Chapter 54 Hands on

In addition, in the south and Shandong, thousands of new recruits who have completed the initial training have been sent to them during this period. These recruits are different from those recruited on the spot. These recruits have received the initial training in the areas controlled by the family army in Denglai and other places and can be put into combat, although they have not been After the real test of blood and fire, but it has basically completed various primary training subjects according to Yu Jiajun's training tutorial, and the execution of orders has reached the minimum requirements that can be used!

So after their arrival, the soldiers lost in several battles were replenished and reached a state of fullness.

In addition, a new batch of materials have also arrived at Dagukou and were quickly replenished to various ministries, enriching the large amount of grain and ammunition they consumed some time ago. In addition, damaged weapons have also been repaired or replaced, so that all brigades have quickly returned to the strongest combat state.

Although there have been several battles with the Jiannu army and the officers and the army, and the soldiers of each department are relatively tired, but their morale is very high. Through the war during this period, the soldiers of the Yu family have thoroughly tested their combat ability and made them have stronger confidence, which is particularly important, one full of determination to win. The strength of the army is difficult for ordinary people to imagine.

After experiencing such a series of huge battles, these Yu's troops have accumulated a large number of experience in fighting, making their tactical cooperation on the battlefield more perfect.

Although the soldiers are fast, there is still a lack of speed, which is also the reason why Yu Xiaotian stopped the army after thwarted Wu Xiang's attack on Tianjin Wei.

Taking advantage of this period, the sea wolf's intelligence systems throughout the north and even all over the country also operated fully and fought a war of words with the court.

These sea wolf intelligence personnel were ordered to spread wildly in various places. All kinds of misfor the recent court, for the purpose of Yu Xiaotian to shout injustice, the provincial court unilaterally controlled the right of public opinion, and attributed all the mistakes to Xiaotian. For the next military action of the family army, to strive for the hearts and public opinion, the most Ma, let's also muddy the water first, so that the world's public opinion will fall to the court.

Especially in Beizhili and Shandong and other places, such propaganda is more fierce, because the construction of slaves and the entry of the country is particularly serious for the civil destruction of the two provinces. The people especially hate the construction of the army of slaves, and there is also a deep pain and disappointment for the incompetence of the imperial court.

Yu Xiaotian led his troops to destroy the Jiannu in Tianjin. This news undoubtedly brought great prestige to Yu Xiaotian. Under the deliberate propaganda of the sea wolf's intelligence personnel, Yu Xiaotian was shaped into a righteous figure who was not afraid of danger and would rather resist the order than turn the tide.

And he next led the army and the Ming court to fight against each other and the Ming officials and army. This matter was all wrong with the court. He came to fight against the army of slaves and save the world, but the court regarded him as a treacherous sci tu, turned a blind eye to his merit, but still put him to death. In this way, Naturally, many people tend to sympathize with filial piety.

The people have a scale in their hearts. Their loyalty to the Ming court is only based on the hundreds of years of power of the Ming court, and there is no loyalty at all. In this era, the national consciousness is actually quite weak, but the people think more about who can bring them benefits and who can let them Living and working in peace and contentment, many of them don't care about who will sit in this world.

Now Yu Xiaotian has issued a letter to ask for the Ming Dynasty and hit the banner of entering the Qing Dynasty. He did not explicitly say that he wanted to make a rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, but he wanted to go to Beijing to take down those unscrupulous ministers who ate people and did nothing, which also greatly reduced the hostility of ordinary people towards him to some extent. Degree.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is getting worse, and the officials and those officials of the government are raging violently. The imperial court has increased their rewards and gifts year by year, which has already made ordinary people miserable. Now Yu Xiaotian publicly declares that once he enters the side of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, he will be exempted from all kinds of additional rewards, re-surance the fields, reduce or exempt labor, and punish * officials. , return a peaceful and prosperous life to the people of the world.

Such a slogan is undoubtedly what the common people want. Although they don't know what kind of person Yu Xiaotian is, this slogan has given them a long-awaited hope. Therefore, many ordinary people immediately rushed to congratulate each other when they heard the news, hoping that the Yu family army could quickly attack Beijing. In the division, those corrupt officials who did not do business were swept away, which to a considerable extent avoided the resistance of ordinary people to the family army.

During this period, after Yu Xiaotian's conscription was completed, he ordered the refugees who were trapped by the army of construction slaves. Each of them distributed a little food, and each of them gave dozens of money to allow them to return home by themselves.

In order to ensure their safety on their way back home, he also ordered the elected civilian leaders to organize their own villagers, distribute a small number of weapons to them, let them use them in self-defense, protect their neighbors, and return to their hometown.

Hundreds of thousands of people received money, food and clothes, and were even more grateful for Xiaotian. They all cried bitterly, knelt down and kowtled to thank them, and then began to embark on the road back home one by one.

So far, hundreds of thousands of refugees have been completely demobilized. In two days, the refugee camps gathered around Jinghai County have become empty, leaving only the graves of refugees who unfortunately died here and large temporary shacks.

When these people return to their hometown, they will definitely not be properly settled by the local government. In contrast, they will naturally miss Yu Xiaotian's kindness to them. After returning to their hometown, they will become the spokesperson of Yu Xiaotian. It won't take long for these refugees' hometowns to look forward to the arrival of Yu Jiajun. Come on, it will be the time when the Ming Dynasty completely collapses.

After dealing with these things, Yu Xiaotian once again focused on the war. After careful study by the generals and staff officers, Yu Jiajun focused on Tongzhou City in the east of Beijing.

Tongzhou has always been the east gate of the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty, which is the gateway to the capital. More importantly, Tongzhou is the northernmost end of the Grand Canal.

Since Zhu Di moved his capital to Yanjing, the Ming Dynasty's dependence on canals has been increasing. Due to climate reasons, as well as war, population density and agricultural development, the north has always been inferior to the south. In addition, the impact of the small glacier period at the end of the Ming Dynasty has led to the stagnation or even regression of agricultural development in the north.

The grain produced in the north is not enough for northerners to use, and the taxes collected are far from enough for the Ming court. Therefore, the whole economic center of the Ming Dynasty is in the south of the Yangtze River. The richest areas are Huguang, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Every year, the grain taxes collected by these provinces occupy Most of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to make up for the lack of the north, they have to rely on the transportation of canals every year to transfer money and grain from the south to the north for the capital and the border army.

In the past few decades, with the rise of Jiannu outside the customs, the situation of Daming in Liaodong is worrying. In the Guanning area of Liaodong, the army stationed in Guanning, close to the north, is not enough for them at all, so it is also necessary to transport a large amount of grain and military feed from the south to the north for use.

Therefore, the Grand Canal is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty. Now the canal has been cut off by Yu Jiajun from the Cangzhou Prefecture. In addition, some time ago, slaves were built to enter the customs and plundered along the canal, which cut off the transportation supply of Beijing.

However, Tongzhou, as the end of transportation, is a large warehouse, which also hoards a large amount of grain and various materials previously transported from the south.

And Tongzhou is the east gate of Beijing Normal University. Taking down Tongzhou is equivalent to knocking on the gate of Beijing Normal University, and then you can get a large amount of food replenishment on the spot, and then you can directly enter the capital city.

Therefore, the next action of Yu Jiajun will revolve around the attack on the capital, and Tongzhou must take it down as soon as possible.

During this period, the rest of Yu's army also provided a rare cushion for the Ming court. The court has sent Liu Yuliang to Tongzhou. At this time, Tongzhou has garrisoned more than 20,000 officers, including the three battalions of Jingshi and the brave guard battalion.

At the same time, there are several generals such as Liu Guangzuo, who seem to be heavily guarded, as if a hard battle is needed. In addition, from Tianjin Wei to Tongzhou, they have to pass through Xianghe and Wuqing along the way. There are also some officers and soldiers stationed in these two places. It is necessary to solve the officers and soldiers in these two places before attacking Tongzhou.

So Yu Xiaotian combined with the opinions of the staff and ordered the First and Second Brigade to serve as the forwards, one left and one right to attack Wuqing and Xianghe at the same time, so as to open the way to Tongzhou for the subsequent army.

The remaining brigades were led by him and then rushed to Tongzhou. As for Tianjin Wei, they were handed over to Yu Zhenshan and those new barracks to guard them. Fortunately, there were several naval companies left here, plus a large number of heavy artillery unloaded from the ship. As long as Yu Zhenshan did not make trouble, it was estimated that nothing would be fine.

Liu Yuliang sat in Tongzhou with fear. Every day, he was afraid of receiving news that the army would attack. He kept summoning the generals guarding Tongzhou all day long and urging the troops to strengthen the city defense and not relax.

But his efforts have not played much role. Nowadays, the morale of the officers and soldiers in Tongzhou is also very low, and they almost dare not hear the words of Yu Jiajun.

These soldiers have long put away all their contempt for the family army. More than a month ago, when the Yu family army came to Tianjin, they all watched on the wall and squatted on the wall to watch the bustle, thinking that Yu Xiaotian was a madman at all, and his brain must have gone into the water.

30,000 Fujian soldiers want to fight with 100,000 Jiannu troops, and say that they want to prevent Jiannu from leaving the customs in Tianjin. Such heroic words are like a dream in their ears.

Therefore, when they learned that the court intended to attack the family army and destroy it in Tianjin, many soldiers and generals did not agree with it. They thought that it was completely unnecessary. A Jiannu family was enough to trample Yu's army to death and could not do such a foul thing at all.

After all, at least the family army is also their Ming army. This time, regardless of whether Yu Xiaotian resists the decree or not, at least they are here to fight against the slaves. To some extent, it is their own family. The court should take the opportunity to unite with the slaves to fight against their own families. This can't be done.

As for Jiannu's destruction of Yu Jiajun, it's Yu Xiaotian's own business. It doesn't matter if they don't help each other. Anyway, they dare not help Yu Xiaotian at this time.