Chapter 557

Not only Hong Chengshou did not know how to persuade his soldiers to work hard, but even Lu Xiangsheng, who was best at fooling others, did not know how to tell the soldiers.

Because he also knew that all the soldiers came all the way to King Qin for help with their loyalty to the king. They were sure that they could come here, not because they were only loyal to the king and patriotic. At the same time, they also hoped to be rewarded, honor their ancestors and stand out. As a result, the imperial court now told them that there was no reward, and they had to take it down and work hard.

And now it's almost autumn. It's very cold at night. It's snowing in many places. The soldiers are still wearing single clothes. The senior officials of the imperial court don't consider this problem. They just hope they can go south quickly to fight.

Even Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that when he asked the court for food and pay, the court officials directly told him: no money, no food.

Lu Xiangsheng was very helpless, so he had to turn to the second place, hoping that the imperial court could pull out a batch of armor and uniforms to them, at least let the soldiers put on warm clothes, and then go south to fight.

But these damn officials told them that it was cold to stay here, but if they were running in the wild, it would not be cold, and the farther south, the warmer. When they arrived in Shandong and captured Jinan, where Jinshan and Yinshan had everything they wanted.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng just wanted to take out his five ring broadsword and cut the damn to death with one knife. How can he say this, and how can he deceive others to fight so hard?

At this stage, Lu Xiangsheng was very angry. He was a senior scholar in high school when he was young. He was also a proud man. The Tianxiong army trained by him spread all over the world and made him famous. However, in the process of fighting with these soldiers, he also formed a life and death relationship with the soldiers. If you don't give your life to others, how can others give your life to you?

In the process of leading the army, Lu Xiangsheng was always known as loving soldiers like a son, and the soldiers were very convinced of him. Who knows, today, the imperial court fooled them in this way. As a result, after the imperial edict was issued, 20% of the people in his barracks were missing that night, which made Lu Xiangsheng furious and his officers were angry, It is suggested to send cavalry to catch these deserters and behead them, but Lu Xiangsheng can't give this order all the time.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't give this order, but Hong Chengzhu gave it without hesitation.

When Hong Chengchou was a scholar who ran the army, he knew that military discipline must be strict and cruel. He had to say nothing to these soldiers. When they went to eat and drink in the city yesterday, they came back the next day and heard that one-third of the people in the military camp were missing. Is this too shocking?

He lost one third of his 100000 troops. What does that mean? It means that at least tens of thousands of people escaped. He managed to gather enough troops and let the other party escape. What's the difference with collapse? He immediately ordered his horse team to go out to pursue, and captured all these soldiers. They were beheaded.

Even he was stunned by the fierce fall like a tiger. He said, "thirty thousand people have been beheaded?"

It must be impossible to cut the heads of 30000 people. No one dared to do so unless they were prisoners of the enemy. Hong Chengchou said unhappily: "of course, they are the leaders."

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's army marched outside the capital and soon had to go south to deal with Liu Jiajun.

This put great pressure on Liu Jiajun. Even Liu Yuanqiao understood the strategy of the imperial court, so he also had targeted arrangements. He ordered General Xiao Ning to guard Dongchang mansion, while general Liu Zhongyong was responsible for guarding Jinan mansion. They also transferred many troops back to other places and even southern Liaoning to meet the enemy's southward movement at any time.

According to Liu Yuanqiao's estimation, when Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou's Army meet in the capital and accept the imperial court's review and reward, they will quickly go south. Even now it is close to winter, the other party will use troops without hesitation. It is estimated that before the Chinese new year this year, they will have to fight with the Imperial Army, which will determine their fate.

Who knows, when they are ready to welcome the other party's army to the south, there is such a funny news. The two strong armies they regard as enemies of life and death almost collapse in the capital. The reason is lack of money and food.

Liu Yuanqiao immediately laughed and said, "heaven help me too!" he knew that the move of blocking the Grand Canal was completely right. If he got stuck here, the imperial court was in a situation of food and grass shortage. He also knew that the imperial court was in a shortage of food and pay, but he didn't expect that they would be so miserable and amazing, Even the southern army they used to fight against the Liu family was short of food and sound. How can we fight them?

At the same time, Liu Yuanqiao praised Zhou Hui vigorously. Why should he praise Zhou Hui? This is because Zhou Hui arranged a large number of dark stakes and spies in hongchengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's army. These dark stakes and spies usually continuously transmitted military intelligence to them.

This time, Hong Chengchou's army and Lu Xiangsheng's army collapsed and ran away so many people overnight, which is also related to the incitement of their soldiers.

The two armies had already accumulated great resentment. The soldiers were full of fire. The imperial court didn't treat them as people at all. They were full of hope, but they found that they couldn't get the reward and had to work hard. This made these people on the verge of outbreak. In addition, Liu Jiajun's covert clothes and spies fanned the wind and lit ghost fire, As a result, the whole army blew up and the soldiers were angry. Only then could there be a scene of so many people running away overnight. It is estimated that such a scene was unexpected by the imperial court.

As a result, they had prepared enough troops to meet the attack of the other party. As a result, the army of the imperial court disturbed the morale of the army because of lack of food and pay. If they could attack Liu Jiajun South under such a situation, they would be gods.

Don't mention that Liu Jiajun's staff has really made a correct judgment, that is, after Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng returned to the barracks, they were helpless in the face of such a scene. After running so many soldiers overnight, how can they let the rest of them go to war? You know, now people are going to work hard, not to let people go sightseeing, People have to go voluntarily.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to enter the capital again and report to the emperor that they begged the emperor to raise a military salary for them anyway.

It's not nice to say that if people at the local level dare to treat these soldiers like this, these soldiers have already begun to go to the local to raise food. The so-called going to the local to raise food is to rob them.

But they can't do this here. First, this is the land of beizhili. At the foot of the emperor, if they dare to plunder people's wealth, they are expected to be impeached by these imperial historians and officials immediately. They can't rob the capital anywhere. In addition, there has just been a war, they have long been looted by JianNu, and the places are extremely poor, Even if they go to the place to rob, they can't get any oil and water, so they will enter such an embarrassing situation.

Emperor Chongzhen was also shocked when he heard such news. Tens of thousands of people were lost overnight, which he could not imagine. Originally, he wanted to draw a big cake and deceive these soldiers to fight with loyalty and patriotism. When they went to the battlefield with weapons, he couldn't help it. At that time, they had to fight if they didn't fight.

After their army goes south to defeat the enemy, they can get food from the enemy. Shandong is an extremely rich place. It is said that the Liu family and their sons have accumulated a lot of property. If they defeat them, they can get a lot of property and food from them, and then reward the army.

The officials of the imperial court delineated the route for them to go south along the canal. This is the richest area in the Ming Dynasty. As long as they set out along this area, food and grass will be raised and supplied by the local government, even if they send them away.

But the Keng father's incident happened, that is, their army had not started yet, and tens of thousands of people had disappeared overnight because of the noisy pay. If some soldiers made trouble, Emperor Chongzhen might order Hong Chengshou and Lu Xiangsheng to kill all the noisy soldiers to cheer up the army, but so many people escaped. You can't kill all the soldiers Kill everyone

Moreover, even the remaining soldiers who did not escape were angry and worried all day. There must be fire in their hearts. The imperial court asked them to work hard, but let them go to war hungry and cold. Is that ridiculous?

More than 100000 troops are stationed outside Xizhimen, the capital. They are short of clothes and food. They are waiting for the imperial court to pull out a batch of grain and grass and go south to kill Liu Jiajun in Shandong. However, the imperial court can't take a batch of grain and grass as the development fee of this army.

There was no money in the internal money and Taicang had no money. Chongzhen gave three edicts to the Minister of household in one day, asking him to gather up a sum of grain and grass anyway and send out the army first.

However, the Minister of household is also a skillful woman. It is difficult to make bricks without rice. There is no money in his Treasury and there is not much food in the granary. There are some others a while ago. As a result, people are greedy. He sells them on the market. He has no food and money. How should this be good? So Wen Tiren, the capital of the cabinet, gave him an idea, that is, let the civil and military officials in the court raise money.

Wen Tiren pointed out that the current Ming court is very poor, with no money and no food, but these officials and aristocratic families have a lot of silver and a lot of food in their hands. Since they are deeply grateful to the emperor, they should take out a sum of silver and food to the court when the court is in trouble.

Emperor Chongzhen loved to hear this. To his taste, he also knew that the imperial court was poor, but these officials and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not poor. Now the imperial court is in trouble. They all rest with the state and let them take out a sum of silver for relief. Can't it be too much? So he immediately agreed to play the matter and let Wen Tiren take charge of it.