"His Royal Highness the Prince, I am in the eventful autumn of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, internal and external troubles, natural and man-made disasters, wind and rain, the country cannot be without a king for a day, how does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plan to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty?"

"Taishi, I don't read much in this palace, I can't write anything, I can't do martial arts, I suffer from this catastrophe, every inch is in chaos, and the affairs of Zhongxing Daming have to rely on Taishi, and Taishi will watch it."

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Lin Yi has talked to the prince more than once, he found that this prince is indeed young and ignorant, and he has no ambitions, it is no wonder that the child who grew up in the palace is only 15 years old, although the opportunity to receive education is better than that of ordinary people, he wants money and money, he does not have to worry about food and clothing, he wants a teacher to have a teacher, he wants to accompany him to read, and the teacher and the accompanying reader represent the highest level in China.

In addition, the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty continued, Emperor Chongzhen was busy dealing with the government all day long, and he was too busy with the affairs of the court, all night long, the food was tasteless, and even the beautiful Chen Yuanyuan given to him by his father-in-law Tian Guozhang, he had no time to take care of it, let alone the prince's affairs.

Besides, no one thought that Emperor Chongzhen would be able to die halfway, including even he didn't expect that he would be able to hang himself on the crooked neck tree that he didn't have to live on, you must know that he had already passed on this ability to the prince.

As the crown prince, he didn't expect such a big change in his family. How could his immature shoulders bear such a burden? In this regard, he can't compare to Shunzhi and Kangxi, they mainly benefit from Xiaozhuang and Su Malagu, Zhu Cihong doesn't have such a good life.

Of course, Lin Yi also thought of this, and it was understandable, and he was deeply sympathetic to the prince's plight, after all, he was still a poor child. If you meet your kind-hearted self, it's good to be able to escape, but if you fall into the hands of other warlords, I'm afraid your life will be gone.

As for his mediocrity, maybe it's not a bad thing, if he meets an ancient emperor like Tang Zong and Song Zu Shunzhi Kangxi, how can there be anything to do with himself.

In front of him, it seems that Kuang helped the Ming Dynasty, drove away the Tartars, saved the people from fire and water, helped the building to fall into the general, and cleaned up the broken old mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and had to rely on himself!

After Lin Yi knew in his heart, the prince could not be buried in his own hands, and he had to use the prince to make some trouble.

He is now the justifiable Ming Governor, and he is also the prince and the prince, all of whom have been officially enthroned by the emperor, as well as the sword of the Son of Heaven, and the governor of the world. Now that the prince is by his side again, he commands the world, protects the prince and assists the prince, and the Ming Dynasty is justified.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked the prince to issue an edict and drafted several batches of princes' wills. First of all, it is an edict to several princes of the daimyo, such as Zhu Yousong, the king of Xiaofu, Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, Zhu Changfang, the king of Gui, Zhu Changying, etc., so that they can contribute money and strength, and hurry up to the prince.

The second batch of wills was mainly sent to Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, because Nanjing, like Yanjing, also had a set of teams. This was left when the Son of Heaven guarded the country and moved the capital, and it has continued until now, this set of teams can be run directly if the Son of Heaven goes there, and even the eunuchs are ready-made.

Again, there are several wills, mainly the opponent of the governor or general soldier who holds the military power, like Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, Nanning Bozuo Liangyu, Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui, the general soldiers Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and so on.

Tell them that the crown prince is here, and let them immediately bring troops to King Qin. Whether they come or not, the prince's edict has to be issued, and they have to know that the Ming Dynasty has not been destroyed, and they have not abandoned them.

If any of them do not regard themselves as human beings, they have to be traitors and national thieves, and they will be eradicated in the future, and they will also be to blame.

These three batches of decrees were all issued in the name of the crown prince, and they were all stamped with the prince's jade seal.

After the decree was issued, it really had an effect, and officials of several nearby provinces, such as civil and military officials from Shandong, Henan, and Jianghuai, came one after another.

The more famous ones are the eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Fengyang, Ma Shiying, and Huang Degong, and then there is Shi Kefa, an official in Nanjing, Jiang Riguang, who is known as the idle appearance of the Southern Ming Dynasty, as well as Lu Daqi, Wu Weiye, and so on.

The arrival of these civil and military forces also brought more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, as well as countless money and food, and Lin Yi's camp immediately became lively.

It can be said that there are many talents, strong soldiers and strong horses, and the total strength has doubled all of a sudden, reaching more than 200,000, after these civil and military officials all met the prince, they all met Lin Yi, and they all respected Lin Yi and thought that he was the master, and the sword of the Son of Heaven was in one fell swoop, and they were all willing to say that only Lin Yi was the first to look forward, Zhongxing Daming, driving away the flat thieves, and cleaning up the broken mountains and rivers, and now Lin Yi's waist board was even harder.

The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty are still gathering here.

Emperor Chongzhen is gone, but there is a crown prince, who is also the backbone of these courtiers. Although the late emperor in the past had such and such problems, on the whole, Emperor Chongzhen was still a little wise, and he was not a faint monarch in terms of the king's death.

Li Zicheng is now too unpopular, just a few days after arriving in Yanjing, he tortured officials to help salaries, asked for money to kill, it turned out that those who were officials and those rich people were unlucky, Dashun military discipline was corrupted, soldiers took the opportunity to enter people's houses at night, rape women, kill people and goods, do all kinds of bad things, toss the miasma, people are panicked, more bandits than bandits.

In contrast, the time difference with Chongzhen is far away. When Emperor Chongzhen was here, although he lacked food and clothing, and increased taxes at every turn, he was not so chaotic.

By comparing the old officials and rich people of these daimyos, we will know who is good and who is bad, and only when we lose can we cherish them.

Therefore, they are nostalgic for the original Da Ming, and they have no good impression of Da Shun, a thief is still a thief after all, although Chongzhen is gone, but his son is still there, this is their backbone.

Therefore, the old officials of the Ming Dynasty and those rich people, including the generals who still have feelings for the Ming Dynasty, came to vote.

Lin Yi really had the feeling of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes at that time.

At this time, Li Zicheng's 100,000 troops had already left the Nanzhi Gate of Yanjing and came to relieve Gaobeidian just to rescue Gao Yigong.

Lin Yi smiled and immediately raised his account, he had already been confident about the reinforcements.

This is Lin Yi's first large-scale promotion as a supervisor or a prince, he used to give orders in front of his direct troops, and today he wants to send generals in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military divisions, of course, the 15-year-old prince is also sitting.

With such a strong strength, now Lin Yi no longer looks at this Beijing to the north, but wants to deal a fatal blow to Li Zicheng's Dashun regime.

In the first order, he asked the eunuch Lu Jiude to command the army, let Huang Degong be the general, and gave them 100,000 troops, from Datong Shuozhou and other places in Shanxi Province to the south, directly into Shaanxi, to copy Li Zicheng's lair, cut off their back road.

Lin Yi had long known that this Lu Jiude was loyal to the emperor, and after the death of Emperor Chongzhen, he mediated from it, got the support of the four-point art of war, and helped Zhu Yousong onto the stage of history, which opened the prelude to the Southern Ming Dynasty's resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

That is to say, this person is absolutely reliable, and this person is proficient in training military machines, when Chongzhen was there, he made him take charge of the army and suppress thieves many times, and he had a lot of achievements.

Needless to say, Huang Degong, as a famous general of the Beijing battalion soldiers, supported the two generations of emperors Chongzhen and Hongguang, although later as one of the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei, he was also suspected of supporting the army and respecting himself.

But his loyalty to the court can be seen in the sun and the moon. Otherwise, he will not give up the protection of the lord, according to the original historical development, Emperor Chongzhen hanged, Wu Sangui surrendered the Tartars, dedicated Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng's army was defeated like a mountain, Dolgon's troops entered the Central Plains, Zuo Liangyu rebelled, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing all took refuge in the Manchu Tartars, but Huang Degong refused to surrender, it was the first year of Hongguang, that is, the second year of Emperor Chongzhen's hanging, the south went to Beijing to break, Huang Chuangzi fought to the death to protect the lord, and finally was seriously injured and drew his sword to kill himself, leaving a strong mark in history.

At that time, Huang Degong's pair of iron whips were invincible, and it was not difficult to escape, but he protected Zhu Yousong of the Southern Ming Dynasty and fought desperately, and he did not turn his back on his master until he died, which is far from being comparable to Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo.

Of course, Lin Yi knew these historical records that it was rare for a person to be so loyal to the imperial court, which was one of the reasons why Lin Yi made him shoulder a heavy burden.

After Lu Jiude and Huang Degong received the order, they ordered the soldiers and horses, the cannon sounded three times, held high the banner of the Ming Dynasty, raised troops from the southwest of Gaobeidian, and went to Shaanxi through Shanxi.

In the second order, Lin Yi ordered Hao Shaoqi and He Renlong, each with 20,000 troops, to ambush in Zhoukoudian. This is the only way for Yanjing to lead to Gaobeidian, let them ambush in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, when Li Yan's 100,000 horses came, they had to ambush well, not exposed, once they were defeated and wanted to retreat, these two teams of men and horses were killed from the left and right, and no one was allowed to be let go.

After the two generals received the order, the troops also left.

In the third order, Lin Yi sent to the deputy general Zu Keyong, asking him to lead 50,000 horses and horses to continue to besiege Gaobeidian, no need to attack the city, as long as they do not surrender, they will be beaten back as soon as they leave the city.

The fourth order was to let Xiaoying and Zhezhe lead 10,000 horses, including the women's battalion, including more than 4,000 people from Wang Jian's logistics supply battalion, which was specifically responsible for protecting the safety of the prince and hundreds of civil and military officials.

The remaining 50,000 horses, led by Lin Yi himself, blocked Li Yan's 100,000 army head-on. Most of these 50,000 horses are not Lin Yi's descendants, they are all the divisions of King Qin from all over the country, and the main component is the army of Fengyang, Anhui, that is, the old army of the Ming Dynasty, and the main general with the troops is Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang.

Among the 50,000 horses, including Lin Yi's more than 1,000 guards, only more than 10,000 people belong to Lin Yi's direct troops, and these 10,000 horses are actually divided into five battalions, namely the standard battalion, the invincible battalion, the guard battalion, the musket battalion and the artillery battalion.

The men and horses of these five battalions were all cultivated by Lin Yi.

Don't look at Lin Yi's five battalions with more than 10,000 horses, but in terms of combat effectiveness, these five battalions represented the highest level at that time.

Now Lin Yi's standard battalion has exceeded 5,000 people, and the foundation of the standard battalion is the combination of Guanning Iron Cavalry and Tianxiong Army, when Lin Yi trained the army, he was raised on their basis, so the combat effectiveness of the standard battalion must be marked with the upper right corner of the Guanning Iron Cavalry and Tianxiong Army "+" to represent the upgraded version of combat power.

Then there is the invincible battalion, which is the last family left by Sun Chuanting to Lin Yi before his death, and the invincible battalion has more than 4,000 horses, all of which are the elite of the Qin army.

Not to mention anything else, just these two battalions, nearly 10,000 horses, who can be the enemy?

Coupled with the 3,000 people of the new musket battalion and the powerful firepower of 50 red-coated cannons, Lin Yi's more than 1,000 guard battalions are also a force to be reckoned with, and it can be said that these 17,000 men and horses can be called the real first-class iron army in the world at that time.

Don't say that Li Zicheng's 100,000 horses are all rabble, and it is not a problem for a team like this to come with 300,500,180,000.

The generals who accompanied Lin Yi on the expedition included Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, Zhang Hua, Wang Qi, Dongsheng and so on.

Pap Pap Lin Yi has finished assigning, every time he assigns an order, the prince has no opinion, originally he assigned it in an orderly manner, the fifteen-year-old prince doesn't know how to soldier, now he only knows how to read and practice swords, he doesn't care about other things, he gives it to this prince and master Lin Yi.

At this time, Shi Kefa looked at it, and came out to salute Lin Yi and said, "Master, there is a certain word that I don't know whether to say or not."

When Chongzhen was there, Shi Kefa served as the right attendant of the household department, and also served as the right imperial historian of the capital, and also served as the secretary of the military department in Nanjing, the governor of Fengyang, Huaiyang and Yangzhou, and also led the troops to quell the rebellion, so his official position was quite large, and his status in the court was relatively high and influential.

Of course, Lin Yi also knew what kind of character this Shi Kefa was, and when he saw him say this, he smiled indifferently, "If Shi Gong has any high opinions, you might as well tell me in person." ”

Shi Kefa's face is clear, but there is a person with ink in his stomach, and he has also been in charge of the army, he has rich experience, he shook his head when he spoke, and his mouth was like a river: "The thief Li Zicheng took Yanjing like lightning, which shows that his strength is very strong, we now have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, shouldn't we concentrate our troops to drive them out of Yanjing in one go?" The emperor's bones are not cold, he must be dead, and just now the Taishi sent troops to attack Shaanxi, isn't it willing to seek the near and far? And just now Shi saw that the Taishi sent troops, none of them were sent to Yanjing, the small Gaobeidian projectile land, how long does the Taishi plan to entangle here? Isn't it a bit of a waste of time? ”

As soon as Shi Kefa said this, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, also came out of class, and nodded in agreement, "Master Shi is reasonable, and this governor seconded it." ”

Lin Yi looked at the two of them, did they not understand or was he not convinced? It is no wonder that they do not have much contact with themselves, mainly in the south, no matter what, after this battle, they have to be convinced, and now they have to be persuaded in front of the prince.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi said: "The two adults don't know, Li Yan's 100,000 horsemen have been defeated, and Beibeijing is at your fingertips, as long as we take Beishanjing, Gaobeidian will be self-defeating, which is also the reason why Lin wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements." Now Li Zicheng's main force is around Yanjing, his Shaanxi nest must be empty, we took advantage of the void to send a team of people to copy his back road, Li Zicheng is homeless, is there anything wrong with this? ”

Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying looked at each other and said in unison: "Can Taishi be sure that he can defeat the 100,000 Dashun army with only 50,000 horses?"

Lin Yi knew what they suspected, in case this battle could not be won, the 40,000 ambush soldiers in Zhoukoudian would be in vain.

Lin Yi smiled: "Of course." If he does not win, the prince is willing to be a military commander, and the prince is asked to testify. ”

This time, Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying didn't dare to say anything more, but the two of them were still unconvinced by Lin Yi in their hearts, and felt that his words were a bit big.

After the tent was dispersed, everyone from all walks of life immediately followed the order.

Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying personally accompanied Lin Yi on the expedition, and the 50,000 army encountered Li Yan's 100,000 horses before they could go out of 50 miles.