Xie Ming

Chapter 283: Heavy Rain in Julu
On the morning of May 25th, three days after Yu Xiaolang and Li Huchen captured Shunde, Peizhong escorted Ma Minglu's supply team, as well as the crown prince, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu and others, and rushed into Shunde!

Afterwards, Xiao Jingchuan ordered the entire army to rest for five days!
During this period, all units have been focusing on intensive training to strengthen the soldiers' coordination, combat effectiveness, physical fitness, etc.!

In addition to the usual training, Xiao Lang and Hu Chen's cavalry also marched day and night to capture and conquer small towns and villages in the suburban counties near Zhen and Shun in the southwest of the capital, making final preparations for Wang Chuanwu and Xu Baoyi to consolidate the Taihang base in the future.

[Shunde Prefecture newly recruited militia: 500, directly assigned to Ma Minglu's military supply department to ensure sufficient manpower for material transportation and solve the problem of delayed transportation, so that the whole army can march more smoothly! ]

[Ma Minglu's troops (Military Supplies - Garrison): 1000 people (before Shunde) + 500 people (newly recruited) = 1500 people (completed)]

It’s the first day of June!

The entire Xiao family army started from Shunde Prefecture, and after resting again, they took the road due east and headed straight for Qinghe County, 200 miles away!
Officially withdraw from the southwest region of Beijing and advance towards the Shandong border!
At the same time, there has been new progress in the northward movement of the four towns in Jiangbei.

Fourthly, tens of thousands of soldiers in the general garrison, who had been moving slowly and hesitantly in the early stages, suddenly moved rapidly for unknown reasons.

At the end of May, all the troops were led into Jinan Prefecture, Shandong!

They also looted extensively in this state, causing great disturbance to the people’s property and livelihood, which is really hard to protect!
The four generals Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were also crowded in the city, fighting with each other, openly dividing the city into four parts. The original prince's order to assign each department to attack areas was long forgotten, and few people moved forward for a while!
North towards the capital!

The Jiannu army, after more than a month of rest, cleared out the remnant soldiers of the Ming and Dashun armies in the entire northern Zhili area towards the capital, and after slaughtering and suppressing the local uprisings, they were free to fight again!

So Dorgon issued a military order, sending Gushan Ezhen Yechen's troops to enter Shanxi from the northern part of Shanxi, take the route of Huaiqing, and march into Shanxi!
Aisin-Gioro Ajige's troops continued to lead the Western Expedition Army and march southwestward!
In this battle, we will definitely capture the Zhen and Bao hinterlands in the southwest of the capital, and from there we will take the Jingxing route and go straight to Taiyuan!
Two days ago, Qiu Zhizhong received a report from the vicinity of Sanpo border, and heard that Dorgon of the Jiannu Army was planning to use troops again. Xiao Lang then realized that the time had come and he must set off as soon as possible and withdraw from the southwest of the capital as soon as possible to attack Shandong!

It rained heavily on the second day of May!
Xiao Lang led his army to the vicinity of Julu.

At about 9:00 p.m., something unexpected happened and heavy rain suddenly fell. The mule and horse convoy carrying military supplies suddenly got stuck in the mud and couldn't get out!
The various groups were left standing in the rain for two quarters of an hour, moving forward with difficulty!

Later, Xiao Lang was in front of the team and suddenly saw a row of boxwood trees in a field two miles ahead. He ordered all his soldiers to camp under the boxwood trees to rest and take shelter temporarily until the rain stopped before making any further moves.

"Bah! Bah!"

"It's raining so fast!"

"This guy!"

"My mouth is full of mud!"

Xiao Lang pursed his lips and spit a few times while speaking, then ran to the poplar tree and turned his head to look at Zhizhong who was following him.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Feiyu, look!"

"Look at what's on you. You really look like a mud monkey! Ah, haha."

Even in such an embarrassing situation, Xiao Jingchuan still had the leisure to joke.

Upon hearing this, Zhizhong hurriedly took two steps and hid under the tree.

"Go! Go! Go!"

"The pot calling the kettle black!"

"Old Xiao, why don't you take a piss and take a good look at your current behavior!"

"Compared to me, I'm afraid he's even worse than me!" Zhizhong was impatient and retorted.

"hey-hey."

"You don't have to say it, it's really embarrassing, really embarrassing!" Xiao laughed at himself.

"Oh! That's right!"

"Chang Ting, where are those unlucky ones?!"

"I just saw it hanging around you!"

"How come I disappeared in the blink of an eye?!" Zhizhong asked casually.

"Hi!"

"Most of the military supply teams that just landed on Minglu's side are stuck in the mud and can't get out!"

"When I got the news, I called them all to come and help!"

"Get the mule and horse out as soon as possible so that everyone can take a break from the rain!"

Xiao Lang responded by unbuttoning his wet leather armor on both wrists to loosen up his grip.

"Hey! Feiyu!"

"This place... Do you know where we are?!" While taking shelter from the rain, Xiao Lang seemed to suddenly become interested in something else.

"kindness?!"

"Uh, Julu!" "Go a little further, we should be close to Julu County, right?!" Qiu Zhizhong replied.

"kindness!"

"Nothing wrong!"

"Thinking back to the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu led tens of thousands of Chu troops!"

"Together with Qin General Zhang Han and Wang Lizhi, the main force of the Qin army numbering 400,000, we will fight in Julu to decide the outcome!"

"The fierce Xiang Yu will burn his boats and destroy his cauldrons!"

"How magnificent and wonderful!" Xiao Xing spoke loudly.

"Hey, Feiyu, tell me, how do I compare to Xiang Yu?!" He changed the subject and asked.

Upon hearing this question, Zhizhong was stunned and immediately rolled his eyes!
"Humph!"

"You, just stop it!"

"I think that everything should be done step by step, but the right thing to do is to achieve success!"

"What kind of tyrant is Xiang Yu? Anyone who only cares about bravery and fighting is a reckless man!"

"It's not worth discussing!"

"Say no more!"

"As for you, when it comes to martial arts, you are far inferior to the Overlord of Chu!"

"It's just this mentality. Hehe, it's still tenacious!"

"Xiang Yu was trapped at Gaixia and vowed not to leave Jiangdong!"

"hehe."

"Old Xiao!"

"Remember this, we are going to the South!"

"I am not Fan Zeng, so you'd better not dream of being the King of Chu!"

Zhizhong was usually pragmatic and cautious. He did not like Xiang Yu's style and was even more afraid of his possible defeat. So when he heard Xiao Jingchuan's comparison, he immediately teased and reminded him, thinking that he was awakened!
After he finished speaking, Xiao Lang also understood what he meant, so he didn't discuss it any further!
As they were talking, seven or eight of their personal soldiers behind them quietly set up a temporary rain shelter for Xiao and Qiu under a tree.

Xiao Lang noticed that the raindrops above his head were gradually disappearing, so he turned around to watch and responded with a smile.

Afterwards, when he turned his head back again and looked around, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of some new changes inadvertently.

"Eh?!"

"No, Feiyu, look?!"

"To the north, on the ridge between the fields, there seems to be a group of people moving towards us!"

Xiao Lang seemed to understand the enemy's situation and suddenly became alert.

Hearing this, Zhizhongze also looked in the direction of his finger!

But now, although there are wilderness and plains all around, there are no obstacles!

But the rain curtain was hanging from above, and it was really hard to see clearly in the distance.

Xiao Lang was very anxious about this, so he quickly took out the monocular telescope from his arms, pointed it at the direction just below, and took a closer look!

After a while, when the line of black shadows came closer, they finally took shape.

"kindness?!"

"Feiyu!"

"Why do I have to watch?"

"They look like a group of refugees fleeing famine!"

"Come on!"

"Fei Yu, take a look!"

After saying this, Xiao Jingchuan handed over the telescope tube, hoping that Zhizhong would calibrate it.

(End of this chapter)