Approaching the New Year of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the unprecedented flow of people gradually approached the "Heroic Outer City" in the south of Yingtian City. In addition to many villagers and ordinary people within the scope of the Central Governor's District, many people from as far away as Shandong, Hebei, and south to Liangguang and other places also rushed over as if they were rushing to take the exam. Of course, some other places may be too far away, and there is no very convenient waterway in winter, but there are sporadic people who have prepared in advance.

The flow of people from all over the world is estimated to be as high as a million, and even in the relatively affluent area of Jiangdong, near Yingtian, it seems that the gradual approach has begun to cause food prices to rise slightly in some places.

"Do you want to intercept them with sailors and troops? Or is it someone who has something to do with it? If that's the case, the vast majority of these people who are planning to gather from all over the world should not be able to approach Yingtian... Zhou Dayong said bluntly at this time.

When he heard such news, Xiao Xuan was somewhat relieved on the one hand, and also somewhat solemn. I am glad that I can accurately grasp such news in advance, which shows that at least the internal and external situation system under my rule has not been completely out of control, at least in terms of state is much better than I imagined. Of course, Xiao Xuan also knew that he was not Emperor Yang Feng Yang or an immortal cultivator similar to the great power attributed to him, or even the head of state who was burdened with the responsibility of nation-state competition in the modern competitive environment, if his rule lost an important pillar, even if it was only narrowed to the scope of the pro-defense force, it would bring unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, at this time, Xiao Xuan understood that his test was coming, of course, the time had come for some people to submit their names. Just when he got the news, Xiao Xuan immediately launched a mobilization order for the Datong Society, the Central Academy and related craftsmen, the "basic militia" in the heroic outer city, and the elite meritorious veterans of the former volunteer army through the new pro-guard battalion and the internal and external intelligence system, and in addition to these people, some female relatives affiliated with these people were also mobilized, and a total of about 200,000 forces were made. They quickly used some prepared "compliance equipment" such as pot lids, cylinder covers, special crutches, and stones covered with socks to carry out collectivized training and even confrontation drills. A relatively tight combat system with the 100-man team as the core has been formed. Although according to the standards of the regular army, the "modernization training" that is only about half a month to a month is of no too practical value, it also distinguishes these people from the basic "rabble." All the people were also informed that those who retreated from the battle would be severely punished, those who performed well would be "credited", and those who were killed or wounded in battle would receive special pensions according to the standards of second-class local security operations.

Generally speaking, an important criterion for whether the general "group fighting" of the rabble and the "armed fighting of the southern ethnic groups" with a certain intensity can rise to the level of being on a par with the general court level officials and soldiers in the middle and late dynasties is whether there is organization and discipline. If there were strict rewards and punishments and familiar organizations inside, it would be at least the level of "triad" or "southern clan armed forces", not the level of school conflict in the general sense. The ability to adapt to "public war" will also be very different.

The training of about half a month may not be able to play a qualitative role in itself, but it is completely different when there are a large number of former military backbone armed forces, and many people have seemingly inconspicuous discipline training in ordinary times.

"Battalion commander! Is there a big war coming? Why only send us these guys? If you encounter a decent rebel force, isn't it a waste of life? "A former volunteer veteran backbone recalled the offensive and defensive battles in Beijing many years ago, the level of war had far exceeded that before the Chongzhen Dynasty, and now if you want to use these weapons that do not even have sharp bamboo guns to deal with regular warfare, it will undoubtedly mean hitting a stone with an egg. Of course, if it was when he was a teenager, most of the backbones who were quite simple in heart would not ask such a thing. But nowadays, as a family person, it is completely different.

"This battle is not a confrontation with the rebels in the real sense, nor is it a real war, but some people plan to return our Ming to the situation of the previous dynasty before His Majesty came to power through a gathering and petition, abolishing the new law and restoring the old law, but the king is benevolent and unwilling to kill those people without carrying regular weapons and not committing foul plays, so it is up to us to defend the emerging system and our own interests, understand?"

"Got it!" At this time, many people's expressions were also firm, and they understood the real purpose of those who planned to enter Beijing. Of course, there are also many people who have complained about Xiao Xuan's policies on the cultural and commercial property rights system in the past two years, and do not agree with many practices in the past two years, but at this time, more and more smart people have begun to understand the truth of "one is prosperous, and one is lost".

Unconsciously, in the past ten years, the entire Ming Dynasty has appeared a "new interest body" that is not inferior in scale to the Manchurians of those years, and is not exactly the same as the original social interest groups and interest structure, if we return to the original social system, not only will the interests of many people in the world be harmed, but the interests of these groups that rely on betraying traditional morality, betraying past families, or having labor interests and military interests that cannot be obtained under the previous mechanism will also be greatly damaged.

In this way, when the "gathering" groups from all over the country approached the periphery of the various gates of Yingtian City, the thousands of squadrons that had been prepared long ago, 100,000 young and strong women, as well as "strong women" of similar scale, and even a very small number of "children's regiments" in charge of logistics, had already emerged from all directions outside the city with a neat lineup.

Xiao Xuan actually thought of the same spy methods as President Jiang and President Jiang in the Republic of China era to deal with similar gathering activities. However, I still feel that there is a lot of room for improvement. Relying on only a few young and strong spies to target the gathered people is too explicit and unsightly. However, if some "spy families" and "girls of the Three Youth League" are allowed to pretend to be old and weak women and children to go into battle, then the government background and government identity can be diluted to a large extent. Xiao Xuan suddenly thought: If he had prepared earlier, educated more talents, and mobilized a group of "young and beautiful girls" who had practiced martial arts to deal with the "people who don't know the truth", maybe the effect would be better?

(End of chapter)