In the minds of many soldiers, this Western Expedition is like the Northern Expedition that Xu Da and their Men carried out after Zhu Yuanzhang, the former Ming Taizu, founded the country and Hongwu, and it was the last step of reunification.

But for Wang Zheng, this western expedition is still to lay the foundation for the future recovery of Liaodong and the expansion of territory.

In the present 17th century, China will no longer lag behind the world, and Wang Zheng will never allow such a thing to happen in his own hands!

Therefore, it is imminent to pacify Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

On March 12 of the first year of Zhangwu of the Great Qi Dynasty, outside the city of Beijing, there were elite soldiers from the city defense battalions of Shandong, Huguang, Henan, and Jiangnan prefectures, as well as the village and town guard battalions, with a total number of about 400,000.

In addition, the Sharp Knife Battalion, the Xuanwu Battalion, the Zhenwei Battalion, and the five major battalions used by the forbidden army to attack the fortifications were three of them, and the Xiaocai Battalion, the Baggage Battalion, and the Firearms Battalion followed the army.

For a time, the eyes of the whole world were fixed on Beijing, and at noon on this day, Emperor Zhangwu Wang Zheng ascended the city tower and personally issued a letter to the world asking for thieves.

"Since ancient times, emperors have ruled the world, all of which are in China to control Yidi, and Yidi to serve China, and I have not heard of Yidi living in China and controlling the world. There are six of the two hundred and seventy in Mingzuo, at that time, the monarch was bright and the ministers were good, the Ming prosperous world, and the Han and Tang dynasties were far away, which was enough to dominate the world. ”

"Randa people with lofty ideals, there is still a sigh of inverted crowns... Since then, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty have not followed the ancestral teachings, abolished the program, first have the right to castrate the world, and then the parties will harm the country, which is the end of the mandate of heaven..."

"Madame, the monarch, the suzerain, the suzerain, the foundation of the world, the court is the foundation of the world, the Ming Zuo has been exhausted, and he is unable to settle inside and outside, so that the Central Plains rogue swarms, and the Liaodong barbarians steal the land, so that the people of China, the liver and brain of the dead are smeared, and the flesh and blood of the living are not protected, although it is caused by personnel, it is actually caused by man-made disasters and chaos..."

"Gu Yun, the thief has no luck for a hundred years, and today, it is true."

"At this time, the circulation of heavenly fortune, the Central Plains is vigorous, and among the billions of trillions, when a saint is born, the thieves are expelled, China is restored, the Chen Ji is established, and the people are relieved. In this era, I have not heard of anyone who governs the world and the people, and the envoys are trembling, and they are in the land of the twilight of the Qin Dynasty, and they can be honest. ”

"Fang Jin, the Great Qi Xiong started in the east, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, and it was at its peak. However, there are still more thieves in Shaanxi, Shu, and Yunnan who want to split the land and divide the territory, which is really hateful! ”

"Forget the surname of the Chinese ancestors, but take advantage of the national turmoil, build the name of the beast, think it is a good name, fake Dashun Yongchang to help the private, with the public to the king, with the mausoleum, remote control of the power, this Guan Shaanxi people also; The few forces are weak, blocking the army and taking risks, bribing the famous lords, and fake the emperor's name, in order to provoke the gap, and the people of Sichuan and Shu are also. ”

"The two thieves Zhang and Li were demagogic with natural disasters at the beginning, and the Liaodong Jiannu echoed each other from afar, so they had military power. However, the military power is vested, the ambition is arrogant, and there is no intention of regaining the lord's protection of the people, and it sweeps the middle volume, but it is a great harm to the people, and it is not the lord of China. ”

"Because of the chaos in the world, he was pushed by the public, led the division to the south, and obtained the prosperity of Jinling with a weak momentum, and took the risk of the Yangtze River moat, which is five years in vain."

"There is great Qi in the east, like the sun rising. As far as the order goes, the west reaches Bashu, the east connects Canghai, the south controls Minyue, Hu, Hunan, Han, Beggar, Lianghuai, Xu, Pi, and the south, all under me. ”

"Control the strings and hold the arrow, look at the people of my Central Plains, have no owner for a long time, and feel deeply guilty. In March of the first year of Zhangwu, he gathered millions of troops, chased the people of the north to save the people of Liaodong; The two thieves of Li and Zhang were suppressed in the west to protect the prestige of Daqi. ”

"Worried that the people do not know, but for my hatred, the family went north, and was still drowning, so I first overstated: the soldiers are coming, the people should not avoid it, and the orders of the Daqi army are serious, and there is no offense. Those who belong to me will always be in China, and those who turn their backs on me will run outside the fortress. Cover the people of my great Qi, and heaven will order my Chinese people to be safe, and how can thieves be governed! ”

"I am afraid that the Central Plains will be filthy and bloody for a long time, natural disasters and man-made disasters are coming, the dead have no plan, and the people are disturbed, so I led my great Qi soldiers to work hard to clear up, aiming to destroy the prisoners, eliminate the riots, so that the people can get their place, the shame of Snow China, and the people will wait for their bodies."

"For example, Mongolia and Korea are small countries such as the Western Ocean, although they are not of the Chinese race, but between the same heaven and earth, there are those who can know etiquette and righteousness, and are willing to be subjects of the Great Qi, which are no different from the people of Zhongxia, so I hereby warn."

This "Great Qi Confession for Thieves" was not compiled by Wang Zheng, but it was revised by his own hands, and the voice was sonorous and powerful, loud and sharp, and the soldiers and generals below heard the end, but they were silent.

Everyone felt the hair on their bodies stand on end, the blood was surging, and they even wanted to rush directly to the battlefield and wipe out the thieves in the west, they raised their swords and guns and kept waving them.

"Great Qi will win and unify China!"

"Great Qi will win and unify China!"

......

"Your Majesty, the camp of thieves has begun to move eastward, and our army's sentry cavalry and the local scouts in Datong have all discovered this matter, and it is indeed true!"

About five days after the release of the inscription, the Great Qi army learned the lessons of the Battle of Salhu of the former Ming army and decided to concentrate superior forces and defeat Dashun and Daxi one by one.

It is impossible for an army of 500,000 to be squeezed together, plus Emperor Zhangwu Wang Zheng drove the expedition in person, so there are five armies, and Wang Zheng led the three battalions of the Praetorian Guard, Xuanwu, and Zhenwei in the Chinese army.

The first of them is Li Zicheng, Wang Zheng's old enemy, and when Shaanxi settles down, he will spread the news that all parts of the country will besiege Sichuan and Shu, and since it has come out, it is necessary to integrate the Central Plains internally.

This time was different from the previous confrontations between Wang Zheng and Li Zicheng, and the Great Qi raised 500,000 troops to the west, known as a million kings, and everyone who heard it was terrified.

That is to say, the grievances that have accumulated between Qi Shun for many years, Wang Zheng is really moved this time, and he intends to understand them thoroughly.

Fang Cai Zuo Long Wei Dong stayed in the account to report, Wang Zheng sat in the first place in golden armor, and after hearing it, he just nodded to indicate that he knew.

Jiang Xiang and the general soldiers of Xuanfu, who were speaking in Xuanfu and Datong, were standing at the end of the queue with solemn faces, and those in front of them were all generals from within Daqi.

Regardless of seniority or military merits, neither of them is comparable to these people.

Originally, Jiang Xiang and the general army of Xuanfu should try their best to resist when Li Chuang went on the Northern Expedition, but they did not resist at all, and led their troops to defect early.

After the Qi army entered the Beijing Division, they hurriedly defected again, and these two people also surrendered repeatedly in history, and Wang Zheng naturally hated them.

This kind of person, even the staff has repeatedly suggested that he be killed, and he must not be used, but at the beginning, Beizhili did not stabilize, the situation in Shanhaiguan was not clear, and there was chaos in Yungui, so Wang Zheng could only use tactics to appease.

At first, Wang Zheng promised that he would be hired in the future and would not take their lives.

The only requirement is to dismantle and reorganize all the original Ming officers and troops in Shanxi, recruit new soldiers according to the rules, and then slowly replace the generals who are loyal to Daqi in other places.

At that time, Daqi was already the court of the world, and it was in full swing, although Jiang Xiang and the two were dissatisfied, their own private family did not move, and it could be regarded as covering the last fig leaf.

Whether it is a promise in the open, or a secret solicitation and appeasement, in fact, it is all an expedient measure that Wang Zheng can't get rid of, but now Wang Zheng obviously has no worries, and all his energy has been put into solving the internal troubles in the northwest.

Besides, the current Daqi is no longer the Daqi of half a year ago, Wang Zheng personally came here with a million Wang Shi, who would dare to say the word "no", so there is no need to be polite to them anymore.

The situation when the Great Qi was first established was different from that of the Ming Dynasty, although Shanxi was nominally attached, there were still many things to deal with, most of them were people who looked at the wind and made the rudder, and Wang Zheng needed to personally rectify this place in order to rest assured.

On the other hand, Wang Zheng attaches great importance to this battle, and he is not at ease when it is handed over to anyone, and only when he comes in person can he control the situation according to local conditions.

If this must-win war cannot be won, and China continues to be chaotic, the sinners of the ages will be themselves, so they must go all out.

Wang Zheng coughed a few times, which was regarded as sending a signal.

Gu Junen, who was standing beside him, was so smart, his face suddenly changed when he heard it, and then he took out a piece of paper from his arms that had not written anything, and reprimanded sharply:

"I didn't expect it, General Jiang, you are still communicating with Li Chuang, now that you have stolen goods, what else do you have to say, come on, arrest him and ask for beheading!"

In fact, the surrounding Daqi Wenwu ministers all understood that there was actually nothing on this piece of paper, but Gu Junen was stunned and pretended to be decent, and said that the piece of paper without words was a letter with a letter full of Dengdeng's crimes, and his skill was really not low.

The generals frowned even more, and said in their hearts that these literati are really not fuel-efficient lamps, they are all old drama bones, and they should be idle in the future or provoke them less, otherwise they can tell you that they are alive.

Jiang Xiang felt that his eyelids were jumping today, and there would be nothing good, so he had been very low-key.

After all, the Qi army's claim to be one million is different from the Great Shun Northern Expedition, although they seem to have no millions, they are armed to the teeth from top to bottom, and they exude this murderous aura all over their bodies.

Just by looking at it, Jiang Xiang knew that the Daqi army in front of him was not at all able to resist the team composed of the two thieves of Dashun and Daxi, in fact, he was already planning to find a time to return to his hometown, and accept it when he saw it.

But he didn't think about it, he still couldn't hide from it, even if he was already planning to let go, Wang Zheng still couldn't just let him go, and if he wanted to establish a new era, he naturally had to uproot all the unstable factors.

"Your Majesty, the last general—"

Jiang Xiang's face changed suddenly, and he wanted to shout something in a hurry, but those Praetorian Guard soldiers moved quickly, and when they went up, they blocked his mouth and took him out directly, and in the end, he could only hear the sound of the branch gradually disappearing.

A short time later, a muffled snort came from outside the tent, and the janission officer who was in charge of the beheading came to him.

"Emperor Qi, the master of Datong, Jiang Xiang, who fornicated with Li Thief, has been beheaded."