Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 71 Wu Sangui's Rebellion

"Du Pingshen, the plague in the capital city has been brought under control, and I have appointed a new deacon of the imperial hospital. With Li Yan and Yan Yingyuan leading the army to recover the lost land, you must cooperate with Wu Youke to fight the epidemic with all your strength, and strive to eradicate the plague in the recovered area as soon as possible.

Here I have a plan related to field shops and Jiangnan, you can study it, and the allocation of land in the capital should be implemented as soon as possible.

In addition, the officials transferred from Nanjing cannot serve as chief officials for the time being. You can discuss with them and arrange them where they are needed.

Let it be like this for the time being, you go back and discuss it carefully, and after you make it, show it to me for review, and pass it on to Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Li Cunxiao to see me. "

"obey"

Li Banghua took over the documents from Zhu Youjian and resigned, and Ah Qing immediately asked Qi Jiguang and others from Jin Yiwei to come in for an interview.

Time is running out, the four military gods walked into the Qianqing Palace, and saw Zhu Youjian bowing and saluting:

"Weichen"

"The Last Commander"

"See Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian looked at the four most important ministers he relied on and said with a smile:
No courtesy, sit aside. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The four sat down one by one, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the five armies, clasped his fists and asked:
"Your Majesty, I heard that Li Yan is going to lead an army tomorrow, and we also want to fight for our country, please grant your permission?"

"That's right, Your Majesty, we are going to fight with the army, and we are all suffocated."

The other three asked for a fight one after another.

Zhu Youjian smiled and shook his head:

"Indeed, I have ordered Li Yan and Yan Yingyuan to lead the army tomorrow, but you have other arrangements, don't worry for now, how is the bayonet I asked you to make?"

Sun Chengzong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, immediately clasped his fists and replied:

"Reporting to the emperor, all [-] guns and bayonets have been built and can be delivered to the army at any time."

Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction, and immediately ordered:

"Well, that's right. Equip the army immediately. All the infantry's flintlock guns should be equipped with bayonets. Let's start with Li Yanyan Yingyuan's army."

"According to the purpose"

Sun Chengzong led the order and left.

After annihilating the main force of the bandits and Li Zicheng, and breaking the siege of the capital, Zhu Youjian discovered a problem.

In order to prevent hand-to-hand combat, the infantry held flintlock guns and carried various weapons on their backs, which had a great impact on the rapid movement of the soldiers. After returning to the city, they began to plan to equip the flintlock guns with bayonets.

After talking about their ideas to Qi Jiguang and others, all four of them greatly appreciated the emperor's ideas, and Zhu Youjian asked the Ministry of War to start building [-] bayonets.

The length of the bayonet should not be too long, but it should not be too short either. Zhu Youjian decided to build it according to the length of the rifle bayonet of later generations.

Once the flintlock is equipped with a bayonet, the length of the flintlock is not much different from that of normal ice. With their strong physical fitness and combat experience, soldiers have no fear of hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Since then, there has been a skill training in all infantry training, that is, bayonet fighting.

Of course, this kind of occasion will not happen often. It is mainly to prevent the opponent from breaking through the flintlock gun and tiger squat gun, so that the infantry can have the ability to protect themselves.

Once charging, the soldiers may not be defeated when they hold up their bayonets to fight their opponents. Their physical fitness is much stronger than that of the bandits.

After Sun Chengzong left, Zhu Youjian looked at Sun Chuanting, Li Cunxiao and Qi Jiguang, three military god-level historical figures:

"Three generals. I would like to discuss with you. Li Yan's strength of more than 1 troops is still a bit weak. I would like to recruit some troops from your army to supplement them."

The three hurriedly clasped their fists together and saluted:

"Your Majesty, all of us are your soldiers. Please move your Majesty at will. I dare not have any thoughts."

Their reactions were all within Zhu Youjian's expectations. The loyalty of the summoned soldiers was not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. They took it as their bounden duty to obey the orders of the host.

Seeing that the three military gods had no objections, Zhu Youjian immediately issued an order:

"Li Cunxiao, when Li Yan goes out to battle tomorrow, you will dispatch a Qianxuan armored cavalry and hand it over to Yan Yingyuan to command and dispatch."

"obey"

"General Qi, you also dispatch a thousand Qi's troops to command Yan Yingyuan."

"Sun Chuanting, you will also deploy a thousand new troops and give them to Yan Yingyuan to command."

"You have a thousand elites from each of the three military branches, not only are Yan Yingyuan's extraordinary soldiers, but also the main force of this army plus the soul of the army. Let the commander strictly implement Yan Yingyuan's orders without any mistakes.

"obey"

"obey"

The three generals immediately got up to receive the order, and just about to leave the Qianqing Palace, a Jin Yiwei hurried in to report:
"Your Majesty, the deputy commander Baihu sent someone to send an emergency military situation."

The three of them stopped almost at the same time, and turned to look at Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Youjian took the letter and waved to Jin Yiwei, who sent the letter, to go back to rest, and he immediately opened the letter.

Although he was mentally prepared for this, the content of the letter still made Zhu Youjian's face change slightly.

"Duo Duo, the younger brother of Dorgon, the regent of the Eastern Captive, sent troops to Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui, the commander of Shanhaiguan, offered to surrender. Please make preparations early."

This is Baihu's own handwriting.

According to historical records, Wu Sangui rebelled only after the bandits entered the capital more than 40 years ago, and now he has rebelled and surrendered to the captives in less than half a month.

It wasn't because of Chen Yuanyuan, Zhu Youjian didn't touch Wu Sangui's family at all.

It's normal to think about it, Wu Sangui is so ambitious, how could he care about a woman, let alone rebel for a woman.

Wu Sangui became a beauty when he was angry, and Du Nima was farting. He had already planned in his heart, and Li Zicheng just created the best excuse for him.

After the complete annihilation of Li Zicheng, Zhu Youjian sent the White Tiger Xuanwu out. His purpose was to let them sneak into Shanhaiguan. Now it seems that the effect is good.

"Your Majesty, did something important happen?"

Seeing that the emperor's expression was not right, Qi Jiguang asked hastily.

Zhu Youjian didn't speak, but handed the letter to Qi Jiguang.

When Qi Jiguang finished the letter, Li Cunxiao and Sun Chuanting stretched their heads over, they all wanted to know the contents above.

"Eastern captives invaded, Shanhaiguan general Wu Sangui rebelled!"

"hiss……"

Both Sun Chuanting and Qi Jiguang gasped.

They understand the importance of Shanhaiguan far more than Li Cunxiao.

But Li Cunxiao showed disdain on his face. For him, sending troops to Shanhaiguan and destroying them all is just a matter.

After reading the letter, Qi Jiguang clasped his fist at the general:

"Your Majesty, when do you think the troops will be dispatched? Now is the best time to catch them off guard while they are not yet firmly established."

"Okay, Sun Chuanting stays put, the main task is to do a good job of defending the capital."

"General Qi and General Li are ready to dispatch troops. Tomorrow night, they will lead the rest of your troops and leave Beijing quietly on fast horses.

March at the fastest speed, and kill them by surprise. The army rations only need to carry three or four days of dry food, and I will send someone to send you food and grass. "

Zhu Youjian and Qi Jiguang had the same idea, and he immediately got the Qi family and Xuanjia cavalry ready for a quick raid on Shanhaiguan.

After Qi Jiguang received the decree, he asked Zhu Youjian for instructions:

"According to the order."

"Your Majesty, if we kill the thieves from the east, should we send troops directly to the grassland and take down Shengjing in one go?"

(End of this chapter)