"Hurry, hurry! Prepare all the equipment, dig the trench deep enough, don't panic! ”

On February 22, the first year of the Apocalypse, accompanied by the angry roar of the generals, a Ming army general outside Shenyang City commanded loudly, and thousands of soldiers around the city dug trenches and trenches, and no one dared to slack off.

The spring snow has already begun to melt, and although there are still some residues, it can no longer affect the overall situation.

Behind the female wall at the head of the Yongning Gate in Shenyang East City, Qin Bangping squinted his eyes, looking at the white mountains and black waters in the distance, with a heavy heart.

At this time, hundreds of cavalry appeared outside the city, and they galloped under the banner of the Ming army under the banner of Youzi.

The Shenyang soldiers in charge of digging the trench withdrew their horses, and hundreds of cavalry crossed the trench, stepped on the moat drawbridge, and rushed into Shenyang City.

Qin Bangping turned around and walked towards the city under the arch guard of more than a dozen personal guards, but before he could reach the place where he could go down the city wall, he saw You Shigong running up wearing armor.

"How?"

Seeing You Shigong returning, Qin Bangping hurriedly asked.

You Shigong went up to the city wall and replied after bowing to Qin Bangping:

"It should be just a temptation, the old slave didn't take any of the forts, this time it should be sent to test the strength of each fort, I want to know if there are troops to support each fort if it attacks Shenyang City."

"However, the situation is not optimistic, the several stone forts around Shenyang City only have more troops than the Wujing battalion, but there are only less than 3,000 people."

"There are only more than 1,000 people in the other Wang Datun, only 1,000 in Fengji Fort, Baitapu, Hunhe Fort, Shendan Fort, and Wicker Village are only five or six hundred people respectively."

"Dongzhou Fort in the east has long fallen, and the Weining battalion in the southeast is only more than a thousand people."

"This time, the army of old slaves should be about 40,000 people, but this time they have prepared ships and sailors, which are estimated to be used to transport grain and grass to the south."

"At present, all the horses have withdrawn to Salhu City, and I don't know when the old slave will attack."

"It's not going to be fast, but it's not going to be slow either." After Qin Bangping pondered for a few seconds, he spoke based on his previous experience:

"Since the old slaves use ships that are not good at transporting grain, it means that they are short of grain and grass."

"But now that we are withdrawing to Salhu City, it should be that the siege equipment is not ready."

"My guess is that they will invade Shenyang during the tenth day of March."

Speaking of this, Qin Bangping asked a scribe next to him:

"How much civilian food and military food are there in Shenyang City right now?"

"General Hui, the people's food is about 600,000 stones, and the military food is still 146,000 stones." The officer responded:

"It's not a problem to stick to it for half a year."

"Well......" Hearing this, Qin Bangping nodded, and then said to You Shigong:

"The news of the old slave's invasion, I have sent people to Liaoyang, Guangning, Changping and the capital for 800 miles."

"Once the situation in Shenyang is not right, Liaoyang and Guangning will send reinforcements, which can inform the people in the city, don't worry."

Qin Bangping is very confident in defending Shenyang City, after all, he got the news that Qi Yuanfu has already set off from Tianjin Wei by boat to lead the troops, if nothing else, he will be able to arrive in Haizhou in a few days and go north to Liaoyang.

Liaoyang's Qi Jin headquarters, plus Qi Yuanfu, was enough to send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to support Shenyang.

As for Guangning's side, Xiong Tingbi also assured him that there were 30,000 soldiers, and it would not be a problem to transfer 10,000.

If this can't be done, then you can only count on Your Highness......

Thinking of this, Qin Bangping sighed, and at this time, He Shixian, Qin Minping, Qin Banghan and others also walked into the city scolding.

Before he went to the city, He Shixian complained loudly:

"I'm here to defend the city and protect them, but they are spreading gossip around the city, and they still believe what the old slave said about dividing the land, and they are really fools!"

"What's wrong?" Qin Bangping heard He Shixian's words, frowned slightly and asked.

At this time, Qin Banghan also said:

"Big brother, there is a rumor in Shenyang City that the old slave is willing to live with the people of Liaodong "to have a house to live with, to eat with grain, and to plough with the land." ”

"Nonsense!" Qin Bangping scoffed.

With the size of Liaodong, even the eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses in Liaozhen can't be fed, let alone the 100,000 people under the command of the old slave.

However, ordinary people do not have this concept at all, and there will inevitably be people who follow the thief.

Thinking of this, Qin Bangping raised his hand and ordered:

"Let people watch the four city gates, guard the granaries, and all the northern captives in the city will send people to take good care of me."

"The Sword Comes"

"His Royal Highness the Fifth has explained before that the barbarian northern captives have more fornications with the old slaves, and they may take advantage of the old slaves to rob the city while they are attacking the city!"

"Qin Zongbing rest assured, with my Lao He Town, whoever dares to come forward will cut off his head!" He Shixian patted his chest, and then said:

"If you want me to say, it's better for me to lead the headquarters out of the city, cut off hundreds of real captives' heads, and hang them on the head of the city, so as to calm the hearts of the people!"

"No, it's important to defend the city." Qin Bangping shook his head, his task was to defend Shenyang and guard this place for the imperial court.

If Shenyang is lost, Liaoyang will not be able to protect itself, and then the entire southern Liaoning will fall into the hands of the old slave.

Qin Bangping understands very well, so he deliberately said to everyone:

"After the trenches are dug, the horses are rejected, and the earth pits are dug, without my orders, except for the Yongchang Gate in Xicheng, which can receive grain and grass from Guangning, the other city gates are not allowed to be opened."

"Tell the officers and soldiers of the whole army that each person who kills the real captives will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and after this battle, each person will be rewarded with 5 taels of silver."

"Yes!" Hearing this, everyone was a lot more excited, and Qin Bangping was a little relieved.

At present, there are still 150,000 taels of silver in the silver treasury of Shenyang City, which is enough to cope with this battle.

If it is not enough, then the head cut off by the real captives is enough to be sent to the Yanshan camp in exchange for a reward.

Thinking of this, Qin Bangping looked at the horizon in the distance, and for some reason, his mood unconsciously became heavy.

Such a feeling was never felt when he led the troops to attack Hailongtun......

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"Nicely furnished......

When Qin Bangping was preparing to garrison Shenyang, Zhu Youxiao, who had received an urgent request from Shenyang in the capital, also nodded.

At this moment, he sat in the Heart Cultivation Hall and flipped through Qin Bangping's handwriting, and only after reading it did he close it, raised his head and said to Wang An and Wei Zhongxian who were standing in front of him: "What did my brother say?" ”

"Long live the return......," Wang Anzuo said:

"His Royal Highness said that he has studied the situation in Shenyang, and the only problem that plagues him is the problem of grain and grass."

"According to General Qin's handwriting, Shenyang's military rations can be eaten for five or six months, and after five or six months, Liaodong has not yet entered the winter, so what we need to do now is to transport grain to Liaodong."

"His Royal Highness has arranged for someone to transfer 50,000 stone of grain to Tianjin, and the grain will go to Gaizhou by sea ship to transfer Liaoyang."

"And at present, Qi Jin of Liaoyang estimates that he will transport 50,000 stones from Liaoyang's grain north to the north of Liaoyang and deliver it to Shenyang City."

"These 50,000 stone of grain, save a little food enough to last until winter, as long as winter comes, the old slave will retire."

"Even so, can Shenyang hold on?" Zhu Youxiao did not doubt Zhu Youzhen's judgment, but Shenyang was too important to Daming.

Once Shenyang and Liaoyang, and even the Liaodong Peninsula are lost, Houjin, the vicious dog that devours the lord, can completely rely on this piece of meat to survive another five or six years.

In five or six years, this represents an annual expenditure of more than 4 million taels or even 5 million taels, and there is no room for sloppiness.

It's just his question, and Wang An quickly replied: "Your Highness said, please long live the belief in General Qin and General Qi Zongbing." ”

"Once nothing can be done, Xiong Jingluo will lead troops to Shenyang to rescue, and His Royal Highness will order Man Gui to lead troops to aid Liaodong."

"Hmm......" Zhu Youxiao bowed slightly, and then said:

"But it's impossible for my brother to pay for this military ration alone." After that, he looked at Wei Zhongxian and said:

"Ordered the Taifu Temple, the Household Department, and the Military Department to jointly raise it, and after ten days, 600,000 stone grains and 300,000 grass bundles were transferred to Quang Ninh."

"In addition......" Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao said again:

"800,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury were transported to Changping for the military salary allocated to the imperial horse supervisor this year."

"Slave and maid ......" Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian felt distressed.

800,000 taels, if only it were all his.

At present, His Royal Highness has caught so many things, and his own family will allocate 800,000 silver, which is really ......

Wei Zhongxian's flesh hurt, but Wang An opened his mouth at this time:

"Long live, Ye Ge Lao has already set off on the ninth day of the first month, and arrived in Nanjing three days ago, Sun Gechen and Fang Ge Lao returned to their hometown today, and the new commander of the Jinyi Guard sent Lu Wenzhao to escort the two general banners to the south.

”

"Hmm......" Hearing Ye Xianggao's departure, as well as Sun Ruyou and Fang Congzhe's return to their hometowns, and Lu Wenzhao's appointment as the commander of Jinyiwei, Zhu Youxiao bowed slightly and continued to deal with the music.

But after a few seconds, he put down the music in his hand again, looked up and asked:

"Lu Wenzhao, how are you doing?"

A sentence of inquiry, obviously not to ask Wang An, the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant of the ceremonial eunuch, but to ask Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the palm seal of the East Factory.

When Wei Zhongxian heard the inquiry, he said with a smile:

"Commander Lu did not go to the North Town Fu Division, but handled government affairs in the South Town Fu Division, and it seems that everything was prepared properly before going to the North Town Fu Division."

"Got it." Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youxiao lost interest, and began to bow his head and continue to deal with the music.

However, not long after he finished dealing with the notes, a book appeared in front of his eyes.

[The Ministry of War sent 2,573 newly recruited and trained 2,573 officers and soldiers from Zhejiang Province to garrison Huang Tiaohuan and Xu Lian to go to Liaodong to defend against suppression, and issued 12,865 taels of silver, and asked the Zhejiang Direct Association to allocate 5,000 stone of grain from the Zhejiang Direct Association, hoping that His Majesty would approve it]

Looking at the request for the transfer of troops from the military department on the song, Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, and then wrote down his opinion:

[Yes, it can be transferred to Liaoyang for the commander of Liaoyang's general army, Qi Jin]

After that, he criticized the red and put the notes aside, and began to deal with the other notes.

was also dealing with the sparseness, and the Yamen of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi also ushered in his new principal......

Wearing a scarlet trolling and wearing a goose feather knife at his waist, the three thousand Nanzhen Fusi brocade guards walked out of the alleys and appeared at the Fusi Yamen of Beizhen with a carriage.

Seeing such a battle, even if someone notified the Jinyi guard official on duty in the Fusi of Beizhen today.

Soon, the brocade guards in the Fusi of Beizhen also poured out, and then a man of thirty-five or sixteen years old, wearing the official uniform of the brocade guards of the fourth grade, walked down the steps among several thousands of guards.

"Humble position, Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Beizhen Fu Division, welcome to the commanding envoy!"

Xu Xianchun half-knelt on the ground, without any shelf, like a dog welcoming the new owner.

But no one dared to laugh at him, the entire Jinyi Guard, except for him, only the commander of the North and South Zhenfu Division, and the commander above him.

It's the same level, but there are only three of them.

Therefore, apart from these few people, if others dare to ridicule him, I am afraid that it will be difficult to obtain benefits under various means.

"Wow......"

Suddenly, this was the sound of someone standing up in the carriage, and everyone lowered their heads, and a Nanzhen Fuji Qianhu took out a stool and put it on the back of the carriage and opened the back door of the carriage.

A hand stretched out from the carriage, and Qianhu helped the other party step on the stool and landed safely.

Lu Wenzhao, who was dressed in a bullfighting suit, looked at the plaque of Beizhen Fusi, and never thought that he had a humble official position at the beginning, but he had reached such a point in only half a year.

"Get up......"

Lu Wenzhao didn't look down at Xu Xianchun, just looked at the plaque of Beizhen Fusi, and opened his mouth with his hands behind his back.

"Thank you, Commander!" Xu Xianchun stood up, and at this time, seven carriages also came from the periphery.

After the carriage came to a stop, seven men dressed in brocade guard uniforms stepped down from it.

The eldest one wore the official uniform of the commander of the same acquaintance, the other three wore the official uniform of the fourth rank of the commander, and the other three wore the official uniform of a thousand households.

"The commander of the Beizhen Fusi is the same as Cui Yingyuan (commander Yang Huan, commander Li Ruolian, Qianhu Hou Guoxing, Qianhu Hou Keguang, Qianhu Wei Zhao), I have seen the commander!"

The seven of them reported to their homes, and if Zhu Youzhen was here, I am afraid they would sneer softly.

Most of the backbone of the future eunuch party appeared here, and three of the five biao walked out in one go.

However, Lu Wenzhao didn't know about this, he just glanced at everyone, and then said, "Get up." ”

The seven of them got up one after another, and at this time, Lu Wenzhao spoke directly: "Who is Wu Mengming?" ”

"The commander, the lowly position is Wu Mengming!"

At this time, a brocade-clothed guard in the crowd spoke, and Xu Xianchun, who was standing next to Lu Wenzhao, sighed in his heart.

Wu Mengming was his assistant, but because Wu Mengming didn't give him filial piety, he targeted Wu Mengming for a long time.

Now that the commander came, he asked Wu Mengming, is this kid going to be promoted?

Before Xu Xianchun's thoughts fell, he heard Lu Wenzhao speak:

"Li Ruolian, I have already asked you to be the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, as for Wu Mengming, you can replace Li Ruolian's vacant position and be the commander of the Beizhen Fusi."

"Thank you for your support!"

Li Ruolian and Wu Mengming hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Lu Wenzhao, but Cui Yingyuan's heart tightened.

It's just that when Lu Wenzhao heard this, he didn't show joy or sorrow, but raised his legs and walked towards the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen.

Seeing this, the others followed one after another, and the same was true of the people from Nanzhen Fusi.

Beyond the gatehouse, around the shadow wall, you will see a small square with a length of 20 zhang and a width of 10 zhang.

"On weekdays, is Commander Luo here inspecting the thousands and hundreds of households in Beijing?"

Lu Wenzhao opened his mouth to ask, and Li Ruolian, who was supported next to him, hurriedly replied:

"When the back commander and the former commander are there, most of them are here, but it is usually one o'clock on the tenth day."

"Then the rules can be changed...... Lu Wenzhao said as he walked:

"From today onwards, at one o'clock in the third day, the first thing is to arrest all those who dare to pretend to be Jinyiwei in the world!"

When he said this, Lu Wenzhao glanced at Cui Yingyuan, and Cui Yingyuan was also stunned in his heart, understanding that Lu Wenzhao knew that he had pretended to be the captain of the Jinyi Guard.

But then he was relieved, because for now, Lu Wenzhao didn't mean to expose him.

Lu Wenzhao led people into the main hall of the Zhenfu Division, and after sitting on the main seat, he motioned for everyone to sit down.

After Cui Yingyuan and the others sat down, he spoke:

"In the future, the North Town Fu Division and the South Town Fu Division will be directly merged together, the South Town Fu Division is on the left, and the North Town Fu Division is on the right."

"The Beizhen Fu Division is responsible for supervising the military generals and officers of the Nine Sides and the Southwest, as well as Korea, Japan, Jianyu, Beiyu, Kansai (Western Regions), Wusi-Tibetan Propaganda Division, Annan Metropolitan Envoy Division, Donghu, Laos, Siam, and Nanyang."

"Beizhen Fusi will be taken over by Li Ruolian, and Wu Mengming and Xu Xianchun will be assistants."

"Humble command!" Hearing that Beizhen Fusi's power was so big, Li Ruolian clenched his fists.

He was originally a martial artist, but he couldn't be reused by Luo Sigong because he didn't fit in.

Now that I'm good, I can monitor the armaments that I'm interested in.

"Cui Yingyuan......" Lu Wenzhao suddenly spoke.

"Humble duty!" Cui Yingyuan's heart was dripping, and he was a little weak.

However, Lu Wenzhao spoke: "In the future, the Nanzhen Fusi will supervise the hundred officials, as well as all the officials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and inspect thieves and corrupt officials, as well as people who pretend to be officials and Jinyi guards. ”

"This Nanzhen Fusi is in charge of you......"

"Thank you for your humble duties, Commander!" Cui Yingyuan was terrified, he understood that he had a handle in Lu Wenzhao's hands, so Lu Wenzhao called himself to supervise hundreds of officials.

This is not a good errand, once he offends the civil official, he Cui Yingyuan doesn't know if he can live to Zhishi.

But he has no choice, if he does not supervise, he will die later, and if he does not supervise, he will die now, and he has no third choice.

Therefore, he could only grit his teeth and take over this position and task, and Lu Wenzhao also spoke:

"Yang Huan, Wei Zhao, Hou Guoxing, Hou Keguang and others are your assistants."

"Within ten days, I will see that those people who are swindling and deceiving in the capital are all imprisoned."

"Another ......"

At this time, someone brought the tea, and Lu Wenzhao also picked it up and blew it, and then took a sip and said:

"Jinyiwei has a class of 200,000 taels of silver every year, and whoever you find out has a big news, this class of silver will be sent to whom."

"There are nearly 100,000 Jinyi guards in the north and south towns, 1,600 civil ministers, 83,000 military attachés, and vassal kings and nobles ...... at the moment."

Lu Wenzhao lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and then continued to speak:

"There are so many people, there are always corrupt officials and lawless noble vassal kings......

Lu Wenzhao's words made everyone creepy, after all, the vassal king and the nobles are who touches and who dies.

Li Ruolian was worried, so he could only say: "Commander, I don't know who ordered this ......"

"You don't care who ordered it, just hand in the information and evidence you get."

"In addition, the Jinyi guards on the register can be checked, whether there are really 100,000, or not."

"If you dare to eat empty quotas, then I can only endure the pain and send you to prison."

Lu Wenzhao's words made Cui Yingyuan and the others break out in cold sweat on their foreheads, after all, they all ate more or less empty quotas.

But before they could speak, Lu Wenzhao said again:

"After the vacancy is gone, it is time for your money to multiply several times."

"Thank you, Commander!" Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If you really want to use the brocade clothes and silver set at the beginning of the country, it is estimated that at most you can support the family at the moment, and you can't even afford to support a few servants.

It's just that I don't know how many times what Lu Wenzhao said, how much has it been doubled.

However, everyone can see that if they want to live the nourishing life before, they can only fight for the 200,000 taels of class silver.

This is equivalent to asking everyone to work hard to check the eucalyptus, because from the meaning of Lu Wenzhao's words, the north and south Zhenfu Division, whoever checks the most eucalyptus will be the most likely to get Ban Yin.

That's 200,000 taels, and it's 200,000 taels a year.

Even if Tongzhi, Gongshi, Qianhu, and Baihu share it together, each person can get a few thousand taels of silver.

That's a lot of money, and it's a lot of money.

If it is just an empty salary, even if it is eaten by 10,000 people, it will be at most 56,000 taels, and once it is found out, it will be a capital crime.

But if you can get this class of silver......

Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan even had the idea of how to divide the class silver in their minds.

"Okay, in a month, I want to see the latest yellow book of Jinyiwei."

Lu Wenzhao stood up, and then walked towards the outside of the Zhenfu Division under the escort of his cronies.

Li Ruolian, Cui Yingyuan and others followed, and after sending him into the carriage, they said:

"Command the messenger to go slowly!"

"Let's all go get things done." Lu Wenzhao's voice came from the carriage, and then with the reins of the horse waved by Qianhu, the carriage left here with a large number of people from Nanzhen Fusi.

After the carriage walked away, Cui Yingyuan looked at Li Ruolian, frowning slightly, never thinking that he was a fool yesterday, but today he is actually on an equal footing with himself.

"Hehe, Li Tongzhi, you and I should work together well in the future...... Li Ruolian put on a smiling face and treated Li Ruolian kindly.

"Well, I just wanted to talk to Cui Tongzhi about the yellow book and manpower allocation." As soon as Li Ruolian opened his mouth, it was a serious matter, which made Cui Yingyuan feel very uncomfortable, but he still smiled and nodded:

"It's natural, you and I can't live up to the command." After that, he took people into the Zhenfu Division, and Li Ruolian also took Wu Mengming, Xu Xianchun, and several thousands of households under his command to follow in.

It's just that when they walked into the Zhenfu Division, Lu Wenzhao's carriage also arrived at the mansion he had just bought in the capital.

After the cronies helped him get out of the carriage and enter the hospital, he asked puzzledly:

"My lord, can Your Highness's method really make Li Ruolian and Cui Yingyuan check it carefully?"

His question, in disguise, said that everything Lu Wenzhao said just now was what Zhu Youzhen thought, and Lu Wenzhao also chuckled and turned around and said:

"Okay, you'll find out in a few days......"