Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 391 Logistics
In order to send the discarded luggage and ammunition to the front line as soon as possible, Li Banghua took 20 civilians to the line from Chenliu to Baliwan.

These 20 civilians were originally part of the civilians who were going to transport the military rations from the south.

After all, it is not a trivial matter to feed the entire army of more than 30 people, and the number of civilians needed is no less than a million.

Almost all the people in Henan and the northern border of Nanzhili were summoned and dispatched by Li Banghua.

Fortunately, most of the people in these areas were refugees who had only been resettled in the past two or three years. In this area, do some public welfare activities of military-civilian interaction.

Therefore, it is easier for the people in this area and even Jiangbei to mobilize.

As the governor, what Li Banghua has been trying his best to manage in these years is how to use the governor to mobilize the people at the grassroots level in a short period of time. He has his own set of experience from publicity to material rewards.

On the snow-covered plains, [-] men with shovels and hoes shoveled snow on the pipes, while at the same time, [-] men sprinkled salt on the snow.

That's right, just sprinkle salt, and snow will melt faster when it meets salt.

As early as October, Zhu Youjian ordered people to transport a large amount of untreated coarse salt from Yangzhou, just to prepare for snow removal in case of emergency.

Unless it was a last resort, Zhu Youjian never thought about using this batch of salt. After all, in today's Daming, salt is not a very cheap thing.

But for the sake of victory in the war, there is nothing to be willing to give up.

Even so, some civilian husbands couldn't help shouting to the servants: "Master, this is salt, is it just ruined like this?"

"You just sprinkle it, you are afraid of spoiling it, and don't think about whether the lives of the guards officers and soldiers are more important than this salt. Don't carry it in your arms. This salt is not edible. This is raw salt. It has not been boiled, so don't put it in it." Put it in your pocket!"

The low-level officials kept shouting, and the peasants put down the salt angrily, and kept shoveling the snow outside one by one.

Not long after, the snow-covered official road finally returned to its original appearance, but because of the melting of the snow, the entire official road was still muddy.

Fortunately, there are still [-] civilians following behind and sprinkling the sand prepared in October, layer by layer on the road.

And the [-] people who were in charge of transporting grain and luggage in the back were much lighter. In order to speed up, many of the men carried food and luggage to Xiangfu one after another with baskets on their backs and shoulder poles.

"Everyone work harder, carry one more bullet, the guards can kill one more Tartar, and we can live in peace for one more day. There are pavilions for rest five miles ahead, hot water, dry smoke and hot water. The steamed buns, everyone stays for 15 minutes before taking over the next shift, don’t be lazy, write down the work points, the top ten people with the highest work points will be rewarded with an extra ten silver dollars by the Taiwan master!"

Cai Ming, who has been promoted to the county magistrate, shouted hard at the side, and yelled: "Blow up the suona and the gong, cheer up the big guys!"

A group of officials from the governor to the chief envoy to the magistrate and the county magistrate also appeared on this official road on horseback at this moment. I have to follow Li Banghua to put a smile on these folk husbands.

But also because of this, these folk husbands are also very motivated, whether it is for wages or to curry favor in front of the officials and lords, regardless of the cold, they work hard one by one.

……

Crows croaked in the snow, their voices shrill and piercing, and owls croaked somewhere.

The howling cold wind made the guards huddled in the Baliwan River Valley want to shrink their necks into their clothes. Although they were wearing standard winter clothes and padded jackets made of high-quality cotton, they could not stand in this icy and snowy place. It feels like I'm not wearing it.

Guardsman Baihu Gaohe threw a handful of snow into his dry mouth, biting it harshly, as if he didn't know he was alive otherwise, the Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock gun in his arms Still being tucked in his clothes, he would rather have the cold wind pouring into his chest than let his gun freeze. Although his feet were already frozen as if filled with lead, he could not move, but his eyes kept staring at the opposite Qing. Army Tartars.

The smell of meat came from the opposite side, accompanied by the screams of people.

Gao He guessed that the Qing army on the opposite side must be cannibalizing people again, and it was indeed eating people. These Qing troops were driven out of Xiangfu County by the Guards in this ice and snow field, and the food hoarded in Xiangfu had no time to take away. These Qing troops have already eaten up all the horses, and now they will drag the auxiliary soldiers to kill them to feed their hunger.

"Bah! Inhuman guy!"

Although Gao He himself was also grumbling and was so hungry that he could only stuff another mouthful of snow to satisfy his hunger, he couldn't help but scolded the Qing army on the opposite side.

There was a creaking sound of stepping on the snow. Gao He saw that the commander-in-chief Liu Fangliang appeared, and was about to stand up and salute, but Liu Fangliang pressed him down:
"Be patient, everyone, our people will bring the food up immediately. Brothers in the cavalry battalion don't have to worry about your horses being cooked. Your Majesty and the privy envoys have sent military orders, and we have to wipe out these dog tartars in front of us." My son, cheer up when the time comes, and give him a big fight!"

"Okay, but Commander, when will the food be delivered? The brothers are so hungry that their eyes are dimmed, and it's cold today, so there's nothing in their stomachs that can't stand it! How about we go to the opposite side to catch some Tartars come here, anyway, they are a bunch of beasts, how about chopping them up and eating them!"

At this time, a thousand households could not help but suggest.

"Be patient, the food will be brought up soon. We are the army of the imperial court, and the emperor's army. We are different from the group of beasts opposite. Even if we starve to death, we can't eat people! That's what beasts do. !"

Liu Fangliang said a few words, but in fact, he really wanted to agree to go to the opposite side to grab a few people to eat, but when he thought of the military discipline of the Guards, he, as the commander-in-chief, naturally couldn't take the lead in violating it.

It snowed all night again.

Gao He woke up from the blanket as hard as ice and couldn't help yawning. He went out of the tent and patted his soldiers on duty: "Cao Wazi, go back to sleep for a while, I will stand for you for a while."

The guard soldier named Cao Wazi ignored Gao He, and fell to the ground as soon as Gao He touched him.

Gao He touched Cao Wazi's breath, and immediately shouted: "Cao Wazi!"

The soldier named Cao Wazi was indeed frozen to death. His whole body was like a block of ice. Gao He couldn't help squatting on the ground and crying.

But at this time, there was also a burst of crying and howling, but it was seen that other battalions also cried because their comrades froze to death. At the same time, there were gunshots, and many officers and soldiers could not help but began to vent their guns.

Liu Fangliang, Liu Xiyao and other senior officers also rushed out: "What are you doing, what happened?"

Gao He ran over and knelt down in front of Liu Fangliang: "Marshal, Cao Wazi froze to death, it's a pity he hasn't eaten all day and night!"

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