The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"When the bandit leader blackly killed Zhang Yuan and Jin Chi Peng Lu, he gathered 13 people, with a company camp of [-] miles, plundered counties, joined forces in Baocheng, and then marched into Hanzhong. The plan was very large..."

"The rogues came like a tide surrounded by thousands of armies, but when they heard that all the guns were fired, the sound was like thunder and smoke filled the field, like a landslide..."

"The thieves collapsed and went backwards. The guerrilla Chen Wang led his guards and armored cavalry to rush into the enemy's formation, beheading the heads of the thieves and killing the tiger Zhang Yuan..."

In the Chinese military tent, Hong Chengchou sat behind the long table, looking at the official document that had just been delivered not long ago.

This official document comes from the Hanzhong Mansion, and it tells about the battle that took place outside Hanzhong City on the first day of the first lunar month.

Hong Chengchou's eyes kept wandering from the official document in his hand. The official document from Hanzhong Mansion will be sent to the capital after sorting out.

In fact, he already knew the news about Hanzhong three days ago.

The report submitted by Chen Wang was faster than the official document delivered by the post station.

First defeated Li Zicheng, then Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan, and within a few months, Zhang Yuan was also beheaded, breaking the siege of Hanzhong.

In fact, when the news of the civil uprising in Hanzhong Mansion came, Hong Chengchou did not pin his hopes on Chen Wang.

There are tens of thousands of rogues around Hanzhong City, but Chen Wang only has more than 4000 soldiers under his command.

What Hong Chengchou wanted was to let Chen Wang stay in Hanzhong and keep the city of Hanzhong.

What happened in Hanzhong this time was indeed beyond Hong Chengchou's expectations.

The crisis in Hanzhong Prefecture has now been resolved, King Rui's safety has been guaranteed, and his hanging heart has been relieved.

"Chen Wang..."

Hong Chengchou muttered in a low voice, then put down the official document in his hand, and picked up another document.

The other document was naturally the military newspaper sent by Chen Wang three days ago.

The official document from Hanzhong Mansion has added a lot of rhetoric. Although it looks very heroic, many details are ambiguous, and it is more processed and somewhat distorted.

However, the military newspaper submitted by Chen Wang wrote most of the things in great detail.

If Hong Chengchou had some doubts about Chen Wang before, but when he received this military newspaper, his last doubts disappeared.

After decades of ups and downs in the officialdom, he has become used to being cautious in everything.

After the last beating, Chen Wang seemed to know what to do in the future, and he didn't have any thoughts about what he shouldn't have.

Chen Wang is indeed a general, he knows how to advance and retreat, and will change his tactics and use of weapons according to local conditions.

Although some are too young and lack experience in many places, but at this age, they are already extremely outstanding.

Hong Chengchou's eyes stayed on the document. The military report written by Chen Wang was concise and clear, and it was different from the military reports sent by other generals.

The mention of military achievements is not as much as that of other generals.

The military reports sent by general generals and schools simply indicate when to engage in battle, how many enemy troops they encountered, how many they captured, and how many casualties they suffered.

The military report written by Chen Wang described clearly from the beginning of the battle, to the subsequent melee, and the final raid and ending.

And the biggest difference from other generals and schools is that Chen Wang quoted a lot of data in the documents, and at the same time wrote the pros and cons of various weapons against the enemy, and even made a post-war summary.

But the final ending is exactly the same as other generals and schools in this regard-money, food and weapons.

"He led the troops to practice and march, and they fought in formations, just like the Zhejiang soldiers in the past, with their shapes and meanings..."

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes slightly, remembering what Cao Wenzhao once said.

Of course, Hong Chengchou had read Qi Jiguang's military book.

Only from "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Ji Xiao", one can know the level of his ability, not to mention his great achievements.

The soldiers of Zhejiang fought bravely and fought hard, and they seldom failed in their expeditions from south to north.

Although the Zhejiang army was defeated in the Hunhe battle, it was also because they were outnumbered and defeated.

Hong Chengchou once read some handwriting written by Qi Jiguang, including the military newspaper submitted.

Qi Jiguang also wrote data in many places, such as the armor-piercing distance of the gun gun, how and how far the artillery should be released.

Hong Chengchou's gaze was slightly slanted, and he looked at the blueprint on the desktop under the paperweight.

The blueprint was drawn on the gun mount of the artillery. This blueprint was sent to the army by Chen Wang not long ago. A lot of changes were made to the original gun mount. Along with the letter came a completed gun shelf.

Hong Chengchou had someone test it out. Compared with the original cannon carriage, the running carriage improved by Chen Wang is indeed easier to transport, more stable when shooting, and easier to aim.

After seeing the advantages of improving the gun mounts, Hong Chengchou directly ordered that all the gun mount specifications be made according to the drawings sent by Chen Wang, and gradually replace the artillery mounts of the entire army.

This is not a difficult task, it just needs to spend some more silver taels, but it can improve the combat power of the army.

Compared with military expenditures, these are just a drop in the bucket, so why not do it.

Hong Chengchou looked deeply, and unconsciously tapped the table with his right index finger.

He was thinking about Cao Wenzhao's evaluation of Chen Wang, as well as Chen Wang's actions all the time.

The more he thought about it, the more Hong Chengchou felt that Chen Wang and Qi Jiguang were more alike.

The first battle that made Qi Jiguang famous was the Battle of Taizhou in the 40th year of Jiajing.

In the 40th year of Jiajing, Japanese pirates aggressively attacked Taozhu, Qitou and other places. Qi Jiguang led the battalion of his headquarters to guard Taozhu, defeated the Japanese pirates in Longshan, and chased them all the way to Yanmenling.

After the Japanese pirates escaped, they attacked Taizhou on the spur of the moment. Qi Jiguang took the lead and killed the leader of the Japanese pirates among the army.

The rest of the party was desperate, and they all fell into the Gualing River and drowned. After that, they won all nine battles and wiped out the enemies of Taizhou.

And Chen Wang also fought and won victoriously all the way, organized and trained the army, promoted firearms, and reformed the tactics of warfare. He broke into the thousands of troops outside the city of Hanzhong and beheaded Zhang Yuan.

When Qi Jiguang was in the army, he invented and improved many things.

As far as the formation of the ranks and the tactics of the army formation, the battalion sentry system and the formation of mandarin ducks, as well as the tactics of the car battalion improved in the north according to local conditions, all came from Qi Jiguang.

Down to troop training, the method of troop selection, improving troop equipment and weapons.

The wolf trap and the tiger crouching cannon were all made by Qi Jiguang.

The original bird gun soldiers separated the ammunition, and there was no quantitative amount when charging the ammunition. If the ammunition was too much, the chamber would easily explode, and if the ammunition was less, the lead bullet would be less powerful. .

Qi Jiguang then asked the medicine to be pre-packed in each small bamboo barrel, and the bird gunners each distributed a catty of gunpowder, which was filled with 53 small bamboo tubes, and each tube cost three coins of gunpowder, and the number of lead bullets was the same as the number of bamboo tubes.

Now Chen Wang is doing many similar things like Qi Jiguang back then.

Improve the gun carriage of the artillery, and equip large-scale three-eyed guns according to local conditions to target the rogues with scarce armor.

Hong Chengchou narrowed his eyes slightly, the tactics that Chen Wang is currently promoting in the army can be said to be based on the strengths of a hundred schools of thought.

The battalion of the headquarters is equipped with heavy armor, heavy bows, shield vehicles and heavy artillery as the attacking force, and they use the tactics of Jiannu.

Although Hong Chengchou has never seen Jiannu, he has read military newspapers and heard other people talk about Jiannu's tactics.

However, according to the current situation, Chen Wang did not completely apply the tactics of building slaves mechanically.

Most of the auxiliary soldiers in the Jiannu army were used as cannon fodder for dead soldiers, and they were also equipped with shield vehicles, but Chen Wang did not regard the auxiliary soldiers as cannon fodder for dead soldiers.

In Chen Wang's army, the accompanying auxiliary soldiers were equipped with a large number of firearms, mainly three-eyed blunderbuss, with only a few bird blunderbusses. The army was also equipped with a large number of Francophones and tiger squatting guns as supplementary firepower.

Emphasize the firepower of firearms, use three-eyed blunderbuss for short distances, Franji and tiger squatting cannons for medium and short distances, and fire cannons for long distances.

If the enemy is defending, first use the artillery to attack the morale and defense of the enemy at a long distance, and then use the shield car as a cover to send heavy armored infantry all the way to the front.

After meeting the enemy, use heavy bows and heavy arrows to open up the situation. The heavy armored infantry rushed into the formation, and the rear light soldiers rushed forward, breaking the formation in one fell swoop.

If the enemy is attacking, let the enemy rush to the front first, and use the explosive firepower of the three-eyed blunderbuss and the covering firepower of the Fran cannon and the tiger squat cannon to instantly defeat the enemy who is charging.

Then, taking advantage of the chaos in the front of the enemy's army, bombard the enemy's rear formation with artillery, and then use the elite cavalry to drive away the rout and attack the enemy's elite cavalry.

Along the way, there has been no disadvantages, winning one after another.

It has to be said that Chen Wang's current tactics are extremely reasonable.

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, his eyes moved, he suddenly felt something, maybe this kind of tactics can be popularized in the army.

However, there are still many details and things to be resolved, which cannot be decided overnight...

Thousands of thoughts swirled in Hong Chengchou's mind.

"Qi Jiguang...Chen Wang..."

Hong Chengchou closed his eyes.

During the Jiajing period, strong captives invaded the territory in the north and Japanese pirates harassed the south.

The country is in turmoil, the world is dark, people are in panic, and it is difficult to settle down.

When the world is in trouble, I think of loyal ministers, and when the country is in danger, I think of good generals.

The emergence of Qi Jiguang and a group of good generals finally solved the crisis at that time.

The current situation of Guochao is more than a hundred times more embarrassing than that of Jiajing years.

The night was dark and the wind was rushing, and the wind swept past outside the tent, making low roars.

Hong Chengchou's thoughts were also brought back to Xi'an Mansion not long ago by the north wind outside the tent.

Chen Wang's figure reappeared in front of his eyes. All the generals in the big tent were full of stagnation, and the vigor on Chen Wang's body conflicted with the stagnation of the rest of the people, which seemed out of place.

Although he said he was humble, bowed his head and knelt down, but it still made people feel like standing.

Hong Chengchou opened his eyes, and there was a gleam of light in the slightly dim eyes.

Since he became the governor of the three sides to counter the rebellion, he has met countless generals, but none of them are like Chen Wang.

Although Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong are brave and good at fighting, they are just ordinary brave generals.

Although Ai Wannian and Tang Jiuzhou knew the strategy, they were only slightly talented.

Although Cao Wenzhao has both civil and military skills, and has the talent of a general, he can be called a good general, but in the end he is alone and unable to catch up.

The wind outside the tent became more and more urgent, and Hong Chengchou's eyes flickered, remembering that Cao Wenzhao reported to him the night talk with Chen Wang, and he remembered a sentence in it very clearly.

"Train up an elite army, and then go to Liaodong to expel the slaves, regain their homeland, avenge the country and the family, and wipe out the shame of Guangning..."

Zibuyu is strange, in fact, Hong Chengchou has not believed in the theory of Shinto all the time, but he does not know why he has a feeling.

Perhaps, this Chen Wang, just like Qi Jiguang, came to quell the turmoil in the country.

Perhaps, I should support Chen Wang well. If I can use it well, it will be a great help.

Now the emperor is more and more concerned about the military. The price of the fall of Fengyang, the central capital, is the death of a large number of people, and countless people will be dismissed from office.

Successive defeats in the campaign and the defeat in the Liaodong battlefield made him even more angry.

Hong Chengchou's expression kept changing, he was considering the gains and losses, calculating the pros and cons.

Although Cao Wenzhao's attitude towards him is extremely respectful, he doesn't want the power under Cao Wenzhao's command to be too great.

Too much power means that there is a risk of a big tail.

After all, Chen Wang was from Cao Wenzhao's personal army, so he had to find a way to create a gap between Cao Wenzhao and Chen Wang, or let the two of them live apart...

Hong Chengchou stood up slowly, turned around and looked at the huge map hanging in the tent.

The map shows the current situation in Shaanxi Province in red and black.

Many areas in the central and eastern part of Hanzhong Mansion were stained with black, but now it seems that the black area in the central part of Hanzhong Mansion can be erased first.

In the Battle of Hanzhong, the casualties reported by Chen Wangbao were only more than 230 people, while [-] rogues were beheaded and more than [-] were captured, most of whom were old and weak.

Chen Wangzhen beheaded and killed the tiger Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan's general manager, management team, and military academy were captured and killed more than [-] people, which accounted for almost half of his army.

Although there are still many people who escaped, with such casualties and Zhang Yuan's death, Zhang Yuan's subordinates have already had their backbones broken, and it is impossible for them to regain their strength.

In fact, Zhang Yuan's tribe had already disintegrated. Jin Chi Peng Lushi fled, and the main force did not lose much. There is a high probability that the remnant party under Zhang Yuan's command will be absorbed by him.

But this problem is not big. With Lu Shi's current prestige, it is difficult to suppress the remnants of Zhang Yuan. It is not easy for him to integrate so many remnants.

Based on the intelligence estimates received earlier, Lu Shi did not have the ability to manage so many people.

Moreover, during the Battle of Hanzhong, Chen Wang intercepted all the food and grass that Zhang Yuan and Lu Shi had plundered.

Now even if Lu Shi accepts Zhang Yuan's troops and gathers up the rest of the remnants, they will immediately encounter food shortages.

But Baocheng, Chenggu, and the towns around Hanzhong City have already been looted by them, where can they find food?

Hong Chengchou's eyes stayed in Hanzhong, then moved to Xi'an Mansion, and then moved to Henan in the east.

Most of Yan'an Mansion is still stained with black, and the northeast and southeast areas of Xi'an Mansion are also stained black. Li Zicheng and other ministries are now restless and restless.

Many places in Henan are blooming, and Lu Xiangsheng is fighting east and west to clean up the rebellion.

The bandits are so powerful that it is difficult to extinguish them in a short time, and it is absolutely impossible to solve the rebellion within the time limit.

"Hanzhong Mansion..."

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, remembering the official letter that Lu Xiangsheng had passed to him before.

Lu Xiangsheng's plan seems to be to drive Gao Yingxiang and others all the way to Hanzhong Mansion.

Perhaps letting Chen Wang stay in Hanzhong like this is also a good choice.

As long as Cao Wenzhao and Chen Wang are not together, there is no unnecessary connection between the two, and there is no need to worry about losing control...