Chapter 409: Various situations in wartime, hope for your husband, good news

His husband went on the battle, Yan Ruoran, Mu Yunyao, Gu Hengbo, and Liu Rushi were naturally worried every day, waiting nervously for the routine messenger news.

The messengers who traveled between the army and Jinan City every day conveyed important military newspapers. During such a war, Li Meng did not and could not write private messages to his family to comfort him. The women at home analyzed the military newspaper in various ways, trying to find the corresponding news from it.

The old eunuch Liu Fulai was indeed in a bad spirit. He was old and weak. Although he asked to take more government affairs, everyone advised him to rest more. He said that if there were important things, he would naturally ask the old man to ask about the small matters and leave the people below to deal with them.

During this period, Sun Chuanting, "Mr. Gongsun", was truly involved in all aspects of the Jiaozhou camp. He dispatched the military and civil affairs of the entire Shandong and mobilized the second and third-tier troops such as Yanding and the Guzhuang Guarding Team. On the one hand, he strictly suppressed the local area and did not allow chaos. On the other hand, he was ready to support the Dengzhou army in northern Zhili at any time.

Sun Chuanting's understanding of the power of the Qing Dynasty was much deeper than that of everyone in Shandong, but among most people in Shandong, Sun Chuanting was the one with the most confidence.

Sun Chuanting, who had seen the Ming army and the Tartars army, had even more profound understanding and judgment of the combat power of the Jiaozhou camp army than the military leaders of the Jiaozhou camp. Perhaps this is the truth that bystanders are clearer.

The Yanzhou Army guerrilla Zhang Jiang wrote a letter to lead the army north to support Zhao Neng, but was stopped by Sun Chuanting and issued a stern order in the name of Yan Ruoran and Liu Fulai, saying that the Yanzhou Army's order was to strictly guard the Henan direction and Yanzhou local area, and to seek peace.

As for the local guards of Jinan Prefecture, in just half a month, the armed Yanding and the village guard team formed more than 9,000 people. This was just the mobilization force of Jinan Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture. With this force in hand, Sun Chuanting felt a little more confident in maintaining the stability of Jinan Prefecture.

In addition, Sun Chuanting was increasingly amazed at Shandong's mobilization ability and economic strength. Such efficiency was something he had never seen in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he admired Li Meng very much. How talented he was able to make the territory of this province so powerful.

Zhou Yang, who has always been busy with civil affairs and economy, has the impression that he is talented, strategic, elegant and talented, and will be a pillar of Shandong in the future. But during this period, people everywhere in Shandong, especially the farmers in the fields of the farm, have seen the other side of Zhou Yang.

There were large troops in the south and wars in the north. Shandong was empty. After discussing with the inner account room on the day when Zhao Neng set out, Zhou Yang launched a severe order to be punished in the Tuntiantian Village. If there were any misconduct, he would immediately be punished severely. There was only one type of punishment, beheading.

Among the village farms, there are quite a few families who used to be a wealthy landlord family. When they died of hunger and cold a few years ago, everyone had no other thoughts to make food and clothing.

Life has been good in the past or two years. These people who think they are superiors have started to complain in their hearts. When we were superiors, we are superiors, but now we are tenants for generations. Moreover, those families whose sons are in the army and fight in war are engaged in cheap careers and work hard, so why should we get rid of the military farming property before us?

There are so many complaints on weekdays, and they are a bit passive and lazy in their work. However, many families who are also military farmer still regard these landlords as leaders. Many people listen to the instigation of these people, and some people are very troubled by the village heads.

Usually, if such news is reported to Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang is considering the overall situation of Shandong. After all, it is not easy to have such a stable and peaceful situation in Shandong. If you start killing randomly, it will easily make the atmosphere tense again. No matter what kind of war is outside, the internal situation must be maintained as peaceful as possible to ensure life and business.

To deal with such matters, either to mobilize the farms of the military farms or lower their ranks, they have always used the policy of Huairou.

Zhou Yang's kindness was regarded as weak by these restless farming farmers in the farmland villages. They became more and more serious, and then they caught up with this war.

The situation outside is so urgent. If there is any noise inside, it may collapse. Zhou Yang also understood this truth and quickly issued a martial law order.

Those restless people think that Shandong is empty and its force is weakened, and maybe no one will come to care about them. It is the best opportunity for them. People with ambition and tricks may be able to do something, but their attitudes and policies towards them are quickly transformed from magnanimity and harshness, and there is almost no process between them.

On the third day after the Dengzhou army set out, the fields were in chaos. The families who were listed as restless people on weekdays were crying and shouting. The males in the family were killed, and the female family members were distributed to the military family as slaves. All their property was confiscated. The fields were warned that if there were any reoffenders, the same would be done.

In two days, Shandong's Tuntian Village killed more than 3,000 people. In an instant, all the criticism and commotion disappeared. Everything became quiet. Not only the Tuntian Village, but also the gentry and wealthy families in the local area were silent. They finally understood the pros and cons. Even though Shandong was empty and the outside world was in danger, the power that Jiaozhou Camp could mobilize was still far greater than them.

Shandong Shilin suddenly discovered that Zhou Tongzhi, who was so gentle and kind, had such a strong and iron-blooded side. Many scholars were dissatisfied with Zhou Yang's position as the chief civil officials of Shandong. If you want to say that Counselor Yuan Wenhong was confidential and was the chief clerk of Jiaozhou Camp, everyone talked less about it. After all, Yuan Wenhong is a famous scholar from Shandong and is known as a talented person. But what about Zhou Yang? He is just an ordinary juren who passed the imperial examination. He is just a fellow villager with Li Dashui, and his chances are much better than everyone else.

If I were close, I could get to his place. Almost Shandong scholars thought so, but after the martial law was issued and thousands of heads landed, the scholars in Shandong were not only trembling with fear, but also saw Zhou Yang's decisiveness and killing at a critical moment.

After this incident, Zhou Yang's evaluation not only did not decrease, but instead became much higher out of thin air. Everyone secretly praised him, and Zhou Yang was indeed suitable for this position.

Relatively speaking, Ning Qiangui, who was responsible for business, salt administration and transportation, felt much more relaxed. He found that he was very relaxed. He thought that the war was about to begin, and he would be busy preparing food, grass and military funds. Unexpectedly, the supply supply in the rear was carried out in an orderly and orderly manner. All aspects were self-organized and operated according to their own rules.

In a high position, Ninggangui only needs to be supervised regularly and at a fixed location. The grain stations, military stations and transit systems are fully reserved. They are sufficiently staffed and can operate as required at any time.

Like Sun Chuanting's feeling, Ning Gangui was also amazed at the system created by Li Meng. This system is very automatic and can operate smoothly on its own. It also creates and provides various benefits.

Ning Gangui's experience during this period was not about providing military combat readiness, but about the gold mining in Zhaoyuan and Qixia areas. After the rectification of gold mining, the benefits obtained are so amazing. It can be described as jaw-dropping.

Jiaozhouying is responsible for economic landlords, especially Ning Gangui. He is used to hard life. Every year, the salt administration's large amount of income is sold again. It is difficult to keep some surplus and reserves. As a result, when Ning Gangui meets with the department that spends money in the Jiaozhouying system to set a budget, he always looks angry and has no good expression to everyone. But after seeing the harvest of the gold mine, he feels relaxed.

It’s finally enough money to spend. It’s very difficult for people to have such feelings...

However, Master Ning immediately reacted, one was to request additional armed salt cubes, and then increase the reserved share. Who knew how long this gold mine could be mined? Taking this opportunity, it was the main thing to accumulate more wealth for Jiaozhou Camp.

The interests of this gold mine are indeed dizzy. Jiaozhou camp is overwhelming. There are fears everywhere. Only the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine area and the risk-taking bandits are trying to get a share of the pie in this gold mine. Of course, the ending is also very miserable. They are all killed by the garrisoned armed salt dicks.

But one group after another, they were killed endlessly because they had the wealthy families near Zhaoyuan as their support and secretly supported. Gold can indeed make people forget everything.

These wealthy families in Zhaoyuan, Dengzhou, were also blinded by the golden color, and their minds were burned. They forgot that Jiaozhou Camp was in Shandong, especially in Dengzhou and Laizhou, which was omnipresent in the intelligence spy network.

The bandit who seized the gold medal was quickly found out. Ning Gangui's evaluation in Shandong was also a lucky person, just a tentative tentman with smoke from the ancestral grave.

But the commenter forgot that Ning Gangui was a lieutenant in the Salt Administration Inspection Office, catching private salt and dealing with the government's tasks of private salt dealers. Has the armed salt gang reported it to him, Ning Gangui directly issued a order for all the families to traffic in private salt and collude with the Tartars to arrest the ground and then report to the top.

The situation in Shandong at this time is to ensure internal stability at all costs. Master Ning's move will naturally not be told by others.

As a result, after the incident ended, Master Ning found that he had a reputation of iron and decisiveness, which really made him feel a little amused.

Master Ning originally thought that this rhythm would last for a while, but who would have thought that in late November, he received an urgent message from Yanzhou. Moreover, the urgent message was from Lingshan Trading Company's news system. It said that the general had arrived in Yanzhou Prefecture and ordered the troops stations and warehouses along the way to prepare for supplies, and immediately engage in military law if there is any delay.

No one expected that the general and the army who were about to arrive in the Yangzhou Prefecture of Nanzhili would return so quickly. In the Jiaozhou Camp for a long time, Ning Gangui probably understood what Li Meng meant, that is, the army kept moving, but everything along the way had to be arranged, and the army just needed to keep rushing.

Only in this way can it be possible to reach the extreme speed of the marching speed. Ning Gangui took a carriage that kept changing horses and rushed to Qingzhou Prefecture City in a day and night, where he began to arrange the place.

Relying on the sufficient manpower of the village, the huge amount of supplies accumulated for a long time, finally made a big army to travel for a day, and booked somewhere, there must be hot meals and camp tents, and there were special people to take care of the horses and feed them. Even at the junction of Jinan Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture, a batch of pack horses that were pulling carts were replaced.

Thank you for nearly ten days, and finally did not delay the army's actions. Ning Gangui's original worry about uneasy because of the Tartar army finally stabilized. As long as the general comes back, everything will be fine.

The women in the general's mansion in the city were all getting haggard. In addition to the official document incidents summarized by various places, they were worried about what Li Meng was like, who was leading the army.

Because it was almost the end of November, the news suddenly broke, which made people wonder what was going on. Sun Chuanting had already specially transferred 500 armed salt deer from Jiaozhou, and was about to escort Li Meng's family to Jiaozhou City, Laizhou Prefecture at the critical moment.

However, this worry did not last long. Soon, new news came, saying that the general was leading his army back and would pass through Jinan City within two days. But the time was urgent, so he would not enter the city. The marching was urgent these days, and the military newspaper was changed to one day for one day, which made the ladies worried, etc.

Yan Ruoran and others, who knew the news, cried with joy. But they didn't enter the house but could not meet. This was because people couldn't completely relieve themselves. The only way was to go up to the city and take a look.

According to the notice, the nearest camp is forty miles away from Jinan City. It is estimated that the Grand Marshal will pass by Jinan City in the early morning. Early on, Yan Ruoran and his family climbed to the top of the city.

The mistress was coming to the city gate. For the city defense forces in Jinan, this was naturally a first-class event, and they were clearing the scene early. Originally, Mu Yunyao was still pregnant, and Yan Ruoran, Gu Hengbo, and Liu Rushi both advised her not to come, but Mu Yunyao was a stubborn temper among these people and insisted on coming and taking a look.

As a result, in desperation, he came up with a compromise idea. Rosie, the butler of the General's Mansion, led people to build a felt tent on the top of the city, which could cover up some wind and cold and facilitate protection of pregnant women.

The winter is long and the night is short. Although it is early in the morning, when the Li family’s women came to the city, the sky was still dark and there was no light.

After waiting in the cold for a while, the sky suddenly appeared, and you could see the light of light appearing on the way of coming. It slowly seemed like a low thunder sounded. Not long after, a huge army appeared on the west road of Jinan City. At the top of the city, the family members of the Li family were all lying on the battlements of the city wall and looking down.

But Guo Dong's wife was so scared that she thought to herself that it was cold and cold. What if the ladies were freezing out of illness? But in this situation, how could she, a woman in charge, persuade her to persuade her?

Under such light conditions, it is already good to see the vast army under the city. As for distinguishing who is who is, it is a bit embarrassing.

Yan Ruoran, Mu Yunyao, Gu Hengbo, and Liu Rushi were all searching with their eyes wide open, but they could not find where Li Meng was. They were worried and scared for so many days. Suddenly, there was news that their husband had nothing to do. Now they saw it with their own eyes. This kind of spiritual shock was truly unparalleled.

Every female family member had her own tears blurred her vision. She wiped her hard, but she brought more tears and couldn't see anything clearly below. Just as she watched the army go away, the only person who was happy on the city was Li Hong. Although someone was holding him, Li Hong was still extremely excited to slap the city bricks with his hands and shouted in a silence voice:

"Dad, Wansheng..."

The cold winter morning was completely cold, and these people ignored it. The women waited until the army led by Li Meng left their sight, and they walked down the city reluctantly.

But Li Meng was going to engage in a more dangerous battle. It was fine when he went to Nanzhili. Everyone knew that he had a great grasp of the situation in Nanzhili, and the army stationed in Jiaozhou camp, but this time he went north, he fought with the Tartar army, which had never failed in the pass.

The danger of this trip is really hard to think about...

Since this day, several of Li Meng's wives have developed this habit. After handling official duties in the mansion every day, they have gone up to the city together and looked north, hoping to see the actions or news of the army.

In the city of Jinan, people inside and outside the government advised each other that the wind and cold air were heavy on the top of the city, and the ladies were precious to the body of thousands of gold, so they must not get infected with the wind and cold. However, Yan Ruoran and others were really worried and insisted on doing so. In desperation, they had to move the house to a place close to the city wall. Anyway, there were many empty houses in Jinan City, and felt tents were built on the top of the city to shelter the wind and snow.

It was fine when Li Meng's army did not leave Jinan Prefecture, and news was also heard from the local area, but after leaving Shandong, the news was intermittent, and in the few days of the war, it was completely cut off.

It was already the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. I was a little disappointed when I looked at the female relatives in the north at the head of Jinan. It was already afternoon, and it seemed that there would be no news to be sent.

The sky is gloomy since the morning, which makes people feel even more uncomfortable. In the afternoon, it snowed in the sky. Yan Ruoran looked up at the sky. She sighed silently, looked back at Mu Yunyao who was still looking around, and said in a warm voice:

"Sister, you are pregnant, and the city is cold. Be careful to freeze yourself and the baby inside your stomach. Go back to the tent to rest!"

Mu Yunyao was a stubborn girl. When she heard this, she just bit her lips and shook her head. Yan Ruoran had a headache. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she heard Gu Hengbo shouting loudly on the side:

"Sister, look, someone is coming in the north!!!"

Among the fluttering snowflakes, it really requires good eyesight to see someone coming here. After hearing Gu Hengbo's shout, several female relatives on the city wall looked over.

The mothers and maids behind him also coaxed him and looked at the direction Gu Hengbo said. At first, they couldn't see clearly. They were faintly visible, but later, the people coming from the north were indeed becoming clearer and clearer, and the three knights were galloping there.

Looking at the color of the cavalry's clothes and the red flag behind them, everyone immediately realized that this was a message to the cavalry in Jiaozhou camp.

Next time, not only Li Meng's inner family was excited, but even President Qian of the City Defense Force was also excited. While finding a place to watch, he sent his subordinates to quickly go to the city to report the news.

The news finally came back in the battlefield, but the Jinan city gate was still closed. Except for the opening of the city for one and a half hours every morning, the gate was closed for the rest of the time, and the situation was unclear. No one knew what kind of trouble would happen, so it was better to be careful.

There were more and more people on the city. Except for the area where Li Meng's family was located, everyone was far away, and other places were crowded. The military subordinates of Lingshan and Aoshan Guards lived in the city, the staff and officials of the generals' shogunate, the governor's office, the governor's office, the governor's office, the Jinan prefect's office, and representatives sent by various forces to the Jinan prefecture city were all looking down nervously at the city.

If Li Meng fails to win, the army is defeated, and the Tartars rush into Shandong, then the troops will point directly to the city of Jinan, and the Jiaozhou camp's career in Shandong will be in such a great situation. By then, where everyone should go, they will have to reconsider it.

Some people miss their relatives, while others are thinking about the pros and cons of gains and losses after victory or defeat. There are more and more people on the city wall, but they are becoming quieter. Everyone is watching the three cavalry running over there.

The three cavalrymen who were approaching Jinan City were covered with small holes frostbitten by the cold wind, their lips were completely dry and cracked, and they looked very embarrassed, but the mental state of the three of them was extremely high, because they were cavalrymen who reported the victory. Thinking about the carnival and joy along the way, the reaction after victory was already their best reward.

Every cavalry who claimed the victory was thirsty and hungry, but they felt that letting more people know the news of the victory of the army was more important than anything else.

Before leaving, Zhao Neng and Wang Hai both told the cavalry that they had reported the victory and must let the people in Jinan City know the news of the victory in the fastest time that these three cavalry were members of the old camp horse team, and Jinan City was where they lived and fought. These cavalry gradually approached Jinan City.

Seeing the familiar city guards, these three people suddenly woke up from excitement. The fatigue and tension and sadness of fighting rose from the bottom of their hearts. Everyone couldn't help but feel their emotions, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Before they knew it, they were approaching the city. Seeing the dense heads on the city, they were all shocked when they reacted a little.

Jinan City is also one of the world's most powerful cities. The height of the city wall will naturally not allow the cavalry under the city to see the expressions of the people on the city in the wind and snow. But what the people on the city are thinking and what the expressions will look like? These cavalrymen can imagine it.

Suddenly, the cavalrymen at the city felt as if they were filled with something between their chests and abdomen. They stopped their horses and plucked up their strength to shout at the top of the city:

"Jiazhou Camp Military Daily, Beizhili fought against the 37,000 troops of the Tartars, and our Jiaozhou Camp won the victory!!!"

"A complete victory?" "A complete victory!?" "A complete victory!" "A complete victory!!"

Although there were many people on the city, it was extremely quiet. The three cavalrymen who reported the victory had a hoarse voice and everyone could hear it clearly, but after hearing the news, the city was still quiet. The three cavalrymen below thought that the people above didn't hear it clearly.

The city finally reacted from the surprise of the news. Someone whispered a low question. This question slowly spread and people slowly reacted. If the cavalry who reported the news faked it, it would definitely be a small victory or a big victory, but this complete victory would not be used.
To be continued...