As long as the general goes out to fight, naturally someone will give silver, money and food!

Of course, Zhu Guoqiang did not doubt this, after all, those gentry who were worse than death were absolutely "willingly" willing to pay money and food, and as long as they could send this "killing god" out of Nanjing, they were even willing to go bankrupt.

Of course, it is impossible to go bankrupt, but they are indeed willing to pay for it!

As Ma Shiying said, "Between money and life, they must choose the latter." Therefore, almost after Ma Shiying slightly revealed the general's meaning that "he was trapped in silver grain and could not go north to King Qin", but in just three or five days, "patriots" from all over the south of the Yangtze River donated more than 2 million taels of silver and millions of stone of military food for the army to go on the expedition.

I have to admit that these people are really patriotic.

"The third day of the third month of March...... There can be no further delay, the army must set off at once! ”

In the General's Mansion in Nanjing City, Zhu Guoqiang slapped the table violently, startling Ma Shiying and the others present.

In the past few days, in order to help the general "get money", Ma Shiying has exhausted all the reasons, and said to Zhang San for a while that the general did not go north because there was no money to give rewards; After a while, he said to Li Si that there was no grain and grass if he didn't go north, and then he said to Zhao Liu that there were no military horses.

has dragged on until now, Ma Shiying finally prepared a large amount of silver grain for the general, and even the army on the Wuchang side came over with 20,000 people.

Finally going out today?

"General Ben is going to personally lead the troops to the king of Beijing and Qin!"

Zhu Guoqiang said with a sigh as he spoke.

"The hearts of the "patriots" in the south of the Yangtze River really moved the general to the extreme, at the time of the national disaster, they did not hesitate to destroy the family and relieve the difficulty, which really moved the general to the extreme, the general in the last two days on the north to go to the king! ”

Fortunately, there are no gentry here who dig out the silver, if it weren't for them, they would definitely cry without tears, after all, the silver is really not willing to pay, the reason why they are willing to pay, to put it bluntly, is not to "send the plague god", this is just what they think in their hearts, no one dares to really say it.

And Ma Shiying's slender face showed some smiles. These days, he has been running back and forth for the affairs of King Qin, contacting Jiangnan Shilin, and lobbying among the gentry to persuade them to give money and grain.

Well, now, the general is finally going to go on the expedition!

"When is the general going to go on the expedition?"

Ma Shiying asked with some excitement.

"The soldiers are fast, just the last two days!"

After that, Zhu Guoqiang turned his head and asked Li Dakai on the side.

"Huang Qiu, you have fought with the thief, do you have any suggestions for this?"

Li Dakai, the word Huangqiu, a native of Sangxili, Jiangxi, has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and likes to practice martial arts, and is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs. Different from other general soldiers, he was admitted to the top of the martial arts examination when Chongzhen was ten years old, and he was appointed as the commander of the Zhejiang battalion. In the days that followed, Li Dakai once repelled the rogues who tried to excavate the imperial tomb in Sizhou, and then was successively promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of Chizhou with military merits.

Historically, when Chongzhen ordered the king of soldiers and horses in the world, Li Dakai was one of the few general soldiers who led the troops to the north. However, because of no money and no food, he could only take dozens of family members and more than 1,000 soldiers to the capital in the end. When he arrived in the capital, Li Dakai knew that Chongzhen had already hanged himself, so he roared to the sky, fought to the death with Li Zicheng, and finally died of defeat. For such a loyal person, Li Zicheng sighed: "The hearts of the Ming Dynasty are lost, and there are such strange people!" Li Zicheng is also a person who cherishes talents, and he finally ordered someone to bury Li Dakai properly.

Just like in history, after Li Dakai received the will of King Qin, he immediately ordered his troops and horses to persuade more than 1,000 soldiers to follow him north, but was stopped by Zhu Guoqiang on the way.

stopped him in order to save his life, and Li Dakai, who originally only had more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, was naturally willing to accept the general's command, and now in the face of the general's inquiry, Li Dakai said truthfully.

"General, although the thieves are known as millions of soldiers and horses, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the rogue is extremely low, the elite is only a few tens of thousands, as long as there are 100,000 elite officers and soldiers, they will definitely be able to defeat the thief, now the elite of the world will be in the capital, I want to come to the thief will be defeated soon, and please send troops to the north as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity to suppress the thief."

The world's elite will be in the capital?

How many troops and horses have gone north in this world?

Glancing at Li Dakai, Zhu Guoqiang did not refute him, but said directly.

"What the emperor said is very ......"

Nodding his head and applauding at the same time, Zhu Guoqiang ordered again.

"Well, in that case, Huang Qiu, you will cross the river first tomorrow as the vanguard of this general, and this official will send another person as your deputy general."

Of course, in the afternoon, when Zhu Guoqiang was discussing the Northern Expedition with everyone in the mansion, someone reported:

"Zhang Shangshu is here!"

Zhang Shangshu in the mouth of the guards is Zhang Bingwen, the former political envoy of Shandong, and also the earliest team of Zhu Guoqiang after he defended Jinan.

"Please!"

After a while, Zhang Bingwen strode in. Although he was only a scribe, he also wore armor and swords when defending Jinan, and fought with the enemy in the streets. He looked quite strong, and it seemed that he looked even more radiant now.

After seeing him come in, Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile:

"Hanzhi is here, sit?"

"The subordinate has seen the general."

Zhang Bingwen still saluted the same as before, but there was a trace of secret joy in his heart, after all, the situation in the world is very different from when the general first came to Nanjing, but he still didn't dare to say what he really thought.

"I heard that the general has decided to go north to King Qin, and the subordinate specially came to see the general and asked the general if there is anything he needs help from the lower officials."

"Hanzhi, you're just in time."

Of course, Zhang Bingwen's lies can't be hidden from Zhu Guoqiang.

"Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, I'm going north!"

"So fast? The Great General is everything ready? ”

Zhang Bingwen couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart.

"If you're not ready, you can't allow me to stay here anymore, after all, the current situation is so tense, the soldiers are fast, the sooner the better."

Some things do need to be faster. Of course, this kind of fastness is not to explain to Chongzhen. It's to give the world an explanation.

Sometimes, even if it's pretending, something always has to be done.

After saying this, Zhu Guoqiang looked at Zhang Bingwen and said,

"How's that going?"

Zhang Bingwen nodded, and then said.

"Please rest assured, the general is now in control!"

Zhang Bingwen's answer made Zhu Guoqiang nod, but he didn't speak immediately. Instead, he was silent for a moment.

"Everything is going according to plan"