A few clouds in the sky slowly move from south to north, giving people a sense of vitality everywhere in the sunny late spring.

Both sides of the river are covered with green fields, and the sorghum in the fields has grown more than a foot high. In just a few months, green gauze tents will cover the land of Beizhili.

In the lush woods, birds were singing happily and flying around from time to time. It seemed that there was only the singing of birds between the sky and the earth. Suddenly, the singing birds were frightened and flew up.

I saw an army of infantry and cavalry stretching for several miles on the official road in the distance, marching towards the north along the official road. This was a red team. The officers and soldiers were all wearing red military uniforms, gray trousers, and military uniforms.

Breastplate, although the breastplate cannot block the shooting of the seven-coin flintlock gun at close range, it can withstand cold weapons such as swords and arrows. Therefore, although the number of heavy armored soldiers in the Pinglu Army is decreasing, the infantry is generally equipped with it.

Has breastplate.

In the sun, the breastplates made of fine steel reflected the dazzling light, and the soldiers marched towards Baoding with their rifles on their shoulders.

Attack Baoding!

Rather than surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao, it is better to say that the 200,000 bandits in Baoding, especially Li Zicheng, were there to attract him. As long as Li Zicheng was dealt with, the war would be over.

And Li Zicheng is in Baoding!

Since he is there, let's go to Baoding! As long as Li Zicheng is solved, the war will be over.

Zhu Guoqiang, who was riding a horse, was dressed the same as an ordinary cavalryman. Even the generals surrounding him looked the same as ordinary cavalrymen.

At this time, Zhu Guoqiang, who was standing on the road on his mount, occasionally asked.

"Has the artillery team followed?"

"Where's the Tornado Cannon?"

"Where's the baggage train?"

…

Questions like this kept coming from his mouth. The reason why he asked these questions was not because the artillery team and baggage were very important, but because Zhu Guoqiang knew what was at stake in this battle. After all, he had an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

In this case, instead of choosing defense, we choose to attack.

Why is this so?

Li Zicheng!

To be honest, Zhu Guoqiang is not worried about Li Zicheng's so-called three hundred thousand army. What is he really worried about? It is Li Zicheng who escaped!

He was able to pull out such a team in Shangluo Mountain with eighteen cavalry, not to mention that now he has hundreds of thousands of troops in Henan and Shaanxi.

If Li Zicheng is allowed to escape, at least in the next few years, Ming Dynasty will have to devote its energy to domestic security operations.

And what era is it now?

This is the beginning of a change that has not happened in a thousand years.

If you cannot seize this opportunity and plant the Ming Dynasty's "Sun and Moon Flag" in every corner of the world, it will undoubtedly be a crime and irresponsible to the entire nation.

In the future, millions of wise people may even pay the price with their lives. Hunger and poverty will continue to monopolize this land. As the population increases, hunger and poverty will eventually lead to new turmoil, and war and death will come to this land again.

in the world.

In fact, Europe now, and even Europe a hundred or two hundred years from now, is shrouded in hunger and poverty, but all this is because overseas colonies have undergone fundamental changes. The remaining labor force of the country has moved to the colonies, and while opening up the colonies,

, also provided a variety of commodities to the country, prospering the country's market, and making hunger and poverty disappear from their land.

As the British economist Jevons described it in 1865: "The plains of North America and Russia are our cornfields, Canada and the Baltic Sea are our forest areas, Australia is our pasture, and Peru is our silver mine.

South Africa and Australia are our gold mines, India and China are our tea plantations, the East Indies are our sugar cane, coffee, and spice plantations, and the American South is our cotton plantations."

This is the world under the rule of the British Empire. The entire world is supplying Britain, allowing Britain to get rid of the shadow of hunger. The same is true for France. On the other hand, Germany, although it has established its status as a great power through the Industrial Revolution, is facing Britain and France and other countries.

After the blockade, the country immediately fell into famine, which even directly led to their defeat in World War I and even World War II.

Colony!

That is the lifeline of the empire!

In order to draw a sphere of influence belonging to the Ming Dynasty in this blank world, what is needed? In the next few decades, it is to move millions of Ming people overseas, and it is to continuously send troops overseas.

, to expand overseas.

And all of this requires an end to the internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can this country fully devote itself to the long-term war in the future that is related to the fate of the nation for thousands of years. That war may be a hundred years, or it may be

Two hundred years, but what is certain is that with the sufficient human resources of the Ming Dynasty, in two hundred years, a brand new empire will stand in this world,

But right now, the biggest hidden danger of this empire is that Baoding is staring at the Ming Dynasty with eager eyes, ready to wipe out the Ming Dynasty at any time. It is not only the Ming Dynasty that will be wiped out, but also the future of the world empire in the future.

Therefore, no matter what, we must fight to determine the outcome. No matter how high the price is, no matter how many sacrifices are made, the stray thieves must be completely eliminated!

Otherwise, the world cannot be at peace!

Otherwise, the people of the world cannot be allowed to enjoy peace again!

Standing on the roadside like this, Zhu Guoqiang stared ahead, because he noticed that Jian Guo seemed to be thinking about something. No one interrupted him, only the messengers running back and forth to the left and right of the marching queue, and sometimes running in front of them.

In the past, the eyes of the marching soldiers would occasionally fall on them.

Although many of them did not know who this man was, and although his clothes were no different from ordinary soldiers, many of these soldiers recognized Li Dingguo. When they saw Li Dingguo standing next to this man

When we got to the rear, we knew that this must be a big shot.

As for how big this big man was, no one could guess. They just looked at the big man standing on the roadside curiously. They had no idea that the big man was also looking at them.

The next step must be a bloody battle. Many of them will die in this war.

But it's all worth it, Zhu Guoqiang thought silently in his heart.

Maybe in a few decades, when they look back on the past, they will be glad that they participated in this war.
Chapter completed!