Ten days later, Yuzhu led the main force to attack the army and left Changsha in a mighty manner.
Due to the shortage of ships, Yuzhu led the new army by land, while Fubiao's Chinese army and artillerymen went by boat.
There is no way, the Fubiao Chinese Army and the Artillery Armors are much better equipped and well-paid than the average Green Battalion soldiers.
However, their mobility on their feet is still very poor, and they can only walk thirty miles a day at most.
According to the plan, Fubiao's Chinese army and artillery armor will go north along the Xiangjiang River, pass Dongting Lake, Changdefu, and then go south along the Yuanjiang River until they reach the rear material storage point for this campaign - Chenzhou Fucheng.
The terrain of Sanxiang is mainly composed of plains and hills. However, there are three large mountain ranges running from north to south.
Namely, Wuling Mountain in western Hunan, Xuefeng Mountain to the west of Xinhua, and Luoxiao Mountain on the border with Jiangxi.
The influence of the terrain and landforms on the march at this time is particularly important.
Yuzhu was not reckless. After finding someone to thoroughly understand the terrain, he personally led his troops to the expedition.
After the New Army left Changsha, they passed through Ningxiang County at a speed of seventy miles per day, from Taojiang Ji (today's Taojiang County) where Yiyang belonged, crossed Zishui, and climbed over the gentle Xuefeng Mountain remnant to reach Chen.
Prefecture City (Yuanling County).
Nowadays, Yuzhu is the local emperor of Pianyuan Province. The speed of his march is no longer restricted by the Ministry of War. He can freely decide the route and pace.
The soldiers were on foot, riding horses, and all the supplies such as grain and grass were loaded on horse-drawn carriages or mule carts.
The entire army was in a semi-mule-like state, so the marching speed was naturally not slow.
As for horse-drawn carriages and mule-drawn carriages, in fact, most of them were forcibly collected.
At this time, the government had the right to requisition civilians, ships, horse-drawn carriages and mule carts at will without spending a penny.
After a journey of more than 800 miles, Yuzhu led the army and arrived at Chenzhou Fucheng in just thirteen days.
However, the carriage of food supplies took two more days to cross the remaining mountains of Xuefeng Mountain.
There was no way, no matter going up or down the mountain, a lot of manpower was required. Using ropes to pull the grain carts, the marching speed naturally slowed down.
According to Yuzhu's plan, because Chenzhou is a capital city with a high city, deep ditches, numerous granaries, and a population of 50,000, it is most suitable to be used as the general logistics base for the front line.
As the old saying goes, if you want to level the Five Halls in the West, you must first level Luxi.
Material transportation in the entire western Hunan region relies almost entirely on water transportation, and the river hub for water transportation is in Luxi.
When Liu and Deng's armies marched into the southwest, they crossed the Tieshan River in Luxi and entered the Xiangxi region.
Because, from Luxi, take the waterway and pass through Qianzhou Hall (Jishou), you can go directly to Zhenyu City (Fenghuang Ancient City).
In addition, you can take a boat from Luxi and follow Jinshui, a tributary of the Yuanjiang River, directly to Mayang County.
Less than thirty miles south of Mayang is Tongren Prefecture in Guizhou Province.
According to the battle plan formulated by Yuzhu, the troops of the two eastern generals were stationed in key places such as Luxi, Chenxi and Mayang respectively.
To be honest, Yuzhu has always had great doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Green Camp soldiers.
In fact, Yuzhu does not require them to charge into the battle, but only needs to firmly defend the river defense from Jinshui to Yuanjiang.
The key to suppressing bandits is to limit the scope of activities of bandits.
The restrictions on terrain are actually mutual.
The vast mountains in western Hunan not only greatly increased the difficulty of the imperial army's invasion, but also limited the number of channels for the bandits to leave the mountains in large numbers.
Zhang Xin, the prefect of Chenzhou, led all the officials in the city and went out of the city to welcome the arrival of his immediate superior, Yuzhu.
"Zhang Xin, the magistrate of Chenzhou, who holds a humble position, pays homage to Mr. Futai." Zhang Xin bowed in front of Yuzhu's horse very respectfully.
When he was still in Changsha, Yuzhu had already heard that this magistrate Zhang was a famous corrupt official, known as: The sky is three feet high.
However, Yuzhu knew very well that this era was both an era of cannibalism and an era of corruption without officials.
If you serve as an honest magistrate for three years, you can easily pocket one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. This is a popular rumor at the time.
Of course, not every prefect can earn so much money.
As far as the entire Pianyuan Province is concerned, the three richest prefectures are Changsha, Yuezhou and Hengzhou Prefecture.
Yuzhu has reason to believe that the prefects of these three places, especially the prefect of Changsha, will definitely make more than 100,000 snowflakes of silver in three years.
However, Chenzhou Prefecture has a small population and little fertile land, so the resources that can be harvested are much less.
Yuzhu is here to suppress bandits, not specifically to eliminate corruption.
To put it bluntly, even if Zhang Xin is captured, there will still be Li Xin, Wang Xin and Liu Xin.
As long as the Qing Dynasty still rules the world, it is inevitable that corruption will continue to emerge one after another.
It is absolutely impossible to catch all the corrupt officials in this era!
If we really look into it, Yuzhu’s background is extremely unclean. If his biological father, Longkodo, is not a huge corrupt man, then who is?
Then again, when Longkodo stopped being greedy for money, Kang Mazi would become suspicious.
This is a typical paradox!
"Prefect Zhang, have all the granaries been built?" Yuzhu can temporarily refrain from eradicating corruption, but the granaries for storing grain must be ready.
"Master Futai, the granaries have been built. How about I accompany you to take a look at it?" Zhang Xin's suggestion was exactly what Yuzhu meant.
"Okay, let's go." Compared with Yuzhu's status, Zhang Xin's status is far behind, and Yuzhu has no need to deal with all the red tape.
Zhang Xin also rode on the horse and accompanied Yuzhu to see the newly built granary.
The granary is located in a large training ground near the government office.
After arriving at the place, Yuzhu took a closer look and saw that there were so many granaries as far as the eye could see, and they were arranged extremely neatly.
Even temporary granaries are not built casually.
The imperial court had already made customs. The granary must be on a high ground and cannot be flooded. The ceiling must be able to protect against violent storms, and the base must be off the ground and have moisture-proof measures.
Yuzhu was not polite at all, and immediately ordered his soldiers, Gesheha, to disperse and check the situation of the granary one by one.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He wants to see if these granaries are really good, or are they just a display for others?
Zhang Xin didn't panic at all, and still stood beside Yuzhu with a calm expression.
Zhou Quan ordered people to move the small horse to the horse, and Yuzhu sat on the small horse, drinking tea while waiting for the results of the examination.
An hour later, the soldiers Goshiha came back one after another to report that the quality of each granary completely exceeded the court's standards.
For a moment, Yuzhu was in a very good mood, and he said kindly: "Thank you for your hard work, Prefect Zhang."
From the very distant Magistrate Zhang to the more personal Governor, even if Zhang Xin is a big fool, he knows that this flattery is right.
Since receiving the letter from Fuya, Zhang Xin guessed Yuzhu's thoughts, and suppressing bandits was the focus.
The real big things are what your immediate boss is concerned about.
Therefore, Zhang Xin did not hesitate to offend anyone, even if he had to demolish more than a hundred houses, he still had to handle the matter of the new granary properly.
Seeing that Yuzhu was in a good mood, Zhang Xin plucked up the courage and said, "Fu Zun, it's getting late, it's time for lunch. I've already prepared a high-quality banquet, and I'm waiting for you."
After Yuzhu heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Prefect Zhang, to tell you the truth, I'm tired of the banquet noodles. Why don't you treat me to some meaty rice glutinous rice glutinous rice noodles?"
Mi Niao, also known as Mi Lian, is the name for rice noodles or rice noodles in Gan, Hunan, Guangxi and other places during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Ma Zi, as anyone from Hunan or Jingzhou will know, is the topping of rice noodles, similar to the spicy noodles used by Shaanxi people.
Yuzhu is a serious local emperor in Pianyuan Province. His identity and status are much higher than Zhang Xin, and he has reached the point where he can do whatever he wants.
Zhang Xin is also a sensible person. Yuzhu was born in the family of the first relative in Manchuria and served in the palace for a long time.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is really difficult to find luxurious noodles that Yuzhu has not eaten before.
"Back to Fuzun, there is a very special pig's trotter rice glutinous rice in the local area. After the pig's trotters are braised, it is served with chili, chives and other ingredients. It tastes spicy and refreshing..." Zhang Xin introduced while secretly observing
Yuzhu's demeanor.
After all, today's high-ranking officials respect eating sheep and are ashamed of eating pigs.
Zhang Xin was very worried. If he offended Yuzhu, he would be humiliated instead of seeking glory.
Seeing that Yuzhu looked very interested, Zhang Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then introduced: "Have a bowl of this kind of pig's feet rice glutinous rice, and then pair it with a plate of local sun-dried orchid pork, or mugwort cake, it's really delicious
Have fun with the people."
This tall hat looks great!
Yuzhu was immediately amused. He didn't want to have a banquet, so he ate rice noodles instead. It was actually called "having fun with the people". Alas, it's a shame that Zhang Xin thought of it!
There is no way, if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.
As a Yuzhu, the life and death of officials in the province can be decided with just a few clicks.
Zhang Xin, a small prefect, must try his best to do what he wants?
Led by Zhang Xin, Yuzhu sat in the most famous local rice cake restaurant.
After the pig's trotters noodles were brought to the table, Yuzhu nodded secretly. When he was in Changsha, people loved to eat cut noodles, which are flat noodles and wide noodles.
This kind of wide noodles is called river noodles in Guangdong.
Yuanling's pig's trotters noodles are round noodles, about twice as thick as rice noodles.
According to Zhang Xin, "Shailan Pork" is a specialty of Yuanling with a history of more than 2,000 years. The hind leg meat of the local Black Mountain pig in Yuanling is peeled, fat removed, bones removed, and tendons removed, and it is processed for ten years with unique ingredients.
It is refined and processed through several processes.
After Yuzhu was full, he ordered to give each of his officers two bowls of this pig's trotter powder.
There is no way, Yuzhu's old subordinates are all northerners, accustomed to eating noodles. They have no love for Changsha rice, wide noodles or cut noodles.
Because Zhang Xin's introduction was interesting, it immediately aroused Yuzhu's interest.
Yuanling's round noodles have an extremely long history, dating back to the time when the Qin Dynasty conquered Baiyue.
Legend has it that the soldiers of the Qin army did not like to eat rice, so some of them specially shaped the rice into rice noodles.
Later, after more than a thousand years of evolution, the local round noodles became twice as thick as rice noodles.
Yuzhu originally just wanted to give it a try, but unexpectedly, after eating the round noodles, his officers said happily that they felt like eating noodles.
Hehe, that's good. Yuzhu also breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes when looking at Zhang Xin were softer than before.