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Chapter 252 Qin Wang Ling

"Juyongguan is heavily defended, and it can't even resist the bandit army for a day! It's so hard for me to give them tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Is it just raising such a group of wine bags and rice bags?

And that Zhao Cheng!I thought I treated him well, he was domineering in Xuanfu Town, I never cared about him, I always treated him well, yet he was not satisfied, and even wanted to betray him!wild ambition!What a wolfish ambition! "

Chongzhen held the battle report tightly, his hands shaking with anger.

"Your Majesty, the bandit army has broken through Juyong Pass, and they can reach the capital in half a day. Please order your majesty to let soldiers and horses from all over the country enter the capital!" Zhou Yanru said.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. The soldiers and horses from all over the place are the closest to Wu Xiang from Shanhaiguan. But even so, from the sentry sent by the capital to deliver the order, to the time when Wu Xiang and his son raised troops to serve the king, it would not take two or three days." No way. Although the three major battalions of the capital have a lot of soldiers and horses, their daily training is slack. Now that the national treasury is empty, I am afraid that they cannot even send out money for dispatch. I am afraid that it will not work for them to fight against the powerful conscript army. I am afraid that they will fight two I couldn't hold on for a day, and the capital was breached before King Qin's troops entered the capital. From my point of view, it is better to send clever people to persuade Zhao Cheng. Zhao Cheng has always been loyal, as long as he promises benefits, It may not be impossible to let him return to Xuanfu Town." Wen Tiren said.

"Master Wen, what do you mean, the conscript army rebelled, so he should be rewarded instead?" Zhou Yanru rolled his eyelids and said.

"Master Zhou, be careful! The conscript army has never said rebellion. Is Master Zhou trying to force the general to rebel?" Wen Tiren snorted coldly.

"This is what Mr. Wen said, but the old man never said it."

"Your Majesty, now is the time of life and death, please make a decision early."

Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru were arguing endlessly, and their respective supporters also spoke up one after another to support their master.

Emperor Chongzhen only felt his head hurt from the noise.

The opinions of the cabinet are completely opposite. Who does this make him listen to?
"Shut up!"

Chongzhen slapped the dragon case heavily, and the court immediately fell silent.

"It is absolutely impossible for me to discuss anything with the rebels! If Zhao Cheng dares to attack the capital, even if I die, it is absolutely impossible for me to agree to any conditions! What's more, I am rich in the world and have more than a million soldiers! How could he be mere What can more than ten thousand soldiers and horses do!"

Emperor Chongzhen almost gritted his teeth.

Chongzhen has no other skills, but he still has a stubborn temper.

Historically, when Li Zicheng came to the capital, he had come to make peace with Chongzhen. As long as Chongzhen agreed to make him king of the Northwest, he would be able to retreat.

Chongzhen was quite stubborn and directly refused Li Zicheng's conditions.

As a result, after Li Zicheng arrived in the capital, he easily took down the capital.

The majestic capital of the Ming Dynasty, an important place in the capital, was taken down so easily, which Li Zicheng had never thought of before.

The current situation in Ming Dynasty is much better than that of Chongzhen in 17 years. Of course, it is even more impossible for Chongzhen to negotiate peace with Zhao Cheng easily.

"The cabinet draws up an order to send soldiers and horses from all over the country to serve the king! How much food is there in the household department? Give the three major battalions food and let them prepare for battle!"

With the order of Emperor Chongzhen, the whole capital became busy.

The gates of the capital were closed, and rumors abounded inside and outside the city.

Since ancient times, what people fear most is war.

Although it is said that the military discipline of the conquest army is excellent, the common people don't know it!
In this era, as long as the rebels arrive, they will kill without blinking an eye.

The refugees and common people in the city were scrambling to enter the city.

However, the city gate was closed, and they couldn't get in even if they wanted to, and they refused to leave. For a while, the city was full of chaos.

The city was even more chaotic.

The rich are closing their doors.

The grain banks took the opportunity to hoard rice. All of a sudden, the price of rice soared. Usually, one tael of silver can buy a stone of rice. In half a day, it can only be bought for two or three taels of silver.

Moreover, the grain bank is still unwilling to sell, just waiting for the price to continue to rise.

In the distance, the dust was steaming, and the vanguard cavalry of the expeditionary army arrived.

At this time, the three major battalions had not even completed their assembly.

The soldiers of the three battalions are not so much soldiers as beggars.

Moreover, the real number of soldiers and horses in the camp is less than one-tenth of the number on the roster.

The soldiers of the three battalions had already been eaten up for most of their pay.

Even if they are real soldiers, they will not be in the camp at ordinary times.

Soldiers could not get food and wages, so they were released. They either worked as part-time labor for the landlord's family, or went to the city to do small business, all of which were self-sustaining.

Those who are officials eat, drink and have fun in the city on empty pay.

This time the battle is urgent, and there is a sudden need to recruit manpower, how can we gather all of them?

Zheng Qiang was sitting on a tall horse, looking at the top of the city with binoculars, he could clearly see that the city was crowded with people, and the defenders were in a panic.

"Is this the capital? The city wall is quite tall and mighty, but these defenders are so useless!"

Zheng Qiang pouted.

He felt that as long as he charged, the city could be taken down.

This is the capital!

Zheng Qiang was really moved.

"The capital is the heart of Ming Dynasty. To win the capital is to change the dynasty. Without the command of the commander-in-chief, absolutely cannot attack the capital!"

Next to him, a young man with a white face and beardless said.

The young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a gray cotton military uniform, with a serious expression.

This is the ideological committee member of the Seventh Legion, named Feng Chun.

Regardless of his young age, he has attended literacy classes, studied in schools, and even participated in strong military training.

Feng Chun absolutely supported and supported Zhao Cheng, and even Zhao Cheng personally gave ideological lessons to a group of people including Feng Chun.

Feng Chun's understanding of Marshal Zhao's thoughts is very good.

After being arranged as the ideological committee of the Seventh Army, he strictly carried out the orders of Marshal Zhao, and carried out and implemented the thoughts of Marshal Zhao.

Zheng Qiang is not afraid of anyone in the Seventh Army, except Feng Chun.

Feng Chun didn't let him attack the capital, he really couldn't attack.

"I'm just talking casually. Even if I really want to attack, I will ask the commander in chief first, don't worry! I can't decide on such a big matter without permission." Zheng Qiang said with a chuckle.

They rode their horses and circled the capital first, as if they didn't pay attention to the defenders of the capital at all.

There were only a few hundred cavalry in the vanguard, but none of the defenders of the capital dared to go out of the city to fight.

It's not that no one has suggested that before the main force of the conscript army arrives, we should get rid of these hundreds of people first.

But it is a big trouble to dispatch troops and horses in the city.

Before they made the arrangements, the dust in the distance was steaming, covering the sky and the sun, and the main force of the conquest army had already arrived.

I saw groups of soldiers, all wearing gray cotton-padded clothes, lined up neatly, with red flags fluttering in the wind, rows of muzzles and bayonets, like a forest.

A series of handsome cannons were pulled out, and a few kilometers outside the city, a salvo drill began.

tom tom tom!
Hundreds of handsome cannons roared and fired together, and the shells roared and landed on the ground, and the explosion sound was deafening.

The ground in the entire capital was trembling.

Everyone in the city changed their expressions dramatically.

Where have they seen this momentum?

It just feels like a landslide.

Seeing this momentum, everyone can understand why Juyongguan was easily taken down.

After the shelling performance, Zheng Qiang sent another [-] soldiers to perform a bombardment performance.

Five thousand grenades were thrown at the same time, like raindrops, and after falling, the explosion sounded together.

In the end, [-] soldiers marched under the city wall in a neat line.

They were within the reach of bows and arrows from the top of the city, but no one dared to order to attack them.

A soldier of the conquest army, carrying a spear, with high morale, sang songs, and marched eastward.

Loud singing voices roared from their chests:
"Yu Erbing, listen carefully:

Be filial for your son and loyal for your minister.

The general gave money and food, and he did not hesitate to pay a lot to support his soldiers.

A soldier's food and clothing cost hundreds of yuan, and the salary of a sixth-rank official is generally the same.

If you don't contribute to the country, the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth will not tolerate it.

Since ancient times, many generals have been in the army, so don't look down on being a soldier.

First, learn to practice with your heart, and learn the skills to make meritorious service;

The military uniform is your bodyguard, so it needs to be cleaned frequently.

Second, you must fight bravely, and you will live naturally without dying;
If you shrink back and do military orders, you will lose your reputation with a clean cut.

The third is to treat the people with kindness, and rely on them to farm food and wages;
As long as the soldiers and the people form a family, the common people will help each other;
Four mo rape men and women, which one is not born of parents?
There are also wives and daughters in your family.How can you be humiliated?
Five don't see bad thoughts about wealth, robbers will have retribution in the end;
No matter how many gold and silver treasures you get, hold them and kill them in vain.

Sixth, we must respect government officials, and the more serious the crime is, the more they violate the order;
It's important not to lie, and doing things honestly will surely succeed.

Qijie gambles and eats opium, the official finds out that he will be severely punished;
It's an honor to keep your money and keep your family alive.

If you always memorize these words, you will definitely promote the leader;
If it is completely inadvertent, there will be no mercy in lightly beating and heavy killing. "

Teams of soldiers walked by the city, and the loud and clear singing resounded through the sky.

The lyrics sound novel and exciting.

The soldiers at the head of the city felt their hearts surge for a moment, and wanted to go down to the city to join them.

However, after the conquering army went far away, my stomach rumbled, and I suddenly felt bored again, feeling that everything just now seemed to be just a dream.

Originally they went to the top of the city to guard the city, and the imperial court promised to pay them food and salaries.

But after the requisition army left, there was no news about the rations.

They didn't even give them a full meal.

It's really boring.

However, why are the conscripts so energetic?All of them had red faces.

Could it be that they can all have a full meal?
Simply incredible!

The Seventh Army went all the way eastward from the capital, and they took down the Kaiping Zhongtunwei almost without encountering any resistance. Then, 2000 people were sent south to take down the Tianjin Sanwei.

At this time, because there was no open sea, Tianjin Sanwei was not as high as later generations.

For a while, Zheng Qiang didn't even understand why the commander-in-chief emphasized that the Tianjin Sanwei must be taken down, and the Tianjin Sanwei must be firmly in his hands.

But since it was the commander's order, he just carried it out without compromise.

Anyway, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not the opponents of the conquering army at all. Whether it is a field battle or a siege, they can win easily with one effort.

In addition to garrisoning Kaiping Zhongtunwei and Tianjin Three Guards, the Seventh Army's mission also has two other important tasks, namely defending the Wu Xiang and his sons in Shanhaiguan, and protecting the distance between Xuanfu Town and Kaiping Zhongtunwei. The smoothness of the road.

It is very simple to defend Wu Xiang and his son. Zheng Qiang sent a thousand soldiers to Shanhaiguan to show off his power, took down Funing Guard, stationed in Funing Guard, and firmly blocked Shanhaiguan.

On the road from Kaiping Zhongtunwei to Xuanfu Town, Zheng Qiang built a corridor called the Zhili North Corridor in accordance with the commander's order.

However, what is quite special is that the center of this corridor is the capital.

Along the way, the service areas are connected one by one, and each service area has a pier fort, where soldiers of the expeditionary army are stationed.In addition, there are two thousand troops patrolling back and forth in this corridor.

This kind of posture completely regarded the capital as something in his pocket.

On the one hand, after the Seventh Army occupied Kaiping Zhongtunwei, it began to gather the refugees in Beizhili.

On the other hand, a large number of refugees gathered from the Shanshan area came to Kaiping Zhongtunwei from Qiangdi in an organized way through the Zhili North Corridor.

Followed by, there are a lot of supplies.

A group of young students who graduated from Qiangdi Academy also came to Kaiping Zhongtunwei.

They have only received a few months of training, so naturally they are nothing in the eyes of future generations.

But in this day and age, it is enough.

They could read and write, and the orders Zhao Cheng gave them were very directional.

Mine after mine were developed in their hands, and factories sprung up one after another.

There are young students as the backbone, a lot of cheap labor, and materials from strong places, including the equipment and materials that Zhao Cheng exchanged from the system mall...

The pace of factory construction is extremely fast.

Mines, steel mills, salt farms, shipyards, arsenals, cement factories, brick kilns, garment factories...

Kaiping Zhongtunwei, and Tianjin Sanwei, the conditions in this area are many times better than those in Xuanfu Town.

There are both mineral deposits, plains, and several large rivers. The water resources are abundant and the development of industry is simply unique.

In less than two months, several coal mines have entered a state of high production, and steel plants have begun to produce iron.

At this time, several King Qin's troops from the south rushed to the vicinity of the capital.

The first to arrive was the famous Tianxiong Army.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to wipe out the bandits in the Shanxi area, and he had noticed the conscript army long ago.

The First Army and Eighth Army of the Expeditionary Army went all the way south to attack Taiyuan Mansion under the pretext of chasing and killing Liu Fei.

Lu Xiangsheng had long ranked the threat of the conquest army above the thieves.

It's just that the crusade army didn't openly rebel, and the court didn't let him wipe it out.

In his opinion, only by destroying the exiles first, and after they have no worries, can the conscript army be deterred, lest one day they will be passive when fighting the conscript army and the exiles at the same time.

When Juyongguan fell and the court's order to Qin Wang was issued, Lu Xiangsheng was leading his army to chase and kill King Gao Chuang, and he was about to push King Gao Chuang into a desperate situation.

(End of this chapter)