Many officers of the Fifth Army came from the original imperial border troops, especially the senior officers in front of them. Novel Chinese.iniqi.

As a former member of the court, they knew very well that with their complicated identity, even if they returned to the court, they would not end up waiting for them...

Therefore, let them follow Zhou Shuyuan to escape from the Tiger and Leopard Army, become independent in Gansu and Ningbo provinces, and become local emperors, there is no problem.

They were able to give up their status and status in the court and join the Tiger and Leopard Army. It was enough to prove that these people were ambitious and revengeful.

Since they have ambitions, they are unwilling to be commanded forever. Therefore, when Zhou Shuyuan expressed his promise to them, these officers with their ambitions became Zhou Shuyuan's supporters without hesitation...

However, it is obviously impossible to get them back to the court.

Whether for their own life or for their reputation, they will not surrender to the court again.

Therefore, after Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, except for the few old men from the original Tiger and Leopard Army who had been following Zhou Shuyuan, he was willing to follow Zhou Shuyuan south to Sichuan and surrender to the court. All the remaining people chose to withdraw from the army...

Therefore, the incident of Gansu and Ningxia's separation from the Tiger and Leopard Army and reincarnation ended dramatically because Zhou Shuyuan went south to Sichuan and surrendered to the court.

Faced with this expected result, Wei Zheng did not pay too much attention.

As soon as the battle ended, Wei Zheng began to make up for the huge losses caused to the Tiger and Leopard Army by the civil strife, and continued to expand the army according to the original plan to prepare for the decisive battle with the Nanjing court...

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was furious in the court located in Nanjing City... Just now, two prefects, five county magistrates and three generals were already cut off their heads because of Emperor Chongzhen's anger.

The Yangzhou prefect, who suffered unfavorable battles and lost thousands of official troops, was very lucky to become one of the two prefects.

After a roar full of anger, Emperor Chongzhen finally calmed down.

A pair of eyes that could almost kill people stared at the Minister of War who was still kneeling in the middle of the hall. He asked loudly...

"I need to know the real situation, it is not a lie that you deceive your superiors and concealed... How many provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have been organized by the Tiger and Leopard Army and the rioters under the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Army... If it weren't for the Jinyiwei, would you plan to hide this news? Until I became a prisoner under the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

In the grand hall, the forehead of the Minister of War had long been filled with beans sweat beads as big as beans because of the imperial edicts of Emperor Chongzhen to kill people.

Therefore, as soon as Chongzhen finished his words, the Minister of War, who was both panicked and nervous, answered: "Your Majesty, after reports from various prefectures and governments and statistics from the Ministry of War, there are a total of ten rioters in several provinces in Jiangnan who are under the banner of the Tiger and Leopard Army... The scale has developed

To three thousand people, more than five hundred people are small…”

"What's more important is that these rioters are equipped with a lot of muskets and grenades equipped by new troops, and their combat effectiveness is very strong..."

"In less than a month, there have been tens of thousands of local garrison battalions, and the losses are in the battle to encircle them..."

"Old officials analyzed that even if these chaotic people were not directly organized and controlled by the Tiger and Leopard Army, they were also promoted by the Tiger and Leopard Army... Otherwise, they would definitely not be equipped with such good firearms..."

"Now, two county towns have been directly occupied by these rioters, and the county magistrate was killed... If the court does not immediately draw new troops from the court to encircle and suppress them, these rioters will definitely become more and more intense, and even shake the court's ruling foundation in Jiangnan..."

"So, the old minister begs His Majesty to immediately dispatch troops. The old minister is willing to go to the front line in person to eliminate these chaotic soldiers..."

Hearing this, Chongzhen's facial expression that had just calmed down was once again shrouded in anger.

The clenched fist hit the dragon's desk in front of him and cursed loudly: "The Tiger and Leopard Army is actually the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

"Since your guards are not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous... You can incite the turbulent people to rebel in my rear, and I can... The commander of the Jinyiwei, I ask you to organize the Jinyiwei secret spies immediately. Go deep into the rear of the Tiger and Leopard Army and encourage the people to rebel. I will return it with the same way, so that the Tiger and Leopard Army cannot develop with peace of mind..."

"Minister of War, I will give you 20,000 new troops. Within one month, I will receive news that all these rioters were wiped out..."

"In addition, the Tiger and Leopard Army sent troops to harass our rear, which is enough to prove that in the face of the new army that the court has been constantly expanding, the Tiger and Leopard Army is afraid... Otherwise, the Tiger and Leopard Army would never have thought of such despicable means..."

"So, we must expand the army as soon as possible, so that the new army can form combat effectiveness, fight the Tiger and Leopard Army to defeat them..."

"I originally set the time for one year. Now it seems that this time must be advanced..."

"So, I decided to expand the new army to 200,000 within three months... The firearm equipment needed for the expansion of the new army. If it is not enough, I will buy it with silver... In short, I must see that the 200,000 new army will form an army within three months and start training. After half a year, it will form combat effectiveness to fight the Tiger and Leopard Army... As long as we defeat the Tiger and Leopard Army, any effort will be worth it..."

After Chongzhen made the decision, the Minister of Revenue quit!

Although he knew that confronting Chongzhen now would probably bring about a disaster. However, the Minister of Revenue still stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to expand the new army to 200,000 within three months, there will be at least 10 million taels of silver in the Ministry of Revenue..."

"Although the Ministry of Revenue has just collected 10 million taels, plus the taxes in the first half of next year, it is enough to expand the army... Now we will advance the time from one year to three months, so we won't be able to wait for taxes in the first half of next year..."

At this time, Chongzhen certainly would not prevent his own expansion of his army due to some factors.

As soon as the Minister of Revenue said, Chongzhen said impatiently: "If you can't wait, you will collect taxes for the first half of next year in advance... The cabinet is responsible for drafting the order..."

Although the Minister of Revenue knew that doing so would further increase the burden on the people and even force the people into chaos.

However, Chongzhen's pair of murderous eyes directly made him hold back the words he had already said.

Just as Chongzhen was about to retreat to the court, a "Eight Hundred Miles Emergency Report..." suddenly rang out of the hall.

Then, a new army soldier rushed into the hall panting with breath, led by the eunuch...

When Emperor Chongzhen read the urgent report with a serious face, the anger in his heart once again burned...

The whole person was like an angry lion, scolding loudly: "Tiger and Leopard Army, Tiger and Leopard Army, you are simply too bullying..."

"And Zhou Shuyuan, if I had already surrendered to me, my 20,000 army would not have lost more than half..."

After saying that, he threw out the urgent report in his hand and asked with an angry look on his face: "Look at it, how should Zhou Shuyuan, who lost more than 10,000 soldiers in the court, be arranged by him..."
Chapter completed!