Subsequently, more accurate information gradually came.
All the five guards in Yingzhou were in commotion, and the commander-in-chief of Beizhili was frightened and was trying his best to suppress them.
The Five Guards of Yingzhou were first established during the Hongwu period. In today's Zhangwu and Chaoyang areas of Liaoning, they were the western barrier of Shenyang and were mainly used to defend against attacks from Eastern Mongolia.
In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved all the five guards of Yingzhou to the capital area.
Yingzhou Zuotunwei is stationed in Shunyi. Yingzhou Youtunwei garrison is located in Jizhou. Pinggu, the headquarters of Zhongtun Guards in Yingzhou. Xianghe, the former garrison station of Yingzhou. Sanhe is where the Houtun Guards are stationed in Yingzhou.
After the soldiers in Jizhou's camp rebelled, they caused a commotion among the guards. Their life is more difficult than that of the camp soldiers. Now that the camp soldiers have started looting, they are not willing to be left behind. There were guards in Jizhou and Xianghe to respond to the camp troops and cause chaos.
After the Wuwei turmoil in Yingzhou, Tongzhou became the last barrier to protect the imperial capital. The Tongzhou left guard, Tongzhou right guard, Shenwu center guard and Dingbian guard stationed in Tongzhou. Together with the Tongzhou Guards, they are collectively known as the Tongzhou Five Guards. At this time, Beizhili Dusi sent senior general Huang Ye to Tongzhou overnight to take charge.
Xiao Niangpi crossed her arms, made a figure eight with her right hand, touched her chin, and fell into thinking. It was clear that the turmoil at this time had spread like wildfire. Still missed the best opportunity to fight. These rebels already number 60,000 to 70,000 people, and they are currently divided into three large groups and are looting everywhere.
All the way south, go straight to Sanhe and Xianghe, heading towards Tianjin. Head all the way east and go straight to Tongzhou Granary. They also entered Yang Fan's territory all the way, and their destination was to rob Zunhua. After all, Zunhua was the richest place in North Zhili at this time.
In recent years, Yang Fan has been smelting steel near Zunhua, which directly promoted the mining of iron ore and coal mines. Absorbing a large amount of labor force. There are currently more than 200,000 workers engaged in mining. There are thousands of mines, large and small. Open-hearth steelmaking requires large amounts of pig iron. The original local iron-making workshop was changed to Weixinghe Iron Works to supply pig iron.
This change caused the original iron-making workshops to flourish. After all, in this era, steel is a seller's market, and there is no need to worry about sales. There are countless businessmen waiting to get the goods at Xinghe Iron Factory, and then traffic them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty. Now even Prince Mu's Mansion in Yunnan has sent people to purchase large quantities of open-hearth steel ingots.
Even North Korea, Japan, and even Vietnam, Luzon and other places have begun to import open-hearth steel. Macau Bugalao Cannon Foundry also purchased more than 1,000 tons of open-hearth steel. This high-performance steel is currently not produced throughout Europe. British merchant ships have already purchased open-hearth steel ingots from Macau and transported them back to China.
The upstream and downstream industries of Zunhua Steel, as well as the service industry serving the steel industry, have also achieved great development. Restaurants, inns, brothels, theaters, bathhouses, food stores, cloth stores... are densely packed all over the streets.
These rebels naturally know where to go to grab the most wealth. However, Yang Fan's territory directly blocked their possibility of advancing eastward. The first few groups of rebels who entered Dingyuan Bo's territory to steal wheat were defeated by the militia. After thousands of people died, they escaped from here in embarrassment.
Xiao Niangpi clearly knows that the rebels are bullying and afraid of the strong, and they will rob wherever they can. Although they robbed thousands of loads of wheat, more than a thousand people died, and they should not come back at this time. However, looking at the current situation where the situation is constantly collapsing, they gather into a group and merge like a snowball, and they may still come to attack here in the end.
"As soon as the wheat harvest in the east is completed, weapons will be distributed immediately. The entire territory will be mobilized and headed to the west to harvest wheat. At the same time, we will warn these rebels to come back again." Xiao Niangpi gave the order.
She felt it necessary to issue a general mobilization order. This rebellion is expected to spread to the capital. At present, the soldiers in the Gyeonggi area have not been in battle for a long time, and they don't know what the chaos will be like.
Now, whether it is food or wealth, the richest ones are their own territory and Zunhua City. If these people win a great victory around the capital and rob the surrounding states and counties, they will come back sooner or later to rob them again.
"Madam, are there still 50,000 strong laborers at the dam construction site armed?" Song Yingsheng asked.
"No, our current total mobilization is enough to mobilize 100,000 strong men, which is more than enough to protect ourselves. Don't affect the dam project. That is where our future depends."
Following the order, the warehouses in various castles opened one after another, and various weapons and armors were revealed.
Start distribution. The strong men began to gather in the militia, and according to the orders of the military headquarters, they went to various strategic points in the territory. Or carry weapons and maintain combat preparations to harvest wheat.
In the Forbidden City, even though it was already late at night. The lights in Wuying Hall are still bright. Xihua Gate was open for the first time. Civil and military officials from all walks of life frequently come in and out of Wuying Hall.
Chongzhen sat in Wuying Palace to handle the Jizhou mutiny.
The young emperor was shaking with anger. He didn't know how things turned out like this.
"Call Tu Shan, hurry up, call Tu Shan." Chongzhen's face turned pale. He no longer had any hope for Jin Yiwei. Luo Yangxing still hasn't found out why Jizhou turned against him.
In the first half of the night, he had been arranging various troops to go to Tongzhou to stop these rebels. After dark today, Sanhe County was also breached. The rebels came straight to the capital. The latest news is that they arrived at Niwa Town east of Baoqiushui. Fortunately, Chongzhen sent the Hu Dawei Department stationed in Nanyuan to rush to Xiajiadian across the river to block the rebels.
"Where is Zuo Liangyu?" Chongzhen asked anxiously while looking at the map.
"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's troops have arrived at Hongqiao on the Chaobai River," Li Banghua, Minister of War, said. "Currently, we have controlled Hongqiao on the Chaobai River and organized a second line of defense."
Hongqiao, formerly known as Tongji Bridge, is located in today's Yanjiao.
Hearing this, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the troops and horses were arranged in place. Wang Chengyin went to Miao County to stop the rebels in Xianghe. Dong Jishu is a veteran who is in charge of Tongzhou. Coordinated and directed Hu Dawei and others to counter the rebellion.
Now that the Beijing camp has gone to the northwest, he doesn't have much he can use. In addition to the 6,000 soldiers and horses he transferred to Yanqing from Xuanfu, there were more than 6,000 Rumi gunmen trained by Zhang Shize and 3,600 people from the chariot camp captured from Yang Fan. These soldiers and horses are his last trump card.
It is currently used to guard the capital and is not easily used. If Tongzhou falls, we will rely on this elite soldier to defend the capital. At present, Chongzhen followed Qi Jiguang's example and mixed the Cheying and Lumi gunmen into the Xuanwu Army, with Zhou Yuji as the commander of the guerrilla general.
Chongzhen also handed over the 5,000 cavalry of the Jinyi Guards to Zhou Yuji for unified command. This 15,000-man army has 500 sidecars equipped with steel plates, 500 heavy bronze-haired cannons, more than 6,000 Rumi musketry and matchlock riflemen, and 5,000 elite cavalry in brocade uniforms. This is a very powerful force.
Originally, Chongzhen planned to mobilize 20,000 elite infantrymen to join this force when the Beijing camp returned from a victory. Form a royal army to defend the emperor. Take it into your own hands.
"Your Majesty, Tushan Qianhu from Dongchang is here." Wang Chengen reported in a low voice.
Chongzhen suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and said quickly: "Xuan Tushan, come in quickly."
