Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Your Majesty doesn't know that our navy has greatly increased in strength since we defeated the Jinshui Division, the Dutch fleet, and Shi Lang's war against pirates in the South China Sea. There are more than 5000 ships of all types and sizes alone.

This time, in addition to leaving the necessary warships to patrol, the three major fleets sent out all the ships that could be called out, a total of more than 3000 ships.What the emperor sees now is only more than 1000 ships participating in Tianjin Port, and a large number of ships are involved in transporting immigrants and grain and grass in Denglai and the Yangtze River Estuary. "Yu Haihai replied proudly.

"You mean that the plan to immigrate from Shandong has not stopped? And the grain and grass are transported from the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhu Youjian recently only cared about the war in Tianjin, and did not care about the logistics at all.

"Yes. The imperial court has been mobilizing food and grass from the south of the Yangtze River according to Master Chen's schedule!" Yu Dahai replied.

"Well, I can finally let go of my worries." In fact, Zhu Youjian was shocked now. He didn't expect that Chen Zilong would grow up so fast, and he would be able to provoke the heavy burden of the cabinet's chief assistant.

If Chen Zilong can take on greater responsibilities, then Li Yan can be of great use.

Zhu Youjian felt that the rapid increase in national strength after these two years of cultivation was obvious.From the generals of the army to the civil servants of the court, a large number of talents who can be entrusted with important tasks have gradually emerged.

Compared with the first two years, Zhu Youjian felt much more comfortable, just like the big ships in the bay, they were all crowded together.

But it’s not time to be proud, just like these fleets, [-] ships sound scary, but in fact most of them are small boats that can’t hold a few people.

The tonnage that can really be counted together may not reach the [-] ships of the Dutch.The gap is definitely still noticeable.

In the same way, it seems that there are many talents, but there are only a handful of them who can be placed in important positions.Daming is so big that each province needs dozens of reliable governors.If you add important institutions in the imperial court, if Zhu Youjian does not have hundreds of people in his hands, he will not be able to do anything.

Zhu Youjian decided to unify first, and then keep a low profile.

"How's the war in Tianjin Wei?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"The battle report just sent: Liu Tichun's department has arrived at Tianjin Weicheng, and Feng Xin's department is still [-] miles away." Xia Wanchun kicked away Nalan Mingzhu who wanted to squeeze to Zhu Youjian's side, without even looking at his hand documents, endorsed verbatim.

"Why is the progress of the attack so slow, and it can only advance ten miles in a day. If this continues, wouldn't it take three days for the two sides to join forces?" Zhu Youjian was a little annoyed. He didn't understand what happened to the battle on land. Hit ten miles.

"We can't blame them for this. It took only three days to attack the port, and the enemy sent us a total of [-] people. You can imagine how much pressure Liu Tichun was under, but they had no way to disperse the people. "Li Yan persuaded.

Zhu Youjian immediately made up the scene described by Li Yan, and he felt that he really couldn't imagine that scene.

The distance of tens of miles is not far, and it is not close.It can be half sun and half rain, or the difference between heaven and hell.

Just dozens of miles away, the black crowd was so hungry that they could hardly walk, and the crowd could only support each other and move forward with their heavy legs.As for how long it has been without a full meal, no one remembers.They only remembered that after being driven to the Ming army by the Jin soldiers three days ago, each of them received two meals of porridge that could be seen.

It was these two meals of porridge that saved many lives, and Liu Tichun himself could only drink one bowl of porridge.The army's food for a few days was divided by 10,000+ people, so they definitely don't want to eat dry rice.

"Old Yuan, how many people do we have now?" Liu Tichun was so hungry that he shook his head and tried to wake himself up.

"A total of 15 people." Yuan Zongdi drank water desperately, he was afraid of starvation.

"How long can we supply food?" Liu Tichun asked.

"It's only enough to give each soldier two bowls of porridge," Yuan Zongdi said.

"Kill the horse! There are still [-] miles left, how can we fight if you are hungry and faint?" Liu Tichun finally gave the most difficult order.

Chapter 523: Tong Yangjia's Human Shells

A little distance to see, but why is it so difficult to get close?

This is not that the Ming army is incompetent, but that the puppet army is too cunning.The Ming army's true combat power could not be displayed at all, and they had to be dragged down to death.

In Li Yan's words, Liu Tichunbu is a bait for this battle.If you don't set this bait, Hong Chengchou, a big fish, will just stay in the capital and use the capital as his nest to fight against.

It’s all right now, the big fish has moved its nest, but the fish is too big, and the fishing line is about to be broken, and the fisherman can’t help yet.

In the field, large marching pots were placed on the newly dug stove pits, and large pieces of horse meat were thrown into the boiling pots.Not far away, the crowd stared at the pot like hungry wolves. If there were no bayonets to stop them, the horse meat would have been looted and eaten raw.

"Stew it on high heat, stew it vigorously. It's all stewed for me, no big pieces of meat are allowed." A person in charge of logistics yelled at the fire-headed soldiers.

Thirty miles away, even if Liu Tichun killed all the horses, it would not be enough for everyone.He can only guarantee that part of the attacking troops will be fed first.

The broth has been boiled for a full two hours, except for the bones, the meat has been boiled to pieces.But this kind of soup is really delicious, although there is no seasoning, but Yuan Zong drank five bowls in one breath for the first time.

"Old Liu, the civilians we abandoned yesterday have followed up again. What do you think, should we not let them approach the troops?" Yuan Zongdi's pale, hungry face finally recovered.

"Of course they can't be allowed to approach the army. Who knows if there are spies from the puppet army there? Aren't these people short of food? Where did they get the strength to keep up?" Liu Tichun said.

"It's not easy. Hong Chengchou doesn't give food, and we have food within a hundred miles around. Where can these people go if they don't run towards us?" Yuan Zongdi replied.

"We are the only piece of meat, and all the wolves are after us?" Liu Tichun said.

"You don't know until now? He, Li Yan, used our brother as a piece of meat to catch Hong Chengchou. Who knew that Hong Chengchou himself came here with a pack of wolves?" Yuan Zongdi said.

"Don't talk nonsense. Li Yan has been very good to us old buddies in the past few years. It is because you and I are not capable enough to meet the combat expectations." Liu Tichun hurriedly blocked Yuan Zongdi's mouth, this guy likes to talk loudly.

Although Li Yan and the generals from the old battalion who broke into the army were not on the same mind, he didn't intend to wear small shoes.In terms of factions, the faction of the former Luzhong Army is actually the weakest, but it holds the greatest power.

"Now that we have no horses, it is impossible to carry out another assault. How will we fight for the remaining [-] miles?" Yuan Zongdi asked.

"It's a life-and-death moment. We can no longer be as scruples as before. People die in wars, and we will all die here if we don't die. I decided to kill a bloody road and complete this final march." Liu Tichun The resolute look in his eyes made one feel as if his heart had been stabbed.

"It should have been like this a long time ago." Yuan Zongdi immediately stood up.

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Hong Chengchou stayed alone in the military tent and did not allow anyone to disturb him.As a civil servant, he has always disliked touching weapons.But today, Hong Chengchou sat upright with a long sword in his hand.

He was not surprised that the Ming army occupied Tianjin Wei's wharf, but the fact that the Ming army could have a strong shipping capacity was beyond his expectations.In this competition, Hong Chengchou's calculation was to drag down the supplies of the Ming army, and then rely on food and grass to finally win without a fight.

But for the last thirty miles, if Liu Tichun is allowed to finish all the journey, then he will undoubtedly lose.But Hong Chengchou is not completely without chance, because intelligence has shown that Liu Tichunbu only has the ability to make the final blow.And the reinforcements on the pier were unable to get through the thirty miles.

"Boom..." The Ming army's attack began.

Hong Chengchou was shocked, he stood up slowly, and then walked out quickly.

"Commander, the battle has begun." Tong Yangjia saw Hong Chengchou come out, his expression was very excited.In Tong Yangjia's heart, Hong Chengchou is really too powerful.

It has been five full days since the battle in Qingxian County. Tens of thousands of Ming troops were dragged down, and many were killed and injured, so that they are now facing a situation of being surrounded.On the side of the puppet army, there was almost no loss.

The army is still there, the food is still there, and hundreds of thousands of people are still imprisoned in their hands.How can Hong Chengchou's calculating ability make people unconvinced!

"Send up the first appetizer you prepared." Hong Chengchou said lightly, as if it was really just a dish.

"Dele. Take a look, Commander." Tong Yangjia ran away happily.

A huge wooden fence door was opened, and countless people looked at the vicious puppet army outside in horror.

"The adults stay here, and the children take away." Tong Yangjia only had a murderous look on his face, showing no mercy.

"Master Jun, please do me a favor, don't take our children away!"

The crowd was crying, and the voice was so hoarse that it seemed to come from hell.

"Want a child? It's very simple. Do what the official tells you to do. Otherwise, your children will be like them." After Tong Yangjia finished speaking, he drew his knife and hacked several four- and five-year-old boys to death on the spot.