Chongzhen was speechless, his chest heaved and heaved, and he was undoubtedly angry.

Cao Huachun said: "The 'King of Han' has long said that whoever invests will benefit, and the slave thinks that if His Majesty can raise silver, he can participate in the investment led by the 'King of Han'. ”

Looking for two henchmen, and they were the great eunuchs from the inner study hall, they just wanted to discuss a countermeasure, but who knew that the result was that they suggested that the emperor also raise capital to participate in the shares, Chongzhen almost cried angrily.

If he had a large amount of money, why would he have been in arrears of military salaries again and again because of financial difficulties, which led to frequent incidents of soldiers making trouble with their salaries.

The "King of Han" was so rich that Chongzhen even had the idea of stopping the payment of salaries, but he saw the report of the "Red Flag Daily" and learned that the "Red Flag Army" would launch a general offensive this year.

After thinking about it, Chongzhen had to grit his teeth and continue to carry it. I silently muttered in my heart:

"It's fast, it's fast, the five-year period of Pingliao is only more than a year, and even if the 'Red Flag Army' and Jiannu don't fight to the death, they will break their muscles and bones.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty will save 3.6 million taels of silver, 1 million yuan of grain and horse material every year, and will be able to train nearly 200,000 more battalions.

It is the best policy to eliminate the advantages of one and the other, and slowly figure it out. ”

The Ming Emperor, who chose to forbear, felt lonely, and really became a loner, facing financial exhaustion.

However, the lives of the common people have not been affected, and in the past two years, millions of young and middle-aged people have been able to support their families because of their income from joining the army and working as workers, and their lives have improved greatly.

In fact, there is a puppet emperor who is even more painful, he is not financially exhausted, but he can't buy grain and steel even if he has gold and silver treasures, of course he is the Chongde of the puppet Manchu Qing.

This is not a lie, when Zilharang and Azig returned with their men and horses, they brought back a lot of looted gold and silver treasures, the total value of which may reach millions of taels of silver.

A large amount of gold and silver entered Liaodong and depreciated rapidly, which directly led to the soaring price of the Manchu Dynasty, and the price of a stone of miscellaneous grains has exceeded ten taels of silver.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was short of materials, and the price of grain was sky-high, so it can be said that they were so poor that only gold and silver treasures remained.

The circulation of the "Hongqi Daily" is very large, and the public newspaper Jiannu can still be obtained, but when it is delivered to Shengjing, it will have long been out of statute of limitations.

Even so, Chongde still carefully looked at every newspaper he could get his hands on, so Chongde had read all the articles in the "Red Flag Daily" that hyped up the decisive battle of Pingliao this year.

Seeing that summer was about to pass and what should come was coming, Chongde had a feeling that he could finally be relieved.

Five days before the Battle of Pingliao, on July 26, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the second group of 32,000 pioneers, 57 warships, merchant ships, and supply ships set sail from Ryukyu Port......

Huang Han did not have time to see off the voyage fleet, and he had already left Ryukyu to stay in Jinzhou City when Shi Daxuan, An Xiaole, and others set off.

On 1 August, when the wheat in western Liaoning was about to be harvested, the "Red Banner Army" launched an all-out attack.

Knowing that the "Red Banner Army" was coming, the Manchu side was always ready, and it waited from spring to summer, and there was no change in the western Liaoning side.

Just when the red gangster judged that Huang Han was preparing to start attacking after completing the autumn harvest, the red tide came all over the mountains.

A day later, Shengjing received the news that tens of thousands of "Red Banner Army" had been discovered by the defenders of Nanxunkou and Kuandian Wubao.

The red gang is fat face couldn't help but tremble, seeing that there was still half a month before the wheat was ripe, the vicious Huang Han launched a general attack on the Qing Dynasty at this time, and suffered immeasurable losses.

However, Chongde had nothing to do, lost the initiative, and could only be beaten passively, and then thinking about the wheat in the field was useless, he still fought the upcoming Shengjing defense battle with his heart.

Chongde believes that as long as the "Red Flag Army" is defeated, Maizi will have it.

Steady and steady progress was the established policy, and the "Red Banner Army" deliberately left enough time for the Manchu army and people to retreat, and the three-way men and horses advanced at a speed of 50 miles a day without haste or impatience.

However, the Qing army deployed in the front line was already relatively weak, and they could only force the defensive line to shrink and start the battle for three days, and there was no major battle, but the cavalry was singing the leading role.

Once the bitter Mongolian light cavalry was selected by the "Red Banner Army", the young family could be treated as military dependents, and the cattle and sheepskin goods could be sold at a good price, and they could buy grain at official prices.

Too many Mongols who had been treated by the guards were jealous of the income of the regular soldiers, and they were eager to make meritorious service and turn into a regular soldier, and beat the former Jiannu masters in a state of group beating.

In the scout battle, the "Red Banner Army" had the upper hand, not because its combat effectiveness was so great that it completely crushed the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, but because it had an overwhelming advantage in the total number of soldiers and horses.

Also because Chongde's plan was to fight back under Shengjing City, he did not strictly order the generals under his command to fight for every inch of land, but asked them not to fight into a refueling tactic, and to strictly control the casualty rate.

The positive performance of the Mongols has been recognized, and as long as they have a first-class decapitation skill, they will be promoted and receive a head prize.

Therefore, every day, dozens or hundreds of light cavalry were treated as regulars in the line of fire, and these people immediately changed into the coveted all-steel cuirass and winding soft armor to show off, and made the white silver coins in their hands clang.

People have a comparison mentality, looking at the former playmates who are glamorous and showing off with dozens of silver coins, which stimulates too many Mongols who do not admit defeat, and every time they find the Jiannu scouts, the Mongolian light cavalry is as excited as if they have beaten chicken blood.

Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and the casualties of a hundred silver coins were compensated and the martyrs were treated, so that the Mongols had no worries, and they showed their riding skills under the cover of the iron cavalry of the "Red Banner Army".

Consciously willing is not the same as being forced to be a scoundrel, and in the scout battle, the capture and capture of the Mongolian light cavalry were far greater than that of the knights of the "Red Banner Army".

The Mongols in the Qing army were also willing to surrender to their compatriots, so they captured many people.

After the attack advanced for more than half a month, the main force of the "Red Banner Army" in Liaoxi Front Army crossed Liaoyang and set up camp 50 miles from Shenyang.

The Liaonan Front entered Haizhou after seizing Beixunkou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou, and the Yalu River Front Army encamped thirty miles south of Hetuara after restoring the defense system of the five forts of Kuandian.

The real contest is about to begin, and the Manchu Qing side, which is facing life and death, has temporarily abandoned its previous suspicions, which is relatively stable.

In addition to the northern and eastern parts of Shengjing, which organized people to harvest wheat, the Manchu soldiers and civilians who retreated from the west and south were concentrated in the fortifications within ten miles of Shengjing, and the number was close to one million.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has launched a general mobilization, and the Jiannu men over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 have taken up arms and put on armor, attaching importance to force for decades, and constantly winning battles and seizing weapons, armor, and war horses.

However, just when Jiannu was waiting for the battle, the "Red Banner Army", which had been advancing continuously, stopped.