Chapter 52 I don't see Chang'an, I see floating clouds

Shouzhou City is already a blood city at this moment.

Luo Yulong urged the infantry team to attack the city several times, but he didn't know that the men in Huaixi had died under the city of Shouzhou.

Most of the soldiers of the righteous army were temporarily recruited from the local area, and in the Ming Dynasty, Nanzhili was richer than Henan, and Henan had a catastrophe for several years, although the area of Shouzhou was also affected, but this impact was far less than Henan, so the population density of Huaixi was far more than Henan.

Therefore, when Cao Ying's troops were under the city of Shouzhou, a large number of troops were expanded, and the expansion of the army was infantry, and for a time Cao Ying's army swelled to more than 100,000. Of course, in this way, Luo Rucai also faced the same problem as Zhang Xuan, that is, there were too many recruits, which affected the combat effectiveness of the army.

And the prescription prescribed by Luo Rucai is to siege the city.

Tens of thousands of troops fought hard to attack the city, no matter what the background of these soldiers was, what they did before, but after seeing more blood, killing and being killed, they knew what it was like to fight.

Of course, there is also Zhang Qian's intervention.

According to Luo Rucai's original intention, he has no political cleanliness, and he has not done anything less than to drive the people to attack the city. Don't care about doing it again.

However, Zhang Zhen advised him that since he had decided to fight for the world, he needed to pay attention to the people's will. Zhang Zhen turned the matter of driving the people to attack the city into recruiting strong men from all over the country, and it was also Zhang Zhen who brought the most basic administrative team to Luo Rucai, these officials controlled the prefectures and counties near Shouzhou, and allocated quotas, and there were certain rules for how many strong men were produced in each county.

As a result, the Henan refugees on the ground in Huaixi were almost swept away, and with the local dilapidated settlements, tens of thousands of strong men were gathered.

These tens of thousands of strong men, with little training, were temporarily promoted by Luo Rucai from the horse team to take a group of officers and attack the city under the supervision of Li Rugui.

siege after siege, plus Huang Degong's counterattack again and again. It has long since dyed large swaths of land near the city walls a blood-red color.

At this moment, Huang Degong was bare-armed, and his body was wrapped with injuries one after another, and there were several places that were faintly oozing blood. Huang Degong is not an iron man, since the onslaught of Cao Ying, Huang Degong himself can't count how many times he has been out of the city.

I don't remember when the wound on my body fell on it.

Only after taking off the armor at night did he realize that he had been injured.

However, Huang Degong is a general after all, and he is dressed in armor, whether it is the iron armor on the outside, the lining armor on the inside, or even the soft armor on the inside, it is a first-class treasure, and it comes from the palace.

This armor doesn't know how much damage it has blocked for Huang Degong, even if it can't be completely blocked, it can be stuck out, so that the sword is not deep in the flesh, most of the injuries on Huang Degong's body are like this, I am afraid that some of the body is incomplete, but in fact, it is not deep in the flesh.

However, at this moment, Huang Degong has a hint of loneliness.

Huang Degong, who never showed a trace of weakness, had a sense of weakness at the moment.

He clutched a letter in his hand. This letter was not written by someone else, it was Ma Shiying.

"Master Ma said it lightly." Huang Degong was not without anger in his heart, and said secretly: "How can you say that you can withdraw it." ”

He took a look at the city, a few miles away from Shouzhou City, there were many camp tents, horns in the sky, nothing else, it was Cao Ying's military camp, almost at a glance could not see the military camp on the side, and several gates of Shouzhou City were seen tightly.

Leaving the city must be a fierce battle.

Even after leaving Shouzhou City, from Shouzhou to Fengyang, it must be a fierce battle. No one was spared. Under repeated battles, the Yongwei battalion suffered a lot of casualties, and even if it was under Fengyang City, how many people could there be in the Yongwei battalion.

There is also Shouzhou City.

Without the town guard of Yongwei, what will Shouzhou City look like, Huang Degong thought with his toes, and he knew it.

How could he bear it.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered that a few years ago, it was the ninth year of Chongzhen, and he was transferred to the forbidden army because of his outstanding performance in the battle against the Dongyu, and when he went to see the emperor for the first time, he didn't dare to look up, knelt on the gold brick, and only listened to the emperor with a tired voice, saying: "Huang Degong is right, good life and work." ”

In the Yongwei Battalion, Huang Degong stayed for a year, and the Yongwei Battalion was the last family of the Beijing Battalion and belonged to the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Therefore, the expenditure does not go to the household department, and all the equipment of the Yongwei battalion may not be said to be the best, but compared to when Huang Degong was in the border army. It's literally heaven and earth.

Chongzhen for ten years, the thief committed Fengyang.

After Huang Degong heard that Fengyang had fallen, the emperor fasted for three days in the Taimiao Temple and pleaded with his ancestors.

Huang Degong didn't understand the meaning of the words, but he knew that the lord humiliated the ministers to death.

Huang Degong asked for battle.

That time, he saw the emperor again.

He still didn't dare to look directly at the emperor, but this time he saw that the emperor's body had already been worn white, and his body was also very thin. The hair is vaguely gray. The Imperial Horse Supervisor was not far from Ouchi, and he naturally heard how the emperor was diligent in his administration, and he worked day and night for several days.

My heart was filled with righteous indignation.

He even remembered what he said in front of the emperor: "The minister will definitely sweep away the thieves for His Majesty." ”

But this world doesn't know what's wrong, he has used all his strength, why are the thieves fighting more and more.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Huang Degong looked to the north, although he couldn't see anything, he seemed to see the city of Beijing, the Jinluan Palace, the emperor's gray hair, and the white-worn cuffs, as well as the lights that almost kept going all night.

"With my Huang Degong one day, this capital will never fall again."

Huang Degong woke up from his memories and said, "There is a hakama." ”

"My lord, is there something wrong?" Ren Youqian said that at this moment he was on the sidelines, watching the military doctor bandage Huang Degong.

Huang Degong said: "Go and invite Master Zhang." ”

Master Zhang is the governor of Shouzhou, Zhang Limin.

During this period of time, another person is as tired as Huang Degong, and that is Zhang Limin.

Huang Degong's hard work is in the process of rushing into battle again and again to kill the enemy, while Zhang Limin's hard work is on top of supporting the logistics of the army, Shouzhou is a big state, but the local finance does not have much money.

This is a problem that the entire Ming Dynasty had at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Wanli period, under the governance of Zhang Juzheng, the finances of the Ming Dynasty were quite healthy, but in the late Wanli period, the three major expeditions of Wanli, as well as the Liaodong War, and even the emperor's various things, such as the Fu Wang's domain, made one financial hole after another.

How to solve this hole in the early stage, that is, dismantled everywhere, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was not all solved to the Beijing Division, originally above the locality, there was still a part of it, but the central government had no money, and all the local money was transferred to the central government, but there was no loan or repayment, and there was no money above the locality.

Of course, corruption was rampant after Wanli, and it was also a big section.

Anyway, almost every prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty, a county prefect has money in his hands, and he may not have as much money as a large local household, so it has become a reality.

It is impossible for Shouzhou's finances to support tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, Zhang Limin tried his best to take money and grain from the hands of the local gentry, which was so soft and hard that almost all of them were used, and all the big households were offended, so that he could support it, but how long it could last, even Zhang Limin himself did not know.

Huang Degong was called, and Zhang Limin did not dare to slack off, at this time, the status of civil and military affairs was almost reversed.

As soon as Zhang Limin came, Huang Degong handed the letter to Zhang Limin.

When Zhang Limin saw it, he suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and he was about to fall to the ground, so it was easy to finish reading, and asked in a trembling voice: "Lord Huang, what are you going to do?" ”

Huang Degong sighed and said, "Master Zhang, there is no way for this official." ”

Zhang Limin smiled dismally and said: "Needless to say, the official also knows, please rest assured, I will do what I should do, what Lord Huang wants to do, there is no need to tell me." ”

Huang Degong also felt very sorry for Zhang Limin and said, "Master Zhang, why don't you go with me." ”

"No, you don't." Zhang Limin stood firm at this moment, seemed to have recovered from the blow, and said: "This official is an official of the imperial court, and he has the responsibility to defend the land, and he will never abandon the city and flee." ”

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