Watching the army lined up in four horizontal lines, the traffic was rolling out, and groups of people walked out of the military camp. Zhou Yuji's eyes were a little wet. He longed for war and wanted to appear on the battlefield.
This is also the reason why he was treated so well in the Ministry of War and why he invited himself to the Beijing Camp.
"Today's Emperor Shenwu is Zhou Xuan, who is responsible for the Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition? A family in the four seas has a celestial calendar, and there are hundreds of counties in the two rivers and mountains and rivers in the Song Dynasty. The princes still stick to the peace policy, and the lofty ideals donate their young and middle-aged people in vain! The snow in Beijing and Luo is gone, and the spring is moving again, and the Yongchang Mausoleum is covered with grass. Qianqian." Zhou Yuji recited the poem in a low voice, holding the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand.
It is like the sword in the waist, which has long been impatient of loneliness and longs to drink the blood of the enemy on the battlefield. Following the rumbling and neat goose steps, this 14,000-strong army did not go through Desheng Gate. Instead, they left the imperial city directly from Dong'an Gate, followed the bustling commercial streets, left the city from Chaoyang Gate, and headed straight to Tongzhou. And go.
In the past two days, people in the capital have been in panic. People in the capital have many relatives and friends in the surrounding counties.
Especially the lower-level officials, soldiers, etc., many married wives from Xianghe, Sanhe, Langfang and other places.
Because the income in the capital is higher, better betrothal gifts can be given. Therefore, the squires in the surrounding rural areas were willing to marry their daughters to the capital.
Many shop assistants in the city, hotel waiters, and craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, shoe repairers, pig butchers, and leather cooks... they all go to the surrounding countryside to find wives.
Their wives also came from poor families. What kind of tenants, yeoman farmers, military households and the like. Therefore, the people in the capital are inextricably linked to the people hundreds of miles around.
Every incident in the suburbs of Beijing would bring great disaster to their relatives. For example, the Yingzong Dynasty also invaded.
Jiajing Dynasty's invasion of Amada Khan and other large-scale plundering of the suburbs of Beijing. The people in the capital hated the generals who failed to resist.
Because their relatives were plundered and killed. They feel the pain. The suburbs of the capital are densely populated with estates where civil servants, nobles, eunuchs, etc. annexed land.
Their property will be robbed, and they will also have hatred towards the generals. At this time, this elite army walked through the street and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Master Bing, where are you going? The rebels are about to arrive in the capital. Why are you still leaving?"
"How is Tongzhou? I heard that Sanhe County has been robbed."
"God damn the rebels, my whole family is in Niwa Town." A waiter stamped his feet and cried while wiping his tears.
There are many people like him working alone in the capital, and their families are in the surrounding countryside. These soldiers wore brand-new mandarin duck jackets and looked blood red.
In addition, they had all done queue training, and they walked very impressively. It looks different from other armies of the Ming Dynasty.
Although these gentry and common people do not know much about military affairs, it can be seen that these are elites. From the bottom of their hearts they do not want this elite force to leave the city.
It seems that the capital is safe only if they are here. Xiaofang came out with a basket in the morning to sell tea eggs.
Her brother was in the army, part of the six thousand gunmen trained by Zhang Shize. At this time, I saw the army marching out, so I quickly stood on the street and watched, trying to find my brother.
The army passed by one after another, and she finally saw her brother. His brother was the commander-in-chief and was supervising the march from the side of the team.
"Brother, where are you going?" Xiaofang rushed forward.
"Why are you here? Go home quickly." When Lu Ping saw that it was a girl, he glared at her and threatened her.
Xiaofang shrank her neck in fright, pulled him and cried: "Brother, where are you going? Are you going to fight?" Lu Ping saw that his soldiers began to look at the porcelain with playful smiles, and he looked around nervously , said: "Good girl, be obedient and go back quickly. Brother has business to do. You take this money back to your parents. Save it for your dowry." Lu Ping took out a small cloth bag from his arms.
Put it into her basket, which was filled with silver coins. Their new-style Rumi musketry unit has high military pay.
Lu Ping doesn't like drinking, and he doesn't go to alleys. I usually save a lot. I received a new heavy bag of money.
"Hurry back, march and don't let anyone talk, let Shangguan see that it's time to make a move." Xiaofang then let go of his hand.
Watching the army go away, she cried and shouted: "Brother, you have to come back well. Mom is going to help you matchmaker." Lu Ping did not look back, waved his hand, and continued to follow the army.
During this time, a mutiny broke out in Ji Town due to disarmament. The news soon spread to the city. Every day after that came bad news.
For a time, people's panic reached the extreme, and they were almost frightened three times in one night. Especially when news came yesterday that Hongqiao was defeated.
Zuo Liangyu was shot with an arrow and almost died. This caused a commotion in the city, and the rebels had already arrived at Tongzhou City.
We will arrive in Beijing soon. The entire capital was blown up, and many officials and wealthy people began to prepare to send their families out of the capital.
But at this time, Chongzhen ordered the nine gates to be under martial law, prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting. These people could not leave, and they were worried about the military disaster in the capital.
One by one, they are in panic all day long. Many people gathered in teahouses on the streets all day long to listen to the news and chat for fun.
The teahouses in the capital are the most well-informed places. You can even find a broker and spend money to buy information. As long as you pay enough, there is no news that you can't buy.
Many times, the matters discussed by the cabinet ministers in the cabinet last night were sold out by someone with intentions this evening.
The forbidden Chinese language was repeatedly leaked, and the emperor was furious. He tried several times, but no obvious results were seen.
Shi Dazhu was a silk merchant, and his family opened a silk and satin shop specializing in Sichuan brocade. His wife was born a small landowner in rural Jizhou.
My wife cried all night last night and didn't know what was going on at home. He was extremely irritable. Today I ran to the teahouse for some quiet time.
He was on the second floor and saw the army below lined up neatly, with their footsteps walking in unison.
Listening to the neat rhythm, his heart suddenly felt at peace. He knew something about this army, and the foundation of Dingyuan Bo Qianhu's place.
It looks very elite. Maybe they can put down the rebels. He thought to himself while drinking tea.
After a while, the infantrymen carrying cannons passed by. The cavalry is coming. It's still a team of four people lined up horizontally.
"Hey! Look, how handsome these horses are." Many people were praising them. The people in the capital are well-informed, because most of the good things in the world are in the capital.
But they have never seen such a good horse.
"These cavalry look impressive, but they are not wearing armor. They are not elite."
"You know what the heck, these are Uncle Dingyuan's soldiers. Only Uncle Dingyuan has such good horses from overseas. It's not that they don't wear armor, that cloak is soft armor. Fasten the buttons on the chest and they will be invulnerable." At this time, the cavalry was finished and the last car camp appeared.
Dark four-wheeled armored carriages came one after another.
"Look, look, there are cannons on every car."
"What kind of cannon is this? Why is the barrel so thick and long?"
"Don't you understand? Let me tell you, my second boy is on duty here. This is a heavy-duty copper-fired cannon." Shi Dazhu counted carefully, and the result shocked him.
A total of five hundred vehicles and five hundred heavy guns. He stood up in surprise. He suddenly realized that if such a powerful army went to Tongzhou, they would definitely defeat the rebels.
In the past two days at the guild, there were several bosses from the south who planned to sell their inventory at a discount and return to the south.
I can just buy these silks at a low price and wait until the war disaster subsides. Make a fortune.
