"Don't worry, the Jin people invaded the south and caused great harm to Hebei, but the grain production in the various routes in Henan was basically not affected. As long as you have money, you are not afraid of not being able to buy food." Chen Xun explained that during this period, "black eating black" made Chen Xun very rich.

In troubled times, food is really an absolute hard currency.

In the futures trade in Guangzhou, the land law was implemented to restrict private grain transactions, which saved a large amount of reserve grain for the military government. However, with the rapid expansion of the military government's power, the grain was still insufficient and money had to be bought.

"I think Guangzhou has to send people there again, not only the army, but also the State Council has to draw people north." Sun Zheng suggested.

"That's right, I really have to send someone to the north to support him." Chen Xun nodded.

At the beginning, Chen Xun went north to steal horses and rob money.

Look at it now, I can't go back.

This is a rare opportunity for a chaotic situation. I must seize it firmly and take the opportunity to gain a foothold in the north.

This will be much easier than the future Northern Expedition.

"The ship is here!" A personal guard next to him reminded.

I saw a row of flat sand boats sailing from afar on the river. The fleet was too long and the tail of the team was not visible.

"Where did Ke Lei get so many sand ships?" Chen Xun was a little confused. He had been fighting with the "squad" of the Jin army recently, and he really paid less attention to Ke Lei.

"The ships collected from Jingdong East Road are also on the Huai River before." Pei Ren replied. As the intelligence leader of the military government, he was very clear about this.

"Where did people come from to sail the boat?" Chen Xun asked.

"The governor doesn't know that after the Yellow River is diverted, there is nothing short of the original river channel and the current river channel, but there is no shortage of people." Ke Lei replied.

It makes sense. Those who rely on the Yellow River to make a living are equivalent to being directly unemployed. Now the river has been washed away by the river several times and is seriously affected. They should be in a state of begging for life.

When the fleet approached, Chen Xun discovered that there were boatmen pulling boats on both sides of the Yellow River fork. He relied too much on the wind to help him when he went up against the current. It was spring now, and there were few strong windy days, so he had to rely on boatmen.

"There is really no shortage of people. We hired so many people to pull the fibers." Chen Xun sighed.

…

The handover was very smooth, and all the gold, silver and treasures seized from the golden man were transported onto the ship, and a large amount of food and grass were unloaded from the ship.

What surprised Chen Xun the most was that Ke Lei brought a thousand flintlock guns this time, as well as corresponding gunpowder and projectiles.

"The production of gun shops in Guangzhou is much faster than expected. Before sealing the iron, the efficiency of hydraulic machinery was underestimated. Now the gun shops have started to produce in three shifts." Ke Lei introduced: "There should be a thousand more next month."

"Where is the artillery?" This good news came very timely, which made Chen Xun feel very good.

"Equipped on the ship first. From Guangzhou to Xuzhou, we have thousands of miles of sea and river roads. There are too many enemies on the water surface, and we need these artillery to enhance the combat effectiveness of the warship." Ke Lei explained.

"Yes, but I'll reserve some for Xuzhou, and it may be used in the future." Chen Xun didn't say much, Ke Lei's arrangement was very suitable.

Now facing the 200,000 Jin army, I am extremely dependent on mobility and cannot run around with artillery.

"By the way, you have something to arrange as soon as possible." Chen Xun remembered Sun Zheng's suggestion just now and immediately arranged for Ke Lei to set up a hungry reception point on the Yellow River fork.

"Yes, but it's easy to say that to the east of Fengqiu City, the west of Fengqiu will definitely be threatened by Fengqiu City." Ke Lei raised his own question.

With the newly added 30,000 Jin soldiers, 40,000 Jin soldiers have gathered in the small Fengqiu City. The dragon cavalry has no siege equipment or artillery, so there is no way to deal with it.

"Then you set it up on the east side of Fengqiu City first, and I'll find a way to solve it as soon as possible." Chen Xun replied. A small county-level city squeezed for 40,000 gold soldiers. Its defensive ability is indeed strong, but the supply consumption will increase sharply. This is their weakness.

If you have weaknesses, you can be broken through.

"Okay." Ke Lei replied.

Soon, with the cooperation of a large number of people, the exchange of gold, silver, treasures and materials was completed, and Ke Lei led the fleet down the river to return to Xuzhou.

"Equip these thousand muskets to the army as soon as possible, and now we have the ability to take over the miscellaneous cavalry of the Jin army." Chen Xun said happily.

"Governor, how to allocate?" Sun Zheng asked. He already had a musket battalion under his command. According to the principle of equal distribution, it should be divided into two parts and distributed to Chen Xun and Lai Qingyun.

"You two are five hundred each." Chen Xun arranged that he had the Ma Junbat and Miao Dao Battalion. The soldiers of these two battalions were carefully selected and had super melee capabilities. They could only add to the top when equipped with muskets.

In contrast, if you equip the muskets with ordinary infantry, the combat power will be improved more obviously.

"Okay." Sun Zheng and Lai Qingyun went down to make arrangements, while Chen Xun took the flintlock rifle to check.

This batch of flintlock rifles are of better quality than the previous equipment troops. The barrel is drilled with solid iron rods, which is completely seamless.

The barrel drilled out of the water drilling machine is very smooth and straight, and its power will definitely be further strengthened.

In early March, after being harassed by the dragon cavalry for several days, the Jin army finally couldn't stand it. They gathered mules, donkeys, pack horses and other beasts in Kaifeng City that could carry people. After selecting and forming a team of 5,000 miscellaneous cavalry.

If the bull hadn't been moving too slowly, it would have been estimated that this miscellaneous cavalry would have "bullock cavalry".

Before today, there were only 500 musketeers in the Dragoon, and the loss of this miscellaneous cavalry would inevitably lead to heavy losses, so Chen Xun has always relied on his own speed advantage to avoid him.

Now it's different. The musketeers have risen to 1,500, and the third-stage shooting has completely suppressed this miscellaneous cavalry and cannot get close to it. There is an opportunity to solve it.

After this miscellaneous cavalry is solved, even if the dragon cavalry has removed the final constraints, it can cut off the supply line of Kaifeng to Fengqiu with all its strength.

...

On March 18, Pei Ren sent information that the strength of the king-supporting army in the five cities along the Yellow River in the north of Kaifeng had reached 200,000, the same as the number of Jin soldiers.

Chen Xun was rampant in Kaifeng for half a month and may not have much harm to the Jin soldiers, but his fame became very famous in the Song army camp.

With such a brave army charging forward, and with the gradual implementation of the previous alliance (sending food, money, and horses), more and more royal soldiers were mobilized to participate.

It is useless for the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji to issue an order to stop it.

Not only the king-supporting troops gathered in the north, east, south and west directions were also approaching Kaifeng step by step, but 150,000 king-supporting troops gathered in Zhengzhou City, which was close to the west.

It can be said that if the Jin army could no longer turn around the situation and cross the Hebei region, it would not take much time to say whether they could leave.

But the Yellow River has been blocked by Chen Xun. If the Jin army wants to leave, they must regain one of the five cities on the north side of Kaifeng while ensuring Fengqiu City, and build a floating bridge to successfully cross the Hebei and return.

The road to life is right in front of you, but Chen Xun can't make him happy.

Since today, the battle in Kaifeng has finally reached the "match point".

If the Chen family army could hold on, the Jin soldiers would become trapped beasts.
Chapter completed!