Chapter Fifty-Eight: Boldness
Fortunately, He Jin and they were mixed in when Wu Linzheng won the battle and had not yet returned to Beijing, so it had nothing to do with them.
"Well, how is the city gate today? Are there many people going in and out of the city? After Zhu Changwu nodded his head, he asked another question.
"Back to the general, there are not many people entering the city, and the number of people going out of the city is much less than a while ago, especially the number of people who drag their families out of the city has decreased significantly." When Wu Linzheng talked about this, he sighed slightly.
A few days ago, I learned that the thieves were going to attack the city of Beijing, and many people in the city fled, but yesterday a military parade was held, and Chongzhen also stood up and spoke in person, obviously the people's hearts have settled down a lot, and the number of people who went out of the city today has obviously begun to decline.
"This is a good sign, as long as we can win two battles in the future, the people's hearts will be more stable, and the city of Beijing will be safer." Zhu Changwu said with an emotional expression. The reason why there are still people leaving today is that they still don't believe in the Ming army, thinking that a big victory may just be accidental.
But if you can win a few games in a row, you may be more determined to defend the city, and then you can consider doing more.
And now, in fact, the initiative is not in his own place, as the defensive side, he can only let others attack, this feeling Zhu Changwu doesn't like very much. But he didn't have a better way, he wanted to take people out of the city, but he was worried that there would be changes in Jingshi, and he was worried that once Chongzhen couldn't stand it, he would commit suicide after killing his wife and daughter, so at present, his main attention should still be on Jingshi.
"Go, arrange for someone to find Ji Jinkai and Zhang Ao, we are having a meeting." Zhu Changwu wanted to know how the tasks arranged yesterday were going, but he didn't want to look for them one by one, so he simply asked Wu Linzheng to call people and bring everyone together, which would be more convenient for him to arrange the tasks for the next stage.
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Yang House.
When Li Ruolian changed into a brocade dress and rushed here, he first startled Sun Chuang and them.
After knowing that Li Ruolian was personally called by Zhu Changwu to help, everyone didn't say anything, and Sun Chuang directly made a detailed report on the situation. I'm afraid that he also knows that although he is loyal, after all, his vision is too low, and some things will inevitably be mishandled.
From Sun Chuang's mouth, Li Ruolian knew a lot of things, and finally knew that the person who could completely crush him in kung fu was the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhu Changwu.
After hearing about the many deeds that happened to Zhu Changwu in the past two days, Li Ruolian didn't know what to say. In the end, only two words can be summed up - fierce man.
After knowing Zhu Changwu's ability and style of acting, Li Ruolian had a spectrum in his heart about how to deal with Yang Guanguan, so he began to fulfill his duties and began to command Sun Chuang and others to do things.
But just when the treasury of the Yang Mansion was sealed and a full 1.7 million taels of silver were copied from it, suddenly there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside the mansion, and then another team of brocade guards rushed in.
In contrast, they are more numerous, and they are of a higher rank depending on their official uniforms.
"Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing, are you?" As soon as she saw the arrival, Li Ruolian was shocked.
The person who came was none other than Wu Mengming, the former commander who had disappeared for a few days, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of the same command.
Before Zhu Changwu appeared, these people were all high-ranking figures, at least like Sun Chuang, it would be very difficult to see them.
"Hehe, Li Ruolian, do you still have a face to appear here? You ungrateful villain, why don't you die. As soon as he saw that Li Ruolian was also here, Luo Yangxing pointed at the tip of his nose and scolded, looking like he had seen an enemy of life and death.
In the past, as long as he scolded him, Li Ruolian would never return the favor, but would only lower his head. But this time, he didn't.
In Zhu Changwu's words, he is already a person who has died once.
Since it is a dead man, what is there to be afraid of. The previous Li Ruolian is long gone, and the current Li Ruolian is only Zhu Changwu.
"Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing, what are you doing here? Have you met the new commander? If not, please leave now, or we will expel you for obstruction. Li Ruolian was rarely hardened.
Of course, all this is because he knew Zhu Changwu's strength from Sun Chuang's mouth, and after having a new backer, he seemed to have become much bolder.
Li Ruolian actually wanted to drive himself away, which Luo Yangxing didn't expect before.
"Li Ruolian, you are so ashamed, Commander Wu is here, how can there be any new commander, I am afraid that you have been deceived. Now you all lay down your arms immediately, and you can still see that for the sake of your colleagues, you will not be held accountable. If anyone doesn't, then don't blame us for being unkind to you. Luo Yangxing also opened his mouth, and his tone was even bigger.
It's not about driving away, it's about maybe doing it, or even killing someone.
This time, they will appear here, and they have come with a clear goal, that is, to rescue Yang Guanguan.
Without it, Wang Zhixin discussed with Yang Guanguan last night The matter was too big, and it involved a lot of courtiers, this matter must not be known by Zhu Changwu, once he is alert, he may strike first.
Therefore, Yang Guanguan must be rescued.
Considering that the people surrounding the Yang Mansion were all Jinyi Guards, Wang Zhixin contacted Wu Mengming and others, who had been waiting for the Dashun army to enter the city to have a chance to perform, and asked them to help.
can do things for King Dashun, whether it is Wu Mengming or Luo Yangxing, they are very positive, so they came.
"Everyone get ready for battle, and send someone to inform the commander." After all, Li Ruolian is always in a high position, and he is very familiar with Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing, so he quickly reacted to what the other party was going to do, so he shouted loudly.
The three hundred brocade guards immediately took out the embroidered spring knife they carried, but the seven hundred brocade guards who followed Wu Mengming also took out the embroidered spring knife.
In contrast, the opponent has more people, and most of them are the elites of the previous brocade guards, and they will only be better than their strength.
"Everyone, hold on, I've already informed the commander, and the Lord will come to our aid immediately." Sun Chuang also saw the situation clearly at this time, and while using a walkie-talkie left for him by Zhu Changwu when he left, he spoke inside, and then hid the walkie-talkie on his body, and then yelled loudly to everyone.
The walkie-talkie, Sun Chuang used it for the first time, and he was very unproficient. Even he only knew that he pressed the button to say what he was going to say, and he didn't listen to what Zhu Changwu said after receiving it.
Sun Chuang actually said that he had notified the commander, and suddenly the morale of the three hundred brocade guards was greatly boosted. Wu Mengming frowned, he didn't know if it was true or not, but in line with the principle of preferring to believe it, he said to Luo Yangxing and the others: "Hurry up, let's leave if we rob someone." ”
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Above the Quang Ninh Gate Tower.
Zhang Ao rushed over first, followed by Ji Jinkai, Lou Heyang, Hu Yunfeng, Liang Jun and others one by one.
"Come, tell me about your situation, Lao Zhang will come first." Zhu Changwu's gaze first glanced around everyone, and then said to Zhang Ao first.
"Yes." After Zhang Ao agreed, he began to report. Since yesterday's military parade, he has been busy with conscription, and in general it has been very smooth, and the results are also very gratifying, especially after being stimulated by female soldiers, the number of people who have signed up for the army has increased significantly.
In just one day, about 10,000 men signed up, and the number is still increasing, but the pace has slowed down significantly.
"10,000 people, a lot." When Zhu Changwu heard this final number, he gave affirmation, but he was still a little disappointed in his heart.
In the entire city of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, even if a lot of people have run away recently, the population can still be about two million.
Two million, according to the lowest proportion of men, there are about 400,000 men in the prime of life. But the actual number of applicants is only 10,000, which is a proportion of one-fortieth, which is indeed not very many.
But think about it on the other hand, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that everything is very reasonable, after all, a dynasty that is about to die in the country, it would be good to have someone to join the army, what do you care about the number of people?
Zhu Changwu believed that as long as he could win two battles and give the people more confidence, the number of people who signed up to join the army would definitely increase again.
"Lao Ji, Xiao Fengzi, tell me about the situation over there?" Zhu Changwu's thoughts turned, and his eyes fell on these two people.
"Childe, our situation is not very good, there are still too many villains in the city, and our troops are limited, so we can't catch them at all. On the way here, we roughly calculated, in less than a day, we arrested about 4,000 lawbreakers, but only alleviated some security problems in the city, such as the main street is now basically restored, but in some remote places, murders still occur from time to time. ”
The huge Ming Jing Division has only 6,000 soldiers responsible for patrolling, and it also needs to be divided into three shifts, that is to say, the number of patrols at one time is only about 2,000, which is indeed a little small for a large city with a population of more than 2 million.
"Childe, the main thing is the inaction of the yamen, now many yamen are in vain, and there are even no people in them, it is precisely because of this that those gangsters are extremely rampant. We don't know the situation, unless we catch the bad guys doing evil on the street, otherwise, even if some bad people walk past us, we won't be able to recognize their identities. Hu Yunfeng spoke. It was Ji Jinkai who was talking before, and now he is adding.