Chapter 438: Recruiting Troops and Horses (Three Watches)
Of course, Hong Chengchou knows that when it comes to playing yin, Xiaozhuang is even worse than Dolgon.
and Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng, they are also ruthless people, if they learn that I Hong Chengchou played the Qing Dynasty, and then turned against the water to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and also went to the capital of the Qing Dynasty as an envoy, if they don't kill me, at least they have to peel off their skins.
But if you don't accept the order at the moment, you will disobey the emperor's order.
Chongzhen is notoriously mean and unkind, and it seems that there are more tricks now, even Su Ma has been conquered by him, not to mention that I am an old bad man?
How good can it be in his hands?
Forget it, this is fate, you can't hide it, it's death, Hong is also out!
Hong Chengchou finally turned his heart sideways and gritted his teeth to get the order.
Chongzhen was happy and asked Jinyiwei to accompany him to bathe and change his clothes and change into a brand-new official clothes.
This is the court clothes of the Ming Dynasty from a first-class officer, such clothing, of course, Shanhaiguan is ready-made, Shanhaiguan Gaodi Wu Sangui and others wear more clothes, the grade is not bad, but Hong Chengchou wears too loose, the military general is burly, he is a civil official thin and dry, but it will be fine.
As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, of course, you have to pay attention to the level of dressing.
As the Qin Cha of the Ming Dynasty, of course, the grade cannot be small.
Then let Hong Chengchou bring three versions of the treaty, let Tang Wancai and Li Yiniang and his wife accompany him for protection, of course, there is also an element of surveillance, with two hundred iron horsemen, this group of men and horses set off from Shanhaiguan on the second day.
In order to grasp the news in time, in addition to sending a large number of night guards, Chongzhen asked Yang Wanli, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, to take 50 Jinyi guards to collect and transmit news along the way, and report anything in time.
After sending away this passer-by, Chongzhen waited for news at Shanhaiguan.
On the one hand, waiting for the heaven and earth aura here to gather, and on the other hand, waiting for the arrival of the silver compensated by the Great Qing Dynasty, when the time comes, you can continue to cultivate and upgrade again.
In order to step into the True Qi Realm, all of Chongzhen's current exercises and techniques must be upgraded after they have reached perfection.
Because the biggest difference between the Qi Cultivation Realm and the True Qi Realm is the Qi Cultivation Realm, as an innate master, what is paid attention to is the leakage of True Qi.
And the true qi realm pays attention to the use of qi to control things.
Of course, this requires sufficient True Qi support, and any of the exercises and techniques he cultivates cannot reach the Perfection Realm and be upgraded again, and he will not be able to enter the True Qi Realm.
Therefore, relatively speaking, Chongzhen still has a lot of room for upgrading.
The golden bell jar, the finger magic skill, the eighteen palms of the dragon descending, the evil sword technique, the seven-star sword technique, these are still the 8th layer.
There was a big shift before he was promoted to the 4th floor.
There is still a long way to go before all six of these six items are completed and upgraded.
At any step, if you don't have enough heaven and earth aura and enough silver or the inner tank of a demon beast, you can't complete your cultivation and upgrade.
The aura of heaven and earth can be chosen by location. The inner dan of the demon beast is also hard to find, but it can be replaced with silver.
The key is this silver, and Chongzhen is counting on the compensation of the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, he had to recruit troops and horses to prepare to take over Ningyuan City.
Although Ningyuan is not a big place, it is still a small county town, but the strategic location is extremely important, the Ming Dynasty has built a defensive line outside the fortress for decades, and Ningyuan is the closest strategic base to Shanhaiguan, which is very important.
Wu Sangui had been here as the general army of Ningyuan for many years, four years ago in the Battle of Songjin, the Ming Dynasty was finally defeated, Jinzhou, Songshan and Tashan and other strategic places, all fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty.
Ningyuan became the frontier position of the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty.
Wu Sangui once built a solid Ningyuan defense line.
But at this time, something happened in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's Dashun army entered the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Sangui entered the prince of Wei at the behest of Chongzhen.
Wu Sangui had no choice but to give up Ning Yuan's release.
And all the more than 200,000 people in this area were moved into the customs, which was equivalent to giving up the battle line of more than 200 miles outside Shanhaiguan and giving it to *** in vain.
From Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, this vast expanse of land is at least four or five thousand square kilometers, equivalent to the area of a prefecture-level city in later generations.
Chongzhen signed this treaty with the Qing Dynasty, which was equivalent to recovering a large piece of land lost by Wu Sangui at once.
Of course, to garrison troops there, to rebuild the Ningyuan defense line, a large number of soldiers and horses are needed.
What Chongzhen lacks most now is soldiers and horses.
Shanhaiguan has temporarily become his companion capital, and the problem of thieves in the capital of Daming has not been solved, and the transfer of other Qinwang's divisions is also far away from the water to quench the thirst.
Shanhaiguan now has only 50,000 troops.
It is more than enough to defend the mountain pass, but it is insufficient to extend the Ningyuan defense line.
In addition, Chongzhen, the 50,000 army, had to take some of it away, and go to the customs to clean up Li Zicheng and these thieves, and clean up those disobedient Ming warlords.
This requires the escort of thousands of horses and thousands of troops.
Therefore, Chongzhen once again issued a recruitment order to recruit soldiers and horses on the spot.
However, it is now much easier to recruit soldiers in Shanhaiguan.
Chongzhen won three battles and three victories in Shanhaiguan, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty took the initiative to negotiate peace, and the *** outside the customs did not dare to harass again. More than 10,000 prisoners of war in the customs area worked here to repair houses, dig ditches and farm land, use cattle as horses, and build water conservancy for this generation of people.
For those who have no ability to live, Chongzhen also opens a perimeter for relief.
These news spread far and wide, and it became a peaceful and prosperous era, and people from all over the world came to visit it.
In addition, those who are willing to eat food and become soldiers, Chongzhen has silver here, not to mention that soldiers can eat enough, and they can also pay full salaries every month, which is unique in the Ming Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, after Chongzhen's will was announced, there was an endless stream of people who signed up to be soldiers.
In just 20 days, Chongzhen recruited another 30,000 soldiers and horses, so that Shanhaiguan had 80,000 troops at once, and there was no problem at all to take over the area around Ningyuan City.
At this time, Wang Chengen suddenly came to report that Mongolia had sent an envoy, and Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it......
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen