Chapter 700 Thousands of miles to send people's heads

Shang Wang Ling, the President of the Government Council seconded.

There are traitors and rebels in the court, chasing righteous people, slaughtering loyal ministers, and causing chaos in the court, so that above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, between the palace and the majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu, the Kyushu tax is heavy, the servitude is numerous, and the common people suffer from upside down.

The king of Shang as a minister of Emperor Chongzhen, the morality of the guard, the faithfulness of the deeds, the name of the cherished, now the king of Shang wants to restore the community, command the world, raise the banner of righteousness, go north to ask for thieves, first punish the slaves, and then the peace is not a minister.

In the "Business Daily" published a front-page headline article, the Shangguo Beizhen Chamber, Liaoyang Chamber, Heishui Chamber, Huining Chamber, Huanglong Chamber, Anton Chamber, followed by the Taiwan Chamber, Luzon Chamber, Nanyang Chamber, Qiongzhou Chamber, Hetao Chamber, respectively received the official Shang Wang Decree from Quan Xu, from the moment of receiving the royal order, the territory of the Shang State, whether it is the Henan enclave or the Hetao enclave, have entered a comprehensive mobilization system.

First of all, all the officers and men of all divisions, brigades, and regiments of the merchant army on vacation canceled their vacations and returned to their respective establishments.

In fact, the welfare of the soldiers of the merchant army, that is, the original soldiers of the whole family, is quite good, and ordinary soldiers have 60 days of military pay leave, which is calculated according to the beginning of returning to their hometown, not from leaving the barracks.

After all, although the territory of the Shang Kingdom was less than 5 million square kilometers, it was more than 7,600 kilometers from north to south and nearly 2,500 kilometers from east to west. For the sake of fairness, the soldiers who were guarding Luzon could apply for leave, take a certificate issued by the army, and return to their destination, and upon arrival, they needed to be stamped and dated by the local government.

With the cancellation of vacations only by the army, the Shang country is full of scenes of wives sending their husbands and parents sending their sons, although the whole family army has been changed to the merchant army, but the problem is that the color of the military uniform has not changed, it is still black clothes and black pants, full of murderous atmosphere.

The mobilization was not all armed into an army, but it was transferred to a wartime system, and everything was on par with the military, and the influence of ordinary people in the merchant country was not great, in fact, some industries were stimulated.

For example, the merchants who operate in the market to eat and drink cloth, with the mobilization of the merchants, the consumption of the troops has increased greatly, and the materials they need will be purchased from the people. Truckloads of pigs are pulled to the slaughterhouse, where they are slaughtered and then processed into military supplies such as ham sausages, luncheon meat, jerky, or canned braised pork.

At the same time, almost all the steam engine trains were concentrated, and a cart of sergeants and equipment went to the direction of Beizhen Province, and at the same time, there was a huge consumption of alcohol, guns and ammunition, and as for the gun bureau, it was fully productive, and brand-new rifles and bullets were produced like running water.

At this time, the really suppressed productive forces of the Shang country began to burst out with real power, of course, this is not limited to the production of weapons and equipment, but the effective use of manpower, just like the current Shang country has more than 5,800 kilometers of railways, and there are more than 2,000 steam engine locomotives alone.

If these trains are handed over to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, it can ensure that the trains do not crash, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty have the ability, as for the reasonable debugging and improving the transportation efficiency as much as possible, it will be even more difficult for the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

When Quan Xu was mobilized in the Shang State, in just five days, more than 1,300 militia towns were assembled, which was more than 100,000 militiamen, and began to replace the regular army of the Shang army and be responsible for local security work.

Public security checkpoints have been set up on the reinforced concrete roads and highways in each town to strictly investigate the spies who are meticulous and build slaves, and all the carrier pigeons raised by the people are uniformly numbered and put under surveillance. The town guards and security chiefs began to investigate potential spies or elaborates in their area, and for a time the entire Shang Kingdom began to rumor.

With the full mobilization of the Shang State, the roads between the six prefectures, counties, and towns of the entire Shang State have begun to operate efficiently, and the fights and brawls that are not usually supervised have risen to a terrible height at this time.

Of course, once the power of the people is mobilized, it is quite terrible.

"Official, I want to report it!"

At this time, in front of the merchant militia team, a fat lady in a long blue dress in her forties spread her arms and stopped a group of militiamen who were patrolling.

The militia team led by him was asking, "What are you going to report?" ”

"I'm going to report, my neighbor Huang and his son Niu Huang'an."

"Do you have proof?"

"Yes, I heard Zhu Huang'an say Jiannu with my own ears, and he scolded people in Jiannu language!"

"Let's go over and have a look!"

Under the leadership of the fat lady, this group of Haizhou militia followed the fat lady to the alley of the front gate of Haizhou City.

The fat lady pointed to the alley and said, "From this family, the third one is their family!" ”

The third one?

Several militiamen quietly touched it.

In a courtyard with two entrances in front and back, a young man wearing only a pair of calf pants and a swarthy and very strong tendon was chopping firewood under a tree.

There are traces of deep firewood stacks on the side of the wall, but except for the bottom layer of chopping firewood, which is old, the firewood stacked high above is just chopped.

In fact, the biggest difference between burning briquettes and firewood for cooking is speed. Dry firewood is more powerful than coal, and when it is critical, when cooking vegetables, the meals made by the firewood pot are more fragrant.

What's more, shipyards waste a lot of wood scraps every day, and in later generations, they can be made into sawdust boards and reused, in this era, the cost of composite panels is far higher than that of solid wood, and the degree of strength is not as good as solid wood, there is no market at all.

Using leftovers from a shipyard or furniture yard for cooking is actually more economical than burning briquettes.

There was a flat bluestone in front of the firewood stack, and the young man held an axe in one hand, erected a wooden stake, and then brushed the ground and went down with an axe, and split the wooden stake in half cleanly. But when he chopped firewood, it was still accurate, steady, fast, and powerful. These two arms really have a bit of arm strength.

Under the shade of the tree lay a stool, and a woman in her mid-thirties wore a beige breast-length skirt that was not old. Sitting on a stool with one leg and counting him: "You said you, the boss is not a small person, why can't you even go on a blind date." Well? When you go to be a fine worker, you are so capable, pretending to be a dragon like a dragon, pretending to be a tiger like a tiger, but when you see the parents of other girls, you are clumsy, and you can't beat a fart with three sticks! ”

The young man did not say a word, but was bored and chopping wood, and the woman was annoyed and said angrily, "Did you hear the old lady speak?" Just know how to chop wood! Every time I go out and come back. Just chop a wall of firewood for the old lady, no matter how much firewood you chop, isn't the old lady living alone at home? I don't have a daughter-in-law, let alone an eldest grandson, and when I see other people's children, I am very rare. I said Niu Huang An, although our Zhu family has declined. But if you can't even talk about a daughter-in-law, isn't our Niu family going to die! ”

The young man looked back helplessly and said, "Ah Niang! Look at what you said, I'm only sixteen years old. Why are you worried about the future......"

Before the woman could speak, the gate of the small courtyard was kicked open with a bang, and more than a dozen militiamen rushed into the courtyard like wolves.

The young man's face changed, and he held the axe in front of the woman: "What are you?" ”

"Niu Huang'an, your incident happened, come with me?"

Niu Huangan looked at the militia: "Why? ”

"Dare to resist, don't be killed!"

Although Niu Huang'an was brave and brave, he used an axe to force back two militiamen, but at this moment: "Bang bang bang ......"

Four gunshots rang out in a row, and Niu Huang An fell in a pool of blood......

"The old lady fought with you......"

Two more gunshots rang out, and the woman also collapsed in a pool of blood.

As the so-called people who know you best, they are often your enemies, and those meticulous and spies often inadvertently show their feet in front of their neighbors and acquaintances.

Shangguo's war machine began to be opened, Zhu Weiyuan's mood was obviously a little low, not only was her morning sickness very severe during pregnancy, but now as the due date approached, Zhu Weiyuan's calves began to swell, and now she can't walk anymore, so she can only do a wheelchair.

Quan Xu pushed the wheelchair, Zhu Weiyuan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you are going to go on this Northern Expedition, Sanniang is still going to follow, right?" ”

"Of course, Jing Mu, Jing Ran, and Jing Yang have all gone to school, and Sanniang is gone, and the family will be even more deserted!"

Quan Xu was stunned for a moment, and said apologetically: "It's hard for you, I thought that when you gave birth to a child, I would be by your side, but ......"

"The concubine is not a woman who doesn't know the importance of the matter, and the king still puts state affairs first!"

At this moment, Zhu Weiyuan looked at Quan Xu and opened her mouth: "Your Majesty, the concubine begs you for something!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"I said in the future, if ...... If you go to Beijing, can you pardon a person......"

"Do you mean Concubine Li Kang?"

"No, as a king, I will not embarrass her!"

Zhu Weiyuan smiled bitterly: "The imperial sister-in-law I am talking about! ”

The imperial sister-in-law in Zhu Weiyuan's mouth is not Queen Zhou, although Queen Zhou is also her imperial sister-in-law, but refers to Empress Zhang Yan, the original queen of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Zhang Yan is also a hard-working woman, after he married the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he only gave birth to one child, and it was stillborn, because he offended the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian, and suffered a lot of resentment.

Quan Xu smiled faintly: "Don't worry, you haven't reached that step yet!" ”

However, Quan Xu did not expect how fast the mobilization speed and mobilization capacity of the Shang State would be, from April 17 to the third day of the fifth month, that is, 16 days later, the Shang State mobilized 1.65 million people to transport materials for the Northern Expedition of the Shang Army.

At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen obviously issued a holy decree eleven days earlier than Quan Xu, and twenty-seven days later, outside the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the first foreign army arrived in the capital, and this army was the Changping army with the highest call for the Northern Expedition.

Secondly, the Baoding Army, as well as the Tianxiong Army and the Datong Army under the command of Man Gui also arrived in the capital, and more than 65,000 foreign troops arrived in the capital at this time.

It's just that the Shandong New Army still refused to be ordered to go north to participate in the Northern Expedition, and the military headquarters issued 14 fire tickets in a row, but they ignored them. In addition, the Sichuan army had not yet arrived because the distance was too long. Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to wait, even if the new army from Shandong did not come, the Sichuan army would come and the Ming army would greatly increase its combat strength, after all, the name of the Sichuan army for good fighting has long been world-famous, and it is worth his wait.

But the government and the opposition have no patience to wait any longer, what about nearly 70,000 mouths, can eat a mountain in a day, stay in Beijing for a long time, eat, drink and Lazar have to be solved by the imperial court, who can stand it?

The common people agree and have quite opinions, not all troops have the good discipline of the new army, such as the squad army in Changping Army, Baoding and other places, the combat effectiveness is poor, the discipline is even worse, stealing a chicken and touching a dog is commonplace, the common people have great opinions, and the government and the opposition are unanimously urging Emperor Chongzhen to hurry up and go on the expedition.

Don't waste it here, as for the Sichuan Army and the Heluo New Army, you can let them speed up and go north, anyway, this battle can't be fought in a day or two, and I'm afraid they won't be able to catch up with this battle?

Chongzhen felt that it made sense, so he issued an order to inspect the troops on the outskirts of the capital on May 9, hold a flag-sacrificing ceremony, and take out a large amount of money from the internal treasury to reward the three armies, and swore to go on the expedition.

Nearly 70,000 troops embarked on the journey in a mighty way, all the way to the sun with flags, swords and guns, and the queue stretched for dozens of miles, which was extremely spectacular.

The common people who came to see him off were greatly excited, and they all said that they had never seen such a prosperous military appearance since they fought at Tumu Fort. Everywhere I went, all the states and counties ate pot pulp and welcomed them, which made the Northern Expedition army quite encouraged, and Emperor Chongzhen was full of confidence: "I have such a powerful army, and there are hundreds of millions of people to fully support it, how can I not recover Kulun and annihilate Jiannu!" ”

The day after Chongzhen took the oath to go out, Quan Xu received the news that Chongzhen was going north, but what surprised him was that Chongzhen took less than 70,000 Northern Expeditionary troops to go out to build slaves.

He really couldn't imagine whether Emperor Chongzhen's head was paste, or stool, but it couldn't be a brain, more than 70,000 Ming troops, even if he added more than 60,000 people in his Beijing camp, it was only 130,000 horses, and it was strange that this northern expedition to Kulun could succeed.

Even if Jiannu has not been strengthened by the Spaniards, even if they are still poorly equipped with cold weapons, they still have the strength to attack the 130,000 Ming army infantry, it can be said that Chongzhen's current behavior is simply a thousand miles away.

If he can return safely, Jeon Xu will snap his eyes out.

Now all the intelligence and evidence directly show that Huang Taiji said that the emperor rallied the people and lured Emperor Chongzhen to the north to attack Kulun, which was a naked conspiracy.

Those ministers who were regarded by Chongzhen as confidants must have already sold Emperor Chongzhen.

In fact, just as Quan Xu guessed, before Chongzhen led the Northern Expeditionary Army to arrive in Huairou, important information such as the geometry of Emperor Chongzhen's Northern Expeditionary Army, how well equipped they were, and who commanded the army were sent to Huang Taiji's desk.

Chongzhen's move is to send people away for thousands of miles!