Chapter 70: Rapid Expansion (I)
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Tianjin is close to the sea and the canal, with excellent transportation, a large gathering of merchants, and a collection of all kinds of materials, which can just expand its strength on a large scale, especially to build a new army that truly belongs to itself, and an army that is completely built by new methods.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhenhua was excited, the exhaustion all over his body disappeared, and he was full of fighting spirit, lifted the quilt, and suddenly sat up.
"Ahh
Mei Junruo hurriedly covered her eyes: "You, so shameless, put on your clothes quickly!" ”
When Gu Zhenhua saw the little beauty's blushing face and coquettish look, he immediately showed a smug smile, and said indifferently: "Miss Mei, isn't it good to be honest, I have no reservations about you!" ”
"Thick skin, people ignore you!"
Mei Junruo turned around and was about to leave, but at this time, a sturdy arm just stopped her waist, Gu Zhenhua used force with one hand, and suddenly hugged Mei Junruo into his arms and put it on her thigh.
"You, what do you want to do?" The beautiful woman cried out in a panic.
"Don't shout, you can rest assured that there is absolutely no malice in the next place!"
No! If you believe it, you will be fooled. Mei Junruo was ashamed and anxious, tears welled up in her eyes, and the pearls with broken threads rolled down.
Gu Zhenhua put his face on the shoulder of the little beauty, the hard stubble stimulated the delicate skin, and a strong masculine breath shrouded Mei Junruo, and the little beauty's mind suddenly went blank, and she couldn't help but tremble.
"Miss Mei, you have lost a lot of weight compared to when you went out of Beijing, and you have suffered!"
Listening to Gu Zhenhua's words, Mei Junruo reluctantly recovered a trace of spirit, and said angrily: "People are already miserable, their relatives are dead, and they have to fall into the hands of bad people, and they are wantonly bullied, it is better to die!" ”
Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly, his hands blocked the waist of the beauty, and the rough big hand pressed on the smooth waist, and he obviously felt the beauty tremble.
"Miss Mei, I just want to tell you two things, first, from the first time I saw you, I was destined to not escape from my palm, this is God's arrangement."
"Hmph, a robber is a robber, what do you push it to God?"
Gu Zhenhua didn't care about the little beauty's anger, and continued: "Second, I will do my best to be good to you, hold you in the palm of my hand, no matter what you want, I will help you get it!" ”
It's not a love word, but a man's firm oath!
Mei Junruo scraped her belly, in the drama, there has never been such a domineering guy, but this kind of arrogance is not annoying, and even makes her feel a little sweet!
"Miss Mei, remember my words."
Gu Zhenhua smiled, let go of Mei Junruo, hurriedly changed into civilian clothes, and strode out.
"I ......" Mei Junruo looked at the tall back, and couldn't help but hang her head: "I just want to live a peaceful life!" ”
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"Brothers, our time in Tianjin will not be too long, the Manchu Qing will soon go south, Li Zicheng can only fight a good battle, after occupying the capital, the army's morale is even more sluggish, and it will not last long. Therefore, we have to use the limited time to accomplish two things, the first is to rest the team and recruit new recruits. The second is to loot the population and materials, in order to prepare for the southward search for base areas. ”
Gu Zhenhua got straight to the point and pointed out the direction of the next step. Everyone present also nodded frequently and agreed very much.
Li Jibo said with a smile: "It is not difficult to recruit troops in Tianjin, before Jiajing, there were tens of thousands of military households in Tianjin. With the deterioration of the war situation in Liaodong, the imperial court moved two groups of people over again, with a total of more than 10,000. In addition, there are Cao Transporting Soldiers, Changlu Salt Factory, and Shipbuilding Transporting Troops, and there are at least 30,000 people in Tianjin. As long as you are loyal and brave, you can have tens of thousands of soldiers between your hands! ”
"That's not a soldier, it's a disease!" Gu Zhenhua said unceremoniously: "The military system of the Ming Dynasty has been rotten from the inside out, it is a tumor, if they are all co-opted, I am afraid that they will die faster." ”
Sun Cheng frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Even if you can't accept all the orders, select the best ones, it's still no problem, right?" ”
Gu Zhenhua shook his head unceremoniously: "This time to recruit troops in Tianjin, I want to start from scratch, I would rather lack than abuse, even if I can only recruit a thousand available soldiers, it is better than 10,000 garbage." Tianjin is destined to stay only for a short time, and the next step will be south, and the battle situation will be even more fatal, so every soldier must be good steel and must be able to withstand the cruel test of battle! ”
Guo Yunlong has been a guerrilla, and he also agrees with Gu Zhenhua's words, and said with a smile: "That's right, it is true that there must be strict selection, but are there any specific standards, and how to implement them?" ”
Gu Zhenhua already had a case in his heart, so he said with a smile: "The first soldier must have a clean family background, whether it is a military household or an ordinary person, he must be a farmer, and the children of merchants are not allowed. Secondly, you must be under the age of 20, be in good health, have a flexible mind, and be able to pass the guò test. It is best to have a certain level of education and serve the country loyally! ”
"Seventh brother, why don't you want a merchant's son?" 6 Yong couldn't help but ask.
Gu Zhenhua laughed: "Most of the merchants in Tianjin are engaged in grain trading, and they may have colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty for a long time, and these grain merchants, as well as salt merchants, are the fat sheep we want to slaughter." After accepting their children, aren't you afraid that these people, out of jealousy, will report to the Manchu Qing and act as spies? ”
"It's going to be a river of blood!" Li Jibo said: "Although the Manchu Qing is not weak in combat, it is not so invincible that the Jurchen soldiers are invincible. If there were no merchants to bring them food, salt, and starvation, they would have starved to death. In the final analysis, unscrupulous businessmen are also one of the disasters of the country, they should be killed, and a group of them should be killed! ”
Gu Zhenhua immediately implemented the task, Li Jibo and Xia Shouli, with the assistance of Sun Cheng and Gao Hongtu, thoroughly investigated the officials and merchants in Tianjin, searched for materials, and hoarded energy to go south.
As for the recruitment work, Gu Zhenhua is personally in charge, whether it is the escort or the Beijing battalion, whether it is the Guanning army, or Zhou Yuji's battalion, they all have the color of the old army, although the combat effectiveness is not weak, but it cannot really become a hundred battle force. What's more, the number is limited, and there is no way to compete with the Manchus, and relying on the old army alone, sooner or later it will be killed.
It has become inevitable to learn from the measures of later generations to build a new army and build an army that is completely its own.
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Overnight, Tianjin changed owners, and the common people were still ignorant, and when they took to the streets with courage, there were notices everywhere, and many soldiers beat gongs and drums to publicize the news.
"Fellow villagers, the common people, the loyal and brave man has an order to hold a public trial meeting at the canal wharf to punish traitors and traitors. Those who participate in the conference can receive two catties of salt! ”
There is a lively look, but also give gifts, for the people who like to be lively, all have a great attraction, the big guys rushed to tell each other, all went to the dock, for a time crowded, there were tens of thousands of people in the black.
Gu Zhenhua had already arranged soldiers to patrol the periphery, although there were quite a few of them, but they were not chaotic. Seeing that the people were almost here, Gu Zhenhua stood on the high platform built and arched his hand to the people below.
"Fellow villagers, fathers and brothers, during this time, the rabbit has risen and fallen, the situation is unpredictable, and many people may still be confused, what happened. I can tell you that first Dashun destroyed the Ming Dynasty, and then Li Zicheng led the army to attack Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui, a dog traitor, surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, colluded with the Qing soldiers to enter the customs, and defeated Li Zicheng. ”
This era is completely incomparable with the afterlife, and if something happens in any corner of the world, a few hours later, the whole world will know.
There are many merchants from the north and south of Tianjin, which is well-informed, many people know that the Ming Dynasty is over, and many people have heard that Li Zicheng of Shanhaiguan was defeated, but they are not prepared at all for Wu Sangui's surrender.
As soon as they heard these explosive news, the audience immediately talked about it, buzzing, like thousands of flies, everyone was terrified, and they didn't know what to do.
Gu Zhenhua didn't speak, waiting for everyone to almost digest this information before saying: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs several times, burned, killed and looted, everyone must know how many evil things they have done. This time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs with all their might, and there will definitely be corpses all over the field, rivers of blood, and everyone present will be at risk of losing their heads! ”
Yes!
What to do, what to do?
A strong fear rose in everyone's hearts, and for decades, the imperial court fought against the Manchus, and almost never won. In the eyes of ordinary people, the tartar is a flood beast, a jackal, tiger and leopard with a bloody mouth.
Hundreds of thousands of beasts have entered the Central Plains, what will happen to them, as soon as they think of this, everyone has weak legs and almost fell to the ground.
"My lord, what should I do, can you show me the way?" Several old gentry couldn't help but plead.
Gu Zhenhua smiled loudly: "Folks, we have no way to retreat, the court can't protect everyone, we have to do it ourselves, the Manchus have nothing to fear, they are the same flesh and blood, not long ago, I led the brothers and just won a victory." ”
Gu Zhenhua said, and with a wave of his hand, soldiers escorted more than 200 prisoners to the high platform.
When the beheading was built in Beijing, everyone was so strong that they even had to cut off all these captives. But Gu Zhenhua considered that they were still useful, so he left these people.
Now these captives have been pushed up for the people of Tianjin to see.
"Really, it's true, look at their braids!"
The common people pointed and pointed, and a few curious and bold young people also climbed the high platform and carefully examined them. In this era, there is still a big difference in the appearance of the Tartars and the Han people, and it is easy to recognize.
After these captives, there were more than a hundred Guanning troops, as well as fifty or sixty Tartars, and after identification, these young men were all shocked.
"My lord, you have captured so many Tartars, haven't you killed a few?"
"Hahaha, of course I killed, Ben Jue cut off more than a thousand Tartar heads, and thousands of traitors, and it has been built into a Jingguan. Let those Tartars know that the Han people are not easy to bully! ”
"My lord's might, please take refuge from my lord!"
In an instant, all the people on and off the stage fell to their knees, taking Gu Zhenhua as a reliance.