Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139 Chapter 139, Zhu Ciyu blocked the grain road, and Li Yan's department was in a dilemma
This time Zhu Cihong is still leading the same Guanning cavalry in the Battle of Gu'an. Of course, their names have changed now, from Guanning Cavalry to "Three Thousand Battalion".

You must know that the three thousand battalions were originally responsible for the emperor's flags, uniforms, soldiers, golden drums, and royal treasures, but now they are used for this cavalry, which shows Chongzhen's expectations for this cavalry.

After the loss of previous battles, the number of cavalry in the 3000 Battalion was less than [-], so about [-] new cavalry and a new commander were added to the integration of the two armies of Ma Shiying and Zuo Menggeng a few days ago. The head officer leads.

It is worth mentioning that this new commander is also an acquaintance of Zhu Cihong, that is, General Shi Jian who was rescued by Zhu Cihong during the Zuojia army mutiny overnight.

Zhu Cihong led the three thousand cavalry, each with five days of dry food, and headed south quickly all the way.

As Zhu Cihong had predicted in advance, except for Feicheng, where Li Yan's tribe was located, other large and small cities and villages in Shandong were only in the hands of Li Zicheng in name.

Just like that, Zhu Cihong led three thousand cavalry roaring past the official roads under the walls of various cities without encountering any obstacles along the way. It was Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses crossing the border.

Of course, this unusual movement also reached the ears of Li Yan in Feicheng.

"What, there is a court cavalry going south?"

After hearing this information, a bad premonition surged in Li Yan's heart, and his generals were also talking about it.

"General, they won't go to steal our way, will they?"

"What nonsense, our retreat is in Kaifeng in the west, they go south to figure out what's going on."

"That's right, then why are they going to the south? Could it be that they are going to Nanjing?"

"We are still fighting at this time, why send a cavalry to Nanjing, it is unreasonable."

Li Yan frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he called the quartermaster: "Where is our grain requisition team?"

The quartermaster hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, the grain requisition team has already obtained a batch of grain from Yanzhou Mansion. If everything goes well, they will arrive in Feicheng in about four or five days."

Li Yan's face changed greatly: "It's over, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are probably going towards our grain requisition team!"

After the other generals heard it, they also fried the pot directly.

"No way, if the food and grass are gone, how can we fight this battle?"

"General, you have to think of a way."

But not without doubts.

"How could people in the imperial court know the plan of our food collection team? Even we ourselves don't know the current location of the food collection team."

"That's right, now Yanzhou Mansion is still our territory, and the imperial court has no reason to know the movements of the grain requisition team."

After listening to Li Yan, he also calmed down a lot, and hope rose in his heart.

Perhaps, as these generals said, the cavalry of the imperial court had other plans.

But Li Yan was still worried, and ordered: "Immediately dispatch five thousand soldiers to the south, and then let people immediately tell the grain requisition team to step up to the north!"

This batch of food is very important. As long as the food can arrive, Feicheng can support it for an extra month.

Even if it is a small probability event, there is absolutely no room for loss!

Li Yan is only worried about one thing now, and that is whether this cavalry will hit the grain transport team by mistake. Feicheng has only sent troops to the south now, and the speed is far too late to catch up with that cavalry. Even the messenger of the messenger couldn't catch up.

……

"Your Highness, my subordinates have personally inquired, and Dai Cunba is just ahead!" Shi Jian excitedly came to Zhu Cihong who was crouching on a tree stump and eating dry food, and reported the situation.

Zhu Cihong swallowed the dry food with some difficulty, picked up the water bag and gurgled for several mouthfuls, and finally burped in satisfaction: "That's good, find a place to camp, and wait until the afternoon."

Shi Jian hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, can the enemy's food transport team really pass through here?"

Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Don't worry, it will come."

Shi Jian was dubious and walked aside.

The other two commanders came up together: "Old Shi, what does Your Highness say?"

Shi Jian said: "Your Highness still said that, the enemy food transport team will definitely pass by here."

The two commanders were also dubious.

"Did your Highness open the eyes of the sky?"

"It is estimated that there is some information."

"I hope we can really intercept the food delivery team, otherwise our own food will be gone."

The worried and brief discussion ended quickly, and the minutes passed by.

Half an hour before sunset, Zhu Cihong led three thousand cavalry and quietly hid in a forest a few miles away from Daicunba.

I don't know how long it took, watching the sun was about to set, a long food transport team finally appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Zhu Cilang squinted his eyes and looked at the grain transportation team. There were at least hundreds of carriages and carts, and about 1000 to [-] Dashun Army guards.

However, these Dashun troops were obviously the type with the lowest combat effectiveness. Many soldiers did not even have decent weapons in their hands, just holding iron bars and wooden bows obtained from unknown sources.

Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief and gave the order.

"Let's strike!"

Three thousand cavalry rushed out of the forest in an instant, and rushed towards the food transport team not far away.

Obviously, the soldiers and horses escorting the food and grass did not expect to be ambushed in the rear, and they were thrown into chaos.

Zhu Cihong did not choose to attack, but picked up his own sniper rifle.

After a while, Zhu Cihong's gaze finally locked on a guy dressed as a general, who was shouting something hoarsely, probably wanting to organize a defense line and carry out a wave of resistance.

Zhu Cihong put his finger on the trigger: "I found you."

With a bang, the sniper rifle made a loud noise, and the general of the Dashun Army in the distance was instantly pierced through his chest and fell off his horse to death.

At this moment, the battle situation is completely doomed.

When many soldiers and grooms of the Dashun Army saw that the leading general was dead, they shouted and fled in all directions.

Zhu Cihong didn't let the soldiers under his command continue to pursue, because chasing the remnants of the five scum of the war would be meaningless.

From the beginning to the end of the battle, it took about 15 minutes.

At this time, on the western horizon, the last rays of the sun can even be seen.

Zhu Cihong issued an order: "Bring enough food for our return trip, and burn everything else on the spot!"

When Shi Jian heard this, he couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken: "Your Highness, this is a lot of food."

It is of course very, very much to feed an army of [-] troops for a month.

Zhu Cihong shook his head: "We only have 3000 people. It is impossible to bring all the food back behind enemy lines like this and burn it!"

Zhu Cihong gave an order, and the raging fire quickly burned.

Zhu Cihong only took away [-] horses, each of which carried two bags of grain equivalent to the weight of an adult, and burned all the others.

After doing this, Zhu Cixiang completed the system's tasks.

"This time, it really went smoothly beyond expectation." Zhu Cihong sighed.

In addition to this ability to provide information that can smoothly eliminate bugs in the system, the most important thing is the people's support here.

"The common people in Shandong still look to Daming."

If this was not the case, Zhu Cihong would have had many opportunities to be exposed all the way here, and it is not impossible for the grain transportation team to be warned.

But the common people here not only pointed out the source of water enthusiastically, some even offered to let their children join the Ming army.

This proves how important the hearts of the people are.

Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Fortunately, the time for us to liberate this place is coming soon! Let's go back to the camp!"

Zhu Cihong got on his horse and disappeared into the night instantly with the three thousand elite riders under his command.

……

When Li Yan learned about this, it was already two and a half days later.

"What, the food transport team was attacked, and all the food and grass were burned?"

After hearing the news, Li Yan was stunned and slumped down in his chair.

When the army fights, the most important thing is logistics, and the most important thing in logistics is undoubtedly food and grass.

Without food and grass, how can this battle continue?
Beside Li Yan, many generals also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"General, what should we do now?" "Otherwise, shall we retreat?" "Retreat? Now that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are outside the city, can they still watch us retreat?"

Two days ago, Li Guozhen had led the Ming army to Feicheng and camped in the north of Feicheng.

Li Yan slapped the table and shouted: "Enough is enough, shut up for this general!"

Everyone suddenly became quiet.

Li Yan tapped his fingers on the table, apparently thinking fast.

After a while, Li Yan finally made a decision.

"Everyone should go back first, and everyone should be ready to retreat at any time."

After the generals dispersed, Li Yan wrote a letter and called his confidants.

"You, go to the military camp on the other side of the city!"

……

When he saw the Ming army camp outside Feicheng in the night, Zhu Cihong let out a long breath.

The running around these days is really quite tiring, and I can finally take a rest.

Presumably, Li Guozhen must have been very pleasantly surprised when he saw Bengong come back, right?
What Zhu Cixiang didn't expect was that Li Guozhen was really surprised when he saw him coming back, but at the same time, Li Guozhen also gave Zhu Cixiang a "surprise".

As soon as he came to the handsome tent, Zhu Cihong saw Li Guozhen who was frowning and thinking.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Uncle Xiangcheng, what are you worried about?"

Li Guozhen was taken aback, and was overjoyed when he saw Zhu Cihong: "Your Highness, you are finally back! How is the food shortage?"

Zhu Cihong patted his chest and said with a smile: "Are you still worried about my palace's affairs? The matter of food shortage has been completely settled."

Li Guozhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "No wonder, no wonder that Li Yan sent someone to deliver this letter."

Zhu Cihong asked doubtfully, "What letter?"

Li Guozhen hurriedly handed over a letter: "Your Highness, please take a look, this is a letter sent by Li Yan two hours ago."

Zhu Cilang picked up the letter and glanced at it, and was startled: "This Li Yan actually wants to surrender?"

(End of this chapter)