Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 358 War Mobilization Order

What Man Gui said was true. In the Battle of Saerhu, the strength of the Ming army was greatly damaged, which finally led to the rise of Hou Jin.

But this is something that can't be helped, after all, at this time, Daming is already rotten from the root.

"Let's not talk about it, I get a headache when I talk about it." Man Gui picked up the porridge and sucked it non-stop.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Wen put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, burped, stood up, and walked outside.

Man Gui also put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, followed behind Zhao Wen, and walked outside.

Not long after, Zhao Wen came to the hall.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the hall, Zhao Wen heard a heated discussion.

"My lord!" Everyone saw Zhao Wen and hurriedly stood up.

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "No need, just sit down."

Zhao Wen sat on the main seat and arranged Man Gui to his lower seat.

"This is Man Gui, the chief soldier of Datong, and he is now one of ours." Zhao Wen pointed to Man Gui and said to the crowd.

Man Gui stood up and clasped his fist at everyone in the hall, "I, Man Gui, am a rough person. If I offend you in any way in the future, please forgive me."

"General Man is a brave general at first glance. I'm sorry I dare not say it. They are all assisting the commander-in-chief. We should watch each other in the future." Liu Wenzhong put down the goose feather fan in his hand and cupped his hands at Man Gui, Said with a smile on his face.

After Man Gui sat down, Zhao Wen looked at everyone, "I think you all know about the capital city, what do you think about this incident?"

Liu Wenzhong frowned and said, "My lord, this matter will happen sooner or later. It doesn't make any difference to us if it happens sooner or later."

"Master Liu's words are right. The current imperial court is rotten to the core, and your lord's strength is getting stronger and stronger. Sooner or later, the imperial court will attack us." Sun Yuanhua also agreed with Liu Wenzhong's opinion.

Today's Xuanzhen is not the former Xuanzhen. Now Xuanzhen's strength can be said to be strong, with sufficient food, and powerful weapons, so there is no need to fear the court at all.

Zhao Wen nodded, "You guys are right, what should we do next, do you have anything to say?"

Liu Wenzhong is the chief minister of the Prime Minister's Office, and he knows Xuanzhen's strength better than others.

He stood up, waving his goose feather fan, "Sir, the one hundred thousand troops you asked me to recruit again were recruited a month ago, and they are now undergoing training.

The combat effectiveness of these soldiers and horses is not as good as the veterans of Xuanzhen, but they are also much stronger than the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

As long as they see blood once or twice, they can quickly become a strong army. "

"Let these [-] recruits train them first, and they will be useful in the future." Zhao Wen nodded, and then said: "I have an idea now, we have been infiltrating Shanxi before, and pinched Pingyang Mansion under our control." hands.

I think now is the best time to occupy Shanxi.In addition, Brother Man is the commander-in-chief of Datong, so we can also occupy Datong.

After occupying these two places, don't be in a hurry to start a war with the court.My plan is to set the target in the west, with Datong as the center, and attack Shaanxi and Ningxia towns in the west. "

Listening to Zhao Wen's voice, Liu Wenzhong couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

After a while, Liu Wenzhong said: "My lord, this is a good idea. Capture Shanshan, then take Ningxia, and then divide the army into two routes to the south, break into the Central Plains and Sichuan, and finally join forces in Huguang and Nanzhili.

But I don't understand one thing, Xuanzhen is the throat of the capital, why don't we just concentrate our forces to attack the capital, with our strength, we will definitely be able to take the capital in one fell swoop. "

Zhao Wen shook his head, "Winning a capital is easy for me, but winning the capital is not very useful to us now.

What we need now are resources. The capital can be won sooner or later, and it makes no difference to us if we get it early or late.

What I want is to fight steadily. Wherever we occupy, the railway will be repaired there. I want to repair the railway throughout Daming during this war. "

In fact, Zhao Wen had another purpose in not attacking the capital directly, and that was to wipe out the local gentry forces by the way.

If the gentry were not wiped out, even if ten capitals were brought down, it would be of no use.

When everyone heard what Zhao Wen said, they also felt that it made sense.

Anyway, with Xuanzhen's current strength, it will be a matter of time before the capital is won, and it's not too late.

In the following time, Zhao Wen discussed carefully with these civil officials and formulated a detailed plan.

"Now pass on my order to issue a war mobilization order. From the day the mobilization order is issued, all personnel in the entire Xuan Town must obey the order of the General Military Office unconditionally.

Businessmen in Xuanzhen are prohibited from going to the capital starting today. All factories must work overtime, and the training intensity of the army must also be increased, ready to be dispatched at any time.

Anyone who violates this order will be punished as collaborating with the enemy. "

Zhao Wen looked at the gradually rising sun outside the hall, and said to everyone: "Okay, you can go down and rest. As for the detailed terms of the war, you can discuss it and report to me when the time comes. By the way, Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing stays."

Sun Yuanhua and Song Yingxing were about to go outside, but they stopped after hearing Zhao Wen's order.

After everyone left, Zhao Wen looked at them and asked, "How is the construction of the railway going?"

Song Yingxing replied: "My lord, the railway will be completed in about three months."

Song Yingxing is in charge of railway construction.

This speed is not too slow now, after all, there is no large-scale machinery to help build railways in this era.

"This speed is not bad. By the way, now I have completely torn skins with the court. I guess your family will be implicated. How about I send someone to bring your family to Xuanzhen?" Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing.

Song Yingxing was overjoyed, his face was full of excitement, "Thank you, my lord!"

Song Yingxing actually had the idea of ​​bringing his family to Xuanzhen for a long time, but he never had the time. This time Zhao Wenneng proposed it himself, and Song Yingxing was naturally excited.

Zhao Wendao: "Well, you have been away from home for a long time. I will give you a month's vacation, and you will go to your hometown. If you don't follow, I guess I will want to kill your family. It may not be easy to receive Xuanzhen."

"Thank you, my lord. I will never forget my lord's kindness?" Song Yingxing asked Zhao Wenxing excitedly.

Zhao Wen hurriedly pulled Song Yingxing back, "Mr. Song doesn't need to be like this. Mr. Song has solved a lot of things for me during this time in Xuanzhen. This small matter is my duty."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he looked at Sun Yuanhua again, "From today onwards, all the steel produced in the ironworks will be used for processing rails, armor, some military supplies such as fine steel long knives, and by the way, steam locomotives.

Let go of other things first, everything is mainly for military use.

I plan to build several more food factories, dedicated to the production of canned meat. "

"Canned food? What is this?" Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously.

Earlier, Zhao Wen wanted to get the canned food out.

After all, this thing is much better than the previous military rations. During World War II in a certain country in later generations, the food supply was second to none. The reason why their soldiers are so powerful is inseparable from their logistics supply.

Now that Zhao Wen's ironworks have been upgraded, the steam engine has also been greatly improved, and with the backing to the grassland, the supply of meat can be guaranteed.

"Canned food is not a profound thing, you can understand it as beef and mutton that can be eaten all the time..."

After Zhao Wen explained the canned food to Sun Yuanhua in detail, Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Wen with disbelief, "My lord, can this work? It's been stored for too long, can I still eat it?"

"I knew you were going to ask this question. In fact, when processing canned food, you put cooked beef and mutton in it, put enough salt and spices inside, then sealed it with an iron can, and processed it again at high temperature.

There is no problem in storing the cans processed by this procedure for one year.Just do as I said, by the way, this cannery needs to build a few more.That's the thing, you two can go down. "Zhao Wen said to Sun Yuanhua in detail.

Sun Yuanhua nodded heavily at Zhao Wen, and then walked outside.

At this time, Chongzhen was not idle, he gathered all the officials.

In the Jinluan Palace, Chongzhen sat on the throne, looking at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the main hall, and asked in a deep voice: "If you have any ideas, just say it."

Wen Tiren stood up holding the wat board, and said to Chongzhen with great arrogance: "Your Majesty, for the present plan, we must make it clear to the world that Zhao Wen will be identified as an anti-thief, and then we will mobilize the army to encircle and suppress."

"That's right, that's how it should be. Zhao Wen is now an out-and-out traitor, and the court should encircle and suppress them as soon as possible." Minister of the Ministry of War also stood up.

Wu Xiang also stood up, "Your Majesty, although Zhao Wen occupies Xuan Town, although he is powerful, in my opinion, Zhao Wen is just a paper tiger. As long as the imperial court encircles and suppresses it with a large army, it will definitely be wiped out."

"A large army? Where does the army come from?"

Chongzhen also wanted to raise a large army to encircle and suppress, but now the imperial court does not have many soldiers and horses.

Except for the Guanning Army, there is only the Datong Army with more than 1 people.The Qin army has not yet arrived. This time Zhao Wen has completely rebelled. The Qin army is estimated to bypass Xuanzhen, so the time to arrive will be longer.

Although Chongzhen wanted to wipe out Zhao Wen as soon as possible, but he didn't have enough troops, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp were defending the capital, so they couldn't be easily mobilized.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the imperial court can mobilize soldiers from Huguang to Beijing, as well as white soldiers from the southwest. As soon as the army arrives, it will be the time for Zhao Wen's downfall." Wen Tiren said.

Chongzhen nodded, "That's the only way to go, pass on my will, mobilize the white soldiers, and Huguang soldiers enter the capital to encircle and suppress Zhao Wen's rebels!"

(End of this chapter)