Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 63 Difficulty entering Sichuan, difficult marching

Aunt Zhu said: "My royal father left some people for me and made an appointment to meet them at Tongzhou Wharf. Now that I'm going to Sichuan, I naturally have to meet them and make arrangements.

Besides, I thought these people might know the whereabouts of my elder brother and two younger brothers. "

After hearing this, Hong Niangzi said: "Then I will take someone to escort the princess to Tongzhou tomorrow."

"Trouble Red Lady."

"The princess is too polite."

Immediately, Auntie Zhu asked Li Yan again, "Mr. Li, is the army ration enough?"

Li Yan sighed after hearing this, and said: "Your Majesty, my wife and I have seen the hard work of the past half month, and we have shipped 800 boxes of compressed biscuits and 200 boxes of canned meat.

This compressed biscuit is indeed as His Highness said, very hungry. According to the reaction of the soldiers who have eaten it, half of it should be enough for a day.

But after all, there are more than 8000 people in our department. Even if each person eats half a piece of compressed biscuits every day, it will cost 4000 yuan a day, which is 200 boxes.

Therefore, the military rations of later generations are destined to be used only for emergencies, and we have to find ways to raise most of the military rations ourselves. "

(It must be mentioned here that a box of compressed biscuits is only 10 catties, so Auntie Zhu can move more than fifty boxes a day.)
In fact, Hao Guangming had already analyzed the military rations with Auntie Zhu.

It was just that she was still disappointed when she learned that the rations she had transported after half a month of hard work were only enough to feed the entire army for four or five days.

But because she was psychologically prepared, she didn't indulge in such emotions, and quickly cheered up, asking: "Then, does Mr. Li have a solution for food and grass?"

Li Yan said: "In fact, our department still has enough rations for the whole army to chew for half a month. If you count the rations delivered by the princess, the whole army should be able to last for a month.

If we don't get more food within a month, we will run out of food.

According to the custom of Chuangjun in the past, when passing through various parts of Daming, just break down the Wubao of the landlords and gentry to eat the big family.

But now that we have followed the princess, if we want to act like this, I'm afraid it won't be very good.

What's more, when we went to Sichuan, we mostly passed through places where natural disasters and wars have been raging for many years. Many places are uninhabited for hundreds of miles.

But I heard that Hanzhong is still considered affluent. If we can go to Hanzhong within a month, no matter if His Highness goes out to collect food and grass from the local gentry, or acts like an army, the problem of food and grass should be solved. "

"Then can we go to Hanzhong within a month?" Aimee Zhu asked with a frown.

"It's absolutely impossible." Li Yan gave an absolutely negative answer.

Then bring a marching map.

Through the camera of his mobile phone, Hao Guangming discovered that this map can only be called a map tentatively, because in addition to marking a few approximate names of provincial capitals and cities, several major rivers and mountains, it is a marching route that seems to be drawn casually.

However, Li Yan carefully cleared away most of the things on the desk, and then put the "map" on it, as if he was afraid of damaging anything.

This made Hao Guangming speechless for a while.

Then Li Yan pointed to a place on the "map" with bright eyes and said: "Please look, Your Highness, this is the capital, and this is Chengdu, the seat of Sichuan.

If we want to enter Sichuan, it is undoubtedly the shortest way from Hanzhong, otherwise we will have to go to Huguang or Yunnan.

Therefore, after leaving Beijing, you should go southwest, pass Jingxing Pass and enter Shanxi.

Then continue to go southwest along Fenshui, enter Weishui through Yangquan and Linfen, and then arrive at Weinan, Shaanxi.

After that, you can enter Hanzhong through Weinan and Xi'an, and you can enter Sichuan from Hanzhong. "

Speaking of this, Li Yan paused, took a sip of tea before continuing: "This road alone has a journey of more than 3000 miles, and our daily march can cover at most forty or fifty miles.

Therefore, even if there is no delay for anything along the way, it will take two months to march to Hanzhong.

It will take at least another month to march from Hanzhong to Chengdu.

If something happened in the middle and it was delayed for a few days, or ten days and a half months, it would take even longer to get to Sichuan.

In addition, if King Chuang soon finds out about our departure from Beijing and dispatches a quick horse to send a message to the guards at the passes along the way to intercept us, it will be even more difficult for us to go to Sichuan.

It is even impossible to go to Hanzhong, and can only detour to Huguang or Yunnan.

It's just that the detour to Huguang is more than five thousand miles away, and as His Highness said, the passage to Sichuan has been occupied by Zhang Xianzhong.

As for the detour to Yunnan, it is thousands of miles away.When we arrive, I am afraid it will be next year, when Zhang Xianzhong has already occupied Sichuan.

Therefore, whether we can reach Sichuan in time, in addition to solving the problem of food and grass, the most important thing is whether we can hide King Chuang for a few more days. "

Aimee Zhu was stunned after hearing Li Yan's introduction of the road ahead.

She knew that Sichuan was far away and the road was difficult to walk, but she never thought it would be so far away and so difficult to walk.

These things were expected by Hao Guangming. He didn't hear Auntie Zhu say anything, so he reminded through the Bluetooth headset: "Li Yan is also a historical celebrity with a lot of wisdom. Since he decided to go to Sichuan with you, he must have thought about what to do. Conceal Li Zicheng. Ask him."

Aunt Zhu regained her composure after hearing the words, she looked at Li Yan and asked, "Mr. Li should have already thought about how to hide the fact that I left Beijing, right?"

Li Yan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness has insight, Xin has indeed thought of it. Speaking of which, Xin can think of this method thanks to His Highness."

"Thanks to me?" Auntie Zhu was puzzled.

"That's right." Li Yan nodded, and continued: "After much deliberation, I think it's the best way to conceal it by pretending that my whole body is infected with the plague and need to be quarantined outside the city.

Although the epidemic control in Gyeonggi has achieved initial results, both the soldiers of Dashun and the people in the capital are more afraid of the plague patients and avoid them.

As long as it is claimed that our department has been dealing with plague patients for a long time, almost the entire army has been infected, and the rest of the people will not dare to find out.

That way, even if we leave Beijing for seven or eight days, other people may not know about it. "

After Hao Guangming heard this, he immediately felt that this was a pretty good method. As long as it was implemented carefully and there were no mistakes, it could indeed be concealed for several days.

Auntie Zhu could also think of this point, and finally raised her eyebrows with a relaxed smile, and said, "Mr. Li is really smart."

"Your Highness, thank you." Li Yan said modestly, and then sighed: "It's a pity that even if you hide the truth from King Chuang, it will not be easy to pass those passes. In addition, there is at least a month's shortage of food and grass, which also needs to be resolved."

Hearing this, Hao Guangming on the other side couldn't help but smile and said: "Lady, Li Yan has finished pretending, now it's your turn to pretend."

This was Hao Guangming's first time addressing Aimee Zhu as a lady. Although Aimee Zhu didn't understand what it meant to "pretend to be a wave", she still blushed pretty.

After all, the red lady is a woman. After careful observation, she wondered at this moment: "Huh? Why is the princess blushing? Could it be that she has a fever?"

"No." Auntie Zhu shook her head, and when she heard Hao Guangming's follow-up words, she hurriedly said, "We can solve the shortage of food and grass through the landlords and big households along the way as a trespasser. In addition, I still have ways to speed up the march."

Li Yan and Hong Niangzi looked at each other after hearing this.

Both of them were not surprised by Aimee Zhu's solution to the shortage of food and grass, because they originally wanted to do this, but it was difficult for Aimee Zhu to speak out because of Auntie Zhu's status.

But when Auntie Zhu said that there was a way to speed up the march, the two were quite skeptical.

From their point of view, although Aimee Zhu has been learning how to run an army for a while, she has never experienced a real march, so she may not know how difficult it is.

Li Yan said that the regular march of the Red Lady Division can cover forty or fifty miles a day, which is already a lot of miles. In fact, if you are in a hurry, you can only cover thirty miles a day.

This is still the elite standard.

For example, the ordinary battalion heads of the Dashun Army, as well as some Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, can walk ten miles a day, which is not bad.

Some teams are likely to disperse halfway through walking due to lack of food or lack of management.

Li Yan was afraid that Auntie Zhu would make a fool of himself, so he coughed softly and reminded: "Your Highness, traveling forty or fifty miles a day is already the speed of an elite marching.

If you march in a hurry, although you can travel seventy or eighty miles a day, or even a hundred miles, you will have to rest for several days afterwards, which is not advisable for long-distance marches. "

After finishing speaking, Li Yan thought to himself, since you have made it so clear, should Her Royal Highness retreat in spite of the difficulties?

But Auntie Zhu just smiled and asked, "Maybe the Red Lady's army is marching at night?"

(End of this chapter)