Li Laiheng was confident and said to Bai Wang: "Gold, silver, pearls, and shells are soft, small, and easy to carry. Needless to say, the main items are grains such as rice, wheat, beans, etc., which are more troublesome to carry."
Bai Wang nodded, and added for Li Laiheng: "The ones you have are divided into categories. It's fine to keep them in the warehouse. But when you take them out and carry them on the road, I think it's very inconvenient. Should we still count all the grains as one category? No.
How about further breakdown?"
"That's the real inconvenience." Li Laiheng pulled off a branch from the big tree on the edge of the school field, used the branches to draw a form on the soil, and explained to Bai Wang and Hao Yaoqi, "The army
The difficulty in transporting food is mainly because the people transporting food on the road also have to eat food, which consumes a lot of money. But the situation of our camp is different. Our food is mainly used for food on the road. After we leave the mountainous area, we still have to eat food.
enemy."
Li Laiheng filled in the different types of grain and storage dates in the form one by one, and explained: "So when we transport grain, we must pay more attention to separating different categories. According to the difficulty of transportation, eat certain types of grain first. This way you can
Understood."
It seemed that Bai Wang understood. His eyes lit up, and he began to discuss the specific regulations and methods of doing things with Li Laiheng. As for Hao Yaoqi, he was still confused. Although Hao Yaoqi in later generations became the sole leader.
A general, but it seems that his ability to govern is not very strong now.
After Li Laiheng and Bai Wang discussed it, they returned to the warehouse with dozens of soldiers from their two teams who were training in the school field, preparing to pack their bags, transfer supplies, and start preparations for breaking into camp and heading north to Shangluo.
In the old camp, other generals were also busy. Li Guo, Liu Fangliang, Li Shuangxi and others were leading their own teams to prepare their equipment. The simple camp was instantly filled with a murderous atmosphere.
There was the sound of swords and guns clashing everywhere, the gold and stone were loud, and the momentum was overwhelming. The barracks of only a few hundred people gave Li Laiheng the courage to sweep thousands of horses. They were indeed the core group of backbone troops under Li Zicheng.
At this time, Li Zicheng also walked out of the inner house. He changed his clothes. He wore an old white pointed felt hat often worn by northern farmers. The tip of the hat was folded down. This felt hat was similar to the Fan Yang hat of the Song Dynasty army.
It is very similar to Li Zicheng in Li Laiheng's imagination.
Li Laiheng liked the shape of this felt hat very much. It was very unique and had a chivalrous temperament. For some reason, when he saw the felt hat, Li Laiheng's mind flashed to the leopard-headed Lin Chong in "Water Margin"
The image of the Fengxue Mountain Temple comes from.
It was already October, and winter was gradually entering, and the weather was much cooler. Li Zicheng put on another half-old green cloth-covered sheepskin robe over an old cloth armor similar to Liu Zongmin's. In order to be ready at any time
It can be easily taken off during battle. All the buttons on the robe are loosened, but tied tightly with a battle belt.
There was a bow slung across his back, a sword and a cowhide quiver made of red lacquer and gold on his waist, with a dozen sharp arrows with carved feathers inserted in it.
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang made strict regulations: officers and sergeants' quivers were not allowed to be decorated with vermilion lacquer and gold, and offenders would be punished with death. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, only royal utensils were allowed to be decorated with vermilion lacquer and gold.
All people are banned.
Li Zicheng's quiver reveals his determination to rebel against the imperial court. It is no wonder that Li Zicheng was the only one of the more famous leaders of the civilian army in the late Ming Dynasty who never surrendered, even in a false surrender.
There are rumors that Li Zicheng pretended to surrender after being besieged by Chen Qiyu, the military superintendent of the five provinces, in Chechexia Gorge. However, in fact, neither Yang Sichang's memorial nor Chen Qiyu's own specific record of the militia's surrender at Chechexiaxia did not include Li Zicheng.
At that time, Li Zicheng was active in fighting in other areas outside the Chariot Gorge.
Chen Qiyu's memorial clearly states the leaders and strength of the militiamen who surrendered in Chexixia: the Eight Great Kings have more than 13,000 people, the Scorpions have more than 1,500 people, Zhang Miaoshou has more than 9,100 people, and the Eight Great Kings have more than 1,000 people.
There were more than 8,300 people in Wang Youyi's army. Li Zicheng and Chuangying were not included among them.
Li Zicheng paid close attention, looked around the old camp, looked at the many soldiers, and said slowly: "Everyone, we have been hiding in the mountains and forests for several months. The days of resting in the mountains are now over."
Liu Zongmin inserted a long knife into the scabbard and made a sharp whistle. He looked at Li Zicheng, put the long knife on the ground with the scabbard, and said: "Although the life of resting in the mountains is easy, there is no hope in the sky.
If we are trapped in the mountains if things go on like this, we will be trapped to death by the army."
Liu Fangliang was holding a spear in his hand. He was also wearing an armor at this time. A strand of long hair was blowing in front of his fair forehead. He looked like a noble man. He continued what Liu Zongmin said: "Yufeng
In Shangzhou in the north, people are already waiting for us very eagerly."
"Double Happiness has been conducting the investigation with Ye Wushou." Li Guo's expression remained unchanged. He always had a calm, solemn, expressionless look. He introduced the changes in the overall situation to the soldiers who broke into the camp, "The surrounding officers and soldiers
They have all gone south, and they should have gone all out to pursue the Western Camp as the leader expected."
"Yes, there is a lot of movement from the officers and soldiers, and all the roads to the north have been opened." Li Shuangxi added on the side. He was responsible for commanding the reconnaissance force that broke into the camp and stayed at night, and he had the best understanding of the situation of the surrounding officers and soldiers.
"Okay!" Li Zicheng raised the long sword in his hand high. It was a very strong and sharp sword. In Li Zicheng's hands, it was not only a murderous weapon, but more often it was also a battle flag, leading the troops to break into the camp.
The soldiers charged into battle.
"It's time to break camp." Li Zicheng continued, "I know that everyone has a deep affection for the old camp. Although the days of resting in the mountains are hard, it seems to be safer than the days of being in a precarious battle outside."
"But there is no food in the mountains. The opportunity to break through Zhuxi County like before is really rare. If we continue to be trapped in the mountains, we will only die of starvation. The only way is to go north to Shangzhou, break out of the official army's ten-sided net, and break through
Only the camp has a glimmer of hope and a way to survive."
"Break camp...head north!"
The fighting star is swallowed up by the peaks, and the sword energy of the vast mountains and rivers is dim.
The clouds that separate the world are like the sea, and Tianlu Ridge is separated as the door.
The camp, the school field and the iron flagpole in the mountains were finally abandoned. Li Laiheng looked back at the old camp in the valley and couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant to leave. In the Poluo Village deep in the mountains of Yunyang, he spent his time in the village.
In the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty, it was a period of time when one felt most at peace and had the most hope for the future.
"The autumn wind and clouds are gloomy in the abandoned camp, and the sound of swords and halberds can be heard in Daqi at night!"
Winter was approaching in the mountainous areas, and the weather was getting colder. A gust of northwest wind swept through, and Li Laiheng felt a chill all over his body. He wrapped the thin shorts around him a little tighter, and started to march further north.
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Li Zicheng, together with Liu Zongmin and other generals, had already made a plan and decided to bypass Baituguan and turn eastward. Passing through Jiyang Gang, then along the bank of Baishi River, avoiding Qingtong Pass in western Yunnan where there might be some troops stationed.
Passing through Manchuanli at the junction of Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, they entered Shangzhou, and then headed north to Longjuzhai to join forces with Tian Jianxiu.
On this road, except for the section along the bank of Baishi River, there are mostly mountain roads that have to climb over mountains and ridges, which is difficult to walk. However, in this way, it is possible to avoid the small number of officers and soldiers left behind by Yang Sichang to guard the border between Shaanxi and Hubei, and try not to alert others.
entered Shangzhou territory.
The march to break into the camp was very strictly organized. During the march, the flags on the palm plate were in front, and each team followed in sequence. The marching order was also arranged. Sometimes the first two teams were in front, and the fourth and fifth teams were behind (responsible for covering) six and seven.
Quickly advance on both sides of the team and center the rest. Doing so will undoubtedly greatly improve the safety factor during the march.
During the noon break and meal, it was also in an orderly manner. Send one person at the intersection to shout "a certain team is here" and the team will go to that road. The next day, the order will be adjusted again, and the cycle repeats.
Breaking into camps was often extremely cautious during the march, and of course this was learned through bloody lessons. Li Zicheng was often ambushed by the Ming army in early battles, so later on, the people's army attached great importance to the protection of the march.
However, this approach caused another big hidden danger in the march of the people's army. That is, the leader of the people's army was too far forward. During the battle, the leader was often ambushed by the Ming army and later the Qing army.
For example, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Ming army led by Deng shot and killed Zijin Liang, the leader of the militia at Shouyang Mountain. Zijin Liang was the leader of several militia groups at that time, but such a key figure was easily shot and killed by the Ming army.
This shows the loopholes in the command of the people's army. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Ming army captured Gao Yingxiang. It was a similar situation. This was a problem caused by the leader of the people's army being too proactive and positioned too far forward.
In the history of Li Laiheng's later generations, Li Zicheng was ambushed by local soldiers and died in Jiugong Mountain, and Zhang Xianzhong was shot and killed by the Qing army in front of the battle while inspecting the terrain. These were similar situations.
In addition, it is also very particular to set up camp at night during the march.
When setting up camp, we use fire as a signal. We set up a big fire in front of our bed at night and a big fire in front of the main gate. This is all to prevent night attacks by officers and soldiers.
Not only did they set up lights everywhere, but they also thought of setting up fake camps to mislead the officers and soldiers. Many times, the real camps were more than ten miles away from the fake camps.
Once they are stationed for a long time, the civilian army will set up a guard post in advance, and the sentinel will choose one person for each team to climb up and watch. Once they see any movement, they will notify Tangma and the main force behind. Often when the Ming army makes a surprise attack, the civilian army will
But preparations have been made, so it is often the officers and soldiers who steal the chicken but lose the rice.