After asking, everyone was silent, and Yang Guanggao had to call his name.
Most of them complained.
The Ming army generally marched at a speed of ten miles per day, which was not bad.
Now that they have marched fifteen miles, everyone feels that it is already very good.
I didn’t dare to blame the emperor for setting too high a request, so I had to put aside the difficulties and say that everyone had tried their best, but we could only go so fast.
When everyone had finished speaking, Yang Guanggao looked at Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji stood up and saluted first: "My soldiers in the Beijing camp are paid one or two and a half cents a month as military pay, and the emperor often gives them rewards.
When we march, we have food, grass and ammunition as baggage."
The battalion is pulled by carts, and everyone only wears armor and carries weapons, so they can only walk fifteen miles a day, I'm afraid they will disappoint the emperor's high expectations. " Yang Guanggao summed it up directly: "From tomorrow on, no matter what else, the bureau will be the marching unit.
The food for the last bureau will be halved.
All members of the last department in the last bureau will be responsible for cleaning the huts.
The last two consecutive bureaus will The officer’s military salary will be reduced by half.”
The next day, the troops advanced twenty miles, and the third cavalry round came to an end.
Everyone had to eat only half full.
What was even worse was the third division of the third cavalry round, which had to be dismantled before the march the next day.
Clean the hut.
In this way, everyone's enthusiasm was finally boosted by the cleaning of the latrines.
In order not to be left last along the way, each director summoned his subordinates to think of ways and come up with ideas.
The march speed accelerated day by day, and finally arrived at Guangning City on the night of the 24th. outside.
In twelve days, he walked more than 370 miles, and his average speed exceeded Zhu Youxiao's requirements.
Everyone was so tired that they went to bed early after dinner.
On July 25, Yang Guanggao entered Guangning City to meet the governor.
Wang Huazhen received him warmly.
At the welcome banquet, he introduced Yang Guanggao to the host and guest military officers and generals present one by one: "This is Fang Zhenru, the patrol commander of Liaodong.
This is the ancestor of the guerrillas of the Pingliao Army.
This is the guerrilla of the Pingliao Army."
Sun Degong".
Yang Guanggao greeted them one by one.
The civil servants bowed and the military officers knelt down.
When they knelt down, Yang Guanggao immediately stopped them and told them that they were not allowed to kneel down in the capital camp, but only performed a military salute, and demonstrated to them.
All the generals looked happy, but the civil servants did not think so.
During the banquet, Wang Huazhen raised his glass and said: "I have always believed that we cannot defend the river without fighting, but the river cannot be fought.
But the manager thinks that we cannot defend it, so why talk about war?
But I believe that it is because it cannot be defended that we can only fight."
To fight, to fight to defend, as long as I As soon as we cross the river, all the food in Haizhou will be mine.
The righteous people everywhere have been waiting for the king's army for a long time.
If our army takes Niuzhuang, there will be rebels who will offer it in the future.
With the help of the 400,000 troops from the West, Liaodong can be wiped out in one fell swoop.
You all can drink together when the time comes, and you will win."
After drinking, all the officials and generals praised the governor for his brilliant strategy, but Yang Guanggao disagreed.
The emperor said that Liaodong can only be defended now, and we can fight again after the troops are well trained.
Now even the emperor calls it the Jingying camp and the Jiannu field battle.
They are delivering food, and they know the combat effectiveness of the Guangning Army.
Many of them are just selected from the farmers and lack training.
When such an army crosses the river, it will really be like a meat bun beating a dog.
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After the banquet, Yang Guanggao and Wang Huazhen talked alone in the study.
Yang Guanggao said: "Sir Governor, Guanggao brought the capital camp here to let the soldiers adapt to the conditions in Liaodong and continue their camping training.
Please send us some guides and provide us with food and grass for ten days.
We are going to go all the way to the edge of the Liao River. , after a few days of practice, I’m ready to go back.”
Naturally, Wang Huazhen did not allow anything.
He sent a general named Cao Wenzhao with ten guides, and ordered the supply battalion of the Beijing camp to collect food and grass on their own.
After resting outside Guangning for two days, the Beijing camp began to march towards the Liao River.
Cao Wenzhao looked very capable in his twenties.
He and Zhou Yuji were similar in age, so the two quickly became familiar with each other.
Zhou Yuji found that he was literate and had read military books, which was really rare in the army, so he During breaks, the two always discussed the contents of the military book together with the actual march in the Beijing camp, and both felt that they benefited a lot.
The weather in Liaodong was already very cold, but the Liaohe River had not yet frozen, so Cao Wenzhao took everyone to Zhenwu Fort first.
Zhenwu Fort is large and well built, but there are not many guards, more than 2,000 people.
Zhou Yuji asked Cao Wenzhao and found out that Wang Huazhen dispersed his troops in various forts.
The Beijing camp then passed through Xixing, Xining, Pingyang and Luyang forts, and finally arrived at Xiping Fort, which is closest to the river.
Along the way, the speed of the Beijing camp gradually increased, and it could travel up to thirty-five miles in a day.
This made Yang Guanggao and others happy, and also stunned Cao Wenzhao, because the Guangning soldiers could travel ten miles in a day.
Not bad.
Luo Guanyi, the deputy garrison commander of Xiping Fort, prepared hot meals for the soldiers.
After four days of walking, the soldiers were finally able to take a break.
Everyone had a hearty meal and then fell into a deep sleep.
On the fourth day of August, the Beijing camp rested for a day in Xipingbao and learned about the basic conditions of the river bank, and then came to Sancha River the next day.
This is the confluence of Liao River, Hun River and Taizi River.
The narrowest point of the river is only 70 steps, and the current is very slow, making it very easy to cross the river.
The troops set up camp one mile away from the river.
After setting up camp, they began daily training.
Yang Guanggao's order was to train for two days by the river, and then continue training up the river.
Cao Wenzhao was very interested in the training of the Beijing camp.
He felt that the training methods came from Qi Jiguang, but there were some improvements.
For example, the infantry square formation suppressed the cavalry very well, so he asked Zhou Yuji curiously: "This change made Qi Shuai successful in training."
Which general was the one who punished him?
He is truly remarkable."
Zhou Yuji smiled, cupped his hands in the direction of Beijing and said, "This is an improvement made by the emperor himself, including the military system and training methods."
Cao Wenzhao was shocked.
He heard that the emperor was only seventeen years old, but he was able to further improve Qi Shuai's practice.
It was true that a saint was omnipotent.
While the Jingying camp was training, the Houjin scouts facing the river were also observing them.
Because they were separated by a river, their investigation seemed unscrupulous.
They dismounted directly and stood by the river.
Some people thought they couldn't see clearly, so they stood on the horse to look carefully.
Cao Wenzhao volunteered and asked to lead a team of cavalry to drive away the Jiannu scouts, and Yang Guanggao agreed.
Cao Wenzhao first led his men on horseback to the river and told others not to follow.
He got off his horse and walked to the bank.
He took his bow and shot towards the opposite side.
The Houjin scouts had retreated before they came.
After a few dozen steps, he was now about a hundred steps away from Cao Wenzhao.
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Cao Wenzhao's arrow fell into the river after about fifty steps.
The scout on the other side laughed contemptuously and walked back to the river
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