"The plague in Jingshi City has been brought under control, and I have appointed a new deacon of the Tai Hospital. With Li Yan and Yan Yingyuan leading the army to regain the lost territory, you must cooperate with Wu Youke to fight the epidemic with all your might, and strive to eliminate the plague in the recovered area as soon as possible.

I have a plan for the fields and shops and Jiangnan here, you can study it, and the distribution of land in the capital division should be implemented as soon as possible.

In addition, the officials transferred from Nanjing cannot serve as chief officials for the time being, so you can discuss them and arrange them wherever they are needed.

That's it for the time being, you go back and discuss it carefully, and then bring it to me to see, and pass on Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Li Cunxiao, and see me. ”

"Obedience"

Li Banghua took the documents in Zhu Youzhen's hand and retired, and Ah Qing immediately asked Jinyi Wei to pass on Qi Jiguang and others to see him.

Time was short, and the four military gods walked into the Qianqing Palace and saw Zhu Youzhen bowing and saluting:

"Wechen"

"The Last General"

"See the Emperor."

Zhu Youzhen looked at the four important ministers he relied on the most and said with a smile:

Excuse yourself and sit aside. ”

"Your Majesty."

The four of them sat down in turn, and Qi Jiguang, the governor of the five armies, clasped his fists and asked:

"Your Majesty, I heard that Li Yan is going to lead the army tomorrow, and we also want to fight for the country, please ask the emperor for permission?"

"That is, Your Majesty, we are going to fight with the army, and we are all suffocated."

The other three asked for battle,

Zhu Youzhen shook his head with a smile:

"Indeed, I have ordered Li Yan and Yan Yingyuan to lead the army tomorrow, but you have other arrangements, don't worry for the time being, how are the bayonets I asked you to build?"

Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, immediately clenched his fists and replied:

"Back to the emperor, all 30,000 guns have been built with bayonets, and they can be delivered to the army at any time."

Zhu Youzhen nodded with satisfaction and immediately ordered:

"Well, yes, equip the army immediately, all the infantry flintlock pistols, all loaded with bayonets, starting with Li Yan Yan Yingyuan's army."

"Obey"

Sun Chengzong took the order and left.

After annihilating the main force of Liukou and Li Zicheng and relieving the siege of the Beijing Division, Zhu Youzhen found a problem.

In order to prevent hand-to-hand combat, the infantry carried flintlock pistols and carried various weapons, which had a great impact on the rapid movement of the soldiers, and after returning to the city, they began to plan to load the flintlock pistols with bayonets.

After telling Qi Jiguang and others about their ideas, the four of them all praised the emperor's idea, and Zhu Youzhen asked the military department to start building 30,000 bayonets.

The length of the bayonet could not be too long, but it should not be too short, and Zhu Youzhen decided to build it according to the length of the rifle bayonet of later generations.

Once the flintlock pistol was loaded with a bayonet, the length of the flintlock pistol was not much different from the normal cold ice, and the soldiers, with their strong physical fitness and combat experience, were not afraid to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

From then on, in all infantry training, there was a skill training, and that was to fight bayonets.

Of course, this kind of occasion does not occur very often, and the main thing is to prevent the opponent from breaking through the flintlock pistol and tiger squat artillery, so that the infantry can have the ability to protect itself.

Once the charge is made, when the soldiers raise their bayonets and fight the opponent hand-to-hand, they may not be defeated, and their physical fitness is much stronger than that of the rogue.

After Sun Chengzong left, Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chuanting, Li Cunxiao, and Qi Jiguang, three military god-level historical figures:

"Three generals. I want to discuss with you, Li Yan's more than 10,000 troops are still a little thin, and I want to draw some men and horses from your army to supplement them. ”

The three of them hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted:

"Your Majesty, all of our subordinates are your soldiers, please transfer the emperor at will, Weichen will never dare to have any ideas."

Their reactions were all expected by Zhu Youzhen, the loyalty of the summoners was not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers, and they took it as their duty to obey the orders of the host.

Seeing that the three military gods had no opinion, Zhu Youzhen immediately issued an order:

"Li Cunxiao, when Li Yan sets out tomorrow, you will dispatch a Thousand Xuanjia Iron Cavalry and hand it over to Yan Yingyuan for command and dispatch."

"Obedience"

"General Qi, you also send a thousand Qi family troops to Yan Yingyuan to command."

"Sun Chuanting, you also transferred a thousand new troops and handed them over to Yan Yingyuan's command."

"Each of your three armies has 1,000 elites, not only Yan Yingyuan's strange soldiers, but also the main force and soul of this army, let the commander strictly implement Yan Yingyuan's orders, there must be no mistakes.

"Obedience"

"Obedience"

The three generals immediately got up to receive the order, and just as they wanted to withdraw from the Qianqing Palace, a brocade guard hurriedly came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, the deputy commander sent someone from the White Tiger to send an urgent military situation."

The three of them stopped almost at the same time and turned to look at Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Youzhen took the letter, waved his hand to let the messenger Jinyiwei go back to rest, and he immediately opened the letter.

Although he had been mentally prepared for this, the content of the letter still made Zhu Youzhen's face change slightly.

"Duoduo, the younger brother of the regent of the Eastern Invasion of Dolgon, sent the troops to Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, surrendered to the pass, please prepare the emperor as soon as possible."

This is the handwriting of the White Tiger.

According to historical records, Wu Sangui rebelled more than 40 days after Liukou entered the Beijing Division, and now it has only been less than half a month before he defected and surrendered to the Eastern Exile.

It's not for Chen Yuanyuan, Zhu Youzhen hasn't touched Wu Sangui's family at all.

It's normal to think about it, Wu Sangui is so ambitious, how can he care about a woman, and it is impossible for him to rebel for a woman.

What Wu Sangui is angry, Du Nima is farting, he has already calculated in his heart, Li Zicheng just created the best excuse for him.

After the total annihilation of Li Zicheng, Zhu Youzhen sent the White Tiger Xuanwu out, his purpose was to let them infiltrate the Shanhaiguan, and now it seems that the effect is good.

"Your Majesty, is there something big going on?"

Seeing that the emperor's face was wrong, Qi Jiguang hurriedly asked.

Zhu Youzhen did not speak, but handed the letter to Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang wrote the letter, Li Cunxiao and Sun Chuanting all stuck their heads over, and they all wanted to know the content of it.

"The Eastern Invasion of Exile, Wu Sangui, the Chief Soldier of Shanhaiguan, rebelled!"

"Hiss......"

Sun Chuanting and Qi Jiguang both gasped.

Their understanding of the importance of Shanhaiguan far exceeds that of Li Cunxiao.

But Li Cunxiao was disdainful, for him, it was to send troops to Shanhaiguan and eliminate them all.

Qi Jiguang read the letter and hugged his fist at the master:

"Your Majesty, when do you think the troops will be sent? Now is the best time to take them by surprise while they are not on a firm foothold. ”

"Okay, Sun Chuanting will not move where he is, and the main task is to defend the Jingshi."

"General Qi and General Li are ready to send troops, and tomorrow night they will lead the rest of your headquarters to take fast horses and quietly leave Beijing.

March as fast as you can, and take them by surprise, and only need to carry three or four days' worth of dry rations, and I will send someone to bring you food and grass. ”

Zhu Youzhen and Qi Jiguang had the same idea, and he immediately asked the Qi family and the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to prepare for a quick raid on Shanhaiguan.

After Qi Jiguang received the order, he asked Zhu Youzhen for instructions:

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, if we kill the eastern captives, should we directly send troops to the grassland and take Shengjing in one go?"