Chapter 270 Time is like a song

Walking into the gate of the General Military Mansion and smelling the faint aroma of wine in the air, Ma Yong hesitated again.

Zhou Wen's advice before he arrived also echoed in his ears again.

"You can wait until General Zhao Shen has left before reporting. If you go now, General Zhao Shen will definitely ask for it, and our commander-in-chief will definitely give it to you, and a lot of it. Although this batch of food is quite large, we still need it.

Keep it all in our own hands, after all, our consumption is too great."

It cannot be said that Zhou Wen's words are unreasonable.

Because they had to wait and pay attention to the naval battalion's attack situation, the entire staff office did not have a day off.

As a result, the entire staff office, which was screaming in excitement and ecstasy, quickly fell into an eerie silence.

Zhao Jin entered Yuezhou City late last night.

Came from Changsha.

After Zhao Jin discovered that Zhang Xianzhong suddenly moved his army westward, he immediately took the risk and sent troops from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi Province, east of Changsha, and then quickly occupied Changsha, which had become an empty city.

Because Zhao Jin's attack was too sudden and too fast, he almost blocked Liu Wenxiu south of Changsha. Fortunately, Zhao Jin, who only had 5,000 soldiers, knew how many pounds he had, so he just held on to the city of Changsha.

Liu Wenxiu, who was chasing Zhang Xianzhong, did not have the time to compete with Zhao Jin, and chose to take a detour with tens of thousands of troops.

After Zhao Jin calmed down and observed for a few days, he felt that it was necessary to come to Yuezhou to find out the situation and resolve any doubts with Li Ping. Then he rushed over day and night with only his personal guards.

Li Ping was greatly surprised by Zhao Jin's sudden visit. He immediately made the decision to give the entire army a day off today and issued an order not to be disturbed by anyone unless there was an urgent military matter.

Most people in the staff office are well aware of the extraordinary relationship between Li Ping and Zhao Jin. Many people also know that Zhao Jin takes Li Ping's things as if they were his own, and Li Ping's demands on Zhao Jin are almost unlimited.

Nothing should be done.

Even if you didn't understand it before, you should know it now.

Zhao Jin was probably the only one who could make Li Ping make an exception without hesitation and open the city gate late at night to let people in.

As for the relationship between Li Ping and Zhao Jin, Ma Yong certainly knows better!

Although he already knew that Zhao Jin would leave this afternoon because the staff office wanted to arrange escort troops for Zhao Jin, Ma Yong did not hesitate and decided to report to Li Ping immediately.

With the help of the reconnaissance company, the naval battalion and attached infantry under the strict command of Yan Ming successfully caught up with Zhang Xianzhong's sneaky grain transport fleet, and also wiped out the two fleets that were divided into two groups.

In the end, a total of nearly 400 grain ships were seized, and the grain was conservatively estimated to be more than 2 million kilograms, which could feed at least 70,000 people for a month.

Currently, these grain ships are sailing quickly and smoothly down the river to Dongting Lake under cover, and will reach Yuezhou in the near future.

Ma Yongdon didn't dare to suppress such important news, he didn't even think about it.

However, on the road, when the horse bumped and his head began to enter a state of silence, the excited Ma Yong gradually couldn't help but think too much, and then he felt more and more that what Zhou Wen said made sense.

When he arrived at the gate of the General Military Mansion, Ma Yong really hesitated, wondering whether to just listen to Zhou Wen's advice.

But looking at Yang Ming and Yang Yukun kneeling at the door, Ma Yong felt that if he really did that, he was playing with fire.

Of course he knew why Yang Ming and Yang Yukun came here to kneel, and he also knew why this guy was ignored.

Moreover, in the staff office at that time, except for silence, no one agreed with Zhou Wen.

So Ma Yong quickly decided to eliminate Zhou Wen's idea that made him feel terrible and crazy.

But when I entered the General Military Mansion, I smelled the alcohol that I had been drinking for no matter how long it was wafting into the outer courtyard. I saw a lot of goodies ranging from jewelry, precious calligraphy and paintings to shredded tobacco and chili peppers being packed in the courtyard.

Ma Yong hesitated again.

Especially when he learned that the banquet organized by Li Ping with breakfast had ended, and currently Li Ping, Zhao Jin, Song Baolai and Zhao Lanyue were chatting in the room for the last time before leaving.

However, after hesitating, Ma Yong finally did not dare to make his own decision. Looking at the backs of the guards who went to the inner house to communicate, he just sighed deeply and uneasily.

Then……

1,000 knives, no, 2,000 knives.

3000 spears.

Um…

1,000 sets of short armor and helmets.

There are also 100 bows and 500 blunderbuss.

By the way, plus all the three-eyed guns and fire guns we captured.

Well...and all the artillery we captured...plus 20 of our homemade artillery pieces.

War horses! Yes, there are 100 war horses, and other large animals... 300!

What more?

Yes, yes, there are craftsmen who make artillery, craftsmen who make salt, craftsmen who produce steel, Gao Lei and others have just published the injury treatment guide and the diagram of human bones and muscles...

Seeing Li Ping, whose face was red but obviously not drunk, clasping his fingers and talking clearly, Ma Yong was completely stunned.

Every time Li Ping said something, Ma Yong felt his scalp jump, and the jump got stronger the further he went.

Especially when Li Ping mentioned artillery and war horses, Ma Yong shook his head vigorously several times to make sure he heard correctly.

Ma Yong knew very well what those represented.

Li Ping basically took out all the goodies and secrets they had hidden in the box and shared them.

Especially since Zhao Jin didn't ask for these things, but Li Ping took the initiative and insisted on giving them.

Zhao Jin actually didn’t mention a word!

But Ma Yong knew that he would not hear wrongly, and he also knew that Li Ping's mind was clear.

Because just now, after listening to his report, Li Ping was sober and analyzed with everyone how Zhang Xianzhong, who had a large amount of food seized in the Battle of Baishui, still had so much food, and how they succeeded this time

The possible impact of robbery on Zhang Xianzhong.

"I offer the thief a lot of food.

The autumn grain had just been harvested, and Huguang, especially around Dongting Lake, was a land of plenty. Zhang Xianzhong must have been quite rich in grain.

Therefore, these losses are still bearable for Zhang Xianzhong and cannot interfere with his next move. Similarly, this should also be an important factor why Zhang Xianzhong dared to take the risk of transporting some grain by water."

Li Ping's analytical thinking is clear and clear-headed.

Moreover, Li Ping not only talked, but also wrote down all the things he wanted to give to Zhao Jin while talking, so that Ma Yong could prepare with the list to prevent mistakes and omissions.

In the end, even Zhao Jin felt embarrassed.

"It's enough for you to share some of the captured weapons and armor with me. Let's forget the rest! You have many people and many needs, so you must keep more reserves in case of accidents. And I'm not being polite to you. I can't take those people now.

There are so many things, especially those craftsmen, I don't have the energy to take care of them." Zhao Jin rarely dissuaded.

But Li Ping insisted: "Don't delay it. It's a long way to Sichuan, and it's too much trouble for me to carry too many things. As for those craftsmen, it's unknown when we will see each other again. I and I

It’s difficult for Baolai to help my elder brother since he’s far away in Sichuan, so you must stay.”

"Going to Sichuan?" Ma Yong finally couldn't help but exclaimed.

However, Li Ping just said lightly, "I'll tell you more about this later." Then he turned to Song Bao and said, "You have to take care of the craftsman matters. I guess some people will be unwilling to do it when we go to Sichuan."

Keep following along, just like we did in Xiangyang, leaving everything to my eldest brother."

"Yeah." Song Baolai, whose face was red, nodded sharply without any doubt.

But Zhao Jin was still very embarrassed.

Li Ping had no choice but to continue to persuade: "Brother, we can no longer only consider the peasant army and the Ming government. We must now seriously consider the issue of fighting the Qing army. To fight the Qing army, if you are skilled with bows and horses, you will use short attacks.

It’s hard to find happiness on your own, what we need is the generational advantage in weapons and equipment, firearms are our strength..."

Ma Yong felt that he couldn't bear it anymore.

Peasant Army!

Ming government!

Qing army!

Generation difference advantage!

…

These unabashed and unfamiliar words made Ma Yong frightened, even though he had long been accustomed to Li Ping's constant emergence of new words.

He knew this time was different.

Until he left the General Military Mansion, Ma Yong was still in a state of confusion for a long time. He did not expect that so many accidents would be reported in the victory, and then he realized that he must let some things rot in his stomach forever, especially

You can't let Zhou Wen know half of it.

Perhaps it was Li Ping's selflessness and hemorrhage that touched Zhao Jin, or perhaps he realized that it would be really difficult to see each other again after parting ways. After Ma Yong left, Zhao Jin couldn't help but fondly recall his and Li Ping's military years.

Recalling their acquaintance, mutual understanding, growth and various interesting stories.

This time, Zhao Lanyue, who had been leisurely accompanying her, was shocked. Especially when she found that Song Baolai looked calm, Zhao Lanyue was even more angry and annoyed.

But she adjusted quickly.

There was no questioning or getting angry. Zhao Lanyue just pinched Li Ping twice as if flirting with him, and then glared at Song Baolai several times, which scared the guy so much that he shuddered several times, and then
To be continued...