Chapter 66: Teach Chen Zhong to live
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Originally, I was in a good state today, and I wanted to have a little more words, but who knew that I accidentally clicked on a web page and saw a legendary unsolved case.
Well, the mood of the boat has not calmed down until now, and I am afraid that I will have nightmares tonight.
Kneel and beg for support and comfort ...
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Zhenjiang City was broken by the Houjin army the day after Li Yuanqing left, Zhang Yuanzhi was executed by the Houjin army Ling Chi, You Jinghe and Wang Fu led their troops to break through the siege, and life and death are unknown.
Subsequently, the Houjin army slaughtered the city for three days, and not a single man in the city remained, and the world changed color......
On the other hand, Houjin also issued an ultimatum to Chao~Xian, demanding that the Chao~Xian officials hand over the remnants of Mao Wenlong, who was born in Longchuan, otherwise, they would use force to solve the problem......
After receiving these news, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong both fell into a deep silence.
You Jinghe and Wang Fu, although they don't have a deep friendship with Li Yuanqing, they are familiar colleagues after all, according to the combat strength and equipment of the two of them, even if they break through, I'm afraid they will ......
As for Zhang Yuanzhi, Li Yuanqing knows less, but according to the report of the soldiers in front, after he was captured, he kept scolding Jiannu until he finally died of anger......
Li Yuanqing's chest seemed to be blocked by something.
If it follows the normal trajectory, Li Yuanqing should fight side by side with them in Zhenjiang City. Pity......
Chen Zhong's side was even more painful than Li Yuanqing.
Although Li Yuanqing is familiar with several people, he is a latecomer after all, and Chen Zhong, with them, are brothers in life and death who have followed Mao Wenlong for many years.
However, things have happened, and it has long been expected, life still has to go on, Li Yuanqing can only force himself to calm down and force himself to look forward.
After all, there are still 250 new forces under Li Yuanqing's command, which is a seed.
There is a seed, and there is still hope for everything.
Chen Zhong has gone through all this, and the previous irritability and abuse seem to have dissipated a lot, his eyes were already full of tears, but his eyes were as resolute as a rock, his fists were clenched, and he muttered in a low voice: "I, Chen Zhong, swear here, that one day, I will definitely cut the old slave with my own hands, peel it and cramp, and avenge my brothers, and avenge my brothers......."
The two sat in silence in the room for an afternoon, until Li Laohan sent someone to invite the two to the banquet in the evening, and Li Yuanqing said the first sentence to Chen Zhong, "Brother Chen, the blood debt of the brothers is on your shoulders and mine." ”
Chen Zhong nodded emphatically, and let out a long breath of turbidity, "Yuanqing, don't worry." I won't be so stupid anymore. Thank you, thank you for saving me from Zhenjiang. ”
Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Chen Zhong had already untied the biggest knot in his heart, and couldn't help but relax slightly, patted Chen Zhong's shoulder heavily, and didn't say anything more.
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In the evening, Li Laohan hosted a banquet for Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong in his house, which was a whole fish banquet cooked by his mother-in-law, in order to thank Li Yuanqing for his large-scale purchase in Guanglu Island.
Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong both had depression in their hearts, and after being polite, they only cared about drinking, and in the end, all three of them were drunk.
When Li Yuanqing woke up, the sun had already come out, and the soldiers had already started to run around the station.
Since coming to Guangludao, Li Yuanqing has improved some of the backward training methods of the Ming army, and quietly joined some basic training methods of the later People's Army.
Of course, the rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, and it is impossible to do it in one step.
Li Yuanqing's first step is a regular way of work and rest, and the first thing is to exercise in the morning.
Through this half-year military career, Li Yuanqing has a more intuitive and clear understanding of the physical strength of soldiers, especially the speed of marching.
The sages said, 'Soldiers are noble and fast'.
The speed of the march, in a large case, not only greatly aids the attack, but also plays a decisive role in the escape.
Houjin has become a great trend, and it is full of cavalry, and it has an innate advantage in mobility.
But the ruler is short, the inch is long, and the cavalry also has the shortcomings of the cavalry.
Although the four-legged war horse is fast, it is not like a human foot, and can adapt to any terrain in all weather.
The reason why the Red Army defeated the powerful national army back then was, to a large extent, because Taizu had a thorough understanding of the 'noble soldiers'.
At this time, the 250 soldiers around Li Yuanqing are the essence of the big waves and sands, they are all in the prime of life, they are at the peak of their lives, and they are also Li Yuanqing's seeds and hopes, Li Yuanqing must control everything about them and let them become his most solid cornerstone.
Shang Lao Liu was leading the team to run and exercise, and when he saw Li Yuanqing coming out, he said a word to the Shunzi next to him and ran quickly to Li Yuanqing's side.
"Yuanqing, we don't have much money anymore." Shang Lao Liu took a breath and whispered to Li Yuanqing.
"How many more?" Li Yuanqing's eyes were much clearer, and he was more calm and resolute.
"There are also a hundred taels of silver, and more than five hundred taels of silver tickets." Shang Lao Liu had a sad face.
Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong escaped from Zhenjiang City bare-bottomed, and there was nothing else except for their sidearms, whether soldiers or officers.
And Li Yuanqing still has a little bit of silver, but Chen Zhong's side is really a 'single', and now Chen Zhong's supplies are also paid by Li Yuanqing, which is naturally a lot of pressure.
It's a pity that because of Li Yuanqing's face, Shang Lao Liu couldn't say this, so he could only be anxious in his heart.
How shrewd is Li Yuanqing? Just looking at his expression, he had already guessed what Shang Lao Liu was thinking.
However, Chen Zhong is Li Yuanqing's brother who worshiped his son, even if the two are slightly estranged, but after all, they are brothers, at this time of crisis, how could Li Yuanqing abandon Chen Zhong's department?
Throttling is always the last way to solve the problem, or open source.
"Don't panic about this matter. After all, we have few people now, and we have the help of Li Laohan, so there is no problem with the current supply to support a month, right? ”
Shang Lao Liu is like Li Yuanqing's general manager, not only responsible for coordinating some cumbersome basic military affairs, but also Li Yuanqing's logistics supervisor.
At this time, hearing Li Yuanqing say this, Shang Lao Liu couldn't help but have a bitter face again, "Yuanqing, if it was before, it would be able to support it for almost a month." But the brothers are now working hard, and they are naturally eating more than before. If this continues, I don't think it will take more than 20 days at most. ”
"So little?" Li Yuanqing was also stunned.
It's November now, the weather is getting colder, the fishing season is already over, and even if you want to go fishing in the sea, it's impossible.
Unless, Li Yuanqing now has the technology and equipment of the little devils of later generations, and he can go to the deep sea for whaling.
Although Hiroshima is not a small place, it is even more unrealistic to expect the wild animals on this island to feed such a large group of men in their prime.
Li Yuanqing's brows couldn't help frowning, the issue of open source is easy to say, but how easy is it to do?
Liaodi is already bitter cold, and now Jiannu is raging, the army is in chaos, and the people are struggling to make a living, under this limited resources, in this environment, and only 20 days, even if Li Yuanqing wants to do business, how can it be?
The only way is to take a shortcut.
But the people on the surrounding islands are not even richer, and this is the foundation of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, including Mao Wenlong and the Dongjiang Army, and it is simply self-defeating to fight their ideas.
The only way is to get out.
Li Yuanqing asked Shang Lao Liu to call Chen Zhong over, walked into the room by himself, squinted his eyes, and carefully stared at the simple map on the wall.
The sea transportation of Guanglu Island is very convenient, and the best thing to find is Liaonan and Chao ~ Xian, but whether it is Liaonan or Chao ~ Xian, they are poor and pitiful, unless Li Yuanqing can break through big cities such as Fuzhou and Gaizhou, but at this time, Li Yuanqing plus Chen Zhong is only 450 people in total, which is simply impossible.
Asking for help from Zhang Pan and Liu Aita in Golden State? It's also unrealistic.
The identities of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong are still deserters at this time.
In this way, the only place that can be chosen is Daming itself.
Previously, Li Yuanqing had already asked Guan Canghai and Wang Hai that it would only take three or four days to travel from Guanglu Island to the Shandong Peninsula by sea, and it would only take six or seven days to go to Dagukou.
There's a lot to be done here.
With the experience of encircling and suppressing Mi Yizhen and in the Chao ~ fresh salt field, Li Yuanqing made it clear that there are definitely a lot of salt fields in this vast sea area.
Chao ~ Xian national strength is poor, production and consumption capacity are limited, and the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, with a population of tens of millions, these salt farms are all profiteering transactions, just catch one, you can let Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong survive for some time.
It's just that this kind of thing makes Chen Zhong follow......
Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Zhong walked into the house quickly, "Yuanqing, are you looking for me?" ”
His eyes are a little red and swollen, and the smell of last night's wine on his body has not dissipated, but his eyes are very clear, which is a basic quality that a mature man should have.
Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Chen, sit." Come on, pour two bowls of hot water. ”
The soldiers on duty outside the door hurried to do it.
In a moment, two bowls of hot water were brought to the two of them.
Li Yuanqing was not polite, took a sip of water, and directly described the situation of the two parts to Chen Zhong.
Chen Zhong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, these days, he has been entangled in the affairs of Zhenjiang, Li Yuanqing has arranged everything properly, he really hasn't paid attention to such small things as eating, drinking, and Lazar.
At this time, when Li Yuanqing mentioned it, he remembered that the two of them escaped from Zhenjiang with almost nothing.
"Yuanqing, this matter is indeed a trouble. We may be able to explain this to the Hospital, and the Court should give us some support. ”
Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile bitterly, Chen Zhong was really simple, so he had to explain: "Big brother, let's not talk about whether this hospital will agree to give food, Guanglu Island is thousands of miles away from Guangning, even if the messenger goes back and forth at the fastest speed, it will take at least ten days, and then this hospital will send someone to transport grain to us, which is another half month and twenty days." According to the usual practice, this trip may not be able to take place for more than a month. But at this time, our grain and grass are only enough to last for 20 days. ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but be speechless, "Yuanqing, then, what should I do?" You can't let your sons starve to death, can you? ”
Seeing Chen Zhong turn the corner, Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile, "This matter, it's difficult to say, it's not difficult to say, it's actually not difficult." Big brother, don't forget, we still have nearly 500 strong soldiers in our hands. ”
Chen Zhong also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, "Yuanqing, you mean, go, go and rob?" However, we have no news, so we can't do it. ”
Li Yuanqing shook his head slowly, and said a little gloomy: "Big brother, let's not go looking for Tartars. It's -----"
Li Yuanqing pointed at the map with his big hand, "Our Ming gentry." ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but gasp, "Yuanqing, this, this, this......"
He stuttered for a long time, but he could not say a complete sentence.
Li Yuanqing's meaning shocked Chen Zhong too much, after all, they were still the official army of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Yuanqing is not in a hurry.
With Chen Zhong's temperament, he is too upright, or rather, he doesn't understand the sinister nature of this world at all, and always wants to follow the steps, he thinks this way himself, and he thinks that others will think this way and do this.
If this continues, not to mention that his headquarters can grow, I'm afraid, it is a luxury to be able to maintain it.
Although Guanglu Island is good, Li Yuanqing's eyes are more farther away, Guanglu Island, and Li Yuanqing really wants to leave it to Chen Zhong.
This time, there were some gray things, and Li Yuanqing had no choice but to teach Chen Zhong by word and deed......
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