Chapter 283: Add a few more Beijing temples

The north is a heavily populated area. Even after the Tatars invaded several times, the population is still very large.

The first four times the Tatars entered the customs, the number of people taken captive increased gradually, and a total of more than one million people were taken abducted four times.

But Shuntian, the only one in the capital, has experienced so many wars and still has seven million people. It is almost equivalent to the total population of Henan.

Just look at the millions of households in Kaifeng, and you will know the population of the capital as the political center.

Recruitment is not difficult.

As long as there is money and food, there are plenty of people willing to serve as soldiers.

In the past three months, several prefectures in the Gyeonggi region have recruited 80,000 new soldiers one after another. The first batch of people who completed initial training totaled 36,000 people.

Thirty-six thousand recruits, with an establishment of three captains. After the initial training is completed, the newly promoted captain completes the final reorganization of the army and ordnance and equipment. Then the troops of the three captains were divided into three parts. One captain was sent to Zhu Bingkun's account in the Liaodong theater, and the other was assigned to Zheng Jiu's account in the northwest theater. The last school captain belonged to Qian Yue's account and was responsible for guarding the passes along the Great Wall from Miyun to the Xuanfu in the north of the capital. It was connected to Xifengkou in the Northeast Theater to the east and to the Xuanfu in the west.

This division is also temporary.

The responsibility for guarding the capital should have belonged to the imperial guards. Ying Yi planned to use the Guards as the foundation and expand the first phase to 20,000 people, called the Imperial Guards, under the command of Jinwu King Yisheng.

But expanding the Praetorian Guard was not a simple matter. As a strong army guarding the capital, it is necessary to select elites from all armies. rather than new recruits.

In other words, this imperial guard army cannot be established for the time being.

At least we have to wait until all the war in the north is over and the new recruits become veterans before selecting them. It is not that there are veterans in each ministry, but for now, foreign wars are more important than guarding the capital - or this may be Ying Yi's long-standing thought, to defend the enemy from outside the country.

Therefore, the guard of the capital is currently in the hands of Qian Yue, not Wang Yisheng.

After receiving the letter from the Ministry of War, Zhu Bingkun began to plan to regain the walled cities on the Guanning front line. Just as he was discussing with his generals, soldiers came to report.

"Report, Commander, someone who claims to be a confidant of Wu Sangui has come to the pass to ask for an audience!"

Suddenly, the whole hall fell silent. After a while, someone said: "Wu Sangui seems to be unable to sit still."

But it was Bai Guangen.

Zhu Bingkun nodded slightly and said to the soldiers: "Bring the people here."

Then he said: "The Ming Dynasty has been destroyed, and Wu Sangui is like a rootless man. Trapped in Ningyuan, there is no source of food, grass and military pay, and he is in a dilemma. It is not easy to hold on for three months."

He added: "I heard that my great-uncle Dashou was a traitor, and I thought he would defect to the Tatars. Unexpectedly, I sent someone here at this time. Everyone, what do you think?"

Ma Ke said: "Captain, I think we must be on guard. If Wu Sangui doesn't surrender in three months, he has to wait until the time limit comes. I'm afraid he is not willing to do so."

All the generals nodded.

Zhu Bingkun smiled and said: "Of course I know he is unwilling. He is used to being a warlord. He enjoys reaching out to the Ming court when he is short of money, and reaching out to the Ming court when he is short of food. How can he be willing to hand over his troops? But I don't know that you The government doesn't take him seriously at all, and it's ridiculous to think that his 20,000 to 30,000 people are so important."

Bai Guangen and Ma Ke felt it the most. Indeed, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who were like weak chickens were no different from ants in front of King Xia's strong army.

"If he comes to surrender, there is nothing he can do about it. If he doesn't surrender, it will be nothing more than the military exploits of the soldiers."

Zhu Bingkun twisted his beard and chuckled.

Zhu Bingkun's beard growth has begun to take shape these days.

Then he said: "He sent people here at this time, not necessarily to surrender, but maybe he also had other ideas. Meet the people first and then deal with them."

So soon, the soldiers brought someone.

It was the confidant sent by Wu Sangui.

When the man entered the hall, he bowed first and said, "I have come here to see you on the orders of Uncle Ping Xi."

Zhu Bingkun nodded slightly and shook his head: "The Ming Dynasty has been destroyed, how can we bring peace to Uncle Xi?"

Then he said: "Wu Sangui, please come here. What do you want to tell the governor?"

The man didn't dare to refute, so he took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands: "There is a letter written by General Wu. I hope you can read it."

Zhu Bingkun nodded, and a soldier came forward to take the letter, opened it, and then handed it to Zhu Bingkun.

Zhu Bingkun read ten lines at a glance. After reading it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Wu Sangui is also aware of current affairs."

Then he handed the letter over and ordered the general to read it.

Said: "Wu Sangui said that the Donglu forces were over, and he was willing to surrender to the king of Xia. However, if he failed, he would be ashamed to meet him. The Donglu troops came to attack, and he wanted to pretend to surrender, as an internal support, to help me defeat the Donglu troops."

Speaking of this, Zhu Bingkun said to Wu Sangui: "You go down and wait for a while. I will discuss with the generals for a while and then make a decision."

Wu Sangui's cronies bowed with clasped fists and were led out by the soldiers.

Zhu Bingkun said: "Wu Sangui's thoughts are clear at a glance. He did not come to surrender in March, but he was unwilling to give up the power of troops and horses in his hands. But he also saw that the Donglu was nothing more than that, so he never surrendered to the Donglu. So. Hesitant and hesitant. This time Donglu came to attack, and he saw an opportunity. He wanted to make meritorious service first, and then surrender. In this way, King Xia will not treat him badly."

Bai Guangen and others nodded.

But Bai Guangen said: "The probability of what the governor said is extremely high. However, whether Wu Sangui sincerely surrenders cannot be ignored. He can pretend to surrender to the Tatars, or he can pretend to surrender to the king."

Zhu Bingkun laughed loudly: "What General Baibu said is not unreasonable. But why should we be afraid? No matter what tricks he makes, I will crush him. What can he do?"

Suddenly, the whole room was laughing.

Yes, no matter what his plot is, I will be invincible and I can just crush him.

Zhu Bingkun said: "The Tatars responded quickly. It was only three months ago, and they suppressed the danger of the annihilation of Abatai's entire army, and actually sent troops to attack again. From this point of view, the Tatars can defeat the Ming Dynasty repeatedly and come to the end. This step is not a fluke.”

He said sternly: "The intention of sending troops is nothing more than to take advantage of King Xia's unsteady foothold to strike back. But how do the Tatars know how powerful the king is?!"

As he spoke, he sneered again and again: "Originally, Your Majesty did not intend to settle accounts with the Tatars for the time being, but now you are here to bring them to justice."

He said, "Here comes someone!"

Soldiers entered.

"Send this letter to the capital as quickly as possible and present it to your Majesty."

"Here!"

After sending the letter away, Zhu Bingkun said: "Wu Sangui must have told no lies about the Tatars coming to attack. However, our troops failed to notice it. The layout of the battle line is really lagging behind. All the troops spread the word immediately without collecting it at night. I want to know within two days." Tatar movements.”

Everyone stood up, beat their chests and held their fists: "Here!"

Zhu Bingkun nodded: "After we go down, we will prepare for the arrival of new soldiers. Second, we will assemble the army and prepare for war. This time, we must make sure that the Tatars never come back!"

"I'm afraid there are too few Beijing temples in Guanxia. It's time to add a few more."