After barely passing the spring of the eighth year of Tianqi, he still fell. And everyone knew that once he fell, it would be impossible to get up again.
After Lu Xiao received a secret order, he rushed back to the capital overnight. When he arrived, Tianqi drove all the officials out, leaving only Zhu Youjian and Lu Xiao.
This move undoubtedly showed that Lu Xiao was the minister chosen by Tianqi to assist the left. This made hundreds of ministers outside feel a little bad.
In the last six months, they discovered a very terrifying thing. They could no longer influence King Xin Zhu Youjian. For some reason, King Xin suddenly no longer trusted them overnight and was even a little hostile. No one
I don't know what happened. I only know that it has something to do with the dismissal of Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyiwei.
At this time, most people finally understood that when this happened, Lu Xiao must have changed King Xin's mind. They didn't know exactly how. They only knew that the situation they had worked so hard to manage was plucked by Lu Xiao.
In front of the hospital bed, Tianqi looked at Lu Xiao, who had just arrived.
"Lu Xiao, you're here. That's okay, I can say a few more words. King Xin, please listen carefully. After tonight, this world will be yours. But before that, please listen to my brother and say a few more words."
"Your Majesty, my brother is listening!"
"Well, listen carefully. I believe you have also seen that there are not many trustworthy people in the court today. Even if there are, they are unable to reverse the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Xiao is capable and loyal. You must trust him
, use him. In this way, our Ming Dynasty will have a chance to change our destiny."
"Brother Chen knows."
"Lu Xiao is training troops, and it is related to the fate of our Ming Dynasty. You must withstand the pressure from the court and let him finish training the new soldiers. He is preparing to train a soldier that can compete head-on with the training method used by General Qi.
The Tatars have troops who are good at conquering and fighting. Once accomplished, the situation in Liaodong can be completely resolved.
The new army has just begun preparations and has not yet been named. Our Ming Dynasty is now looking for loyal ministers and brave soldiers. Therefore, Lu Xiao's new army is called Zhongyongwei...
But you have to remember that the root cause of the corrupt situation in Liaodong is not the establishment of slaves, but the corruption of armaments in Liaodong..."
Tianqi's voice was already a little weak, but he was still holding on to speak. Lu Xiao noticed that his words had begun to be repeated and confused, and it was obvious that his consciousness was not very clear. But he still held Zhu Youjian's hand.
At the end, he pulled Zhu Youjian closer and whispered the last instruction in his ear. Then his wrist sank, and he lost consciousness forever.
Lu Xiao had a good sense of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life. But at that time, he didn't actually have any special understanding of the Ming Dynasty. He liked the Ming Dynasty simply because it was the only feudal dynasty in Chinese history that was not harmonious.
Among them, what Lu Xiao hates the most is getting married.
If there is no marriage, no submission, no tribute, the emperor will guard the country, and the king will die. It was because of this toughness that Lu Xiao began to like this dynasty.
But in the era when Lu Xiao came, the toughness of the Ming Dynasty had long since disappeared. Most of the entire court was made up of soft bones. The generals at the frontier only knew how to raise the invaders to respect themselves, and in the end, the dogs were raised into wolves.
Now it's starting to bite the master, but they are helpless.
The entire Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core. Lu Xiao could not save everyone. Therefore, the only thing he could do was to build a new spine for the Ming Dynasty.
For a country, the best backbone is its strong force. And the country’s force comes from a powerful army.
After Tianqi's death, the new king Zhu Youjian came to power smoothly. He continued Tianqi's attitude towards Lu Xiao and gave him as much support as possible to prepare a new army.
Of course, there is another main reason, which is that Lu Xiao trained his troops and killed pigs to make money without asking for a penny from the court. What Chongzhen could do was actually help him withstand various impeachments from the court. Let him
Able to stay away from official battles and concentrate on military training.
The Zhongyong Guards took shape very quickly, but their actual combat power was still far from enough. After five months of training, they already had the prototype of an army. However, a soldier who has never seen blood will never be considered a real soldier.
Lu Xiao has already begun to look for the bandits around him, and is ready to give these new recruits some blood. Even if he doesn't know anything about military affairs, he understands one thing. What you learn on the battlefield will always be more than what you learn on the training ground.
The first batch of Zhongyong Guards was 10,000 people. But Lu Xiao was still recruiting more people. The main reason was that the current Zhongyong Guards were just a prototype. In the subsequent actual combat training, a large number of soldiers would die and be eliminated. At that time,
, it needs to be replenished at any time. Veterans lead new recruits, thus forming an army with inheritance.
And just when Lu Xiao's loyal and brave guard was beginning to take shape, the Tatars in the north finally couldn't bear it anymore. In the battle for the throne for about half a year, Huang Taiji was still the final winner. It was just because of the troubles caused by Lu Xiao's secret agent.
, the price he paid was much higher than in history.
After ruthlessly killing Daishan, he surrendered to Mang Ergutai. However, facing that reckless guy Amin, his conspiracy failed. He had no choice but to have a head-on fight with the opponent, which directly led to the internal disaster in Houjin.
The vitality is severely damaged.
But even so, Huang Taiji still made the move to invade south. Because there was not enough food in the country. In order to divert the conflict and to stabilize his position, he had to go south immediately.
And you must win a big victory. Only in this way can you plunder enough supplies. At the same time, you can accumulate prestige and secure your seat.
Huang Taiji's goal is Shenyang. Only an important city like Shenyang can be considered a great victory. At the same time, Shenyang City also stores a large amount of food, enough to survive this winter.
When the news reached Lu Xiao, he thought about it alone in the house for a day and night, then went out and handed the scout a secret letter.
"Give it to the person in charge of Liaodong, he will know what to do."
Lu Xiao actually wanted to try out the Zhongyong Guards right now. But he held back in the end. He knew very well that there was no chance at all. The current Zhongyong Guards were at most a group of qualified infantrymen who could defeat rogue bandits.
Okay, but against the Tatar cavalry, there is no way to fight back.
Lu Xiao has deployed a large number of men in Liaodong over the years. He knows how bad the situation in Liaodong is. It is not that the Ming army has no fighting capacity. The root cause is that those generals do not want to fight hard at all.
They hold the last fighting strength of the Liaodong Ming Army, but they don't want to fight for the Ming Dynasty at all. They just want to ensure their own interests. In order not to lose too many of their own soldiers. Once the war is too fierce, those guys may surrender directly.
The key question is almost unsolvable. Because if you kill them, another person will not be able to command these soldiers. Even if the boss dies, they will turn around and vote for the Tatars.
