Fortunately, He Jin and the others sneaked in when Wu Linzheng won the battle and had not returned to the capital. To be precise, he had nothing to do with them.
"Well, how is the city gate today? Are there many people entering and leaving the city?" After Zhu Changwu nodded lightly, he asked another question.
"Back to the general, there are not many people entering the city, and there are far fewer people leaving the city than before. Especially the number of people dragging their families out of the city has significantly decreased." When Wu Linzheng talked about this, he was slightly sighing. meaning.
A few days ago, I learned that the intruders were going to attack the city of Beijing. Many people in the city fled. But just yesterday, a military parade was held, and Chongzhen personally stood up to speak. Obviously, the people's morale has stabilized a lot. Today The number of people leaving the city obviously began to decrease.
"This is a good sign. As long as we can win two battles in the future, the people will be more stable and Beijing will be safer." Zhu Changwu said with a look of emotion on his face. The reason why there are still people leaving today is that they obviously still don't believe in the Ming army and think that a great victory may be just a coincidence.
But if we can win a few games in a row, the people may be more determined to defend the city, and only then can we consider doing more things.
But now, in fact, the initiative does not lie with him. As the defensive side, he can only let others attack. Zhu Changwu doesn't like this feeling. But he had no better way. He wanted to lead people out of the city, but he was worried about changes in the capital. He was worried that if Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore, he would kill his wife and daughter before committing suicide. So at present, his main Attention still needs to be placed on the capital.
"Go, arrange for people to find Ji Jinkai and Zhang Yi. We are having a meeting." Zhu Changwu wanted to know how the task arranged yesterday was going, but he didn't want to go find them one by one, so he simply asked Wu Linzheng to go Calling people and bringing everyone together will make it easier for him to assign tasks for the next stage.
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Yang Mansion.
When Li Ruolian changed into a royal guard uniform and rushed here, he first surprised Sun Chuang and the others.
After learning that Li Ruolian was personally called by Zhu Changwu to help, no one said anything, and Sun Chuang even made a detailed report on the situation. I'm afraid he also knows that although he is loyal, his vision is too low after all, and some things will inevitably be handled inappropriately.
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 Jin Yiwei commander Zhu Changwu.
After hearing the many things that happened to Zhu Changwu in the past two days, Li Ruolian no longer knew what to say. In the end, I can only sum it up in two words - fierce.
After knowing Zhu Changwu's ability and style of conduct, Li Ruolian had an idea in his mind about how to deal with Yang Guanguang's matter. He began to perform his duties and began to direct Sun Chuang and others to do things.
But just when the warehouse of the Yang Mansion was sealed and a total of 1.7 million taels of cash were copied out, suddenly there was a burst of noisy footsteps outside the mansion, and then another group of Jin Yiwei rushed in. Come in.
In comparison, they are more numerous, and judging from their official attire, their rank is also higher.
"Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing, are you?" Li Ruolian was shocked when he saw the person coming.
The visitors were none other than the former commander Wu Mengming, who had disappeared for a few days, and his fellow commander Luo Yangxing.
Before Zhu Changwu appeared, these people were all high-ranking figures, at least for general bannermen like Sun Chuang. It would be very difficult to meet them.
"Haha, Li Ruolian, do you still have the nerve to appear here? You ungrateful villain, why don't you die." When he saw Li Ruolian here, Luo Yangxing pointed at the tip of his nose and cursed, as if he had seen him. The attitude of life and death enemies.
In the past, whenever he scolded him, Li Ruolian would never retaliate and would only lower his head. But this time, he didn't.
In Zhu Changwu's words, he has already died once.
Since he is a dead person, there is nothing to be afraid of. The Li Ruolian of the past is long gone, and now only Zhu Changwu follows Li Ruolian's lead.
"Wu Mengming, Luo Yangxing, what are you doing here? Have you gone to see the new commander? If not, please leave now, otherwise we will have to expel you on the grounds of obstructing official business." Li Ruolian rarely said He got tough for a while.
Of course, all this is because he learned about Zhu Changwu's power from Sun Chuang. After having a new backer, he seemed to be much bolder.
Li Ruolian actually wanted to drive him away, which Luo Yangxing had never thought of before.
"Li Ruolian, you are so brazen. Commander Wu is here. There is no new commander. I'm afraid you have all been deceived. Put down your weapons now. For the sake of our colleagues, we will not pursue any further investigation." Your responsibility. If anyone disobeys, don't blame us for being rude to you." Luo Yangxing also spoke, and his tone was louder.
It's no longer about eviction, but they may take action or even kill someone.
This time they will appear here with a clear goal, which is to rescue Yang Guanguang.
Without it, the matter that Wang Zhixin discussed with Yang Guanguang last night was too big, and it involved many courtiers. This matter must not be known to Zhu Changwu. Once he is alert, he may strike first.
Therefore, Yang Guanguang and the others must be rescued.
Considering that the people surrounding the Yang Mansion were all Jin Yiwei, Wang Zhixin contacted Wu Mengming and others who had been waiting for the Dashun Army to enter the city for a chance to perform, and asked them to help.
Both Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing were very active in doing things for King Dashun, so they came.
"Everyone is ready for battle. Send someone quickly to inform the commander." After all, Li Ruolian has always been in a high position and is very familiar with Wu Mengming and Luo Yangxing. He quickly realized what the other party was going to do. Then he shouted loudly.
The three hundred Jin Yiwei immediately took out their Xiuchun Dao, but the seven hundred Jin Yiwei who followed Wu Mengming and the others also took out their Xiu Chun Dao.
In comparison, the opponent has more people, and most of them are the elites of the previous Jinyi Guards. Compared with their strength, they will only be better.
"Everyone, hold on, I have informed the commander, and he will come to support us soon." Sun Chuang also saw the situation clearly at this time, and used a walkie-talkie that Zhu Changwu left for him when he left. After speaking, he hid the walkie-talkie on his body, and then shouted loudly to everyone.
This was Sun Chuang's first time using a walkie-talkie, and he was very unskilled. He even just pressed the button to say what he wanted to say, without even listening to Zhu Changwu's reply after receiving it.
Sun Chuang actually said that he had informed the commander, and the morale of the three hundred Jinyi Guards was immediately boosted. Wu Mengming frowned. He didn't know whether this was true or not, but based on the principle of preferring to believe it, he said to Luo Yangxing and others: "Hurry up and rob people and we will leave."
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On top of Guangningmen Gate Tower.
Zhang Yi rushed over first, followed by Ji Jinkai, Lou Heyang, Hu Yunfeng, Liang Jun and others.
"Come on, let's talk about your situation. Lao Zhang will come first." Zhu Changwu glanced at everyone before speaking to Zhang Xi.
"Yes." Zhang Yi agreed and then began to report. Since yesterday's military parade, he has been busy with the recruitment. Generally speaking, it has gone very smoothly, and the results have been very gratifying. Especially after being stimulated by female soldiers, the number of people signing up to join the army has increased significantly.
In just one day, about 10,000 men signed up, and the number is still increasing, but the speed has slowed down significantly.
"Ten thousand people is a lot." Zhu Changwu affirmed when he heard the final number, but he was still a little disappointed.
The entire city of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, even though a lot of people have fled recently, still has a population of about two million.
Two million, based on the lowest male-to-male ratio, there would be around 400,000 for a mature man. But there are only 10,000 actual applicants, which is one-fortieth, which is indeed not a lot.
But thinking about it on the other hand, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty seems to be very reasonable. After all, for a dynasty that is about to collapse, it would be good if there are people who can join the army. Why bother with 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 signing up to join the army would definitely increase again.
"Lao Ji, Xiao Fengzi, tell me about the situation over there?" Zhu Changwu's thoughts changed and his eyes fell on these two people.
"Sir, our situation is not very good. There are still too many criminals in the city. Our troops are limited and we can't catch them all. We did some calculations on the way here. In less than a day, we arrested about four thousand people. Lawless people have only alleviated some of the security problems in the city. For example, security on the main streets has basically been restored, but in some remote places, murders still occur from time to time."
There are only 6,000 soldiers responsible for patrolling the huge Ming Dynasty capital, and they need to be divided into three shifts. In other words, the number of patrol soldiers at one time is only about 2,000. For a large city with a population of more than 2 million, It's indeed a bit missing.
"Sir, the main reason is the inaction of the yamen. Nowadays, many yamen are in name only, and there are even no people in them. It is precisely because of this that those gangsters are extremely rampant. We don't understand the situation after all. Unless we catch the gangsters doing evil on the street, , otherwise, even if some bad guys walk by us, we won't be able to recognize their identities." Hu Yunfeng spoke. It was Ji Jinkai who was talking before, but now he is adding.
