Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 3 Fire Array

The civil servants and dignitaries were very curious about the surprise soldier that Chongzhen was talking about.

Soon, they knew what this so-called cavalry was.

"This is it?" Wang Guoxing, commander of Jinyiwei, pointed at the elephant in the elephant room, and asked dumbfounded, "Is this the strange soldier that the Holy One said?"

Wu Linzheng and other officials Xungui were also disappointed.

What can dozens of elephants do?Like cavalry?

I heard that there are really elephant cavalry in Burma, Siam and other countries, and the charge is unstoppable.

But the problem is that training elephant cavalry is a hundred times more difficult than training cavalry. Even if it is a god, it is absolutely impossible to train these dozens of elephants into war elephants in such a short period of time.

There is also no driver and equipment to drive the elephant.

"It's too late." Wu Linzheng sighed again, "It's too late."

"It's too late." Chongzhen said calmly, "Because I never thought of building an elephant cavalry to participate in the battle, but just use these dozens of elephants to launch a fire elephant formation to attack the three battalions!"

"Fire Elephant Formation?!" Wu Linzheng and the others looked at each other.

In ancient times, Youtian walked in the formation of fire bulls alone, but now the Holy One wants to form a formation of fire elephants, is it possible?

"Yes, the Fire Elephant Formation." Chongzhen said with a smile, "You dear friends, you may wish to imagine that when dozens of elephants with their buttocks and tails on fire rushed out of Zhengyang Gate and rushed into the army formation of the three major battalions to rampage What is it like?"

"What will happen when hundreds of barrels of gunpowder bundled on these dozens of elephants explode one after another?"

"At this time, if you and my monarchs rush out of Zhengyang Gate, there is no need to fight at all. You only need to charge forward with horses and swords, and you will be able to kill the three major battalions that are helping the evil!"

"So it's such a fire formation!" Wu Linzheng and others couldn't help but get excited.

Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan looked at Chongzhen in amazement, did the Holy Majesty even know about soldiers?Never heard of it.

However, Chongzhen began to issue orders: "Wang Daban, immediately bring fire to make meals, and take out the dried meat, pickles and imperial wine from the imperial dining room. I will reward the troops!"

"Old servant obeys the order." Wang Chengen hurried away with dozens of eunuchs.

Chongzhen said again: "The captain of the son-in-law, led people to collect wood to build a simple double parallel device, and bound the elephants in the elephant house in pairs with simple devices."

"Then bind and fix several barrels of gunpowder on the equipment."

"A number of fuzes are placed in each barrel of gunpowder, and the burning time is preferably half a stick of incense."

"Collect more sackcloth, Gebu or cotton clothes, soak them in fire oil and wrap them around the elephant's tail and back."

"Yes." Gong Yonggu left in a hurry after receiving the decree, and took away Liu Wenbing and other noble servants, as well as more than two hundred eunuchs, because his servants were too few.

Seeing that Chongzhen no longer assigned tasks, Wang Jiayan couldn't help asking: "My lord, what should the old minister do?"

"Hurry up and rest." Chongzhen waved his hand, and said again, "If you really can't take it easy, then hurry up and practice more equestrianism. Although it's a bit late to practice equestrianism now, it's better to sharpen your guns before the battle. It's better than not practicing, otherwise it's easy to fall off the horse when breaking through."

"Ah?" Wang Jiayan was stunned when he heard the words, practicing horsemanship at this time?
Chongzhen stopped talking, turned over and got on a black barge horse and started trotting.

Chongzhen has obviously practiced equestrianism, and the level is not low, Chongzhen can clearly feel this from the residual muscle memory in this body.

After running for two laps, Chongzhen made an even more surprising discovery.

Chongzhen is not only good at equestrian skills, but also has excellent physical fitness. Whether it is endurance, reaction or explosive power, he is quite good. It is obvious that he has received training in his youth.

This is also consistent with historical records.

According to historical records, when Chongzhen was the king of Xin, he did not have a systematic practice of prose, because there was no master to teach him, so Chongzhen in his teenage years could only spend his time on horseback riding and shooting.

Chongzhen's physical foundation is really good.

It's just that the muscles and bones of the whole body are a little stiff.

This is estimated to be caused by sitting at the desk for a long time to review chapters.

This is really an unexpected surprise. In this way, in the next brutal breakout battle, his chances of surviving Chongzhen will be higher than previously expected.

It is thousands of miles away from Beijing to Nanjing, and it is likely that there will be wind and snow in the middle, and there will be circuitous interspersed.

Such a high-intensity march and battle, without a strong enough body, is absolutely unbearable. After all, in the ancient times when there was a lack of medicine and medicine, a small cold was enough to kill.

Chongzhen beat his horse and galloped in the paddock, but Wang Jiayan and other civil officials remained unmoved.

But Liu Wenbing suddenly remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty, can you go to Duke Cheng's mansion first to bring the crown prince, King Yong, and King Ding?"

The noble officials around felt their hearts twitch slightly.

Of course they hope to take over the crown prince, King Yong, and King Ding.

In this case, they can bring their own family with them as a matter of course.

Chongzhen has integrated Chongzhen's memory, so how can he not know what everyone thinks?

Immediately Chongzhen flatly refused and said: "No, how can I break through with my family? Let the prince, Yongwang, Dingwang and all the parents, wives and children of Aiqing have their own destiny."

"This...isn't it good?" Liu Wenbing said.

Wang Jiayan even questioned loudly: "The crown prince is the country..."

"Which is more important, the Crown Prince or the Ming Dynasty?" Chongzhen said in a serious tone, "You need to follow the power urgently, so you don't need to say more."

If possible, Chongzhen certainly hoped to bring Zhu Cihong and his three brothers with him. After all, he has fully integrated Chongzhen's memory now, and he also has feelings for Zhu Cihong and his three brothers.

But the problem is that Cheng Guogong did not keep the three brothers Zhu Cihong.

Now the three brothers don't know where they were taken by the eunuch.

And if you bring Zhu Cihong and others, you can't refuse the ministers to bring their wives and children. You can't just allow Chongzhen to reunite with your father and son, but let the ministers abandon their wives and children, right?Isn't that a single husband?
But if you bring your wives and children with you, it would be a big deal.

Therefore, no one should take their wives and children with them at all, it can only be their own destiny.

Chongzhen ran more than ten laps on the Licao Lanyard, got off his horse and rested for a while, and passed by in less than half an hour, and Wang Chengen had already brought someone to prepare the meal.

Gong Yonggu also armed more than [-] elephants.

The so-called double parallel equipment is actually a wooden frame without mortise and tenon joints, just tied with hemp rope.

The twenty-eight elephants were divided into fourteen groups, and the tails and backs of all the elephants were wrapped in cotton cloth. These cotton cloths were soaked in fire oil, and the oily fragrance could be smelled from a long distance.

Eight sealed gunpowder barrels are bundled on each set.

In addition, the eyes of all the elephants were blindfolded, and Gong Yonggu was quite careful.

Being able to do this in such a short period of time made Chongzhen very satisfied.

Chongzhen patted Gong Yonggu on the shoulder and said, "Captain Consort, if you and I can break out this time, Aiqing will be credited with the first credit."

"It all depends on the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and the blessings of the Holy One."

Gong Yonggu hastily declined: "How dare I be greedy for the merits of heaven."

Chongzhen smiled slightly, waved his hands and shouted: "Eat first!"

Wang Chengen immediately brought a group of eunuchs to bring the food.

Satisfied with wine and food, Chongzhen personally led more than [-] "cavalry" in front, and Wang Jiayan led more than [-] infantry to drive [-] elephants to follow, and went straight to Chaoyang Gate.

It was Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen who was ordered to guard Chaoyang Gate.

Zhu Chunchen's ancestor was Zhu Neng, the famous general of Jingnan, but this guy has long since lost the integrity and bravery of his ancestors. Just last night, this guy had secretly signed the "open the door to welcome thieves" agreement with Zhang Jinyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and other officials Xungui , Just wait for the first day of the first lunar month to open the city gate at the same time to welcome the bandit soldiers into the city.

It was also because of this that the bandits stopped attacking the city early this morning.

Seeing that it was almost the beginning of Sichu, when Zhu Chunchen was about to give the order to open the door,

On the Chaoyangmen Street behind him, there was suddenly the sound of horses neighing and people boiling.

Zhu Chunchen looked back and saw a large group of cavalry rushing along Chaoyangmen Street.

What's the situation?There is such a cavalry in Beijing?Zhu Chunchen couldn't help being a little confused.

Just when Zhu Chunchen was in a daze, a large number of cavalry had already rushed to the top of the city along the horse path, and the leader was the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch of Bingbi and the admiral of the Beijing camp.

"There is a purpose." Wang Chengen screamed loudly.

Zhu Chunchen glanced outside the city, and finally bowed down to the top of the city honestly.

Looking down at Zhu Chunchen, Wang Chengen said sharply: "Mr. Cheng Zhu Chunchen, immediately open the Chaoyang Gate, and then rectify the troops and horses of the headquarters to protect the holy cavalry to break through!"

"Ah? Protect the holy driver to break through?" Zhu Chunchen was immediately stunned when he heard the words.

"Cheng Guogong, don't be dumbfounded." Wang Cheng'en said, "Open the city gate quickly."

"Ah? Oh, good, good." Zhu Chunchen woke up like a dream, and shouted anxiously, "Open the door, open the city gate!"

Accompanied by Zhu Chunchen's loud roar, the suspension bridge suspended over the moat slowly lowered, the jack gate at the outer gate of the urn city was slowly twisted up, and the double-opening inner city gate was slowly pushed open.

Zhu Chunchen subconsciously cast his gaze outside the city gate.

Outside the Chaoyang Gate, hundreds of bandit cavalry had already lined up in a neat column, waiting to enter the city.

Not far behind these hundreds of bandit cavalry, there are three major battalions of Beijing soldiers, a huge area, at least hundreds of thousands of them, but the formation is in a mess.

Suddenly there was the neighing of an elephant behind him.

Zhu Chunchen looked back in astonishment,

A caravan of elephants was seen coming down the street.

what's going on?Zhu Chunchen was even more confused.

(End of this chapter)