Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 92 King’s kindness and power
On the campus of the Datong Military Camp, the soldiers who had paid off their pay arrears were being reorganized. He Zhen was selecting the elite soldiers, and they were all from small families who were admitted to the Beijing camp.

However, almost all the soldiers on the school field were distracted, and from time to time they glanced at the generals who were practicing archery on the other side of the school field.

Needless to say, the military commander who could distract them all from taking a peek in this situation was none other than the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

A distance of 150 steps is a bit unimaginable for many people!
However, they saw that their emperor could actually hit the target 150 steps away. The only difference was the number of rings he hit.

Tang San, the sharpshooter in the cavalry camp, was teaching the emperor how to use consecutive arrows.But in less than a quarter of an hour, I saw that the emperor could no longer miss the target with his continuous arrows!This ability made the peeping soldiers secretly speechless.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was so brave, how could he not win?

Invisibly, the morale of the military was greatly affected.

They actually didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen came to this school to practice killing skills. Firstly, to hone his battlefield skills. Secondly, and most importantly, in addition to the material stimulation of military pay, he also wanted to let the imperial officers and soldiers see him. Their emperor has the ability to lead them to victory!

The cobbled-together army has not undergone strict training, and its combat effectiveness is questionable.However, the Ningwuguan War is ongoing, and there is no time to train the army at all. We can only use this method to improve the cohesion of the military as much as possible!

In order to rescue Ningwuguan in a timely manner, yesterday, we immediately paid off the pay arrears to the army directly under Zhu Sanle, the commander-in-chief, and then ordered him to lead three thousand troops under his command to escort the grain and grass supplies collected in Datong, especially He took these supplies with gunpowder and arrows and rushed to Ningwuguan.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried, fearing that there would be an accident if the news from Ningwuguan came back before sending reinforcements, so he sent Zhu Sanle out immediately.

At this time, he was excited about practicing, so he ordered his subordinates: "Let me shoot a pot of arrows and see!"

The advantage of the bow and arrow is that it can shoot arrows continuously, but it is very labor-intensive.

After hearing the emperor's words, Tang San, as a marksman, was also a little curious. He wanted to see how many arrows the emperor could shoot continuously?
Emperor Chongzhen prepared for a moment, and then started shooting arrows continuously using the technique of volley of arrows.Just listen to the "bang bang bang" sound of the bowstring, and the arrows are like a line, shooting towards the target in the distance.

This scene caused everyone on the campus to stop moving and watch the emperor shoot arrows continuously.

Normally, the archery target is only a few dozen steps away. Generals with strict requirements, such as Qi Jiguang, require their walking bows to hit the target at eighty steps to determine who is better.

Nowadays, Emperor Chongzhen's archery target is 150 paces away, nearly twice the distance. Obviously, it is impossible to achieve this without using a hard bow and super strong arm strength.

And now, the emperor is shooting arrows continuously, which can show how strong the emperor's arm strength is, and by the way, how high the emperor's archery skills are.

Emperor Chongzhen actually shot a pot of arrows in one go, but his arm was slightly sore. Without waiting for his subordinates to report the target, he shook his head and said: "Three arrows still missed the target, which is a bit bad!"

Tang San beside him felt a little numb, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, this is a divine shot. With such a continuous shot 150 steps away, he can kill the enemy general on the battlefield! The famous general in ancient times, I guess that’s all I can do!”

Fang Zhenghua also said with a smile: "Long live Lord, you might as well take a look around. The officers and soldiers in the army were stunned. From this, it can be seen that Long live Lord is really a great shooter!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and looked around, and found that what Fang Zhenghua said was true. Many people were looking at him blankly. This made him feel very happy: Not bad!

Speaking of which, I do seem to have a talent for bows and arrows.

Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao" recorded bow and arrow training methods. After reading it, he got Tang San's guidance. Basically, you don't need to aim at three points and one line with your eyes when shooting arrows.In a more mysterious way, if you aim carefully, you can basically hit the target.

As for weapons, he chose a spear as a weapon to kill enemies.

Guns are the most common weapons. In different eras, different people use different names, such as guns, spears, spears, etc. They all have similar shapes, but the names are different in each period, with some slight differences.

Of course, his choice of this gun as his weapon is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because when Zhu Yuanzhang led the Red Scarf Army to fight, he fought with two spears, one long and one short.Among them, the short spear measured one foot and two feet, the Ming Dynasty had one foot 32cm, or 384cm, and the long spear measured one foot and six feet, or 512cm.The handles of both guns are made of bamboo, painted with black paint, and the gun heads are hung with black tassels and black flags.Whenever he encountered a strong enemy, Zhu Yuanzhang personally led his elite cavalry and charged into battle with long spears in hand. When the soldiers saw the black flag, their morale was often boosted and they rushed to kill the enemy first.

Since he relied on Emperor Taizu's instructions in his dream and used Zhu Yuanzhang's outfit to fight, it would remind the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all the time that their emperor had the inheritance of Emperor Taizu and would definitely lead them to victory in the end. The victory brought peace to the world.

However, the spear heads used by Emperor Chongzhen were Mitsubishi spear heads, and the rest were exactly the same as those used by Zhu Yuanzhang. When he had time, he practiced spear skills in the palace.

He was about to have someone move the target, and when he was practicing farther away, he saw several horses galloping towards him outside the school field.After a closer look, he recognized that it was Jin Zhensun who he sent out. There should be news about Ningwuguan.

So, he stopped trying to show off and threw the bow to Fang Zhenghua.

At this time, Jin Zhensun had also arrived. He rolled his saddle and dismounted his horse. He quickly approached Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Ningwuguan is fine. This is the battle report of Commander Zhou!"

As soon as he heard that Ningwuguan was okay, Emperor Chongzhen was relieved. He went over in person, took Zhou Yuji's battle report and started reading it.

Because of his concern, he first glanced at the battle report. After understanding the general situation, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and immediately praised loudly: "Okay, okay, okay!"

Then, he looked again carefully.

When Fang Zhenghua and others nearby saw him like this, they knew it was a good thing, and everyone was happy.

Soon, Emperor Chongzhen read it again, and immediately held up the battle report and said to the people around him: "Zhou Yuji has killed nearly [-] Li thieves at Ningwuguan. This news will be announced to the whole city immediately!"

Jin Zhensun already looked tired. When he heard this, he also reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "The last general saw it with his own eyes. Outside Ningwu Pass, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!"

Emperor Chongzhen said happily: "Okay, you have worked hard. You have made a contribution to conveying military information this time. I will give you a reward after the war!"

Jin Zhensun was naturally happy after hearing this and quickly thanked him.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered to summon the main civil servants and military generals in the city to discuss matters.Because Zhou Yuji also put forward his strategy for fighting the enemy in the battle report.

As the battle report was announced, cheers rang out first on the school grounds, and then slowly spread, and there was a clear relaxed atmosphere throughout Datong.

You know, before Li Zicheng's army invaded Shanxi, it was unstoppable along the way. Wherever it went, everyone surrendered after hearing the wind.This is definitely a very big blow to the morale of the Ming army in the remaining places.

Although Zhou Yuji had achieved victory before, everyone knew how long his small number of troops could hold him back. The final result would be to be destroyed by Li Zicheng's army.

However, with the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, their morale was boosted and they saw the possibility of victory.At this time, if Zhou Yuji's battle report of killing a large number of enemies is released, he will naturally become optimistic.

Although Li Zicheng's army was large, didn't he still suffer heavy losses?

The different timing and background of the announcement produce completely different effects!

Prince Dai's Mansion is now the emperor's palace in Datong. In the meeting hall, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil servants and generals below. After watching them read Zhou Yuji's battle report, he asked: "What do you think of Zhou Qing's strategy?" ?”

Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, had the highest official position. Because of his inconvenience, he was given a seat. He was grateful, and he was the first to respond: "I think that Zhou Zongbing's words are reasonable, and I would like to ask your majesty to move to Yanghe and take charge!"

Hearing his words, other civil servants and military generals followed suit.

"Yes, your majesty is the most important person in the country, and there is no room for error. Please move to Yanghe!" "I am waiting in Datong. I should be able to coordinate with the generals of Zhou to fight this battle well. Don't worry about it, your majesty!"

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne and listened to the ministers below, still feeling dissatisfied.

Every time I heard it, I was worried about him.Although he could understand it, it definitely didn't meet his expectations.

Now that he has come out to lead the troops in the war, there is no possibility of sitting in the rear.Even Datong feels far away and wants him to go to Yanghe!
The battle of Ningwuguan is the first battle in which he leads the army and drives himself. He must make a name for himself. Only in this way can he shock the world and make it easier to clean up the old mountains and rivers!
So, he opened his mouth, interrupted the admonishment of his ministers, and said seriously: "Zhou Qing's strategy is to rotate the army to show the enemy's weakness and induce the rebels to attack Ningwuguan regardless of casualties, thereby wearing out the rebels. The goal is to increase the strength and supplies of the army. However, Datong is about 360 miles away from Ningwuguan, and it will take a whole day and night for the cavalry to rush to the rescue with all its strength. I think it is too far."

Hearing him speak, the civil and military officials below stopped talking and listened to what he was saying.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said in a tone that left no doubt: "When I am on the front line, my soldiers can use their lives, so I have no reason to retreat. I have made a decision to lead the troops south tomorrow and set up camp behind Ningwuguan. Support Ningwuguan nearby. Another point is the danger at Yanmenguan. How to deal with it?"

Yanmen Pass has fallen into Li Zicheng's hands, but he wanted to avoid any further trouble, so he stationed troops at Ningwuguan to remove Zhou Yuji's thorn.As Zhou Yuji said, if Li Zizheng cannot attack Ningwuguan in time, he may send partial troops out of Yanmenguan to attack Datong.

If Emperor Chongzhen had recaptured Yanmen Pass first, he would have alerted Li Zicheng and let Li Zicheng know that reinforcements from the imperial court had arrived; but if he had not recaptured Yanmen Pass, there would have been horse exploration activities by Li Zicheng's troops at Yanmen Pass.

It was his first time to lead an army in a war, and he was not completely sure about how to deal with this matter. He felt that he could best deal with it.Therefore, he wanted to listen to the suggestions of these ministers.

After hearing his words, these civil servants couldn't help but fell silent.Obviously, they are not good at military affairs and cannot give good advice at the moment.

On the military general's side, He Zan, who had the most experience in fighting, began to say: "Your Majesty, if you send troops all night to stop the rebel army from exploring the horse, it will delay the time for them to find out the news. In addition, contact Marshal Zhou at any time. Once it is estimated that the rebel army has been consumed, If you lose your patience and there is a possibility of sending troops to Yanmen Pass, you can quickly capture Yanmen Pass."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, this should be a reasonable countermeasure.However, this strategy also requires that you must keep in touch with Zhou Yuji at Ningwuguan at all times.In other words, they are stationed near Ningwuguan!
Hearing this, he glanced at the others and saw that none of them wanted to talk, so he decided: "Tomorrow I will lead the army to go out, and Wei Qing will be in Datong to coordinate the troops and food from Xuanfu. In addition..."

When he said this, he looked serious and emphasized: "I want Datong and Xuanfu to re-measure the land and register it. Especially for the unowned land, farming must also be arranged, and it must not be abandoned!"

Emperor Chongzhen's plan, if possible, was to pacify the Jin area first, then use the Jin area as the basis to recruit troops and provide food, and then conquer other provinces. Once a province was conquered, it would be pacified.

Fighting is a matter for military commanders, but civil servants are still needed to govern local areas.Before setting off for the expedition, he specifically emphasized this matter.

After hearing this, Wei Jingyuan did not dare to be negligent. Even though he knew that re-measurement of the land was a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, he still agreed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will leave the rear to you!"

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Early the next morning, the selected troops assembled on the school field together with the two cavalry battalions, totaling [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.

In this battle, no civilians were recruited. The army's food and supplies were escorted by infantry and protected by cavalry.

On the general stage, Datong civil and military officials stood around Emperor Chongzhen.Wei Jingyuan was a little embarrassed and had to be given a wheelchair to sit there.

Under the general stage, whether they were the infantry troops newly selected for the Beijing camp or the soldiers of the original cavalry camp, they all stood proudly, looking at their emperor with high morale.

After paying off the arrears, you can become a member of the Royal Forest Army and kill enemies in front of the Royal Guards. Those who have the ability will sooner or later be able to establish a successful career and be granted the title of wife and son!
Emperor Chongzhen glanced around, and then shouted loudly: "Where is the King?"

The acting king Zhu Chuan was beside him. When he heard the emperor's roll call, he quickly stepped out of the queue and responded: "The minister is here!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said loudly: "Your Majesty and Xiaoyi, a general from Datong's Jingying Camp, will be brought to the capital. Your responsibility for the matters on the road will be yours. There must be no accidents!"

After all, Dai Wangfu is a vassal king, and he has royal guards.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen does not have any extra troops to mobilize for escort, he can just use the next generation of kings to let him do something.

Upon hearing this, King Dai responded without any hesitation: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely bring the families of the soldiers in the capital safely to the capital!"

This is not to say that he is very decisive and agreed immediately upon hearing it, but Emperor Chongzhen told him about it yesterday.Now going through this process in front of the entire army can reassure the soldiers going on the expedition.

Sure enough, following their performance, there was an obvious emotional change on the infantry side.

What is the identity of Dai Wang? If you follow Dai Wang, nothing will happen to you!If something really happens, the king will be in trouble, so what else can be done?
At this moment, they had never had such a strong thought: The emperor attaches so much importance to it, why should they repay it? The only way to repay it is to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service!
After dealing with this matter, Emperor Chongzhen's face turned serious, and he immediately shouted: "In the face of national crisis, some people do not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, but instead think of defecting to the traitor army. In front of me, you are especially guilty of bullying the emperor. If you surrender to the enemy, I wish to be quartered by five horses. He won't die a good death. Now I will fulfill his wish!"

After he finished speaking, he saw Jiang Yu being brought to the stage by the Jinyi Guardsman and executed by quartering his body with five horses.

"The guilty general is wrong, and the guilty general is willing to atone for his sins and kill the enemy for your majesty!"

"The guilty general will never dare to do it again. I beg Your Majesty to let the guilty general die on the battlefield!"

"..."

Jiang Gan's final shouts were heard on the school grounds, but Emperor Chongzhen ignored them and just watched with cold eyes as Jiang Gan was put on the noose and shouted in despair.

Compassion is not in charge of the army, and it is necessary to establish authority when it is necessary. Before going out for an expedition, you should show kindness and prestige, just to let the whole army know what can be done and what things must not be done!
Time is too tight to train the army, so we can only enforce strict military discipline through this move!
War is not a child's play. Once it comes to war, it seems that if you don't follow orders, the consequences will not be serious. However, in Qi Jiguang's military law, it is beheading!

Some things, there is no regret medicine!
As the five war horses jumped out with all their strength, Jiang Yu's begging for mercy stopped abruptly.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at all this and no longer felt nauseated. He glanced at the soldiers below and saw that they all had serious expressions, so he shouted: "Let's go!"

He Zan's cavalry battalion was the vanguard of the army. All the soldiers got on their horses almost neatly and were the first to leave the school grounds, followed by the infantry escorting food, grass, supplies and other baggage.During the whole process, no one spoke.

The army is solemn, highlighting the disinfecting spirit!

The civil and military officials were sent outside the city and watched Emperor Chongzhen in armor disappear on horseback into the distance. From beginning to end, no one spoke.

The emperor, who usually seemed relatively amiable, suddenly showed an iron-blooded scene, which made them feel a little awe-inspiring.

If you don't handle the matters assigned by the emperor carefully, once you anger the emperor, you may not get any good results!
The choice between your kindness and your power is very obvious!

No, after a long time, King Dai came to his senses and said to Wei Jingyuan with a little fear: "I have to go and make arrangements for the trip on the road, so I say goodbye!"

Obviously, he may not have paid much attention to the children of those big-headed soldiers before.But now, he is interested.

When Wei Jingyuan heard this, he naturally sent the king off respectfully. Then, he looked at the other officials and said with a serious expression: "Immediately go back to the Yamen to discuss how to measure the land. I can explain it first. Anyone who commits fraud will not be treated lightly!"

"As ordered!"

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