Subsequently, more accurate information gradually came.
All the five guards in Yingzhou were in commotion, and the commander-in-chief of Beizhili was extremely frightened and was trying his best to suppress them.
The Five Guards of Yingzhou were first established during the Hongwu period. In today's Zhangwu and Chaoyang areas of Liaoning, they were the western barrier of Shenyang and were mainly used to defend against attacks from Eastern Mongolia.
In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved all the five guards of Yingzhou to the capital area.
Yingzhou's left garrison is located in Shunyi. Yingzhou's right garrison is located in Jizhou. Yingzhou's middle garrison is located in Pinggu. Yingzhou's former garrison is located in Xianghe. Yingzhou's rear garrison is located in Sanhe.
After the camp soldiers in Jizhou rebelled, it caused a commotion among the guardsmen. Their life was more difficult than that of the camp soldiers. Since the camp soldiers started looting, they were not willing to be left behind. There were guardsmen in Jizhou and Xianghe who responded to the rebellion. .
After the turmoil of the Five Guards of Yingzhou, Tongzhou became the last barrier to protect the imperial capital. The Tongzhou Left Guards, Tongzhou Right Guards, Shenwu Central Guards, and Dingbian Guards stationed in Tongzhou. Together with the Tongzhou Guards, they were collectively called the Tongzhou Five Guards. At this time, the North Zhili Dusi sent senior general Huang Ye to Tongzhou overnight to take charge.
Xiao Niangpi folded her arms, made a figure of eight with her right hand, touched her chin, and was lost in thought. It was obvious that the turmoil had spread like wildfire. She still missed the best opportunity to put it out. There were already 60,000 to 70,000 people in these rebels. At present, Divided into three large forces and plundered everywhere.
All the way south, straight to Sanhe, Xianghe, and towards Tianjin. All the way east, straight to the Tongzhou Granary. They also entered Yang Fan's territory all the way. Their destination was to rob Zunhua. After all, Zunhua is At this time, it was the richest place in Beizhili.
In recent years, Yang Fan has been smelting steel near Zunhua, which directly promoted the mining of iron ore and coal mines, absorbing a large number of laborers. Currently, there are more than 200,000 workers engaged in mining, and there are thousands of large and small mines. Open-hearth steelmaking requires a large amount of pig iron. The original local iron-making workshops were changed to Weixinghe Iron Works to supply pig iron.
This change led to the vigorous development of the original iron-making workshops. After all, in this era, steel was a seller's market, and there was no need to worry about sales. There were countless businessmen waiting to get the goods at Xinghe Iron Factory, and then trafficked them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty. Now Even Prince Mu’s Mansion in Yunnan sent people to purchase large quantities of open-hearth steel ingots.
Even North Korea, Japan, and even Vietnam, Luzon and other places have begun to import open-hearth steel. The Macau Bugalao Cannon Foundry has also purchased more than a thousand tons of open-hearth steel. Currently, the entire Europe cannot produce such high-performance steel. Steel. British merchant ships have already purchased open-hearth steel ingots from Macau and transported them back to China.
The upstream and downstream industries of Zunhua Steel, as well as the service industry serving the steel industry, have also developed greatly. Restaurants, inns, brothels, theaters, bathhouses, food stores, cloth stores...are densely packed all over the streets.
These rebels naturally knew where to go to grab the most wealth. However, Yang Fan's territory directly blocked their possibility of moving eastward. The first few batches of rebels who entered Dingyuan Bo's territory to steal wheat were defeated by the militia. After thousands of people died, , escaped from here in embarrassment.
Xiao Niangpi clearly knows that the rebels are bullies and will rob wherever they can. Although they robbed thousands of tons of wheat, more than a thousand people died. They should not come again at this time. However, look Facing the current situation where the situation is constantly collapsing, they gather into a group and merge like a snowball, and they may still come to attack this place in the end.
"As soon as the wheat harvest in the east is completed, weapons will be distributed immediately. The entire territory will be mobilized and headed to the west to harvest wheat. At the same time, we will warn these rebels from coming back again." Xiao Niangpi gave the order.
She felt it was necessary to issue a general mobilization order. This rebellion is expected to spread to the capital. The soldiers in the Gyeonggi area have not been in battle for a long time, and they don't know what the unrest will look like.
Now, whether it is food or wealth, the richest people are their own territory and Zunhua City. If these people win a great victory around the capital and rob the surrounding states and counties, sooner or later they will come back to rob them again.
"Madam, if there are 50,000 strong laborers at the dam construction site, should they also be armed?" Song Yingsheng asked.
"No, our current total mobilization is enough to mobilize 100,000 strong men, which is more than enough to protect ourselves. Don't affect the dam project. That is where our future depends."
Following the order, the warehouses in various castles opened one after another, and various weapons and armors were revealed.
Distribution began. The strong men began to gather in the militia, and went to various strategic points in the territory according to the orders of the military headquarters. Or they could carry weapons and maintain combat arrangements to harvest wheat.
In the Forbidden City, even though it was already late at night, the lights of Wuying Palace were still bright. The Xihua Gate was open for the first time. Civil and military officials from all walks of life frequently entered and exited Wuying Palace.
Chongzhen sat in Wuying Palace to handle the Jizhou mutiny.
The young emperor was shaking with anger. He didn't know how things had turned out like this.
"Call Tu Shan, hurry up, call Tu Shan." Chongzhen's face turned pale. He no longer had any hope for Jin Yiwei. Luo Yangxing still hasn't found out why Jizhou turned against him.
In the first half of the night today, he had been arranging various troops to go to Tongzhou to stop these rebels. After dark today, Sanhe County was also captured. The rebels came all the way to the capital. The latest news is that they arrived at Niwa Town east of Baoqiushui.
Fortunately, Chongzhen sent the Hu Dawei troops stationed in Nanyuan and rushed to Xiajiadian across the river to stop the rebels.
"Where is Zuo Liangyu?" Chongzhen asked anxiously while looking at the map.
"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's troops have arrived at Hongqiao on the Chaobai River," Li Banghua, Minister of War, said. "Currently, they have taken control of Hongqiao on the Chaobai River and organized a second line of defense."
Hongqiao, formerly known as Tongji Bridge, is located in today's Yanjiao.
Hearing this, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the troops and horses were arranged in place. Wang Chengyin went to Miao County to stop the rebel army in Xianghe. Dong Jishu, a veteran general, was stationed in Tongzhou and commanded Hu Dawei and others to put down the rebellion.
Now that the Beijing camp has gone to the northwest, he doesn't have much he can use. In addition to the 6,000 soldiers and horses he transferred to Yanqing from Xuanfu, there are more than 6,000 Rumi musketry soldiers trained by Zhang Shize and those captured from Yang Fan.
There are 3,600 people in the car camp. These soldiers and horses are his last trump card.
At present, they are used to guard the capital and are not easily used. If Tongzhou falls, the defense of the capital will depend on this elite soldier. At present, Chongzhen followed Qi Jiguang and mixed the Cheying and Lumi gun soldiers into the Xuanwu Army, with Zhou Yuji as the guerrilla general commander.
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Chongzhen also handed over the 5,000 cavalry of Jinyiwei to Zhou Yuji for unified command. This 15,000-man army had 500 sidecars equipped with steel plates, 500 bronze-haired heavy cannons, and more than 6,000 Rumi muskets.
Arquebusiers and five thousand elite cavalry. This is a very powerful force.
Originally, Chongzhen planned to mobilize 20,000 elite infantrymen to join this force when the Beijing camp returned from a victory, forming a guard army to defend the emperor. It would be under his own control.
"Your Majesty, Tushan Qianhu from Dongchang is here." Wang Chengen reported in a low voice.
Chongzhen suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and said quickly: "Xuan Tushan, come in quickly."
