Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 169
After the decree official Zheng Chongjian read the decree, he left the money, stayed in Miyun for two days, and returned to Beijing to return to his order.

Liu Zhaoji also had to take office immediately, but Yongping Mansion was short of major generals, and there was a serious shortage of troops. Of course, Liu Zhaoji, as the governor, could not go to Yongping alone as a bare-handed commander. Finally, after discussing with Lin Yi, he took away 5000 generals.

That is to say, there are a total of 7000 soldiers guarding the Great Wall and Guancheng in the Miyun area, and they are dispatched and commanded by Lin Yi.

Ji Dong knew that as a commander-in-chief, being able to command 7000 soldiers was considered a lot, especially in the troubled times at the end of Ming Dynasty, when the number of soldiers was greatly reduced.It sounds like a lot of soldiers under many generals, but most of them are full of water. They cheated the court of food and salaries in order to eat empty salaries, and Lin Yi's 7000 troops are a real number.

Lin Yi is now the commander-in-chief, not only has 2000 more soldiers, but also has more jurisdictions. In addition to the 200-mile defense line of the two pass cities on the Great Wall, there is also Miyun City.

However, Ji Dong still focused his energy on training. After these two months of rigorous training, the original 5000 troops have entered the state.Now there are 2000 more, but these 2000 people are not the same as when they were just transferred. Liu Zhaoji is also famous for his strict military management. During the two months when Lin Yi was training on the Great Wall, Liu Zhaoji was not idle. He is also training soldiers and horses.

Now Ji Dong asked them to join forces and carry out training according to his method.

Time flies, and a year has passed in a flash, that is, the summer of 1639 AD.

After this year's training, the combat effectiveness of Ji Dong's 7000 troops has improved dramatically compared to before.

However, the combat strength of these 7000 troops is still not at the same level. Lin Yi's original 2000 troops, that is, the combination of the Guanning Army and the Tianxiong Army, were originally very strong in combat effectiveness, and now they have undergone another year of hard training. , Whether it is a collective charge, individual combat, or the use of firearms, there has been a new improvement.

The remaining 5000 people are basically at the same level. This is 1 of the 5000 horses that Emperor Chongzhen transferred to him from other places. Military discipline has improved greatly in the past year, and combat power has also improved. There is still a certain gap compared with the 2000 old team.

Lin Yi organized the 2000 troops with the strongest combat effectiveness as the standard battalion, and the remaining 5000 troops as the new training camp.

Of course, the biggest change in the past year is undoubtedly the women's camp.

Don't look at Xiaoying and Zhezhe's battalion, there are only 56 of them in total, but none of them are weak women now, including those 50 beauties of Jalut, now they can not only sing and dance, but also please men , Picking up a knife and gun can charge into battle, riding a horse, archery, and juggling a knife.

And these beautiful girls have naturally shed a lot of blood and sweat over the past year. Everyone's skin color is obviously heavy, but their bodies are still so slim. You can't tell it when they wear strange clothes. All of them have martial arts, only their eyes Among them, murderous intent will be brought out.

The beauty of women can also be reflected here, that is the unique beauty of heroines, and Lin Yi likes this.

"My lord, we have been practicing for such a long time, and the tartars dare not come to commit crimes, and the bandits have been wiped out. What's the use of continuing to practice like this? How long will we have to practice?"

Both Xiaoying and Zhezhe came to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi smiled, "You have also become militants? But soon, we won't be able to stop for a few days, and a fierce battle is coming."

"Brother Lin, how did you know?" Xiaoying and Zhezhe looked at each other, thinking that Lin Yi was trying to amuse them.

"The general soldier watches the sky at night, and there are two thieves, one from the northeast and the other from the southwest, and they meet at last. This is a sign of great evil." Lin Yi shook his head half-truthfully, making Xiaoying and Zhezhe confused Can't tell the truth.

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see, Mr. Lin's prophecy has never failed."

Xiaoying and Zhezhe thought about it, and what Lin Yi said was right, so they continued to train female soldiers with a poof smile.

Of course, Ji Dong knew that the reason why the Manchu Tartars stopped for a year was just a superficial phenomenon. They were all accumulating strength and preparing for a larger-scale battle. That was the Battle of Songjin. was exhausted.

The domestic thieves are far from being wiped out, it's just that Xiaoying and Zhezhe are far away at the border, and the news is blocked and they don't know about it.At this time, Li Zicheng had wandered out from the mountains, hibernated for a year, accumulated enough strength, and was no longer with the original 18 cavalry, but found their old battalion and gathered tens of thousands of men and horses to break through. After being chased and intercepted by officers and soldiers, we arrived in Henan.

Henan is the place where Li Zicheng made his fortune. This is a province with a large population. When a terrible famine is coming, Li Zicheng will also fool around. Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Yan all compete to work for him. It is too tempting to equalize the land without grain. Farmers Isn't life all about food and land?Li Zicheng is so foolish, who can not follow him!
And Ji Dong also thought about it, that Zhang Xianzhong had been lingering for more than a year, secretly accumulating strength to recruit troops, at this time he had already revolted in Gucheng, and then quickly returned to Sichuan, the thieves everywhere made the two of them the world, Surrendering to the traitor Yang Sichang will soon be unlucky.

In this way, the Manchu Tartars came from the north, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong came from the southwest, like two big iron pincers, about to bite the neck of the Ming Dynasty.

Within ten days, the imperial decree arrived, and Emperor Chongzhen transferred Lin Yi to follow Zheng Chongjian to fight in Shaanxi.Zheng Chongjian was now promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of War, acting as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, Ding Qirui as the governor of Shaanxi, under their command, there are a total of three general soldiers, namely He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and Lin Yi, a total of 3 horses.

Now Hong Chengchou has gone to Liaodong, the two commanders in Shaanxi and Ningxia, Zuo Guangxian and Cao Bianjiao also went to Liaodong, Shaanxi is empty, and the thieves have started to make trouble again, mainly returning to Ma Shouying, Mantianxing and Guotianxing Wait for a few thieves.

Now Sun Chuanting has been arrested and thrown into prison.Emperor Chongzhen hid such a master in his cellar, which was tantamount to digging his own grave.

Emperor Chongzhen arrested such a main combat faction, of course, to pave the way and remove obstacles for the secret peace talks with the Manchu Tartars.

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not make a clear statement on this matter, allowing his ministers to guess his mind.Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, and Fang Yizao could all guess what was in Emperor Chongzhen's mind, but these people were old foxes, veterans in the officialdom, who had seen through the emperor's will but pretended to be confused. In the future, Emperor Chongzhen turned his face and asked them to settle accounts, and the matter was delayed until Li Zicheng raised a banner in Henan, and a single spark began to start a prairie fire.

Zhang Xianzhong over there also raised the banner of rebellion in May of this year, killing officials and seizing the government, in response to Li Zicheng, and now he has gone to Sichuan.

It's a hell of a deal.It was not only fatal to Emperor Chongzhen, but also fatal to Yang Sichang.Incomplete suppression of thieves is not a light crime.More importantly, Zhang Xianzhong. At the beginning, Hong Chengchou did not agree to let Zhang Xianzhong surrender. He advocated that all should be killed and no one should be left.However, Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, tried his best to appease Zhang Xianzhong. As a result, Yang Sichang agreed with Xiong Wencan's proposition, and Zhang Xianzhong finally surrendered successfully.

It should be said that Xiong Wencan's ability to appease is very strong. He not only appeases Zhang Xianzhong, but also appeases old Hui Hui Ma Shouying, Cao Cao Luo Rucai and other traitors.

Who would have thought that Lao Zhang played the same trick again, surrendering was false, accumulating strength secretly, and rebelling again was true, and now he is repeating the old trick, and Ma Shouying and Luo Rucai have also followed suit, which made Xiong Wencan and Yang Sichang suffer.

Xiong Wencan immediately sent Zuo Liangyu to lead troops to suppress it, but he didn't know that Zuo Liangyu didn't give him face at the critical moment, and was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong when he got there.

Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and demoted Zuo Liangyu to the position of deputy commander in chief.As for Xiong Wencan, he was dismissed directly and sent to prison, and his head was beheaded the next year.

Then Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered Yang Sichang to personally lead the army and send heavy troops to suppress it, so that the peace talks with Huang Taiji became a painting.

Now Henan, Shandong, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places are fighting again.Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong got up, and the thieves lurking in the mountains began to move again. In addition to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Ma Shouying, the old man, and Luo Rucai, who was called Cao Cao, were also very powerful, as well as Mantianxing, Guotianxing, etc. Several other thieves also rose up, so Emperor Chongzhen had to encircle and suppress again, and let Lin Yi follow Zheng Chongjian and others to fight in Shaanxi.

Both Xiaoying and Zhezhe gave Lin Yi their thumbs up, "Brother Lin, you are really amazing, you are really accurate in observing the astronomical phenomena!"

Of course!Lin Yi smiled, and immediately assembled his team. Someone from Miyun area would naturally come to take over. Lin Yi took his 7000 troops, including food and supplies, and left Miyun to go southwest two days later...

(End of this chapter)