After receiving the imperial edict and the official document of the Ministry of War, Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, first found Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing certainly knew Geng Ruqi's purpose, but Zhao Xing did not plan to act with Geng Ruqi, because it would be constrained by many parties and would eventually be done with him.

Geng Ruqi, who was happy to come and returned home in a defeat, ordered his governor, 3,000 battalion, and joined the Shanxi General Zhang Hong to lead 5,000 Jin troops to advance east to serve the king. Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi three borders, Liu Guangsheng, the governor of Shaanxi, and Mei Zhihuan, the governor of Gansu, also ordered more than 17,000 elite troops from each town, and led by Wu Zimian, the generals of the five major towns along the border, and led by Wu Shilu, You Shilu, Yang Qi, Wang Chengen and Yang Jiamo, into the guarding capital...

After the army of Shanxi Geng Ruqi and General Zhang Honggong arrived in the Jifu area, the Ministry of War issued an order to station in Tongzhou, and the next day to stay in Changping, and the next day to stay in Liangxiang.

According to regulations, the army was not allowed to release grain on the day it arrived at the flood site. The Shanxi soldiers transferred three places in three days and did not receive food for three days. The soldiers were extremely indignant and plundered food near the base. The court also ordered the arrest of Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong for failing to restrain the army. Seeing that the governor and general were imprisoned and questioned, the eight thousand elite soldiers scattered and fled back to Shanxi. After the incident broke out, the Ming court not only did not investigate the problem of handling the situation, but instead executed Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong.

Because General Wu Zimian seized the food and blackmailed the soldiers of Yansui Town, the soldiers who were unwilling to enter the guard to pay bribes and sell military horses, aroused strong dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and many people passed away without saying goodbye. Zhang Mengjing, the governor of Yansui, died of worries and anger.

When the troops led by Gansu Governor Mei Zhihuan and Ganzhou General Yang Jiamo walked to Anding County, the soldiers entered the guard for a distance of 6,000 miles and did not send food to the An family. The commanders were forced to drive the soldiers away again under the strict orders of the court. The soldiers were loaded with armor and guns and cannons, and they were in great difficulty. "The troops and horses all fell down in a few days."

The soldiers said angrily, "It is better to die here if you die." So under the leadership of Wang Jincai, Yin Dengke and Wu Tianyin, the general Sun Huaizhong, who came forward to stop, led the general Zhou Daochang and Dengkui. He seized the salary of the camp, "Jiema Xichi" and returned to the base on his own. When he arrived in Lanzhou, he was traitor arranged by the governor Mei Zhihuan to kill the mutiny leader Wang Jincai and others. After rectification, some troops continued to travel east to serve the king, and some were sent to restore the garrison place that they were determined to go. In this way, Yang He, the only army of the northwest, arrived at the capital alone, but on the other hand, the fierce iron cavalry of Jiannu, had not yet taken the battle, but they collapsed.

Yang He was also dismissed from prison for being incompetent in command of his army.

The Shanxi and Shaanxi soldiers fled halfway and felt that they would die if they returned like this. So everyone joined the army of bandits and became the main force of bandits. With the addition of discipline and trained soldiers, the quality of the bandits in Shanxi has been improved by a great deal of quality and a qualitative change.

Now, in the entire northwest, the only one who can serve the king is Zhao Xing. No, in principle, it is Hong Chengchou's army.

Hong Chengchou, who also received the imperial edict to serve the king, rushed to Zhaoxing's headquarters and asked Zhaoxing to decide.

While packing up his things, Zhao Xing asked Hong Chengchou: "Xingjiu, what are your plans?"

Hong Chengchou replied embarrassedly: "Sir, I have received the emperor's edict to serve the king. I dare not neglect it. I am also preparing to raise an army to go east to serve the king, but, but."

Zhao Xing stopped the work in his hand and stood up and smiled and said, "You must fight for the great achievements of the king, but you have no soldiers or generals, right?"

This was just about Hong Chengchou's heart. As an official of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiannu's invasion of the capital this time was definitely a huge opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Whether it was selfishness or public interest to the country, Hong Chengchou certainly could not let go of this matter.

It’s just a pity that over the past year, he has been devoted to governing Yansui and has no chance to train troops. At the same time, he does not need to train troops. He has been beaten away by Zhao Xing’s soldiers. He is complacent to save military expenses and settle the place.

As a result, Zhao Xing really made a big deal. Jiannu really invaded the capital, and he caught no soldiers or generals.

"Don't worry, how can you not be without you if you show your face like this? I was originally an imperial envoy, the North Punishment Office, and in principle I cannot command troops, so it will attract taboos. Therefore, I have already submitted a memorial to the emperor for you, saying that you will lead the Yansui Herenlong tribe, join the King of Kings and General Jinzhong, join 15,000 troops, and go to Beijing to serve the king."

It was delicious and was very happy at that time, so I knelt down to Zhao Xing: "Thank you for your fulfillment."

Zhao Xing pulled him up: "We really have 10,000 soldiers, and the remaining 5,000 are those trained military households and civilians who are civilians. You have to organize this quickly, and then we will go to Beijing to serve the king immediately."

Hong Chengchou bowed excitedly: "I will get orders."

Zhao Xing laughed: "You are the head coach of this army of kings, don't forget this."

Hong Chengchou bowed again: "The last time you will get the order."

Zhao Xing shook his head helplessly, but he was also happy. From this point of view, Hong Chengchou was really impressed by himself and became his own party member.

With his own intentional operation, the army has arrived in Shanxi and no longer needs to be mobilized. Hong Chengchou is indeed capable in doing things. In just a short time, he recruited five thousand young and strong men from the militia in the army.

After everything was ready, Zhao Xing held a pre-military meeting: "This time we advance to the army to support the king, and we cannot wait for local supply like Geng Ruqi and Gansu soldiers along the way. This will not only slow down our advancement, but also let our army go away. Therefore, our chariots must be filled with food."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh at what Geng Ruqi had. They also saw the shortcomings of the supply strategy of the Ming Dynasty. They really couldn't follow the old path anymore.

"Mr. Chen Ce stayed behind, and Lord Zhao Zi was responsible for our logistics transportation." Zhao Xing arranged.

Zhao Zi and Chen Ce stood up and took the order without hesitation. He felt that this was his honor to be able to kill the enemy for the country.

"This army will be commanded by Lord Hong Chengchou and General Wang Jinzhong as deputy."

Hong Chengchou bowed and said, "I am the commander in name, and I need to decide on the real strategy."

Zhao Xing did not politely refute and continued to arrange: "Others can do their jobs."

All the generals stood up together to honor the order.

Then Zhao Xing took out a pretty precise map and spread it on the table. A group of people immediately surrounded him and waited for Zhao Xing to arrange his troops.

"This time we went to Beijing to serve the king, but we won't join in the fun in the capital."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was confused. If you go to Beijing to serve the king, how can you serve the king if you don’t go to Beijing?

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "The capital now has many shallow turtles. Everyone is bigger than you, the commander, and everyone can take care of you. When you, Lord Hong, the army will become someone else's family. Seizing your military merits is second. The most important thing is that Geng Ruqi will be commanded blindly. At that time, we will either be used as cannon fodder, or we will be idle and will not play our role at all."

This point is learned from the past, and Hong Chengchou agreed deeply. "What does the imperial envoy mean?"

Zhao Xing followed the map and headed eastward, then turned sharply and directly clicked Zunhua: "Zunhua is the key to the Jiannu army connecting Outer Mongolia. It is the necessary retreat for Jiannu, and it is also the only way for them to rob materials around the capital of the capital to transport them outside the pass. This time, we directly attacked Zunhua and occupied him, not only threatened Huang Taiji's retreat under the capital, making it difficult for him to take care of the beginning and end, but also gave him a black man to stop Huang Taiji's plundering materials, accumulate wealth for us in the future, and not let the looted materials strengthen the enemy."

Hong Chengchou, Zhao Zi and others applauded at that time: "This method is wonderful."

Zhao Xing waved his hand to interrupt everyone's flattery and said solemnly: "But this plan is extremely dangerous, everyone must be mentally prepared. We must attack quickly and we must seize Zunhua within two days. Then we prepare to welcome Jiannu's decisive counterattack, which will be a life-and-death battle."

The soldiers led by Wang Jinzhong stood up together: "Fighting for the country is just about death."

"There are 100,000 enemies, and we only have 10,000. It will definitely be a bad battle at that time."

Hong Chengchou stood up and said, "We still have five thousand civilians to use."

Zhao Xing frowned: "Don't force it."

Hong Chengchou smiled confidently: "It's not a good official who boasts. As long as the official who climbs up and calls for a high school, and then promises double military pay, and pays for death and injuries, these five thousand masters will definitely be a powerful force."

Zhao Xing said happily: "Since that's the case, there will be 15,000 soldiers at that time, Zunhua will be able to defend it. Hehehe, Huang Taiji, right? Thinking of my Ming Dynasty fighting Qiufeng and signing the city alliance, go to dream. Although I can't wipe you out, it doesn't count if I let you work in vain. I will bite off a piece of meat."

On the first day of November, Zhao Xing's army also arrived at Guguan. As soon as he left this gate, it was Zhili, the real battlefield.

So, Zhao Xing's army stayed in Guguan for three days to rest. Then on the first day of the lunar month, he officially raised his troops for the flag.

The matter of sacrificing flags was firmly insisted by Hong Chengchou and Zhao Zi, who said it could inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Zhao Xing expressed his tolerance for this fancy feudal superstition.

"Kill the yellow cow to sacrifice the flag." Hong Chengchou was eager to try.

Zhao Xing believed that Hong Chengchou was greedy: "The Ming Dynasty law stipulates that no cows should be killed without authorization." The reason is jingling, but in fact, Zhao Xing is reluctant to let go of a scalper now.

Zhao Zi suggested: "It's okay to kill the donkey."

Zhao Xing refuted again: "Our chariot needs to be dragged by a donkey. Can you deserve it?"

Wang Jinzhong thought that he would not kill anything when he went to war, so he offered a suggestion: "Kill a sheep, ram."

Zhao Xing frowned: "I'm tired of eating mutton soup."

Zhao He suggested: "Kill ** and kill an old hen, the two ladies need to make up for it."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands: "It's right, this is called the hen. It's time to do it."
Chapter completed!