In a dense forest less than a hundred miles away from Sichuan, Zhang Zhongming was kneeling and listening to the imperial edict from Nanjing with a smile on his face.

In order to show his trust in Zhang Zhongming, Emperor Chongzhen not only agreed to the expansion of the new army in Ganning and met Zhang Zhongming's food and salary requirements, but also specially appointed Zhang Zhongming as the title of Prince Shao Guard and Minister of War. He was also a famous local emperor in Ganning and the two provinces.

Just when Zhang Zhongming accepted the compliments from his subordinates with a smile on his face,

A team of horses carrying horses and camels through people, under the protection of a thousand imperial official troops, entered the military camp in a mighty manner and appeared in front of Zhang Zhongming.

After hundreds of mules and horses with various supplies entered the barracks, the garrison general who commanded a thousand imperial official troops walked directly towards Zhang Zhongming...

After delivering a list to Zhang Zhongming, he loudly reported: "They will be escorted to the adults... and the general will hand over these materials to the adults according to the order. Please check the Governor..."

After taking the list of materials, a series of numbers appeared in front of Zhang Zhongming...

"100,000 taels of silver, 10,000 grenades..."

"How could it be so little? Why is there no food... Without food, the court even gives me more money, and I can't let tens of thousands of soldiers survive in Gan and Ningbo..."

Facing the anger that suddenly appeared on Zhang Zhongming's face, several relatives from Nanjing were very dissatisfied. However, they did not dare to show this anger.

Because, Zhang Zhongming in front of him was not sleepy, whether he was from his official position or from Chongzhen's support and trust in her, it was not something that they could offend.

So, just as Zhang Zhongming said his dissatisfaction, an official from Nanjing replied: "Stop the anger... This is just the first batch of food, salary and equipment sent by the court... Because there are too many supplies that need to be sent this time, and the big carts cannot be taken along the way, the court can only send these supplies to the Ganning New Army little by little through mules and horses..."

Zhang Zhongming was still very satisfied with this answer.

After glanced at the wooden boxes filled with silver, he ordered decisively: "General Huang, now you are the second-rank general who was officially granted by the imperial court... Now, I officially promoted you to the deputy general of the Ganning New Army and assisted me to command the Ganning New Army... I promised all the soldiers participating in the battle in front of the station. After winning the Tiger and Leopard Army, each person would be rewarded with 10 taels of silver..."

"Now, the silver has arrived, and I should fulfill my original promise... Now, I will hand over all the 100,000 bright silver to you. I will reward the soldiers with the names of the court and the officials..."

Huang Yongzhong's face showed an expression of admiration for Zhang Zhongming.

His eyes lit up and he replied loudly: "I will bring all the soldiers of the entire army. Lord Xie will reward you very much..."

Tens of thousands of new Ganning Army soldiers, holding silver and immersing themselves in joy, the commander of the 10th Division was thinking about the way out of the two musket regiments under his command... How to solve the difficulties faced by the Tiger and Leopard Army in Ningxia with the strength of the two regiments.

However, when the Ganning New Army had the strength to destroy a musket regiment under its command, the division of troops was to give the Ganning New Army the opportunity to destroy itself through each defeat.

Without division of troops, the four thousand soldiers under his command will be like headless flies, ramming everywhere in Ningxia, and even the shadow of the Ganning New Army cannot be seen, let alone defeating them...

Just when the teacher frowned and thought that the day's thinking would have no results.

A "report..." directly interrupted the commander's contemplation.

Then, a staff officer from the military headquarters stood in front of the division commander.

"Team Commander Zhou, the latest order of the army commander..." After saying that, he sent a secret letter to the division commander...

Because Ningxia is getting worse and worse, the teacher who has not had a good meal for several days is like grabbing a life-saving straw in despair, quickly receiving the secret letter and starting to read.

Soon, a trace of enlightenment appeared on the teacher's face.

A pair of eyes. After searching carefully on the map, he shouted excitedly: "Why didn't I think of such a simple question... It must be like this. The Ganning New Army must be hiding in this dense forest... Otherwise, half a month ago, they would never have retreated so quickly and in time... In less than an hour, they disappeared on the battlefield, and they could not even catch their tails..."

"The commander pointed out the road to us. If we can't break the deadlock, I, as the commander, will not have to continue..."

"Order, the three regiment commanders and the three regiment cavalry reconnaissance company commander, report to me immediately, the faster the better..."

In less than an hour, the remaining 200 cavalry reconnaissance company soldiers of the 10th Division opened a large airtight net in Ningxia and rushed towards the hiding place of tens of thousands of Ganning New Army...

At the same time, a platoon of cavalry rushed all the way toward the only way from Ningxia to Sichuan...

In less than two days, a fortress that was completely occupied by the imperial court and was heavily guarded appeared in front of dozens of tiger and leopard troops.

Dozens of tiger and leopard troops did not stop at the official road and hid directly in a mountain opposite the fortress. They held a monocular lens and observed the fortress every move...

Hard work pays off...

After insisting for one night, the tightly closed city gate of the fortress was suddenly opened...

Then, a team of elite officers rushed out of the fortress and stood on guard, guarding the city gate...

"There is a situation..." The Tiger and Leopard Army soldier who was observing the fortress every move, subconsciously exclaimed.

As soon as the words fell, several squad platoon leaders seemed to smell the bloody smell of hungry wolf, all poker...

He raised his monocular lens and stared at the open city gate motionlessly...

The government troops in the fortress did not let them wait too long. A mule and horse with 300 kilograms of food came out of the city gate and entered everyone's vision...

The first mule and horse just walked out of the city gate, and the second, or even the third mule and horse followed it out of the city gate...

In a blink of an eye, there were more than a hundred mules and horses walking out of the fortress... Each mules and horse were covered with three bags of food, and there was no intention of stopping...

Soon, half an hour passed. However, the continuous horse team still had no intention of stopping...

At this moment, several soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army holding monocular telescopes showed a stunned and shocked expression.

Because, in this half hour, more than a thousand mules and horses had walked out of the fortress, and the total amount of food transported exceeded an astonishing three thousand dan…”

Seeing this, the company commander who led the team had been replaced by Chihong.

While continuing to pay attention to the fortress, he couldn't help but exclaim: "The commander said it was right. The court has been providing food and wages to the new army of Gan and Ning. Otherwise, no one in Gan and Ning provinces could consume so much food at one time..."
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