Chapter 144 On the March
() This order was soon passed to the Lingshan Guards on the Land. Most of the Ming army, which had already surrendered, were killed immediately. When more Ming soldiers saw that the Lingshan Guards killed prisoners, they had only one choice and escape.
More than half of the Ming army were surrounded by the Lingshan Guards. Many Ming army saw that they could not surrender or escape, and could only fight to trap beasts. However, they fought with pure firearms, Lumi guns and guns, and Lingshan Guards with nine people and one team of nine people gathered fire to attack. Some of the Ming army had already formed a group of about a hundred people, and they also collapsed in one blow. The most important thing was that they did not have the command of the general.
Therefore, the collapse has become a fact of iron attack. Stubborn resistance is just a delay, but the order to massacre and not collect prisoners is very scared. The tens of thousands of grain ships witnessed the destruction of the Tianjin Guards. It was not that they did not want to escape, but that everyone fought for the river when they ran away. The originally wide river was squeezed by tens of thousands of grain ships, and it was as slow as a snail. So it was not that they didn't want to escape, but that they couldn't escape.
They are reluctant to leave the grain, and the grain here is full of money, not to mention that many people carry a lot of things that are not food with official positions.
Li Kaiguo did not have any idea of them. At this time, he saw that the overall situation was settled, so he stood up and said to Hai Dongguan lightly: "Although the Ming army is too weak, you have a good command. I will remember your merits in this battle. When Wei Chuping arrives, you can ask him to report the merits yourself."
Haidongguan was overjoyed. He knew that this was not good. The 100th household wanted to die. Li Kaiguo said that they had made contributions, but they have not been promoted to the position of Qianhu, which shows how precious this contribution is.
Immediately he knelt down and kowtowed, and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir."
Li Kaiguo patted his shoulder, smiled slightly, and said, "The battlefield here is left to you. You must guard this place. I will take people to pick them up. When will I come back and when can I give up the port of Tianjin Wei?"
Hai Dongguan replied loudly and immediately ordered the 1,500 Jingling Mountain Guards who had been prepared long ago to land. Li Kaiguo did not bother and immediately went ashore with them. No matter the battlefield that Tianjin Guards had not cleared, they rushed directly through the Tianjin Guards' checkpoint and marched towards the direction of the capital.
This time, he had to compete with the imperial army for some time, otherwise when the craftsmen were rescued, his purpose of entering Beijing would be completely failed.
They only had twenty war horses, which were used by scouts. Even if there were a large number of war horses, the Lingshan Guards could not ride, so they could only use their feet to rush on the road. The fastest land march was only 250 miles a night. Although the end of the Tianjin Guard War was beyond his expectations, it only took half a day to fight for it, and the time was still very tight.
Therefore, he led the 1,500 Lingshan Guards without stopping, and went forward as fast as possible to meet Wei Chuping and the others. The scouts along the way were released twenty miles. After a night of march, they were nearly seventy miles away from Tianjin Guards when they were two hours away from dawn. Li Kaiguo checked the number of people, but no one fell behind. This surprised him. After thinking about it, he felt nothing.
Most of the navy on the ship were transferred from the original army. I think their foundation has not been lost. In the past, the first thing the Lingshan Guards practiced was the marching speed. The overnight running made the soldiers exhausted. Li Kaiguo ordered the entire army to be stationed for two hours to rest.
After receiving the order to rest, the hundred households accompanying him immediately sent 200 people to set up mailers, fifty people each, and every half an hour changed. All soldiers began to eat dry food and drink water. Whoever finished eating and drinking first would take off a small thin felt blanket that was only one person wide on their backs and lay them all to sleep. It was late summer, and there was no need to cover things, but they were afraid that the ground would get wet, which would cause cold air to enter the soldiers' bones, so they brought the marching felt blanket. After only a quarter of an hour, the tired soldiers all fell asleep.
Li Kaiguo was walking through the sleeping group of soldiers. Baihu was going to follow him to inspect, but Li Kaiguo saw that he was too tired, so he asked him to go to bed, and inspected the soldiers himself.
He walked through the way, and no sleeping soldier woke up, and all fell into deep sleep. Li Kaiguo looked at more than a thousand soldiers sleeping in the dark with night vision, and his heart was full of pride. Only at this time did he feel proud and happy.
At this moment, an image suddenly flashed in my mind. It was the captain of the personal soldiers who had no contact for a night that was executing his order, muttering to Li Kaiguo.
Li Kaiguo tried his best to recall this image and found that Wei Chuping and the others were not slow. They walked until night before resting. They continued to add a rip in the middle of the night, and they walked nearly eighty miles. The Jinyiwei were tough. Although they didn't know who Wei Chuping and the others were, everyone was frightened by Li Kaiguo's majesty, and they still did not raise any objections, nor did they come out to complain.
The craftsmen couldn't complain even more. Their mouths were still blocked. It was not until dark that they stopped to eat and took out the things in their mouths. The ropes tied up were not untied. Each of them threw a piece of cake and a bowl of water on the ground. Whoever had the ability would eat them, and if they didn't have the ability, they would be hungry.
This is also impossible. After all, Jinyiwei and Wei Chuping are not united, and they are not commanding like arms and fingers, so they cannot loosen the craftsmen, and they can only make the craftsmen suffer. And now they are resting in the middle of the night, and it will be bright for two more hours. After another meal, the captain of the personal soldiers thought of Li Kaiguo’s explanation. He, who has always carried out the orders without fail, immediately started to chant again, which made Li Kaiguo know their situation again.
Li Kaiguo secretly calculated that when the Lingshan Guards were resting, Wei Chuping and the others could march for another two hours, and they could walk twenty miles in two hours, which means that at about six in the morning, the two sides were only 110 miles apart, which means that after about noon, they could meet.
After the calculation, Li Kaiguo also found a place to sit down and rest. With his physique, he had not slept for a night and ran back and forth. Although he could resist his body, he always had to raise him. He was wearing that armor and did not use a felt blanket, which was easier to use than a felt blanket.
Two hours passed in a blink of an eye, and it was safe and sound. The Lingshan Guards packed up their things very quickly and marched in a row, marching while walking. It was already dawn at this time, and it was just right to speed up the marching. Although the four-hour rest could not be fully supplemented, they also recovered nearly 80% of their physical strength, and it was no problem to support long-distance fast marching.
Chapter completed!