Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 68 Hong Chengchou's First Defeat

Seeing this situation, the captured officers and soldiers were too frightened to speak.

I just hope that King He will not embarrass them, they are also trying to make a living.

These days, people dare not ask for glory and wealth, they only want to have enough food.

There is no good treatment in the official army, and I hope to switch to the bandit camp and be able to stand up.

He Jinzhao just arranged for people to cook porridge, and sent people to ask about his background and where he lived, and to do a population registration to find out the details.

Dang Shousu has long expressed his understanding, and he is familiar with this process.

It is very likely that the captain wants to take these guards under his command. Don't look bad, but at least they are all young and strong, and they can be used for raising.

The news of He Jinzhao's night attack on Hong Chengchou spread quickly in Ganquan County. The smell of fireworks in the air, as well as the more than 1000 captive soldiers, were all evidence.

The news of the massacre of the city by the officers and soldiers earlier caused panic among the people in the city. The people in the city were afraid that He Jinzhao would not be able to stand the city, and rushed to express their determination to him first.

All of them were rejected by He Jinzhao, who asked them to go home and wait in peace.

A large number of officers and troops came outside, led by Hong Chengchou who resounded through Shaanxi.

This made the people of Ganquan County panic. Even though the invading enemy was defeated last time, it was not the official army.

Today they saw that He Jinchao had the bravery of a little overlord, Hong Chengchou was defeated when he came up to fight, and on the contrary, he captured so many officers and soldiers.

For a while, the people of Ganquan County became more and more convinced of He Jinzhao, at least their lives were saved.

Zhao Bancheng looked at the group of beggar officers and soldiers, and stood on the city wall, looking at the unextinguished flames of the Ming army camp.

He knew that Daming was over!
There is no way to strangle the bandits from Shaanxi, especially when there are rebels like He Jinzhao who can fight, it will be even more troublesome for the court.

Many people stay at home, but as a big businessman, he travels a lot.

There was no rain in Yan'an Mansion last year, and the vegetation was all withered. The common people plucked the grass in the mountains for food. When the grass was exhausted, they ate the bark. When the bark was bare, they ate the rocks in the mountains.

Stone is cold in nature and smells fishy, ​​if you eat less, you will be full, and within a few days, you will lose your stomach and die
Then there is the stench, just because the new emperor ascended the throne, these things were concealed.

Until this year, there was another severe drought in Shaanxi, and the rebels gathered more and more, and began to attack the city and occupy the land. Even the soldiers rebelled, and they couldn't cover it up.

In the last years of the dynasty, rich households like him were the first to be hit.

Everyone knows to rob the rich.

Fortunately, He Jinzhao became the leader of the anti-thieves and did not plunder, which gave him hope!

Chief Zhao Bancheng sighed, it's not that I don't want to rely on Daming for food, it's that Daming can't keep my family's rich life.

He was really willing that He Jinzhao could replace the imperial court and become the local emperor of Ganquan County.

It is obviously impossible to get to this point!
Even though He Jinzhao looted the Fan family's food, but to support so many people, the land outside the city couldn't even be cultivated, and there was simply no way to keep it.

But the victory in front of him made Zhao Bancheng feel very safe, and when He Jinzhao left, he had to put his son in his team.

The soldiers and civilians in Ganquan County have their own thoughts.

The generals in the Ming army barracks outside the city naturally looked very bad.

After clearing the losses, there is still the bottom layer of food and grass, because the compaction has not been burned by fire, and it is not even enough for the whole army to eat.

But killing and eating the dead war horses may give everyone a taste of meat porridge.

However, the horses suffered heavy losses. As for the guard soldiers who ran away and surrendered, they were not considered human beings at all.

Three thousand elite soldiers were killed and three hundred were injured, mainly because they were burned by fire, shot by arrows, and injured by explosives in the chaos.

Also, in order to stop the broken troops from attacking Hong Chengchou's big tent of the Chinese army, his own side beheaded them.

Listening to these loss reports, Hong Chengchou's complexion became more and more ugly, and the air pressure in the tent was extremely low.

All the generals were experienced in many battles, and now they were caught off guard by a little postman who they didn't even look up to in the past.

It's really embarrassing for this to spread.

However, compared to the guerrilla Gao Conglong, everyone was lucky. After all, he died, and more than [-] people directly under him were killed or injured.

This is the masterpiece of Wang Jiayin and others, just three months ago.

Ever since Hong Chengchou was temporarily ordered by Yang He to pursue Zuo Guangzi, he has won consecutive battles against his rebels without a single defeat.

Today, he was defeated by a newly rising rebel He Jinzhao.

In ordinary reports, the cannon fodder of the dead point guards is not reported at all, only the deaths and injuries of elite soldiers will be reported.

This is Hong Chengchou's conscience.

Who cares about the lives of cannon fodder?
Hong Chengchou looked around at everyone in the big tent:
"The example of Gao Guerrilla is right in front of us. If we can't strangle He Jinzhao, we will be sorry to His Majesty, and we will be sorry to the people of Limin."

Most of these two things were used by civil officials to occupy the moral high ground, and they never really took it to heart.

"Lord Hong, the general is willing to lead people to attack the city." Crazy He took a step outside.

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and didn't say a word. Siege also cost money!

I have no money now.

Siege is not so easy to attack.

Just listen to what Madman He said.

"He Zongbing, how do you think we should attack the city?"

He Huchen, who was standing at the front, didn't raise his eyes, and said, "Tui Tu Shan."

This is the safest way to deal with it at present.

As long as the mound is piled high enough, you can shoot arrows directly from a high place to suppress the rebels in the city.

No matter how the Ming army's arrows cut corners, they are better than the rebels.

What's more, the rebels have no armor, and under a large-scale attack, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

But it is a waste of food, people, and time!
Without the family background of four generations and three fathers, ordinary people cannot support it.

"Can ten days pile up higher than Ganquan County?" Hong Chengchou still asked.

"Insufficient food and grass, our army is under the enemy's back and belly, I'm afraid it won't be possible."

He Huchen didn't want to hold on, now that his side was at the end of its rope.

Now you can't enter Ganquan County, and there are a large number of rebels such as Wang Jiayin stationed in Fan's Manor.

He Jinzhao's fire yesterday completely destroyed their confidence, and made them deeply realize that He Jinzhao is not the kind of soft persimmon that can be squeezed at will.

Now he is not only very difficult to pinch, but also punches you when he comes up, breaking your two front teeth.

Hong Chengchou's first headache now is food and grass. If the problem of food and grass is solved, there is still hope in the future.

But if the problem of food and grass cannot be solved, then without He Jinzhao making another move, his soldiers will be defeated.

If you can't get enough to eat, even elite soldiers are useless.

It is impossible to withdraw the troops now, and it is very easy to be chased by He Jinchao.

Hong Chengchou was very grateful for the decision he made yesterday, which was to kill He Jinzhao.

"If there is enough food and grass, can it be done in ten days?"

(End of this chapter)