Chapter seven hundred and fortieth forced to fight
"My brother is looking for two brothers today just because you are smart. Tell me, so many people are following us and we can't chase them away or throw them away. What should we do?" Yao Liang asked Fu Sheng with a sad face, Ye Zhong said.
At first, seeing the staff expansion, Fu Sheng and the others were really emboldened. But after walking for a while, they realized that something was wrong, because they were almost unable to provide food for so many people. For this reason, Yao Liang privately asked Fu Sheng
Sheng, Ye Zhong called over.
"How many days can the army have supplies?" Fu Sheng asked.
"Seven days!" Yao Liang replied, "This is only counting the current headcount. We don't know how many people will join us below."
According to the rules of the Runing Army, the troops going out will bring enough food and grass to last for a month. However, after being divided by the refugees and bandits who took refuge, Yao Liang's troops now have very little left.
"Then can we ask the book master at the back to give us some food?" Ye Zhong suggested.
"I've already sent someone to ask. This book master...! Oh -! He refused." Yao Liang looked helpless.
"Why not?" Ye Zhong asked strangely.
"Master Shu refuses to disobey the order! Alas!" Yao Liang sighed again and said, "It took some hard work, but he was reluctant to take those old, weak, sick and disabled people back."
By now, Yao Liang and the others have gathered more than 60,000 refugees and bandits, and more than 10,000 people have been selected as auxiliary soldiers. At this time, they are already riding a tiger, because changing their tune and no longer gathering refugees will greatly harm you.
Ning Jun's credibility makes it even more impossible to disperse those who have gathered together.
Moreover, Yao Liang and the others also calmed down from their initial enthusiasm for success. They suddenly discovered that they had violated the military order of the Runing Army, which was to expand the army without permission.
Although Yao Liang's behavior was excusable. One of the policies of the Runing Army at this time was to capture and plunder the population, but after all, they did not get Xue Yongli's permission, so Shumo, who was protecting the rear, opened his eyes and closed his eyes, pretending
I don't know.
But at this time, let Shu Mo openly support and provide food and grass? He definitely does not have the courage. Therefore, Shu Mo is willing to take those old, weak, women and children back to Germany as a captive population, which is already very good.
"No matter what, the people who have been organized into our army cannot be dispersed. Anyway, we have sixteen thousand or seven thousand. Even if we make arrangements after returning to Runing, we have to get over the addiction of the town commander first. Hahaha——!
"Fu Sheng is also optimistic. He even dreams of being "promoted" out of thin air.
"You have to find a good time in your dreams!" Seeing Fu Sheng drooling and being beaten, Yao Liang became furious, "I want you to think about how you will get through these days? Where will you get food?
What are you doing with these useless things?"
"Isn't there still seven days left? We have climbed to Kaifeng City, but there is still no food there? Besides, as long as we get to Kaifeng, with our strong soldiers and horses, we can ask the civil servants in Kaifeng City to obediently give us the one hundred thousand taels of silver promised to us.
Hand it over. Even if it's a small crime, Mr. Li won't make it difficult for us. Brother Yao, what are you worried about?" Fu Sheng said nonchalantly.
"Still crawling?" Yao Liang became even more angry, "You promise not to fight with the thieves on the road? As long as the stalemate lasts for three days, we will be without food."
"We have nothing to do with that matter!" Fu Sheng said irresponsibly, "Anyway, Xiaoye and I will be crossing the Yellow River at that time, so it's not my place to worry about. Besides, all I know is fighting and military supplies.
You should ask Xiaoye about it!"
Fu Sheng handed over the problem to Ye Zhong with a long pass. Since "sharing adversity", the friendship between these three people has become deeper, so some words can be said casually. Moreover, the three of them also cooperate in the military.
, usually when something happens, Yao Liang takes command, Fu Sheng is responsible for fighting, and Ye Zhong mainly handles military supplies.
"Xiao Ye!" Yao Liang immediately turned his gaze to Ye Zhong, who was shrinking his neck. Look at my brother's expectant eyes!
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Ye Zhong could only sigh helplessly: "Hey——! Let's go faster! If it doesn't work, find a nearby county to collect grain."
"How to conquer? Look at what we look like. We are almost like thieves. Which county dares to open the city gate?" Yao Liang asked.
"Then why do we bring so many artillery?" Ye Zhong blurted out. But when he saw Yao Liang and Fu Sheng were deep in thought, he immediately added hurriedly, "If the county is willing to provide food,
You don’t have to go to the city. It’s best to scare you. Then you can wipe your butt in the future. Besides, two brothers, this is the idea of the three of us. If there is any problem, we should share it together!”
"Got it! Got it!" With the solution to the problem, Yao Liang was in a good mood. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "It's Xiaoye's brain work. We can't take the credit, it's just his idea. Haha.
Ha ha--!"
Yao Liang and Fu Sheng immediately laughed heartlessly.
"No! Two brothers! Two grandpas!" Ye Zhong immediately became anxious. Yao Liang and Fu Sheng laughed even more cheerfully.
"Don't be happy, all of you!" Ye Zhong became even more anxious after being teased, "We might even encounter civilian thieves and fight first."
At this moment, a soldier suddenly came over and reported loudly: "Sir! The detective cavalry has learned that there are more than 20,000 civilian thieves forming an array thirty miles ahead, and they will fight with us."
"Grass! Crow's mouth!" Yao Liang immediately scolded Ye Zhong.
"I'll take care of the fighting. Then I'll go to the front to arrange the troops." Fu Sheng also immediately put away his smile and rushed to the front line with his own soldiers.
After the spies sent by Li Zicheng confirmed that there were a large number of old, weak, women and children in Yao Liang's troops, he finally accepted Niu Jinxing's advice and prepared to evacuate Kaifeng and rush to Ruzhou. Of course, during this evacuation, he must protect his own
There was no way out, so Li Zicheng left 20,000 soldiers led by He Yaoqi to stop Yao Liang's troops and prevent an attack on Kaifeng City.
But when the troops withdrew from Kaifeng City, not a single soldier in the city dared to leave the city. There were only Chen Yongfu's 9,000 Ming troops in Kaifeng City, and there were only over 10,000 strong men in the city, so they would never dare to go out of the city to attack rocks with eggs. Let alone
He said he had to beware of scammers who broke into the camp.
So He waved the flag and moved his troops in front of Yao Liang's troops to block their advance and prevent them from making a sudden attack and threatening the flanks of the camp.
He Yaoqi, on the other hand, had the idea of blocking Yao Liang's troops. He only needed to pester Yao Liang for a few days to prevent them from threatening the camp and retreat. He did not want to engage in an immediate decisive battle with Yao Liang's troops.
But in this way, Yao Liang was forced to take the initiative to attack. Because if the delay continued, Yao Liang's troops would face a shortage of food. So facing the formation with flags waving, Yao Liang's troops also faced each other tit for tat, and gradually launched