The artillery has begun to be prepared, and the enthusiasm of the people has also been mobilized. The next step is the rectification of the army. The reason why Zhu Cijiu told the two major businesses under his command to donate money one after another is one aspect, and more importantly, he wants to carry out a comprehensive rectification of the Ming army, which requires a lot of money.

Just as Zhu Cijiu was about to start the army rectifying, a secret report came from Liaodong: Huang Taiji led tens of thousands of troops to the Mongolian grassland, and there were signs of gathering troops and horses in various Mongolian tribes. Sun Chengzong suspected that Huang Taiji wanted to use the same trick again and sneak attacked the capital!

Zhu Cijing received the secret report and cursed in anger: "Huang Taiji, can't Nitama calm down? This winter, what's going on everywhere? Your mind is flooded!"

Is Huang Taiji's brain watered? Of course not, his brain is very useful. The Ming Dynasty had spies in Liaodong and Mongolian grasslands, and Huang Taiji also had spies near Beizhili. Zhu Ciji was so crazy about promoting that he wanted to recover Liaodong, so Huang Taiji would naturally receive news. In fact, even if Zhu Ciji did not promote Huang Taiji, he knew that the Ming army would definitely come to attack Liaodong, with more troops than him and stronger weapons than him. It would be strange if he didn't fight.

Huang Taiji is not the kind of reckless man who just acts recklessly, nor is he a soft-boy who is waiting to be beaten. The Ming Dynasty is so generous that he will not sit still and wait for death. How can he give the little emperor a little color? Liaodong doesn’t need to think about it anymore. It’s cold and it’s extremely inconvenient for the army to travel. Even if he barely goes out, what can he do? Sun Chengzong is hiding in the turtle shell waiting. He can’t catch it when the weather is still good, let alone in the big winter.

After thinking about it, he thought of a sneak attack on the capital. He did it once two years ago. Although he lost Guangning, he also robbed a lot of slaves and property, which was a draw with the Ming army. This time it was different. With Da Beile Daishan leading a 100,000 army to guard the Haizhou Guard, he didn't have to worry about the safety issues in the rear at all. Now the only thing he had to consider was the issue of needing troops.

After years of development, the population of the Jurchen tribes has increased a lot, but the total number is still less than two million. Even if the whole people are soldiers, the army that can be assembled is only 150,000 or 60,000, plus the total number of newly recruited Han Eight Banners is only 200,000. There is no 100,000 to move in Daishan, and more than 30,000 to Manguertai has long been turned into dry bones in the tomb. In addition, there are some people left to defend in Liaodong, so the maximum number of troops he can mobilize is only 50,000.

Last time I went to the sneak attack, I brought a large army of 100,000. This time, it was definitely not enough. He could only ask the Mongolian troops to gather troops. He had never allowed the Mongolian troops to gather too many troops, and he asked them to gather at most 10,000 or 20,000 each time, but because they were afraid that they would have a different intention, now that they have come to this point, he couldn't care about so much, and directly ordered the Mongolian troops to gather 150,000 troops and gather at the Chahar troops!

Is he trying to fight the Ming army? Of course not. Zunhua went to more than ten cities in the front line of the capital, and they were all guarding the city. What battle did he fight and attack the city? Are he looking for death? Muskets, cannons, mines and grenades, just 40,000 to 50,000 troops to defend the city, which would make his 200,000 troops helpless. The Ming Dynasty now has more than 50,000 troops, and the little emperor recruited soldiers everywhere like a madman. Now the Ming army has at least one million. What is the difference between attacking their city and seeking death?

Huang Taiji was actually mainly trying to disrupt the deployment of the Ming army and prepare for the decisive battle in Liaodong next year. He had already planned that if the Ming army gathered a large army to deploy defenses on Zunhua and Jizhou, he would remain silent and let the Ming army work hard; if the Ming army only mobilized a small number of troops to defend, he would rush into Shuntian Mansion and rob and rob, and then leave, so that the little emperor would suffer a loss; if the Ming army ignored him at all, he would lead the army to attack the capital, and see if the little emperor was afraid.

Of course, Zhu Cijiu is not afraid of Huang Taiji, but he is just a little annoyed. He is about to start preparing for the military, but Huang Taiji suddenly came to him like this and directly disrupted his plan.

He originally planned to rectify the army before the New Year and mobilize it after the New Year. Now there is nothing we can do. If you don’t mobilize the army’s defense, Huang Taiji will definitely rush into Shuntian Prefecture and robbery everywhere. He just swore to the army to deal with Huang Taiji, but they immediately rushed into the capital to burn, kill and loot. Wouldn’t this besieged him? He can’t afford to lose this person!

This time he no longer needed Sun Cheng's religion. He directly asked Cao Huachun to take out the layout of troops from the entire Ming Dynasty, spread it on his desk and looked at it, and then issued an order:

"I sent an order to command Changping General You Shiwei to lead 30,000 troops to guard Miyun, Huairou, Shunyi, and 10,000 troops per city;

The general of Xuanfu Hou Shilu was ordered to lead 30,000 troops to station in Sanhe, Pinggu, Tongzhou, and 10,000 troops in each city;

Wang Xueshu, the general of Datong, led 40,000 troops to station in Jizhou, Xianghe and Yutian, including 20,000 troops in Jizhou, Xianghe and Yutian."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but pause. These were all the troops mobilized according to the arrangements of Sun Chengzong last time. This time, Sun Chengzong was far away in Gaizhou, Jizhou Town and Shanhaiguan were almost all transferred by him to the front line of Sanchahebao and Gaizhou. The remaining troops were less than 10,000. It would be good if he could defend Shanhaiguan. As for Zunhua, there were still other troops to be transferred.

He pointed at Zunhua City with his fingers, and then slowly looked southwest, without having to look northeast, and now there is ice and snow, so there is no need to move the army over at all.

Well, the 200,000 imperial guards in the capital can be transferred half of them. It is enough to have 100,000 imperial guards in the capital. Now Wang Gongchang is making artillery crazy. With the 100,000 imperial guards and the well-made artillery, Huang Taiji led a 500,000 army to come in vain.

Well, the newly recruited 30,000 defenders from Northern Zhili are stationed in the Daning Commander-in-Chief of Baoding Prefecture, and can be transferred here to respond to the emergency.

Going further south, you will reach Henan. There are only 30,000 defenders in Henan Province. There are not enough defenders to defend the bandits, so there can be dispatched there. Going further south is Nanzhili, where there are more than 100,000 troops, but it is too far away and cannot be done.

Then we can only go west. To the west is Shanxi. Well, there is a 200,000 army gathered by Lu Xiangsheng in Pingyang Prefecture and Zezhou in Shanxi! Or is it not adjusted?

He looked at Henan and Shanxi, and his eyes flashed. He said, "Lu Xiangsheng must be transferred away, otherwise the bandits would hide in the mountains and dare not come out, so how could they deal with those borers?

He looked at the map carefully. Pingyang Mansion must be guarded. The bandits have been cleaned up and all the borers have been swept away. They can't let them go back and forth. Other places, hum, you should be blessed by officials from all prefectures. If there is no corruption, the bandits will not do anything to you. If it is corrupt, don't blame me for being cruel. You can bury those borers with you!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiu bit his teeth and continued to issue an order:

"Appoint 30,000 defenders stationed near the commander-in-chief of the Daning Capital to go north to Jizhou, to Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, with 10,000 troops per city;

The commander of the Jingying Admiral Shi Kefa led 100,000 new soldiers to the Jingying Camp to garrison Zunhua City;

The governor of the five provinces, Lu Xiangsheng, personally led 150,000 troops to escort the captive bandits outside Zunhua City, and built a circle of outer cities along the original wall of Zunhua City, thinking that it was a place to station troops, and at least 500,000 troops were allowed to station troops, and only 50,000 troops were left to guard Pingyang Prefecture."

Cao Huachun wrote six imperial edicts, handed them over to Zhu Cijing for a look, and then stamped them one by one, and then bowed and arranged for someone to pass the imperial edict.

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When Lu Xiangsheng received the imperial edict, he felt complicated. He also read the "Beijing News". As a general in command, he wanted to run his army directly to Liaodong to deal with Jiannu. However, he could not. Although the main force of the bandits had already escaped into the mountains, there were still hundreds of thousands of people. If they were allowed to run out, no one could control the five provinces except the Tianxiong Army under his command. Once he left, the bandits would rekindle and grow and grow, so he could not leave.

Now the emperor actually issued an order to defend Zunhua City with Shi Kefa, and pointed out that he would personally lead 150,000 troops and more than 100,000 prisoners should be brought with him. This means that he would give up the five provinces, allow the bandits to run rampant, and do his best to deal with Jiannu! Is this necessary?

Of course, he would not dare to ask the emperor about this question. He was a confidant promoted by the emperor. Without the emperor's appreciation, he would still be a prefect. How could he have the current governor of the five provinces, below one person and above tens of millions!

Therefore, as soon as he received the imperial edict, although he was very puzzled and felt a pity, he still arranged for him to stay without hesitation, assembled a large army, and then escorted more than 100,000 prisoners to Zunhua.

It was more than ten days after he arrived in Zunhua. Shi Kefa had already arrived and had also done some preliminary preparations. Various materials for building the city walls were piled up into small hills, and they were almost surrounded by Zunhua City. Just when the prisoners he escorted arrived, they could start building the walls directly.

Shi Kefa and Lu Xiangsheng were both Zhu Cijing's confidants, and they were both deputy generals of the Beijing camp, so their relationship was naturally very good. As soon as Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Zunhua, Shi Kefa led a group of Beijing camp generals to greet him outside the city, and held a banquet in the city to welcome Lu Xiangsheng and others.

If other people held a banquet, Lu Xiangsheng probably wouldn't know how to reason, but Shi Kefa's banquet would be different. Just one word, go.

In fact, Shi Kefa did not have the habit of having someone to eat. It was just that the two had a good relationship and had not met for a long time. He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to have dinner and talk to Lu Xiangsheng for more.

Seeing that Shi Kefa did not waste anything or invite irrelevant people to flatter, Lu Xiangsheng invited a group of generals, and was naturally even happier just to chat and reminisce about the past. He even drank three glasses of water and wine. You should know that although he had a good alcohol tolerance, he had not drunk any drinks for nearly a year since he led the war, which shows how happy he was today.

Shi Kefa wanted to respect him again, but Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Xianzhi, stop here. You and I are both soldiers and generals, and Jiannu is ready to move again. Drinking too much can easily cause trouble."

Shi Kefa laughed and said, "Hahahaha, Brother Jiandou, don't worry, according to the spy, the coalition forces of Jiannu and Mongolian troops were still motionless in Chahar, and they would not be able to get to Zunhua for less than three or five days."

Lu Xiangshengqi said, "Oh, really?"

Shi Kefa laughed and said, "Do I dare to joke about this? Jiannu is afraid that he will not come. Today is different from the past. Since the new muskets and artillery have been available, Jiannu's cavalry is no longer afraid. If they dare to come, they can fight with you and me, and they can find their teeth all over the ground."

The new flintlock rifle is the most experienced in fighting cavalry Lu Xiangsheng. He heard this and nodded and said, "The era of cavalry has indeed passed. Since Jiannu doesn't dare to come, can this city be repaired?"

Shi Kefa said mysteriously: "Xu, why not Xiu? The emperor once mentioned that Zunhua will be changed into a large barracks in the future, with at least one million soldiers gathering, and the name is the Ming Beidaying!"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but stand up suddenly and asked excitedly: "Million? Are you talking about Monan and Mobei?"

Shi Kefa nodded firmly and said, "Yes, all the kings under the world are kings. At that time, Qin Emperor and Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu would probably be ranked behind our Emperor Chongzheng of the Ming Dynasty."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes lit up and he recited excitedly: "I was angry and rushed to the crown. I leaned on the railings. I looked up and roared at the sky, and my heart was fierce... Driving a long cart, stepping through the famine of Helan Mountain. I am determined to eat the meat of the barbarians, laughing and drinking the blood of the Huns. I waited to turn back and clean up the old rivers and mountains, and go to the sky."

After reciting, he took the initiative to touch Shi Kefa and sipped his entire glass.

Shi Kefa also excitedly said Gao Song: "Okay, wait until you start, clean up the old rivers and mountains, and go to the sky."

After reciting, I also raised my head and drank it all.
Chapter completed!