Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 610 Reaching Jiyuan City

After a while, the British said publicly, "Your Majesty, the generals of the Beijing camp have been working with their soldiers for a long time. If they are separated at this time, it may affect the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp.

Therefore, in my opinion, there is no need to change people. "

"I heard from Aiqing that these soldiers and horses can go to Henan?" Chongzhen looked at the British Duke with a gloomy expression.

The British official wandered for a long time, stammering: "Your Majesty, you should be able to go!"

"In this case, let these soldiers increase the number of troops in Henan according to what I just said." After Chongzhen said, he looked at the hall again, "Does any of you have a better strategy to control the enemy?"

All the civil servants and military generals in the hall fell silent at this moment, and no one spoke.

Chongzhen looked at the silent hall and said, "Let's retreat!"

Gao Qiqian walked up and shouted loudly towards the hall, "Retire!"

Chongzhen waved his sleeves, stood up from the dragon chair, and walked out of the hall.

After retreating, the officials in the hall walked out in twos and threes.

When he was walking out, the Duke of England glared at Min Hongxue with a murderous look on his face.

"Hmph, don't fall into the hands of the old man. If it falls into the hands of the old man, the old man will make you regret coming to this world."

British Duke looked at Min Hongxue's back and sneered sinisterly.

Min Hongxue walked quickly, so he didn't see the expression of the British prince now.

"Are we really going to let those soldiers go to Henan according to what His Majesty just said?" Cheng Guogong moved to the side of the British Duke and looked at the British Duke solemnly.

The British Duke walked out of the hall and came to the open space outside. He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he leaned into Cheng Guogong's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty has already talked about this, do you think we Otherwise, can these soldiers and horses go to Henan?"

"But if these soldiers and horses go to Henan, then our strength in the Beijing camp will be greatly reduced." Cheng Guogong looked at the British Duke with a worried expression on his face. He really couldn't understand how the British Duke would be at such a time Agree to Chongzhen's request.

"Big discount? Haha!" The British sneered twice, "You still don't understand the truth. Before, we sent someone to contact Zhao Wen to discuss the matter of surrender, but we haven't seen a reply until now. I It is estimated that this matter is likely to be yellow.

In my opinion, Zhao Wen may have rejected our surrender because he felt that we were not sincere.

Just now His Majesty asked these soldiers to go to Henan. At first, I disagreed, but later I thought, since we are going to surrender to Zhao Wen, this capital city is not as important to us as before.

That being the case, it would be better to bet all the treasures on Zhao Wen this time. "

"What do you mean?" Cheng Guogong still didn't quite understand.

"It's very simple. The people we sent out to make contact last time have not returned. Maybe Zhao Wen thinks we are not sincere. So, this time I thought, let those of us in the Beijing camp bring these soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp Go to Henan and surrender to Zhao Wen directly.

These are the troops of the Beijing camp, the last defensive force in the capital. You said that we have handed over this force to Zhao Wen. Can Zhao Wen disagree with our surrender? "The British Duke looked at Cheng Guogong swearingly. From the British Duke's point of view, he had already handed over the last defensive force in the capital to Zhao Wen. No matter what Zhao Wen said, he should accept his sincerity. surrender.

Once he surrenders at that time, the capital will have nothing to do with him.

Cheng Guogong had a sudden realization expression on his face, "So that's how it is, that's how it is, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, I said why you suddenly agreed to His Majesty's request, it turned out to be the idea.

It seems that His Majesty has led troops to reinforce Henan this time. For us, it is a blessing, not a curse. "

"Haha, the so-called good fortune comes with misfortune, and misfortune comes with good fortune." The British man laughed confidently.

After Chongzhen walked out of the main hall, he went directly to the imperial study.

Gao Qiqian stood beside Chongzhen, "My lord, the matter arranged yesterday has been dealt with."

Chongzhen sat at the desk, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip, "I know, but I still can't relax these days, and I have to keep a close eye on people like the British. Once the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp leave the city, then Do it directly. When the time comes, block the city wall and try to uproot the British public in the shortest possible time.

After uprooting these people, proceed to clean up their property.This time, all their family property has been flushed into the internal funds. As for the treasury of the Ministry of Households, I am not at ease.

I will use this money to recruit soldiers and horses to fill the vacancies in the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Horse Supervisor.Now you inform the cabinet, the inspector of ceremonies, the Ministry of War and the governor's office of the five armies, and prepare to mobilize the troops and horses of the Beijing camp.

As for the money for mobilizing troops and horses, let the household department squeeze again, put down the unimportant things first, and do them with all your strength. "

Gao Qi sneaked a salute, and then walked out of the imperial study with Chongzhen's order.

At the same time, Zhao Wen had penetrated the remaining two lines of defense on the Yellow River line of defense.

He led his troops out of the Yellow River line of defense.

After leaving the Yellow River defense line, Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses and marched directly towards Jiyuan.

Jiyuan is a county under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing Prefecture. It is located in the northern section of the Yellow River, not far from the Yellow River defense line established by Sun Chuanting.

The Yellow River diverts its course in Yuanqu County at the junction of Shanxi and Henan. The original direction of the Yellow River is to flow in the northeast direction. After passing through Yuanqu, it diverts to the east.

Sun Chuanting originally wanted to rely on the Yellow River in Henan to establish the Yellow River defense line and rely on the Yellow River natural moat to resist Zhao Wen.

But after thinking about it, he gave up this plan. After all, Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, and Zhangde Mansion are all in the north of the Yellow River, and the length of the Yellow River flowing into Henan is too long. It would be too expensive to rely on the Yellow River to build the Yellow River defense line. , and it takes a very long time.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting chose to use a fort to connect the Yellow River at the junction of Shanxi and Henan with the Taihang Mountains in the east.

But even so, the Yellow River defense line still did not stop Zhao Wen's pace.

When Zhao Wen pierced the Yellow River defense line, the east and west roads had not yet pierced the Yellow River defense line. After all, their heavy weapons were only 120mm mortars.

Zhao Wen was riding on a horse, and he looked at Li Xiaosan who was following him, "Let someone tell the soldiers and horses from the East and West that once they break through the Yellow River defense line, let them lead their soldiers to Jiyuan. Get together and make arrangements."

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan shouted, and then followed Zhao Wen's order.

After a while, more than a dozen messengers rode their horses towards the east and west.

The Yellow River defense line is not very far from Jiyuan. If you ride a horse, it will take half a day to die.

However, most of the soldiers under Zhao Wen's command were infantry, plus the food and grass escorted, so the speed was much slower. It was not until noon the next day that Zhao Wen arrived at Jiyuan County.

Zhao Wen rode a war horse and brought his soldiers and horses to the outside of Jiyuan County.

The defending gentry and officials in Jiyuan County fled in a hurry, so they didn't even go up the suspension bridge.

Zhao Wen rode a war horse to the front of the suspension bridge. He looked at Jiyuan City in front of him, and heaved a sigh of relief, "Go into the city, and take a good rest after entering the city."

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Wen led the troops under his command to walk forward.

Li Xiaosan hurriedly said: "My lord, do you want me to lead the troops to clean up the city first?"

"Clean up? It's not necessary at all. It's not that I'm arrogant and underestimated the enemy, but it's not necessary at all. Now that the Yellow River defense line has been defeated, are you afraid that there will be an ambush in a small Jiyuan City?

Even if there is an ambush, can they be our opponents?What Sun Chuanting wants to do most now is to gather his soldiers and horses and retreat back. With this kind of thinking, how could he leave an ambush in the city?

Besides, Ye Bushou, who was sent out before, had already scouted Jiyuan City, and there was no so-called ambush inside.Today's Jiyuan City is already an empty city. The defenders, gentry and officials inside have all fled, and even the people have run away completely.Since there is no ambush, what else is there to clean up? "Zhao Wen pointed to Jiyuan City with its gates wide open in front, explained a few words, then mobilized his horses and walked forward.

Seeing this, Li Xiaosan hurriedly led Zhao Wen's personal guards to follow behind Zhao Wen.

After a while, Zhao Wen walked into Jiyuan City.

As soon as he walked into Jiyuan City, a sense of desolation came over his face.

There was almost no one in the city, and the streets were full of messy bricks and tiles and some tattered tables and stools.

The door to almost every room was open, and there was nothing inside except for some worthless rotten wood.

After Sun Chuanting led the defenders and gentry in the city to leave, the people stayed in the city.

The people in Jiyuan City had never been in contact with Zhao Wen, and before Sun Chuanting left, he had people spread rumors in the city that Zhao Wen was going to massacre the city, so the people in the city also worked overtime and ran away after Sun Chuanting and others evacuated.

Some of the people who ran out of the city chased after Sun Chuanting, but most of them fled to the countryside.

When the people in the city left, they took all the things that could be taken away in the city, including tables, chairs, benches, iron pans, bowls and chopsticks that the gentry despised.

These things are dispensable things for officials, gentry and defenders. After all, compared with their wealth and life, these things are not worth much.

However, for ordinary people, these things are still very good.

"The news that came back before Yebu received is correct. There is no one in Jiyuan City today, and it is a completely empty city." Zhao Wen muttered while sitting on his horse, looking at the scene in front of him.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in an official's uniform led dozens of his subordinates to hurry towards Zhao Wen from the end of the street.

Seeing someone running towards this side, Li Xiaosan hurriedly put his right hand on the big black star on his waist, and at the same time steered his horse forward.

The guards who followed Zhao Wen also rushed to the front of Zhao Wen and protected Zhao Wen behind.

"Who is it?" Li Xiaosan looked at the people who were getting closer and asked loudly.

The middle-aged man ran to a distance of seventy or eighty steps in front of Li Xiaosan, and shouted at Zhao Wen: "May I ask if it is the soldier of the Chief Soldier?"

"Who are you?" Li Xiaosan stared at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"I am the shopkeeper of the cement shop in Jiyuan City, and also the spy sent by the commander-in-chief to Jiyuan to collect news about Jiyuan.

I have been waiting for a long time, this is my identity certificate! "The middle-aged man took out his identity certificate from his arms and waved it non-stop.

Seeing this, Li Xiaosan walked up with a few personal guards.

"Your name is Li Changming?" Li Xiaosan jumped off the horse, took the ID card from the middle-aged man, checked it, and looked at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man nodded, "That's right, Li Changming is here."

Li Changming is the shopkeeper of the cement shop in Jiyuan City. Apart from selling cement, he collects all kinds of news in the city.

"I asked you something about Xuanzhen, and I can only believe you after the answer comes up." Li Xiaosan looked at Li Changming and asked about something about Xuanzhen, and these things were the kind of things that ordinary people can't notice at all.

Only those who have lived in Xuanzhen for a long time can answer it.

For Li Xiaosan's question, Li Changming answered almost without any omissions.

At this time, Li Xiaosan finally believed in Li Changming.

"In that case, come with me. The Chief Soldier is here too, just ahead." Li Xiaosan checked and handed Li Changming's identity certificate to Li Changming.

When Li Changming heard that Zhao Wen had also come, his eyes lit up instantly.

Li Xiaosan got on his horse again, and led Li Changming to Zhao Wen's side.

"You wait here!" Li Changming looked at the people behind him, and then hurriedly followed Li Xiaosan towards Zhao Wen.

"Earlier, Yebushou came from the city, so I told Yebushou my identity and asked them when the commander-in-chief would arrive in Jiyuan.

Ye Bushou told me that the commander-in-chief would arrive in Jiyuan in a short time.

I was just tidying up the residence of the Chief Soldier, when I heard the sound of horseshoes, so I took people out to see what was going on.

When I saw you, I thought this was the vanguard of the Chief Soldier. I thought that the Chief Soldier was not there, but I didn't expect that the Chief Soldier was inside. " Li Changming followed behind Li Xiaosan and said excitedly.

"Master Chief Soldier led the Chinese army to attack the middle part of the Henan defense line, so the speed was relatively fast." Li Xiaosan explained.

Not long after, Li Xiaosan brought Li Changming to Zhao Wen.

Li Changming met Zhao Wen and recognized Zhao Wen at a glance.

He hurried to Zhao Wen's front, and respectfully saluted Zhao Wen, "The shopkeeper of the cement shop in Xiajiyuan City, Jiyuan spy Li Changming has seen Mr. Chief Soldier!"

"Get up!" Zhao Wen waved at Li Changming.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Li Changming thanked him, and then stood up from the ground.

"My lord, your accommodation has been arranged." Li Changming looked at Zhao Wen.

"My lord, there is nothing wrong with this person. I have already checked it." Li Xiaosan moved to Zhao Wen's side and said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)