In order to send the baggage and ammunition discarded by the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards Army to the front line, Li Banghua rushed to the front line of Chen Liuzhi Baliwan with 200,000 people.

These 200,000 men were supposed to be part of the people who were going to transport military rations from the south.

After all, the problem of feeding the entire army of more than 300,000 people is not a trivial matter, and the number of people needed is no less than a million.

Almost the entire people of Henan and the northern border of Nanzhili were summoned and dispatched by Li Banghua.

Fortunately, because most of the people in these areas are displaced people who have only been resettled in the past two or three years, the land used is all divided by the Huangzhuang, and the grassroots officials are all demobilized personnel of the Guards, and the field troops of the Guards often do some public welfare work in this area for military-civilian interaction.

Therefore, it is relatively easy for the people in this area and even in Jiangbei to mobilize.

As the governor, Li Banghua has been trying his best to operate in recent years, and he has also used the governor to mobilize the people at the grassroots level in a short period of time, and has his own set of experience from propaganda to material rewards.

On the snow-covered plains, 50,000 people shoveled snow on pipes with shovels and hoes, while 50,000 people sprinkled salt on the snow.

That's right, it's just sprinkling salt, and snow melts faster when it meets salt.

As early as October, Zhu Youzhen had ordered someone to transport a large amount of untreated coarse salt from Yangzhou to prevent snow removal in case of emergency.

As a last resort, Zhu Youzhen didn't think about moving this batch of salt, after all, in today's Daming, salt is not a very cheap thing.

But for the sake of victory in the war, there is nothing to be reluctant to give.

Rao is like this, and some people can't help but shout to the officials: "Official, this is salt, is it so bad?" ”

"You just sprinkle it, you're afraid of any waste, and you don't want to think about whether the lives of the officers and soldiers of the Guards are important or this salt is important, don't put it in your arms, this salt can't be eaten, this is raw salt, it's not boiled, don't put it in your pocket!"

The officials at the grassroots level kept shouting, and the people put down the salt in a huff, and kept shoveling the snow outside.

After a short time, the official road covered with snow finally returned to its original appearance, but because the snow melted, the entire official road was still muddy.

Fortunately, there were still 50,000 people behind them, sprinkled with the sand that had been prepared in October, and laid them on the road layer by layer.

In order to catch up with the speed, many people used baskets to carry the grain and baggage to Xiangfu one after another.

"Everyone work hard, transport one more gun and bullet, the Guards can kill one more Tartar, we can have one more day of peace, there is a resting pavilion in front of five miles, there is hot water, dry tobacco and hot steamed buns, each person will stay for fifteen minutes and take over the next shift, don't be lazy, write down the work, the top ten people with the highest work score will be rewarded with an additional ten silver dollars by the master of the table!"

Cai Ming, who has been promoted to the county leader, shouted the side, and shouted: "Blow all the suona and the gong, and cheer up the big guy!" ”

From the governor to the political envoy, the prefect and the prefect of the county, and other officials also appeared on this official road on horseback at this moment, although one by one they were also frozen red necks, but because the governor Li Banghua did not leave, they did not dare to go, and they had to follow Li Banghua to these people with a smiling face.

But because of this, these people are also very motivated, whether it is for wages or to curry favor in front of the officials and gentlemen, they don't care about the cold, and work hard one by one.

……

The crows chirped in the snow with a terrible and piercing voice, and the owls crowed somewhere to hide.

The howling cold wind made the guards who were curled up in the Baliwan valley want to shrink their necks into their clothes, although they were wearing standard winter coats and padded jackets made of fine cotton, but they also felt like they were not wearing them in this ice and snow.

The Guards Baihu Gaohe threw a handful of snow into his dry mouth, rattling and biting, as if he didn't know that he was alive, the Chongzhen 19-style flintlock pistol in his arms was still tucked in his clothes, he would rather pour cold wind into his chest than let his gun freeze, although his feet had already frozen like lead, but his eyes were always staring at the Qing army tartar opposite.

The smell of meat came from the other side, accompanied by the screams of people.

Gao He guessed that the Qing army on the opposite side must be eating people again, it is indeed cannibalism, these Qing troops were driven out of Xiangfu County by the Guards in this ice and snow, and the food hoarded in Xiangfu did not have time to take away, these Qing troops had already eaten the horses and finished their horses, and now they will drag the auxiliary soldiers to kill them.

"Phew! Inhuman guys! ”

Although Gao He himself was also gurgling in his stomach, and he was so hungry that he could only stuff another mouthful of snow to satisfy his hunger, he still couldn't help but scold the Qing army on the other side.

The sound of creaking snow came, and Gao He saw that it was the handsome Liu Fangliang who appeared, and was busy getting up to salute, but was pressed down by Liu Fangliang:

"Everyone bear with me, our people will soon bring up the food, the brothers of the cavalry battalion don't have to worry about your horses being cooked, Your Majesty and the privy envoy have sent a military order, we have to annihilate these dogs and tartars in front of us, and when the time comes, we will all cheer up and do him a big fight!"

"Okay, but handsome, when will the food be delivered, the brothers are so hungry that their eyes are dizzy, and it's cold this day, and there is nothing in their stomachs to stand it! Why don't we go and grab a few Tartars on the other side, they're all brutes anyway, so why don't we chop them up and eat them! ”

At this time, a thousand households couldn't help but suggest.

"Bear with it first, the food will be transported soon, we are the army of the imperial court, the army of His Majesty's Son of Heaven, unlike the group of beasts opposite, even if we starve to death, we can't eat people! That's what only brutes do! ”

Liu Fangliang said a few words, but in fact, he wanted to agree to go to the opposite side to grab a few people to eat, but when he thought of the military discipline of the Guards, he, as the chief soldier, naturally couldn't take the lead in violating it.

It snowed heavily and fell overnight.

Gao He woke up from the bedding that was as hard as an ice cube, couldn't help yawning, and patted the soldiers on duty under his command: "Cao Wazi, go back to sleep for a while, and the official will stand for you for a while." ”

The Guards soldier, who was called Cao Wazi, ignored Gao He, and fell directly to the ground when Gao He touched him.

Gao He touched Cao Wazi's snort, and immediately shouted loudly: "Cao Wazi! ”

This soldier named Cao Wazi was indeed frozen to death, and the whole person was like a block of ice, and Gao He couldn't help but squat on the ground and cry.

At this time, there was also a burst of crying, but seeing that other battalions also cried because their comrades froze to death, and at the same time, there were gunshots, and many officers and soldiers could not help but start to vent their guns.

Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao and other senior officers also hurriedly ran out: "What are you doing, what is going on?" ”

Gao He directly ran over and knelt in front of Liu Fangliang: "Dashuai, Cao Wazi froze to death, but he didn't eat for a day and a night!" ”

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