In the Shenji Camp, looking at the rows of energetic soldiers in front of him, Zhou Yuji walked to the leader who was leading the leader and punched him in the chest with a punch.

"Hahaha, boy Jiang, you were actually selected. Are these your soldiers?"

Who else could this person in front of Zhou Yuji be if he was not Jiang Desan?

Jiang Desan smiled at Zhou Yuji with a look of roar, and hurriedly clasped his fists and replied loudly: "Report to General, the young general is willing to follow the imperial envoy to kill the thief."

He turned his head and looked at the soldiers behind him, "There are 157 people here, all under the command of the low-ranking officials."

"Okay, okay, okay," Zhou Yuji turned his head happily to look at Liu Ximing who was walking on his left, "Bo Ye, the good soldiers you have chosen under your command. The names of these young generals are that I have heard of in the Five Military Camps, and they are good men."

Liu Ximing looked at Jiang Desan and other personal guards with a smile, pretending not to know each other and laughed loudly: "If you can be appreciated by General Zhou, I think it is indeed a brave general in the army."

"Let's do this. The organization of our 6,000 people is a bit chaotic. Why not disrupt the reorganization? I will talk about Eunuch Gao."

"What is this Jiang?" Liu Ximing pretended to pause.

"The low-level Jiang Shen", Jiang Desan immediately knelt down and replied.

"Okay, Jiang Shen, you were the chief general. Since General Zhou recommended you, I will appoint you as Chief General Quan Qian. After you make meritorious contributions, you will officially report to the court for merit."

Liu Xi ordered Lu to look at Zhou Yuji with a smile, "What do you think of the general?"

Zhou Yuji looked very relieved. This new Amber really respected him.

"I am impressed by my uncle's choice of virtuous people."

"Hahaha, let's do this. Let's choose the remaining generals once today. Let's set up the shelf first and start training tomorrow."

"yes"

After doing this, Jiang Desan and other personal guards all controlled the positions of intermediate officers in the army.

Seven thousand generals and twenty generals basically controlled the entire army firmly in Liu Ximing's hands.

After a while of the election, Liu Xi ordered a total of 6,700 soldiers selected from the three camps, and Zhou Yuji's personal soldiers were actually close to 7,000.

Although the Beijing Camp is corrupt, it still has some wealth.

Among these seven thousand people, there were 2,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, 1,000 crossbowmen, and 2,000 musketeers.

Throw the army to Zhou Yuji, Jiang Desan and others to rectify and train. Liu Ximing and Huang Zonghui, Du Liangji and others hurried to Gao Qiqian to report.

Regarding the trivial matter of Liu Ximing recruiting one thousand people, under his two thousand taels of silver bill offensive, Gao Qiqian naturally turned a blind eye with a smile.

On the contrary, Liu Ximing spent a lot of effort on behalf of the soldiers requested by the soldiers. After spending 20,000 taels of silver to deal with all parties, Liu Ximing finally dug out 40,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of War.

This result once again made Huang Zonghui, Du Liangji and others more knowledgeable, and worked with eunuchs at all levels and officials

The officials embezzled half of the money, which shows how far the Ming Dynasty's administration has reached.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing was not an ordinary person, and he had no intention of getting money from the court.

From the beginning, his idea was to pay for his own money to support his soldiers.

It’s just that the emperor cannot do such things too much, so the fact that he has argued with the Ministry of War, Gao Qiqian and others is mainly to cover up his eyes.

"Have you heard that, Xin Anbo promised that our settlement fee would only be paid for six taels first."

"I'll go to his uncle. How can he change his mind after he promised? We won't fight this battle."

"That is, if you go back on your word, these officials are all a virtue."

Among the seven thousand troops gathered by Liu Ximing, rumors about An Jiafu were constantly circulating, causing constant military turmoil.

Zhou Yuji was still a little worried, but he didn't know that Jiang Desan and other middle-level officers took action quickly and directly stabilized the hearts of the entire army.

In Shenji Camp, in the form of a meeting held by the Liu family's army, Jiang Desan and others conveyed Liu Ximing's unified caliber one by one.

"Why are you so fucking? Xin'anbo said that the remaining money will not be paid? This is the reason why the corrupt officials in the court deducted it. Xin'anbo himself paid tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Think about it, if Xin'an Bo really wants to lie to us, why bother to spend so much effort and pay for it yourself. Don't worry, Xin'an Bo said that all the money will be paid before we send troops. If there is a shortage of money, we will not send troops."

For this reason, Zhou Yuji sighed a few words to Liu Ximing. He really didn't expect that there would be such a treasured grassroots officer in the Beijing camp, which made Liu Ximing, Huang Zonghui and others have been having fun for a long time.

As the atmosphere in the capital passes tense day by day, the situation in the entire capital is getting worse and worse.

On January 27, the 12th year of Chongzhen, the 50,000 army of Jianlu, led by Prince Heshuorui Dorgon and Prince Heshuocheng Yuetou, broke through the Great Wall in two ways, moved to An, Fengrun, and met soldiers in Hexi, Nengzhou.

At this time, there was already panic in the capital. Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to fight, but Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian always insisted on defending the capital.

By the fourth day of January 12, the 12th year of Chongzhen, without the Ming army blocking it, Dorgon and Yuetuo divided the troops into eight groups and bypassed the capital and marched into Zhuozhou and other places.

There was a sound of howling lingering over the land of Jizhou, millions of people fled in scattered areas, and hundreds of thousands of innocent Han people were killed by Jianlu.

On February 19th, urgent news from Northern Zhili flew overwhelmed the desk of Tongzhengsi. At this time, Chongzhen finally couldn't sit still.

At the dynasty meeting on February 20, Emperor Chongzhen, who looked sympathetic, strictly ordered Lu Xiangsheng, Gao Qiqian, Liu Ximing and others to lead their troops to fight, otherwise they would be dealt with as dereliction of duty.

At this time, there were naturally many people who gloat about the court officials and few people who sympathized with it.

Ministry of War

The atmosphere was already very solemn.

Lu Xiangsheng put his black hat on his copywriting and discussed with Gao Qiqian anxiously with a map in front of him:

"Eunuch Gao, now the great power of the tiger, the generals of Yang Guozhu and other places have entered the guard, and tens of thousands of soldiers have entered the city in Guanning. There are more than 220,000 soldiers in the capital. Now Jianlu is tyrannical, so we might as well divide the troops into two groups."

"I will lead the great power of the tiger. General Yang Guozhu and Wang Pusan, 40,000 troops, marched south to fight to the death to suppress the bandits when they saw the plane. Eunuch Gao led Shanhaiguan, Guanning and other soldiers to clear the bandits near the capital. How about it?"

When the big thing came, Gao Qiqian also put away his slow expression and made some anxious gestures.

However, he refused Lu Xiangsheng's proposal without thinking.

"It's not right, it's not right. The Donglu is in great power. We lead our troops to fight in the field, but we just give them a record. In my opinion, you and I will join forces with the Jing camp, and more than 100,000 troops will be cleared to the capital."

"As long as the Donglu near the capital is cleaned up, we have completed the emperor's instructions, and the court will not blame us."

"Explanation, explanation, this is human life, no explanation can be justified," Lu Xiangsheng was furious, "Eunuch Gao, Your Majesty repeatedly told me to fight. If you are afraid of the enemy, I will definitely participate in your book."

Gao Qiqian was also a little angry, "It seems that only Shangshu Lu serves the country and the people. We are leading troops to fight, not for the sake of the country. Are these untouchables important or the emperor important?"

"In short, if you want to go south to pursue Jianlu, you'll be fine, but you can only give you 20,000 troops at most, and the rest of your men have to defend Jingji."

"Hmph, Mr. Yang, what's your idea?"

Lu Xiangsheng argued that Gao Qiqian could not argue, so he had to look at Yang Sichang who was watching on the sidelines.

Clinker Yang Sichang sighed and shook his head, "I agree with Eunuch Gao's statement, Jingji..."

"Okay, I'll be afraid of the enemy and fight. Let's guard the capital. I will lead my own troops to fight."

Before Yang Sichang could finish speaking, Lu Xiangsheng already knew what he was going to say.

Showing a disgusting expression, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand, turned around and walked out the door.

When he passed by Liu Xi's order, he stopped, "Shi Lu, I see that you have been diligent in rectifying your troops in the past few months, and obviously you have the intention to serve the country. Are you willing to fight with me?"

Liu Ximing looked up with an awkward look at Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, who also turned their heads and stared at him, and could only laugh at Lu Xiangsheng for a few times.

"Shangshu Lu, a deputy envoy at the Xiaguan, naturally could only listen to the imperial court. Nowadays, both Yang Ge Lao and Eunuch Gao are inclined to fight in the capital, and the Xiaguan dare not refuse to obey."
Chapter completed!