Chapter 1102: There is no surplus food
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The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass, and the soldiers who fight and the horses that ride and pack all need to eat and graze, and this logistics supply is the first priority. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The number of Ming troops who came to Pyongyang this time exceeded 30,000, and the number of horses was also more than 10,000.
Every time the army is dispatched, the transportation of grain and grass is a headache, before entering North Korea, the Ming Dynasty has a plan, that is, the size of North Korea is also a country, the army enters North Korea to fight, food supplies or something is solved on the spot, I Ming soldiers for you North Korea bloody battle, you can not stand idly by, supply some grain and grass is also due duty.
However, the result of asking the Korean monarch and ministers was very surprising, the DPRK did not have any cover-up, and directly said that if 10,000 troops were in Pyongan Province, they might be able to support January, and if they recovered Huanghae Road, they might be able to have food for March, and there were 200,000 soldiers and horses in Korea, and the Ming Dynasty sent 10,000 soldiers and horses over, wouldn't it be sent to death?
At that time, when it came to this point, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were also helpless, so they simply lowered their requirements, saying that if the Ming Dynasty came with silver money to buy it on the spot, the North Koreans have always been stingy, perhaps they are reluctant to give out food for nothing, and this battle must be fought by the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty cannot tolerate the existence of such a great enemy in North Korea.
But North Korea's answer is even more helpless, several granaries in North Korea are in the hands of the Koukou, even if the heavenly soldiers want to buy, North Korea has no grain to sell, North Korea has no way to think about here, and it can only be in accordance with the regulations of the Ming Dynasty to go out to fight, and organize the transportation of grain, grass and baggage.
Speaking of the overseas march to transport grain and grass, in fact, the distance from North Korea to Daming is not much farther than the distance from Guihua City to Datong, but when Wang Tong marched to Guihua City in Datong Town that day, he had already gathered the transportation teams from all over the place in advance, and the merchants of Shanxi also contributed in many ways, Datong Town itself as a border town, and also accumulated enough grain and grass, the most critical point is that Wang Tong only carried military rations for ten days at that time, and the rest were ready to go to Guihua City to raise money and replenish their own homes with the enemy's grain storage. There is a risk in this, and in the end, it is just a game right.
First of all, the border between southern Liaoning and North Korea is a desolate and poor place in Liaoning, sparsely populated, and the town itself still needs to supply grain and grass from western and eastern Liaoning, or has the continuous import of grain from the farms outside the border wall in the past two years, so the situation can be regarded as improving.
Under such circumstances, a base camp was set up in the area of Uiju in the southeast of Liaoning, and the army set off for North Korea, and the grain and grass logistics had to be transferred from Liaoning and Guannai, and then gathered in Uiju, and then transported to Jingxian.
Transportation requires manpower and animal power, people and livestock also need to eat, the transportation is also a continuous consumption of grain and grass distance, materials with manpower and chariots and horses from Guannei and Liaoxi Liaodong to southern Liaoning, the consumption of transportation itself is very huge, and now Wang Tong is leading the army into Liaoning, the supply of these soldiers and horses is also a large number, everywhere is discounted, the grain and grass stock gathered in Yizhou is very limited.
Moreover, the consumption of grain and grass by the soldiers and horses of Liaoning led by Li Rusong, although the number of soldiers and horses is smaller than that of the army led by Wang Tong, the grain and grass that can be consumed are not much.
Not to mention anything else, the consumption of more than 10,000 horses is amazing, and Li Rusong's soldiers and horses are different from the forbidden army, they are still the old rules of the past, and they treat the foot soldiers very harshly on weekdays, but once they are in wartime, they will eat as well as possible, needless to say, the military needs are up and down, and the waste generated everywhere is an astonishing amount.
Ping'an Road is only the area of the Ming Dynasty, and the distance required to transport grain and grass is limited, and the consumption of transportation itself is relatively limited, which can maintain the supply.
But now the reserves of the base camp in Yiju are very tight, and the supply to this front team is also very difficult, although now the people and horses are full of food, and the grain route is not broken, but it is swaying on a horizontal line, and if it is a little too much, it will cause trouble.
Compared with Li Rubai and others, who are still sloppy and frivolous, Li Rusong has been training in Xuanfu for several years, he has seen and heard more, and his temperament is much calmer.
However, to Li Rusong's disappointment, neither the villages and towns in Pyongan Province nor the city of Pyongyang had too much grain reserves, which was not enough to support a longer period of warfare.
The so-called 30 miles to the south, I am afraid that the military rations will not be able to be helped, this is not an exaggeration, but the current situation, the longer the distance to transport the military rations, the greater the cost of the transportation itself, and now it itself is maintained on a critical line, and if it is slightly excessive, there will be problems. "Big brother, you're thinking too much, wait for us to move forward a hundred miles, take down this North Korea, and the military rations can be raised on the spot!"
Seeing Li Rubai say this indifferently, Li Rusong finally got angry, stood up directly and said, "Bastard, how much grain has the Kou Kou accumulated in the city, didn't the Korean people who caught it say that the Koukou's grain should also be transported from Gyeonggi Province?" What kind of food is there in Huanghaidao, without military rations, these sons and daughters under our command are afraid that they will be in chaos soon, and they won't be able to cry when the time comes! ”
Li Rubai still wanted to talk back, but seeing Li Rusong's eyes wide, his face full of anger, he muttered a few words and didn't dare to make a sound, Li Rusong turned his head and said to Li Rumei: "The matter of escorting the first level, you personally run a trip, the meritorious service is secondary, the matter of military food and baggage must be kept an eye on, the grain and grass are cut off for three days, we can't even stay in this Pyongyang city, do you understand?" ”
Li Rusong's sudden anger made Li Rumei also frightened enough, and nodded there again and again.
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In the first month of the twenty-first year of Wanli, Li Rusong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, won a great victory in the DPRK, and this news spread extremely fast, far exceeding the rumors of the official documents of the normal military newspaper.
Liaoning is well aware that nearly 1,000 cavalry of the Li family in western Liaoning are used to do this, and the news of this great victory is spread to all parts of the world, especially on the side of the Beijing Division, there are already officials who have put forward advice, saying that the Li family's victory is an excellent momentum, it is better to push the boat down the river, let the Li family serve as the commander, take advantage of the victory to pursue, etc., such a statement, naturally scorned, now it is just a victory in Ping'andao, and it is to drive the enemy out of the city, and there is no big annihilation war, The Rogus was a retreat rather than a rout.
As for the heads sent over, there are three thousand here and three thousand there, and they have been beheaded more than 10,000 together, this record is really brilliant, thinking that Qi Dashuai crisscrossed the southeast and fought for so many years, how many decapitated people were beheaded, and it was not much more than this.
However, regarding this brilliant achievement, Xu Guangguo, the governor of Liaoning, and the personnel stationed in Liaoning by Jinyiwei both explained and recognized this number, but they all mentioned in the official document that "among them, there are ...... number of Korean people with unknown heads."
Killing good and risking is really not a big deal in Daming, there is such a sentence, everyone understands that this great victory is mixed with water, as for how much water is, everyone has no way to judge and understand, but the new buckle in the heart is inevitable.
The Li family is active up and down in Beijing, but Li Rumei is active in Yizhou, originally thought that it was a good errand to escort the head to come over to report the merits, at least everyone gave a smile, this is not wrong, the governor Xu Guangguo and the general army of southern Liaoning are quite cooperative in checking the head, and the Li family is still very worried that the other party is doing tricks and feet on the head, which is worried in vain.
However, Li Rumei asked Xu Guangguo to send grain and grass to the soldiers and horses of the Li family in Pyongyang City, but this proposal was rejected, and Xu Guangguo, the governor of Liaoning, replied very clearly: "The army led by the Liaoguo Gongsu is coming, and the local grain and grass in Yizhou are still insufficient, so there is spare strength to send them to Pyongyang. ”
Before leaving Pyongyang, Li Rusong and Li Rumei made it clear that it was impossible to expand the results of the war if there was no food and grass, and Li Rumei did not know anything else, but she knew the significance of the expansion of the results to the Li family, so she naturally refused to give up.
Pick up the skin and grind the work, no one can compare to the civil officials, Xu Guangguo is from the local level step by step, this kind of kung fu is even more perfect, several times to deal with, Li Rumei has not even had a good year, every day is to plead, debate, quarrel "The Li family will be an official, Li Rumei is not an ignorant freshman, seeing this look, naturally he has prepared a heavy gift, who in Liaoning does not know that Xu Guangguo is very greedy, he is a character who sees money, but he didn't expect that this heavy gift is useless, The concierge was instructed to do anything, and the dagger was not even allowed to enter the door.
"Lord Fujun, isn't it because he can't see our Li family's meritorious service, and is just waiting for the Duke of Liao to come and pick up this ready-made bargain?"
You tossed back and forth a few times, Li Rumei was also anxious, and directly tore her face and said these words, Xu Guangguo couldn't get into the sand in his eyes, and immediately slapped the table.
"This official is the commander of the soldiers and horses who entered the dynasty this time, and under the Duke of Liao, it is the official who makes overall arrangements, how to do it, it is not your turn to speak Lord Li, if it is not for the fact that your Li family has been here for generations, you can't ask the Son of Heaven Sword to be the official?"
If he really wants to tear his face, Xu Guangguo's heart is not soft, and there is no reason at all, when it comes to such a point, Li Rumei can only plead guilty and show that she has lost her words.
"Since you have this thought, the official simply led you to the warehouse to see if the official deceived you and deliberately stuck your Li family's neck."
Xu Guangguo is really frank, in the warehouse, a steady stream of grain is coming, and it is constantly being transported to Pyongyang, but there is really no grain in stock, let alone any additional distribution, Li Rumei was speechless, so she had to ask for guilt again...! ~!