The people around him were busy with their own things, and only Zhou Qingfeng stood alone on the city wall of Tongzhou. In front of him were tens of thousands of Ming troops fleeing everywhere, from east to west, all over the field. Those people were in a mess like panicked ants, running around in a daze - there was no suspense in this battle.

Zhou Qingfeng took the northward detachment around the capital in order to announce his arrival to the Chinese rulers of this era and show his strength. He undermined the foundation of Ming rule in the Gyeonggi region, disrupted the other party's ability to obtain social resources, and let the people at the bottom know that there was another life option in this world.

The armed march was merely a deterrent, and it needed to be accompanied by a painful and painful victory to deter the rulers of the Ming Dynasty and shake the confidence of its bureaucracy. Zhou Qingfeng's battle in Tongzhou was for this purpose.

Before the battle began, Zhou Qingfeng ordered a large number of explosives to be planted on the outer front, he foresaw the possibility of being besieged by the enemy's superior forces for a long time, thought about breaking out of the encirclement with a white-knuckle assault at a critical moment, and also thought about driving a triplane to break through at a low altitude to destroy the enemy's 'Divine Fire Flying Crow', and then bomb in the air. In order to win, he and his staff officers made a lot of plans.

But none of this worked......

The ferocious artillery bombardment dealt a huge blow to the enemy's morale, and the dense rockets knocked the enemy's commander-in-chief into a mess, and the generation difference in weapons made this battle, which had been prepared for half a month, last only one morning. To be exact, the battle lasted only an hour, and the rest of the time was spent taking prisoners.

"I am already at the forefront of the times and am leading the direction of the destiny of the nation. War is no longer the primary key to solving the current social problems, and the enemy can no longer use war to bring us to its knees, so the next problem is how to transform society. Zhou Qingfeng walked slowly around the wall in Tongzhou, muttering to himself, "This is more difficult than war." ”

The war began in the morning, and by noon the war was basically over, and the cleaning of the battlefield took two days. Liu Wei's 40,000 men besieged Tongzhou and dispersed, and more than 10,000 men and horses were captured that day. In fact, since the rebels have nowhere to go, there will only be more people who surrender later.

Liu Wei's army was defeated and collapsed in only half a day, which caused a huge shock and panic to the juniper troops stationed outside the encirclement. When the news of Liu Ling's defeat and escape came from the rout, Juniper's department was also in chaos. In Juniper's own opinion, Liu Wei had an army of 40,000 and surrounded the entire Tongzhou, even if the attack was unfavorable, it was impossible for the whole line to collapse in half a day.

No one can tell how this avalanche-like rout happened, Juniper only knew that the thieves used powerful firearms, and in one breath beat Liu Ling, who was two miles away from the front, and couldn't control the situation - no matter how arrogant Juniper was, he didn't dare to say that he was several times more powerful than Liu Ling, so he quickly led his troops back fifty miles and ran directly to the direction of the capital.

The huge number of captives caused even more trouble to the northward detachment than fighting them, and because the Ming army was defeated so quickly, Zhou Qingfeng didn't think of how to contain these people. In the end, they simply confiscated their weapons and gave them a certain amount of money to return to their hometowns - the money was given so that they had a certain ability to survive and not to disturb the place.

Most of the soldiers took a tael of silver and went back to their hometowns. But I heard that the thieves had silver to take here, and the Ming troops who fled came to get the money again, and even took the silver repeatedly. There are also thousands of soldiers who are homeless or work as soldiers for a living. These people, on the contrary, are a huge burden, and they can only be left alone to form camps, give food, and monitor.

For the soldiers, Zhou Qingfeng is not embarrassed, but all the captured generals are kept in separate custody and need to be screened before being disposed of. Among them, the highest military rank is naturally Liu Wei. When the veteran saw Zhou Qingfeng, who looked like a young man, he sighed and fell to the ground begging.

"Old general, get up, I don't like to bow down here." Zhou Qingfeng stretched out his hand to help the old Liu Ling up, "The old general is willing to surrender, and less killing is a good thing for the officers and soldiers below." However, the military discipline of my 'revolutionary army' is different from that of other places, and you are now a prisoner of war, so you can accept the reform with peace of mind.

The old general can bring some servants with him to calm down first, and when the battlefield screening is over, he will go to the military history major of the Military Department of Golden State University to write a memoir. Zhou Qingfeng casually made up a major in war history and sent Liu Wei away. For this veteran, his thinking has been solidified, and he doesn't really want to bother to reappoint him after transformation, so it's better to raise him as a mascot and write a book.

Liu Wei didn't understand Zhou Qingfeng's words, but he could also tell that this anti-thief handsome didn't treat him very well. But now that people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, and they have all surrendered, what else can he say?

Regarding the disposal of this idle and scattered, Liu Wei nodded and thanked him, but the generals around him were quite angry. Zhou Qingfeng saw that their faces were displeased, and said with a sneer: "If you want to see me greet each other, then you are wrong." For the thousands of old generals, I can accept them for transformation and disrupt the use of the establishment. For you, be a prisoner of war for a while, and if you want to make trouble, you will be put to death. ”

Zhou Qingfeng's tone was cold, and Ye Na stared at the sword. Even Han Shi, who sent these Liu family members in the future, immediately sank his face, and wanted to be consistent with his own handsome in terms of political attitude. Liu Wei knew that this was the new master's disapproval of his loyalty, so he could only turn around and comfort his own generals, so that they would 'come and be safe'.

At the beginning of April, the northward detachment completed the deterrence mission and returned south. There were many ships transporting water in Tongzhou, and the troops took more than 10,000 prisoners, and basically left along the canal by boat. Arrived in Tianjin two days later.

Tianjin is no longer defended at the moment, and Xue Sancai, the governor of Jiliao, who was originally here, fled with the gentry in the city and disappeared. Zhou Qingfeng easily occupied this big city, and by the way, he reported to Yin Hu in Dagukou and asked him to come to Tianjin to meet.

When he saw Yin Hu again, the firefighting captain of the 'revolutionary army' had red eyes, sunken cheeks, and described him as haggard. I haven't seen him for nearly a month, and I feel that he has lost more than a dozen pounds. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng, the first sentence he said was not to ask about the battle situation, but to shout: "I want to sleep, I'm tired to death." ”

Zhou Qingfeng went to the capital to make trouble, and Yin Hu was under great pressure in Dagukou. He was in charge of logistics and couldn't sleep every day and night, for fear that something would happen to Zhou Qingfeng, and the good situation of the 'revolutionary army' would be like a flash in the pan and would be over. When he saw that Zhou Qingfeng was good, he was like a bowstring stretched to the extreme, and he urgently needed to relax.

Zhou Qingfeng took Tianjin, and Li Shuwei took control of Dengzhou, and the chess game of the entire 'revolutionary army' trapped in the Liaodong Peninsula was alive. The entire Bohai Bay was within the scope of the 'revolutionary army' shipping, and all along the coast were within the scope of the two-day sea route, which was a huge transportation advantage in ancient times.

The news of Gyeonggi's victory was sent to Gaiju by clipper, and Zhao Ze and Xu Bing, who were stationed there, immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Bing even left the affairs of the front line and dispatched hundreds of elites from the Administration Department to Tianjin to support Zhou Qingfeng's post-war clean-up and recovery work.

When the two met, Zhou Qingfeng joked: "It's troublesome without radio, and it takes several days to deliver a message." It's like seeing someone every three autumns. ”

There are many radio devices in the space-time island, which can be alienated after being brought to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Even a dedicated handheld walkie-talkie became useless, and the communication distance was greatly reduced. After Xu Bing hugged Zhou Qingfeng, he sat on his lap with a big grin and said, "It's a big deal to get a spark transceiver, it's not a big problem." The question is what do we do next? ”

The inability of the Ming army allowed the 'revolutionary army' to gain a completely new situation at a very small cost. This situation came too quickly, and the traversers who originally wanted to do a long and hard battle were overjoyed. But what to do next becomes a big question.

"Tianjin is a very important city, and it would be too wasteful not to use it. The Ming court will not easily succumb and collapse, this is still the front line of the war. Zhou Qingfeng stretched his waist in the yamen hall of the Tianjin Wei Commander's Envoy and leaned back, and said softly: "Because the situation here is complicated, I want to make a copy of the administrative, industrial and agricultural systems of the Liaodong Peninsula and use them in Tianjin." ”

"You want Tianjin to be our new central city?" Xu Bing asked.

"There's a reason why Tianjin is the gateway to Gyeonggi." Zhou Qingfeng came back from the capital and was thinking about the follow-up development, "We can develop agriculture in the Liaodong Peninsula, but industry can't do it." Tianjin has developed transportation, a large population and abundant resources. The most important thing for me is that Tianjin is very close to Tangshan, and Tangshan has mines! ”

The Liaodong Peninsula is a safe corner, and safety is safe, but the lack of coal and iron has made the industrial development of the 'revolutionary army' quite painful, and all raw materials must be purchased. Tangshan is rich in coal and iron resources, and there are records of coal and iron mining in the Han Dynasty, and the difficulty of utilization is low. The steel output concealed by later generations ranks ninth in the world, and the development potential is huge.

For the current 'revolutionary army', there is no need for any super-large mines. As long as you build a small coal kiln and a small iron mine, there will be an output of tens of thousands of tons a year, which can also meet the raw material needs of early industry. The replicability of the industrial system will exponentially increase the power of the 'revolutionary army'.

"We are not in a hurry to seize national power right now, but we can keep the mess of the Ming Dynasty to make a sharp contrast for us. Whale swallowing is easy to indigestion, and it is easy to pull the egg when the step is large, so it is better to eat it slowly. When we occupy a place, we will stabilize it, and if we stabilize it, we will reform it, and push it out step by step. What we have is time, not rush.

It's April 1617, and I hope that there will be no more large-scale wars this year, even against Kennu. Lay a good foundation, train enough cadres, train enough troops, and then seize the world. Zhou Qingfeng said in the end, only then did he feel that he was too excited, and hurriedly asked Xu Bing: "How about the two states of Haigai?" Did Jiannu call? ”

The territory of the 'revolutionary army' is already large enough, but its management ability is declining, and it is necessary to stabilize it appropriately.

Xu Bing glanced at Zhou Qingfeng and said, "Jiannu has been here a few times, but the scale is not large. We almost emptied the population of Liaoyang, which allowed Jiannu to occupy an empty city. Their troops can come along the road, but the supplies are all transported from the rear, and they cannot last unless they are collected locally. They saw that our city was strong, and they had to retreat because they couldn't get in.

I feel that Jiannu is likely to attack Guanning to the west, and the target is that part of western Liaoning. Where is still the territory of the Ming army, there are many people and materials, and it is still very profitable to fight down. ”

For a slave society like Jiannu, fighting a war is doing business, and it is absolutely impossible to lose money. To fight the 'revolutionary army', you must be prepared to break your teeth, and if you run into a wall more times, they will definitely not be happy, and it is better to deal with those fish belly of the Ming army.

After Xu Bing finished speaking, he reached out and put his arm around Zhou Qingfeng's neck and said, "If you want to develop steadily, I have no opinion." But there's something I want to ask you? ”

"What's the matter?"

"Do you want to be emperor?"

"Ah......?"

"I want to be a queen, at least an imperial concubine. I know a lot, I have strong ability, management and administration are well organized, and I am your best assistant. I have this ambition, can you give me this opportunity? ”

Zhou Qingfeng was caught off guard by this question. Xu Bing had already hugged him, and his body was close to him. Smelling the fragrant breath on the tip of his nose and feeling the fiery delicate body in his arms, he forcibly pressed the accelerated heartbeat and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to be an emperor, I don't want to take a path that has been proven to be a dead end." I am willing to give up my false name and take a more glorious path. ”