Chapter 19 Blue Jade to Liaodong

Is He Xi's work done well? It takes an army to verify.

And at this moment, Lan Yu was standing on the dock in Jingu.

There is also ice floe on the sea, but this ice floe is generally no more than ten centimeters, although the wooden ship is not as strong as the iron ship, but such ice floe, still do not care. More than a hundred ships were parked on the pier. But Lan Yu still frowned, and said: "What does this mean, let's take a boat to Liaodong, you don't know that we are all cavalry?" ”

Huang Zicheng said: "We have calculated this, the fastest, safest, and most convenient way." ”

It seems to be a footnote to Huang Zicheng's words, and on the trestle where the ship was boarded in the distance, a soldier restrained the horse's reins. I tried hard to pull this horse onto the boat, but although the war horse was a war horse, He had ever been on the boat. Seems frightened and struggles.

The strength of a man is far less than that of a horse. As the horse's front hooves rose up, he hissed and threw his master off the trestle, and the horse accidentally fell off the trestle. Plop plop and fall into the sea.

Horses can swim, and with so many people watching, people who fall into the sea can't die. It's just that in such a cold weather, taking an ice bath may cost you half a life.

Lan Yu looked at Huang Zicheng and said, "Are you sure this is the best way." ”

Huang Zicheng said; "I'm sure."

Starting from Jingu, transfer to Niujiazhuang, all the way to the upper reaches of the Liao River. Laomiwan, which is almost the northernmost part of the Liaodong Dusi, rests here for a while, runs north for more than a hundred miles, and directly enters the outside of the Ming control area. Running for 500 miles, about Zhaozhou is located.

Although Nahachu may no longer be in Zhaozhou, it must be near Zhaozhou.

He Xi and Huang Zicheng also thought about it a lot. For example, the cavalry is not suitable for this kind of sea-river combined transport. For example, the weather is too cold, the ice on the Liao River, and so on.

Even though there are such and such problems, He Xi and Huang Zicheng still feel that this is the best way.

The reason is simple, the water transport speed is fast and the load is large. And most importantly, to save horsepower. Yes, even if the horse is not adapted to the sea, it is better than traveling for nearly a thousand miles in the ice and snow, and then facing hundreds of miles of wilderness.

As mentioned earlier, in the era of cold weapons, physical strength is what is fought. It's the physical strength of a person, and it's also the physical strength of a horse.

As for the problem of freezing on the sea, there is a difference in latitude. From Liaodong to Jilin to Harbin, the thawing time is also different, and the difference is about half a month. And for many large rivers, even in the north, they are not completely frozen.

At the beginning of the nineteenth year of Hongwu, the ice on the Liao River had begun to loosen. At the end of the first month, although there were still large chunks of ice floe in the river, it was a little more difficult to walk. But it can already barely be navigated.

Lan Yu knows all these reasons. It's just that Lan Yu has been a land tiger all his life, and let him get on the ship at this moment, even though there are ten million guarantees, he is still resistant in his heart.

It's just that he knows that if he doesn't take the sea route, it is estimated that he will not be able to reach it within the specified time. The starting point is up. He didn't want to be early in the morning, but he rushed to a late meeting.

Lan Yu snorted coldly, came to the soldier who had just climbed up from the sea, whipped it with his horsewhip, pulled out a blood mark on the soldier's face, and said: "As a cavalryman, you can't even take care of your own horse, what use do you want, you can stay here." ”

Although Lan Yu is cold to the soldiers, he is also more concerned, the soldiers swim in the ice water, and recuperate here, maybe there is nothing to do, but if he travels with the team, he may get sick on the road.

If you're sick on the march, you won't have that much time to heal. Maybe this life will be gone.

Of course, in Lan Yu's opinion, when the cavalry can't even manage their own horses, they should also be whipped.

Lan Yu immediately shouted: "If you can take care of my own horse for me, if something happens again, it won't be a whip." ”

"Yes." The crowd shouted in unison.

He was much more careful when it came to driving the horses aboard.

Even so, it took a day to bring people and horses, and it was not until the night that the torches were lit, which could be regarded as complete.

The next day, the fleet set sail.

By the time I arrived at Niuzhuang Port, Niuzhuang Port had changed greatly.

Originally, Niuzhuang was just a post station. Although it is also available on land and water. It's a big station, but it's just a big station. This is no longer the case. Under the command of He Xi, several nearby guards were working here. Dozens of trestle bridges were built in a row. The trestle bridge goes deep into the Liao River, like a big hand.

And all the cavalry, without going down the plank road at all, directly changed from sea boats to river boats, and the river boats were even smaller. Barely a third of sea vessels. People and horses are a little crowded on it. But there is no way. Now it is the lower reaches of the Liao River, the river is wide, and the water is deep enough, even if it is a sea boat.

However, it is not possible to go upstream.

Some people may say that you can't go upstream and change boats.

No, because there is no such a big port upstream. Even if you want to build it, you can't build a large port in a place, of course, it is manpower, but you must have natural endowments, otherwise you will get twice the result with half the effort. This is the case with Niu Zhuang.

These trestles are also temporary. In a hurry, it is estimated that it will not work in a few years. However, without the natural hydrological situation here in Niuzhuang Port, this kind of rush cannot be done.

It's just going upstream, not going with the water, but the south wind is gradually rising, which can be regarded as a help.

After three or five days, we arrived at the destination of this station, which is Laomi Bay.

The situation here in Laomiwan is much worse than that of Niuzhuang Port.

All the boats almost blocked the river.

Therefore, after the ship unloads the people and horses at the dock, it must continue to the north and cannot turn back. Because as soon as you turn around, you will block the shipping lane. In this way, the flowing army of 30,000 and the war horses were transported here.

Moreover, He Xi had already prepared the camp, and there were more than 10,000 troops to entertain here. Although there are no houses, there are ready-made camp tents and braziers. As soon as these people arrive, they can go and rest.

He Xi calculated the time for three whole days. Can allow the cavalry to rest here for three days.

In his mind, three days was enough.

This is not unusual, they are all elite soldiers. Even if you don't adapt to the sea, seasickness or something. Three days is not enough time to recover. If it is really not enough, the Shenyang Zhuwei personally commanded by Ye Wang, the most elite of the Liaodong Army, is here, and can be replenished at any time.

Although the Liaodong Zhuwei is considered a second-tier and third-tier army in the Ming Dynasty, the most elite men and horses will never lose to the elite under Lan Yu.

The reason why Ye Wang is not used is that it is estimated that it is not only a matter of combat effectiveness, but also to set up such a big stage, not to mention whether Ye Wang can sing this play well on stage, even if he can sing it well. There is only one He Xi behind Ye Wang, and there is the prince behind Lan Yu, and there is the Chang family. He can stand up to the scene.

He Xi is far from enough.

From the end of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, He Xi returned to Liaodong, to now, less than three months, less than 80 days, He Xi has completed a lot of work, levying sea boats, river boats, almost everything that can float on the sea, and even singing an empty city plan along the Yalu River. Only Ye Shen was left with a thousand cavalry patrols, and the rest of the strong men were requisitioned.

Even He Xi valued it the most, and the wooden fields along the Yalu River were all stopped.

Even Huang Zicheng was transferred, but He Xi really lacked the manpower to be in charge alone. The Guozi prisoners under He Xi may be able to produce many ministers in the future, but now they are all novices, and the difference is a little too much.

In any case, his hard work in the second half of this year can be regarded as fruitful. For He Xi, the first half of this big battle has been played. It's time to watch the second half.

Sapphire got off the boat, a little dazed.

Lan Yu is also a fierce general, when he first got on the ship, because he was not adaptable, he was seasick for a while. But soon Lan Yu adjusted. He felt dizzy at the moment, not because of seasickness. Rather, I couldn't believe it.

Lan Yu is not very old, but he is also a veteran. When he followed Chang Yuchun, it was like Feng Cheng following Feng Sheng now. After tempering from his side for a while, he was finally released to lead the troops. I have seen a lot of wars. But the logistics have been done to this point. Blue jade is really rare.