Volume Three, The Rise of the Ming Dynasty, Chapter 51, Grain Transport Team
. After the emperor's order, Gao Jie was unwilling to delay for a moment and immediately sued the emperor for the candidate to choose the war. Looking at Gao Jie's back entering the rain, Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan were both relieved and regretful. Of course, the regret was that this mission was snatched away by Gao Jie. The same was true for the same. For a powerful general like Gao Jie, it would be a loss. Now Gao Jie finally got the opportunity. As long as he made contributions this time, he would not worry about not having any chance in the future.
Speaking of which, Huang Degong and Gao Jie had a deep marriage. When they were both in the four towns of Jiangbei, Gao Jie thought about annexing Huang Degong's subordinates more than once. Gao Jie even sent his subordinates, Heihu Xing to sneak attack Huang Degong, trying to kill Huang Degong. However, that time, Gao Jie failed to steal the chicken and lost rice, and Heihu was killed by Huang De.
However, there were only two left in the four towns of Jiangbei at that time, and Gao Jie was idle for many years. Huang Degong's status was far superior to Gao Jie, and even the energy was dispersed.
Five thousand people lined up in an orderly queue, and the raindrops hit everyone's straw raincoats, making rustling sounds. Many people's eyes were sour, and tears flowed down like rain, but they still looked at Gao Jie's figure riding on the horse with their blurry eyes.
Gao Jie was rebellious and treated the enemy very cruelly. Even when treating the people, it can be said to be violent, which is very consistent with his nickname. The Mountain Flying Harrier only has one advantage, protecting his shortcomings, and often leads in battles, so he often wins more and loses less.
Harrier: It is slightly smaller than the green, and mostly feeds on birds. It often flys in a circle in the air and can often make various difficult moves. For birds, it is more unlucky to encounter a kite than to encounter a goshawk. Because it is large, it is not convenient to fly in the forest, so it is basically safe to hide in the forest. However, the kite does not have this problem. There are almost no places where the kite cannot go. If the birds targeted by the kite want to survive, they can only fly faster and farther than the kite. But the kite is faster and has long endurance. There are almost no weaknesses. In this case, the kite climbing is the best among kites. Facing the high mountains that are towering into the clouds, only the most powerful kite can easily cross it.
Whether fighting against officials when he was a bandit or fighting against the bandit after recruiting the enemy, Gao Jie showed his characteristics as a mountain-crossing kite. He just bite him and stubbornly and did not retreat easily until the enemy collapsed. For such a distinctive commander, he would undoubtedly receive the loyalty of many soldiers. From bandits to the official army, he fought back and fought against his former companions, Gao Jie's subordinates were unwavering.
After the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Gao Jie, as a hero of the dragon, became the four towns in Jiangbei. In order to resettle his family, he actually attacked Yangzhou. This was a disaster for the people near Yangzhou, and it was a disaster for the people of Yangzhou. It was a ruthless disaster for the court. It was just a matter of great glory and pride for Gao Jie's subordinates. Unfortunately, less than a few months after this glory, the emperor suddenly showed his powerful skills, and the four towns disappeared. Except for one Huang who was valued by the emperor, the other three towns died and one idle. Gao Jie became the idle person.
Now that five years have passed, their local Laosi has finally been re-activated. How could they not be extremely excited when they remembered the glory of the bandits or the official army in the past?
"Master!"
"Master!"
"big!"
...
I don’t know who started shouting first, and the rest of the people shouted. In an instant, the entire queue of commanders shouted in a row. Everyone’s ears were filled with the commanders’ shouts, the sound of wind and rain disappeared without a trace. Fortunately, it was a rainy day. Otherwise, although it was in the center of the camp, the movement would have to alarm the Qing army.
Gao Jie only felt a soreness and almost burst into tears. He left the army for five years and did not expect to be loved so much. Looking back on what he had done before, Gao Jie felt ashamed. Whether it was fighting against the official army as a bandit or a bandit, he killed his own people. Only this time, they wanted to deal with the Tartars in the Central Plains. After this battle, even if he died in battle, it would not be in vain for his life. He slowly raised the sword in his hand: "This battle will be won!"
"I will win! I will win! I will!"
Soon, the title of the Grand Marshal changed to the slogan of the must-see place, and his voice did not diminish at all. The officers and soldiers in the surrounding camps were silently looking at the five thousand figures in the middle. Although they could not see clearly, their shouts came into their ears, and many people wanted to become one of them.
"Li Yuanyin."
"arrive."
"List"
"arrive."
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Gao Jie called out the familiar names of people and land in front of him, and did not miss any of the people above the hundred households. Even many soldiers' names Gao Jie remembered clearly. Every time Gao Jie called a name, the owner of the name would choke and wished he could die immediately for Gao Jie.
Wang Fu was wearing a straw raincoat and stood in the distance with a group of guards watching. At first, he was worried that Gao Jie would be unfamiliar with the battle formation if he left the army for too long. Now, when he saw Gao Jie appearing, five thousand people were crazy, Wang Fu knew that his worries were unnecessary. If these five thousand people could be united, even if Doer really set up a trap, he would be beaten up.
Fortunately, Gao Jie's old foundation
He could only pick out these five or six thousand people. If there were too many people, he would have to let Gao Jie take over the military power again. No matter whether he won or lost, the five thousand people would probably lose a lot. Wang Fu was shocked and he must not become as narrow-minded as Lao Zhu.
"Set out." After reading the names of hundreds of people, Gao Jie waved his arms, and five thousand people turned around together, stepped on the rain, and walked out of the camp. Soon, he disappeared into the vast rain. The Ming army camp returned to peace, with a few less than five thousand people. For the military camp of hundreds of thousands, it was the same as many people.
The rain finally stopped, but the sky was still dark clouds, and it would rain again in such weather at any time. On a long official road, countless black dots were slowly moving forward. It was said that they were moving, but in fact, these black dots were about the same speed as the ants. If you walked closer, you found that these black dots were full of large trucks. Each cart was surrounded by two strong animals, and behind the cart, there were sparse figures, with heavy burdens on your shoulders, and pushing the vehicle hard, struggling forward.
The cart was covered with various oil cloths, so it was hard to tell what items were on it. However, judging from the cart marks on the ground and the veins on the person pushing the cart behind, the items on the cart were undoubtedly heavy.
Those who are only responsible for pushing the cart are older or younger. Anyone who is young and strong not only has to push the cart but also carry a load. They are covered with thick calluses. The older face is full of wrinkles and long hair is tied with straw ropes. Many people are not wearing clothes at all, but are wrapped in shorts on their lower body. They are thin and look like they are poor people. Their skin is covered with strings of water, making it difficult to tell whether it is sweat or rain.
A short distance away from the team was a Qing army leading a horse, walking deep and shallow. They did not do any extra moves except shouting from time to time. Obviously, on such a rainy day, even the army would feel tired and depressed.
This is Dorgon's grain transport team. You must not be in a hurry to drive on rainy days. Otherwise, the car will overturn, not only will it take time, but a truck of grain will lose at least half of it. The lives of these untouchables are worthless, and the food is valuable, and no one will joke about food.
The person responsible for the escort of food and grass this time was Ai Xing. Ai Ai was the grandson of Yangguli who first followed Nurhaci to rise up. He can be regarded as a veteran. It is definitely a chore to transport food and grass. It is not a big deal to transport food and grass safely. Losing food is a serious crime to cut off your head, let alone transporting food and grass on rainy days.
Shumu's family undoubtedly made contributions to the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, Shumu's family belongs to the Zhenghuang Banner, so it is no wonder that Dorgon suppressed and asked Ai Xinglai to do this bad job. Of course, the reason is also high-sounding. Ai Xing's family came from a famous family and was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Choosing Ai Let's escort food and grass was the trust in Ai Xing's.
Dorgon was indeed short of food. He was named 500,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact there were only more than 200,000 war horses alone, and there were more than 100,000 people. There were three people on one horse. Based on one kilogram of grain per day, the Door army consumed more than 600,000 kilograms of food and grass every day, which was about 3,200 kilograms of stone.
The grain from the military camp had been used up before, and I was waiting for the new grain to come up, but the new grain was transported only once, and about 100,000 stones of new grain was transported to the military camp. One hundred thousand stones sounded a lot, but it took only about thirty days to consume Dorgon's army.
It rained when the first batch of new grain was transported to the military camp around the sky. In other words, it would only take about twenty days to keep the grain in Dorgon's army. If it was Jingtian, of course it was easy to handle. The grain from the capital could be transported to the military camp in about four days, but it would be difficult to handle. The rain continued, and no one knew how long it would take. If it was ten or half a month, there would be no food in the military camp, so the Qing army would not risk transporting grain on rainy days. However, Dorgon also considered that if the Ming army knew about it, it might send troops to rob the grain. In order to ensure that everything was safe, Dor not only let Aidea bring a team of 5,000 troops escort, but also secretly prepared a large army of 10,000 people to cruise ten miles away. If the Ming army really came to attack the grain transport team, it would just be encircled twice to teach the Ming army a lesson.
The entire team of grain transport team stretched for more than ten miles on the official road. Taking advantage of the time when it did not rain, the Qing army grain transport team accelerated a little, and the reconnaissance cavalry began to patrol, and the team's scouts dispersed to all directions.
A team of Qing army scouts came to a hillside and stopped and looked around. The hillside was only a few hundred steps away from the official road. Most of the situation of the grain transport team could be clearly seen from this hillside. The Qing army looked around and saw that there was no problem. They came down from the hillside and walked away from the deep and shallow.
Shortly after the Qing army left, several muds moved around less than seven or eight steps away from the Qing army scouts just now, and several pairs of black eyes were exposed under the mud.
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Chapter completed!