On the twenty-ninth day of the eighth year of Wanli, Chen Jiujing of Bordeaux and the army of the French marshal Billon had been facing each other around the right bank for seventeen days in the approach.

The order of the White Mountain Battalion to search houses and conceal weapons after entering the city cast a shadow over the city, and neither the soldiers nor the citizens of Bordeaux were extremely nervous in the process, and no one could guarantee that no one would be injured in this situation.

Especially in the case of Chen Jiujing deliberately relaxing the restraint on soldiers, the bottom line of the Ming generals is not to harm people's lives, not to harm women and children, and not to rob the people, in order to raise military expenses, noble mansions and churches are not included.

In the words of Chen Jiujing: "If you like something, take more, and hand it over seventy percent." ”

But Chen Jiujing had already discovered that the non-harm to women and children in his order was superfluous.

Which city fortress was stationed in the Baishan Battalion under his command that had fought all over the four countries of Kyushu, the local people were not scared to death by closing their doors, at most there was that curious little baby secretly showing an eye through the crack in the door, which was already great bravery.

But what about Bordeaux?

The troops entered the city, and they only walked six street corners along the way, but they saw more than 14 pairs of fornicated men and women, in broad daylight on the street with dirt on the ground and dirt on the walls.

There were also exotic girls in low-cut outfits gathered upstairs, laughing and sticking out of the window and winking at the neatly lined soldiers.

Not to mention the Korean soldiers who are shy by nature and have the heart of a thief but not the courage of a thief, even the Jurchen warriors born on the banks of the Hulun River have never seen this battle, and there are often people in the infantry queue who look up and can't take their eyes off and go away, and there are also those who ride horses and go straight to the wall, full of ugliness.

In order to protect the vulnerable groups under his command, the day after the Baishan Battalion was stationed in Bordeaux, the 'do not harm women and children' in the regulations for entering the city was changed by Chen Jiujing to 'guard against the seduction of women'.

Chen Jiujing was ridiculed by Margaret because of this, if the Spanish woman is enthusiastic and unrestrained in Chen Jiujing's eyes, then the scene seen here can really be called shameless.

The Spaniards don't do that on the streets.

The big war is imminent, and his soldiers need to conserve their strength.

In the mansion of Bordeaux, the white walls of the lime painting are falling off in patches due to dampness and disrepair, revealing the red bricks inside, and a dozen candles burning slowly on the chandelier hanging from the ceiling emit a dim light.

At the wooden table, the staff of the Nanyang Banner Army followed the news of the scout's quick return into a sketch on the table, and used a pig's bristle brush stained with red dye to push the stones representing Marshal Billund's troops, simulating the march route of the royal army.

"It seems that Marshal Bironn is in a dilemma, the day before yesterday he advanced thirty miles to Bordeaux, and yesterday he retreated back." Huang Xi pointed to the map and smiled at the generals on the left and right: "If this continues, he will never be able to reach Pau for the rest of his life." ”

Yang Ce was full of melancholy: "I knew that I was so cowardly, I should have attacked him and snatched the cannon." ”

"He's not cowardly."

Kangguru urn was angry, the scouts were all his subordinates, he knew the enemy situation best, first arched his hand towards Chen Jiujing, and then got up and pointed to the map to signal to everyone: "His forces have been increasing, the earliest to cross the Dodorne River, his strength is less than eight thousand." ”

"After crossing the river, the army has been reconnoitring our troops, and now there are more than 10,000 people under Billon's command, which is estimated to be no less than ours...... Is the general really planning to be alone in this enemy country? It's better to be the first to strike. ”

Chen Jiujing was noncommittal.

At this moment, the head of the house came and whispered a few words to Chen Jiujing, his face changed slightly, and said to Marguerite who was sitting on the side: "The messenger of Navarre is outside the mansion, the royal army is trying to occupy your castle in Agen, and Henry is fighting with them, two hundred miles to the southeast. ”

Agen was Marguerite's fiefdom, halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse, between the French royal family of Guiennes and the Protestant rebels.

Obviously, Bourbon Henry's attempt to join Chen Jiujing was blocked by a detachment of Wang's army.

Marguerite walked out of the room quickly, and Chen Jiujing said to everyone: "There are too many castles in France, now we are the defender, Billon is the attacker, here we can get more food and grass, the decisive battle should be on the right bank or the left bank outside the city, by no means under the nose of Peru, he does not dare to march, I want to know how long his food and grass will be enough to consume." ”

As he spoke, he laughed: "Our aim is to occupy Bordeaux, and if he does not attack, we will always win; He attacked, and the same forces could not take the city at all, or we won; Why do you want to make a name for yourself and run to a field dozens of miles away from the city to fight him? Sooner or later, he will attack, and I think it's going to be soon, with a minimum consumption, they will eat 10,000 dough a day. ”

What Chen Jiujing wanted to say was bread: "How many days can they still eat?" ”

The Ming army was different, two Liujia flagships belonging to the White Mountain Battalion, four Spanish galleons of the Toledo Legion, six Calais ships abandoned by the Bordeaux garrison, and a mixed fleet composed of the White Mountain Battalion, 14 shark ships and flying shark ships of the Han State blocked the sea, and 20 armed merchant ships docked at the port of Bilbao, Spain, every 10 days, bringing fish, shellfish, chicken and snail meat, wheat flour and rice to meet the needs of the army.

Since rice is not cultivated in the north, the rice has been transported more than 400 miles across the Iberian Peninsula alone, and the low yield of rice in Spain makes it extremely valuable.

But for Chen Jiujing, he only needs to use some silk to get everything simply, maybe the price is high, but it is worth it.

"If you want to fight, now is your chance, Navarre is fighting in Agen, leave the scouts behind, and lead the cavalry of the headquarters to help." Chen Jiujing said to Kangguru, who was already impatient with the long confrontation, then turned his head to look at Yang Ce, and asked: "I have seen the trenches on the right bank, and I have to say that Brother Yang's training is skillful, your subordinates not only do a good job in earthwork, but also have the best endurance I have ever seen, once Billund launches an attack, the first line of defense will depend on Brother Yang." ”

Of course, Chen Jiujing also added: "I hope my brother will be careful of the epidemic." ”

Kangguru was surprised, got up and clenched his fists to take his life, and then walked out of the mansion.

Yang Ce shook his head helplessly, he knew very well that Chen Jiujing's words were not praising him.

According to the regulations of the Jiangwutang, each hundred households stationed in the field camp must dig a toilet, the toilet should not be too close to the barracks, cooking barns and water sources, but not too far, and there must be shelter, but these soldiers could not do this.

They could get lost on the march, even more so when they went to the toilet, and they couldn't get too close to the barracks, the men's cooking place, and the water source, so his officers could only dig a small toilet every hundred steps in the trenches, and simply did not let the troops out of the trenches.

It had just rained two days ago, and when Chen Jiujing was inspecting the fortifications outside the city, Yang Ce's long defense line was stinking.

The only thing that can be said for sure is that when this battle is over, the grapes on the right bank will grow well.

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