The bright moon shines in the sky, and the stars are dotted.

Under the starry sky, soldiers are on the road, and although it is inconvenient to walk at night, it is far more comfortable than the heat of a hundred days.

Chang Yu was Wu Weiying's camp together, but he didn't swing slowly with him, after all, the Shenji Battalion carried too much baggage, and it was destined to be the last to arrive in Jiangnan at the bottom.

"Let's ask you for something in front, you pick it up in the back" Chang Yu said before the separation, and Wu Weiying's mouth has not closed until now.

The biggest capital and reliance of the Shenji battalion is artillery and firearms, but after the Battle of Ningyuan, the Battle of Baoding and the forced crossing of the Yellow River, and the defense of Qingzhou Mansion, the loss of firearms and ammunition is too large, and many artillery and firearms are blown up, and the ammunition is also seriously insufficient.

This is also the most bottomless place in Wu Weiying's heart for this trip, but listening to the words of the little eunuch, he not only has to beg for food but also for equipment along the way!

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, the little eunuch is destined to be the most tossed person in this year, his face is thick enough, the person is shameless enough, the means are yin enough, the problem is still strength and face, and the tolls are burned high incense in exchange for others all the way south without being blackmailed.

At this point, Wu Weiying is particularly convinced of the little eunuch.

The night was cool, Chang Yu and his entourage beat the horses and galloped wildly, and even his two-horse special car could be let go because there was no one to ride, ten miles to take a breath, twenty miles to pee, and thirty miles to wash the horses.

So repeatedly, at dawn, it was already through Yongqing County to the county seat of Bazhou, and the front came to report: On the bank of the Zhongting River in the south of Bazhou City, Li Yanbu was repairing.

Oh, Chang Yu and Li Muxian glanced at each other, and they couldn't hide their joy, and they caught up with the big army.

Li Yan's injuries were not completely healed, but this was not the reason why he was slowing down the speed of the march.

The main thing is that it's too fat to go fast.

Li Yan did not go on the road alone, accompanied by Huang Degong and Ma Ke and the emperor's Eight Guards pro-army, he and Huang Degong shared a large amount of military resources after defeating Dolgon, which was at the level of a big fat sheep, and there were many people and naturally brought more grain and grass, although his command was also a cavalry, he did not dare to ride away from the rear supply, so although he walked faster than Wu Weiying who pulled the cannon, he was much slower than Gao Jie and others, and even slower than the pro-army Eight Guards more than ten miles.

Unexpectedly, Chang Yu also met the three commanders of the pro-guard army here, Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, Hui'an Bo Zhang Qingzhen, and Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing.

The three of them commanded more than 10,000 personal guards, and the soldiers and horses were more than ten miles ahead, why did the commander chat behind him, which was actually very wonderful.

Liu Wenbing's three people were able to leave Beijing to lead the army, firstly, because Chang Yu gave them the opportunity to train, and secondly, Emperor Chongzhen slightly blocked the mouths of those trolls, and made a few nobles to divide Chang Yu's authority, otherwise the court would have to make all kinds of noise.

But two of Liu Wenbing's three were knighted by the imperial prince, and one was hereditary, although he had served in the military, but he had no experience in leading troops to fight.

But Li Huangma and the three of them are all generals in a hundred battles, so they deliberately walked with Li Yan and the others under the pretext of being burdened by the queen of the palace, but in fact, they almost asked for some experience.

Experience is not something that can be learned in a moment and a half, and it is only on paper to ask for advice without actual combat, but it is almost immediate, and it is very necessary, the three of them are basically equal to Chang Yu now, and Li Yan and Huang Degong are Chang Yu's military center belly, and it is naturally beneficial to get closer to each other.

Early in the morning, the coolest time of the day.

Next to Li Yan's military tent in the shade of the trees on the bank of the Zhongting River, Chang Yu took a spoon and stirred the gruel in the hanging pot, and there was meat in the porridge.

Horse meat, several months of fighting, many horses were killed or wounded or killed and salted into salted meat as military food, it can also be said that although there is a famine at the moment, but the soldiers' food is still good, and meat can be seen at every meal.

In the distance, the soldiers and horses were busy crossing the river, and some were busy making fires and cooking, and the people and horses were noisy and neighing within ten miles.

Chang Yubu rushed all night, and at this time they all entered the dream.

Li Yan's march was not like Chang Yu's, walking early in the morning and walking in the middle of the night in the evening, and the rest of the time was spent repairing.

Huang Degong, Ma Ke, Liu Wenbing and others were chatting in the distance, while Chang Yu and Li Yan were cooking porridge outside the military tent and talking.

"It's easy to enter the mountain and difficult to get out of the mountain" Li Yan has been mixed in the thief army for many years and is familiar with the tactics of the thief army: "In summer, the mountains and forests are luxuriant, and the thief army is easy to hide and ambush, and the mosquito invasion is very bad for the officers and soldiers, but if you want to introduce it outside the mountain to annihilate it, although it is a good way, but the thief is also shrewd and not so easy to be fooled, but it is not impossible, but the overseer is willing to pay the capital?" ”

Chang Yu smiled and said: "As the old saying goes, if you can't bear the wolf, the governor of Anqing and Luzhou can be bait."

Li Yan was taken aback: "It's a big deal, but the overseer is not afraid of stealing chickens and rice?" ”

"So I asked General Li, oh no, Li Zhuguo gave him a run-run pen" Chang Yu smiled, and Li Yan didn't dare to say anything.

In the midst of the green smoke, the two of them were holding a bowl and drinking porridge under the tree and discussing in a low voice, and next to a small forest in the distance, more than ten people were half-hanged, and their bodies were covered in blood.

"Those people ......" Chang Yu raised his eyebrows.

"During the march, I was caught by the palace battalion for mistreating the village woman, and I was beaten up," Li Yan glanced at and said lightly.

"Your people?" Chang Yu squinted, and Li Yan chuckled and shook his head: "Mako's."

Chang Yu sighed: "No wonder, it is impossible for you and Huang Degong to be so unremembered." ”

"Memories are all typed," Li Yan laughed.

Chang Yu woke up at noon, to be precise, he was woken up by the heat, he went to the river to wash his face and look around, there were only a few hundred people left in the riverside camp, and Huang Degong and the others had already left cleanly.

But Li Yan didn't leave, and limped from the shade of a tree in the distance: "The overseer is hungry, I just caught a few fish for you to roast."

Li Yan's status in the army is very special, in addition to being the commander of the righteous army, he is also Chang Yu's important think tank.

At present, although there is no war on the way, there are many tricky military affairs to deal with, and Chang Yu needs his advice.

The so-called important military affairs, then how to solve the mouths of tens of thousands of people and the stomachs of tens of thousands of people.

Gao Jie Shuangliu, self-sufficient grain and grass Chang Yu doesn't care, Li Huangma and the three of them each got a piece of the pie in the capital, the grain and grass are barely enough for the journey, but only enough for the journey, when they get to the ground to fight on an empty stomach, or raise grain on the spot, Shi Kefa went to Nanjing first, and it's okay to raise it, but what if you can't raise it?

But in addition to them, the 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Shenji Battalion, the more than 10,000 people of the pro-guard army, plus the 5,000 Wu Sangui in the back, the rations of these 20,000 people need to be supplied by the imperial court, that is, the Octopus Chamber of Commerce is responsible.

The Octopus Chamber of Commerce has money, and it has already taken precautions to go south to purchase, and at this time it has stocked up in Xuzhou to solve the urgent need.

But who would think that there is a lot of grain and grass, and who is willing to spend money to buy it for nothing, and besides, the famine in the north is too serious, in addition to meeting the military needs, he also wants to get some relief for the people!

But these years, the landlord's family has not much surplus food, and you have no place to buy food when you spend money, let alone the white wolf with empty gloves.

If the landlord's family doesn't have it, he will find the old rich man, and if the old rich man doesn't have it, he will find the big tyrant.

There are still a lot of local tyrants in the Ming Dynasty, although the common people are poor and easy to eat, but it does not affect the rich and jade food of the local tyrants at all, after all, the gap between the rich and the poor in this era has reached the point of perversion.

Chang Yu has a bold idea, that is, to scrape the land all the way south, of course, he is not scraping the land of the common people, but the land of the big tyrants.

It is about to enter the territory of Shandong, a large province known for its rampant thieves, but it has also fattened up several big tyrants.

In addition to a few vassal kings, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, is one of Chang Yu's targets, but Liu Zeqing is a hob meat, and it is really not easy to get food from him, Chang Yu needs to think carefully with Li Yan.