Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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After Chongzhen walked out of the main hall, he went directly to the imperial study.

Gao Qiqian stood beside Chongzhen, "My lord, the matter arranged yesterday has been dealt with."

Chongzhen sat at the desk, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip, "I know, but I still can't relax these days, and I have to keep a close eye on people like the British. Once the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp leave the city, then Do it directly. When the time comes, block the city wall and try to uproot the British public in the shortest possible time.

After uprooting these people, proceed to clean up their property.This time, all their family property has been flushed into the internal funds. As for the treasury of the Ministry of Households, I am not at ease.

I will use this money to recruit soldiers and horses to fill the vacancies in the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Horse Supervisor.Now you inform the cabinet, the inspector of ceremonies, the Ministry of War and the governor's office of the five armies, and prepare to mobilize the troops and horses of the Beijing camp.

As for the money for mobilizing troops and horses, let the household department squeeze again, put down the unimportant things first, and do them with all your strength. "

Gao Qi sneaked a salute, and then walked out of the imperial study with Chongzhen's order.

At the same time, Zhao Wen had penetrated the remaining two lines of defense on the Yellow River line of defense.

He led his troops out of the Yellow River line of defense.

After leaving the Yellow River defense line, Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses and marched directly towards Jiyuan.

Jiyuan is a county under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing Prefecture. It is located in the northern section of the Yellow River, not far from the Yellow River defense line established by Sun Chuanting.

The Yellow River diverts its course in Yuanqu County at the junction of Shanxi and Henan. The original direction of the Yellow River is to flow in the northeast direction. After passing through Yuanqu, it diverts to the east.

Sun Chuanting originally wanted to rely on the Yellow River in Henan to establish the Yellow River defense line and rely on the Yellow River natural moat to resist Zhao Wen.

But after thinking about it, he gave up this plan. After all, Huaiqing Mansion, Weihui Mansion, and Zhangde Mansion are all in the north of the Yellow River, and the length of the Yellow River flowing into Henan is too long. It would be too expensive to rely on the Yellow River to build the Yellow River defense line. , and it takes a very long time.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting chose to use a fort to connect the Yellow River at the junction of Shanxi and Henan with the Taihang Mountains in the east.

But even so, the Yellow River defense line still did not stop Zhao Wen's pace.

When Zhao Wen pierced the Yellow River defense line, the east and west roads had not yet pierced the Yellow River defense line. After all, their heavy weapons were only 120mm mortars.

Zhao Wen was riding on a horse, and he looked at Li Xiaosan who was following him, "Let someone tell the soldiers and horses from the East and West that once they break through the Yellow River defense line, let them lead their soldiers to Jiyuan. Get together and make arrangements."

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan shouted, and then followed Zhao Wen's order.

After a while, more than a dozen messengers rode their horses towards the east and west.

The Yellow River defense line is not very far from Jiyuan. If you ride a horse, it will take half a day to die.

However, most of the soldiers under Zhao Wen's command were infantry, plus the food and grass escorted, so the speed was much slower. It was not until noon the next day that Zhao Wen arrived at Jiyuan County.

Zhao Wen rode a war horse and brought his soldiers and horses to the outside of Jiyuan County.

The defending gentry and officials in Jiyuan County fled in a hurry, so they didn't even go up the suspension bridge.

Zhao Wen rode a war horse to the front of the suspension bridge. He looked at Jiyuan City in front of him, and heaved a sigh of relief, "Go into the city, and take a good rest after entering the city."

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Wen led the troops under his command to walk forward.

Li Xiaosan hurriedly said: "My lord, do you want me to lead the troops to clean up the city first?"

"Clean up? It's not necessary at all. It's not that I'm arrogant and underestimated the enemy, but it's not necessary at all. Now that the Yellow River defense line has been defeated, are you afraid that there will be an ambush in a small Jiyuan City?

Even if there is an ambush, can they be our opponents?What Sun Chuanting wants to do most now is to gather his soldiers and horses and retreat back. With this kind of thinking, how could he leave an ambush in the city?

Besides, Ye Bushou, who was sent out before, had already scouted Jiyuan City, and there was no so-called ambush inside.Today's Jiyuan City is already an empty city. The defenders, gentry and officials inside have all fled, and even the people have run away completely.Since there is no ambush, what else is there to clean up? "Zhao Wen pointed to Jiyuan City with its gates wide open in front, explained a few words, then mobilized his horses and walked forward.

Seeing this, Li Xiaosan hurriedly led Zhao Wen's personal guards to follow behind Zhao Wen.

After a while, Zhao Wen walked into Jiyuan City.

As soon as he walked into Jiyuan City, a sense of desolation came over his face.

There was almost no one in the city, and the streets were full of messy bricks and tiles and some tattered tables and stools.

The door to almost every room was open, and there was nothing inside except for some worthless rotten wood.

After Sun Chuanting led the defenders and gentry in the city to leave, the people stayed in the city.

The people in Jiyuan City had never been in contact with Zhao Wen, and before Sun Chuanting left, he had people spread rumors in the city that Zhao Wen was going to massacre the city, so the people in the city also worked overtime and ran away after Sun Chuanting and others evacuated.

Some of the people who ran out of the city chased after Sun Chuanting, but most of them fled to the countryside.

When the people in the city left, they took all the things that could be taken away in the city, including tables, chairs, benches, iron pans, bowls and chopsticks that the gentry despised.

These things are dispensable things for officials, gentry and defenders. After all, compared with their wealth and life, these things are not worth much.

However, for ordinary people, these things are still very good.

"The news that came back before Yebu received is correct. There is no one in Jiyuan City today, and it is a completely empty city." Zhao Wen muttered while sitting on his horse, looking at the scene in front of him.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in an official's uniform led dozens of his subordinates to hurry towards Zhao Wen from the end of the street.

Seeing someone running towards this side, Li Xiaosan hurriedly put his right hand on the big black star on his waist, and at the same time steered his horse forward.

The guards who followed Zhao Wen also rushed to the front of Zhao Wen and protected Zhao Wen behind.

"Who is it?" Li Xiaosan looked at the people who were getting closer and asked loudly.

The middle-aged man ran to a distance of seventy or eighty steps in front of Li Xiaosan, and shouted at Zhao Wen: "May I ask if it is the soldier of the Chief Soldier?"

"Who are you?" Li Xiaosan stared at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"I am the shopkeeper of the cement shop in Jiyuan City, and also the spy sent by the commander-in-chief to Jiyuan to collect news about Jiyuan.

I have been waiting for a long time, this is my identity certificate! "The middle-aged man took out his identity certificate from his arms and waved it non-stop.

Seeing this, Li Xiaosan walked up with a few personal guards.

"Your name is Li Changming?" Li Xiaosan jumped off the horse, took the ID card from the middle-aged man, checked it, and looked at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man nodded, "That's right, Li Changming is here."

Li Changming is the shopkeeper of the cement shop in Jiyuan City. Apart from selling cement, he collects all kinds of news in the city.

"I asked you something about Xuanzhen, and I can only believe you after the answer comes up." Li Xiaosan looked at Li Changming and asked about something about Xuanzhen, and these things were the kind of things that ordinary people can't notice at all.

Only those who have lived in Xuanzhen for a long time can answer it.

For Li Xiaosan's question, Li Changming answered almost without any omissions.

At this time, Li Xiaosan finally believed in Li Changming.

"In that case, come with me. The Chief Soldier is here too, just ahead." Li Xiaosan checked and handed Li Changming's identity certificate to Li Changming.

When Li Changming heard that Zhao Wen had also come, his eyes lit up instantly.

Li Xiaosan got on his horse again, and led Li Changming to Zhao Wen's side.

"You wait here!" Li Changming looked at the people behind him, and then hurriedly followed Li Xiaosan towards Zhao Wen.

"Earlier, Yebushou came from the city, so I told Yebushou my identity and asked them when the commander-in-chief would arrive in Jiyuan.

Ye Bushou told me that the commander-in-chief would arrive in Jiyuan in a short time.

I was just tidying up the residence of the Chief Soldier, when I heard the sound of horseshoes, so I took people out to see what was going on.

When I saw you, I thought this was the vanguard of the Chief Soldier. I thought that the Chief Soldier was not there, but I didn't expect that the Chief Soldier was inside. " Li Changming followed behind Li Xiaosan and said excitedly.

"Master Chief Soldier led the Chinese army to attack the middle part of the Henan defense line, so the speed was relatively fast." Li Xiaosan explained.

Not long after, Li Xiaosan brought Li Changming to Zhao Wen.

Li Changming met Zhao Wen and recognized Zhao Wen at a glance.

He hurried to Zhao Wen's front, and respectfully saluted Zhao Wen, "The shopkeeper of the cement shop in Xiajiyuan City, Jiyuan spy Li Changming has seen Mr. Chief Soldier!"

"Get up!" Zhao Wen waved at Li Changming.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Li Changming thanked him, and then stood up from the ground.

"My lord, your accommodation has been arranged." Li Changming looked at Zhao Wen.

"My lord, there is nothing wrong with this person. I have already checked it." Li Xiaosan moved to Zhao Wen's side and said in a low voice.

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Chapter 611 Do you think this officer is unwilling to defend the Yellow River line of defense?

"In that case, let's follow your arrangement." Zhao Wen looked at Li Changming and said.

Li Changming nodded, and then said: "My lord, please follow me!"

After speaking, Li Changming led Zhao Wen to the depths of the county.

Sitting on his horse, Zhao Wen looked at the desolate Jiyuan City and said, "Jiyuan is now an empty city."

"Yeah, Sun Chuanting is really not a guy. When he led the guarding gentry officials in Jiyuan City to flee for their lives, he told the people in the city that when you lead the troops, you will massacre the city and kill all the people in the city. All killed.

When the people in Jiyuan City heard this, they all ran for their lives.Some chased in the direction where Sun Chuanting fled, and the rest basically fled to the countryside.

When fleeing for their lives, the people in the city took away all the things they could see in the city.Fortunately, there are dozens of strong men under my command, otherwise, these fleeing people would definitely not let me go. Li Changming looked at Zhao Wen and said with disgust: "This Sun Chuanting is real, he just said what he said about massacring the city." "

Zhao Wen didn't feel anything, even if all the people ran away, it would be fine for Zhao Wen.Don't these people come back after they run away?

Anyway, the people are still there, and when Henan is taken down, they will start to move these people back. At that time, even if Sun Chuanting spreads rumors again, it will be of no avail.

"How should I say this? Sun Chuanting's mouth grows on Sun Chuanting's body, so let him say whatever he wants. For us, this kind of rumor is like sweeping up dirt, and it is useless." Zhao Wen did not hesitate. I care about it.

"Your Excellency is right, Sun Chuanting's tricks are just shells made of mud to us, and they are useless to us." Li Xiaosan also yelled.

Not long after walking, Li Changming brought Zhao Wen to the county government office in Jiyuan County.

Li Changming came to the gate of the county government and opened the gate of the county government.

"My lord, Sun Chuanting and others have all run away, and there is no one in the county office now. The subordinates have tidied up the county office. It is very suitable for my lord to stay here." Li Changming stood in front of the gate of the county office, bowing his head. He bowed his waist and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen jumped off his horse and led Li Xiaosan into the county government office.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a custom of not repairing the yamen, so the Jiyuan county yamen looked rather dilapidated.

But when Zhao Wen walked in, he found that the Jiyuan county government office was different from the ones he had seen before.

The roads inside are hardened with cement, and the damaged walls have also been repaired with cement.

The traces of these repairs still look a little wet, and it seems that the repair time is not long.

"My lord, the Jiyuan county government office was originally damaged, so the subordinates brought people to repair the county government office with cement.

Originally, there were many houses in the city that were much better than the county yamen, but when the people in the city were fleeing for their lives, they almost destroyed these houses all over, and only the county yamen was left intact. "Li Changming walked into the county office. He looked at Zhao Wen who had stopped to watch the county office repairing the traces, and hurriedly explained.

"I don't have too many requirements for the place where I live, as long as it can accommodate people. Moreover, I won't stay here for a long time. I will leave after a day or two of rest as soon as the soldiers and horses from the rear arrive. Therefore, the residence Luxurious or not, it doesn't matter to me at all." Zhao Wen looked at the traces of repairs and said indifferently.

Li Changming let out a long breath, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

He originally thought that Zhao Wen would dislike this place, but he didn't expect that Zhao Wen didn't care at all.

"Zhang He!" Zhao Wen turned around and looked at Zhang He, who was cooperating with him to command the troops in the middle.

"The last general is here!" Zhang He stood up, clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, and said loudly.

"Now you settle down the soldiers and horses entering the city. There are many empty houses in the city. Although most of them are damaged, they can be lived in with a little tidying up.

Let our soldiers and horses live directly in the empty houses in the city, and save the cost of building camps and tents. After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he looked at Li Changming again, "You go with Zhang He and help him settle the soldiers and horses." "

"The last general takes orders!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Zhang He and Li Changming cupped their hands at Zhao Wengong, and then walked outside.

After the two walked out, Zhao Wen brought Li Xiaosan and others to the hall of the county government.

The hall of the county government office was whitewashed by Li Changming, and the picture of the bright moon on the sea on the wall behind the hall was covered with lacquer.

These large lacquers have not yet dried and look a little wet.

There is also a pair of words hanging on the wall, with the words "Xuanzhen" written in large characters.

Judging by the color of the paper and ink, it should be the latest.

Although there is no signature on it, Zhao Wen can guess that it should be written by Li Changming.

The plaque hanging on the wall has not been removed, and the four characters "Justice and Integrity" on it are too old, so there are only a few outlines left, and these words can be vaguely seen.

In the middle of the hall, Li Changming took away the chair that the county master was sitting on, and replaced it with a grand master's chair.

In front of the Taishi chair is a table with several fruit plates and teapots on it.

On both sides of the hall, there are neatly arranged chairs, but compared with the Taishi's chair above, these chairs are slightly shorter.

Zhao Wen sat on the main seat and touched the teapot on the table.