But ever since entering the auxiliary barracks of the High Wall Guard, Li Rujing has been shrouded in a strange feeling. Although it is an auxiliary army, but the daily training is indispensable, regardless of the clear sky or wind and rain, every morning morning, 500 auxiliary soldiers are required to assemble in the open space on the bank of the Huai River.

Sometimes a stop is an hour, and it is good to say that it is sunny days, but when the weather is bad, the soldiers will complain about it. As soon as there was a move, it was a smash of the military sticks that cut the head and covered the face. Although Li Rujing was young, he had been in the army for many years, and he soon discovered that the officers were actually hiding their strength.

It was not until they saw the training of the soldiers with their own eyes that the auxiliaries had nothing to say.

Although they are auxiliaries, the monthly rate of five cents of silver per month has not been interrupted, and many people come for these silvers, and there are two genuine meals a day, although this is not as good as the three meals a day of soldiers, but for these homeless men, it is a heavenly life. Steamed cakes mixed with bran mixed with white flour, you can also see meat twice a month, two new sets of clothes are issued as soon as you enter the camp, and there are cotton jackets when the weather turns cold, so where to find such a life of abundant food and clothing.

Li Rujing is also from a bitter background, of course he knows the significance of this standard of living for the people of the Ming Dynasty today. To put it mildly, if this is the kind of life in Daming, I am afraid that my father-in-law will retire from now on.

In the evening, when there was nothing to do, the officers went to their respective camps, and although they were still in a high-minded manner, at least they did not beat and scold or arbitrarily serve the envoys, but seemed to change the language of their own mouths according to a pamphlet in their hands. Explain in detail the common sense in the march and the precautions in training, and also repeatedly emphasize military discipline. Even the auxiliary barracks. There is also a law enforcement team of 50 people, and these people are not separated from their knives. Just wait for the officer's order, and in an instant, you can take the person's head.

Not long after, Li Rujing found an opportunity to see the cover of the booklet in the officer's hand, called "Soldiers' Drill Code".

Only then did Li Rujing realize that his plan had deviated greatly from the original idea. But if you want to escape, it's not so easy. Ten auxiliary soldiers are in a shed, and there is a captain of the shed, and the soldiers supervise each other, if there are deserters in the shed. The head of the shed was beheaded, and the rest of the men waited for the leader to march out of the camp. Joke, with such a good errand, who will leave. So, even when they went to the toilet, the auxiliaries were all three people.

Along the way, although it was a day march and a night camp, the road was much calmer. The three largest forces of thieves. Li Zicheng escaped into Shangluo Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai turned into official soldiers, and even the big and small bandits with the north and south Zhili died down, for fear of being regarded as a bird by the official army. Not to mention. Zhu Ping'an's officers and soldiers are clearly armored and fully armed, so only fools will fight their ideas.

Gradually enter the ground of the North Zhili. Along the way, I felt more and more the sense of slaughter of the approaching war. There are few villages large and small along the way. The only people encountered were large groups of displaced people and people who had fled.

The scattered probes kept passing the news back. The Qing soldiers were divided into two routes, one led by Dolgon, the prince of Rui. Duoduo, Hauge, and Abatai entered the customs from Qingshan Pass; The other road was led by Belle Yuetuo, assisted by Du Du, and broke through from the wall ridge. Wu Aheng, the governor of Ming Jiliao, led the army to fight bloodily, but the supervisor Deng Xizhao and the general soldier Wu ** fled from the battle, resulting in the defeat of the Ming army, Wu Aheng was killed in battle, and the Qing army was able to drive straight in, bypassing the Beijing division, and rushing to the front line of Bazhou and Cangzhou.

Emperor Chongzhen has urgently ordered Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Hu Dawei, the governor of the capital, and Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanhua, to join the Beijing division. Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng's father died in May, and according to the customs and customs of the imperial court, he was going to return to his hometown to worry about it, but Emperor Chongzhen issued five edicts in succession, and he was called back to the army, responsible for the unified command of all reinforcements to fight. However, Gao Qiqian was sent as a eunuch to lead all kinds of military horses.

Zhu Ping'an carefully checked the news sent back by Tanma, plus the understanding of this battle in later generations. In addition, it is the latest news that Yin Shigang has continuously sent back from the Jingshi. It can be determined that in this war, the Ming army will not take advantage of it at all.

Emperor Chongzhen ordered the soldiers and horses of Shanxi, Nanzhili and Qinwang, but only Fengyang Zhu Ping'an really moved. The only other troops who came to the aid of the Beijing division were the Shanxi army of Xuanda and the Guanning army of Liaozhen. Among them, there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, which belong to various departments. Guan Ning's army was 40,000, but it was firmly in the hands of Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the prison army. As a result, King Qin's army first faced the problem of poor command.

Supervisor Lu Xiangsheng could only command 30,000 troops at most, while Gao Qiqian, the supervisor, controlled the 40,000 Guanning army, which was the most well-equipped and combat-ready. In this way, in the face of the Manchu army of nearly 100,000, it has fallen behind in terms of strength.

The Manchu army's two armies were like two iron fists, one on the left and one on the right. However, the two major units of the Ming army have their own thoughts, do not belong to each other, and their combat power is high, which can be seen at a glance.

Moreover, now that the situation in the court is in turmoil, Yang Sichang, who has been reappointed as the secretary of the military department, advocates that he should first make every effort to exterminate the remnants of the Liukou and find a way to negotiate peace with the Manchus in exchange for temporary peace. For the fight against the Manchus, purely absent-mindedly. And Emperor Chongzhen became more and more convinced of his construction because of the shun lì of the war against the thieves.

Now there have been boiling messages in the capital. It is said that in order to negotiate peace with the Qing army, Yang Sichang had conspired with Gao Qiqian and others, and sent Zhou Yuanzhong, a blind man who made a living from divination, to secretly contact the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and issued an order of "no wasteful war". As soon as the news came out, the people of Beijing and Shilin were shocked, but there was no real evidence, and at present, no one dared to accuse Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, because Chongzhen was the backer behind them, and they didn't want to lose their lives in vain.

The latest news at present is that the imperial court has sent Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, as an inspector to the army to comfort the various departments of King Qin. As a result, the shape of the army is even more chaotic.

Now it is the end of October, the Qing army is like a bamboo, Zhuozhou, Tongzhou is said to have been lost, and the Qing army's troops have approached the Gaoyang line, as long as Gaoyang is conquered, the Qing army can immediately enter the Hejian Province and Zhending Mansion area.

The Xuanda army is currently stationed in Zhending Mansion, and Lu Xiangsheng has rushed back to the army, but I heard that his entry into Beijing to face the saint this time is not smooth. The news sent by Yin Shigang made Zhu Ping'an a little surprised, and he actually dug out some secret things, I heard that this was thanks to Mu Yuling's help, with the help of his father Mu Lao's husband and the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao, to get these precious information.

Lu Xiangsheng's performance was quite decent, and Emperor Chongzhen also expressed his trust in him, and the soldiers gave Shang Fang a sword, and the governor defended the Beijing division with all walks of life. Note that what Emperor Chongzhen said was to defend the Jingshi, and did not include areas outside the Jingshi, and certainly did not include a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army. Lu Xiangsheng is not a fool, obviously realized this, so he made a very unpleasant encounter with Yang Sichang in the subsequent meeting.

Outsiders only know that the two broke up unhappily, and they don't know what the two are arguing about, but after Zhu Ping'an analyzes, he can conclude that "no wasteful war" is definitely a matter that Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others have long discussed. Lu Xiangsheng must have fallen out with Yang Sichang for this matter.

Therefore, the next battle is not easy to fight!

At the beginning of the eleventh day, Zhu Ping'an's troops arrived in Jin County, Zhending Prefecture, and Lu Xiangsheng's army had also set off from Zhending and happened to camp in Jin County, and Zhu Ping'an's troops immediately moved closer to Lu Xiangsheng.

When a troop of 2,000 people appeared five miles away from Lu Xiangsheng's camp, a patrol guard blocked the way and immediately notified Lu Xiangsheng.

Under the leadership of the two teams of patrol posts, Zhu Ping'an's headquarters slowly approached Lu Xiangsheng.

The two teams of patrols were no more than 200 people, their clothes and armor were shabby, and the soldiers were lean, but they were always pressed on the saber at their waists, even after checking the military dispatch order provided by Yue Jinfeng and the official document issued by Fengyang in the central capital. The cloudy eyes revealed the essence from time to time, sweeping around the bodies of Zhu Ping'an's soldiers.

Two miles away from the promise, the herald galloped to convey Lu Xiangsheng's order, and ordered Zhu Ping'an's headquarters to camp on the spot. And asked Zhu Ping'an to speak to the camp.

After Zhu Ping'an received the order, he immediately ordered all the troops under his command to set up camp, and the dispatch was orderly, but in half an hour, the outline of the camp appeared, and the eyes of the two teams of patrol soldiers showed a look of surprise.

After that, Zhu Ping'an went to Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army camp with the heralds.

But just when I arrived near the camp, suddenly there was a golden drum. A camp of more than 2,000 people next to the Chinese army camp suddenly became chaotic. People shouted and neighed, making a mess, but it was the posture of pulling out the camp and raising the village, while the other camps did not move at all. Only a large number of soldiers looked curiously over here, apparently not knowing what was happening.

Zhu Ping'an wanted to ask the herald, but when he saw his blank look, he expected that he didn't know either, so he had to give up.

After a short time, the soldiers of the camp packed up their bags and began to leave the camp as a group, looking at the direction, it should be heading west.

At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the Chinese army's camp, and the soldiers gave way to both sides of the road, flowing out of a passage, and dozens of war horses galloped over like the wind.

The first general, dressed in chain mail, did not wear a helmet, and had a white filial piety belt tied to his forehead, he was only about forty years old, with high cheekbones, and the beard on his chin was also uneven, and the two were full of bloodshots.

And the person behind him is Zhu Ping'an's old acquaintance, Yang Tinglin, who sneaked into Fengyang a while ago and sent Bi Maokang fire gun pattern.

Zhu Ping'an turned over and dismounted, stood on the side of the road, and Wang Jinfa and Zhang Ergou and other personal soldiers behind him also got down, neatly lined up behind Zhu Ping'an.

The general came closer, suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, looked at Zhu Ping'an, and asked in a hoarse voice: "But Zhongdu Zhu commands the affairs?" ”

Zhu Ping'an knew that this must be Supervisor Lu Xiangsheng, so he gave a military salute, "The subordinate officials are all left behind in the division to command the servant Zhu Ping'an to report to Inspector Lu!" ”

"Check-in?" The corners of Lu Xiangsheng's mouth twitched, obviously stunned by this word, after thinking about it, he understood a trace of this word, and then nodded, "General Zhu has worked hard all the way, and wait for a while, and then talk about the matter in front of him after dealing with the matter in front of him on behalf of the official!" ”

Saying that, he beat his horse and whipped up, caught up with the men and horses who were about to pull out the camp to the west, and shouted angrily at the general who was headed: "Wang Pu, what crime should you be guilty of pulling out of the camp without getting a military order!" (To be continued......)