Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 73 Qi Family Army of Shenji Camp
Nanyuan, commonly known as Nanhaizi, has been a famous royal hunting ground since the Yuan Dynasty. After Ming Chengzu moved his capital to Yanjing, it was also surrounded and became a royal garden.

Taichang looked at the wall that could not be seen at a glance, and couldn't help sighing secretly, this Nanyuan is really big!

It is said that the area of ​​Nanyuan is much larger than the outer city of the capital. It is not a problem to ride horses and hunt around. Of course, he is not here to hunt, nor is he here to play.

Eastern Liaodong was about to be invaded by Jiannu, and the people in the Northwest were about to rebel from hunger, so how could he be in the mood for hunting and playing.

The situation is difficult, he has to find a way to solve it!
To solve these problems, he must first have military power, or in other words, he must have enough guards and pro-army to deter the officials. In this era, Ming can get rid of the crisis and become strong again.

This is how it is these days, with military power in hand, I own the world!
Otherwise, those civil servants will still rack their brains to fight for the control of the court. Even if Donglin and the eunuch party are destroyed, there will still be civil servants such as Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru, Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, etc. who try to evade the imperial power, and even Generals such as Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, etc. who supported their own self-respect and ruled one side appeared.

In fact, Nurhachi is the commander of Daming's Jianzhou Guard, so why isn't he a general of Daming!
If the royal family still holds hundreds of thousands of imperial troops and pro-military troops, how dare Nurhachi rebel?
If you dare to rebel, you must be mentally prepared to exterminate the nine races!
It is precisely because the royal family has no military power and is unable to deal with them that these people will be unscrupulous.

The imperial power is on the decline, civil servants and military generals are busy fighting among themselves, everyone wants to seize the power of the court, and various problems will definitely emerge one after another.

Therefore, he must rebuild the imperial guards and pro-military forces that can shock the world, so that these civil servants and military generals dare not have any unreasonable thoughts. In this way, the Ming Dynasty can be twisted into one rope to solve various problems and crises. strong.

This time, he came here exclusively for the Shenji Camp.

The Beijing camp actually has three major battalions, namely the Wujun Battalion, the Sanqian Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion. Among them, the Wujun Battalion has the largest number of troops, with thirty guards and a full staff of 16 people. The Sanqian Battalion and the Shenji Battalion are It is quite special, adding up to less than 8000 people.

Don't underestimate the fact that there are less than 1 people. Before the Civil War, the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion, which had less than 1 people, were the strongest among the Royal Guards and the pro-army!
At that time, as long as the Shenji Battalion used muskets and cannons to disrupt the enemy's formation, and the [-] Battalion rushed up and slashed, the battle was basically over.

Unfortunately, both the Shenji Camp and the Three Thousand Camp have disappeared for a long time.

At this time, the Beijing camps stationed around the capital actually belonged to the Fifth Army Battalion, while the Shenji Battalion and the Sanqian Battalion were basically abolished in the civil fort change. Since then, the Sanqian Battalion has ceased to exist, and the Shenji The camp is stationed in Nanhaizi to recuperate.

The Shenji Battalion is the firearms division of the Jingying Technical College. It is equipped with hundreds of cannons and thousands of muskets. I once thought about reorganizing the Shenji Battalion to restore its combat effectiveness, but due to various reasons, I had no choice but to let it go.

In fact, Taichang had long wanted to reorganize the Shenji Battalion. Now that the artillery was about to be built, he naturally wanted to come to the Shenji Battalion to inspect and start to reorganize the most powerful army.

So, how much combat power is left in the Shenji Battalion?
As soon as the tens of thousands of imperial guards set up the guard, Taichang couldn't wait to take a group of expert guards and rushed to the Nanyuan school grounds.

At this moment, he was really excited, because once the Shenji Battalion was equipped with enough new guns and cannons, this powerful team would be invincible in the world.

However, when he saw the beggar-like soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in shabby clothes on the school grounds, his excitement suddenly felt as if he had been hit by ice, and he felt ashamed!
Is this still the world-famous Shenji Camp?

The uniforms on them probably haven't been changed in decades!
If he hadn't seen the leading Qianhu households or the generals carrying a few rusty firecrackers, he would have definitely thought that these people were not soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at all, but the most miserable Tunwei!

Taichang stood upright in front of the Shenjiying phalanx for a long time, then sighed slightly: "Yuanfang, what do you think?"

He originally planned to let Zhang Yuanfang command the Shenji Battalion. After all, the combat power of the Shenji Battalion would be ridiculously strong after being equipped with enough firearms. He naturally wanted his most trusted general to lead such a team.

Zhang Yuanfang swallowed with difficulty, and then said weakly: "Your Majesty, I feel that what you said in Taicang is correct, and I am more suitable for commanding the navy."

Uh, this guy, who seems to be extremely disappointed with these soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, actually began to politely refuse to be the commander-in-chief!
Taichang couldn't help crying and laughing: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't talk about him."

Zhang Yuanfang gritted his teeth when he heard this, and said honestly: "I feel that these soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have never been trained, let alone go to the battlefield. If you want to train them into an invincible army, I really don't have the ability , because after taking charge of the army, I mainly studied the methods of naval warfare, and I am really not very familiar with land warfare."

Well, it seems that this guy can only be trained as a naval general in the future.

Taichang was quite helpless and said: "Then what do you say, anyway, this Shenji camp must be reorganized and continue to grow and develop."

Zhang Yuanfang thought for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, what do you think of General Qi Jinqi?"

Qi Jin?

That is a veteran of the Qi family army. He has led the army to fight on the battlefield since the Wanli Korean War. He has participated in countless battles for more than 20 years.

There must be no problem with this person's loyalty, and there must be no problem with his ability. The problem is that he is now the chief general of the Qi family army. It seems that he is the only veteran of the Qi family army. What about the Qi family army in the world?
Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then looked at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who looked like white men on the battlefield, and then said decisively: "Yuan Fang, you should work hard first, select all the regular soldiers and the remaining young men of the Shenji Battalion, Select 7000 people, reorganize them, and wait for Qi Jin to take over."

He had already made up his mind and simply merged the Qi Family Army and Shenji Battalion to form a new Shenji Battalion.

In this way, the elites of the Qi family army can bring their experience on the battlefield to these rookies who have not participated in the battle.

As for the name of the Qi Family Army, let him become that shining brilliance in history.

Now, what he needs is an invincible Forbidden Army, not an invincible Qi Family Army!
The Qi family army is stationed in Shanhaiguan right now. Although the situation in Liaodong is in a mess, Sun Chengzong does not necessarily insist on having the Qi family army in order to withstand Jiannu's attack. Anyway, in history, the Qi family army was completely wiped out. He can still defend the Guanningjin line of defense. However, the 3000 troops of the Qi family army should not be indispensable to him.

After Taichang returned to the palace, he ordered eight hundred miles to send an urgent message to Shanhaiguan, ordering Qi Jin to lead the Qi family army to set off immediately and rush to Nanyuan, the capital.

The speed of Qi's army's actions is really shocking. You know, the capital is more than [-] miles away from Shanhaiguan, and it takes one day for an urgent summons for [-] miles. After receiving the order, the Qi's army rushed to Nanyuan in the capital within four days!
In other words, Qi's army ran at least 170 miles a day on average!
Although this speed is nothing compared to cavalry, it is terrifying compared to infantry.

Isn't the infantry's limit marching speed 120 miles a day? How can they run so fast?

On the fifth day, after the morning court, Taichang came to Nanyuan again full of doubts.

At this time, the Nanyuan school grounds were no longer the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were like a party of the beggar gang, but the famous Qi family army.

The camp of the Qi family army is really shocking.

When Taichang rode over, he could see hundreds of chariots lined up neatly. The spears, wolf wands, and palladium stood tall, like a dense forest, and there were also shields, guns, and cannons. , that Qi family's saber, that Qi's family's resolute face, all give people a murderous feeling.

These 3000 people are simply more powerful than 3 people!
He rode his horse to the front of the formation, and a burly veteran came up to meet him, knelt on one knee and cupped his hands: "The last general, Qi Jin, pays homage to the emperor."

With the scars all over his face, he must be brave!
Taichang hurriedly got off the horse, stepped forward quickly, grabbed Qi Jin's arm, pulled him up, and said earnestly: "General Qi has worked hard all the way, no courtesy, no courtesy."

Qi Jin was overwhelmed with flattery, and repeatedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Although he has made great military exploits, he is actually just a deputy commander in chief, and even the governor is rarely so polite when he sees him. The emperor's move really moved him beyond belief.

Taichang thought for a while, and said bluntly: "General Qi, I am going to organize the Qi family army into the Shenji Battalion. From now on, you will be the leader of the Shenji Battalion. You can also promote the Qi family soldiers under your command according to your ability. You only need to hand over the list of generals at all levels, such as soldiers, generals, guerrilla generals, generals, and generals Qian, so what do you think?"

Unexpectedly, Qi Jin said without hesitation: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

He is indeed a rare loyal minister and good general, but his rank is really too low.

Normally, he is not qualified to be the chief general, and the Qi family army can only follow other generals to fight, let others command, even during the bloody battle in Hunhe, when the commander-in-chief Tong Zhongkui and Chen Ce ordered him to use 3000 troops to forcefully carry the tens of thousands of Jiannu troops. , he could not disobey the military order, and could only take the remaining [-] soldiers of the Qi family army to sacrifice their lives for the country silently.

How could such a loyal minister and good general defy the emperor's will?
His bounden duty is to obey orders, especially those of the emperor.

Taichang was also afraid that the veteran of the Qi family army would have an opinion, but he did not expect that Qi Jin would be so loyal, without a trace of dissatisfaction!

He couldn't help but nodded and said in admiration: "Okay, General Qi, you are worthy of the Ming Zhongliang who has experienced many battles. From now on, I will hand over this magic machine battalion to you. I hope that you can train it to be as invincible as Qi's army." Heroes!"

(End of this chapter)