"I can't see it, I can't see it." Hong Dashou shook his head. The smoke was not the smoke from something being burned, but the ashes kicked up by the dry soil being trampled back and forth.

"It seems like a troop of some sort has arrived."

"There are a lot of rioters in this group. I don't know where the rioters came from."

"It seems that all the counties in Daodong will not be too stable."

"If Ruixing is broken, there is still Fengshan, which is far away from Dingzhou, so it will not be easy to cause chaos."

………

The three people put their hands on their waists, held rice balls, and scolded Fang Qiu. They looked like a few Bald Eagle staff officers who had just landed in Incheon and traveled north to study geography and become familiar with local things.

In fact, the three of them are still cannon fodder!

"Brother Han, do you think they will be officers and soldiers?" Although Hong Dashou killed the soldiers, it was just to survive, and it was not a sincere rebellion. Therefore, he still hoped that officers and soldiers would come to rescue them from the sea of ​​misery.

"Officers and soldiers? I'm afraid it's unlikely." Han Sanshi shook his head, thinking that the chance of officers and soldiers was low.

I won’t go into details about what the various county soldiers are like. Hong Dashou and Han Sanshi were referring to the training camp, the last national mobile field corps of the Li Dynasty.

However, even if it is a fully paid training camp, there are many restrictions. First of all, food and grass. If there are 2,000 officers and soldiers, one person will have two kilograms of rice a day, which is four thousand kilograms a day. It is only prepared to set off from Hanyang to Hwanghae Province.

The military rations for these ten days will require 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of grain.

Fortunately, the training camp is an almost pure infantry team, and the cost of war horses is negligible. Ordinary livestock, such as cattle, horses, donkeys, and mules, do not require too fine materials. And generally, coarse materials can be collected on the spot.

, and didn’t mention him either.

In the end, you only need to capture four to five thousand civilians, carrying paper armor, leather armor, hats, helmets, shotguns and other things. The carriages and horses are also pulling tents, gunpowder, lead shot, wood and other military supplies, and you can basically make it.

On the road.

But according to Li Chao's speed, this preparation time would take at least half a month. In addition to walking, if you can reach Ruixing County Castle in a month, it will be considered a high-end incense.

Moreover, I didn’t learn from other good things in the training camp. I learned a lot of bad habits from the green camp next door. I started asking for money from the time I left the military camp. Anyway, I won’t move if I don’t give you money. I have a lot of wives and children at home. When the men go out to fight, there is nothing at home.

How do you live on your income?

Money for shoes and socks, money for armor, money for bows [Note 1], money for ropes [Note 2], money for horseshoes (even if you don’t have a horse), money for hiring a man (that is, hiring a peasant), money for salt, money for vegetables...

…

This is just before departure. On the way out, when the sun is shining, you will need money for tea and wine, and when it rains, you will need money for raincoats. Even if you encounter a river on the way and there is a bridge on the river, you still have to pay for crossing.

There are probably dozens of names, and if you don't give them, you won't leave. Of course, if you give them enough, you will still be very brave in fighting.

And Ruixing City has only been surrounded for five days. Even if the chaos has started long ago, give him another five days in advance.

This little time is enough for Hanyang's training camp soldiers to go around the streets to catch people, blackmail them, and finally tie up the peasants who can't pay to collect enough logistics personnel.

What's more, when it comes to quelling a rebellion, a complete victory is considered a great military achievement. If you don't have a head, you'll kill a good person and take credit for it. If you have a head, everyone will be happy. When you return to the court, you will definitely be promoted to a higher rank, or even a whole person.

It is not impossible to have a Fuyuan Lord.

The court decided that a handsome minister could quarrel for at least a week. By the time the quarrel in the court was over, the day lily would be cold.

"Even if we have to go to Yifu in the afternoon."

Hong Dashou licked the few rice grains stuck on his fingers clean, and then clapped his hands. It was a little sticky and he had nowhere to wipe his hands. He even tried to pick up two handfuls of snow and rub it, but he couldn't.

"Take it one step at a time. The money will come straight to the bridge." Han Sanshi continued to look at the smoke and dust to the south.

Divine Master Zheng was very capable. There were sentries on all sides, but unfortunately they were all horseless infantry. Even if he found out the news, there was no way to deliver it back quickly. He could only throw away his legs and run as fast as he could.

As for what news was delivered from the south, Hong Dashou naturally didn't know.

However, Master Zheng's order made Hong Dashou aware of it. He simply left aside the women, children, old and young, and threw all these burdens under the city. He left a hundred or ten skeleton soldiers to guard his small camp and food, grass and military supplies.

The remaining 300 bandit soldiers drove more than 4,000 men into formation facing the south. Of course, they did not issue any weapons. Most of the men had nothing more than wooden sticks and pointed bamboos, and an iron kitchen knife was enough.

OK.

Three people, Hong Dashou, each got a stick. It was a wooden stick that came from someone who didn't know where it came from. It was less than two meters long and didn't even have one end sharpened. It was just the most common kind, and it was really cannon fodder.

Divine Master Zheng also had no horses and commanded on foot. Using his backbone of thieves as a meridian, he divided some 4,000 strong men into eight regiments and managed to form a horizontal formation, giving them the appearance of an army.

Fortunately, the three men, Hong Dashou, were thrown to the right wing and did not face the crowd directly in the center.

"I'm afraid there are no real officers and soldiers!" said Hong Dashou and Han Sanshi on the right.

"Let's run when we see the opportunity. Don't be the first to run, and don't delay too long." Han Sanshi ordered the two people.

Hong Dashou said yes, but the so-called officers and soldiers that came into view were only about seven or eight hundred people in terms of number.

There was no strict marching procession, and there was almost no temperament. There was no essential drum beat or the neat sound of marching steps.

What's even more ridiculous is that the images of the so-called officers and soldiers on the opposite side are exactly the same. There are no uniforms and no hats. Most of them are dressed like ordinary good people, wearing commoners with almost no defense. The main weapon is only the short sword in their hands. There are not many faces.

shield.

Naturally, there were no cavalry, so scattered unarmored infantry appeared in front of Hong Dashou.

"Is this an official army?" Han Wushi asked a question that everyone wanted to know.

[Note 1]: The bows you usually see are complete versions, but in fact the body of the bow and the bow string are not always tied together, and the bow string is often broken during combat. Therefore, in "History of the Ming Dynasty"

》You can see that many soldiers in the border army will have two extra bow strings in the equipment column.

So when we go to war, it takes a lot of effort to put the bow back on, and it takes a lot of effort. Naturally, we need to pay for our hard work, and we can’t afford less.

[Note 2]: What is rope wrapping? As the name suggests, it means to wrap the rope well. Then the origin of the money is easy to explain. The shotgun soldier is a matchlock gun. He needs a match rope to light the fire.

A battle may last five minutes, or it may last five hours. Then you need to prepare a match rope that is enough to handle the battle. Most likely it will be wrapped around your arm. Wrap it around and around. Some bird gunners can wrap the match rope around their hands.
Chapter completed!