The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 63
The guards were unbearable, and even the guards on the nine sides were reduced to a foil for the battalion.

Chen Wang knew about these things a long time ago, whether it was in the memory of the original body or the understanding of later generations, he knew and knew clearly.

But when Chen Wang went to the school field and saw Luo Guizhong's guards with his own eyes, Chen Wang still froze in place.

Among the more than 700 guards, it is said that more than 700 are on guard in the northern city, and more than 300 are in the western city. There are only more than [-] people left in the battalion.

There were indeed a crowd of soldiers standing on the school field, but at a glance, young and middle-aged people only accounted for half of them, and they all stood in the front row.

As for those standing at the back, Chen Wang even saw people with gray hair, and there were quite a few half-grown children who were still in their teens.

The queue of the young and strong standing in front was fairly neat, but the queue behind became more and more chaotic.

The clothes they wore were all kinds of things. Almost none of them wore military uniforms, and they only wore tattered clothes that they used to farm. Some of them couldn't even cover their bodies.

If it weren't for the flag of the Ming army standing in the school grounds, Chen Wang would never have believed that it was an army.

Chen Wang's face twitched slightly. I'm afraid that the guards he saw in Xi'an who looked like refugees were all carefully selected.

Many of these people on the school grounds had pale faces, just like the refugees he met outside Binzhou City.

The guard army is short of troops all the year round, and there are many deserted troops.

This time Hong Chengchou conscripted the avant-garde of Xi'an Prefecture and asked him to send 3000 troops.

Of the 3000 people who went north to Chunhua, more than half were improvised.

This is why Hong Chengchou personally sent people to watch, otherwise the people sent would be less young and strong, and the weapons would be worse.

There were indeed 3000 people who set off from Qianwei in Xi'an, but when they traveled more than 100 miles to Chunhua, there were only 700 left.

More than 300 people fled one after another before reaching Chunhua.

"I don't care what your previous establishment is. If you are under 45 years old, the above will be compiled into one section, and the rest will be compiled into another section."

"Report to me how many family members there are in the military academy."

After Chen Wang left a word to Luo Guizhong, he left the school grounds directly.

After staying in the school grounds for another hour and a half, Chen Wang estimated that his blood pressure could rise to the peak.

Although Chunhua is a transportation hub between Xi'an and Qingyang, due to its geographical location, it is only a small county under the jurisdiction of Binzhou.

After several times of turmoil, there are now only more than [-] people in the city plus the population who moved into the city due to the war.

The radius of the city wall is only a few miles, but the city wall is quite high, about four meters, and some areas even reach five meters.

To be honest, although Chen Wang had a bad impression of Wang Zhaolin at first, after two days, he realized that the magistrate was still a good person, and his ability was not bad.

People around the county fled south when they heard that Sanshui had fallen. As long as they could prove their identity in the county, Wang Zhaolin put them into the city.

The rest of the unidentified people were also given a certain amount of rations and asked them to continue walking south.

Those who entered the city were also concentrated, and everything that could be used as a weapon was confiscated.

He also sent yamen servants to maintain order, and asked Luo Guizhong to assign some soldiers to serve as guards to prevent riots.

After all, it is already well known that the thief should break Sanshui City.

The weather in August is getting hotter and hotter, and the time is passing little by little.

There are more and more wandering horses outside the city, from a handful of horses in the past to dozens of horses, and now hundreds of horses, hundreds of horses.

The breath of panic also slowly permeated the entire Chunhua City.

Chen Wang pressed the Yanling Saber on his waist, and led several personal guards to inspect the city wall again.

Among the guards, there were only about 200 usable people, and they managed to get together spears and more than [-] pieces of armor that were still usable.

There were three thousand officials who came with Luo Guizhong, and there were more than 100 servants under their command.

Chen Wang asked him to lead the more than 900 young men to guard the west and north walls.

If the bandits go south, they must come from the northwest.

Chunhua is surrounded by three mountains, and there are not many places where you can deploy your troops. You can only attack from the west and the north.

Therefore, the west city and the north city are the first defense points, and the other two sides only need to allocate a small amount of troops.

The rest of the army acted as auxiliary soldiers. The task of these people was to help carry ordnance during wartime, and help with chores in peacetime.

After reorganizing into an army and assigning people to train for five or six days, these guards can be considered to have a little impression of the army.

Of course, there is only one point...

Chen Wang was about to walk down the city wall, but saw a familiar figure.

Tang Shiping walked up to him with his helmet pierced through his armor, clasped his fists in both hands, and bowed down to worship.

"See Mr. Qian for a humble position."

Chen Wang was not surprised by Tang Shiping's arrival, as Cao Wenzhao had already informed him of it.

There are tens of thousands of bandits in the direction of Qingyang Mansion.

Once it goes south, it is impossible to hold it according to Chunhua's current military strength.

Three thousand guards may sound like a lot, but everyone knows that no one can count on those guards.

The reason why the rogues haven't gone south yet is because they were frightened by Tang Jiuzhou's name.

In addition, there was no news of the march from Gao Yingxiang.

Relying on the guards alone is not enough, so Cao Wenzhao asked Tang Shiping to still lead Chen Wang's original Fourth Bureau army to help Chunhua.

Otherwise, relying on Chunhua's existing troops, I'm afraid they will fall if they don't hold out for a few days.

"This time, we escorted a total of 370 rivet cloth face armors, 120 chain mail collars, 420 pairs of iron shield arms, and 420 high-top helmets..."

Tang Shiping took out an official document with both hands, raised it above his head, and said.

"Likes, sabers, and arrows, all of which are recorded in the books."

"A total of 870 people from the two divisions of the leading army will arrive within the time limit. Please check the official documents with President Qian."

Tang Shiping rushed to escort the ordnance assigned by Hong Chengchou, and there were a total of eight soldiers who arrived with him.

"Two divisions?"

Chen Wang was slightly taken aback, and said in doubt.

"What is the extra division..."

Chen Wang unfolded the official document in his hand, and didn't ask any more questions because he had already got the answer.

The other four rounds were the remnants of Ai Wannian and others, and they were also handed over to him for the time being.

More than 600 infantry, plus more than [-] cavalry and more than [-] young guards, there are [-] defenders who can fight.

The ordnance sent can equip almost [-] cavalrymen, which can effectively contain the enemy's offensive.

With the addition of more than 3000 auxiliary soldiers and strong men in the city, the defense of the city can be regarded as a little more sure.

The rogue army lacked siege weapons, and the firing cannons were not red-clothed cannons. They were not powerful enough to blast through the brick-covered city walls.

Chen Wang put away the official documents and was about to say something, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Because just above the mountains in the west, three beams of smoke are slowly rising.

(End of this chapter)