Not only did Hong Chengshou not know how to convince his soldiers to fight to the death, but even Lu Xiangsheng, who was best at fooling others, didn't know how to tell the soldiers.

Because he also knew that all the soldiers came from all over the world with the heart of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. They were sure that they could come here, not because they were only loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but also hoped to receive rewards, glorious family and success, but the court told them now that the rewards were gone and they had to be taken and fought to the death.

And now it is almost autumn, and it is extremely cold at night. It is snowing in many places. The soldiers are still wearing single clothes. The high-ranking officials of the court did not consider this issue, just hope that they can go south to fight quickly.

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

Lu Xiangsheng was very helpless, so he had to turn to the second best, hoping that the court could put on a batch of armor and military uniforms for 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 in the wild and were running, they would not be cold, and the warmer they would go south. When they arrived in Shandong and conquered Jinan, where there were gold and silver mountains and silver, they needed everything.

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng just wanted to take out his five-ring sword and cut the damn to death with one knife. How could such words be said, and how could he fool others into fighting desperately?

At this point, Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he was a high school Jinshi at a young age, and he was also considered a proud person. The Tianxiong Army he trained to dominate the world has also made him famous. However, in the process of fighting with these soldiers, he also formed a life-and-death friendship with the soldiers. If you don’t give your life to others, how can others give your life to you?

During his leadership, Lu Xiangsheng always claimed to love soldiers as much as his sons, and the soldiers were very convinced by him. Who knew that today, the court actually used this method to fool them. As a result, after the imperial edict was issued, there were 20% fewer people in his military camp that night, which made Lu Xiangsheng furious, and his officers were also very angry. He suggested sending cavalry to capture all the deserters and behead them, but Lu Xiangsheng could not give this order.

Lu Xiangsheng could not give this order, but Hong Chengzhu issued this order without hesitation.

When he was a literati of Hong Chengchou, he knew that military discipline must be strict and cruel, and he had to talk about these soldiers. Just when they came to the city to eat and drink yesterday, they came back the next day and heard that one-third of the people were missing in the military camp. This was too horrible, right?

His army of 100,000 was reduced by one-third. What does this mean? It means that at least tens of thousands of people have escaped. He finally gathered up the army and actually let the other party escape. What is this different from collapse? He immediately ordered his cavalry team to go out to pursue, and captured all the soldiers and beheaded when they were caught.

Even the fierce descending and fierce as a tiger was shocked. He said, "After 30,000 people were caught, they were beheaded?"

It is definitely impossible to cut off 30,000 heads. No one dares to do this unless it is a captive of the enemy. Hong Chengchou said angrily: "Of course, they are the leading elements."

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's army drove into the capital in a mighty manner and soon went south to deal with the Liu family army.

This put huge pressure on the Liu family army. Even Liu Yuanqiao understood the court's strategy, so he had targeted arrangements. He ordered the general Xiao Ning to guard Dongchang Prefecture, while the general Liu Zhongyong was responsible for guarding Jinan Prefecture. They also transferred a lot of troops in other places and even in Liaonan to welcome the enemy's southward at any time.

According to Liu Yuanqiao and his team, when Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou's army met in the capital and accepted the court's review and reward, they would quickly go south. Even if it was approaching winter, the other party would use troops without hesitation. It is estimated that before the New Year this year, they would have to fight with the imperial army, and this one was another that determines their fate.

Who knew that when they were ready to welcome the other party's army to the south, such scams and funny news came. The two powerful troops they regarded as the enemy of life and death were almost collapsed in the capital, because they were short of money and food.

Liu Yuanqiao immediately laughed loudly and said, "God helps me!" He knew that the move to block the Grand Canal was completely right. If it stuck here, the court fell into a situation of shortage of food and grass. He also knew that the court was short of food and food, but he didn't expect that they would be so scary and amazing. Even the army they used to deal with the Liu family to have shortage of food and food, so how could they fight them?

At the same time, Liu Yuanqiao praised Zhou Hui vigorously. Why did he praise Zhou Hui? This is because Zhou Hui arranged a large number of hidden stakes and spies in the army of Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng. These hidden stakes and spies often conveyed military intelligence to them.

This time, Hong Chengchou's army and Lu Xiangsheng's army collapsed overnight and ran away so many people were also related to their soldiers' instigation.

The two armies had already accumulated great resentment, and the soldiers were full of fire. The court did not treat them as human beings at all. They were full of hope, but they found that they could not get rewards and had to fight to the death. This made these people on the verge of an outbreak. In addition, the Liu family's concealment and spies snatched the yin wind and lit ghost fires, which caused the entire army to explode. The soldiers were angry. Only then did so many people run away overnight to cheat the scene. Such a scene was probably unexpected by the court officials.

The result was that they had prepared enough troops to face the opponent's attack, but the imperial army actually disrupted the morale of the army due to lack of food and wages. If they could still go south to attack the Liu family army in such a situation, they would be considered a god.

You know, the General Staff of the Liu family army 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 so many soldiers ran away overnight, how could they be able to fight the rest? You must know that people are going to fight to the death now, not people who travel around, but people have to go there voluntarily.

So 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 pay for them no matter what.

To put it bluntly, if people in the local area dared to treat these soldiers like this, these soldiers had already started to raise food on their own. The so-called raising food on their own is to rob them.

But here, they cannot do this. First, this is the land of Northern Zhili, at the foot of the emperor. If they dare to plunder the people's wealth, they will probably be impeached by these censors and officials immediately. They cannot rob the capital of the capital. In addition, there was a war just now and they had been looted by Jiannu. The place was extremely poor. Even if they robbed the place, they would not be able to grab any oil and water, which would make them enter such an embarrassing situation.

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this news. Tens of thousands of people were missing overnight, which he could not imagine. He originally wanted to draw a big cake and fool these soldiers into fighting with loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. When they went to the battlefield with their weapons, they would have no choice but to fight. Then they would have to fight if they didn't fight, and they would have to fight.

After their army went south to defeat the enemy, they could get food sounds from the enemy. Shandong was an extremely wealthy place. It is said that the father and son of the Liu family accumulated a large amount of property. If they defeated them, they could get a large amount of property and food from them, and then they could reward the army.

The officials of the court set a route for them and asked them to go south along the canal. This was the richest area in the Ming Dynasty. As long as they set out along this area, the food and grass would be raised and supplied by the local government, even if they were dismissed.

But the cheating incident happened, that is, their army had not yet set off, but it was actually out of stock because it was a scattered salary. Tens of thousands of people disappeared overnight. If some soldiers were causing trouble, Emperor Chongzhen might order Hong Chengshou and Lu Xiangsheng to kill all the soldiers who caused trouble to boost the morale of the army. But so many people escaped, you can't kill everyone.

Moreover, even the remaining soldiers who did not escape were full of resentment and were in panic all day long. They must be angry. The court asked them to fight to the death, but made them hungry and cold to fight. Isn’t this too much?

More than 100,000 troops were stationed outside the Xizhimen of the capital. They were short of clothing and food, so they waited for the court to release a batch of food and grass and went south to kill the Liu family army in Shandong. However, the court could not take out a batch of food and grass as the excavation fee for this army.

There was no money in the treasury and Taicang had no money. Chongzhen issued three edicts to the Minister of Revenue within one day, asking him to collect a sum of food and grass no matter what, and send this army out first.

However, the Minister of Revenue was also a clever wife who cooked without rice. His treasury had no money at all, and there was not much food in the granary. Some of them were still some, but they were all greedy and sold on the market. He had no food and money at all. What should we do? So Wen Tiren, the capital of the cabinet, gave him an idea, that is, to ask civil and military officials in the court to raise funds.

Wen Tiren pointed out that the Ming Dynasty court is very poor now, with no money or food, but these officials and aristocratic families have a lot of silver and a lot of food. Since they have a lot of emperor's kindness, they should take out a sum of silver and a sum of food to help the court overcome the difficulties when the court is in trouble.
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