Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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At this moment, Chongzhen roared like a man-eating beast in the imperial study room.

The eunuch and maid in the imperial study hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling.

Gao Qiqian also hastily knelt on the ground, not daring to look directly at Chongzhen.

Chongzhen struggled to stand up from the chair, and then overturned the memorial pen, ink and inkstone on the table, venting the resentment in his heart.

"What are you eating, what are you eating, what are you eating, what is Sun Chuanting doing!"

Chongzhen seemed to have lost his soul. After overturning the things on the table, he began to walk back and forth in the imperial study.

His eyes were lifeless and his expression was flustered.

"The defense line of the Yellow River fell, and the Zhao bandits drove straight into Henan. If you go east, you can attack Shandong, and if you go south, you can enter Huguang. with.

Suddenly, his eyes opened wide, and he looked towards Henan, "Tie Zhao, what are you going to do? Why are you doing this? Are you trying to trap the capital into an isolated city, and then show off your martial arts skills to me?"

Chongzhen yelled hoarsely, and the eunuchs and maids outside the imperial study also hurriedly knelt down.

At the same time, in the secret room of the British Duke's mansion, the British Duke stood in the center of the secret room. He looked at Cheng Guogong sitting in front of him and the nobles who were going to join Zhao Wen with him, and laughed.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the Yellow River defense line that Sun Chuanting relied on collapsed. In this way, with Zhao Wen's strength, within three months, Henan will be in his pocket." The British prince looked excited. looked at these people.

The British lineage has been passed down for more than 200 years, and its influence in the capital is deeply rooted.

It is still easy to buy several cabinet clerks with his strength.

Therefore, not long after the military report sent by Sun Chuanting was delivered to the cabinet, the British Duke already knew the result.

At this time, the British Duke has regarded himself as Zhao Wen's subordinate, not a courtier of Chongzhen.

"It seems that our plan is coming soon. If we wait for Zhao Wen to take Henan, we will be too late." Cheng Guogong looked at British Duke and said with a worried expression on his face.

The British Duke nodded, "You are right, the sooner you surrender to Zhao Wen, the better, if you wait until Zhao Wen takes Henan and then surrender, it will be too late.

Therefore, those people in the Beijing camp should speed up and strive to arrive in Henan as soon as possible and surrender to Zhao Wen. "

"Well, I'll make some arrangements tomorrow, and try to let the people from the Beijing camp go out of the city to Henan in the morning of the day after tomorrow." The British Duke murmured.

Early the next morning, the Duke of England had someone call his confidant in the Beijing camp to the mansion.

After arranging everything, the British government let them return to the Beijing camp.

The British government felt that the clothing he made was perfect, but he was still detected by the hidden piles of the Jinyiwei East Factory all over the British government.

When the news was sent to Chongzhen, Chongzhen lost his temper again.

It's just that the furious movement this time is not as big as the previous few times.

"Hehe, he even met the generals of the Beijing camp privately, and it was still in his own mansion. He really didn't take me seriously! Hehe!" Chongzhen looked at the secret letter in his hand, and kept sneering.

Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian who was standing beside him, "Starting today, we will send more people around the mansions of the Duke of England and others, and at the same time call out the people from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and let me keep a close eye on them.

Once the Jingying troops leave the city, I will take them down.I can't deal with Thief Zhao, and I can't deal with these bastards? "

"Follow the order!" Gao Qiqian bowed back, and walked out of the imperial study with Chongzhen's order.

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It was already April and the weather was getting warmer.

However, the current capital is full of chills, just like the twelfth lunar month of winter.

Pedestrians walking on the streets of the capital also lowered their heads and hurried on their way.

The content of the expedited [-]-mile letter from Sun Chuanting was distributed to the capital by the British government.

The common people, gentry and merchants in the capital suddenly became nervous.

Pedestrians on the road are also sparse for this reason.

Teams walked out of the big camp of the Beijing camp and headed towards Henan.

The generals leading the army are the confidantes of Duke Ying and Duke Cheng.

Chongzhen stood on the palace wall of the imperial palace. He looked towards the city gate and said expressionlessly: "What's the matter? Have the troops from the Beijing camp left the city?"

Gao Qiqian stood beside Chongzhen, and hurriedly replied: "My lord, it is estimated that I will be able to leave this afternoon."

Chongzhen nodded, "The night after tomorrow, I will arrest Mr. Ying and others. During the arrest, all the gates of the capital will be sealed off."

Chongzhen dropped these words, then turned and left.

At the same time, Zhao Wen was sitting in the yamen of Jiyuan City.

In addition to Zhao Wen, there are also leading generals from the east and west routes in the yamen, as well as all the thousands of households in Zhao Wenzhong's army and the counselors at the level of thousands of households.

The yamen is a county yamen, so the hall of the yamen is relatively small and cannot accommodate so many people.

So many generals have been lined up in the open space outside the hall.

Zhao Wen stood up from the main seat, "Except for me, you have been resting here for nearly two days.

In the past two days, I have added a lot of physical strength.So, I decided that the army will start at noon today.

The attack on Henan this time is still the same as the previous attack on the Yellow River defense line, divided into three groups of soldiers and horses.The leading generals of the three-way soldiers and horses are also the same as before.

The soldiers and horses of the East Road attacked in the northeast direction, went to Huaiqing Mansion, attacked Weihui Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, and took Zhangde Mansion.

The West Road soldiers and horses attacked in the southwest direction, attacking Runing Mansion, Nanyang Mansion, and Ruzhou.

I led the Chinese army to attack Henan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion.

As for the weapon configuration, I will configure a certain amount of 152 cannon howitzers and 107 rocket launchers for each of your troops.

Ladies and gentlemen, do you have the confidence to win the entire territory of Henan within two months? "

As soon as Zhao Wen's voice fell, the hall and the generals outside the hall shouted loudly, "Yes, yes, yes!"

"Pass me the military order, and now we are preparing to move out of the camp. Before noon tomorrow, everyone must leave Jiyuan." Zhao Wen looked at the generals and shouted.

As Zhao Wen's order spread to all the barracks, the barracks became lively in an instant.

All the soldiers are packing up their things and preparing to go out.

When the morning passed, Zhao Wen led the army and horses to set off first, heading for Qinyang, the capital of Huaiqing Mansion.

Jiyuan is not far from Qinyang, and at noon the next day, Zhao Wen led the army to the outside of Qinyang City.

Qinyang City, like Jiyuan City, also became an empty city. The guarding gentry and officials inside were all taken away by Sun Chuanting, and the people in the city were frightened by the rumors spread by Sun Chuanting and fled in all directions.

In less than half an hour, Zhao Wen took Qinyang City down.

After taking Qinyang City, Zhao Wen left more than 50 defenders, then changed his route to the southwest and headed for Luoyang City.

At this time, outside Luoyang City, Song Hu left 1000 people staring at Luoyang City.

After leaving these 1000 people behind, Song Hu led his soldiers and horses to attack the counties around Luoyang City.

In the past few days, Song Hu has already captured Xin'an, Mianchi, Yiyang and other counties.

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun stood in the center of the main hall of the palace, walking back and forth non-stop.

"It's been such a long time. I'm afraid Bandit Zhao will lead the troops here soon. What will the widow do then? Is it possible to really accompany this Luoyang to die?"

Fu Wang's face was full of anxiety, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Father, what should we do? What should we do now? When Sun Chuanting went to the Yellow River defense line, he dispatched all the defenders in the city. Now there are only less than two thousand guard soldiers and less than one thousand soldiers left in the mansion." Xiang Yong, with such a small number of people, we can't defend Luoyang City at all." Standing beside King Fu, Zhu Yousong looked at King Fu in front of him, his fat face full of tension.

"With less than 3000 people, how can Luoyang City be defended? The sky will kill me, the sky will kill me!"

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Chapter 613

"With less than 3000 people, how can this city of Luoyang be defended? Once the Zhao bandits approach the city of Luoyang, how will my Fu Wang lineage be safe? How can we be safe?"

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun kept walking back and forth in the yard, his face was full of gloom.

King Fu has enjoyed the blessings for so many years, but he has never encountered such a thing.

When Li Zicheng and other thieves were raging in Henan, they did not take down Luoyang City. At that time, King Fu was still very confident in Luoyang City. After all, Zhao Wen had not raised troops at that time.

But this time it was different. This time Zhao Wen came with a menacing force and powerful weapons. In addition, the defenders in Luoyang City were less than 3000 people. By that time, Zhao Wen would be able to take Luoyang City even if he did not use artillery.

"Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting, if you say that your Yellow River defense line is not good enough, you should leave some soldiers and horses for the widow to defend the city. If you take all the soldiers and horses away at once, just leave a few crooked melons for the widow Jujube, aren't you letting the widow die?

The widow admits that when you built the defense line of the Yellow River, the widow gave little money, but the widow did pay anyway. How can you be so ungrateful? "

King Fu looked in the direction of the Yellow River defense line and kept cursing Sun Chuanting.

"Father, what should we do now? There are only a few crooked melons and jujubes left in the city. Breaking through the city is a certainty. Our lineage of King Fu is gone after one generation. We are really miserable. " Zhu Yousong looked at Zhu Changxun with a mournful face.

"What can the widow do? What can the widow do now? There is no way at all." King Fu looked at his son impatiently.

At this moment, a palace guard hurried in from the outside.

"My lord, the magistrate of Henan Province please see me!" The guard stopped in front of King Fu.

"What is he doing here? What is he doing here now? What is he doing here instead of managing the city defense, recruiting troops and buying horses?" King Fu said with a dissatisfied expression.

"My lord, the younger one doesn't know. The magistrate said there is something important to see, but as for the important matter, the younger one doesn't know." The guard replied.

"What can be important? There is only one important thing now, and that is to defend Luoyang City." Fu Wang said a few words in dissatisfaction, and then said: "Let him come to see me."

A moment later, the magistrate of Henan Prefecture, led by the guards of the palace, hurriedly came to King Fu.

King Fu sat on a stone bench in the yard, and his son Zhu Yousong stood beside her.

King Fu looked at the magistrate of Henan Prefecture standing in front of him, and said coldly: "Master Ma, why don't you recruit troops and buy horses in the city, gather young and strong to defend the city, and why come to the widow?"

The magistrate of Henan Province, surnamed Ma, was Ma Tingyu, a middle-aged man in his 40s.

Wearing a T-shirt, he stood respectfully in front of King Fu.

"My lord, I'm here to defend the city." Ma Tingyu said.

"I came here to defend the city? If you don't go to the city wall, what's the use of coming here? This is not a city wall. What's the use of you coming? I tell you, in terms of seniority, I'm the uncle of the current emperor , if there is something wrong with the widow, the current sage will definitely not forgive you."

At this time, where is Fu Wang still flustered just now?The prince's airs are bigger than anyone else, and he looks like you will die if you don't protect me well.

Ma Tingyu quickly replied: "Of course the lower officials mentioned by the lord are clear, but when Mr. Sun went to the Yellow River defense line, he took away almost all the soldiers and horses of the Henan Mansion, and went outside Luoyang City, and the people around Luoyang City There are no extra soldiers and horses in the county.

There are only less than 3000 troops left in Luoyang City today, and these 3000 troops are still some miscellaneous soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.Although Mr. Sun built a lot of forts on the city wall before, but there are no gunners who can fire cannons, so the artillery on the top of the city has become a decoration..."

"Don't worry!"

Before Ma Tingyu could finish speaking, King Fu interrupted Ma Tingyu's voice.

"What does what you said have anything to do with the widow? The widow doesn't have a gunner who can fire." King Fu looked at Ma Tingyu with a puzzled expression.

"My lord, it's like this. If there are no gunners who can fire, then more troops must be sent to defend the city. But now the number of defenders in the city is scarce, so the lower officials are thinking whether the prince can let the prince's guards out , let them assist in defending the city?

At the same time, I hope the prince can come up with some money and food, so that the subordinate officials can recruit troops in the city. After Ma Tingyu said that, he looked at King Fu with a worried face.

King Fu is well known for his greed and stinginess. If he hadn't been forced to do nothing, Ma Tingyu wouldn't have come here at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as Ma Tingyu finished speaking, Fu Wang shouted in surprise. He patted his thigh and shouted: "What? What are you talking about? Do you know what you are talking about?

There are only more than 1000 guards in the widow's palace. These guards are not enough to protect the widow. How can they guard the city for you? "

At the beginning of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, one vassal king could command the soldiers and horses of three guards, totaling 9000 people.

But the 9000 guards are only available to the eight great Sai kings guarding one side, and the number of other princes ranges from [-] to [-].

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he followed Zhu Yunwen's policy of reducing the feudal vassals and reduced the troops of the vassal kings.

After Zhu Di, almost every emperor will reduce the soldiers and horses of the vassal kings.

In the end, the number of guards a vassal could have ranged from 700 to 700.

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is the beloved son of Emperor Wanli. According to the "Records of Ming Shenzong", Emperor Wanli assigned Zhu Changxun a total of [-] guards. Although it does not seem to be many, it is much better than other vassal kings.

But these 600 people are Zhu Changxun's personal guards, who are dedicated to protecting him. How could he be willing to let these people guard the city?

"Impossible, impossible, these guards are to protect the widow, how could they be handed over to you? If they are handed over to you, who will protect the widow?

And what you said about providing money and food is even more impossible.The widow was a vassal in the 31st year of Wanli. It is only more than [-] years ago. The widow's family property is not comparable to those of the vassal kings who have been passed down for hundreds of years. How can the widow have so much money for you?What's more, Sun Chuanting took away a lot of money and food from the widow before, but now the widow really has no money and food.

The widow has only been in the feudal domain for more than [-] years. His family background is shallow and he has no extra money.A few days ago, the widow got sick and was not willing to let the doctor see, so he just carried it over.There are so many people in the palace to support, it is too difficult for the widow, the widow really has no extra money and food. "

King Fu looked at Ma Tingyu reluctantly, telling his sorrow.

There is only one characteristic of Fu Wang, that is, he is stingy.