Yang Xin silently calculated in his heart, the number of heavy cavalry at the front was about 5,000, the infantry was about 10,000, the artillery was more than 2,000, and the light cavalry at the back was estimated to be about 10,000, these were all elites, with nearly 30,000 people, as for the baggage troops, there were also four or five thousand people, hundreds of carts, one car with more than ten soldiers, and 5,000 people were only less than more.

And those homeless people with rudimentary weapons, numbering no less than 60,000, are all rabble, but 40,000 people are drawn out of it to form an infantry formation, and their strength is definitely far greater than that of the recruits of the Beida battalion.

Not only is the equipment much better than that of the Beida Battalion, but many of those homeless people also have a resolute look on their faces, and they are obviously old people who often follow the king Li Zicheng to fight everywhere, and I am afraid that there are also many people who can fight.

In this way, this main force has at least 30,000 elite soldiers and 40,000 ordinary outcasts!

This is definitely the main force that Li Zicheng brought to the capital, but he didn't see Liu Zongmin's banner, according to historical records, Liu Zongmin's troops were only slightly less than Li Zicheng's people, and they were also the main force of the army.

Now this army is actually going back to Shaanxi?

Yang Xin is really puzzled, according to Yang Xin's memory, the normal historical process should be that Li Zicheng became a little degenerate after entering Beijing, and the army rested in the capital for several months, as if he robbed countless wealth, and then slowly took the main force to Shanhaiguan to face the Manchu Qing, and finally fled back to the capital in a big defeat, but he didn't even dare to stay in the capital, and fled all the way west with the remnants of the defeated army.

But now, Li Zicheng has only been in Beijing for six days, and he has transferred a main force back to Shaanxi.

Could it be that the folk man just now didn't know about these things and was blinded?

The army just now, the banners are all Chuang, Dashun, Li, that must be Li Zicheng's henchmen! It's just that Yang Xin doesn't know the person who led the army, but what can be ruled out are Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, Luo Rucai, he has seen all of them.

……

The next day, Yang Xin was chatting with the princess in the room when there was a knock on the door.

At this point, Yang Xin estimated that the guards came to deliver the meal, since the organization of this group of guards, Yang Xin felt a lot more relaxed, not to mention helping himself to manage, he and the princess were also very thoughtful, which is equivalent to a collection of orderlies, guards, heralds, and grassroots squad leaders.

The door creaked open, but instead of a guard, a middle-aged woman in her thirties walked in with two large bowls of sorghum rice.

With a smile on his face, he said, "General, Miss Zhu, please eat." ”

Yang Xin was stunned, he knew this person, but he was the eldest daughter-in-law of Carpenter Chen, and he didn't know the name.

"It turned out to be the sister-in-law of the Chen family, why did you come over to deliver food today?"

The woman smiled and said, "I happened to be in charge of cooking rice at noon today, so I will bring a meal to the general by the way." ”

Yang Xin nodded and smiled: "Thank you so much!" ”

But seeing that after the woman put the dishes and chopsticks, she didn't mean to get up and leave, Yang Xin immediately reacted and asked, "Sister-in-law of the Chen family, could it be that you have something to look for me?" ”

The woman smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, the Wei family kid who guarded the door said that there are a few shops on the street that have opened, and I also looked at the door, and it is really open, so I came to ask the general, can we go out and buy something now?" ”

Because Yang Xin had ordered before that no one was allowed to leave the barracks without his order, it was just to avoid getting into trouble and clash with the Dashun army on the street.

Yang Xin and the princess were suddenly overjoyed, and the princess also looked at Yang Xin with anticipation, the two of them have lived like savages these days, both of them have not even changed their clothes, Yang Xin doesn't even have shoes, and they didn't dare to go out to wash their clothes last time, so they asked someone to wash them and dry them and bring them into the room.

Yang Xin thought about it, and felt that since there were shops that dared to open, there should be no problem for him and others to go out shopping, but the barracks still had to set up rules, and they couldn't go in and out casually, so he pondered for a moment and smiled slightly, "Since there is a store open, it's naturally okay to go out to buy things, but this is a barracks important place, soldiers must explain the reason to the soldiers guarding the door when they go out, how long to go out, no night without returning, go out for more than an hour, you need to take leave to the general, as for the family, the family can go in and out at will, but you are not allowed to bring strangers into the camp, If you need to go out for a few days, you also need to take leave from the general! ”

Seeing that he was talking farther and farther, the two women's eyes suddenly widened, both of them were in a hurry to go out, where did they have the patience to listen to so many inexplicable rules.

The princess stood up, grabbed his arm and said, "Let's go, Brother Yang, let's just go together, go out with the general, how can we not break the rules, right?" ”

The woman was almost stunned by Yang Xin's rules, and was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "It's still Miss Zhu's smart, and if you follow the general, then it's foolproof." ”

Yang Xin is quite dignified, as the so-called irregularity is not a circle, if these homeless people are allowed to come at will, I am afraid that this military camp will soon become a vegetable market, and I am afraid that many things will not be able to control at that time.

So Zhengse said: "The rules of the barracks should not be taken lightly, and going with this general will not break the rules anyway, but ......"

"Isn't that enough?"

The princess had already opened the door and rushed out.

……

When I arrived at the door, a large number of people had gathered, all of whom wanted to go out shopping.

These gang of homeless people have money in their hands, and each soldier who has just been issued five taels of silver, but there is a shortage of materials, many people don't even have pants to wear, and the food must be insufficient, but these people are hungry and afraid, and many people eat very economically, Yang Xin and the princess have at least half a catty of sorghum rice a meal, and they also feel that the taste is the same as chewing wax, these ordinary homeless people are willing to take out one or two taels of sorghum rice at most, and the children and the elderly will be reduced.

At this time, Daniel Zhang was organizing guards to stop at the door, strictly enforcing Yang Xin's order and not letting people go out.

Those people were waiting for the daughter-in-law of the Chen family to come to Yang Xin, but no one was in a hurry to clash with Daniel Zhang, but they just got together and chatted non-stop.

When everyone saw Yang Xin and the three of them come out, they all immediately showed joy, knowing that the daughter-in-law of the Chen family must have made sense of the general, otherwise they would not come out together.

Uncle Tian was about to say something, Yang Xin hurriedly waved his hand to stop him, and said coldly: "Needless to say, I understand your thoughts." You can go out today, but I want to set a few rules for you here, this is a military camp, not a vegetable market! ”

Everyone was stunned, this group of homeless people never thought that they would have to set rules when they went out, but after a few days of getting along, Yang Xin has established prestige in their hearts, since the general said that he would establish rules, then let's listen to it, but no one dares to openly contradict it.

Uncle Tian asked, "I don't know what kind of rules the general is going to make?" ”

This person is the most talkative, and he is also kind to people, and his popularity among the homeless people is quite good. Therefore, he has far less relatives than Carpenter Chen, only father and son, but there are quite a few friends who are willing to help him, and his power in the army is comparable to Carpenter Chen.

Yang Xin waved at Daniel Zhang and said, "You come here!" ”

Daniel Zhang walked to Yang Xin with a fart.

Yang Xin told everyone the rules for going out that he had just thought of.

Everyone looked at each other when they heard it, it seemed a little complicated, these homeless people were usually loose and weird, and they felt very awkward when they heard it.