The north is a place with a large population, and even after several rampages by the Tartars, the population is still very large.

The first four times the Tartars entered the pass, and the people they abducted increased one after another, and the total number of people was abducted by more than one million people in four times.

But only one prefecture in Shuntian, the capital has been under the jurisdiction of Shuntian. After so many wars, there are still seven million people now. It is almost equivalent to the total population of Henan.

Just looking at Kaifeng, there are millions of households, and you will know how many people the capital, as the political center, should have.

It is not difficult to recruit troops.

As long as there is money and food, some people are willing to join the army.

In the past three months, 80,000 new recruits have been recruited in a few prefectures in the Gyeonggi area. The first batch of initial training was completed, 36,000 people.

There were 36,000 new recruits and three lieutenants. After the initial training was completed, the newly promoted lieutenant completed the final reorganization of the army and the equipment. Then the forces of the three lieutenants were divided into three parts. One lieutenant was sent to Zhu Bingkun's tent in the Liaodong War Zone, and one lieutenant was assigned to Zheng Jiu's tent in the Northwest War Zone. The last lieutenant belonged to Qian Yue, responsible for guarding the Great Wall from Miyun to Xuanfu to the north of the capital, connected to Xifengkou in the Northeast War Zone to the east, and to Xuanfu to the west.

Such division is also temporary.

The responsibility of the capital to guard the imperial guards should have belonged to the Imperial Guards. Ying Yi planned to expand the first phase to 20,000 people, and was called the Imperial Guards, so as to be the commander of King Yisheng, Jinwu.

However, expanding the Imperial Guards is not a simple matter. As a strong army to defend the capital, it is necessary to select elite troops from various armies, rather than new recruits.

In other words, this imperial guard cannot be established for the time being.

At least we have to wait until the war in the north is over, and the new soldiers become veterans, and then we will select them. The troops are not without veterans, but at present, foreign wars are more important than defending the capital - or Ying Yi's thoughts have always been to defend the enemy outside the country.

Therefore, the imperial guards of the capital are currently in Qian Yue's hands, not Wang Yisheng.

Zhu Bingkun, who received the written documents from the Ministry of War, began to plan to recapture the city on the front line of Guanning. He was discussing with his generals and schools, and soldiers came to report.

"Report, the governor, some people who claim to be Wu Sangui's confidants are asking for their visit!"

Suddenly, the whole hall became quiet, and after a moment someone said, "It seems that Wu Sangui can't sit still."

But it was Bai Guangen.

Zhu Bingkun nodded slightly and said to the soldiers: "Bring people."

Then he said: "The Ming court has been destroyed, and Wu Sangui is a rootless duckweed. He is trapped in Ningyuan, with no source of food, grass, military pay, and he is in a dilemma. It is not easy to persist for three months."

He also said: "I heard that his uncle Zu Dashou was a traitor, and I thought he would surrender to the Tartars, but I didn't expect that he would send someone to this time. Everyone, do you have any ideas?"

Ma Ke said: "Governor, I think it is necessary to be careful. Wu Sangui will not surrender in March and must wait until the time limit is approaching, and I am afraid he is not willing to do so."

All the generals nodded.

Zhu Bingkun smiled and said, "Of course I know he is unwilling to be a warlord. He is used to being a warlord, and enjoys the fun of reaching out to the Ming court when he is short of food. How could he be willing to hand over the troops? But he doesn't know that the emperor doesn't take him seriously at all, and he thinks how important his 20,000 or 30,000 people are, which is ridiculous."

Bai Guangen and Ma Ke felt the most deeply. Indeed, what is the difference between those tens of thousands of soldiers and ants in front of the Qiangjun of Xia Wang and the strong army?

"If he comes to surrender, he will be fine. If he does not surrender, the left and right are just the military achievements of the soldiers."

Zhu Bingkun chuckled his beard.

Zhu Bingkun's subjelly beard has already begun to show its scale.

Then he said, "He sent someone here at this time, not necessarily to surrender. Perhaps he had other ideas. He saw someone first and then came to the district."

Soon after, the soldiers brought one person.

It was the confidant sent by Wu Sangui.

The man entered the hall and first bowed, saying, "The villain came to see him on the order of Ping Xibo."

Zhu Bingkun nodded slightly and shook his head again: "The Ming court has been destroyed, where did Pingxibo come from?"

Then he said, "Wu Sangui teaches you what should I tell you about the governor?"

The man dared not refute, so he took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands: "There is a letter from General Wu, and I hope to see it."

Zhu Bingkun nodded and indicated that a soldier came forward to take the letter and opened it before handing it to Zhu Bingkun.

Zhu Bingkun looked at it and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Wu Sangui is actually a person who knows the current affairs."

Then he handed down the letter and ordered the general to read the biography.

He said: "Wu Sangui said that the situation of the Eastern Barbarians was destined and he was willing to surrender to the King of Xia. However, if he had no achievements, he would be ashamed to meet him. The Eastern Barbarians sent troops to attack, and he wanted to surrender as an internal supporter to help me defeat the Eastern Barbarians."

Speaking of this, Zhu Bingkun said to Wu Sangui's close confidant: "You go down and wait a moment. This governor discussed with the generals and schools for a while before making a decision."

Wu Sangui's confidant bowed with fists and was taken out by soldiers.

Zhu Bingkun said: "Wu Sangui's mind is clear at a glance. He did not come to surrender in March, but he was unwilling to give up the power of the troops. However, he saw that the Eastern Captains were just like this, so he did not surrender to the Eastern Captains. So he hesitated. The Eastern Captains came to attack and gave him the opportunity to make contributions first and then surrender. In this way, the King of Xia will not treat him unfairly."

Bai Guangen and others nodded.

But Bai Guangen said: "What the governor said is extremely likely. However, it is necessary to observe whether Wu Sangui really surrenders. He can pretend to surrender to the Tartars or surrender to the emperor."

Zhu Bingkun laughed: "What Bai general said is not without reason. But why are you afraid of it? No matter what tricks he is, I will crush him. What can he do?"

Suddenly, the whole room burst into laughter.

Yes, no matter what conspiracy he conspires, I will be invincible in self-improvement and just crush them directly.

Zhu Bingkun said: "The Tartars reacted quickly. In just three months, they suppressed the consequences of Abatai's annihilation and sent troops to attack again. It seems that it is not a lucky chance that the Tartars can defeat the Ming court repeatedly and reach this point."

He said seriously: "The intention of sending troops is nothing more than to fight back when the King of Xia is not yet stable. However, how did the Tartars know the power of the emperor?!"

As he said that, he sneered repeatedly: "Originally, the emperor did not plan to settle the Tartars for the time being, but now he is here."

Then he said, "Come!"

A soldier entered.

"Take this letter to the capital and present it to the emperor."

"Here!"

After sending the letter away, Zhu Bingkun said, "Wu Sangui will not have any lies when the Tartars attack. However, our troops did not notice it, and the front layout was really backward. Each troops would scatter it immediately if they didn't take it at night. I would know the movements of the Tartars within two days."

Everyone stood up, beat their chests and fists: "Here!"

Zhu Bingkun nodded: "After going down, one is ready to welcome the arrival of the new recruits. The other is to prepare for war. This time, we must let the Tartars go but not return!"
Chapter completed!