"Your Majesty... Shengming!"
With Sun Chengzong's wisdom, he immediately understood the emperor's intention.
Now that the Heavenly Furnace has been cast and the slave-building army cannot escape, let's take the gentry and wealthy businessmen from the capital to watch the battle.
"Sun Aiqing, two things. One is to stay in Beijing with Li Banghua. The Jinyi Guards and Huben Guards are under your command to maintain the security of the city. You are not allowed to open the city gate without my order.
The second is to prepare supplies to reward the three armies. After the war is over, I will reward the three armies! "
"Your Majesty, don't worry. The supplies to reward the three armies have been prepared and will be sent to Zunhua today!"
The war has not even started yet, but things have been prepared to reward the three armies. This kind of magical operation is probably rare in history.
An hour later, thousands of people gathered in front of Guangqu Gate, and carriages lined up for several miles.
"Oh, Shopkeeper Wang, what brought you here?"
"Nonsense, Jin Yiwei went to visit him personally. Do I dare not to come?"
"What kind of trouble is this? What are we gathering together for?"
"I'm not sure. You said you wouldn't have killed us..."
"Old Zhao, if you don't listen to me telling you to go less often to Piaoxiang Yard, you will die there sooner or later. Are you also a sperm in the brain?"
"That's right, those in front are the six ministers and people from various departments, as well as the tribute students from the Imperial College. Will the imperial court be so stupid?"
"That's hard to say. What if it's the one who supervised our execution? This..."
"Shut the fuck up!"
…
Listening to everyone's discussion, Li Ruolian sneered and thought to himself: I hope you can still chat like this in two days.
Then he walked quickly to Chongzhen in disguise: "Your Majesty, there are 656 seventh-grade officials in Beijing, 567 wealthy businessmen and legitimate sons, and 1,898 tribute students from the Imperial College, a total of 3,100 twenty-one,
Excluding those who need to stay behind, there are a total of 2,888 people here. "
"Then let's set off. No stops are allowed along the way except for going to the toilet and changing horses!
After passing the order, if anyone dares to escape, they will be killed directly without reporting it, and then people will be sent back to confiscate their homes! "
Under Li Ruolian's personal instructions, everyone got on the carriage honestly even though they were full of complaints and anger.
They are not stupid either. None of the six ministers or ministers protested. If they went to protest, weren't they looking for death?
But they are all curious, what is the purpose of gathering all the influential people in the capital together?
With uneasiness, panic, and doubts, they headed towards Hanerzhuang City under the protection of Teng Xiang's right guard.
At this moment, outside the city of Hanerzhuang, large armies stood in large numbers, with military flags fluttering and spreading towards the distance. Soldiers stood solemnly with weapons in hand, and the atmosphere was filled with chills.
Yuan Keli looked at the boundless army of the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army, and his heart was filled with emotion.
The emperor began a series of reorganizations since he ascended the throne, reorganizing the emperor's 21 personal guards into the nine guards of the Forbidden Army. How many people there are and what their combat strength is is a mystery to the courtiers.
Officials once asked around, but those who inquired during the day disappeared at night. A few days later, their tribesmen were arrested and exiled for unknown reasons.
Dozens of times later, the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army became a taboo presence in Beijing.
Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, it may not be enough to say that he is the master of the king, but he is definitely worthy of the title of forbidden army.
"Commander Sundu, you came at the right time!"
Sun Chuanting took off his helmet and touched the sweat on his forehead: "Mr. Ge, how is the battle going?"
"The Jiannu army is attacking Longjing Pass, but the reinforcements from Tengxiang Left Guard and Shanhaiguan Pass arrived in no time.
Because the road is blocked, it takes more than an hour to make a detour to get information. We don’t know the specific situation at Longjing Pass now.
But judging from the sounds of fighting, Longjing Pass should still be in our hands, but... I think this pavilion is almost there too! "
"Report..."
A cry of emergency broke into the temporary camp.
"Mr. Ge, an hour ago, 30,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp led by Zhang Zhiji entered Longjing Pass along the Great Wall!"
"Report..."
"Mr. Ge, the Zhongzhen Marquis of Da'ankou led five thousand white-armed soldiers to cross the river forty miles downstream. They are now three miles away from the Daichuan Stone Bridge on the north bank of the Luanhe River. They are ready to attack at any time!"
"Report..."
"Mr. Ge, the 30,000-strong army led by You Shiwei, deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, has arrived thirty miles away."
Three scouts came galloping from a distance and reported on their respective investigations.
"Okay, okay, okay, hahaha... God bless you!"
Listening to the scout's report, Yuan Keli laughed loudly.
For several days, they had been worried that the reinforcements for the siege would not arrive on time, which would lead to Jiannu breaking out of the siege and the siege plan failing.
Now we finally have the good news.
The emperor had been planning for nearly a year and made various arrangements to force the slaves to enter the customs. Now that the furnace was completed, it was time to harvest.
Ever since Jiannu attacked Longjing Pass last night, he had been worried as he heard the sounds of fighting that never stopped.
There are fifty thousand troops behind him, but he cannot go to reinforce him. If he hadn't experienced many ups and downs in officialdom for decades, he would have collapsed long ago!
"Everyone, after this battle, there will be no more major wars in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty for three to five years. The bulldozing of Shengjing is just around the corner.
No matter what your normal life is like, if you dare to reveal anything during this battle, you will be completely liquidated after the war.
On the contrary, if you behave well, the bad things you do in your daily life may just go away! "
After speaking, without waiting for the generals to react, Yuan Keli's voice suddenly rose a few points and he began to issue military orders.
"Come here, give the order to Marquis Zhongzhen, and lead the army to set off immediately and meet at Daichuan Bridge!"
"Send an order to You Shiwei and assign 10,000 sergeants. Immediately enter the Great Wall and shoot the fleeing sergeants of the Jian Nu. The remaining 20,000 people immediately cross the river and go up the river to prevent the Jian Nu from escaping westward."
"Sun Chuanting, after crossing the river, immediately detached 20,000 sergeants, marched eastward, guarded the Hulu Valley, and guarded Xifengkou in front of the Jiannu Meeting!
In addition, 10,000 troops were mobilized to garrison on the Great Wall to surround and kill the escaped Jiannu sergeants! The rest can start charging. "
"Sun Zushou, I will give you another 10,000 people. Together with the Zunhua sergeants, we will take the lead in crossing the river, blocking the Jiannu left behind, and buying time for the army to cross the river!"
"Zhou Wenyu, Yang Chunshou, and Liu Zhenhua, the three of you immediately reorganized the army and set up a defensive formation to prevent Jiannu from retreating and making a surprise attack. Even if the entire army is annihilated, Jiannu will still be blocked on the south bank of the Luan River."
"Zhao Guangrui, widen the river bed immediately! Once the river bed is widened, the general's artillery will immediately bombard the remaining elite slaves."
It only took a moment for the generals to leave. There were several loud noises, black smoke rose into the sky, and the ground was shaking.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, the river bank that was originally about ten feet high was almost the same as the river bed, and the river bed that was originally more than ten feet wide became thirty feet wide.
Because of the sudden widening of the river bed, the river water that was originally three or four feet deep suddenly became less than one foot deep.
"fire!"
"Cross the river and be fast!"
