Chapter 1248: Inside Beijing and Outside Beijing
The real situation of the prefectures and counties that were passed by the government army was the real war. Once the government army was about to come, the city gates were closed immediately. The local gentry would not bargain with the government, but instead worked together to recruit people to brave the city and be prepared to fight to the death at any time. It is said that the bandits entered the city and the government army would be completely finished when they entered the city.
The cities and walls and trenches are used as defenses. The villages and towns outside are truly miserable. Moreover, these government troops will exaggerate the enemy situation when passing through the border, saying that hundreds of thousands of Xuzhou thieves will come. If the local area does not have sufficient supply and the government troops do not have the energy to fight, the world will be destroyed and everyone will die without a place to die.
But everyone can't see the world, but everyone can't see the destruction of the government army's transit. But everyone can truly feel that there are quite a lot of Beijing officials from all prefectures in Northern Zhili, and there are complaints from the local area, so they naturally have to react. There are a lot of memorials about this. If the Beijing Guan Township Party, who was born in Northern Zhili, jointly launched the joint campaign and the eunuch party is leveraging the power, the Donglin Party will soon be in a mess.
But this time it was different. First of all, the rapid approach of the Zhao family army made everyone in the court extremely nervous. The Donglin Party members who were originally doing their own things showed a rare unity. After all, the Donglin and the allied factions in the court were the strongest, and many things could be suppressed. In addition, what made all parties unable to understand was that the eunuch party did not make any moves this time, although it was a great opportunity no matter how they looked at it at this time.
"I heard that Wei Zhongxian privately greeted the cabinet and the bigwigs like Jiuqing, asking them to discuss peace and pacify and not start a war. However, Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing all ignored this, and they all felt that the eunuch party was setting up a treacherous plan. As long as the news of peace and peace was brought together, there would be countless attacks immediately and would never stand firm in the court."
The newly-entered Donglin Party members depended on Wei Zhongxian's defeat in the suppression. They were determined to be the war. The Xuzhou bandits had any ease of stance to gain the upper hand. Moreover, the conditions for recruitment that Zhao Yan and Cui Wensheng replied were rejected by them, and they also gathered a large army to prepare for the suppression. If they also went to recruit peace, it would be equivalent to overturning their previous positions. Not to mention that they could stand still, the charge of "involving the flow" with the eunuch party could turn the turmoil.
There are now a group of Donglin Party members who are officials in the court, but there are still many waiting for recovery in Jiangnan, and there are many middle and lower classes in the capital waiting for promotion. Many people are eager to fall. This is not to mention the hostile faction outside. As long as they are determined to fight, they will not lose in the righteousness. Everyone can only work together. As long as there is a flaw, they are afraid that the ones who will start first will be the ones who will take action first.
"There are rumors in the capital. Wei Zhongxian sent an urgent letter to Sun Chengzong, who was in charge of Liaodong in Jizhen, saying that he would invite Sun Ge Lao to come back to preside over the overall situation. There are rumors that the court is preparing to negotiate peace with Jianzhou and mobilize Liaozhen troops to return..."
"The Tianqi has not been to court for nearly ten days. According to the analysis of people familiar with the government, Wei Zhongxian is ready to clean up the situation. After the defeat, Sun Chengzong will be the chief assistant, so that all parties in Donglin and all factions in the court can accept it, and then plan to discuss peace."
"The Jinyiwei and the East Factory have had abnormal changes these days. The Dingguo Duke led the Beijing camp and also drew troops from the city. The military eunuchs in the inner world have been frequently active recently. According to rumors, they are ready to close the city gate at any time."
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Not to mention that the construction and demolition of the fortifications are an important part of the practice. At present, several relatively independent brigades and strengthening groups are here. If anyone does not do well, wouldn’t it be better than others? Although everyone is a family, this family is also competing for the sake of prematureness. Moreover, the head coach Zhao Jin is always inspecting, and he sees everyone’s performance.
"The Second Brigade and the Suzhou regiment have been holding back for too long. This time I came out, I have to show it to the brothers regiments. I didn't fight much, but it was not bad at all." Zhao Jin said with emotion. The Pro-Guard Brigade, the First Brigade and the Second Brigade were not convinced by each other. Li Wu's Suzhou regiment was also holding back. How dare he fall behind in the horseman regiment, the artillery regiment and the teaching brigade? It was really a lively scene.
But in the eyes of the gentry and people of Qing County, they did not understand this scene at all. There were also military officers living in wars, veterans who had experienced the battlefield, and more people had seen the style of the official army. After all, this scene was close to Shuntian Prefecture and on the canal. There were also many such things as the mobilization of troops, but they had never seen the Zhao family army doing this.
"It's not that I can't live in County Qing and the governor, why are Xiu doing so hard?"
"When I went out to work for the army, I heard from the leader of the bandit army that I was about to deport the camp to the north. Could it be that these things will be demolished? Isn't this a waste of effort?"
"You said whether these thieves can win or not, they are really good at acting. They are much better than those officials and soldiers."
"How can we win? Our Ming Dynasty court is a real dragon. It has been passed down for thousands of years. What is this group of thieves worth? Have you heard that the court dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops this time, hundreds of thousands of troops. How many people are there in this group of thieves? How can we win?"
"What a pity, this thief army is doing very well. It looks like an official army than the official army."
No matter how they talk about it privately, the gentry and people of Qing County must be diligent in flattery at this time. When the army was coaxing, they really saw a lot of the scenes of the Zhao family's military camp, but they couldn't understand anything. They only knew that the court had an army of hundreds of thousands of thousands, but no matter how they thought the Zhao family's army was only about 20,000, and who would win and win.
So even though the Zhao family army was opened in the north of Qingxian County, the enthusiasm and diligence of the gentry and people were always separated by a layer. If it weren't for the tight blockade of the Zhao family army, there would probably be many people who came to inform us.
There is an old man in his seventies in the city, whose legs and feet are no longer flexible. He heard that there was a thief with strict military discipline outside the city, so he wanted to go out and see something new. Naturally, his children and grandchildren were unwilling to do so. The old man understood that he had a good life in just a few days, so he had to look at this business that he had never seen before. Hejian Mansion has been peaceful for more than a hundred years, and he really couldn't figure out what the thief looked like.
The children and grandchildren couldn't resist, so they got a cart and took the old man to the outside camp for a walk. There were many new things these days, and the Zhao family army was too lazy to pay attention to them. They even discussed in private, saying that we didn't see any big fights this time, but it seemed like we were beating drums and drums and performing all the way. The old man was satisfied after watching it, and felt that he had seen a rare scene. When he got home, he said in a daze, "It's very similar to the soldiers of General Qi."
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Chapter completed!