Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 65 I'll Accompany You

There is no danger in Daizhou. This is a fact that anyone can see.How could Zhou Yuji, as the general soldier who fought at the bottom, not know that staying here was actually a waste of troops?
It can only be said that he had no choice but to stick to Daizhou.

When Li's army crossed the Yellow River in winter and invaded Shanxi, he asked the court for help.Because he knew that with the troops in his hands and the troops along the Yellow River, it was impossible to hold it.

As a result, the imperial court finally sent only Lieutenant General Xiong Tong and 2000 troops for reinforcements.And when Pingyang guard Chen Shangzhi surrendered to Li Zicheng, he also took him with him, and also sent Xiong Tong to persuade him to surrender.

Zhou Yuji killed Xiong Tongmingzhi and held on to Daizhou, which Li Zicheng must pass through on his way north.He knew very well that after Li Zicheng's army captured Taiyuan, it became even more powerful.Originally, other Ming armies had repeatedly surrendered. If the power of Li Zicheng's army was not suppressed and the morale of the Ming army was not boosted, the next war would be unwinnable.

For this reason, although there is no danger to defend Daizhou, it is the only way for Li's army to pass.Zhou Yuji stood firm here and killed a large number of Li Thieves' forwards, just to show other Ming troops that Li Thieves are not terrible as long as they are determined to resist!
Now Li Thief has sent troops to attack Ningwuguan. If Li Thief captures it, he can attack Datong north along the Sangqian River, thus skipping Yanmen Pass.Therefore, Zhou Yuji had to return to defend Ningwuguan.

I heard Zhou Yuji shouting to his soldiers: "As long as Governor Xuan can send Datong and Xuanfu border troops to reinforce Ningwuguan in time, even though Li's army is large, it will be impossible to capture Ningwuguan, and this battle will be won!"

Guarding Ningwuguan means guarding the gates of Datong and Xuanfu, thereby blocking the possibility of Li's army attacking the capital from Jin!
After Zhou Yuji finished speaking, he ordered the entire army to prepare and retreat to Ningwuguan at an appropriate opportunity.As for himself, he stood on top of Daizhou City, looking at the bandit camp in the distance with a solemn expression.

There was no danger to defend Daizhou. While killing a large number of bandits, a large number of his soldiers also died in battle, resulting in heavy losses.However, he did not report the losses, but only sorted out the results and sent them to the rear, hoping to boost their morale, share the same hatred of the enemy, and defend Ningwuguan!
Although this idea is a good one, Zhou Yuji himself knows that he really has no idea whether Datong and Xuanfu can send troops to reinforce him!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuji sighed deeply in his heart.

Suddenly, a jade hand held his hand and whispered in his ear: "Husband, is it a little silly to do something you know you can't do?"

Zhou Yuji heard the sound and turned around to look, naturally knowing that it was his wife Zhou Liu, also dressed in military uniform, looking at him with concern.

Holding his wife's hand back, Zhou Yuji's expression was firm, but he answered in a low voice, obviously not wanting others to hear: "Everyone knows what cannot be done and does not do it, so where is the integrity of the Ming Dynasty? People must know that the Ming Dynasty Not all of them are corrupt officials, people who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou Liu looked at him softly, shook hands vigorously, and said in a low voice, but firmly: "I will accompany you!"

At this time, Zhou Yuji naturally did not know that the place where he thought it was least likely to send reinforcements was now intensively gathering reinforcements to reinforce it.

The capital, Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen came here directly after leaving the Shouhuang Pavilion and was listening to the speeches of the cabinet ministers.

Fan Jingwen, the chief minister of the cabinet, was heard saying: "Your Majesty, the national treasury has no money. It is extremely difficult to raise this food and grass supplies. Now we have only collected more than 500 sets of leather armor from various warehouses, barracks and yamen, and more than 700 sets of leather armor." There are more than [-] sets of cotton armor, more than [-] sets of iron armor, and about [-] swords, guns and muskets."

At this point, after hesitating for a moment, he added: "Most of these are obtained from the rebels."

The implication is that most of them were pulled from the rebels who were beheaded yesterday.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care where they came from. He also knew that it was really not easy to get these together in less than a day. Therefore, he immediately ordered: "Immediately call the Long Live Mountain Cavalry Camp and let them select the equipment first. If there is any For the rest, go to the infantry camp at the inner training ground."

Even though he was told so, he most likely guessed that there would be no leftovers.Because Ji Zhen soldiers and Baoding soldiers were very poor, even the cavalry, he saw that many cavalry had many patches on their coats.We are in such a hurry now that we can't get uniform military uniforms for them, so we can only make do with it first.

After hearing this, Fan Jingwen immediately agreed, turned around and told Jiang Dejing: "Please also ask Mr. Jiang Ge to escort him over."

Jiang Dejing himself has done a lot of military readiness verification, and this time he raised these things for the Lord.Therefore, after hearing the chief minister's instructions, he immediately bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, quit the cabinet, and went to work.

Then Fan Jingwen continued: "Lao Qiu Ge is in charge of military rations."

When Qiu Yu, who was standing by the side, heard this, he quickly stepped out of the queue and said: "The ministers patrolled all parts of the capital to gather the rations needed by the army, which are corn and fried noodles. They have been cooked overnight and equipped with ten thousand people for seven days." . Hay, soybeans and other military horse feed are only enough for more than [-] riders for seven days."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned and said, "There is too little feed for the army horses!"

Qiu Yu, who was originally very frightened when facing him, was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and hurriedly defended: "I am incompetent and I really can't get enough money to buy horse feed."

If there were other cabinet ministers, they might ask the emperor for money.After all, everyone could see the amount of money that came out of the house.But Qiu Yu didn't have the confidence to say this.

Emperor Chongzhen saw his trembling look and said calmly: "I know your difficulty, get up and answer your question!"

"Wei Chen obeys the order!" After hearing this, Qiu Yu quickly agreed and then stood up.

Emperor Chongzhen noticed that there was a faint sweat on his forehead, so he softened his tone and said: "Go to the queen to get 5 taels to buy military supplies, especially war horse feed. We must prepare more today. I am leading the cavalry into battle, and it is indispensable. War horse feed!”

"Wei Chen obeys the order!" Qiu Yu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. As long as he has money, it will be easy.

When he was about to bow out and go out, he heard Emperor Chongzhen stop him again and said sternly: "Buy at a low price, and whoever dares to take advantage of the opportunity to sell at a higher price will lead troops to confiscate their homes. The crime is hoarding strange things, etc." Behavior will be severely punished without mercy!”

Hearing this, everyone was slightly startled and felt some murderous intent.

After Qiu Yu left, the remaining cabinet minister Fang Yuegong reported to Emperor Chongzhen the progress of the implementation of the Baojia Law.However, Emperor Chongzhen just listened to what he was saying, and interrupted him and said: "I don't care about the armor protection method. You can just go back and report it to the prince!"

His focus was to lead troops to rescue Ningwuguan, leaving all matters in the capital to Zhu Cihong.However, when an army goes on an expedition, it doesn't just happen. It still takes time to prepare.

When Emperor Chongzhen was about to continue questioning Fan Jingwen, he saw the governor Fang Lutai hurriedly entered. He knew that there was something urgent at the first sight.

(End of this chapter)