Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 861 Long Supply Line

Usolye City, former site.

The world was foggy, and the visible distance was less than [-] paces. It was a vast expanse of whiteness, and the wind was blowing like a knife.

A group of soldiers lined up in a long line on the snowy ground, which could not be seen at a glance.

The war horse snorted and exhaled white smoke. Behind the war horse was pulling a carriage. The carriage was bulging and covered with canvas. Judging from the ruts, it seemed heavy.

The convoy was climbing, and there was a soldier on each side of the car shouting and trying to help the horses push the cart, but the snowy road was slippery and some people slipped to the ground from time to time.

"Keep working hard, we will reach the city of Usoliye after another five miles, and we will rest outside the city tonight!" General Feng Sheng said while riding on horseback.

Feng Sheng is about 40 years old, wearing a black cotton jacket and a cotton cap, frowning slightly.

It wasn't the first time he delivered supplies outside the Great Wall, but it was the first time he was so far away from the Great Wall.

The original plan was to deliver the supplies to Chernog today, but a few days ago, the weather suddenly fell heavily, the wind and the road were slippery, so the supply team could barely travel forty miles a day.

Since Beihai Province and Menggu Province were short of grain, this batch of grain was transported from Shandong, Henan and other production areas to the capital a few months ago, and then transported to Datong for customs clearance.

The convoy started all the way from the Datong line of Xuanfu, crossed the Great Wall and headed north to Kulun City, then continued north and west through Chukubaxing and Irkutsk. The total distance for grain transshipment was at least three thousand miles.

There is no way to transport food for such a long distance. Feng Sheng looked up at the sky and sighed. The arrival of supplies on schedule has become an extravagant hope, and his face is full of helplessness.

Perhaps the lightest punishment after completing this mission would be demotion, maybe even dismissal.

I don't know what happened to the frontline army?Such cold weather was fatal, and many of his men's hands were cracked from the cold.

"Boss, guess what, there are still people in Usolie City?" Thousand household officer Zhang Liu panted heavily and had nothing to say.

Since leaving the border of Ming Dynasty, almost all the cities that the army encountered were reduced to scorched earth. It is for this reason that the army did not encounter any obstacles from the enemy army along the way, and even walked for several days without even seeing a single person.

Zhang Liu still remembered the night when the food transport team arrived at Kulun City. It was dusk that day, but he saw countless crows flying over Kulun City, and the crows crowded together.

These crows are all eating fat, and Zhang Liu also joked that not only Daming has a good harvest this year, but even this bird can have a full meal.

But when the group arrived at the edge of the city, they found that Kulun City had been reduced to scorched earth, and the inside and outside of the city were blackened. Some veterans sniffed the thick black ash deposited on the ground and said nothing.

A recruit asked repeatedly, and the veteran roared at the top of his throat, "It's the ashes of people who were burned to death!"
A brave soldier wandered around the city from the broken wall, and even spit out the acid water when he came out.

The city is full of burnt human-shaped corpses. This is the best food for crows. Although many corpses are broken, crows like to eat carrion. Many corpses have been pecked until only bones are left, and their eyes are empty. scary.

That night, more than 5000 soldiers of the food transportation team collectively didn't eat dinner, because they couldn't eat at all, so they just made do with the city for one night and set off directly the next day.

It also started from Kulun City. The supply team would not enter any city that was deserted along the way, so just now Feng Sheng only said that the army rested outside the city, just because the city wall can withstand part of the cold wind.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and urge the people behind, don't fall behind." Feng Sheng said bluntly without time to argue.

"Okay, well, you too, anyway, the deadline has already been missed, it's a mistake if you miss it by one day, and it's also a mistake if you miss it by two days, why are you in a hurry!" Zhang Liu grumbled as he drove his horse towards the back.

"Yuan Datou, you are always lazy when you eat three bowls of rice at a meal. You will eat up all the food sooner or later. Hurry up and push the cart for me!" Zhang Liu scolded a lazy veteran sitting on the carriage.

It is not empty talk that the food was eaten up. This time the food transport team transported a total of 5000 shi from Datong Prefecture. This was originally a one-month ration for 400 soldiers on the front line. The horse consumes nearly half of it.

Yuan Datou is also very helpless. He injured his leg when he was a soldier in the early years, and his legs and feet are inconvenient. Fortunately, his horse is relatively strong, even if he does not push it, he can pull it completely, but he is too lazy to explain to the officer. start pushing the cart.

That night, the food transportation team camped outside the city of Usolie. Zhang Liu's estimation was completely correct, and Usolie was indeed a dead city.

"My lord, we have traveled nearly [-] miles. If the current marching speed is followed, it will take at least ten days to reach Chernog." Thousand household officer Sun Gui handed Feng Sheng a bowl of porridge.

"Hmph, even if we get to Chernog after missing the schedule, we may not be able to find the prince." Zhang Liu took a sip of porridge and said.

"The most important thing right now is not the food, but the [-] sets of cotton clothes. The prince seldom asks for food from the court and always solves it on the spot, but cotton clothes are not enough!" Sun Gui said again.

"Whoever is not in a hurry is a turtle, but what's the use of being in a hurry? How fast can the carriage go when it is already heavy?" Zhang Liu said with his eyes wide open.

His family used to be a military household, and it was thanks to Liu Hongjian that he was able to get rid of the shackles of a military household. He respected and admired Zhang Liu, the king of Anguo County.

It's just that he didn't understand. The imperial court had always withdrawn the nomads when they drove them away. It was rare for the king of Anguo to run so far in a fit of anger.

It's not impossible. Emperor Chengzu made five expeditions to Menggu, but he failed to destroy the Tartars in the end.

"I can't delay any longer. My personal future is small. The lives of the frontline soldiers are the most important. Starting tomorrow, the army is only allowed to rest for two hours a day. The cotton clothes must be delivered to the frontline before October!"

Feng Sheng sat on the side and kept silent, but everyone knew that once Boss Feng spoke, it would be a final conclusion.

But resting for two hours a day is really difficult.

"Boss, all our brothers are doing manual labor. They can rest for two hours a day, and their bodies can't stand it!" Zhang Liu wailed.

Resting for two hours is only a theoretical matter. These two hours include camping and eating. Although many soldiers will continue to simplify the process in order to rest more, they even save tents. Three people sharing a carriage can make up for it. Live for a while.

The army has continuously shortened the rest time since they passed through the city of Kulun. From four to three hours, the soldiers were already exhausted. If it was shortened now, Zhang Liu worried that some people would not be able to bear the severe cold weather.

"Don't complain, the soldiers on the front line are fighting with their lives, and our food transport soldiers should also use their lives to transport food. You are still wearing cotton clothes. Do you know what the front line soldiers are wearing?
Go to sleep after drinking porridge, don't waste time! After Feng Sheng finished speaking, he expelled everyone from the tent, and then fell asleep.

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(End of this chapter)