is to let this peasant army attached to the Ming Dynasty immediately equip it with excellent weapons, so that it can not be weaker than the Qing army in the future city defense and fortification.

Especially in the future, a large number of cities will be attacked and defended based on geographical conditions.

In addition, the Chuang army fled all the way south, and there was no rear logistics supply base except for killing the gentry to raise food, which made it difficult for it to have enough food and grass supply to fight a protracted war with the Qing army, and had to withdraw after almost losing the battle.

And now Plug Yinxi has transferred a large amount of grain from the south of Huguang to Wuchang, which is to supply all the grain in the south of Huguang to the army, and Zhu Youzhen has also assigned Guizhou, which has not suffered from the disaster of war, to the command of Plug Yinxi.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Youzhen, as the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was determined to use the army to resist the Qing army to win time for his follow-up guards to encircle and annihilate the Qing army.

Zhu Youzhen and Du Yinxi are basically now basically trying to appease the invading army, and at the same time, they began to consider the urgently needed protection for the invading army, and prepared for the invading army in advance.

The current Zuo Liangyu Department is trapped in the area of the Yangtze River of the Anhui River between Anqing and Susong, although it has not been eliminated for a day, and it has always been a threat to the imperial court Nanjing, but because it is besieged in this area, the left army is now unable to interfere with the transportation of grain, grass and ordnance in the Huguang area.

The current situation of Zuo Liangyubu can only be described as sleepy and lacking, and even the four words of hunger and cold can be added, after all, although it is now spring and March, and the temperature has risen, but due to the influence of the climate of the Xiaoice River, March in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen is still relatively cold, and even the Jianghuai region still has snow that has not melted, and it is difficult for the left army to even find wild vegetables to survive.

Zuo Liangyu is also terminally ill now, Yuan Jixian blocked his way to Jiangnan, and Huang Degong cut off his way back to Huguang, so that he has no choice but to survive.

The generals under his command also had different intentions at this time, and they all complained a lot about the current situation, but they were unwilling to fight to the death with Yuan Jixian, who was guarding Anqing, but frequently sent people to contact Huang Degong and other subordinates.

Liu Zhaoji, deputy chief officer of the First Corps of the Guards, led 70,000 troops under his command into Fengyang at this time.

This was the first time that the Guards Army had fought independently in the form of a corps, which consisted of cavalry, infantry, artillery, and various auxiliary organs, such as field hospitals and ambulance teams.

However, at present, it is only the main force of the corps that is in a hurry.

Liu Zhaoji is a veteran of Liaodong, and he is not very unfamiliar with commanding this kind of 70,000-man level operation, at least he knows when to hurry and when to rest.

It's just that it's the rainy season in the south, and the weather is cold, which poses a great challenge to the speed of the march.

However, Zhu Youzhen demanded to arrive in Anqing within ten days, so Liu Zhaoji could only stand on the side of the road and shout loudly at this time: "Speed up!" Speed up! Be sure to enter Anqing before sunset! ”

At this time, the Third Army of the Guards Army, which was in charge of the Fengyang area, mobilized a large number of gentry and ordinary people in Fengyang to distribute rice balls and supply hot water to the First Corps of the First Army of the Guards along the way.

As the general Yan Yingyuan, he took a piece of dough cake from an old man, and another middle-aged woman also handed over a bowl of ginger soup: "Drink a bowl of soup, the weather is cold, and it rains to prevent colds!" ”

Yan Yingyuan was not polite, took it and drank a bowl of bitter ginger soup, said thank you, and pressed the spicy throat on the dough while continuing to run on the muddy road.

In his heart, he admired His Majesty's advocacy of this set of logistical supply methods of military and civilian cooperation, in which the civilian officials of the Third Army System of the Guards in charge of the place were responsible for providing money and mobilizing the local people, and then the local people provided basic military supplies instead of the guards, so that the efficiency of logistics in wartime was greatly improved, and the main force of the entire corps could completely abandon the logistical burden and reach the front line of the battlefield at a faster speed.

Moreover, this can also increase the interaction between the military and the people, promote the self-discipline of the army and the love of the people for the army.

Liu Zhaoqi led the First Corps of the First Army of the Guards Army to Xianyu Mountain in Anqing Mansion within the specified time.

When Yuan Jixian, the Seventh Army of the Governor's Guards Army and the Jiangxi Theater, heard that Liu Zhaoji had been ordered to lead 70,000 troops to arrive, he was overjoyed and ran to Xianyu Mountain to greet Liu Zhaoji: "I have heard that the 123rd Army of the Guards personally trained by His Majesty is the division of tigers and wolves, and the First Army has the foundation of the border army of the Nine Towns in the past, and General Liu is also a general of Liaodong, Yuan has admired him for a long time, and now he is fortunate to see it, it is a blessing, with you to join, I don't worry about the immortality of the left army!" ”

"Duke Yuan guarded Anqing for a few days, making it difficult for the left army to enter the size of the place, which really made Liu admire, Liu is a rough man, so he will not be polite with Yuan Gong, and now His Majesty's will is that Liu will launch an attack on the left army when he arrives, so please also ask Yuan Gong to immediately summon Jingnan Hou Huang Degong to determine when to launch a decisive battle against the left army!"

Liu Zhaoji directly went straight to the point to express his intentions, as the Son of Heaven's pro-army, although he is the deputy commander-in-chief, there is no need to hide his identity in front of Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong.