Chapter 375: Chasing after the responsibility to break the situation and start moving

Mu Yunyao is becoming more and more pregnant, but she is more and more worried about her parents and family in Kaifeng City, but the Li and Luo coalition forces are no longer besieging Kaifeng City, and Kaifeng City is temporarily safe, so she is relieved.

At the beginning of October, the weather began to slowly get colder, and the harvest of the year was almost sorted out and put into storage, and the people who were mobilized were not afraid of delaying the production and farming, and the weather was cold, so there was no need to worry about the many epidemics in the summer heat, in general, it was time for war.

At present, Auman is following Li Meng's side, although it is said that the income is equivalent to the total number of camps, but the actual position is very vague.

In fact, Li Meng's salary to Auman was taken out of the income of the inner government, strictly speaking, this Auman did not belong to the Jiaozhou battalion, but Li Meng hired himself, according to the West, this should be called a military consultant, in the Jiaozhou battalion, everyone also called Mr. Ou, Mr. Ou, blurred.

In that exercise, the tactics mentioned by Auman and the on-site drill shook the Jiaozhou battalion a lot, but there was some resistance to its implementation.

The main problem is that, according to Auman, according to the current firearms configuration of the Jiaozhou battalion, a large square is necessary, and at present, the two battalions are one battalion, and the musketeers do not need to care, and the large phalanx of 1,600 people is exactly the establishment of Spain and France in a certain era.

However, for the Jiaozhou battalion, the problem is not the military aspect, but the adjustment of the status of the personnel, the two battalions are combined into one battalion, the two battalions have equal status, after the two are merged into one, who will be the commander of this large battalion, and how to arrange the positions of the officers and assistants at all levels below, these are all problems.

Seeing that the overall situation in the south has been decided, the soldiers of the Jinan battalion are about to pour out, and any changes will inevitably have a great impact on the morale of the army.

But after more than ten days of thinking and deliberating. Li Meng turned this dilemma into a good thing, and what inspired him to solve the problem was the modern troop establishment, military divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions, and at present, there are only 1,000 battalions and troops under one side on his side, and several generals have to face more than a dozen, or even more than 20 thousand generals.

This kind of command is inevitably too open and inefficient. And although the Jiaozhou battalion can give these thousands of dollars the glory of the future, and now they are rich, but these thousands of people in recent years under this system, there is almost no hope for promotion, people always have to rise step by step to have motivation, to have the direction of efforts, but in this system, in addition to making great contributions. Except for the lucky ones on the side of the town, the rest of the generals may not have this opportunity.

And the merger of the two battalions into one large battalion will not only be beneficial in military terms, but also add a set of positions out of thin air, and a passage for promotion.

It would be better for two battalions to be combined into one regiment. The president of a regiment commanded two battalion commanders, and the general candidates of this regiment were those two battalion commanders, one of whom was in the middle of the ground, and the vacant positions were replaced by others. This is an official position that can be promoted a lot, and the second is a large phalanx of 1,600 people.

This news is the same as the policy of changing the nationality of the military households in Natuntian, which is to first blow the wind in the army before it is implemented, saying that after another big war, the merit will be promoted according to the level of merit.

The position of the regiment commander, the deputy regiment commander, the regimental firearms commander, etc., not to mention after they are promoted. Those vacant positions, for a while, the entire Jiaozhou battalion, from the deputy of the non-commissioned officer corps at the most basic level, to the general manager of the senior officer battalion, were very excited, and the hope of promotion was just around the corner, and it was needless to say how to behave in the next battle.

The Tuntian soldiers were excited to gain the status of free people. The non-commissioned officers were thrilled by the prospect that suddenly unfolded before their eyes. One policy after another, morale is getting higher and higher.

This policy of combining two battalions into one regiment. Let the Jiaozhou battalion be amazed and abnormal, the handsome man is really a very person, obviously a bad thing, a troublesome thing, but it has become a good thing to inspire the generals.

Among the Lai Party and the Yan Party, some of them were close to the Jiaozhou Battalion and well-informed, and they all sang carols to this policy, as usual, and some people wrote poems praising the new big square, describing it as a "towering city" and the like, which caused a lot of uproar.

However, in the experiment, the two battalions combined into a large phalanx of 1,600 people, especially the military formation of the Jiaozhou battalion, is indeed more than twice as spectacular as the visual effect of the 800 people.

Up and down were happy, but a secret conversation between Li Meng and Auman did not circulate, Auman's view of this generous position is that it may not be the most advanced, but at present this is the most appropriate.

In present-day Europe, the spear phalanx is gradually getting smaller, and the proportion of musketeers in the army is increasing, and the shooting of muskets is becoming the main force of firepower, while spears are only used for firecrackers to resist the onslaught of cavalry and as mobile fortifications.

However, the ability of the Jiaozhou Battalion Weapons Manufacturing Bureau is not possible to produce so many firearms to meet the needs, and when the firearms are insufficient, they can only be dominated by spearmen.

Although Li Meng knew that this phalanx, even a small phalanx of eight hundred people, was enough to win most battles, but there was a sense of urgency in his heart.

At present, Europe has gradually thrown off the Ming Dynasty, if we do not get China out of this chaotic situation as soon as possible, I am afraid that this distance will become larger and larger, and the next humiliation and darkness will be repeated in another way, the situation is critical.

Auman also mentioned the problem of armor, the Jinan camp is almost all near Jinan, you can quickly browse it on horseback, although you can see it roughly, but Auman can still analyze some basic problems, according to him, in Europe in this era, the soldiers of the infantry regiment can already wear half-body armor and wear metal helmets.

These armors were a simplified version of the upper body of the Western armor that Li Meng had obtained in Nanjing, and the complex joints were replaced by devices similar to sandal belt buckles, and the same was true for helmets, without those complicated mask mechanisms, although there were not so many elaborate carvings and decorations, the defensive effect was almost the same. However, the comfort of wearing has decreased a lot. The shoulders are also more uncomfortable, but the extra is also in exchange for the convenience of wearing, the previous full body armor, you have to find someone to help, but also use a screwdriver, now these soldiers themselves can easily put on. Such armor is no longer penetrating with shotguns and the like, let alone bows and arrows.

This kind of armor. It was almost impossible for a bow and arrow to penetrate a defense that allowed hundreds of whites to defeat tens of thousands of Indians with stone weapons in the Americas, and it was very difficult to break through this defense with swords and spears. As a result of Ou Man's opinion, most of the armor of the Jiaozhou battalion was on the body of the Ma army and the personal guards, and the ordinary infantry could only wear thick cloth clothes and felt hats. This defense is really unmentionable.

Regarding this matter, Li Meng could only smile bitterly when he said it, the creation of plate armor and helmets was very troublesome for the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau of the Jiaozhou Battalion.

Weapons Manufacturing Bureau of the Jiaozhou Battalion. It also needs a large number of young and strong laborers to work, but Shandong's military sources and field cultivation also have a great demand for manpower, and the subway mines and weapons manufacturing of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau relatively require skilled labor. The requirements for the quality of labor are not low.

For various reasons, the manpower of the Jiaozhou Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau has always been a problem, and Li Meng also thought about producing the armor of the soldiers, but Sun Hedou, Ding Xu and Guo Dong all wrote a joint letter to complain, if this armor consumes too much labor, if it consumes too much on the armor, then the manufacture and repair of weapons will be affected.

You must know that in addition to the hundreds of thousands of regular troops in the Jiaozhou battalion today, there are also wealthy forces that are armed with salt and attached to the Jiaozhou battalion. These require all kinds of weapons, and the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau is already quite difficult to meet the needs of these people, and if manpower is invested in the armor, there will definitely be a gap.

In today's Jiaozhou Battalion Weapons Manufacturing Bureau, the wages of the blacksmiths are twice as high as when the peace years were at their peak, but even so, the blacksmiths are still willing to return to their hometowns to farm and are unwilling to continue to work like this. It's just too tiring. Exhausting to death.

Hearing this, Auman. Garris also felt quite helpless. In Europe, such armor is produced in large quantities, and he is a soldier who does not know much about the manufacturing process, but he knows the price, the half-body armor and helmet used by a spearman or musketeerman are about three or four ducats, which are converted into silver weights, according to Auman's experience in working for merchants in Macao, this is at most seven or eight taels of silver.

This price is not expensive, and the equipment of European soldiers is also purchased in large quantities, not to say that the workshop can't produce it, why is it so difficult in Daming.

In the past few months since he came, the size of Shandong and the size of the Jiaozhou battalion are almost the same as those big countries in Europe, and the living standards of civilians are even higher than those in Europe, why is this armor so difficult to produce, Li Meng just smiled bitterly at Ouman's question, thinking that maybe the industry at this time has fallen behind a lot.

It's just that these foreigners recruited by themselves have an Auman. Garris, with a Zhang Lipu, this is the luck of luck, and I can't expect any craftsmen who are proficient in industry to come to my side stupidly.

In the area of Shouzhou, there was a rare quiet time for the battle between the officers and soldiers and the 5th battalion of the left of the revolution, and the internal fire that happened some time ago made the eunuch Lu Jiude think that he had a chance to win, but in addition to dispersing some of the soldiers and horses, the 5th battalion of the left had its own battalion leader, and the situation of fighting for each of them was improved.

Lao Hui Ma Shou should be in the middle of the dispatch, Wei Xiaobei and Lin Chengcheng cooperated left and right, but they fought well, Liu Liangzuo was not good at fighting, and suffered a few big losses.

During the period, there was something that made all parties very speechless, after Ge Li Yanhe Yilong led hundreds of soldiers to flee with his life, he actually defected to the subordinates of Ma Shiying, the governor of Caoyun, and everyone thought to themselves Aren't you unwilling to be recruited, why did you go to Ma Shiying at this time.

But there are also rumors in the fifth battalion of the left that Lin Yangcheng and He Yilong have always had a contradiction, and this time it is likely to take the opportunity to make trouble, He Yilong also thought of this danger, so he was unwilling to recruit together.

After Liu Liangzuo, the adjutant general of the officers and soldiers, suffered several heavy losses, he simply led his soldiers and horses to retreat to Shuoyang Town, north of Shouzhou, and led his troops to defend it.

If you want to take down a town this year, you can't do it without a large number of firearms and several times the enemy's strength, so Liu Liangzuo shrank into the town, and he couldn't get into it when he was idle, not to mention that the soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution were to that extent, and the army's morale fluctuated so badly after the fire was merged, and he couldn't organize a strong attack.

Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, simply hoarded soldiers and horses in the Shouzhou area. Let Huang Degong defend in Zhengyang Town, he responds by himself, compared to the continuous supply of grain and straw sent to him in Nanjing and Lianghuai, the fifth battalion of the left side does not have much food to use, and it is the best policy to consume it until the other party disperses by itself.

Although he had been urging the imperial court to send reinforcements, on the other hand, Lu Jiude scolded the Huaiyang army of the Jiaozhou battalion stationed between Yingshang and Yingchuan every day, and scolded them for sitting back and watching their friendly troops be attacked. But there he did not move, with ill intentions.

However, during the period of late September and early October, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, and the officials who jumped up and down in Nanzhili were silent.

The combined forces of Li and Luo defeated Ruzhou (that is, Ruyang) in Runing Mansion, and the army was already very close to Fengyang Mansion, if the Huaiyang army of the Jiaozhou battalion was not blocked on the road, hundreds of thousands of troops would come over, and no one would be able to resist it. It was not only the officers and soldiers who were affected, but also the senior generals of the 5th Battalion of the Revolutionary Left who had decided to surrender. They are all a little impetuous, thinking that now that the camp is so close to their side, it must be happier to join the camp than to be recruited by the official army!

However, after the combined forces of Li and Luo went east to Mengjiazhuang, they no longer moved, and went all the way south to attack the city. Because at the end of September and the beginning of October, the soldiers and horses of the Guide Mansion were all assembled in the area of Chenzhou, plus the actions of the Yanzhou Army on the Caoyun Waterway, the German Army, the Yanzhou Army, and the Huaiyang Army. At this time, the location and direction are aimed at the Li and Luo coalition forces in Runing Mansion, and such a confrontation situation is naturally necessary to be cautious.

The world-famous King Chuang and Cao Cao are all so performing, so that the fifth battalion of the left completely died of this heart, it seems that their choice is not wrong, everyone is afraid of this Shandong series of soldiers and horses.

About a mile outside Shuoyang Town is Wei Xiaobei's camp, and the two sides have been facing each other so unembarrassed for nearly five days. The weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and the soldiers are listless.

But in the early morning of the fifth day of October, the backbone soldiers and horses in the camp of Wei Xiaobei, the king of the troubled times, were urged, these backbone soldiers and horses were all veterans, once they got up early, they naturally knew what was going on, but they were all talking in private, what was the use of this.

Chen Bei and Liu Qin joined the army three years after the start of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution. Over the years, I have experienced a lot of life-and-death battles. I also understand some of the situations.

"When you get up so early, do you crash into the official dog? Hua Ma Liu built the camp as if it was a hedgehog, and it was not a death when he hit it! ”

"Come on, we're not stupid above, this is the end of the fire, force the brothers to rush forward, don't be afraid that the big guy will scatter and won't do it for him!!"

After Liu Qin finished speaking, he was whipped by a leader behind him with the back of a knife, and scolded viciously in a low voice:

"Hurry up and let Lao Tzu enter the team, and give me such a shout, Lao Tzu will slash the two of you with one sword!"

These two lazy figures shrank their heads and hurriedly got into the team, and the leaders at all levels under Wei Xiaobei, the king of troubled times, had already rushed out, nervously maintaining order, especially not letting the soldiers be chaotic and noisy, and the team was organized to this point on weekdays to the point where they could rush forward with siege weapons.

But there has been no movement here, as if waiting for something, the sky is getting brighter and brighter, and everyone knows that if they don't do it again, I am afraid that the suddenness of this morning's attack will be gone.

Chen Bei was just about to ask, but he heard the shouts of several leaders around him to dodge them, and when he was wondering, he saw a cannon pushed up from behind, two oxen pulling there in front, and more than a dozen people pushing behind the cannon, and even more exaggerated, there were people constantly padding soil under the wheels of the cannon wheels.

The person pushing the cannon is dressed in the old back to the camp, but this cannon is not the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, nor is it the artillery seen in the ordinary battalion, the gun carriage is not the kind of box land, but the kind of huge subway wheel, this cannon slowly advanced from the rear team, and the soldiers under the king of troubled times around him could no longer suppress the surprise in their hearts, regardless of the restraint of the leaders, and began to talk in a low voice.

Chen Bei stood on tiptoe, glanced at it a few times, turned around and whispered to Liu Qin:

"Mother, when did I go back to the old man and go back to the old man to die, when did he have this big guy, and this day is suddenly so much better!?"

Liu Qin on the side had an idea, dragged Chen Bei to signal him to whisper, and said:

"I look weird at this cannon, but you haven't heard of it lately. The above is discussing the matter of recruiting peace......"

"Don't dare to talk nonsense...... But I heard about it from my fellow villager yesterday, but I haven't given a clear explanation! If it's his mother's Zhao'an, why is there such a fuss today! ”

"Maybe it's those officers and soldiers on the west side of Yingshang."

The conversation between the two was very interesting, you must know that the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution called the soldiers and horses on Lu Jiude's side "official dogs", and the soldiers and horses on Chen Liu's side called "officers and soldiers", and the title was respectful and degraded, and the comparison of the strength of the two sides was clear at a glance, Liu Qin paused. Spoken:

"I'm thinking, maybe our fifth battalion is with Zhao'an over there in Yingshang, not with this side."

Speaking of this, Chen Bei's eyes widened and he said in a low voice:

"These fucking aren't all officers and soldiers, where did they come from so many weirdness."

As he was talking, the cannon was already slowly rolling out of the array, and there was another panic in the formation of Wei Xiaobei, the king of the troubled times, and the leaders at all levels drove the soldiers to follow the movement of the cannon slowly.

Such a big movement. Of course, the officers and soldiers in Shuoyang Town had already seen it, and soon heard the sound of gongs and drums, thinking that it was to transmit warnings everywhere and let the officers and soldiers of the town prepare for defensive operations, but they were not nervous. This defensive area looks like a hedgehog.

The soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution attacked several times in vain, and it is estimated that this time there was also less thunder and rain, and after pushing more than a hundred steps forward, the cannon aimed at the portal of the fortifications of Shuoyang Town. After driving away the homeless soldiers who were leaning too tightly on the artillery, a dozen people began to get busy nervously.

The distance is too far, and you can vaguely see that there is a door cannon there ready to shoot, Liu Liangzuodi's subordinates are all smiling, thinking that this distance of 300 steps, the family of the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing, what kind of artillery can hit this side, even if it hits. and what damage can be done to the fortifications?

Chen Bei and Liu Qin were both tiptoeing to watch the launch of the artillery, and the rest of Wei Xiaobei's people were similar, all of them were here to watch the excitement, although there was no shortage of artillery in Wei Xiaobei's camp, but this group of people who came back to the camp had different preparations before firing the artillery.

A brazier was placed on the ground, and someone looked around with a red-hot iron chisel and shouted:

"Cover your ears!!"

The surrounding homeless soldiers burst into laughter. There were even people shouting there: "It's not like Lao Tzu hasn't seen a cannon fired." What kind of rack are you going to take there......" The shouting artilleryman pulled out two balls of cotton and put them in his ears, and smiled contemptuously. He picked up the red-hot iron drill and inserted it into the hole of the gun.

"Boom !!!"

The cannon roared, Liu Qin stood there and only felt that his ears were buzzing, the ground was trembling slightly, his body staggered and retreated backwards, he thought that the dense queue must have a companion behind him, but there was a gap behind him, and he sat on the ground with his butt in pain.

The sound and power of this cannon were much, much louder than the artillery they had seen, and many of the homeless soldiers who watched the lively around the cannon were shocked to the point that they were temporarily deaf in both ears.

Look at the entrance of the fortifications in Shuoyang Town, it has collapsed, if you have good eyesight, you can see the people in the fortifications panicking, this fortification is simple, a cannon smashed up, the masonry and soil blocks stirred up, but it is splashed, and the killing and injury to the officers and soldiers in the surrounding areas is also great.

Before the displaced soldiers in the camp of the King of Troubled Times had time to react, the dozen or so artillerymen began to get busy again, cleaning the chamber with a wet rag, then wiping it dry, stuffing it with gunpowder and tamping it, and then putting in the shells, the action was fast and efficient, and soon the preparations before the second launch were completed.

This time, the people around the artillery didn't dare to watch so carelessly, and the people who fired the artillery didn't need to remind them, and the homeless soldiers ran to it, leaving a large area to be vacated.

The second cannon roared out, and the fortification portal on the periphery of Shuoyang Town was hit again, this time it was also a coincidence, and it fell not far from the last gap, which also shows that the artillery operation technology is excellent, and the gap caused by the two shells is superimposed, and the fortifications of Shuoyang Town have been opened.

Chen Bei, who had only recovered a little from sitting on the ground, said:

"This is definitely not the old Huihui's cannon, this is the fucking home of the officers and soldiers in the west of Yingshang!!"

He thought he was suppressing his words, but at this time his hearing in both ears had deteriorated so much that he almost shouted out these words, if he was heard, he would be killed, but now the people around him couldn't hear what he was saying. It's all in this state of confusion.

Two shots and one pass. There was no one in sight in the fortifications on the opposite side, and the leaders of Wei Xiaobei's battalion took weapons and desperately beat the shocked subordinates, asking them to form a formation and move forward, and now the fortifications of the officers and soldiers have been opened, and the next thing is very simple, rush in and kill.

Soon, the mood of the displaced soldiers behind the cannon was stirred, looking at the gap in front of them. They also knew that victory was at hand, and each of them shouted and raised their weapons as they rushed towards the town in front of them.

However, the tide of the outcasts rushed forward, but in the middle it was as if it had been cut by something invisible, and no matter how chaotic the formation became during the run, there was a narrow area in the middle, into which no one wanted to step into it—the line from the muzzle of the cannon to the gap.

Two sounds of shaking mountains and cannons, and gaps in the fortifications. There are also soldiers of the 5th Battalion of Gezuo who rushed over with a shout, Liu Liangzuo in the city knew that the general trend was gone, and he didn't care about organizing a counteroffensive, he couldn't beat the other party in the field, and there was a street battle in the city. Not to mention the soldiers under his command.

If there are soldiers, there will be glory and wealth, but you must also have a life to enjoy, and these things are still very clear. With hundreds of old soldiers, they fled in embarrassment in the direction of Shouzhou City.

Except for the soldiers of the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion, no one remembered that the key role of this battle was an artillery, because this powerful artillery unexpectedly opened the gap in the fortifications on the outskirts of Shuoyang Town, and gave the officers and soldiers led by Liu Liangzuo a great psychological shock.

Everything happened in a state of surprise, and by the time the brigade of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution Zuo rushed into the town, the overall situation was decided.

This artillery is naturally the general artillery of the Huaiyang Army of the Jiaozhou Battalion. An artillery piece easily knocked out one wing of the Nanzhili official army. This can really be said to be a thousand pounds in four or two, and it is extremely ingenious, of course, Liu Liangzuo's army, which is not even as good as bandits, is too incompetent is also an important reason.

After the troops of Wei Xiaobei, the king of troubled times, poured into Shuoyang Town, the right flank of soldiers and horses led by Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, was completely exposed in front of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo.

Despite the civil strife in the 5th Battalion of the Revolution, it was still slightly stronger than the officers and soldiers, and Liu Liangzuo led the sudden collapse of the troops and horses. All of a sudden, the balance of strength between the two sides suddenly became clear. Ma Shouying and Lin Yangcheng were on the front, and Wei Xiaobei was on the left flank. If you can't attack and retreat, the gateway to Jiangnan will be wide open, if you say that you are defending the city, it will take a lot of effort for the other party to take it down, but the other party is also driving straight in.

At present, except for Nanjing and Fengyang, the rest of the places are extremely empty, and all the local forces are transferred to this side to defend.

If the Southern Zhili is lost, the Cao Yun channel and the supply of Cao grain will be interrupted immediately, and the Northern Zhili and Shanxi armies will probably run out of food immediately, not to mention the common people in the north, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty will probably collapse soon.

The defeat of Zhu Xianzhen, the battleable soldiers of the imperial court are still a remnant of Huguang, Henan, and the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili, if this army of soldiers and horses is destroyed again, everything will be suspended.

After another month of the eunuch Lu Jiude of Nanjing, he once again issued a request for help and documents, and at this time the only troops available to the imperial court were Shandong soldiers and horses.

There was only one choice left in the imperial court - more than 100,000 troops in Shandong under the command of General Zhendong and Shandong General Li Meng......

The weather on the tenth day of October was already a little cold, but Emperor Chongzhen in the palace was still flushed, and his breath was thicker than usual, so it looked like it was hot.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace understood in their hearts that Emperor Chongzhen was in a very bad mood, and he was unwilling to say anything in his heart, waiting for others to say.

If anyone comes to touch the mold at this time, I am afraid that it is possible to have a board and be beaten to death.

The ministers of the court and the central government are even more mirror-like in their hearts, Emperor Chongzhen does not want to open his mouth to transfer Shandong soldiers and horses to rescue Nan Zhili, this Zhendong general is a wilted person, never said the will of the court and the emperor, but he never did what the court wanted, and he couldn't understand what Li Meng was thinking.

If you want to say that it is a rebellion, he has really made great contributions to the imperial court over the years, and the dilapidated appearance of Gyeonggi Defense, I don't see him have any disobedience, and strictly speaking, the imperial court is sorry for him, and he has paid a penny of silver in recent years. has been rewarded for his merits, and he has been wronged.

Although Chen Xinjia's tricks were mean and vicious step by step, Li Meng, the chief soldier of Shandong, didn't make much trouble, who would have thought that the situation would collapse so quickly.

Zhu Xianzhen was defeated first, and the imperial court felt that Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, who were loyal and commendable, were fleeing in embarrassment and could not be relied on.

But let Emperor Chongzhen open this mouth. Chongzhen was stubborn to the extreme, let him open his mouth to transfer the Shandong soldiers and horses, how could he pull down this face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fall of Runing Mansion, the self-immolation of King Chong's mansion, and the critical situation in the area of Fengyang Zhongdu in Nanzhili, such a situation is worthy of my ancestors and ancestors. But this has come to this, everyone, you have to come up with a way! ”

To make Emperor Chongzhen say this "matter has come to this" is already very surprising to the ministers, but everyone is silent. Who doesn't know, this saint doesn't know when, so he lost his temper and wants to settle accounts with you. didn't see Yang Sichang commit suicide, and inexplicably cut off the head of the meritorious Zheng Chongjian.

There is also the fate of Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, everyone knows what is going on with this peace discussion, but there is no room for conversion, just kill if you say kill, or don't touch this mold, even the eunuchs in the court are all mouthful, nose and nose. Don't move, don't say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the country is in a dilemma at this time, and it is precisely for you to give advice, whoever has the way, speak out quickly."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the court so quiet, he was a little anxious, and opened his mouth to urge, who would have thought that after he finished speaking. There was still silence in the court. Even the Han general standing in the corner of the pillar was extremely quiet for a while. Emperor Chongzhen actually heard the sound of wind blowing into the ground through the crack in the door.

Slightly stunned, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and scolded sharply:

"Zhou Yanru, you are the first assistant of the cabinet, you say it first, what ideas can you come up with!!"

Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was already an old treacherous and cunning, although he was secretly complaining in his heart, his expression remained the same, he just knelt on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, if today's fate is in my Daming, although the thieves have a small victory, but it is a return to the light, it will not last for a few days, Your Majesty and wait with peace of mind, within a month, the soldiers will be loyal to their lives, and there will be good news."

This is talking nonsense with his eyes open, but he prays and wishes, and others can't find fault with him, but this almost scoundrel remark made Emperor Chongzhen explode directly, slapped the table heavily, stood up and almost screamed:

"Good news, good news, if there is good news, how can I ask you here, with the court's money, every day is like a spring, but the situation in the world is like this, you still want to be like this, Zhang Guowei, what can you do!?"

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, and his face became ugly, everyone has a method, the supervisor Hou Sui has also said it, Lu Jiude also said that Shandong soldiers and horses, even if it is poison, they have to drink it at present, and they can't imagine that drinking water to quench their thirst can be used here.

But these words must not come out of their mouths, and if they are spoken, it is not poisonous wine, and the whole family will be implicated.

The first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the military department knelt below, and the important ministers in the court changed the state of foaming and flying in the so-called righteousness debate on weekdays, and they were all silent.

Emperor Chongzhen just felt as if there was a breath of qi expanding between his chest and abdomen, and the whole person was about to explode, but he just didn't want to say this sentence himself.

Wang Chengen, the great eunuch standing behind him, peeked at Emperor Chongzhen's expression, and watched the emperor's eyes drift towards the Han generals on both sides, knowing that this son of heaven might have been in a hurry, ready to let Jinyiwei take people to prison, and the current situation was about to get out of control.

Wang Chengen knew in his heart that if these ministers in the court were really arrested and imprisoned by Jinyiwei, I am afraid that this matter would be really out of control, he knew who his glory and wealth came from, and hurriedly prepared to look at his cronies.

He was just about to speak, but he heard someone outside shouting at the top of his voice: "There is an urgent report!" There is an urgent report!! The voice was sharp, and everyone in the court knew that this was the little eunuch on duty outside the court, but when they heard him shouting so hoarsely, everyone was chuckling in their hearts, thinking that something was wrong again?

Even Emperor Chongzhen forgot to get angry, opened his eyes and looked out of the gate, only to see a little eunuch stumbling in, kneeling directly on the ground at the door, and said in a panic:

"Long live the lord, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu played, saying that the situation in Nanzhili was critical, and he transferred General Zhendong to lead the troops to the rescue, and the matter was urgent, and he failed to play the request in time, and when the rescue was completed, he asked for the crime ......"

In the entire hall, the civil and military officials all looked at each other, and Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and sat back on the dragon chair, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Wait at home with a good heart, and when I come back, I will bring you and the child in your belly a wealth of heaven and earth."

Before setting out on the expedition, Li Meng whispered relief to Mu Yunyao, who was reluctant.

On the sixth day of October in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Meng, the general of Zhendong and the general soldier of Shandong, led 40,000 soldiers and horses of his headquarters to the south to rescue the trapped officers and soldiers in Shouzhou, Nanzhili, and the world was shaken.