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In the center of Nanjing City is a luxurious palace building, and in a large hall of the palace's harem, the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard from far away. And the woman's crisp chuckle. This palace is the seat of Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Hongguang is enjoying the dance at this time.

Twenty or thirty young women in the room wore red light gauze, dancing in this smoky warm room, and because of this thick smoke, these women loomed, like a fairyland. On the high platform of the main hall, a man with a fat body, two short branches, a fat head and big ears, wearing a yellow dragon robe, was holding two beautiful women of young age with thousands of charming bodies left and right. And there were three or four equally delicate young women who were in charge of pouring the wine next to them.

The two women who were hugged by Emperor Hongguang, one holding a wine glass, kept feeding it to Emperor Hongguang's mouth. The other woman had a cherry in her mouth and fed it to Emperor Hongguang's filthy mouth. And these two women are so docile that they are disgusting.

In addition to the dancing women on both sides, there are dozens of beautiful women, wearing silk yarns, some are responsible for beating the chimes, some are responsible for playing the guzheng, and a few are holding the pipa, etc., all of which turn this slightly obscene place into a musical palace.

"Your Majesty!" At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded outside.

Emperor Hongguang, after hearing this, said a little impatiently: "But Ge Lao, hurry up and say something, don't you see that I am busy?" ”

Ma Shiying frowned, and finally walked in from the outside of the main hall, the singers and dancers gave way, Ma Shiying said loudly as she walked: "Back to Your Majesty, now Monk Wu Sangui is happy to occupy Hubei, and Hubei is not too far from our Nanjing, if they go straight down the Yangtze River, they will soon be able to reach Nanjing." So we ......"

Even Emperor Hongguang was a pig-brained, and at this time he understood what Ma Shiying meant, no matter who the enemy was, Emperor Hongguang was very afraid, not to mention that Wu Sangui, who was a Manchu eagle dog, was still happy with the two. Emperor Hongguang's body was shocked, and the smell of wine on his face gradually dissipated, and he looked at Ma Shiying and hurriedly said: "Then, what should I do, what should I do, I don't want to die, I don't want to die." By the way, what about Liu Xia, why hasn't Liu Xia come yet, hurry up and go to Cui Liu Xia to come to Nanjing, I have this loyal minister, not to mention that Wu Sangui is still gratifying, even if Dolgon comes, I am not afraid. ”

Ma Shiying glanced at Emperor Hongguang with disgust in his eyes, but his face did not show it, for such a monarch, Ma Shiying really didn't want to say anything, if it wasn't for the good control of the court, Ma Shiying would not have chosen this stupid Fu Wang to ascend the throne and be the emperor.

"Back to Your Majesty, Liu Xia did not come to Nanjing, and he will not come back in the future. Now Liu Xia is only in Henan, and we don't have the ability to forcibly call Liu Xia over. ”

Of course, Emperor Hongguang knew that many ministers did not obey their orders in Nanjing, and there were still many imperial families in other places who were ready to move, and many imperial families were quite emperors. Historically, after the Hongguang Emperor in Nanjing was killed by the Qing army in 1645, many regimes appeared in the south, but because the Hongguang Emperor was not dead at this time, those regimes did not appear.

"How to be good, how to be good! It's better if we move the capital to Luoyang, Luoyang is protected by Liu Xia, and with Liu Xia protecting us, there will be no danger to our lives, and I can continue to be at ease. Looking at Emperor Hongguang's dancing hands, Ma Shiying couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness, this is their emperor of the Ming Dynasty! With such an emperor, if the country is not destroyed, there is simply no heavenly reason. Although Emperor Hongguang's idea is beautiful, in a practical sense, it is not at all possible. Let's not talk about whether the ministers of Nanjing are willing to move the capital to Luoyang, even if they are willing to move the capital helplessly, but it is not excluded that Liu Xia's Luoyang was captured, although Liu Xia's wars are very beautiful, but where in the world are there always victorious generals, as long as Liu Xia loses once, then all will be lost.

And more ministers are reluctant to go to Luoyang, because arriving in Luoyang means sending people under the fence, if Liu Xia coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, then these ministers have also become puppets, and they are not at ease now.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible, Nanjing is the land of Longxing of my Ming Dynasty, how can you say that you will lose it? Please let Your Majesty not say anything about moving the capital in the future. "Ma Shiying is still very majestic to Emperor Hongguang, and when he saw Ma Shiying say this, Emperor Hongguang stopped talking.

In fact, Emperor Hongguang muttered in his heart, saying: That Luoyang was originally the place where I grew up, and it was the place where I prospered.

"So what are we going to do?"

Emperor Hongguang asked helplessly, for Emperor Hongguang, as long as he is allowed to continue such a corrupt life in the future, it is not impossible to send people under the fence. But for Ma Shiying and others, they are not willing to send people under the fence unless they have to.

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, we must reduce our expenses, train the new army, and use the new army to resist Wu Sangui's army. Since Liu Xia was able to defeat the Tartars with his Pingbei army, then Lao Chen believes that my other generals of the Ming Dynasty also have this ability. ”

"Good!" When Emperor Hongguang heard Ma Shiying's words, his face was suddenly full of red light, and he was full of spirit, and said: "Just according to what the elder said, just do it!" ”

Luoyang

The task of recruiting soldiers is very arduous, because this time it is necessary to recruit tens of thousands of people at once, but fortunately, because of Liu Xia's personality charm, as well as the bravery of the Pingbei Army, and the high level of welfare, many people have gone to the suburbs of Luoyang City to start signing up for the army. The total number of applicants this time is 30,000.

However, this time only 15,000 people will be recruited, which means that ordinary people will be brushed down. After the people who joined the army signed up, they were placed in the recruit corps on the outskirts of Luoyang to live for the time being, and then a group of 1,000 people began to take physical fitness tests, starting with an eight-kilometer jog to see who could persevere. Although many of these people were displaced before, so their bodies were thin and did not have much strength, but after eating a lot of food in the new regiment, their strength also increased, although they were still thin, but they were much better.

"Let's run!"

With the order of the selection officer, the soldiers began to run around the playground.

One lap is a standard track of 400 meters. Eight thousand laps means twenty laps. None of them fell behind in the first seven or eight laps, but after the tenth lap, some people who were physically weak began to slow down, and some even lay on the ground and couldn't run. If you can't run, it also means that you are qualified to join the army completely, most of these people join the army for a bite to eat, and now they can't join the army means that they can't eat food, so many people began to cry. But no one sympathizes with them, people can fail, but a big man is despisable to cry.

Liu Xia was free today, so he came to the school to see the selection of recruits in person. The commander of the new regiment, Shang Chuang, and the first-class general followed Liu Xia, and the recruits were the fresh blood of the Pingbei Army, and there could be no mistakes.

The place where Liu Xia came was the location of the strong men who had already passed the 8,000-meter run, and these people were the first to be selected by the previous batches. Seeing Liu Xia's arrival, these strong men saluted Liu Xia one after another, and now they are not considered recruits, because they still have a few competitions and have not participated. Due to the large number of people, the recruit team has developed some selection events, the first is the 8-kilometer run, and the second is push-ups. At the same time, according to Liu Xia's requirements, literate people can be given priority in admission, or they can lower the requirements for admission. But the most basic thing is that he has to pass these selection programs.

"Meet the General!" More than 5,000 people knelt down in unison to salute Liu Xia.

Liu Xia looked at them with a smile and said, "Everyone get up, maybe some of you can join the big family of the Pingbei Army in the future, and we will be brothers at that time." Liu Xia's voice fell, and those strong men stood up from the ground one after another.

Liu Xia walked up to a burly man and said, "What's your name?" ”