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A few days later, Xiang Dongyang went to Qiongzhou, and thousands of soldiers of the Yuan army were let go, just sent some entanglements, and left them to fend for themselves.

Zhao Dongting was not compassionate enough to give too much entanglement to the pawns.

At the same time, Su Quandang also led the forbidden army back triumphantly. Many pirate nests in the inland and offshore seas were swept away by him, and the warships were full of booty, grain, grass, tea, cotton and linen, as well as sugar cane and other fruits, which pressed the warships to the waterline.

Xiliu Ferry is a lively scene again.

Chen Jianghan received the report and waited at the ferry early with a group of officials and officials from the Ministry of Finance.

Zhao Dongting recently ordered the opening of a school, the reclamation of barren mountains, and the repair of roads, and the treasure brought from Lin'an was really lost.

Although he got a lot of treasures after confiscating Xiulimburg, he still couldn't plug the gap.

This time, Su Quandang came back with a lot of loot, which can be regarded as a lifesaver for Chen Jianghan.

"General Su!"

Looking at Su Quandang, who was standing tall and majestic on the bow of the boat, Chen Jianghan only felt that he was so cute, and waved and shouted affectionately.

Su Quandang arched his hand and gestured, "Master Chen, I'm tired." ”

Chen Jianghan smiled even more, blinking his eyes and hurriedly asking his subordinates to help carry it.

Later, watching boxes of supplies being moved off the ship, he was overjoyed.

This can somewhat alleviate the suffering of the material shortage of the Southern Song court.

After Zhao Dongting got the news in the palace, he was also full of joy.

In less than two months, the imperial court's grain depot was already full of grain. Those nobles and gentry have a lot of surplus grain in their homes, although they are reluctant to sell it to the imperial court, it is more like taking advantage of the war to wait for the price to sell, but now the Southern Song Dynasty court is very popular in Leizhou, and they dare not make a mistake, so they can only honestly sell the grain to the imperial court.

Zhao Dongting practiced swordsmanship, read books, and practiced the art in the room every day, and his life was extremely fulfilling, and his swordsmanship was also growing day by day.

He was now able to stab more than a dozen grass rings in three breaths, which he couldn't even think of before.

On this day, outside the grain depot in Haikang County, three thousand guards were waiting.

In ancient wars, the three armies did not move, and grain and grass went first, and grain and grass were the top priority. The army that has run out of food has hardly won the battle.

Unless it is a surprise attack, the troops will not carry too much food, such as the Battle of Jiezhou and the Battle of Qiongzhou.

In the square in front of the grain depot, 2,000 grain trucks are neatly arranged. Under the command of the commander-in-chief, the sergeants carried the grain and grass out of the inventory and stacked them in the grain carts.

The grain carts looked like bucket trucks, but there were four wheels on each side, and the wheels were connected by large steel chains. This is naturally Zhao Dongting's invention, to put it bluntly, it is a large eight-person bicycle.

More than a month ago, Zhao Dongting designed this kind of grain truck, but it didn't make the generals of the three armies ecstatic.

This kind of grain cart can bear a weight of nearly 1,500 catties, relying on manpower to trample and walk, which is naturally much less troublesome than using horses or manpower to push in the past.

What's more, it made it impossible for the army to hire civilians to carry food on the march.

In the past, when an army of 20,000 people went out to fight, it took 30,000 people to transport grain alone. If the distance is farther, the grain eaten by the people will take up most of the entire grain and grass. Now there is this kind of car invented by Zhao Dongting, which can not only transport grain by the army itself, but also save a lot of horses to transport grain.

According to the calculation of one soldier a pound a day, 10,000 soldiers a day 10,000 pounds, even if each grain truck only puts 1,000 pounds of grain, ten vehicles are enough.

Ten cars, soldiers every two quarters of an hour to transport food, a full day to travel for eight hours, how many people are needed?

There were less than 1,300 people.

Zhao Dongting only planned to bring two months' worth of grain with him on this trip, and 2,000 grain trucks were enough.

Because, the only thing he planned to bring to Guangxi was 35,000 military horses.

There are 12,000 forbidden troops in front of the palace, nearly 5,000 guards and pro-army, more than 8,000 Yuan troops, and 10,000 beggars.

In fact, this is already a mighty army in ancient wars, and due to the limitation of food and grass, it is destined that there will not be too many people in ancient wars. Those who are often hundreds of thousands or even millions are just exaggerations, and those who transport grain and grass alone account for two-thirds, at least half.

The real confrontation of hundreds of thousands of troops is only a handful in the entire history, and the decisive battle between the two countries is almost the same.

As for the 30,000 Yellow Dragon Forbidden Army, Zhao Dongting asked Liu Hongyi to take them to stay in Leizhou.

First of all, the grain depot in Leizhou was not enough to supply the grain and grass of 60,000 soldiers, and besides, Leizhou could not do without defenders.

Most of these Huanglong forbidden troops were locals, and when there was a war, they were warriors, and when there was no war, they went home to farm. This is called the cantonment system, and most of the troops in ancient times were this kind of system, because there were not enough people, it was difficult to support tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

And the grain of 35,000 people for two months, that is, more than 1,000 tons, Zhao Dongting asked each army to escort its own grain and grass, and set out with the army, which was nothing more than a delay of time, but there was no need to pull strong men.

The role of this kind of grain cart can be imagined, it seems simple, but in fact it solves the problem of logistics difficulties in ancient wars.

The officers and men of all armies were full of excitement and energetic to move the grain and grass to the grain trucks allocated by their own troops.

When they had carried ten bags, they rode on the grain cart full of novelty and went in array.

Only Chen Jianghan was full of distress at the door of the grain depot with the little officials to count the number.

In fact, this matter does not need to be brought over by his dignified Master Shangshu of the Finance Department, but he has an iron rooster temperament, and he can't help but want to come and have a look.

Seeing the soldiers moving the beams with joy, he couldn't stop shouting: "You have taken so much grain and grass, but you will win the battle!" But you have to win the battle! ”

The soldiers just laughed.

It took two hours before the grain depot stopped.

Chen Jianghan looked at the almost empty grain depot, and almost didn't shed tears, "My grain is ......"

The ministers and officials of the Ministry of Finance next to him were all full of laughter, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

The next morning, the clouds were a little low, and the sky was dark.

Outside Haikang County, countless flags are waving in the wind. The banners of the forbidden army in front of the palace, the guards and the pro-army, and the Yuan army are clearly distinguished.

Under the banner, there are cold and shining spear tips, these spear heads are forged by Zhao Dongting's new smelting method, and the whole body is bright.

Further down the tip of the spear is the Qi Qi red tasseled helmet or Fan Yang Li. Those with helmets are generals above the centurion, and those with Fan Yangli are ordinary soldiers.

Except for the 30,000 people of the Huanglong forbidden army and the defenders of various counties, the rest of the soldiers in Leizhou can be said to be here.

All armies are horse armies in front, and the heavily armored horse armies are all protected by scales and armor even with war horses, and the light is faint.

Zhao Dongting stood at the head of Haikang County wearing black gold-inlaid armor, looking at the endless Southern Song Dynasty soldiers in front of him, full of pride.

Le gratuitously beside him, also with a solemn face.

Among the generals such as Yue Peng, Su Quandang, Wan Yanzhang, and Liu Hongyi, only Liu Hongyi had a slightly bitter face, because Zhao Dongting did not let him go with him.

In fact, Zhao Dongting left him to guard Leizhou, in addition to being the commander of the Huanglong Forbidden Army, and because he had a family, he didn't want him to die on the battlefield. No war is immortal, no matter how strong the skills are, no matter how strategizing the generals, they may also be shrouded in the battlefield.

Liu Hongyi's wife, He Huixiang, is a very good woman, and now she is pregnant with an heir, and Zhao Dongting doesn't want her to stay at home alone.

Speaking of heirs, this is thanks to Imperial Physician An. It turned out that the two had no heirs, and it was Liu Hongyi's reason that An Tai helped him with medicine.

This also made He Huixiang and Liu Hongyi grateful to Zhao Dongting and Taiyi An.

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Dongting suddenly rose to the top, "Where are the soldiers of the three armies?" ”

"In!"

"In!"

"In!"

Circle after circle of sound rippled out.

"Is this battle likely to be won?"

"Win!"

"Win!"

"Win!"

"How's it going?"

"Shroud of Horse Leather!"

"Shroud of Horse Leather!"

"Shroud of Horse Leather!"

At the head of the city, a group of civil ministers and military generals, as well as royal relatives and nobles, were all moved.

Yang Shufei silently shed tears.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty were so united, she suddenly felt that Zhao Dongting had grown up, which also made her feel a little sad.

In the past few years, she has been a woman, carrying the entire Southern Song Dynasty, which is about to collapse, is too tired, too tired......

Zhao Dongting suddenly turned around, wiped away Yang Shufei's tears, and said softly: "Mother, wait for me to triumph and take you to Jingjiang!" ”

Jingjiang Mansion, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion on Guangnan West Road, is also the center of the entire Guangxi.

"Let's go!"

Turning around again, Zhao Dongting drank again.

After a short time, the soldiers of the three armies surrounded the grain carts, the horse army was in front, and the infantry army was broken, and slowly walked along the Haikang County Avenue.

The ground shook.

At the head of the city, Yang Shufei and Ying'er hugged each other and cried.

The two girls of Le Wu and Yunjin looked at Zhao Dongting's back from afar and wept silently.

Yun Jin suddenly put the piano on the wall, the sound of the piano was extended, and the sound was clear, but it was a song that Zhao Dongting wrote to her last night - looking forward to the return of the king.

Outside the palace on Qizhou Island, hundreds of remnants knelt in front of the monument of the righteous and kept kowtowing.