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Chapter 251 Taking down Juyongguan

The conscription campaign in Qiangdi is going on vigorously.

Especially after occupying the entire Datong Prefecture, the passage to Shanxi in the south and Shaanxi in the west was opened.

The Shanshan and Shaanxi areas have been suffering from drought year after year, and the gentry took the opportunity to hoard and annex land.

Not only was the imperial court unable to cut taxes and transport food for disaster relief, but it kept raising taxes because of the use of troops in various places and the emptiness of the national treasury.

As a result, more and more farmers have lost their land. After renting the land of the landlord's family, after deducting the rent and the taxes paid to the court, there is not even enough food.

Even a large amount of land was drought-stricken, and the people were in dire straits.

The people were forced to have nowhere to go, starved to death everywhere, sold their sons and daughters, and countless people left their hometowns to seek a way to survive.

Some were honest and starved to death on the road; some robbed wealthy households in order to survive;

There are refugees everywhere in Shanshan and Shaanxi, and the most indispensable thing is manpower.

As long as they can have something to eat, they dare to follow the thieves to fight with the officers and soldiers.

After the military government opened up this channel, the population problem was solved immediately, and it was extremely cheap, as long as there was food to eat, there were as many people as needed.

Of course, Zhao Cheng would not let go of this demographic dividend period, and used the promise of two meals a day to attract refugees.

The number of the Seventh Army left behind in the strong ground was first expanded to 1, of which 1000 were equipped with Lee's rifles, 4000 were equipped with Mi-2 rifles, and 5000 were equipped with cold weapons.

Except for the Li's rifle, which Zhao Cheng bought from the system mall, the Mi-2 rifle and cold weapons are both produced by Qiangdi.

Now, when the steam engine is invented, it is first applied to the arsenal.

The production efficiency of the arsenal has been greatly improved.

The young students who have studied in the school for several months, the most elite part, also join the arsenal, practice in the arsenal, and manufacture weapons.

In human history, every time a war is encountered, technology develops the fastest.

Because in war, there is an urgent need to study weapons.

High-tech weapons drive scientific and technological progress, and when they are applied to civilian use after the war, they often lead to technological revolutions.

There are also some young students who have entered various factories and become the backbone of the business.

Most of the young students entered the expeditionary army.

Let the student soldiers become the backbone of the conquest army... This is what the commander-in-chief said.

Zhao Cheng gave an order, and the reorganized Seventh Army, under the leadership of the army commander Zheng Qiang, marched into Kaiping Zhongtunwei.

From Xuanfu Town to the east, if you want to get to Shuntianfu, you need to cross a Great Wall.

This Great Wall is equivalent to a psychological defense line for the imperial court. Once this Great Wall is breached, the army will be able to reach the capital city within a day.

At this time, Zhao Cheng had two choices. The first was to keep a low profile and let the army go south, bypassing Maguansuo or Jingxing.

The Daomaguan Station is now under the control of the conquering army. After leaving the Daomaguan Station, Baoding Mansion is to the east. From Baoding Mansion to the north, bypassing Tianjin Sanwei, it is Kaiping Zhongtunwei, which is Tangshan in later generations.

Going this way is more troublesome, but less disturbing to the imperial court.

As long as the people from the Dongfang Company spend some money in the capital and bribe the cabinet people, even big and small things can be reduced, so that Chongzhen will not feel any crisis, and the court will turn a blind eye to this matter.

Another option is to be more high-profile, go directly eastward from Xuanfu Town, break through Juyong Pass, enter Shuntian Mansion openly, and go straight to Kaiping Zhongtunwei.

Juyongguan is the west gate guarding the capital and the last line of defense of the capital.

Once Juyongguan is broken, the world will definitely be shaken.

At that time, Chongzhen will probably have no other choice, and will directly issue the order of King Qin to let the soldiers and horses from all over the world enter King Qin.

In the five years of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty, there were still many loyal soldiers and horses in the world. As long as Chongzhen gave an order, many troops would march into Jingqin King.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the capital was in crisis several times, and many soldiers and horses came to serve the king from all over the country.

It's just that the soldiers and horses who really serve the king often do not end well in the end, so that in the end, fewer and fewer are willing to serve the king.

But even so, when Li Zicheng's troops approached the city and Daming was about to perish, Chongzhen issued the King Qin's order, and there were still large troops leaving.

For example, Zuo Liangyu sent thousands of people to go northward.

Another example is Wu Sangui, who actually dispatched a large army, but his movements were also very slow, and his purpose was to wait and see.

Let's see who can win between Li Zicheng and Chongzhen. If Chongzhen can hold the capital for a period of time, there will be signs of a bright future in Ming Dynasty. Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army will definitely go south to beat Li Zicheng.

However, in the end, the defense ability of the capital was too poor, and it was quickly breached.

The walls are high and thick, but they are useless at all.

Wu Sangui was so frightened that he immediately led his troops back to Shanhaiguan.

If the conquering army breaks through Juyongguan now, it is very likely that they will directly clash with the main force of the Ming army.

But Zhao Cheng was no longer afraid.

He has this capital.

Just this small Seventh Army, with [-] soldiers and horses, can beat the Ming army all over the world, and beat the Ming army everywhere.

The minions and teeth of the Crusade Army have grown sharp and their wings are plump. It is time to show off their strength, let everyone take a look, and let the people of insight in the world know what to do.

Zheng Qiang led the Seventh Army to go straight to Juyongguan.

He didn't deliberately cover up anything, Shen Chi and Wang Kun in Zhangjiakou were naturally the first to get the news, and Shen Chi was so frightened on the spot that he shit up.

He is the governor of Xuanfu Town, and he is responsible for guarding the land.

Zhao Cheng was in a strong place, and he didn't publicly declare his rebellion, and everyone dared not say that he was a rebellion.

But now, the conscript army is blatantly marching eastward, preparing to attack the capital, is it really a rebellion?

Not even the last fig leaf!
At this time, Shen Chen was in a difficult situation. In theory, he should lead his troops to fight against the conquering army.

But with his few people, how can he fight?

At the beginning, Zhao Cheng led 1000 people and beat him like a tortoise.

Now, the Seventh Army alone has 1 people.

The actual prevention and control of Xuanfu Town has been completely taken over by the Sixth Army in the past two months.

An Qiang, the commander of the legion, sits in Zhangjiakou.

Shen Chi watched helplessly as the Sixth Army quickly expanded from 1000 to 5000 people, and now, the number is heading towards 1.

Now don't say that Shen Chi dared not order to be an enemy of the conquering army, even if he gave the order, his soldiers and horses would not listen to him.

The border army in Xuanfu Town watched the training of the conscript army every day, so of course they knew how powerful the conscript army was.

To fight against the conscript army is to die, to strike a stone with an egg.

Shen Chen believed that if he dared to order the mobilization of troops, he might not need to take action from the conscripting army at all. Some of his generals would dare to take off his head and join the conscripting army.

The Seventh Army did not encounter any resistance and arrived at Juyongguan smoothly.

Juyongguan, which is like a wall of iron and copper, is as undefended in front of the conquering army.

As soon as the army arrived, there were already internal responses in the city, killing the guards at the head of the city and opening the city gate.

The charge trumpet sounded, and the sound of shouting and killing was everywhere, which made all the defenders in the city look pale.

These defenders couldn't even get enough to eat, and the meager food and salary were exploited layer by layer. Even if there was a little left over, they couldn't get it in their hands. The food and salary from half a year ago hadn't been seen yet!

Of course they won't be desperate.

Seeing the mountains and plains outside the city, all the conscripts were shouting to kill, rushing forward like desperately... They immediately threw away their weapons, squatted on the ground and surrendered.

When Zheng Qiang entered the city, he joined the armed caravan of Dongfang Company.

Most of the cities in the north have been infiltrated by the armed caravans of the Eastern Company.

"Old Li, thanks to you! The commander-in-chief said that Juyongguan was built beautifully. If it can be won peacefully, it is best to win it peacefully. I am still worried along the way! If there is strong resistance in the city, use artillery Boom, what a pity this Juyongguan is.”

Zheng Qiang smiled and hugged Li Gaoyi.

"Hey! It's easy to say! Our Dongfang Company has semicolons in every city in Beizhili. If you want to attack any city, it's okay to say hello in advance and open a city gate for you." Li Gaoyi laughed.

"Is the capital okay?" Zheng Qiang asked with his eyes brightened.

"The capital is also from Beizhili!" Li Gaoyi laughed, very confident.

"Good! Good! Good! Hahaha!" Zheng Qiang laughed loudly.

The commander-in-chief hasn't directly stated his position, but in the hearts of the generals of the conscript army, everyone has long believed that the commander-in-chief will become emperor sooner or later.

And, many people have already begun to work in this direction.

"Old Zheng Ni is stationed in Kaiping Zhongtunwei. This is next to Chongzhen's pillow! On the side of the couch! In the future, when you have the right time, place and people, you will be the first to march into the capital and attack Huanglong. Let us brothers join forces, we need to share more credit with our brothers!" Li Gaoyi obviously thought the same way.

"It's easy to talk! It's easy to talk! You do well in the capital. When the time comes, open the gates of the capital for us, and our brothers will join hands to enter the palace, and take Chongzhen's son off the throne for the commander!" Zheng Qiang laughed.

The two of them spoke with impunity.

"However, let's talk about it, let's talk about it. When our expeditionary army enters Juyongguan, the children of Chongzhen have no fig leaf, and I am afraid that they will issue the order of King Qin. At that time, the world will gather soldiers and horses. Old Zheng, you have to be careful! Although the Ming Dynasty is rotten , but there are still some fierce people." Li Gaoyi said.

"Don't worry, I have 1000 troops under my command. Back then, the commander-in-chief led [-] of us, and dared to go out to fight the Tartars. We were all equipped with Mie rifles at that time.

Tartars are more powerful than imperial soldiers and horses!It's not the same as being spanked by us!Now, I have 1000 troops under my command, 2 of whom are equipped with Lee rifles alone, and 4000 of whom are equipped with Mi-[-] rifles.

That is to say, the commander-in-chief is too benevolent, otherwise, as long as I give an order, I can help the old man take the capital!In this whole world, we can compete with each other among the legions of our expeditionary army.Otherwise, there is no opponent! "

Zheng Qiang is full of confidence.

He changed his tone and continued:

"It's you, Old Li, you have to be careful. Be careful of Chongzhen's children jumping over the wall in a hurry, it will be bad for your brothers in the capital."

"There is no way." Li Gaoyi sighed softly, "However, I have already made arrangements, some brothers have already lurk, and other brothers have already gathered.

Usually, I quietly transported many weapons to the capital.Marshal Renyi dispatched a batch of Li's rifles, revolvers, and grenades for us. It's no problem for everyone to fight out of the capital. "

In fact, Li Gaoyi was very conservative in what he said. He felt that not only would it be no problem to get out of the capital, but it would not be a big problem to get into the palace if those people arranged by the capital were gathered together in a fit of anger.

"That's good! However, I have a better way. When we march, let's pass by the capital city! Give Chongzhen children a military exercise, and let the adults in the capital see the strength of our conscript army , let them know where the buttocks should be tilted."

Zheng Qiang grinned.

Holding such a powerful army in your hands, if you don't show it off, it's like walking at night in a brocade!
The Seventh Army went straight to the capital.

Capital.

Chongzhen received the information that Juyongguan had fallen almost as soon as he received the information that the conscript army had entered Juyongguan, and there were signs of attacking Juyongguan.

(End of this chapter)