Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 260 Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses become fans, He Tengjiao meets the princess

Zhu Yu and Hao Guangming were not surprised by the book data of the Zuojun Jiangxia City inventory reported by Hong Niangzi.

Since Zuo Liangyu can sit on an army of 80, it is impossible to have no food in his hands.

It should be noted that normally speaking, even in non-wartime, 200 soldiers need to eat [-] stone grains a day.

If it is during a war, you will only eat more.

Then Zuo Liangyu's 80 army would have to consume more than 50 stone grains a year.

Although Zuo Liangyu's 80 troops were not all soldiers, nor were they all counted according to the normal daily rations of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, but the annual consumption of 50 stone grains is already an estimate.

Zuo Liangyu was either in Huguang or in Jiangxi and Huaibei in the past two years, both of which were considered grain-producing places, and Huguang was also known as the granary of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Even after going through the war, Zuo Liangyu's troops often used looting to requisition food, and as a result of exhausting their resources, naturally there would be no shortage of food.

As for the 170 million taels of silver on the books, it was slightly less.

It should be noted that Zuo Liangyu's 80 troops still need 80 taels of military salary a month even if the soldiers are only paid one tael per month.

Even if it is reduced for various reasons, 50 million taels will always be issued.

As a result, the 170 million taels of silver on the books are only enough for three months.

What's more, raising an army not only requires military pay, but also takes care of various military supplies-this aspect is more expensive.

Hong Niangzi used to be the leader of a rebel army, and she knew all kinds of ways to support the army, so she read the accounts of the Zuo army, and concluded that the Zuo family and his son must have a small treasury, otherwise they would not be able to support an army of 80.

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After listening to the reports of the two, Aunt Zhu said: "You should start with the reorganization of the captives and the Jiangxia troops."

Zeng Ying said: "Too many troops from the left army have surrendered. We still need to use troops to guard against other troops from the left army that have not yet surrendered. I'm afraid there are not enough manpower."

Aunt Zhu said: "My palace has already sent a telegram to Du Yinxi, asking him to bring a group of people to Wuchang to assist in reorganizing the army and stabilizing the prefectures and counties.

However, you have to find a way to overcome the difficulties yourself, and reorganize the left army as soon as possible under the premise of ensuring stability and safety.

By the way, before Du Yinxi said that He Tengjiao was invited to Wuchang by Zuo Liangyu, I don't know if he is still there now.

Red lady, ask Zuo Liangyu, if He Tengjiao is still there, let him come to see me.

In addition, if Zuo Liangyu wakes up, he will immediately release the news, so as to stabilize the hearts of the Zuo soldiers stationed in other places. "

"Yes."

After finishing the conversation with Hong Niangzi and Zeng Ying on the walkie-talkie, Auntie Zhu asked, "Master, how many soldiers and horses do you think we can reorganize from the left army this time? How should we deal with it?"

Hao Guangming said with a smile: "I just came across an article on the historical materials of Guan Zuo Liangyu's army, so I can give you a reference.

First of all, the figure of 80 troops is absolutely false. It is estimated that even including the family members of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, and the civilian husbands driven and enslaved by them, the figure of 80 may not really reach the figure of [-].

However, judging from what we know now, even if there are not 80, there are at least 70 million people.

As for the composition of soldiers and horses, I estimate that only the chief soldiers, generals, and guerrilla servants can barely be regarded as elite soldiers.

And it is not bad for a general soldier to have hundreds of servants around him, and it is estimated that there are only a few dozen servants.

As for these generals, generals, and guerrillas who dared to fight, there should be quite a few of them. After all, Zuo Liangyu was able to beat Zhang Xianzhong last year.

In terms of reorganization, I think you can do it according to the method in Chengdu, and only select elite soldiers and soldiers who dare to fight to reorganize into the army.

Those who were eliminated were either registered as households for the people, or formed an industrial army, and the government guided them to open up wasteland and farm.

You have also seen along the way that although Huguang is the granary of the Ming Dynasty, after several years of war, there are many abandoned fields. "

Auntie Zhu nodded slightly when she heard it, "After your analysis like this, I have a clue in my heart."

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Jiangxia City.

He Tengjiao lay straight on the bed with his eyes closed, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Because he slept early, and the most important thing was that he was hungry—from last night to now, he hadn't eaten for three meals.

It wasn't that he wanted to go on a hunger strike to show Zuo Liangyu that he would not follow his firm attitude of "Qingjun's side", but that his guards forgot to deliver food and locked him in the room.

'Is it possible that I, the dignified governor of Huguang, will be forgotten and starve to death? '

'However, what happened in Jiangxia City that made Zuo Liangyu's people forget about me, the dignified governor? '

Yesterday morning, He Tengjiao heard an abnormal noise outside. At that time, he even asked the guards outside the house, but unfortunately he didn't get an answer.

Until yesterday afternoon, several guards outside his house ran away, and they haven't shown up until now.

Therefore, he concluded that something was wrong in Jiangxia City.

'Could it be that Zuo Liangyu has already led the army to Nanjing and wants to leave me here to starve to death? '

Thinking about it this way, He Tengjiao felt that he couldn't wait any longer and had to do something.

He got up, looked for something in the house, and was about to break open the window and get out.

He didn't do this before, because he felt that Zuo Liangyu's people probably guarded the house outside the courtyard, and he smashed the window to get out to humiliate himself.

But now he wants to try.

However, he had just picked out a sturdy, useful chair and came to the window when he heard footsteps approaching quickly.

So He Tengjiao immediately put down his chair and sat at the table - since Zuo Liangyu remembered him again, of course he couldn't lose the dignity of the dignified governor.

The door was quickly opened, and two teams came in, one team was Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers, and the other team didn't seem to be Zuo Liangyu's soldiers.

The armor and weapon look too sophisticated, and the temperament is also different from Zuo Liangyu's weapon.

"Mr. Zhou, please take a look. This is Governor He." Zuo Liangyu's personal soldier said respectfully to the leader of another team of officers and soldiers.

General Manager Zhou clasped his fists at He Tengjiao, and said: "I am General Zhou Da, General Commander of the First Army of the Imperial Guard, ordered by Admiral Red, to come to pick up Supervisor He. Please!"

Zhou Da made a gesture of invitation as he spoke.

He Tengjiao frowned and said: "Who is the red admiral? Where is Zuo Liangyu? Let him come to see this governor!"

"Mr. He, Master Hou is seriously ill and bedridden. As for this one, he is the commander-in-chief under the command of the admiral Hong Niangzi of the Imperial Guard."

"Jianguo? Imperial Guard Army?" He Tengjiao frowned even tighter, remembering the strange stories from Sichuan that he had heard in Changsha, he couldn't help asking in surprise, "Are you from Princess Kunxing?!"

Zhou Da nodded, and then said: "Jianguo wants to see Supervisor He, if he has any questions, when he sees Supervisor He, Supervisor He will naturally be able to ask."

He Tengjiao didn't want to ask these low-level Qiu Ba, so he nodded and left with Zhou Da.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the red lady who was supposed to be Li Zicheng's thief general, but now she was the admiral of the Imperial Guard.

The main thing is that Hong Niangzi confirmed that he is really He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang.

Afterwards, He Tengjiao was sent to a fast sailing boat, came to Jinkou Town, and boarded a black warship that seemed to be covered with iron armor.

The boat was flying both the sun and moon dragon flag representing the Ming royal family, and the vertical long flag of "Da Ming supervises the country". At this moment, He Tengjiao was sure of the identity of the person he was about to meet.

When he got on the boat, He Tengjiao really saw a girl who was heroic but not angry.

He Tengjiao hesitated for a while, and immediately saluted: "My minister He Tengjiao pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Standing on the balcony on the second floor of the palace pavilion, Aimee Zhu looked down at He Tengjiao. Seeing him addressing and saluting like this, she couldn't help sighing in her heart: I have to go through identity and qualification certification again...
It took more than a quarter of an hour to take out the Chongzhen edict and the video of passing the decree, and showed the supernatural power of "communicating with future generations". Auntie Zhu successfully changed He Tengjiao's mind and surrendered to her.

Although He Tengjiao hadn't fully digested the large amount of information he received just now, and his whole body was still in a state of inexplicable excitement, Auntie Zhu didn't plan to wait any longer and told him the business directly.

"He Butang, now the palace has ordered Zuo Liangyu to surrender, and the next step is to reorganize the left army.

Wuchang Prefecture and some surrounding counties have been controlled by Zuo Liangyu for the past one or two years.

Now that Zuo Liangyu was defeated and surrendered to the palace, and the army was about to be reorganized, if the local people's hearts were not stable, there might be many disturbances.

Therefore, I hope that He Butang will inspect these places as the governor of Huguang, and appease the hearts of local officials and people on my behalf. "

He Tengjiao came back to his senses, and immediately bowed in response: "This is the duty of the minister, and I will try my best to do it well. It's just..."

Seeing that He Tengjiao faltered and got up, Auntie Zhu asked, "Just what?"

He Tengjiao said: "Nowadays there are many thieves and bandits in the place, and most of the prefectures and counties controlled by Zuo Liangyu bordered on the Shun thieves. In addition, there are many mountains under the Zuo army. Now I don't know if there are any of these people who are unwilling. Surrender to your country.

In order to successfully fulfill Jian Guo's entrustment, the minister hopes that Jian Guo can send a battalion of soldiers and horses to accompany him, and at the same time help to deter the local area. "

Auntie Zhu thought in her heart: So this is the matter, and He Tengjiao didn't say that she was going to arrange it like this.

With a murmur in her heart, Auntie Zhu said, "Yes."

"Thank you Jianguo!"

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That night.

After the red lady took some protection, she talked with Zuo Liangyu, who had recovered a little, about his military affairs.

After the end, Hong Niangzi made a report to Aimee Zhu through the walkie-talkie.

After Hao Guangming and Zhu Yuxi finished listening, they had a more intuitive and detailed understanding of Zuo Liangyu's 80 army.

(End of this chapter)