Chapter 168 The army moves forward, County Annan!
"No courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Gao Shun stood up, showing a determined face.
Liu Jin stood aside, silent.
Zhu Youtang asked: "Gao Shun, how many soldiers are there in the three major battalions in the capital and the trapped camp?"
Gao Shun answered with his hand: "Your Majesty, there are still 70,000 soldiers in the trapped camp."< br>
“There are still 30,000 soldiers in the Three Thousand Battalion, there are still 60,000 soldiers in the Fifth Army Battalion, and there are still 20,000 soldiers in the Shenji Battalion.”
Annan in County County is a very important war. The number of people must not be small.
Furthermore, Xuchang has received a letter, saying that the 100,000-strong Northwest Expeditionary Force has been dispatched and has returned to the court.
It will take another month at most before he can return to the capital.
Zhu Youtang immediately ordered: "Wang Yue, I order you to wear the seal of General Zheng Yi, command 20,000 trapped camp, 100,000 capital three camps, and launch in half a month, county Annan!"
This order is equivalent to taking away most of the defense forces around the capital, leaving only 50,000 trapped troops to guard the capital.
But fortunately, the gap is only a short half month.
After half a month, the 100,000 troops led by Xuchang will return to the capital and take over the defense of the capital again.
Wang Yue looked solemn and immediately kowtowed to his leader: "Weak minister Wang Yue, I will obey the imperial edict!"
"I will never return Annan until I break it."
"Liu Jin."< br>
"The slave is here."
Hearing Zhu Youtang's call, Liu Jin took two quick steps and stood closer to Zhu Youtang.
"From now on, two thousand Dongchang fans will be transferred."
Zhu Youtang ordered: "One thousand Dongchang fans will supervise the military rations transferred from Shuzhou, Nanzhili, and Ganzhou. "
"The other Qian Fanzi, as the eunuch in charge of the army, will go to Annan with the army in half a month!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Jin nodded and accepted the order.
After arranging everything, Zhu Youtang took out the old Annan slip and handed it to Wang Yue.
"This is the latest map of Annan. If you march according to this map, there will be no mistakes."
"Wang Yue, take it."
Wang Yue's eyes widened in shock, not daring to I believe Zhu Youtang actually has such a good thing.
You know, seven years ago they asked Liu Daxia for Annan's old slips, but Liu Daxia hid them and refused to give them to him. But now they got Annan's latest map from Zhu Youtang.
Before the war, getting a detailed map of the combat area was a great advantage.
Wang Yue couldn't wait to take over the new Annan map and flip through it, and found that the topography and landforms on it were vivid and clearly visible.
And the route is clearly marked.
Wang Yue never thought that he would have such a wonderful start.
This made the difficulty for him to successfully regain Annan drop by at least three levels!
Wang Yue felt as if he had found a treasure, his heartbeat quickened with excitement, and his eyebrows danced with joy: "If a humble minister can have such a picture, Annan, the county, is like picking something out of a bag, as easy as flipping the palm of a hand!"
Zhu Youtang smiled: "Gao Shun, take Wang Yue to the Xishan Military Camp to familiarize yourself with military affairs."
"Wang Zhi and Liu Jin, please also retreat."
"Yes. Your Majesty, Wei I'm resigning!"
"It's your Majesty, I'm resigning!"
After Liu Jin exited Hongde Hall, he immediately returned to Dongchang, summoned Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng, and assigned them tasks.
"Zhang Yong, you immediately summon Qian Fanzi as the eunuch to supervise the army. In half a month, he will go out to Annan with the three major battalions in the capital!"
After hearing this, Zhang Yong was shocked: "Supervise the army?! I want to go to the battlefield. !”
Liu Jin frowned when he saw Zhang Yong’s surprise: "Why, aren't you happy?"
Zhang Yong waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no! I'm happy! It's too late for me to be happy!"
"Hahaha! I didn't even think about it. I am so excited that I can go on the battlefield.”
In history, Zhang Yong was also an eunuch who fought on the battlefield and achieved military exploits.
He once oversaw the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. He also led 30,000 Beijing troops to quell Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion, and led his troops to resist bandits in border towns in the north.
Although his military achievements cannot be compared with Wang Zhi's, it is rare among eunuchs.
So when Zhang Yong heard that there was an opportunity to go to the battlefield, he immediately became excited and felt impatient.
Liu Jin curled his lips and looked at Ma Yongcheng: "Ma Yongcheng, you will also lead Qianfanzi to Shuzhou, Ganzhou and Nanzhili to supervise the transportation of grain and grass."
"If there is a problem with food and grass, your Majesty will blame you, and no one can save you."
Ma Yongcheng looked serious and quickly responded: "Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"
"Go ahead. "
Liu Jin waved his hand, and Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng immediately went to gather people.
Then Zhang Yong took a thousand Dongchang fans and stationed in the Xishan military camp in advance.
Ma Yongcheng took a thousand Dongchang fanzi and left the capital directly to Shuzhou, Ganzhou and Nanzhili.
On the other side, Gao Shun and Wang Yue left the palace and immediately headed for the Xishan Military Camp.
When they left the capital, they happened to be escorting the Wang and Zhang clansmen of Puzhou.
There were also Wu Yong, the magistrate of Puzhou, Hou Wei of the Thousand Households Office of Puzhou, and Gong Ang, the magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture, who passed by each other.
Qinglong and Baihu led everyone to Fusi, Beizhen, and after taking them to the Jinyiwei Prison, they reported the matter to the Jinyiwei commander Mou Bin.
After Mu Bin found out, he immediately went to the palace and reported the matter to Zhu Youtang.
After listening to Mou Bin's report, Zhu Youtang calmly ordered: "Turn it over to the three law divisions for trial, and let them judge according to the "Imperial Imperial Patent"." "Yes, Your Majesty."
Mo Bin took the order and quickly handed over those people arrested in Puzhou to the Sanfa Division.
The Sanfa Division held a trial in court, and under the supervision of Jinyiwei, the Sanfa Division sentenced these people in strict accordance with the records in the "Imperial Imperial Order".
The head of the Wang family, Wang Ze, the Zhang family advocated Ning, and the Shao family advocated friendship. They were sentenced to car breaking and their homes ransacked.
Other members of the Wang family and Zhang family of Shanxi merchants lost their family status, were demoted to military status, and were exiled to Xinjiang to guard the border.
Puzhou's Thousand Households Office, Thousand Households, Hou Wei, cut off the city in half.
Gong Ang, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, and Wu Yong, the magistrate of Puzhou County, were both sentenced to skinning and pulling grass.
When Gong Ang and Wu Yong knew that they were going to be peeled off from Hemerocallis fulvae, they collapsed and kept begging for mercy, just for a quicker death.
Gong Ang even tried to commit suicide by grabbing the ground with his head.
Fortunately, Jin Yiwei stopped him in time and stopped Gong Ang from committing suicide, saving a life and preventing him from passing away prematurely.
After the verdict of the Sanfa Division came down, it was immediately transferred to the Ministry of Punishment for execution.
So Fei Ju, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, was dragged out of overtime work again.
Fei Zhang is already quite familiar with these things.
When the time comes, the signs are thrown away, the carts are torn apart, the halves are cut, and the skins are peeled and the straw is peeled off, they are made into scarecrows and erected at the local yamen gate.
Han Baoniu, the executioner of the Ministry of Punishments, heard that two officials were sentenced to skinning and pulling grass. His eyes lit up and he became the happiest person in the entire execution ground.
When Han Baoniu began his execution, the people around the execution site cheered excitedly.
When the two scarecrows, which were like works of art, appeared, the people around them exclaimed in surprise.
After this, the two scarecrows will be sent back to Jinzhou.
One was erected at the yamen gate of Pingyang Prefecture, and the other was erected at the yamen gate of Puzhou County to warn subsequent officials.
But only God knows how many officials can see it.
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Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War were extremely busy, working almost day and night.
Because this grain adjustment involves requisitioning from other places, it is much more cumbersome.
The departure time is also delayed again and again.
The army was originally scheduled to set off in half a month, but it was delayed until the twentieth day to complete the preparations for the early stage of food and baggage.
Finally, the governors of Shuzhou, Ganzhou, and Southern Zhili personally summoned 100,000 donkey carts and escorted 220,000 stones of grain and grass to the Annan border.
As for the Third Battalion in the capital, they set off with only thirty thousand stones of grain and grass and marched along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Along the way, they would receive a supply of one hundred thousand stones of grain and grass in Luzhou.
At the same time, there was also the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion that was busy.
After all, when it comes to mobilizing troops, the participation of the Fifth Army Commander's Office is still needed.
During this period, Zhu Youtang has consciously returned the power of commanding and training troops that had been taken away by the Ministry of War to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.
Use the Five Army Commander's Office to suppress the increasingly powerful Ministry of War.
No matter what, the 100,000 troops led by Wang Yue finally launched their attack.
On February 12th, spring has already begun.
In the increasingly warm days, a hundred thousand troops gathered outside the capital.
The 20,000 soldiers of the trapped camp are at the head of the entire army. Their military appearance is solemn and majestic.
The three major battalions of the Eighty Thousand Capital City were stationed behind, waiting for military orders.
Qian Dongchang Fanzi, led by Zhang Yong, serves as a military eunuch, mixed in various teams, and supervises the entire army.
Wang Yue wore the seal of General Zhengyi and was stationed in the central army, waiting for Zhu Youtang's orders.
Zhu Youtang led hundreds of civil and military officials to climb the walls of the capital and inspect the army.
The civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River on the city wall were extremely shocked when they saw that the governor of the southwest was actually Wang Yuehou, as if they had seen a ghost!
With the arrival of the third quarter of the day, Liu Jin carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived."
Zhu Youtang pulled out the emperor's sword and swung it down.
"Drumming, march!"
With Zhu Youtang's order, heavy drums sounded on the city wall.
After hearing the sound of the drum, Wang Yue immediately ordered: "The whole army listens to the order, the army is dispatched, and the target is Annan!"
The flag order soldiers beside Wang Yue stood the highest and waved them immediately He picked up the king's command flag in his hand and gave the order to the entire army to move forward.
Immediately, drums sounded from all sides. The trapped camp was the first to start, followed by the three major battalions of the capital behind them.
A hundred thousand troops roared like a mountain roaring and a tsunami roaring.
"Pledge to peace in South, never to return it until it is destroyed!"
"Annan in counties and counties, open up new territories!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
“…”
Zhu Youtang stood on the city wall of the capital, looking at the 100,000 troops passing in front of him, feeling emotional.
Although the Ming Dynasty looks glamorous on the outside, it is still not peaceful on the inside.
The war between the north and the south continued. Zhu Youtang had only been on the throne for two years, but he had already used his army twice.
Now that the army has been mobilized and the preliminary preparations have been completed, it is time to start settling accounts after the fall.
Zhu Youtang has not forgotten the smuggling of arms by soldiers from border towns in the north.
This matter must be investigated to the end!
Completely clear out the border towns in the north of the Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)