Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 284

There is not only one Xi'an city in the huge Shaanxi.

According to the instructions of the shogunate, especially the king of Yu, the search department deployed sufficient manpower. Dozens of experts were scattered inside and outside the Xi'an mansion, constantly fanning the flames.

With the passage of time, it came to December, and the snowflakes gradually fell, making the land of Guanzhong a vast expanse of white.

Outside the city of Xianyang, in the endless wilderness, there are a large number of villages scattered. There are more than a thousand people in many, and hundreds of people in less. They live together in groups and the folk customs are simple.

A horse of more than a thousand horses, riding the wind and moon, came at a fast pace, exhausted all over.

Behind them, followed by thousands of farmers, they drove animals, pushed carts, walked happily, and did not care about the burden on them.

Outside the village, the sentry post hidden on the tree branch blew a sharp whistle, which was long and endless.

At this time the sound of harvest.

The people, big and small, happily went out of the village to greet them, and sent the cavalry and a large amount of food into the village.

Seeing this, Li Jingwu was relieved.

After looting the grain road, he divided the army into five and scattered them in the villages throughout the wilderness, with thousands of horsemen every ten miles or so.

This is a dangerous move that has to be done under the problem of too much food and grass and the winter.

In order to prevent leakage of secrets, he not only distributed food to the villagers who had difficulty in winter, but also encouraged them to leave the field and carry the food in person.

In this way, the common people also became participants, and the interests were equally shared, thus covering the whereabouts of the cavalry very well, and even allowing the cavalry battalion to survive the heavy snow in the past few days.

"Although the snow in Shaanxi Province is colder than that in Huguang, it is from my hometown after all, and Qin Opera sounds comfortable."

Li Jingwu was filled with emotion, and watched the grain and grass put into storage.

Most of the cavalry battalions were from Shaanxi, so if there were no barriers to communication, they would naturally integrate into the Guanzhong smoothly.

"His Royal Highness, why haven't you arrived yet?"

The snowflakes in the distance continued to fall, covering the horseshoe prints and ruts, and well covering the actions of the cavalry.

At this time, suddenly a horse came running, covered with snowflakes all over his body, like a snowman.

When Li Jingwu saw it, he was overjoyed instantly. This is a messenger from Lantian Pass, and he specially left a special division to wait for the arrival of the army.

"King Yu has arrived?"

Seeing that his face was pale, he was panting like a cow, and his whole body was stiff.

Li Jingwu hurriedly asked someone to hand over a towel to wipe his sweat, and sent hot water to warm his body, and let him soak his feet in warm water.

After a long time, the messenger finally recovered and said tremblingly:

"His Royal Highness has arrived outside Lantian Pass. He highly appreciates commanding the interception of the grain road. I request you to return to Lantian immediately and fight the enemy together."

"it is good--"

Li Jingwu let out a loud roar, his brows were beaming with joy, and his whole body exuded heat.

A compliment from His Royal Highness King Yu is more comforting than an imperial decree.

"Notify all Qian Zongs to gather back to the army's Lantian."

"Then what about the food? We can't leave even in heavy snow."

"Put it here directly!"

Li Jingwu said directly: "Come and get it when the time comes."

Half a day later, the cavalry from various villages gathered again with high morale.

"The Justice Department is good."

Li Jingwu couldn't help sighing as he looked at the cavalrymen who were so relaxed.

Integrating into the village, forming a customary military discipline, and coupled with the supervision of military judges, the cavalry battalion has strict military discipline, is loved by the people, and is well integrated into it.

Otherwise, they would have been reported and exposed long ago.

For the first time, Li Jingwu realized the benefits of strict military law so deeply.

But here, His Royal Highness King Yu personally led the army, and came to the outside of Lantian Pass in a mighty manner.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, with flags covering the sky and the sun, and the tents set up can't be seen at a glance.

To put it an exaggeration, every noon, the smoke from the kitchen rises into the air, forming a smog that almost covers the entire Lantian Pass, like a ghost market.

Camping under Lantian, King Yu was not in a hurry.

For two or three days in a row, as if Zhu Yixi had never seen the Lantian official, he summoned gentry and village sages from all over Shaanxi.

That's right, the gentry were all elated and inexplicably excited as they read the "Report to the People of Shaanxi Province" that had been circulated.

Of course, no one came empty-handed.

All kinds of women gathered together, and the prostitutes became personal maids in rows. They were beautiful, fat and thin, and had everything, which can be described as a spring.

There are countless food, grass, wine and meat sent to the barracks every day, which greatly reduces the logistics pressure, and even gives Zhu Yixi the illusion that there is no need for logistics and food.

To be cautious, the transportation of grain and grass has never stopped, and most of it is stored in Shangzhou.

The banquets continued and the drums and music blared together, creating a happy scene.

Li Jingwu rushed here, and saw that the atmosphere in the army was still the same, but the atmosphere in King Yu's main tent was not right, and the atmosphere of lust was strong.

This made him a little bit worried, afraid that King Yu would get carried away and wander around the blue field without moving forward, and miss the good opportunity.

"Your Highness!" Li Jingwu knelt on one knee, inexplicably excited.

I haven't seen you for half a month, and His Highness seems to have lost weight.

"Get up!"

Zhu Yixi moved his right hand lightly, looking at Li Jingwu's weather-beaten appearance, he couldn't help laughing:

"You did a good job this time. You robbed the food roads again and again. News came from Hanzhong that Li Zicheng had returned. Hanzhong finally avoided the loss of life."

"Humble job just did what was supposed to be done."

Li Jingwu said modestly.

"Well said!" Zhu Yixi stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and praised him: "If everyone in the army is like you, why would Jiannu be in trouble?"

Compared with getting promoted and getting rich, proper praise can not only stimulate the self-motivation of subordinates, but also give them a feeling of close relationship with the boss and improve loyalty.

Zhu Yixi has a good understanding of this kind of benefit without cost, and the effect is naturally good.

Li Jingwu's shoulder was patted, and his whole body seemed to be a lot weaker. His face was slightly red, and he was obviously in agitated mood.

On the side, Yan Guochao, Chen Dong, Chen Yongfu, You Shiwei, Zhu Meng and other generals who were watching were also shaken, with envy on their faces.

"When you finish fighting the intruders and regaining Shaanxi Province, I will ask the imperial court for your merits. Official positions such as commander-in-chief are no longer enough, and you still have to have a suitable title and continuous wealth."

King Yu's words were easy to say, but it aroused rough voices in the military tent. No matter how well nourished the spirit is, how many people can hold back the temptation of the title?
Zhu Yixi smiled inwardly, the big cake has been drawn, is it afraid that no one will not work hard?

The next day, facing the army with high morale, Zhu Yixi listened to the persuasion, set up a formation, and attacked the city with great fanfare.

Many gentry were also specially left to watch this devastating battle.

At this time, there were no bulky red cannons in the army, and it was difficult to reach Guanzhong due to the rough road. However, there were quite a lot of lighter Fran cannons, ranging from a hundred catties to a thousand catties.

Although it is not as powerful as the red-clothed cannon, it is not powerful enough to gather together. A small level like Lantian does not need the red-clothed cannon at all.

It is only two feet high and has not been repaired for a long time. Green moss has climbed half of the wall. On the old city gate, half of the iron nails are gone, making it look weak and helpless.

Hundreds of Franco cannons lined up in a row, with varying firepower, but they were very powerful, like setting off fireworks, extremely gorgeous and spectacular.

(End of this chapter)