In the Jingshi Palace of the Ming Dynasty, the East Palace Prince's Mansion, the prince sat there in a daze with a depressed expression, reading Confucian works such as the Tao of Confucius and Mencius.

The 15-year-old prince doesn't seem to have recovered from the thrilling incident......

In a mountain col in the northwest suburbs of Beijing, this is a camp covering an area of 200 acres, and 5,000 Beijing battalion soldiers are heavily guarded here.

Inside are handicraft workshops, tinkling, several processing lines, and thousands of workers busy day and night.

Of course, the common people don't know what this is, and this is one of the military strongholds of the Ming Dynasty. This arsenal is not an ordinary arsenal, he moved from the Jingzhou area more than a year ago.

Their main task was to produce flintlock pistols.

On this day, the gate was full of welcoming generals, an army escorted four sedan chairs carried by eight people, and the chief general of this army was the admiral Zu Keyong.

After the four sedan chairs landed, the soldiers came over and opened the sedan curtain, Jiang Riguang, Gao Hongtu, Lu Daqi, Wu Weiye, these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty's military department, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households, accompanied by Zu Keyong and others, entered this special arsenal.

When these characters were brought to later generations, they were all high-ranking officials at the academy and ministerial level, and they personally inspected the arsenal, which was almost invisible in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, since Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, it is accurate to say that since Lin Yi was appointed as the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, this is the new atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of new atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty has appeared more than once, that is to say, since Lin Yi set out to go to Shanhaiguan, they have come here to inspect several times.

Don't look at Lin Yi's absence in the Beijing Division now, the cabinet of the Beijing Division is operating as usual, and the Sixth Department of Household Rites and Criminal Workers is like the state machine of the Ming Dynasty, handling the daily work of the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner.

When they encounter some particularly important work, and they can't make a decision, a special person will fly to the former enemy to report to Lin Yi.

The current Ming Dynasty is still fighting, and it is two relatively long fronts, one is the Liaodong battlefield outside the Northeast Pass, and Lin Yi personally conquered the Qing Dynasty.

The other place is Sichuan in the southwest, Zhang Xianzhong occupies the country of abundance, of course the Ming Dynasty can not tolerate these thieves to make trouble in the country of the country, Lin Yi has already issued an edict, and now the land of Qin and Jin, Nanzhili, and the army in the Huguang area are encircling and suppressing the giant bandit Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan.

The cost of two wars of such a scale is very large, and in the final analysis, the war is still about money.

Grain, grass and military supplies, of course, have to keep up. Of course, these logistical supply work needs to be done by the cabinet officials of the Daming Jingshi, and without their support, the war will not be able to continue.

Up and down the Ming Dynasty, from high-ranking officials to small officials, from pawns in the army, to leading generals, no one dares to slack off now, unless they don't recognize Lin Yi, the Ming prison country, that is, they don't recognize the Ming prince, which is equivalent to denying the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty is a national thief, either the thieves in the customs rebel, or the Tartar party outside the customs.

There are not no such people, but there are many of them.

However, the mainstream of Daming, including thousands of ordinary people, still supports Lin Yi.

Now the battle of Shanhaiguan and the great victory of Huanggutun have spread to the capital division and spread all over the south. The vigorous Li Zicheng thieves established the Dashun Dynasty has become yesterday's yellow flower.

The Qing Tartars, who often came to knock on the door of the Ming Dynasty, were also expelled by Lin Yi's men and horses through these two wars, and the Ningjin Battle reopened after two years.

A new batch of 5,000 new flintlock pistols and sufficient ammunition were produced again, and this was the third batch of new weapons since the Arsenal moved to Beijing.

Of course, it was necessary to focus on equipping Lin Yi's army, of which 3,000 were loaded and transported to Guanwai, 1,000 were equipped with Beijing battalion soldiers, and the remaining 1,000 were transported to the Sichuan battlefield for suppressing bandits.

At this time, the dynasty kingdom on the peninsula was the era of the Li dynasty.

In fact, from the end of the 14th century AD, the dynasty entered the Li Dynasty, which pursued the doctrine of great things and believed in Chinese Confucianism.

The so-called doctrine of big things means that the DPRK has a small and weak state, and whoever is strong is subordinate to whom, so as to ensure the interests of the nation and the state.

In fact, during the Tang Dynasty, the dynasty was a vassal state of China, but the peninsula at that time was not called the dynasty state, but was composed of several countries such as Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, the Khitan had become powerful and conquered the dynasties.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the dynasty as a province of China, the Yuan Dynasty was the largest period of China's territory, Genghis Khan and his son led the army to fight wherever it was, where was China's territory, the area extended from Asia to the continent, once reached more than 22 million square kilometers, more than the largest land area of the Soviet Union, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, that was once the most proud era of the Chinese nation.

It's a pity that those times are gone.

During the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty was still a vassal state of China.

During the Ming Dynasty, China's land area was also quite large, and if you remove the Mongolian and Houjin border tribes at that time, China's land area would be about 10 million square kilometers.

But at that time, Mongolia became the Northern Yuan Dynasty, has always been a strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty, if according to the later generations of the Chinese nation 56 ethnic ruling regions, the Ming Dynasty's land area, also has 20 million square kilometers. Not only the Korean states in the north, but also Vietnam and Burma in the south were also vassal states of China at that time.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call the Yuan and Ming dynasties a great power of the Celestial Empire. The United States is unique in the world, the United States is like a seed that has not yet been born, and Britain, Germany, France, Rome, and Douguo are all small lands in the continent.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the pattern of Asia and Europe has undergone major changes, just in the ancient land of China, after the rise of the Later Jin, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, which was later the Qing Dynasty, sent troops to conquer the Dynasty and snatched the Dynasty from the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Empire was in decline, like an old car that was about to fall apart, and he couldn't take care of the dynasty anymore, because he was too busy to take care of himself.

Hanyang, the capital of the dynasty, was the area around Seoul, the Korean city of later generations.

King Yi Ju is having a secret conversation with his close minister, Choi Sung-so.

Because since 1636, when the Qing army sent troops to attack the capital of the dynasty, King Li Qi officially surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and broke away from the Ming Dynasty. Because the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were in a state of hostility, from then on, the state and the Ming Dynasty also became hostile from friendly vassal states.

But this is not the beginning of the well-being of the Koreans, but the beginning of their nightmare.

Because as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, unlike the vassal Ming Dynasty, it not only pays tribute every year, but also becomes a vassal every year.

Even more important are the increasing burden of forced labor and taxation.

Because the Qing Dynasty had just been established, Huang Taiji wanted to expand his territory to the outside world, not only conquering the dynasty, but also conquering Mongolia, and even conquering the Ming Dynasty under the rule of the Han people in the south, which of course had to be achieved through war.

But in the final analysis, wars are fought about money and people.

The Qing Dynasty itself was very small, and the Later Jin Dynasty was a few small cities in the land of projectiles, and the national strength was very limited, and they all relied on the conquered vassal states to provide them with wars.

Therefore, from 1636, when the court submitted to the Qing Dynasty, in the past eight or nine years, the court has sent a large number of strong men and women to serve in the Qing Dynasty every year. And that's not all, a large number of regular troops had to be sent into the war.

Wherever the Manchu Tartars fought, the Korean army had to help them and follow him wherever they fought.

Of course, all the expenses of the war for the food, clothing, housing, etc., of these armies will not be paid by the Qing Dynasty, and the wool will be paid by the sheep, and of course, the government of the DPRK will have to pay for it. Who made him a vassal of others?

Therefore, over the years, the king of the dynasty has been overwhelmed, and the people of the dynasty have been miserable.

They think it's better to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so the kingdom of the dynasty from top to bottom, psychologically hopes that the Ming can defeat the Qing Dynasty, they hate in their hearts, and even curse, hoping that the Ming people will remove these dead Tartars and destroy them!

But hatred is hate, the holy decree of the Qing Dynasty has come, and they dare not disobey it.

Now another decree has come down, and the Qing Dynasty has asked them to send another 20,000 troops into the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The king of the dynasty, Li Liang, grinned after receiving the decree, because this holy decree had been issued to him by the Qing Dynasty for example, less than two months ago.

Last time, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang gave him an edict in the name of Emperor Shunzhi, asking them to send 30,000 troops to cooperate with the Qing army to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The king of the dynasty was mentally slandered: Where to get so many troops? If the army is called by the Qing Dynasty, what will happen to the country? Tens of thousands of troops at every turn, that's people! No matter how fast the people of the dynasty multiply, even the crops have to wait for the harvest season!

At that time, coupled with the influence of bad weather, it was not easy to "create man". It is not easy to make finished products, there are no feed additives, and there are no hormones, so they can only be produced naturally, and it is impossible to shorten their growth period.

There is also a large amount of war funds, and the key is that the DPRK does not produce silver.

Therefore, after sending off the envoys of the Qing Dynasty, the king of the dynasty was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and turned around in the palace.

Because it will not be possible to shoot so many troops at that time, it is to resist the disobedience of the order, and the Qing Dynasty will come to fight them again.

In the end, he had to find his confidant ministers to discuss the matter, Cui Chengxiu retreated left and right, and said to the king of the court: "Your Majesty, we can't follow the will of the Qing Dynasty."

"Oh, what do you mean by Aiqing?" King Li Qi asked.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, because of the Ming Dynasty, although Emperor Chongzhen is gone, the Ming Dynasty has not perished, there is still the crown prince, and Lin Yi is here. Especially this Lin Yi, now the Ming Dynasty is in his hands, the Ming army is invincible in the world, Li Zicheng's Dashun Kingdom has also perished, Zhang Xianzhong is surviving in Sichuan, and sooner or later he will have to be exterminated, the Great Qing State is now defeated again and again, the army is lost, Dolgon is seriously injured, and the Prince of Su Haoge is also killed, and the Qing Kingdom is not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty at all. ”

Cui Chengxiu is very well-informed about Daming, and Li Liang's eyes widened when he said this, "What Aiqing said is true?" ”

"Oh, Your Majesty, every sentence is true, it is true, otherwise I would not dare to say anything in front of Your Majesty."

Li Lianglong's face was happy: "Doesn't that mean ......?"

"Your Majesty Shengming ......"

Choi Sung-so nodded resignedly. Jun Chen Er quickly conspired a foolproof strategy: it was still necessary to send 50,000 soldiers and horses, but these 50,000 horses would have to see the situation when the time came, and use this method to stabilize the Qing Dynasty first, and then they would come to a dark Chen Cang.

The king of the dynasty asked Cui Chengxiu to be an envoy, wrote a secret edict, used the imperial seal, carefully selected 100 beauties of the dynasty, brought gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, a line of 200 people, etc., pretended to be merchants and quietly took a boat through Shandong to land, and did not go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to see the prince, but went to Jinzhou outside the customs to see Lin Yi......

The large camp of the Ming army outside Jinzhou City is distributing guns, 3,000 brand-new self-generated flintlock pistols have arrived from the Beijing Division, and Lin Yi asked for more than 300 equipment equipment from the women's battalion.

Now there are more than 300 women, including Han girls and Mongolian beauties.

Lin Yi's woman has been established for more than a year. Because of the words and deeds of heroines such as Xiaoying, Mongolian beauty Zhezhe and Gao Guiying, now these more than 300 female battalion soldiers, dressed up in beautiful clothes, are dancers, and can sing and dance.

But put on a military uniform, hold a knife and gun, ride a war horse, can shoot a strong bow on the horse, can charge with a sword and gun, and can fight to the death when you get to the step.

But Lin Yi now asked them to master a new combat skill, that is, to equip them with a new type of musket.

The girls of the women's battalion were very excited to get their hands on the new weapons, and they looked here and there, and they were gesturing and chattering.

At this time, Gao Guiying came over with two relatives and cheered, and the women's camp of hundreds of people immediately quieted down, and the needles could be smelled, and the heroic posture of each station was upright.

Soon, Lin Yi took Zhezhe and Xiaoying to the front of the female battalion.

Before Lin Yi explained to them the composition of the gun, the functions of each part, and the demonstration of shooting, he told them that he would open a training ground here.

These female battalion soldiers felt fresh when they heard it, this is a battlefield, how did it become a training ground? What if the Tartars rush out while training?

But thinking about it again, there is no such possibility, and now tens of thousands of Tartars in Jinzhou City have been honestly trapped in it for more than 20 days. In the past 20 days, when they were just trapped in the city, the Tartars attacked and killed them from all sides, but they were beaten back again, and they did not dare to fight again until now, and the city gate was closed all day long, as long as the Ming army did not attack the city, they would not start a war, and they would be turtles with shrunken heads inside.

Even if they open the city and kill them, half of the 100,000 Ming troops will be more than enough to deal with them, and they won't need their women's battalion at all.

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he picked up a new type of self-generated flintlock pistol, and now everyone, including Xiao Yingzhe and Gao Guiying, had one in their hands.

Lin Yi first told them about the structure of the gun, the composition and function of each part, and then explained to them how to load bullets, how to open and close the safe, how to aim, and how to raise the gun.

After these lectures, Lin Yi demonstrated to them on the spot, and after skillfully loading the gun and loading the bullet, he then raised the gun without aiming at all, and pulled the trigger.

3 shots were fired, and the target 200 meters away, all three shots hit the bull's-eye.

The Mongolian girls and Han girls had fine eyes as big as copper bells, and then they clapped their little hands and screamed and cheered.

Xiao Ying, Zhezhe and Gao Guiying shouted the most fiercely.

What is Lin Yi saying in his heart? Lao Tzu is the ancestor of playing with guns, and when he was a special soldier before, all kinds of guns were disassembled and assembled within seconds with his eyes closed.

In contrast, these antiques are not very easy to use, if the guns of later generations, such as pistols, submachine guns, rifles to play a few tricks, and then a few shots, I believe it will make them scream more than once, but unfortunately now can not produce that kind of precision parts, even if there is that kind of gun and no kind of bullet, it can only be a luxury.

Of course others don't know what Lin Yi thinks in his heart.

Next, Lin Yi began to ask them to break down the exercises.

These girls are not recruits anymore, and everyone has kung fu in them. Otherwise, this end of the gun aiming at only one stance would have made them suffer, and now they can stand it, it is the preparation work before these designs, they have practiced for ten whole days.

After ten days, it was possible to achieve uniformity, hundreds of female battalion soldiers stood in three neat rows, and then gave an order, one to load, one to raise the gun, one to open the safe, one to aim, the action, the sound looked comfortable.

The real shooting training of the women's battalion began only after half a month. Lin Yi came to see them for shooting training every day, and the soldiers of the women's battalion practiced very seriously.

Now that they have besieged Jinzhou for more than a month, Hong Chengchou and the others are really staying in the city honestly, it seems that they are holding on to the city and waiting for reinforcements.

For the reinforcements of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Yi also knew in his heart, if he didn't come, he would eat as much as he came, and besiege the city to send reinforcements, he had successful cases.

Lin Yi wanted to see how long Hong Chengchou and the others could stay in Jinzhou City.

On this day, Lin Yi watched the shooting training of the soldiers of the women's battalion for a while, and suddenly someone from the Beijing division reported to him that the Ming army failed to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, Lu Jiude and Huang Degong, and the people on the road suffered defeats, Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, they also suffered defeats, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.

Zhang Xianzhong occupies the country of abundance in Sichuan, because Sichuan is surrounded by mountains, and the middle is the fertile Sichuan Basin. Therefore, it is said that it is difficult to go to the blue sky.

If you want to enter Sichuan, there are only two roads, one is the dry road in the northwest, Li Dingguo led the soldiers and horses to guard here, Lu Jiude and Huang Degong were killed by Li Dingguo and defeated.

One is the waterway that goes up the river from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. And this road was guarded by Liu Wenxiu, who was familiar with water warfare, and Zuo Liangyu and others could not attack for a long time, and finally Liu Wenxiu lured the enemy deep and was defeated.

Zhang Xianzhong's four godsons, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, all of them can fight well and take charge alone, and now Zhang Xianzhong has more than 200,000 elite soldiers, and the entire Sichuan has been occupied by him.

Zhang Xianzhong is now also called the emperor in Sichuan, with the capital of Chengdu and the country name Daxi.

"Lao Zhang is the emperor?" After Lin Yi got the report, he walked around the camp a few times, how to deal with Zhang Xianzhong? Of course he can't get out of his body now, Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu and others are not his opponents, suddenly Lin Yi's eyes lit up, and he remembered someone. To deal with Zhang Xianzhong, it must be this person!