In mid-February of the 25th year of Chongzhen, Shi Kefa had already marched into the suburbs of Gyeonggi.

He looked at the mighty army in his front and back vision, and stroked his beard.

The 60,000 Jiangbei Army and the 140,000 local army and town converged into an unprecedented army, which was walking in a long line on the land of Beizhili and pressed towards the capital.

Everywhere they went, the people fled in a panic and avoided it.

The military discipline of the Jiangbei Army and the local army cannot be compared with the new army of Beijing, let alone the tiger army of the king of Tianjin. The Jiangbei Army and the local army could loot the people at any time. It is not strange to even insult the wives and daughters of the common people and kill the wives and children of the common people.

Therefore wherever the army went, the people fled for the wind, more fearful than they were when they saw the thieves.

Of course, for Shi Kefa, this is all a small section. Sending troops to the capital to Qingjun's side, and abolishing the evil law of the Son of Heaven is the great righteousness. In the original history, Shi Kefa could sympathize with Zuo Liangyu, who killed hundreds of people, and naturally he would not take the inconsequential people in his eyes.

In fact, Shi Kefa is now extremely high-spirited.

Now that the 200,000 army is in hand, Shi Kefa really feels that he has the confidence to control the situation in the world. In the past, the Jiangbei Army always felt a little worse against Li Zhi, and they could not defeat Li Zhi. But this time against the 20,000 new army of the Son of Heaven, Shi Kefa had 12 points of certainty and won the battle.

Wu Sangui rode next to Shi Kefa, thoughtful along the way, but not as excited as Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa looked at Wu Sangui and said with a smile: "What is the eldest uncle thinking?" ”

Wu Sangui is now the only army leader who controls the entire Jiangbei Army of 90,000 people, and his strength is far greater than before. He was not as respectful as he used to be when he treated Shi Kefa. Hearing Shi Kefa's inquiry, he rode on his horse and said lightly: "The last general is wondering how many soldiers and horses Li Zhi will transfer to rescue the Son of Heaven." ”

Shi Kefa smiled: "The eldest uncle is too worried. ”

With a wave of his hand, Shi Kefa said: "The envoy of Hongyi has made it very clear that this time we are attacking the Son of Heaven, and there are two foreign aides from the north and south to help our army. ”

"In the south, Tianzhu's 200,000 soldiers and horses attacked Li Zhi's Burma, and in the north, Baiyi's tens of thousands of cavalry attacked Li Zhi's three northeastern provinces. Li Zhi's troops are only so many, and he has to deploy defenses everywhere, so it can be said that he is too busy to take care of himself. Where can we draw an army to fight us? ”

"The 60,000 weapons of our Jiangbei Army are similar to Li Zhi's soldiers and horses, plus more than 100,000 local military towns, Li Zhi is not our opponent without 100,000 people."

"With Li Zhi's current situation that is on fire on all sides, how can he draw 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight us?"

Other people in this era did not have telegraph stations like Li Zhi and did not know things thousands of miles away. For the sake of military secrecy, Li Zhi did not publish in the newspapers the news of the defeat of the Cossacks in December. So Scofa didn't know anything about the north, and thought that the Cossacks were still attacking the northeast.

Wu Sangui thought for a while and said, "This soldier has a point, but I am too worried. ”

After a pause, Wu Sangui said: "A month later, this soldier will be Lord Shoufu!" ”

If Shi Kefa succeeds in attacking the capital and controlling the Son of Heaven this time, he will definitely completely control the imperial court. At that time, Shi Kefa will be supported by the officials and gentry of the world, and will definitely become a great prime minister like Cao Cao and Gao Huan. According to the name of the Ming Dynasty, it is the head of the cabinet.

Shi Kefa stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Don't worry, uncle, this time when I enter Beijing, my army will be able to clear the king's side." A month later, the eldest uncle will probably be the king of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Wu Sangui blinked and looked at Shi Kefa in surprise.

Shi Kefa is not idle, knowing that Wu Sangui now holds the authority of the Jiangbei Army, he cannot be underestimated, so he naturally wants to encircle Wu Sangui. In order to let Wu Sangui work hard to kill the enemy, he promised to let Wu Sangui be crowned king.

Wu Sangui is going to be a very popular minister, and he is the king of the land.

Wu Sangui's face flushed with excitement, looked at the generals on the left and right, and laughed.

"Shousuke, rest assured, I will definitely attack the capital for Shoufu and personally send the Son of Heaven to Shousuke."

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On the school field outside Fanjiazhuang City, one hundred and fifty steam tanks were parked side by side on the dirt ground, looking very powerful.

Li Zhi took Zheng Kaicheng, Zhong Feng, Hong Chengchou and others to climb onto a steam tank, and stood on top of the thick-shelled tank more than two meters high and looked at the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army lined up on the school field.

In front of the tank, there were 60,000 equally silent Tiger Ben troops.

After the total annihilation of the Russian Cossacks, the 20,000 tiger troops immediately returned to the Normal Village. After a month of repairs, all 60,000 Tiger Ben troops are now in a state of full combat readiness.

The military discipline of the Tiger Ben Army is excellent, and at this time, standing on the school field in a red military uniform, it can be said that it is as slow as a forest, not moving like a mountain.

These 60,000 people will send troops to the capital to attack the Jiangbei Army and hundreds of thousands of local military towns.

The Jiangbei Army attacked Gyeonggi a month earlier than Li Zhi expected, and Li Zhi had to adjust his plan and send troops to attack the Jiangbei Army in advance.

Only 150 steam tanks, which were originally planned to be produced, were produced and had to be put into the battlefield. However, the assembly line of shotguns is very efficient, and more than 100,000 shotguns have been produced. In addition to transporting 110,000 muskets to Li Laosi in Burma, 20,000 of the Tiger Ben Army on the school field are now equipped with this new type of musket.

This time, Li Zhi wanted to completely annihilate the Jiangbei Army, the private army of the gentry who had shamelessly made it.

With a wave of his sleeves, Li Zhi said loudly: "Soldiers, over the years, our Tiger Ben Army has fought bloody battles outside the Saiwai, in Korea, in Japan, and in the South Seas, sacrificing their lives and forgetting to die, lest they not be able to die on the battlefield with the horse leather shroud, for what?" ”

Li Zhi's words have long been printed into documents by officials and sent to officers at all levels. So Li Zhi read it on the tank, and the officers at all levels below held up the document to read, so that every soldier knew what the king of Tianjin said.

Li Zhi said loudly: "We fought bloodily for every common person in the Ming Dynasty. We hope to use our swords and guns to fight the enemy and create a prosperous life for the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army looked at the king of Tianjin who had made a generous statement.

"However, we fought in front, but someone kept stabbing us in the back!"

"These despicable villains are the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the gentry's private army, the Jiangbei Army!"

"We beat the Manchus, and they beat us from behind. We fight the thieves, they hit us from behind, we fight Nanyang, they also beat us from behind. In their eyes, as long as they can destroy our town in Tianjin, as long as they can abolish our policy of not evading taxes in Pingtianfu, they can join forces with any force that harms our Han people. ”

"These gentry are one of the most filthy groups in the history of our Han people."

"In the land of the Han people, there has never been such a shameless ruling class."

With a wave of his sleeves, Li Zhi said loudly:

"If we don't completely defeat these gentry and eliminate these huge groups of parasites that live on the flesh of the Han people, our cause will be a mirage. There is no way to talk about the revival of our Han people! ”