Zhu Youxiao, who was waiting for an opportunity, quickly thought of Yuan Yingtai, this guy must be corrupt after passing through Liaodong. After the corruption is over, it is necessary to send warmth to the Manchus, otherwise how to cover up the problem of corruption?

After all, after the embezzlement, the soldiers can't even eat enough, and if they are not sent to the battlefield to deliver them, then won't there be a trouble? Send a wave to the battlefield and kill tens of thousands of troops, and the problem of embezzlement of military salaries will not be covered up.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao didn't know when Shenyang would be lost, so in mid-February, he sent a holy decree to Yuan Yingtai, asking Yuan Yingtai to transfer all the craftsmen in Shenyang to the imperial military factory in Beijing.

The Holy Decree Tong Guò Post Station was expedited and sent to Shenyang.

After Yuan Yingtai received the holy decree, he complied with more than 3,000 craftsmen in the city, and sent them to Beijing with all his family. This allowed the Royal Arsenal to expand in size again.

At this time, the land of the Royal Arsenal was expanded considerably.

The equipment of the Tengxiang Four Guards was quickly produced, and the standard equipment was armor, spears (cavalry spears), and some cavalry were equipped with cotton armor.

In terms of weapons, it was not all spears, because the cavalry could free their hands in battle and did not need to tighten the reins to guide the horses, so Zhu Youxiao produced some shields that could be tied to the arms. There are also sabers, tomahawks, maces, which soldiers can freely choose to equip.

In addition to the weapons and equipment needed for the Teng Xiang Guard, the Royal Military Factory began to produce arquebuses. In this year's arquebus, two sections of steel pipes were burned red and then joined together, and then the inside of the barrel was smoothed with an awl, and the barrel could not be produced in one step.

These arquebuses also look more modern, but they are still a little less efficient in terms of firepower. But it can also be used in combat, but it is more afraid of wind and rain weather.

Because the arquebuses in the Royal Military Factory are sufficient, the quality of the production is still very good, and the probability of exploding is very low.

Arquebuses naturally had to be produced, and Zhu Youxiao had to form an infantry unit, otherwise he would be more passive on the battlefield when he relied on the cavalry of Tengxiang Siwei

After all, wild boar skin can shoot arrows on horses, and Teng Xiang Siwei's combat method is mainly to charge. However, the four guards of Tengxiang were carefully equipped by Zhu Youxiao, and everyone was dressed in armor and steel helmets, and the horses that sat down also had vests. The threat of the arrows of the boar skin is not too great.

But if you want to take the initiative, you must still take the infantry as the core.

If the boar skin is fired at the infantry unit, and there are enough musketeers, the boar skin is not worth it at all. If the wild boar skin is to charge, then Tengxiang Siwei can attack.

Therefore, the main task of Tengxiang Siwei is to protect the infantry troops, which is also the inevitable role that the cavalry will play after it has developed to a certain stage.

With the continuous advancement of firearms, the status of cavalry on the battlefield is getting lower and lower, but as long as the machine gun has not appeared, cavalry still has its necessity to exist.

Therefore, in order to form sufficient combat effectiveness, in addition to constantly strengthening their own training and having good military equipment, they must also have infantry to carry out coordinated operations.

Rectifying the Beijing camp has become something that Zhu Youxiao urgently needs to do at present.

It's just that what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that those craftsmen in Shenyang had just been sent out of Shenyang for less than three days, and on March 13, ** Hachi led a heavy army to besiege Shenyang. The city of Shenyang is very strong, the outside of the city is dunked, the logging is a fence, the artillery is ambushed, and the guard is very strict. ** Ha Chi suddenly arrived, did not dare to force into the city immediately, first reconnoitred with dozens of horses in the trenches. The general soldier You Shigong pursued and beheaded the fourth level. The chief soldier He Shixian led more than 1,000 soldiers out of the city to meet the battle, ** Hachi was defeated, Shixian attacked by Rui, and suddenly the enemy rode Sihe, and Shixian was defeated. The troops in the city surrendered and rebelled, the suspension bridge outside the city was broken, and Shixian died in battle.

Later, You Shigong brought troops to help, and he was also killed in battle. The soldiers outside the city were all defeated, and the generals Xia Guoqing, Zhang Gang, Zhizhou Duan Zhan, and Tongzhi Chen Fuguang all died in battle. Chen Ce, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan and Zhejiang, led the Sichuan soldiers to cross the Hunhe River for reinforcements, and Tong Zhonghua and others were killed in battle. Later, the Jin army then captured the city of Shenyang.

When the famous Qi family army in this battle, as well as the Sichuan white pole soldiers and 7,000 troops, they were outnumbered and fought with wild boar skins, Yuan Yingtai watched the play in the rear, and when these two troops came to ask for help, Yuan Yingtai refused to continue to reinforce the battlefield on the grounds that 'the Houjin army is too strong, and it will be useless to invest troops'.

Yuan Yingtai was not frightened, but betrayed the country.

All signs show that the fall of Shenyang was carefully planned by Yuan Yingtai and the wild boar skin, otherwise with the fortifications of Shenyang, the wild boar skin would not be able to knock down all the people.

Conscience?

Most of the Donglin Party were born in the south of the Yangtze River and were very contemptuous of the people in the north, especially the people of Liaodong. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, these Donglin Party officials were extremely discriminatory.

In their opinion, it doesn't matter how many Liao people die.

"Your Majesty, Shenyang is lost." Li Jinzhong took a copy of the Dongchang Exploration Report and presented it to Zhu Youxiao. Only one day after the fall of Shenyang, the Dongchang spies quickly passed the general's information back. At this time, Zhu Youxiao invested heavily in the East Factory, and an intelligence network was initially established in Liaodong.

"That's it." After Zhu Youxiao read the information, although he had expected it, he still couldn't hide the anger in his heart, clenched his fists tightly, and then let go weakly. was a dignified emperor himself, but he was turned into a puppet emperor by the Donglin Party. Even though he had known about the result, he was powerless to change it.

"Chuan Tian Ergeng will be seen immediately." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand at Yang Guang.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Guang hurriedly ran down to convey that it was noon at this time, Tian Ergeng was still eating, and when he heard that the emperor had summoned him, he didn't eat anymore, so he hurriedly rushed to the palace as fast as possible.

"Chentian Ergeng knocks to see the emperor."

"Get up! You immediately take someone to raid Yuan Yingtai's house, and see how much money this guy has embezzled in Liaodong. Zhu Youxiao ordered hatefully.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Yingtai is a Liaodong Economic Strategy, and it may not be appropriate to directly check Yuan Yingtai." Tian Ergeng was worried about building yì road. Zhu Youxiao showed Tian Ergeng the East Factory, Tian Ergeng was extremely shocked by the fall of Shenyang, Zhu Youxiao said: "Yuan Yingtai lost the country, and this crime can make his whole family die without a place to be buried." Go ahead! ”

"Obey." Tian Ergeng immediately did not hesitate. After leaving the palace, Tian Ergeng immediately took the emperor's holy decree and took hundreds of brocade guards to raid Yuan Yingtai's mansion, and divided his troops into two roads, all the way to Yuan Yingtai's hometown.

This was the first time that Zhu Youxiao raided the minister after he ascended the throne.

I was also looking forward to how much silver I could confiscate and come back, so as to make up for the loss of Liaodong.

Just when Jinyiwei rushed into Yuan Yingtai's official residence, sealed the mansion, and accused the relevant people, Ye Xianggao, who received the news, was taken aback, and didn't understand why the emperor suddenly raided Yuan Yingtai's mansion.

Soon, however, an expedited military message was sent to the Cabinet.

Shenyang is trapped!