The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 159 I will make all nine of your tribes surrender to the army!

"The sinner, Yang He, comes to see Your Majesty."

"Since I have betrayed my country and am incompetent for my duties, I am afraid that I will not be able to help the king. I am now in prison and awaiting exile from the army. I have nothing to say."

Yang He knelt on the ground.

The surrounding ministers and officials looked at the famous man who had briefly appeared in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and still remembered his famous saying: "The country now is like recovering from a serious illness. The veins in the body have not been recuperated, and the wind evil virus is easy to infect." , the method of governance is to cultivate vitality.”

It's a pity that the wind evil virus has not been eliminated. Instead, it has become more intense and its vitality has leaked out faster and faster.

"Haha, Yang He, you are decisive. If you have such courage in the land of Qin, will you let the bandits become more rampant?"

When Chongzhen heard this, he was furious and threw the memorial on Yang He's face. If it were another emperor, he might just use Nine Clans Xiaoxiaole on Yang He.

Yang He's body trembled, and he still knelt down on the ground, not daring to say a word.

"Tell me, what is the magic power of the Kitchen King? It can make you, a governor of three sides, lose again and again. In two battles, he defeated tens of thousands of people!"

Emperor Chongzhen shouted sharply.

The surrounding ministers were shocked when they heard this. Tens of thousands of people were killed. This was a shocking event. You must know that the Liao Dynasty was urgent and they fought for years. Each battle only resulted in hundreds of casualties. But Yang He went to Qinzhong The land has only been in existence for a few months, and in two battles, tens of thousands of people were defeated.

"Yes" Yang He replied with a trembling voice, and then slowly told what he had seen and heard in the land of Qinzhong these days.

Anyway, he was about to be exiled to the army, so Yang He let it go.

"The Stove King has soldiers who have all served the people, saved their lives in troubled times, and served as bandits. At first, he had less than a hundred people. After a season, he already has a government and four counties. He has more than 10,000 soldiers, 2,000 cavalry, and all kinds of weapons and armor. .”

"The two battles were both sieges. The Stove King had something to defend the city, which looked like a quilt on the outside. He threw it down on the city wall and exploded instantly. Anyone who touched it was burned. He threw it away or threw away his helmet, but it was useless. The number of those who were burned was no less than 2,000, making them a powerful weapon for defending the city."

"what?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked shocked when he heard this, and was burned when touched. No less than two thousand people were burned to death by that thing.

"Do you know how that's done?"

He quickly asked if this kind of weapon for city defense could be used in the north to deal with the Liao Dynasty.

"I don't know."

Yang He naturally shook his head. If he knew, he would have ordered someone to find out.

"I seem to have heard about this."

Zhou Yanru said suddenly, before Emperor Chongzhen became angry again.

"Oh? Tell me quickly," Emperor Chongzhen said hurriedly after hearing this.

"In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhaci led an army to attack Ningyuan. At that time, the defending army was led by Yuan Chonghuan, who led the general Man Gui. General Zu Dashou, deputy general Zhu Fu, and deputy general Zhu Mei were on guard. When the city was about to be broken, The defenders thought of a way to wrap gunpowder and straw in cotton quilts, which was the burning object in Yang He's mouth, which was called 'Ten Thousand Enemies'."

Emperor Chongzhen frowned. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the late emperor was on the throne. He was only sixteen years old at the time, and he had not received any systematic training from the royal family on how to deal with dignitaries and how to manage court affairs. At that time, he was not involved in matters related to Liao affairs. Don't know either.

I didn't expect that such a useful thing would have already appeared, "Hahahaha."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and looked much better, because he thought of the magic weapon and the transparent bottle.

That was something that the Kitchen King had, but he, the Ming Dynasty, could not come up with anything similar. But now, the burning thing that the Kitchen King had, the Ming Dynasty also had.

The Kitchen King is not a person from heaven, and those items are not from heaven either, but they have not been discovered yet.

For example, the Ming Dynasty was the first to possess the ‘Ten Thousand Enemies’ this time, and the Kitchen King was just picking up people’s teeth.

"Continue," he looked at Yang He.

"Under the rule of the Kitchen King, the common people" Yang He raised his head and glanced at Emperor Chongzhen. After saying this, he couldn't guarantee whether Emperor Chongzhen would be furious and punish his nine tribes.

"Just tell me, I won't blame you. If you say you will be exiled, you will be exiled."

"The people are living and working in peace and contentment, and they don't miss Shu anymore. We even led our troops to attack the Kitchen King, and told everyone we met that 'the imperial court is a traitor.'"

"The Kitchen King's soldiers are all brave and unafraid of death, but our soldiers are defeated at the slightest disadvantage during the battle. With the same number, they are not the enemy of the Kitchen King together."

"My words are complete!"

After Yang He finished speaking, his head suddenly hit the ground.

Emperor Chongzhen's forehead was throbbing with veins. After all, Shaanxi had an important military town. The land in the middle of Qin could not be said to have strong soldiers and horses, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers should not be too weak. And Yang He actually said that with the same number, his soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not the Kitchen King. The enemy of one.

Moreover, in his territory of the Ming Dynasty, the people did not recognize the emperor or the bandits. Yang He's description of the people still lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Why, under his rule, the people can no longer live and work in peace and contentment. Why don't Emperor Chongzhen abdicate directly and let the Stove King do it?

Ridiculous, hateful.

The surrounding ministers were trembling with fear, and they all looked at their noses, noses, mouths, mouths, and hearts. They did not expect that Yang He was so courageous that he dared to say such things.

It seems that he lost his mind after being sentenced to military exile.

"Somebody come!"

"Take this Yang He to my army! Take his nine tribes with him! Go to the land of Qinzhong! Go to Chen Qiyu and be a pawn in the charge! Go and deal with the Stove King!"

Emperor Chongzhen said almost roaring.

There was a look of astonishment on Yang He's kneeling face. Didn't he agree that he would only be sent to the army?

But think about the emperor's words, it is indeed just a military expedition.

He just took his nine tribes with him to join the army.

It was hard to disobey the emperor's order, so he certainly couldn't say anything more. A wry smile appeared on Yang He's face.

"Also, pass on my order! Let Ma Maocai go with you!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very angry. There was only a little good news in Yang He's words, but the rest was enough to make any emperor furious.

What's more, Emperor Chongzhen had such a personality. No, Ma Maocai, who was with him at the beginning, also suffered.

"In addition, give me eight hundred miles to expedite it, and tell Chen Qiyu that within a month, I must see results, either by taking over a city, or by winning a big victory, and let the inspector continue to supervise. If he can't, I will Just change it to someone else!”

"Send those craftsmen to the palace for me!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and shouted.

Not long after, a eunuch led a group of pale-faced craftsmen into the palace.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the appearance of these craftsmen, Emperor Chongzhen had a bad premonition in his heart. It was not so much a premonition as the answer that was already on the table.

"If I return to the emperor, this is what we have made, a magic weapon."

An old man tremblingly lowered his head and presented a slightly black iron-colored stick.

"Oh?"

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and the remaining hopes in his heart expanded.

He stepped forward quickly and held the weapon directly in his hand. He was not afraid that this man was an assassin and would use the weapon to kill him.

The surrounding eunuchs and courtiers didn't even have time to stop him.

Emperor Chongzhen held the weapon in his hand, but the moment he held it and felt the weight, Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed.

"Bring up the magic weapon."

A eunuch handed the Overlord Spear obtained from the Stove King to Emperor Chongzhen. He had the Overlord Spear in one hand and the magic weapon made by a craftsman in the other. The two were about the same length, with some differences on the outside, but the weight was much different.

The magic weapon made by craftsmen is too light.

Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed, "Come here!" He scolded, and the old man stepped forward tremblingly.

"Hands up."

He handed the magic weapon created by the craftsman to the old man.

The latter followed Chongzhen's request, dragging the magic weapon with both hands and raising it above his head.

Emperor Chongzhen held the Overlord Spear in both hands and glanced at it, then suddenly raised it, "Uh!"

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly chopped down the Overlord Spear vertically.

"boom."

The magic weapon in the hands of the craftsman broke off at the sound.

"what!"

The old man let out a scream, and the Overlord Spear hit the old man's face with unabated force. Blood instantly flowed across his face, and the bridge of his nose was dented.

He only felt ten thousand flies buzzing around his ears, and his eyes turned blood red, but he did not dare to let go of his hand or cover his face.

"Okay, okay, this is the magic weapon you created!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at these people angrily, his face even looking ferocious.

"What about the bottle?"

Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at another group of craftsmen.

The leader tremblingly took out a glass bottle from his arms. It looked clear, but it was not that transparent.

Emperor Chongzhen grabbed it and squeezed it. He couldn't hold it at all. It was hard and very heavy.

Emperor Chongzhen threw the bottle to the ground. The glass bottle instantly fell into pieces, and glass shards splashed all over the floor.

"Pull them all down and kill them!"

"Continue to recruit craftsmen from all over the country. If they can't make it, they will be killed! I don't believe it. My Ming Dynasty can't find craftsmen who can make such a thing!"

"If we can't do it, we'll kill them all!"

"Retreat!"

Chongzhen's chest rose and fell, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

the other side.

There are some problems in the communication between Yonghe County and the other three counties and one prefecture.

A few days ago, the water of the Yellow River started to surge again, but with the arrival of cold winter, the surging river water was frozen.

There is no bridge between Yanchuan and Yonghe that can pass directly. If you want to cross the Yellow River, you must ferry. Although there have been bridges on the Yellow River historically.

But by the Ming Dynasty, they were basically destroyed.

For example, in the twelfth year of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhang Shuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, to take charge of the project. He changed the wooden piles into iron oxen and devoted all his national efforts to the renovation of the bridge.

The bridge lasted for thousands of years and was burned down at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Sun Bridge was destroyed in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty developed the northwest and built fifteen pontoon bridges on the Yellow River, but they were all destroyed later.

At present, Liu Zhenhua's team wants to cross the Yellow River eastward and can only walk on ice.

The boat can't move.

Fortunately, the ice on the Yellow River is thick. Although walking on it is scary, it is not too dangerous.

It's just quite troublesome.

"If someone attacks Yonghe at this time, Yonghe will be in danger."

Liu Zhenhua looked at the map helplessly. In ancient times, there were not so many bridges across the Yellow River as there are in modern times, which can be crossed at any time. Now that the Yellow River is frozen, if someone attacks Yonghe.

Crossing a river with a large force is a difficult task.

"Send out five hundred militiamen in batches to garrison Yonghe and let them bring some food."

After some thought, Liu Zhenhua made a decision to dispatch some troops to Yonghe. Spring has not yet begun, and the water in the Yellow River will remain frozen for some time.

Instead of waiting for Yonghe to encounter an enemy attack and then sending out troops to support, it is better to send out some now. In the land of three counties in Yan'an, with him here, even if there are few people, he will not be afraid.

Within a few days, Maxim came out.

Although a Maxim is said to be difficult to withstand thousands of troops, this is only theoretical. The reality is that after these people saw Maxim shooting when they were charging, their comrades around them fell in rows at such a distance. , the body is torn apart, this horrific scene will make these people collapse quickly and flee.

So for the time being, facing the enemy, one Maxim is enough.

"When the heavy machine guns come out, we will attack Ganquan and others."

Liu Zhenhua looked at the map. Around Yan'an Prefecture, there is Yulin Prefecture to the north, and Ningxia Prefecture and Qingyang Prefecture to the west. However, Liu Zhenhua does not intend to take action against Yulin. Yulin is adjacent to Jiubian, and it is extremely vulnerable to harassment by the Liao people. Liu Zhenhua If I remember correctly, Huang Taiji's attack on the capital was from Inner Mongolia to the south, bypassing nine sides and attacking the capital.

If Liu Zhenhua continues to fight north, he will be in front of Huang Taiji's troops.

Although Liu Zhenhua is strong now, he will not take the initiative to be attacked from both sides and block the sword for Daming.

Although he has feelings about his family and his country, both the Ming and Liao are enemies at the moment.

Combining these, fighting east to south is the best choice.

Shanxi, Henan, and Shuzhong are much better than heading north to Yulin.

Liu Zhenhua stood up and stretched. On the map on the table, a black circle was drawn on the sweet spring in south Yan'an.

The magistrate of Ganquan County was panic-stricken. Today, a high-ranking official came. Not only did this high-ranking official come in the middle of the night, but he also came with heavy troops.

He didn't know what mistake he had made.

"Ganquan is not small," Chen Qiyu said while looking at the city wall of Ganquan. The city is one foot or two feet high and is made of earth and stone.

The city is eight hundred paces wide and a thousand paces long.

There were no soldiers or horses in the city, only government officials and hundreds of people.

If rogue bandits attack, the city will not be able to resist at all with the help of temporarily recruited local warriors.

"This place is very close to Yan'an. If the Kitchen King wants to expand, Ganquan is a good choice, and of course the same goes for Beishang Zichang."

Chen Qiyu was sitting in the county office analyzing the situation, while the county magistrate beside him was trembling with fear.

After this person arrived, he spread out a map and looked at it here.

After some thought, Chen Qiyu decided to place part of the entangled troops in Ganquan, while the other part bypassed Yan'an and went to Zichang.

The soldiers and horses were hidden in the city. The Kitchen King would never have imagined that there were so many soldiers and horses in the city.

"Bring me banknotes," Chen Qiyu said. What he saw and heard along the way was that in the eyes of Shaanxi's famine, bandits were everywhere, and bandits were mainly suppressed, but they also needed to be supplemented by others.

"There is serious famine and banditry in the distance from Yanzhou and Yan'an to the town. I hope the emperor will be merciful and exempt Qingyang and other places from land rent."

(End of this chapter)