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Chapter 253 How did Daming become like this?

When receiving the King Qin's order, Lu Xiangsheng sighed, without saying a word, dispatched a large army on the spot, from Shaanxi, through Henan, into Zhili in the north, and came to the capital.

It is very important to exterminate the thieves.

However, the capital is in danger, and the emperor issued an order to serve the king. Then, returning to the teacher to protect the emperor and relieve the siege of the capital is the most important thing.

The one who arrived after Lu Xiangsheng was Zuo Liangyu.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was not as grand as he was in Jiujiang in the 17th year of Chongzhen and had millions of soldiers.

He had just escaped from Cao Wenzhao's command, and led tens of thousands of troops to defend Henan.

He is much closer than Lu Xiangsheng, and from Henan to the capital through Beizhili, there is a flat road all the way, which is extremely beneficial to the march.

But Zuo Liangyu has never been a loyal person, his first principle is to protect himself.

He can't fight, and his self-defense is absolutely top-notch.

Because of this, Zuo Liangyu, who was the weakest in battle and weak in power, killed a lot of fierce generals. In the last period of Chongzhen, he became the strong general who ruled the most troops in Ming Dynasty.

After Zuo Liangyu received the King Qin's order, he began to dawdle until Lu Xiangsheng went to the capital first. He felt that he had a certain amount of confidence, so he followed to the capital.

The third soldier from King Qin was Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong.

He had the same thought as Zuo Liangyu, although Shandong was the closest to the capital and the road was the smoothest, but he came the last.

Because when he was in Shandong, he had heard of the majesty of the strong army.The strong land army was showing off their power outside the capital, and even the guards could only watch from the city wall, trembling with fear, no one dared to go out of the city to fight.

If he, the general soldier of Shandong, goes, will he be fine?

Therefore, he "accidentally fell off the horse and broke his leg" on the way, thus "delaying the trip".Hurry up and send the resignation to the capital first.

Anyway, Liu Zeqing had a clear grasp of Chongzhen's character. As long as the generals who lead troops outside have military power in their hands, Chongzhen will hardly do anything to them.

Smart people know what to do. At this time, it is necessary to keep the military power in their hands. This is the kingly way.

As a military commander, if he has no soldiers under his command, he is doomed, and he can only be manipulated by others.

Therefore, after seeing Tianxiong's army and Zuo Liangyu's army arriving, he rushed there unsteadily.

These three armies of King Qin were stationed outside the capital city, with a total of 10,000+ troops, and the camp stretched for twenty or thirty miles.At night, the major camps lit bonfires and raised torches, and the bonfires were connected, which looked amazing.

After Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing arrived, they immediately went to Lu Xiangsheng's big tent, discussed with Lu Xiangsheng, and wanted to write a letter together, asking the emperor to allocate food and salaries.

When a soldier fights, he has to eat food and pay.In addition to people eating horse chews, daily expenses, and salaries for officers and soldiers, there is also money for departure, money for pensions, and rewards for beheading the enemy...

Since ancient times, wars have been fought for silver.As soon as the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold.It not only refers to the income after winning, but also refers to the consumption during the war.

Lu Xiangsheng flatly refused.

"You two generals, you can ask for food and pay, but not now. The army has just arrived, and there is no big tent yet. They are stationed outside the city and ask for food and pay first. It is inevitable that they will be suspected of threatening the Holy King. We are waiting to share the worries of the court. Now we should restrain the soldiers and horses. , Set up camp on the spot, strictly observe military discipline, let the soldiers rest well, and prepare for the battle!"

Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing had an upset.

Lu Xiangsheng doesn't want it, but they can't.

You are noble, you are amazing!However, isn't it a matter of course for soldiers to eat food?

They didn't care what happened to Lu Xiangsheng, after the two of them went back, they immediately wrote to ask for food and salary.

Chongzhen immediately felt a headache.

How can he have money!
Now he usually wears regular clothes in the palace with patches.The household department warehouse can starve the mice to death.

If the money is not given, these King Qin soldiers will become chaos soldiers in a blink of an eye.

Chongzhen hates it in his heart!Why didn't the conscript army stop fighting?
Originally, the conquering army was majestic, and he thought that he would besiege the capital.If that's the case, King Qin's soldiers and horses have come, and there is nothing to say. We have to fight the rebels first, and we will talk after the battle is over!
The conscript army is so capable of fighting, after a battle, how many of these King Qin soldiers and horses are left?
It goes without saying that if you lose, even if you win, it will definitely be a miserable victory.At that time, if a few generals are investigated for their ineffective leadership, the issue of food and pay will be over.

Who knew that the conquering army just circled outside the capital city, showed off their might, and then left.

What is this Zhao Cheng thinking?

This time, Chongzhen really couldn't advance or retreat.

At this time, someone in the cabinet gave him another idea.You can let Qin Wang's soldiers and horses be transferred to defense.According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, when soldiers and horses are deployed for defense, they do not need to be given rations on the day they arrive at the garrison area.

This is not the first time Chongzhen has done this kind of thing.

He did it once after Jin Dajun knocked on the pass last time, and this time he was familiar with the road.

When the order was passed to the camp outside the city, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing immediately exploded.

Lu Xiangsheng also had an ugly face.

Before, it was he who argued hard to make the two colleagues Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing unhappy, and insisted on camping first to let the soldiers rest.

But now, just as the camp was set up, the Holy Majesty ordered them to pull out the camp without any food or salary.

"Lu Shuai, we have worked so hard and traveled thousands of miles to serve the king! The emperor didn't give us a cent of food! The emperor can't send hungry soldiers! That's all, the soldiers traveled hard and finally set up camp, the emperor One order, let us change places to garrison... Hehe! We are all leading troops, and Lu Shuai should also know, what is the point of us moving these twenty or thirty miles? It is nothing more than the court's rules. On the day of the lot, the imperial court does not need to provide rations. The imperial court does not want to give us rations!"

Zuo Liangyu had a loud voice, and her tone was very dissatisfied, without any fear.

He also saw that the imperial court didn't have many troops to fight.The emperor also needs to rely on these generals!

"Yeah! Isn't this just playing with us? The rebels haven't seen it yet, and the soldiers are all exhausted!"; Liu Zeqing then said.

Lu Xiangsheng's face was also a little ugly.

He was the one who advocated camping in place before, but an order from Chongzhen slapped him in the face!
"Your Majesty naturally has His Majesty's plans! How can we, as courtiers, use such malice to speculate on His Majesty's intentions? You two, I am in a moment of impatience for you, so I won't bother with you! If there are similar words again, be careful! Someone is going to turn his face!"

Lu Xiangsheng's tone was majestic.These words left Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing speechless.

At this time, Chongzhen was still majestic.Regardless of whether Zuo Liangyu and the others are willing or not, they have to follow the order to move to the camp.

The soldiers came rushing over, usually lacking in food and clothing, and after finally setting up the camp, they had to move the camp again, so naturally there were complaints.

Fortunately, the Tianxiong Army has strict military discipline, and the morale of the soldiers is high. Lu Xiangsheng immediately moved to the camp with an order.

The subordinates of Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing couldn't do it. Their military discipline was disorganized, and the morale of the soldiers was low. During the process of relocating the camp, the troops were scattered, and some people even took the opportunity to rob the villages along the way, burning, killing and looting.

Zuo Liangyu's army came from this background. Instead of stopping him, he secretly encouraged them.

For a while, another military disaster hit the suburbs of Beijing. Many villagers left their homes and were forced to flee and became refugees.

Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he personally led the Tianxiong army to suppress it.

Personally angrily reprimanded Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, "If you can't control your subordinates, I will discipline you for you! We are the righteous teachers of King Qin, how can we allow ourselves to rob our own people?"

Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing were very dissatisfied, but they dared not confront Lu Xiangsheng head-on.

Lu Xiang's promotion and prestige are higher than theirs, and the Tianxiong Army is well-known in the world as a powerful army, they can't afford to provoke them!

Under the restraint of the two reluctantly, they finally set up a stronghold.

The next day, the order came again—the military situation has changed, and the garrison area has to be changed again!

Now, even Lu Xiangsheng could only be dumbfounded.

On the third day, it was still a sacred order, and the three King Qin armies changed their garrisons!

This time, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing's men were completely blown away.

When they came to King Qin, they were thinking of eating and drinking from the court, and they didn't bring too much military rations.

In fact, it is unrealistic for Zuo Liangyu to bring a large amount of military rations to the capital Qinwang.

Along the way, everyone was half hungry and half full, and they had run out of food when they arrived in the capital.It's fine if Chongzhen doesn't give them rations, and they keep changing their defenses and moving camps every day. Who can bear this?

Zuo Liangyu simply gave an order, tens of thousands of troops under his command dispersed, and began to loot the surrounding people, grabbing money and food.

Seeing this, Liu Zeqing followed closely and relaxed military discipline.

For a time, the Gyeonggi area became a hell on earth.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to put out fires everywhere.However, the Tianxiong Army only has 1 people, and there is insufficient food and wages, and they can't manage it even if they are exhausted.

He wanted to find Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing, and let them restrain his subordinates.However, Zuo Liangyu and the others had been on guard for a long time. They used the excuse to restrain the suppressing team, and they were not in the camp at all, deliberately avoiding Lu Xiangsheng.

As for the capital, the city gates are closed at this time.

Not to mention sending troops to suppress the rebels, the defenders at the top of the city were all trembling, for fear that the rebels would come to the capital.

After Chongzhen found out, he was furious, and issued several orders in succession, angrily reprimanding Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing.

In particular, Lu Xiangsheng received the most severe reprimand because he had the highest position among the soldiers and horses of the kings of all walks of life.

Lu Xiangsheng was speechless for a while, feeling exhausted and powerless at the same time.

Daming, how did it become like this?

The Holy King is deceived!

This chaos is still going on.At this time, several four-wheeled vehicles driven by steam engines were driving on the road.

Zhao Cheng sat in the car with a look of joy.

This is a four-wheeled vehicle running on the road. It is supposed to be a car, but it looks like a locomotive.

It's just that the wheels of this locomotive are big wheels that run on the road.

The chassis of the car was designed by Song Yingxing himself after taking Zhao Cheng's suggestion.The power was a coal-fired steam engine.

The steam engine made a crackling sound, driving the wheels and driving on the road.

"Old Song, you did a great job! I didn't expect you to get the car out so quickly!" Zhao Cheng was in a good mood.

"Car?" Song Yingxing's eyes lit up, "Good name! The commander is really a genius! You can come up with such a suitable name with just a few words! Originally, I was still thinking about what to call this thing! The horse-drawn carriage is definitely inappropriate. This is not a horse-drawn carriage. If it is called a wooden cow and a horse, it seems to be different from the legendary wooden cow and horse invented by Prime Minister Zhuge. The commander-in-chief calls it a car, which is most appropriate. A horse-drawn carriage is called a carriage. , this is a car pulled by a steam engine, called a car... Wonderful! Really wonderful!"

Song Yingxing praised repeatedly.

"Old Song, have you learned to flatter? This is not the attitude you scientists should have!" Zhao Cheng laughed.

Although he said so in his mouth, he was inevitably very proud in his heart.

Cars...hey!He is really talented, he came up with such a good name in seconds!Even the scientific madman Song Yingxing admired him so much.

Xu Guangqi was beside him with a look of worship.

This feeling is really great!
"My admiration for the commander-in-chief is from the bottom of my heart, this is not considered flattery!" Song Yingxing took it for granted.

Then, he continued happily, "According to the commander-in-chief's instructions, I have already started to build the production line, hired workers, asked them to work overtime, and build more... cars! Commander-in-chief, you said that if this car is covered with an iron cover, it will be as expensive as it is." Come to charge and fight, isn't it invincible in the world?"

"Huh?" Zhao Cheng was taken aback, "Old Song, you are very smart!"

Isn't this the principle of tanks and armored vehicles to charge a steam engine with an iron shell?
"You can try to do it. In addition, let me remind you that the automobile industry is very promising! This thing is not just for the army. In the future, everyone in Ming Dynasty will be able to drive a car. Cars will enter thousands of households! So, you Just feel free to boldly increase production. In addition, put more effort into research and development. The patents for steam engines and automobiles do not belong to you, Lao Song. I will make the patents public. You can use the patents if you have money. Therefore, you will have competitors, and other people will also start making cars and steam engines. Lao Song, you have to take advantage of the first mover advantage and make better cars.”

Zhao Cheng talked eloquently, exhorting Song Yingxing.

"I understand, Commander! I, Song Yingxing, can have today, everything is given by the Commander. I don't ask for anything, as long as I can have a safe environment, let me study these mechanical things, and guns and so on. Yes, I am very satisfied!"

Song Yingxing is a madman of science, he is naturally interested in things like scientific machinery.

He is telling the truth now, as long as he is allowed to concentrate on his research, he will be very happy.Especially those whimsical ideas of the commander-in-chief are simply too refreshing.

"That won't work." Zhao Cheng said immediately, "I said before, we must make people who engage in scientific research and inventions rich! We must make people who are smart, able to lead everyone to become rich, and make contributions to the common people rich! Do it yourself , invented the steam engine, invented the automobile. Think about it, how many people can work on a steam engine? So, it is a matter of course for you to make money! Moreover, only when people like you make money, can you make money in the future? There will be people who are sincerely devoted to scientific research and invention! I want to let our military government rule, talents will emerge in large numbers, and various inventions will emerge in endlessly, benefiting the military government, benefiting the nation, and benefiting the world!"

Zhao Cheng's words made Song Yingxing feel like a fire was burning in his heart.

"Your car factory, give us the military government the first batch of orders! On behalf of the military government, I will order [-] cars from your car factory."

　After a long break, Lao Zhou is back!Sorry readers.As for the reason for the suspension, Lao Zhou didn’t want to lie, but to tell the truth, the subscription for this book is only one thousand and one thousand. For a full-time writer, this subscription is too low, not enough to support his family.Therefore, Lao Zhou went to write another book to guarantee the bottom line, for the sake of living.I originally thought about writing this book after double-opening, who knows that once I relax, I will become more and more lazy... I will come now, after finishing the ending, no matter what, I will give you an explanation.Thank you readers old and new for your support!
　　
　
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