In the capital, about 5,000 Ming troops gathered here in the schoolyard on the west side.

This Ming army helmet and bright armor are obviously different from other Ming army troops in the capital. And their momentum is also unique, with such a sense of arrogance.

This Ming army of 5,000 people was the emperor's personal army and belonged to one of the twenty-four battalions.

Now, Zhu Shangwu took out this army to solve the current crisis.

Because he received a loan of 5 million taels of silver from Zhao Hongyu, the court is now considered rich.

Therefore, the officials of the six ministries began to summon the people in the capital to join the army and gave silver to those who were in charge of the corresponding ones on the spot.

Under the influence of the white money, many of those homeless bankrupt refugees are willing to work hard for the sake of the money.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the court formed an army of more than 50,000 people.

But the problem is that the combat effectiveness of this army is simply a slack.

Because they were not trained and because these people were farmers who were digging food in the soil before joining the army, they could not be regarded as qualified soldiers.

If these people were asked to go out of the city to fight against the Later Jin army, it would be no different from letting them die.

In this way, Zhu Shangwu had to take out the only army he could control.

At the same time, because of the power of the grenades, Zhu Shangwu bought a large number from Zhao Hongyu.

With a powerful weapon like a grenade, Zhu Shangwu's confidence has become very strong.

Moreover, at Zhao Hongyu's suggestion, he planned to let the five thousand emperors' personal army (Embroidered Uniform Guard) be trained to use grenades and other weapons.

Yes, these five thousand people are the secret army of the Ming Dynasty, "Embroidered Uniform Guards" directly controlled by Zhu Shangwu.

Originally, these people were responsible for surveillance and investigation, but now Zhu Shangwu doesn't care much about it.

"cast!"

Five Thousand Jinyiwei. According to the instructor sent by Zhao Hongyu, he unscrewed the lid of the grenade, then pulled off the fuse and threw the grenade out with the greatest strength.

Boom boom boom boom!

These guys have to say that they have a lot of strength. They can say that the grenades are thrown far away.

When the grenade exploded, they were all shocked by the huge power generated by the grenade.

To be honest, they have never seen such powerful weapons before.

Of course, the red-clothed cannon also has such great power.

But the problem is that the red-clothed cannon is huge and it is not so convenient to carry and move.

Grenades are different. Because of their small size, they are very convenient to carry.

Basically, these Jinyiwei can carry ten grenades alone to throw them.

Zhao Hongyu actually wanted to sell some muskets to Zhu Shangwu, but Zhu Shangwu was not very interested.

This disappointed Zhao Hongyu a little.

But no matter what, the path and price of the grenades made Zhao Hongyu a lot of money by then.

It was originally something that was to be destroyed in the virtual world, so it was very cheap when Zhao Hongyu bought it.

The price of this old-fashioned wooden grenade is a six-yuan soft girl coin in the virtual world, which is simply cheap.

The price Zhao Hongyu sold to Zhu Shangwu was as high as 700 taels of silver.

Zhu Shangwu bought 100,000 in one breath.

Of course, the cost of this arms is still on credit.

Zhu Shangwu is now full of lice, so he is owed.

Zhao Hongyu doesn't care about this either.

He was not afraid that Zhu Shangwu would not be able to afford this money. After all, he had an agreement with Zhu Shangwu, that is, refugees from the Ming Dynasty could use to settle the debt, so what else can Zhao Hongyu worry about?

What's more, if the population is not enough to settle the accounts, Zhao Hongyu can also ask Zhu Shangwu to use some antiques collected in the imperial palace to make the accounts.

I think the collections in the palace must be much more valuable than those of the antiques circulated by the people.

Earlier, several antiques that Zhao Hongyu exchanged from Liulichang were able to sell billions of soft sister coins in the virtual world.

So, if Zhu Shangwu took out the treasures from the palace, wouldn’t the price be even higher?

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu was not worried that his business would lose money.

As for using some antique treasures to settle the bill, Zhu Shangwu thought he was willing to do so.

You know, Zhu Shangwu has now owed Zhao Hongyu the money, which has exceeded 10 million taels of silver.

This is basically the taxes from the third to five years of the Ming Dynasty.

After the siege of the capital was resolved, Zhu Shangwu would definitely have a headache when he thought of this.

So, Zhao Hongyu even mentioned the way to repay the debt, Zhu Shangwu had thought about it. How could you make Zhu Shangwu unhappy?

Although I owe money, I still owe a lot of money.

But as long as there is a way to repay, this is definitely not a problem.

At least, this is how Zhu Shangwu thinks about this matter.

"Your Majesty? Do you think this military appearance is still quite prosperous?"

On the reviewing stand of the school grounds, Zhu Shangwu sat in the middle.

Eunuch Xue was by his side and asked in a low voice.

Zhu Shangwu nodded slowly when he heard this: "It looks pretty good, but if it works, you have to go out to fight with the Later Jin army to find out. There is no news about reinforcements from all over the country. I always think this matter is a bit mysterious."

Zhu Shangwu was also feeling cold at this time.

The capital has been besieged for five days. Logically speaking, these days have passed, and reinforcements should have arrived.

However, Zhu Shangwu did not receive any information about reinforcements.

It seems that the prefects and generals from all over the country are now waiting and watching.

Even Zhu Shangwu felt that it was not impossible whether someone had any strange thoughts at this time.

You know, you can choose again if the emperor is gone.

There are so many descendants of the Zhu family.

Moreover, in the face of the encirclement of the capital, who can guarantee that the vassal kings from all over the country have no idea?

Zhu Shangwu has already thought about the worst.

Therefore, he felt that he could not defend the capital, and just let the Later Jin Dynasty put pressure on him.

I should also find a way to see if I can use my own strength to rescue the capital.

Besides, now he wants money and weapons, he can do this.

Speaking of which, I have to thank the crown prince from America.

If it weren't for him, then I wouldn't have had such a plan.

I think if there were no money and weapons provided by the crown prince, I would have to defend the capital and wait for reinforcements.

But if this is the case, it is hard to say what kind of situation will happen in the end.

"What does Your Highness mean?"

"Didn't we recruited 50,000 troops? We should find a time to fight the Later Jin army outside the city. We can't always be suppressed by the Later Jin army like this."

Zhu Shangwu's meaning was very obvious, because he had the money and recruited 50,000 troops. So he felt that it was time to compete with the Later Jin army outside the city.

However, Zhu Shangwu still hadn't considered it. The 50,000 soldiers recruited were not trained and could not be on the battlefield at all.

Because in that case, these 50,000 soldiers are basically no different from going to die.

But Zhu Shangwu obviously didn't expect this.

He just felt that he had military troops and powerful weapons.

Then he should let the enemies outside the city suffer a little.

But Zhu Shangwu couldn't think of this, which did not mean that Eunuch Xue couldn't think of it.

After all, Eunuch Xue is a man who has read military books, so it is impossible for him to be unclear about this.

"Your Highness, the newly recruited 50,000 soldiers are all untrained. When such soldiers arrive on the battlefield, they will probably not even be able to hold the sword when they see the barbarians of the Later Jin Dynasty. So if they are asked to leave the city to fight against the barbarians of the Later Jin Dynasty, wouldn't they die?"

When Zhu Shangwu heard Eunuch Xue say this, he suddenly widened his eyes and was stunned.

What?

There is also such a saying.

Zhu Shangwu really doesn't know these things.

Poor Zhu Shangwu. Although he is an emperor, he is still an ignorant person.

Even the soldiers need to be trained before they can go to the battlefield to fight the enemy.
To be continued...