Chapter 69: Poisonous Fangs (I)

There is a saying that everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high.

As soon as they saw people, the relatives of the emperor and the country, who cried poverty, worked together, and in the blink of an eye, they made up more than 400,000 military salaries for the Great Yuan Dynasty. At this time, there was no reason for the right Xiangzhu to shirk anymore, and he opened his confused eyes and stared at the only one in the left Xianghe, the Privy Council Governor Li Siqi, the imperial historian Wang Jianu and others for a moment, gritted his teeth, and promised loudly: "The reason why I couldn't make up my mind to personally raise the army to quell the rebellion was nothing more than the lack of food and salary, and the people in the capital were also unstable!" Since all the public are united in their determination to give up their families for the country, why should they be sorry for this?! Today, we might as well set the strategy for going out, and when the soldiers, horses, food and grass are together, we will immediately lead the troops to fight with the Xu thief! ”

"A certain wish to lead the forbidden army and go with the right minister!" Yue Kuo Cha'er looked around and made up her mind.

All the emperor's relatives and relatives have ordinary virtues, he knows it clearly in his heart. At that time, the right minister was only because the treasury was empty, and he owed it for several months and did not pay it. It stands to reason that no one will be cut off for hundreds of dollars. But they immediately jumped up like hungry and red-eyed wild dogs, and together with Tokhtar and Hama and others, put Tokhtar to death. And today, they suddenly contributed thousands, tens of thousands, without blinking their eyes, if there is nothing greasy in them, it is simply foolish that cannot be fooled. But they did just that, with an unconcealed joy on their faces, regardless of the fact that the enemy was already close at hand! Such a court, such a group of madmen, I am afraid that the resurrection of Temujin Khan will not be able to bring him back to life. If anyone still wants to live and die with him, it is not Lonely, but his head has been trampled by the horse's hooves!

Yue Kuo Cha'er asked himself if his head had not been trampled on by the horse's hooves, so he planned to take advantage of the last opportunity to snatch back part of the forbidden army's military power and hold it in his own hands, in case of critical moments. Also whose head has not been trampled on by a horse is Hama's sister-in-law, the deputy governor of the Privy Council, Vullu Timur, I saw that his eyes quickly turned a few times, pouted the rooster's buttocks, squeezed out of the crowd hard, first bowed to Tuhuan Timur, and then quickly turned his face to Dingzhu, and took the initiative to ask, "As a deputy governor of the Privy Council, he is always ashamed of stealing this position but not being able to do his best for the country." In this battle, please use me as the vanguard. I would like to lead a sentry to open a bridge for the army and set up camp! ”

"Li is not talented, I am willing to lead the loyal and righteous national salvation army, and advance and retreat together with adults!"

"Although his martial arts are low, he is also willing to take a partial division and take a detour behind enemy lines."

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Li Hanqing, the squire of the military department, the Privy Council, and the judge of the Privy Council, Hai Shou, also came out one after another, and took the initiative to express their willingness to share the worries of Dingzhu.

At present, the total number of soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital is only more than 200,000, and more than 100,000 of them are the Baoyi Army under Li Siqi, and it is impossible for anyone to get involved. The rest of the part, if it is really assigned to Ballu Timur and others, there is no need to fight Xu Da at all, and halfway through, I am afraid that the army will fall apart. Immediately, Zuo Xianghe only coughed a few times vigorously, and said with a smile: "Everyone's hearts, Lord Right Xianghe and I have written it down." You can choose what you want, but you can't be too casual. Well, don't be impatient. Give the right minister and He a certain day, and early tomorrow morning, the right minister's mansion will naturally settle this matter and make it public! ”

When he said this, he always turned his back to Tuhuan Timur. From beginning to end, he never looked back at Da Yuan Tianzi, let alone asked the latter's opinion. Obviously, even a person like him, who is not good at playing tricks, has already understood the taste at this moment, and knows that the abnormal behavior of the emperor's relatives today must have been secretly instructed by Tuhuan Timur. Therefore, he completely lost his heart to the latter, and no longer cared about the slightest affection for the monarch and ministers.

Tuhuan Timur did not care about this. Since Dingzhu, He Weiwei and others dared to coerce him, did not allow him to abdicate to defect to the prince, and refused to hand over their entire families to the prince to retaliate, then these people are chaotic ministers and thieves. It doesn't matter if you lose or win, you have nothing to do with him, the emperor who is about to abdicate. As long as these people are far away from the capital and relax the surveillance of the palace, he can secretly contact the imperial relatives and loyal people, and go west together, leaving all the troubles of the capital and the world behind.

The monarch and the ministers broke off with each other, but they all settled down easily. Although according to their own ideas, let it go. Soon, Dingzhu and the others discussed a basic strategy. Dingzhu, the right prime minister, personally took command, and Li Siqi, the governor of the Privy Council, led the forbidden army, the first part of the cowardly Xue pro-army, the Baoyi Army, the Loyal Salvation Army, and the tens of thousands of villagers who had just been recruited outside the capital, and went south along the canal to meet Xu Da. He Wei and his son led another part of the cowardly Xue army as the rear, responsible for escorting grain, grass and baggage. As for the task of defending the palace and the capital, it fell on the heads of the imperial historian Wang Jianu, and the father and son of Sango Lost. In order to prevent small people from taking the opportunity to move, Dingzhu specially left 5,000 forbidden troops for Wang Jianu, all of whom were elites from one out of ten. In case of unforeseen battles ahead, it should not be difficult to ensure that the Son of Heaven does not fall into the hands of "thieves".

Early the next morning, the final results of the selection of generals were also discussed. Because there were too many protégés in the forbidden army, Yue Kuocha'er couldn't reassure Dingzhu by leaving them in the capital, so he was arranged to take an important errand and serve as a captain and a general of the Zhu State to go to Baoding Road to recruit heroes from all walks of life. After all the forces in the place are gathered in one place, take them to the front line to help the boss.

Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and Shalaban were also appointed to the posts of Wanhu, Joiner and Deputy Wanhu respectively because they held a pure firearms unit in their hands, and led their troops to act together with the main force. This single battalion of soldiers and horses is not mixed with any other sentry horses. In wartime, he was directly commanded by Dingzhu, so as to give Xu Thief a fatal blow at a critical moment.

The other civil and military forces who took the initiative to ask for help, except for a few who made Dingzhu not very reassured, were appointed to join the army, experience and other idle positions, and the others were all left in the capital. Zuo Xianghe only made it clear in private, these people are all literate, and they can't do anything, but they pull up their own hind legs. If you take them into battle, it is easy for them to lose their morale. It's better to keep them in the capital to serve the emperor, anyway, the government has been rotten like that, no matter how rotten it is, it won't be able to spend more!

The soldiers were selected, the grain and grass were ready to stop, and the only two on the right and on the left entered the palace again and said goodbye to Timur with Tuhuan. Then, finding an auspicious day, he led the army away.

This time, several of the main generals, most of them did not plan to come back alive. Therefore, up and down the three armies, there is a faint smell of wind and cold. It took a whole day to arrive at Tongzhou, and then the boat that should have taken the boat, the horse that should have ridden, and the horse that should have been ridden continued on two legs without horses and boats, and went to the southeast of Haijin Town.

Because it is a time of scarcity, it is difficult to raise enough food and grass in the local area. Therefore, most of the daily consumption of 200,000 soldiers and horses must be transported from the rear by grain ships. Therefore, the marching route cannot be too far from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. You can only follow the curve of Tongzhou, Yangcun, Haijin, and Cheongju, and slowly move forward with a bend.

Fortunately, on the side of the Huai'an army, the troops are not sufficient. Coach Xu Da is a naturally cautious character, and after a series of brilliant victories, he did not dare to immediately let go of his pace and march north. Therefore, there has not been much bad news coming to the north recently, and the two armies will not fight under the capital.

But there is one latest piece of news that still makes Dingzhu uneasy. That is, the Ninth Army of the Huai'an Army actually raised the green wolf pattern military flag in Dezhou City. And this newly formed legion, from the main general to the soldiers, is almost all grassland faces.

"Damn Zhu butcher, damn Xu thief, I knew that the two of them suddenly slowed down, and they didn't have a good heart!" On the day he received the news, Dingzhu smashed seven or eight Bingcui tea bowls on the ship, kicked three or four Nanmu chairs, and sat down on the deck with a wheezing breath until there was nothing of value around to destroy.

This move of the opponent is equivalent to pointing out the way of retreat for the Mongols and Khitans all over the world, so that the panicked thousands and thousands of households everywhere immediately see the hope of preserving the family's wealth. On the side of the Great Yuan Dynasty, it is becoming more and more powerless and difficult.

"Right Prime Minister, what's wrong? The big war is coming, so don't lose your cool! Zuo Xianghe was the only one who heard the movement, and hurriedly ran forward to remind him loudly.

"Look, see for yourself!" Dingzhu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and forcefully threw the secret report to He Weiwei, letting the other party figure it out for himself.

The news sent back by Xizuo is not very detailed, but it is enough for He Wei to analyze Xu Da's actions very clearly. After eliminating the defenders of Dongchang Road, the thief did not rush to continue to expand the results of the battle when the imperial court did not react. Instead, he temporarily set up the tent in Liaocheng, and then assigned Wu Liangmou, Wu Yongchun, Wang Bi, Zhang Dingbian and other generals to clear the states and counties on the left and right flanks, and at the same time began to rectify the surrender of troops and generals, and remove them from the chaff.

It's too much to be a personal essence, and he knows that his status is embarrassing, and he still thinks about some of the same clan feelings for Dadu. Therefore, after leading his troops to surrender, he took the initiative to disarm and return to the field, and it was enough to be a small citizen under the protection of General Manager Zhu in the next life. After Xu Da and Liu Bowen repeatedly tried to keep him to no avail, they also agreed to his request. He revised the book to the governor's office, requesting that he be given a number of gold and silver and a certain amount of equity in each firm according to his contribution and position, so that before he left the barracks, he had already wrapped more than 100,000 yuan.

When the other new generals saw it, most of them were excited. In tandem with each other, they discussed, and successively put forward requests for retirement to the General Staff. In this regard, Liu Bowen was also happy to see it, repaid the kindness of everyone with the most generous remuneration, and allowed them to leave with their descendants. So, in just a few days, more than 70,000 troops were dispersed. The remaining more than 30,000 people who could not do anything but fight and were willing to fight for the Great Governor's Mansion were left behind by Xu Da and formed the Ninth Army alone, led by Aslan for the time being, and stationed in Texas.

In this way, Xu Da's troops and horses were once again reduced to less than 200,000. The supply pressure on Zhu Butcher's side was also greatly reduced. However, their threat to the Great Yuan Dynasty has become more and more serious. Like an unsheathed dragon slaying sword, it is raised high and will deliver a fatal blow at any time.