"Urgent military situation, get out of the way quickly."

In the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, a cavalryman galloped wildly on a crowded street.

The people at the city gate looked at the embarrassed appearance of this cavalryman.

They were thinking about what had happened recently and were discussing at the city gate.

"Look at this, we are defeated again."

"It must be a defeat, how anxious are you?

Victories are usually reported calmly and leisurely, but those who wish they could run the horse to death are all misfortunes."

“After losing Hanzhong, we lost Sichuan, we lost Yunnan and Guizhou, and we lost Guangdong and Guangxi.

Now that even Henan has been lost, where else can it be lost?

Only Beizhili is left, and the Ming Dynasty is almost lost. I think the Ming Dynasty is about to end."

"Brother, be careful and don't talk about state affairs.

During this period, Jinyiwei has been keeping a close eye on you."

"Jin Yiwei, what do we say? We have the ability to go to the battlefield and fight with our strength."

"Someone from Jinyiwei is coming, let's run."

Someone shouted, and all the people surrounding the city gate ran away.

The soldiers were ordered to enter the city, and soon all the officials knew that the thieves in yellow had entered Daming Mansion.

Daming Mansion was captured by thieves in yellow overnight.

The news spread, and the nobles and gentry who had been watching were waiting.

Many people began to pack up their belongings, ran to Tongzhou, and headed south through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The thief in yellow is about to break in. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Emperor Chongzhen quickly received information from the front line.

After reading it, he almost fell to the ground when he walked out of Qianqing Palace.

Wang Chengen immediately stepped forward to support Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen stood there and took a few deep breaths before adjusting himself.

"Quickly recruit all the cabinet ministers to come to the palace to see me."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the intelligence from the front line and said with a ferocious expression: "The thieves in yellow have captured Henan and are now officially sending troops to Northern Zhili.

Daming Mansion was captured by yellow-clad thieves in ten days, and a normal march would have taken three to five days.

The yellow-robed thieves captured Daming Mansion at a slightly slower pace than the marching army.

They are getting closer and closer to the capital."

After Emperor Chongzhen read the intelligence from the front line, he felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.

The thieves in yellow are advancing too fast. Now they have reached Beizhili, and they are not far away from Shuntian Mansion.

When the cabinet bachelor saw the eunuchs sent by Emperor Chongzhen, he summoned them to the palace to meet the emperor.

They were not surprised at all. They already knew the intelligence on the front line.

After the thieves in yellow took over Henan, they did not continue to attack Shandong eastward.

The attitude of the thieves in yellow has shown that they want to conquer Shuntian Mansion and completely eliminate the Ming Dynasty.

The thieves in yellow marched directly north from Kaifeng Prefecture and attacked Daming Prefecture in the southernmost part of Beizhili.

The thieves in yellow have captured Daming Mansion, and they are only more than a month away from Shuntian Mansion.

Without troops to stop them, the thieves in yellow would be able to reach the capital in April.

Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, sighed. Now the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where life and death will be determined by a battle.

If this battle is lost, the Ming Dynasty will cease to exist.

They arrived outside the Qianqing Palace, and under the leadership of Wang Chengen, entered the Qianqing Palace and met Emperor Chongzhen.

They saw that Emperor Chongzhen looked very unhappy and stared at the report from the front line for a long time without saying anything.

When the cabinet ministers arrived, Emperor Chongzhen did not express his position.

They could only stand aside and wait.

After waiting for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen did not respond.

Wang Chengen stepped forward and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the cabinet bachelor has arrived at Qianqing Palace."

Emperor Chongzhen responded and put down the memorial in his hand.

After a quick glance at all the bachelors in the cabinet, their eyes finally rested on Yang Sichang.

"Yang Aiqing, the thieves in yellow have come to North Zhili.

What countermeasures does Yang Aiqing have?"

Yang Sichang immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this battle at Daming Mansion is not without its merits.

Damingfu is just a small city. According to the thieves in yellow, they killed and injured more than a thousand people in Damingfu.

Wei Chen expected that this data was very imprecise, and the thieves in yellow would definitely try to reduce the number of their casualties.

The yellow-robed thieves killed and injured at least more than 3,000 people.

When thieves in yellow attack prefectures and counties similar to Daming Prefecture, the number of casualties will generally not exceed 500. The number of casualties among thieves in yellow is only one hundred.

Sometimes, there are even no casualties, which is simply a fantasy.

There is no way to fight without death.

The yellow-clad thieves suffered so many casualties because the policies issued by His Majesty had a miraculous effect.

When we deal with the thieves in yellow, we should mainly start with this policy."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Yang Sichang's words, his eyes gradually brightened, and he quickly asked: "Yang Aiqing, which of my policies has had the miraculous effect?"

Yang Sichang said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty should intensify the efforts of the gentry to organize regiment training, recruit troops by themselves, and resist the intrusion of the yellow-clothed thieves.

After the thieves in yellow captured a place, they would definitely purge the local gentry and divide their land among them.

The gentry in other places were extremely angry, but they had no way of helping the court before.

This time His Majesty asked the gentry from all over the country to organize regiment training, and they all donated generously to organize large and small regiment training and armed forces.

Gao Shiliang, a Jinshi of Daming Prefecture, only organized a group training for three days, using some matchlock guns.

At least half of the yellow-clad thieves who were killed in Daming Mansion were killed by regiment-trained armed forces.

The number of officers and soldiers in various places is limited, and King Qin's officers and soldiers in the south have not yet reached Shuntian Mansion.

However, there are many Jinshi in various places, and even more people are promoted.

The regiment training arm formed by them will be the main force against the thieves in yellow.

The military training does not require the court to provide money, food, or personnel.

Just give them a certain reputation.

The gentry would also organize large-scale military training for their own lives and property.

According to Jin Yiwei's investigation, Kaifeng Prefecture officers and soldiers robbed the people outside the city of food before the thieves in yellow arrived.

They pushed the people without food to the thieves in yellow clothes.

The thieves in yellow had exhausted all their rations and could only wait for supplies from the rear, which slowed down the attack on Beizhili.

We can ask the team trainers in various places to do this.

The tenants who join the group training are asked to go to the city to help defend the city.

The tenants who did not join the group training used all their food to defend the city and let them consume the food of the thieves in yellow.

We are outside the city, and there is not a single well left open to thieves in yellow.

This method of blocking attacks at all levels will continuously consume the strength of the thief in yellow and delay the time for the thief in yellow to arrive at Shuntian Mansion.

We deployed strong troops in Tongzhou, Zhuzhou, Xuanfu and other places to stop the yellow-robed thieves from attacking.

With enough time, you can build a stronger city and produce more Hongyi cannons and gunpowder.

At the same time, the training intensity of the Beijing camp was increased and young men were recruited to assist in the defense of the capital.

As long as the thieves in yellow are unable to capture the capital for a long time, they will definitely retreat.

The thieves in yellow mobilized more than one million troops and civilians.

This will greatly affect the spring plowing under the rule of the yellow thief.

They found that there was no way to capture the capital in a short time, and they would definitely retreat.

When King Qin's army from the south arrived in the capital, we formed an alliance with Hou Jin.

The situation will become favorable to us.

The Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed, and Shuntian Prefecture can definitely be defended."

Yang Sichang spoke very fast and explained all his strategies in one breath.
To be continued...