Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 538 11 Army

It is said that one general is incompetent and exhausts thousands of troops to death!If the emperor is incompetent, the whole country will be dragged down.

Before this Zheng Chongjian arrived in Taiyuan as the governor of the three sides, Wang Qiaonian, the governor of the three sides, was defeated and died under Chongzhen's urging.

The 5-strong army is forcing an army of one million to attack, who doesn't feel anxious?Wang Qiaonian's military arrangement was quite correct. He led the five thousand troops of Zhang Yinggui, the commander in chief, to station in Xiangcheng. The Zuo Liangyu Department in the city should echo his [-] horses from afar.

No matter how powerful an army is, there is only one end that is the offensive side. Compared with the invading army, the official army is better commanded and the army is better trained. Liangyu strikes again with a chrysanthemum, and an army of one hundred thousand may not be without hope of defeating an army of one million peasants.

It's a pity that Song Qingshu has seen through the essence of other Ming army pit teammates, but he Wang Qiaonian has not. When he learned that the Qin army had killed him, Li Zicheng gave up Yancheng and went back to fight Xiangcheng. Instead of echoing Wang Qiaonian, Liangyu turned around and ran away. He ran three hundred miles in one day, escaped from Henan in three days, and retreated to the banks of the Yangtze River. On the other side, Li Zicheng saw Li Zicheng's army of millions coming. There were more than 20 people. He Renlong led the people and ran away. Niu Chenghu and Zheng Jiadong were considered loyal. They led the troops to resist for a day, but they turned around and left. The whole army fled back to Shaanxi.

The three big arrows met in the northwest of Xiangcheng, and came back wrapped up. Before Wang Qiaonian went out to fight, he was full of vigor and vigor to defeat the thief recently, but in a blink of an eye he became the turtle in the urn.

However, Wang Qiaonian is a truly virtuous scholar-official in this era. He defended the lonely city alone and fought hard for more than ten days. In the end, the city was broken and he was arrested and beheaded in the west of the city. However, Li Zicheng was not as described by later historians. Corpses were strewn all over the field, and Li Zicheng was annoyed that Wang Qiaonian had dug up his ancestral grave. Li Zicheng also ordered the execution of 190 seven gentry students in the city, that is, cut off the noses of these people.

In this battle, the Qin army, the main force of the imperial court, suffered heavy losses again. Of the 5 people, 3 fled back to Shaanxi. Fang's pressure was greatly reduced, and for the third time, he surrounded Kaifeng with an army of one million.

"Hey~"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but let out a deep sigh for the revenge sent by the imperial court, which made him feel helpless. Emperor Chongzhen really sent a strict decree, ordering the governors of the world to retaliate. Gathering in Henan to aid Kaifeng, he also received such an imperial edict.

The armies from all walks of life have been scarred and exhausted, and have experienced consecutive defeats. At this time, they will have a decisive battle with the highly morale Chuang army?Hong Chengchou couldn't help shaking his head again.

But just as Hong Chengchou was sighing, Cao Bianjiao from outside ran in again. This time he was no longer so excited, but with a very ugly face, he rushed into the big tent angrily, and hugged Hong Chengchou heavily.

"Superintendent, these bastards are too bad! The general ordered them to assemble for drills. In one day, they did not gather 100 people. The commanders and battalion heads were all lazy. The general urged them. These bastards are still It’s plausible, the weather is so hot, and the soldiers haven’t even plowed the fields, how can they practice, supervisor, how can such an army be used to fight to the death against trespassers?”

No wonder Cao Bianjiao was so angry, what kind of army did he lead?Liaodong army, Shaanxi frontier soldiers, both of them are the main force of the empire, but now, 10 people are really drawn, not to mention the old and the young, it is not so much a group of troops, it is better to say that they are going to catch a big market, let alone Military uniforms, more than 8 people don't even have weapons, what kind of flags, queues, don't even think about it, a large group of people didn't come here for the big tent, they all came here for the military salary and rations, and they were beaten for nothing It was a free idea. Song Qingshu said that three divisions were enough to defeat them, which was still an overestimate. It is estimated that more than 100 guards came and whipped them with whips, and they could drive away the [-] troops.

"Supervisor, according to the general's opinion, it is necessary to execute a big order and kill one to warn others. The final general, please kill Ren Qi, Commander of Haining Guard, Zhao Dade, Commander of Guanhai Guard, and Qin Fa, Commander of Pinghu, so as to strictly enforce the military law!"

The blue veins on Cao Bianjiao's forehead were popping up, but on the other end, Hong Chengchou closed the report unhurriedly, and even tucked the stern order from the Ministry of War into a corner, before standing up with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, soldiers are trained, not killed. These people have been negligent in battle for a long time, and they have changed. You have to guide them more and treat them better, so that you can gain the morale of the army. It is wrong to kill them randomly! "

Seeing Hong Chengchou smiling and calling Baoyi and Song Jiang, he said nonchalantly, Cao Bianjiao could hardly believe his ears, is this the decisive Hong Tushou who can kill thousands of heads with one order?

Just when Cao Bianjiao was full of complaints, the soldiers outside suddenly rushed in eagerly.

"Report to the supervisor, General Cao, Huang Degong and Huang Zongbing led the army!"

Cao Bianjiao couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this, but Hong Chengchou's expression became even weirder.

"Come, let him camp!"

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Huang Degong is a veteran general, nicknamed Huang Chuangzi, who started from the Liaodong battlefield and was born in the Beijing camp. When Xiong Wencan was the prime minister of the five provinces, he led the army out of Beijing to fight Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang. The last member killed the fierce general.

Especially before every time he goes into battle, he must drink a few buckets of wine first, and then take the lead in the charge with double whips, go deep into the enemy's line, and kill without risking his life. However, such generals are either big victories or big defeats. Basically, the decisive battle has never been defeated, which is why Chongzhen wanted to use him to kill Song Qingshu.

However, it is too serious to eat empty pay these days. The only towns with more soldiers than on the register seem to be Song Qingshu and Zuo Liangyu. He even has more than 6 people under his command. Of course, his combat power is overwhelmed. Huang Degong lives on military salary. In name, he has 20 troops, but in fact it is only in the early 5000s. More than 2000 old and weak soldiers and remnants had to be eliminated, and there were only about 7000 soldiers.

But after all, they fought battles, but unlike those farming soldiers next to them, 9000 men and horses set up the camp vigorously, and teams of cavalry patrolled around the camp. Big shoulders and round waists, there are also many thin ones, but the vigor is completely different from ordinary people.

More than 1 taels of military pay and [-] dans of food were distributed from Hong Chengchou again. After settling down, Huang Degong and his soldiers came to visit Hong Chengchou in person again.

"The last general, Huang Degong, pays homage to Lord Lichen!"

This was also the rule back then. The governors of the five provinces were called governors, and the prime ministers of the five provinces were called Lichens. When Huang Degong was under Xiong Wencan's command, he was called Lichen, but now he is called back, but the person has changed.

This Huang Degong is really a good-looking general. He is eight feet tall and wears heavy armor like an iron tower. His face is muscular, but his beard is neatly trimmed, and he has eyes the size of copper bells. It is a pity that such a strong general is handsome. Hong Chengchou was still listless, and nodded as if he was coping, but Cao Bianjiao was very excited, and walked forward to meet him.

"General Huang came just in time. With the general's soldiers and horses around, it will be easier to deal with the Song bandits!"

"To deal with Song thief?"

These words made Huang Degong's sturdy face change uncontrollably.

Emperor Chongzhen had so many evil minds, the imperial decree for dispatching troops and the imperial decree for murder would not be written on one sheet, what Huang Degong received was only the imperial decree for dispatching troops, and he came here by taking the ferry of the Jiangnan Shipping Company to transport the troops. Yes, this journey can be regarded as the most comfortable half a month since Huang Zhen became an army. Food and drink were provided by Jiaduobao. When it arrived in Yingtian, Song Qingshu even issued a new set of military uniforms to each of them, but What shocked him even more was the begging army military exercise he saw in Anqing.

In recent years, the situation has become more and more tense, and Song Qingshu has been expanding the army. The number of Qihuo has expanded to ten divisions, and the Fengyang division has five divisions. In addition, the three divisions of the generation army brought back by Scarface, the number of Ge Zuo In Taizhen, there is also the newly established Taiwan Strait First Division, which has selected the front army. The total number of the army has exceeded [-], and the navy has more than [-].

What Huang Degong saw was a military exercise with a scarred face.

There are also 9000 troops, but the Dai army gives people the feeling that it is more orderly than their own army. On a mountain, gunfire blared, 150 new imitation Armstrong guns and [-] tiger squatting guns immediately made the opposite mountain bloom. It was another volley of firecrackers like rainstorm pear blossoms, six rounds in a row, firing and retracting the guns, it was done in one go, and finally the bayonet charge.

In the past, Huang Degong had always paid little attention to firearms, but this time, he also had to take a deep breath. With such ferocious firepower, his army might rush up and lie down before the battle.

"Why do you want to deal with Song Pingliao?"

Feeling uncertain, Huang Degong couldn't help asking. In fact, Cao Bianjiao didn't know that Chongzhen wanted to kill Song Qingshu, but he had to use the manpower and material resources of the Huaihe River and Jiangnan, and Song Qingshu couldn't be avoided anyway. Cao Bianjiao replied naturally.

"The bandits of the Song Dynasty are self-respecting, domineering, and disrespecting the king's orders. My family's supervisor wants to use troops to go north, so naturally we have to deal with him. General Huang, your troops will be the main force!"

"Report!"

This Cao Bianjiao was still plotting, but the sudden messenger rushed in and knelt on the ground with a gold-plated invitation.

"Supervisor, General Huang, General Cao, and General Ping Liao have sent you a post, inviting you to have a banquet at Nanhui Zhongwei tonight."

Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong were all excited when they heard this, but Hong Chengchou seemed to have no expression at all, and stretched out his hand indifferently.

"Bring it to Ben Du!"

(End of this chapter)