Outside Cangzhou City, in the wilderness on both sides of the canal, in addition to barracks or barracks, "earth cities" composed of earthen ramparts stood outside the city. In the middle of these earthen cities where troops were stationed, carriages and carts carrying coal and grain were running back and forth.

The carriage covered with mud struggled in the mud, and the mud was mixed with donkey dung, mule dung, and horse dung, which were mixed into the mud under the feet of the soldiers' cowhide boots.

The canal is full of ships transporting supplies. Not only are various supplies sent along the canal, there are also a steady stream of officers and soldiers arriving here.

In addition to the officers and soldiers who came from Huguang, these officers and soldiers also included rural soldiers from Huguang, Jiangxi, Nanzhili and other places. However, they were still mainly from Shandong. There were fully 100,000 rural soldiers who came from Shandong.

Now in Cangzhou, a full 150,000 troops have gathered, and there are as many as 200,000 rural troops and the soldiers of Qinwang from all over the country heading north. After receiving the order from General Pinglu to recruit rural soldiers, the local officials have begun to mobilize troops in Cangzhou.

For a time, local rural troops were dispatched.

There are as few as a thousand people and as many as several thousand people.

The country soldiers they sent here were not to "avenge the king and his father", but to show their attitude. After all, this is the first imperial edict of the new king.

Even if the new monarch has not yet ascended the throne, and has not even given orders in the name of His Majesty, but with the legacy of the late emperor, he is Your Majesty. As for whether the talisman does not comply with the ancestral system... This gentleman is holding a knife handle in his hand.

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In troubled times, the most important thing is military power!

For Zhu Guoqiang, who is in Cangzhou, he certainly knows what kind of army his advantage is.

Compared to the Crown Prince or Prince Fu, who had no soldiers and money, he had Shandong, Liaodong and North Korea as his rear, and the power he possessed was beyond what they could contend with.

But, all this is not important, what is important is "the hatred between the king and his father", which is Li Zicheng's head!

Li Zicheng’s head was a gift for Zhu Guoqiang’s accession to the throne!

But even so, after arriving in Cangzhou, instead of immediately ordering the troops to go north, he even ordered the troops to stop.

From that day on, tens of thousands of troops were stationed outside Cangzhou City, and more and more troops came from all over.

As the head of the Ministry of War, Qian Bangqi has been responsible for receiving various reinforcements, inspecting soldiers, arranging residence, and replenishing weapons since arriving in Cangzhou. He is extremely busy.

On this day, after welcoming three thousand soldiers and horses led by Suzhou General Chen Guowei, Qian Bangqi, a native of Zhenjiang, naturally started chatting with him.

"Young Master Kai, you are His Majesty's close friend, but do you know why His Majesty didn't immediately send troops to regain the capital?"

"The Sacred Heart is beyond our ability, but in my opinion, Your Majesty must want to decide the outcome in a battle!"

Qian Bangqi replied with a smile.

"One battle will determine the outcome?"

"Yes, the rogues have a large number of troops. They are said to number millions. Even at a 50% discount, there are still half a million. If there are too many ants, they will kill an elephant. After soldiers and horses from all over the country have gathered, they will send their troops northward, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

The army is encircling and suppressing the rogue bandits. If they can be wiped out in one battle, then the rogue bandits will no longer cause trouble to the world, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment again..."

Facing Qian Bangqi's explanation, Chen Guowei nodded, and then said softly.

"If this is the case, it will really be a blessing to the people of the world!"

In fact, as the commander-in-chief of Suzhou, he hesitated when he received the order from the late Emperor Qin. However, when he learned that General Pinglu was leading the troops to the north, he immediately ordered his troops to go north. Following General Pinglu could gain credit.

ah!

On the way, after learning that the late emperor had died for his country and that the throne had been passed on to General Pinglu, he walked faster than anyone else. Why?

To show loyalty!

As one of the first generals to arrive in Cangzhou, he believed that His Majesty would not treat him badly in the future, but he could not just wait like this, so he lowered his voice and asked.

"Young Master Kai, when will Your Majesty have time to summon us?"

"The military gate just needs to wait patiently. Your Majesty has been informed over there, I think it will be within the next two days!"

While Qian Bangqian was settling in Suzhou Commander-in-Chief Chen Guowei and his party, on the other side, standing in front of a huge sand table in the local gentry Li's mansion outside Cangzhou City, Zhu Guoqiang asked.

"Cui Lei, in your opinion, how should we fight next?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yuji replied.

"That depends on what result His Majesty wants!"

"oh?"

Looking at Zhou Yuji with great interest, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"Would you like to hear it?"

There will no longer be a drama like "Ningwuguan" in this world. Among so many generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuji was one of the most pity people, so Zhu Guoqiang wanted to save his life. As for

How to protect it...as long as you survive.

"It depends on whether Your Majesty wants to quickly wipe out the bandits, or whether you want to immediately avenge the late Emperor."

Zhou Yuji's answer made Zhu Guoqiang smile.

"Does it make any difference?"

"If your Majesty wants to avenge the late emperor immediately, he can immediately lead his troops to the north and take the capital directly. Although the troops of the rogue bandits are several times larger than mine, the combat power of the officers and soldiers is far greater than that of the rogue bandits. In every battle, the rogue bandits win with more people. There are ten

With tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, we are quite sure of defeating the bandits. It is not impossible to recover the capital and kill Li Zicheng. But..."

After a pause, Zhou Yuji continued.

"Even if our army is victorious, it is still inevitable that rogue bandits will flee in all directions and continue to roam around to harm the people."

Zhu Guoqiang nodded slightly and said with a smile.

"Then how can we exterminate the bandits?"

When he finished speaking, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes fell on the sand table. Although Zhou Yuji had not answered yet, Zhu Guoqiang already knew his answer well.

"Shanxi!"

Pointing at Shanxi on the sand table with a wooden pole, Zhou Yuji said.

"Although Shanxi is currently occupied by rogue bandits, they only occupy a few important prefectures and counties such as Taiyuan. Most of the prefectures and counties were forced to surrender, and there are only tens of thousands of rogue bandits in various places. If Your Majesty sends three troops from Cangzhou,

When tens of thousands of elite soldiers entered the Jin Dynasty, officials and people in various prefectures and counties would surely take action to drive away the puppet officials and the rogue bandits. After our army captured Shanxi, it was equivalent to cutting off the retreat route of the rogue bandits. Although the Li thieves occupied the capital, once Shanxi was occupied, not only the rest of the

If the road is taken away, even his hundreds of thousands of troops will be cut off from food and grass. In this way, there will be a large army in the west blocking the enemy at the dangerous pass to the east of Shanxi, a large army in the south across Zhending and Cangzhou, and an official army in the north.

The enemy is at Shanhaiguan, so surrounded from all sides, Li Thief would be hard-pressed to fly out of His Majesty's hand even if he had wings."

As soon as Zhou Yuji finished speaking, Zhu Guoqiang laughed loudly.

"Cui Liao, you and I have thought together. Now Li Zicheng seems to be occupying the capital, but in fact he is just trapping himself in a dead place. Since it is a dead place, then we will trap him to death. As long as the army recaptures Shanxi, Li Zicheng will be a trapped beast in the cage.

, those hundreds of thousands of troops, what kind of army is there..."

With a cold smile, Zhu Guoqiang snorted.

"It's just an evil ghost seeking hundreds of thousands of lives!"

There are millions or hundreds of thousands of people without military pay or food living in the capital. Who are those people? They are not Li Zicheng's helpers in conquering the world, they are clearly evil spirits who want his life.

Li Zicheng knew this very well, so he would do everything possible to raise military pay. How would he raise it? Of course, he would use the magic weapon of the rogue bandits.

For Zhu Guoqiang, he didn't mind the bandits using their special magic weapon to torture and plunder the capital. The more they did this, the faster they failed. Those people who were bewitched by him would recognize their true colors.

Of course, the more important point is that Zhu Guoqiang needs them to torture and plunder the capital, and needs those surrendered Xuancheng and civil and military officials to pay a bloody price for their actions.

Otherwise, how can the world see their ugly faces? Aren’t they all going to continue to serve as officials in the new dynasty? Aren’t they all capable of understanding the times and doing things well?

How does Li Zicheng treat these outstanding people who are aware of current affairs now?

It's torture, it's killing.

Only through their experiences can they warn future generations and let them know the price of surrender. Even if they want to surrender, they must first consider whether they are fat in the eyes of others.

"As for the capital, let's wait a moment. They surrendered the thieves first, and now let the thieves roast their oil first!"
Chapter completed!