East Factory Governor

Chapter 585 Qin Shuhuai's Route and Fan Wencheng's Plan
I haven't slept so peacefully for a long time.

The next day was just dawn, Meng Wei came to Qin Shuhuai's gate early.

"Has Master Hou gotten up?" He whispered to the brother on duty at the door.

Before the brother could answer, Qin Shuhuai gently opened the door, and then made a silent gesture.

He whispered, "Let's go to Changxin Store."

"Yes, my lord."

Qin Shuhuai looked back at Chen Qing'er who was still sleeping peacefully, and then closed the door gently.

When they arrived at Changxindian, the army had already assembled.

When Qiu Dali saw Qin Shuhuai, he was overjoyed and said, "Stinky boy, I haven't seen you for three months, why did you turn into charcoal?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled, "Why doesn't Master go to sit at home?"

"Dozens of vehicles of military supplies have to be handed over, so how can Master have time to go?" Qiu Dali said sternly, "I heard that this time the Tartars came with an army of 10,000+, you must be careful in everything! This victory will lead to success or failure." , I can’t fall asleep thinking about it as a teacher. How about this, how about I go with you?”

Of course Qin Shuhuai didn't want Qiu Dali to go with him, because Qiu Dali wouldn't be of much help if he went, and besides, Jiang He needed him to sit in to help this lair.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai smiling and not saying a word, Meng Wei knew what was on his mind, and quickly said, "Guardian Qiu, when did the Lord Hou be so clever that he was defeated? You can help Lord Hou take care of the Jianghe gang with peace of mind."

Qiu Dali waved his hand, "It's enough for a few old people in the gang to sit in town. Now, from the imperial court to the martial arts sects, who doesn't sell our Jianghe gang's face, what's the big deal? Xiaoshu, master just ask you, can you Can't we go together?"

Qin Shuhuai saw that Qiu Dali was determined to go, and it was not easy to refute his face, so he could only say, "That's fine. But, the army is no better than the gang, master, you have to be mentally prepared."

Qiu Dali chuckled, "Brat, you're putting on airs with Master so soon! Okay, Master knows that the army pays attention to orders and prohibitions. You are handsome and I am a soldier. As long as the army is mobilized, I will be your subordinate!"

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, "That's good. By the way, are the troops ready?"

Meng Wei said, "Master Hou, everything is ready."

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "Get ready to go!"

On July 23 of the third year of Chongzhen, Qin Shuhuai led more than [-] people from the Allied Forces of Wulin, and set off from Changxindian to Zunhua for rescue.

But unexpectedly, Qin Shuhuai did not take the nearest Tongzhou-Jizhou-Zunhua line, but took the Xianghe-Yutian-Fengrun-Yongping line.

From Changxindian to Yongping, it is almost [-] miles.The army moved at a speed close to that of a rapid march, and it would take at least three days to walk.

In Zunhua City, the governor's yamen.

Yuan Chonghuan sat in the hall and was discussing city defense matters with the generals.

At this time, a general came in hurriedly and said, "Report to the supervisor, I received a secret letter from the capital, saying that Qin Shuhuai led the army to set off from Changxindian two days ago and go straight to Yongping."

Yuan Chonghuan frowned slightly, but then relaxed it again.

"The Marquis of Qin didn't come to save Zunhua, but he went to fight Yongping first, hehe, interesting."

The next general said, "Master, Qin Shuhuai has some reason to go to Yongping first, but the grain and grass in our city have already bottomed out, and I'm afraid we won't be able to last for three days. If he goes around like this, we'll be on the verge of death."

It was Yuan Chonghuan's old subordinate Qin Lang who spoke.

The food and grass in the city were only enough for normal consumption for 20 days. Now Jiannu has been besieging the city for a month. Although the army has repeatedly lowered the food ration, it has bottomed out.With the current food, even if each person in the army drank two bowls of porridge every day, they could only last for three days.

Yuan Chonghuan was silent for a while, and said, "Let's ask the people in the city again. We will buy it at the market price. If the silver taels are not enough, we will exchange it with horses."

Qin Lang said with a bitter face, "the people in the city don't have much food, I'm afraid they won't sell it to us. Besides, even if they want to sell it, they will never sell it at the market price, at least three times higher than the market price. Expensive!"

Another general said, "We have exchanged horses a few times before, but after the establishment of slavery and the siege of the city for a long time, the people felt that they could not eat enough, and the horses were even more difficult to feed, so they stopped taking them. Besides, we only have horses now. There are more than 2500 war horses left, if we take them out and exchange them, our iron cavalry can only be used as infantry."

The general who spoke was Zu Dabi, the younger brother of Zu Dashou, he was as good as Zu Dashou in battle, and he liked to shout in battle, so he was known as "Zu Er Crazy".

Yuan Chonghuan said lightly, "People can't have enough to eat, so what's the use of war horses? If there is no food to levy, we will kill horses for food. In short, if Huang Taiji wants to spend with us, let's spend with him and see who can spend more." who."

At night, five miles south of Zunhua City, Huang Taiji camped.

Hauge, the second son of Huang Taiji, said, "Father Khan, everything is ready."

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, and said, "Go! Remember, quick battle!"

"Yes, Father Khan!"

In the darkness, the Jin army set off from outside Zunhua City and galloped westward.

Huang Taiji said to Fan Wencheng in the tent, "Mr. Xiandou (Fan Wencheng's name), what do you think of Zu Dashou and Ma Shilong?"

Fan Wencheng smiled lightly and said, "Ma Shilong, the commander-in-chief of the Santun Battalion, was born in martial arts, and he is a bit brute, but his subordinates are all idiots. Do you still remember the absurd battle of Liuhe? They are Ma Shilong's subordinates. Ma Shilong is brave, but he doesn't know how to run an army, so there is nothing to worry about."

The Battle of Liuhe refers to the fifth year of the Apocalypse, when Ma Shilong sent Lu Zhijia to take seven thousand recruits to attack Yaozhou. In the end, at night, he was beaten by hundreds of soldiers from Houjin, and even the leader Lu Zhijia was captured alive. .This battle became the biggest joke in Ma Shilong's military career, and he himself was dismissed because of this.It was not until Sun Chengzong was in Jizhen that he was appointed again.

Huang Taiji asked again, "What about Zu Dashou?"

"Zu Dashou is quite strategic, but he is selfish and does not compromise on means to achieve his goals. He is a hero and an opponent not to be underestimated." Fan Wencheng said.

Huang Taiji thought about it thoughtfully, "Being selfish? What do you mean, sir, that this person can be bought?"

Fan Wencheng shook his head, "If it was a year ago, this person might be able to buy him. But now, Qin Shuhuai has curbed the Demon Cult, basically pacified the three sides, and the Ming court seems to be resurrected. Being in a high position, the so-called emperor's favor is mighty, if we want to accept him now, we may not be able to pay the price."

Huang Taiji chuckled, "What if he is beaten to nowhere?"

Fan Wencheng also laughed, "It depends on how Haogebaile and Azigbaile fight."

"With Mr. Conspiracy, Hauge and Azig will definitely win!" Huang Taiji stood up, looked at Xingyue outside the tent, and said complacently, "Although Baoming has Qin Shuhuai's help in oppressing the evil, but I am Da Jin. There are also gentlemen who are strategizing, and there are so many loyal and brave soldiers, Ben Khan believes that I, Da Jin, will surely win the battle!"

Fan Wencheng stood up and respectfully bowed to Huang Taiji, "The Great Khan is wise! I wish to follow the Great Khan to the death and open up the world!"

(End of this chapter)