Just when Huang Taiji received the envelope.
In the capital, a group of fifty thousand heavy armored cavalry came out of the side gate.
Han Xi temporarily mobilized all the cavalry generals in the city to serve as the backbone of this heavy armored cavalry.
At the same time, he spent one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy weapons from Shuntian Mansion's special products and re-armed the cavalry.
The army was divided into five teams and went out from different gates in the inner city.
During these times, Han Xi didn't really do anything. He still asked the spies to investigate the basic information.
For example, where is the main camp of the Huang Taiji Central Army? There are several camps.
Where are the troops stronger?
Although these situations are not known in detail, the general outline is still clear.
For fear of causing a commotion, 50,000 people were summoned by Han Xi at various city gates.
It didn't alarm anyone in the capital.
Han Xi watched the army leave and then returned to the imperial city. On this cold day, it was still comfortable to hide in the gentle village.
In this way, Han Xi waited for the news in the imperial city for three days.
Finally, on the fourth day, news of the army's triumphant return was finally received. Hou Jin was also disbanded. At this time, he heard that he was being chased by the Ming army and was running away in embarrassment.
Han Xi asked people to open the middle gate to welcome the return of the army.
In these three days, Han Xi integrated another army of ten thousand people.
Even if the Ming Dynasty's 200,000-strong army turned around and attacked the capital at this time, with a force of 140,000, he was confident of defeating it.
Han Xi stood at the main gate of the outer city waiting for the return of the army. When he saw the city gate open, many people came out to watch.
In the past half month, Han Xi had been working as a police officer to maintain public order and buy food at normal prices. At this time, the people in the city were no longer so afraid of Han Xi's army.
Even if the city gate is closed, the people in the city can live normally.
Because Han Xi set up comprehensive markets everywhere, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, cloth, and cheap cabbage.
The prices are no different than before Hou Jin arrived, and are even cheaper.
Not only that, craftsmen and coolies will also be recruited in the city.
As long as the family works hard, it is no problem to earn sixty or seventy cents a day.
A pound of wheat costs only four cents, and a pound of rice costs six cents.
Sixty or seventy yuan is enough for a family to spend three or four days.
If the closed city gate hadn't told everyone that the war was not over yet, the people would have almost forgotten that the emperor had been away for more than half a month.
At this time, on the top of the city, Han Xi looked at the returning army in the distance. Listen to the battles of the past few days.
The raid a few days ago caught Hou Jin off guard, and Hou Jin even fled.
The half-month offensive suffered heavy losses, which already made Hou Jin's army unstable.
Therefore, facing the sudden attack of the imperial soldiers, they collapsed at the first touch.
The 50,000-strong army was divided into five groups to encircle and suppress Hou Jin. They chased Hou Jin to Jizhou, and then they withdrew their troops when they encountered the army of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty.
This time, a total of 2,000 Jiannu were killed and more than 5,000 Jiannu were captured, as well as two Baylors, Hauge and Yuetuo.
Including the more than 7,000 people before, that's 14,000 people. This number of people is estimated to account for less than half of Hou Jin's people.
At this time, the Hou Jin Dynasty was no longer in a state of affairs, and the next step was the battle with the Ming army.
"Look, over there, is the great Shengzhang from the city back?"
"I guess so, I just don't know who won."
While the people were talking in low voices, tens of thousands of cavalrymen in the distance were slowly approaching, and slowly a mighty armored army appeared in front of everyone.
At this time, the people also saw the prisoners escorted by the army through the door opening.
They are a group of slaves with pig tails on the back of their heads.
Seeing Jian Nu, the people immediately cheered. In the past half month, they knew that these barbarians had been attacking the city.
At this time, so many Jian slaves were escorted back, presumably Hou Jin was defeated.
When the team entered the city, the people threw stones at the slaves to vent their grievances.
On the top of the city, Han Xi looked relieved when he saw the angry expressions of the people.
I think when I first entered the city, I saw that the expressions of the people were dull and numb, and there was no trace of life in their eyes. It must be that they had no hope for the dynasty.
"Wan Sheng~" Han Xi suddenly shouted loudly.
Seeing this, the surrounding guards raised their hands and shouted: "Wan Sheng!"
Slowly, the cavalry entering the city also responded. The shouts of tens of thousands of imperial cavalry spread throughout the fields, and the walls shook slightly.
This emotion quickly spread, and the people raised their hands and shouted.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
Yue Tuo and Hao Ge, who were escorted to the team, were also shocked by this momentum, and couldn't help but think that attacking the capital might be a wrong decision.
This time, they didn't have time to pull back the benefits, but they suffered heavy casualties. A lot of the benefits gained in the past two months were also recaptured by the Ming army when they were defeated.
It can be said that after losing his wife, he lost his troops.
It is more than ten miles away from the capital in the direction of Tongzhou.
At this time, the imperial army gathered near Tongzhou. Taking advantage of the Jin Dynasty's victory after the defeat, the imperial court asked Sun Chengzong to lead the army to recapture the capital and wipe out all the rebels at the same time.
Now, Sun Chengzong's face is full of sorrow, and the degree of corruption in the army in the capital is shocking.
The strength of King Qin's army that came over was also uneven.
This time I followed the rebels to take advantage, but Hou Jin counterattacked, and tens of thousands of people were immediately routed.
After Hou Jin retreated to Zunhua, before he could completely withdraw from the pass, the emperor and the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty actually wanted to take back the capital in a hurry. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that it would not work.
The capital's army was capable of defeating Hou Jin.
The King Qin's army gathered in Tongzhou was defeated by the defeated army of Hou Jin not long ago.
I don't know what the imperial court was thinking, but it actually asked this army, which was defeated by Hou Jin, to attack the rebels who were in full swing.
Just when Sun Chuanting was worried, he suddenly heard a voice outside.
"Who is calling Wan Sheng outside?" Sun Chengzong asked in confusion.
When the guards around him heard Sun Chengzong's question, they hurried out to investigate.
After a while, the bodyguard ran in and reported: "It seems to have come back from the direction of the capital. The spies reported that the rebels are holding a welcoming ceremony."
Sun Chengzong couldn't help but be surprised. The voice coming from the capital?
How many people need to shout at the same time to reach Tongzhou?
How long has it been since then that the rebels have already won the hearts and minds of the people in the capital?
Shouldn't the people in the capital at this time be in panic, waiting for the emperor's rescue?
At this time, Sun Chengzong had too many doubts in his heart.
Half a month later.
All the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty left the customs, leaving only a part of the army to garrison Zunhua.
However, it was recaptured by the Ming army not long after. After expelling all the forces of Houjin, 200,000 troops gathered at Guangqumen, the capital.
The 200,000-strong army camp stretched from Guangqumen to Tongzhou, stretching for more than ten miles.
In the past half month, Han Xi was not idle either and summoned another 10,000 troops.
In this way, the number of imperial soldiers in the city has reached 150,000.
More than 50,000 blacksmiths are working day and night to produce equipment.
More than 50,000 women made winter clothes.
More than 50,000 people are working to transport supplies.
The outer city of the capital was almost turned into a military factory by Han Xi.
