Chapter 290
Stop in Xiangfan
Chapter 290 Stop in Xiangfan
Xiangfan.
The Beijing imperial court urged three times a day, Governor Luo Xiujin could not calm down after being urged in Dengzhou, so he had to rush south with soldiers, horses, people, and food.
Deng County is very close to Xiangyang, but there is also a distance of about [-] miles, but it can flow into the Baihe River along the turbulent water and join the Han River. Originally, the soldiers and horses can go south, but now they have to bring thousands of civilians temporarily recruited to help transport food. The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and many people actually don't have much food left in their homes, or even run out of food.
But in order to supply the army, Luo Xiujin had to order to search everywhere, and finally scraped together a batch of food.
The people of Nanyang Mansion were unlucky, they shared the labor labor of transporting food, if they wanted to exchange money for the service, the yamen asked each person to pay two taels of silver, who among ordinary people could afford two taels of silver?
Now a long-term worker in Nanyang Mansion works for the landlord's family for a year, and it only costs three taels of silver from the beginning to the end of the year.
If you can't afford the money, you can only serve by yourself. What's more, the government goes too far in that they not only ask the people to transport the grain, but also let the people be responsible for the boats that transport the grain. Whether it is shipbuilding or rowing, it is all shared by the people.
Coupled with the temporary increase in military rations, Nanyang Mansion, which was originally a prosperous Central Plains Basin, also caused countless people to go bankrupt at once. Go vote.
At least I heard that there are still fields in the mountains over there, and there is still a way to survive.
The Qing Dynasty did not give everyone a way to survive.
There are always people who didn't run away or didn't run away. Luo Xiujin and the others finally got together a batch of military rations, boats and wooden rafts through extortionate extortion, so there were a total of [-] Henan Green Battalion soldiers, plus a few thousand civilian husbands. down the river.
It took them a few days to reach the ruins of Fancheng on the north bank of the Han River.
During the 1000-mile journey, they walked for five days, with a total of [-] soldiers and civilians. They had eaten up more than [-] shi of the grain and grass transported in these five days, and there were still [-] shi left. According to this consumption, it can last for half a month.
In fact, Fancheng is generally well preserved, but it is an empty city, and the defensive walls and moats are basically destroyed.
"The city wall must be repaired, and troops must be stationed. Otherwise, once we leave, the Ming thieves from Yunyang may come again, and may even attack Dengzhou and Nanyang behind us. What's more, we only rely on the little food we carry. It is not enough, and we have to continue to transport food to replenish it, and Xiangfan must be under control."
Admiral Sun Dingliao said firmly to Governor Luo Xiujin.
Now 1 people have crossed the Han River with the remaining [-] stones of grain. Not to mention whether they can reach the city of Wuchang within half a month.
If you can't count on local collection, you have to supply from the rear.
So this transportation line must be safe, which is something anyone who knows a little bit about military affairs understands.
Luo Xiujin had a headache, and he had already lost a lot of hair because of this matter before he set out for the expedition.
Wuchang is urgently waiting for rescue, and Beijing is already very impatient with him. If he doesn't rush there, it is estimated that his governor will come to an end.
But it passed like this, but from Xiangfan to Chengtian, the road from Xiangfan to Chengtian has been captured and mopped up by the Ming army, and there are too many accidents on the road. Starved to death on the road.
"Do you think it is possible to divide the troops into two groups, leaving five hundred soldiers and one or two thousand civilian men to repair Xiangfan City, and then stay in the garrison to ensure the transportation of food and wages later? The other soldiers continue to rush down the Han River to Wuchang for reinforcements? "
Sun Dingliao sighed, "If Xiangpan City is intact and the population is still there, of course the governor's plan can still be tried, but if only one or two thousand civilians are left in this dilapidated city, it is estimated that it will not be repaired at all in a while. Good city, how will you defend the city when the bright thieves arrive at any time?"
"Either put all your eggs in one basket and go south without paying attention, or repair the city first and then divide the troops to go south. In this way, even if there are not many troops left behind, but there is a city to rely on, we can always fight."
Luo Xiujin thought about it, but couldn't make a decision, "What is the admiral's intention?"
"What I mean is that we only have five thousand soldiers. Even if we rush to the city of Wuchang, it will be useless. It is better to repair the two cities of Xiangfan here first, and at the same time store more food and grass here. When Baylor and the others arrive in Wuchang, we will It’s not too late to go south.”
"But the imperial court urged me so hard!"
"Then send a team of light cavalry to go south first, bluff more flags, go around Wuchang, and light the flags from a distance."
"That's not a bad idea. Well, just do what Admiral Sun said."
The entangled Luo Xiujin finally decided to stop at Hanshui first, because what Sun Dingliao said made sense. Before Luck Dehun and his main force arrived, it would be useless for them to go to Wuchang now. Instead, they might get themselves involved. Steady.
Five thousand green battalions and five thousand civilian husbands entered the dilapidated boat-shaped city of Fan, and then the army and the people began to repair the city walls together.
Shouting and busy all day, but not even a gap repaired, it is easy to tear down, but difficult to repair, especially when the Ming army demolished the city wall, they filled the city bricks and so on into the moat. It was very difficult, and they could only cut down the trees first and make them into stakes, and then plug the gaps first.
But even so, the amount of work is huge.
At night, the soldiers and civilians who have been busy all day can only eat a simple dinner, because the food is limited, and the second batch does not know when it will arrive. Luo Xiujin asked for a limited supply.
Originally, a soldier got at least one liter of rice per meal, but now it is changed to one liter per day.
The civilian husband also reduced by one-third.
There is no meat and vegetables, just some pickles and porridge.
The hungry soldiers and peasants secretly scolded Luo Xiujin and Sun Dingliao for falling asleep.
midnight.
The Han River was surrounded by flames, burning half the sky red.
Luo Xiujin hurriedly put on his clothes and stood up, Sun Dingliao had already led his family to guard the gaps in Fancheng earlier.
"what happened?"
"It's a thief!"
Sun Dingliao said helplessly, "Ming thieves came down by boat from the upper reaches of the Han River, and they set fire to our boats and platoons parked at the pier."
Luo Xiujin's beard trembled wildly.
"Where's the person on duty, no one found it? Shouldn't there be a night guard patrol twenty miles ahead?"
Sun Dingliao said helplessly, "The night was dark, and the Ming army sailed down the river without noticing it for a while. When they found out, it was already too late."
It was unknown how many Ming troops had come in the dark, and Sun Dingliao did not dare to go out of the city to pursue them easily.
I can only watch helplessly as all the ships and platoons transporting food were burned to the ground.
He is still very worried that the Ming army will rush into the dilapidated Fancheng. Fortunately, the Ming army only made noise in the dark all night, but they did not rush in.
Sun Dingliao and Luo Xiujin were tense all night, and they were startled all night. At dawn, they found that the Ming army's ship was moored on the south bank of the Han River, and they were just in front of Xiangyang City.
"It's estimated to be five thousand." Sun Dingliao estimated as he stood on the wall of Fancheng and looked at the Ming army.
The two armies faced each other across the Han River.
The row of boats was burned, and it was impossible to go south now. Even seeing the Ming army on the other side, they could only look at the river and sigh.
Luo Xiujin looked at it for a while, and then said, "Continue to build the city today, so don't go out of the city to cut wood, just demolish the houses in the city and take bricks, stones and wood to build."
"I suggest that today only civilian men should be allowed to build the city, and the soldiers should be divided into two squads, one to prepare for battle outside the city, and the other to defend the city, in case the Ming army might cross the river and attack at any time." Sun Dingliao suggested.
"Okay." Luo Xiujin said helplessly.After thinking about it, he said, "Hurry up and send people back to Dengzhou and Nanyang, and ask them to quickly collect ships, rafts, and food."
(End of this chapter)
Xiangfan.
The Beijing imperial court urged three times a day, Governor Luo Xiujin could not calm down after being urged in Dengzhou, so he had to rush south with soldiers, horses, people, and food.
Deng County is very close to Xiangyang, but there is also a distance of about [-] miles, but it can flow into the Baihe River along the turbulent water and join the Han River. Originally, the soldiers and horses can go south, but now they have to bring thousands of civilians temporarily recruited to help transport food. The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and many people actually don't have much food left in their homes, or even run out of food.
But in order to supply the army, Luo Xiujin had to order to search everywhere, and finally scraped together a batch of food.
The people of Nanyang Mansion were unlucky, they shared the labor labor of transporting food, if they wanted to exchange money for the service, the yamen asked each person to pay two taels of silver, who among ordinary people could afford two taels of silver?
Now a long-term worker in Nanyang Mansion works for the landlord's family for a year, and it only costs three taels of silver from the beginning to the end of the year.
If you can't afford the money, you can only serve by yourself. What's more, the government goes too far in that they not only ask the people to transport the grain, but also let the people be responsible for the boats that transport the grain. Whether it is shipbuilding or rowing, it is all shared by the people.
Coupled with the temporary increase in military rations, Nanyang Mansion, which was originally a prosperous Central Plains Basin, also caused countless people to go bankrupt at once. Go vote.
At least I heard that there are still fields in the mountains over there, and there is still a way to survive.
The Qing Dynasty did not give everyone a way to survive.
There are always people who didn't run away or didn't run away. Luo Xiujin and the others finally got together a batch of military rations, boats and wooden rafts through extortionate extortion, so there were a total of [-] Henan Green Battalion soldiers, plus a few thousand civilian husbands. down the river.
It took them a few days to reach the ruins of Fancheng on the north bank of the Han River.
During the 1000-mile journey, they walked for five days, with a total of [-] soldiers and civilians. They had eaten up more than [-] shi of the grain and grass transported in these five days, and there were still [-] shi left. According to this consumption, it can last for half a month.
In fact, Fancheng is generally well preserved, but it is an empty city, and the defensive walls and moats are basically destroyed.
"The city wall must be repaired, and troops must be stationed. Otherwise, once we leave, the Ming thieves from Yunyang may come again, and may even attack Dengzhou and Nanyang behind us. What's more, we only rely on the little food we carry. It is not enough, and we have to continue to transport food to replenish it, and Xiangfan must be under control."
Admiral Sun Dingliao said firmly to Governor Luo Xiujin.
Now 1 people have crossed the Han River with the remaining [-] stones of grain. Not to mention whether they can reach the city of Wuchang within half a month.
If you can't count on local collection, you have to supply from the rear.
So this transportation line must be safe, which is something anyone who knows a little bit about military affairs understands.
Luo Xiujin had a headache, and he had already lost a lot of hair because of this matter before he set out for the expedition.
Wuchang is urgently waiting for rescue, and Beijing is already very impatient with him. If he doesn't rush there, it is estimated that his governor will come to an end.
But it passed like this, but from Xiangfan to Chengtian, the road from Xiangfan to Chengtian has been captured and mopped up by the Ming army, and there are too many accidents on the road. Starved to death on the road.
"Do you think it is possible to divide the troops into two groups, leaving five hundred soldiers and one or two thousand civilian men to repair Xiangfan City, and then stay in the garrison to ensure the transportation of food and wages later? The other soldiers continue to rush down the Han River to Wuchang for reinforcements? "
Sun Dingliao sighed, "If Xiangpan City is intact and the population is still there, of course the governor's plan can still be tried, but if only one or two thousand civilians are left in this dilapidated city, it is estimated that it will not be repaired at all in a while. Good city, how will you defend the city when the bright thieves arrive at any time?"
"Either put all your eggs in one basket and go south without paying attention, or repair the city first and then divide the troops to go south. In this way, even if there are not many troops left behind, but there is a city to rely on, we can always fight."
Luo Xiujin thought about it, but couldn't make a decision, "What is the admiral's intention?"
"What I mean is that we only have five thousand soldiers. Even if we rush to the city of Wuchang, it will be useless. It is better to repair the two cities of Xiangfan here first, and at the same time store more food and grass here. When Baylor and the others arrive in Wuchang, we will It’s not too late to go south.”
"But the imperial court urged me so hard!"
"Then send a team of light cavalry to go south first, bluff more flags, go around Wuchang, and light the flags from a distance."
"That's not a bad idea. Well, just do what Admiral Sun said."
The entangled Luo Xiujin finally decided to stop at Hanshui first, because what Sun Dingliao said made sense. Before Luck Dehun and his main force arrived, it would be useless for them to go to Wuchang now. Instead, they might get themselves involved. Steady.
Five thousand green battalions and five thousand civilian husbands entered the dilapidated boat-shaped city of Fan, and then the army and the people began to repair the city walls together.
Shouting and busy all day, but not even a gap repaired, it is easy to tear down, but difficult to repair, especially when the Ming army demolished the city wall, they filled the city bricks and so on into the moat. It was very difficult, and they could only cut down the trees first and make them into stakes, and then plug the gaps first.
But even so, the amount of work is huge.
At night, the soldiers and civilians who have been busy all day can only eat a simple dinner, because the food is limited, and the second batch does not know when it will arrive. Luo Xiujin asked for a limited supply.
Originally, a soldier got at least one liter of rice per meal, but now it is changed to one liter per day.
The civilian husband also reduced by one-third.
There is no meat and vegetables, just some pickles and porridge.
The hungry soldiers and peasants secretly scolded Luo Xiujin and Sun Dingliao for falling asleep.
midnight.
The Han River was surrounded by flames, burning half the sky red.
Luo Xiujin hurriedly put on his clothes and stood up, Sun Dingliao had already led his family to guard the gaps in Fancheng earlier.
"what happened?"
"It's a thief!"
Sun Dingliao said helplessly, "Ming thieves came down by boat from the upper reaches of the Han River, and they set fire to our boats and platoons parked at the pier."
Luo Xiujin's beard trembled wildly.
"Where's the person on duty, no one found it? Shouldn't there be a night guard patrol twenty miles ahead?"
Sun Dingliao said helplessly, "The night was dark, and the Ming army sailed down the river without noticing it for a while. When they found out, it was already too late."
It was unknown how many Ming troops had come in the dark, and Sun Dingliao did not dare to go out of the city to pursue them easily.
I can only watch helplessly as all the ships and platoons transporting food were burned to the ground.
He is still very worried that the Ming army will rush into the dilapidated Fancheng. Fortunately, the Ming army only made noise in the dark all night, but they did not rush in.
Sun Dingliao and Luo Xiujin were tense all night, and they were startled all night. At dawn, they found that the Ming army's ship was moored on the south bank of the Han River, and they were just in front of Xiangyang City.
"It's estimated to be five thousand." Sun Dingliao estimated as he stood on the wall of Fancheng and looked at the Ming army.
The two armies faced each other across the Han River.
The row of boats was burned, and it was impossible to go south now. Even seeing the Ming army on the other side, they could only look at the river and sigh.
Luo Xiujin looked at it for a while, and then said, "Continue to build the city today, so don't go out of the city to cut wood, just demolish the houses in the city and take bricks, stones and wood to build."
"I suggest that today only civilian men should be allowed to build the city, and the soldiers should be divided into two squads, one to prepare for battle outside the city, and the other to defend the city, in case the Ming army might cross the river and attack at any time." Sun Dingliao suggested.
"Okay." Luo Xiujin said helplessly.After thinking about it, he said, "Hurry up and send people back to Dengzhou and Nanyang, and ask them to quickly collect ships, rafts, and food."
(End of this chapter)