Once it was determined that the Qing soldiers' offense was related to the Liaodong Army, the atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly dropped to the freezing point, and a panic that could not be concealed rose in everyone's hearts.

Jiang Fengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing behind Yang Sichang, immediately shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, once the Liaodong Army colludes with the Qing soldiers, I will go to the Ming Dynasty!" How's that good? ”

"Smack......

only heard a crisp sound, and Jiang Fengyuan, who was at a loss, suddenly turned red and swollen, and it turned out that Yang Sichang couldn't help but turn around and slapped him.

"Bastard!" Yang Sichang glared at Jiang Fengyuan and scolded sharply: "The sky hasn't fallen yet, what are you panicking about, what kind of system is it like to lose your honor in front of you!" ”

After speaking, Yang Sichang stepped forward and bowed his hand to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Jiang Fengyuan was disgraced and feared like a tiger in front of the enemy, and he was not worthy of serving the imperial driver. ”

I have to say that Yang Sichang's hand is indeed ruthless enough, Jiang Fengyuan is a secretary of the ministry, according to the algorithm of later generations, he is also the responsibility and body of the three departments of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Party School, if it is in peacetime, he is definitely a high power. According to the normal process, if you want to remove Jiang Fengyuan's position, you need the approval of the emperor in the cabinet, but now Yang Sichang suddenly mentioned it at the imperial meeting, without any warning in advance, which is very rare, which can also show how much Yang Sichang hates him.

And Yang Sichang was not the only one who hated him, when Yang Sichang's words just fell, the rest of the cabinet ministers and the six important ministers also stood up and said in unison: "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

"Accurate!" This is Chongzhen's reply.

As Chongzhen's words fell, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had just been in office for less than a year, was driven out of the center of the Ming Dynasty's power, and was even turned into a commoner.

In less than a few minutes, Jiang Fengyuan was taken off his black gauze hat and driven out of the imperial study. It can be said that the fate of this Jiang Fengyuan was expected for a long time, he was just kicked out of the imperial study by Chongzhen a few days ago, and he didn't wait for the limelight to pass. There was such a scene today, so that Chongzhen and all the ministers could see his face clearly. The scholars of this period paid attention to the joy and anger of the invisible, Mount Tai collapsed in front and did not change the color, like Jiang Fengyuan, who was frightened when he first heard the collusion between the Liaodong Army and the Qing soldiers, and his face turned blue, which was to be despised. Although there are very few people in this world who are not afraid of death, it is too strange that Qing soldiers like this one have to fight and be frightened.

Ignoring Jiang Fengyuan, who was dragged out by the Han general, Chongzhen took a deep breath and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that Yang Aiqing's analysis is quite reasonable, this time the Qing soldiers can so quietly break into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Liaodong Army will definitely not be able to get rid of it." But what are your plans for dealing with this? ”

The faces of the ministers were very ugly, the question seemed simple, but it was almost an unsolvable problem. After decades of evolution, Liaodong Town has become a family-oriented military group, especially after the death of Yuan Chonghuan, no one in the Ming Dynasty can suppress this military group headed by Wu and Zu at the same time. With Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou as the core, these two families firmly control the border within a radius of thousands of miles.

Take Jinzhou as an example, the current Jinzhou is already in a semi-independent state, and the imperial court has ordered Zu Dashou to return to Beijing several times to report on his work. But he was always blocked back by Zu Dashou on the grounds of physical discomfort, not only that, but Jinzhou headed by Zu Dashou also ignored the orders of the imperial court, it stands to reason that Zu Dashou is enough to drag it, but the imperial court has nothing to do with him. Not only that, the imperial court also had to coax him, asking for grain for grain, and silver for silver, what he was afraid of was that Zu Dashou couldn't think of leading his troops to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, and then the Liaodong defense line would become a joke.

looked at the people with sad faces and speechless faces. Chongzhen was also angry and asked angrily: "Zhuqing took the court's money and enjoyed the people's offerings, but now that the matter is coming, can't you even come up with an idea?" Yang Aiqing, Xie Aiqing, Cheng Aiqing. You are talking! ”

Yang Sichang, Cheng Guoxiang, Xie Sheng and others, who were named by Chongzhen, still lowered their heads and couldn't speak, Chongzhen became even more angry when he saw this, and he was about to be furious when he stood up.

At this time, Feng Ying, the secretary of the criminal department below, muttered below, "What can we do, is it possible to send the Xuan army to take over from them to guard Liaodong?" ”

"Hmmm......"

There was a sudden silence around them, and everyone's expressions froze. After a long time, Yang Sichang suddenly raised his head and looked at Feng Ying, a gleam burst out of his eyes, and he suddenly walked out of the column and came to Feng Ying and shouted at him: "What did you just say? Say it again! ”

Feng Ying was taken aback by Yang Sichang's bearded state, and stammered: "Old Yang Ge...... Xiaguan ...... Xiaguan ......"

Yang Sichang continued to ask: "Say what you just said again!" ”

"I ...... I'm ......."

"Say it quickly!" Yang Sichang was anxious and grabbed Feng Ying's clothes.

"Old Yang Ge...... You let me go...... I said......" Feng Ying, who was frightened, had no choice but to say helplessly: "The lower official said that it is difficult to ...... Is it difficult to send the Xuan army to take over the town of Liaodong to take over them......"

"Right...... That's it! ”

Yang Sichang's expression suddenly became excited, and he turned around sharply and shouted to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there is a way!" We've got a way! ”

"What's the method?" Seeing the excited Yang Sichang, Chongzhen, who was infected by his affection, also became excited, and Lian Sheng asked: "Yang Aiqing say it quickly, what is the way?" ”

Yang Sichang's expression was full of excitement, and he said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, isn't that Liaodong Town relying on its own merits in guarding the border passes, and refusing to obey the dispatch of the imperial court?" Now it is for his own selfish interests to collude with the Tartars and indulge them in the customs, and this kind of behavior should be scolded by thousands of people, so we might as well do this...... ...... like this"

"Ah...... That's too obvious, isn't it? As soon as Yang Sichang's strategy came out, even Chongzhen was stunned, this plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger is too low-level, besides, although Zu Dashou is not a good bird, is Yue Yang a good stubble?

Seeing the hesitation on Chongzhen's face, Yang Sichang took a step forward and added a fire: "Your Majesty, at this time, the minister has to tell the truth, the minister thinks that whether it is Yueyang or Zu Dashou, it is no different from the feudal town at this time, but since it is useless to say more, we might as well choose a person who is most beneficial to us to come out and continue to be used by the court, do you say so?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Chongzhen also thought about it carefully. Yang Sichang's words are not unreasonable. Strictly speaking, Yueyang, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang can all be called feudal towns, but feudal towns are not necessarily the same, since the death of Yuan Chonghuan, the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong military group has declined very much, and it can be seen from their sieve-like defense line over the years that they will hardly do anything except reach out to the imperial court for silver and materials. This is not the case with Yueyang, although Yueyang's unruliness is well known to the Manchu Dynasty, but this guy can really fight, and the battle outside the gate some time ago was a brutal beating of the Manchu Qing corpses all over the field, and even Huang Taiji and Yue Tuo were killed in this battle. Now the Mongols and Manchus outside the gate mention the Xuanda army, who is not scared and their legs and stomachs tremble, and Yueyang also has an advantage, that is, he counts his words, saying one is one and saying two is two, saying that he will give you a million taels of silver, and a penny is not a lot of you, on the other hand, those fools in Liaodong who see money are one in the sky and one on the ground, and the old nose is far away.

To be honest, it's the same feudal town. But the feeling is completely different, one has a heavy commitment, and the other is like a spoiled bad child, who will only keep asking for it from the court. Once the imperial court did not give the silver on time, it clamored to threaten the imperial court, and now it has even done such a thing as arranging the enemy to enter the customs, and it is already clear how to choose.

"Okay!"

Chongzhen finally made up his mind, and said with a hint of history in his eyes: "Just do what Aiqing said." These thieves eat the court's clothes and wear the court, but they don't share the worries of the court, and they should be severely punished! But before we can get those Tartars out......"

……………………

Yue Yang, who was thousands of miles away about the affairs of the imperial court, did not know. At this time, he was busy reorganizing the troops in Datong.

As one of the largest cities in Shanxi, Datong has always been a battleground for soldiers, and controlling Datong is equivalent to controlling half of the territory of the Xuanda defense line. After Yue Yang was promoted to the governor of Datong, he immediately began a drastic reform, and he gave an ultimatum to the generals of the original Xuanda defense line who were originally distributed in various places, either honestly accept the adaptation and follow his brother to eat and drink spicy, or give Lao Tzu a fuck, who wants to be disobedient...... The tens of thousands of troops in Lao Tzu's hands were not vegetarians, and under the coercion and lure of Yueyang with carrots in one hand and a stick in the other, the garrisons in Shanxi had no choice but to surrender obediently.

There is no way, the shape is stronger than people, people are now not only taking advantage of the name, but also the military strength is even more terrifying, even the invincible Qing army has eaten turtles in his hands, they still forget it, so after nearly three months, Yueyang finally carried out a major reorganization of the military forces in Shanxi. The original garrisons in various places came to a big cleaning, no one under the age of eighteen, no one over thirty-five years old, and no old fritters who were messing around in the barracks. In this way, after some elimination, there were only more than 16,000 soldiers left from more than 30,000 soldiers in Shanxi, and the others were all given a severance pay to return to their hometowns.

After three months of reorganization, at this time, Yue Yang's hands had a total of 50,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry, plus 50,000 newly recruited and trained recruits, a total of 100,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry, a total of 120,000 people, it can be said that Yueyang is now the largest and strongest military group in the Ming Dynasty.

On the eighth day of the 11th month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, in the meeting hall of the Datong Governor's Mansion (now renamed the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion), Yue Yang sat on the handsome seat, looking at the two rows of generals sitting below, and a sense of accomplishment surged in his heart. Just five years ago, he was just a penniless talent, but today he is the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty and the military governor of a province with heavy troops, and it is really embarrassing to recall the process.

At this time, there was silence in the conference hall, and everyone turned their eyes to Yue Yang, who was sitting in the handsome seat, only to see him shake the official document in his hand and say in a deep voice: "Everyone...... Just last month, the new puppet emperor Dolgon of the Tartars led an army of 100,000 to invade our border pass, and now it has broken into Baodi, Dingxing, Ansu, Dacheng, Xiongxian, Anzhou and other places, the people cried and the world was shocked, and the emperor personally ordered me to send troops to Jinggi immediately, and it is bound to drive the Tartars out of the pass, what do you think? ”

"This ......"

Sitting on Yueyang's left hand side are the veterans of Xuanda, led by Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, because they were on an errand under Yueyang for the first time. It was a cadre of people who didn't dare to express their opinions indiscriminately, but just sat in their seats and quietly watched Yue Yang waiting for orders. The generals sitting on the right are old men who have followed Yue Yang for many years, and among them are Yue Shunbao and Hu Laosan, who immediately became excited as soon as they heard that there was another battle.

Shunbao was the first to stand up and shouted loudly: "Master Hou, last time you went out to fight the Tartars, you didn't take the last general, even Lao Hu and they have made great contributions, this time even if it is the turn of the last general, it should be the turn of the last general!" ”

Seeing Shunbao's anxious appearance, Yue Yang laughed, he understood Shunbao's mood, he didn't catch a battle the last time he fought, so he could only nest in Yingzhou's mansion. And he was assassinated, and he had been holding back the evil fire in his stomach for a long time, and this time he could still sit still when he saw another battle.

"Ben Hou knows that this expedition is indispensable for you." Yue Yang waved his hand and motioned for Shunbao to sit down, and turned his gaze to Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and the others on the left.

"General Yang and Tiger General Soldiers, I don't know if you are willing to lead the troops with Ben Hou this time?"

The boss has talked about this, who dares to say half a word. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei stood up in unison and said in unison: "I am willing to kill the enemy for the country with the Hou Ye!" ”

"Good!"

Looking at the generals who stood up and saluted him, Yue Yang nodded with satisfaction, he didn't care whether these generals were truly loyal to him or not. Today's army has been reorganized. Most of all the officers above the 100 general level are their own people, and these people can't make any big waves even if they are dissatisfied in their hearts. At present, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty can afford to raise such an army except for himself, so if anyone wants to rebel against this army, they will find how cruel the reality is.

Looking at the generals with blazing eyes, Yue Yang said in a deep voice: "The generals listen to the order!" ”

"Whoa......

As Yue Yang's words fell, all the generals who were doing it stood up in unison. All eyes were on their commander.

"Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Wu Chengfeng, Yue Shunbao, Chu Di ......"

"The last general ...... The end will be ......"

As Yue Yang read the name, the general immediately stood up and walked up to Yue Yang, clasping his fists.

"After you go back, you will immediately reorganize your troops and horses, and in three days later, each of you will bring 10,000 troops to join forces with Benhou in Datong. Let's go to the Jingshi Association for a while, this Dolgon! Ben Hou wants to see who gave him such a big courage to dare to violate my border again! ”

"The last general obeys!"

In 1937, on November 12, the tenth year of Chongzhen, Yue Yang led a cavalry and a total of 70,000 troops from Datong with a total of 70,000 baggage, and rushed to the capital at the speed of a rapid march......

The overcast sky shrouded the earth, the empty fields were silent, and the fields along the roadside were littered with marks of horses' hooves, and the occasional corpse of a few dead bodies lying on the side of the road.

In the northern border, the weather in November has entered the winter, the sky has begun to drift with a trace of snowflakes, since the Qing soldiers invaded the border again, the land in the north fell into disaster again, the Qing soldiers passed like locusts like no grass. These Qing soldiers simply saw what they were robbing and robbing, even the iron pot used for cooking.

Suddenly, there was a sound of neat footsteps in the silent field, and they became louder and louder, and in a short time a long procession was seen coming from the distance on the official road. The lead team carried a red flag with the sun and moon embroidered on it at the same time.

When the team arrived, they were not wearing armor, but some camouflage cotton clothes, a green waistcoat over it, and a round helmet on their heads, which were painted green. The green helmet, green shirt, and green pants look extremely dazzling.

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of the Ming Xuanfu, rode on a red war horse, at this time he was also wearing the same clothes as the soldiers around him, a set of three-color old-fashioned camouflage uniforms, a green steel helmet on his head, and a stab-proof vest on the outside, and a steel plate was inserted in the vest, which looked like a migrant worker on the construction site in later generations.

Next to Yang Guozhu is Shanxi General Soldier Hu Dawei, both of whom are dressed exactly the same. Looking at the team around him that couldn't see the end at a glance, Yang Guozhu said helplessly to Hu Dawei: "I really don't know what Marquis Yue thinks, let us come out in this green skin, it's not too ugly to panic." ”

Hu Dawei gritted his teeth and smiled: "Brother Yang, you can be content, it's good to have this green skin." You see, it's warm and light, and it's also resistant to knives and guns, and I've tried it, and with this steel plate plugged in, even the strong bow can't penetrate it at a distance of thirty paces, which is heaven-better than our old heavy armor. ”

Yang Guozhu was still frowning: "That's what I said, but this body is too ugly!" ”

"Haha......" Hu Dawei grinned: "What are you afraid of if you are ugly, as long as you can save your life!" (To be continued......)