The news about the rebellion of the Holy Spirit Society and the massacre of the rebels at Guide Prefecture was only known to Guide Prefecture for about half a day later than the county seat of Qi County Magistrate.

After knowing the news, the governor of Guide Mansion panicked. Because, in Guide Mansion, Commander Zhao of Guide Guard had taken away more than half of the troops in Guide Mansion. Therefore, Guide Mansion

The governor of the mansion immediately sent someone to ask Commander Zhao to immediately bring the more than 500 soldiers he led back to the mansion city as quickly as possible.

Not to mention, that old man Zhao Ming may not be very good at fighting, but as an official, he is really versatile. When he launched the action of "cutting off the heads of the robbers", he took out almost all the military attachés of Guide Guard.

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After arriving at the ruined temple, old man Zhao Ming divided areas around the ruined temple and made the military attachés and officials responsible for their respective duties. They extorted money in the area and everyone made a fortune together.

However, old man Zhao Ming suddenly received the news that the governor of Guide Mansion sent someone to convey that there were rebels who were going to attack Guide Mansion. In panic, old man Zhao Ming had no time to gather the people scattered in the countryside, so he only brought the people around him with him.

Two or three hundred people rushed back to Defu City. However, on the way back, some people fell behind. In the end, old man Zhao Ming only brought more than a hundred people back to Defu City.

However, what use can such a small number of people be used for? Old man Zhao Ming hurried back to Fucheng this time. Most of the Guide Guard military attachés scattered in the countryside were not brought back. Therefore, they could not gather near Guide Fucheng.

of soldiers.

Don't forget that old man Zhao Ming is the commander of Guide Guard. He has five thousand-household stations under his command. However, most of these thousand-household stations have their own defense areas. For example, Wu Shigong, the thousand-household station, has to defend Qihu Station.

The county magistrate is the county seat.

And now, when the chaos is suppressing the country, these soldiers from Qianhusuo will definitely not abandon their hometown and not defend it, but leave their hometown to defend the city of Guidefu. In the end, the current situation is that everyone is clearing the snow on their own.

Fortunately, at this time, in the city of Guide Mansion, the nearby officials and gentry who had become officials had also withdrawn into the city of Guide Mansion. Together with the governor of Guide Mansion, they elected the most virtuous and respected Hou Xun, who had the highest official position before he became an official.

The leader of the city defender.

Hou Xun also knew some military affairs, and he did have a good handle on things. Under his arrangement, the defense work of Guide City was finally carried out in an orderly manner.

The measures taken by Hou Xun were basically the same as those taken by Wu Shigong. They were nothing more than extracting young men from gentry families, gathering grain and medicinal materials, and stabilizing people's hearts.

However, when Hou Xun sent people to collect gunpowder from Guide Guard's arsenal, they found that the gunpowder storehouse had long been empty. This made Hou Xun's face turn green with anger.

The old man Zhao Ming must have denied it in every possible way. He told Hou Xun that it was Wu Shigong, the agent of Qianhu, who took away all the gunpowder. He didn't know what Wu Shigong wanted the gunpowder for.

Hou Xun and old man Zhao Ming are natives of their hometown, and they meet each other without looking up. So even if they knew that old man Zhao Ming was bragging, they couldn't do anything to old man Zhao Ming. However, Hou Xun finally seized the opportunity, and he

Decided: After this rebellion subsides, we will settle old and new accounts with Wu Shigong.

However, at the beginning, the Guide Mansion was not particularly worried. Because, in front of the rebel brigade, there was the county seat of Magistrate Qi blocking the way. And judging from the news returned by the spies, Magistrate Qi’s

The county seat remained motionless and had not been captured.

In addition, the governor of Guide Prefecture had already sent people to Kaifeng City to report to the governor of Henan. The governor of Henan also agreed and sent reinforcements to Guide Prefecture as soon as possible.

However, those rioters bypassed the county seat of Qi County Magistrate and came towards Guide Prefecture. This made everyone in Guide Prefecture nervous. But at this time, good news also came. The governor of Henan sent

Reinforcements are arriving soon.

The reinforcements sent by the governor of Henan this time totaled more than 3,500 people, led by the Henan supervisor Xiao Yueya, Eunuch Xiao.

Although Eunuch Xiao's name is a bit effeminate and he is a father-in-law, he especially wants to show his masculine side.

Originally, there was no need for Eunuch Xiao, the supervisor of Henan Province, to intervene this time. However, Eunuch Xiao was particularly eager to make meritorious service on the battlefield. Therefore, he went to the governor of Henan to ask for help. Of course, the governor of Henan satisfied Eunuch Xiao's wish.

Gave him a face.

In fact, Eunuch Xiao has his own ideas. Eunuch Xiao knows that now that Emperor Chongzhen has come to power, the opinions of the emperor and his courtiers are not only aimed at ministers, but also at eunuchs like them.

Among the eunuchs, there are many who understand culture and government affairs, but few understand military affairs, so eunuchs who understand military affairs are particularly popular. Just look at the situation where both Gaoqi Potential Apocalypse and the current Chongzhen Dynasty were very successful.

And Eunuch Xiao also wants to gain a reputation as someone who understands military affairs. In that case, Eunuch Xiao can not only keep his current position, but he may also be promoted to a higher-status position in the Imperial Horse Guards.

In addition, Eunuch Xiao also found out. The rebellion this time was just some people in the countryside. They had not received any military training at all. As long as his army arrived, it would not be the scorching sun and snow, and they would be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Okay. In this case, wouldn’t the credit come easily?

What made Eunuch Xiao even more reassured was that after he led the reinforcements to set off, the accompanying military attache Jiang Guerríi, who had the highest official position, blew up the law. Guerrilla Jiang increased the force value of the reinforcements infinitely, while directly reducing the force value of the rebellious people to the lowest level.

Negative. And this Eunuch Xiao actually believed it all.

However, Eunuch Xiao cannot be entirely blamed for this, because Jiang Guerrilla's appearance is very tangible. He is tall and muscular. He rides a white horse, wears silver armor, and holds a

With a spear, you can go directly to the stage to play Zhao Zilong without any makeup.

However, Eunuch Xiao was not completely confused. The marching route of his support army was diagonally between the county seat of Qi County Magistrate and Guide City. Because he also knew that as long as the county seat of Qi County Magistrate

If there is no fall, then the support army will be safe while marching.

But what they didn't expect was that when the reinforcements were still half a day away from Guidefu City, spies suddenly came to report that a large group of Holy Spirit rebels were found five miles northwest of their marching route.

After receiving the spies' report, Eunuch Xiao hesitated for a moment, but Jiang Guerrilla patted his chest and spoke eloquently, making Eunuch Xiao immediately make up his mind. He ordered reinforcements to immediately attack the Holy Spirit Society rebels.

Jiang Youyi shook his spear, slapped his white horse, and rushed out first. He looked like a copycat version of Zhao Zilong from Changbanpo. The reinforcements also rushed out in a chaotic manner behind Jiang Youyi.

At this time, the Holy Spirit Society's rebels also discovered the reinforcements. After the Holy Spirit Society's rebels failed to attack the county seat of Qi County, their morale was actually very low, and Master Mou also discovered this situation. He even felt that his own

The leadership position has been somewhat shaken.

After discovering the reinforcements, Master Mou suddenly became a bachelor. Wearing Tang Monk's clothes, he immediately rushed to the front of the team. Seeing that Master Mou was desperate, the senior brothers of the protective team also rushed out.

.Then, all the rioters followed them and rushed out in a noisy manner.

When the two groups were about to encounter each other, the soldiers on the reinforcement side involuntarily slowed down when they saw how numerous and menacing the mob were.

Although these soldiers have received military training, their military pay has been severely deducted by the military attachés, and they can only get 30% of their pay at most. Since the military pay is not enough, why bother working hard?

As a result, some soldiers began to turn around and run away. When they saw their companions running away, the idea of ​​running away quickly spread like an avalanche. Without much effort, the entire supporting army began to flee in all directions.

The Holy Spirit Society rebels overwhelmed the entire reinforcement army with an overwhelming advantage. They killed more than 700 soldiers in the reinforcements, and the rest of the soldiers fled back to Kaifeng. The whereabouts of Jiang Guerrilla are unknown. Eunuch Xiao fled with more than 100 people around him.

Guidefu City.

After this battle, the chaos of the Holy Spirit Society was wiped out, and their morale suddenly rose to the top. They organized their team and charged towards Guide City with high spirits.

From this chaotic battle, we can actually see the following problems:

The first problem is: the problem of military reconnaissance.

The rioters of the Holy Spirit Society can be said to have no military literacy from top to bottom. It is understandable that they did not send spies to conduct reconnaissance.

However, Eunuch Xiao and Jiang Youqi led the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. In today's terms, they were regular field armies. But for such an army, the detection distance of the spies was very short. When the Holy Spirit Society rebels arrived five miles away from their own army,

These spies discovered the places around here.

It should be said that these spies did not play a reconnaissance role in the army at all. At best, they could only be called the vanguard of the army.

After the army spies are sent out, they actually have two functions. In addition to reconnaissance, they also have the function of killing the opponent's spies. Because this is very important in army battles, this point will be described in detail later.

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The second question is: the deployment of troops when the army is fighting.

From ancient times to the present, any army must deploy its troops from a marching state to a combat state.

In fact, any military commander’s military command ability is reflected in the following three points:

1) Deployment of troops before battle;

2) During battle, concentrate your own troops and firepower to attack the enemy's weak points and key points;

3) After the battle, if the two warring parties are in a stalemate, or even in a state of defeat, how to retreat your troops as completely as possible and in an organized manner. This is also the most important test of the military commander's command ability.

. This is a famous saying of Napoleon: A good commander is not judged by how he wins the battle, but by how he cleans up the mess after losing the battle.

And let's look at this chaotic war. Forget about Eunuch Xiao, he didn't receive any military education. But Jiang Guerba was still a senior military attaché in the Ming Dynasty.

When they wanted to fight with the Holy Spirit Society mob, they did not deploy their troops at all, but let the troops rush forward in such a chaotic manner. And the Holy Spirit Society mob also rushed over in such a chaotic manner. This was simply not a war, but a group fight.

Since it was a group fight, it is not surprising that the party with more numbers and bravery would win a big victory. In other words, Eunuch Xiao and Jiang Guerrilla did not use their Ming Dynasty regular field army as an army at all.

The third question is: the selection of generals in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, military attaches were basically hereditary. Only a few were promoted from soldiers and low-level officers. Those military attaches in Jiubian, because of their family background and the fact that they had been fighting with foreign races outside the pass, their

The military quality is still higher.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the promotion of military attaches in the mainland was basically decided by civilian officials. As for the criteria for selecting military attaches by civilian officials, aside from the issues of flattery and bribery, the main thing the civilian officials looked at was whether the military attache was strong in appearance, physical appearance, and physical appearance.

Whether the military officer is strong or not, whether he can fight one against three or one against five. The military command level of the military attache is not considered at all.

However, these civil servants cannot be blamed for this. Regarding this point, many ordinary people make common sense mistakes. If you don’t believe it, then read the many time-travel novels on Qidian.

After the protagonist traveled through time, he happened to meet a strong man who had just killed a tiger. Then, the protagonist's tiger body shook, and the strong man immediately clung to him like a little daughter-in-law. After that, this strong man became an important general beside the protagonist.

But they don't know that personal bravery and command level are completely different things. Of course, there are also generals who are both internal and external. For example, Yue Fei is the top martial artist. But such generals are completely rare.

And looking at the performance of Jiang Guerrilla, we already know how poor the military command level of the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, especially those from the mainland, was.

After analyzing this chaotic battle, let us take a look at the situation in Guidefu City.

When Eunuch Xiao took more than a hundred people around him and fled into Guide City, everyone in Guide City was immediately panicked. At this time, they couldn't care about anything. It was better to seek medical treatment if they were in urgent need.
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