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Chapter 474 The Battle of Yuanwu (1)

There are thousands of people in the family, but the Lord is one person.As the emperor Zhu Yousong made such a decision, all civil and military officials dared not say more. Those civil officials who held different opinions, and even those who dared to go against the dragon and offend Yan Zhijian, only respected, Your Majesty is holy.

This is called absolute authority, or awe of the emperor.This kind of authority and awe, of course, was obtained through Zhu Yousong's painstaking efforts in the past two years.

It is completely different from the Chongzhen era and the original Hongguang Emperor. The Chongzhen Emperor and Hongguang first said the first, and some people immediately said the second, or even the third. It is not that Chongzhen and Hongguang do not have the throne of the emperor, but they do not have the confidence and authority of the emperor. Internal and external troubles It is riddled with holes, warlords grow stronger, and factional struggles bring disaster to the country, all of which threaten the absolute authority of the imperial power.

Now that Zhu Yousong's absolute authority has been fully established, no one dares to make rash comments on the things he has decided. "Convincing" Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong sent troops to the court and sent generals. Liu Zhaoji was appointed as the Marshal of the West Route Army by the first group of troops, and the governor of the military affairs of Jiangxi, Huguang, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces. He was in charge of the soldiers and horses in charge of the army, and was responsible for the supply of ammunition for this route. He focused on mobilizing soldiers and horses from the Nanjing area to fight against Li Dingguo in Wuchang.

Zhu Yousong allocated fourteen cannons all in red for him, and the generals who accompanied the army included Ma Bao, Zu Keyong, Jiangyin Sangong, and so on.

The second person, Ma Zhu Yousong, drove himself to Luoyang, and the capital still handed over Gao Hongtu, the first assistant to the cabinet, and Wang Duo, the second assistant to the cabinet.

Li Guofu, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, went out with the army, mainly in coordination with the cabinet, and was responsible for the supply of money, food and equipment for soldiers and horses.

Zhu Yousong mobilized 20 troops near the capital, including the entire imperial camp and a part of Jinyiwei, as well as [-] new recruits from Beizhili.

This group of recruits included Liu Zhaoji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the left and right servants of the Ministry of War, three devil chief instructors who trained in person for half a year. Zhu Yousong also brought them with him this time when he personally conquered Li Zicheng.

Excluding the 6+ troops, the remaining 10,000+ army is the old army of the Ming Dynasty.Although intensive training has been carried out in the past six months, these old troops have already taken shape after all, and there is not much room for improving their combat power in the short term.

Li Zhushi, the commander of the artillery battalion, was ordered to pull out [-] cannons all in red, and went out with Zhu Yousong.

The generals under Zhu Yousong's command included Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, Huimei and three concubines.

Xiao Liu, who was only ten years old, also insisted on following the expedition. At first, Zhu Yousong disagreed, and no matter what, child labor should not be used. Ma Jinhua and other three beauties also disagreed. She was too young. This is going to the battlefield, not a tour play with water.

But Xiao Liu was not calm this time, and after the fuss in front of Zhu Yousong was ineffective, he moved out the Golden Queen and Chan'er.

Zhu Yousong saw how much he had to give the queen some face, and it was also to appease Xiao Liushi and let Huimei try her martial arts. If the two could pass ten moves, he agreed to take Xiao Liushi to the expedition.

Xiao Liu first bit Huimei's ears for a while, then praised Huimei as a flower, and then made a sudden move, the little sword in his hand danced like rain hitting pear blossoms, one sword was as tight as a sword, and the other was as fast as a sword. Sword, stab out more than ten swords in one breath.

Huimei dodges left and right, and just about to start a move, Xiao Liu puts her sword back and jumps out of the circle, laughing loudly, "Thank you, Ma'am, Xiao Liu was lucky enough to pass ten moves."

Turning to Zhu Yousong again, shaking his arm, bouncing and saying: "Your Majesty speaks well, your words will definitely mean what you say, and Liu can go to war with His Majesty!"

Zhu Yousong shook his head with a wry smile, and glared at Huimei, who blushed and begged, "Your Majesty, although Liu is young, his martial arts are already very strong. Poor, there are ministers and concubines here, so don't worry, nothing will go wrong."

Zhu Yousong had no choice but to agree to bring Xiao Liu, and Xiao Liu was so happy that he jumped up and down, "Long live, long live, long live."

You ran to Huimei again, pulled Huimei and shouted: "Mistress Mei is so kind, Liu is willing to serve her side all her life."

Huimei glared at her coquettishly...

The generals who followed Zhu Yousong also included the one-eyed general Ma Wannian, the young general Zhang Huan, Lu Xiao, Zhao Fu, Fang Dongxu, Li Zhushi, Li Quan, Liu Chunhong, Huiying and Zhang Nai, etc.

All the generals who went to war with Zhu Yousong were all elated, not to mention the veterans, but the recruits even heard that their Majesty Zhu Yousong was brave and invincible, and he used soldiers like a god. They are not opponents, and it is certainly not a problem to deal with the thief Li Zicheng.

Who doesn't want to win a battle?What's more, this is His Majesty's personal conquest?

Only the young general Zhang Huan was unhappy, and Zhu Yousong could tell, "Little Aiqing, don't you want to go out with me?"

"I don't dare." Zhang Huan said angrily.

Zhu Yousong said: "I know that you and that Li Dingguo have hatred for killing your father, but you only have national hatred, not family hatred. The old general Zhang Ling and the old Zhang Yu'er are just masters. He will not kill your father. Your father is going to kill him, if you seek revenge like this on the battlefield, is there any end?"

Zhu Yousong tried to persuade Zhang Huan, but Zhang Huan looked at Zhu Yousong in astonishment. He didn't know why his majesty said this?

No wonder Zhang Huan was confused, Li Dingguo was a thief and Zhu Yousong was in a different furnace, but Zhu Yousong in front of him didn't hate Li Dingguo at all, and seemed to be more inclined to Li Dingguo when speaking, which made Zhang Huan very puzzled.

Of course, Zhu Yousong couldn't say anything to him. This time he really wanted to avoid Li Dingguo on purpose, so now he had to prevaricate him, "Okay, okay, I won't let you fight Li Dingguo because I'm worried about your safety. Man, with high martial arts skills, you are definitely not his opponent, and one day I will help you."

Zhang Huan gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En, I want to kill my enemies with my own hands."

"Okay, you have backbone, hahahaha..." Zhu Yousong laughed loudly, and then stopped bringing up the issue.

After half a month of intensive scheduling and preparations, in the second year of Hongguang, that is, in the first ten days of April in [-] AD, two armies set off one after another.

As soon as Zhu Yousong's army arrived in Weihui City, Li Zicheng's men had already captured Luoyang. After massacring the city, they occupied Hulao Pass and approached Kaifeng Mansion.

When Li Zicheng learned that Zhu Yousong was also in charge of the imperial conquest, and the soldiers and horses had arrived in Muye, he led the main force to cross the Yellow River.

The two sides set up a battlefield in Yuanwu, which is now Yuanyang County, Henan Province.

On the vast plain, the two armies faced each other.

(End of this chapter)