3,000 guns were rushed overnight, and at the same time, the barrel ** designed according to Liu Xia was also urgently made.

Liu Xia wanted to set up a place with the nature of an academy of sciences and then recruit scientific and technological talents from all walks of life, but now that this war is about to begin, Liu Xia has no time to arrange these.

In a few days, Liu Xia will also go to Hugao Pass to command the war, as for the command of the Mianchi area, Liu Xia will be handed over to Chen Liu, Liu Xia transferred to the Mianchi area, the army is Ma Peng's lion regiment, the second regiment of recruits transferred over, the Yingyang battalion, etc., a total of nearly 5,000 people. The enemy army was 20,000 men.

In the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, 100,000 enemy troops will soon gather, and at the same time, there will be a Tiger Regiment, a Wolf Howling Regiment, a Guard Regiment, and a Recruit Regiment in the Tiger Prison Pass. A total of 10,000 people Although the number of people coming from the Qing army was relatively low, now that Liu Xia had the help of muskets, his chances of victory were greatly increased. If you don't see it, a few thousand people of the Eight-Nation Alliance will be able to defeat the city of Beijing, and you must know that the Qing army has a lot of soldiers and horses. Although there were also reasons for the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, the most important thing was that firearms played a major role.

Liu Xia could only hope that the flintlock pistol would be made as soon as possible, so that the casualties could be reduced a lot.

Eight hundred miles of urgency, very fast. The scouts of the Pingbei Army, who set out from Luoyang and rode high-grade war horses, have now arrived outside Nanjing.

"Eight hundred miles of urgency! Eight hundred miles of urgency! Get out of the way, get out of the way! Although the scout shouted the 800-mile urgent report, the crowd outside Nanjing did not make way for him, and some people did not even look at him.

Since the establishment of Nanming in Nanjing, isn't it the constant shouting of the 800-mile emergency report that day? The people of Chengli, Nanjing, are tired of hearing it. In the past few months, because of Liu Xia's relationship, the Qing army has attacked Nanjing, so people rarely hear the 800-mile urgent report again.

"Where was it broken by the Qing army? Alas, is it really for the Qing army to unify the world? ”

"Be quiet, you can't say this, if you let people hear it, you will go to jail. Remember, don't say it. ”

"Don't we have Pingbei Hou? What are you afraid of, Pingbei Hou is heroic and extraordinary, and he will definitely be able to recover the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Luoyang urgent, get out of the way, get out of the way."

"Luoyang Urgent?" The people on the side of the road were surprised, could it be that Luoyang was occupied by the Qing army? Isn't Luoyang guarded by the Marquis of Pingbei? Could it be that Pingbei Hou ...... Thinking of this, people were frightened, if the Ming Dynasty did not have the Marquis of Pingbei to block the Qing army in the north, the Qing army would soon go south to break through Nanjing, and the people of Nanjing City knew in their hearts that they would not be able to hold it for long.

Several soldiers guarding the city at the gate of Nanjing looked at the scout of the Pingbei Army who was riding a tired war horse at this time and said, "You are dressed in black, where are you?" What are you yelling about. ”

The scout said excitedly, "Quick, get out of the way, let me pass." Luoyang Urgent, Luoyang Urgent. ”

"Luoyang?" The soldiers pretended to be stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed out loud and said, "Isn't Luoyang guarded by the famous Pingbei Hou, how can there be an emergency." You don't talk nonsense, come and hurry up and tie up this nonsense talker for me. With that, the guards behind him went up to arrest the scout.

However, this scout is not a vegetarian, and when he saw a few soldiers coming up, although he was a little tired, he immediately took out his weapons and went to fight. After a while, the scouts fought with a few of the defenders of Nanjing. Although there was only one scout, he did not fall behind in the face of five or six guards.

"What's going on, what's going on. Stop! ”

At this time, a tall and fat man with thick legs and a round waist walked over, and the big man was angry, and those guards lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to make a sound.

"This general, the little one is a scout under the Pingbei Marquis, and now he is sent by the Pingbei Marquis to transmit news to the imperial court, but he has been maliciously blocked by these few people, sharing the burden of not letting the little one pass, and arresting the little one, and the little one has no choice but to swear to resist."

One of the guards hurriedly said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, my lord, it's obvious that he came out as the envoy of the Marquis of Pingbei and wanted to seize the city, so the little ones arrested him." ”

"You ......," the scout said angrily.

When the big man heard this, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he snorted coldly: "Is there a paperwork?" ”

After hearing this, the scout hurriedly handed a piece of paper in his arms to the big man, who glanced at it and said, "Hmph, you dare to pretend to be Pingbei Hou's subordinates, and someone will arrest this guy and put him in prison, torture him, and let him tell who instigated it." ”

When the guards heard this, they hurriedly laughed, and a few of them went up to catch the scout. The scout didn't expect such an outcome, and wanted to say something, only to see the big man tear the paperwork in his hand to shreds.

"You ......"

"Catch him, don't let him run."

The big man thought to himself: Hmph, I didn't even give Lao Tzu a filial piety or two, and I wanted your life alive or dead. Dogs who don't understand the rules, no matter what kind of person you are, if you fall into the hands of Lao Tzu, don't want to live.

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"General, the scouts to Nanjing have been dispatched." Chen Liu said respectfully.

Liu Xia nodded and said, "Well, although I know that there is no result, the Nanjing Imperial Court will definitely not send troops here, but it still needs to go through the motions." ”

"That's what the general said."

"Hangu Pass, the Benhou in the Mianchi area will be handed over to you, Wang Wenkui will definitely be defeated, if you can take the opportunity to take Tongguan, it will be better, if you take Tongguan, you will master the gateway to Shaanxi, and it will be very easy to take Shaanxi in the future."

"Da-da." A burst of footsteps came to mind, and at this time, Meng Yu walked over, bowed to Liu Xia, and said, "General, our Dragon Group members inadvertently intercepted a secret letter. With that, Meng Yu handed Liu Xia a letter that had been opened in his hand.

Liu Xia took out the letter inside, and then after reading it, his face was full of anger. said: "It doesn't matter if you don't look at Benhou, but you can't surrender to the enemy." There is no signature on this letter, do you know who wrote it? ”

This is a letter of surrender to the enemy, and judging by the contents, the person who wrote the letter was not a high-ranking official. Obviously, it's just an ordinary petty official or a businessman. The letter was not written to the Qing army, but to the eight Jin merchants in Shanxi.

The Eight Great Jin Merchants were traitors in this era. If there was no material support from Shanxi merchants for the Manchurians after entering the customs, the Manchurians would not have been so quick to dominate the world. It has always been very convenient to make war money, and it is also a good time to accumulate capital at the earliest, and the people of Shanxi have seized this opportunity. There were a lot of Shanxi people in the ranks of the Manchurians sweeping the world, and they formed the logistics force of the Manchurian Iron Cavalry, and in this logistics force formed the eight great imperial merchants of Shanxi (the eight locust merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty), who controlled most of the trade with the Manchurian army, and also controlled the vast majority of the trade with Mongolia in Chahar, that is, Zhangjiakou.

However, if we talk about the contact between the Jin merchants and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we have to say that the Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen, and the Qing army has not yet entered the customs. In that part of the northeast, the Qing army basically had no ability to develop industry and commerce, and there was not much food. According to common sense, the Manchurians should have frozen to death and starved to death a long time ago. However, instead of being greatly injured, these Manchu people had all the supplies and could not eat enough food, because the Jin merchants provided them with food and various materials, as well as iron and salt.

It can be said that the Jin merchants also helped the Manchurians to become strong, so they can also be defined as traitors.

After listening to Liu Xia's words, Meng Yu said respectfully: "General Hui, we ...... We haven't found out who wrote it, but if the general had given him some time, he would have found out. ”

Liu Xia nodded and said: "The order is to go down, the Long Group and the personnel of the Investigation Department will closely monitor the counties of Henan Prefecture during the war, and if there is anyone who defects to the enemy, they will be arrested and imprisoned immediately." Wait until Benhou returns to conduct the trial. ”

"Yes!" The two commanders, Meng Yu and Shouhu, replied loudly.

At this time, there will definitely be many people who want to surrender, because they don't look down on Liu Xia and think that Liu Xia can't withstand the 100,000 army, so they want to find a way back for themselves, so they want to join the enemy and betray the country. Although it cannot be said that all businessmen are profiteers, there is no shortage of righteous businessmen in history. However, many of them are speculators, and they are everywhere selling their country to seek glory.

"Where is the Qing army now?"

Meng Yu replied: "General Hui, now Wang Wenkui of Shaanxi has stopped when he arrives at Tongguan, thinking that he should rest there." In less than three days, the army of Duoduo could reach the outside of the Tiger Prison. At the same time, Azig has now arrived in Xuzhou. Azig's vanguard army, led by Wu Sangui, has now reached Xingyang. ”

"Wu Sangui?" Liu Xia muttered in a low voice.

Wu Sangui, Chen Yuanyuan. This controversial beauty in history, will it be accepted or not?

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"Master, it's not good, the person sent to deliver the letter has been exposed. That letter estimated...... It is estimated that it has been exposed. ”

"What!" A middle-aged man in the secret room was full of surprise, but he calmed down in an instant, and said: "Except for Wang Dengku, no one in the letter can see that I wrote it, don't worry, even if it is exposed, it will not be able to find my head." ”

Wang Dengku was one of the eight major collaborators of the Jin Dynasty.

"Spread the word, let Lao Tzu stay at home, don't leave anywhere. Although there is no information about me, if they must check, maybe they can really find out a little bit of the clue. Get your bags ready to leave. ”

"Yes, sir. The small ones will go down and arrange. ”

"Remember, it's not allowed to swagger, it's all secretly cleaned up, and it's not allowed outsiders to know. Don't tell even the lady. You know? ”

"Yes, yes, little remember."

"Well, go down."

"Yes, the little one."

The middle-aged man sat on the chaise longue, his brow furrowed, not knowing what he was thinking. But looking at that face is not very good, it is not a good thing to think about.