After the Ming army successively captured Ningbo, Shaoxing, Shanyin, Shangyu and other cities, the next plan was to divide the troops into two routes, all the way to the west, through the central Zhejiang Plain, and directly to Jinhua, Quzhou and other places to attack; The other way is to take a boat along the coastline to the south and attack Wenzhou, an important town in southern Zhejiang.

The army that went south by sea did not intend to set off in a hurry, because the sea attack was fast. If the two armies set off at the same time, I am afraid that the land army has not yet reached Zhuji, and the army by sea has already arrived at Wenzhou City. In order to ensure that the attack on Jinhua and Wenzhou could be launched at the same time, Wang Xinyu decided that the army that was about to take the sea route would stay in Ningbo City first to prevent the Qing army from counterattacking, and at the same time train new soldiers in the city, and wait until the land army attacked Jinhua and the army by sea would be dispatched again.

The speed of taking the sea route by boat is very fast, starting from Ningbo, it only takes two days and two nights to reach Wenzhou. On the land march, it is already a very fast speed to be able to walk 120 miles in two days.

In the third month of the lunar calendar, the weather has begun to warm, and Zhejiang is about to enter the rainy season. Wang Xinyu decided to take the two mountainous counties of Xinchang and Shengxian, which are located in the mountainous area, before the rainy season arrived. Once the rainy season begins, the mountain roads will not be able to march at all, which will be extremely unfavorable for the attackers.

As long as Xinchang and Shengxian were taken, the sword of the Ming army was aimed directly at Zhuji, Puyang, Jinhua and other cities. When the time comes, it will enter the rainy season, which is not conducive to the Ming army's siege, but it is also extremely unfavorable to the mobilization of the Qing army, and the rainy season is not conducive to the Qing army's cavalry attack. The Ming army that used firearms could build fortifications and hide in the fortifications to avoid the rain, which would not affect the use of firearms.

The Ming army set out from Shaoxing, went upriver along the Cao'e River, and went straight to the two cities of Shengxian and Xinchang.

On the river, ships loaded with Ming troops and heavy supplies sailed slowly. On the riverbank, the infantry and cavalry of the Ming army walked on the riverside road.

As long as there is a river to use, Wang Xinyu's army will use the river to transport as much as possible, which is also an advantage of his strong water division. The large volume of ships transported can relieve a great deal of pressure on the logistics baggage troops.

But after all, it was a land march, and the speed of the army was not fast, and it took a whole day to walk, but it was only sixty miles. In order to be able to move at the same speed as the land division, and because it is sailing against the current, the speed of the surface ships is not fast, even a little slower than the land division's walking.

All the artillery, food, ammunition and other materials were transported on ships, although the speed was not fast, but it saved manpower and material resources, which allowed the Ming army to reduce the number of auxiliaries and reduce the food consumption of logistics troops.

On the mountain road in front of the large army, there were scouts of the Ming army exploring the way. Before passing through the dangerous terrain, it is necessary to explore the road in front and around it, so as not to be ambushed by the Qing army on the way. Even in front of the surface sailing ships, there were sailors and soldiers who were familiar with the nature of the water to probe the underwater situation, so as to prevent the Qing army from arranging artificial hidden piles and artificial reefs in the water.

Before dark, the army stopped marching and chose to camp in the open area by the river.

The encampment was carried out in strict accordance with the military orders of Qiongzhou, digging trenches around it, erecting wooden fences, building wooden towers at intervals, and finally setting up tents in the barracks.

After the march of the army stopped, the new logistics support system of the Qiongzhou Army and Army Division began to operate. Before attacking Ningbo, because they landed directly from the ship, the logistics soldiers were all on the ship, and after getting off the ship, they set up stoves to cook; When attacking Shaoxing, Shangyu, Shanyin, and other places, they were all taken by boat, and the land division's logistics support system never really operated. This camp was the first time to try out the logistics system of the Lu Division.

The digging of trenches was not only a matter for auxiliaries, but also for the soldiers; The wooden fence that builds the walled wall is a solid wooden row tied with thick wood at the mouth of the bowl in advance, which is usually transported by car, and can be erected as a walled wall when camping; When encountering a river, it can be used as a raft, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone, and save the time of the auxiliary soldiers to cut wood.

The tents were all new-style tents, supported by wire on the inside and fixed on wooden stakes on the ground with hemp rope on the outside.

All logistical vehicles, after camping have their own uses, the vehicles themselves can be used to form formations, can also be fenced as warehouses, etc., these vehicles are equipped with new bearings, easy to push, large load capacity.

What's more, the gang leader used a new type of dining car, and when he was marching, he set up camp and did not need to build another stove, and there was a coal stove on top of the cart, which could cook rice and stir-fry vegetables directly on the car, and also allowed the officers and soldiers to drink steaming hot soup. Each soldier carried a kettle filled with cool boiled water. Drinking boiled water can reduce the occurrence of diseases.

There is also a field hospital in the barracks, and Zhu Fangdan, a famous contemporary doctor hired by Wang Xinyu, has trained a large number of students, not only surgeons, but also doctors who treat colds and diseases.

In terms of surgery, Wang Xinyu has discussed with Zhu Fangdan many times, and adopted the method of sterilizing surgical knives, tweezers, needles and threads and gauze with boiling water, which can avoid surgical infection. The wounds of the wounded soldiers were disinfected with alcohol.

The alcohol is brewed from sweet potatoes and distilled several times to obtain an alcohol concentration of about 70 percent. In fact, this kind of alcohol is edible alcohol, and it can also be drunk, but the taste is relatively poor, in fact, it is a high degree of alcohol. Because the raw material is sweet potato, the cost of this high-grade sake is low.

As early as the Battle of Ningbo and the campaign to attack Shaoxing and other cities, field hospitals were already in operation. After the wounded soldier is taken to the field hospital, the wound is disinfected with alcohol, and if there are arrows, projectiles or broken blades left in the body, the wound can be cut open to remove the foreign body, and then the wound can be sutured with needles and threads. Since surgical tools are sterilized, the possibility of wound infection can be reduced.

Anti-inflammatory drugs have not yet been invented, and Wang Xinyu is not a medical student after all, so he doesn't know how to make various antibiotics. However, Zhu Fangdan knew that there was a Chinese herbal medicine called Houttuynia cordata, which had a good inhibitory effect on wound inflammation.

Zhu Fangdan mixed Houttuynia cordata with other Chinese medicinal materials and stewed it in a Chinese medicine jar to obtain a good anti-inflammatory drug.

After the operation, the injured soldier drank a bowl of anti-inflammatory Chinese medicine prepared by Zhu Fangdan, and under normal circumstances, no wound infection occurred. With the addition of topical medications, wounded soldiers generally recover. Because of the joint efforts of Zhu Fangdan and Wang Xinyu, the mortality rate of the wounded soldiers has been reduced a lot.

As long as they are not left with lifelong disabilities, the average wounded soldier is the most valuable veteran after returning from injury. Therefore, reducing the mortality rate of wounded soldiers is also a great improvement in the combat effectiveness of the army.

Early the next morning, the army marched and continued to advance towards Shengxian.

From Shaoxing to Shengxian, about 150 miles, according to the normal marching speed of the Ming army, it is about two days to reach the city of Shengxian. Now it has walked more than 60 miles, and it is not far from Shengxian, and the road ahead may be threatened by the Qing army at any time.

In the spring in the south of the Yangtze River, the earth is dressed in green, and in the lush mountains and forests, several figures wearing green clothes, branches and leaves, and grass rings are slowly moving forward in the mountains and forests. They are the night that the Ming army used to explore the way for the main force.

It has approached the territory of the Qing army, although according to the intelligence of the Heaven and Earth Society, the number of Qing troops in Shengxian County is not large, and it can be said that it is vulnerable, but Wang Xinyu still does not dare to be careless, and the army is very cautious in the march, so as not to be ambushed. Regardless of whether the Qing army had the courage to fight the ambush of the Qiongzhou army, it was always good to be cautious, otherwise the elite troops would suffer unnecessary losses in front of the opponent's second- and third-rate troops, and it would not be worth it.

Zhao Haisheng, who was wearing a green military uniform and carefully camouflaged, walked cautiously in the mountain road with the night without receiving. After more than three years of small wars, Zhao Haisheng, a fisherman who had lost his family because of the ban on the sea, has become the general manager of the team that does not close at night. He is not only familiar with mountain warfare, but also has good water characteristics, and no kind of terrain can not help him.

"Be careful, there may be a Tartar scout ahead!" Zhao Haisheng made a gesture to stop the brothers.

The terrain of the mountain road ahead is complicated, if there are Qing soldiers ambushed here, as long as they use rudimentary weapons and rolling wood and stones, they can cause losses to the marching Ming army, so Zhao Haisheng did not dare to be careless at all.

The night guards lay in ambush, and after about two incense sticks, several Qing army spies appeared on the mountain road ahead.

"Sure enough, there are Tartars!" Zhao Haisheng said secretly in his heart. He turned his head and made a gesture and told the brothers in sign language: "Leave one alive and kill all the others!" ”

There were fifteen spies in the Qing army, which was the strength of three corps. There were twelve people around Zhao Haisheng, although he was inferior in numbers, but he really didn't pay any attention to those spies of the Green Camp Qing Army. The elite of the Qiongzhou army does not collect at night, even if they meet the white armor of the Qing army, they will not suffer, and those green battalion soldiers are simply food delivery for them.

"Be careful, keep an eye out for any other Tartars in the back!" Zhao Haisheng gestured, and several people in the jungle in the distance did not accept the order.

Although he didn't take the Green Camp scouts seriously, Zhao Haisheng was still very careful. In a head-to-head battle, the Green Camp scouts are certainly not their opponents, but be careful that the Qing army lures them with bait and sets up an ambush in the back.

In the jungle in the distance, there are also two people who are not harvested at night. They saw Zhao Haisheng's gesture with binoculars, and immediately observed the back of the Qing army and found that there was no ambush.

"The Tartars are not in ambush, ready to move!" Zhao Haisheng gestured to his teammates to give orders.

When the Qing soldiers waited to pass through the mountain road where Zhao Haisheng and them were ambushed, the twelve Ye Bu were like twelve tigers coming down the mountain, and suddenly jumped out of the woods. Before the man arrived, eight crossbow arrows had already been fired.

"Whoosh" sharp arrows pierced the throats of eight Qing soldiers.

There are seven Qing soldiers left, and Zhao Haisheng has twelve people here, and two of them are used to deal with one Qing soldier, leaving only the person who looks like the Qing army. In the blink of an eye, all six Qing soldiers were killed, and the commander of the Qing army was also subdued. (To be continued.) )