The harem concubines were willing to come to see the excitement, of course, out of curiosity about the female soldiers, and when they saw seven or eight hundred female soldiers who did not let their eyebrows shave, they praised loudly one by one, and Xiao Kunxing was simply fascinated.

She remembered Huang Han's instructions, and said very seriously: "Father, mother, and sons, they will practice martial arts with their hearts in the future, and when they grow up, they will lead troops to fight for the country like General Qin!" ”

The child's words were unscrupulous, Chongzhen heard his daughter's bold words and smiled: "Okay! Ambitious, my father likes it. ”

Many ministers who watched the ceremony were talking about it, speculating that it was probably because the Marquis of Dongping had insufficient troops, otherwise how could even female soldiers be used.

No matter what the ministers said, this military parade was very effective, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians and eunuchs in the capital saw the "Red Banner Army" with their own eyes, and they could feel self-confidence and unyielding from the smart eyes of ordinary soldiers.

Most people believe that with such a strong "Red Flag Army" stationed in Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan will be able to sit back and relax.

Huang Han, who led his men and horses out of the capital, chose to enter Zhangde Mansion in Henan Province from Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Shunde Mansion, and Guangping Mansion, because this is the eastern side of Taihang Mountain, and the gentle terrain is conducive to marching.

The official road from the capital to Zhangde Mansion is in good condition, and with the physical strength of the "Red Banner Army", it is no problem to march 80 miles a day for half a month, and besides, due to the consumption along the way, the baggage carried will become lighter and lighter.

At first, the situation on the road was fine, but after four or five days of walking, it was completely different, that is, too many homeless people took their families to the official road, they hoped to find a place to live, but often saw that the Ming army team was desperately fleeing.

Seeing the military-civilian relationship at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Han realized that one of the reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was that the common people not only did not trust the government's army, but also feared it like a tiger.

It doesn't matter if the common people can't tell the difference between good and bad, Huang Han is very thick-skinned, and will boast of being a "big savior" to let the people of Shengdou recognize the "Red Flag Army" and support the glorious, great, and correct self.

Since leaving the capital, the general banner of the propaganda team has been writing all the way, and the most written is a concise sentence: "The 'Red Flag Army' will not rob the people if they starve to death!" The second most written content is "Good son, Lang would rather die than be a thief!" ”。

The third in line is a little long: "Anyone who slaughters and robs the common people is a thief in the eyes of the 'Red Banner Army', and they must be killed when they are chased to the ends of the earth!" ”

Such as "Officers and soldiers, if they kill good people and take meritorious deeds, they will be added three times!" "The 'Red Flag Army' and the common people have a deep brotherhood! "The 'Red Flag Army' protects the territory and the people, and kills the rogues, and it is still bright and clear!" And so on, propaganda slogans with limestone brushes abound.

After marching more than 400 miles, Huang Han issued an order to establish a supply station in Sun Liuzhuang, 60 miles south of Baoding Prefecture, near the official road, to house the displaced people.

Zhuangzi's defense is not worth mentioning compared to Baoding Fucheng in the north, and it is not comparable to Boye County, which is forty miles away in the south.

In order to protect themselves, it is impossible for the prefectures and counties to release the exiles into the city, and this cannot be blamed for the indifference of the civilian and military generals stationed there.

Because too many fortified cities were breached, the civil officials and sages who guarded them were stupid to read the books, and they saved a thought of benevolence and created a catastrophe.

It is difficult to distinguish between homeless people and rogues, and the consequence of being put into the city is that the common people in this city will become homeless people and rogues, and civilian, official and military generals will die nine times out of ten.

Thirteen years before Chongzhen, there were very few civil and military generals who were willing to surrender to the Liukou, and under normal circumstances, the officials who were not able to escape after the city was broken died miserably, and the mob that lost its restraint was extremely cruel, and they naturally had class enmity with high-ranking officials and nobles, and they were extremely vicious.

Huang Han took a fancy to Sun Liuzhuang because it was more than 400 miles away from the Beijing Division, and it was less than 500 miles away from Tianjin's Wei Port, and the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" from the sea could arrive in two days and the infantry in five days.

A nail firmly driven here will directly lead to a much safer four or five hundred miles to the north and east, which should reduce the damage of the rogues and allow many farmers to continue farming without having to flee.

Of course, Huang Han would not leave too many people to attract suspicion, leaving a small number of young musketeers with good roots as seeds, leaving some small families in the western Liaoning corridor to garrison the guards, and later select a part of the hungry people to be taken in for military training to exist in clan armies or local regimental training.

The Han people have an idiom "chasing the Central Plains", which shows the importance of the Central Plains, and the Huang Han layout here is facing the Central Plains, not only to engage in population but also to expand the influence of the "Red Banner Army".

As the name suggests, Sun Liu Zhuang is a Zhuangzi with the surnames of Sun and Liu, due to the continuous displacement, robbery and theft have become commonplace, and the population of nearby villages has to gather in Zhuangzi to hold on, and farming has been abandoned.

This is a ripple effect, and it can be regarded as a butterfly effect, even if it is just a large group of displaced people passing by, and there is no fierce fighting.

Even if the common people from all over the country have entered Zhuangzi and escaped the disaster, it will make their already unsustainable living conditions even worse. This is due to the trampling of the fields and the lack of field management, which directly affects the autumn harvest.

If the officers and soldiers extort some of the already scarce grain, the three or four thousand people gathered here are likely to directly turn into homeless people and outcasts.

More than 9,100 soldiers and auxiliaries of the "Red Banner Army" came to camp outside Sun Liuzhuang, and the two patriarchs and a group of clan elders here were frightened.

"Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings." It vividly shows how difficult it is for the good people of the late Ming Dynasty to survive!

On the occasion of the passage of thousands of troops, the elders of the Sun and Liu families sighed, and they all thought that the way of heaven was unfair, and the livelihood of the thousands of people in Sun Liu Zhuang who were already unsustainable due to the continuous displacement of people was afraid that it would become increasingly difficult in the future.

It's not a problem to hide! In the end, Patriarch Liu volunteered to take dozens of clansmen to drive a few pigs, a dozen sheep and dozens of stones of wheat to the Ming army camp to work in the army, hoping that the commanders and masters of the army would be able to raise their noble hands.

When the patriarch Liu who led the team trembled and came to the camp of the "Red Flag Army" two or three miles away from Zhuangzi, he had a different feeling.

They found that the officers and soldiers here were very angry, no one raised their eyebrows, and no one threatened them, and when they learned that it was the villager who took the initiative to come to the labor army with pigs, sheep, and grain, a general who patrolled the camp immediately expressed his gratitude, and sent a team of men and horses to send them to the Chinese army to meet the Marquis of Dongping.