Wanli 1592

Chapter 81 Severe situation

Mr. Yuan Huangyuan Liaofan hurried to Xiao Ruxun's office near noon, his face was red, his ears were red, he was out of breath, and his back was still a little bent. Xiao Ruxun laughed when he saw him.

"Did Yuan Gong sleep well last night?"

With resentment and shame on Yuan Huang's face, he covered his face and sat back in his seat, and said in a low voice, "Why did Ji Xin play tricks on me, an old man like this! You...really!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Xiao Ruxun laughed out loud, which was rare, but soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.

After he spread out all the problems he knew so far, he called some North Korean officials to come over and inquire carefully. Only then did he discover how serious the problems in North Korea were, and only then did he understand why the Ming army fought in Bidouguan Why did you retreat and stop advancing in the future? I also realized what kind of situation the Ming army was facing at that time.

To put it bluntly, there are two words, lack of food.

After the main forward force of the Ming army defeated Chief Xiaonishi, they crossed the Linjin River. Before the Battle of Bichi Pavilion, they were starving for two days without food.

There is no food!two days!
what does this mean?
Song Yingchang sent 12 shi of grain to North Korea, and the North Koreans themselves can produce at least [-] shi of grain. Adding up to [-] shi, it is at least enough for the army for two months. In any case, it is impossible to be short of food at this time, so the reason where?

It was exactly the same as Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expedition. The transportation capacity couldn’t keep up. The grain in Hanzhong was piled up like a mountain, and it couldn’t transport it to the Qinling Mountains. The Ming army also faced the same situation. The grain piled up in Yizhou. , Even artillery can’t be transported. North Korea has just finished the rainy season, and the roads are muddy, but North Korea lacks livestock, vehicles, and manpower.

Li Rusong's desperate attack on Beeche Hall was not for greed, but for his subordinates to seize the food from the granary in Seoul to fill their stomachs!

The soldiers sent by Xiao Ruxun explored the route carefully planned by Yuan Huang along the way—from Uiju to Dingzhou and Anju, then to Suning and Shun'an, and finally to the west side of Pyongyang, and reported to Xiao Ruxun's The situation made Xiao Ruxun almost jump out of breath.

In July and August, North Korea is the summer rainy season, and there is quite a lot of rain. When Zu Chengxun’s cavalry marched, they encountered rainy days and braved the rain to drive to Pyongyang. The roads were muddy, potholes, and some even There is a person as deep as his height, and it is a dilapidated scene, people can still walk around it, and the vehicles carrying armaments, food and grass, especially cannons, cannot pass through it at all.

The station and military depot along the way were basically empty, the houses and granaries were soaked by the rain, and the few moldy and rotten grains and the rats everywhere made people frightened. Da's warehouse can't store anything. It should be said that outside the Yizhou area, there is no qualified grain storage place that can be used, and it is extremely difficult to even transport the grain out.

Yuan Huang's complexion became very bad - it's not that he didn't think that North Korea's situation was very bad, but he didn't expect North Korea's situation to become so bad. At first, he thought that the young general's first decision should be I was too nervous, so I was a little overly cautious. I have to personally ask about this kind of thing. Looking at it now, this is clearly a foresight!
If he hadn't insisted on taking the job in this place himself, the army would have to struggle with hunger, and the court would pursue it, what should we do?
Thinking of this, Yuan Huang broke into a cold sweat.

After Xiao Ruxun read the news of the soldiers' investigation with a dark face, he called Liu Chenglong over with a dark face, threw the news he had found to Liu Chenglong and asked him for an explanation.

"Since the battle ended on July [-], until now, what have your monarchs and ministers done in the past two months? Look, this is our planned marching route, a straight road, the only way to The route of the march, but what is the situation? There is a deep pit the height of a person along the road, the post station in Dingzhou and Anzhou is empty, the warehouses and granaries are festered and unusable, and a few grains are moldy, and rats are running everywhere! What is your name? My army is like! How! Do! Fight!"

Xiao Ruxun directly threw the report on Liu Chenglong. Liu Chenglong opened it in a hurry and looked at it. His face turned pale when he looked at it. Beads of sweat kept dripping on the ground. At the end, he didn't know what to say and was embarrassed. , Lost face.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Ruxun could not continue to blame Liu Chenglong. He still had a group of helpers. Liu Chenglong only had a group of pig teammates who were holding back. He was almost dead for being able to rectify Yizhou. The pressure could only make him fall down faster, and with a sigh, Xiao Ruxun walked up to Liu Chenglong and patted him on the shoulder, and took him to meet the King of Joseon.

Li Yan has obviously become much more relaxed since Xiao Ruxun came. Before, he was restless and frightened all night, but now he not only sleeps soundly and eats well, but also sneaks in with the ministers around him, and takes time to watch the escaped maid dancing a dance. , really enjoy it.

However, a servant and eunuch rushed over and said that Admiral Xiao was very angry and asked to see the king. Li Yan was so frightened that he immediately removed the dancers, all the wine and vegetables, and replaced them with books, paper and pens. Put on the appearance of listening to political discussions.

But as soon as Xiao Ruxun came in, he could smell the strong smell of wine and powder, and smiled mockingly, without provoking it, just sneered, saluted, sat down and fired.

"What... this... has reached this point?"

Li Yan doesn't seem to understand what the world outside his palace looks like at all. In his mind, he just needs to wait quietly for Daemyung soldiers to defeat Japan and recover Korea, and then return to Seoul to become the king of Joseon. Don't worry about anything else, that General Xiao took care of everything by himself, but when Xiao Ruxun was confronted with the blame, he realized that he and his ministers seemed to have angered the general.

"Your Majesty, your country is short of food, and Daming has been sympathetic in every possible way. We have transferred [-] shi of grain from Liaodong to support it. We will bring our own troops, our own food, our own weapons, and our own military pay. , the governor can enter the army!
But since ancient times, the three armies have gone ahead without moving food and grass, and the little boy Chuitiao can say these eight characters. You have read poetry and books and are in high positions, don’t you understand? !The road condition is so bad, how can I wait to transport food? !How to reserve? !How does the army march? !What do you eat after entering the army? !rat? ! "

Well, even foreign ministers don't call themselves...

Xiao Ruxun's face was serious, his tone was heavy, his voice was loud, and full of deterrent force.

Li Yan's expression was anxious, Gu Zuo didn't know what to say, and the North Korean ministers bowed their heads in silence, not daring to say a word.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruxun slowed down his tone.

"Your Majesty, in the current situation, before transporting the grain, we need to send people to fill the road, repair the post station, repair the warehouse and the granary, and even kill the rats to prevent the grain from being eaten and the plague rampant. Originally, the troops can be marched in two months. Hurry up for a month and a half, but now it seems that without three months' time, the governor will not be able to enter the army!"

These pig teammates belong to candles, they don’t light up and they don’t light up, and very few of them don’t light up even if they light up. Their attitude towards things is so bad that they are still urging the Ming army to march in. What’s their intentions!
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