Tongzhou General Military Office.

After Liu Yunwei rushed back to Tongzhou City, he took Guo Yi back to the General Soldier's Mansion together, and called Lu Ying over, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty has agreed to my strategy for the expedition, and immediately give orders to the Hanwei Army, the towns of the Dangkou Camp, as well as the Lintao Commander-in-Chief Cao Wenzhao, the Xuanfu Commander-in-Chief Yang Guozhu, the Governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting, and the Governor of Huguang, Lu Xiangsheng, to go on the expedition with the army!" ”

"Order Wen Poyu, the chief military officer of Jizhou Town, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, Zhao Kaishan, the chief military officer of Guangning, and Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Lintao, each lead the troops and horses of their headquarters as the left army, and rush to Pinggu County to assemble before the first day of February next year, and I will personally lead the army as the chief general of the left army! He sent a letter to the Ministry of War, telling Sun Bingxian to directly transport the money and grain supplies of the Left Army to Pinggu County, and use Pinggu County as the place where the Left Army could concentrate on grain. ”

"Order Wu Xing, the chief military officer of Liaoyang Town, Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of southern Liaoning, Gao Hongguang, the chief military officer of Taining, Huang Fuming, the chief military officer of Haixi, Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Tashan, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, each lead the soldiers and horses of their headquarters as the right army, and rush to Zhenjiang Fort to assemble before the first day of February next year, and Wu Xing, the chief military officer of Liaoyang Town, is the chief general of the right army! In a letter to the Ministry of War, he told Sun Bingxian to transport the money and food supplies of the army on the right road directly to the right guard of Dingliao, and use the right guard of Dingliao as the place for the grain turnover of the army on the right road. ”

"Tell the generals of Zhulu that the two armies are scheduled to march at the same time on February 15 next year! Military aircraft must not be delayed, and whoever violates the order is, the law will be corrected on the spot! ”

Liu Yunwei issued several orders in a row, and Guo Yi and Lu Ying next to him recorded separately that after the two worked hard to draw up one order after another, they would give Liu Yunwei a look.

After Liu Yunwei saw it, he took the big seal of Zhenguo Gong and directly buckled it, saying, "Send it out immediately!" Your Majesty's decree will then be sent to the towns! ”

Guo Yi took several orders that had already been stamped with the big seal, turned around and walked out of the room, gathered several teams of elites, and sent out the orders one by one.

After that, Liu Yunwei said to Lu Ying and Guo Yi: "In addition, I will give orders to Huang Degong, the commander-in-chief of Jiangning, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, Zheng Zhilong, the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, as well as the governors and commanders of the northwestern provinces, and order all departments to step up the training of the army, closely guard all places, and strictly guard against the possible outbreak of the popular rebellion next year." Tell the commanders of the various departments that they must stabilize the place at all costs, and must not make the rear unstable when the army goes out! ”

Lu Ying quickly wrote a few orders, and then said: "Big brother, Huang Degong and Zheng Zhilong and other general soldiers of each town are okay to say, after all, they are the rank of general soldiers, and it is not inappropriate for the eldest brother to give them orders directly." However, the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and the governors of various places are eleven party members, and the eldest brother directly orders them will cause people to discuss? ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "It's okay! In terms of official position, I am the prince of Zhenguo appointed by His Majesty, and I have jurisdiction over more than ten towns and horses in Liaodong and Nuer Gandu, and I am not under those governors, and I am still a duke, and I am a super-grade existence, and there is nothing wrong with giving orders to those local governors. Besides, His Majesty's decree is estimated to be on its way to various places now. ”

Hearing this, Lu Ying relieved himself and handed the written several orders to Liu Yunwei. Liu Yunwei directly buckled the big seal and handed it back, saying, "Send it out immediately!" ”

On the same day, the four gates of Tongzhou City were opened, and dozens of teams of Hanwei soldiers rushed out of the city at night and rode their horses in all directions.

These night soldiers are different from ordinary fast horses, and the soldiers have two bright red flags on their backs, which are very eye-catching. I saw that when those soldiers who did not collect at night were riding at high speed on their war horses, the two command flags were like a pair of fiery red wings, flapping their wings in all directions.

The people around Tongzhou City saw that the team of mighty soldiers rode away at night, looking at the backs of those heroic soldiers, and they were all discussing what happened.

"You don't know, do you? The court is going to fight a big battle again! ”

"Haven't all the Manchus been destroyed by the imperial court? Who else is the court going to fight? ”

"O Mongolian Tartar! How many people did the Mongols kill when they entered the Central Plains, and now that there are Zhenguo Gong and hundreds of thousands of tigers, how can Your Majesty let go of the great revenge and not take revenge? ”

A pedestrian said to the surrounding people with a nose and eyes, causing the surrounding pedestrians to stop and surround them, which caused a burst of exclamations after a while.

A middle-aged man who was driving a car suddenly said: "The imperial court is going to war again, so isn't it going to raise taxes again?" ”

When the man who was talking to the pedestrians around him heard it, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "What do you know? Now that the imperial court is old and rich, after those Donglin rebels were eradicated by the Zhenguo Gong, the seized stolen money went to the sea, and the imperial court couldn't spend it even if it was a big battle for ten years, and would it care about the corners and corners scavenged from our people? ”

"Yes, yes!"

Many people next to him echoed their words.

"I heard the second dog who was on an errand in the yamen say that not only will the imperial court not increase taxes again, but also exempt all the previous salaries and salaries!"

"Like, what's there to worry about? Even if the imperial court has increased taxes, now Shinong industry and commerce plus the emperor's relatives and relatives are all paying grain in one body, and everyone will pay the tax increase, no one can run, and it is also happy to have those big people to pay the money with! What's more, the imperial court still needs to reduce taxes? ”

As the team galloped around all night, all kinds of discussions began to spread. However, unlike the previous war, when the common people were in a state of panic, this time the people not only did not have the slightest panic, but were excited by the imperial court's Northern Expedition, as if the heroic Han Dynasty and Yongle Shengshi who had only stayed in the book before were about to reappear in front of their eyes.

Ten days later, there were even thousands of scholars in the capital who marched with swords to cheer for the soldiers of the army who were about to go out, and tens of thousands of people traveled with them, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

After Emperor Chongzhen heard about it, he even went out of the palace to watch, which made the soldiers and people who marched crazy, shouting "Emperor Ming Wansheng" and "Daming Might", and the sound of long live was endless. It was night, and the whole capital fell into sleeplessness.

During this period, Chen Xinjia found an opportunity to invite Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, to the mansion, and after the two of them drank for three rounds, Chen Xinjia said with a smile: "Lord Sun, what do you think of this big victory?" ”

Sun Chengzong smiled and said with great certainty: "There is no doubt that we will win!" ”

Chen Xinjia nodded and smiled without saying a word.

Sun Chengzong asked, "What?" Could it be that Chen Ge Lao is not optimistic about this battle? ”

"Hehe, where will it be? There is a Zhenguo Gong personally out of the horse, there are Han Wei troops and all kinds of elite soldiers and strong generals to go out to kill the enemy, attack the Mongolian Tartars and the Korean State, how can it be invincible? I'm just a little worried about what will happen after the war. ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said a little unhappily: "What does Elder Chen mean, is he worried that he will be a master after the triumph of the Duke of Zhenguo?" Are you worried that when the Han Wei Army and the Dangkou battalion master will enter the court collectively because of their merits, they will disrupt the existing situation in the court? ”

"Huh."

Chen Xinjia smiled slightly embarrassedly, but didn't say anything, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Sun Chengzong snorted coldly, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said: "Zhenguo Gong has made a heavy oath before, he will guard the frontier for Daming after the war, and will never go south to enter the court!" Zhenguo Gong has already done this, isn't Chen Ge Lao still at ease? Or is someone else worried? ”

Chen Xinjia saw that Sun Chengzong was a little angry, so he said with a smile: "Lord Sun, where is this, Zhenguo Gong has made great contributions to the imperial court, and no one will be worried about anything." I also believe that Zhen Guogong is a big hero who keeps his word! Just ......"

"Just what? Chen Ge always said if he had something to say, don't hesitate! ”

Chen Xinjia said in a deep voice: "Lord Sun, you must know that there are more than ten town soldiers in the Hanwei Army and the Dangkou Battalion, after the victory in this battle, these generals will inevitably enter the court, and when the time comes, the court will really be full of martial arts!" In the future, will it repeat the disaster of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when the warriors disrupted the government? ”

Sun Chengzong laughed when he heard this, stood up suddenly, pointed at Chen Xinjia and said, "It's a shame that Chen Ge Lao used to be the secretary of the military department, so he doesn't trust my Ming soldiers like this?" How did the good situation of the Ming Dynasty come about? It was fought bloodily by thousands of Ming soldiers! How could the Zhenguo Gong and hundreds of thousands of Hanwei troops and soldiers of the Dangkou Battalion mess up the government! ”

"I—I don't mean for sure, I'm just taking precautions! It's called planning ahead! ”

"Bastard!"

At this time, Sun Chengzong glared at Chen Xinjia and said word by word: "Why doesn't the Donglin Party exist, doesn't Chen Ge Lao understand?" Party strife! Now that the Donglin Party is gone, does Chen Ge feel that there is no goal, so he turns his attention to the martial arts soldiers? ”

Chen Xinjia was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No! No! That's definitely not what I meant! ”

Sun Chengzong didn't pay attention to Chen Xinjia's defense, but just said coldly: "Don't start the disaster of party strife again, otherwise, Zhenguo Gong will definitely kill!" In the heart of Zhen Guogong, whoever dares to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty and who dares to leave trouble Huaxia will die! ”

After speaking, Sun Chengzong ignored Chen Xinjia, whose face changed greatly, and walked away.

After a long while, Chen Xinjia came back to his senses and muttered, "Alas! Your Majesty! ”

Chongzhen four years, the end of December.

The joy of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and all parts of Daming are already full of laughter, and the capital is full of lights and joy. Although most of the people are still poor, but fortunately, the thieves have been extinct, and the Tartars are about to be destroyed.

And the governors and general soldiers of all parts of the Ming Dynasty no longer have the intention of celebrating the festival, and they are all red-eyed to prepare for the upcoming war.

The governors and commanders of various places successively received the orders of Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, and the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, and began to dispatch troops and collect grain and grass. In order not to delay the date of the assembly of the army, the general soldiers of the towns of the Dangkou camp, as well as the chief military officer of Lintao Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Yang Guozhu, the governor of Shaanxi Sun Chuanting, and the governor of Huguang Lu Xiangsheng did not even care about the Spring Festival, and stayed in the military camp to prepare for the expedition. Hong Chengchou, Huang Degong and other governors and commanders were also busy to prepare for the possible outbreak of thieves and unrest in the coming year.

In the busy figure of the governors and general soldiers in various places, Daming ushered in the fifth year of Chongzhen, and the new year has arrived.