Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 137 Assault
When it was windy and rainy in Mingzhou, in Laizhou thousands of miles away, the [-] army was ready for more than half a month, but they still couldn't wait for the much-needed southeast wind.

Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of Zhenglu, felt that he was going crazy.

He also made up his mind that if he didn't touch this Laoshizi navy again, it would really grind people to death. After nearly a month of hard work, he felt that not to mention Dadu, he could rush to the Yuan court in the desert.

Today, I also accepted a big softness, and quietly carried out a single sacrifice.

The reason is that a few days ago, after waiting for more than a ten-day period, the fiery general couldn't help it. He felt that God didn't give him face, yelled at him publicly, and threatened to smash the nearby Sea God Temple.Speaking in a hurry, Chang Yuchun himself didn't feel anything, but the people around him saw it, but privately thought that the wind had never come, and it might be because of the general's rude words that offended many gods.

This is God's punishment!
The wind didn't come, so the rumor spread more and more, and finally reached Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu, who was eager to wait for a long time, immediately sent his courtiers to come over with an oral order to reprimand Chang Yuchun and order him to be devout. Plead guilty to the gods.

Although he was still ranked under Li Shanchang and Xu Da in the court, Lao Zhu was the only one who could hold down this mighty general.

What else can I do if my master speaks?
Moreover, speaking from the bottom of his heart, the general himself has already started beating drums in his heart. My lord, this is considered a step for him.

After hiding in a remote beach to worship, Chang Yuchun suppressed his temper and rode back to Laizhou harbor.

It's a busy scene here.

The [-] army, and more than [-] civilian husbands, of course, are not idle waiting.

The first is the military level.

In addition to the daily rounds of practice, the tens of thousands of mounts are also the most labor-intensive.

In addition to the [-] cavalry who planned to make a surprise attack as a forward, nearly [-] mules and horses have been collected here recently. They were either sent by Lao Zhu or requisitioned from the people. The second batch of infantry after landing was used for transportation.

The infantry can't fight on horseback, but it's okay to ride on the road.

The problem is that these tens of thousands of mounts must constantly adapt to the environment of the cabin, and they cannot be kept in the cabin all the time. Otherwise, even if they stay in the cabin for a long time in the moored state, they will encounter bumps. , the road is unstable.

Therefore, a total of [-] mounts must be constantly rotated or boarded or disembarked in order to keep the two states switching freely.

What's more, there are still extra manpower, who will either be sent to repair the Laizhou port, or start dredging the nearby Jiaolai Canal.

Because the opening of the sea food road provided enough food and salaries for the north, the soldiers could let go of their stomachs to eat, and when they were full, they had to work.

No one complained.

After all, not only would they be able to eat enough, but they would also have a large supply of fish, even if it wasn't fresh fish, it was something that was unthinkable in the past.

Moreover, even Chang Yuchun and other senior generals were not idle.

In order to ensure the success of this raid, Lao Zhu not only sent officials from the Surveying and Mapping Department to the north to investigate the terrain, but also sent the surveying and mapping department Lang Zhong Tu Xiao who was getting more and more fancy.

At present, Laizhou Daying already has the same sand table as Bianliang Daying.

According to the information that was continuously sent back from the north, Chang Yuchun, Wu Zhen, He Wenhui and other generals have repeatedly deliberated on the details of the next operation during this period. Which road should be marched, where should the river be crossed, and which military camp should be bypassed, all of them are well known by heart.

I only owe a gust of southeast wind!
Two days later, on the [-]rd day of the seventh month, when Chang Yuchun could hardly hold back his cursing, the southeast wind blew up!

Deputy General Zhenglu was glad that he didn't swear. In the hot sunset at the end of summer, he felt the increasingly strong southeast wind shirtless at the port, laughed wildly, and then ordered the army to go out!
Even though it was night, there was no objection from the top and bottom of the army.

Everyone stayed up for nearly a month, and no one wanted to wait any longer.Moreover, the current Ming army, not to mention sailing at night, which is not a problem at all, even marching on land at night, is not a big problem.

Because since two months ago, one thing has been widely added to the meals of the Ming army.

Large yellow croaker liver.

His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered to treat the blindfolded bird.

That's what became night blindness.

This is a very common disease in the current era, and the reason is very simple, too little meat intake and lack of vitamin A.

Of course, no one knew about vitamins at this time. However, some traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for blindfolded birds generally use animal livers, such as pig livers, chicken livers, and fish livers. This disease can also be seen It's not a problem.

It's just that most people can't afford it these days.

After all, a kind of nutrition needs to be supplemented for a long time. Even if the people at the bottom eat meat once or twice, it will not change their long-term physical condition.

Compared with other animal livers, large yellow croaker liver, which is also one of the raw materials for refining cod liver oil pills, has a much better effect. The corresponding diet therapy was promoted in less than a month, and night blindness in the army was generally improved.

With 1100 elite soldiers, [-] civilian husbands, and [-] horses, plus enough luggage to support the entire army for one month, they took more than [-] ships of various sizes and headed north in the dark.

To be precise, they were divided into two teams.

The direction of the main force is the direct selling port.

In addition, Zhang Cundao, the counselor of the Navy's Governor's Mansion, led 5000 elite troops to the north, planning to raid Funing City in Yuguan and further take Yuguan. It is necessary to deter possible Qin Wang Yuanbing in Liaodong.

Anyone with a discerning eye can find that if this job is done well, the credit will not be much, and if it is messed up, it will be disgraced, unless the possibility is extremely small that Emperor Zhizheng will escape to Yuguan, otherwise, the standard effort will be hard to please.

That's why it fell to Zhang Cundao, who lacked support in the army.

The Zhedong family is generally civil servants, just like Zhang Cundao's father Zhang Yi represented the "Mr. Zhedong Four", military commanders... are much less.Lao Zhu wanted to support the Zhedong Department represented by Zhang Cundao to take root in the Navy, but Zhang Yi himself did not give the emperor his face, and insisted on disbanding most of the Zhedong Township soldiers.

Although Lao Zhu, who sits in Bianliang, is anxious, he is also very steady.

The main reason is sufficient food and wages.

Not to mention the grain roads in China and the West, but just sea transportation. In the past few months, enough rations have been provided for the army to support half a year, and they are still being transported. There is food in hand, so don't panic.

During this period of time, while handling the government affairs step by step by remote control, Lao Zhu also personally took care of the two places in Shandong and Henan that he had just won, adjusted the garrison, assigned officials, and provided relief to the people who had just experienced military disasters, encouraging the resumption of production, etc. wait.

According to the suggestions of the ministers, considering the political significance of Bianliang, Lao Zhu also established a branch province of Zhongshu in Henan, and ordered Zhongshu to participate in politics and Yang Xian to act as an agent.He also set up the Henan Metropolitan Command and Envoy Division of Zheng Erpin, and appointed his adopted son He Wenhui as the commander of the capital. He planned to let him guard Henan in the future and take charge of the local guards and towns.

The next day, Lao Zhu received a letter from the flying pigeons that the Laizhou army had finally set off, and immediately began to deploy, notifying the general Xu Da who was secretly stationed in Cangzhou, as long as he received news that Chang Yuchun's troops were landing in Zhigu, there was no need to report , Immediately sent troops to most of them.

Xu Da received the letter from Feige on the afternoon of July [-]th.

Chang Yuchunbu had successfully landed at Zhigu the evening before, and the first cavalry had already set off overnight, rushing to the various passes in the north.

Xu Da did not hesitate, and ordered the army to move out in the evening of the same day.

Guided by the Surveying and Mapping Department and the Gongwei Department, the first batch of cavalry troops, also 5000 people, bypassed the confronting Prime Minister Yuan, and went straight to Dadu [-] miles away after going through the land road that had been explored in advance.

Then came the second group of mounted infantry.

And, the third batch of walking infantry on the morning of July [-].

These are all planned in advance.

There is a lot of gambling involved.

The raiding army successfully landed in Zhigu, which is considered to have completed the first phase of the military goal. After that, no one dared to give a [-]% guarantee whether the Chang Yuchun Department could successfully "close the door" within two days. Suddenly, a group of fierce soldiers who did not hesitate to die for Yuanshi appeared from various villages along the way. Even if they only blocked Chang Yuchunbu for half a day, it might cause great changes.

There are many similar examples in history.

During the Anshi Rebellion, Zhang Xun defended Suiyang to the death, he did not hesitate to eat human flesh to stop the rebel army for ten months, but it also relieved the Tang Dynasty who was at a loss at the beginning of the war.

This time, it didn't take ten months, maybe it was only a few hours late, which led to the escape of Emperor Zhizheng and his son. The primary strategic goal set by the Ming army at the beginning was tantamount to failure.After winning Dadu, the relative significance is not so great.

But the reality is that Chang Yuchun's march went so smoothly that it couldn't have been smoother.

First of all, the Yuan court was too decayed.

And, seriously caught off guard.

The key point is that no one could have imagined that the Ming army would raid Zhigu by sea, let alone such a large-scale raid by an army of tens of thousands of ships with more than a thousand ships.

In comparison, because the prime minister also quickly dispatched soldiers to confront the Ming army on the front line of Cangzhou, there were only less than [-] defenders left in Zhigu.Facing the overwhelming fleet like a tsunami, the Zhigu defender immediately abandoned the city and fled, and the soldiers also collapsed in a blink of an eye.

The few people left in Zhigu even ran around crying for their father and mother.

The first batch of fast oar light boats of the Ming army raided the shore, and the Zhigu Walled City was empty. Afterwards, only seven sea-going ships were counted.

As an important port on the Bohai Sea, it is still a port directly connected to Dadu. The naval power of Zhigu should not have said so. However, the reason is very simple, and it was also quickly transferred to the south.

Who would have thought of it?
Speaking of which, Yuan Ting also knew that the Ming army had opened up the maritime grain road. However, regarding the capacity of the sea grain road, Yuan Ting referred to the data of the past ten years, that is, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and other Southeast Asian countries in the past. The various ministries only send more than 30 shi of grain every year, so they feel that even if the Ming army has a little more, [-] shi, [-] shi a year is not enough to worry about.

What Yuan Ting didn't know was that the Ming army had already reached the level of 30 million shi in one batch.

As for the establishment of the Ming Navy, most of them are of course aware of it, but they just feel that it has nothing to do with them.Perhaps, when the navy was established, the emperor of the Southern Dynasties also wanted to fight Japan, which he had not defeated himself?

The result is now.

When the Ming army landed in Zhigu, no one expected that it was a miracle.

After landing smoothly, Chang Yuchun quickly organized a cavalry unit with one man and two horses. Under the guidance of the surveying and mapping department and the arch guard department, they rushed to the northwest along the road. From landing to departure, the whole process only took three hours. Because of this, some people also realized that the army's nearly one-month stay in Laizhou was not without benefits.

At the very least, the war horse kept getting on and off the ship, and had become accustomed to this kind of scene switching unconsciously, so that there was not much dizziness reaction, and it could be put into use quickly.

The first batch of [-] cavalry, compared with the original plan, in order to carry more arrows and firearms, their rations were further reduced to three days, which was considered a ruin.

In order to confuse the Yuan court, the whole army changed into the uniforms of the Northern Dynasty before departure.

Heading as far north as possible, the cavalry rushed past without saying a word whether they encountered welcome or obstacles throughout the journey.

Arriving at the border of Jizhou in the northeast of Dadu, 5000 people began to quickly divide their troops, 2000 people rushed to Zunhua, 4000 people rushed to Gubeikou in the north, and the remaining 9000 people turned to the west, planning to sprinkle three thousands of people on the way. Rangers, intercept officers and soldiers who may leave the city in most directions at any time, especially in case Yuan Ting, who is caught among the officers and soldiers, flees the clan.For this reason, not only did the soldiers of the three teams of thousands of people arranged in advance repeatedly see the portraits of Emperor Zhizheng and his son, but the corresponding sketch portraits were also directly distributed to the general banner holders.

The last 6000 people, the target, Juyongguan.

In the end, the army unreasonably raided Zhigu, and unreasonably set off at night on the 6000th and [-]rd of July. The rapid march lasted for one day and two nights, and the total rest period was less than three hours. At noon, [-] people arrived at Juyongguan smoothly.

Since last year, Emperor Zhizheng has been thinking about the way out, so the defenders at each pass in the north of the capital can be regarded as the clan's cronies, and they have stationed enough defenders.

However, it was still too unexpected.

Seeing thousands of cavalry marching to the outside of the pass, all wearing their own military uniforms, the guard at Juyong Pass didn't realize it at all. He really thought it was his own family. He opened the gate of the pass in advance and personally led his troops to greet him and wanted to ask .

The end can be imagined.

Chang Yuchun stabbed the guard's heart with a lance, and carrying the dead body of nearly two hundred catties, including man and armor, as if holding a big banner, he rushed straight to the city gate. The courage of the defenders.

So, it was broken in one fell swoop.

Some time in advance, another Gubeikou Pass, which was closer to Dadu, was also captured by the raiding Ming army.

Gubeikou guard Dulu Timur, who was scared off by the hot air balloon some time ago, was worried about being punished by the public, so he didn't report the "miracle" he encountered, but he also conscientiously strengthened the defense of Gubeikou Pass.

However, it still failed to prevent the surprise attack of the Ming army.

Different from the carelessness of the guards at Juyong Pass, Gubeikou pass was missed because the Ming army carried a large number of firearms.

Although it didn't blow up the customs defense, but the sound of firearms such as thunderbolt still caused the Yuan army to lose its will to stick to it in a short period of time, but it was less than an hour, and they didn't know what happened, let alone why the Ming army Dulu Timur, who would come suddenly, abandoned the pass and fled to the outside of the pass in embarrassment with more than a thousand remnants.

(End of this chapter)