When an army of nearly ten thousand people goes on an expedition, food is a big problem. This is what is meant by the saying that food must be sent before the soldiers and horses are used.
The same is true for Nanhai Camp and Guards Camp.
Obtaining supplies from the enemy cannot be used as a normal means of supply, and in Jiang Wan's arrangement, the person responsible for supplying the two battalions with food and grass was not Zhenjiang Fort, but Pyongyang, with Zhenjiang Fort as a auxiliary.
The Guards Battalion has always stationed a troop of troops in Pyongyang, most of whom are recruited from local Koreans. This troop is in the name of the family's armed forces and is under the name of Park Renyong.
Nowadays, Park Renyong has fulfilled his wish and served as the governor of Pyongyang. However, Park Renyong knows how he came to be the governor. In addition to being extremely respectful to King Injo of the Joseon Dynasty, he is not surprised that he can do anything for this team.
The army that bears his name is also well taken care of.
The transportation from Tieshan to Pyongyang and from Pyongyang to Zhenjiang Fort in Dongjiang Town has never had any problems. This is inseparable from Park Renyong's attention. Of course, with such an army stationed in Pyongyang City, he figured out the problem
, you also have to consider whether you can bear the consequences of problems.
This year, Pyongyang was finally a little more relaxed. The Ming Dynasty people did not have such a big demand for food. It was said that the Ming Dynasty people in Zhenjiang Fort had a big harvest. Park Renyong suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.
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The people of the Ming Dynasty have been collecting food on Ping'an Road, of course, mainly in Pyongyang Prefecture, and he, the governor, is directly facing the people of the Ming Dynasty. Although the people of the Ming Dynasty are collecting food, they are not robbing food, and the amount of money they should give will not matter.
Yes, but Ping'an Road only produces so much grain, and it has to pay grain to the royal court every year. Now that there is a mother-in-law like Damingren above his head, Pu Renyong feels that this job is really difficult.
But before he could relax for a few days, the Ming people came to him again and asked for food again. This time, the food was still personally escorted by the Ming people in Pyongyang without his intervention.
Finally gone!
After returning to his mansion from the outside, Pu Renyong let out a long sigh. Running around outside in such horrible weather is really not what humans do. Only those Ming Dynasty people are not afraid of the severe cold.
"Sir, more than half of the Ming people in this city have gone out, and more than a thousand dan of grain have been transported away. I won't ask for it again this year. If I do, the price of food in the city will rise again!"
"Let him go up as much as he can!" Pu Renyong rolled his eyes and looked at his retainers: "The people of Ming Dynasty don't want to serve me well. They start to make trouble. Who will stop them? Don't look at me. I am now the governor of a government.
However, I’m afraid there are still many people who don’t want me to be the governor. Without the support of the Ming Dynasty people, can our Pu family have the final say in Pyongyang City?”
It is not that the Park family has no information channels in Seoul. The latest news is that the Park family scholar, who has always been relied upon by King Injo, and the most important backer of the Park family in Seoul, was dismissed by King Injo because of certain things that angered King Injo.
Went to Busan.
This is not a good thing for the Park family. It means that without the support of local forces, someone from Seoul may come to Pyongyang at any time and directly take away Park Renyong's position as governor.
Pu Renyong is not stupid. At this time, of course he hugged the Ming Dynasty tightly. On the other side of Tieshan, the Ming Dynasty occupied an entire city. Wang Ting didn't say anything. It can be seen that Wang Ting did not want to fall out with the Ming Dynasty.
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"That guy Shen Juncen is going to get rich this time!"
He leaned comfortably on the soft couch, thinking that when he had just seen him off, among the people who set off with the grain team, there was an extra group of Shen Juncen and his party.
Shen Juncen did not hide his whereabouts. He went to Xian'an Mansion with the grain team. Pu Renyong took a look and found that in Shen Juncen's entourage, in addition to the warriors who were guarding them, there were more than a dozen retainers of the Shen family.
If you are escorting grain and grass, you don't need to go to Xian'an Prefecture at all. North Korea currently borders the Ming Dynasty and Houjin, and they are Ping'an Road and Ning'an Road. The capital of Ping'an Road is Pyongyang Prefecture, and the capital of Ning'an Road is Xian'an Prefecture.
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Shen Juncen's self-satisfied look couldn't be concealed from him. He clearly went to Xian'an Prefecture to seize power with the support of the Ming Dynasty people. He didn't know how the Ming Dynasty people managed there. Anyway, compared with Pyongyang Prefecture, Xian'an Prefecture was inferior.
An Fu is definitely the same younger brother.
Whether it is city defense, garrison or officials, such a remote place has almost become a place where the royal court specially dispatches officials. It is much easier for the Ming Dynasty to support Shen Juncen to establish himself there than to support him to become the governor of Pyongyang.
"If this is the case, of the eight Koreas, only two of them obey the Ming Dynasty. What do Wang Ting think, and they don't react at all?"
"What other reaction can there be? Sir, you are worrying too much!"
The retainers have been following him for a long time and have a clear idea of his thoughts: "As long as there is no winner between the Ming Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, our royal court will definitely have this attitude all the time, pretending not to know. We used to beg for help."
People from the Ming Dynasty came, but the people from the Ming Dynasty refused to come. Now that the people from the Ming Dynasty are willing to take the initiative to intervene, the Wang Ting is afraid that it is too late to be happy!"
"Yes!" Pu Renyong nodded: "With the Ming people here, at least the royal court does not have to worry about the Jin people. After all, the Ming people are easier to talk to than the Jin people. Besides, we have always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, providing provision for the suzerain country.
It’s only natural to have some convenience!”
"If your Excellency thinks so, then your future will definitely be more than just this mere governor!"
The retainer laughed: "The Jin people come here every year. Now that the Ming Dynasty has conquered Zhenjiang Fort for so long, they haven't seen the Jin people coming. I've seen it. I'm afraid the Jin people won't be rampant for much longer!"
"By the way, have you delivered the gift I gave Marshal Jiang?"
Pu Renyong suddenly remembered: "When the convoy from Tieshan comes over, send someone to go with the convoy and make sure to deliver it to Marshal Jiang personally. Our Marshal Jiang is not short of money, troops and horses.
The only thing that can express our feelings is this kind of gift!"
"Everything is ready. I will handle this matter myself. I will never let you down!" The retainer laughed.
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Two days later, the motorcade departing from Pyongyang slowly approached Zhenjiang Fort. Before they even arrived, the two sisters, Kim Xiuyuan and Kim Soyeon, heard a low voice of surprise outside the car.
The two sisters looked at each other, gently opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked outside.
At this glance, the two sisters were also stunned. They saw a majestic city looming in the distance. The city was defended by dozens of miles of city walls. Although the city wall was not as tall as Pyongyang, it was impossible to see the edge.
The shock still made the two sisters a little moved.
These little twin sisters were a gift from Pu Renyong to Jiang Wan. Since the two sisters were bought back by Shen Juncen, they have carefully trained and learned various skills in serving people. In addition to their pretty appearance, the two sisters are proficient in Korean, Ming dialect, and even Jin.
What people say is good.
Pu Renyong planned to give them away for the purpose of training them. He even thought of giving these two sisters to the Jin leader stationed in Pyongyang City. If it weren't for the fact that the Jin leader's status was not that good,
Maybe he had sent these two sisters away long ago.
Today, Pu Renyong finally decided to give the two sisters to Jiang Wan in Dongjiang Town. This was the approach that he felt should be the most profitable. Before leaving, Pu Renyong talked a lot with the two sisters, but when the two sisters arrived,
What benefits Jiang Wan would bring to him was beyond his control.
"Master Cui, is that Zhenjiang Fort? Isn't it a military fort? Why is it so big? It's bigger than Pyongyang City!"
"Miss Jin, just call me Lao Cui. I'm not an adult!" Pu Renyong's confidant said with a kind face: "A few months ago, both ladies would not have been able to see this scene.
, this was built after the autumn harvest. Tens of thousands of people were used to build it here at Zhenjiang Fort, working day and night. Marshal Jiang took action, and it is absolutely magnificent!"
"very nice!"
Jin Suyuan and Jin Suyan looked at each other: "With this military fortress here, all those ferocious Jin people will be blocked. This Marshal Jiang is really a great hero!"
The carriages and horses approached the city wall, and soon someone came out. It was obviously not the first time for the people escorting the carriages and horses to come here. Soon, the entire team entered the city wall, and along this way, the curtains on the carriages were not covered by two
The little girl let it go.
Inside the city wall, there are simple roads, and there are various houses on both sides of the road. Some are residences, and some look like shops. In such a cold weather, in their impression, those poor people should be hiding.
In the house, you would even hide in bed and dare not move around, but here, there are people walking and working everywhere, and there are even many children running around.
This is not a city, but it already has the appearance of a city. However, if everything is really complete, this city must be much larger than Pyongyang City!
And all of this was done by the general named Jiang Wan, and the two of them would become the general's women in the future.
After the excitement of the two women passed, worry was clearly written on their faces. It was the worry about their own fate that they could not resist, and this kind of worry could not be covered up by any number of novel things.
Jiang Wan was in the meeting hall, handling military affairs.
The biggest consequence of the departure of Kongzi Camp is that the entire Zhenjiang Fort army has entered a wartime state. At this moment, only the Fenyong Battalion and most of the Zhongyong Battalion are stationed in Zhenjiang Fort.
, the total number was less than 8,000, and including the cavalry battalion and Jiang Wan's direct personal guards, the number was less than 10,000.
In addition to the permanent troops stationed in the four auxiliary forts, Jiang Wan conducted a major exchange of generals between the two battalions. In the process, a large number of officers who came from Jiang Wan's personal guard were
Was promoted.
Needless to say, this kind of mobilization and reorganization would help Jiang Wan completely control Zhenjiang Fort's army. Anyway, after Kong Ziying left, Zhenjiang Fort's army must not make any more mistakes.
These days, he has been busy with these things, and Gao Sheng is also exhausted mentally and physically. Zhenjiang Fort seems to be extremely quiet at the moment, but no one knows when something will change.
Jiang Wan was already mentally prepared for this.
"Beware of Song Jian directly sending troops to capture Tieshan City. Although they don't have enough ships, he must have the cooperation of the navy if he can come to Pidao. Mei Xiaofei must not let him relax even if necessary.
, you can directly ask Pyongyang for help!”
"The port over the small mountain village must also be destroyed. The Sihai fleet cannot use this port now, and Song Jian cannot take advantage of it!"
"Sir, you don't have to worry so much. This season, the sea will freeze soon. Instead of focusing on Tieshan City, it's better to focus directly on Pi Island. However, this year's autumn grains are all stored in Zhenjiang Fort. Song Jianruo will go all out."
Come on, this food and grass must be useless!"
"Also, the food team from Pyongyang City has already set off. If nothing happens to the Nanhai Battalion, there shouldn't be many problems for the food team to arrive in Kuandian. The battle report said that the Guards Battalion has been maintaining an offensive against the Kuandian Tartars.
The Tartars should not have the energy to hijack my food route!"
"Why has there been no news from Xian'an Mansion? Is Wu Sangui so procrastinating in doing things?"
Jiang Wan frowned: "No matter whether the war goes well or not, Xian'an Mansion will be his Nanhai Camp's retreat. Send someone to urge him!"
"Didn't your Excellency ask the grain team to go to Xian'an Prefecture to collect grain when they return to the city?" Gao Xingsheng reminded: "The time should not have come yet. Even if General Wu wants to take action, he has to wait for news from the grain team!"
"I'm a little anxious!"
Jiang Wan put down the pen in his hand and stood up. The map in front of him was full of ink marks. In Gao Xingsheng's eyes, Jiang Wan seemed to have arranged everything in an orderly and interlocking manner, but Jiang Wan knew it himself.
, I am obviously like dancing on a tightrope. I can't make any mistakes. Once I make a mistake, it will be doomed.
He is now extremely grateful that when he first went to Pi Island, his idea of controlling the army with food has never changed. This has led to the fact that even during Zhenjiang Fort's bumper harvest this year, the grain has been stored in Zhenjiang Fort instead of being transported to Pi Island.
If Song Jian had not come to Pi Island with a large amount of food, then the longer he delayed to take action against himself, the less likely he would be able to do it. Now that he has made it clear that he wants to seize military power from himself, he will naturally not give him any more
A grain of grain over there on Phi Island.
Since you all want to work with the imperial court wholeheartedly, then go and eat the imperial court’s money and food!
Jiang Wan also knew the purpose of Song Jian, the supervisor of the army, which was to pretend to be deaf and dumb to Zhu Youjian's peace wish. Zhu Youjian could not tolerate it any longer, especially with the war in Liaoyang.
I'm afraid that my desire for peace is even worse.
At this time, seizing the military power of Dongjiang Town and negotiating peace with the Tartars became Zhu Youjian's top priority.
Jiang Wan even felt that if he obediently handed over the general power, Song Jian might still negotiate peace with the Tartars in his own name, and wait until it was over before sending him to the capital. At that time, he would replace Zhu Youjian
It must be Jiang Wan who bears the infamy all over the world!
Don't treat yourself like a fool like this!
Moreover, Zhu Youjian looked down upon himself too much. He was just afraid of a eunuch, and with hundreds of imperial guards, did he think he could get military power from himself?
Or does he feel that as soon as his imperial edict arrives, he should die if the king wants his subjects to die, and the subjects must die?
Jiang Wan sighed, my surname is Jiang, not Yue.
Although he really wants to be like Yue Wumu in terms of attacking the Jin people, if he regards the gold medal edict as such, then they are the gold medal edict. If he does not regard them as the gold medal edict, then