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

Chapter 272 A Dou Who Can't Help
Ji Dong wants to train soldiers and horses, improve weapons, and increase combat power on a large scale.But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on. A few days later, that is, two months after he and Sun Chuanting fell out, the court suddenly came with a decree.

The messenger was none other than Li Wenhai, the head of the Ministry of War, and Lin Yi was an old acquaintance.Lin Yi saw that Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting didn't send soldiers to encircle and suppress, and Lin Yi didn't go to war, so he took the head of the military department into the city in Kaicheng.

Li Wenhai was very polite, greeting Lin Yi and the generals as if they were old friends whom he hadn't seen for many years.

Of course Lin Yi knew about this fickle attitude in the officialdom, and he was still vigilant. He wanted to know what Li Wenhai was doing now.

Arranging the incense table, kneeling down to receive the decree, Li Wenhai read out the imperial decree...

Now the situation in Daming has undergone new changes, and the situation is even more severe.The Liaodong battlefield outside the pass deteriorated further. More than a dozen general soldiers of the Ming army, with 10,000+ troops, could not withstand the attack of the Tartars.

Zu Dashou's Jinzhou City was trapped for many days, while Hong Chengchou's men were trapped in Ningyuan.The two sides are incapable of each other, tantamount to being divided by the Tartars.

Zu Dashou held on for many days in Jinzhou, with no food and grass outside and no reinforcements. Finally, "cannibalism" appeared in the city, and Zu Dashou led the crowd to surrender.

Unlike the situation more than a year ago, this time he surrendered to the Tartars sincerely, and he also wrote a letter to his nephew Wu Sangui, urging him to surrender too. Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan was noncommittal after receiving this letter.

After the Qing army occupied Jinzhou, 10,000+ troops surrounded Ningyuan City.Hong Chengchou and Gao Qiqian were trapped, Jiang Lang was exhausted.

Emperor Chongzhen is in a state of desperation and is dispatching troops to relieve the siege of Ningyuan.Yongping General Soldier Liu Zhaoji, Shaanxi General Soldier Li Guoqi, including Shandong General Soldier Liu Zeqing, Linhuai General Soldier Liu Liangzuo, etc. Tens of thousands of people, all received the order of Emperor Chongzhen, let them lead their troops to immediately go outside the customs to cooperate with Wu Sangui in the battle , rescue Ning Yuan, minister Hong Chengchou and eunuch Gao Qiqian.

But the situation in the pass is even more unoptimistic. First of all, Li Zicheng, since he was defeated in Nanyang and hid in the mountains to come back, first of all, the fifth battalion of Gezuo, who is old and returning, joined them. In fact, there are only three battalions left. Don't look at it. After the peasant army of the three battalions joined Li Zicheng's team, it was equivalent to injecting fresh blood into Li Zicheng's horse, which made him own more than 1 horses at once.

Li Zicheng came out of the mountains and was invincible, quickly occupied all parts of Nanyang, and then took Luoyang, and captured the old Fu Wang Zhu Changxun.Li Zicheng took a fancy to his fat body, bought some deer, and greeted the Fulu feast with the soldiers.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Li Yan, these awesome characters came one after another.These are all think-tank figures of the Li Zicheng Group, who have contributed their ideas and suggestions, and put forward the slogan of equalizing the land and exempting grain.Ordinary people live their entire lives for food and land.

Now Li Zicheng suddenly put forward the slogan of welcoming the king and not paying the food. This policy has won the hearts of the people.A large number of hungry people came here, and in just a few months, Li Zicheng's team grew to 10,000+.

Li Zicheng was overjoyed. After he was able to go to Nanyang and Luoyang, his soldiers pointed directly at Kaifeng. Come down, give away the city with both hands.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's men and horses were like a broken bamboo, and they soon arrived near Kaifeng. On the one hand, the defenders of Kaifeng stood firm on the city, and on the other hand, they asked the court for help.

Kaifeng is the provincial capital.Nanyang and Luoyang were all lost, and the king of fortune, Zhu Changxun, was condemned, shaking the government and the public. If something happened to Kaifeng again, it would mean that the whole of Henan would be over.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately transferred Sun Chuanting back, asked him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and gave him a Shangfang sword, asking him to rescue Kaifeng as soon as possible.

Sun Chuanting hastily returned to the capital from Yichang, thinking that the emperor would punish him, because Lin Yi and He Renlong had all run away, which meant that he had not completed the secret mission entrusted to him by the emperor, he was ineffective, and lost so many soldiers , but Emperor Chongzhen didn't mention this matter at all, instead promoted it to the Minister of War, and asked him to lead troops to Henan to suppress the thieves immediately, and no longer mentioned the matter of Lin Yi and He Renlong. Sun Chuanting was determined to play this matter well Ben didn't dare.I had no choice but to quickly lead troops to aid Kaifeng...

Before Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan made trouble again, and Sichuan was his birthplace.As soon as he got there, he felt like a fish in water. The loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu was powerful, but he was already old, and he became an old lady who was nearly seventy years old.His son Ma Xianglin died in battle, and Kong Sizhen, the general of Sichuan, was defeated.Even Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the governor's division, was defeated. Huang Degong was severely injured by Li Dingguo, and the officers and soldiers were defeated.

After Zhang Xianzhong's troops gained a foothold in Sichuan, they quickly captured Dazhou and Nanchong and other vast areas.Urgent documents flew to Emperor Chongzhen's dragon boat like snowflakes. Emperor Chongzhen had no soldiers to send, and was in a state of desperation.

Suddenly he thought of He Renlong and Lin Yi. Emperor Chongzhen completely forgot about the crimes of these two people. As long as he could serve the court, he immediately decreed to pardon these two people and let them lead the army to continue Entering Sichuan to fight against Zhang Xianzhong, this is why Li Wenhai, the head of the Ministry of War, came here.

In this decree, Emperor Chongzhen pardoned Lin Yi and He Renlong, and restored them to their original posts.Let them rise immediately.

After hearing this decree, Lin Yi secretly laughed in his heart, this old emperor changed really fast enough, when he used us, he returned to his post, and when he didn't need us, he would eat people as soon as he changed his face.If we are guilty, we are guilty, if we are meritorious, we are meritorious. I, Lin Yi, have long seen through what kind of change he is. I don’t argue with him so much about people who want to die. Kill yourself.

I, Lin Yi, want to be myself, and I can't let you lead me by the nose. After this period of time to suppress bandits, the number of soldiers and horses has almost expanded, and the money is almost enough in a short time. The next step is to step up training and improve Weapons, increase combat power as soon as possible.The Chongzhen government will collapse in two years, but the Ming Dynasty must not perish. If the Tartars want to come here to run rampant, he has to ask me if Lin Yi will agree.

He Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong wanted to divide the area and change the landlord's surname from Zhu to the landlord's surname, but they couldn't do it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi said to Liu Wenhai: "Master Lin is resting his troops and horses. After the soldiers and horses are resting, he will immediately set up troops to suppress the thieves. Please tell the emperor."

Although Liu Wenhai came here this time on behalf of the emperor, he knew Lin Yi's temper better, and he didn't dare to put on airs at all. When he saw Lin Yi and He Renlong, he was half shorter, because they knew that these two people were very good-natured. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the angel is a fart in front of Ji Dong, he can kill him by staring at him, and he has nowhere to complain.

Therefore, I also saw that you accepted the order with all your mouth, and you did not embarrass him, the angel officer, at all. He did not expect things to go so smoothly, so Li Wenhai was even happier, and said cheerfully: "Lord Lin, it is only natural to rest the army and horses." Yes, I will definitely speak well in front of the emperor after I return home."

Lin Yi said: "Then I have to thank Mr. Li, and there is another thing. Presumably Mr. Li also knows that Lin has contributed to these few battles, but he has also worked hard. He wiped out Shetatian and wiped out Luo Rucai." The troops defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Lin recruited many prisoners to supplement the casualties and downsizing on the battlefield to ensure sufficient combat power. But these soldiers and horses all need food and wages. To be honest, the soldiers and horses under him have already broken through 6 Wan, I hope that my lord will go back and urge the court to allocate more money and food, as soon as the money and food arrives, Lin will immediately raise his troops."

When Li Wenhai heard it, Lin was going to ask the court for money. How many battles did he win in the past two years?How much did he get for the loot alone?It is said that he extorted 100 million taels from King Fu at one time, and exchanged captives for silver with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and exchanged hundreds of thousands of vehicles. It's really greedy.

But no matter what, when the imperial court is employing people, Lin Yi and He Long can only appease them, not provoke them.After we finish suppressing the thieves and clean up the Manchu Tartars, and then wake up, we will definitely clean up Lin, so let him do it first, and now he only needs to agree to send troops.

Li Wen still thought of this, and said with a smile: "Haha, it turned out to be this matter, and it should be done. It's on my master. After I go back, I will go to the court and allocate more money and food. I bid farewell."

After Li Wenhai finished speaking, he left with dozens of relatives. Lin Yi, He Renlong and others sent him out of the camp gate, watching Li Wenhai and his party leave.

"My lord, are you really planning to send troops?" He Renlong asked.

Lin Yi smiled, "Huh, send troops? Let them wait and continue training! Bring the firecrackers for a few shots, and I'll reprimand them."

The subordinates promised quickly, and the fire blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss and three-eyed blunderbuss took several shots.Looking at these antiques, Ji Dong started thinking...

(End of this chapter)