471 Work hard (for the leader Bai Lan Tianci 5/11)
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Dehua, who was standing next to him, smiled sinisterly, and then said to him: "We are in urgent need of military rations now. We have a suggestion for the Governor. We might as well raid the grain stores in Nanjing and requisition them for military use. We will have more supplies later."
Pay back the food after you get it.”
"..." When Ma Shiying heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "Isn't this bad? If I really do this, it will definitely cause panic. Ordinary people in Nanjing cannot buy food, and they will be the ones who suffer in the end."
Wang Dehua heard this and did not take it seriously. He replied to Ma Shiying: "If the war is affected by the issue of military rations and the bandit Zhang Xianzhong breaks through, what do you think will happen to you, the governor?"
After saying this, seeing Ma Shiying's expression change, he continued: "The local affairs in Nanjing are naturally under the control of the local government. When the governor enters Nanjing, this traitor cannot make any mistakes. And if Huang Degong
If we live up to our expectations and can solve this crisis without using the military rations collected by the Governor, we can then return them to the grain merchants and quell the food chaos in the city. The most important thing is..."
"What is it?" Ma Shiying asked involuntarily after hearing this.
After Wang Dehua heard this, he did not look at him, but looked at his fingernails, as if he was studying what was between the nails, but he said: "You can also take the opportunity to announce that hoarding of Qiju food is strictly prohibited, and you can come back to our house.
To help you, if you find someone violating the ban, you can also collect their food to make up for this loss."
Ma Shiying took a deep breath after hearing this. He had a new understanding of Wang Dehua, who was usually smiling. He really deserves to be the owner of Dongchang Factory!
After thinking for a while, Ma Shiying finally shook his head and said: "The most important thing for me is to deal with the bandits and rectify the place. I'd better forget about this extraneous matter first!"
Wang Dehua was not angry after hearing this, as if the person who had just come up with the idea was not him at all.
However, when he and Li Ruolian walked out of the lobby, they said lightly: "When it comes to loyalty to the emperor, it still depends on us!"
After hearing this, Li Ruolian just smiled and said: "The Governor also has his difficulties. We can just do our duty. As for what he does, as long as it does not violate His Majesty's wishes, we have nothing to do with him!"
Wang Dehua listened and nodded casually as a response.
For him, he didn't actually lose anything. It could even be said that if this matter was heard in Datian through Li Ruolian's secret report, it would also gain favor with Emperor Chongzhen.
Wang Dehua's words kill two birds with one stone. He can be described as a cunning old man!
Ma Shiying ultimately only listened to half of Wang Dehua's suggestions.
He sent out troops and collected food from half of the grain stores in the city for military use. As for pacifying the area, he left it to the local government and didn't care about it himself.
Anyone who can open a grain store in Nanjing must have someone behind him. Even most of the grain stores are related to the nobles of Nanjing.
Ma Shiying's actions immediately aroused attacks. No matter nobles or Nanjing officials, they all condemned Ma Shiying's barbaric behavior and wanted to impeach him.
If it weren't for the presence of the army, a civil uprising would have occurred immediately.
However, Ma Shiying didn't care about this and was busy mobilizing troops and generals.
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Near noon, Zhang Xianzhong's bandits left corpses on the ground and retreated. The fighting in Liu Liangzuo's camp temporarily stopped again.
Although it was in vain, Zhang Xianzhong was very excited because he was watching the battle from the rear and found that Liu Liangzuo's firearms, whether they were artillery or muskets, were already weak.
As an old thief who had been fighting for so many years, he guessed based on the intensity and time of the battle that Liu Liangzuo's army had almost exhausted its gunpowder.
What troubled him the most was the superior firepower of Liu Liangzuo's troops. Now that it was better, if it was just a hand-to-hand fight, the troops would be superior and Liu Liangzuo would be defeated in the afternoon.
The development of the matter was not unexpected, and Zhang Xianzhong spoke a little louder. He called Zhang Kewang and told him: "You are almost rested here. Next, cooperate with the infantry to attack. Remember,
If we defeat Liu Liangzuo as soon as possible, we will be able to break through the encirclement as soon as possible!"
Zhang Kewang was also observing the battle situation. He and Zhang Xianzhong had similar expectations, so he felt confident and immediately responded: "Don't worry, foster father, I know what I know!"
"That's right, your temperament is the most like mine, so do your best!" Zhang Xianzhong praised him after hearing this. Before he could speak, he saw several detective horses galloping towards him.
Suddenly, he stopped talking. Years of battlefield intuition made him feel that Tan Ma might have something urgent to report, and it might not be good news.
Sure enough, in just a moment, Tan Ma arrived in front of him. The leader of Tan Ma, without even waiting for the horse to stop, immediately dismounted and reported to him hastily: "Your Highness, the imperial officers and soldiers were spotted five miles behind.
Judging from the flags, the reinforcements should be led by Huang Degong."
"What?" When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he jumped up immediately. The bloodshot eyes that had subsided a little suddenly became filled with blood again, and his eyeballs almost popped out. He shouted sternly: "Say it again!"
In fact, he heard it clearly. The spy's report was loud enough.
However, he didn't want to hear the news.
At this time, Liu Liangzuo's army had not yet broken through, and Huang Degong's troops came from behind. Moreover, after fighting here for so long, the morale and morale of the army were exhausted.
If nothing else, the arrival of the imperial reinforcements had a devastating blow to his side's morale.
When he decided whether to fight this battle, he had already anticipated the risks, but he believed that Huang Degong's reinforcements would not arrive so quickly. Therefore, in a desperate move, he thought of taking this opportunity to break through the blockade and travel to the nine heavens!
As a result, I didn't expect that this desperate move would actually lead to my own death.
Didn't we agree to alienate Huang Degong? Didn't we agree that Huang Degong was also quite dissatisfied with Ma Shiying?
I originally thought that those Nanjing nobles were Ma Shiying's pig teammates, but unexpectedly, they have now become his pig teammates!
Zhang Xianzhong didn't believe that those Nanjing nobles would help Ma Shiying set this trap! If they really had this intention, the Ming Dynasty would not be in such chaos!
But now, it's too late to think about anything. It's superfluous to think about anything else.
What should we do now?
It's only five miles, not far at all. There's simply not enough time to capture Liu Liangzuo's barracks. It's inevitable to be attacked from both sides.
Once we are really in a situation where we are attacked from both sides, the end of the entire army will be certain.
At this time, if he could surrender, Zhang Xianzhong would definitely surrender. He had done this kind of thing more than once.
However, the key issue is that the dead emperor has already decreed that he will not accept his surrender.
In other words, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to surrender.
In this case, there is no need to choose. If you don’t want to die, the best thing to do is to escape first. How much can you escape?
He has also experienced this situation!
With this in mind, Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered the entire army to assemble and prepare to leave.
Xu Yixian, the military advisor on the side, saw it and reminded Zhang Xianzhong: "Your Highness, be careful that Liu Liangzuo leads the troops to pursue us and hold us back!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong turned his head and looked in the direction of Liu Liangzuo's military camp. After thinking for a moment, he called Zhang Kewang and ordered him: "Lead the cavalry to the rear. If Liu Liangzuo leads the troops in pursuit, scare him. He will
If you don’t know the details, you will definitely shrink back!”
As for Liu Liangzuo, of course he didn't sleep all night. Ever since the main force of Zhang Xianzhong's army arrived, he had been persisting. At most, he only squinted his eyes between battles.
At this time, he was looking at the bandits outside, wondering what kind of attack he was going to launch, when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Based on his experience, he can naturally tell at a glance whether the bandit army outside is preparing to fight or to run away!
Therefore, when Liu Liangzuo saw that the bandit seemed to be preparing to run away, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
As Zhang Xianzhong expected, his gunpowder was almost exhausted. The firearms unit's combat effectiveness will be strong when there is gunpowder. If there is no gunpowder, the combat effectiveness will immediately drop several levels.
Now that the thieves under Zhang Xianzhong have stopped fighting and are running away, it means that he has persisted.
Then, Liu Liangzuo's mind immediately became active again.
In the previous wars, we just held on to the camp. It was our duty to hold on, and there was not much military merit in total.
Seeing that all the other commander-in-chiefs were knighted, he was jealous!
However, the annihilation of bandits is not the annihilation of established captives. If there is no great merit, it is impossible to be crowned. He knows this very well.
Now, seeing that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were about to leave, he most likely guessed that Huang Degong's reinforcements were coming.
Thinking of this, Liu Liangzuo immediately mobilized his troops: If you want to run away, there is no way!
He planned to send troops to follow and pursue him so that Zhang Xianzhong's bandits would not be allowed to escape. When Huang Degong's men and horses arrived, both sides would attack in a pincer attack and they would surely win a complete victory!
However, when his generals heard his military order, they reminded him: "Commander, could this be a rogue plan to lure us out of camp?"
Upon hearing this, other generals also agreed, feeling that this was indeed possible.
Liu Liangzuo was a little hesitant after hearing this.
Let's get out of the camp. It may be a trick of the bandits. Even if this possibility is unlikely, once it is true, without the base of the camp and not much gunpowder, it is likely to be defeated.
Don't leave the camp. What if the bandits really want to run away? After fighting so hard in the front, now you just watch the bandits run away?
For a moment, he was a little embarrassed!
At this moment, Liu Liangzuo suddenly heard a subordinate shouting in a surprised voice.