Chapter 873: Drawing lots

The soldiers got on their horses, their swords unsheathed, and their arrows wound, and the 1,000 Ming troops lined up in front of the camp and looked at the Korean army fifty meters away. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

North Korea's soldiers and horses are generally short, not to mention how strong they are, just looking at the colorful fluttering flags in the ranks makes people feel that they are not professional enough.

Ma Peng and Tian Jingzhong rode from the team to the front of the formation, surrounded by dozens of soldiers.

"Who's coming?" Tian Jingzhong shouted.

As soon as the words fell, I saw a few horses walking out of the opponent's team, and it looked like there were civilian and military generals.

Immediately, I saw a few people quickly dismount and walk slowly.

"Participate in the general of the kingdom, humble down to Seoul to sentence Yin Li Zheng to seal the order of my king, and specially come to welcome the heavenly soldiers into the city." A mustachioed civil official in his forties speaks stiff Chinese. said that he accompanied several generals around him to salute Ma Peng, very respectful.

"What kind of official is this sentence, how many products?" Ma Peng muttered quietly, and Tian Jingzhong beside him shook his head gently: "My subordinates don't know, I guess Lord Luo knows, but Lord Luo is still sleeping......"

"This general is Ma Peng, the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Division of the Third Army of the Ming Army under the command of the Great Ming God King, who was ordered to enter North Korea to clear the remnants of the Qing army, and he was fortunate not to be dishonored last night" Ma Peng clasped his fists on the horse and said: "But Ma has a military order, does not enter the city, does not see the king, does not discuss matters, and hopes that this adult will tell your king, please forgive me!" ”

Yes! Li Zheng was taken aback, and the surprise was naturally not Ma Peng's identity: "The remnants of the Qing army, how can this general say this......

"Yes, the Qing Dynasty is dead, and it was already surrendered to my Ming Dynasty half a month ago, by the way, my Ming Army still has follow-up troops that are about to enter North Korea, please tell your king!" Ma Peng said lightly!

"This, the soldiers of heaven have entered our country in a big way, it is ......"

Li Zheng was shocked, Ma Peng's few words were too informative!

"Master Li doesn't need to panic, my heavenly soldiers entered North Korea just by taking the road, as for the details, we can't disclose them for the time being, and we will tell you when the follow-up troops arrive."

Li Zheng frowned, bowed his head and was silent for a while, and hugged his fist at Ma Peng: "In this case, my majesty will immediately tell the king, I don't know if the general has any other orders?" ”

"Yes" Ma Peng was not polite at all: "Our army has more than 3,000 people entering the country this time, and the grain and grass matter should be resolved as soon as possible."

"Well, this should be, but you can't be the master, and go back and tell the king to make a decision!" Li Zheng hesitated and said.

"Damn, get a bird's egg! Lao Tzu came all the way to help you fight the Tartars, so that you can give some grain and grass and push three or four, no wonder they all say that you Koreans are pressing, you can't see grain and grass before dark, Lao Tzu went into the city to rob it! "Tian Jingzhong is not a good stubble, there are some things that Ma Peng is inconvenient to say, he doesn't need to take care of the other party's face!

Sure enough, Li Zheng's faces changed greatly, and they all looked at Ma Peng.

Ma Peng smiled and said nothing!

"Humble me, go back to the city and tell the king," Li Zheng said, saluting, turning and hurriing away.

"Made, North Koreans are really special buckles! I heard that during the Wanli period, we sent troops to help them fight the dogs, and more than 1,000 people were reluctant to give out the grain and grass, but I didn't believe it at the time, but now it seems to be true! ”

"It's all so bad!" Ma Peng looked at Li Zheng's North Korean army and sneered.

The sun, the sand, the wind and the sunshine are beautiful, and the island of Kume in the Ryukyus is peaceful.

It was originally a residential area for Chinese Americans, and it was also the temporary command post of the Ming army, and of course, it has recently become the newest commercial area.

The maritime merchants who came with the army from the Ming Dynasty have begun to open up the territory under the leadership of the German king Zhu Youli, in addition to the most basic kinds of marketing, exhibition and promotion of goods, there are several far-sighted ones have begun to buy land in the local area.

However, these are all non-governmental activities.

The ancient fort is noisy and unusual.

Because in addition to training the newly formed marines, Zhang Long has ordered the local people to repair the ancient fort, and all the expenses are paid by the Ryukyu royal family.

Kill! Kill! Kill! In the open space under the fort, rows of shirtless recruits sweated and screamed loudly with their blades in hand, and the steel knives in their hands gleamed in the sunlight.

Zhang Long walked around with a few henchmen, with a cigarette in his hand, frowning around, whispering something to the people around him from time to time.

"Report, the King of the Ryukyus asks to see you!" That's when a herald came running!

Zhang Long frowned: "Today is not the day they leave!" ”

"But no, at this time, is it difficult to ask for a meeting to send them off?" Zhou Zhaohai, the deputy next to him, couldn't help but quip.

Moreover, Zhang Long pursed his mouth, looked at the herald and asked, "Where is he?" ”

"Across the river," the herald stretched out his hand and pointed to the northeast. On the other side of the river is Shurijo Castle, where the Ryukyu royal family boarded the ships.

"What the hell is this asking to see, obviously asking Lao Tzu to see him" Zhang Long pouted again: "Go back and tell him that this general is busy with military affairs and is not available, let him leave quickly, today is the last day of the deadline!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The herald turned and left!

"Head, why don't you go and see you, the king will leave you with some benefits!" Zhou Zhaohai said with a smile.

"I can't help but be suspicious of his benefits, because I don't want the Military Discipline Department to find out about me, you want to be rare for you!" Zhang Long snorted.

"Hahaha, I'm rare, but I don't have the guts," Zhou Zhaohai said haha laughed.

The riverside on the western outskirts of Shurijo Castle is also crowded, but the atmosphere is a little depressing, and there is not even much noise, because this is the move of the Ryukyu royal family.

The deadline given by Lu Wan to leave has reached the next day, and it just so happens that the weather is fine today, and Shangxian has to leave on the same day with the royal family!

Shang Xian knew in his heart that it was still unknown when he would be able to return this time, and as for Lu Wang's words that he would take refuge, he was also suspicious, but he also firmly believed that Daming would not kill him, and if he wanted to kill him, he could do it at any time, so why trick him into going to Daming.

And when you travel, go to Middle-earth to see it, and then face the Holy Ming Emperor to ask what the situation is, although Shang Xian is reluctant to hold this mentality, but he is not very sad.

Ordinary people travel with a large bag, not to mention the royal family that pays the most attention to pomp and circumstance in this era, and it is also a big family, from Ryukyu King Shangxian to his younger brother Shangzhi, Shang Ning and some harem family members, slaves and maids, and even some henchmen and ministers.

Three big boats were waiting by the river, and looking at the situation, King Shangxian was planning to empty the palace, and he knew that this was a big battle just by looking at the big burden and small picks on the way from the palace to the river.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to empty a palace and three boats, and there is no need to empty it, after all, he still has a chance to come back, and even if he puts it here, the Ming army will not move him brick by brick, after a few days of observation, he has seen that the Ming army is strictly disciplined, and there is no trace of harassment in the inner palace on weekdays.

Standing on the shore, Shang Xian's face was a little gloomy, because someone reported just now that the Great Ming God King was not here, and Zhao Long, the commander of the Great Ming Navy on duty, had no time to see him when dealing with military affairs!

"Deal with military ......," Shang Xian couldn't help but snort in a low voice.

"Brother Wang, the Ming army has always said that it wants to fight the Japanese state, why don't you see any movement, I heard that there is still a Japanese army in the northern mountains......" Shang Zhen asked in a low voice beside him.

"How do you know that there is no movement, but this king heard that they are recruiting troops and horses......" King Shangxian whispered and suddenly let out a long sigh, raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of the palace, then turned his head and waved his hand: "Let's go, get on the boat!" ”

The city of Wenzhou suddenly became lively.

In a few days a large number of troops began to march one after another, which caused a great deal of discussion among the people, but did not cause any alarm, because these troops did not enter the city, but drove directly to the north of the city and camped on the seashore, attracting the bold people and children to come and watch.

Is there going to be a war? It's almost a topic in the city!

It shouldn't be, it is said that the thieves and thieves have been pacified by the God King, and even the Tartars in the north have been beaten to surrender and destroy the country, so how can there be any battle to fight now?

Maybe it's a Japanese bandit!

You can pull it, there is a navy stationed on Lingkun Island in the north bay of our city, and even the pirates in the waters near this have been cleaned up, when have you ever seen this group of pirates coming, and besides, it is necessary to gather so many troops to fight the pirates, I heard that it will take tens of thousands

Also, then why do you say these things are not right, why are you gathered here!

I don't know, maybe it's a pull-up.

There was a lot of talk in the crowd, but I don't know.

Longshui Town was crowded, and a team of three or four thousand people had just arrived two days ago in the morning, and the camp by the river outside the town had not yet been set up, and several thousand more people had arrived, and in the afternoon another group of more than 3,000 people arrived.

The villagers in the town and the surrounding areas were panicked, and they were really ready to drag their families and flee away, at this time the village guards began to shout, and the villagers did not need to be afraid, it was not a chaotic army or a Ming army......

The Ming Army? What's wrong with the Ming Army, is there anything good about being a soldier these days? Some villagers still want to stay away from their homes in fear, but most of them are still cautious and watch.

Fortunately, these troops only operated in the riverside camp and did not have any harassment, but some bold children went there to ask for a lot of snacks, which made the villagers gradually feel at ease!

On the same day, when the three teams were camping, Lingkun Island in the bay sent three large boats to transport grain and grass, it turned out that the island had already learned from Lu Wang's mouth that the troops would gather again in the near future, and left a large number of supplies, after all, these troops were from Luzhou Mansion to travel lightly and quickly.

Didn't it say that there were hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, why did they come with such a small number of people, and the navy of the island's supplies couldn't help but inquire about it.

It is true that tens of thousands of troops are going to gather here, and these are only the vanguard troops, and there are three families, the Xu Battalion and the Tang Battalion, as well as the other vanguard army that has been responding quickly.

Xu Wenjue was very unhappy, sitting in the camp and smoking with Zhu Yujian, while his younger brother Xu Wuhou stared viciously at a camp not far away and scolded: "Son of a bitch, big brother, do you say that Huang Lao thief must be against us?"

Xu Wenjue smiled bitterly, since Lu Wang ordered the First Army and the Second Army to land in the Ryukyus to prepare for war against Japan in Luzhou Mansion, he held his breath to be the first to land.

But Rwann has made it clear that the navy has limited carrying capacity, and there are not many large ships left on Lingkun Island, and even a few temporary transfers from the Hangzhou Bay shipyard will be a drop in the bucket, after all, most of the ships have been pulled to the South China Sea.

That is, first come, first go!

This is actually good news for the two battalions of the Xu Battalion and the Tang Battalion, because the subordinates of these two nouveau riche are almost all cavalry, and they take a great advantage of running long distances, so they threw off most of the dozens of kilometers on the day of departure.

I thought that I would go first steadily, but the next day the brothers found that there was also a cavalry team of 3,000 people behind their butts!

Huang Degong's subordinates of the Second Army, this old guy was not willing to be reluctant, and the cavalry drawn from the army caught up, but Zheng Hong of the First Army was calm, anyway, the two battalions of Xu and Tang also belonged to the jurisdiction of the First Army, so they did not transfer men and horses, and hurried with the general trend unhurriedly.

"The people in the navy said that even people and horses can transport up to 1,000 people at a time, this is the limit, how can we get more than 10,000 people, who will go first!" Zhu Yujian said while puffing out a smoke ring.

"Of course we'll go first," Xu Wuhou snorted.

"I'm afraid that Commander Huang won't agree" Xu Wenjue looked up at the defense line at the camp gate, and a general over there came with a few entourages with a smile.

The person who came was Jiang Gengzhong, a newly promoted regiment commander under Huang Degong, who led the vanguard cavalry of the Second Army this time.

"Smiling Tiger, what do you mean, don't leave if you're talking like this!" Xu Wuhou roared angrily when he saw him.

"Hey, why is Second Master Xu so angry, didn't I come here to discuss, everything is easy to discuss" Jiang Gengzhong walked over with a smile.

"Discuss a p, come first and then come to understand, why don't I Xu Tang and the two camps arrive half a day earlier than you! And don't call me Second Master Xu, call me Camp Chief Xu! "Xu Wuhou now hates people calling him Brother Gongzi and the like, because I feel that it is a kind of sarcasm!

"Okay, okay, it's my gaffe, Battalion Commander Xu, I just thought of a way, you see if it works" Jiang Gengzhong's eyes looked at Xu Wenjue when he said this: "Didn't the navy say that it can only transport more than 1,000 people with people and horses at a time, how about the three of us divide the quota in this way?" ”

"There are only more than 500 people in one family, how to command if there is a war if you land? Even if it is united, it is not as handy as commanding its own team" Before Xu Wenjue could speak, Zhu Yujian began to object!

"Battalion Commander Xu, what do you mean?" Jiang Gengzhong looked at Xu Wenjue with a smile and asked.

"I don't agree with that, so it's better for us to draw lots!" Xu Wenjue said angrily!

Hey, the speaker had no intention, it was obviously angry, but Jiang Gengzhong, Xu Wuhou and Zhu Yujian's eyes lit up: "This method is good, each according to the destiny of heaven!" ”

"Uh...... This, this is okay too? Xu Wenjue was stunned!

"Of course," the three of them said in unison!

Yes! Opening the note in his hand, Jiang Gengzhong saw the big word, couldn't help but clench his fists tightly, looked at Xu Wenjue and Zhu Yujian and smiled: "Thank you two for your success!" ”

"Grass! No, "Xu Wuhou, who was watching from the sidelines, lost his temper again!"

"Wuhou" Xu Wenjue shouted: "I am willing to lose the bet!" ”

"Thank you both!" Jiang Gengzhong hugged his fists: "The two of you are chatting slowly, I want to respond and prepare to pull out" said and turned to leave!

"Commander Jiang!" Xu Wenjue suddenly stopped him.

Jiang Gengzhong turned his head with a puzzled expression: "What's the matter, Camp Chief Xu?" ”

"The Ryukyu and Wakoku are hilly terrains, but they are not very suitable for cavalry combat!" Xu Wenjue said suddenly.

"What does Camp Chief Xu mean by this?" Jiang Gengzhong raised his eyebrows.

"The war horse might as well stay first and transport more troops!" Xu Wenjue said!

Jiang Gengzhong nodded thoughtfully, hugged Xu Wenjue in a circle and nodded and left.

"Mad, I'm so aggrieved, no, I have to send someone to the town to buy some wine, or I'll be mad!" Xu Wuhou couldn't help but scold as he watched Jiang Gengzhong's departing figure.

"You have itchy skin, and you're not afraid that the Military Discipline Department will catch you!"

Zhu Yujian smiled!

Xu Wuhou looked around: "The military discipline department is all in the rear of the big army, there should be no this!" ”

"Let's try it!" Xu Wenjue sneered!

Xu Wuhou couldn't help but shudder!

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