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On October 2, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youjian, Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne after his death.

The "Accession Edict" was issued to inform the world, which said: I will inherit the great cause of the people. The merits and virtues of the ancestors are only obeyed by the regulations. When the officials manage the people when it is difficult, they will seek to adapt to the situation.

These words pointed out that the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to rectify the administration of officials. As for where to start, it was undoubtedly the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian.

Along with the edict issued by the new emperor on his enthronement, there were also rumors that the True Dragon of Fire and Virtue returned to unity on the day of the enthronement ceremony, bringing the fortune of the country to Zuo and the new emperor.

Compared with the content of the edict, this kind of news is more likely to spread among ordinary people, because the matter is true, and some people are secretly adding fuel to the flames. Within half a month, wherever there are large gatherings of people throughout the Ming Dynasty, there are discussions about this.

topic of matter.

The people talked about it and enjoyed it endlessly.

Not to mention the impact of this incident on the common people of tomorrow, but the impact on the dignitaries and ordinary people in the capital is not small. Especially one night, there was a fire dragon patrolling the sky, traveling all over the capital, and countless people saw it with their own eyes

Witnessing this scene deepened everyone's recognition of the idea that the new emperor is the Holy Lord of Fire Virtue who has come to this world and will surely benefit the people and revitalize the Ming Dynasty!

In just a few days, Zhu Youjian's reputation and limelight were as high as ever!

Zhu Youjian also used this reputation to target Wei Zhongxian. Under his deliberate actions, the conflict between the two sides quickly intensified, and the eunuchs also put pressure on him in the court.

In order to grasp the reality of eradicating the eunuchs, the Donglin Party naturally supported Zhu Youjian. The two sides were at war with each other and had a heated argument in the court.

Wei Zhongxian had to threaten Zhu Youjian with the accusation of murdering the late emperor, but he did not expect that the other party did not care.

In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, Wei Zhongxian still exposed the matter. Otherwise, allowing Zhu Youjian to continue to sit on the throne and join forces with the Donglin Party would definitely have devastating consequences for himself and the Eunuch Party.

Strike!

The new emperor had only been on the throne for more than half a month, and he was charged with plotting to murder the former emperor. For a time, the whole court, and everyone inside and outside the capital was shocked!

Wei Zhongxian brought the "Minutes of the Supervision of the Construction of Treasure Ships" and Guo Zhen, and Cui Chengxiu, an important official of the eunuch party, the Minister of War, joined the rest of the party in front of the ministers to question the emperor about the authenticity of this matter.

However, Zhu Youjian was well prepared and sent someone to retrieve the "Minutes of the Supervision of the Construction of Treasure Ships" from the Jinyiwei Archives on the spot. He compared it with the book in the hands of the eunuchs and then called in the eunuchs who had participated in the projects recorded in the book.

After confirming the numbers, it was finally determined that the treasure ship construction supervision minutes in the hands of the eunuchs were forgeries.

Guo Zhen even retracted his confession on the spot, confessing that he was forced by the eunuchs and was placed under house arrest in Wei Zhongxian's house. Everything was a conspiracy designed by Wei Zhongxian.

Not only were the evidence falsified, but there were also problems with the witnesses.

When the eunuch officials saw this situation, they were all dumbfounded!

The confidence on Wei Zhongxian's face that he was confident of winning has turned into one of uncertainty, fear and gloom.

"Wei Zhongxian, you are so brave! Do you really think that I, like the late emperor, can let you do whatever you want!" Zhu Youjian pointed at Jiu Qiansui, who was sitting on his deputy, and shouted loudly, "Come here, take down this old thief.

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The seventh year of the Apocalypse, the end of October.

Wei Zhongxian was imprisoned for his crime, leaving the Eunuch Party without a leader and its arrogance plummeting. Seeing this, the Donglin Party took the opportunity to add insult to injury and impeached and expelled Eunuch Party officials. For a time, everyone in the Eunuch Party was in danger, and they all found ways to change their posts and resign to avoid trouble.

While Zhu Youjian and Wei Zhongxian were fighting in court, Zhang Jin was not idle either. He spent a lot of thought on Miao Xuan, tried all kinds of words, and was romantic, and finally convinced him.

However, unlike Zhou Miaotong, Miaoxuan only agreed to marry him as his wife, but not as a concubine, otherwise she would rather be alone.

Zhang Jin naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and it was just to complete the task anyway. Even though the secondary challenge task only has 100 points, it affects the overall evaluation, and the overall evaluation affects the reward level of the items and skills dropped after the dungeon ends.

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So even if it wasn't for the one hundred points, he would still try his best to complete this task for the S-level reward.

It's a pity that the good days of going out to travel with beautiful women, and returning home to have beautiful women under the same roof are coming to an end soon.

On this day, Zhu Youjian, who had temporarily dealt with Wei Zhongxian, sent someone to summon Zhang Jin to the palace. When he met, his first words were: "You said you would help me relieve the pressure on the Liaodong Jurchens. Now Wei Zhongxian is no longer a concern. You can

Tell me your solution."

How to alleviate the Jurchens in Liaodong? What else can be done, of course, kill them!

Zhang Jin said: "I need the cooperation of a team of about 3,000 elite soldiers, starting from Shanhaiguan, all the way along Ningyuan and Yingzhou to fight towards Shengjing."

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Did I hear that correctly?"

"Yes, you heard it right." Zhang Jin replied firmly.

"Did you know that the Jurchen army is so powerful that even a force of 30,000 tigers and wolves, not to mention the three thousand Ming soldiers, would be hard to withstand. You and these three thousand soldiers are afraid that you and these three thousand soldiers will be killed by the Jurchens along the way as soon as you arrive at Yingzhou Guard from Shanhaiguan.

Wipe it clean!" Zhu Youjian shook his head and said.

"Since both three thousand and thirty thousand are unable to withstand the Jurchen Army Peak, I can still take care of your Majesty's worries with only three thousand. Your Majesty has just taken over the power and the situation in the court is still undecided. The ability to mobilize three thousand soldiers is already the limit," Zhang Jin said.

said.

If time were not limited, Zhang Jin would of course want to mobilize 30,000 soldiers and horses to follow him to the outside of the pass. Unfortunately, the mobilization of troops, food, grass, baggage, and military pay all needed to be prepared, and he did not have so much time to wait.

Three thousand troops was the conclusion reached by Zhang Jin after discussing with Lu Wenzhao. Lu Wenzhao had been a guard of the Ming army in his early years and knew the situation of the Ming army at the Liaodong border very well. When he learned that Zhang Jin was going to lead troops out of the border to raid Houjin,

Although he laughed at this as an act of committing suicide, he still discussed the relevant matters with Zhang Jin seriously.

After Zhu Youjian pondered for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, I will give you three thousand troops. What else do you want?"

Zhang Jin said: "I hope that these three thousand soldiers will be equipped with both infantry and cavalry. It is best to be equipped with the latest blunderbuss and sufficient ammunition. Priority will be given to those who have enemies with the Jurchens and those who do not have night blindness. I will also find a few veterans who are familiar with the terrain outside the customs.

Guide.”

"I'm sure about all of this!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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The seventh year of the Apocalypse, November 7th.

Yang Qi, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, had already received the summons and led his generals to meet Zhang Jin, who had come all the way to Shanhaiguan Pass.

Zhang Jin handed the Ministry of War order and the emperor's edict that he carried to Yang Qi for review. After confirming that they were correct, Yang Qi led him to the military camp and had the selected Ming soldiers lined up for review.

Zhang Jin looked around at the commander's platform and saw clearly the mental appearance, body shape and body shape of the three thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. He already knew it in his heart.

Yang Qi was pretty good at doing things, at least he didn't use the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to fool him. However, there should be very few old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who could serve in the border army. At most, they would just get empty pay.

Although there were no old, weak, sick or disabled people, there were quite a lot of veterans and thorns in the army, and they were all dragged down, as if they were not soldiers, but the few on the stage were.

"General Yang has chosen a group of good soldiers for me!" Zhang Jin turned to Yang Qi and said.

Yang Qi said with a smile on his face: "As long as Mr. Zhang is satisfied, there is nothing you can do if you are not satisfied. This is already the group of Shanhaiguan soldiers that best meet the requirements."

"Haha!" Zhang Jin smiled disdainfully.

He was too lazy to argue with this guy, time was running out, and although most of these people were old men and thorns, they were at least strong and capable of fighting on the battlefield.

"I've seen the soldiers. Where are the muskets, ammunition and horses that the emperor and the Minister of War asked General Yang to prepare?"

"It's ready, Mr. Zhang, please come here." Yang Qi said.

Zhang Jin followed Yang Qi and others to the armory and saw the guns and ammunition. He had the problem of selecting soldiers, and he was mentally prepared for the equipment. But what surprised him was that the opponent did not skimp on the firearms.

Half a cent. Not a penny less of the promised thousand muskets and sufficient ammunition.

Zhang Jin was very satisfied with this, and before leaving, he also took away an iron-tied bow and a fine horse pole from the armory.

After resting for one night at Shanhaiguan, Zhang Jin led 3,000 troops out of Shanhaiguan the next day and headed towards Shengjing, the capital of Houjin!

On the wall of Shanhaiguan City, a lieutenant general asked: "General Soldier, why do you think the emperor sent this person to lead such a small number of troops out of the border to attack the Jurchens?"

"What else could it be for? Your Majesty knows that our border army brothers are working hard and has sent us some silver. When you go back and ask someone to draw up a document, tell him that in addition to the 3,000 people he prepared, Master Zhang has temporarily recruited another 3,000 people.

, a total of six thousand people came out and fought bravely, but unfortunately they were outnumbered and the entire army was wiped out. I request the imperial court to allocate funds to pay for the soldiers who died in the battle." Yang Qi said calmly.

It was already snowing outside the Pass in November, and the weather was so cold that there were no traces of people in the wilderness, not to mention the birds and animals. All that could be seen were snow and ice crystals.

The weather during the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty was still very cold. Even if you were wearing a military cotton coat and a thick cloak, you could still feel the bone-chilling chill.

In the valley in the leeward direction, the Ming soldiers and horses who had marched for most of the day were resting, eating dry food and drinking wine to warm up.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats coming from far away. The scouts who had gone out to watch came back. After dismounting, they quickly came to Zhang Jin and reported: "Sir, we saw the whereabouts of Hou Jin's Jurchen soldiers and horses ahead."

"How many people are there?" Zhang Jin asked.

"Judging from the size of the camp, there are no less than three hundred people."

Zhang Jin pondered: "Three hundred people? It's freezing and snowy. Why did the Jurchens send three hundred people nearby?"

They were walking along the Guanningjin Defense Line, a flat terrain in the Western Liaoning Corridor. However, after years of efforts by the Ming Army to erect walls and clear the country, the residents outside the Guan were either moved into the Guan, or were robbed by the Jurchens. They have become a target for both sides.

The no man's land between.

It is impossible for the Jurchen army to come here to beat the autumn wind and grab food. What they face is only a solid fortress city.

Most of the time, the Jurchens didn't think much about the Guanningjin area. People and horses would hardly appear in this area unless they wanted to launch an offensive, but winter was really not a good time.

At this time, a soldier next to him interrupted and said: "Sir, I heard a few days ago that the imperial court was going to send grain, grass and baggage to Jinzhou. Isn't that why these Jurchens are here?"

"Three hundred people dare to rob my Ming Dynasty's luggage. Are they really afraid of being surrounded by the Ming army in the fortress along the way and cutting off their retreat? Even if they can rob the grain transport convoy, they will never escape!" Someone sneered.

"If there are more than 300 Jurchens, it is possible that the opponent is just an outpost team." Someone said.

"That's true. I think it's best if we don't mess with him."

As soon as he said this, he immediately won the approval of many people.

Zhang Jin turned to look at the crowd and said without any doubt: "Don't talk about three hundred Jurchens, even if it's three thousand, so what if it's thirty thousand? Have you forgotten what I said before we set off? We are here to die.

Killing one is enough to earn money, but killing two is enough to gain. If you can get into Shengjing, the capital of Houjin, your life as a man in this world will not be wasted!

All brothers have a deep blood feud with the Jurchens. If you can't take revenge, how can you live in this world with dignity? How will you face your parents and relatives who died tragically after you die?

I will leave you here for the last time. Those who want to leave now can leave. I will not force you to stay. I will also give you a warrant so that you will not be considered a deserter if you return to Shanhaiguan. But if you choose to stay, you must

Know that this is a road of no return, and you can only die on the way to charge and kill the enemy!"

After a moment of silence, one of the bearded men wiped the wine stains from his mouth and said with a grin: "Damn it, I, Old Pan, just wanted to kill a few more son-of-a-bitch Jurchens and avenge the villagers.

Don’t leave!”

"Yes, I just couldn't stand the fact that the generals at the top were always huddled in the city and didn't dare to go out to fight, so I joined this operation. Go back? After I die, I will naturally go back!"

"Fuck you! If you don't kill the enemy as a soldier, when will you be promoted? Master Zhang, if we can go back alive this time, how many ranks can I be promoted to? Can I be a sentry?"

"It depends on how many Jurchen soldiers you chop off their heads. The more you chop off, the more achievements you will make and the greater your promotion. Maybe you can be a guard or a general, no problem!"

"I don't ask for a big promotion. What's important is that I can be rich and win a few wives to continue the family lineage of my old Li family."

His words made everyone burst into laughter.

Seeing that the atmosphere was lively, Zhang Jin asked several hundred households to convey their decision to the subordinate soldiers. After about a stick of incense, the hundreds of households came to report that none of the three thousand soldiers left, and they were all willing to fight to the death with the Jurchens.

Zhang Jin is very satisfied with this. This is why he chose enemies. Being timid in the face of battle has a great impact on his own morale and momentum, and he does not have much ability to encourage these soldiers. It is of course the best to save some energy.

OK.

"Call the entire army to get ready, mount their horses, and set off immediately! Scouts will lead the way!"

Zhang Jin stood up, shook off the fine snow from his cloak, carried the wine bag in one hand and the horse's spear in the other and walked towards his mount.

After a while, an energetic black war horse leaped out from the valley. The horse's hooves splashed the thin snow mixed with soil on the ground. When it came out of the leeward area, it was faced with the howling cold wind mixed with snowflakes!

It's so cold that it can't help but lift one's spirit!

Zhang Jin and the scouts took the lead, and many cavalrymen in red armor and cloaks came out from behind. They gathered into an imposing torrent in the vast snow and swept towards the north!