Chapter 450: Expedition

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Almost at the same time that Li Zicheng set off from Luoyang Fucheng, Zheng Xunrui, who was in Huai'an, was also ready for everything and was about to set off, of course, Zheng Xunrui personally led the army to conquer, or experienced a fierce debate, Zheng Jinhong and others did not agree with Zheng Xunrui personally commanding the battle, Wen Manshan and others must be unhappy, even Xu Fojia stood up to persuade, but Zheng Xunrui has already made up his mind, Xu Fojia in the process of persuasion, also specifically mentioned Bian Yujing, saying that he helped Bian Yujing to say several family affairs, but Bian Yujing refused, and ran towards the backyard of the Governor's Mansion if there was nothing to do, Xu Fojia is a person who came over, how could he not understand what Bian Yujing meant, this little girl has a heart, and it is useless to introduce anyone else. @,

Zheng Xunrui really hadn't thought about Bian Yujing's matter, if it hadn't been for Xu Fojia's mention, he would have almost forgotten it, but the war is imminent, and he can't think of these things yet.

Zheng Jinhong insisted that 15,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army go to war, leaving 5,000 soldiers to garrison Huaibei is more than enough.

In the past two months, the Firearms Bureau has produced 1,500 Mauser guns, 30 Hongyi cannons, 150,000 Mauser bullets, and 1,500 shells.

Zheng Xunrui took all the guns and ammunition away, and in this battle, the Mauser gun and the Hongyi cannon will become the protagonists.

Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xinyu, Ma Xianglin, Su Congjun, Wang Xiaoer and Zheng Kaitao followed to Henan to fight, Long Huamin and Deng Yuhan of the Firearms Bureau also followed the campaign, Hong Xingui stayed in Huai'an, Xu Wanghua was fully responsible for the affairs of the Governor's Palace, and Hong Xintao was stationed in Xi'an. He led 5,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army to Tongguan to take charge of the response, and Yang He and Wang Yuncheng, who were stationed in Fuzhou and Penglai, continued to hold on.

Everything is arranged, and the departure time is set for the fifth day of the fifth month.

15,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army took the Cao Yun ship to Luoyang, and the Cao Yun ship would not stop on the way. Directly arrived at Luoyang Mansion City, this is also for secrecy, of course, in this case, the battle will be particularly fierce, after all, most of Henan Mansion has been completely controlled by the Liukou.

In order to ensure the smooth transportation of the boat, A Bing and others carefully studied and improved the boat, after all, from Huai'an to Luoyang, all the way up the river. It is very important to ensure the speed of the boat.

The soldiers of the Zheng family army have been calm for about a year, and they are about to start the expedition again, you must know that a year or so is already a very long time, more than eighty percent of the Zheng family army soldiers thought that the opponent of the battle must be the Houjin Tartars, almost no one thought that the Zheng family army would turn back and continue to exterminate the Liukou.

In response to the battle of the rogue, the officers and men of the Zheng family army have an absolute psychological advantage. Therefore, this time, all the soldiers were full of confidence. For the newly born artillery battalion and the rearranged Shenji battalion, all the officers and men are envious, and the 20,000 officers and men of the Zheng family army stationed in Huai'an observed the test firing of the Mauser Hongyi cannon according to a certain batch. Many soldiers couldn't believe that the power of the Mauser and Hongyi cannons was beyond what they could imagine.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Mao Shi.

The busy docks are rarely deserted, and the Governor's Palace has ordered it. From the time of Mao to the time of the wharf, the wharf was under martial law for two hours, and Hongmen had already released the news so that all the merchants were ready.

The grain and grass have already been loaded, and what needs to be shipped within two hours is the war horse and the Hongyi cannon, etc., the time is still very tight, but the relevant organization work is in order, all the components of the Hongyi cannon are all packed in the wooden box, even if outsiders see it, they don't know what is being transported.

When the time came, Zheng Xunrui was about to leave the Governor's Mansion and rush to the dock.

Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Lotus Leaf, Yang Aizhen, Xu Fojia and others, all stood by Zheng Xunrui's side, Zheng Hanyu, who was already five years old, knew that his father had been out for a long time this time, took Zheng Xunrui's hand, and refused to let go, Zheng Lingrui Zheng Lingrou and Zheng Linglan were just three years old, and they didn't know what their father was going to do this time, but they also understood the general situation from everyone's demeanor.

Zheng Xunrui looked at many family members and spoke with a smile.

"Madam, everything at home, please leave it to you, I will go out this time, at least one month, at most two months, I must go home, I haven't been to the north for a long time to see, this time I just feel the situation in the north, after going home, I will definitely talk about the situation in the north in detail."

Wen Manshan held back her tears and slowly spoke.

"Don't worry about the affairs at home, the slave family must take care of it, the husband will take care of it when he goes out, the slave family and the sisters, as well as these children, are waiting for the husband to come back safely."

Leaving the backyard, Zheng Xunrui went to Donglin Bookstore, Xu Wanghua, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Zhao Danyu, Liang Xingli, Wenkun and others were all waiting.

After Zheng Xunrui entered the house, he clenched his fists towards everyone.

Everyone gave Zheng Xunrui a gift in return.

"Today is going to go on the expedition, if the war goes well, I will be able to come back in October, now is the peak period of Cao Yun, the matter of Cao Yun can not be delayed, a few days ago, Hong Mingcheng Xu Ji Kuang and A Bing and others said, there is a blockage of the river in some places, it seems that after the end of this year's Cao Yun, we must start a large-scale renovation of the river, otherwise next year's Cao Yun, it may suffer a major impact, this year's renovation is too late, so the matter of Cao Yun, please Mr. Xu and you worry a lot."

Xu Wanghua spoke on behalf of everyone.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, your subordinates and your lords will do their best to ensure the smooth flow of your luck, your lordship will go out this time, you must take care, and your subordinates and your lords will wait for your good news."

Zheng Xunrui opened his mouth and smiled.

"The Zheng family army is invincible, and this expedition is the same, you can rest assured."

At that time, Zheng Xunrui came to the dock.

The shipment of Hongyi cannons has come to an end, after the components of these Hongyi cannons are shipped on the ship, they will be assembled on the boat, and the specific assembly matters are in charge of Long Huamin and Deng Yuhan and others, more than 300 people from Xiyi, except for more than 80 people who stayed in the Firearms Bureau to engage in production, the rest are all on the expedition to the army, they are the main force of the artillery battalion.

Zheng Jinhong and others were already waiting at the dock.

Zheng Xunrui spoke to Hong Xingui in front of him.

"Hong Xingui, although the situation in Huaibei has been very stable, but also not careless, we must be vigilant, especially the safety of the Firearms Bureau, related to the future of the Zheng family, can not have the slightest negligence, this time the Zheng army rushed to Henan to fight, the ammunition carried is not very much, it is very likely to continue to transport, if the order to transport ammunition arrives, you must be responsible for all the organizational matters, to ensure the smooth delivery of ammunition to Henan."

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will do everything according to my lord's requirements."

In fact, Hong Xingui has some thoughts in his heart, he is unwilling to stay in Huai'an, hoping to follow the army to Henan to fight, you must know that the original Hongjiabao 800 heroes, all who can survive several battles, now all of them are officers at all levels of the Zheng family's army, it can be said that the 800 heroes of Hongjiabao have become the backbone of the Zheng family's army.

As the leader of the 800 heroes of Hongjiabao, it must be uncomfortable to not be able to participate in such a major battle, but the order issued by Zheng Xunrui, Hong Xingui must carry it out, this is also the iron-like rule of the 800 heroes of Hongjiabao, no matter what kind of request Zheng Xunrui makes, even if it is to let the heroes of Hongjiabao go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, no one will frown.

Zheng Xunrui patted Hong Xingui on the shoulder.

"Hong Xingui, I know you feel uncomfortable, thinking that you can go on the expedition, but Huai'an always needs someone to garrison, including Penglai Fuzhou and Shaanxi and other places, all need to be garrisoned by Zheng Jiajun, Yang He and Wang Yuncheng and others have also sent letters, hoping to participate in the battle, I also specifically warned them, they must obey orders, guard well, the battle in front is as important as the stability of the rear, without a stable rear, there can be no victory in the battle ahead."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui spoke to all the officers around him.

"Our battle, once we exterminate the rogues stationed in Luoyang Mansion City, it will definitely make the minds of the rogues chaotic, at that time, they don't think that they can safely attack Xiangyang Mansion City, hmph, the rogues are too arrogant, thinking that I have no army in the Ming Dynasty to help them."

In a few short sentences, Zheng Xunrui's strong self-confidence was shown, and it also made many officers look resolute.

At three o'clock, the time to set off was up.

The huge procession of boats slowly left the dock.

Zheng Xunrui did not stand at the bow of the ship, and stayed in the cabin like everyone else.

Ah Bing is particularly hardworking, although he has been serving as the hall master in the Hongmen, but he has been reluctant to leave the Cao boat, and every time he participates in the Cao Yun, this time he is responsible for transporting the Zheng family soldiers, and he feels a great responsibility, and the Cao Yun Governor Zheng Xunrui is on the Cao boat he is at the helm, and before the boat, Zheng Daren also specially encouraged him, and even his wife gave birth to a boy He knew, which made A Bing particularly excited.

The boat transportation, everything is confidential, the boat rarely docks along the way, the necessary supplements are also prepared by the Hongmen in various places, when the time comes to transport directly on the boat, all the sailors are not allowed to leave the boat, to avoid news leakage, as the boss of the Hongmen master boat, A Bing is naturally carefully selected boats, and put forward clear requirements for the sharp Ding of each boat, if anyone violates the rules, don't think about being able to participate in the boat in the future. (To be continued......)