When the Korean monarchs and ministers were discussing, there was a report from Dongchang on the table of Chongzhen of the Qianqing Palace in Jingshi, with two pieces of news on it: first: Later Jin Emperor Taiji was ready to send Mang Gurtai to lead ZLQ to attack Korea after receiving the grain sold by the Karaqin Mongols; Second: Recently, the people on the Houjin side have often haunted SX's Datong, and have had secret contacts with my Ming officials and businessmen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at the news, Chongzhen frowned and said, "Is the news true?" ”

Zhu Zhong, the governor of Dongchang, said: "Return to Your Majesty!" After repeated confirmation, the news is true! Now ZLQ is already receiving some of the grain sold by the Karaqin Mongols, and when it is finished, the army will immediately set off for reorganization. ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded and said, "Then do these businessmen and officials who have been in contact with Houjin have any clues?" ”

Zhu Zhong said: "Return to Your Majesty!" This is mainly the responsibility of the Jinyi Guard, the old slave's subordinates can only go so far, and it seems that a lot of fine works have been sent to Beijing over there, and the specific purpose is to do what the old slave is investigating! ”

"Well done! I'm very satisfied! Stand down! I know! Report to me with the latest information! Chongzhen waved his hand.

"The old slave retires!" Saying that, Zhu Zhong respectfully withdrew.

After Zhu Zhong withdrew, Chongzhen suddenly said, "How is it?" Have you verified the news of the East Factory? ”

At this moment, a dark shadow appeared behind Chongzhen and replied, "Your Majesty! The news is true! Subordinates are also sending people to keep an eye on them at all times! ”

"Excellent! It seems that this Wei Zhongxian's ability to do things is still very good! Chongzhen said in his heart, and nodded: "You have to keep an eye on the situation in Datong, and report it at any time as soon as there is progress, and what's going on with Jinyiwei, the reports of the East Factory have come up, and their reports are not!" How's the situation on Jinyiwei's side? ”

"Back to Your Majesty! There is still Jinyiwei investigating the situation in Datong, and I don't know why it has not been reported to His Majesty's subordinates, but recently the governor of Jinyiwei and some officials seem to have been in contact with each other more frequently, and his subordinates are sending people to keep an eye on it! As soon as there is any progress, it will be reported to His Majesty! The shadow replied.

"I know! Stand down! Do your best! In addition, everyone should pay attention to safety when doing things! Chongzhen said.

"Subordinates obey! Thank you for all the brothers, Your Majesty! Subordinates retire! With that, the shadow disappeared silently, as if it had never been.

Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, rubbing his temples and thinking about the problem, at this time the door was pushed open, and Wang Chengen came in with some snacks and hot tea, "Your Majesty!" Grab a bite to eat and take a break! ”

Chongzhen took the snack and said, "Big companion! This cold day is going to let you out of the palace again! ”

"Your Majesty! Doing things for Your Majesty is a blessing for an old slave! Your Majesty has commanded just say! Wang Chengen said respectfully.

"Prepare some hot tea and snacks first, and then go out to spread my will and recruit the three cabinets to enter the palace urgently," Chongzhen commanded.

"The old slave obeys!" Wang Chengen said

"Be careful on the road! Add extra clothes when it's cold! Chongzhen commanded.

"The old slave will! Your Majesty Xie cares! So saying, he went out to run errands.

Soon the three of them came, sat down after the ceremony, and Chongzhen said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is still your Aiqing's rest time on this cold day, but the situation is urgent!" I have to summon you again."

Could it be that something went wrong with the transaction? Impossible, right? Isn't everything going well? The three of them thought. Chongzhen saw the doubts of the three of them, so he handed over the report of Dongchang and said, "The three Aiqing have all read this report. ”

The three of them looked at it, Shi Fenglai's expression did not change, Sun Chengzong frowned, and Xu Guangqi frowned slightly, after all, people's profession is not military.

"What do the three Aiqing think?" Chongzhen Road.

Shi Fenglai said: "Send troops to North Korea, although we are the suzerain, but now we can't send troops to help, last year was the same, even if we want to send troops, one to have no soldiers, two to no silver, three to no food, the minister thinks that my Ming is now powerless to support!" ”

Chongzhen turned his head to look at Sun Chengzong and said, "Teacher! What about your opinion? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "What Shoufu said is very right! But first, as the suzerain, not to help, it will damage the prestige of our Ming Dynasty, although we did not help last year, just because we also encountered difficulties in the Ming Dynasty; Second, if North Korea is broken by Houjin again, our Ming Dynasty does not do something, then North Korea will succumb to Houjin and become the logistics of Houjin, and then Houjin will attack our Ming without worries! Third, my Ming Dynasty's attitude towards North Korea will directly affect Mongolia, if my Ming Dynasty does nothing and watches the subject countries being broken by the Houjin, then Mongolia will also take refuge in the Houjin in the end, so that my Ming Dynasty's entire northern front is worried! ”

Xu Guangqi didn't wait for Chongzhen to ask a question and said: "The old minister seconded the statement of the second assistant!" ”

Chongzhen said: "What the teacher said is very right! That's what I'm worried about. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty! I'm powerless! The current situation is just as Shousuke said, there are no adjustable soldiers, and there is no money and food. If Your Majesty really wants to support, then if you want to transfer troops, the Beijing camp can be mobilized right now, but this Beijing camp has just been trained for less than two months, and the combat strength is worrying, and your Majesty can only invest the silver taels you just earned from Mongolia into this money and grain. ”

The other two all nodded together to second, but Chongzhen shook his head and said: "The Beijing camp has been trained for more than a month, if it is just to defend the city, plus firearms and Lu Xiangsheng's command, there should be no problem, besides, there is only one ZLQ In addition, why do I have to pay for and pay for North Korea this time, I should let North Korea pay for it itself!" ”

"What?!" The surprised mouths of the three of them were about to fall, after all, the Daming Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and now the vassal countries are in trouble, of course, they should support unconditionally, this was the case during the Wanli Dynasty, but now they want the vassal countries to pay their own money and food, which is detrimental to the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!

Chongzhen smiled and said, "I know what you think, but you also understand the current situation, I don't have any money, but we can't help in this situation, right?" And North Korea gave us this money and grain, which is like robbing Houjin, right? As long as the king of North Korea personally writes to ask us to send troops and voluntarily provide this military salary, grain and grass, it will not lose the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, you Aiqing thinks! ”

"Your Majesty! That being said。。。。。。 But...... Shi Fenglai didn't answer after thinking for a long time, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why.

"I will draw up a will for Governor Li in Korea, it depends on how he behaves, what do you think!"

The three of them looked at each other and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Xu Aiqing!" What about the new artillery! ”

"Back to Your Majesty! The new method of building the Hongyi cannon is now not only a lot lighter, but also the range has been doubled, and the accuracy is also higher, and the rate of fire is faster, as for the new artillery that His Majesty said is still under development, the main problem is that the quality of the steel cannot keep up, and the craftsmen are discussing how to improve the steelmaking process. Xu Guangqi returned.

"Good! Hard work and many craftsmen! After success, I will be rewarded! Also, how many new Hongyi cannons are there now? Chongzhen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty! There are 10 doors! Xu Guangqi said.

"Okay! All allocated to Lu Xiangsheng! Let them get acquainted with it these days! Chongzhen commanded. That's right! How's the new musket getting done? ”

"Samples have been created and performance tests are still underway! I want to be able to do it in another month! Xu Guangqi said. Suddenly, he remembered something and said: "Thank you for the assistant sent by Your Majesty to the minister, the minister is very satisfied!" ”

"Haha! Can the people I recommend be bad? Chongzhen laughed and said, just half a month ago, Song Yingxing received Chongzhen's holy decree when he was confused, and he was named the household servant, and he could enter Beijing. Song Yingxing hurriedly entered Beijing to face the saint, Chongzhen and Song Yingxing talked a few words, and sure enough, he was also a terrible scientist as said in history, so he directly ordered to assist Xu Guangqi with all his might.

"In this case, I will immediately draft an order to Li Guozhen, let him do his best to complete this matter, and you Aiqing will have dinner with me today!" Chongzhen said happily.

On the other hand, Li Guozhen, who was in North Korea, received the will of Emperor Chongzhen the next day, and immediately got up from the beauties' bed and rushed to meet the king of Korea.

When Li Liang saw Li Guozhen coming to see him in such a hurry, he suddenly had a bad premonition, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Envoy, why are you so panicked?" ”

Li Guozhen said: "This envoy has received definite news that Houjin's Mang Gurtai is about to lead ZLQ to attack North Korea!" ”

"What?!" When Li Qi heard this, he was so shocked that his wine glass fell to the ground, because he remembered the humiliation of last year, did he have to do it again this year? He didn't want to! So he immediately hugged Li Guozhen and said, "I implore the angel to save North Korea!" Xiao Wang is grateful! ”

Li Guozhen said calmly, after all, as an envoy of a great power, you must have the bearing of an envoy of a great power, and this must be high! said: "Don't worry! Didn't the envoy say that there was a batch of equipment for the Beijing camp to give to you, and this batch of equipment was enough to equip 50,000 troops! How many troops do you still have in your capital, and how many more troops can be transferred back from the rear or from the front? ”

"Back to the envoy, there are still 100,000 troops in the national capital, and if you call it urgently, you can transfer up to 100,000!" Li said.

"Can these 200,000 troops resist it?" Li Guozhen asked

"Block 。。。。。。 Unstoppable! "Li Yu is self-aware, and the combat strength of the North Korean army is really embarrassed to say.

"That's it! Hurry up and send over the food to be rewarded to the soldiers, and then transport the equipment in TJ Harbor, equip it immediately, and then immediately withdraw the troops on the front line to the national capital, and the front line to the national capital will also be able to withstand the iron cavalry of Houjin! Li Guozhen analyzed the next way

Li Qi nodded and said, "Angel good idea, Xiao Wang will do it immediately!" What else does the angel command? ”

Li Guozhen pondered for a moment and said: "There is another way, in addition to what I just said, you immediately write to the Great Ming of the Heavenly Empire, and ask the Great Tomorrow of the Holy Ming to send troops to support you!" You can't resist it with your current strength alone, right? ”

Li Liang hesitated for a while and said, "Can the Kingdom of Heaven send troops?" He didn't believe it anymore, after all, it hadn't been long since last year's incident.

"Now, although I am also in trouble, I can't watch my vassal country being bullied, right? Otherwise, you see, you have written to our great tomorrow, imploring the Son of Heaven of Shengming to send troops to help North Korea, and take the initiative to bear the salaries and food and grass required by this army, and our great tomorrow will definitely send troops when we see you so sincere! Li Guozhen thought for a while.

"Do you want Xiao Wang to bear this military salary, grain and grass?" Li Qi was stunned.

"Why don't you think about it, even if our Ming Dynasty wants to send troops, can we transfer so much military salaries and grain and grass at this urgent moment? Then when the army is mobilized and then drive over, it is estimated that your country has been captured by the Tartars, and when the time comes, not to mention that your silver, grain and grass have been snatched up by the Tartars, even the beautiful queens and concubines in your palace are estimated to be 。。。。。。 You don't need to say more, don't you know the person Mang Gurtai? Li Guozhen said earnestly.

Li Liang hesitated for a moment, as if he had made a lot of determination: "Okay!" Xiao Wang did what the angel said, and it was done, as long as Houjin was repulsed, the king would thank the angel heavily! ”

"Haha! Don't dare to be! Don't dare to be! Without further ado, it will change! Hurry up! Li Guozhen encouraged.

"Xiao Wang, let's do it!" Saying that, he went to the anxious courtiers, Li Liang immediately notified Wu Da of the right council and Yin Ji of the left council to implement the matter, at first the two of them were also hesitant, but Li Liang repeated what Li Guozhen said, and the two immediately agreed, so they hurriedly transferred 300,000 loads of grain to TJ Port in exchange for this batch of equipment, and then Li Liang immediately wrote a letter of state requesting the rescue of the Ming Dynasty and handed it to Li Guozhen, and Li Guozhen also immediately sent guards to send this letter of state and the song of him to sort things out here. and instructed the guards to be sent to the capital in an expedited manner of 500 li.

On the other side, after Chongzhen received the national letter, he was very happy, and said secretly: "This Li Guozhen is really a talent!" So he immediately convened the cabinet, passed it immediately after deliberation, and went to Beijing to gather all the officers and men of the army to make an important speech before the war. Because Chongzhen had greeted Lu Xiangsheng before, he had already asked the soldiers to prepare their outfits and go to battle immediately! The whole army was quickly assembled, Chongzhen looked at the neat soldiers standing below, nodded with satisfaction: "The New Year has just passed!" I would like to give the soldiers of the whole army a good old age! I wish all the soldiers more meritorious deeds this year, and pay homage to the generals! ”

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! The crowd shouted in unison.

Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Now that there is such an opportunity to establish meritorious service, I have received a distress letter from the Korean State, and after I and the ministers have decided, I will now send the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to North Korea!" Promote my Ming national prestige! ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! There was another roar of applause.

"Soldiers! Although Korea is not our same race, they are our vassal states, so they can also be said to be our people of the Ming Dynasty, can you bear to watch your brothers and sisters being bullied by the Tartars? Tell me! Chongzhen yelled.

"Can't! No! The crowd yelled.

"Then can you defeat the Tartars, establish meritorious deeds, return triumphantly, and raise the prestige of our Ming dynasty in Korea?" Chongzhen yelled again.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! The crowd yelled again.

"Excellent! I look forward to your triumphant return! I hope that under the leadership of Lu Dashuai, you will move forward bravely and destroy the Tartars! Raise the prestige of our country! Chongzhen yelled again.

"Daming Wansheng!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted.

"Daming Wansheng! Daming Wansheng! The crowd was full of blood.

"Serve!" Chongzhen Hao said. Soon, the wine came up, Chongzhen picked up a big bowl, and said, "I'll do it first as a respect!" Soldiers! I am waiting for your triumphant return! Dry! After saying that, I drank all the wine in one gulp, and suddenly felt that the whole person was a little floating. But he still endured and stood firmly.

"!" The soldiers shouted.

"We, the Fifth Army Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion, also wish the brothers of the Shenji Battalion a triumphant return! Dry! The soldiers of the other two battalions also shouted!

"!" The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion roared, and immediately felt that they were heroes, and wanted to rush up immediately to kill the Tartars and establish meritorious deeds!

"Good! I'm beating the drums for you! Chongzhen said proudly, picked up the drumstick and beat it rhythmically.

"Expedition! Daming Wansheng! Lu Xiangsheng stepped on the war horse, and the leader began to walk towards the outside of the camp, followed by the red military flag designed by Chongzhen and the national flag, and in the middle was a domineering five-clawed golden dragon, and under the golden dragon was a big clear word! In the future, Chongzhen is preparing to abolish the practice of using the general's name as the military flag, and all adopt this military flag, and each unit is recorded by number, followed by artillery, car battalion, cavalry, bird soldiers, and infantry. Every individual is holding his head high and his spirit is high. Today, His Majesty the Emperor personally encouraged us and personally beat the drums to see us off. Who else? It's just us!

Looking at this imposing army slowly moving away, Chongzhen also secretly prayed in his heart; "You must win! Old man bless! ”

After that, Zhou Yuji continued to lead the remaining two battalions for harsh training, while Chongzhen got into his BMW royal car with the help of Wang Chengen, and went back to the palace to rest, but he drank too much and couldn't work。。。。。。