The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 132
"Beat the drums, gather troops!"

With a calm expression, Chen Wang calmly ordered.

The guards outside Hanzhong City totaled no more than [-] people, and there were also a lot of old and weak mixed in, all of which were patchwork.

Less than half of them are young and strong, and even fewer are capable of fighting. Not to mention armaments, even winter clothes cannot be guaranteed.

When inspecting the guard barracks, Chen Wang saw with his own eyes that most of the guards guarding the barracks were sallow and emaciated, with ragged clothes.

These guards are still a force when defending the city. At most, they bully and bully the more unbearable rogue and hungry soldiers, but once they encounter the rogue horsemen or elite cavalry, they will definitely be the first to collapse.

From the beginning to the end, Chen Wang did not regard the thousands of guards outside Hanzhong City as help.

Chen Wang strode out of the large tent of the Chinese army with his sword and bow. The guards outside the tent were all fully armed, waiting outside the tent with horses and armor.

"Ugh——"

The continuous sound of horns came and went from all over the camp, and the sound of wind, footsteps, and orders came from all directions.

Chen Wang got on his horse, sat on the horse, and looked down at the military academy following behind, his mind was turning back and forth.

It has only been half a year since he came to this world, but he has already gone through dozens of wars, big and small, in this half year, and the hardships in it are not for outsiders, and he is no longer the original Chen Wang.

His guerrilla came quickly, and he didn't have enough time to adapt to his identity.

In just over a month, he went through the ranks of Baizong, promoted to Qianzong, and then was promoted to Guerrilla. As the general of the first battalion, most of all this is due to the prophet of history.

Most of those who climbed to a high position suddenly in history will fall from the clouds and fall into the abyss.

Without him, because virtue does not match, ability does not match.

So since becoming a guerrilla, Chen Wang has never dared to neglect for a moment in the past few months.

All things are one step at a time.

Insufficient ability will spend more energy and effort than others.

Chen Wang is very aware of his abilities. He has read many famous military books, but so what?

During the Warring States period, Zhao Kuo, who buried Zhao's 40 troops in Changping, read more military books than him.

There are only two things that he is better than others, one is courage, and the other is money.

Bravery is the martial arts of the original body, although it is not comparable to Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, but it is already the pinnacle of ordinary people.

So since Chunhua, whenever there was a war, Chen Wang never sat in the rear, but went to the battle in person, and even led the army to charge many times.

The battlefield layout during the general battle, and the power over the enemy after the battle are all learned from Cao Wenzhao.

Chen Wang's military quality was poor at the beginning, but his opponents were not much better than him except for Li Zicheng who he met at the beginning.

The two sides are just as good as each other, and he has [-] Liao cavalry under his command to guarantee the bottom line, and the imperial court provides armaments, how can it be invincible?
The money was taken from Li Zicheng's hands, and it was because of the money that he could follow Qi Jiguang's method to train soldiers.

Except for modifying some details, Chen Wang followed the methods in Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Ji Xiao" for the rest of the military training methods.

Because of this, the more than [-] soldiers led by Chen Wang now have the spirit of a strong army.

Qi Jiguang has no secrets, and every word and sentence in the two books "Records of Military Training" and "Ji Xiao New Book" are his experience in military training for decades.

Unfortunately……

The pearl is cast in the dark...

The huge empire that stood on top of the world in the past is already riddled with holes.

The root of all disasters needs to start with the defeat of Tumubao.

The power of the civil officials gradually overwhelmed the military officials, the civil and military imbalance, and the imbalance between Yin and Yang. Since then, the Ming Empire has gradually begun to decline uncontrollably.

Even in the middle and early stages of Wanli, the officials of the entire court were determined to forge ahead, showing the trend of revival.

There is Zhang Juzheng inside, and Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Ma Gui, Li Chengliang and other famous generals outside.

Up and down work hard, thousands of troops are brave, Qing Hai
in that era……

There is no country in the world that can compete with Daming!

But it is a pity that all this changed rapidly after Zhang Juzheng's death.

When the ambitious Wanli was finally able to take charge of the government and wanted to change something, he found that even if he took charge of the government, he was still not a real "emperor".

The so-called "emperor" is ordered by the sky, and he lives forever.

The golden mouth and the jade words, a promise is as good as it is.

Holding the king's title in hand, holding Tianxian in his mouth.

If you follow your will, you will live, if you go against your will, you will die!
The emperor is the co-lord of the world!

The Ming Empire, which has been sinking for many years, really needs a forging ahead, an ambitious "emperor".

But it's a pity...

The civil servants of Ming Dynasty did not need such an "emperor".

What they need is a "sage king".

A "sage king" who hangs his clothes and hands over, governs by doing nothing, and entrusts all the power in the world to them.

The bane planted during the Tumubao period made it impossible for Wanli to control the court that should belong to him.

The most outrageous thing he can do is not to govern...

Up and down are at odds, openly and secretly fighting, and no one is willing to surrender.

As a result, the once powerful Ming Empire became more and more unbearable and declined.

However, the power of the civil servants did not decline much because of Wanli's confrontation, and even became stronger afterwards during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years.

"Chen Gong!"

Chen Wang waved his horsewhip, his eyes were awe-inspiring.

"Subordinates are here."

Hearing the military order, Chen Gong immediately bowed down on one knee and bowed his head to obey the order.

"Quickly lead the cavalry from the headquarters to the south to help the Hanzhong Guards and intercept the attacking enemy."

Chen Wang didn't care how the bandits arranged their troops.

Because in the entire Hanzhong Mansion, no army can stop the Liao cavalry under his command.

"Do your best to ensure that the Hanzhong Guards continue to support you, and don't come back unless you hear the drums from the Zhongjun."

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

For Jin Chipeng and Zhang Yuan who are currently lined up in the east, he knows the roots and the bottom line.

There are many hungry soldiers under Jin Chipeng's command, but few elite cavalry. Only five or six hundred of them can truly be called elite cavalry.

The rest can only be regarded as cavalry soldiers at best, and the total number of the two is no more than 5000, which is less than [-]% of the troops under his command.

Zhang Yuan's men can be called fine cavalry, but there are only a thousand or so of them. There are many horse troops, as many as [-] or so, which is considered a force.

Naturally, these news came from the Hanzhong Guards, and they were all reported by the Liao cavalry sent by Chen Wang these days.

It is said that it is a [-] army, but the actual combat power is extremely weak. Not to mention that there may be [-] to [-]% women and children among them, it is said that among the young and strong, there are very few who really dare to fight.

Chen Gong was ordered to get on his horse and set up a flag, while all the military academies who had not received special orders hurried back to their respective camps.

Holding the whip and driving the horse, Chen Wang led a group of cavalry first to board the lookout hill built in the camp.

The camp was originally built on a high ground, but now that Chen Wang has climbed up to the hill again, Chen Wang can see all the situation in the east of Hanzhong City.

"Ugh——"

The sound of the horn in the camp had stopped, but the sound of the horn in the ears was still continuous. It was the sound of the horn from the east outside the camp, followed by shouts like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

Chen Wang's face remained unchanged, his eyes quickly scanned the entire battle situation, and Ye Bushou, who was in charge of observing, had already arrived at Qiutai.

"The camp of the Hanzhong Guards suddenly caught fire, and then they were attacked by rogue cavalry, who besieged the camp of the Hanzhong Guards and all the cavalry, numbering about [-], encircled them from three sides."

"There are more than [-] rangers wandering on the east side of our army on guard. The enemy army has dispatched about [-] infantry. There are a total of seven formations from north to south to protect each other. The follow-up bandits are still out of camp and cannot be detected. specific number of people."

Chen Wang's eyes stayed in the guard camp of Hanzhongwei in the south.

The camps of the Hanzhong Guards were already in chaos. The fires in the camps were separated by several miles, but they could all be seen clearly, which was enough to see the intensity of the fire.

At this time, it was dusk, and it was only half an hour before sunset.

The rogues launched an attack suddenly, and it seemed that they had an internal response to set fire, obviously picking up this slack time.

Not only Chen Wang saw it, but Hu Zhiyi, who was following Chen Wang, lightly kicked the horse's belly to drive the horse forward a little.

"The rogues set the fire inside, and the cavalry of the brigade cooperated outside, and left the cavalry and infantry to contain us in the north. It seems that they want to eat the guards of Han Zhongwei first."

Hu Zhiyi frowned. Although he didn't like the combat power of the Hanzhong Guards, if the Hanzhong Guards were really eaten up, who would defend the city, and who would deliver them weapons, food and grass.

"Second brother has few soldiers. He can rush over, but he may not be able to stop the defeat of the guards."

Hu Zhiyi, like Chen Wang, both came from family backgrounds. Although he didn't have much ability to lead troops in battle before, but following Cao Wenzhao's side, he can roughly understand the situation on the battlefield.

Chen Wang turned his head to look at the criss-cross formation of the rogues in the east, a cold look flashed in his eyes, and he vowed.

"The guards cannot be defeated."

Hu Zhiyi didn't know, so he followed Chen Wang's gaze to the east, but he didn't see any clues.

"Because the target of the rogues was not the guards in Hanzhong from the beginning to the end."

Chen Wang looked deeply, raised the whip in his hand, and said in a deep voice.

"It's us."

Hu Zhiyi's pupils suddenly dilated in astonishment.

What Chen Wang said was completely opposite to what he saw.

"What you see is only what they want us to see."

Chen Wang didn't explain, but just stretched out his hand to the right, and a horse spear was quickly handed to him by the guard.

Holding the cold horse in his hand, Chen Wang's heart also slowly sank downward.

The cold touch slowly passed up his arms, making Chen Wang's mind gradually clear.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

In the camp, the sound of the drums of the gathering soldiers had completely fallen at this time.

Pointing at the tip of the lance, Chen Wang turned his horse's head and looked back at the group of armored cavalry who followed behind him.

"Out of camp!"

(End of this chapter)