I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"Damn, this is the first time I found out that walking is more terrifying than shooting at the enemy."

On the way, some soldiers of the Chinese army couldn't help but complain.

The speaker was a veteran who had experienced the battle of lining up with flintlock guns to shoot each other, and that kind of battle was really a matter of life and death.

But now, he complained, and would rather shoot at the enemy than continue walking.

No matter how dangerous it is to shoot, it only takes an hour and a half.

But now the torture of the march is every day and every night, with no end in sight.

Many of the soldiers' shoes were frayed, exposing their toes.

This is not a small problem, as long as you accidentally kick a stone, your toes will immediately become red and swollen.

In normal times, this kind of swelling is fine as long as you rest for a few days. But now I have to go on a high-intensity march, and this slight swelling and pain can directly destroy my legs.

In this case, they really can't hurt at all.

Some injured people can only help them to be thrown in the mountain villages along the way.

In the future, it will be up to them whether they will settle here or find their way back to the Central Plains after the injury.

Although the march was difficult, there was not a single deserter on the way.

In this unfamiliar place, they didn't dare to escape. After escaping alone, the chance of surviving was lower than following a large army.

After more than ten days of marching, the army finally arrived in Zunyi, one step faster than the destruction team sent by He Tengjiao.

The small force sent by He Tengjiao also encountered the same marching problems as the Hua Army.

In overcoming these problems, they did much worse than the Huajun.

After the 24th Division arrived in Zunyi, they could not take a break and immediately attacked.

The person in charge of guarding Zunyi is Zhang Tongchang, who arranged a second line of defense in Zunyi and Guiyang.

The city wall of Zunyi is a bit like a city wall.

But, it's just like.

Such marginal areas have never been the main battlefield, and there are few large-scale battles.

Therefore, the city wall is not high.

Hua Jun made some simple ladders, and then prepared to start the siege.

Zhang Tongchang was also very shocked after discovering Hua Jun.

Although he is presiding over the second line of defense, in fact, he himself is not very optimistic about this line of defense.

Moreover, he did not intend to defend the city, but prepared to use the mountain to deal with the Chinese army, fight mobile warfare, and harassment warfare.

Unexpectedly, Hua Jun would suddenly appear.

Could it be that He Tengjiao has surrendered to Dahua?

An idea popped into Zhang Tongchang's mind, this is very likely to happen.

Not to mention He Tengjiao, even he himself thought about surrendering.

As long as someone came over to persuade him to let him go down a step, he would descend.

Unfortunately, Dahua was very stingy and did not send anyone to persuade him.

To ask him to take the initiative to mention the matter of surrender, his face is dull.

"The first regiment, the second regiment, and the third regiment are responsible for the defense, and the other troops retreat. We have to harass them on the road and not confront them head-on."

Zhang Tongchang ordered decisively. He knew that there was no chance to confront the Hua army head-on, even if there was a city wall.

Therefore, he still implemented his own tactical concept and decided to gradually block and harass the Hua army on the way forward, so as to achieve the purpose of making the Hua army irritable and psychologically broken.

Afterwards, Zhang Tongchang left behind more than 3,000 people and retreated with 8,000 people.

They walked in a hurry, but they didn't have time to take away food and other supplies.

The left-behind troops didn't hold on for long, not even an hour before the Hua army attacked the city wall of Zunyi, and then the Ming army collapsed and the battle came to an end.

After taking Zunyi, Li Lianfan did not let the troops pursue the victory, but ordered the troops to rest in Zunyi for three days.

During this period of time, their legs were almost worn out, and they had to take a good rest before they could recover.

If we go further, I am afraid that some soldiers will really go crazy.

Kunming.

The news that the Hua army had captured Zunyi reached Zhu Youlang's ears.

At the same time, there is even worse news, that is, Lu Guangzu's troops captured Baise.

The two troops are less than a thousand miles away from Kunming, which has exceeded Zhu Youlang's psychological bottom line.

If the distance from the enemy is not more than a thousand miles, he has no sense of security.

Zhu Youlang didn't know what happened to the envoy to Nanjing. He only knew that the enemy had not stopped.

This time, Zhu Youlang no longer said that he wanted to escape, but directly ordered the inner government personnel of the palace to start packing, and he wanted to flee south.

He didn't go to discuss with the minister, anyway, regardless of whether the minister agreed or not, he would run away.

Flee to Dali first, and then as the case may be.

If the situation gets bad enough, fleeing to Burma is also one of his options.

The fact that Zhu Youlang asked the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pack up quickly reached the ears of other ministers.

This made many ministers laugh angrily. They really did not expect that there would be such an emperor who was so afraid of death in the world.

Even if other emperors are afraid of death in their hearts, they should at least pretend to be on the surface.

But now, this grandfather really doesn't want any face at all.

Some ministers simply don't even care about government affairs, and directly

Go home to sleep and wait for the arrival of Hua Jun.

Anyway, they didn't want to run away with Zhu Youlang anymore.

In Kunming, after all, it still looks like a local separatist regime, and being a high-ranking official in such a regime can still be powerful.

But what is it like to go to a small place like Dali, to be the king of the mountain?

If Baiguan followed Zhu Youlang to Dali, there would be a situation where there would be more rulers than being ruled, and it would be difficult to find someone to serve him at that time.

The reason why they are still following Zhu Youlang is mainly because they can enjoy power and prosperity in Kunming.

If they were asked to go to Dali to suffer, they would not agree.

Of course, some ministers, for various reasons, ran to Zhu Youlang and cried, begging Zhu Youlang not to run away and stay in Kunming to continue to stand.

This kind of person was directly ignored by Zhu Youlang. If it weren't for the fact that he had no real power in his hands, he would have ordered all those who wanted to be left behind to be killed.

In his opinion, these are all people who want to kill him, and their hearts can be punished.

In addition to these people, there are some ministers who are willing to follow Zhu Youlang on the road.

This was beyond Zhu Youlang's expectations and moved him quite a bit.

These ministers who choose to continue to follow Zhu Youlang are actually people who are not well-known or even incompetent.

For them, following Zhu Youlang and continuing to use the banner of Zhu Youlang, they can also frighten some other people and enjoy the power.

Without Zhu Youlang, they would be completely reduced to ordinary people.