The room was silent. Although Li Zhizao was a civil servant, he was strict and brutal in the military. He was punished severely for violations in the military. Especially Li Zhizao had Xu Guangqi, a cabinet minister, as the backstage. In addition, Zhu You proofreader Li Zhizao also valued Youjia. There was no way for these officials in the Tongzhou New Army. Even those officers with speculative ideas came to Tongzhou New Army and were honestly obedient.

Seeing everyone quiet, Li Zhizao picked up a note from a servant beside him, and then said, "I won't talk nonsense to everyone today. Now I will announce the official documents of the Ministry of War."

"The rebel King Fu Zhu Changxun sent someone to assassinate the emperor with an intention to rebel. Now, he ordered the entire Tongzhou New Army to set off before noon tomorrow..."

After reading the official documents, Li Zhizao said to everyone: "Dear deputy generals, guerrilla generals, guerrilla generals, attacking generals, and Thousand Generals are mostly generals selected from the Beijing camp and local garrisons. No matter what your previous troops were in the past, you are now a member of the Tongzhou New Army. The future of the Tongzhou New Army depends on you! You are now back to the battalion to prepare. I know that the food and ammunition in the battalion can only be handled for more than ten days, but the food and ammunition distributed by the Ministry of War has now been transported out of various warehouses in the capital. The generals of each chariot battalion remember to send a baggage team to collect it in the evening. Now the date of departure of the army has been determined, and the time is very urgent. Please mobilize the soldiers quickly. This is the first battle of our Tongzhou New Army. The emperor has issued an order to rush into Luoyang City and the first troops to rush into the Fu Palace to reward! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" A shout like thunder sounded in the room, everyone's expressions were cheered, and their faces were full of hope.

The three cannons lined up in front of the platform roared one after another, and the muzzle came out of the guns, and the smoke disappeared in an instant in the cold wind. The horn hands in the schoolyard raised the long horn high, and a solemn sound of "woo" and the special huge cowhide drum sounded "dongdong", which shocked the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers in the schoolyard beating violently.

Under the faint sunshine of early spring, the Ming Dynasty Golden Dragon Banner danced in the bitter cold wind. The neighing army pulled a box car worth more than 600 kilograms toward the gate of the military camp. Everything was so orderly, showing that this was a well-trained male army.

Perhaps in modern times, it is not a long distance from Beijing to Luoyang, but in the Ming Dynasty, an era of underdeveloped productivity, such a distance of marching means more than ten days. However, fortunately, this war took place on its own territory, and everything was very sufficient during the march.

As a new army selected and trained based on the chariot battalion, Zhu Youxiao fully applied the concept of rapid response to the new army in Tongzhou. When you see all the soldiers of this unit lying comfortably in the box truck, and the box truck gallops rapidly under the pull of the horse, maybe you will think of motorized infantry!

In just six days, the Tongzhou New Army arrived at the Luoyang territory. Although the Tongzhou New Army, built by Zhu Youxiao, has not shown his super combat power, it has seen his unparalleled maneuverability. In addition to the pure cavalry that can beat the maneuver power of the chariot battalion, can the cavalry carry such a huge number of firearms and cannons?

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Zhu Changxun sat upright on the Golden Rape throne in the main hall. The decoration of the hall looked like the Forbidden City thousands of miles away. However, there were no civil and military officials standing neatly. Through the palace's red gate, Zhu Changxun saw a thick black smoke in the sky in the distance. The black smoke seemed to transform into a huge grimace in the air and was still drinking at him. Zhu Changxun was shocked, and his straight body suddenly softened and he slid on the Golden Rape throne in an instant.

"Emperor?" The eunuch beside Zhu Changxun shouted softly.

Zhu Changxun didn't react at once, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Emperor!" The eunuch was stunned when he saw Zhu Changxun, and shouted again.

At this time, Zhu Changxun remembered that he was the emperor, then raised his hand to point to the black smoke outside the hall and asked in horror: "Did you see that grimace? Have you seen it?"

The eunuch looked out and felt sad. Zhu Changxun was also pitiful. He had fought for the throne for many years, but he almost succeeded several times, but he failed in the end. However, his strong yearning for imperial power has always troubled Zhu Changxun. Even after Zhu Changxun was enthroned in Luoyang, he was still working hard for the throne. When Zhu Changxun's mother used a conspiracy and used the "Red Pill" to send Zhu Changluo, who was already very weak, to the West, Zhu Changxun always thought that his opportunity had come. Unfortunately, he did not expect that Zhu Youxiao, who ascended the throne, was a powerful figure. So Zhu Changxun tried every means to kill Zhu Youxiao, but everything was over. After the assassination of Zhu Youxiao failed, Zhu Changxun finally became the emperor, but this emperor... In short, Zhu Changxun was already a little deranged!

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen any faces. Some traitors in the city have been fanning the flames everywhere these days. It's just the thick smoke after the fires in some houses in the city. How about the faces? The emperor is tired, so it's better to go back and rest earlier! I'll have to go to the morning court tomorrow!" the eunuch said.

"Yes, I have to go to the morning court, and to go to the morning court..." Zhu Changxun suddenly became furious and shouted: "What morning court? I want to go to the capital to go to the morning court. Tomorrow, I will lead a large army to personally fight against the rebellious boy Zhu Youxiao. I will sit in the Forbidden City to go to the morning court!" After saying that, he covered his face in pain and cried.

The eunuch looked painful and said with a sob: "Your Majesty, you are too tired, so you should go back to the palace to rest!"

At this time, Zhu Changxun suddenly became normal again and said calmly: "How are the contacts between the kings of the various places? Have the officials and troops near Luoyang controlled them? And the troops of Zhu Youxiao are now there?"

The eunuch was obviously shocked by Zhu Changxun's performance, and he was stunned for a moment and replied: "Go back to the emperor! The far-off king has not yet replied, but the Zhou king of Kaifeng said that he is now preparing. If the emperor can hold on for a month, he will follow the emperor! Most of the other foreign kings are like this. Since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he has not punished Xiong Tingbi, who has killed the royal family, but also sent officials to investigate the land and business names of foreign kings in various places. It is also true that Zhu Youxiao had the intention to cut the foreign kings. These foreign kings were dissatisfied with the scum of the Zhu family of Zhu Youxiao, and just waited for the emperor to raise his arms and shout and responded! As for the army near Luoyang, the emperor had already ordered many of our family generals to be inserted, and there were many more.

Most of them are adopted sons adopted by the emperor. In one move, the army has long been in the hands of the emperor. Now the emperor has about 40,000 to 50,000 troops to use. There are also the teams sent by Zhu Youxiao, about 50,000 or 60,000 people have arrived near Luoyang. According to the return of the horses, about 20,000 people from the capital were newly established by Zhu Youxiao. It is said that the combat power is super strong, but there has never been any actual combat. The rest are troops sent by local garrisons. The combat power is very poor and cannot be compared with the emperor's elite troops. The return of the horses says that there are about 100,000 troops from the capital, which means that Zhu Youxiao sent about 200,000 troops, which is all the power that Zhu Youxiao can use."

After hearing this, Zhu Changxun nodded and said, "Zhu Youxiao, the thief who stole the country, does not have many troops to use. Now Liaodong cannot move at all. There are chieftains in Yunnan and Sichuan, so the troops there cannot move. The coastal areas fought against the Netherlands some time ago. In order to prevent the Netherlands from fighting again, they cannot move. In this way, Zhu Youxiao only has the troops from the Beijing camp. This is why Zhu Youxiao vaguely speculated that the Red Mars case was planned by me and my mother and queen, and did not dare to take advantage of me and queen. Now I have 50,000 strong troops, and I will defend the city to resist 200,000. There is no problem with holding on for a month. At that time, those waiting and watching kings should know how to act!"

The eunuch quickly flattered and said, "The emperor is really wise and powerful, just like Zhuge's rebirth!"

Zhu Changxun smiled and said, "I am better than Zhu Changluo's martial arts. At that time, my father also admired me. He wanted to abolish Zhu Changluo and then make me the crown prince. However, the stubborn people in the court always suffered from the ancestral system of establishing eldest sons but not young children, and ignored my talents. In the end, the father gave up because of helplessness. But now I have to rely on my own strength to regain the throne. It is a shame for the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao, who can still control the country of the Ming Dynasty. It is a shame for the Ming Dynasty. The sadness of the Ming Dynasty. I want to revive the Ming Dynasty!"

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"Restoring the Ming Dynasty! Restoring the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Youxiao muttered silently in his heart. Dong Wan'er behind him was gently holding Zhu Youxiao's neck with her pink little hands. Zhu Youxiao made a comfortable hum from time to time.

"Have you ever studied?" Zhu Youxiao asked Dong Wan'er with his eyes closed comfortably.

"Your Majesty, I came from a scholarly family and I could recognize a lot of words when I was very young!" Dong Wan'er replied gently.

"Oh, it turns out that Wan'er is still a talented woman. Does Wan'er know how to make the country prosperous and strong?" Zhu Youxiao continued.

"This... Emperor, I will know these problems, but you can make the country prosperous and strong!"

Dong Wan'er is beautiful and sweet-mouthed, but this sentence has come to Zhu Youxiao's heart.
Chapter completed!