A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 371: The King of Diligence in the World, the Military Government Sends Troops

The news from the north quickly reached the ears of everyone in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments.

"Father Ji, what should we do? If we let this Wang Er capture Beijing, maybe the north will really surrender to him, which is not good for us."

Yan Quan looked at the huge sand table and said this, his eyes fixed on the city of Beijing on the sand table, his eyes shining with light.

Yan Shishu, the Minister of Military Affairs, had already thrown his whole body on the sand table in front of him. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this. This king is too impatient. If we fight slowly and steadily, when the rogue bandits in various places become more and more troublesome, and the Ming army also suffers a lot of losses in the battle, and there is not even a tenth of the national treasury left, maybe we can really do it. It's done now... Beijing is such a strong city, and it is guarded by 70,000 Beijing troops, and the border troops are arriving at dawn and dusk, so we are determined to not be able to defeat it."

Yan Hongliang also said:

"The Ming Dynasty has been sitting on all sides for three hundred years. Today, there are still hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers in the North, and the main frontier army is still there, so it will not collapse like this."

Yan Ling spoke calmly and came to a conclusion on this matter:

"You don't have to pay too much attention to the north...but you can take this opportunity to further expand. Now that everyone's eyes are on the north, and the fierce battle is in full swing, there is no time to pay attention to it. It is a good time to send troops."

"As ordered!"

Several people responded in unison.

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Hong Chengchou, who was guarding the border areas, also led his army south. At this time, he could no longer take care of the grassland tribes in the north. Even with his strategic vision, he could actually see that unless the officials in the capital performed some brain hemorrhage operations, it would definitely be impossible. It can be sustained until reinforcements arrive, but the posture must be made.

Mixed with the border troops from Liao, more than 30,000 people were mobilized and followed them into King Qin of Guan.

Sun Chuanting of Huguang heard the news that the capital was unstable and immediately raised troops to go north. However, because it was too far away from the capital and there was Dashun in the middle, he had to take a detour from Shaanxi to go there, so he So he simply led his army to attack Dashun's back, aiming directly at Luoyang, the capital of Dashun, with the intention of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.

The number of garrison troops in Beijing soon exceeded 150,000, and Zhu Yousong distributed all the last money in the treasury to the soldiers of the Ming Army. Although it still could not make up for the arrears of pay, it somewhat boosted morale. .

And when they defeated Yizhou and Zhuozhou and finally approached the capital, King Qin's army had also arrived one after another.

At this time, there are still many ministers loyal to the emperor in the world.

Hong Chengchou also arrived at the gate of Beijing very quickly. As soon as he arrived, he was summoned by the emperor, who encouraged him and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of King Qin's army. He personally put on his robe and gave him a sword. , to show trust.

The armies from the important nine-border town also went south to King Qin one after another.

In other provinces, except for Chen Qiyu and some other Ming troops who were unable to escape because they were confronting and fighting the enemy, the others all organized their armies and headed north. Even though the journey was far away, the battle may have been over by the time King Qin's army from some provinces arrived. , but this look has to be made.

But Wang Chongzu was stuck in Baoding for more than half a month. The commander-in-chief and the prefect of Baoding were both loyal people and fought tooth and nail to defend the city, almost replicating the miracle of Hongdu. However, not everyone was like Zhu Wenzheng after all. In the end, the city was defeated and he died in defeat.

Li Zunzu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, also led his troops south. Although most of their cavalry had been wiped out in the wars with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments, the most elite part, the servant soldiers who truly belonged to them, were still there. With a number of two thousand, the cavalry sent out before was mainly the imperial cavalry and the generals' cavalry who had united around the Li family. Of course, their own servants also sent out one thousand, and now there are only two thousand left. Plus some other servants, the total number is four thousand.

Hong Chengchou was greatly moved. He immediately knelt down in front of the emperor and cried bitterly:

"Your Majesty is like this, how dare I not do my best?"

Then he led the Ming army to resist the Shun army.

The two sides started a fierce battle in Gyeonggi Province. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the frontier army had been severely reduced due to a large number of deployments and battle losses. Wang Chongzu had more than 40,000 pro-army troops who were reorganized from old camp soldiers. The rest of the troops were also old bandits, and their combat effectiveness was quite strong. , and also had a numerical advantage, so the Ming army was defeated steadily. Even with Hong Chengchou's ability, the only way he could think of was to temporarily avoid its edge and wait for the arrival of King Qin's army from various places.

As the delay continued, King Qin's troops from various parts of the Ming army finally arrived one after another, and the total number soon reached 250,000 to 256,000. In Huguang, Sun Chuanting was also unstoppable, and a series of governors appointed by Wang Chongzu in the south were like this. The bandit leader could not resist at all, Shen Yikui was captured and killed, Hun Jianglong, Heisha Shen and others died in the battle, "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai fled, and Dashun's defense in the rear collapsed.

Sun Chuanting was like a sharp knife, piercing into the heart of Dashun, causing chaos and making the frontline troops extremely unstable.

The balance of war is slowly being overturned.

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In Jiangxi, Gao Yingxiang also knew what was happening in the north.

He couldn't help but sigh softly:

"I didn't expect that the leader of the rebel alliance in the past would become such a giant today."

"Although I have the reputation of King Chuang, my power is not as powerful as I would have..."

A literati in gorgeous clothes came over. It was his prime minister Niu Jinxing. At this time, he opened his mouth and said comfortingly:

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. Now we have occupied southern Gansu. As long as we defeat Chen Qiyu, we can also occupy a province. It is possible to plot the world."

"It's just the two places in eastern Jiangxi..."

Niu Jinxing's voice weakened.

In any case, they cannot ignore the behemoth in the east. They have Guangxin and Jianchang in Jiangxi. Their terrifying strength is an important obstacle to their occupation of the entire province.

Although the world's attention turned away due to Wang Chongzu's proclaimed emperor, the forces close to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments could not forget the pressure like mountains and seas on the opposite side.

The two were speechless for a long time, and then Gao Yingxiang whispered:

"Chen Qiyu is already difficult enough to deal with. I hope they won't get involved again..."

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers rushed from behind and said in a hurry:

"Your Majesty, a large number of enemy troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang have appeared in the north, numbering more than ten thousand. Ningdu and Shicheng have been attacked by enemy troops."

"what!"

The surprised voices of Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing sounded at the same time, and their voices were full of surprise and... fear.

In March of the first year of Hongguang and the third year of the military government, when the fierce fighting in the north was in full swing, the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang suddenly sent troops in two directions, all the way south to Fujian and all the way west to Jiangxi, and launched an attack at the same time.

(End of this chapter)