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When these rescued people returned to their hometowns, they also took the court's treatment of Yu Jiajun back to various places, and spread it widely whether intentionally or unintentionally. They heard that Yu Xiaotian was so loyal and loyal, but he was treated like this by the court.

, people everywhere were indignant about this matter, and felt that the court had gone too far in this matter.

Then they heard Yu Xiaotian's announcement to the world that he would go to Beijing to clean up the emperor's side. They blamed all the recent bad things on the officials in the imperial court, saying that they would go to Beijing to eradicate all these treacherous people.

Ordinary people don't think deeply, and of course they don't know the inside story. They tend to only look at the surface of things. To put it bluntly, they are easily deceived. Judging from what they know, this time Yu Xiaotian was deceived.

He was forced to do such a thing, and the imperial court deserved to be beaten into the capital by the Yu family's army.

Therefore, the vast majority of people in the north support Yu Xiaotian's move. Of course, there are some scholars who believe that Yu Xiaotian's move is really an act of rebellion and transgression.

It's the fault of the imperial court. You, Yu Xiaotian, can't be so arrogant and actually want to lead troops to attack the city of Jing'ding'dian'novel'. Therefore, some people are opposed to Xiaotian's doing this.

But on the whole, the vast majority of ordinary people applauded Xiaotian for doing this. They believed that the reason why the current situation in the Ming Dynasty was so unbearable was indeed the fault of these treacherous ministers. If Marshal Yu wanted to enter the capital to Qingjun's side, he could restore the Qingming Dynasty to the world.

Therefore, they were eager for Yu Xiaotian to rush into the capital and eradicate all these treacherous and sycophantic people, so that they would be able to satisfy people's hearts.

As a result, due to the issue of public sentiment, the local government officials mostly adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards Xiaotian's expedition to attack the imperial court. They made some private remarks to discuss the consequences of Xiaotian's actions this time.

Of course, many officials are also waiting to see which direction the wind will turn, because from the information they collected, they found that the Yu Jiajun under Yu Xiaotian was really powerful. An army of 100,000 slaves was in front of a mere 30,000 Yu Jiajun.

It is quite unbelievable that he was beaten to ashes. When did the Ming Dynasty produce such a capable army?

But what was even more incredible was that the imperial court wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the Yu Jiajun who had just finished the war. Unexpectedly, both officers and soldiers were almost completely wiped out by the Yu Jiajun who had just experienced a huge battle.

When everyone heard the news, they were completely shocked. Yu Jiajun was so capable of fighting, who else could be their opponent? Next, Yu Xiaotian issued a message to enter the capital to Qingjun's side. Almost most people were not optimistic about the imperial officials.

On the military side, they believed that since the Yu family's army was so capable of fighting, it would not necessarily be a dream to attack the capital.

What's more, they heard that the Yu Jiajun was recruiting troops in Tianjin Wei and Tongzhou and other places during this period, and expanded a large number of troops, bringing its total strength to an unprecedented 100,000 people (actually not that many, only about 70,000 people,

Most of them are newly established military camps). Now many people think that things may change.

Nowadays, it is not difficult for Yu Xiaotian to recruit troops. He has just led his army to defeat the slave army and saved countless people. It can be said that his reputation is at its peak at this time. What's more, the area around Shandong Province is now being ravaged by the slaves. People everywhere can

It is said that the people are in dire straits, so instead of waiting for death at home, it is better to join the army and eat food, so that they can live half full.

That's why people didn't care whether Yu Xiaotian was a traitor or a traitor. As long as Yu Xiaotian was in charge of the food, people would naturally be willing to work with him. So it didn't take long for people from all over the country to hear the news and flock to the army.

The recruitment point allowed Yu Jiajun to recruit a large number of new soldiers in a short period of time.

Moreover, the Yu Jiajun was the result of picking and choosing. They did not accept some unsuitable defectors at all, but gave them a few kilograms of grain and sent them directly back to their hometowns. Otherwise, the Yu Jiajun could have recruited them.

More soldiers.

At this time, the imperial court issued an order to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world to serve as the King of Guards. Yan Jizu from Shandong ran fast enough, and he led the soldiers and horses from Shandong to Tongzhou. The battle was defeated, and even Yan Jizu was captured alive by the Yu family's army.

Suddenly, almost no one in the north dared to lead troops and go to Qinwang.

Within two days, the news that Yu Jiajun had invaded the capital quickly spread in the north, and then the entire capital was completely controlled by Yu Jiajun. However, what spread with this news was that after Yu Xiaotian entered the capital, he did not attract any attention.

The soldiers entered the palace, but as he stated in his memorandum, after entering the capital, they searched and arrested Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others.

As a result, some people changed their previous thoughts and believed that Yu Xiaotian was not trying to usurp the throne, but really wanted to change the emperor's side and change the current structure of the court. This made many officials' minds start to come alive again.

There are not many opportunities like this. Everyone can see that if Yu Xiaotian succeeds this time, Yu Xiaotian will definitely dominate the government and the public for many years to come, becoming a person who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people in the Ming Dynasty, and even more powerful.

Wei Zhongxian may be better than he was back then. If he can hold on to Yu Xiaotian's lap at this time, then they may also be able to prosper in the future.

As a result, many officials who had originally planned to raise troops to march north to defend King Qin immediately stopped and stopped talking about King Qin's affairs. Instead, they started to wait and see the direction of the wind again.

Of course, this included the group of officers and soldiers sent by Wu Gang from Shanxi. The 20,000 Shanxi officers and soldiers marched towards the capital in two groups. When they learned that the capital had been captured by the rebels, they were first frightened by the rebels' combat power, and secondly

Feeling that the direction of the world was about to change, the two armies withdrew and each found a relatively safe place to station themselves.

However, Yu Xiaotian's actions undoubtedly touched the nerves of many civil servants. Since the founding of the country by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has been pursuing a policy of suppressing military force with civil servants for two to three hundred years. Military generals have always surrendered to civilian officials for three hundred years

level, although the status of military generals has improved over the years due to the continuous use of troops and the court's leniency to military generals, in any case, it is still civilian officials who are in charge now.

But now, suddenly, Fujian Commander-in-Chief Yu Xiaotian, a Qiu Ba, actually dared to fly under the banner of the Qing emperor and led his troops into the capital to hunt down the court officials. What's so great about this? How could a civil servant let Qiu Ba ride on his head and shit?

So even though many civil servants were furious and clamored to raise troops to quell the rebellion, the noise was just like thunder and rain. These civil servants were just shouting. Of course they knew that the Yu family under Yu Xiaotian's command

The army is not easy to mess with, and the army of 100,000 slaves is no match for the Yu family's army. They just gathered some ragtag troops, and even if they went to the capital, they would just deliver food to others.

But only one person has the courage, and that is Hong Chengchou, the current governor of the three sides. Over the years, Hong Chengchou has been leading troops to suppress the refugee army for the court, and he has used the Shaanxi soldiers raised in Shaanxi to train a strong army to fight against the refugees.

The army has repeatedly used troops over the years, and it can be said that it has won more victories than lost, and it has indeed wiped out a large number of refugee troops for the imperial court.

Moreover, Hong Chengchou was a bold and cautious person with a tough hand. When he was serving under Yang He, Yang He was the governor, but he did not agree with Yang He's ideas. He dared to kill the surrendering refugee army. He died in these years.

The number of refugee troops in his hands exceeds at least tens of thousands, so Hong Chengchou can definitely be regarded as a courageous and knowledgeable person among the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because Hong Chengchou dared to kill him and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty that his reputation was ruined and he was always judged as a villain in the history of later generations.

But in this era, Hong Chengchou is definitely a capable minister of the Ming Dynasty so far. He is very trusted by Chongzhen and enjoys a high reputation among both the government and the public.

Hong Chengchou had been chasing down Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai and other refugee armies some time ago. In the past two years, he had wiped out several refugee armies. In recent years, with Yang Sichang proposing the strategy of "four righteousnesses and six corners", officials from various places have

The army began to coordinate the convection

The civilian army carried out a clearing campaign, which gradually improved the situation in the Ming Dynasty. The refugee army began to be gradually compressed back to Shaanxi, and was gradually squeezed into the mountains and forests. It was in a state of survival. As long as the government and army increased their efforts, there would be hope.

Wipe out these large groups of refugee armies.

At this time, Li Zicheng had been driven to pieces. Among the tens of thousands of people who were chased by Hong Chengchou, only a few hundred people fled into the Shangluo Mountains. Zhang Xianzhong was also driven into Sichuan and blocked in the mountains.

It seems that there are not many opportunities to jump around. In addition, Luo Rucai is also squeezed into the mountains at the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan. It seems that he is not as arrogant as before.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou felt that he could finally deal with the refugee army this time, but he did not expect that last autumn, the slave army once again went south to break through the border, plundered the Gyeonggi area, and went south for two thousand miles, directly into the Ming Dynasty, Beizhili, Shanxi

, the hinterland of Shandong, causing the situation in the north to suddenly deteriorate.

The imperial court ordered him and Sun Chuanting to deal with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other refugee troops as soon as possible and lead their troops north to defend the capital. Hong Chengchou made great efforts and launched a large-scale pursuit of Li Zicheng and other refugee troops.

In the spring of the twelfth year, he was about to finish his work, but he heard that the imperial court ordered him to immediately gather troops and march north to defend Jinan. Because Jinan Prefecture was captured by Jian Nu, the situation in the entire north was extremely corrupt.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to give up the final campaign against Li Zicheng, ordered the officers and soldiers from all ministries to assemble towards Tongguan, and ordered Sun Chuanting to accompany the army, preparing to leave Tongguan and march north to defend.

But before Hong Chengchou could lead his troops out of Tongguan, he received news that Fujian General Yu Xiaotian suddenly led his troops to the north and captured Tianjin Guard, directly threatening the safety of the capital.

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard this and cursed Yu Xiaotian for being a rebellious person who chose to rebel at this time, so he stepped up his troops and sent his generals out of Tongguan and rushed to the capital.

However, tens of thousands of troops are scattered all over Shaanxi. It is undoubtedly very difficult for Shaanxi, which is already almost a hundred miles away, to assemble them at once. With the speed of marching and material collection in this era, although Hong Chengchou

He was extremely anxious, but the officers and soldiers could not quickly gather in the Tongguan area, so Hong Chengchou had to lead 20,000 elite Hong soldiers to leave Tongguan and cross the Yellow River to rush to the capital.

He ordered Sun Chuanting to gather the remaining troops at Tongguan, and then rushed to the capital to defend the country. However, on the way, he heard news that Yu Xiaotian's entry into the Tianjin Guard was not to plot rebellion, but to rebel.

The Jiannu army risked their lives to intercept the invaders in Tianjin Wei, and fought to the death with the Jiannu army in the Tianjin Wei area.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was a little confused. He had heard about the fact that the imperial court had been afraid of Xiaotian in the past two years, and he also knew that the imperial court had a plan to annihilate these refugee armies, and then gather troops to go south to Fujian, preparing to attack

Xiaotian's troops were going to destroy him. To this end, he had even consulted the terrain and humanities information about Fujian in advance, and also prepared a map of Fujian, because he believed that once the imperial court used troops against Xiaotian, it would probably mobilize troops.

He went to take charge of the overall situation, so during his free time, Hong Chengchou made some preparations in advance.

In addition, he also collected some information about Xiaotian's military strength. He knew that Yu Xiaotian had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and also had the most powerful navy in the Ming Dynasty. He had great concerns about how to destroy Yu Xiaotian.

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(Thanks again to friends Xiaochunfeng in the Desert and gzg1972 for the tip! Can I ask for a few more monthly passes by the way?)