Chapter 102: Facing the Enemy

Yin Erwu froze for a moment, spread his legs and ran towards the village, running all the way, shouting at the top of his throat: "Oh no, there is a large army to kill!" ”

Yin Erwu, who was illiterate in big characters, certainly didn't know that Guan Shengyun's fleet was a thief. Even if you are literate, you can't see anything clearly after five or six miles. However, in this era, as long as the army passes, the officers and soldiers are actually no different from the thieves: the same pulling, the same grabbing of grain, the same strong (typo), the same plundering...... Indeed, it is often recorded in the history books that a certain army has strict military discipline, freezes to death, does not demolish houses, starves to death, does not rob or something, and is deeply loved by the people. However, the only reason for the heavy emphasis is simply because it is so rare – if this is the case in every army, does the historian need to waste pen and ink? Moreover, such an army often does not exist long before disappearing, without exception! The reason is actually very simple: strict military discipline shows that the result of the generals governing the army and the army in a proper way will inevitably be bursting combat effectiveness, and in addition, they will win the hearts of the people...... Put these things together, if you become the emperor, can you sleep?

The best example is Xiao He. During Liu Bang's expedition, the Guanzhong was well governed, and the people praised him, and when Gaozu came back, the people all ran to the front of the car to ask for credit for the prime minister, and then Liu Bang put Xiao He in prison as soon as he went to court! Fortunately, after being instructed by a master, he changed his style during his probation after being released from prison, and forcibly seized a large amount of private wealth, which made the people complain and miserable. Waiting for the people to sue again, Liu Bangle said: That's right. The people scolded you in unison, and they all felt that I was the great savior, so I could rest assured! Well done prime minister, reward!

The truth is there, but no one can say it clearly, and they have to understand it for themselves.

Understand?

On the contrary, the local collection of supplies was the most common practice for the vast majority of armies in this era. The reason is, firstly, that it is so huge that almost no province can afford the cost of transportation capacity and the outrageously low efficiency (there is no one in ten to transport grain for thousands of miles), secondly, once you set foot on the battlefield, life and death are uncertain, from soldiers to officers, fear, regret and other emotions need to be vented, and thirdly, a very high proportion of soldiers are exiles, and they are not good people...... Therefore, both generals and magistrates will often turn a blind eye to this—and afterwards, the imperial court will tacitly exempt some taxes from the places where the soldiers have passed. Otherwise, if the contradiction intensifies and leads to a mutiny, it will be the real big trouble! As for the loss of the people...... Well, these are all indispensable prices, prices that the imperial court can fully expect and accept!

Yin Erwu had just run back to Yangzhuang when he bumped into Ma Laoqi and his party head-on. There are more than 200 people around the latter, including men, women and children, Tao Sixteen, Meng Youcai, etc. - these are almost everyone in Yangzhuang now. Without waiting for Yin Erwu, who was out of breath, to speak, Ma Laoqi nodded at him and said, "Brother Mazi has been here." Someone from Shiqiao Bao ran out to deliver the letter, and Lord Qian said that all those who came were anti-thieves, and asked us all to go to Fucheng to kill thieves and make meritorious contributions to the imperial court. ”

Although his eyes were black with hunger, and he heard Ma Laoqi's words, like everyone else, Yin Erwu immediately came to his senses, and the momentum of fighting against him a while ago seemed to be repossessed in an instant. If you kill a thief, you will have a bun to eat, and if you are hungry for a long time, you will be arrested because the rebels have been caught - for Ma Laoqi, Yin and Wu, this principle is as simple and clear as one plus one equals two. Let alone...... Officials and soldiers, no matter how many dishes they can't provoke, and the thieves are simply too easy to deal with: so many deep mansions, so many wolf-like courtyards, so tall courtyard walls...... As long as everyone shouts loudly and catches the rebel and rushes forward, isn't it all crying and shouting that they are wronged and obediently kneeling down to listen to the fall? One by one, like chickens, at our mercy!

So the gang carried shovels, shovels, pickaxes, and dung forks, and marched majestically to the Nanyang Mansion City in the south. Zhang Mazi, who rode a fast horse, mobilized very efficiently, along the way Panzhuang, Guzhuang, Hanzhuang, Shuangzhuang and other villages and towns in the north of Nanyang Fu, the crowd gradually gathered together, and when everyone arrived outside the north gate of Fucheng, looking around, the black pressure was full of people, I am afraid that one or two thousand people have gathered. And there are still groups of people joining in!

Everyone's faces are full of excitement and longing: the cool and good days of having buns to eat, meat to eat, and doing whatever you want are finally back!

The water meanders along the southeast corner of Nanyang Mansion and then divides into two: a tributary first turns west to the south gate, and then flows south, this tributary is called the White River; The other goes straight to the south, and this section is called Thorn Water. Until it flows through Xinye, it reaches the junction of Henan and Hubei and merges with the Baihe*, which is unified by the four rivers, and after flowing again, it is called the water again, and meets the Han River flowing east near Xiangyang Mansion in Hubei.

After listening to the introduction of Qi Lilun and his son, Guan Shengyun, Luo Yonghao and others all felt that it would not be too difficult to conquer Nanyang Mansion City, especially what they saw and heard on the way south. Now the generals of the Guan Department have far more combat experience than the vast majority of the Ming officers and soldiers, and the generals unanimously believe that it is completely impossible to organize any resistance that can be called a little threatening. On the journey of two or three hundred miles, the closer they got to Nanyang Mansion, the more the judgment of the generals was strengthened by the sight of the sight. Many people even put forward the idea of going around the city and going straight south. Among them, the loudest shouting is naturally Zhang Ding. Everyone knows that his Thunderbolt battalion suffered the greatest losses in the first battle of Hangu Pass, although it has been replenished to full strength, but only in terms of equipment. If you look at it according to the standards of the Ming Military Department, the personnel are fully staffed, and they are all young and strong, and the equipment is abundant, this can definitely be called a first-class strong army. But Guan Shengyun is a thief, they can't live on beautiful paper numbers, if they want to survive, they must be down-to-earth. It takes a long time for soldiers to get along with each other to establish a relationship of trust between each other, trust can determine the success or failure of life and death on the battlefield, and recruits need enough training to recover their combat strength - even so, it is only a part, the real combat power must go through the real baptism of war! At this time, in the Perak Battalion, most of the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level were veterans who survived the Battle of Luoyang, and most of the recruits were Ding Zhuang of Luofu, and they were far from forming an effective battlefield command chain if they only half-understood each other's accents. Zhang Ding's careful thoughts that he didn't say in private are also understood by everyone: as long as there is enough oil and water to fish, it is not impossible to fight, anyway, if someone dies, it will be replenished. But this ghost place is dilapidated like this bird, and there is a high probability of losing money if you don't get it, this kind of thing, the shrewd General Zhang doesn't want to do it. However, this guy's attitude changed quickly, Luo Shifan pulled him aside and bit his ear and muttered a few words, and his smile immediately bloomed on Zhang Guji's face that had just risen purple and red, and his attitude turned a 180-degree turn, patting his chest and expressing his willingness to be the vanguard of the army, so that the Thunderbolt battalion could accept the baptism of blood and fire again!

It was not only Guan Shengyun who was surprised, everyone was dumbfounded. Only Luo Junshi smiled meaningfully at Aiko.

Of course, in any case, Nanyang must be beaten down. The army is going to the strange Huguang, a paradise land of fish and rice! The officers and men there must have eaten well, and their equipment and training were by no means comparable to those of the Hanako soldiers, and they must not leave a huge hidden danger behind them. Otherwise, when the time comes, everyone will die and have no place to be buried.

The plan unanimously approved by everyone this time is to fight steadily and steadily, and there is no need to rush to land on the beach in front of the enemy at the great risk of being counterattacked like in Shaanzhou, nor does it need to bypass the smuggling of people like Yiyang, and it is just a matter of going step by step. But even if it is fought, Zhang Ding can't be allowed to take the lead, the Thunderbolt Battalion and the Zhenyong Battalion need to recuperate from their injuries and be the reserve of the army. Gu Manzi's Gangfeng Battalion should not be needed in this battle - good steel is used on the blade, and it has to be kept to attack Xiangyang Mansion. Therefore, the main attack fell to Gao Tengdou's three flying beast battalions and Guan Shengyun's Breaking Camp here. You Futian's two battalions were divided, the Tianyi battalion took the Baihe River and the Nutao battalion took the thorny water, with the 5,000 auxiliary soldiers of Guoqinglin, and were responsible for cutting off the southern road from Nanyang Mansion to Hubei Province.

Zhang Ding held his breath, seeing that no one was pleasing to the eye, his mouth kept scolding day and day, everyone laughed and laughed, the atmosphere was very relaxed, and it was obvious that no one took the battle in front of him to heart.

Guan Yehuo was the captain of Guan Shengyun's personal guard, and he stood behind the commander and participated in the military meeting. As soon as the meeting ended, this anxious son jumped out of the handsome tent in three or two steps, grabbed Luo Shifan, and asked what he muttered to Zhang Ding in the end. The young military division who couldn't bear the entanglement had to tell the truth, and then, this guy who couldn't hide his words ran to Guan Jianlin to show his way, and Guan Jianlin told Gu Baisong again...... After a while, everyone knew the answer: the rich Nanyang Mansion has been dilapidated like this in just a few years, and there is no hope for grain and grass, but we are not short of food! And what about the gold and silver treasures that were originally scattered among the people? They won't grow legs and run away on their own - at the moment, they are all piled up in the government office waiting for someone to move!

Everyone's interest was suddenly high.

Well, Zhang's guerrilla scolding also became louder, echoing in the camp of Nuoda for a long time.

The camp of the army was set up on the west bank of the river ten miles northeast of Nanyang Province, except for the necessary grain and grass equipment, other baggage did not get off the boat, and all of them were moored in the river next to them. Gu Baihua's Gangfeng battalion, supported by 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, anchored in the southeast corner of the city, cutting off the east road of Nanyang Mansion. There is no fortification in the west of the city - doesn't the art of war say "surround three queyi", leaving a way for the defeated soldiers to escape. What's more, with Guan Shengyun's current state, he really can't eat more auxiliaries, so he has to digest it for a while.

When everything was ready, under Luo Shifan's repeated insistence, Luo Yonghao held another meeting on the enemy's army.

Except for You Futian, who had already started to go south, the generals who had gathered back to the tent again were discussing privately, and they all felt that the young army division was making a big fuss this time. Gu Manzi especially disagreed: The brother-in-law's military division (Luo Yonghao accepted Miss Zhao as a righteous daughter, and people in that era attached great importance to this relationship, and it was not much different from the real blood relationship) Isn't it because he agreed to avenge the Qi family's father and son? Then you should let your father-in-law send us as a striker! Well, wait a minute, I have to tell my private baby Ah Dou, we can't be soft, my uncle's business is our own business......

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Luo Yonghao glanced at Guan Shengyun, and saw that the latter nodded, so he cleared his throat and said, "Commander, generals." The big war is coming.,Inuko just told me something.,I think there's some truth.,So I'm inviting you to listen to it.。 After speaking, he turned to Luo Shifan, "You can tell the generals yourself." ”

Luo Shifan left his seat and bowed his hand to Guan Shengyun and the others: "Great marshal, generals." Then he turned to the generals and got straight to the point, "All the generals think this Nanyang Mansion is easy to fight, right?" But I don't think so! ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals couldn't help but be stunned, and I whispered about what you said: The surroundings have been dilapidated like this, how many good soldiers can be raised? Even the elites of Shouwangfu were defeated in a battle, how could it be difficult to fight?

Luo Shifan pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "What the generals said makes sense. However, in my opinion, our real opponent this time is likely to be the people, not the army! ”

* Four rivers are one: Before the Baihe River merges with the Jianshui at the junction of Henan and Hubei, it flows with the Luhe River, Nirshui and Turbulent Water near Xinye.