Chapter nine hundred and fifty second decisive battle
In mid-February of the 25th year of Chongzhen, Shi Kefa had already marched into the countryside of Gyeonggi.
He looked at the mighty army in front and behind him, stroked his beard and nodded.
The 60,000 Jiangbei Army and the 140,000 local army formed an unprecedented army. They were walking in long lines on the land of Beizhili and pressing towards the capital.
Wherever he went, people panicked and ran away.
The military discipline of the Jiangbei Army and the local army cannot be compared with the Beijing New Army, let alone the Huben Army of the King of Tianjin. The Jiangbei Army and the local army may loot the people at any time. They may even insult the people's wives and daughters, and kill them.
It is not surprising at all to kill the wives and children of common people.
Therefore, wherever the army went, the people ran away, more afraid than if they saw the thieves.
Of course, for Shi Kefa, these are just trivial matters. It is the most important thing to send troops to the capital to clear the emperor's side and abolish the evil laws of the emperor. In the original history, Shi Kefa could have sympathy with Zuo Liangyu who killed countless people, so naturally he would not regard it as unimportant.
The people take it seriously.
In fact, Shi Kefa is extremely high-spirited now.
Now that he has an army of 200,000 in his hands, Shi Kefa truly feels that he has control over the situation in the world. When the Jiangbei Army faced Li Zhi in the past, he always felt a little worse and could never defeat Li Zhi. But this time against the emperor's 20,000 new
Shi Kefa was 12% sure of winning the battle.
Wu Sangui rode horseback next to Shi Kefa, thinking deeply along the way, but not as excited as Shi Kefa.
Shi Kefa looked at Wu Sangui and said with a smile: "What is the elder uncle thinking about?"
Wu Sangui is now the only military leader in control of the entire Jiangbei Army of 90,000 people, and his strength is far greater than before. He is not as respectful as before when he treats Shi Kefa. When he heard Shi Kefa's inquiry, he rode on his horse and said calmly: "Last General
I'm thinking about how many troops Li Zhi will mobilize to rescue the emperor."
Shi Kefa smiled and said: "The eldest uncle is worried too much."
With a wave of his hand, Shi Kefa said: "The Hongyi envoy has made it very clear that this time we attack the emperor, and we have two foreign aids from the north and the south to help our army."
"To the south, there are 200,000 soldiers and horses from Tianzhu attacking Li Zhi's Burma. To the north, there are tens of thousands of Baiyi cavalry attacking Li Zhi's three northeastern provinces. Li Zhi only has so many troops, and he must deploy defenses everywhere. It can be said that
We have too much time to take care of ourselves. Where can we draw out a large army to fight against us?"
"The weapons of our Jiangbei Army of 60,000 men are about the same as Li Zhi's troops and horses, plus the hundreds of thousands of local military towns, Li Zhi is no match for us even if he doesn't have 100,000 men."
"With Li Zhi's current situation of being on fire from all sides, how can he possibly draw 100,000 troops to fight against us?"
Other people of this era did not have telegraph stations like Li Zhi and did not know what was happening thousands of miles away. In order to maintain military confidentiality, Li Zhi did not disclose the news of the Cossack defeat in December in the newspapers. Therefore, Shi Kefa was not aware of what was going on in the north.
Not knowing anything, I thought the Cossacks were still attacking the Northeast.
Wu Sangui thought for a while and said: "What I said makes sense, but I am worrying too much."
After a pause, Wu Sangui said: "In one month, I will be the chief assistant!"
If Shi Kefa successfully invades the capital and controls the emperor this time, he will definitely control the imperial court completely. By then, Shi Kefa will be supported by officials and gentry all over the world, and he will definitely become a prime minister like Cao Cao and Gao Huan. According to the name of the Ming Dynasty, it is the cabinet.
The first assistant.
Shi Kefa stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Don't worry, eldest uncle, our army will definitely be able to defeat you when we enter the capital this time. In a month, I am afraid that eldest uncle will be the county king of my Ming Dynasty."
Wu Sangui blinked and looked at Shi Kefa in surprise.
Shi Kefa did not take it easy. He knew that Wu Sangui now held the power of the Jiangbei Army and should not be underestimated, so he naturally wanted to win over Wu Sangui. In order to make Wu Sangui work hard to kill the enemy, he promised to let Wu Sangui be crowned king.
Wu Sangui wanted to be the most popular minister, and all the lands were granted the title of king.
Wu Sangui's face flushed with excitement, he looked at the generals on the left and right, and burst into laughter.
"Don't worry, Chief Minister, I will definitely attack the capital for the Chief Minister and personally deliver the emperor to the Chief Minister."
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On the school field outside Fanjiazhuang City, one hundred and fifty steam tanks were parked side by side on the dirt, looking very powerful.
Li Zhi led Zheng Kaicheng, Zhong Feng, Hong Chengchou and others onto a steam tank. They stood on top of the two-meter-high thick-shell tank and looked at the Tiger Army soldiers lined up on the school field.
In front of the tank were 60,000 Tiger troops who were also silent.
After annihilating all the Tsarist Russian Cossacks, the 20,000 Huben troops immediately returned to their hometown in Normal. After a month of repairs, all 60,000 Huben troops are now in a full and ready state to fight at any time.
The Huben army has excellent military discipline. Standing in the school field wearing a red military uniform, it can be said that they are as slow as a forest and as motionless as a mountain.
These 60,000 people will send troops to the capital to attack Jiangbei Army and hundreds of thousands of local military towns.
The Jiangbei Army attacked the capital a month earlier than Li Zhi expected. Li Zhi had to adjust his plan and send troops to attack the Jiangbei Army in advance.
The original plan to produce 200 steam tanks was only 150, and all of them had to be put into the battlefield. However, the shotgun assembly line was very efficient, and hundreds of thousands of shotguns were produced. In addition to the ones given to Li Laosi in Burma
110,000 were shipped, and now the Tiger Army on the campus is equipped with 20,000 new muskets.
This time, Li Zhi wants to completely wipe out the Jiangbei Army, a private army of the gentry who acted shamelessly.
Waving his sleeves, Li Zhi said loudly: "Soldiers, over the past few years, our Tiger Army has fought bloody battles outside the Great Wall, in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. We have sacrificed our lives for fear that we would not be able to die on the battlefield wrapped in horse leather. What is the reason for this?"
Li Zhi's words had already been printed into documents by officials and sent to officers at all levels. So Li Zhi read it on the tank, and the officers below raised the document and read it, letting every soldier know that the Tianjin County Prince had said it
What.
Li Zhi said loudly: "We fought bloody battles for every citizen of the Ming Dynasty. We hope to use our swords and guns to fight against the enemy and create a prosperous life for the people of the Ming Dynasty."
The soldiers of the Huben Army looked at the Tianjin Prince who made an impassioned speech with bright eyes.
"However, while we were fighting in front, someone kept stabbing us from behind!"
"These despicable people are the gentry of the Ming Dynasty and the gentry's private army, the Jiangbei Army!"
"We fought against the Manchus, and they hit us from behind. We fought against bandits, and they hit us from behind. We fought against Nanyang, and they hit us from behind. In their eyes, as long as they can destroy our town in Tianjin, they will hit us from behind.
If our policy of equalizing land taxes and prohibiting tax evasion is abolished, they can join forces with any force that harms us Han people."
"These gentry are the most filthy group in the history of our Han people."
"In my land of Han people, there has never been such a shameless ruling class."
Waving his sleeves, Li Zhi said loudly:
"If we don't completely defeat these gentry and eliminate these huge groups of parasites that are parasitic on the bodies of the Han people, our cause will be a mirage. There will be no hope of rejuvenation for us Han people!"
