In fact, the fall of Tianjin has meant the collapse of the Qing court in Zhili's rule, the city fortifications of Baoding Mansion are much worse than Tianjin, and most of the garrisons are new troops recruited by Tong Outline, Tuhai secretly changed a concept in this battle, he put all the essence of the Zhili army in Tianjin Wei, and those old, weak, sick and disabled were thrown by him in Baoding to make up the number, and put all the treasures on a note, so when this luxury gamble was lost, Tong Outline immediately fell into a desperate situation.

Zhao Liangdong quickly contacted the original old subordinates, launched a surprise attack on Baoding on a dark and windy night of a month, militarily speaking, this night attack did not have anything to praise, in fact, most of the defenders in the city at that time got the news before, and prepared to surrender in advance, so after the city was broken, Baoding Mansion seemed very peaceful, the streets of the houses were silent, only the hundreds of Jurchen soldiers stationed in the governor's line resisted desperately, of course, the only purpose of fighting in such a situation was only to maintain dignity, When the artillery bombarded the wall, Zhao Liangdong pressed the whole army without hesitation, and within half an hour, all the soldiers in charge of defense fell in a pool of blood.

At the last moment, Tong Outline locked the whole family in a small courtyard, and ordered his henchmen to light the firewood that had been prepared.

After receiving the good news of the capture of Baoding, Lin Feng immediately issued a large number of offensive orders, Wang Dahai, who stayed in Beijing, immediately divided a brigade and two battalions to take Xuanhua, and Zhao Guangyuan led his cavalry, after meeting with Zhao Guangyuan in Baoding, he crossed the inner Great Wall and went straight to Datong, while Liu Laosi and **Sheng each led their own troops to take over a large area of land in Zhengding Mansion and Shunde Mansion respectively, and at the same time peeped into Dezhou, the gateway to Shandong.

After the war, the backbone of the Qing army in Zhili was lost, in fact, in addition to some strength in Datong, Shanxi, most of the other places were the second-line Qing army to maintain law and order, weapons, food and salary were seriously insufficient, and the quality of the soldiers was extremely poor, and the combat effectiveness was so weak that it could not be calculated, not so much an attack as a takeover, a large number of soldiers and horses continued to drive out from various military camps, and Lin Feng began the first large-scale expansion.

In this war of great expansion, Lin Feng did not come to the front line in person, in fact, he was indeed too busy to take a break, with the extension of the battlefield, the successes in various offensive directions were frequently reported, but the logistics work gradually became tense, and the Qing army that had surrendered in Baoding and Tianjin was sent out at this time, cooperating with the requisitioned people to escort grain and baggage in all directions.

The first to complete the combat mission was Wang Dahai, in fact, his army did not fight at all on the way to the march, all the way to occupy a large area of land, when they arrived in Xuanhua, the local officials of the Qing court had already abandoned the city and fled, and the Qing army in charge of defense also collapsed and scattered at the same time, and it was puzzling that the local people also fled, so Xuanhua, which this army finally took over, almost became an empty city.

This abnormal phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of the commander of the army, and it took him a lot of effort to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, it turned out that there were many rumors that were unfavorable to the Han army in the Qing court's ruling area, and it was very inflammatory in addition to having noses and eyes, and this phenomenon had existed for more than a day or two, so when the Han army marched, the common people fled one after another, and did not dare to contact the Han army. The brigade commander who was in charge of leading the team immediately fed back the news to Lin Feng and asked for instructions, because this situation caused great trouble to the army, such as the inability to requisition guides and people's husbands, and the inability to purchase military rations and supplementary materials on the spot, the commander of the team asked Lin Feng whether he should take iron-blooded measures to intimidate and force the common people to cooperate with the military operations of the Han army.

After detailed discussion with Zhou Peigong, Lin Feng immediately replied to the commanders, ordering his troops not to take violent actions against the people, otherwise they would be dealt with by military law, and at the same time sent a letter to Li Guangdi, ordering him to increase the logistics of various troops.

The large-scale march lasted for more than half a month, except for a short battle between Zhao Guangyuan and Zhao Liangdong's troops in Datong, there was basically no fighting in other directions, Zhengding and Shunde fell into their hands one after another, each army successfully captured their respective offensive targets, and the whole Han army entered the stage of repair.

At this time, the territory controlled by Lin Feng had expanded several times, and in addition to Zhili, some cities on the border of Shanxi and Chahar also fell into his control, so that the gateway to Gyeonggi was consolidated in all directions except for the Jinzhou direction of Shanhaiguan. Just when he complacently opened the map, Lin Feng painfully found that the 40,000-strong Han army was no longer able to support such a wide defense line, and the generals of each defense line all submitted a request to Lin Feng to expand the army very tactfully.

"Great marshal......" Zhou Peigong took a letter asking for help, frowned, and said, "Even General Wang Dahai, who stayed in Beijing, also sent a letter asking for the expansion of the army, he said that the number of displaced people from various provinces flowing into Gyeonggi today has reached nearly 1.2 million, and his army has been transferred by the marshal to march more than 3,000 people into Xuanhua, and now Beijing and the counties of Shuntianfu are a little panicked......" He looked at Lin Feng cautiously, and said tentatively, "Look, is it ......?"

"The expansion of the army is not in a hurry, if we are in such a hurry, I am afraid that our troops will all become a rabble," Lin Feng glanced at Zhou Peigong, who was about to speak, and said with a smile, "Peigong, do you think that I am afraid that my generals will be difficult to control after expanding their strength?!" ”

“…… This," Zhou Peigong's face flushed, and he stammered, "Handsome, a courtier, this matter ...... ...... that is not measurable by a humble position"

Lin Feng smiled slightly, no longer asked, turned out a dossier, changed the topic, and said, "Peigong, this is sent by Mr. Chen, it says that many scholars from other provinces are pouring into Gyeonggi now, most of them are young people with strong blood, so far, it seems that there is no intention of stopping, and there are reports of scholars entering the border at various checkpoints." ”

"Oh......" Zhou Peigong was taken aback, and then bowed deeply to Lin Feng ecstatically, "Congratulations to the handsome, this matter shows that the world is now in the heart and the scholars admire ......"

"Hey! I said Pei Gong, you also come with me to this set?! Lin Feng snorted, and then said, "This incident just shows that many people are not optimistic about the Qing Court now, and you really take him seriously when you look at the wind direction on my side!" ”

Zhou Peigong smiled, "In that case, what should you do?!" ”

"What else can I do? Hold a imperial examination - isn't that what they are looking for?! Lin Feng pursed his lips, "Tsk, these people really don't know life and death, they want to be crazy if they want to be officials, and they don't look at the current times." ”

"Imperial Examination?!" Zhou Peigong was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Now?!" ”

"Of course, to be honest, now that we have fought so much territory, we have to start cultivating our own descendants! Tomorrow we will leave for Beijing and clean up the stalls over there! Lin Feng closed the file, suddenly winked at Zhou Peigong, and said with a smile, "Old Zhou, do you want to be the chief examiner?" - Tut-tut...... The first batch of officials of our Han Army! ”

There were more than 14,000 troops in Beijing who followed Lin Feng back, including 4,000 musketeers, more than 1,000 artillery and 1,000 cavalry of the Chinese army, and the rest were all Qing troops who surrendered in this battle.

On the second day after returning to Beijing, Lin Feng was surrounded by a large group of sycophants, most of these guys were the Beijing officials who surrendered from the Qing court, after the victory of this war, these guys immediately turned their butts and gave Lin Feng's generalissimo mansion to ask for a meeting, the content was the same persuasion, according to their quotations from the sage, now Lin Feng's top priority is to be promoted to the king of Han, so that the great cause of Qianqiu has been guaranteed solidly, at the very beginning Lin Feng was really a little fluttering, But after seeing the gloomy faces of Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei next to him, he immediately sobered up, politely declined these guys, and immediately ordered them to go back to work after a few polite words, so as to mix less with these foolish things.

"I said Jin Qing, I was really busy with you some time ago, look at you, how did you lose weight like this?!" Lin Feng looked at Li Guangdi, who had lost a lot of weight, and was really a little moved at this time, he turned his head to Li Ergou and said, "Dog, didn't we seize a lot of high-grade ginseng in the Tai Hospital of the Qing Court?" You go and get a few dozen catties, as well as deer antler bear's paws or something, take whatever is good, and send it to Lord Li's mansion! ”

"Thank you, Lord for the reward!" Li Guangdi frowned, stood up and bowed his hands slightly.

"You're welcome, this time we have a big victory, if you want to talk about meritorious deeds, you have to be the first," Lin Feng said with a smile, "This time, you and Lao Wang sat in the capital to protect the city gate, stabilize the rear and clean up the people's hearts, and keep sending heavy supplies to our army, so we won this battle safely and steadily, and this credit is real, and no one can erase it." ”

"The lord is serious, this big victory, one is based on the wise and wise command of the marshal, the second is the loyal and brave soldiers of the three armies, and the weak scholars in the light area are not worth any merit!" Li Guangdi smiled bitterly, then his face turned pale, and he arched his hand towards Lin Feng seriously, "The lord has been on the front line for a long time, and I don't know that my Gyeonggi Heavy Land is now in crisis, and if this continues, I expect that a catastrophe will happen soon!" ”

Lin Feng was startled, opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Guangdi blankly, and said in amazement, "Guangdi, are you not joking?" This...... How is this possible?! ”

Li Guangdi suddenly knelt on the ground stiffly, "My lord, the so-called martial arts and death war, I hope the lord can listen to my Li Guangdi's advice!" ”

Lin Feng hurriedly jumped up, ran forward and helped him up, Li Guangdi seemed to be a little evil today, and he felt a little overwhelmed by playing so big, "I said Jin Qing, can I not listen to what you say?" Isn't it scaring me to make such a big scene?! He patted the dust on Li Guangdi's body, "Let's discuss something slowly, don't be so excited, it's a big deal that I can't listen to you all?!" ”

Li Guangdi took advantage of the situation to stand up, "The lord knows that now the grain, cloth, tea, oil, sauce and vinegar of the capital are all soaring, and the people of the whole city are crying and struggling, and there is no way to continue their lives?!" ”

"Alas, I know about this, too, but this is not a war, what can be done?!"

"The main tolerance, now our army has won successive battles, and has captured the four prefectures of Zhili, and the grain from other places has been flowing at this time, but why has the price of grain not improved yet?!"

"Well...... Lin Feng thought for a while, "It's really a bit strange, with the power of our army's great victory, even if the price doesn't fall, at least it will rise a little slower, right?!" ”

"I wonder if the lord still remembers those edicts issued when he was reorganizing the army?!" Seeing Lin Feng's doubts, Li Guangdi smiled bitterly.

"Oh...... This, which edict is Jin Qing talking about?! Lin Feng was a little stunned for a while.

"Alas, such a major military and political matter, the lord didn't even pay attention to it!" Li Guangdi stumbled and said, "At that time, the lord ordered that all shops, pharmacies, and medical centers in the territory of our Han army must all discount the price of the Han soldiers and military families. ”

"Oh! Of course, "Lin Feng is a little strange, in fact, these measures to support the army have indeed played a huge role, so that the morale of the army has been greatly improved, otherwise how can this new army confront Tuhai." He wondered, "Is there something wrong with this?!" ”

Li Guangdi smiled bitterly, "My lord's edict, I don't know how many merchants have been ruined......

"This ...... This...... Yes!!! ”

"The lord doesn't know, among the military families of our Han army, I don't know how many treacherous villains, they use this edict to force merchants to sell goods at half price, buy goods on the market on a large scale, hoard and accumulate strange things, and make huge profits, during this period of time, the Shuntian Mansion has been up and down, the market is in a depression, and I don't know how many merchants have gone bankrupt and collapsed, and I don't know how many people can't afford to shop, hungry and cold......

Lin Feng sat down slowly, his heart was full of self-blame and guilt, he patted his head, it is really no trivial matter to govern the government, who would have thought that such a simple order would cause such serious consequences, he shook his head weakly, and looked at Chen Menglei next to him. I saw Chen Menglei's face gloomy and nodded slowly.

"Yes...... How many people are involved? Are there any generals involved?! As soon as Lin Feng calmed down a little, he immediately worried about the impact of this matter, if there was a senior general in the army as the backstage master, this matter would be really difficult to handle.

"Not the general! There are not even officers above the battalion," Chen Menglei shook his head, "During this period of military tension, when life and death were at stake, most of the generals in the army were far away from home and had no time to pay attention, only a few Beijing company commanders under General Wang were involved, mainly because some military subordinates in Beijing colluded with illegal businessmen to join hands to sit in the village, because we did not pay attention to the war some time ago, which caused this matter to become more and more troublesome, affecting the supply of grain and straw in the entire capital. ”

"Oh! In Jin Qing's opinion, how should this matter be recovered? ! Lin Feng turned his head to look at Li Guangdi, now he was very cautious, and he no longer dared to give orders with a pat on his head like before.

Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei looked at each other and smiled, Li Guangdi stepped forward and said, "Our Shuntianfu Catcher has been staring at them recently, and after Lao Chen came back, his people have also helped us a lot, so it is not difficult to wipe them all out now, but how to restore the market still has to be a good life!" He looked at Chen Menglei, "Brother Zezhen, please say a word for the lord!" ”

Chen Menglei bowed slightly to Li Guangdi, and said to Lin Feng, "The day before yesterday, the lord ordered me to arrest the key criminals of Gyeonggi collaborating with the enemy, except for a few Baoding landlords who absconded, the others have all been brought to justice, during which more than 460,000 acres of fertile land were confiscated, wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, soybean cakes, barley and houses and timber and so on, which have now been registered and sent to Jin Qing for disposal. It is not appropriate for our government to intervene in this matter......"

"Oh?! What do you mean? ......" Lin Feng didn't react for a while.

"We thought ......" Chen Menglei stepped forward and whispered, "This matter is not small, one carelessness may shake the morale of the army, and it will also seriously damage the prestige of our Han army, so we can clearly put this responsibility on those landlords who collaborate with the enemy and ...... them" He made a downward movement with his right palm, "Secretly severely punish those military families who caused the incident, and then cancel the edict of merchants to supply military families at a discount......

Lin Feng was stunned for a while, and suddenly let out a long sigh, it seems that there are indeed many sinister and despicable guys in the world, I really can't see that these two guys are so righteous and awe-inspiring on weekdays.

It's really uneasy to have a conscience, he nodded, and said appreciatively, "Not bad, that's what you have to do," suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help frowning, "If all the discounts are canceled, I'm afraid the soldiers will have opinions!" "If this privilege tastes sweet, there will be great resistance for them to give it up.

Li Guangdi said with a smile, "This matter is easy, our Shuntianfu is going to open a store specifically for them, and then register all the families of the Han army, issue discount cards according to the population, and buy a certain amount of grain sauce and vinegar at a discount per capita every month, I have already prepared in many ways, just waiting for the lord to give an order!" ”

Lin Feng looked at Li Guangdi in a daze, and suddenly patted Li Guangdi's shoulder heavily, "Jin Qing is really talented!" ——Talent!! This is indeed a heartfelt statement, under the persecution of his own extremely ridiculous decree, he actually even came up with a planned economic policy, and he really deserves to be a generation of famous ministers. Looking at Li Guangdi, he suddenly remembered Zhou Peigong's coming, and couldn't help sighing, compared to the two, this Zhou Peigong is really fucking like a parallel import, and I don't know if he is looking for the wrong person.

"Without further ado, please also ask the lord to meet with the people of the Chamber of Commerce immediately and let them come out to stabilize the market!" Seeing that Lin Feng was stunned, Chen Menglei gently pushed him.

"Oh?! What did you say? - Chamber of Commerce? Lin Feng said in surprise, "Which Chamber of Commerce?" What fleet?! Dutch?! ”

Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei looked at each other, speechless for a while, Chen Menglei smiled bitterly, "Lord, it is a merchant from Shanxi Hall and Anhui Hall, I and Jin Qing have contacted them, and they agreed to take over, but they also asked Jin to see the lord!" ”

"Oh?! …… It turned out to be an old rich man in Shanxi? Lin Feng was slightly disappointed in his heart, waved his hand, and waved away those unrealistic fantasies, "Where are they?!" ”

Chapter 2 Hebei is over

Please see Chapter 3 Self-cultivation, Qi Family, and Governing the Country