After the imperial meeting, the general soldiers of the towns did not make any stop in the capital, and rushed back to their stations one after another. At the end of August, the armies began to move as planned, and by the beginning of September, the defenders of the cities were basically in place, and they began to repair the city walls and strengthen the city defenses. The grenades were also escorted to each city by the brocade guards, basically one per person.

This grenade is simple to use, just pull out the safety and throw it in a crowded place with enemies, no professional training is required, but the effect is much better than a bow and arrow, no need to aim, no need to effort, as long as the enemy dares to approach, keep it and make him a hedgehog.

The process of the 'strong wall' was very fast, and it was all over by mid-September, and all the cities on the line from the capital to Zunhua were in full battle, just waiting for Houjin to come to 'sneak attack'.

The process of this 'clearing' is extremely slow, or it has no effect at all. Why? Aren't the peasants of the Ming Dynasty afraid of death?

Of course not, mainly those landlords are reluctant to give up their land, who knows how long this battle will last, if it will take a few years, this land must not be abandoned for a few years, how much money will be lost. Besides, they didn't believe that the Houjin cavalry was so boring and would go to the countryside to plunder, so most of the landlords refused to go, let alone go to Tianjinwei, and they didn't want to go to the nearest county seat.

The landlord is unwilling to leave, the peasants are not willing to leave, the land is gone, what will they eat?

Zhu Cijiong couldn't do it, he had to open the royal racecourse and hunting ground in Tianjin, anyway, he didn't have the time or the heart to play. Five acres for one person, go and plant them, the first year's land rent is free, and the planting is your own.

In this way, there are still not many people willing to leave their hometowns, and in the end, nearly 1 million farmers in more than 10 counties have migrated to Tianjin, and less than 200,000 have migrated to Tianjin!

Zhu Cijiong is out of luck, they can't save them if they want to, they can only ask for more blessings, those who are lucky may be able to escape, and those who are unlucky will even be robbed of people and livestock.

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On the vast Mongolian steppe, more than 10,000 Jurchen cavalrymen wearing yellow soft armor were galloping wildly, the sound of rumbling horse hooves was deafening, and the hideous horse chopping knife was shining coldly.

Directly in front of them is a huge camp, countless yurts stretching for dozens of miles, this is the gathering place of this expedition to the Ming Dynasty, more than half of the Manchu tribe and the Monan Mongolian tribe are gathered here, waiting for Huang Taiji to come.

The assembly place finally arrived, Huang Taiji raised his right hand, raised the golden leather whip high, the flag guard behind him raised his right hand, and then everyone raised their right hand like a wave, and more than 10,000 horsemen began to slow down, and finally stopped less than a mile away from the camp.

Huang Taiji reined in his horse, and looked at the huge camp that seemed to stretch to the horizon through the Manmeng princes and nobles who greeted him, and his heart couldn't help but rise with pride. Since defeating the Horqin Ministry, he has been the master of this grassland, and now, he wants to take the athletes on the grassland to the south, to occupy the flower world of the Central Plains, to enjoy the bright spring of the south of the Yangtze River, to dominate the whole world!

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On the second day of October in the second year of Chongzheng, Huang Taiji led an army of 100,000 from the Karaqin Department of Mongolia, crossed the dilapidated Great Wall, crossed the endless Yanshan Mountain, and came to the valley between Zunhua and Santunying, hidden in the woods on both sides of the official road, and did not leave!

Is he going to organize a huge autumn tour of Yanshan? Of course not, he is waiting, waiting for reinforcements from Daming Mountain Customs!

He deliberately dug several gaps when passing through the Great Wall, stayed near the gaps for a day, and then hurried in the direction of Zunhua for half a day before returning to this valley.

He just wanted to make Da Ming mistakenly think that he would go straight to Zunhua, Zunhua garrison was lax He knew, he had been a Mongolian merchant a few years ago to investigate in person, the dilapidated city wall and the lazy guards, he didn't pay attention to it at all. Moreover, he also arranged an internal response in Zunhua City, as long as his army arrived, it would create chaos in the city, and then he could easily occupy Zunhua without much effort.

The reason why he wanted to create the illusion of going straight to Zunhua was to make the emperor of the Ming Dynasty anxious, and after Zunhua, it would be an endless plain, wouldn't he let his Jurchen cavalry gallop when the time came! Emperor Daming will definitely send people to support Zunhua in a hurry, and the closest to Zunhua is the Shanhaiwei of Liaodong, Daming can fight with his Jurchen cavalry head-on is also the Guangning Iron Cavalry of Liaodong, he wants to set up an ambush here, annihilate the Guanning Iron Cavalry in one fell swoop, and then he can swagger around in the Ming Jingshi, no one can catch up with his iron cavalry, and no one can stop his footsteps, he can do whatever he wants in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can only hide in the capital and tremble!

His abacus is good, this trick is also very good, Chongzhen fell on his evil at that time, the total army of Shanhaiguan led 4,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry to rush to Zunhua to support, but here he made dumplings, and finally the whole army was destroyed!

But now it's Chongzheng instead of Chongzhen, Zhu Cijiong has already arranged everything, he is destined to wait here stupidly!

After waiting for four days, Huang Taiji felt that something was wrong, it was more than two hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and Guanning Tieqi should have walked even if he walked! He spat on the ground angrily, and then led his troops to Zunhua, this time it was not a fake pounce, but a real pounce, and the next morning 100,000 troops arrived outside Zunhua City.

Huang Taiji lit a bonfire on a high mountain in the north of the city as agreed, and soon a little fire was also lit in Zunhua City, those were not bonfires, but someone was setting fire to the house!

However, there was no chaos in the city as Huang Taiji imagined, and the fire was all extinguished in less than a quarter of an hour, and all the people who set the fire were caught.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps in the governor's yamen of Zunhua City, and a thousand households dressed as city guards entered the governor's yamen and went straight to the backyard. Before approaching the backyard, a team of brocade guards suddenly came out of the darkness, "Zheng Zheng Zheng" They quickly pulled out the embroidered spring knife, surrounded the people, and the small flag leading the team shouted: "What kind of person, dare to run here to spread wild?" ”

The thousand households were frightened, and said anxiously: "I am a thousand households guarding the city, and suddenly someone in the city set fire everywhere, and I am here to report to the governor and the governor." ”

Sun Chengzong is nearly seventy years old, and he usually doesn't sleep very deeply, in fact, he was woken up when the footsteps just sounded, and at this time he had already walked out with his coat on.

As soon as he walked outside the door, another team of brocade guards came out of the shadows, quickly pulled out the embroidered spring knife, surrounded him, and carefully guarded, and the little flag leading the team said worriedly: "Master Overseer, be careful of the assassin." ”

Sun Chengzong gently pushed him aside and said calmly: "Don't worry, he is not an assassin, he is really a thousand households guarding the city." ”

When the thousand households heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Master Inspector, you still remember me." ”

Sun Chengzong raised his right hand and said kindly: "Get up, you just said that someone set fire to the city, how many people, where did they set the fire?" ”

Only then did the thousand households remember that they had come to report the news, so they quickly got up and arched their hands: "Lord Qiyu, there are about 100 people, and they set fire to the northeast and northwest corners of the city. ”

Sun Chengzong thought about it when he heard this, and then asked, "Is there anything abnormal outside the city?" ”

The thousand households replied: "There is no movement outside the city, only someone has lit a bonfire on a high mountain in the north of the city, I don't know if it is an early hunter." ”

At this time, Sun Yuanhua also ran over with his coat on, and he asked suspiciously: "Taifu, what do you think?" ”

Sun Chengzong pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "It's just a small skill of carving insects, it must be that the Houjin army is coming, and it is in the north of the city." ”

As soon as his words fell, the criminal officer in Zunhua City also came, and he knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Master Qiqi, those spies have been recruited, they are the internal response of the Jin army, and they are ready to open the north gate after setting fire." ”

Sun Chengzong nodded when he heard this, and asked, "What is the code?" ”

The criminal officer replied: "The code is that the person who opened the north gate threw more than a dozen torches on both sides of the official road. ”

Sun Chengzong waved his hand when he heard this: "Well, it's hard work, let's go down." ”

With that, he looked up at the sky and fell into deep thought.

After about a tea time, his eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Herald......." ”