Leap June 21st, Liuyang Daying.

The two armies of the Shun Army joined forces, and an army of 300,000 men gathered together.

The flags cover the sun, and they join forces for hundreds of miles, which is a spectacular sight.

Zhang Zhengchen and Zhang Huangyan are in charge of the central army, and their generals are like clouds.

"Everyone! From today on, we will transfer to Jiangxi and drive to Zhejiang!"

Everyone laughed and drank a bowl of Zhuangxing wine.

Afterwards, the army broke out of camp and began to move south, passing through Pingxiang, Jiangxi, and then marched towards Wan'an, with food and grass prepared along the way.

300,000 soldiers had to eat their horses to survive, but with the grain and grass allocated by He Tengjiao, and the supplies along the way, they could barely support their entry into Zhejiang.

"Finally, we are here in Huguang and are being criticized by them!" Hao Yaoqi said happily.

The other generals of the Shun Army nodded in agreement. This imperial envoy was quick and decisive in his work. He liked them very much and vented their anger, so everyone respected Zhang Zhengchen.

"But you must restrain your subordinates, and you must not rob the people along the way. Now that you are officers and soldiers, you must give face to the court!" Zhang Huangyan gave everyone the vaccination with a serious look.

"Please rest assured, Shangguan, whoever dares to violate military discipline will be killed with my own hands!" Tian Jianxiu assured with his hands raised.

Everyone nodded heavily and pledged their support.

Subsequently, various units of the Shun Army began to pack up their things and prepare to break camp.

Zhang Huangyan came to a camp of the Chinese army, where Wang Jian and his men were stationed.

The two of them had agreed to go together together, so Zhang Huangyan brought Wang Jian and others to the camp early. After all, it would cost a lot for them to stay at the inn for a hundred people.

At first, Wang Jian guessed that Zhang Huangyan might be an official.

Zhang Huangyan said that there were quite a few of them. Wang Jian thought that they were probably the escorts who were accompanying him, and there were about a hundred of them.

But when he was taken to Liuyang Camp, he realized that this guy was talking to a lot of people, and it was a special code of 300,000!

Ma Sanhe and others were busy packing up tents and loading the car, while Zhao's mother and son were sitting in the distance basking in the sun.

"Brother Wang, are you busy?" Zhang Huangyan smiled and stepped forward to help Wang Jian collect the military accounts.

"You are a high official of the imperial court." Wang Jian glanced at Zhang Huangyan and said calmly.

"It's not a high-ranking official, but King Lu likes me, so he gave me such an errand."

"Bring these 300,000 horses back, you have done a great job."

Wang Jian has learned a lot about things in the past few days. He knows that Zhang Huangyan is the special envoy of King Lu, and that he and the imperial envoy Zhang Zhengchen came to recruit the 300,000 troops to surrender.

"But it's not easy to bring 300,000 horses."

"That really depends on your ability!"

In fact, Zhang Huangyan was a little anxious. He had never had any experience in commanding an army. He didn't know if he could lead three thousand, let alone three thousand.

In the past two days, he couldn't sleep at all, and sometimes he had to get up late at night to inspect each camp.

These obedient soldiers still have many bad habits, such as drinking and gambling in the army, which are normal, and many of them still have strong bandit habits.

This is also what worries Zhang Huangyan.

The two of them packed up the tent and loaded it onto the ox cart.

Seeing the worry on Zhang Huangyan's face, I knew he was under great pressure.

"Don't worry. To unite the troops, you must first unite the generals. To unite the generals, unite the hearts. If the hearts are united, all laws will be feasible. If the generals are united, the three armies will be in sync."

Wang Jian could tell that the young man in front of him was new to military affairs and had no experience, so he couldn't help but make a few remarks.

"Only one-third of these soldiers are elite, and the rest are subordinates. Many of them have family members, so we can start from here."

Although Wang Jian spoke in a normal tone, Zhang Huangyan looked at him in astonishment as if he had discovered some treasure.

The military book he just said he had read did not contain the exact words. I guess it was his own opinion, which was quite acceptable.

But what he said next directly woke him up.

The main reason why these 300,000 troops were able to gather from Shaanxi to Huguang without being dispersed was that in addition to the presence of Tian Jianxiu and other senior generals of the Shun Army, the most important thing was that the family members of the old camp were accompanying the army.

In addition to the elite soldiers, the old camp also has family members accompanying the army. This is the anchor of the army.

As long as you hold these family members, you hold the reins.

Zhang Huangyan's worries suddenly disappeared, and his face smiled like sunshine again.

"How about Brother Wang come and help me command the army?"

"Why?"

"Aren't you Wang Jian? Back then, Wang Jian was a general with an army of 600,000, and 300,000. Isn't that easy to handle?"

"..."

Zhang Huangyan's sincere eyes made Wang Jian speechless. He ignored him and continued to load things into the bullock cart.

"Brother Wang is such a talented person, please give me a helping hand. When I return to Hangzhou, I will definitely recommend you to King Lu!"

"That won't work. I have other things to do when I get to Hangzhou."

"Hey, aren't you just looking for someone? Tell me who this person's name is. As soon as I get back, I'll send people all over the city to look for you!"

"Ying Zheng."

"Okay, I'll send someone to you when I get back...wait a minute! Who are you talking about?"

Zhang Huangyan was stunned and did not react for a moment.

"Ying Zheng???Brother Wang, are you kidding me?"

"You teased me first."

Wang Jian rolled his eyes and was busy with the work at hand.

Zhang Huangyan was confused, and then he laughed helplessly, thinking that this old man is really an interesting person.

Not far away, Ma Sanhe trotted over and reported to Wang Jianhui while wiping the sweat on his forehead: "My boss, everything is almost ready. I heard that the front army has already set off. We estimate that it will take another two hours."

Wang Jian looked at the sun, frowned at Zhang Huangyan and asked, "Walking by day and by night?"

"Yes, try to be as secretive as possible." Zhang Huangyan replied.

This was also done to delay the time for the Qing army to detect the news, and to give Duduo a little shock before entering Zhejiang.

For this reason, they chose to march to the south of Jiangxi and made a slight circle to avoid the Qing army's ranger scouts in the north of Jiangxi.

Wang Jian instantly saw through Zhang Huangyan's intention and thought that this young man did a good job. However, marching at night is more difficult, and the speed of such a large-scale march is usually between fifty and eighty miles a day. This is still in a relatively difficult terrain.

Under good circumstances.

A night march like this, plus there are family members, old, weak, women and children in the army, so a thirty-mile night march is not bad.

If we continue like this, it will be a long time before we reach Hangzhou.

"I'm afraid this won't work. The marching speed is too slow. Although it is hidden, the food and grass may not be able to support it. If the Nanchang Qing army detects it, they only need to send elite cavalry to attack, and they can even intercept the army halfway."

"What should I do?"

When Zhang Huangyan heard this, his expression instantly became solemn, like a student, humbly asking Wang Jian for advice.

"Divide the troops, family members and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army and send an elite group to escort them to southern Jiangxi for settlement and garrison. The rest will march forward lightly, traveling eighty miles a day, straight to Hangzhou!"

Zhang Huangyan quickly calculated in his mind and immediately felt that this plan was better.

Those old, weak, sick, and their families accompanying them will seriously affect the marching speed. Once the enemy attacks, it will even be further delayed.

It would be better to hand them over to Jiangxi Governor Kuang Zhao for resettlement, and then reorganize and keep those soldiers among the generals who have families who are unwilling to go to Hangzhou and hand them over to Kuang Zhao's command.

Wouldn't this be the best of both worlds? It would increase Kuang Zhao's troops without delaying their march.

"Sir, I have learned a lesson!" Zhang Huangyan bowed solemnly and said.

Wang Jian nodded, now he looked like a serious scholar who knew the classics!

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Jiangxi Wan'an County, County Office.

"A sneeze! A sneeze!"

Kuang Zhao, who was crouching at his desk reviewing official documents, sneezed repeatedly.
Chapter completed!