Outside the city of Cangzhou, in the wilderness on both sides of the canal, in addition to the barracks or barracks, the "earth city" composed of earthen ramparts, towering outside the city, in the middle of the earthen city of these soldiers, running back and forth to carry coal and grain carriages, the carriages full of mud on the body are struggling in the mud, and the mud and donkey dung, mule dung, and horse manure are mixed into the mud under the footsteps of the soldiers' cowhide boots.

The canal is full of ships transporting supplies. Not only were all kinds of supplies sent along the canal, but also a steady stream of officers and soldiers arriving here.

In addition to the officers and soldiers from Huguang, there were also township soldiers from Huguang, Jiangxi, Nanzhili and other places, but they were still dominated by Shandong - there were 100,000 township soldiers from Shandong.

Now Cangzhou has gathered 150,000 troops, and there are as many as 200,000 township troops and the soldiers and horses of King Qin from all over the country are heading north. After receiving the will of General Pingyu to recruit the township soldiers, the local government dispatched the local township troops as soon as possible.

There are more than 1,000 people at the least, and thousands at most.

The village soldiers they sent over were not to "avenge the king's father", but to show their attitude—after all, this was the first holy decree of the new king.

Even if the new monarch has not yet ascended the throne, and he has not even commanded the Quartet in the name of His Majesty, but there is the edict of the first emperor, he is Your Majesty. As for the symbols, they do not conform to the ancestral system...... This man has a knife handle in his hand.

In troubled times, the first priority is military power!

For Zhu Guoqiang, who is in Cangzhou, of course he knows what his advantage is - the army.

Compared with the crown prince who has no soldiers and no money in his hands, or King Fu, he has Shandong, Liaodong and Korea as the rear, and the power he has is not something they can fight.

However, all this is not important, the important thing is that the "hatred of the monarch's father" is Li Zicheng's head!

Li Zicheng's head is a congratulatory gift for Zhu Guoqiang's accession to the throne!

But even so, after arriving in Cangzhou, he not immediately ordered the army to go north, but even ordered the troops to stop.

Since that day, tens of thousands of troops have been stationed outside Cangzhou, and more and more soldiers and horses have arrived from all over the country.

As the head of the Ministry of War, Qian Bangqi, after arriving in Cangzhou, has been responsible for receiving all kinds of reinforcements, inspecting soldiers, arranging shelter, and replenishing weapons, and has been very busy.

After welcoming the 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Chen Guowei, the chief soldier of Suzhou, Qian Bangxin, who is from Zhenjiang, naturally chatted with him.

"Kai Shao, you are a person close to Your Majesty, do you know why Your Majesty didn't immediately send troops to recover the Beijing Division?"

"The Sacred Heart is beyond our reach, but in my opinion, Your Majesty must want to settle the situation in a battle!"

Qian Bangxin replied with a smile.

"A war is a decisive one?"

"Yes, the rogue army is very large, known as a million people, even if it is a 500,000 discount, there are 500,000, and there are more ants to bite and kill elephants. When the soldiers and horses from all over the country are gathered, they will wave their troops to the north and encircle and suppress the rogue with hundreds of thousands of troops, if they can be wiped out in one battle, then the rogue will no longer be a disaster to the world, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment again......"

Faced with Qian Bangqi's explanation, Chen Guowei nodded, and then said softly.

"If that's the case, then it's really a blessing for the people of the world!"

In fact, as the chief soldier of Suzhou, he also hesitated when he received the will of the first emperor Qinwang, but when he learned that General Pinglu led his troops north, he immediately ordered his troops to go north, and he could get credit with General Pinglu!

On the way, after learning that the first emperor had been martyred and had passed the throne to General Pingyu, he walked faster than anyone else, why?

To show your loyalty!

As the first few general soldiers to arrive in Cangzhou, he believed that His Majesty would definitely not treat him badly in the future, but he couldn't just wait, so he asked in a low voice.

"Kai Shao, I don't know when Your Majesty will have time to summon me and wait?"

"Just wait patiently, the military gate has already reported to Your Majesty, presumably in the next two days!"

On this side, when Qian Bangqi settled down with Chen Guowei, the general soldier of Suzhou, and his party, on the other side, in the mansion of the local gentry Li Mansion outside Cangzhou City, stood in front of a huge sand table, Zhu Guoqiang asked.

"Cui, in your opinion, how should we fight next?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yuji replied.

"That depends on what His Majesty wants!"

"Oh?"

Looking at Zhou Yuji with interest, Zhu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"You want to hear it?"

There will be no more drama "Ning Wuguan" in this world, among so many generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuji is one of the most regrettable people, so Zhu Guoqiang wants to save his life, as for how to save it...... Just survive.

"It depends on whether Your Majesty wants to quickly exterminate the Liukou, or whether you want to immediately avenge the first emperor."

Zhou Yuji's answer made Zhu Guoqiang smile.

"Does that make a difference?"

"If Your Majesty wants to immediately avenge the emperor, you can immediately lead the troops to the north and take the Beijing Division directly, although the strength of the Liukou is several times that of me, but the combat power of the officers and soldiers is far better than that of the Liukou, and the Liukou every battle is won by more people, there are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, and the defeat of the Liukou is also very certain. It is not impossible to recover the capital and behead Li Zicheng. But ......"

After a pause, Zhou Yuji continued.

"Even if our army wins a big victory, it is inevitable that there will still be rogues fleeing in all directions and continuing to wander in all directions to harm the people."

Nodding slightly, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"So how can we exterminate the rogues?"

When the words fell, Zhu Guoqiang's eyes fell on the sand table, although Zhou Yuji had not yet answered, but Zhu Guoqiang already knew his answer.

"Shanxi!"

Holding a wooden pole and pointing to Shanxi on the sand table, Zhou Yuji said.

"Now although Shanxi is occupied by the Liukou, but the Liukou occupy Taiyuan and other important prefectures and counties, most of the prefectures and counties are just forced to surrender to the thieves, and the Liukou are only tens of thousands, if Your Majesty sends 30,000 elite soldiers from Cangzhou into Jin, the officials and people of the prefectures and counties will definitely hear the wind and move, drive away the puppet officials, and expel the Liukou, after our army captures Shanxi, it is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Liukou, although the Li thief occupies the capital, but once Shanxi is occupied, not only the back road is taken, and even his hundreds of thousands of troops, It will also fall into the situation of cutting off grain and grass, so that there is a large army in the west to block the enemy in the east of Shanxi, there is a large army in the south to block Zhending and Cangzhou, and there are officials and troops in the north to block the enemy in Shanhaiguan, so surrounded on all sides, it is difficult for Li Thief to fly out of the palm of His Majesty's hand even if he has wings. ”

As soon as Zhou Yuji's words fell, Zhu Guoqiang laughed and said.

"Cui Rong, you and I have thought together, now Li Zicheng seems to occupy the capital, but in fact it is just a self-trapped death, since it is a dead land, then we will trap him, as long as the official army recovers Shanxi, Li Zicheng is a caged trapped beast, that hundreds of thousands of troops, what kind of army is there......"

With a cold smile, Zhu Guoqiang snorted coldly.

"It's hundreds of thousands of devils who want their lives!"

Millions, hundreds of thousands, people with no military pay and no food are nested in the capital, what are those people? Where are they Li Zicheng's helpers in fighting the world, and they are clearly evil ghosts who want his life.

Li Zicheng knows this very well, so he will do everything possible to raise military salaries. How does he raise it? Of course, it's the magic weapon of the rogue.

For Zhu Guoqiang, he doesn't mind the Liukou using their housekeeping magic weapon. The more they did this, the faster they failed. Those who have been bewitched by him will recognize them for what they really are.

Of course, the more important point is that Zhu Guoqiang needs them to torture and plunder in the capital, and he needs those Xuancheng who surrendered and the civil and military officials to pay the price of blood for their actions.

Otherwise, how can the world see their ugly faces. Aren't they going to continue to be officials in the new dynasty one by one? Aren't they all handsome in knowing the times?

Now how does Li Zicheng treat these junjie who know the current affairs?

It is to plunder, it is to kill.

It is only through their experiences that future generations can be warned of the cost of surrender. Even if they just want to surrender, they have to consider whether they are fat in the eyes of others.

"As for the capital, let's wait for a while, they sent down the thieves at the beginning, and now let the thieves roast their oil first!"

It's not just baking oil. If he can roast their lives along the way, then Li Zicheng will really be a great meritorious. It's really for Daming to get rid of some scourges.